Chapter 3 Group portrait: Old man, little maid and second generation ancestor (《》)

Life is boring, and to put it nicely, of course it is leisurely. During the continuous rain, I play goji with the little girl, occasionally practice calligraphy, and read ancient books. Although it is incomparable to modern novels in terms of entertainment, he has always been able to withstand such monotony. Since he has come to ancient times, he has read a book without punctuation for half a day and figured out the meaning word by word, which is not very painful for him.

Of course, other messy things happened in a few months.

When the new son-in-law entered the house, he married again. In this era, he had no status. The situation of the Su family was actually quite complicated. Now the real ruler of the Su family is Su Tan'er's grandfather, who is still alive. Most people call him an old lady. The old lady has three biological sons, divided into two and three bedrooms. The one who holds the power to the outside world is the big house, Su Tan'er's father Su Boyong, and Su Boyong only has Su Tan'er's daughter. However, Su Tan'er is quite capable in doing business and directly overwhelmed the male child of the other two bedrooms, becoming the main cause of this complex relationship. The male child of the other two bedrooms has always hoped that Su Tan'er could marry into a splashed water in the future, and they had the opportunity to inherit the Su family in the future. Now a guy who married into the family has made their hopes shatter. When they see him on weekdays, even if he restrains himself and does not sarcasticly, a roll of his eyes is always inevitable.

In addition to the three families in the main department, Mr. Su also has brothers and sisters. There is no problem with the Su family now. Living in the Su family is legitimate. If you want to leave, in the present where no one knows, you don’t have to think about it at all. Even in modern times, you have to have a better life, which is particularly true in ancient times. Even if you have established such a huge commercial empire, he would not think that he could "get the world by taking a few taels of silver" in ancient times. In any case, the Su family is still the best safe haven at present.

The rain fell for several days, and only stayed at home for a few days. Occasionally, the three masters and servants in the opposite building hurried out with oil paper umbrellas. They could also see their figures coming back from the rain. The lofts of the courtyard, the garden pavilions, and the drizzle drizzles washed the white stone and green tiles into a particularly clear way. They came from there, either in the lake green or white or light red dresses. The ladies these days are truly ladies, unlike modern women who have been packaged, no matter how

He Shengyan, those women all have the smell of fireworks or copper smell. When they watch it, they feel that everything is like in ink paintings. They rushed back from outside, avoided the dripping eaves, patted wet clothes by the stairs, and then went upstairs... At the end of the day, firelights also lit up from the stretching courtyards, with dark red and dark red halos, some fixed, and some swam, and the dark night had the atmosphere of ancient deep courtyards.

Of course, this is the ancient deep mansion.

It is easy to get started with Gozi chess, and it is not difficult to master it. Xiaochan quickly learned and became a master. In the next few days, Ning Yi played with her, and it was always a situation where there was more loss and less victory. This kind of entertainment "contagious" to the opposite building at an extremely fast speed. In the evening three days later, Ning Yi lit an oil lamp to read a book. Xiaochan came to see several times and was sure that he had not given an order before leaving. When Ning Yi and Shangshu Shushu walked on the corridor, they saw the scene of a girl holding a Go board and walking towards the opposite building in the courtyard corridor below. Then, with Xing'er and Juan'er, they entered the room on the opposite floor. When the lights turned on, they could see the scene of three people playing chess inside. Occasionally, there were silhouettes pointing and talking, and they were excited. Xiaochan was probably chattering and teaching the two sisters how. It couldn't help but be funny.

The heavy rain lasted for several days before it stopped. Although I had told Xiaochan that I couldn't go to the Qinhuai River to watch Go again, I naturally had a smile. Sure enough, the old man named Qin who was playing chess this time noticed him and said hello.

Not long after, the old man finished a game with his friend and waved to Ning Yi who was watching the game with a smile. He first introduced him to the friend who was fighting, and then naturally Ning Yi greeted him and the man. After the basic etiquette, he asked him to roughly talk about his opinion on the game of chess. Although he was not too serious, after each game, if there were any tricks, it was necessary to review or show off among the chess friends. The nature was equivalent to saying a few words after playing, "If I don't do this, I won't lose..." after playing. Since the old man invited him to participate, he naturally recognized his Go level and then made an invitation.

"Mr. Ning is interested, let's play another game?"

Ning Yi nodded in agreement with a smile, and while collecting the chess pieces, the old man smiled and spoke.

"It's raining these days and I've been home. I recalled the game of chess with my friends that day. Mr. Ning has many wonderful skills and is thought-provoking. I've been itchy for many days. Today, the rain stopped going out. Mr. Huang really came, haha..."

Although he thought that Ning Yi's chess method was not a "gentleman" that day, he did not take this too seriously after all. Instead, as a chess player, he suddenly saw such a novel chess method. The longer the time, the more he recalled and deduced it in his heart, and the more he became a little "relative". He just chatted and played a game, but the old man lost again. Ning Yi made a little deduction with him, and then played another game, but he went home just after seeing that it was not early.

I continued to come over the next day, and not long after, his future "work" problem was finally settled.

On the first day of July, the whole family had dinner together. Old Lady Su asked about Ning Yi's rehabilitation. Then he mentioned that a teacher in the academy was about to travel far and asked Ning Yi if he was willing to teach at the academy. The old man was kind, but with his status at home, he basically decided as soon as he said that he was mentally prepared before, so he nodded naturally. Then the old Lady called Su Zhongkan, the second son in charge of the academy in the family, and asked him to make arrangements after the previous teacher left.

There was still some time before the teacher left, so the main way to spend time was to play Go, and the rest were reading books, practicing calligraphy, playing Go with Xiaochan and so on. After more than a month, my relationship with the Su family had not developed much, and I became familiar with some people on the streets by the Qinhuai River.

The streets here are beautiful, with green trees, but the location is slightly off the edge, and there are not many big shops. In addition to the slightly fixed tea shops next to them, there will be a few vendors selling breakfast or buying vegetables coming in the morning. The surrounding houses are sparse, and some houses built along the river will stick out of the water at one end, like stilt houses by the river. Occasionally, someone will go down to the river to wash clothes and get water.

The old man with the surname Qin should have a good family background. He is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. He said that he was a pedantic scholar in ancient times, but this old man was not like this. He would never talk about it, nor would he always say that he could understand flexibility when speaking and seeing things. But if he chewed it carefully, he would not be in line with the way of Confucius and Mencius. This is the person who truly understands Confucius and Mencius.

If Confucius and Mencius take off the coat of cloak that was changed for the sake of rule, the core part is actually the life principles summarized by the ancients. Many things on the philosophical level are all applicable. Ning Yi can speak with this old man, and there is no need to worry too much about chatting occasionally. This old man probably had been an official before, but when he was old, he would be bored every day to set up a chess stall. His family lives nearby, with a wife in his fifties and a beautiful concubine in his thirties. He occasionally came out to deliver lunch, and Ning Yi also met twice.

The old man also has some fixed chess friends, most of whom are knowledgeable, some are wealthy, and some seem to be honest. At first, Ning Yi mostly sat aside and watched, and later he gradually became able to participate in and say a few words during the review. Of course, there will be people who hold their own identities and criticize his younger generation. For example, an old man named Dong criticized his unscrupulous tricks. He was arrogant, so Ning Yi was too lazy to pay attention to him. It was the most boring thing to argue with such an elderly person.

I sit by the tea stall every day and naturally have to eat some food and drink some tea. I am familiar with the owner of the tea stall. Xiaochan is bored and occasionally sits aside with the daughter of the tea stall owner and chatters. At first, the daughter of the tea stall owner is said to have asked Ning Yi about Ning Yi's background a little shyly. When I learned that Ning Yi is the son-in-law of the Su family, she showed a look of disappointment. Because it seems that Ning Yi is a noble young man from a good family, and he can take a maid around every day to prove that he can talk to Mr. Qin and occasionally talk about things that others don't understand, which proves that he is very knowledgeable. If he can marry him... it's a pity that he is a married woman.

When they were playing chess, they were naturally in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere at first. After two weeks, they became familiar. The old man might think that Ning Yi’s casual words were thought-provoking, but of course they also felt that they were deviant. This was a different custom. Ning Yi was not particular about the details, so the two of them discussed while playing chess. After a month, they seriously talked about his identity.

Ning Yi did not hide much about his identity. He also said that the old man just nodded "oh". At that time, he was just a new chess friend. At that time, everyone could chat with him, and after he was a friend of his age, the meaning he mentioned was naturally different.

"You are a person who is not skilled, and it's a pity to marry into a married woman..."

Ning Yi did not have too much knowledge about classics, history, and his collection of books. He did not have good rote memorization and was not considered a professional. Mr. Qin was a great scholar in this regard. After contacting the two sides for so long, he naturally saw this, so he gave an evaluation of "not learning and skillful". In fact, it was already a very high praise, but Ning Yi also smiled.

"It's nothing bad to marry into a family. Look, I come out to drink tea and play chess every day, and I give it to Xiaochan, and I have good food, accommodation and treatment. I'll be a teacher for a few days and teach a group of students without much burden. I'm a lazy person, and I'm already very good."

That being said, but nowadays, the identity of a son-in-law is lower than that of a regular wife. After his wife comes in, she can be placed in the ancestral hall after her death. The son-in-law doesn't even have the qualifications to enter the ancestral hall, which is no different from a concubine. He is really underestimated by everything he does. He has basically cut off all the paths of fame and fortune, and can only work hard as an accessory to the Su family. Ning Yi read all the bad luck in his previous life, but ordinary young people do not have such a state of mind. Mr. Qin probably saw that he had some talent and knowledge, so he couldn't help but feel sorry for it.

"... What's more, the Su family is a family of merchants. Although merchants are pursuing profit, they are also very fame, but even if you have talent and knowledge, fame and fortune will probably not fall into you in the end."

The old man said this because he was very insightful. Regardless of the outside world's attitude towards a son-in-law, even if Ning Yi was really talented, the Su family would not want him to go to the exam to win the exam. When he asked him to marry in, he was just to see that he was a nerd, and Mrs. Su was a man of righteousness. Remembering the agreement with Ning Yi, Ning Yi was also a little literary, but he was not really knowledgeable. Su Tan'er could suppress him when marrying in. Even from Ning Yi's perspective, the nerd in the past actually benefited from it and had no intention of slandering the Su family, so he just laughed it off. However, when the old man talked about the right and wrong of the Su family, Xiaochan, who was sitting aside and accidentally heard, turned red and couldn't help but come over.

"Old... Grandpa, after the son-in-law arrived at the Su family, the lady never treated the son-in-law badly. The lady is a very good person and will not treat the son-in-law badly in the future!"

The little girl looked nervous and serious. She grew up next to Su Tan'er and was like a sister. At this time, she might not be able to hear the deep meaning behind the old man's words, but she probably knew that the old man was talking about the Su family. Ordinary family owners had no room for the little maid to interrupt, but the son-in-law had a special status, some were very proud of the face, and some were disdainful. But Xiaochan followed Su Tan'er and had a very good education, so naturally it would not be the latter. She was just nervous about the reputation of the lady and even the Su family. She didn't know how brave she had to say this rebuttal words, and clenched her fists in front of her with both hands, nervous.

In the past, Xiaochan always stayed quietly by the side, well-behaved and sensible. Old Qin was already used to the existence of this little maid. At this time, he was slightly stunned. Ning Yi looked at Xiaochan for a few times, but he had already laughed and raised his hand to leave a son.

"Haha, you old man, you are worried about eating carrots and eating them salty. You have offended Xiaochan now. If you spread your words from the Su family, I will suffer the loss."

The old man also laughed: "Haha, I've been speechless, so I can teach Miss Xiaochan to know. I don't mean to accuse the Su family of this. However, it's true that I've been speechless when talking about other people's family affairs. I'm sorry..."

He apologized to Xiaochan openly, but Xiaochan was not necessarily angry, but he was serious. His nervous and serious expression did not fade until he left Ning Yi, and even seemed to be a little thicker. He followed Ning Yi with his head down all the way. His already petite body seemed to have become smaller because of the silence. Ning Yi curled his lips helplessly and turned around to comfort him: "What's wrong? He's still angry."

Before he could finish his words, Xiaochan's shoulders shrank, his mouth flattened, and tears rolled out from his eyes like broken pearls.

The matter seemed to be quite serious... Ning Yi was stunned for a moment, then made a soft voice: "What the hell is wrong?"

"Xiao Chan..." The little girl choked and looked up at him. "Although Xiao Chan is a little maid who doesn't know anything, she won't gossip about such things. If your son-in-law says that if the words spread, it would be Xiao Chan, Xiao Chan... she is not loyal..."

Xiaochan shook her shoulders and choked even more. Ning Yi looked at her for a while. She originally thought that the little girl was depressed by the old man's words all the way. Who knew that she was wronged for her joke, and then she couldn't help laughing.

"Son-in-law...you're still...gu--"

Before the little girl could finish her sob, the wind leaked. However, Ning Yi suddenly stretched out his hands, pinched her cheeks and pulled her face into a big pancake. Now it was the little girl's turn to be stunned. Her eyes were wide open, like a lantern. After blinking twice, Ning Yi let go of her face and patted her shoulder: "Let's go." He turned around and left.

After a while, the little girl followed, looking frightened, and also had a red face: "Son-in-law, son-in-law, you..." She wanted to denounce Ning Yi's behavior just now. In fact, this matter was big or small. In the past few months, the two of them were together day and night. Occasionally, Xiaochan helped him measure his clothes, but it was more about wearing clothes. There was actually physical contact, but it could be considered an unintentional touch.

The history of Ning Yi's arrival has basically gone apart, but the Wu Dynasty and the Song Dynasty are actually very similar. Although Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism did not appear at all, by this time, there were already many things for men and women to defend themselves. Xiaochan was a maid and had to serve the people around her. It was impossible to ask the same as ordinary women. If Su Tan'er married Ning Yi, as one of the three maids, she would be Ning Yi's concubine in the future, and then there would be no problem. But now Ning Yi is married into the Su family, and everything is actually Su Tan'er has the final say.

After all, the son-in-law has a low status. As for the people, it is generally believed that men with a little backbone or persistence will not marry into the family. This is also because the status of son-in-law in many families is actually the same as that of slaves. Most women's families only regard men who marry into the family as long-term workers. Of course, the situations of each household are very different. If the relationship between husband and wife is good, or if the son-in-law is actually capable, they will naturally have their own place at home, which is not surprising.

In the Su family, Mrs. Su was thinking about the friendship between her previous generations and actually took good care of Ning Yi, so her family would not explicitly despise him. Although Su Tan'er had expressed resistance to the marriage, her attitude towards Ning Yi was considered peaceful at this time. But even so, or if the relationship between the two developed again in the future and became a real couple, the possibility of her allowing Ning Yi and Chan'er to have an intimate relationship in the future is not high. Although the three maids have followed Su Tan'er since childhood, Su Tan'er will probably never let go of these three little girls in the family in the future, but what is more likely to happen may be to betrothing them to some loyal and promising servants, and at the same time, they will keep them in the Su family for the rest of their lives.

Of course this is just a casual prank. Ning Yi may not think so much. The little girl naturally couldn't think too much. But even if she was not angry, she was still a little shy after all. At this time, she blushed and angrily rushed up, trying to summarize the words that could describe Ning Yi's behavior, and finally said: "Son-in-law, you bully someone!"

"Yes." Ning Yi nodded and shrugged, "I'll bully you, why are you?"

"Did it..." Chan'er blinked, then became angry again, "and said something Chan'er couldn't understand..."

"Haha." Ning Yi laughed happily by the side of the street.

When I first arrived here, my mood was actually quite gloomy, but I have been bored for so long recently, and my gloomy mood gradually dissipated. I felt that in ancient times, I used Go to bully the old scholars, and now I bully the little girl, which is actually quite interesting.

As he walked home, Xiaochan jumped and spoke with her, a little shy at first, and then she talked about other trivial matters in a mess. When she walked all the way to the relatively prosperous street not far from the Su family, a man suddenly came over to say hello and stopped the two of them.

The Su family has many people. Every day when they come back from here, they often meet some Su family members. Some are willing to say hello to Ning Yi, and some are disdainful to talk to him. On a few occasions, they will meet Su Tan'er back from here because there is a Su cloth shop next to the street. At this time, the man came out of the Su family cloth shop, and was in his early twenties. He held a folding fan and looked like a romantic talent. He bowed from a distance: "Brother Ning, what a coincidence." Then he walked over with two servants.

It was probably someone whom the owner of this body knew before, but Ning Yi couldn't recognize him at this time. He glanced at him in confusion, but saw Su Tan'er's carriage parked next to the road not far away. A small head in the cloth shop shook, looked here, and then ran inside again. It was Xing'er who followed Su Tan'er. He saw Ning Yi and Chan'er, so he ran to ask Su Tan'er to come out.

The man gradually approached with a smile. Although Ning Yi didn't know his name, it was very simple to deal with such things. He was about to say hello with a smile. Chan'er behind him pulled the corner of his clothes: "Son-in-law, that's Mr. Xue from Dachuan Buxing." He was a little restless in his words.

Ning Yi realized that although he had never seen anyone, he had indeed heard of this person.

After coming to this era, I pretended to be amnesia and asked about my previous identity issues. It was always a simple life. However, when the Su family, such as Chan'er and Xing'er, they always avoided things, such as the incident when Su Tan'er ran away on the night of the marriage, and he was knocked on a brick.

But even if he avoided it, Ning Yi had already known what he should have known after a few months. The one who secretly knocked on the bricks should be Xue Jin, who was in the big river bank in front of him. Xiaochan was uneasy at this time, probably because she was afraid that Ning Yi would be angry, so she suffered a loss if she did something.

However, Ning Yi would not put any complicated expressions on his face. At this time, Zhishi smiled and nodded: "Oh, Mr. Xue, hello."

He smiled naturally and had a calm attitude. Xue Jin on the opposite side was slightly stunned, looking at the two followers beside him, and then laughed again: "I heard that Brother Ning was accidentally injured on the day of marriage, and he was a little amnesia. I was there too, but I left early because I had something to do, so I couldn't find time to visit him. Why... Is there really something about amnesia? Brother Ning really can't remember me?"

Opposite, Ning Yi seemed a little embarrassed, with sincere and strong apology, showing an apology smile: "What happened before is really...hehe, Brother Xue, forgive me..."
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