Chapter 36: Another day of life is cool (Part 2)

Under this situation, Zhao Xing led two students into his vision. This man was taciturn, but Su Shi could feel the sincerity of the other party, and Zhao Xing always treated him with a respectful attitude, which made Su Dongpo relive the pride of poetry.

It was only at this time that he allowed such a person who knew nothing about poetry and songs to behave like a disciple to him. After this time, tens of thousands of people were beaten up and asked him for his teachings, but he was still disdainful. Therefore, he became increasingly dissatisfied with Zhao Xing's attitude towards learning.

Judging from Zhao Xing's performance, this person does not dislike his poetry. However, in terms of heart, Zhao Xing is not a material for learning poetry. He was already very troubled by pronunciation in the Song Dynasty, and asking him to pay attention to the rhymes of words is simply torture.

After working hard for a few days, Su Shi gave up his efforts to continue teaching this poem. He regained his daily routine: put on a straw raincoat, a straw hat, and a bamboo stick every morning, and indulged in the mountains and rivers. Zhao Xing also came to Su Shi to report regularly every day like at work, helping the two wives with housework, and then left two students to study in the "Snow Hall", and turned around and ran away without a trace.

After a long time, Su Shi also understood the rules and was angry when he saw Zhao Xing. He went out every morning and in the afternoon, he returned home when he was tired of walking and taught Zhao Xing's two students.

He came back early today and went home at noon. When he entered the door, he saw Zhao Xing, and he had just walked out of the Huangzhou city gate, with his hands leisurely in his expression, holding a calf behind him.

During this period, Zhao Xing disappeared for four or five days, while the students of Chengjiaao kept transporting some materials for building a house to Su Shi. Su Dongpo vaguely guessed the other party's intention, but he was rather sloppy. As soon as he passed the matter in his heart, he was thrown behind his head.

Mrs. Wang asked about the increasing construction materials in the yard. The two children answered this: "Winter is coming soon, and Aunt Master is about to give birth. The teacher is worried that the wind and dew are heavy on the riverside, so she plans to build a brick house to let Master spend the winter... The teacher went to Quanzhou and said she was planning to 'sightseeing'..."

Aunt Master, Master, and Tourism, these words had not appeared at that time. Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, but her eyes turned and she understood the meaning of this statement.

Mrs. Wang continued to inquire and even got a few architectural drawings hand-painted by Zhao Xing, but she couldn't understand the drawings. For her, the house drawn by Zhao Xing was very strange. Zhao Xing was said to have hired craftsmen in Quanzhou during this period and discussed the issue of building houses with craftsmen.

Su Dongpo took a disapproval of Zhao Xing's troubles. Mrs. Wang mentioned it several times in private, but it was nothing more than "I have received too much kindness and cannot be rewarded, and I am afraid that my psychology will be difficult to predict", etc. However, when several children took a natural attitude, Su Dongpo simply pretended to be confused to the end, she stopped nagging.

Su Shi's early return was because of "harvest". Now he ran into Zhao Xing, and he seemed a little excited, grabbed the sleeve of the latter and said, "Leave me, I went out today and wrote another poem, listen to it - Lin Duanshan's bright bamboo hidden wall,

Cicadas and grass are scattered in small ponds.

The white birds are seen all the time,

The red scent of the scent is red.

Outside the village, next to the ancient city,

The stick slowly turns to the setting sun.

Attentive rain last night at 3:00

I will have a cold day again.”

After memorizing this poem, Su Dongpo asked complacently: "How about this poem?"

He got what he wanted—a fanatical gaze flashed in Zhao Xing's eyes. He was trembling with excitement, as if there was nowhere to vent his emotions. He turned around and grabbed the two horns, swayed desperately, and then said an inexplicable saying: "I will have a cold life again - I am here, I am on the scene! I saw... I love it so much."

Su Dongpo used to see this kind of fanatical pursuit. Once, he followed his friends to the river at night. A woman in her thirties drove a boat to his side and played a pipa to ask him to write a poem, so he came up with the poem "The Girl of the Pipa on the River".

Even the Empress Dowager is his fanatical fan. He used to taste this kind of treatment of a superstar in the emperor. Zhao Xing's excitement made him warm up the glory of the past. He turned around with satisfaction and looked at his broken house like a king returning to the palace.

He is indeed a king, a king in the literary world, and a king in the poetry world.

Zhao Xing was still pulling the horns excitedly and shaking desperately. The calf was pulled and screamed. A child who came to watch looked at his strange behavior and asked innocently: "Brother Xing, what are you doing?"

This calf is less than three months old and its horns are still very young. When he saw Zhao Xing's actions, anyone would misunderstand that he wanted to pull off the calf's horns with empty hands.

Zhao Xing squatted down and said to the child gently: "I'm excited!"

That's right - the child sat on the ground.

This is Su Shi's second son Su Hui, the eldest son born to Wang Runzhi, who was 14 years old at that time.

Su Hui was the most strange among all Su Shi's sons. According to the Su family genealogy, he participated in the interrogation test under Su Bing's name, and then served as Dr. Taichang of Raozhou under Su Bing's name. He only took this name for a year. In 1094, he was named Su Ding and was awarded the Jinshi of Jiawulian in the first year of Shaosheng of the Zhezong.

This person used four names in his life, which is extremely rare in Chinese history. Now, it is speculated that perhaps he was because Su Shi was subjected to literary inquisition and hoped to change his name to avoid being implicated...

Of course, this is just a guess - later generations cannot imagine the survival problem in the era of literary inquisition.
Chapter completed!