The first fifty-ninth chapter is a blessing or a curse
The group of people walked, ate, and played together. Time flew by quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already noon. The group of people found a restaurant, found a private room, and sat down to order food. The restaurant was quite grand, but the dishes were really not flattering to Su Jin's mouth.
His tired mouth and stomach could no longer tolerate such crude food, so while everyone was eating with chopsticks, Su Jin couldn't take a bite.
Aunt Zhao observed her words and saw Su Jin sighing secretly and said: "I am afraid that the dish is not suitable for me if I sigh when I eat."
Su Jin smiled and said, "You might as well just eat. I've eaten a lot of snacks in the morning and I'm still full now."
Xiao Sui'er put down her chopsticks and said, "Master, what do you want to eat? Why don't we go out and buy some and come back without eating?"
Huan Niang also said: "Yes, the breakfast food has been used up long ago. I have to eat some anyway."
Su Jin waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about me. Eat quickly. Eat quickly. There are many places to play in the afternoon."
Aunt Zhao said: "Little official, what are you going to do in the afternoon if you don't want to eat? Didn't you say you want to go to Mulan Temple? That's far away in Beicheng. How about I go out and get some Dongcheng Lake hairy crabs from Xinshi for me?
Come and have a taste?”
Su Jin perked up and said, "Hairy crabs? This is pretty good. Isn't there any delicacy from this city in the restaurant?"
Aunt Zhao poked her head out from the box to look at the busy restaurant waiters, covering her mouth with her hands and saying softly: "To be honest with you, the restaurant that makes the best hairy crabs in Yingtianfu belongs to "Rao Liang Zhai"; the others
They can only be regarded as average.”
Su Jin smiled and said: "Then what's the difference? It's just steaming, braised and braised. Is there any other way to cook it?"
Aunt Zhao said: "Little official, I don't know. They are all steamed, but the difference lies in the sauce. The sauce of "Rao Liang Zhai" is passed down from ancestors and no one can compare with it. Little official, I will sit down at my slave's house and help you bring two back to taste."
You’ll know once you taste it.”
Su Jin suddenly realized that the delicious taste of hairy crabs when paired with the best sauces can complement each other. Since the raw materials are the same and the steaming techniques are similar, the quality of the sauces is the key. So he smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, please give me some money."
My sister-in-law is running an errand and there are eight of you here, so I’ll give you sixteen."
Aunt Zhao couldn't help but said that she knew how to say it, but Aunt Zhang had never eaten the hairy crabs from "Rao Liang Zhai". The key point was that it was too extravagant. Two hundred yuan would eat up the food of an ordinary family for five or six days. How could Lao Jiang and his wife spare the money?
This time, thanks to the blessing of a small official, I can taste such delicious food. I will pack one back and give it to Lao Jiang to try.
Aunt Zhao went there with a smile on her face, and after about a stick of incense, she suddenly turned pale and hurried back with nothing in her hands. She didn't even see a crab claw.
"It's incredible..." Aunt Zhao tightly closed the curtain on the private room door and gasped while suppressing her voice.
"What's wrong? Auntie took a sip of water and said slowly, is this a robbery?" Xiao Sui'er hurriedly handed over a cup of herbal tea.
Aunt Zhao drank the herbal tea and said with a strange expression: "Young lady, you are joking. There are no robbers in broad daylight."
Su Jin said: "When you encounter something, you are so flustered that you say this."
Aunt Zhao gave her first blessing and said, "No wonder the little official dares to ask if the little official's name is Su Jin?"
Su Jin said in surprise: "Yeah, what's wrong?"
Aunt Zhao said in an inaudible voice: "As soon as the Nu family left the street corner, the government servants all over the street were looking for someone. The one they were looking for was a student from Yingtianfu Academy named Su Jin. I thought he was a minor official, right? I was so anxious.
Crab didn’t dare to buy it. He stood aside and eavesdropped on the government officials asking passers-by on the street. They didn’t understand why. Why don’t you come back quickly and report the news?”
Everyone was shocked. The fact that the government officials were looking for Su Jin seemed to have something to do with the government. Could it be that they didn't understand the affairs in Luzhou? Is it possible that the prefect Zhu had sent his father to Yingtian Mansion to get Su Jin?
"Did the little official commit something? What should we do?" Aunt Zhao rubbed her hands anxiously.
Xiao Sui'er also asked anxiously: "What's going on? Did you commit a crime in the academy?"
Su Jin couldn't laugh or cry and said: "What kind of crime can be committed? Can you be punished for writing Cuju?" Then he stood up and said: "I'll go and see what's going on with me."
Aunt Zhao was so frightened that she quickly grabbed Su Jin and said, "You can't go out. Those yamen servants are so vicious. Ying Tianfu is not a small official's hometown. There is no one to talk to when you enter the yamen."
Xiao Sui'er also said: "Yes, Master, please leave me alone and go outside to inquire about the news until you find out more about it."
Su Jin waved his hand and said: "It's not a blessing or a curse, but I can't hide it. I ask myself that I haven't violated the laws of the Song Dynasty. I'm not afraid of the shadow. How can I spend my whole life huddled in a restaurant and never come out?"
Huan Niang also said: "Young Master is right. You have to understand the right and wrong. Hiding is not an option."
Xiao Sui'er rolled her eyes at Huan Niang and said, "It's easy as you said. If I get locked up by the yamen servants, you can take the blame for me."
Huan Niang blushed and said softly: "I think the slave family is afraid of not having that blessing."
Su Jin smiled and said, "You are really worried too much. Just let me go out with you."
Wang Chaoyang, Ma Han and others put down their chopsticks and said: "Whoever dares to touch a hair of the young master should first ask whether he agrees with his fist as big as a sand bowl."
Su Jin scolded: "Don't mess around. We are decent citizens, why are we fighting with government officials?"
After saying that, he got up and lifted the curtain and walked out of the restaurant. When he came to the street, he saw the sun shining brightly, and the earth seemed to be on fire. Pedestrians on the street passed by in a hurry. Most of them were enjoying the cool inside their houses or under the shade of trees to escape the heat.
Su Jin looked around and saw no trace of the government servants. Ever since he met Yan Biyun's driver at noon, his heart had been filled with a sense of frustration. At this moment, he suddenly wanted to vent. Then he stood on the street with his hands on his hips and shouted: "Who is Su Jin here?"
Find me."
People resting in the shops on the street poked their heads out to look at the people pointing and talking.
Su Jin ignored him and shouted three times. After a while, he saw several government officials swarming around the corner in front of him, shouting: "Who calls himself Su Jin?"
Su Jin said proudly: "I am Luzhou Su Jin."
The gang of government officials ran over screaming and looked very anxious. Seeing this, Xiao Sui'er suddenly raised his arms and blocked Su Jin in front of him and said, "Damn Xiaozhu Dynasty Zhao Hu, why don't you guys stop him? The government officials are here to lock him up."
What’s the use of you if you can eat it?”
Su Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head, gently pushing Xiao Sui'er to one side and walking towards him; a small-looking man among the yamen servants rushed forward and grabbed Su Jin's arm. Beads of sweat rolled down his face and he said: "But
Looking for you."
Xiao Sui'er rushed forward like a tigress and grabbed the officer's hand and said, "What are you doing? If my young master commits anything, you will lock him up."
The yamen servant, Monk Zhanger, was confused and said in astonishment: "My dear lady, what are you doing? Who said we were going to lock him up? My brothers and I came to look for you on Master Yan's order. Why did your young master ever say you were going to lock him up?"
Everyone was dumbfounded for a moment. It turned out that Mr. Yan wanted to see Su Jin everywhere and couldn't find him. So he asked all over the street. Xiao Sui'er blushed and let go of his hand and stepped back.
The yamen servant rubbed his painful arm and said, "My little lady's hands are so strong, I'm afraid this piece of flesh will be bruised."
Su Jin hurriedly held up his hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yan. I wonder what Mr. Yan is doing here."
The yamen servant bowed his hands and returned the greeting: "Young Master asked me to wait until I can see Mr. Yan. I want to see you. Mr. Su specially ordered me to come to Mr. Su to go to the academy for a while. As for what happened, I don't know what happened."
Su Jin knew that these were just minor officials running errands. If they were officials, they would have their legs broken if they tried to talk. It's hard for them to be so popular. They were all over the streets. He immediately thanked him repeatedly. Xiao Sui'er took out a lot of money and stuffed it into the head of the yamen servant.
The target said: "Brother, the official businessman will take the brothers to drink some ice water to quench their thirst. This will be very useful."
The head of the government office pretended to decline, then put the copper coins into his arms and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Su, for seeing the people and cars waiting at the head of the stone bridge in front of you. Mr. Su will move his car now."
Su Jin turned around and said apologetically to Huan Niang Xiao Sui'er: "If you can't play in the afternoon, why don't you follow Aunt Zhao to play next time? I'll ask for leave to make up for it."
Huan Niang said: "Master, don't worry when you go. We should be careful when we meet Master Yan. If something happens, let Xiao Zhuzhu send a message when he comes back so that we won't be anxious."
Su Jin said: "I know." He stretched out his palm and made a gesture, leading the small pillar and following several government officials forward.
Everyone watched Su Jin walk away, and Xiao Sui'er breathed a sigh of relief and said, "But what scared me turned out to be a false alarm."
Huan Niang said with a smile: "Young Master is so proud that Master Yan is so eager to ask him to speak."
Xiao Sui'er asked: "Sister Huan Niang, do you think it is a blessing or a curse for Mr. Yan to meet him?"
Huan Niang said, "Didn't you see the driver of Dong Yan's family? Maybe..." After saying this, she remained silent.
Xiao Sui'er stamped her feet and said, "It's so hot when we go back to the house that the young master isn't here to have any fun."
Huan Niang said: "Okay, let's go out and play next time."
In dismay, the group called a taxi on the side of the road and drove back to Nancheng.dd