Chapter Forty-Three: The Boats
Qinghuan hurriedly helped Shang Xiu'er tie the cloak, Shang Xiu'er gently pulled the edge of the cloak with her hand, because it was not winter, so the inside was only finely woven with a layer of extremely soft wool soft felt, and the outside was made of wind-pressed brocade, and the azure bottom was embroidered with a circle of flowers and birds along the lock edge, and the color matching workmanship was so exquisite. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
She suddenly sighed in her heart, such a cloak, I'm afraid it costs dozens of silver? How long does it take for her to earn money? And since she entered Xiao Garden, regardless of the famous teachers, medicinal baths, and the cost of inside and out, Xiao Liuye has never despised these four seasons of clothes alone.
For a noble person like him, maybe this expenditure is nothing, but Shang Xiu'er knows that she has already obtained too much from Xiao Liuye, and she is still raising such and such criticisms......
But so what, she couldn't help but say nothing, and she firmly believed that Xiao Liuye used so much effort and price, not to make her slowly forget how to sing.
Shang Xiu'er settled down, slowly followed behind Rosin Xiang, and arrived at the gate of the garden, there was already a sedan chair ready there, and before she could ask a question, she heard Rosin Xiang say: "Miss Shang, please get on the sedan chair, the sixth master is waiting for you in the Zhiya Water Pavilion." ”
It wasn't until the sedan chair came out of the gate of Xiao Garden that Shang Xiu'er realized that what they were going to was not the "Zhiya Water Pavilion" in Xiao Garden, but the one in Huodu.
As far as she knows, there are no famous troupes to perform here recently, I don't know why Xiao Liuye brought her here, thinking of this, Shang Xiu'er feels that the world is impermanent, she never thought that one day she could watch a play here, and she accompanied this famous Xiao Liuye, and she saw it several times.
Xiao Liuye is a frequent visitor to Zhiya Water Pavilion.
Zhiya Water Pavilion has always been directly operated by the Qu Department, so Xiao Liuye can be regarded as a serious boss here, if he does not have his identity, he will not be able to visit this place at will when the garden is closed.
The heavy garden gate "squeaked" and closed behind Shang Xiu'er, and Gongsun trees were planted all over both sides.
It has not been long since the Zhiya Water Pavilion was built, and such a tall and strong Gongsun tree must have been transplanted from elsewhere, when it was late autumn, and the golden leaves fell all over the wide bluestone pavement, stepping on the feet, and making the sound of Xi Xi Suo.
Shang Xiu'er followed Rosin Xiang into the Zhiya Water Pavilion, looked in, and went upstairs from the right side of the second room, which was the private room where she used to accompany Xiao Liuye to watch the play.
She looked at Rosin Xiang suspiciously, and Rosin Xiang bowed down and said, "The sixth master is not in the private room, Miss Shang will come with me." "Let's take Shang Xiu'er from the outside corridor to the back, this corridor is Shang Xiu'er's first time.
Because of the closure of the garden, the window on the outside of the corridor has been closed and locked, someone has already opened the thick curtains in advance, and the light came in, Shang Xiu'er went around the back, only to say "ah", Rosin Xiang glanced back at her, there was no squeak, but Shang Xiu'er recalled that when she was on the boat, she looked up at the Zhiya Water Pavilion, when there was a thin gauze floating between the window sashes, and a bell hung between the eaves, isn't this it?
She walked up three flights of stairs in the dimness, and slowly the light brightened, only to see that there was a small corridor upstairs, Xiao Liuye stood with his backlight, heard the voice, knew that Shang Xiu'er was coming, and did not look back, and said, "Come to me." ”
Rosin Xiang turned sideways and let Shang Xiu'er enter the corridor room, and gently closed the door by herself, Shang Xiu'er walked over a little curiously, only to see the scene in front of her.
It turns out that from this small room on the top floor of the Zhiya Water Pavilion, you can see such a majestic view!
The following is the Songyang River, although it looks calm from a distance, but the Jiulingxiu who once took the team of the Peony Society to run along the Songyang River knows how terrible the river is.
The river that can't be seen at a glance is above the black oppressive clouds, the sun can hardly see through any light, the river is also dark and heavy, Shang Xiu'er, who is standing on the tall building, also feels that the clouds seem to be overhead, extremely depressing.
Compared with the dark and dreary water, the place near the shore was still a bustling scene, with large and small ships staying there, densely packed and innumerable, and the colorful flags and curtains embroidered with the names of the horns swayed left and right in the uncertain wind. The people on this ship are swimming, shouters, far away from the place where the Songyang River enters the port, there are boats with colorful flags about to enter Huodu, and nearby, there are also ships that have to leave the port even if they brave the wind and rain.
Shang Xiu'er knew that no one was willing to leave Huodu in the storm, it was a last resort.
Huodu is more expensive in this place of firewood, rice, oil and salt, if you can't stand here, you won't be able to make money every day, but the expenses of the troupe are not small, and the small team can't hold on at all.
Xiao Liuye didn't speak, and quietly looked down.
Shang Xiu'er had mixed feelings in her heart, she was once on a boat below her looking down, under the flag embroidered with "Jiuling Xiu", looking up, feeling that the height of the "Zhiya Water Pavilion" was so unattainable.
Today, when she arrived here, Shang Xiu'er finally realized that although the flag embroidered with "Jiulingxiu" was still treasured by her in the package, the "Jiulingxiu" in the past, like an old man who could never see her again, could only recall, but it was really stripped from her.
In the silence of both of them, suddenly the clouds in the distance seemed to crack, and a white lightning bolt fell, as if even the surface of the river was about to split.
Shang Xiu'er moved uneasily, and then heard a burst of thunder, different from the rumbling and muffled sound, it seemed to be the loudest and loudest cannon in the sky, and the scalp of the people who shook was a little numb. What followed was the sound of crackling rain, and in an instant the heavens and the earth seemed to be covered by a curtain of rain, layer by layer, one by one, without a gap.
Shang Xiu'er stretched out her hand, and a few soybean-sized rain beads smashed on her hand, and there was a slight pain, as if the rain was thrown down by God with all his might.
The ships in the harbor suddenly became busy, beckoning people to collect the colored flags and curtains, drop the sails, close the hatches, and in less than a stick of incense, these hundreds of ships became the most silent and lonely existence between the sky and the earth.
Xiao Liuye looked at Shang Xiu'er and said, "How?" ”
Shang Xiu'er turned her head to look at Xiao Liuye blankly, and shook her head, she didn't have the identity of the "Jiulingxiu" who sang the southern accent, but she thought more, but she didn't know what to say.
There are so many troupes who come by boat below to try to make a living in Huodu, and it seems that these hundreds of boats are gathered together, but in fact, they have nothing to do with each other.
They sang the drama of Tiannan and Haibei, and each team hoped to be recognized by Huo Du.