son-in-law

Chapter 210 Chapter 203 Hangzhou

Chapter 210 Chapter 2 Hangzhou

The waves are flowing, the night is as cold as water, and unknown insects are screaming in the leaves and grass on the shore. It is getting late, and the people on the boat have already gone to bed. Huang, the two women have also returned to the room and are talking before going to bed.

"So that's how my brother-in-law... got those names?"

"Specifically...that's it...just a few poems, he couldn't evade them just now, and others would say that he is the number one genius in Jiangning, but he wouldn't take it seriously...Oh, he has a weird temperament..."

"Since ancient times, only extraordinary people can do extraordinary things... But, is it true that my brother-in-law has no interest in imperial examinations?"

"He said no, but these things, in fact, I can't ask too much..."

"How did my sister and brother-in-law know each other?"

"We only met after we got married."

"How could..."

Not too bright lights, trivial sentences, it's getting late, Su Tan'er and Lou Shuwan's voices are soft, talking about these things about Ning Yi.

In the banquet on that boat tonight, it is actually impossible to say that no one has any impression of the name Ning Liheng.Even though the information is not developed, the circle of literati in the whole country is only so big. After a few poems have passed through the mouths of all the women in the brothel, the three words Ning Liheng will more or less pass through the ears of everyone. Twice, the scholars at this time pay attention to extensive knowledge and strong memorization. After Ning Yi introduced himself a little, some people will inevitably feel a little familiar.

It's just that the preconceived impression is also very strong. With the pair of Lin Tingzhi and Lou Shuwan as a reference, since there is also a married couple, it is easy to make people have various associations.On the other hand, Lin Tingzhi wanted to show off, so he couldn't help pointing out Lou Shuwan's family background to everyone, implying that the other party is a married young woman with status and temperament, who is now impressed by my poetry and has a good impression of me.And Miss Lou's friends also have the same status. If you want to express yourself, you can naturally show courtesy to her.In this way, a group of people focused on Su Tan'er, and subconsciously filtered out her husband-in-law Ning Yi.

In most cases, the status of the son-in-law is low, and this is not just verbal.For the vast majority of families who marry into marriage, even if the woman is really openly indiscreet, the man dares to be angry and dare not speak out. If things can't be swallowed, it is not uncommon for him to kill his wife, father-in-law and his family.

This kind of thing is very rare. In the era of the Wu Dynasty, there are always three obediences and four virtues, but it was originally a basis for inequality. When everyone around feels that the two are unequal, the relationship between the married couple is naturally also It is impossible to develop too well.If the woman has the intention of looking down on the man from the beginning, the man will not be able to live up to it. Over time, dissatisfaction will increase. At this time, it is not uncommon for the woman to find a mistress outside and have a good relationship.

For someone like Lou Shuwan, with such a family background, it's not a strange thing to be involved with some talented scholars overtly and secretly.She is young, beautiful, rich in money, and not bad in temperament. Any scholar who can be with her is just to take advantage of it and not to lose. My husband, rumored in the small circle, is nothing more than a romantic affair that proves its charm. The romantic land in the south of the Yangtze River has been full of obscene words and songs praising such things since ancient times.

In this way, after the sudden introduction, there were only one or two people who were suspicious, and everyone was not interested in taking care of the married person, so they didn't ask at that time.After Ning Yi and Su Tan'er left, the formal dinner was over, and only then did someone ask Lin Tingzhi about the origin of the couple, or ask Su Wending and Su Wenfang about the details of their family in Jiangning. Someone said: "That Ning Liheng just now seems to have the same name as the author of "Shui Tiao Ge Tou"."

The Qing'er girl on the boat also smiled and said: "I was thinking about it just now, and they are all from Jiangning, what a coincidence." What kind of great poet will the son-in-law be? He only asked the two members of the Su family: "Young Master Wen Ding and Young Master Wen Fang, both of you are in Jiangning, have you ever met Mr. Ning?"

Su Wending said: "Isn't it just my brother-in-law?"

"Oh, it's Mr. Ning who wrote "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" and "Sapphire Case". Some time ago, Qing'er sang those songs every day, and I wanted to see what a romantic person the author is. Although I can't see him now, If Young Master Wen Ding and Young Master Wen Fang meet, it would be good to talk to Qing Er."

Su Wending and Su Wenfang looked blank: "Well, it's... my brother-in-law."

For a moment, the expressions of the people in the boat were all wonderful, most of them were stunned, and then whispered, and some like Lou Shuwan didn't pay much attention at the beginning, and only came to ask questions after they realized what was going on.In fact, Su Wending and Su Wenfang were somewhat malicious. Originally, they thought that with so many scholars, the brother-in-law would shout admiration for convenience when he reported his name, and this side is also honored. Who knew that those people didn't respond at all, and finally waited until now. , after seeing them to their heart's content, they said their goodbyes with innocent faces.Go home and show off with your sister and brother-in-law.

As for Lou Shuwan and Lin Tingzhi, they will come back soon.Lin Tingzhi looked at Ning Yi and asked too many questions, but Lou Shuwan was different.She herself is not very interested in poetry and prose, what really attracts her is the atmosphere of literary ink and hustle and bustle behind the poetry and prose, such as the annual literary fair in Suzhou and Hangzhou, where everyone praises and praises, and literati recite poems Fu, the attention when everyone clapped their hands and applauded...

She is a smart woman, with a little study, she can tell the good from the bad.But different from Su Tan'er, Su Tan'er is looking forward to being able to integrate into the text itself in addition to doing business. Entering the artistic conception of poetry, let yourself become an elegant person, but she is entangled in many things, and she is a woman's standpoint. She is not talented enough in this area. Sometimes she feels that she is full of copper and has no elegance, so she admires those literati.

Lou Shuwan is more looking forward to the appearance brought by poetry. It doesn't matter if she is not elegant in essence, it is enough for others to think she is elegant or very elegant.She doesn't know how powerful Jiangning No. [-] Talent is, but hearing this title naturally reminds her of titles like Hangzhou No. Poverty is the focus of other people's talk about it outside, or they participated in a certain literary meeting and won the first prize, or they were praised or valued by great Confucians and officials on such and such occasions. Officials in one place, even if the examination room is not going well, in Suzhou and Hangzhou, they are always the center of attention.

Lou Shuwan can only imagine what Jiangning's number one talented person is based on this impression, but it has nothing to do with the identity of Ning Yi's son-in-law.I was puzzled all the way, but it was not easy to ask directly when I came back. Fortunately, she is also proficient in the art of conversation, and she only talked about it after chatting for a while, her tone was calm and indifferent.

It's just that Ning Yi doesn't have much thought about communicating in this area, and his literary talent is also fake.Ning Yi has no grievances about this. If in front of his wife and family, including Su Tan'er, Xiao Chan, and Nie Yunzhu, it's natural to pretend to be a great writer to make them smile and make them proud, but it's natural to be in front of outsiders like Lou Shuwan. Showing off too much in front of women, with his current state of mind, there is really no need to cultivate, he only says that he is not talented in writing, and others praise him, and so on.

So Lou Shuwan had no choice but to think that she was too rude to her brother-in-law two days ago, so the other party was somewhat angry, so she had to wait until late at night before talking to Su Tan'er.

It's just that during the half-night conversation that followed, when Su Tan'er fell asleep, she still had some doubts in her heart.I don't understand why such a great talent would marry Su Tan'er, and I don't understand why Ning Yi has such a temperament.When I got up the next morning, I saw Ning Yi practicing boxing on the deck again, so I had to think that this was an uninhibited talent who really mastered the six arts and admired chivalry. The expression of speech and silence is also complicated and unspeakable.

The boat set off again in the early morning of this day, and the waterway from Jiaxing to Hangzhou was still nearly [-] miles away. However, with the wind and the water going smoothly, even if the boat was not traveling too fast, the waterway became more and more busy by the afternoon of this day. , the villages and passers-by on both sides of the canal began to increase significantly. Occasionally, there are gardens and mansions hidden among the nearby tea mountain forests, which proves that Hangzhou is approaching.

Even though Hangzhou is not the capital of the country at this time, as one end of the Grand Canal, Hangzhou has been a very prosperous metropolis since ancient times. In the evening, the city's buildings spread one after another, and it is far away. It is a busy cargo terminal, even compared to Jiangning, it is not inferior at all.

After that, nothing extravagant happened. Lou Shuwan found someone from the ship to move the goods from the ship. residence.However, although the future business may depend on the local snake of the Lou family, Su Tan'er still shook his head and expressed his refusal.In fact, Su's mansion has a certain amount of property in Hangzhou. Although they just opened two small shops at random, when it comes to housing, she arranged for people to come and rent a small courtyard when she was preparing to go south. For the house I plan to live in, I plan to search for it while playing in the past few days.

With so many people coming from the Su family, they naturally have the idea of ​​expanding their business, and it is not necessarily a good sign to live in someone else's house all at once.Lou Shuwan opened her mouth a little, but she didn't say more. She was curious about Ning Yi, but naturally she was only curious.The next day, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er visited Lou's mansion, had a meal, and saw the current main building of Lou's family approaching.

This man is slightly older than Su Boyong, he should be in his early 50s, his beard and hair are black and white, but he is in good spirits, his appearance is dignified and heroic, and he is extremely energetic.Judging from his appearance and conversation, this man is a real mall tycoon.The Lou family has a richer background than the Su family. Although it is still a businessman, it has already accumulated a real and stable family tradition. This Lou Jinlin must have been pampered since he was a child, but he is not mediocre. Only by working hard can we cultivate this kind of oppressive sense of luxury.

For Su Tan'er, he obviously treated the younger generation with a friendly attitude, and his attitude was relatively kind.But for Ning Yi, the owner of the Lou family was more or less suspicious and hostile. When eating, he asked a few relatively sharp questions, and then squinted his eyes and looked at him with a smile that was not a smile. It's almost like a lion staring at its prey.

Ning Yi probably knew where his hostility came from. Judging from the conversation during the visit, Lou Shuwan had obviously told her father what happened along the way. After listening to her daughter's statement, Lou Shuwan must have felt that her daughter Ning Yi and his wife pretended to be pigs and eat tigers for a while. He might not have too many tentative thoughts about Su Tan'er, but after hearing Ning Yi's identity, he subconsciously wanted to touch his bottom.

Unlike Lou Jinlin, in the previous life, Ning Yi started from scratch and went all the way up to a certain level. He has also seen many shopping mall tycoons with real family backgrounds. When these people examine the juniors with a vigilant or testing attitude, they often It is such a look.It's not that young people will be really scared when they see this kind of gaze, but under such gaze and aura, ordinary people will inevitably lose their positions. Some people consider the other party's power and subconsciously show weakness, while others insist on their own strength, or Simply putting on a slightly arrogant and arrogant attitude is actually messing up one's own rules. In the eyes of experienced people, it is easy to see the depth of this person.This is not knowledge that can be learned, but the experience that can be developed by knowing people for a long time.

Being stared at by Lou Jinlin like this, Ning Yi couldn't help laughing in his heart, almost nostalgic.In the past years, people who saw him like this were later surpassed by him one by one. Among them, there were opponents and partners, but he started from scratch and fought all the way. When he got up, his aura still seemed sharp.Don't be the same with Tang Mingyuan back then, he was just emotional and tired in his bones, and couldn't develop that kind of lion-like laziness.

At this time, Lou Jinlin naturally couldn't make him feel too much pressure. He smiled and looked at Lou Jinlin's expression several times, and then he just made a simple gesture of chatting, and answered as usual, without modifying his expression. As for how Lou Jinlin will judge after the incident, that is none of his business.

On the other hand, Su Tan'er, aware of the attitude of coming out of the building, looked a little angry on the way home after the visit: "This family, who went to visit with good intentions, actually worshiped that kind of face, Mr. Gong, you... didn't feel anything. ?"

Su Tan'er looked at Ning Yi, and asked hesitantly. During the conversation just now, Lou Jinlin asked about Ning Yi's background. Several questions were relatively sharp, and the other party's expression was very stressful, but Ning Yi Yi answered casually while eating. There were two questions that were probably related to the relationship between husband and wife and he didn't want to answer, so he casually turned them into rhetorical questions.In that situation, he didn't seem to be so natural. He actually turned the host away under the strong home court advantage of the old man, and then he conveniently stuffed the home court back.

Ning Yi just shook his head, with a peaceful attitude: "His daughter is a bit like being put together. It's not surprising that he has this kind of reaction. This uncle is still very powerful. If it is not necessary, try not to stand up Such an enemy."

Tan'er nodded: "Got it." She was originally good at shopping malls and interpersonal relationships. Compared with Ning Yi, she may not be really inferior-at least based on the current contact, it is difficult to see these high and low, after all, she is also A very talented and high-level businessman—but when she heard Ning Yi's casual warning, she didn't have much rejection in her heart, she just nodded obediently and felt at ease.

Even so, no one will think that she is inferior to Ning Yi. At this time, the sun is setting, and in the carriage, what is reflected in the light is just like a young and tacit couple who sing together. Ning Yi thinks about it. She laughed, and then she laughed too.

The carriage drove through the beautiful and unfamiliar streets to them, and right now, it was already a street market in Hangzhou...

This visit was only to meet Lou Jinlin, Lou Shuwan and her husband-in-law, Lou Shuwan's two elder brothers were not at home.It was a polite visit without too much purpose, and they might not be able to leave a deep impression on each other. Although Lou Shuwan's husband-in-law is also a talented scholar, his status as a matriarch is extremely low-key in the Lou family.Of course, people of that age can only keep a low profile in front of a patriarch like Lou Jinlin.

On the second day after the visit, it started to rain, and Lou Shuwan came to the small courtyard where the Su family lived temporarily. She originally planned to lead everyone in Hangzhou as a landlord, but she gave up because of the heavy rain.Another day, when the heavy rain did not stop, Lou Shuwan went to deal with business matters at home, so she didn't come back when the weather cleared, but sent a servant from the family to lead Su Tan'er and others to visit some courtyard facades Wait, just say that the lady is in a hurry and can't come, so please bear with me.

At this time, everyone settled down in Hangzhou. The Su family originally had several properties here, and the Wu family also ceded several front-end real estates. They were too far away from each other, so it is quite troublesome to formally take over and sort them out at this time.Su Tan'er thought that she originally came to play with her husband, but all kinds of trivial things were mixed together. In Ning Yi's view, these days are quite interesting.

A few days later, they formally took a fancy to a courtyard in the city, bought it directly, and then began to plan and arrange it.This is a mansion located near Taiping Lane. Although it is expensive, Ning Yi is the main buyer.According to his calculations, if the capital moves south in the future, the Jiuli Imperial City will be built not too far away. At that time, whether it is for sale or for his own family to live in, this place will be expensive. He has no plans Grabbing a place with some high-ranking official, as long as you have a little relationship, you can make a lot of money by selling it.

The few streets near this house are quite prosperous, and doing business is also simple, but the adjacent one is residential, suitable for living, but there is a small martial arts gym at the corner of the street, hehehehahaha all day long, but Ning Yi If you live in a big city for a long time, you won't find it noisy, but rather interesting.Then I thought about it, since I have nothing to do anyway, I might as well join this martial arts gym and find some actual combat.

He likes mysterious things such as internal force, and somewhat yearns for martial arts, but it is just an exploration of mysterious things that he doesn't understand. He is not really keen on actual combat, and he doesn't think that he will really become a blood-thirsty swordsman in the future. Jianghu people.It's just that I have experienced a few things, and now I have nothing to do, and I feel that practicing seems to be beneficial.

Of course, after I opened my mouth a little and raised it, I was firmly opposed by my always submissive wife and maids at home...

(End of this chapter)