Chapter 2 The Human Heart
The old man finished speaking and left.
Song Jiu was a little dazed, let him choose, he would rather live in that world, although he can't be regarded as a local tyrant, but there is air conditioning in summer, cotton quilts in winter, and no matter how poor he is, he can fan it with an electric fan.
But when it comes through, the traverser always has the advantage of the traverser.
What have you done this year?
It's not right to think like this, the culture will be popular in the future, and the culture of this era will be even more popular, Di Qing's status, and he still reads hard in the Spring and Autumn Period every day, which caused Luo Guanzhong to write the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and put Di Qing's image on Guan Yu.
Although Yue Fei is a martial artist, he writes well, and the articles and Xiaoling are also well written.
Song Jiu wants to mix in the famous slums of Kaifeng City for a lifetime, this year he is a waste of time, if he wants to have a future in the future, this year is not a mixed time, on the contrary, now his mentality is impatient.
At least after this year's precipitation, plus some of his previous foundations, it is difficult to write a four-six-body prose and write it well. But if you can write an ordinary article, even if it is a poem, after a year of practice, you can get it a little, at least you won't lose his face. This will help him a lot in the future.
He is now thinking crankily, thinking that those time-traveling novels can soar as soon as they cross, it is so easy......
Song Jiu doesn't believe in evil, he was more or less a cultural person in his previous life, and he likes to run outside, didn't Lao Su say a sentence, it's better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, see a lot of knowledge, is there really no way?
The eldest sister saw Song Jiu in a daze, thinking that he was uncomfortable, so she said, "Jiu'er, go to my store, and my sister will cook a few good side dishes for you." ”
Song Jiu didn't treat the little lady of the Liu family seriously, but she was repented by someone, and said that it was not a dog's tail grass that could match, and she was a little unhappy in her heart, and said, "Okay." ”
Stand up and go.
"Where are you running with your hair scattered, do you want to learn to be a warlock?" The eldest sister sat down with Song Jiu, combed Song Jiu's hair, tied the hair on the forehead to the top of the bun, tied it with a silver hairpin, picked up the Confucian scarf and covered his hair, and looked at the bronze mirror, the morning breeze blew, and the two small belts on the head fluttered, and the eldest sister said: "This is a literati." ”
Song Jiu didn't speak, the three sisters wanted to be literati themselves and wanted to go crazy, but this body was inherited by that cheap old man, and it was big, no matter how he dressed up, he couldn't see much of the appearance of the literati, but at first glance, he looked like a military general.
When I came to the eldest sister's wine inn, I first accompanied the eldest sister to buy vegetables, and came back with pity.
In the Song Dynasty, there were two meals in the morning and evening, there were very few people who ate lunch, the guests in the wine house did not officially come, the eldest sister cooked for Song Jiu first, and the eldest brother-in-law was choosing dishes, and his attitude was lukewarm, which was also his consistent character, but at this time, Song Jiufei was the nerd Song Jiu in the past.
He felt something outside of the indifferent eyes of his eldest brother-in-law. In the past, when Song Jiu's father was there, the conditions at home were good, and several sons-in-law were stained. Later, when the rivers went down, several sisters secretly subsidized the family. Nerd Song Jiu thought that there were a lot of mistakes posted at home before, but now he is feeding. When Song Jiu arrived in the Song Dynasty, he felt that something was not good, and he wanted to study, but he didn't have time, so he came up with a solution. The Song Dynasty was not established for a long time, but from Zhou Wei to Chai Rong and then to the Zhao brothers, they all attached importance to internal governance. The capital of the Song Dynasty was not as prosperous as it was described in the history books, but some thriving scenes began to appear.
The population increased, the business atmosphere was strong, the floating population increased, and the Song family had a large house, so Song Jiu rented out the empty house and became a landlord. However, the Song family is on the south bank of Bianshui in East Water Gate, and when they arrive here, the terrain is a little biased, and the rental price of the house is not high. The rent can only barely be enough for Song Jiu to feed and clothe himself, but if it is enough, he will be full for the whole family. So in addition to reading, he is messing around.
The eldest sister was disgusted, and Song Jiu said a word: "Eldest sister, can you protect me for a while, maybe for a lifetime?" ”
The eldest sister was speechless, and still stuffed a few dollars for him from time to time.
In this case, the brother-in-law is not very easy to say anything, and the brother-in-law is mostly in charge of the eldest sister inside and outside the house, so he doesn't dare to say anything.
But after a long time, my brother-in-law will definitely not be happy in his heart.
"What can I do?"
Song Jiu stared at the Biandi outside, the willows on the Biandi were green, and there were a few little black swallows flying around, and their smart and graceful figures were like a few elves dancing.
A few choices, the first is to be an official, if you want to be an official, one is to go to the battlefield, Song Jiu was not easy to mess with in his previous life, but how difficult it is to make a name for himself on the battlefield. The second is the imperial examination, this, don't think about this. After participating in a imperial examination, he found that this thing was a pure waste of time for him.
The second is business.
After the Song Dynasty, the business atmosphere was developed, and it was also a good choice to be a rich businessman.
But how easy is it to do business?
It's easy, if the eldest sister hears that she is going to do business, she will probably chase and kill herself.
Thinking about it this way, he felt sad, people always have to have a goal, where is their goal?
Song Jiu wandered out of the world, and his seven-year-old nephew ran in and said loudly: "Uncle, my mother said that you will become a big official if you pass the exam, have you become a big official?" ”
The eldest sister wanted to fight, but Song Jiu stretched out her hand to stop her, and her nephew was still staring at Song Jiu with her big innocent eyes. Song Jiu hit a Ha Lu Ha'er: "Big official, I will definitely do it in the future." Not now. ”
"What are you doing?"
"Uncle is still young, not when he is an official."
The brother-in-law snorted secretly.
Song Jiu saw it and thought to himself, this won't work, if you continue, you can't even do it.
Just when he was in a daze, the seventh sister ran over and shouted: "Eldest sister, brother-in-law, it's not good, the two rivers are fighting again." ”
It refers to the brawls between the people on both sides of the Bianshui River in order to fight for their lives.
Kaifeng was also a commercial city in the Tang Dynasty, and it was made a capital in the Five Dynasties, so the population became more and more. Originally, there was an imperial city and an inner city, but in the later Zhou period, an outer city had to be built, and the old city was widened into five steps, thirty steps and twenty-five steps, improving the transportation system.
It has not yet reached the south of the Yangtze River, but there are many materials transported to the capital from Lianghuai, so Bianshui is very important. However, the Bianshui River divides into two streams at Xiatuqiao, one on the north side is the main stream of the Bianshui River, and the south side is a tributary, and it is not until a few miles outside the city that it rejoins again.
In the Later Zhou Dynasty, the country's energy was still a foreign enemy, and it could not concentrate on building the capital, and the south bank of Nanbianshui was a warehouse area, and then to the west was a prosperous commercial area, and the north bank of Beibianshui was a residential area, and then to the north was a commercial area and a handicraft area. The river bank between the two rivers is very remote, once a wasteland of vegetable gardens, and then the population increased, and the two rivers began to be full of people, but most of these people migrated from other places. One is an immigrant and the other is indigenous, which has some contradictions in itself.
The capital is so big, the population is so large, no weaving or farming, always have to find ways to make a living, those who have the ability to become officials and do business, those who have no ability have to become soldiers or do hard work, and even force their wives to become prostitutes to support their families.
To do coolie work, you also have to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the water to eat the water, and the people in Hebei and Hezhong rely on this water to make a living. Ships come from all over the country to load goods, and they have to be unloaded from the ships, and the people on both sides of the strait come and unload them, and move them to the warehouses for their masters, or to various commercial and handicraft areas, to earn this coolie fee.
Originally, there were some contradictions between the people on both sides of the strait, but if it was the off-season and there were not many ships, some conflicts would occur in order to grab a living. The eldest brother-in-law's family background was okay, and with the financial support of Song Jiu's father, he opened a wine inn on the edge of Biandi, and his life was acceptable. The fifth sister's family is also okay, and it is also funded by Song Jiu's father, who opened a small inn in the Suzaku Gate. When the seventh sister got married, Xu's father died soon after, and the Xu family was declining, so the seventh brother-in-law had to work as a porter to make a living.
The eldest sister loves Song Jiu very much, and she also loves this little sister, and when she heard it, she immediately said, "I'll go over and take a look." ”
Song Jiu and the eldest sister came to the dock, the official had arrived, and was stopping, the fight in the field gradually subsided, the seventh sister found the seventh brother-in-law in the crowd, and the head was smashed by the person with a flat pole, although the seventh brother-in-law covered his head with his hand, the blood still trickled out of his fingers. The injury was not serious, and when he saw Song Jiu, he asked with concern: "Jiu'er, did you pass the exam?" ”
Song Jiu looked at him, angry and funny, and said, "Brother-in-law, you should take care of your injuries." ”
"This group of Hebei people, all damn it, Jiu'er, did you pass the exam?"
"That's so easy, come here, I'll cover your wounds." The eldest sister neatly found a strip of cloth and wrapped the seventh brother-in-law's brain, which was regarded as wrapping the injury. In this era, the medical conditions are backward, and there is no hope for disinfection at all.
Another group of officers and soldiers came, shouting and shouting, and the conflict subsided.
Then another official came over, kept shouting, and took away several of the leaders of the conflict. But in the face of this situation, the government has no way to solve it, and the big deal is to give dozens of lashes, and the person will be released.
The seventh sister is shedding tears, and the eldest sister is sighing.
The seventh brother-in-law couldn't stand the two girls, so he picked up the flat shoulder and went to work again.
Song Jiu sighed: "Life." ”
My life is difficult, and the life of the seventh brother-in-law's family is even more difficult, but the sisters and brothers are also united, and this family affection makes people feel very warm.
The eldest sister and the seventh sister were whispering, and the eldest sister suddenly looked at the seventh sister's stomach and said in surprise: "Got it?" ”
"Seventh sister, have you?" Song Jiu also asked in surprise.
The seventh sister replied shyly, and the eldest sister knocked on Song Jiu's head with her fingers again: "Go, it's not something you asked." ”
"Yes, yes," the previous Song Jiu relied on the eldest sister, and this Song Jiu was afraid of the eldest sister, the more he owed, the more he was afraid, and he owed yes! But he is also happy, the seventh sister has been married to the Zhong family for several years, and there has been no movement so far, this time it is finally there, it is a great joy. But when I think of a bad thing, my brother-in-law's family is poor, and I have a child, what can I do?
"Money!" Song Jiu shouted in his heart.
It is definitely a good thing to have money, and this money is not conjured, but earned. How to earn, he stared blankly at the river. It was only March, and the peach blossom water had just come up, and the water level of Bianshui was very low, so the porters had to pick up the goods from the boats, and then slowly pick them ashore along the river embankment. In fact, it doesn't matter, the difficulty increases, the wage increases, the owner doesn't care, the cost increases, and the price can be added. But let Song Jiu think of an idea.
I didn't dare to say it to the eldest sister, or even to the seventh sister, the three sisters were united in one heart, one knew the way, and all knew the way.
First, I found a pawnshop, pawned some houses in the family, and exchanged some money.
I came to the blacksmith shop again, there are still some shops and workshops in the river, but there are very few, they are all neighbors, and there are many workshop owners who know Song Jiu. Hearing what Song Jiu said, Blacksmith Li asked strangely, "Jiulang, what are you going to do?" ”
"Li Dalang, you can do as I tell you, the cost will not be less for you."
The thing has not yet been made, and the news spreads quite quickly, and the eldest sister learned about it and ran to ask. Song Jiu said: "Without him, make a fortune, make a small fortune." ”
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