"Son-in-law"

The time has passed the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and the dog days have arrived. June is scorching, the sun is scorching,

Under the shadow of the eaves and trees, the dogs lay there with their tongues sticking out, looking at the scene between the lanes, feeling a little yīn coolness, and occasionally when the cars and horses drove by, they raised puffs of dust, and then they were quiet in the heat wave.

In such weather, most of the people who can not go out will not suffer from the scorching sun on the street, and the business of each merchant shop is also much colder, only those teahouses with better locations can be full every day, enter the teahouse, order a pot of herbal tea, and listen to people talk about books and eat snacks by virtue of the simple wooden building and the yīn coolness sprinkled by the big trees outside the door, and you can also live a good day. Of course, if it is really a wealthy family, most of them will also leave Hangzhou City and live in the nearby mountains for a while, and go to escape the summer.

Although Hangzhou is not as famous as the Qinhuai River in Jiangning, the Grand Canal, Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou are also well-known places with many green buildings. Every night, the city lights are extended, and the sheng song and dance are carried out in the brocade building embroidery courtyard everywhere. Forming a more enthusiastic atmosphere than this summer, of course, such a situation is not seen in the daytime, the women who have been busy all night are either resting, or in the afternoon, sitting in the courtyard yīn cool place to watch the flying butterflies, sending feelings to themselves......

Only Dan is a little different.

Located on the northwest side of the city, there is a "Yihe Garden" that lives near the water and will open the door during the day, the Yihe Garden is not big, but the geographical location is very good, that is, in the hot summer, there is also a cool breeze blowing in the courtyard inside and outside the courtyard of the old camphor ancient cypress, green wood forest, quite yīn cool. On weekdays, it looks like a tea room, but in fact, it is where several women who have taken off their Qinglou status live together.

Among these Qinglou women, the leader is named Ding Wanjun, who was once in Hangzhou, and also had the name of Huā Kui for a while, and later retired and lived here, and there are often benefactors who never forget, come to patronize, she is also picky about the guests, at most one person a day, tasting tea, and talking.

Later, several women left the country one after another, and lived here with her, but it was gradually taken care of as a place that seems to be a clean place today, whenever the heat and cold winter, business is getting better and better, and in the summer, a few tea rooms are cool, and the sound of knowing the garden is accompanied by bursts of silk and bamboo, which is said to be particularly quiet.

Long Boyuan likes to come here to sit on weekdays, of course, he doesn't have a place at any time.

He also likes this feeling and is not angry when he is occasionally blocked, after all, in his own opinion, between him and Ding Wanjun, it can be regarded as a gentleman's friendship, and he understands that he has to deal with some other people.

In Ding Wanjun's ...... Among his friends, his status is not the highest, and of course it is not low. He was the head of the Hangzhou Cloth Merchants Guild. The Long family has been in business for generations, but this generation has produced a few who study well, and he and his younger brother Long Bo have some talent for poetry and books, but then the parents at home said that one of the two of you must take over the family business, so he took it.

Now that he and his younger brother have passed the age of standing, Long Bofen has an identity as a lifter, and he has made up an idle job with a pen in the Hangzhou Mansion, and has no big future, but he loves poetry and landscapes, although he only participates in such and such poetry gatherings with people every day, but he has also become a rich idler in Hangzhou's literary circle, and has met many people, so he can also become a big backer of the Long family. He made his family's business prosperous, it was when he was in high spirits, because he also danced and wrote for a period of time when he was a child, he had a completely different temperament from the general businessman who was full of copper smell, others said that he was a Confucian businessman, perhaps because of this, he was able to meet Ding Wanjun, and then became friends.

The location of Yihe Garden is excellent, if Ding Wanjun and others have no backstage, I am afraid that this place will be occupied by Kaicha people a long time ago, he should also be regarded as one of the backstage, there have been several times when someone wanted to force Ding Wanjun to sell this place, he came forward to help speak, I heard that there are also people with higher status than him come forward to speak.

Ding Wanjun is a long-sleeved woman who is good at dancing, she has a lot of relationships, he doesn't mind, at the age of forty, all the way over, the woman who wants to play, she has played everything, and now what he likes is the noble side of the other party's heart, occasionally sit together and drink a cup of tea, say a few words, don't speak, don't get to the point, involving meat, the other party is also unscrupulous when talking in front of him. He likes it, and if he does hook up, he'll get tired of it. , so that I don't feel that the other party's heart is not a Qinglou woman, or it shouldn't be with such and such a man. He read the sages when he was young, and later engaged in business, and also did a lot of involuntary things, so he felt that the other party was similar to himself, and he was unwilling, but he had to do it, so he felt pity.

Normally, he doesn't bring things outside of the tea room here, he comes alone, sits for a long time and then goes back. Of course, today is a little different, in this room in addition to him and Ding Wanjun who is playing the qin, there is another man sitting opposite him, this person is also a big cloth merchant in Suzhou and Hangzhou, named Fang Min, the other party is a good friend of the white girl of Yihe Garden, today happened to meet Lu, the other party intends to get close, come to talk to him about some business matters, he will also socialize, on the surface naturally will not show any impatience.

"Speaking of which, the war in the north doesn't have a big impact on you and me, but the southwest area is really noisy, and recently another batch of fabrics in our family has been robbed, and this business is getting more and more difficult to do."

"Fang La's side, although there is a lot of trouble, but I can't see it for long, I heard that the imperial court has sent Tong Guantong to lead the troops south, this time it is bound to completely exterminate Fang La."

"It's just that I think that if there is a fight between Jin Liao in the north, my Wu Dynasty will definitely send troops to the north, but at this time, General Tong will go south, but who else can go north to attack Liao? It's not a two-front war. ”

"Heh, how do you and I know about this matter, the affairs of the imperial court, there are people in the court who are worried, and I will do my own business when I do" ......

There wasn't much friendship between him and Fang Min, it was just gossip that everyone was talking about now, and Fang Min talked about other things after chatting for a while.

"To talk about it, Suzhou embroidery and Hangzhou embroidery were originally a family, although the Jiangning cloth industry is also developed, it is mostly in the north on weekdays. This time, the woman of the Su family came south to do business, but she visited you, right?

"Well, I've seen it since May, what does Fang Gong think?" At this time, each business in the big city already has its own guild, and if you want to come to Hangzhou to do cloth business, in any case, you must go to the head of the line to report, so the other party is the first to visit, or Long Boyuan.

"Heh, just say" I don't feel anything. The woman seems to be tǐng, and in recent times, she has been low-key, and the etiquette is quite complete. Some time ago, I visited me, and I learned that there was a new person coming in. This Su family is also a big cloth merchant in the Jiangning area, "Bo Yuan should know the details of her family, right?" ”

"I just know a little bit about it, Jiangning cloth industry is headed by the Wu family, and the Su family is temporarily second, we don't have close contacts with that side, and I don't know much about this Su Tan'er, but I heard that the elders in his family used to be a powerful person" But now I'm afraid I'm old. ”

"Su Jiayuan originally had a shop here" but it was just a few small businesses to make goods, and it couldn't be on the table. But when she came here this time, looking at her actions, I think she did something. "Her newly opened shop, business is not much for the time being" just heard that she moved a few trees over, took a lot of pains, and prepared free sour plum tea for nearby passers-by to quench their thirst, without mentioning selling cloth, although it was just a small thing, but I think she had a big picture. ”

"Hehe, since I came to Hangzhou to do business, and I visited you and me, I naturally want to do something, but she didn't move, so it's not normal. However, I look at Fang Gong, and I seem to be quite interested in this Miss Su family

Fang Min is nearly fifty years old, so the other party calls him Fang Gong, but at this time, Da Lu laughed: "Ha Luha, I just suddenly remembered that with Jiangning Fabric, unlike my Suzhou and Hangzhou, she wants to open up the situation, and it is not a matter of one or two days, but she is just a woman who comes over, which makes people feel interesting." Oh, I heard that she has some relationship with the Lou family...... "......"

Long Boyuan nodded: "I know about this matter, I heard that when the Su family went south, they happened to meet Miss Lou and walked together for a few days." These two "...... The situation of the two is also somewhat similar, and it is quite a deed because of this. Since Gong Fang has met Miss Su Family, he should have also met Aunt Su Family, I heard that he is also a scholar, and he is somewhat similar to Aunt Lou. ”

Well, it's quite low-key, and when I asked him how the poems were, he just shirked a few words, and then he didn't talk well, so people almost skipped it. The uncle of the Lou family has seen it a few times, only a little different, I think he still seems to want to attract attention, but he doesn't learn enough, and others always don't think of him..., Long Boyuan raised his eyebrows: "What is there to say about a man who can abandon his family and join a family?"

He was a little unimpressed with this matter, and he didn't bother to mention it, so Fang Min didn't talk about it. After chatting for a while, Fang Min said goodbye and left, Long Boyuan sat by the window and drank tea, and a beautiful woman named Ding Wanjun stroked a song, and then came over and sat down and poured tea again.

"What's going on in the mall, talk about it here, aren't you afraid of being heard and spread indiscriminately?"

Long Boyuan laughed: "Heh, it's just a little thing, can Wanjun listen to it as some secret?" ”

"I think tǐng is interesting." Ding Wanjun smiled: "Then who is Miss Su?" ”

"Another Miss Lou."

"Oh."

Ding Wanjun nodded in understanding. Lou Shuwan's name is well known to many people in Hangzhou, because the three brothers and sisters of the Lou family are quite capable in the shopping mall, and the Lou family's original huge influence, no matter what aspect, it should not be underestimated. As for the style of sī Xiali, even if ordinary people point fingers, it is useless.

Lou's family has people in shopping malls and officialdom, ordinary people play women, Lou Shuwan is playing with men, and everyone is playing openly and justifiably, she is extremely picky about men, many people know that she is with men outside, but often can't be sure who she is with, if you feel that you are handsome and want to be light in front of her, she will also give you a slap in the face, chastity and self-control, it is said that there are two scholars who want to hook up with Lou Shuwan, and they don't use the right method, which makes people annoyed, ruined the two of them.

The woman's misconduct was something that many people were vaguely aware of, but she only interacted with one man at a time, and at least in Hangzhou, she tried to keep it a secret. Because her husband in the family is rich and she is also strong, those scholars are more willing to imagine her as a lonely and noble fù person after getting married, a little pitiful, but she is not a xìng who likes people's pity, but seems a little arrogant, so it sets off a sense of beauty that some scholars are more willing to understand in this way.

"However, this Miss Su, every time she visits, she brings her husband-in-law, and that husband is also rich." Ding Wanjun chuckled softly.

"When Lou Shuwan first got married, she didn't also go in and out with her husband. That Lou Shuwan may not be reluctant to teach her husband and children at the beginning, the man is incompetent, others talk too much, it is difficult for her not to get bored, what is the name of this Miss Su family's husband Oh, Ning Liheng, when he said hello, he felt okay, and after that, there were not a few words, maybe a few words to say hello were all practiced.

Hehe, I'm afraid that I won't be able to escape this kind of mode in the future, although Miss Su seems to be gentle, but it is not small

Family-oriented, generous manners, decent words and deeds, moisturizing things silently, is a talent, such a woman, ordinary men can't hold it down, let alone a rich ......"

Long Boyuan said casually and expressed his opinion. Ding Wanjun was pouring tea, but he was slightly stunned: "Ning Liheng? ”

"Huh?"

Fang just said...... The person who entered the rich is called Ning Liheng? ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Long Boyuan looked at her and laughed, "Could it be that Wanjun knows this person." ”

"No, I don't know." Ding Wanjun smiled, shook his head, and after thinking about it, he continued to pour tea, "I thought of some other things, and the emperor Ben Zhu Puzzle Character tǐng is good." ”

"Oh."

Although Long Boyuan is known as a Confucian businessman, he is not on this road after all, and he occasionally reads books, and he also reads some classic and ancient books, which is scoffed at in today's literary world. Ding Wanjun thought that this name was like the author of the water tune song head and the Qingyu case, but when he thought about it, he felt that it was impossible, Xu was the same name.

Hangzhou said that it is not small, it is not big, if the other party is true, it has been a month or two since she came, and she will not have to wait until this time to hear it from Long Boyuan, other scholars and literati, I am afraid that it should have been said a long time ago. @。