Chapter 3 First Arrival in Suzhou City
"The morning sun is slanting over the stream, the late bird goes to my house, the re-dew should be exhausted, and the flowers should be known. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Li Xiangzhi wore a square scarf on his head, wore a white Confucian shirt washed with several patches, and green cloth shoes with several holes under his feet, straightened his body, and stood proudly by the stinky ditch in the countryside shaking his head and chanting poetry. With a cold face, he said: "This poem not only reflects the infinite rebirth of the poet after his rebirth, but also a good interpretation of my resolute state after washing away the lead, good poem!" Good poetry...... It's really a good poem! I'm so talented. Such a big talent was not dug up in the morning and was excavated by the Bole paparazzi, which was really a loss for the Ming Dynasty. Without further ado, go ......"
Suzhou is one of the places where cultural talents are concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River, and this period is full of literary stars and talents. Suzhou City, Wu County, Li Xiangzhi's destination. Li Xiangzhi walked longingly, and his mood was extremely comfortable, and the villagers in the countryside would greet him kindly.
"Xiucai! Where to go? ”
"Aunt Li is early, I have just recovered from a serious illness, and I don't want to be bored at home, so I plan to go to the city to breathe."
"Wait...... Wait a minute...... You wait a minute. ”
Looking at Aunt Li hurriedly rushing home, Li Xiangzhi was a little inexplicable, but Aunt Li was Li Xiangzhi's neighbor, and she was an old neighbor for decades, and she was like a nephew to him.
After a while, Aunt Li came over with a basket and handed it to Li Xiangzhi: "Go to the city, by the way, go to the door, I haven't moved around these days, don't let people be strangers." Although you are young and talented, you can't be too alienated from others. ”
When Li Xiangzhi heard this, he looked at a fresh lake fish and a bunch of green onions in the basket, the corners of his mouth were full, and his saliva was about to flow out, and he had been bedridden for more than ten days, but every day he was gruel and weeds, and his intestines were about to wear out.
"Oh...... Auntie, it turns out that I have relatives living in the county? ”
"Ouch, look at my memory, I forgot that you are still sick."
"yes, yes, isn't it like I can't remember anything." Li Xiangzhi pondered in his heart, since there are relatives in the city, it is better to go to it, eat porridge and weeds every day, and eat sick even if you are not sick, it is really not a way.
"Do you remember three years ago? You were a talent at the age of sixteen, and all the big officials, small officials, and rich people in the big city have taken aim at you. ”
"What do you mean you're targeting me?" Li Xiangzhi thought: Oh, that's right, my brother is so talented, and those state-owned and private enterprises have hired me to work.
"Since your childhood, many families have come to Xu Qin, and many of them are rich people in Wu County. Later, your father responded to a scholarly family in Wu County. ”
"Huh? Am I engaged? "Li Xiangzhi's words are like a thunderbolt from the sky, Nima, arranged marriage, this matter must not be agreed!
"It's miles, it's miles!"
"Uh...... Auntie, since it's my in-laws, what if...... I mean, if I want them to borrow a hundred and eighty taels of silver, is that appropriate? Ahem...... This, you also know the current situation in my family, not to mention that I have to travel in order to prepare for better township test results in the future, which requires start-up funds, do you say yes? Li Xiangzhi stirred the intestines of flowers, and his mind was full of the pink street in the south of the Yangtze River, and the gorgeous and charming pictures flashed again and again.
"Huh? This can't be done, people are also real households, and they don't have much money to spare. ”
Li Xiangzhi was stunned: "Didn't you say that the people who came to ask for relatives are all rich people?" ”
Aunt Li sighed: "That's what I said, but after all, you are a literate talent, although your father is poor, he also understands that you can't ruin your future reputation, and the son-in-law of the Shangjia family has a bad reputation." No matter how much money they have in their family, it won't hurt you, right? ”
Li Xiangzhi wanted to cry without tears after hearing this: Father! I'm sorry that I've been a few years late, or I would have stopped you from doing this impulsive act. Left-hand tickets, right-handed bills, and a bunch of lackeys behind them! This is my ultimate goal in life! Father! You're such a bad son.
Li Xiangzhi can only hope that the looks of other girls' families are too penetrating.
Li Xiangzhi said with a bitter face: "Anyway, I'm also a young talent, didn't those who are rich and scholarly come to Xu Xiang?" ”
"Yes, yes, but that year's children's test, even you, there were five sixteen-year-olds who passed the children's test, and I heard that one of them was still the first, the first mile, and you...... Last on the list! ”
"Hmm, I see. Where's his home? ”
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When he first entered Suzhou, Li Xiangzhi looked at the passers-by and nodded with great satisfaction, and sighed: "The people live and work in peace and contentment, the sound of selling on the street is harmonious, there is no haze, there is no industrial waste, the chickens and dogs are harmonious, and the people are very harmonious." ”
"Poof!" A scoop of water suddenly splashed in front of him, and Li Xiangzhi was startled.
"Hey, stinky beggar, you don't have long eyes when you walk, get out of the way, don't affect the old lady's business." A sturdy woman shouted at Li Xiangzhi, who was shaking her head and was dumbfounded. He still has a wooden basin in his hand. The sewage in the basin flowed up to Li Xiangzhi's patched shirt.
Li Xiangzhi's eyes widened, and he carefully flicked away the vegetable dust that was stuck to his clothes. said: "I said aunt, it's your sewage that has reached me, why are you still speaking ill of each other?" Besides, I look like a beggar, and I am clearly a cultural person with high ambitions. ”
"Boom!"
The woman pulled out the kitchen knife in her hand and roared: "Who is it, the old lady doesn't care, as long as you get out of the way quickly, don't stop the old lady from doing business!" ”
Li Xiangyi was trembling, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately left.
"The people of the Ming Dynasty are too tough. I don't have anything like that. ”
Li Xiangzhi shuttled through the downtown with a vegetable basket, looked curiously all the way, and was very excited in his heart, sighing that the world had changed.
"Li Yi! Li Yi! ”
Suddenly, I heard someone call him, and it took a long time to react, it turned out to be his name. When Li Xiangzhi heard the prestige, he saw a young man who looked like a Confucian running over.
"Hey! What's the matter with you? I've called at you more than a dozen times, why are your ears bad? The young man who looked like a scholar like Li Xiangzhi complained with displeasure on his face.
"Brother! We know each other? ”
The young man was stunned for a moment, and suddenly raised the paper fan in his hand and dropped it on Li Xiangzhi's head.
"Smack!"
"Holy!" Li Xiangzhi's aching teeth.
"Brother Li, I heard that you had soul loss two days ago, shouldn't it be true? You don't even know me, do you? ”
"Brother! I, Li Yi, Li Xiangzhi, tell you very seriously, this is true, and I am very heavy to inform you, I really don't know you. ”
"Wow Ka ...... It's so much fun. The boy laughed heartlessly.
Li Xiangzhi felt bored, so he directly ignored it and turned around and left.
"Wait, Brother Li, Brother Li, it was the little brother who was wrong just now, and the little brother apologized. I'm Xu Le Xu Qingzhi, like this...... I'll go and call Qi classmates to wash your eyes in Piaoxiang Building right away. How is it? ”
"Piaoxiang Building? Where? ”
"Uh...... After you even forgot about this, it seems that the soul is completely lost, Piaoxianglou is a place where our poor children gather in January, there is a restaurant, the grade is medium, but a few of our friends like to go there to gather, eat and drink place. Then Xu Qingzhi said very intimately: "Don't worry! You don't have to pay for this meal. ”
When Li Xiangzhi heard this, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Okay, there are still some things that I need to ask you." Well, in the afternoon, I have something to do at this time. ”
Xu Lexi said: "Okay! Then it will be set to see you in Piaoxiang Lou when Shen, if you don't know where Piaoxiang Lou is, just ask passers-by. ”
Li Xiangzhi said happily: "Okay, good, I will definitely go to the meeting." ”
Li Xiangzhi does have a lot of questions to ask, after all, someone always has to tell him how to mix in the past, although he is familiar with the blind date in the township, he doesn't know anything about reading and making friends.
Bidding farewell to Xu Le, Li Xiangzhi came to a courtyard early, and he had been looking at the door for some years, and the middle-sized people in Wu County, who were decent, obviously looked at the word 'Su House' on the green wood plaque at the door, and the two engraved couplets, faintly revealing a smell of books.
Li Xiangzhi stood in front of the door, felt the simple atmosphere here, and unconsciously straightened his clothes and green hat before he stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
"Who! Wait a minute! ”
The two-meter-wide door wall opened a crack and poked out a round head, Li Xiang was stunned, and immediately said, "May I ask if it is Uncle Su Tong's mansion?" ”
The round head carefully looked at Li Xiangzhi a few times, and suddenly said, "You are Li Xianggong?" ”