The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Su Jin was in a good mood. He was able to invite the old shopkeeper to sit in the cloth village. In fact, he took advantage of the weakness of the old shopkeeper's character. Disagreeing with the old shopkeeper and his guilt towards the Su family were the best weapons to defeat the old shopkeeper Zhang.

Of course, Su Jin's invitation to the old shopkeeper to come out of the mountain was not a sudden impulse. A man like Zhang old shopkeeper who has been struggling in the business field all his life is the most precious wealth. In any case, he cannot be allowed to stay at home. The term "residual heat" is absolutely appropriate for the old treasurer.

At the banquet, Su Jin sincerely asked the old shopkeeper about the current predicament facing the cloth shop, and when the old shopkeeper talked, he agreed with his own ideas.

In view of this, Su Jin also boldly stated his plan and listened to his reaction; although the old shopkeeper was surprised, he did not have the intention of rejection as imagined, which made Su Jin look at him with admiration, the old shopkeeper After a long history in the world, he has a tolerant attitude towards the endless means in business. Although he dare not point out whether the method of banishing Su Jin is the best countermeasure, but generally speaking, it is the right medicine for the case, and there will be no major mistakes. .

Although Mrs. Wang can't understand Su Jin's whimsical ideas, but Buzhuang is already losing money, how bad can it go?What's more, the old shopkeeper is sitting in town, this is a reassurance to swallow, letting her son let go and familiarize himself with the Su family's property is also a must, so her choice is to let Su Jin toss about, the only thing she should do in her life is to take care of her. Take good care of the only seedling of the Su family, and hand over the Su family's property to him at the right time. His son is already sixteen and has reached the age to accept the family business. He can take the initiative to participate in the Su family's business. Desirable things.

But Mrs. Wang was a little unhappy that Su Jin took the two singers into the mansion. After the old shopkeeper left, Mrs. Wang talked about it with Su Jin, and the two women exchanged opinions on this matter.

"Jin'er, you are sixteen years old, and my family in Song Dynasty can get married when I am fifteen. How about choosing a suitable person for you, a virtuous woman who is of the right family?"

Su Jin's head is as big as a bucket, and he got married so early. What fun is there in life, "Mother, I want to work hard for a few years first, and wholeheartedly develop my Su family's property. Let's wait for the marriage. Your son is an outstanding talent!" , are you afraid that you will not have a good wife in the future?"

"Poor tongue." Mrs. Wang scolded with a smile: "Then you need to promise to your mother that you will never bring some dubious women around outside, let alone be tarnished by these women before you get married. It is a family of merchants, but it pays attention to the heirloom of poems and books, otherwise it will not let you start reading and writing at the age of five, but I hope that the Su family will be able to understand books for generations and not teach others to look down on them."

Su Jin poured a cup of tea, offered it with both hands and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my child should cherish his feathers and will not do anything that insults the family. In fact, I know that you brought the two girls from the Shen family into the mansion privately against me." I'm not very happy, actually these two girls are from the official family, my child appreciates that they are not moved by poverty and lowliness, even if they are reduced to singing girls, they don't enter the brothel, they are good girls with integrity, so I can't bear them to be reduced to the street and take them away Go into the mansion and settle down; it's okay if the child doesn't encounter such a thing, but if it happens, how can we ignore it."

Mrs. Wang sighed: "my son is very kind-hearted in helping people in need, mother should be happy; but there are far more poor people in the world than these two, if they help everyone, it may not be possible to do it with all the financial resources of my Su family. My son, don't be too attached to this matter, you have to know how to make a choice."

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "I would like to obey my mother's order, and it will be enough for a while, but I think that my Su family has a big family business and occupies a place in Luzhou City. The people who can really do a good job must not only be Relying on the business itself, my Su family's existence today is probably related to the good reputation of my grandfather's benevolence and charity, so I want the Su family to become a "charitable business", not only to do a good business, but also to have a good reputation; A good reputation will lead to better and better business, I wonder if my mother will agree?"

Mrs. Wang listened to Su Jin's eloquent talk, and looked at his radiant appearance. She sighed in her heart. Her son is really big, and her vision is several times beyond her own. Maybe it's time to let him go. For five years, she has supported Su Jin so hard. The family property, although being cautious but making no progress, may become a sinner of the Su family if it goes on like this; the son opened his mouth and came up with such a "good business" principle, which is a word that he can't think of even if he wants to break his head , then let the matter of Suji Buzhuang this time be a test, if Su Jin can reverse the loss-making situation in one fell swoop, then I will start to hand over the Su family property to him afterwards. <The night temperature is suitable, the room is fragrant, the huge candles are burning like daylight, and the beautiful servants are busy going back and forth. Such a day is indeed like a dream.

The fly in the ointment is that there are no entertainment activities at night here. Needless to say, there are no TV and movies, and there is nowhere to find wine and nightclubs. There may be no other entertainment except reading books. This makes Su Jin, who is used to sleeping late, feel very uncomfortable adapt.

Strolling out of the room and lingering among the flowers and trees in the small courtyard for a while, Su Jin suddenly remembered that he didn't know if the two Shen family girls had settled down, so he hurriedly called Xiao Sui'er to ask, but Xiao Sui'er was upset He said: "It's settled early, the young master is lucky. Originally, Xiaomi and I had a lot of things to do, but now we have two more mothers to take care of us."

Su Jin really couldn't do anything about this bad-tempered little girl, so she stretched out her hand and patted her small forehead and said, "They just entered the mansion, so naturally they don't understand anything, so you and Xiaomi can teach them slowly. Absolutely not the kind of lazy and slippery person, otherwise I would just blow them out, so why be angry?"

Xiao Sui'er pouted Lao Gao, Xiaomi'er pursed her lips and smiled naively, Su Jin pretended to ignore the situation, and walked towards the study, Xiao Sui'er hurriedly said: "It's dark again. Where to go, wait until I bring the lantern."

Su Jin smiled happily, and said in her heart: Go to the street tomorrow to buy more food and some jewelry to coax her. Except for her bad temper, the little girl is sincere in taking care of herself.

Xiao Sui'er and Xiaomi'er walked toward the study room along the corridor with a lantern, and as soon as they entered the study room, they saw two people wearing cloth hairpin skirts that they took out from nowhere, with cloth towels on their heads and dusters and dry cloths in their hands. Buzheng was extremely busy, the bookshelves, easels, and desks and piano cases were polished and spotless. The two of them were so busy that they didn't notice the arrival of Su Jin and others. A few strands of blue silk slipped out of the cloth towel, and they just climbed up. Low and wipe the dust in the corners of the place clean.

Su Jin coughed, and the two girls realized that they had been standing at the door for a long time, and rushed forward to Wanfu in a hurry.

"You are..." Su Jin asked suspiciously.

"The sisters from the Nu family are taken in by the Young Master, so they naturally have to help Sister Sui'er and Sister Mi'er with some work. From now on, the sisters from the Nu family will undertake the cleaning work in the Young Master's house."

Xiao Sui'er and Xiaomi'er hurriedly said no, no need, but Rou Niang and Huan Niang sisters insisted, so they had to give up. Naturally, Su Jin would not say anything more about this, and when they calmed down, he said, "I need you two to help me with something. , The cleaning work doesn’t have to be done now, it’s not too late to do it when you’re free.”

Rouniang Huanniang hurriedly apologized and went to take a bath and change clothes. Su Jin told Xiao Sui and Xiaomi to go and rest by themselves. He stomped his feet and spat: "I will sleep all day long, and sooner or later I will sleep like a little fat pig."

Su Jin was surprised and said: "Aren't you going to sleep? I've been tired all day today, go to bed early, and I will go out with me tomorrow."

Xiao Sui'er said: "If I fall asleep, the young master will have a cup of tea and there will be no one to serve him. The two of them just came here and can't touch things. If the young master is thirsty and hungry, they can only be two pieces of wood."

Su Jin was moved in his heart, this little girl is really cute, although she is only 13 years old, she looks like a seasoned big sister, showing a maturity that is not commensurate with her age.

Su Jin took her little hand and said: "Go to sleep, do you think I'm disabled? If you don't worry, just bring a pot of tea and bring some snacks. I'm going to tell the two girls of the Shen family Speaking of painting, it will be used in the cloth shop, and you have important things to do tomorrow, so it won’t work if you have dark circles under your eyes.”

Xiao Sui'er felt uncomfortable being held by Su Jin, Su Jin let go in time, patted her little face, and coaxed the little girl to sleep.

There was no sound, Su Jin casually took out a book from the bookshelf and slowly flipped through it. The candles in the study flickered, and occasionally sparks burst out. , Rouniang and Huanniang were standing beside each other in long skirts, one was holding a teacup, the other was carrying a hot water pot and a box of snacks, their wet hair was tied up with a green cloth, and a pair of beautiful sisters were like night breeze The two evening primroses in the flower are like, exuding a seductive atmosphere.