Chapter 1020 Now Jinya Zang Meijiao (Middle)

In this era, the technology of burning bricks has been very mature, but there are not many brick houses. Modern people speculate that it is because of the adhesive. The ancients did not have cement, and the brick-laying houses needed to be mixed with glutinous rice juice and other binders to the yellow mud, resulting in high construction costs.

Wang Gong had already seen by this time that the house was made of completely different materials, such as the roof was not paved with thatch, but replaced with stucco, which made him look forward to seeing the finished house.

"I'll stay a few more days and live in the 'Dongpo New House'," Wang Gong said with a smile.

Originally, in history, Wang Gong would spend five days with Su Shi, but now he stayed for ten days in one go, during which he also participated in the Mid-Autumn Festival gathering of Huangzhou literati......

The consequence of this was this: a butterfly flipped its wings, and the domino effect exploded.

After the house was built, it was left to dry for two days and then two days before moving into a new home. The snow-white wall made Wang Gong admire, and Su Dongpo was very proud, and he romantically painted the mountain stone monster trees on the white wall. Before leaving, Wang Gong was reluctant to give up, and asked Cheng Xia to leave the architectural drawings and construction methods of the house. Since then, the use of lime has spread.

This house with an ordinary appearance and a white and elegant interior also alarmed Xu Zhizhou, and for Su Dongpo's sake, he did not embarrass those house builders. In the end, he also did the same, and asked Cheng Xia to take an architectural drawing, and built a brick house in the official office in the shape of "Dongpo New Residence".

This new "snow house" also restored some of Su Dongpo's popularity, and the literati in the neighboring states and counties knew that even in the most difficult times, the great poet had someone willing to lend a helping hand at any cost. As a result, the number of visitors to Su Dongpo gradually increased, and the new snow house in Dongpo gradually became a scene in Huangzhou.

The literati especially appreciated the setting of the roof pulley - people drink and talk about poetry on the roof, and the tea, wine and food they need can be hung up through the pulley, and there is no pain in climbing, which is simply the favorite of lazy people......

This pulley setting is not actually deliberate. Modern rural houses have this device, and the roof of the countryside is used as a grain drying field, so a step pulley is installed for lifting grain. Zhao Xing's design is a modern ordinary house, so there is this device.

In the appreciation of the literati and scholars, some people also proposed to meet Su Dongpo, a new protégé, however, Zhao Xing never appeared. Until the Double Ninth Festival passed for a month, Zhao Xing still did not come back, which made Su Shi a little apprehensive.

According to the history of the Song Dynasty, it only took seven days to travel from Japan by sea. As soon as Zhao Xing went, two or three months had passed, and he should have come back long ago even if he sent someone to Japan.

Did you take my words and denounce them? No way? I don't have anything to do with these words.

Su Shi couldn't help but ask the ten children of Cheng Xia and Cheng Jiaao, who came here every day to report: "Do you teachers have any news?" ”

After the construction of the new house in Dongpo, the ten children of Cheng Jiaao took advantage of the situation to ask for advice here in Su Dongpo every day. After a long period of contact, Su Dongpo also understood that as far as Cheng Xia, the most outstanding among them, was concerned, his talent was only a few more words. If he can be admitted to the Gongshi, Zhao Xing must have done something in it.

This kind of unspoken rules of officialdom, Su Shi is not capable of detaching himself, but he then stopped his interest in directly accepting children as disciples. Just look at this group of children are very diligent and ask for advice every day, and teach the children in their spare time to pass the time.

When Su Shi asked about Zhao Xing's news, Cheng Xia replied with a forked hand: "Master, the teacher has received the news of the birth of the grandmother, and he said that he must rush back before the 'Baitian'." ”

The baby was born for 100 days, and was called "100 years old" in ancient times, and it is believed that a long life of 100 years old is auspicious, so 100 years old is called "100 years old". Song Dynasty Meng Yuanlao "Tokyo Menghualu • Raising Children": "The 100-day meeting for giving birth to a child is called a hundred days, and when it comes to the next birthday, it is called Zhou Hui." ”

Chaoyun gave birth to Su Dongpo's fourth son, Su Dun, around the time of Chongyang. Su Dongpo once made a poem to laugh at himself: "Everyone raises a son and wants to be smart, but I have mistaken my life for being smart." I hope that the child is stupid and reckless, and there is no disaster and no harm to the minister. ”

Now there are still more than two months before Su Dun's "Baihui", Su Dongpo heard a little taste from these words, and he asked in surprise: "What, your teacher has contacted you?" ”

Cheng Wang, the son of Cheng Laowu, was quick to speak, and he interjected: "The teacher has contacted Azhu - ten days ago, he brought a letter to Azhu, saying that he had arrived in Hangzhou and asked Azhu to send those builders from Quanzhou over, Azhu invited the patriarch to come, and sent someone to find the teacher, well, yesterday the teacher brought back a letter......

"Who is Azhu?"

"'Cheng Azhu, the pearl of the palm', Master, you go out every day, but you don't know this name! …… Ah, I know, Shigong must not have been in the city recently", Cheng Wang hurriedly said.

"The pearl in the palm of your hand", from this word, you can see the Cheng family's love for this girl.

Su Dongpo has indeed not been to Huangzhou City recently, and the birth of Su Dun has made him extremely busy. In addition, winter is coming, and with a comfortable cabin, Su Dongpo is reluctant to go out to blow the cold wind, at most, to watch the snow scene on his roof.

Cheng Xia hurriedly explained: "Ngawang is rude, please atone for your sins...... Ngawang is talking about a woman from my Cheng tribe, who has been serving her teacher, and my father is planning to get them married in Layue, so that they can return to Jiangxia to worship their ancestors during the Spring Festival. ”

Names such as "Shigong" and "Shipo" were not words in the Song Dynasty, and Su Dongpo first heard them as village slang, and later, he got used to it. According to what the child just said, it is speculated that "Shigong" is to call him, "Shima" and "Shijiao" are to call Chaoyun, and "Shima" is to call Mrs. Wang.

"What are you teachers busy with in Hangzhou?" Su Shi asked again.

"I know, I know", it was still Cheng Wang who rushed to speak: "Azhu is illiterate, and I read the letter to her - the letter said: He went to Japan with two Japanese and did a small business, and Japan recently went to war, so he went back to Hangzhou, bought a piece of land by the river, and planned to build a 'manor' there. The teacher wrote to ask, has the house in Huangzhou been built? If it is built, he will send him a few of the builders hired by Quanzhou.

The teacher landed in Hangzhou, moved and separated...... Ah Zhu can't be the master of this matter, the patriarch, that is, Axia's father, said: The teacher wants to buy a property, and my Cheng clan can't help such a big thing, so I have to let the second uncle lead someone to be a helper, and the second uncle just left the day before yesterday......"

I see.

The Cheng clan sent Cheng Lao Er to go, I'm afraid it was not only to be a helper, but also to have other meanings - this kind of big family trick, Su Shi had long been clear, but he had no intention of asking, he had been hooked by Cheng Wang, and wanted to go around Huangzhou City to see what kind of "golden house" Zhao Xing had built in the city.

Thinking of doing it, Su Shi went out with a cane.

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