Chapter 41: Idle Talk
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The matter of Fankou Post Station was quickly left behind by the candidates in Chang'an, the journey was boring and hard, how could everything go smoothly when leaving home.
The other party didn't catch up, or the post station was a scapegoat, or as she expected, the other party cared about face, no matter what kind of Xue Qing didn't care, let alone provoke the enemy's worries, after all, it was the other party who was rude first, the other party was not worried, what did she have to worry about.... Gifts are still exchanged.
It's hot in summer, and it's even worse in the carriage, Zhang Shuangtong is half-lying in it, and the fan in his hand is waving a hula, where is there still a little bit of grace.
"My grandfather doesn't know what he thinks, he thinks that this gentleman's test is my chance, and if I have to take the test, can I pass it? I don't know myself?" he complained loudly, "I just want to eat and wait for death?"
Xue Qing hummed: "Okay." ”
These words made Zhang Shuangtong a little speechless, and he got up and said, "Sansanlang, how much should I be encouraged, right?"
Xue Qing smiled: "Isn't it encouraging to agree with what you want to do?"
Zhang Shuangtong waved his hand and said, "I can't talk about you." ”
In order to cool down, the curtain of the car was lifted, and Guo Zi'an, who was sitting outside the car, heard the words clearly, and said in his heart when he heard the words, who can talk about women.... The thought flashed to Zhang Shuangtong and called him again: "Zi'an will make me a cup of tea." ”
It would be nice to have water to drink on the way... But Xue Qing did drink freshly brewed tea, Guo Zi'an brought a small stove, of course it was prepared by Guo Ziqian, but Guo Zi'an didn't really make tea at any time, and he didn't reply when he heard the words: "No." ”
Zhang Shuangtong patted his fan and said, "Why? Why don't you make tea for Sansan Lang for me? Do you like him and don't like me?"
Guo Zi'an's face suddenly seemed to be cooked... Say no, don't dare, say you like it, don't dare, why do these people think like this?
Xue Qing's voice had already sounded, and he said, "Why can I do it, because I am his eldest brother." ”
According to his age, Guo Zi'an is the elder brother... Zhang Shuangtong didn't refute, but slapped the fan and smiled, remembering that this brother is really real, he witnessed it with his own eyes, when Xue Qing defeated the three brothers and sisters of the Guo family with three punches, he was willing to gamble and lose as the eldest brother of the three from now on.
Xue Qing said: "When the younger brother naturally wants to serve the eldest brother, it is not difficult for Brother Shuangtong to serve him, just beat him." ”
Zhang Shuangtong sneered: "I'm a scholar... Zi'an, you come to study with me. ”
Xue Qing smiled: "That's not fair, it doesn't count if you win, you have to learn from me.... Compare fists and feet with Guo Zi'an, compare poems with Liu Chunyang, and be frank and undeceiving. ”
Zhang Shuangtong patted his fan and said, "You boast again!" Drinking tea is a casual remark, he also brought a scholar, and it is natural to make tea or something, but it is just boring to chat and relieve boredom on the way.... This Sanlang is not like Pei Yanzi Liu Chunyang, who is only squatting in the carriage by himself, nor is he like those older and dull candidates, it is very fun to talk to her.
The carriages and horses sparkled to the east under the scorching sun, and from a distance, only they looked a little lonely on the road, but in fact, at this time, on the official roads in the southeast and northwest, such a team of carriages and horses was endless, and the candidates from all over the country marched to Huangsha Road under the scorching sun.
In the capital, June is also very hot, but in the drunken fairy building, it is a different world.
In a good box, the ice makes the room cool, the tea with crushed ice swaying in the cup, whispering and laughing to a few men wearing tuanhua brocade robes sitting down, and the two twelve or thirteen-year-old maidservants behind them gently shake the fan, and the cool breeze lingers in it... It's cool and not intrusive.
The door slammed, followed by a pleasant sound.
"It's so hot today. ”
Everyone looked up and saw a girl shaking a fan in front of them with one hand, and gently holding a skirt in the other hand.
Chunxiao was rude, and her mother said that she couldn't make too many small movements. ”
It's too rude to fan your hands in front of your face, and women should take a brocade and wipe it gently... That's everyone's beautiful style, they didn't come to the Qinglou to see everyone's beautiful girls, the men here laughed, and they liked this coquettishness even more.
asked Ming today's host and guest, Chunxiao sat next to him, laughing and toasting as well as other famous female prostitutes, but she was unfamiliar and playful, and there was laughter during the banquet, and after a few times, she was drunk and talked.
Chunxiao took the piano from the box, and one of them smiled and said, "Chunxiao won't dance today, are you going to play the piano?"
Chunxiao hummed, her eyes were wide-eyed, and she said, "I've learned the piano in the past few days." ”
Everyone laughed, and one of them shook his head and stretched out his hand and said, "Naughty, I only learned it for a few days before I dared to take it out to meet people." ”
Chunxiao smiled brightly and seriously, and said, "If you want to practice more, everyone will also help me point out what's wrong." After that, it bounced.
Although it is occasionally jerky, but the overall fluency is beautiful, everyone is not specifically here to listen to the piano, naturally no one blames her, accompanied by a faint sound of the piano that is not noisy, everyone just continues to speak.
“... There are quite a few candidates who have arrived... My nephew wrote the day before yesterday saying that it had arrived.."
“... How's the preparation over there? There are a lot of candidates for reference, right?"
“... Quite a few, although the number of places was limited, but later many joined .... Who doesn't have any relatives and nephews. ”
is talking about the gentleman's test, which is a topic that is often talked about in the capital today, Chunxiao couldn't help but listen, listening to those people talking about a few names and speculating and analyzing who might succeed in the exam.
“... Jia Chuen... Binzhou talent, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are unique..."
“... No, no, there is a man named Ho Nan, who will definitely be selected."
“... I've never heard of this person..."
“... Lonely and unheard, this is the illegitimate son of Wu Jiangyuan, a Hanlin scholar..."
This remark caused everyone to laugh for a while, and they talked in a low voice about the relatives and friends of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the teachers and students were like clouds and mist, which was like a book from heaven to Chunxiao from the countryside of Chang'an City.
After a night of entertainment, when the sky was about to dawn, the drunken fairy building fell into silence, and the prostitutes also came to rest.
Chunxiao smelled of wine, the hairpin ring was half-removed, her black hair was scattered, and she was sitting in front of the dressing mirror wearing only a small coat.... But he was not removing makeup, but picking up a pen to write something, and then stopped, biting the pen and tilting his head to meditate, the little face in the blue room was a little pale.
The door was opened, and the little maid who entered the door sighed: "My sister, why haven't you slept yet?"
Chunxiao smiled and said, "I'll sleep after I finish writing." ”
The little maid was curious: "What is my sister writing?"
Chunxiao hid her grin: "Write poems... I didn't write it well if I didn't show it. ”
The little maid smiled and didn't look at it again, and said with concern: "That's the best way to boil... Sister, don't be tired, you still have to rest early, you have a lot of homework, don't be scolded by your mother. ”
Chunxiao smiled and watched the little maid retreat, and then continued to look at the paper covered by her arm, on which were written the names and the relationship between the names..... These are the names of the candidates she heard who took the Junzi Examination, as well as the families behind them, and the proximity between them and the ministers of the DPRK and China.....
"I can't remember." Chunxiao sighed a little annoyed, looked up at the mirror, the people in the mirror were delicate and cute, everyone loved her, except for the young man, she couldn't help pouting, "I'm going to participate in the gentleman's test too... You're poor and have no family background, how can you compare yourself with others..."
He looked down at the names written on the paper and smiled.
"I'm stupid too, what's the use of writing this... I don't know how to send a letter to you. ”
She raised her hand and twisted up the half-written paper, and approached the candle, and the smoke and fire rose up, and instantly turned into ashes in the spittoon at her feet, and the person also fell, and the green silk was spread on the brocade quilt, but her eyes were not closed.
"Who knows if you remember me after you came to the capital..."
The question is whether the young man will forget her, but it is not whether the young man can pass the gentleman's test.... Inexplicably convinced that the young man could do anything.
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