Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 30 Mr. Zhou's Visit

Xu Jian heard a loud quarrel inside and was feeling uneasy when he suddenly saw Su Yun coming out. He looked calm, as if he was not the one quarreling.

When Xu Jian saw Su Yun coming out, he quickly asked, "Mr. Su, are you okay?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "Nothing, but I thought you shouldn't talk about business matters in front of my uncle."

Xu Jian nodded quickly and apologized, "I was wrong about this. I'm really sorry."

Su Yun shook his head and said, "I'll go to your restaurant tomorrow to sign the contract."

Xu Jian heaved a sigh of relief and said quickly, "Okay, I'll wait for you in the restaurant tomorrow."

Having said that, he quickly said goodbye and left.

Su Yun looked at Xu Jian who left in a hurry, and couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

After a busy day today, Su Yun felt a little tired. Just as he was about to go back to rest, he saw another boat coming to the dock of Lingao Pavilion. Su Yun hurried to hide, but heard a voice on the boat anxiously saying, "Su Lang, it's me, Zhou Zhan!"

"Hmm?" Su Yun immediately thought of something and stopped.

Zhou Zhan jumped onto the dock and climbed up to the Lingao Pavilion. Zhou Zhan was very fast, and he might have practiced martial arts. He was on the Lingao Pavilion in a short while. As soon as he got up, he saluted to Su Yun and said, "Mr. Su, I am honored."

Su Yun avoided him and smiled, "Mr. Zhou is an official, and I am just a commoner. It is really embarrassing for you to bow to me like this."

Zhou Zhan laughed and said, "What kind of official position am I? I just bought it with money. Others don't take it seriously, and I don't take it seriously either. You shouldn't take it seriously either. Don't tell others about it and make people laugh at you."

Su Yun smiled. If anyone dared to make fun of a local tyrant like Zhou Zhan, he would be a joke.

"Who is Mr. Zhou coming today?"

Zhou Zhan said quickly, "I've sent you a hundred acres of good farmland. Mr. Su, please accept it. I've already transferred it to your name through the government."

Su Yun shook his head and said, "No merit, no reward. How can I take your benefits for nothing?"

Su Yun didn't want to have anything to do with a local tyrant like Zhou Zhan, let alone take over his land easily, before knowing whether he had done anything to enrage God and man.

Zhou Zhan said, "This is what I promised in public. If I don't fulfill it, I don't know how people in the world will laugh at me. Mr. Su, just treat it as a promise to help my reputation and accept it with reluctance."

Su Yun smiled and said, "You have to fulfill your reputation, but I also have to consider my reputation. Mr. Zhou, please don't make things difficult for me."

Zhou Zhan was really in a dilemma now. After hesitating for a while, he slapped his thigh and said, "What should I do? If Mr. Su doesn't accept these hundred acres of fertile land, how can I live in Huangzhou? Forget it. Anyway, the land is already under Mr. Su's name. I won't cultivate those hundred acres of fertile land anymore. Mr. Su can cultivate if he wants to. If he doesn't want to, just let it grow weeds." Su Yun looked at Zhou Zhan with a smile. Zhou Zhan was just playing rogue and creating a fait accompli. He couldn't accept the land even if he didn't want to.

Zhou Zhan felt a little guilty when Su Yun looked at him. He laughed and said, "Mr. Su, please don't blame me. Zhou Zhan is also a well-known person in Huangzhou. If people say that I didn't keep my promise, then I really have no place to put my old face. Please have pity on me."

Su Yun thought for a moment and said, "How about this. If Mr. Zhou insists on giving me this hundred acres of fertile land, then I have no choice. But please donate it directly to the Huangzhou Charity Bureau. It doesn't matter whether it's named after me or Mr. Zhou."

The Charity Bureau was established by the imperial court specifically to raise abandoned orphans, which was similar to the orphanages of later generations.

Zhou Zhan thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, then I will donate it to the Charity Bureau in the name of Mr. Su, and then I will tell others that Mr. Su said that he would not accept the reward without merit and was unwilling to accept the 100 acres of fertile land, but he could not withstand my insistence and later agreed to donate it to the Charity Bureau in your name. This will not only fulfill my reputation, but also take into account Mr. Su's reputation."

Su Yun smiled and nodded, "Okay, then there will be no problem. I would like to thank Mr. Zhou for his generosity on behalf of the orphans in Huangzhou."

Zhou Zhan smiled and said, "It's not that I'm generous. These hundred acres of fertile land originally belonged to Master Su. They should thank Master Su."

After this incident, Su Yun actually had some favorable impression towards Zhou Zhan. This man was capable and had means. Su Yun did not reject people with means, because he had more means of his own. In fact, he was more afraid of stupid people. If they really messed up something, you could not even beat or scold them.

Seeing that they had finished discussing the matter, but Zhou Zhan still had no intention of leaving, Su Yun thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Zhou, do you have anything else to say?"

Zhou Zhan chuckled and said, "To be honest, I built a small courtyard a few years ago. It will be completed by the end of the month. Although I am not well-educated, I am also a person who likes to be cultured. I want to find a talented person to give my courtyard a name and write an article to record it."

Su Yun smiled and said, "My uncle is not in a good mood. I'm afraid he won't agree to this, but I can tell him..."

Zhou Zhan waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I am just a small courtyard, how dare I trouble Mr. Su? I mean to ask you to help me, Mr. Su, whether you can write a poem or a poem. Of course, if you can write a fu or something, it would be even better."

Su Yun was unwilling to even farm, so how could he be willing to take on such a task? He immediately shook his head and said, "I am not very talented, nor am I a famous person. How can I be qualified to write poems for others? There are many talented people around Huangzhou. Mr. Zhou should ask for help from someone else."

Seeing Su Yun's refusal, Zhou Zhan thought that Su Yun was waiting for a good price. Before, Su Yun had signed Xu Jian's name in public when facing the three members of Linjiang Tower. He quickly said, "If Mr. Su is willing to write, I will give Mr. Su a fee of 3,000 guan after the matter is completed. Do you think it's okay?"

Three thousand strings of cash is a large sum of money. Su Yun could easily earn it by just writing a poem. If you ask other people to write inscriptions or lyrics in the market, even if it is the prefect of Huangzhou, you would only have to pay a thousand strings of cash as a reward. The price he offered of three thousand strings of cash really showed his sincerity.

However, Su Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Mr. Zhou, this is not a matter of money, I know exactly how much I have.

I had never learned how to write poetry before. It was only when I accompanied my uncle on the road and he taught me when he had time that I basically mastered the rules of writing poetry.

I actually spent a long time pondering over the poem "Linjiangxian". If you ask me to write other poems, I really can't write a good one.

"It would be a joke if I had to force myself to write it just for your three thousand strings of cash. Mr. Zhou, please let me go."

(End of this chapter)