Idle courtiers

Chapter 96
Zhou Nan yelled angrily: "Xiao Lan, if you don't learn well at such a young age, you've learned to squat against the wall. If you eavesdrop on my conversation with your aunt, I will send you back to Zhoujiazhuang's parents."

Xiao Lan muttered: "I'm not going back, not even when I die. I don't want to marry in my life, I just follow you, Uncle."

Seeing so much money today, a thought suddenly came to her mind.Life in my uncle's house is so easy, I never dreamed of it in the past, even if I am a fairy.I was born ugly, so I probably won't be able to marry a good man in the future.After the past, maybe I will be angry with my mother-in-law.Rather than that, it is better to be single!

The most important thing for a person is to recognize himself and know exactly what he wants.

It should be known that everything in the world has a price marked in advance, and fate will always take something away from you after giving you a gift.There are gains and losses, and losses are gains.

Yunniang was shocked: "What do you know, a child? How can a woman not marry? How is that different from your sister-in-law? Besides, what can you do with your aunt all your life?"

Xiaolan proudly said: "Uncle, what a majestic person, the family business will be small in the future. Why don't you have to hire a housekeeper to take care of this house? I can take care of it for you! Besides, my aunt will give birth to a child in the future. I can help you too!"

Speaking of having a baby, Yunniang blushed and spat: "Children, what do you know?"

Zhou Nan's heart moved when he heard their conversation.That's right, Shizhi County is also kind enough to submit a letter to the Ministry of Officials to remove my status as an official. Naturally, the master in the yamen can't do it, and naturally I can't get the monthly salary of two taels of silver.Moreover, all the power in my hand will be reset to zero, and everything will have to start from scratch.On the surface, the loss is not small.

However, from now on, I am a scholar who enjoys political privileges, a member of the ruling class, and a superior person.With this identity and my foresight about history, is it not easy to live comfortably in this world?
Thinking of this, he became energetic.And secretly said: A new life has begun, Zhou Nan, come on, come on, come on!
Seeing Yunniang's blushing face, Zhou Nan suddenly clashed, hugged her, and whispered, "Miss, that's right, it's time for us to have a baby, new year and new weather, I will take good care of you."

Yunniang was shocked, and couldn't help shouting: "You mustn't do it, it's in broad daylight, it's embarrassing to death."

The sound of Xiaolan knocking down the firewood pile came from outside, obviously she should not have heard it.

Zhou Nan couldn't help smiling, and said, "Xiaolan, aren't you going to be my housekeeper? Come in, count six ingots of silver and wrap it in cloth, come out with me."

Yunniang: "Sister-in-law wants to go out, do you want money?"

Zhou Nan nodded: "Yes, I still owe him 300 taels of silver. It's an old debt that needs to be settled."

Yes, now that I finally have money on hand, it's time to pay back that old debt of Sister Su.Otherwise, if you are always entangled in this old past, your own little life will be boring.Besides, Sister Su has left the Mei family now.A woman needs money to live alone!
Speaking of which, it's been a long time since Sister Su's ten-day period, and she didn't come to remind her.

Presumably she also knew the real cause of Mr. Mei's death back then, so the old grievances between herself and her were completely resolved.

According to a report from Lin Ada, after crying at home for a few days, Sister Su washed her face and started to run her small bookstore again.

As the new year was approaching, Shi Jieren's transfer order was officially issued. After the new year, he would go back to his hometown and then sail up the Yangtze River by boat.After arriving in Huguang, turn to Yunnan.

The new county magistrate will come to handle the handover on the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year.

In the last days of his tenure, Shi Jieren dispatched all the yamen servants Ding Zhuang to give the county a thorough cleaning.

Walking on the street now, the rubbish that used to be everywhere can no longer be seen, and everything looks clean and tidy.

Today, there are no readers in Sister Su's bookstore, only the eleven or twelve-year-old boy is posting Spring Festival couplets.Shanglian: Spring is always there all year round.The second line: colorful flowers bloom forever.

The vulgarity is a bit vulgar, but the words are beautifully written.The thin gold body of Song Huizong, which is not common in small places, has a silver hook and iron stroke, which penetrates the back of the paper. The brushwork on the Spring Festival couplets can be seen to be full of joy.

Zhou Nan couldn't help applauding: "Good calligraphy, who wrote this calligraphy?" He was curious. There are many scholars in Anton, but there are not many people with such skill.

Xiao Er, who was putting up Spring Festival couplets, was startled when he saw him, and was about to call out.

Xiaolan rolled her eyes: "What do I want to ask you?"

Xiao Er: "It was written by the master."

Zhou Nan: "Sister Su wrote it, it's really good... Is she in it?"

Xiao Er was about to answer, Zhou Nan waved his hands: "You guys stay here and wait." He took the burden from Xiao Lan's hand and walked to the back patio.

The setting sun is red, projecting down.

However, in the light and shadow, Sister Su was sitting cross-legged on the futon in a white dress.In front of him is a small red clay stove with a teapot on it.On the ground in front of the futon is a volume of "Huainanzi".

She was looking up at the sky above her head, and the sun was falling on her face.

There is a faint tea fragrance in the air, and there is a smell like blue musk.

In the golden sunlight, there are small dust floating.This makes the light and shadow interlaced in the dark and quiet small courtyard, and the light and shade correspond.

"You're here, I know you'll definitely be here in the next few days." Sister Su said softly, her face neither angry nor happy.

Before Zhou Nan could speak, Sister Su murmured again: "A small courtyard, a square inch, the world is very big, but what belongs to us is actually very small. Zhou Zimu, what do you think?"

Zhou Nan didn't know how to answer, so he just looked at her quietly.

Sister Su: "I am originally from Datong, Shanxi. I was born and grew up in the capital. When I was 15 years old, I went to Huai'an again. I have lived here for more than ten years. Until now, I don't know where my hometown is. However, I am homesick, I really miss it!"

Zhou Nan's lips moved: "Sister Su, today I..."

Sister Su waved her hand "Shh" and said: "Don't talk, listen, is there a pigeon whistle ringing in the sky, just like in the capital. Zhou Zimu, I was a little girl at that time, and I didn't know that there was something wrong in this world. Bitter. Every day is so happy, how nice!"

"I've heard about that case ten years ago. Back then, I wished I could tear you up and swallow your bones. Now everything is over. My husband was murdered, and you have been implicated for ten years. Days. Fate is impermanent, you and I are hard-working people. This is for you..."

As he spoke, he pulled out a stack of papers from "Huainanzi" and unfolded it.

Zhou Nan took a closer look and saw that they were all IOUs written by Zhou Xiucai.Knowing that she was going to talk about this, she said: "Sister Su, I have brought the money here, let's pay the old debt today!"

He reached out to take it.

Suddenly, Sister Su stuffed those IOUs into the stove.

Green smoke rose, followed by a ball of fire.

Sister Su said sadly: "The old account is over, I don't want your money. I have my own dowry, and I can support myself alone. The case ten years ago ruined your life and my life. You have played tricks on me, now if you tease me, what's the point of me teasing you, let's go, let's go!"

Zhou Nan couldn't believe his eyes: "It's really over, you don't want money anymore. Tang Su, you said this yourself, and you can't make trouble again in the future."

After finishing speaking, he added in a wrong way: "You don't have a few more hidden ones, do you?"

"Get out, get out!" Sister Su was furious, about to explode.The circles of his eyes suddenly turned red, and he began to cry loudly: "You surnamed Zhou, you don't understand anything, you don't understand anything!"

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