Chapter 175: The Old Courtyard

Ning Yi - The house where Ning Yi lived in the past is located in an alley in the north of Jiangning City, and the small courtyard covers a small area, and it cannot be called the ancestral home of the Ning family. The Gainning family has fallen in the generation of Ning Yi's father, the former big house has long been sold, and then it was demolished and a new house was built, and Ning Yi's father moved to live in this alley, and his life has been relatively poor and poor.

Ning Yi's grandfather is up, the family is generally a good scholar, and it is said that he has also had a small reputation, and it is because of this that Su Yu can make friends with him, and I am afraid that Su Yu, who is a businessman, is the one who climbs high. Ning Yi's father probably enjoyed a few days of magnanimity, and he was relatively proud, and he could be called a man of style when he was a literati.

According to Su Tan'er, the respected father-in-law was bold and traveled extensively when he was alive, but unfortunately he was not lucky at the right time, so he failed to gain fame and so on. Ning Yi has heard it a few times, and he probably understands that the other party is a gentleman by nature, ambitious and talented, and spends money without knowledge but spends money lavishly, and originally had a little foundation in the family, but it was ruined in this way. When he was young, he spent all day drinking and playing uncontrollably, and then his family was embarrassed and depressed, but he read some books, and he thought very highly of himself, and finally died early under the torment of both physical and mental aspects.

In the past, Ning Yi did not have a few days of scenery or a leisurely life like his father. Since he was sensible, his family has not had a good life, he is not smart, his father forced him to study, but he has no achievements, he is a bitter child who has been suppressed by life, but because of this, he has not developed any proud character, if it were not for this, he probably would not have chosen to join the Su family later, and there would probably be no next many things.

Today's Ning Yi is not very interested in the life trajectory of the former person, and after getting married, he has only come back to this house a few times. After he joined the Su family, with the financial resources of the Su family, he naturally looked down on such a small courtyard, so speaking of which, this still belonged to Ning Yi's property, and occasionally Chan'er or Juan'er would arrange for the maids below to come over and clean it. I came over this afternoon because Xiaochan wanted to clean up under Tan'er's orders, and Ning Yiyuan was fine, so he also came together.

There are still a few days before Qingming, and Tan'er told him last night that he could come here during Qingming and burn some paper for his parents-in-law. Although Ning Yi has no memory of the blood relatives of this body, he always attaches importance to the meaning of worshipping ancestors and respecting ancestors, and Tan'er can consider this, after all, it is a friendship for him, so he nodded and agreed.

Behind this matter, there is naturally a discussion between Su Yu, Su Boyong and others, how can ordinary people have such treatment, just like a woman who marries out, if she goes to her mother's house to take something, it is a kind of undoing. In the era of the world, the circle of the family is strict after all. However, there are no relatives on the Ning family's side, and Su Yu also expressed the attitude that if the second son born to Ning Yi and Tan'er can make his surname Ning, this little concession will not be too much of a problem.

Of course, the time here is still staggered from the Su family's ancestor worship after all, and everything is based on the Su family. Because Tan'er had the intention to accompany him back to live for a day before Qingming, Xiaochan was cleaning up the room inside and out at this time, and Ning Yi also helped move the tables and chairs, because no one lived on weekdays, there were only some tables, chairs, wooden cabinets and other things in the room that were still placed, as for the bedding covers, fabrics and clothes and other things that might resurge, there was no preparation, Xiaochan came over today, and she was just going to take a look at the general situation first, to the extent that she could live in it, she would definitely have to call some maids to help tomorrow.

"Uncle, don't help, those tables have been left for a long time, they are all dust, if you move them, your body will be dirty......"

Cleaning the old bed with a new broom and a headscarf wrapped around her head, Xiaochan, who was at work, occasionally turned back to protest. Because Ning Yi had already moved a few boxes that were originally left in this bedroom out of the room at this time, he chose some chairs to move in by the way, and then began to move the sandalwood table that was originally placed in another room, because it was put away for too long, the table was also a little dirty, Ning Yi had a lot of strength at this time, and it was not difficult to move things, but Xiaochan would get angry when she saw it. ,

How can there be a master who does the things of the next person, although he has been together for a long time, he also knows that Ning Yi has no shelf, and occasionally boils water and washes his face, and other gestures do not need to be served by others, but now these dirty efforts are also taken out, which is too much.

"When I went back, I saw that my uncle was dirty, and Miss was going to scold me again......"

Xiaochan is used to doing things after all, at this time, she took a broom and patted it, making the room clean, and her hands and feet were fast, but there was not too much dust on her body, and Ning Yi touched a lot of dust when she moved some things. When Xiaochan protested, he smiled and swiped his dusty fingers on Xiaochan's face, and the two of them were busy in this small courtyard, and the room that had been almost organized into a warehouse gradually took shape. After the large sample things were moved, Xiaochan still had to come to organize and clean the small place after all, he looked at the trivial objects in the boxes in the yard, and occasionally listened to Xiaochan say something.

"Uncle, why didn't you agree to the young master of the Puyang family to help write poems?"

"I can't draw it, I'm not very familiar with that Qilan, and I can't take advantage of writing a poem, and the other party is Master Li, if I don't look at the situation and help write poems here, people will definitely hate me, right." It's too hard for a businessman to take advantage of it and be hated by that side, right......"

The afternoon before yesterday, Pu Yangyi came to him to ask for poetry, and Ning Yi's answer was probably like this. Of course, the joke is a half-truth, and in the final analysis, Ning Yi did not give a poem for the first time. Pu Yangyi has always been good, he is a smart person, a poem, in fact, he will give it, but in Ning Yi's opinion, the whole thing at the moment is probably a little unreliable, Qilan is the Puyang family, the hype behind the matter, the Puyang family must be the big head, at the moment, there is no sign that Master Li will compete with others, there is no need to enthusiastically participate in it, after all, the icing on the cake is far less interesting than sending charcoal in the snow.

Ning Yi may not have thought about it complicated at that time, but for him, how to do various things is better at a glance. At that time, Pu Yangyi asked to come over, Ning Yi made a few jokes, and then said that if the matter really needs to be done by himself, there is someone who can help, it is naturally incumbent on him, now, as a smart person, there is no need to take a stand too early in this embarrassing situation of beauty competition.

He said it funny, but Pu Yangyi knew that he was not close to Qinglou's style, but since he had made a promise, he left happily at that time. It's just that after he returned, he repeated Ning Yi's original words to Qilan, and made the other party aggrieved: "The concubine has long been unaware of how many posts she has handed to Ning Gongzi, Ning Gongzi has never taken Qilan seriously, but at this time, he said that he was not familiar with Qilan, and he was really a bully." ”

This speech seemed to be aggrieved, but in fact, he was intimate, and Pu Yangyi was a tacit understanding, and when Ning Yi heard it, he had to shake his head and smile. Businessmen are like this, as long as they are measured, everyone uses the hype, it is not a big deal, and he will not care too much about it.

The afternoon time gradually passed in such an atmosphere, Xiaochan occasionally talked about the gossip about Master Li, and occasionally talked about the importance of his uncle in the Su family in the cleaning room, and there were rumors that the second son who was born in the future would make his surname Ning also have some clues at this time. In this year, it is indeed a great event when it is a big deal, Xiaochan is also really happy for him, Ning Yi sat outside, and said with a smile:

"That'...... Xiaochan, if you marry me in the future, the child you give birth to will be surnamed Ning, and the child born to Tan'er will be surnamed Su, how about it? ”

Xiaochan couldn't make jokes about "marrying" in broad daylight after all, her face was red, and then her expression was complicated: "Uncle, if this is heard by others, Xiaochan will be beaten to death......"

This is really not easy to say, Ning Yi was casual, but when he thought about it at this time, he also understood, and smiled and comforted him. After a while, Xiaochan sat down next to Ning Yi with a rag, lowered her head and said:

"Chan'er knows that Uncle Dao is good, but what about it...... Don't keep saying these things that make Chan'er think a lot...... Chan'er is Miss's roommate, and she will stand with Miss for the rest of her life, for example...... For example...... If the uncle marries the younger one in the future, Chan'er will kill her with the young lady, and if the uncle has a good relationship outside, Chan'er will also come to the door with the young lady to make trouble...... In fact, Chan'er is very powerful, I was taught by Miss, and the average fox girl will definitely not be able to fight Chan'er at home...... Uncle, aunt have to be careful......",

The little maid demonstrated with some pride and some cringe, and Ning Yi laughed on the side. He doesn't understand the ability of the three maids in the family, and it is also the quality of senior managers in modern times, but here he is a maid, and he naturally looks well-behaved on the surface, but in fact, his ability to plan and coordinate various things is already very good. As she said, if other concubines really come in this family or something, she and Su Tan'er will be combined, and it will be really difficult for the other party to have good fruits to eat.

"Zhilu Dao, Zhilu Dao, but don't be so cruel to death......"

"For my uncle's sake, Xiaochan will beg Miss to leave her half a life......"

"Tsk......"

The two talked for a while in the courtyard. After cleaning, Xiaochan bought some incense to smoke in it, and Ning Yi sorted out the things in the wooden box in the yard, there was nothing really interesting in it, some gadgets may contain Ning Yi's life trajectory in previous years, but most of them have become waste, Ning Yi looked at it for a while, and then took out some bottles and cans in the box that had been broken or moldy and scattered bamboo books to throw away, and when he threw it, he found that a volume of 1,000 characters was still good, and there were various handwriting annotations in it, probably written by Ning Yi when he was a child, some commemorative value, so I took it back.

The sun was good this afternoon, and it was warm in this bluestone alley. When Ning Yi came back, he sat on the bluestone bench at the door, the alleys were deep and secluded, one by one, the courtyards and doors were lined up, a few old trees were dotted among the black tiles and green walls, and occasionally pedestrians passed by, nodding to him kindly, Ning Yi didn't know if he knew Lu Dao, so he also nodded in return. In the distance, the sound of pedestrians, cars, and horses came from the street outside the alleyway.

Some of the residents in this alley know him, and some even know that he has become quite famous recently, but Ning Yi has no impression of this alley, just sitting on this stone bench, he still feels a peaceful atmosphere. He sat there and flipped through the worn-out "Thousand Character Text", and some of the pages were already torn and fell down, so he had to put them in and clip them, and in the process, he found that someone was looking this way.

It was a woman in a white Confucian dress - although she was dressed as a man, she could still easily see the identity of the other party's woman. In fact, this person had already appeared at the entrance of the alley when Ning Yi sat down here, ordinary people were enough to go back and forth in the alley for such a long time, and she didn't know what she was looking at when she stopped all the way, and when it was close, Ning Yi noticed her. The woman's melon seed face, pointed chin, and small lips inevitably looked a little thin when she pretended to be a man, her eyes looked at Ning Yi's side, and she also turned her head to look into the open courtyard door.

Ning Yi took the tattered "Thousand Character Text" in one hand, and held a fallen page in the other, and looked at her as well. The woman nodded, bowed her head and turned to leave, then stopped, nodded again, and said, "Uh...... Childe, are the people who used to live here gone? ”

“…… How long ago? ”

"There are also ...... It's been seven or eight years......"

Ning Yi looked back: "My parents should have been living here all along...... You are ......"

The other party is not very old, although he looks mature in his dress, but he is estimated to be not much older than Xiaochan, and he may know his previous self. He frowned slightly, the woman looked at him a few times, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Ah, you are Xiao Ning......"

"We know each other?"

"It's ...... I know each other...... "The woman wasn't really sure, and pointed to a relatively beautiful courtyard at the other end of the alley, "I've lived there for two years, uh...... My surname is Wang, so I probably haven't said much......"

When the woman pointed to the courtyard over there, she lowered her head faintly, and there seemed to be something in her eyes that she didn't want to say. However, on the whole, the two sides probably only lived in an alley before, and may have spoken, but it is estimated that there is not much friendship. Ning Yi waited, and sure enough, he saw her and smiled: "At that time, you used to study here, and I still remember that I once came to your house to borrow soy sauce." ”

"Oh, that's ......" Ning Yi smiled in agreement, anyway, he was not too familiar with the old acquaintance, the other party said this excitedly, he didn't want to be too disappointed, a little perfunctory, and another figure trotted over, but he knew this woman: "Wang ...... Brother, you really came here......",

"Come back and see, the place hasn't changed much......

"My house is over there, do you remember it? I just sold it, and I can't go back and see it now. ”

The newcomer is a scholar in a green robe, who used to live in this alley, and the woman surnamed Wang looked at it: "By the way, do you still know this son?" ”

The two don't seem to be husband and wife, but because of their relationship with the same township, they seem cordial. When the man named Hezhong came over, he glanced at Ning Yi a few times, but he pretended not to pay attention, Ning Yi could easily detect how much he cared about this woman, and at this time he glanced a few more times, and also looked into the courtyard behind: "Could it be ...... Silly nerd? Ah, no, it was called at that time, what was it called......"

The woman surnamed Wang frowned slightly: "Xiao Ning." ”

"Oh, yes, Xiao Ning. It's me, Hezhong, Yu Hezhong, I used to live there, and we used to play together when I was a child, but unfortunately I went to Bianjing with my parents later. At that time, we asked you to come out to play, and you were often punished for copying books and endorsing them. What do you think? You're still reading, you worked hardest when you were a child, and now you're ...... It's time for fame, right? ”

The man named Yu Hezhong looked enthusiastic, and patted Ning Yi on the arm affectionately, but in fact, the meaning in his eyes was obvious. Ning Yi had a broken book in his hand at this time, and although the robe on his body was expensive to sell it, after all, he moved some things and made a few stains, and at a glance, he looked like a stupid nerd who had been down for a long time, so that his clothes were not neat and clean. Yu Hezhong's shot also just highlighted this image, as if reminding the general.

Ning Yi also felt amused for a while, and looked down: "I haven't won any fame." ”

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, if Brother Ning works so hard, there will be a day of ......"

That Yu Hezhong originally saw the two talking here, and noticed that Miss Wang seemed to be a little interested in this Xiao Ning, and she was a little concerned, but at this time, she looked carefully at the situation of this old friend, and she was happy for a while. The sun was shining, and there was probably not much friendship at first, but at this time, the three of them who had been reunited after a long absence talked in this alley...... RO！ ~！