Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 13 Early Spring in Jiangnan
The night before Su Zhe's departure, Su Shi and Su Zhe found Su Yun again and asked him about following Su Zhe to take up the office.

Su Yun said very firmly: "Don't worry, my two uncles. I have made up my mind. I will follow Uncle Ninety-Second."

Su Shi was silent for a while and said, "If you follow me, you may have to stay in that remote place for the rest of your life."

Su Yun grinned and said, "Outside Huangzhou City there are bamboo forests all over the mountains and the Yangtze River running around the city. The mountain bamboo shoots are sweet and the river fish are delicious.

After the rain, I go up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots. In my spare time, I go fishing by the river. On moonlit nights, I can go boating at Chibi. Isn’t this kind of life better than working in the officialdom?"

Su Yun's words actually made Su Shi look forward to life in Huangzhou, and he suddenly felt that his future didn't seem so bleak.

Su Shi smiled and said to Su Zhe: "After hearing what Su Yun said, I feel that being exiled is not such a bad thing. It feels really good."

Su Zhe was happy to see that his brother seemed to be in a better mood, and said with a smile: "Okay, if you don't want to make this decision now, you can come to me when you get tired of living in Huangzhou and want to do something."

Upon hearing this, Su Yun and Su Zhe bowed and thanked him, saying, "Thank you, uncle."

Su Zhe left with his family, and Su Shi bid farewell with tears in his eyes.

But they had to set off. They had already wasted many days here. If they stayed any longer, their trip would be delayed.

Zhu Ada and Tian Asan have been getting a little restless these past two days. They want to urge the work but don't dare to. But if they delay like this, they are afraid of missing the job.

Su Yun's eyes were full of insight, and he knew what they were thinking. But since Su Zhe didn't leave, how could he urge Su Shi to set off?

The day after Su Che left, Su Shi and his party also set off.

They said goodbye to the Wen family and continued on their journey.

It was still bitterly cold in the north in the first month of the lunar year, and we encountered a heavy snowfall when we reached Caizhou. The weather was freezing cold, the snow was deep, and the roads were slippery. It was hard to describe the hardships along the way.

After crossing the Huai River from Xinxi, you will enter Hubei.

At that time, there was a huge fog and rain, and deer and rats were howling. Su Shi stood on the shore, watching the Central Plains he was familiar with gradually disappear into the night, and a wave of sadness for being exiled thousands of miles away from home surged in his heart.

At this time, Su Yun stood beside him and said excitedly: "Uncle, after crossing the river, we are not far from Huangzhou.

I heard that spring comes early in the south of the Yangtze River. The plum blossoms all over Chunfeng Ridge are in full bloom, swaying in the cold wind of early spring, and half of them drifting down the clear stream, flowing slowly. That artistic conception is extremely charming! "

Su Shi looked at Su Yun in surprise, as if... his nephew was really enjoying the journey, and he seemed to really want to go to Huangzhou!

Huangzhou, is it really that good?

After crossing the river, the group continued on their journey. On Chunfeng Ridge in Guanshan, Su Yun indeed saw plum blossoms all over the mountain. Although it was still chilly in spring, Su Yun was overjoyed.

To be honest, Su Yun in his previous life was a pure southerner, and a very southerner at that. How could he have the chance to see such plum blossoms all over the mountains?

Su Shi was inspired to write a poem after a brief thought:
"In spring, the valley is filled with gurgling water, and plum blossoms bloom among the thorny grass.

One night the east wind blew the rocks to crack, and some of them followed the flying snow across the mountains.

Who can offer wine to comfort the deep loneliness? The boredom of blooming makes me even more sad.

Fortunately, there are three hundred bends of the clear stream, which will take you to Huangzhou without hesitation." Su Yun laughed and said, "Uncle, such a beautiful scenery, but your mood is not right. Life is just that I have been here and seen it, and the rest is nothing. Why should you feel inferior and self-pitying?"

Su Shi laughed and scolded, "I have been demoted and exiled, and I am not allowed to feel inferior and pity myself for a moment. You are so free and easy. Why don't you write a poem for your uncle to appreciate?"

Su Mai smiled and said, "Dad, please don't embarrass Yundi. Yundi doesn't like to study. He has read the Four Books and Five Classics in a mess. How can he write poetry?"

Along the way, the three of them had already become very familiar with each other. They would often laugh and joke together, which helped to pass the time during the journey.

Su Yun smiled when he heard this and said, "You know what, I just remembered a song that might be a little better in terms of concept."

Su Shi and his son all laughed.

Seeing that the two did not believe him, Su Yun also deliberately played tricks. He put his hands on his waist and chanted loudly to the valley: "Wind and rain send spring away, and flying snow welcomes spring. The cliff is a hundred feet of ice, but the flowers are still beautiful.

"She does not fight for spring, but announces the arrival of spring. When the mountain flowers are in full bloom, she smiles among the bushes."

"Ok?"

When Su Shi and his son heard this poem, they were both stunned.

Su Shi pondered the meaning of the lyrics, compared it with his own poems, and praised it highly, saying, "Su Yun said that his poems have a higher purpose, and it is indeed true!

The plum blossoms in my poems are aloof, noble and independent, while the plum blossoms in Su Yun's lyrics are strong, fearless, elegant, selfless and humble.

This spiritual realm and noble character are indeed superior to my plum blossom poems!"

Su Shi looked at Su Yun with great admiration and said, “Yun’er, I didn’t expect that your heart is so strong and selfless.

No wonder you regard money as dirt and regard gratitude as more important than a thousand pounds. Although your words are very simple, the meaning is very high. It's really good, really good! ! "

Su Shi kept praising it.

Su Yun smiled but said nothing. How could the lyrics written by the teacher not have lofty ideas?
Su Mai's jaw almost dropped in shock. He knew that Su Yun didn't like studying and thought Su Yun was just a jerk. He didn't expect that this jerk would actually write a poem that even his father would admire.

Oh my god, this bastard is not only good at communication and doing things, but now he is even better at writing poetry than me. Will I still have a status in the future?
When Su Yun saw Su Mai's expression, he almost laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. Both father and son were wonderful people. Su Shi was a wonderful person, needless to say, and Su Mai was also interesting and usually very humorous.

After this incident, Su Shi often talked about poetry with Su Yun. Su Yun originally wanted to listen to them, but he didn't expect that he would be so fascinated by them.

Su Yun originally thought that poetry was too difficult, with its rhythm, tone, theme, allusions, etc. It was really troublesome and hard to understand.

But when Su Shi spoke of these things, they seemed ordinary, just like adding salt when cooking, marinating meat in advance, and using high temperature when stir-frying.

They crossed the mountain pass, passed through Macheng, and when they turned about twenty miles north of Qiting, Su Yun already had a lot of knowledge about poetry.

Su Yun felt that he was very strong now, so strong that he could come up with a limerick at will.

He was still willing to learn such knowledge. He also wanted to follow Su Shi and travel around with those literati and poets in the future. If he didn't understand anything, there would be no point in having fun.

(End of this chapter)