Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 13

Bai Feng first glanced at Bai Susu and said, "I made a request to Su Chen, if he wants to marry you, he can, but he needs to join the Bai family and marry you. The babies you will give birth to in the future will all be the seeds of our Bai family. With the surname Bai, not only can you marry a lady who is as beautiful as jade, but also enjoy the wealth of the family, and you don't have to worry about his foreign debts."

Bai Susu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that her grandfather made such a request and planned to promote the marriage of the two, but when she thought about it, she could also understand the painstaking efforts of her grandfather.

In the final analysis, I still want to keep her in the Bai family, so as to stabilize the decline of the Bai family, hold back the decline, and revive the family business.

"He... didn't agree?" With a woman's intuition, Bai Susu felt that Su Chen would not agree.

"How did you guess it?" Old Man Bai asked curiously.

Bai Susu smiled bitterly, she was actually rejected by him.

But as for why she guessed so firmly, she couldn't say the reason, she just felt that Su Chen would make her unable to see through, and she would definitely not play cards according to common sense.

"In today's world, people tend to despise the status of a son-in-law, and the imperial court also stipulates that a son-in-law is not allowed to become an official. Su Chenhe... If he was a playboy from the beginning to the end, he might be attracted by the appearance of a woman and the wealth of his family, but since then Knowing that he has such talent for writing poetry, I'm afraid he is unwilling to join the family!" Bai Susu made a simple analysis, and seemed to have a little more impression of Su Chen's character in his heart.

However, Su Chen's choice made Bai Susu impressed.

Bai Fengxian nodded: "The analysis makes sense, in fact, the excuse he gave is almost the same as your analysis, it seems that he is still not giving up on his career, and he doesn't want to bow to the world, his character is not bad, it's a pity , he has no fate with you anymore."

"Grandpa, I don't want to talk about marriage for now, let's talk about it in two years." Bai Susu wanted to get rid of this topic. She was just 17 years old, so she was not in a hurry, and the family business had just gotten smoother. Sixty percent of the business decisions in Runzhou City, It was already up to her to decide, and she wanted to do it in advance.

As for Su Chen, since she didn't agree to join the family, Bai Susu didn't want to force it, but in the past two years, it was still a shield she used to refuse to prevaricate Ding Xue.

However, Bai Susu also wanted to know more about Su Chen in her heart. After all, she was coming to Japan for a long time. The man was unmarried and the woman was unmarried. Maybe there would be other opportunities for things to turn around.

"Hmph, this kid doesn't know what to do. I won't believe it when grandpa finds you a better man. As long as I let out my breath, I don't know how many young people in Runzhou City will line up at our door, begging. Enrollment."

Bai Susu heard the words, her cheeks were slightly red, and she was very worried, and said angrily: "Grandpa, what kind of cartilage man can do, Susu doesn't want it."

"Haha, so, you actually have a good impression of Su Chen, who refused to marry?"

Bai Susu was a little unnatural, blushed a bit, but recovered quickly, and smiled lightly: "Grandpa made fun of Susu again, so I won't marry him."

"Then... how do you plan to handle this marriage?"

"Let's talk about it later." Bai Susu said ambiguously, intending to drag it on, and would not comment easily until Su Chen had thoroughly researched.

"Well, whatever, let it go for a while." The old man Bai also planned to stop for a while to see when Su Chen could jump. After all, [-] is not a small amount. Maybe after [-] days, he will come to the door. .

In the dialogue between the grandfather and the grandson, there are advances and retreats, and there is evidence for advancing and retreating. They did not say it clearly, but they seem to understand each other's words.

They looked at each other, they all smiled, and no one said anything more, just a little tacit understanding: Just wait and see!

.........

Fanlou Street is a main street from south to north entering from Renhe Gate in Nancheng, Runzhou, passing through the bustling Dashikou.

Su Chen came back from buying materials from Xicao City, and walked on a relatively prosperous street, with blue bricks and gray tiles on both sides, wooden buildings and painted pavilions, and the wide streets were neatly repaired, with square bricks and bluestone paving. , a busy scene, a bustling scene.

Runzhou City is located in a special geographical location at the intersection of rivers. The Yangtze River, the east-west waterway known as the "Golden Waterway", flows through the northern part of the city, where it intersects with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, making Zhenjiang a "Cross Golden Waterway" location advantage. Since ancient times, it has been a model of "revitalizing the city with Hong Kong", and it is known as "the important point of the north and the south" and "the thoroughfare of the nine provinces".

Inside and outside the city, the waterways are vertical and horizontal, and this developed waterway not only brings beautiful scenery, but also adds the unique temperament of "Jiangnan Water Town", but also brings the development of commerce.Since the Southern Tang Dynasty lost the thirteen prefectures in Jiangbei, the land in the south of the Yangtze River, except for Jinling City, is the richest in Runzhou. It is also the northern gate of Jinling City and the trading port of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

As Su Chen walked, he couldn't help feeling overwhelmed in his heart.

This is the picture he saw in history books, or the epitome of fragments he saw in film and television dramas. The scenes of life 1000 years ago are vivid in his mind now, so real.

At the intersection of this street, which is also the core area of ​​Dashikou, there is a tall building called Fan Lou!

This is one of the largest restaurants in Runzhou. It is divided into two inner and outer buildings, each with three floors. The outer building is for ordinary diners, and the inner building provides accommodation. There are seventy to eighty rooms in one building, which can accommodate diners. Many guests.

This restaurant is run by the Fan family. It is said that in addition to the business of the restaurant and inn, the other source of income of the Fan family is winemaking and has its own winery.

Su Chen stopped outside the restaurant, thinking that he wanted to make wine and sell soap, etc., and he would inevitably deal with such a high-end restaurant in the future, so he planned to go first to have a look and investigate.

"Yo, the guest officer, please come in!" The little Er who ran the hall brought Su Chen into the courtyard and asked further: "The guest officer plans to stay in the hotel and still drink tea and wine?"

Su Chen said, "Just bring a pot of tea. I'll order some wine later, so I won't order any dishes."

"Okay, the lobby please!"

The interior of the restaurant is also quite open. In the lobby on the first floor, there are wine tables in the promenade, and dozens of tables are placed in the open space. On the north side of the lobby, a stage is set up, with performers singing ditty songs on it. , is a servant of the Qing Dynasty hired by the restaurant, who performs on stage every day to add to the fun for the guests who are drinking and dining under the stage.

When Su Chen sat down, the Qing servants on the stage sang a song, which turned out to be the lyrics of "Qu Yuguan" that he wrote that day.

"Longshou Yunfei, the riverside at night, the smoke waves are all over the eyes for a long time..."

Su Chen was stunned for a moment, wondering if the word spread so quickly?It has only been two days since I sold it, and the restaurant has begun to sing.

He still doesn't know how much of a turmoil this song caused that day!

When the singing girl finished singing, she walked off the stage and went back to the backstage. Then someone brought the case to the table, and then came up a storyteller, who was about sixty years old. His temples and beard were white, and his face had The vicissitudes of time.

"Crack!" After the storyteller stood up, he patted the gavel and started his storytelling joke.

At the beginning of the Southern Tang and Song Dynasties, such storytellers often began to spontaneously concentrate in Washi, also known as Wazi, which is the concentration of entertainment venues in big cities. The main performance venue in China is equivalent to the theater of later generations.

There are also several tiles in Runzhou City, but they are not large in scale. It’s just that some folk artists wandered here and spontaneously gathered in one place to temporarily settle down. It also means easy to disperse."

Some storytellers, singing girls, and some talented artists often rely on restaurants and teahouses, cooperate with the behind-the-scenes boss of the restaurant, sign a short-term labor contract, and perform here, the restaurant charges half of the fee, and the rest goes to the entertainer.Of course, different restaurants have different percentages of money due to different levels of business prosperity, such as four or six, and thirty-seven.

"In the last book, it was mentioned that Young Master Xingyang passed the scientific examination, received an official from the imperial court, and was going to take office in Sichuan. Li Wa said goodbye by the water, and said to Young Master Xingyang, today you will be restored to your original face, and I am not ashamed, you should enter the official position. , do your best to protect your future, and don't think about me again..."

Su Chen found it interesting, and while drinking tea, he listened to the old man's storytelling; the old man was talking about "The Biography of Li Wa" in the legendary novel of the Tang Dynasty.

The content of the story is mainly about a son of Xingyang who went to Beijing to take the exam, nostalgic for the brothel, obsessed with Li Wa, a famous prostitute, and scattered all his entanglements for her, and lived on the streets, while Li Wa disappeared.Later, Young Master Xingyang was wandering outside, passed out on the street, and was rescued by Li Wa unexpectedly. He learned that his current tragic end had nothing to do with her, so he blamed himself very much and began to take care of Young Master Xingyang and buy books for him. for him to continue his research.Finally got fame, Li Wa planned to retire, and would not communicate with each other, but Xingyang son was reluctant to give up, begging for each other, and asked the emperor to marry him, and finally got a perfect marriage.

This is a legendary novel written by Bai Xingjian, a writer in the Tang Dynasty. It fictionalized a prostitute Li Wa and his beloved scholar Xingyang Gongzi, who went through trials and tribulations to finally combine successfully. There is a strong idealistic color.

This kind of talented and beautiful person's words are spoken frequently, and naturally there are few responses. Except for a few poor scholars who applauded a few times in the audience and looked excited, other guests listened to it a lot and showed no interest.

A seven- or eight-year-old boy walked past the wine table on the first floor with a tray to ask for reward money, but there were not many guests offering rewards, and the copper money received was only a dozen or so coins.

After finally finishing the last paragraph, the storyteller bowed and stepped down to the sparse applause. Today's income is still very meager.

The old man looked lonely and sighed softly. It seemed that his stories had already been told badly, so he should pack his bags, cancel the contract and continue to start from the beginning, so that he could have enough to eat.

At the wine table in front of the stage, Su Chen looked at the old man's gloomy back, and suddenly thought of a way to make money in his mind.

　New book for collection, ticket, reward——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)