Ning Yi - The house that the former Ning Yi lived in is located in an alley in the north of Jiangning City. The small courtyard occupies a small area and cannot be called the ancestral home of the Ning family. Because of the Ning family, Ning Yi
The generation of his father's generation had already fallen into decline. The former big house had been sold long ago, and was later demolished and a new house built. Ning Yi's father then moved to live in this alley, and his life has always been relatively difficult and difficult.
Up to Ning Yi's grandfather, the family was probably quite a good scholar, and it is said that they had some minor fame. It was because of this that Su Yu was able to make friends with him. At that time, Su Yu, as a businessman, was probably the one who had the upper hand.
Ning Yi's father probably enjoyed a wealthy life for a few days, and he was relatively proud. For a scholar, he can be called a man of character.
Since traveling through time, Ning Yi has probably heard several rumors about Ning's father when he was still alive. According to Su Tan'er, when his respected father-in-law was alive, he was generous to others and had many contacts. Unfortunately, it was not the right time and he was not lucky, so
Failed to obtain academic honors, etc. After Ning Yi heard it several times, he probably understood that the other party was a playboy by nature, with great ambitions and limited talents. He had no knowledge but spent money lavishly. He originally had some foundation in the family, but he was ruined in this way. He spent a lot of time playing and drinking in his youth.
He had no restraint, and later became embarrassed at home and depressed. He read some books and had a high self-esteem. After suffering both physical and mental torture, he finally died young.
In the past, Ning Yi did not have a few days of glory or happy days like his father. His family had been having a hard time since he became sensible. He was not smart. His father forced him to study, but he had no achievements.
He was a repressed and bitter child, but because of this, he did not develop any proud character. If not for this, he probably would not have chosen to marry the Su family later, and probably not many things that followed would have happened.
Nowadays, Ning Yi is not very interested in the life trajectory of that person. After getting married, he only came back to this house a few times. After he married into the Su family, with the Su family's financial resources, he could not afford such a small family.
Naturally, the courtyard doesn't like it, so after all, it still belongs to Ning Yi's property. Occasionally, Chan'er or Juan'er will arrange for the maids to come over and clean it. This afternoon, Xiao Chan came here because Xiao Chan was at Tan'er's.
I was told to come and do some cleaning. Ning Yi had nothing to do, so he came with me.
There are still a few days until the Qingming Festival. Last night, Tan'er told him that he could come here during the Qingming Festival and burn some paper for his parents-in-law. Although Ning Yi has no memory of the blood relationship in this body, he has no memory of the sacrifice.
The meaning of honoring one's ancestors is always important. Tan'er can consider these things. After all, it is a feeling of friendship for him, so he nodded in agreement.
Behind this matter, there were naturally discussions between Su Yu, Su Boyong and others. How can ordinary married people get such treatment? Just like a married woman, if she takes things from her mother's family, it is not her duty. The family is in the world.
In this era, the family circle was very strict after all. However, there were no relatives in the Ning family. Su Yu also expressed that if Ning Yi and Tan'er gave birth to a second son, his surname would be Ning.
Attitude, this little concession will not become a big problem.
Of course, the time here must be staggered with the Su family's ancestor worship, and everything is based on the Su family. Since Tan'er wanted to accompany him back to stay for a day before the Qingming Festival, Xiaochan was inside and outside at this time.
When the field was cleaning up the room, Ning Yi also helped move the tables and chairs. Since no one lived there on weekdays, only some tables, chairs, wooden cabinets and other items were still in the room here. As for bedding, fabrics, clothing, etc.
There was no preparation for things that might have returned to tide. Xiaochan came here today just to check out the general situation. To make it habitable, she would definitely have to call some maids and servants to help tomorrow.
"Uncle, please stop helping. Those tables have been left there for a long time and are full of dust. If you move them, they will be dirty..."
Cleaning the old bed with a new broom and wearing a scarf on her head, Xiaochan, who was at work, occasionally turned around to protest. Because Ning Yi had already put the clothes that were originally placed in this bedroom at this time.
A few boxes were moved out, and some chairs were moved in. Then they started to move the sandalwood table that was originally placed in another room. Because it had been left for too long, the table was a little dirty. Ning Yi had no strength at this time.
It's big, so it's not difficult to lift things, but Xiaochan will get angry when she sees it.
How can a master do the work of a servant? Although after getting along with him for a long time, he knew that Ning Yi had no airs. He occasionally did simple things like boiling water and washing his face without having anyone else wait on him, but now it was too much to do such dirty and hard work.
"When I got back, I saw my uncle was dirty, and the lady wanted to scold me again..."
After all, Xiao Chan was accustomed to doing things. At this time, she took a broom and patted to make the room clean. Her hands and feet were fast, but she didn't get too much dust on her body. Ning Yi did get a lot of dust on her body when she moved some things.
When Xiao Chan protested, he smiled and drew his dusty finger on Xiao Chan's face. The two of them were busy in the small courtyard, and the room that had almost been organized into a warehouse gradually took shape.
After moving the large items, it was Xiao Chan who had to sort and clean the small place. He looked at the trivial objects in the boxes in the yard and occasionally listened to Xiao Chan's words.
"Uncle, why don't you agree to the young master from the Puyang family to help write poems?"
"It's not worth it. I don't know that Qilan very well, so I can't gain much advantage by writing a poem. Moreover, the other party is Mr. Li. If I help write poems here without considering the situation, people will definitely hate me.
Isn’t that right? If you can’t take advantage here and you are hated by the other side, it’s really not worthwhile for a businessman, right…”
The afternoon before yesterday, Pu Yangyi came to him to ask for poems, and Ning Yi's answer was probably like this. Of course, the joke was half true and half false. In the final analysis, Ning Yi did not give the poems immediately. Puyang Yi has always been pretty good, he is a good person.
Smart people, a poem is actually given to them, but in Ning Yi's opinion, the whole thing is probably a bit unreliable. Qilan was promoted by the Puyang family, and the Puyang family must be sure of the hype behind the matter.
It's the big head. It's not yet clear whether Master Li will compete with others. There is no need for him to participate enthusiastically. After all, adding icing on the cake is far less interesting than providing help in times of need.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ning Yi may not have thought about it complicatedly at the time, but for him, it was clear at a glance how to do various things better. At that time, Puyang Yi
Please come here, Ning Yi made a few jokes, and then said that if the matter really needs to be done by himself, if there is anyone who can help, it is of course his duty to help. Now, as a smart person, there is no need to express it too early in this embarrassing situation of beauty competition.
took a stand.
He said it funny, but Pu Yangyi knew his style of visiting brothels when he was young, but since he got the promise, he left happily at that time. He just heard that after he returned, he repeated Ning Yi's original words to Qilan, saying
The other party felt aggrieved: "I have already sent countless posts to Mr. Ning. Mr. Ning never takes Qilan seriously, but now he says that he is not familiar with Qilan. This is really bullying."
These words seemed to be aggrieved, but in fact they were very affectionate, and they seemed to be in harmony with Puyang Yi. When Ning Yi heard about it, he could only shake his head and smile. Businessmen are like this, as long as they are measured, it is not a big deal for everyone to use the hype.
, he would not care too much about it.
The afternoon gradually passed in this atmosphere. Xiaochan occasionally talked about gossip about Master Li, and occasionally talked about the importance the Su family paid to his uncle in the cleaning room, and about the second son who would be born in the future.
The rumor that his surname was Ning also had some clues at this time. In this year and age, it is indeed a very big event when it is a bride-in-law. Xiaochan is also really happy for him. Ning Yi is sitting outside,
He smiled and said:
"Then... Xiaochan, if you marry me in the future, the child you give birth to will be named Ning, and the child born to Tan'er will be named Su. How about that?"
After all, Xiao Chan couldn't make jokes about "getting married" in broad daylight. Her face was red, but then she looked complicated: "Uncle, if others hear this, Xiao Chan will
Beaten to death..."
It was really hard to say this. Ning Yi was saying it casually, but now that he thought about it, he understood it and smiled and comforted her a few words. After a while, Xiaochan sat down next to Ning Yi with a rag, lowered his head and said:
"Chan'er knows that my uncle is good, but... don't keep saying these things that make Chan'er think a lot... Chan'er is the lady's first-in-law, and she will stand with the lady all her life, for example... for example
...When my uncle marries the younger one in the future, Chan'er will work with the young lady to torture her to death. If my uncle has a lover outside, Chan'er will also come to the house with the young lady to make trouble... Actually, Chan'er is very powerful.
, I was trained by my young lady. An ordinary foxy girl will definitely not be able to fight against Chan'er at home... My aunt, my aunt has to be more careful..."
The little maid demonstrated with some pride and fear, and Ning Yi laughed at the side. He didn't understand the abilities of the three maids at home. In modern times, they are the qualities of senior managers anyway, but here they are maids.
On the surface, she appears to be well-behaved, but in fact her ability to plan and coordinate various things is already very good. As she said, if there are other concubines in this family, and she and Su Tan'er are combined, the other party will be really good.
It’s hard to get good fruit to eat.
"I know, I know, but there's no need to be so cruel as to kill you..."
"For my uncle's sake, Xiaochan will ask the young lady to give her half of her life..."
"Tsk..."
The two talked for a while in the yard. After cleaning, Xiaochan bought some incense to smoke in it, and Ning Yi sorted out the things in the wooden boxes in the yard. There was nothing really interesting among them. There were some small things.
The toys may contain the trajectory of Ning Yi's life in the past years, but most of them have become waste products. Ning Yi looked at them for a while, and then took out some broken bottles and jars or moldy and scattered bamboo slips and books in the box and threw them away.
, when I threw it away, I found a volume of thousand-character text that was still good. There were various handwriting annotations in it, probably written by Ning Yi when he was a child. It had some commemorative value, so I took it back.
The sunshine this afternoon was good, shining warmly in this bluestone alley. When Ning Yi came back, he sat on the bluestone bench at the door. The alleys were deep and quiet, with courtyards lined with house doors, and several old trees.
The trees are dotted between the black tiles and green walls. Occasionally, a pedestrian passes by and nods kindly to him. Ning Yi doesn’t know if he knows him, so he nods in return. In the distance, the sounds of pedestrians and carriages can be heard from outside the alley.
Up the street.
Some of the residents in this alley knew him, and some even knew that he had become quite famous recently, but Ning Yi had no impression of this alley. Just sitting on this stone bench, he still felt a sense of
A peaceful atmosphere. He sat there and flipped through the old "Thousand-Character Classic". Some of the pages were torn and fell off, so he had to put them in and clamp them. In the process, he found someone heading this way.
look.
It was a woman wearing white Confucian clothes - even though she was dressed in men's clothing, she could still easily tell her identity as a woman. In fact, when Ning Yi sat down here, this person had already appeared at the alley. Ordinary people
Such a long time was enough to go back and forth in the alley eight or nine times. She walked and stopped without knowing what she was looking at. Only then did Ning Yi notice her as she got closer. The woman had an oval face and a pointed chin.
The lips are also small, so he looks a little thin when he is pretending to be a man. He looks towards Ning Yi and tilts his head to look into the open courtyard door.
Ning Yi held the tattered "Thousand Character Classic" in one hand and the fallen pages in the other hand, and looked towards her. The woman nodded, lowered her head and turned to leave, then stopped.
After a pause, he nodded and saluted, and said, "Uh... Sir, is the person who used to live here gone?"
"...how long ago?"
"It's been...seven or eight years..."
Ning Yi looked back: "I and my parents should have been living here... you are..."
The other person is not very old. Although he looks mature in his dress, he is probably not much older than Xiaochan. He may be familiar with his former self. He frowned slightly, and the woman looked at him for a few times, then a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Ah,
You are Xiaoning..."
"We know each other?"
"Indeed... we know each other..." The woman was actually not very sure, and pointed to a relatively beautiful yard at the other end of the alley, "I lived there for two years, uh... my surname is Wang.
I probably didn’t say much…”
When the woman pointed to the yard over there, she lowered her head slightly, and there seemed to be something she didn't want to say in her eyes. But overall, the two parties probably just lived in the same alley before, and maybe they even talked to each other, but they probably didn't.
There was not much friendship. Ning Yi waited and saw her smiling and said, "You often studied here at that time. I still remember that I came to your house to borrow soy sauce."
"Oh, that's it..." Ning Yi smiled in agreement. Anyway, they were not very familiar acquaintances. The other party said this excitedly, but he didn't want to be too disappointed. He said a few perfunctory words, and another figure trotted away.
He came here, but he knew this woman: "Brother Wang, you are indeed here..."
"Looking back, the place hasn't changed much..."
"My home is over there. Brother Wang, do you still remember it? It's just sold, and there's no way to go back and see it now."
The new person was a scholar in green robes, and he actually lived in this alley before. The woman named Wang looked at him and said, "By the way, Hezhong, do you still know this young master?"
The two of them did not seem to be husband and wife, but because of their relationship with the same hometown, they seemed friendly. When the man named Hezhong came over, he glanced at Ning Yi a few times, but he pretended not to pay attention, but Ning Yi could easily detect that he was interested in them.
The woman was so concerned that she looked at it a few more times, and even looked into the yard behind: "Could he be... a stupid nerd? Ah, no, it was called that time, what was it called..."
The woman named Wang frowned slightly: "Xiao Ning."
"Oh, by the way, Xiao Ning. It's me, Hezhong, Yu Hezhong. I used to live there, and we used to play together when we were kids. Unfortunately, I later went to Bianjing with my parents. At that time, we called you
When we go out to play, you are often punished by copying books and memorizing them. How about it? You are still reading. You were the most diligent when you were a child. Now...you should be famous, right?"
The man named Yu Hezhong looked warm, and even patted Ning Yi affectionately on the arm. In fact, the meaning in his eyes was obvious. Ning Yi had a torn book in his hand at this time, and although he had taken out his robe
It was expensive to sell it, but after all, I moved some things and got a few stains. At first glance, I looked like a stupid nerd who had been in poverty for a long time, and his clothes were not neat and clean. That of Yu Hezhong
One shot just made this image stand out, as if it were a reminder.
Ning Yi felt funny for a moment, and looked down: "It's true that he didn't get any fame."
"Oh, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If Brother Ning works so hard, he will succeed one day..."
Na Yu and Zhong originally saw the two of them talking here, and noticed that Miss Wang seemed to be interested in Xiao Ning. They were a little concerned about it. At this time, they took a closer look at the situation of their old friend and became happy for a while.
.The sun was shining down, and the three people who probably didn't have much friendship at first, but now they were reunited after a long separation, started talking in this alley...