As the sun set, in the room facing the river, the painting brush in the woman's hand paused slightly, and then she started walking again.
In the early years, some of the children raised by her subordinates were placed in that alley to learn music and singing skills, and they were fostered for two years. Therefore, Li Yun also had some impressions of that place. When she heard her talk about old acquaintances, she felt that
Thinking of Yu Hezhong, he frowned and said, "Who did I know before? Who is it?"
"A child who used to live in the middle of an alley and could only study all day long. His father was a sour scholar and often quarreled with his family. Now I remember his surname is Ning..."
"Oh." Li's mother remembered after hearing this, "That kid was not good at studying. He was scolded all day long and made him stupid. When we left, we remembered that his father seemed to have passed away. He still lived in
Over there? How did you recognize him?"
"I couldn't recognize him. He was very different from before, but I saw him sitting at the door of the courtyard with a book in his hand, so I went up and asked, and then I knew it was him." The woman looked at the painting on the paper.
, the outline of the brush strokes has completely described the alley of today's past. Her painting style is beautiful, and the artistic conception is fresh, but it also tends to be realistic. For the traditional Chinese painting style that favors artistic conception, this painting technique is probably not suitable for painting.
Xu has never had anyone teach her, and she relies more on her own talent to slowly understand it. But being able to understand it to this level is enough to prove that she has good talent.
It's just that although the alley is fresh and orderly, one of the three people talking is a bit blurry. In the end, he just made a few random strokes, and it's hard to tell whether he is an adult or a child: "Looking at him talking, it's different from the one who just sat there before.
The children reading in front of the door were all different, but I wanted to think about it, but I couldn’t figure out what the difference was. Maybe I saw it wrong. Today, it was only Brother Yu who was talking, and he didn’t say a few words.
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Mother Li was a little frightened when she heard this: "Master, are you... missing the old friendship again..."
The woman smiled and shook her head: "I knew so many people when I was a child, but how can we actually have so much friendship? Meeting each other in a different place is fate, so I don't have to go looking for him...and I heard that he is a married woman, and he is said to be from a local.
I live in a merchant family. I have contact with Brother Yu, and Brother Yu is also very happy. If I have contact with him, I will cause trouble for no reason. If I meet him today, I will probably never see him again."
"That's good..." Mother Li patted her heart, "Don't keep getting along with those people who can't catch up with you. Now that you have met Yu Hezhong, mother considers herself unlucky and doesn't give him free money on weekdays.
It seems that if we keep looking for him, our fanlou will no longer be able to do good deeds...Then the Ning family boy is getting married...Hey, I knew this boy was a good-for-nothing before, what is his name?"
"I don't know. When we met today, I only said my surname was Wang, and I couldn't tell my real name, so he didn't tell me. Later, when Brother Yu came over, we didn't introduce him."
"It's okay not to know. By the way, recently, the news that you came to Jiangning came out, and there was a lot of commotion here. There must be someone behind it, but there are always some people who can't refuse and can't push it away. I don't think so.
Just set a time or two to have a banquet and let them see the scenery of the capital. The rest of the time, you can also be free, and mom will accompany you for a walk to relax." Mother Li smiled, and then twisted.
He frowned and said, "Humph, if there are those who really want to become famous through you, there is no need to be polite to them, just make them look good."
"It will offend people. Then they will say that I am arrogant..." Master Li tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Besides, Jiangning is also a big place, so maybe I can't compare with them."
"You just want to do everything well. It's obviously a competition, but you still want to please everyone..."
"It's the same in Bianjing."
"They know they can't compete with you, so if you treat them well, they will treat you well. These women in Jiangning don't appreciate it. I went to see Yang Xiuhong today, and she said that half of Jiangning's four major travel companies have gone this year.
This is the worst year. Qilan and Luo Miaomiao are not good at all. Hey, Yang Xiuhong is also in trouble. Last year, her red card girl actually ran away. To say that she redeemed herself and got married, it was nothing.
She was dragged to open a tavern. Before, there was a woman who was very talented in folk arts and music. She redeemed herself and left like this. Now the two of them opened a tavern together, which made her very angry. So did these two women.
I don’t know that life is difficult. There are romantic young men who are accompanying me and coaxing me to get married and go home as a young mistress, but I don’t want to go. I just run out to show off..."
I met my sisters at Jinfeng Tower today. When Yang Xiuhong told me about it, Li Yun immediately thought of his daughters. Now he hurriedly nagged me to prevent his master from leaving like this one day and not having a good home.
...The teacher on the side listened with interest: "These two sisters are very admirable."
"What's the point of admiration? Master, you must not do this..." Chirping.
The teacher nodded and said, "Well, I won't do that."
"Mom also knows about you. Oh, by the way, I heard that your eldest brother Zhou came to see you today. It's a pity that you are not here. Otherwise, if you are in a good mood tomorrow, you can go out with him for a walk? By the way, see your eldest brother Zhou.
Do you have any new poems? Let him defeat all the heroes and defeat all the arrogant talents like Jiang Ning!"
The tone sounded quite resentful, so Shishi smiled and said, "What's wrong with mom? You're so angry."
"I'm not angry, it's just that Shishi, you just came here to rest for a while and relax. Those who killed a thousand swords let the news out, and the scholars in Jiangning didn't think about anything. I told you, Shishi, you came here to give Jiang Ning
These people protesting, also said that if you come, they will never pay attention to you, and they will only write poems for those Qilan, Luo Miaomiao and others. Hey, do you think anyone cares about it? If the great talent of Zhou hadn't also followed, Master
Master, you are really going to be bullied. There are rumors over there that the most talented person will write poems for Qilan, so that Qilan can overshadow you. Although we only met once or twice this time, first of all
I don’t have any desire to win, but I still have to be well prepared.”
"Who is the most talented person?"
"Wen Wu is the best, you can say it. Some people say it is Cao Guan, and there is Li Pin who is also good at writing poems. But he is not in Jiangning now. There was a man named Gu Yanzhen whom you met once in the past, and he is not in Jiangning."
Already..."
The woman nodded: "I think I've seen him before, two years ago, when I was still young."
Mother Li thought for a while: "Yes, there is also talk about Ning Liheng who wrote Shui Tiao Ge Tou and Qing Yu Case. But I asked Yang Xiuhong today. He doesn't write many lyrics in the Jianghai literary world. He is good at writing on weekdays.
I’m not going to participate either. It’s so mysterious that it’s hard to say whether he will take action..."
After all, Jiangning and Bianjing are quite far apart. The poems "Shui Diao Ge Tou", "Qing Yu Case" and "Ding Feng Bo" were also transmitted to Bianjing, but the rest of the information became vague through the mouth. Li Shishi sang
After reading these words, I also heard some rumors, but I still couldn't form a three-dimensional image of this person. At this time, I raised my head slightly and thought about it, showing a smile: "I heard that he never writes lyrics or participates in it.
What kind of literary society, if he can write a poem because of Shi Shixin, so that everyone can see the good poems, it will be a happy event..."
She had been indifferent to those competitions before, but now when she talked about the author of those poems, a slight sense of pride and confidence appeared in her smile, and then it seemed that all she had left was her expectation for the poems.
Mother Li does know her daughter's character. She usually takes it lightly. On the one hand, she really has this kind of character, but on the other hand, she also has the natural arrogance that she has cultivated for a long time. She hopes in her heart that Ning Liheng will not
He took action and joined in. Naturally, he only verbally told his daughter to have more contact with Zhou Bangyan, a great talent, and come up with a good poem to make this trip somewhat secure.
She knew that her daughter's abilities, when put to use on the spot, could be pure, beautiful, dignified, and cute, and she would not be a loser when dealing with even the most difficult guests. But her own temperament was somewhat gentle.
For example, if she was asked to ask Zhou Bangyan for poems tomorrow, she felt that it was not necessary. Maybe Zhou Bangyan would come to see her, and she would just receive him, and she would have to keep nagging her, nagging her, nagging her, nagging her.
The more times she does it, the more she will do things that don't matter to her.
This daughter has been like this since she was a child. As long as the people around her sincerely want her to do something, she will do it even if it doesn't matter.
So although sometimes her words may seem a little strange, Mother Li still likes her daughter very much. This is called well-behaved...
While Mother Li was nagging, lights were already turned on in the courtyard room and on the nearby streets. Boats on the river rowed past the window with bright yellow lights. On the other side of the city, in the Su family's residence
, a small family banquet was held in the yard where Ning Yi was, mainly to entertain Qin Shaohe who came to visit Ning Yi.
The eldest son of the Qin family is nearly forty years old. His face looks handsome and dignified. In fact, he has a gentle and funny side. However, he mainly behaves like an upright gentleman.
Father, Qin Siyuan is in his old age and has experienced some changes. He is no longer in the officialdom and is mostly humorous when interacting with Ning Yi. But twenty years ago, Qin Siyuan might have had the same appearance and style.
Qin Shaohe had already known about this little brother's skills from his father's letter. Later, when floods occurred, he was also a very talented and knowledgeable person. He first got the disaster relief strategy sent to him by his father, and after making some modifications to suit local conditions, the result was
Fei Ran made the most outstanding achievements in last year's disaster relief. He and his brother Qin Shaoqian had always had a harder time getting promoted than others because of their father's involvement, but this time after his results came out, the superiors had no choice but to promote him to the prefecture. He
Feeling grateful for Ning Yi's help, he saved his father's life this time. After asking his father some things, he visited the Su Mansion twice. He did not express his status as a governor and only treated Ning Yi as an equal. When he saw Ning Yi,
, first of all, I said thank you.
At this time, the two of them were having dinner in the hall. Su Tan'er only came out to say hello a few times, and then went back into the inner room, with Chan'er waiting on her side. She knew Qin Shaohe's identity to some extent. In the afternoon
Ning Yi did not reply, and the other party only came to visit on a personal basis. She could not ask her father or grandfather and other family members to come to receive her. After saying hello, she asked Xing'er to wait on her. Juan'er went out to look for someone, but she was also a little uneasy.
Later, when Ning Yi came back, she showed up and talked to the other party for a while, and it became much normal. At this time, she was calmly reading the account book in the room, listening to the faint sounds of chatting and laughing over there, and she felt slightly excited.
It's a bit vain.
That’s a Zhizhou!
The official the Su family had the most contact with in the past was Zhizhou. Every year when Song Mao came over, the family paid great attention to it. But she also knew that Song Mao was close to the second wife. Although he would be taken care of in business, she could only count on him.
Not much. But now, because of her husband-in-law, she also has a Zhizhou behind her.
Well, it should be her...she and her husband are behind this.
Although when her husband mentioned it to her a few days ago, he just said: "I heard it was also a Zhizhou." The tone was casual, and she was just stunned at that time. In the past, she knew that Mr. Qin who she had visited was a powerful person.
Character, I went there during the Chinese New Year. At that time, I felt that my husband-in-law was very powerful. I was a literary friend with this old man, and I didn’t have much real feelings. At that time, I felt that it was not easy for my husband-in-law to have such a relationship. I shouldn’t think too much and let this person
The friendship between gentlemen was tainted by the smell of gold. But when the other party actually came to visit her home this afternoon, it really made her feel the meaning of the whole thing.
Su Tan'er has always been familiar with the world, and there are opportunities to deal with high-ranking officials. But after all, it is just an exchange of pure interests, not very cordial. After all, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand the Su family's attitude towards officials and the relationship between power and power.
The longing and desire for such things, businessmen in this world are not popular after all, Su Yu spent so much effort to build Yushan Academy, after all, it is also the product of this desire. In the past, Su Tan'er could not count on Song Mao.
, so she only felt that she was a slightly closer protective umbrella for the entire Su family, but the attitude of Qin Shaohe when he came to visit this afternoon made her know that this was very different from the ordinary exchange of interests.
Although he has not come out as an official today, his attitude, coupled with the grace of saving his life, means that he will become friends in the future. If we get along well, maybe our children and grandchildren will also be able to keep in touch with each other.
In the past, no matter what the shopping mall was like, or which connections she had established, or which high-ranking officials she met, she only felt that she was a businessman. At most, she could lead the Su family to become a big businessman. But now, the feeling in her heart suddenly became different. She was calm.
Sitting at the table looking at the account books, she couldn't calm down. Juan'er and Xing'er next to her also vaguely knew the identity of the other party. At this time, she whispered: "Miss, that Mr. Qin is the magistrate of Jiangzhou. I'm talking to him."
Very happy."
"Yes." Su Tan'er nodded lightly.
"If others knew that Mr. Zhizhou came to visit our house like this, and that my uncle was helpful to his family, they wouldn't be envious to death, at least the people in the second room..."
"Don't talk nonsense." Su Tan'er gave them a faint glance, "What a fuss, my husband and Qin Zhizhou are just gentlemen discussing friendship, and no interests are involved. If you show off outside, it will ruin their friendship. Do you understand?
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"knew."
"However." Su Tan'er put the end of the brush to her lips and thought for a while, "It doesn't hurt to reveal a little to the second room, but it has to be measured and we can't be said to be ostentatious."
"I know!" The two maids looked at each other and smiled, showing off appropriately. They are the best at this.ro