It's rare for the two of them to chat unnutritively casually, but Pei Yongchang on the other end wants to devour the Jiang family.
Knowing that Pan'er came to the south with the crown prince this time, Pei Yongchang sighed for the hundredth time that he had good eyesight. He was lucky since he was a child, even his father had to admit it.
When Pei Jun got into a catastrophe back then, he almost didn't get rid of the salt merchants that Pei's family depended on for a living. It was Pei Yongchang who solved the matter by chance.
Since then, Pei Yongchang has stood out from a group of brothers, so what if he is raised by a young woman, the salt merchants never pay attention to the size of the house, and those who can live in it. If there is no accident, his brothers will all Rely on him to reward food.
Being able to marry a concubine from the Chen family was another matter. Everyone said that he was lucky, but Pei Yongchang just laughed and said nothing.
And this time, Pei Yongchang really didn't have much expectations at the beginning, he felt that he would be sorry if he didn't take advantage of this opportunity, people are not as good as I have, and a pillow blowing by the side is worse than him, the princess The son-in-law from the concubine of the natal family came directly.
Unexpectedly, Su Fengyi really had such a great fortune.
But the problem is that he has to meet the talent. The Jiang family guards against other wild cats like stealing fish. Jiang Yuan can’t get in. He also heard that the Jiang family is holding an elegant party recently, but the key point is that he knows it. He couldn't see anyone either.
There is no way, Pei Yongchang can only use other ideas.
Pei Yongchang knew the origin of Pan'er well. He ordered someone to check it when he came back from the capital. He didn't go to meet the Su family. It was not necessary at that time.
Now Pei Yongchang learned from the servants on the outskirts of Jiangyuan whom he had bribed, that Su Fengyi, who accompanied the prince on his southern tour, was just pregnant. If there were no accidents, this would be his biggest way out in the future, and the Su family would naturally put it on the agenda.
Although Pei Yongchang looks simple and rude, he never does things simple and rude, otherwise he would not be where he is today.
Knowing that icing on the cake is easy, but giving charcoal in a timely manner is the most popular, so he appeared when the Su family needed charcoal in a timely manner most.
The Su family is having a family split recently, and to be precise, it's Miao Cuixiang who is doing it.
She took Tie Dan and Mao Dan back to her natal family, and said cruelly that as long as the Su family did not separate, she would not come back.
Su Hai got into trouble again, he didn't change his bad habits, and owed two hundred taels of silver in the gambling shop, and the debt collectors from the gambling shop have already come to the door.
If it was said that he was tricked last time, this time it was entirely his own fault.
He was not convinced by the money he was cheated last time, so he wanted to avenge his shame and win back the money he was cheated before. Unexpectedly, the money was not won back, and the twenty taels borrowed from Dazhi was also lost, and another two hundred taels was borrowed from the gambling house.
He said that the banker in the gambling shop paid thousands of dollars, but the problem was that he just opened his mouth and was in someone else's territory. Not only was he beaten up, but there was no time limit for the money he owed, and the thugs came directly to collect debts.
Not to mention how shocked the Su family was, Miao Cuixiang broke out on the spot when she knew this incident, and had a quarrel with Su Jiang, and later heard that Yao Jinzhi planned to sell the house to Su Hai to pay off the debt, so she went back to her natal family in a fuss up.
But Yao Jinzhi finally sold the house, he couldn't just watch Su Hai being beaten to death.
People in old Yangzhou know that those people in gambling houses cannot be messed with. Whoever runs a gambling shop in Yangzhou doesn't have a lot of backers. It's not something ordinary people like them can provoke, unless you want to ruin your family.
After returning the money to the gambling house, the family moved back to the old dilapidated house with only three rooms. The kitchen room and Su Hai's house were built separately.
Yao Jinzhi planned to sell this house at the beginning, but unfortunately no one bought it, and fortunately it was not sold, otherwise the family would not even have a place to stay.
It was at this time that Pei Yongchang appeared in front of Su Hai.
Su Hai was drinking in a small restaurant with a limped leg, Da Zhi was on the sidelines persuading him.
"Haizi, stop drinking."
"... Dazhi, do you also think I am useless? My mother said that I am worthless, that my heart is higher than the sky, my life is thinner than paper, my eyes are high and my hands are low, and I am destined to be like this for the rest of my life. But I am not convinced, I really do not Convince me, Su Hai, I am not stupider than others, nor stupid than others, why can't others do it, but I can't... "
Su Hai reeked of alcohol, drunk like mud, and kept pouring wine into his mouth. Others use alcohol to get rid of their worries, but the more he drinks, the more sober he becomes, and there is no way to get rid of his worries.
Dazhi sighed: "Haizi, I admit that you are smart and have a good brain, but you should absolutely not, you shouldn't be thinking about gambling, you fell once and you don't have a long memory, you really can't blame others for this. "
So Dazhi is really not very good at persuading people, this is really heartbreaking.
"I know that I can't blame others, I just blame myself, but after thinking about it, I feel that the fastest money is to bet on the top... I was tricked by their team last time, and I also thought about it in private after I went back... I'm not afraid of you Laughing at me, I also secretly practiced throwing dice, I will only go if I think it works, who knows... "
Who knows that after all, it is a little tender, and the gambling shop can make a lot of money just by making thousands of money? The water inside was deep, and by the time he realized it was already meat on a chopping board.
Dazhi didn't know what to say, so he could only persuade him: "I'm not in a hurry to pay back my money, you better stop drinking, go back and take good care of your legs, with this strength, you won't be short of food."
go back? Where are you going
Su Hai smiled wryly, and took another sip of wine into his mouth.
"Okay, I see."
Dazhi was still worried: "I'll take you back, you still have injuries on your legs, so you can't drink like this!" Then, he snatched the wine bottle from Su Hai's hand, put it on the table, and was about to help him go.
The boss hurried forward to ask for money for the drink.
Knowing that Su Hai is now penniless, Dazhi shook his head helplessly, and took out a dime of silver from his belt to help him pay for the wine.
Out of the wine shop, Su Hai pushed him: "...don't send me off, be careful of being seen by your mother... I'm just a puddle of stinky shit now, whoever gets stinks, don't make trouble behind your mother's back." Say you, I'll go back by myself..."
After Su Hai's accident this time, Dazhi also took the blame. Yao Jinzhi complained that he shouldn't have lent money to Su Hai. Somehow, Dazhi's mother, Aunt Xue, found out about it, and the women of the two families had some troubles because of it. tongue.
Dazhi looked at him worriedly: "Can you do it alone?"
"Is there anything I can do or not? You don't know how much I can drink, so hurry up, I will go back slowly by myself."
Dazhi left, walked for a while and then turned back: "I'll help you go back."
"Why are you such a mother-in-law, like a bitch!"
Dazhi had no choice but to leave.
Su Hai's leg was injured and he could only walk with a limp. He described it as a mess, and he hadn't washed himself since the accident that day, so he was just a little bit better than a beggar.
Walking on the road, from time to time someone passed by and looked at him sideways. There are surprises, disgust, and disgust... It seems that he is really a puddle of shit.
Su Hai looked up at the sky, there was still some sunshine, but now it was covered by thick clouds.
On the contrary, he felt more comfortable this way, the harsh sunlight always made him feel like hairs were showing, he sat down on the side of the road, thinking about nothing, just sitting like that.
Several children ran over together and passed by here.
"It's a beggar..."
"Let's go, let's go..."
Su Hai half drooped his eyelids and remained motionless.
I don't know how long it's been-
"Are you Su Hai?"
Su Hai opened his drunken eyes and glanced at the other party.
"You said you can help me pay off the debt I owe, and make me turn around? Are you from the Pei family?"
The Pei family is quite well-known in Yangzhou, and the specific ordinary people naturally don't know about it, but when it comes to the top ten salt merchants in Yangzhou, there are not many people who don't know.
Although the Pei family is the last seat, for someone like Su Hai, it is considered the sky above their heads.
"Am I drunk, or am I dreaming, or are you here to lie to me?" Su Hai sneered, still sitting there obliquely.
Pei Yongchang stood in front of him, and not far behind was a rather luxurious carriage.
"I don't know if you're drunk or not, but you're not dreaming, and I'm not lying to you."
"Then you are talking about heavenly scriptures? The Pei family? The Pei family are looking for me? Why are you looking for me?"
"I'm afraid you don't know that I am the one who bought your sister..."
Pei Yongchang gave a general overview of the situation, focusing on how much he valued Pan'er and how he helped her. Now that Pan'er has become so prosperous, it is not appropriate to come forward for some trivial matters. In order to let her have no worries, he came to Su on purpose. ocean.
He didn't say anything about the fact that he can't even see Pan'er's face now. Although Pei Yongchang can be humble in front of the nobles, he can also stand up in front of people like Su Hai. .
"You are really talking about heavenly scriptures, you said that my sister is now the prince's concubine..." Su Haiyue lowered his voice, thinking of the temperament called Zongsan.
It seems gentle, but he always feels that there is a layer of separation, it seems to be very close, but when you step over, you feel that you can't get close, it will always be that distance. Therefore, every time he talks to this man, he always feels cramped, especially when speaking alone.
But every time he thought that way, that feeling disappeared again, and it was the same next time, so he was a little... afraid of that man.
The word "fear" does not exist in Su Hai's life. He thought it was nonsense, but only now did he have a sense of enlightenment, connecting this man's face with that man in the yellow shirt did not violate the harmony at all.
"So your Su family's opportunity has come, it should be said that it is your Su Hai's opportunity, you probably don't want to be like this forever..."
Pei Yongchang continued to speak, and glanced at him during the period. Although it was not obvious, Su Hai still saw a kind of disgust.
He probably didn't know that he had actually met the prince face-to-face, and even drank and ate together... Thinking of this, when he looked at Pei Yongchang's face again, Su Hai had a kind of disgust with the disgust that did not appear in his eyes. Pleasure.
"... As long as you rely on your sister, as long as the crown prince rewards you with any favors, it will be enough for you to enjoy forever..."
Su Hai looked down at a small rock at his feet.
Pei Yongchang faintly felt impatient with his slowness. Just looking at Su Hai's actions, he shouldn't be a dull person, but after talking for a long time, he didn't react at all. It should be correct to say that the reaction was not as good as Pei Yongchang thought.
Su Hai suddenly picked up the stone and threw it over.
"roll!"
"You..." Pei Yongchang was surprised, shocked, stunned and even unbelievable.
Looking at his expression, Su Hai felt even more joyful in his heart, and he said "Fuck off" again.
"You—" Pei Yongchang's face turned green and white, as if he had opened a dyeing workshop, "You don't know how to compliment!"
"Since you know that I don't know how to flatter you, why don't you get out!" Su Hai stood up. He was born tall and strong, and he was a man of physical strength. His body was quite frightening, especially when he showed such a vicious attitude. .
"Who knows where you came from? Even if my sister is well-off, if I want to take advantage of her, can't I rely on you as an outsider? Get lost! Being your grandfather is easy to deceive, isn't it? Anyone wants to lie to your grandfather! "
Pei Yongchang came out this time to show his approachability, he brought a coachman and a follower, and he couldn't do anything to Su Hai, so he could only back away while talking ignorant of compliments.
He left in the car quickly, Su Hai looked up at the sky, and sat down on the side of the road again.
He looked at the bluestone floor under his feet, and suddenly covered his eyes and laughed, not knowing whether he was laughing at Pei Yongchang or himself.
After laughing for a while, he became expressionless again and sat there.
It began to rain.
Spring rain is as expensive as oil, but rain at this time always makes people feel too bad.
Pedestrians on the road were in a hurry, and when they saw this person sitting motionless on the side of the road, they all looked sideways and hurried away.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, gradually wetting his hair and clothes.
Su Hai wiped the rainwater off his face, but he still didn't move.
There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and gradually there was no one there. It seemed that he was the only one left on the whole street.
At this time, a carriage came from a distance and stopped in front of him.
A big man came down from above and dragged him to the car. Su Hai subconsciously struggled, but he had no strength to fight back, so he was taken away.
No one spoke to him on the road, and the big man seemed to be a wooden man.
It's not that Su Hai didn't ask him what he wanted to do, but he didn't say a word.
After an unknown amount of time, the car stopped and Su Hai was dragged out of the car again.
His leg was injured, and the other party seemed to have no scruples, like dragging a dead dog, until he was wheeled into the dry and warm room.
He saw the gentle but distant man.
It seems that if you change your clothes, your whole person will change. At this moment, the sense of alienation on the other party is getting heavier, and there is a faint sense of innate dignity.
"What did you bring me here for?" This time Su Hai didn't call brother-in-law, it seemed that the phrase "brother-in-law" was just a joke.
"Gu see if you are a puddle of mud."
Su Hai wanted to scold subconsciously, but he couldn't utter the curse, so he could only laugh at it instead, but this ridicule was more aimed at himself.
There was a movement by the door, as if someone had come in.
"What is it?"
"Master Fengyi asked you to go back for dinner." The voice of the person who reported was very soft, and it seemed that he didn't see Su Hai lying paralyzed in the middle of the room.
But Su Hai was very familiar with this person's voice. He was drinking with a person at the next table the other day. When he heard this person's voice, he still thought that this person was also a good-looking person, and how he talked like a bitch.
At this moment, it seems that it is the eunuch.
"The lonely wait will pass."
The person withdrew again, and Su Hai didn't look up from the beginning to the end.
He heard the sound of extremely light footsteps, and when he looked over, he saw a pair of feet wearing black soap boots and the intricate patterns embroidered on the hem of the man's satin robe.
The soles of the boots are snow white, this extremely clean color usually has nothing to do with Su Hai, or even the Su family. The uppers of the boots are made of black velvet, a kind of black velvet with excellent gloss, embroidered with dragon patterns dotted with gold threads, and under the light, there is a kind of non-golden light.
"She has a body."
"Even if you are a puddle of mud, she is willing to give you a chance just because of her face. As for whether you are mud or not, it is up to you."
After leaving these words, the man left, and the satin robe slipped past Su Hai's eyes like running water.
Someone came in and took him away.
The author has something to say: Haha, I know someone is going to complain that I wasted space writing about Su Hai.
In fact, from the very beginning, setting up this person and even the Su family was to give Pan'er what she didn't have in her previous life, in this life. For example, she also needs family affection and the like. Although these families are a bit weird, and the family relationship seems weird, but how can I put it, there is no love for no reason in this world, and there is no perfect person. Su Hai is an example, he is messy, irresponsible, impulsive and thoughtless, careless, and a bit of a rascal, you can add all the bad words to him, but he also has a mess Bottom line and your own dignity. (Dignity? Are you sure he has it?)
I don't want to write a too perfect family for the heroine. For example, in some books, the heroine and the heroine's children always have an invincible elder brother (uncle) who shelters them from the wind and rain and acts as a backer. How can anyone be born with a perfect family background, outstanding appearance, good personality, and everything is awesome, so they didn't come out of the mud? Su Hai was born based on this. (Haha, to put it bluntly, it’s just that Mianmian always wants to make troubles in his heart, doing something unusual, so it’s a different way)
Of course, everyone can also rest assured that the Su family and even Su Hai will not appear again, and it should be many years later in the book.
The heroine is pregnant. Based on this, the hero will definitely give her some support and even weight (provided that the mud can support the wall, and it is useless if it cannot be supported). This is the inevitable behavior of a man born in the court. After all, he It is impossible to look at the heroine in everything, and the heroine needs to improve herself.
Xiao Congcong's doing this, is it an excellent change? Does it mean that he put the plate in his heart little by little
So don't talk about wasting space writing unnecessary characters. Although I know that I procrastinate and talk nonsense and like to run a lot of problems in the plot, I really don't know how to write useless characters. Because do you know that for an author with a bad name, the prerequisite for creating a character is to give him a name, yes, a name. Write a biography of a character, try to figure out the cause and effect of his current personality, and even his future development tendency, and even arrange the plot so that he is reasonable and not abrupt.
Generally speaking, for useless characters, the arrangement is like this—an old man came from afar; . :)