Chapter 2 First Sight of White Susu
The old man in the green shirt was a little uneasy, picked up the two incoherent sentences, and sent the hand-carrying guy to take the note and send it to other bookstores to see if there were any duplicate sentences.
While Su Chen was waiting in front of the study, someone on the periphery suddenly said that the little lady of the Bai family had also arrived.
"Where! Where is it! β
When many men heard this, they turned around and ran over.
Seeing such a strange phenomenon, Su Chen couldn't help but ask the people outside: "Which little lady of the Bai family?" β
"In addition to the little lady of the Bai family, who is famous for making pottery in the south of the Yangtze River, which other little lady of the Bai family has such a great influence?"
"Bai Susu, why is she so popular!" Su Chen was stunned for a moment.
The old man in green shirt looked at him suspiciously and said, "This son, are you a newcomer?" It is said that the generation of the Bai family, there are no capable talents, the Bai family giants, rich and rival the country, if anyone can marry her, it will not become a son-in-law in an instant, and I don't know which bastard can have this good luck!
Su Chen seemed to have some residual impressions in his mind, but there was another piece of news that surprised him, Bai Susu seemed to have a marriage contract with him and a baby kiss, in other words, Runzhou's business genius and national beauty were his fiancΓ©e?
Good luck bastard??
I don't know why, why does it sound harsh, does it have anything to do with me!
Su Chen's ancestors all studied medicine, and his father was the imperial doctor of the Tang Kingdom, and he was also a famous family in Runzhou, the relationship between the Su family and the Bai family was close, Su Chen's grandfather and the old man of the Bai family, Bai Fengxian, had a good friendship, and the Su family did not miss the Bai family's medical treatment.
Especially fifteen years ago, when Su Mingyuan was in Runzhou, Bai Fengxian once fainted and almost died, but Su Mingyuan personally rescued him, so the old man of the Bai family was grateful, so he married his granddaughter Bai Susu, who was like a pearl in his palm, to Su Mingyuan's son Su Chen, and set up a baby kiss.
That year, Su Chen was three years old, and Bai Susu was only two years old.
Later, the Su family was famous because of the treatment of the plague, Baohetang became famous, Su Mingyuan was recommended to enter the palace to accept the gift, became the palace doctor, and the family moved to Jinling to live, but this marriage was not broken, every two years before, Su Mingyuan took his family back to Runzhou to worship his ancestors, and always went to visit the Bai family, so that Su Chen and Bai Susu could meet.
However, because Su Chen was more playful when he was young and had mediocre qualifications, he neither learned superb medical skills, but also half-baked in his studies, and was gradually disliked by Bai Susu.
As he grew older, Bai Susu became more and more beautiful, and he had a resolute personality, read and write, understood the overall situation, and had a business mind, and was already able to do accounts and manage the accounts independently at the age of thirteen.
On the other hand, Su Chen did not grow much, but became infected with the bad habits of Jinling's gentlemen, fighting cocks and lackeys, and being idle, Bai Susu became disgusted after hearing about it, so he avoided it.
The good times didn't last long, and after Su Mingyuan was involved in the violent death of the prince, the Su family in Jinling collapsed one day, and Su Chen was taken back to the ancestral house in Runzhou by the old servant.
This marriage ran aground like this, Su Chen did not ask someone to propose, and the Bai family was silent.
At this time, Su Chen's eyes looked over there, his eyes stared at Bai Susu's side, the latter was already surrounded by a cluster of people, there were some squires and wealthy daughters around him, and there were some scholars and scholars from the poetry society on the periphery, as well as the children of nobles, ordinary people did not dare to get too close, they were all watching from a distance, these sons and young ladies were not something they could provoke.
Bai Susu was wearing a plain white neon dress, connected up and down, and tied the thin waist that was unbearable with a light grass green brocade belt, looking slim.
The long black hair is full of hair, combed into a maid type that has not been out of the cabinet, and a plum blossom and jade hairpin is inserted, which looks simple and generous, and has a noble temperament.
Delicate facial features, melon seed face, willow eyebrows, bright eyes and bright teeth, talking and laughing, giving people a spring breeze, eyes full of a moment, giving the people around a sincere feeling, I have to say, there is some talent in communication.
Su Chen looked at the group of people as if they were about to pass by the study shed, so the distance was getting closer, and the view became much clearer.
Dozens of meters away, Su Chen looked at Bai Susu carefully, and smiled bitterly in his heart, although this wealthy daughter has a baby relationship with him, but the Su family is in decline, and he doesn't think that he will come to the door, and the Bai family will still admit this marriage.
Otherwise, if you marry such a white rich beauty, you will be able to solve your life problems in an instant, and you will have to struggle for many years!
Directly become a winner in life.
Wake up, buddy! This kind of good thing, Su Chen felt that it was unrealistic, and it was estimated that if the front foot came to the door, the back foot would be beaten to death by the family in the Bai family's mansion.
If the Bai family really thought of the old relationship, they would not ignore it like this and ignore it.
It's better to be sober, a faint smile overflowed from the corner of Su Chen's mouth, stop daydreaming.
Daydreams don't work!
At this moment, Bai Susu seemed to feel something, and when he looked over, he also saw Su Chen dozens of meters away, he was stunned for a moment, and then recognized him, and couldn't help frowning.
Although Bai Susu has not officially met Su Chen in the past two years, he has also secretly seen Su Chen's appearance and behavior in private, and has an impression in his heart, which is not very good.
At this time, in front of the study shed, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy ran back and shook his head, and the old man Qingshan put his mind at ease, and said politely to Su Chen with a smile on his face: "Su Gongzi's poem, I have passed the test, and it can reach the middle level, which is gratifying, this is thirty words, please take it!" β
Su Chen pursed his lips, thinking to himself that this old man is a bit of a trick, Liu Yong's word, although it is not a popular top work, but it can also be included in the excellent works of 300 Tang and Song poems, it is worth 30 Wen, do you know the goods?
If it weren't for the lack of money now, Su Chen really wanted to grab this copper coin and smash it over, don't use copper stinky money to humiliate the poetry of the literati!
Forget it, it's important to eat, what time to waste with the old guy.
Su Chen silently apologized to Liu Sanchang's words in his heart, took the thirty texts, put them in the pocket in his arms, and said goodbye.
This scene happened to be seen by Bai Susu, and he was suspicious in his heart, and whispered a few words in the ear of the personal maid Xiaotong, Xiaotong nodded, his eyes flashed smartly, looked in the direction of the study, and then pulled out and squeezed over.
After Su Chen took the copper plate, he had already left the study shed and walked north along the lake, where the crowd was sparse and the environment was elegant, and he could also return to the West City Gate, and he didn't plan to go back to the lively area on the same road.
With money on his body, Su Chen felt that he should calm down and think about life, no, think about how to use these thirty texts to solve the difficulties of survival.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, copper coins were the main currency, and gold and silver were valuable treasures like pearls, which were not used as currency circulation, but sometimes, between the powerful and powerful, or wealthy businessmen, it was really inconvenient to travel and carry a huge amount of copper coins, and gold and silver would be used to settle and trade.
According to the old Tang system, one tael of gold was equal to ten taels of silver, one tael of silver was equal to consistent money, and one thousand wen was consistent, which was still implemented in Jiangnan and Song Realm.
With the current price level and purchasing power of the Southern Tang Dynasty, one penny can buy a baked cake, which is equivalent to one dollar in later generations, two pennies can buy a pound of corn, and rice needs three yuan.
Su Chen returned along the way he came, like the poetry club activities of literary and artistic young people outside the city, the friendship of marriageable men and women, he was not interested for the time being, walking in a bustling street market under Yangpeng Mountain, looking around, looking for business opportunities suitable for him.
At the foot of Yangpeng Mountain, the street is like a bazaar, there are fixed restaurants, inns, teahouses, shops, blue brick paving, lanterns are hung high, all the way to the middle of the mountainside, go up to the top, there are Dongyue Temple established in the Tang Dynasty, Lingyun Temple, etc., some young men and women will also go to the temple to burn incense, ask for marriage, seek peace, and seek career paths.
Su Chen looked at the shops on both sides of the aisle, selling silk cloth, rouge gouache, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, jujube, orange, melon and fruit, wine-stuffed salt, spring biscuits and fruits, and many other daily edible products and consumables, which were sold by the shops here.
This is the era of the late Southern Tang Dynasty and the early Northern Song Dynasty, and the materials are not rich enough, but here in Runzhou, there is no shortage.
Because a few years ago, under the leadership of Chai Rong, the Later Zhou Dynasty swallowed the thirteen states of Huainan in the north of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the territory was reduced by one-third, Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Haozhou, Guangzhou, Chuzhou and other big cities were lost, only the land south of the Yangtze River was left to breathe, so Runzhou became the second largest city in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it is the north gate, where the Yangtze River and the canal meet, and the transportation is developed, so the economy of Runzhou is currently very important, and there are many goods sold here.
Su Chen ate a bowl of Wang Po's mixed vegetable soup on the side of the road, bought three Hejia cheesecakes, spent five cents, filled his stomach, and brought a cake to the sister in the family, and then entered the city from the West City Gate and walked towards the alley where his house was located.
.........
In front of the willows on the embankment.
"Miss, Su Chen just wrote a song in the study shed, exchanged thirty wen with the old gentleman, took the money and left." Xiaotong came back to tell Bai Susu.
"Su Chen, write lyrics for money?" Bai Susu was stunned for a moment, and when she heard the news from the maidservant Xiaotong, she felt a little in a trance, which was different from what she expected.
Originally, I thought that Su Chen's approach to the person in Xiangyun Pavilion was to inquire if the Qing people in Xiangyun Pavilion had come to the spring today and provoked butterflies, which was in line with his gentlemanly character, why did he suddenly turn to writing essays and sell them for money, can he write good lyrics?
Bai Susu seemed to have discovered a very interesting thing, and immediately became interested, and asked, "Have you ever bought the lyrics?" β
"I bought it, but that old man is not a thing, and he actually asked for my usual money, saying that it is a rare masterpiece, without a counteroffer." Xiao Tong puffed up and took out a piece of paper, on which were the words and sentences written by Su Chen himself.
After Bai Susu took it, with a little curiosity and contempt, he glanced at it very casually.
"Longshou Yunfei, the riverside day and night, the smoke and waves are full of long. Looking at the Guan River, thousands of miles of autumn, endure the gaze? ζ³ζ³η₯δΊ¬, Yingying Fairy, don't come to the brocade word to end up ......."
Bai Susu silently recited a few sentences, her eyes became brighter and brighter, although her talent for writing poetry is not high, but her ability to read is still good, read it in one breath, and even think it is an excellent good word.
"Is this really written by Su Chen?" After Bai Susu read it, she was a little suspicious, she sent someone to inquire privately, Su Chen should be mediocre.
Xiaotong asked: "Yes, there is his name on it, but the name left behind is Su Yixuan, without his real name, eldest lady, the words are eye-catching?" β
Bai Susu sighed lightly: "Not to mention it, if you really have the ability to write this song, I'm afraid you can also be worthy of the name of a talented man." β
"Who, Su Chen is a genius?" Xiaotong doesn't know why, after listening to it, I always feel that there is a urge to urinate, no, it's a smile!
At this moment, a delicate-looking, eccentric long-legged girl walked over, wearing a scholar's Luo shirt costume, easy to hairpin and Ben, a woman dressed as a man, but her skin was white and arrogant, her nose was small, and her lips were like a dot, and it was still difficult to hide the woman's demeanor and appearance.
"Sister Susu, the poetry club activities over there are about to start, come with me, hey, what is this, did you prepare the lyrics?" The girl's sharp eyes and quick hands snatched the paper of the song "Qu Yu Guan" in one hand.
"Longshou Yunfei, the riverside is on the evening and evening, and the smoke and waves are full of ....... for a long time"
"It's okay to read, Sister Susu, did you write it, you want to join the poetry club and win the name of a talented girl?" The long-legged girl asked.
Bai Susu concealed her embarrassment and smiled slightly: "Accidental gains, don't mention it!" Qinqing, give it to Xiaotong and put it away. β
This long-legged girl is named Peng Jingqing, and she is the daughter of the Zhizhou Lord of Runzhou, and she is a good girlfriend with Bai Susu.
However, she is not interested in Wenmo and female celebrities, but loves to practice martial arts, dance swords and sticks, and in Runzhou City, she is also a barbaric daughter. On weekdays, I can talk to Bai Susu, and I listen to her words more, which can be regarded as one thing and one thing.
Peng Jingqing actually didn't read the good or bad words, and he was not very interested, so he handed it to Xiaotong casually, and then took Bai Susu's arm, and walked quickly towards the place where the poetry club was active, urging while walking: "Let's go, hurry up, there are a lot of scholars and talents gathered there, don't you usually like to read, this time most of the talents in Runzhou are here, you pick one, choose a wishful husband, so as not to be forced to marry by that Ding family Erlang again." β