Bai Feng glanced at Bai Susu first and said: "I made a request to Su Chen. If he wants to marry you, he can do it, but he needs to marry into the Bai family and marry you. The children you will give birth to in the future will be the seeds of our Bai family.

With the Bai surname, not only can he marry a beautiful woman, he can enjoy a wealth of wealth, and he doesn't have to worry about his foreign debts."

Bai Susu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that her grandfather would make such a request and actually intend to facilitate their marriage. But when she thought about it, she could also understand her grandfather's painstaking efforts.

In the final analysis, I still want her to stay in the Bai family for a long time. This can stabilize the decline of the Bai family, reverse the decline, and revive the family business.

"He... didn't agree?" Bai Susu relied on a woman's intuition and felt that Su Chen would not agree.

"How did you guess it?" Mr. Bai asked curiously.

Bai Susu smiled bitterly, she was actually rejected by him.

But as for why she was so sure of her guess, she couldn't tell the reason. She just felt that Su Chen, because she couldn't see through it, would definitely not act according to common sense.

"In today's world, people despise the identity of a son-in-law. The court also has regulations that a son-in-law is not allowed to enter the official career. Su Chen... If he had been a playboy from beginning to end, he might have been attracted by the appearance of a woman and the wealth of his family, but since

After knowing that he has such a talent for writing poetry, I'm afraid I won't want to marry him!" Bai Susu briefly analyzed it, and seemed to have a little more impression of Su Chen's character.

However, Su Chen's choice made Bai Susu look at him with admiration.

Bai Fengxian nodded: "The analysis makes sense. In fact, the excuse he gave is almost the same as your analysis. It seems that he has not given up on his official career and does not want to bow to the world. His character is not bad, but it is a pity.

, he no longer has this fate with you."

"Grandpa, I don't want to talk about marriage for now. Let's talk about it in two years." Bai Susu wants to get rid of this topic. She has just turned seventeen and is not in a hurry. Moreover, the family's business has just been smoothed out. 60% of the business decisions in Runzhou City are

, it has been decided by her, she wants to do this in advance.

As for Su Chen, since she didn't agree to get married, Bai Susu didn't want to force it, but in the past two years, it was still a shield she used to refuse Ding Xue.

However, Bai Susu also wanted to know more about Su Chen. After all, there is a long time to come. The man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried. Maybe things will turn around.

"Hmph, this kid doesn't know what's good and what's good. I won't believe it when grandpa finds a better husband for you. As long as I let it out, countless young people in Runzhou City will line up at our door, begging for help.

Get married."

When Bai Susu heard this, her cheeks were slightly red, and she was very worried in her heart. She said angrily: "Grandpa, what kind of future can a cartilage man like that have? Susu doesn't want it."

"Haha, so you have a crush on Su Chen who refused to marry?"

Bai Susu felt a little unnatural and blushed, but recovered quickly and smiled lightly: "Grandpa made fun of Susu again, I won't marry him."

"Then...how do you plan to handle this marriage?"

"Let's talk about it later." Bai Susu said vaguely, intending to delay it for a while. She would not make any comments easily until she had thoroughly studied Su Chen.

"Well, that's alright, let's let it go for now." Mr. Bai also planned to stop and see how long Su Chen can jump. After all, five hundred guan is not a small amount. Maybe in twenty days, he will come to ask for help.

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During the conversation between the grandfather and grandson, there were advances and retreats, and the advances and retreats were well-founded. They did not say it explicitly, but they seemed to understand each other's words.

They looked at each other, both smiled, and no one said anything more, with a tacit understanding: Just wait and see!

………

Fanlou Street is a main street from south to north, entering from Renhe Gate in Nancheng, Runzhou, passing through the bustling Dashikou.

Su Chen came back from buying materials from Xicao City and walked on a relatively prosperous street. There were blue bricks and gray tiles on both sides, wooden buildings and painted pavilions. The wide streets were neatly repaired, with square bricks and bluestones paving the way. The passers-by were wearing Chinese clothes and beaded shoes, and the fragrance of Luoqi was flowing.

, busy with traffic, a prosperous scene.

Runzhou City is located in a special geographical location at the intersection of rivers. The Yangtze River, the east-west water transport artery known as the "golden waterway", flows through the north of the city and intersects with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, giving Zhenjiang the location advantage of the "cross golden waterway".

Since ancient times, it has been a model of "building a city with a port" and is known as "the key link between the north and the south" and "the thoroughfare of nine provinces".

There are waterways inside and outside the city. These well-developed waterways not only bring beautiful scenery and add the unique temperament of the "Jiangnan Water Town", but also bring about the development of commerce. Since the Southern Tang Dynasty lost the thirteen states in the north of the Yangtze River, the south of the Yangtze River has

Apart from Jinling City, it is the richest in Runzhou. It is also the north gate of Jinling City and the foreign trade port of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

As Su Chen walked, he couldn't help but feel filled with emotions.

This is a picture he saw in a history book, or a fragment he saw in a film or television drama. The life scenes of a thousand years ago are still vivid in his mind, so real.

At the intersection of this street, which is also the core area of ​​Dashikou, there is a tall building named Fan Building!

This is one of the largest restaurants in Runzhou. It is divided into two buildings, the inner and outer buildings, each with three floors. The outer building is for ordinary diners, while the inner building provides accommodation. One building can accommodate 70 to 80 rooms.

Many guests.

This restaurant is run by the Fan family. It is said that in addition to the restaurant and inn business, the Fan family's other source of income is wine making, and they have their own winery.

Su Chen stopped outside the restaurant, thinking that since he wanted to make wine and sell soap, he would inevitably have to deal with such a high-end restaurant in the future, so he planned to go in first to have a look and inspect, and take half a catty of different drinks back for comparison.

"Hey, sir, please come in!" The waiter ushered Su Chen into the door and asked further: "Sir, do you plan to stay in the hotel or have tea and wine?"

Su Chen said: "Just a pot of tea. I'll bring some wine back later, so I won't order any dishes."

"Okay, please come to the lobby!"

The interior of the restaurant is also quite open. In the lobby on the first floor, there are wine tables in the corridor, and dozens of tables and tables are also placed in the open space inside. A stage is set up in a conspicuous place on the north side of the lobby, and there are opera singers on it.

, is regarded as a waiter employed by the restaurant. He performs on stage every day to entertain the guests who are drinking and dining in the audience.

When Su Chen sat down, the Qingguan on the stage sang a song, which turned out to be the lyrics of "Qu Yu Guan" that he had written that day.

"The clouds are flying over the sky, the sun is setting by the river, and the mist is all over the sky..."

Su Chen was stunned for a moment, wondering if this song had spread so quickly? It had only been two days since he sold it, and it was already being sung in restaurants.

He didn’t know yet how big a stir this poem would cause that day!

When the singing girl finished singing, she walked off the stage and returned to the backstage. Then a waiter brought a table to the table, and then a storyteller came up. He was about sixty years old. His sideburns and beard had turned white, and his face was stained.

The vicissitudes of time.

"Bah!" After the storyteller stood up, he patted the gavel and began his storytelling.

In the Southern Tang and early Song dynasties, such storytellers began to spontaneously gather in Wa City, also known as Wazi, which was a concentration of entertainment venues in big cities.

The main performance venue in the theater is equivalent to the theater in later generations.

There are also a few tiles in Runzhou City, but they are not large in scale. They are just some folk artists who have wandered here and spontaneously gathered in one place to make a temporary stop. For example, Nedewong recorded in "Capital Records": "The tile makers are Yehe.

It also means easy to disperse."

Some storytellers and singers, as well as some talented people, often rely on restaurants and tea shops. They cooperate with the boss behind the restaurant and sign a short-term contract to perform here. The restaurant charges half of the fee and the rest goes to the performer. Of course,

Due to the different business prosperity of different restaurants, the ratio of payment will be more or less, such as 46 to 37 per cent.

"The last letter mentioned that Mr. Xingyang passed the scientific examination and was awarded an official position by the court. He was going to Sichuan to take office. Li Wa said goodbye to Mr. Xingyang by the water and said to Mr. Xingyang, "You have restored your true self today, and I am not ashamed. You should become an official."

, try your best to protect your future, and never think of me again..."

Su Chen found it interesting and listened to the old man's story while drinking tea; the old man was talking about "The Legend of Li Wa" from the Tang Dynasty Legend novel.

The content of the story mainly tells about a young man from Xingyang who came to Beijing to take the exam, fell in love with the brothel, and became obsessed with the famous prostitute Li Wa.

After being rescued by accident and returning home, she learned that he had met a tragic end and was no longer with her.

It didn't matter, so she blamed herself very much and began to take care of Mr. Xingyang and buy books for him so that he could continue his scientific examination. Finally, after he got the honor, Li Wa planned to retire after his achievements and never interact with each other until death, but Mr. Xingyang refused to give up and suffered a lot.

They begged each other and asked the emperor to grant marriage, and finally got a perfect marriage.

This is a legendary novel written by Bai Xingjian, a litterateur in the Tang Dynasty. It fictionalizes a prostitute Li Wa and her beloved scholar Xingyang Gongzi who went through many hardships and finally came together successfully. It shows the author's sympathy and praise for the character of outstanding women.

It has a strong color of idealism.

This kind of talk by talented people and beauties was spoken frequently, and naturally there were very few responses. Except for a few poor scholars who applauded a few times in the audience, looking excited, the other guests listened too many times and showed no interest.

A seven or eight-year-old boy walked past the wine tables on the first floor with a tray and asked for a reward. However, there were not many customers who offered rewards. The total amount of copper coins collected was only a dozen copper coins.

After finally finishing the last paragraph, the storyteller bowed and left the stage amidst sparse applause. Today's income is still very thin.

The old man looked lonely and sighed softly. It seemed that his stories were finished. It was time to pack his bags, terminate the contract and start from the beginning in another place, so that he could have enough to eat.
Chapter completed!