Angry Banana
Chapter 316: Spring Warmth
Qingming has passed, and Guyu has yet to arrive. The cold of winter has completely dissipated. In this season of blooming flowers, the water of the Qinhuai River has warmed up. It's a great time for spring outings outside the city. Many families gather for picnics and gatherings at places like Bailuzhou. Meetings of exiled officials, poets, and literati are frequent. This is the best time for gatherings and outings after the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Even when the weather is bad, and it drizzles, people can always find some beautifully landscaped gardens to compose poetry, make friends, watch the clear spring rain fall on the green and fading reds, enhancing the poetic and picturesque atmosphere, and make a performance in front of the admired girls, accidentally, it will spread a love story.
These days are also the most lively time for the many entertainment places in Jiangning. The Qinhuai style, with its ten miles of gold and powder, is most capable of driving word-of-mouth after the harsh winter and the revival of all things. With the prosperity of Confucius Temple and Wuyi Lane as the lead, brothels and entertainment venues are the center of various activities in Jiangning at this time. Literary gatherings, merchant banquets, and official receptions are inseparable from this mundane world, which makes the Jiangning style at this time even more attractive.
After Tong Guan recovered Hangzhou in the south, the economy of Jiangnan, which had been affected by the Fang La rebellion, rebounded again. Jiangning had previously experienced relatively implicit effects. At this time, the recovery of Hangzhou, although the high-level changes in the economic system of Hangzhou and Jiangnan were not many, some families and giant merchants were greatly impacted in this turmoil. In the midst of rejuvenation, more people were given the opportunity to emerge. The replacement of the old and the new injected more vitality into the original economic system. At least in the Jiangning area, there were more merchants and pedestrians coming and going from the north and south.
Ning Yi no longer participated in these matters.
After the family returned from Jiangning, the most important thing was Su Tan'er's prenatal care. After the incident in Hangzhou, the many chaotic situations in the family, at this time, seemed like the commotion of clowns. When Ning Yi and Su Tan'er returned, the main house had already begun to recover lost ground. Of course, the second and third houses still had the idea that "we are a family, what can you do to me". If these people fall into Su Yu's hands, I am afraid they will not have a good end.
Regarding these matters, in the first few days after returning home, Su Boyong had already begun to move. Then, the old master Su Yu spoke to a group of old people in the family. The situation of the entire Su family turned from undercurrent surging to a chicken-flying-dog-jumping state, which initially formed the environmental basis for later palace fight texts. However, Su Tan'er did not participate in it. She was already nine months pregnant. In the last month of prenatal care, even if she wanted to manage and think more, Ning Yi would not allow it.
As for Ning Yi, he naturally no longer participated in these trivial matters. Many people who wanted to visit Su Tan'er were directly blocked and sent away by him. In the past year, he had done many things in Hangzhou. With the rendering of Su Wending and Su Wenfang, and the many relationships brought back after returning home this time, he was already a person whose weight was difficult to estimate in the eyes of many people.
Most people knew about his reputation for calculating every step a year ago. The Wu family was folded in his hands, losing half of their wealth. In the eyes of others, it was as if the Wu family provoked Su Tan'er and forced him to come forward, breaking the Wu family's legs. At this time, it was said that he faced Fang La and others directly in Hangzhou, and even Fang Qifo and Shi Bao suffered greatly in front of him... There were not many people who actually witnessed the events, but now no one suspected it blindly.
The twenty-two-year-old young man now gives people a kind of imposing aura, and his non-interference, coupled with those reputations, is in line with the saying that those who are good at attacking move in the nine heavens, and those who are good at defending hide in the nine earths. This feeling, perhaps even Su Boyong and Su Yu do not necessarily have. Currently, no one in the Su family wants to be idle and explore his reality. Everyone understands that the consequences are probably unbearable.
Of course, no matter what impression Ning Yi gives people now, as long as it is possible and there is spare capacity, Su Boyong cannot let him come forward to clean up this mess. He is, after all, a Son-in-Law of the Su family. Although his position in the Su family seems subtle and complex, since he has not spoken, the identity of the Son-in-Law should be maintained. In fact, in the era of the family world, although everyone thinks he is very powerful now, if you really talk about it, in his own home, it is impossible to really be afraid of him to any extent.
In history, many high-ranking officials can be cruel to political enemies and can be ruthless, but they are often unable to do anything with the local ruffians in their own family. For example, if you become an official, relatives come to rely on you, you must support them, give them food, give them a way out. If someone in the family comes to ask for money, you must give it. If you give less, it won't work. Everyone goes back and publicizes it, and you will be despised by thousands of people, and you won't be able to be an official anymore.
There are also many who want to be honest officials, keeping themselves clean, but unable to take care of their hometown people. The people in their hometown only think that he is stingy, ungrateful, and living a tight life while being attacked by political enemies and betrayed by family members... Confucianism has developed, and the family world has developed for thousands of years, so this is the way it is, with various relationships and entanglements. People who have become high officials cannot be free. Ning Yi is powerful, of course, no one believes that he dares to use a knife against his family members. At most, everyone should not push him too hard. A Son-in-Law is still a Son-in-Law.
On the other hand, after Ning Yi and his wife returned, they gave a shot in the arm to the many merchants who relied on the Su family. The actions of the Xue family and the Wu family finally stopped. They have already taken advantage, and at this time, they want to explore the reality of Ning Yi and others. Whether it is Xue Jin or Wu Qilong, those who can climb a little bit of relationship have sent many posts to the Su family, inviting Ning Yi to participate in banquets and poetry gatherings, in various names. Puyang Yi and others also borrowed Qilan's name to invite him several times, but Ning Yi refused them all.
His attitude of not giving anyone face made Su Boyong feel a little regretful. He said to Su Tan'er whether the invitations from Puyang Yi and others should be accepted. In his opinion, the Xue family and the Wu family may not need to be taken care of, but the face of the Puyang family still has to be given. Su Tan'er did not want to pay attention to it, but said, "Father, I am taking care of my pregnancy, and if you say these things to my husband, he will be angry."
"But..." Clearly, she is a strong daughter, who welcomed a Son-in-Law. Now, this daughter has become a little afraid of her husband. This appearance makes Su Boyong a little helpless.
On the second day after returning home, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er announced the news that Xiao Chan had officially passed the door. This was a formal announcement of Xiao Chan's position in the Su family. Ning Yi, as a Son-in-Law, took Xiao Chan as a concubine, which was a little strange, but basically no one raised any objections. In the main house, Xiao Chan was also quite low-key, and her relationship with the two sisters was still very good. The things she did on weekdays did not change much. Anyway, they used to be managing maids. At this time, at most, the monthly salary was increased, and they could be a little more intimidating outside, but Xiao Chan did not manage too many things outside. She did not want to cause trouble for Ning Yi.
As for Ning Yi, he deliberately did not want the system and difference of wives and concubines to be reflected too much in his own courtyard. Of course, Su Tan'er and Xiao Chan have rules in their hearts, and he cannot break these rules, but at least in the recent period, he treats Xiao Chan more like a younger sister than a concubine in many cases. This situation is a bit subtle. Su Tan'er will find it strange and secretly ponder her husband's thoughts. Xiao Chan will also feel the situation is complicated. This is a period of adjustment between the three of them. It is naturally difficult to say how it will end up.
Most of the time, Ning Yi still accompanies Su Tan'er at home. Chatting and talking, walking around, sometimes peeling some fruit for her, or playing a game or two of Gomoku with her. She is about to give birth now, and her mental and physical strength should not be consumed too much. Ning Yi sometimes tells her stories, or lies on the bed and reads novels to her, and sometimes even hums a song or two.
He has modern thoughts and does not think there is any problem with this kind of thing, but in the Wu Dynasty, how many men would accompany their pregnant wives like this? To say that singing songs for one's own wife is something that extremely unruly men who like drama would do. And even in that case, the feeling of believing in male superiority to women and not having such thoughts at all is fundamentally different. Once Ning Yi went out to get something, and when he came in, he could see the always strong Su Tan'er wiping her tears, and then smiling at him, Ning Yi curled his lips.
"What is this for..."
"I was thinking... how many men would do this for his wife..."
"I'm too lazy to go out, and you don't want to socialize. These are all small things... You shouldn't let your mood fluctuate so much..." He took a towel to wipe Su Tan'er's face. Su Tan'er put his hand on her heart: "It's warm and hot, it always has been, there are no ups and downs."
A more fixed outing is always in the early morning, running around the small building on the Qinhuai River, chatting with Yunzhu and Jin'er a little bit. It has been a long time since there have been such leisurely days, and this feeling makes people feel like a long time. At this time, the two of them already knew the news that Su Tan'er was pregnant, but Yunzhu didn't say anything, and Jin'er just occasionally criticized a little bit, but did not regard this as a breakthrough to argue with Ning Yi, which is very strange.
The essence of the exercise, of course, has not changed. When Lu Hongti left, she gave him many suggestions and references for improving his martial arts skills, and Ning Yi seriously practiced them. Of course, there was no obvious effect in the first few days, but if he persevered, he might become a little Xia of a generation. Ning Yi still has confidence in Lu Hongti, and even copied these things for Yuan Jin'er, who often clamored to be a female Xia.
In his spare time, Su Tan'er has begun to think about naming the future child. One of her more enthusiastic ideas is more direct. She decided that if she has a boy in the future, she can call him Su Ning. Ning Yi seriously refused: "You can't call him that, absolutely can't call him that. If the son is called this, if a daughter is born, shouldn't she be called Subeier..."
He did not want to put the surnames of the two people together, which made Su Tan'er very hurt, and could not help but think wildly: "Husband, don't you want to... put Ning... uh..."
She felt that Ning Yi was unwilling to put Ning behind Su, and might feel that the name Su Ning confirmed Ning Yi's status as a Son-in-Law, and even emphasized it. Ning Yi had to explain that it had nothing to do with this, and he had his own reasons. Then he said that he could take a better-sounding name. He had already taken it anyway: Su Shi, Su Zhe, Su Xun, Su Song, Su Xiaoxiao, Su Dongpo, etc., are all better than Su Ning...
Regarding the name, in fact, Ning Yi feels that it doesn't matter how it is named. The reason why he objected to calling him Su Ning was only because he felt too funny when he heard the name. He would want to laugh. Of course, he has also been seriously thinking about some better names these days, but anyway, there is still a long time to formally name the child, and there is no need to rush now.
At this time, he was just leisurely thinking about naming the child, while Su Tan'er seemed to be seriously considering this matter. On the sixth day of March, at noon, Xiao Chan accompanied Su Tan'er out for a walk. Ning Yi read a book for a while, went out to look for them, and turned around half of the Su family. When he arrived near the yard where Su Boyong lived, he vaguely heard his wife's voice, and then Su Boyong's voice said: "How can this be! How can this be!"
At this time, Ning Yi already had a foundation in internal strength, and his hearing was a little farther. Su Boyong's voice was also because he raised it that it vaguely came. Ning Yi knew that his wife's relationship with this father-in-law was not very affectionate. At this time, there was probably a disagreement because of something.
However, since Su Tan'er proved her ability, her right to speak in the family business has actually surpassed her father-in-law in all aspects. How could Su Boyong suddenly have an opinion on his daughter? Ning Yi was curious, reached out and flipped over the wall, leaned over from the side, and then heard Su Tan'er's words clearly.
"...What if the first boy is named Ning? Father, he is going to inherit his husband's mantle, but he also grew up in the Su family, and he will always remember the Su family... Her husband does not care about these things, he has already told me that even if he is named Su, he will still teach him what he should teach him. Father, how her husband treats the daughter, you are all clear, I have thought about this for many days, so I asked my mother to tell you the day before yesterday..."
While she was seriously thinking about Su surname names, she actually wanted to let the first child be named Ning. Ning Yi listened for a while, stood outside the window and smiled, feeling a little touched... (To be continued.) Vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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