236. Alternative "Red Mansion"
Song Ziming said that the light meal was not convenient, and it took nearly half an hour's drive for a few people to come to the place where they ate - a high-rise mansion compound. This place is nothing special, but the courtyard wall is high enough that you can't see the inside at all, and there is no sign outside, standing at the door, Ye Shu didn't see that this was a place to eat.
Seeing Ye Shu's confused face, Song Ziming smiled slightly beside him and said, "Consultant Ye, let's have dinner here today, I have made a reservation." Wait a minute, I'll call the door. ”
Song Ziming stepped forward and rang the doorbell, reported his name and phone number to the door, and after waiting for a few seconds, the door opened automatically.
"Consultant Ye, Assistant Fang, please come in!" Song Ziming turned sideways, raised his right arm, and made a "please" posture.
Ye Shu and Fang Ling walked into the door one after the other, Song Ziming hurriedly followed, and when the three of them entered, the door closed automatically.
Turning the shadow wall, Ye Shu and Fang Ling's eyes lit up, they were facing a high wall, and the road in front of them was not the kind of road that was not wide, but a large road nearly ten meters wide, from east to west to the bottom of the wall at the end, it was a hundred meters long, like a closed street. The road is paved with bluestone slabs, and the walls on both sides are full of quaint buildings and all kinds of ancient figures, including literati and scholars, peddlers and pawns, as well as women and children. The portraits are all life-size, and the colors are realistic, the images are vivid, and there is some meaning that the real is fake.
"What's the situation?" Ye Shu was embarrassed to show his timidity, but Fang Ling couldn't help but ask.
Song Ziming laughed and explained: "This is the feature here, that is, it allows guests to have an atmosphere of being in the ancient market, let's go here." ”
"If you come at night, will you be scared to death...... Fang Ling sneered, her heart trembled, she leaned in front of Ye Shu, and walked with him to Song Ziming, not daring to get too close to the wall.
Song Ziming took the two of them to the east and walked a few steps to the most magnificent gate on this "street", pulled up the knocker and buckled it a few times, and after a while, someone in the door responded and opened the door.
"Is this true?" Ye Shu was a little surprised, and took a closer look at the gate, only to see a plaque of "Jiafu Courtyard" hanging on the door.
There was a cough from inside the door, and then a middle-aged man dressed as an ancient butler who only appeared on TV greeted him, this person was not gorgeously dressed but had an extraordinary texture, with a fat head and big ears, and the ring on his hand was also inlaid with a gem the size of a pigeon's egg, which looked like a rich man.
The housekeeper hugged his fist at Song Ziming, "Song Yuanwai, you are here, everything inside is ready, please come in." Baochai, the guests are here, come and pick them up. ”
"Picking up guests?" Ye Shu forced a smile behind him, why did he sound like he had come to some Fengyue place.
Then, Ye Shu appeared even more dumbfounded, only to see a young woman in a red cloak flash out of the door, her face was delicate and a little coquettish, the wonderful thing was that she couldn't see her age, saying that she was seventeen or eighteen years old, but there was a trace of charm between her eyebrows and eyes, saying that she was twenty-five or sixteen mature and charming, but she was like a bud with buds. The cloak was tightly wrapped to cover her figure, but it could be inferred from her face that she must be in good shape. The woman said to Song Ziming in the door, "Master Song, please come with me." The voice is soft and glutinous, and it has another charm.
The woman wanted to hug Song Ziming, Song Ziming dodged to the side, laughed, waved his hand and said: "Miss Baochai, today's guest of honor is Ye Gongzi, don't recognize the wrong person." "It seems that he has been here before, among the three of them, he still talks and laughs at the top, but Ye Shu and Fang Ling have long been at a loss, and they feel out of place when they stand there.
The woman smiled slightly, walked out of the courtyard gate to Ye Shu to Wanfu, and said apologetically: "The little girl is clumsy, don't blame Ye Gongzi." ”
"You're welcome. Facing this woman with old bottles of new wine, Ye Shu didn't know how to answer, so he could only be polite.
Song Ziming said on the side: "Miss Baochai, Ye Gongzi will be handed over to you today, you have to serve well." ”
The woman named Baochai just smiled and said to Ye Shu, "Ye Gongzi, please come with me." As he spoke, his arm naturally moved towards Ye Shu's arm.
Ye Shu was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: "It turns out that it is really a reception." As soon as she flipped her wrist, she wanted to push it out, but when she saw that the woman's eyes naturally had no other meaning, and Song Ziming and the person dressed as a housekeeper seemed to be commonplace, and just now she seemed to be going to touch Song Ziming, Ye Shu stopped the movement of his hand, and was embarrassed to push, so as not to be embarrassed and laugh generously. I could only apologize and the woman gave in, and said apologetically: "Girl, I'd better go by myself, you support me like this, I don't know if I think I have any disability." ”
The woman "poofed" for a while, hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth, and said with a smile: "You said you were laughing." Since the guest didn't allow it, the woman didn't do it again, but walked side by side with Ye Shu towards the door.
Ye Shu followed the woman in front, Song Ziming and Fang Ling were not unattended, and there were also young maids to answer, but they all slowly followed behind Ye Shu and Na Baochai, respecting the master and servant, and they were immediately distinguished.
A stone tablet at the door, engraved with the words "Dream of the Red Mansion" on it, the inside of the door is completely different from the outside of the door, the outside of the door is a dummy and a fake scene, and the inside of the door is indeed completely antique, carved beams and paintings, beautiful, some people are dressed in ancient costumes interspersed with it, as if they have really crossed the general.
"Ye Gongzi, please come here. ”
Miss Baochai took Ye Shu through a garden, through the corridor, across the small bridge, through the bamboo forest, and after several tosses, came to a courtyard with a plaque of "Wuyuan".
"Wuyuan?" Thinking about the plaque of "Jiafu Courtyard" at the door, the stone tablet of "The Dream of the Red Mansion", and the names of the courtyards such as "Yihong Courtyard" and "Qiushuangzhai" that passed by along the way, Ye Shu finally knew what kind of famous hall Song Ziming was making, and shook his head with a wry smile, "Whose Daguan Garden have you entered?"
The courtyard of the Wuyuan is not small, there is an independent garden, I don't know if it is the reason for the season, the rockery in the courtyard is mostly dry stones, and there are few flowers and plants. There are three main rooms in total, the left is the lounge, the room on the right is separated by a screen to a warm pavilion, this is the place to formally eat today, the temperature in the warm pavilion is pleasant, but there is no stove, it seems that the air conditioning is also used in the Grand View Garden.
Miss Baochai took Ye Shu to the main seat, helped Ye Shu take off her coat, pulled out a chair and invited Ye Shu to take a seat, "Ye Gongzi, please take a seat." ”
"Thank you. ”
After Ye Shu sat down, Miss Baochai also took off her cloak, and then Ye Shu realized that this Miss Baochai's cloak was wearing a thin body, so thin that she could see the close-fitting clothes. Baochai sat down beside him, obviously a very spacious place, but she was very close to Ye Shu. Ye Shu sat there struggling very much, now he understood why Song Ziming didn't want Fang Ling to come, he just had other arrangements, but now that he was on the thief ship, if he left the table angrily, it would be a naked slap in the face, there was no way, he could only insist on being a good man, and silently distance himself from the Baochai girl.
After Ye Shu sat down, someone waited for Song Ziming and Fang Ling to sit at the table, although they were not accompanied by a young lady, but there was also a beautiful woman sitting next to her, her clothes were a little worse than that Baochai, and her headdress and makeup were also crazy. The person dressed as a maid served hot towels and mouthwash tea, without Ye Shu and others doing it, everything was done by the people next to him, and the service was not ordinary and thoughtful.
"Let's have a feast. After everything was in order, Baochai lightly opened her lips and ordered.
The dishes were also served one by one. The quality of the dish is very exquisite, each plate is made like a work of art, the maid put a plate on the side to explain the name and meaning of the dish, and after the maid finished speaking, the Baochai is to extend the dish, pull it into the characters of the Red Mansion, and is responsible for clipping the finishing touch of the dish in front of Ye Shu, and actually wants to feed Ye Shu directly.
"I'll do it myself. "Ye Shu is not used to being served like this, and when he grows so big, his mother has fed him, so he rarely comes to Tan Xiao to provide this service.
Seeing Ye Shu shirking, Song Ziming on the side laughed and said: "Ye Gongzi, this is the characteristic of this place, follow the local customs, don't be restrained, everyone is happy ......" As he spoke, the woman beside him gave the dish directly to his mouth, obviously, it was not the first time he had eaten like this, and at the same time motioned to another woman to feed Fang Ling.
Now Ye Shu knew that when he was going to bring Fang Ling here, why did Song Ziming have that bitter gourd face, because this place was not prepared for female guests at all, just looking at the clothes of the three women, he knew that this place was not as simple as eating. However, Ye Shu was glad that he had brought Fang Ling here, which saved him some unnecessary trouble, otherwise, I don't know what will happen later.
"This ......" Ye Shu saw that Fang Ling was speechless and ate it, and he was more polite than himself, so he could only eat hard. It's okay, it tastes good, the key is that I didn't bite my tongue and didn't bite the hand of the Baochai girl.
Ye Shu's deeds of blowing liquor on the bottle last week had reached Song Ziming's ears, so now Ye Shu couldn't use "not drinking" as an excuse. The wine is rice wine, as for what brand of wine it is, Ye Shu doesn't know, it is all served after it is warmed, maybe the person who moves can spell it out, and Ye Shu just drinks it.
The sound of silk and bamboo outside, the screen was removed, and I saw a few women in tulle dancing, dancing gracefully, but the ambiguous forms mixed in the performance were somewhat unsightly. Ye Shu shook his head, don't look at indecency, let's eat.
In fact, this is just a high-grade Huaiyang dish on the table, the taste is good, and the materials are also exquisite, but this service makes Ye Shu speechless. This merchant is also amazing, and he can come up with this method of enclosing this place to create a different kind of "Jiafu Grand View Garden", but the nondescript plaque really makes Ye Shu look awkward, and everything is far-fetched to be labeled as "Red Mansion", just like being afraid that others will not know that this is a scene in imitation of the Dream of Red Mansions. And not only did he arrange some of the scenery rigidly, but also found someone to play a role in picking up customers, and provided some indescribable services. I don't know if Cao Xueqin will have the intention of tearing up the book when she sees his plan being used by later generations, and has a good "Red Mansion Banquet", but it is like a "Green Mansion Banquet", which is a good environment.
However, it seems that this place seems to be in line with the bad taste of some rich turtles, eating food, tasting wine, and accompanied by beautiful women, and it is also after the "famous family", after the song and swallow dance, enjoy the antique "blessing of Qi people", the pleasure in reality is boring, and you can also live the addiction of time and space.
And along the road, Ye Shu heard voices in other courtyards, presumably there are not a few people who like this taste, after all, there are not only "Baochai" in Daguan Garden, but also celebrities such as "Daiyu" and "Qingwen".
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