Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 36 Big Dog!
For the sake of the silver ingot, Ah Hui started eating his smoothie with peace of mind.

Oh, this smoothie is so delicious. It is mixed with seasonal fruits and added with milk and rock sugar. It is so delicious. The Zhou family is a big dog family!
But this wait lasted for an hour, and Ah Hui's stomach was full of cold food before the old accountant and Zhou Zhan came out.

Zhou Zhan held a red reply book in both hands and handed it to Ah Hui solemnly, saying, "Please take it back to Master Su and don't miss the important matter."

Ah Hui looked at the weight in his hand. The large characters on it were shining with golden light. He reached out and touched it. The shiny touch surprised him: Could this be inlaid with gold flakes?

After leaving Zhou's house, Ah Hui was a little dazed by the scorching sun: Are these rich people so extravagant? It's just a reply, but they have to use a gold-inlaid one?

This post weighs a full four or five taels. The thick cardboard and the entire piece of red silk on it probably weigh only two or three taels. The gold characters on it probably take up one or two taels, right?
One tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver can be exchanged for two strings of copper coins. In other words, just one reply is worth forty strings of copper coins?

His gorgeous little boat was only worth forty or fifty strings of cash!
Thinking of this, Ah Hui quickly put the reply in his arms. If such a valuable reply was lost, he would not be able to afford the compensation!
Ah Hui didn't dare to wander on the road, and he walked and ran back to Dinghui Temple.

Su Yun was practicing calligraphy under the shade of a tree, and Su Shi was also enjoying the cool under the shade of a tree. When Ah Hui saw Su Yun, he quickly handed the reply to Su Yun.

Su Yun was busy practicing calligraphy and had no time to care about anything else. He said, "Want to reply? Zhou Zhan is serious, so let's put it aside."

Ah Hui said, "Ah Yun, take a look."

Su Yun asked, "Is he coming?"

Ah Hui insisted, "Ah Yun, take a look."

Su Yun raised his eyes and glared at Ah Hui and said, "What's so good about it? Are you just going to say whether he will come or not?"

Ah Hui put the reply under Su Yun's nose and said as if he was offering a treasure: "Take a look, take a look."

Su Yun took a closer look and was surprised to see that the reply was made of a whole piece of silk and it was glittering with gold. It was inlaid with gold.

Su Yun put down the pen, stretched out his hand to take it, it was heavy, and immediately smiled: "This Zhou Zhan is really a rustic rich man, just with this reply, I treat him to good wine and good food and he can't even make up for the cost."

Su Shi glanced at Su Yun and said nonchalantly, "That's nothing. When I was in Bianjing, I saw someone make an invitation card out of a whole piece of gold foil. That whole piece was worth four or five taels, worth a hundred strings of cash. That's really cheap."

Su Yun laughed and said, "But I like this kind of rusticity. I hope my future friends will be this rustic. Then I will have to treat them to more meals in the future."

Su Shi was quite disdainful of Su Yun's expression and asked, "Why did you invite Zhou Zhan to dinner?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "I want to find a piece of land to reclaim and build a few tiled houses. It's too noisy here in Lingao Pavilion. When my aunt comes over, it won't be good to have a lot of noise."

Su Shi nodded and said, "It's right to build a house, but why are you looking for Zhou Zhan?"

Su Yun said: "Zhou Zhan is quite capable in Huangzhou. I would like to take this opportunity to interact with him and see what his character is like."

Su Shi frowned and said, "Why are you associating with a country gentleman? You should socialize with the scholars in Huangzhou instead of wasting your energy on people like Zhou Zhan."

Su Yun smiled and said, "My nephew is in charge of the household, so it's appropriate for him to associate with someone like Zhou Zhan."

Su Shi was silent for a moment after hearing this, and said: "Why do you want to sink into mundane affairs? What's the use of doing such mundane affairs no matter how well you do them?" Su Yun shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter what. I just want to get more down-to-earth and enjoy the fireworks of this world. Scholars are too high and too floating. The daily necessities of life are interesting in themselves. Worrying about these things can calm my heart.

Not only that, when I build a house, I will also find a piece of wasteland and reclaim it every day. I will plant wheat and rice, fruits and vegetables on the reclaimed land, and work from sunrise to sunset every day, just like Tao Yuanming. "

Su Shi looked disappointed at first, but as he listened, he became fascinated and said, "If you can get a bigger piece of wasteland, I will go and reclaim it, too."

Ah Hui: “…”

Ah Hui thought to himself: You scholars are really weird. It’s not like you don’t have money now. On the contrary, you have plenty of money. Yet you actually want to open up new land?
Is it hard to endure without suffering?

Ah Hui simply couldn't understand it, but at this moment his stomach was rumbling and the pressure at the back door suddenly increased. It felt like a huge pressure was about to be released, and he was immediately terrified and ran to the toilet, covering his butt.

Su Shi asked curiously, "What happened to Ah Hui?"

Su Yun laughed and said, "That rich guy Zhou Zhan probably gave Ah Hui some smoothies. Ah Hui doesn't know how to control himself, so he probably ate too much."

Su Shi immediately laughed and said, "It's okay. I'll write him a prescription later. He will take the medicine according to the prescription and he will be cured in one night."

At this time, Su Yun opened the reply and read it for a while. The more he read, the tighter his brows frowned. He recognized every word on the reply this time, but he was confused when they were read together. After reading for a long time, he made out the three words "I can come" from the gaps between the words.

Su Yun sighed and said, "Why can't you just talk properly? It's just a reply. Just write a sentence saying I'll be there on time and that's it. It's so confusing. It's really a headache."

Su Shi smiled and said, "Bring it here for me to see."

Su Yun handed over the reply, and Su Shi laughed as soon as he saw it, saying, "The Zhou family still has talents. This is a proper reply from the Tang Dynasty, written in parallel prose. You haven't been trained in parallel prose, so it's normal that you don't understand it very well..."

Su Shi's eyes suddenly turned and he said, "...you like worldly affairs, but you can't even reply to messages, what's the point?
How about this, I will explain to you the official documents in the ninth and tenth volumes of Tang Law Commentary. Once you learn them, you will be able to reply to invitations without any problem in the future."

Su Yun was a little surprised and asked: "What is that?"

Su Shi got up and searched in the Zen room for a while, then took out a book and handed it to Su Yun, saying, "Here, this is it."

Su Yun flipped it open and was stunned: "Isn't this an official document?"

Su Shi smiled and said, "Yes, it contains all kinds of official documents, including imperial edicts, memorials, imperial edicts, memorials, etc."

Su Yun smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not an official, so why should I learn these things?"

Su Shi shook his head and said, "You can't even read a reply, and you want to learn how to handle mundane affairs?

By then, will you be able to understand all kinds of contract documents? If someone writes to you, can you write a letter in a neat and proper manner with all kinds of addresses and etiquette? Can you understand all kinds of official notices..."

"Okay, uncle, please stop talking. I'll learn!"

(End of this chapter)