Chapter 123: Poor Scholar
Junniang screamed loudly, and even she instinctively jumped up and screamed without even thinking about what she had fallen into.
Ning Le and Su Chan were startled and hurriedly stepped forward. At the same time, Su Yan, who was holding the little fox's aftertaste and carrying the vegetable basket, appeared at the door, Su Yan coldly saw the humanoid object half of the fall in the threshold and half of the person still dragging outside the threshold, he was so frightened that his soul flew away, and the vegetable basket in his hand fell to the ground, and he screamed, screaming Huo Di rushed to the aftertaste beside him, hugging his neck, hands and feet, and using it like a monkey climbing a tree.
The aftertaste was full of black lines, gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Go down!" ”
Su Yan was so scared that he instinctively shook his head vigorously before he heard what he said, still screaming.
Ning Le had never seen a corpse, poked his head out to take a look, swished back again, and subconsciously took half a step back.
Su Chan took a step forward and looked down, but it was a young man with delicate facial features and skinny eyes closed on his back at the door, his upper body was in the door, and his lower body was outside the door.
The young man is about twenty years old, his thin and narrow melon seed face is covered by a long natural curly hair that spreads out unkemptly, the hair color is not black, but brown, the hair is very soft, soft and curly and fluffy, and it is more and more lined with a thin but naturally white and tender face, born handsome, moderate in size, wearing a dark gray coarse cloth straight jacket, which is densely patched from top to bottom, but it is very clean, exuding a shallow smell of honey locust. He carried a rag bag in his arms, even though he was now lying lifeless on the ground. The cloth bag was still subconsciously held in his arms.
"How can there be a dead man here all of a sudden, report to the official?" Ning Le stood behind Su Chan's body and asked in a worried whisper.
There was a pause. Su Chan squatted down and put her hand under the young man's nose.
"Sister Chan, don't touch it, there's a dead person here, you can't move around casually before reporting to the official!" Ning Le was startled, his heart tightened, and he said in a panic.
"Not dead." Su Chan spit out two words indifferently.
"Huh?" Ning Le was stunned.
"I just fainted. It's not like I'm sick, looking at this appearance, eighty percent of them faint from hunger. Su Chan stood up slowly. Rubbing his finger against his clothes, he said.
Chunniang finally stopped screaming, looked at the suspected "corpse" on the ground worriedly, and asked tremblingly while tugging on Su Chan's sleeve:
"Really not dead?"
Su Chan nodded.
Jun Niang looked at the people on the ground for a while. Timid and full of complicated feelings, he sighed:
"This man looks like a reader. I didn't expect that in such a prosperous city of Toyoshu, there would be people who read hungry and fainted on the streets! "It's as if Yue Liangguo often has people who read and faint from hunger.
As soon as Su Yan heard that the person was not dead, he finally calmed down, got down from his future second brother-in-law he hated the most with an embarrassed expression, took out what little manhood he had left, and mustered up the courage to take a closer look at the face of the person on the ground, and exclaimed:
"I know this man! He sat behind me during the exam, and I talked to him, but he ignored me! ”
Ning Le was stunned. After thinking about it, he asked, "Has he entered the official school?" ”
Su Yan tilted his head and thought for a long time. Shaking his head: "Probably not, I haven't met him in the official school." ”
When Ning Le heard this, he looked at the people on the ground with emotion, and after a while, he muttered to himself:
"Did he fall off the list?"
Su Chan glanced at him, paused, and said lightly while turning around and walking towards the inner courtyard: "You carry him in, don't let people see it at the door, I'll go to the second sister to get an idea." ”
Ning Le glanced back at her and pursed his lips: You have to go to the second sister for an idea, is your second sister your Guanyin Bodhisattva?
Aftertaste still stood at the door without saying a word with the little fox, bowed his head and glanced at the face of the fainting young man, there are so many "stray animals" attracted by the Su family!
Su Miao slept on the fourth watch last night, and was woken up by Su Chan early in the morning, changed her clothes and came out to see the poor young man who had fainted from hunger, but when she saw that Sven's little face, she was stunned and became a little interested:
"Yo, it's not bad!"
Aftertaste glanced at her.
"It's a pity that he's a poor ghost." Su Xian covered her lips, yawned lazily, and shook the fan in her hand and said.
"Second sister, is he faint from hunger or sick, do you want to invite a Langzhong, or send him home directly?" Su Chan asked a series of questions.
"Seeing him like this, he shouldn't be sick, and if he faints, he's either hungry or hot." Su Miao said, instructed Su Yan to make a bowl of sugar water, sat on the edge of the bed, took the sugar water handed by Su Yan, asked Su Yan to half-lift the young man to support his head, scooped up a spoonful of warm sugar water and fed it to the young man's mouth.
As soon as the sugar water was placed on the young man's mouth, the young man's lips moved instinctively, and although his eyes were still closed, his body did not drink the sugar water smoothly according to his own needs. After a few sips in a row, the young man seemed to finally have the strength, slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing that caught his eye was a beautiful girl, startled, and glanced vaguely to both sides, and there were two young and beautiful girls, one gentle and graceful, and one with ten thousand styles. He chuckled in his heart, and suddenly realized that there was someone behind him supporting him, and subconsciously looked over, and what caught his eye was a small face with red lips and white teeth. A panicked feeling of being too shocked and scattered suddenly swept through his body, he let out a low cry, Huo Di jumped from the bed and fell to the ground, it was hard to imagine that a person who was still dizzy just now had such a fast speed and such an amazing bounce power. When his feet landed, because his legs and feet were still weak, his body was crooked and he almost fell, Ning Le hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
The young man hurriedly thanked him, turned around again, and hurriedly made a gesture at Su Yan, who was sitting on the bed in a daze, and did not dare to raise his head, and said in a panic:
"Xiaosheng was rude and offended the girl, and I hope the girl will forgive me!"
Su Miao blinked her eyes twice, it was the first time she had heard someone call herself "Xiaosheng" in this era, and she suddenly had the feeling of reading a script.
Su Yan was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned green. Jumped up and shouted angrily:
"Who's the girl? You're the girl! Your whole family is girls! Keep your eyes open and see clearly, I'm a man! Man! "Although he is timid and weak, he also has a male self-esteem.
The young man was sluggish for a long time. This can't be blamed on him, even if Su Yan has grown up, he is feminine in both appearance and temperament, even his voice is a low and gentle neutral voice, which is really indisputable.
The young man finally reacted to the fact that the other party was just feminine and not a woman, and hurriedly made a deep gesture and said:
"Xiaosheng is rude. Don't be surprised by this little brother. ”
Su Yanqi snorted, looked at him, raised his eyebrows and asked, "You don't remember me." I sat in front of you during the exam, and I spoke to you before the exam. ”
The young man was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, hung his head and asked softly:
"Little brother...... Can you get it? ”
"Yes."
The young man's body stiffened. Then he arched his hand. Asked: "It's rude, dare to ask the surname of the prime minister?" "Xianggong is an honorific title for students who take the middle school examination.
"My surname is Sue."
"Su Xianggong, you are polite here." The young man hurriedly made a gesture and said respectfully.
It was the first time for the Su family to meet a scholar who had been so thoughtful that this kind of etiquette could be described as terrifying, and they looked at the young man and were speechless.
Su Yan was obviously also frightened, this kind of person who was more serious than a serious person, he really didn't know how to get along, and he was stunned for a while. Laughing wryly:
"My name is Su Yan, just call me by my name."
"Su Xianggong is a young talent. Don't dare. The young man said solemnly and dignifiedly.
"Uh...... Well...... Hehe......" Su Yan didn't know what to say for a while, this was too exaggerated, he paused, coughed lightly, and said, "You fainted at my door just now, are you okay, do you want to invite Lang Zhong?" ”
"There's nothing to do here, thank you Su Xianggong for rescuing, please ask Su Xianggong to do a lot of Haihan if it's rude, and I'll leave first." After the young man finished speaking, he turned around and took a step, his legs and feet, which were too sore, crooked, and fell to the ground!
Su Yan was startled, Ning Le hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, but the young man couldn't stand up no matter how he struggled, as if he had lost all his strength, his face was pale, and his whole body was so soft that he couldn't stand up.
"Are you hungry and eat before leaving?" Su Miao clasped her hands on her chest, looked at him for a while, and asked.
"Thank you for the kindness of the girl, I am indeed hungry in my belly, but I have no silver in my belly." The young man held Ning Le's hand and tried to stand up as he spoke.
"The money doesn't matter, I don't think you can stand up without eating. Anyway, our family hasn't made breakfast yet, so you can eat together, don't want silver. "He's really honest, Su Miao looked at him and said.
How did he know that he was not only honest, but also stubborn, Su Miao's voice fell, and he actually said to her face seriously:
"The poor are not fed by the spurs, and although they are poor below, they are not lowly, and in spite of the girl's good intentions, please do not disgrace the character of the below."
"You scholar is stupid to read, why are you so ignorant!" Su Chan became angry when she heard this, and pointed at him angrily.
"That's it! Sister Miao is kind-hearted, what kind of attitude do you have! You yourself fell outside our store, if someone else's family had thrown you far away, Sister Miao invited you to dinner, and you still talked nonsense, do you still have a conscience! Chun Niang was also furious and said loudly.
"The two of you misunderstood, and I also know that this girl has good intentions, but 'not to be fed' is the life motto of the next, and I ask a few forgiveness." The young man still spoke without humility or arrogance, and there was no emptiness in his tone, and he expressed his thoughts very calmly.
The corners of Su Miao's eyebrows twitched fiercely, it was the first time she had met such a backbone person, she paused, and said:
"I'm not interested in your life motto, I don't care if you appreciate it, the problem is that your hungry legs are weak, and if you don't eat, you won't have the strength to climb out of the door even if you crawl, I see that you are about to faint again just by talking."
Her understatement pierced the young man's self-esteem, but unfortunately he didn't even have the blood that made his face red, and he hung his head and was speechless.
"If you have no opinion, just sit down for a while, I'll have someone call you when the meal is served, and you finish the sugar water first." Su Miao said lightly, turned around, and went out.
Su Chan and Chunniang walked out with her in their arms, and Chunniang said speechlessly:
"I usually hear about such a poor scholar in my book, but I didn't expect to see it alive today."
"I think he's got a brain problem." Su Chan said coldly.
"I think he's scheming, I didn't see him when the door closed last night, but he appeared at the gate early in the morning, when did he sit at the door, and where he was hungry and fainted, he would be hungry at the door of the restaurant, he would find a place." Su Xian fanned, snorted, and said.
Su Miao thought for a while and said with a smile: "Anyway, it's just a bowl of rice, and it's not even one more person to eat, I really didn't expect that there would be people who could faint on the street hungry." ”
"Sister Miao, you have only lived in Changle Town and Fengzhou, so I don't know, there are many such people, they want to enter the official school to get silver, and the whole family also wants to provide them with silver, but the official school is so easy to enter, many people have failed to pass the exam many times, but they don't know who raised them badly, and they have raised a stinky arrogant backbone, and they can't get into the official school when they study, but they don't do any work, and they are poor and useless." Chun Niang said disdainfully.
"Chunniang, you don't seem to like reading people?" Su Miao said with a smile.
"I don't dislike it, but some poor sour ghosts are very annoying, when I sang the song, a lot of poor sour ghosts scolded me for not being honest and indecent while watching it in vain, I don't make money on my own, but I don't rely on Lao Tzu Niang to support me when I'm old, one or two are all bloodsuckers of Lao Tzu Niang, what do you pretend to be high!" Chun Niang raised her chin and said contemptuously.
Su Miao raised her eyebrows and smiled.
The hungry young man is probably a typical poor scholar, even if he is hungry and eats, he still svens it, sits at the table and says thank you one by one, and still pays attention to self-cultivation when he picks up the rice bowl. Although Su Miao felt that some of his remarks were very strange, she didn't hate him, picked up two handfuls of cold salad shredded chicken and put them on the plate in front of him, and said lightly:
"You're welcome, eat whatever you want."
provoked the aftertaste and looked at her fiercely, why does she love to pick things up so much?
"Thank you, girl." Although the young man felt ashamed, he still thanked him honestly.
After breakfast, the young man had food and strength in his stomach, and thanked him again and said goodbye and left.
Su Miao stood at the door, took a roast duck and a pack of cooking cakes and handed them to him, and said with a smile:
"This is the leftover from yesterday's sale, our family can't eat, we can't let go of it this day, and the restaurant can't give the guests leftovers, if you don't dislike it, how about taking it back to help us digest it?" If you put it down, you will throw it away, but if you throw away food, you will be damned. ”
The young man was stunned for a moment, his face was tense as if he was fighting, he didn't know if the other party was lying or telling the truth for charity, but it was wrong to waste food, and he was indeed short of food, whether to take it or not, he was struggling.
Zhao He, who came to work, came humming a little song, and when he saw the young man at the door, he was stunned and smiled in surprise:
"Isn't this the little prince of the old Wen family, why did you come here?" (To be continued......)