The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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The inner warehouse is clean and dry, and it has been connected with the back door of the Suji cloth shop next door, but there is a small passage in the middle. There are wooden doors on both sides of the passage, and the corresponding door keys are in charge of the respective big shopkeepers. The garment shop and the cloth shop are two separate accounting shops, and they are adjacent to each other only for convenience, not for the purpose of not messing around with each other.

The floor of the warehouse is all covered with tung oil-soaked pine wood strips soaked in tung oil and sun-dried according to Su Jin’s requirements. Small pieces of pine wood strips are embedded on the ground with mortise and tenon joints, and the clay and white ash underneath stick the wooden strips tightly. , Go up and make a loud noise.

It was the first time for Yan Biyun to see this kind of wood-slatted floor. The wooden floors she saw were all long and wide, running across the east, west, north, south, and north. The length should be equal to the length of the living room, or only long but not short, otherwise once it is short, it needs to be spliced, and it will be like a birthmark on the face of a beautiful woman, which will spoil the scenery.

But Su Jin's spelling method, the small wooden strips are about two inches long and wide and high, and the splicing everywhere does not break the overall aesthetic feeling. On the contrary, thousands of lines are added out of thin air, slanting like water ripples, which looks unique. Charm; and the most important point, this kind of wooden floor and even leftover materials can be used, unlike the conventional overall wooden boards that require extremely extravagant and wasteful materials.

Yan Biyun was lamenting at Su Jin's thoughtfulness, when he heard Su Jin's words in his ears: "Miss Yan, if you don't help me apply medicine to stop the bleeding, I'm afraid I'm going to become a human being."

Yan Biyun turned his head and saw that Su Jin was sitting on a chair weakly, looking at him pitifully, the blood on his head was still oozing out, although not much, but it looked shocking.

Yan Biyun was pitiful and funny at the same time, and quickly apologized softly.

Yan Biyun looked left and right, Xiao Sui'er had gone out at some point, the outer door was closed tightly, only Su Jin and himself were left in the room, Yan Biyun panicked for a while, suppressed his emotions quickly, stretched out his hand and pulled a chair over Sitting in front of Su Jin, she reached out and took out the snow-white silk handkerchief in her arms, and wiped it on Su Jin's head.

Su Jin hurriedly said: "This precious brocade handkerchief has been polluted."

Yan Biyun smiled and said: "You know the goods, this is the Suxueyun brocade handkerchief from Jiangning Mansion, but it is not very expensive, and at the moment it is just a piece of cloth to wipe blood."

Su Jin smiled and said: "It's reasonable. People make things, how can they be made by things. No matter how valuable these things are, they are only made by people to serve themselves, not for display."

Yan Biyun smiled lightly and said, "You have some excuses, it seems that the head was not damaged."

Su Jin laughed and said: "If it breaks, I will depend on you for the rest of my life... Your family, I'm afraid you will have to support me for the rest of my life."

Yan Biyun's heart skipped a beat. Although this sentence was meant as a joke, when it was said at this moment, combined with Su Jin's tone, it was extremely ambiguous.

The words gradually became selfish, and Yan Biyun didn't dare to speak. Without saying a word, he gently pressed Su Jin's head down, and wiped it carefully with a handkerchief dipped in a basin of clear water beside him.

The two sat facing each other, Su Jin was slightly taller, so Yan Biyun had to lower his head to wipe the wound, but just by lowering his head, the tip of Su Jin's nose was only a few inches away from Yan Biyun's towering chest, and a strange fragrance wafted from the end of his nose Come on, the middleman wants to get drunk.

This is by no means the woody scent of the newly laid wooden floor, nor is it the scent of incense on the clothes of the two of them. attack.

In Su Jin's eyes, he faintly saw something sliding under Yan Biyun's clothes, and he couldn't help but sigh that Yan Biyun was not wearing a short-sleeve outfit today, otherwise, that crisp breasts would shake in front of him, not to mention hemostasis, and he would have died on the spot. To spurt blood.

Just as he was thinking wildly, the wound on his head hurt, Su Jin raised his head with an "oops", Yan Biyun didn't ask what was wrong, but just stared at him for a moment, his face as red as the clouds in the sky.

Su Jin knew he was wrong, and his expression must have been too intoxicated, so Yan Biyun used a little bit of strength to show his punishment.

"The medicine is ready, Biyun should go back." Su Biyun stood up.

"So fast!" Su Jin said in surprise.

"Do you want to apply the medicine for three days and three nights? Three layers of the ointment have been applied. The medicine is very effective. It will form a scar within half an hour. Just be careful not to tear the wound. The scar will fall off after two days , there should be no traces on the skin." Yan Biyun rolled his eyes at him, then reached out and handed over the small porcelain bottle and said: "I am afraid that you are lively and active, and may be involved in the wound again, this bottle of medicine will be given to you, and if you bleed again, I will call you." The housemaid will help you apply it again."

Su Jin reached out to take the porcelain bottle and thanked him again and again. Yan Biyun glanced at him and said, "Mr. Su, today Biyun formally apologized to you for what happened in our building last time. Mr. Li is straightforward, and he didn't know the importance when he spoke. , I hope you will not be angry because of this."

Su Jin said: "I'm not so petty. I didn't care about that at all. It's just that I've been too busy these past few days. Look at the warehouse and the front door. If I don't personally point out any of them, I won't like them. I'm also miserable. Born to work hard."

Yan Biyun saw him pretending to be old-fashioned and frowning, and laughed out loud: "You are in the blessing and don't know the blessing, but you say such a thing, you need to know that the small officials of the Su family are already well-known in Luzhou, and they will be married soon. It is famous all over the world, how many people are envious of it to death."

Su Jin scratched her head and said, "Miss Yan, don't make fun of me. My ambition is not here. I have meat to eat and fur to sleep in. If I have a leisurely life, enjoying chrysanthemums, tasting tea and seeing Nanshan Mountain, it will be enough to comfort my whole life."

Yan Biyun's expression moved, a yearning light shot out from his eyes, then dimmed immediately, and he said with a smile, "I can't help myself."

Su Jin was punctured, smiled, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation and said: "Miss Yan came to deliver the medicine to apply medicine, Su Jin is very honored, Miss Yan may have a lot of business at hand, so please come back."

Yan Biyun said with a slight blessing: "Biyun will go back to Bianliang tomorrow, and I will say goodbye to Mr. Su by the way."

Su Jin was slightly taken aback and said: "This...are you going to leave?" Today, I will stay for a month, first to deal with trivial matters in the restaurant, and second to visit Luzhou.But other state capitals also have industries, so they have to patrol around. "

Su Jin felt a little disappointed. To be precise, he and Yan Biyun didn't have a deep relationship. Perhaps it was because of his desire to hunt for beauty. Yan Biyun's magnificent appearance attracted him strongly. Su Jin had a strange liking for him, which was nothing at all, but when he heard that Yan Biyun was leaving Luzhou tomorrow, this emotion naturally came out.

<God, I don't know..."<God we can meet again."

Yan Biyun's heart felt sour. Su Jin accepted the fact so quickly without a single word to keep him. In his mind, he might just be a passerby. After all, he and Su Jin were just two meteors meeting in the sky, drawing different directions The trajectory disappears into the sky, and the brilliance that meets and passes by in an instant is gorgeous but so short-lived.

"The slave family is waiting for you, please come here by the way, Mr. Li, the depression in his heart is still unresolved, Biyun doesn't want to worry about this matter."

"Follow Miss's wish, see you at Fenglou at noon tomorrow." Su Jin smiled and handed Yan Biyun out of the shop, watching her get into the car and gradually go away.

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Emotion is indeed a subtle thing. Su Jin and Yan Biyun didn't even know it, but in just a few short contact times, the two sides had already developed a subtle affection. This feeling may not be felt in normal times. , but once parting is imminent, it will immediately show its power.

Yan Biyun was the first to notice this emotion, because she knew that parting was inevitable, so she suffered more than Su Jin; and because of this, Su Jin left in a hurry after being accused by Li Chong in Hefenglou that day. , it gave Yan Biyun a stronger feeling.

Later, Yan Biyun's slight gaffe at home gradually became apparent with Su Jin's repeated refusals of invitations. Outsiders may not be able to see anything, but the maid around him can see it most clearly.

Xiao Xian'er came here to make such a fuss just because she didn't want to see Miss being wronged. Her stick hit Su Jin on the forehead, but it was like hitting Yan Biyun's body.

Yan Biyun is a woman with a strong personality, she is no longer a young girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, she is already 21 years old, if her fiancé-in-law hadn't suddenly died of illness when she was about to marry, maybe she would have been lingering around her children.

From the perspective of others, Yan Biyun must have great regrets in this regard, but Yan Biyun himself does not think so. The fiancé is the fourth son of Pang Ji, an important official in the court. No emotion.

After going through all this, Yan Biyun has a deeper understanding of marriage, and she is even a little happy about everything arranged by God. The woman in her early twenties is no longer so young, and Yan Biyun has more of a deep and gentle feeling. And mature, which makes her more attractive.

However, Yan Biyun's identity is still the widow of the fourth son of the Pang family. Unless the Pang family takes the initiative to let her go, Yan Biyun will not be able to commit any affair. This may sound unbelievable, but it is also understandable. The marriage of the four sons of the Pang family went through five formal etiquettes: Nacai, asking names, Naji, Nazheng, and asking for a date. After the recruitment, it is the time when the big engagement is completed, that is to say, the two parties have already made a marriage contract.

Although Yan Biyun has not consummated the marriage, but the man has not been dismissed, he cannot become a free body. Although this is extremely unfair, there is nothing to do. The style of keeping chastity in the Song Dynasty has become popular. A woman like Yan Biyun who is not actually married has such incomprehensible rules; it has to be said that this is a kind of hidden vicious and abnormal psychological reaction in the patriarchal society.

For Yan Biyun, this kind of barrier cannot be broken unless the Pang family dismisses her, even if she is called remarried, she will be accused of relegation; Yan Biyun didn't think about this at all before, but recently she often thinks about this issue.

With the sound of the mule cart, Yan Biyun's heart was churning endlessly. In fact, it was impossible for him and Su Jin to have any intersection. First of all, it was a matter of identity. It was impossible for Su Jin to marry a remarried person as his wife; He is five years older than Su Jin. Although Su Jin doesn't behave like a 16-year-old man at all, it is obviously extremely inappropriate to be five years older. Even if you take ten thousand steps back, Su Jin doesn't mind Her reputation for remarriage and the age gap will make the Su family resolutely oppose it.

"Perhaps, I really think too much on my own." Yan Biyun smiled self-deprecatingly, stroked a strand of her drooping hair, raised the curtain and looked at the busy crowd in the street, lost in thought.