Eighty-four: Oiran
Although Zhou Yanbo agreed to stay, he was a little reluctant to stay in the inner city, although Xun Wenyu wanted them to live in the inner city, so Zhou Yanbo thought of a plan: move to Zhou Yanqing's mansion in the main city, first, Zhou Yanqing is an official of the Xun family, so that Xun Wenyu can rest assured; Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhou Yanqing naturally had no opinion, so he led Zhou Yanbo and them to the Zhou Mansion in the main city, the Zhou Mansion is not big, but it is not small, it is located on Nanxiao Street, to the right is the largest street of the Xun family - Zhuque Street, and Nanxiao Street is extended along the third river of the main city, which can be described as convenient transportation.
Walking into the Zhou Mansion, there is a unique scenery of the Jiangnan courtyard, not like the towns of the Han family and Mengsun in the north, neatly and uniformly, but the classic combination of rockery, flowing water and ancient pine, you can hear the birds and birds chirping on the trees, extremely crisp, surrounded by wood and stone, the Jiangnan courtyard is scattered in different places: black tiles, white walls, exquisite wood carved round windows, unique mahogany gates...... Zhou Yanbo seems to have entered another world.
After a while, Zhou Yanqing attracted the two to see Zhou Yanbo, it was his parents, looking at their outfits, they had integrated into the life of the Xun family, no wonder Zhou Yanqing said that he didn't want to come back, but it was so. But looking carefully at their etiquette and speech, they are no different from the Zhou family.
Zhou Yanqing has reported the situation to his parents, and they also welcomed it very much, which also made Zhou Yanbo feel more at ease.
Four days later, as Xun Wenyu said, every street in Wuyi began to be lively, and the surrounding vendors and artists also took this opportunity to gather in Wuyi, this time of year is the time when they can make a lot of money, and some people even only prepare for these four days, and the Zhou Mansion, which was originally quiet and could only hear the sound of flowing water and birdsong, began to be covered by noisy human voices, making people suddenly enter the bustling market from the mountains and flowing water.
The grand festival of the Xun family began, but all of a sudden so many people poured into Wuyi, which made the order begin to become chaotic, fortunately, at the end of the war of stealing the country, the Xun family sent a large number of guards scattered to various places in the main city and the outer city of the Xun family, guarding the order of Wuyi, and at the same time sent a detailed work to closely inquire about the situation of the surrounding families, not only the three major families, but also the vassal family and the free family, after all, it is easy to let the opponent take advantage of it at this time, so the Xun family has to be careful, and this matter is assigned to Xun Wenyu's hands, when he arranged all the guards, it was almost noon, so he hurried to the Zhou Mansion, to lead Zhou Yanbo and them out to watch and play.
"It's almost noon, don't you go out after lunch?" Seeing Xun Wenyu's anxious appearance, Zhou Yanbo couldn't help but feel funny.
"Since it's a grand ceremony, there must be delicious food, what to eat in the house, wouldn't it be better to go out and eat while playing together?" Xun Wenyu said.
Zhou Yanbo thought about it, and what he said was reasonable, so he responded to him, and then Zhou Yanbo and his party of six, Zhou Yanqing and his parents, Xun Wenyu and Xun Wenyou, a total of eleven people, set off for a carnival.
Although it was the first day of the celebration, there was no place on the street, seeing this, Zhou Yanbo couldn't imagine what it would be like in the next few days, just because there were a lot of people, it was inconvenient to play, and several people discussed: Zhou Yanqing's parents and Zhou Haixu together, Zhou Yanbo, Zhou Yanqing, Xun Wenyu, and the rest of the girls and Xun Wenyou were divided into three groups to play separately, after all, each team has people who are very familiar with Wuyi, so there is no need to worry about getting lost or getting separated.
After Zhou Yanbo and the others separated, under Zhou Yanqing's strong recommendation, they went to a very luxurious restaurant. "I come here a lot. Zhou Yanqing said with a smile.
"You're too luxurious, aren't you? Zhou Yanbo looked up at this restaurant, divided into three floors, the second and third floors protrude outward into a rooftop, the exterior of the red column is elegant, the tables and chairs do not look like eating, but like a set of precious collections or breathy works of art, if ordinary people see it, they will never dare to move, for fear of damaging them, and they can't afford to pay for it.
"I said Zhou Yanqing, why do you like it so much here? I wonder if you are a member of the Zhou family now. Zhou Yanbo looked at him with suspicious eyes.
"Don't say that, it's true that it's a little more expensive here than other places, but the dishes here are definitely authentic Yizhou flavors, and you will definitely like it." Zhou Yanqing said.
"Yizhou flavor?"
"That's right, the signboard here is Yizhou snacks, and the boss and chef are Yizhou people, so they can make authentic Yizhou dishes. ”
"Then I'm going to have a taste. After Zhou Yanbo finished speaking, he entered the restaurant.
"Yo, Mr. Zhou, you're here!" The guy in the restaurant was sharp-eyed, recognized Zhou Yanqing at a glance, and hurriedly went up to greet him with a smile.
Zhou Yanqing nodded and asked, "How about the seat I booked?" Zhou Yanqing deliberately booked a seat several days in advance in order to be able to eat in the restaurant on the day of the celebration.
"The rooftop on the second floor has been cleaned, just waiting for you to come. The guy smiled and said that this seat is indeed difficult to book, if it is not related to the restaurant, it will not be booked.
Zhou Yanqing was very satisfied with the service in the store, nodded with a smile, and the guy led the three of them to the rooftop on the second floor, and went down to prepare the meal.
At this time, Zhou Yanbo sat down and looked around, just like Zhou Yanqing said, the scenery here is very good, and you can see everything around, which makes people feel more in the mood to eat. Zhou Yanbo moved slightly, looking at the street below, below is Tianjie, if Zhuque Street is the largest street in the north-south direction of Xunjia, then Tianjie is one of the most prosperous streets in the east-west direction. Both sides of the street below have been occupied by the vendors' stalls, there is hardly a gap between the stalls, they are all one after the other, the vendors keep shouting to the people who come and go, every time this time is a good time to sell, everyone can have a good harvest, so everyone is full of energy, people seem to be able to go on without sleep for three days and three nights.
Zhou Yanbo looked at the stalls carefully, there were those selling snacks, cloth and shoes, kneading clay figures, windmills, and tea, in short, there was only what you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't buy. Look at the pedestrians on the road, because of the grand scale, so at this time the Xun family explicitly prohibits the passage of carriages, but the sedan chair and horses are not limited, but who wants to sit in the sedan chair to go shopping? So in addition to walking, there are a few people riding horses, and the sedan chair is almost invisible. There are obviously more women among the passers-by, after all, they usually stay in the deep mansion and can't go out at will, but at this time there is nothing to stop them, and the women also come out to have a good time accompanied by their families, and some sons and brothers also take advantage of this time to dress up, hoping to meet their own karma. What's more, it's the itinerant hawkers who walk the streets, these hawkers from all over the world bring things that belong to other places, some of which are usually not bought at noon, and can only be bought at this time, such as jade abundant in the northern Mengsun, the Yun family's Danshi oil cloth umbrella, the grassland milk wine, the Han family's jade needles, etc., and even some people are waiting for this day to buy items that they are looking forward to for a year.
The three of them finished their lunch in the noise, just like Zhou Yanqing said, Zhou Yanbo felt that there was a taste of hometown in the meal, which was very pleasant.
In the afternoon, a few people turned around again, Zhou Yanqing was a little addicted to alcohol, and bought some Han family's green plum wine, and Zhou Yanbo also found good things among the vendors: an old man held a wild rock tea from the Western Plateau, Zhou Yanbo picked up some and smelled it, the tea exuded a charming aroma, directly into Zhou Yanbo's heart and spleen, so he bought two packs, and wanted to go back to taste it.
On the third day, the festival also entered the climax, when the lion dance troupe hired by the Xun family will enter from the south gate of the outer city of Wuyi according to the designated route, then go around the outer city, and then enter from the Nanhong Gate of the main city, and then walk clockwise along the main city to the northernmost bustling Hanqu Street, and go east along the Hanqu Street through Zhuque Street to Runqu Street, and then return clockwise to Nanhong Gate, and then go directly to the south gate of the inner city through Zhuque Street - Shuinan Gate. At that time, the people of the Xun family will stand on the city tower to watch the lion dance performance, and finally the head of the Xun family will sprinkle the specially made auspicious signs in the city tower, so that everyone can grab it, which means to give everyone auspicious joy, and also bless the stability of the Xun family.
Zhou Yanbo and his entourage were on Zhuque Street at this time, rushing to the south gate of Shui, and the auspicious sign made Zhou Yanbo very interested and wanted to give it a try.
"I said that I should be less in charge, don't be in such a hurry, I can only wait in vain if I go now, just take my time. Zhou Yanqing held a long wooden skewer in his mouth, and there were three hawthorn sugar gourds on it.
"That's right, Yan'er, you see, there's soft cakes there. After speaking, Zhou Yanbo pulled Zhou Yansu and them to buy soft cakes.
Zhou Yanqing watched Zhou Yanbo and them walk away, shaking the wooden stick in his mouth for nothing, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Look! It's an Oiran traveling!"
"Oiran?" Zhou Yanqing looked at the voice curiously, only to see four people carrying a sedan chair walking towards him, the fiery red sedan chair body and even the sedan chair man who was also wearing red was really eye-catching, everyone leaned over or leaned over, wanting to see the face of the Oiran, but unfortunately the sedan chair was blocked by curtains and door curtains, and they couldn't see the inside.
This phenomenon aroused Zhou Yanqing's curiosity, he stared intently at the oncoming sedan chair, he also wanted to see the person sitting in the sedan chair, he had a skill, it was very easy to take a look, but the gentlemanly way of the Zhou family did not allow him to do this, so he could only silently retreat to the side and let the sedan chair pass in front of him.
Maybe it was God playing tricks on people, just as the sedan chair passed by him, God sent a breeze and lifted the curtain of the sedan chair slightly, which happened to let Zhou Yanqing see the people inside.
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