Chapter 67: Prestige
Su Jie put down the burden on his shoulders, and then entered his own grass shed, his father Su Shuang's cough was very loud, and there was a lot of autumn rain recently, and the weather turned cold, which led to the recurrence of his father's old illness. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Sister Su Mei watched the eldest brother come back, her eyebrows frowned slightly, the eldest brother's body is too thin, like a bamboo pole, as if a layer of skin wraps the bones, but the spirit on his face is very strong, which proves that he is healthy.
With a wry smile, he hurriedly took a bowl of water and went out to greet him, but was stopped by his eldest brother Su Jie.
I only heard Su Jie jokingly laughing: "Sister, I've said it a few times, this water must be boiled and drunk, this is taught by Mr. Hua Tuo in the new city, it will not be wrong, in case you drink raw water and get a belly of worms, I heard that it will bulge like a pregnant woman, you are not married yet, how can this be made?" ”
Su Mei took a sip angrily, and there was nothing she could do about this big brother who was always open-mouthed, so she hurriedly went to the coal stove and put an iron pot on the shelf to boil water, and then looked at the inner room and said: "Daddy, this illness is good and bad, why don't we go and ask Mr. Hua Tuo to take a look?" ”
Su Jie's smiling face stiffened, sighed, and then took out a bag of tea in his arms, and then replied, "What are our identities?" They are all businessmen, and they don't give them out when they go. ”
After speaking, he put the tea bag on the coal stove and continued: "Daddy hasn't drunk it for a long time, this kind of tea is a precious thing, although the name is Bian Tea, but we apprentices all know that this is the Xianjia tea cooking method brought by Yuan Hou, hehe, hurry up and get some for Daddy." ”
Su Mei ignored the tea, but continued the topic just now: "Big brother, you can enter the school in Xincheng, why can't you invite Mr. Hua Tuo to treat the disease, I heard that Mr. Hua Tuo has always been approachable, and he will definitely not refuse." ”
Su Jie thought about it carefully, and found that the gentlemen in the new city were very kind, maybe he could really invite Hua Tuo to see his father, and nodded after thinking about it: "Wait until tomorrow morning, I will go to Mr. Hua Tuo's small courtyard to ask, maybe ...... I can invite the old gentleman to come. ”
"No need to ask, what are we? Businessman, lowly businessman, with such an identity, do you expect others to give you a good face? Dream on, ahem, ahem. The old father, Su Shuang, finally came out of the inner room, only said a few words, and began to cough violently again.
After listening to his father's words, Su Jie didn't rush to answer, but looked at his sister Su Mei, this girl is as beautiful as a fairy, her personality and temper are also gentle and abnormal, and she is a good hand at housework, whether it is laundry and cooking, or taking care of the house, she is extremely diligent, but she has never had a good mother-in-law.
Now she is seventeen years old, and she is still staying at home, and she is not satisfied with the marriage introduced by her father, but those who are from a wealthy family only want to marry her as a concubine, and he will never agree to be the eldest brother.
The old father Su Shuang looked at his son's eyes and stared at his sister-in-law, and understood what was going on, so he knocked on the wooden beam with his hand, and said unhappily: "Your sister is a high-spirited person, relying on the fact that she has read for two years, she looks down on the people in white, we are a businessman, do you want to marry into a wealthy family?" ”
Su Jie saw that his sister Su Mei's eyes were red, and hurriedly comforted his father: "Daddy, we are not businessmen now, since we moved to Xudu New Town, we have been farming in the experimental fields, but we have never done business again." ”
Su Shuang seemed to remember something, sighed deeply, and said: "Back then, our family also lived in a big courtyard, and there were countless servants and maids, but unfortunately my father was confused for a while, and as a result, he gave all his property to that hypocrite, and now it makes you two children miserable." ”
Su Jie straightened his chest very proudly, and then said with a smile: "Daddy, don't worry, now I have a very good salary for cultivating that experimental field in the new city, and it is not a problem to feed our family of three." ”
Su Shuang shook his head and said: "You are clever, you have learned arithmetic at the age of four, if you are allowed to do business, you will definitely become the top shopkeeper of the Su family, but now you have become a farmer, this is to blame on my father." ”
Su Mei brewed tea at the moment, and hurriedly brought it to his father, and then smiled: "Daddy don't worry, the eldest brother is very happy in Xincheng every day, I don't see him laughing every day now, but it's not like he was always sad a few days ago." ”
Su Jie smiled and said: "Daddy, in addition to cultivating the experimental field, I am also learning new arithmetic with the gentlemen in Xincheng, this arithmetic is still compiled by Yuan Hou himself, the content is simple and easy to understand, I am the fastest learner, so several gentlemen value me very much, and the tea you drink today is still appreciated by the gentlemen." ”
Su Shuang laughed twice at this time, then got up slightly, took out an abacus from his son's baggage, groped cautiously, and muttered: "This Yuan Hou is a masterpiece, this abacus is really a delicate thing, I don't know how much better than the previous abacus, the person who can create this kind of thing is definitely an arithmetic master, Jie'er has to follow this Yuan Hou well." ”
Su Jie smiled, thinking about his identity, how could Yuan Hou come to teach him, they are all taught by some gentlemen, but there is no need to tell Dad, anyway, who is learning from or not.
When the family of three was talking, they suddenly heard a very noisy outside the thatched house, and after a while, they heard a person shouting loudly: "Old man of the Su family, I, Wu Yong, am here to propose marriage to you, haha." ”
Su Jie frowned, and hurriedly went out to stop at the door, only to see that Wu Yong's fat body had appeared, this guy is now considered to be full of money, so he is naturally wearing silk and satin, hanging all kinds of gold and silver ornaments, if it weren't for the restriction of knighthood and status of jade, he would definitely be full.
"Hey, uncle, you don't need to come out to greet me in person, I'll just go in by myself." Wu Yong was about to get off the frame when he spoke, but his body was really a little too fat, even with the help of his subordinates, he still managed to land for a long time.
Su Jie was a little frightened in his heart, this Wu Yong is the gate official of Dongcheng, I heard that the backstage is also very tough, and he is also a character who can walk sideways in Xu Du, he is now coming to the door, he must be greedy for the beauty of the little sister.
As a white-clothed official, even if Su Jie was unwilling, he could only bow down on his knees, but he was pulled by Wu Yong's fat hands, and the other party also pretended to have a hateful appearance like Corporal Lixian.
"Your sister is seventeen now, right? You have to be careful, the official document said that if you don't marry after twenty, you will have to be settled by the government. ”
After Wu Yong finished speaking, he carefully looked back at the thatched house, and then continued with a smile: "You are also miserable, why do you suffer like this?" Although I am not a very big official, but there are nobles behind me to take care of, if you marry your sister, the official will immediately change your lowly status for you, so that your Su family can be regarded as getting out of the sea of suffering. ”
Su Jie's face twitched twice, and he hurriedly replied: "Thank you for your care, it's just that where can we enlist in the door of the adult's house, this is not high." ”
Wu Yong laughed dryly, and replied a little embarrassedly: "Don't worry, your sister and I used the frame to pick it up from the side door, it won't be inappropriate, as long as your old man nods, I can pick up people today, and I brought the dowry." ”
Su Jie was so angry that he took home from the side door, that is the status of a concubine, how could his baby sister be worthy of this fat-headed and big-eared city gate official?
Just when Su Jie wanted to refuse directly, his sister Su Mei suddenly walked out, and then hurriedly gave a daughter salute and said, "Lord Wu can really let my family get rid of the cheapness?" ”
As soon as Wu Yong saw Su Mei, his eyes suddenly lit up, he saw it in a hurry when he was inspecting the Dongcheng River before, and thought it was a heavenly maiden descending to earth, but seeing it at such a close distance at this moment, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and the fat on his face kept shaking, and he almost pounced on it directly.
Fiercely suppressed the surging desire in his heart, Wu Yong was about to pat his chest to assure, when he heard Su Jie shouting at his sister-in-law: "Who let you come out?" Go back, it's none of your business here! ”
Su Mei looked conflicted, because the temptation to get rid of the lowly status is too great, if this Wu Yong can really do it, his father and eldest brother can get a good end, maybe they can get a few acres of land, so that the family has a settlement.
Seeing his sister-in-law's hesitation, Su Jie was shocked and had already guessed her thoughts, and just as he was about to stop it, he heard Su Mei rush to say: "If the adult can really do it, my Su Mei will marry." ”
Wu Yong was overjoyed, patting his fat belly and thinking, how simple this is, go back to find Yuan Yun, he is now the loyal servant of this Hou Ye, he held his thigh, and followed Yuan Yun, now he is a rich man who can be counted by Xu Du, and his own sycophants are in place, it is a big deal to be kicked, every time Yuan Yun kicks someone, the benefits immediately follow, haha, even if he is kicked every day, it is worth it.
When Su Jie heard his sister-in-law's promise, he was very anxious, and when he saw Wu Yong's disgusting look, he didn't know what dirty thoughts he was thinking, so he hurriedly excused himself: "My sister-in-law has already found a maid's errand in a big family in the city, and Lord Wu's kindness has been accepted, but the big family can't afford to offend." ”
Wu Yong was stunned for a while, and asked in disbelief: "How can there be such a coincidence, you tell the official that it was the big family that hired your sister?" ”
Su Jie was shocked, he was only thinking about making excuses just now, but he didn't know anything about the nobles of Xu Du, let alone name them.
Suddenly, Su Jie had a flash of inspiration, and the nobles of Xudu naturally knew one, that is, Yuan Hou, who killed 70,000 people in Yuan Shao.
"My sister-in-law is going to Xudu Yuan's Mansion to help, and she will come to the door soon."
After Su Jie finished speaking, he looked at Wu Yong a little timidly, because this is a lie, how can the maids of a big family have an employment relationship, and they basically signed a deed of sale, but at this moment, they can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, if this Wu Men official finds out that something is wrong, he will escape from Xu Capital with his family.
No one expected that after Wu Yong heard the word Yuan Fu, his face changed greatly, his fat body trembled, his eyes were constantly rolling, and he didn't know how much cold sweat he had.
After a long time, Wu Yongcai shuddered and smiled: "It turned out that I went to Yuan's Mansion to help errands, this is really your sister-in-law's blessing, hehe, Yuanfu is a well-known good family, since this is the case, the official will not say anything about proposing relatives, hehe, I don't know when your sister-in-law will go?" I will send you on a carriage so that you will not have to walk hard. ”
Su Jie was stunned, and carefully looked at Wu Yong's appearance, there was no trace of fraud at all, he seemed to be really scared, it seemed that Yuan Hou Wanfutu's prestige really worked.
Wu Yong was sweating profusely, and now he was about to collapse, and after a few more greetings, he left in a hurry.
On the way back, a beautiful maid in the carriage said very unhappily: "This surnamed Su really doesn't know what to do, the master gave their family a way to soar, and they still don't appreciate it, so why does Yuan Fu dare to rob a woman with our family, it's just looking for ......."
Syllable!
Wu Yong slapped Yan Maiden with a big mouth, and then scolded fiercely: "You stupid woman shut up for me, and I will hear the word Yuan Fu from your mouth in the future, see if Lao Tzu doesn't break your legs, those two words can also be said by a cheap maid like you?" Do you know what our family is so rich now? It's just relying on the care of the Yuan Mansion, damn, I really scared the master to death just now. ”
After scolding Yan Wan, Wu Yong patted his head and said distressedly: "Unlucky, looking for a beauty actually found Yuan Hou, hey, don't make a fuss about this, otherwise there will be no way to live, Wu San, Wu San, you hurry up and prepare a generous gift, Master Ming'er, I will go to Yuan's Mansion to pay a visit." ”
At this time, the Yan maid who was slapped timidly asked, "That little lady surnamed Su, isn't the master going to ask for it?" Even if she goes to be a maid, she can get married. ”
Wu Yong said categorically: "Don't beat her idea, the Yuan Mansion is a clean person, and there is no room for a little dirty thing, this matter is that we didn't find out before, and there are so many troubles in the future, alas, Yuan Hou is now a Wanfu Tu, you can't mess with it, one bad can bury our whole family in the ground, Cao Sikong won't say anything, no, no, Wu San, take a thousand yuan and send it to Yuan Mansion directly tomorrow, but it can't be delayed!" ”
The frame slowly moved away, Wu Yong's heart went up and down, constantly cursing himself for being careless, and constantly cheering himself up, Ming'er must say more good things, it is best for Yuan Yun to treat himself as a fart, and it will be over.