Chapter 33 The First Step (Part 1)
Amidst the noisy voices, the fire lit up the Su Mansion after dark, with green tiles and cornices, carved corridors and painted buildings. When the snowflakes fell, they were absorbed by the heat in the air. Pushed away, or melted away.
Today’s dinner party has just begun. It extends from a side hall on the side of the Su Mansion. There are twenty-six tables in size. The tables are round and square. There are more than two hundred people. This is just the Su Mansion in this place. Just an ordinary dinner party in winter. There are less people in other seasons. As the New Year approaches, the banquets here become more frequent.
The third branch of Su Mansion's main branch, many cousins, some elders working for the Su family, and some shopkeepers who gathered from various places this time have all taken their seats. Next to the round table in the center are naturally Su Taigong, Song Mao, and several elderly people of the same generation as Su Taigong. In addition, Su Boyong and Su Zhongkan are the masters. The layout of the surrounding tables is basically exquisite. What is really important to the Su family? Only those who have contributed can sit in. For example, Su Chonghua, the director of Yushan Academy, Su Yunsong, the big shopkeeper who manages the local business, and some other shopkeepers, even if they are directly connected to the third room, must be the real ones in charge. Only people with this status can sit nearby. If Xi Junyu If you are invited over, you can probably sit here.
As for Su Tan'er, although she is now in charge of many things in the big house, she is a woman and has not yet rectified her name. She sits a table further away from Ning Yi. There wasn't much conversation between the two, but they seemed to look normal. Of course, it was hard to say what they were thinking in their hearts.
Starting from this table, everyone's seating rules became much looser, and they sat at a square table a little later. Su Wenxing and Su Wengui were gathering together, and occasionally looked over here with evil intentions.
At this time, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi were afraid that they would never have imagined that in such an ordinary banquet, there would be several people paying attention to them in high and low moods, and until the end, that Emotions cannot be relieved at all.
"Song Zhizhou and the others will definitely come over later, and then they will praise Ning Yi. Once Song Zhizhou talks about it, everyone will immediately pay attention, and the show is about to begin."
For this matter Su Wengui thought he had a thorough understanding of the matter, especially after Song Mao mentioned Ning Yi once in the first few discussions there and praised him for his good teaching. This idea became even more certain. About a quarter of an hour after the banquet started, the tables began to move. Another quarter of an hour later, Song Maogang picked up his wine glass and walked around a little with Su Zhongkan.
As Song Mao is the governor of the state, it doesn't matter if he sits on the chairman's seat and remains motionless. However, he has always been considerate of everything. When he moves around, he is not using his pretense of knowing the state, but using his body. As before, he was placed in the position of relatives and friends of the Su family. In this way, after greeting several tables around him, it was already a great honor, but then, he turned towards Su Tan'er and Ning Yi in a casual manner, and said a few words: " There are two people in the Su family, Tan'er and Li Heng..."
"I'll go over..." Su Wenxing picked up a wine glass and leaned over. Just as he approached, he saw Song Mao and Su Zhongkan turning away. He was slightly stunned and turned back.
“What’s wrong...”
“I don’t know, uncle just said a few words casually...”
“As a magistrate, I shouldn’t have If you say more, I'm afraid Lord Zhizhou thinks the time is not enough." Su Wengui thought with a gloomy face, "Maybe I have to wait for the second sister and Ning Yi to come over and toast. , so that I can say something for the exam. "
As the firelight lingered, the banquet went on noisily, with figures walking around, children playing, and people drinking and drinking on the table. There was something on their minds and they were not in the mood to eat, drink or play. After a while, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi stood up, took their wine glasses, and walked towards the main table among the crowd. Su Tan'er and Ning Yi came back after toasting. Su Wenxing and Su Wengui also came back with doubts. They looked at Ning Yi and then at Song Mao, blinked, and then discussed again. Soon after, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi The couple got up again and had a conversation with Song Mao not far away. Su Wengui pushed Su Wenxing, and Su Wenxing followed... and came back with a wine glass...
The banquet gradually dispersed.
If stricter rules are followed, the rest of the people can leave only after the old lady leaves. However, the old lady likes to talk to a few old brothers here, and the atmosphere is lively. Seeing that it was almost time, he smiled and waved his hand: "If you have something to do, you will go away after you are full and drunk, haha..."
Some children had already started to make trouble. Taking a nap, some people vomited and lay on the table. After the old lady said these words, the atmosphere became more free. Some people left, and some people came to the table to greet the old lady and others and chat about some interesting things. The faces of Su Wengui and others were gloomy. Su Wenxing had been boasting for several days because Song Mao was coming. At this moment, he felt that his face had dropped to the ground and he couldn't fight anymore.
"What, there's no chance at all..."
"Your uncle never planned to test him from the beginning..."
"If you can't tell your uncle to help, why don't you just say no? When you came out, you said that tonight must be..."
Across the field of vision, Song Mao had already stood up and seemed to be saying something with a smile. : "I'm too drunk..." They probably have to say goodbye, and Su Tan'er and Ning Yi have already gone to the old lady to say hello. When Song Mao was about to reach the door, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi also started to turn around and leave. Su Wenxing, whose face was dark, suddenly stood up: "Wait!"
The noisy voice was suppressed by these words for a moment, and then started to move again. Many people noticed him, so naturally they would not think that sentence The words were directed at him. Song Mao at the door glanced this way. Su Tan'er and Ning Yi looked over in confusion, then looked around, turned around and continued walking. The old man tilted his head, looked at Su Wenxing, and blinked a few times: "Oh, Wenxing, what are you talking about over there? Is something wrong?"
"I...I...well...nothing It's okay..."
After finishing these words, he sat down angrily.
After a moment, he stood up again and chased in the direction Song Mao left.
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Leaving the banquet and returning to the room, Song Mao took a sip of what Song Kai had prepared. I drank some sobering tea and then washed my face.
The wine he drank was not much. For him, it was just a mouthwash. His head was still sober at this time. He sat down at the table, took out a book of posts and put it aside. Then he sharpened the ink, took out a few pieces of rice paper and laid them out. He prepared the brush and put his hand in a writing posture. , thinking about it in my heart.
We have gained a lot today.
Originally, it was just a routine visit to Master Qin, and the expected gains were not much. It seems that the way to be an official like him is to visit important people frequently. No one knows when it will play a specific role. It is always right to build a good relationship on weekdays. He didn't have any big expectations for the master-disciple relationship with Qin Siyuan. This matter was nothing more than a bargaining chip here. When Qin Siyuan comes back in the future, he will naturally remember him a little. If he doesn't have the chance to come back, He can always have some contact with his two sons. The degree of this exchange was not very deep, and even he himself did not expect that it would go further today.
Today in the Qin Mansion, the casualness shown by Ning Liheng and the two old people really shocked him. It seemed natural and not between children and nephews. No wonder Master Qin When he was introduced, he was talking about him and his friend Ming Gong. His heart was shocked. Things were not bad. After he confessed his relationship with the Su family and the other party, Master Qin's attitude towards him changed obviously. It was no longer the pure relationship between an ordinary disciple and his master. He was very satisfied with the politeness and deepening of the relationship.
On the other hand, he also met Kang Xian and Kang Mingyun.
Thinking about this, Song Mao first wrote a few words on the rice paper: Mr. Kang Mingyun gave me a lesson. Then it stopped again. He was going to visit Ming Gong in a few days. He was thinking about the wording of the post, and then he made a stroke under the word "ci" in "cijian" and wrote the word "dao" next to it. Daojian, this is a usage suitable for moral upright people and respected scholars.
These words are small verses, but these are indeed the things he was thinking about at this time. As for testing Ning Yi for fame and reputation, he gave up completely after greeting Ning Yi at the Qin Mansion. To be fair, with his current status, he is not afraid of Qin Siyuan, nor is he afraid of Kang Mingyun. As for Ning Yi, who only interacts with these two people as a commoner, he is not afraid of anything. If he really wants to do it, What, Ning Yi is just a nobody to him.
But why bother.
Anyway, whether the second bedroom is taken over by the Su family, or whether the little girl named Su Tan'er is taken over by the Su family, there is no difference in what I can get, so why bother. From that moment on, the decision that could be made was clear. Whether Ning Yi was good at gaining fame or not, there was no need to expose him anyway, so of course there was no need to test anything.
As for the nephew who wanted to embarrass the other party...it was just a trivial matter. Once he decided to do it, he no longer took it to heart.
After a while, Song Kai came in and reported: "Master Wenxing asks to see you." He nodded: "Let him come in." His eyes were still focused on the rice paper in front of him, and he started to write the next words. Come...
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The snowy wind was blowing, and the night under the snowy scenery seemed a bit lonely and desolate. In the distance, the sound of temple bells could be heard.
The banquet in the distance has basically dispersed. Looking over there from the fence on the second floor, the firelight seems to have faded a lot. Ning Yi lay there casually looking at the swaying lights of Su In the courtyard of the house, amid the snow, the lights in each room and attic are very artistic.
The sound of footsteps came from the other side of the stairs. He knew who it was without looking. The footsteps were different from those of Xiao Chan, who usually fell in love with him and pulled him down. Xiao Chan's footsteps were much more lively. The steps were elegant and quiet - perhaps calm and quiet would be more appropriate.
Tilting his head, the silver-white figure was coming from the other side of the field of vision. He only saw a corner of the fox fur, because there was a pillar next to him. When the figure walked to the other side of the pillar, he stopped and also lay on the railing and looked out into the courtyard.
The two of them looked at each other in silence for a while. If they turned their heads to look, they could see the woman's beautiful yet green profile. Not long after, Su Tan'er finally spoke: "My husband likes to see the scenery here very much."
"It's beautiful, isn't it?"
Ning Yi smiled. Knowing that for the two of them, the showdown time has come.
......
"My husband is a weirdo."
"Huh?"*******
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