There are many piers in Bianliang.

The river passes through the city, and the boats travel in the city. Bianliang is like a water city. On this morning when the water vapor is filled, a cargo ship docked.

"Su Yi!"

A group of coolies flocked to each other.

Su Yi was gnawing the cakes behind him, and a partner called him in front, "Hurry up, otherwise it won't be your turn."

Someone shouted: "His son is an official in the south, so he will compete with us for this little money?"

Su Yi took a sip of water, burped, and said, "Come now."

He followed the coolies to the front, and the ship owner shouted: "Old rule, use the signature to calculate the money... Let's start."

Su Yi was in the back. When it was his turn, he bent down slightly and bent his knees. Two people picked up the sack and placed it on his back.

"Old Su, this batch of goods is heavy, be careful."

"Know."

Su Yi trembled a few times, then walked forward steadily.

After carrying a few bags, he felt a little sore in his waist and legs, but his spirits were good.

"Old Su, your son is a high-ranking official. If you are not at home, what are you doing at the dock?"

The ship owner stood aside, drinking water with a large teacup in his hand, and asked reservedly.

Su Yan never came back, and gradually, the legendary boy from Bianliang became history.

Su Yi held the tag in his hand and said, "It's okay to do it at home."

"That's it?" the ship owner smiled, "Are you afraid of embarrassing your son?"

Su Yi was stunned and then smiled and said, "That child is the person from the dock and he also grows up with his own life. You must not forget your roots as a human being. Today is a coolie, and tomorrow, if you become an official, you will look down on the coolie. That is a person who forgets his roots and forgets his roots, and he has few good ones."

The ship owner shook his head slightly, "You... are a bit embarrassing."

Seeing that Su Yi disagreed, he said, "I remember that when Emperor Gaozu of Han became the emperor, he brought his father. I was afraid that he would be lonely, so he built a village in his hometown... Later, when he returned home, why would he sing... strong wind, strong wind..."

This ship owner is probably a man who has never read books. The environment in the Song Dynasty was relaxed, so he dared to compare Emperor Gaozu of Han and the Su family.

"Your son is an official, and an official is an official, so you should be the best. If you don't do it, you are a good master, and you will do it. What is this called?"

Someone said, "This is called being ungrateful..."

Everyone was laughing, and Su Yi was laughing too.

The pier is a place where fish and dragons are mixed together. This level of teasing is just ordinary. If you feel that you are pure and unwilling to be humiliated, then pack up as soon as possible and go home and find a new job.

"In the morning, some people said that your son came to Bianliang, and they also said that they met the official family, Su Yi, go home quickly." Someone was shouting.

Su Yi shook his head, "He didn't say anything in his letter, so he must have never come back."

Those coolies were laughing.

It was their favorite time to tease Su Yi every few days.

Think about it, if a high-ranking official’s father takes the job together with us, we can still tease him. How cool it is!

Someone said, "Su Yi, your Dalang asked you to work here, which is unfilial."

Su Yi smiled and said, "No, Dalang is very filial. He kept saying that he took someone to Hangzhou, but he was here for the rest of his life and left here... he was afraid that his soul would be gone..."

The so-called obsession with the dream, except for lovers, there is probably only hometown.

"What's wrong?"

Su Yi found that everyone was not talking, and they were all looking behind him, and couldn't help but smile: "Is it an official here?"

The dock is a place where small officials and soldiers from the inspection department often come, so Su Yi turned around disapprovingly.

Then he saw the familiar face.

"Dad."

Su Yan knelt down, hugged his legs and cried, "You have been suffering after a long time."

Returning from a distance, kneeling down to the elders is a tradition in China.

The long-lost son suddenly appeared in front of him. Su Yi touched his head excitedly and said happily: "Why are you back? Why are you back?"

Su Yan looked up, "The child was ordered to return to Beijing to report his duties and just came out of the court."

"Get up quickly."

Su Yi pulled him up and looked at him carefully, "Well, it looks okay, but he has lost a little."

In the eyes of parents, their children are always in need of nourishment. They wish they could eat all the things they need to nourish in their lives under their noses before they could feel at ease.

"Su Yi, hurry up and go back."

The ship owner came over to salute and said, "It was just a joke just now, don't care."

Su Yan glanced at him, and his expression was very calm, but the ship owner was afraid for some reason and hurriedly changed his words: "The little person was unrestrained just now, so please forgive me."

Is this the authority of the official?

Su Yi frowned slightly, remembering what he had experienced in the village when he was young.

"When my father was young, my family was considered ordinary. At that time, the ones I feared the most were minor officials. Those minor officials came in and asked for money and food. If they didn't give it, they would deal with you..." Su Yi recalled: "What did they call that at that time? Guan Wei... Dalang, don't go to get this Guan Wei to scare people..."

Su Yi didn't know what the officials needed, but his years of experience made him hate the so-called authority, so he said, "If you are okay, just carry a few bags of goods with your father."

He didn't know how to educate his son, but he instinctively felt that he could get back to his old career and get back the simplicity he had back then.

It’s better to be a simple official!

Those corrupt officials will definitely not have a good ending.

This is Coolis Su Yi’s idea, it is very simple and ordinary.

The owner's cheeks twitched, feeling that Su Yi was confused, and actually asked his son, the judge of Hangzhou Maritime Shipin, to take the job.

"You... those wealthy merchants bow their heads and bow when they see Su Tong. Someone... are not afraid of you making fun of you. Someone is thanking you for your blessing. Only then can you meet Su Tong face to face, so you can let Su Tong take the bag, but I dare not!"

The ship owner smiled bitterly, but Su Yi frowned and said, "What's the matter with the judge? The judge doesn't eat? He doesn't eat, drink, defecate, and swear? He doesn't scold people? He doesn't make mistakes? He will make mistakes if he forgets his roots, Dalang, come."

He looked at his son with hope in his eyes.

He hopes that his son will still be the same son, even if he has been an official for a long time, he will not forget his true identity.

Su Yan smiled and strode towards the cargo ship.

Damn it!

The ship owner was stunned and shouted: "Prime Minister Su Tong, the villain dare not, don't dare!"

The magistrate of Hangzhou Maritime Mansion, the God of Wealth in the eyes of this rich merchant in Bianliang, actually took the job for someone...

If it is reported, I am afraid I can’t be a human being!

The coolies couldn't believe it either.

"I have been a high-ranking official for a long time. How could Su Dalang be willing to take on the job?"

"Don't he feel embarrassed?"

"A son felt embarrassed to be a coolie. Last time he met someone at the dock, he pretended not to know him."

“…”

As he was talking about these things, Su Yan walked to the side of the boat, took off his official uniform, and Su Yi followed him and hugged him carefully.

This is my son's official uniform, and the pride of the old Su family can't be dirty.

While asking his son to take care of his duties, he also cherishes the official uniform. Two seemingly contradictory behaviors appear together, but they are very harmonious.

Su Yan bent down, but the two loaders were carrying sacks but did not dare to deliver them.

Su Yan turned around and smiled, "Hurry up, I have to go home for lunch after I finish pretending."

He didn't even eat breakfast, so he had to eat lunch, otherwise he would be hungry.

The two big men put the bag on his back and held the corners, for fear that he would not be able to withstand it.

But Su Yan was so excited that he easily carried the sack, and then walked towards the shore with vigorous steps.

When Su Yi heard his son's words, he said with distress: "Dalang, please wait. For your father, I will buy mutton steamed buns."

In his opinion, the best food is mutton, and mutton steamed buns are the most convenient, and they are all oily when you take a bite.

When he came back with a few mutton buns, Su Yan had already finished his work and was talking to the coolies with sweat.

"... Children must study. If they don't study, you won't understand the things that appear in the future."

"For example, the things that are being pondered in the academy, and when there are those things on the docks, work will be easier, but when it is easy, there will be more people, and some people will have no work to do? What should they do? They don't know anything, what can they do? They can only do hard work. So they have to study."

In the academy, Shen An repeatedly emphasized that education is the foundation for the future development of the Song Dynasty. If this foundation is not solid, no matter how powerful the Song Dynasty is, it will become a passing cloud.

After hearing and seeing more, Su Yan gained a lot of insights into this.

Someone said, "But I can't afford to read. Now those teaching places cost a lot of money, but our children can't afford to read!"
To be continued...