The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

In the middle of the night, after drinking, Su Jin's throat was thirsty. Su Jin was awakened by thirst. In a daze, he saw everything around him, as if someone was around him. The article is completely reimbursed. The pain of wearing a ruler is still tolerable, but I can’t afford to lose my face. I can be regarded as a person in the academy. It spreads out, but my face is not glorious. I was beaten by the ruler for two consecutive days, making people laugh to death. up.

Su Jin quickly got up, and the clothes she was covering slipped down to the ground. When she opened her eyes, she saw two petite figures, one on the left and one on the right, writing and writing. .

Su Jinda wondered what Xia Silin was doing in the middle of the night, Huanniang really fell asleep and didn't wake herself up, which wasted a lot of time.

"My lord, you are awake." Huanniang was startled when she saw Su Jin suddenly get up like a dead body, she put down her pen and stood up to help Su Jin pour a cup of herbal tea and hand it to Su Jin.

"Who are you?" Su Jin asked confusedly while holding a teacup.

Xia Silin said without raising his head: "Don't make noise, there are the last few articles. This is the 490th time."

Su Jin scanned the case and saw two stacks of copied papers stacked neatly on the table. His mind suddenly turned around. It turned out that these two people were helping him to copy the penalty lesson. He was sleeping here and others were doing it for him. I am in a hurry.

"Oh, how good is this? How can I ask Xia Xiandi to help me copy the penalty class? Damn it, why did I fall asleep." Su Jinlian patted his forehead and blamed himself.

"Huanniang, why don't you wake me up..."

"Don't be so pretentious there, I'm secretly happy, it's your little lady Huanniang, she's afraid that you'll be tired, and you'll be able to scold her if she doesn't care." Xia Silin kept saying.

"It's my fault. The two of you have suffered. Let's bow and pay tribute to the two of you." Su Jin bowed again and again.

Huanniang laughed and said: "The slave family saw that the son drank a lot and was so sleepy, so he didn't wake him up; later, he saw that the style copied by the young master was official script, which is correct and easy to learn, so he copied an article and found that the difference is almost the same. So I boldly helped you copy it; Mr. Xia brought you an ivory pen holder and gave it to you, seeing that you were asleep, so he also came to help; Mr. Xia wanted to wake up your servant, so no wonder Mr. Xia did not let you."

Su Jin was so moved that he bowed to the tunnel and said, "You two have worked so hard, how can this teach me how to feel at ease?"

Huan Niang said: "I don't have anything to do during the day, and I don't have anything to doze off during the day, but Mr. Xia really worked hard."

Su Jin kowtowed to Xia Silin again and again, Xia Silin rolled his eyes and said, "There is nothing to be thankful for but I don't want you to make a fool of yourself in the academy. After all, we know that you will be shamed if you make a fool of yourself."

Seeing that she speaks calmly, Su Jin can feel the slightest trace of affection in her words. It seems that this little girl is quite loyal, and it is not in vain for me to help her find a way to conceal her identity. Turning his face away, he looked like a bright mirror in his heart, and saw that the relationship between my young master and this female companion, Mr. Xia, who was wearing men's clothes, was developing very quickly. They were noisy in the past two days.

After a while, Xia Silin tossed the pen away and stretched his waist and said: "It's over, five hundred sheets, one sheet, not a lot, little lady's 220 sheets, my side's 270, six sheets plus your own four sheets."

Mr. Su Jin was ashamed that Mr. Wudi punished himself, but Xia Silin and Huanniang were fined [-] sheets together, and he only copied four, which is really unreasonable.

Flipping through the handwritten official script, it was originally a kind of rigid rules. In addition, the two of them deliberately took Su Jin's script as the model. Not [-]%, but [-]% of it. What people write is no different.

After saying the words of gratitude, Xia Silin was tired of hearing it and said: "Brother Su, you are a blessed man, but there are so many people willing to copy for you. If it wasn't for the young lady who copied slowly by herself, I wouldn't bother to talk to you."

Su Jin said with a smile: "Is it correct to change the day to express my thanks to my virtuous brother? I'm afraid I'll be exhausted after most of the night. Go back to rest soon, or I won't be able to get up by the day."

Huanniang said with a smile: "I'm afraid I won't be able to fall asleep. I'm too late to sleep and I won't be able to wake up. Why don't you take a bath and eat something? It will be dawn by the time you see it."

Su Jin was surprised and said: "Is it time? Didn't it pass overnight? I looked at the darkness outside and thought it was only three or four o'clock."

Xia Silin said: "It's pitch black before dawn, but we listened to the more leaky counts. You fell asleep and snored and talked in your sleep, which is annoying."

Su Jin was startled and said, "Did I talk in my sleep? What did I say?"

Xia Silin blushed and said, "Who can hear clearly that there is a walnut in his mouth."

Su Jin turned to look at Huanniang Huanniang, who also blushed and said, "I didn't hear you clearly." <Meng said something like 'Ya 蠛蝶' and 'Yiku', it would be indecent.

After finishing the manuscript, Huanniang turned to ask the cook to get up and make some breakfast.

In a blink of an eye, the sky began to brighten, and the sounds of cocks crowing and dogs barking outside also gradually increased; Xia Silin covered his mouth with a tired face and slapped and slapped his back with his backhand.

Su Jin originally wanted to say: "I will give you a massage to help you loosen your muscles and bones." But thinking about this kind of request, Xia Silin would never agree and had to give up; he persuaded Xia Silin to take a bath to wake up, and went to the room to wake up. Xiao Sui'er took some dried yaks, pistachios and other things that he was reluctant to eat on weekdays, and put them on the table, which was considered a little thank you.

When the sky was bright and the morning glow was all over the sky, Su Jin and Xia Silin had already boarded the Xia family’s carriage and drove to the academy. Su Jin took the Xia family’s carriage again. ri, Xiao Zhuzi’s mule cart was going to carry Xiao Sui’er, and they went down the street. By the way, Su Jin also asked Xiao Zhuzi to help him deliver Li Chong’s letter to Prince Teng’s mansion. Meeting King Teng also saves me a lot of fuss.

In the carriage, Xia Silin couldn't hold it anymore. After taking a bath and eating breakfast, he felt sleepy all of a sudden. Xia Silin, who was in a rickety carriage, couldn't hold his lower eyelids anymore.

Su Jin saw that he was struggling so he moved over and sat down side by side, and said, "Brother Xia Xian, Brother Yu, I will lend you your shoulder to rest on, and I will wake you up when I arrive at the academy."

Xia Silin wanted to say: No, no, no, but Su Jin stretched out his hand and yanked on Su Jin's shoulder with a 'bang dang'. He felt something wrong in his heart, but he couldn't struggle, so he sighed and closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Su Jin poked his head and told the driver to slow down a little on the handlebar. When he arrived at the academy before [-] o'clock, he could draw the curtain of the car to block the hot and glare of the morning sun, and put Xia Silin comfortably in his arms.

In the dimness, Su Jin looked at Xia Silin's sleeping face, her long eyelashes were slightly raised, her fair skin seemed to be able to pinch water, her small red mouth was slightly stubbornly raised, but she was an extremely beautiful woman, and she couldn't help thinking about it.

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It only took more than ten days for the unruly little official of the Su family to fully adapt to the monotonous and boring life of the academy. Since the later generations are also born in books, it is not too difficult to adapt; the most important thing is that people are extremely adaptable This is also true in ancient and modern times. Some people live in extreme hardship. You thought he would not be able to survive, but in fact he has a more enjoyable life than you. And most people are good at making fun of hardship. This is also Su Jin's strong point.

When Su Jin knew that the bitter days would last for several months, apart from studying the Four Books, Five Classics, Jujube and other subjects every day, his restless heart was always looking for a way to adjust. Physical and mental opportunities.

Of course, it’s quite interesting to tease and tease Xia Silin, who disguised herself as a man, and it’s quite interesting. When I go back late, I can bump into Huanniang to gain some advantage, but Su Jin has no further plans to get them. The reason is simple. Yan Biyun brought him The injury has not subsided yet, and Su Jin can't arouse that interest for the time being.

Some emotions are often not resolved by venting, venting, and yu. Su Jin recently found a way to resolve them. It is a popular entertainment method in the academy, and it is also the most popular entertainment method in Song Dynasty, that is: Cuju.