Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

In the past, it was Wu Laoer who hugged Su Mu tightly, but now the host and guest changed power, he was pinched by Xiaodie instead, his face was contorted in pain, aunt and aunt yelled for a long time, but how could Xiaodie let go.

Xiaodie is not familiar with the place in Beijing, and she is afraid that this rascal will never be found again once she escapes.

Su Mu didn't care, after waiting for a long time, he saw that Wu Laoer couldn't stand it, so he asked: "Wu Laoer, is what you just said true?"

"What?" Xiaodie hurriedly asked.

Su Mu replied: "Just now Wu Laoer said that he has a place to live, and I agreed with the rent of one tael a month. If so, it's not a disadvantage. Xiaodie, let him go."

Xiaodie: "One tael of silver a month, so cheap, can't it be a straw shed and stable?" She knows the house price in the capital very well, if one tael of silver goes to the inn, she will only stay for six or seven days.The price is reasonable, anyway, she and the young master will stay in the capital for a while.

The only worry is that this second child Wu is really not trustworthy, and be careful to be deceived by him again.

Or, he can just find a corner, the young master is a precious man, how can he endure such hardship?

However, Xiaodie still let go of Wu Erer.

Wu Er Er rolled up his sleeves with a weeping face and looked at it. The deltoid muscle of his arm had a large area of ​​blue, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot.

He called out to Qu: "Sister, what you said is right, how could you just point out a straw shed and stable, is that a place where people live?"

"Tell me, what kind of place is it? It's clean?" Xiaodie said aggressively.

Wu Er Er was obviously quite afraid of Xiaodie's eagle claws, and shrank his head: "Of course it's clean. It's a big room of thirty feet in length and width, with a big kang, a big cabinet, and a desk. Two chairs, the floor is covered with big blue bricks, so clean that you can see people's shadows. It is good, the light is good, it faces north and south, there is no sunset, and it is very cool. It is my own yard. By the way, you guys in the kitchen You can use it as you like, and you don’t need money for firewood and coal.”

This bragging made Su Mu very familiar. After thinking about it, he recalled the hotel owner who solicited customers in the scenic spot of modern society: there are air conditioners, computers, independent bathrooms, 24-hour hot water...

Yes, that's the tune.

Xiaodie obviously hesitated: "That's it...it's not bad, young master, look at it..." She wasn't sure either.

Su Mu smiled wryly: "I've already paid the money, what else can I do, then let's go."

"Big Brother, Big Sister, don't worry come with me, you will never be disappointed." Wu Er Er happily came forward to carry Su Mu's luggage.

"Go away, we will do it ourselves!" Xiaodie glared at him.

Wu's second child was obviously afraid of Xiaodie like a tiger, so he took a step back slowly: "You two, I will lead the way."

Xiaodie: "Wait, I'll go ahead, and you will guide the way in the middle."

The second child Wu called out to Qu: "Grandma, although I am miserable, I am loyal and will not run away."

The three of them walked forward like this. On the way, Su Mu asked about the situation of his house.

Wu Er Er replied that his name was Wu Nianzu, and he was originally from Hejian Mansion. When he was six years old, he came to the capital with his father to take part in the examination. The small courtyard house he lived in was originally an property of his father in the capital in the same year.Now, that classmate is an official in Guizhou, so let them live for free.I have lived here for many years, and I don't know when the original owner will come back.No matter what he is now, he is still a county magistrate, and he doesn't care about this small courtyard. God knows when he will come back.

Xiaodie let out a sarcasm and said, "So it's someone else's property, you're just a housekeeper, and just now you bragged that it's your own yard."

Wu's second child, Wu Nianzu, didn't care about Xiaodie's sarcasm, and said that in fact, their property in Hejian had almost been sold off, and they died of old age the year before last, and the whole family moved to the capital.In addition to the father, there is also a sister in the yard.

Su Mu: "By the way, isn't your father Juren? Seeing how difficult your life is, it shouldn't be like this?"

Juren is a serious and famous teacher, has the qualifications to be an official, and enjoys a series of tax exemption policies.As long as they are willing, many people attach their houses and properties to him, even if they don't do anything, they can have enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

This question hit Wu Nianzu's sad story, and he was immediately annoyed, and he spat hard: "It's not my stupid old man who is determined to be a Jinshi. He has lived in the capital for ten years and gave birth to another child." A serious illness ruined all the family property. If we don't come to the capital, we will be a young master in Hejian. In fact, it doesn't matter if we don't get a Jinshi. At worst, we can get a county magistrate with some money, and I will try it. Taste what it's like to be in the yamen. It's a pity, even if I want to leave the door now, I have no money. My life can be regarded as ruined by the old man."

Speaking of this, Wu Nianzu became extremely depressed, and his broken nose began to bleed again.

Xiaodie gave him a disgusted look: "It's so dirty."

Wu Nianzu was furious: "Nosebleeds don't happen if you want to, but you can bleed if you want to."

The second child really didn't lie, when he got to the ground, Su Mu took a deep breath: "It's so beautiful, it's such a lively place, there are three connections for water, electricity, electricity, bathroom, and 24-hour hot water."

That's right, this is the ... last small courtyard of a low-grade inn.

Different from the place where Su Mu went to stay, strictly speaking, this place is not an inn, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a big car shop.

All the people who come here to stay are coachmen and porters. On a hot day, the whole world is full of sweaty smell.

There are many rooms in the inn, but they are concentrated in a ridiculously large yard. Walking through Datong hall, there are three rows of bungalows on the left and right in front of the back yard. There are about ten rooms, and each room has a long earth kang. Sleeps six or seven people side by side.

There are several wooden stakes standing in the yard, and several donkeys are tied to them.

While grazing, those beasts pawed the ground with their hooves, trampling the yard into a mess.

There are many shirtless men coming in and out, making a lot of noise.

Seeing Xiaodie, they are all refreshed.

Xiaodie was furious: "What are you looking at?"

Everyone lowered their heads in panic.

"It's here?" Su Mu was taken aback, a little dumbfounded: "Second brother, do you have a single truth?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, it's at the back, big brother, you're satisfied." Wu Nianzu quickly explained for a long time, and then whispered to the two of Su Mu: "Brother and sister, if anyone asks, you can just say They are my relatives in Hejian, please don't mention renting a house, please!"

As he spoke, he kept clapping his hands.

Su Mu smiled wryly: "What else can I do, that's all, I won't care about you."

He figured it out, and it seemed that what Wu Erer said about his father's one-year-old family guarding the gate of the old Beijing house was also a complete lie.Although the owner's family is an official in Guizhou, there are other people running the property in the capital, and even opened a big car shop.Seeing that the Wu family was pitiful, he let them live for free, and felt embarrassed to drive them out.

The specific situation will be clear in a few days.

Anyway, I guess I won't be able to stay here for a few days. I'll find a better place to go after I get a novel out and earn the manuscript fee.

After passing this big courtyard, there is another small courtyard inside, which is the residence of the shop assistants and shopkeepers.

Wu Nianzu is thick-skinned and sweet-mouthed, he calls everyone brother, then he smiled and said: "This is my elder brother and sister-in-law, who came to join me in a disaster at home, and will stay here for a few days, please bear with me. "

"Hey, it's Brother Wang. This is my brother and my sister-in-law. They were hit by a disaster and they are very pitiful. You should take care of them in the future!"

"Uncle Liu, you are the most kind, Bodhisattva, good people are rewarded with good rewards, this is my brother."

Su Mu looked amused, this second child is a thick-skinned and a character.

He stretched out his hand and didn't hit the smiling face. Although others didn't want to see Wu Nianzu, it was obvious that he brought Su Mu and Xiaodie in, so he couldn't say anything, so he simply ignored him.

After passing this courtyard, you will reach the innermost room.

This place is very narrow, just a five-foot-square courtyard with a stone jar in the middle. There are three rooms in total, one for Wu Nianzu, one for his father, and one for his sister.

Second Wu took Su Mu into his room, and said with a smile, "Mr. Su, this is my residence. Now I'm leaving it to you. It's interesting."

Su Mu took a look, the room was very small and the light was dark, just one bed and one table, which was very different from Wu Nianzu's previous description.However, one tael of silver can only find this kind of place in the capital, so I don't bother to talk nonsense: "Okay, I will live here."

Although Xiaodie was dissatisfied, since the young master had already spoken, she had no choice but to put all her luggage down.

After putting Su Mu in place, Wu Lao Er will not be able to see anyone as soon as he slips away.

After a long day of exhaustion, Su Mu and Xiaodie were exhausted, so they immediately took out dry food and ate two yuan each.

Then, Su Muyou took a wooden bucket to the well in the front yard to fetch a bucket of water and brought it back to the house, let Xiaodie wipe her body, and walked to the patio by himself, quietly sitting on the bench against the wall and looking at the dark water. In the dark night sky, thinking about what to do tomorrow and how to get through this difficulty.

From the current point of view, his fame as a scholar cannot bring him any real benefits. Besides, he doesn't know anything about the specific circumstances of the "Journey to the West" case, and whether he was implicated in it.

People always have to eat when they are alive. It is obviously unrealistic to find a job. They can't earn a few taels of silver after working hard for a month. They have long nights and dreams. If they don't run away, once their identities are exposed, they will be caught by the government.

Then, the only way to go is to write novels.

For this business, because of previous experience, Su Mu also knew where to start and how to sell his manuscript.

Anyway, there is no need to think about the subject matter, whether it is the four great classics or Ming and Qing novels, just copy a copy, and it will definitely sell well.

Su Mu sat there and began to think about it.

In any case, tomorrow I will get out the beginning of the [-]-character book, and then I will ask questions one by one as I did when I sold the manuscript of "Journey to the West" in Baoding Mansion.

As long as the owner of the bookstore is not blind, he will surely see the beauty of this story.

This is not the case for the manuscript fee.

Thinking of this, Su Mu regained his energy, and he was no longer so afraid of the future.

Just as he was thinking, a woman's soft voice suddenly came from the room to the north: "Brother, what's wrong with you, why is your face covered in blood?"

There was worry in his voice.

"Don't touch me, I hate it!" came the voice of Wu's second child: "I can't die, it's just a fall, and we have some reputation outside. How can a man act in the rivers and lakes without getting hurt?" , what are you afraid of, a woman is trouble!"

There was impatience in the voice.

Click and wait in the north room, and the figures in the room are reflected on it.

Su Mu saw Wu Nianzu quickly turned his head aside, revealing a figure with bumps and bumps, probably his sister.

Su Mu smiled and thought: Wu's second elder sister has a good figure, although she is not as good as Hu Ying, she is much hotter.

Thinking of Miss Hu, he felt a pain for no reason.

At this time, the coughing body of an old man came from the room, and then a crooked figure was printed on the window.

The figure kept trembling, and then shouted angrily full of phlegm: "Where did you go to fool around and be beaten like this, my Wu family's reputation has been ruined by you."

"Reputation, does our Wu family still have a reputation?" Second Wu Wu sneered: "Old man, this is Beijing, no matter how embarrassing your son is, the family doesn't know it. Besides, in such a big capital, who knows you old man! Yes, yes, yes, you are a master, but our family has no power and no money to go to the household department, even a seventh-rank official can't even think about it.

By the way, Dad, you are not in good health.If you really go to select officials, people will kick you out immediately when they see you coughing like this.

It's my bad luck to get rid of you as my dear father.

As for the Jinshi exam, Dad, you have been in the exam for more than ten years, so forget it! "

"Beast, beast!" With a clang, the figure of the old man on the window moved and threw something to the ground.

"Fall, old man, if you continue to fall, our family has no money. If you break something in the inn, you have to pay for it."

"Ah, stop arguing!" Wu's second elder sister yelled again, still soft, but full of sadness: "Father, my brother is injured like this, so stop arguing."

Old man Wu yelled angrily, "You little bastard, get out, get out!"

"Why should I go? I have no place to go, old man. From now on, the two of us will have to share a bed. My house has already been rented out to someone else."

"What, you rented out the room?" The old man of the Wu family and the second elder sister of Wu's family shouted at the same time.

"Shhh, keep your voice down, this is someone else's house, if someone hears it, even we will be kicked out." Wu Laoer said casually: "Let me tell you the truth, I owe people money, and I use the house to pay off the debt. Otherwise, your fingers will be cut off."

"You bastard." Another violent cough.

Wu Laoer said triumphantly: "Old man, you should save some effort! If I drive people out and my hands are cut off, who will see your end?"

"Beast, beast!" The old man coughed and cursed these words over and over again.

Then the voice of Wu's second son came again: "I'm tired and I want to sleep, sister, please go, do not regard evil as evil."

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After a while, a woman came out from the north room.

She doesn't look too tall, but she is very slim.

It was very dark in the courtyard, and I didn't know beauty or ugliness.

Su Mu stood up, bowed to her, and did not speak.

The woman gave a slight blessing and quickly entered her room.

Judging by her behavior, she is very decent, she is indeed a young lady from a scholarly family.

However, the Wu family is extremely poor now.

She spent a long time outside thinking about tomorrow's manuscript, and in a short while, Xiaodie came out of the shower with a faint fragrance on her body, like orchids and musk deer.

Smelling her body fragrance, Su Mu's nerves were completely relaxed, and he thought: Finally, he has settled down.