Chapter 144: Trouble, Disappointment
Shengze Town is promoted as the first town of Wujiang in the "Wujiang County Chronicles", six miles away from Wangjiangjing Town, Jiashan and Pinghu in the east, Xinshi, Zhouqian, Shimen and Tongxiang in the west, Wangdian, Puyuan and Shendang in the south, and Puyang and Mudu in the north.
Dashun Ling's family started from the Yangtze River Delta, from the outside to the inside, Dingding Dynasty for a hundred years, the ancestral tomb is in Jiaxing further south, in fact, the history of this time and space in the previous dynasties was a little different, and finally evolved into this pattern, the geographical environment is not exactly the same as any dynasty in the time and space of Jia Cong's previous life, there are also differences.
There are thousands of residents in the town, there are not a few who bring their own boats, Jiangnan towns, waterways are a dense network, businesses can pass through Hangzhou, Huzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, and Shengze Town is the most famous is silk, merchants gather, take the whole Suzhou Mansion for example, the eastern half of Suzhou Mansion is full of silk weaving industry.
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Jiangnan is a rainy area, the winter rain is cold into the muscles and bones, only to enter the alleys of the pink walls and tiles, the clouds cover the sky, the continuous drizzle from the distant mountains and near the water at a speed visible to the naked eye, Xing Xiuyan opened the oil umbrella, Sun Fu and Long Aotian did not bring an umbrella, and covered it with a burden, Xing Xiuyan held the umbrella over, and the two only had bitter faces and envy.
The days of study tours, there are a lot of people to spend on the journey, at this time Jia Cong's age is not very small, after the Guiyou Township Test, Jiaxu will try to miss, and today's days, into the winter has been a long time, after the end of the New Year, the virtual age is also eleven.
Guan Chaosheng said goodbye to Shanyin from Yangzhou and agreed to see you in Suzhou. Their luggage and cargo boxes were disembarked and hired to carry them. Xing's mother nagged all the way to the Xing's compound, the sky was sunny again, and Xing Xiuyan put down her umbrella: "Brother Cong, please, you came from all over Beijing by water, why bother to bring things." ”
The blue bricks and small tiles that caught your eye, the old horse-head wall, the building built inside, and the same old lattice windows, Xing's mother asked her daughter to bring her nephew into the house while shouting and asking warmly, and she couldn't hide her joy and picked up the gifts, "The golden nude sealed a few small bags, you are really anxious, good nephew, if it weren't for you, don't think about having a good year this year." Relatives don't come and go all year round, so stay a few more days. ”
"It's a New Year's gift to my aunt and uncle in advance, and I'm going to Fucheng in a few days, so I may not delay too long." Jia Cong looked around, there was no loom in the window on the ground floor, they should be weaving upstairs on the side, Xing Xiuyan arranged the horses, Sun Fulong Aotian, cooked a meal and invited him in, looked at him, and whispered: "Our family is a small family, I don't have much knowledge, you are a decent talent, if your parents say it inappropriately, don't take it to heart." ”
A few plates of cabbage, radish, fish, a few bowls of rice, Jia Cong shook his sour wrist, stopped the brush that was writing letters, and even said that it was okay, Xing Xiuyan asked Sun Fu if they ate again, Jia Cong said: "Leave them alone, they will go out later, they can eat outside...... Just on the way, I heard, your family is a bit difficult? ”
"Not to starve." Xing Xiuyan didn't eat it herself, and said reservedly: "Originally, it wasn't so shabby, a few years ago in Guangfu Town, my family also leased a few acres of land, and the rent was enough to survive, and then my aunt got married, I heard my father say that I brought a sum of money, and my father was addicted to the gambling house again, who didn't have a big illness or a small disaster, so he slowly sold the land, rented Panxiang Temple and lived for ten years, and opened a shop...... The master of the temple went north, and we came to Shengze again, if you hadn't come, I would have forgotten about it......"
The cabbage in the north was transplanted from the south, and I couldn't see that this cousin was a person who could go up to the hall and down to the kitchen, Jia Cong ate slowly and slowly, frowning slightly: "Let's not talk about that, let's talk slowly, is the owner of Panxiang Temple you are talking about, is it Miaoyu?" I've seen her in the capital. ”
"Yes, she has been a neighbor with me for ten years, and she taught me poetry and books." Miaoyu wanted to ask him about Miaoyu's current situation, but when he finished eating, he suddenly stopped again, and Jia Cong took tea and rinsed his mouth, "Is the homecoming home in Bermuda Bridge still there?" ”
"The homecoming is Liu Ru's former residence, and it has long been bought to open a gambling house." Xing Xiuyan didn't know what he was asking for, but saw that Jia Cong heard it and said that he was not interested, and after a while, Xing's mother came in again to do the housework, and Jia Cong instructed Sun Fu and Long Aotian to send a letter out.
Xing's mother looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "You can live with peace of mind, I just selected cotton seeds." We have a lot of taboos here, and we can't be busy in the summer, and the silkworm room in the east can't enter, and it is said that it is not good to see the living, and the ancestor Niangniang will not bless it...... The bathhouse is on the leash dog's side, it's a little old, Ming'er called a few craftsmen to repair it, you are everyone's son, and you know how to count etiquette than your aunt......"
After saying that, he came out after thinking about it, and went to the silkworm room to incense his grandmother, Xing's mother went up to her daughter's embroidery building with anxiety, and the mother and daughter talked for a while, Xing's mother worried: "You see this nephew, who is quiet and obedient when he enters the door, why don't you know how to provoke the person who fights, Sheng Ze is not Jinling, let the four major families run rampant, in the end, it is the young master's temper, he is gone, that person is looking for trouble with us, how can he be good!" ”
"Mom praised him when she saw the silver...... Xing Xiuyan smiled faintly, at this time the dog barked downstairs, they came out, a round of the moon in the middle of the sky, the man's voice was scolding the dog, and the other was Jing Jiachang's voice, Xing's mother was angry, and yelled downstairs: "You poured yellow soup and was quite a dead corpse, just die in the homecoming courtyard and don't come back, the nephew came all the way, and I don't know!" ”
"What?" Xing Zhong staggered into the courtyard, climbed the stairs and said, "Big nephew or little nephew?" Where? Uncle went to see him......"
Xing's mother lowered her voice: "Little nephew, people are running around by land and water, and by the way, the gold nude sent has eight coins, which is real gold, and you still don't let people sleep?" ”
Jing Jia shook his head angrily: "Hey, you don't leave me to drink saliva?" Waste my kindness to talk to you, Duke Zu is the person who was bought by the master of Huating, if he goes to Shengze's house to sue him, you can't please the land, isn't the water all the same? The entire Jiangzuo Jiangdong, such as the Gao Jiang family and the Huating family, who doesn't know that they are the Hanlin family? I was a teacher for Banzai...... Okay, let's not talk about it, bad luck ......"
"Master Jing should stay and drink porridge." Xing's mother is going downstairs, Jing Jiachang has closed the door and left, the big black dog is still barking, Xing's mother is suffering from gains and losses for a while, cursing her man, to say that although Xing Zhong is addicted to gambling, the family is not irritable, he also called Dequan, and praised when he entered the building: "Madame has done a good job, smart, leave a nephew, and we will take refuge in a few years." ”
"Clever?" Xing's mother unconsciously raised her voice and said, "If I were smart, I wouldn't marry you." ”
"Yes, yes, yes." Xing Zhong nodded vigorously, drunk and angry, Xing's mother drove him away in disgust, and did not let him enter the room, the old couple were happy and scared, people were poor and short-minded, horses were thin and long-haired, they all felt that Jia Cong was too reckless to treat the people who fought the line, and helped them, and caused trouble, after all, no matter how powerful Jia Cong is, he is a child after all, and a child is a showman, how can he get things done?
Seeing her parents noisy, Xing Xiuyan's habit has become natural on such days, if she is not persuaded, they will also turn off the fire, she is also a little worried about this, she looked at Jia Cong's room downstairs, and went to bed early, this cousin is really big-hearted.