Spring goes to the summer solstice, and when the weather warms up further in April, Jiangning enters the busy season outside the city. For people of this age, summer and autumn are probably the best days, there is no softness in spring, there is no cold in winter, the sun is in full bloom, the white clouds are like flocculent, everything is so bright that people are refreshed.

The Su family is also busy, the first batch of spring silk has come out now, this silk is the heaviest batch of the year, the Su family's small workshops distributed around the country have also been in full swing, although ordinary people do not pay much attention to it, but new goods on the shelves, old goods diversion and other things still have to be done. Su Tan'er continued to be busy since the beginning of spring, often busy until late at night, every few nights, feeling a little free, seeing Ning Yi on the second floor opposite, she quietly went over, chatted, and ate some fruit snacks - she usually doesn't eat these - sometimes she wanted to say something, but Ning Yi was not there, and she felt a little lost in her heart.

As the year passed, she also noticed some things. Sometimes according to the news from all over the place, I think about the next step, or sort out some accounts, and deal with the problems that come from some places, I will be busy until late, Xing'er will come in and add her a cup of tea, Chan'er Juan'er will play backgammon outside, and sometimes take a nap. But even if it was late, the lights were on in her bedroom and living room, and in the small building opposite, there was a window, and the lights were always on, and Liheng would read and write there. If her side disperses and Xiaochan also goes to sleep, the light will be extinguished silently.

At first she thought it was a coincidence, but then she paid special attention to make sure that she was done, and for a few days she finished her work and deliberately stayed late, and then blew out the lamp, and soon after, the figure over there was also printed in front of the window, blowing out the oil lamp.

This found that she didn't say it, and she didn't think about what the other party was doing this for, and there were some things that didn't need to be said and asked, and every time she was ready to go to bed after that, she used to look at the other side, and in the dark, she saw that the light on the other side was also extinguished, and then went to bed. Feel warm.

For Ning Yi, it may just be a casual thing, he doesn't plan to get in touch with a lot of troubles now, and he doesn't have any ambitions - of course, except for becoming the number one master in martial arts - but with his temperament, since everyone lives in the same courtyard, let him watch a girl who has more or less his own shadow before being busy until late at night every night, and he sleeps at will, after all, he still feels a little helpless, and he only falls asleep after watching the lights on the opposite side go out, and it is only for his own casual actions, As for Su Tan'er's side, that was her business, and he didn't plan to dissuade anything.

Summer is coming, Qin Lao's side has also begun to put out the chess stalls, sometimes playing chess with such and such people, they are all older than Ning Yi, who is twenty-one this year, there are several famous people, of course, there are more ordinary chess lovers who are not famous, Ning Yi has already known several people last year, and this year he came to ask him if he was the genius who wrote the water tune song head and the Qingyu case, Ning Yi only smiled and nodded.

The relationship with Li Pin has become a lot closer, and after class at noon, I occasionally go to a restaurant with him to eat something. The most important reason is that after all, he still owes him a favor in the matter of Songhua Dan - although there was Gu Yanzhen's matter later, it was not his fault after all.

Li Pin is a person who knows how to measure himself, and in the past few months, Ning Yi has probably understood this person's character and experience. In the early years, he also went to Beijing to take the exam and won the Jinshi, but because his strategy was too radical, he offended a senior member of the ministry and couldn't make up for the real shortage, so he returned to Jiangning. Although the appearance is modest, if you put it in a thousand years, it is probably still the type of angry youth, and you don't talk about it when you chat, but when it comes to learning, some ideas still can't be concealed, and it's clear at a glance.

To put it simply, this guy has a solid family background, proficient in Confucianism, arithmetic, and is also somewhat proficient in the way of archery. But because I think too much, I basically hate Confucianism, people who like to work hard but do not leave the avenue, want to establish a life for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations, but the door is cut off for a while, and the general Confucian students have offended the officials, and they are afraid that they will be depressed for a lifetime, and he has also been depressed for a while, and now he cheers up, thinks about Confucianism, thinks about the Wu Dynasty, and thinks about the road ahead, and is a person who can afford to let go. After all, still young. ,

If it is a few decades later, maybe he will become like another Qin Siyuan, Ning Yi admires smart people and doesn't like to fool around with other literati, but he can still talk to Li Pin. Of course, the way to make friends is to avoid shallow and deep words, Li Pin is also measured, and now the two of them are colleagues who have a relatively good relationship in the academy, and it is still early to say that they are good friends or confidants or something.

Of course, in fact, there are only two of them who are slightly younger teachers in Yushan Academy now, and because Li Pin came here, although there was not much publicity, there were more than a dozen more students in the academy in the first half of this year...... This is off topic.

Time gradually passed, and the day when Ning Yi arrived in Jiangning was already a full year. If you think about it, I haven't experienced too many things in this year, I copied two poems a little, became a little famous, met some people, and became acquainted, which is how much I have adapted to this era, and my life is still leisurely. Occasionally, I heard the discussion of friction between the two countries in the north, and occasionally I heard some merchants talking about the restless roads in other places, and the bandits occupying the mountains everywhere as kings, and there were a few relatively large groups of news that the imperial court was encircling and suppressing them, and the rebellion was not widely spread, and it sounded a little unrealistic in today's rich Jiangning.

At the end of April, after the seedlings were planted, the festive atmosphere also quietly rose inside and outside Jiangning, which is not like the New Year, mainly because the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching. In addition to the Qinhuai Dragon Boat Race on the fifth day of the fifth day of May, there is also a six-day event that will be held during the Dragon Boat Festival. The Qinglou in the Jiangning area will take advantage of this time to hold an event to compete and choose an Oiran.

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If Jiangning's annual festival poetry meeting, the Mid-Autumn Festival Shangyuan is probably a carnival of talented people, and the Oiran final election in early May should be a grand event for beautiful people. Of course, most of the ladies and girlfriends, or the real "beauties" who have been married, are often not very happy in these days, which may be something worth pondering. But there is no need to criticize, in this era, fashion is like this, there are stories involving the wind and dust, and more people will only be regarded as elegant, not obscene and dirty.

As one of the most elegant things every year, just like the carnival of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will actually be the support of the government behind it. Poetry is not superior, the smoke between the talents is not thick, and it is more of a free heart proof that there is no first, so the government only needs to maintain the basic order, but this time it is a real competition, to decide the four heads, and then to decide the Oiran from it, but it needs a judge who is as fair as possible, and this position is relatively fair to judge, in fact, it is up to the government to take responsibility, in order to put an end to cheating and a lot of ridicule.

The rules of the whole competition are actually very simple, Oiran is also out to make money after all, as long as you can attract people to spend money to support it. In six days, Jiangning's Qinglou almost opened up to welcome guests, canceled many drink fees, or let the girls in the courtyard perform on the terrace that was ready, and if they liked it, they would buy flowers and send them over, and these flowers were proof of popularity. During this period, in fact, there are many hype techniques, how to mobilize the emotions of the audience, how to set off the warm atmosphere of the selection of the oiran, how to add elegant elements to it, and improve the value of the girls, such as letting the talented people who are good to write poems and praise...... In short, it all depends on the means of each Qinglou.

In Qinhuai, ten miles of Jiangning, there are about 60 to 70 large and small green buildings in the city, and the first three days are actually just the beginning, which will heat up the atmosphere. At this time, each Qinglou will continue to promote it very tacitly, but the hardest working on the stage are actually those women who are not very famous on weekdays. Some of them are just performing arts, and some of them are also selling themselves, whether they have a foundation or not, they can always gain a lot of popularity by relying on their performances in the past few days.

She will also remember the guests who have supported her in the past few days, and the people who patronize them feel that they don't have much literary talent or little money, and it is impossible to get the favor of those famous women, so they will naturally choose these women, for example, the cousins of the Su family, although they think that they are literary and elegant all day long, and most of them think about Lu Caicai and Yuan Jin'er, but in fact, they are all women with a slightly lower reputation in the Qinglou, and they have been more diligent in making money to Su Tan'er these days, probably because they can come to cheer for them these days. Show your face for the woman you like.

Then it will be the highlight of the three days after that, although it is no different from the first three days in the daytime, but in the evening there will be a large party near the Egret Island, the prefect and many celebrities will also be present, to participate in this elegant event, according to the results of the first three days, basically each Qinglou will have one or two places, the third night of the first hundred women performed here, selected sixteen of them, the fourth night of the first month, then selected by the sixteen of the four heads, the fifth night of the first month, is the day of the birth of the Oiran, Most of the people who were able to participate in the event during these three nights were also wealthy people, and the Oiran was naturally produced with their support. ,

“…… The matter of choosing the Oiran is handled by the Jiangning government every year, and those bouquets are also prepared by the government, and the so-called sending flowers is just to make a shout, and in the past few years, someone even sent 10,000 flowers, heh, how can there be 10,000 bouquets to him...... But these things are also done beautifully, only with the Qinglou, they can't do this, through the government can be lively, buy the silver flowers, the government levies two percent of it, the monthly profits and taxes are still calculated, these two percent are obtained out of thin air, and the silver every year is a lot of ......"

On the bank of the Qinhuai River, at noon, Ning Yi and Li Pin were coming down from the restaurant, and Li Pin was also smiling and talking to Ning Yi about the recent hype about the selection of Oiran. Today is April 30th, the first day of the Oiran competition has also begun, many green buildings in Jiangning City are very grand, the sound of silk and bamboo in the distance came, a painting boat is slowly walking on the river, colorful silk exhibition, a small boat along the bank of the Qinhuai River, in addition to the captain, there is a beautifully dressed woman on the boat, suddenly beckoned to this side: "Li Gongzi, Li Gongzi ......" but recognized Li Pin.

"It's hot at noon, if the two sons are fine, would you like to go to the boat for a cup of tea and rest for a while?"

Ning Yi looked at Li Pin a little strangely, Li Pin looked at his expression, but he smiled, and refused to the girl on the boat, and the girl said a few words, and finally stopped being reluctant. When he walked a little farther, Ning Yi smiled and said, "Ha Luha, Brother Li has a wide range of friends." ”

"I've been there before, and she's made a note of it." Li Pin smiled a little proudly, "If Fang Cai Liheng is interested, we go up and sit, and the other party has to greet him respectfully, the money does not need to be spent, if you can write a poem to praise a certain girl, there is even a pen gift over there, and the famous talent, the other party is also willing to recommend a pillow......

"With Brother Li's name, there must be a lot of people who recommend themselves, right?"

"Indeed, there were. However, if Liheng is willing to say his name and enter the room, he thinks it is simple, hehe, I am afraid that not many women can refuse. Since Yuan Xi, I have also met with the girl of Naqilan a few times, she is very concerned about Liheng, I think if Liheng is willing to write a poem for her, it is a kiss to Xiangze, it is not impossible, Ha Lu Ha. ”

In the past, Li Pin and Ning Yi didn't often talk about this, but at this time, they started talking and laughing. The poetry of the talented man is famous because of the beauty, and the beauty is inseparable from the foil of the talent, and the annual Oiran Conference is naturally indispensable to the backdrop of many poems, with the identity of Li Pin, if you write a poem of praise for a woman, you can immediately increase the value of the other party. Last year's four leaders were Qilan, Lu Caicai, Yuan Jin'er and Feng Xiaojing, who became an Oiran, and it is said that Li Pin is a member of the talent who stood on Feng Xiaojing's side and cheered for him.

"Speaking of which, it's actually a battle of will." Li Pin shook his head and smiled, "On the eve of the year before last year, and last year, the Zhishui Poetry Society and the Lichuan Poetry Society were indistinguishable, and the two sides made some anger, at that time, Cao Guan was in the limelight and became the head of the talents of Zhishui, he wrote two poems for Yuan Jin'er, and the rest of the people in Zhishui also stood on Yuan Jin'er's side, so they ...... Hehe, a group of people on Lichuan's side chose Feng Xiaojing. At that time, the Qilan girl supported by the Wu family was actually the strongest, but the Wu family was a businessman and wanted to keep a low profile, so she never smashed it with money, and it was really strange that Xiao Jing had the upper hand in the end...... This year will not be like this, the main reason is that Liheng killed out of thin air, and now everyone's hearts are empty, I am afraid that there is no battle of will. But it's hard to say, if Liheng also has a favorite person, Ha Luha, maybe everyone will attack it in groups......"

Ning Yi doesn't visit the Qinglou on weekdays, and he doesn't have much entertainment, Li Pin is also clear, and he smiled after saying this: "Does Liheng have any plans for the next few days?" ”

"On the night of the third day of junior high school, I went to Bailuzhou to see the performance."

"Brother and sister allow you to go? That's going to have to be planned......" Li Pin said narrowly. In fact, he is now teaching in Yushan Academy, in a sense, he can almost be regarded as a guest of the Su Mansion, and the Su family also invited him to eat a few times, and he has met Mrs. Su and Su Tan'er, Su Tan'er also goes to the academy occasionally, and he also knows that Su Tan'er is not a bad woman. It's just that sometimes, a woman is a woman after all, at this time he said the plan, but after the performance, which beauty to participate in, usually speaking, which woman you helped, there is naturally a celebration banquet that night, the other party comes out to thank, extra performances, and many talents here are satisfied with poems to make a name for it, but also for themselves. ,

Hearing Li Pin say this, Ning Yi shook his head with a smile: "Go with Tan'er." ”

Li Pin was stunned, and then reacted: "It's true, in the performances of those days, everyone did everything they could, just to take a look, and it was also quite good." ”

This time can be regarded as the highest level of performance appreciation in Jiangning, a few days ago when Ning Yi and Su Tan'er were chatting by the railing on the second floor, Su Tan'er said that she would spare time to go and see Ning Yi, in fact, she also knew that Ning Yi also liked to make up for this kind of excitement. Li Pin is a pity, he has wives and concubines at home, but he doesn't plan to take them there, mainly for the banquet later, but not just to get close to the beauties, make some friends, expand friendships and become famous, this is his main purpose.

The two walked for a while, going in different directions at the intersection. Ning Yi didn't have anything to do, all the way home, Su Tan'er and a few maids had already returned, Chan'er Juan'er chattered about the performances she saw on the road today and the things she heard, looking forward to the grand performance of the third, fourth and fifth days of the junior high school. However, in the evening, a letter was sent in, and then two shopkeepers hurriedly entered the house, and discussed with Su Tan'er in the courtyard next door for a long time.

"Suddenly there is an emergency, I'm afraid I can't go with Xianggong, Xianggong and Xiaochan go together." Soon after, he laughed quietly as if he was upstairs: "Wending Wenfang They also have dozens of taels or hundreds of taels, and the concubine gives her private money to Xiaochan...... After the princess won the favor of the girl's family, he was not allowed to say that the concubine was stingy......"

The "profiteer......" sensed some of the other party's small calculations, Ning Yi sighed and laughed.

Su Tan'er smiled and wrinkled her nose: "Hmph! ”

He was full of confidence in front of Ning Yi, but there were some things that he couldn't help but think about. On the night after April, when she returned to her room, Su Tan'er was actually a little melancholy, she looked at the room opposite with the lights on, and thought quietly for a while. She is still a girl with a girl's body and a girlish face, and she has a unique maturity when she thinks on weekdays, and when her brows are slightly frowned, she often has a momentum and stability that she has cultivated over the years. But at this time it was different, although she was thinking and thinking, her expression was not much so heavy, just like a girl, thinking about the girl's heart, sometimes sitting at the table with her chin propped up, reaching out and turning the pages boringly, in the light of the oil lamp, it was just a girl's troubles.

Then she called Xiaochan in, smiled as usual and told her about watching the performance in the third year of junior high school, and also took out some silver tickets and put them outside, for Juan'er Xing'er couldn't go to the show, the little girl seemed a little frustrated, of course, she was happy to be able to watch it, and struggled for a long time before saying: "Miss, let me ...... Change Juan'er to accompany my uncle, Sister Xing'er and I will accompany Miss to deal with the affairs of the workshop...... Juan'er, she's been wanting to watch it for a long time......"

"After the fourth year of junior high school is done, we can go to see it together on the fifth day of junior high school." Su Tan'er smiled, then reached out and gently touched Chan'er's cheek, looked at the little girl's beautiful face, turned her head again, looked at the window on the other side of the yard, and thought for a while before taking a deep breath and making a certain decision.

"Xiaochan, actually you like your uncle, right?"

There was no answer there, Xiaochan's body suddenly froze there, and then, her eyes rolled in a panic and cutely, and her whole face turned red. For a moment, the whole body seemed to shrink a bit......***************

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