8. Vignettes and Gardens
Xue Pan was suddenly woken up by the sound of the slender man outside, rubbing his eyes, and then he thought that there was a big Bodhisattva in his room, it was really not good to fall asleep like this, he was shocked into a cold sweat, raised his head and saw that the window of the cabin had been wide open, the river breeze slowly blew into the cabin, and brought the sound of the horn outside, Xue Pan shook his head sharply left and right, only to see that there was no sound in the cabin, and there was no one anymore, and Yin Tianzheng outside said: "Uncle!" Jiangdu has arrived! ā
Xue Pan breathed a long sigh of relief, but he sent this evil star away, he didn't want to have anything to do with these people at all, this red plum blossom was actually able to work with the sailor to encircle and suppress, it was by no means an ordinary thief, it was definitely a big thief, such a person, such a strange come, and leave smoothly, it is a very lucky thing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
When he saw that Zhen'er was still asleep, he couldn't help but get angry, and kicked Zhen'er awake with one kick, "Useless killing!" Xue Pan scolded, "When I asked you to work, I was nowhere to be seen, and when I asked you to contribute, I fell asleep!" Did you know that we were almost just now! ā
Zhen'er was also awakened by Xue Pan, crying with a sad face, "Didn't I let the uncle leave quickly, why do you blame me." ā
Xue Pan snorted angrily, and called Yin Tianzheng to come in, "The red plum blossom came just now!" Xue Pan was very unhappy, "I almost died in her hands!" ā
Yin Tianzheng was shocked, carefully looked at the water stains and other things in the cabin, and saw the red cloak thrown in the corner, knowing that what Xue Pan said was true, he was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt, "The small thing is not good!" ā
"It's not your fault," Xue Pan shook his head, he kicked Zhen'er under the bed, "Don't get seasick, clean up this room!" She actually came up with a way to hide from the sky and cross the sea, evaded the surveillance of the sailor, and also boarded the ship of our weaving mansion, if it spreads, it will definitely be a troublesome thing in the future, and this thing will be treated as if it never happened," Xue Pan said decisively, "Keep your mouth, you can't say a word!" ā
In fact, Xue Pan is also afraid of being embarrassed and held hostage, which is not a shameful thing, but this speech and demeanor that he has always been proud of is actually degraded by this plum blossom thief for nothing, and the comment "flamboyant tongue ......" is really unbearable.
Yin Tianzheng said that to strengthen defense, it is necessary to protect Xue Pan, Xue Pan does not want to be too punished, shook his head, this is just a small episode, "No need, we are here to visit Yangzhou guests, if it is too strict, it will be looked down upon, saying that we are a small family, now that the red plum blossom has arrived in Jiangdu, what she wants to do next, it has nothing to do with us, let's hurry into the water station, this unlucky boat," although Xue Pan is not superstitious, he doesn't want to continue to stay on the boat, "I don't want to stay anymore." ā
Xue Pan walked out of the cabin, at this time it was already dusk, half of the sky was dyed red by the red glow, the river was sparkling, the golden light was shining, Jiangdu County was a county under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture, it was the gateway to Yangzhou, Xue Pan walked to the side of the ship, only to see that the river behind was densely packed with many ships waiting here to pass the customs, Xue Pan's boat had already entered the customs, along the Grand Canal to the north of the waterway for ten miles, I saw rows of countless wharves empty ships, etc., the ship of the weaving house was moored on a wharf, The wharf here is specially used for the Xue family, and the water post is for all kinds of ships to berth and rest, the wharf of the Xue family is not bad, the left and right are empty, there are willows hanging down on the shore, and the wharf paved with bluestone is very clean and tidy.
There were already a few carriages waiting on the shore, waiting for two rows of people on the side, the Xue family naturally has a business in Yangzhou, but in the end it is not more powerful than the people in Jinling, Xue Pan stepped on the dock, several people hurriedly asked for peace, Xue Pan greeted and asked one by one, so everyone invited Xue Pan to get on the car, the carriage was on the road, the scenery is infinite all the way, this is different from Jinling, the scenery of Jiangbei is elegant, and there is a trace of heroic and unrestrained temperament, pavilions and pavilions, and the two heads of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, very beautiful and magnificent.
Walk to a garden, Xue Pan got off the carriage, saw a row of walls on the eaves of the white powder wall, the book "a garden" on the top, the bluestone at the door, there are two big willow trees at the door, thousands of fine willows hang down, the steward here in Yangzhou caught up from the back carriage, greeted Xue Pan here, the giant businessmen of Yangzhou, responded to the old saying, "the rise and fall is impermanent", seeing him feast guests, seeing his building collapsed, the shopping mall here is particularly fierce, even if it is a salt merchant, it is not immortal, so the gardens of Yangzhou are very idle, Of course, Xue Pan didn't have so much spare money to buy a garden, and now he only hated that he had to have a few more taels of silver on him, how could he be willing to buy a garden.
But there are a lot of gardens in Yangzhou, and there are a lot of them for sale every day, so there are some people who specialize in the business of gardens, when the businessmen go bankrupt to sell the gardens, they buy them at a low price, and usually rent them to the wealthy families who need to live in Yangzhou for a long time but disdain to live in hotels.
The steward of Yangzhou didn't know how Xue Pan's temperament was, but he rented this garden and asked Xue Pan to live, Xue Pan went to the garden, only to see that bamboo was planted everywhere here, there were Buddha belly bamboo potbelly poop, there was golden light bamboo blue with light gold, the sun was very dazzling, the ink bamboo pole and bamboo branches were pitch black, the Xiangfei bamboo was covered with black and brown spots, the style was graceful, and there were a number of square bamboos, the bamboo poles were different from the rest of the prototype bamboo poles, they were all angular and square, seeing Xue Pan was very interested, Yangzhou's steward Li Rubang explained: " This is transplanted from Fujian, which is extremely difficult to grow in our Jiangbei, and Yangzhou is the only one. ā
Xue Pan nodded, "This is very rare, no wonder it is called a garden, it is said that this bamboo leaf is like a word," and there is a thin dragon Yin Sensen phoenix tail bamboo, a layer of white powder on the bamboo pole, and a precious purple bamboo, Xue Pan opened his eyes, and saw the rockery forest, bluestone flowing spring, dingdong, the breeze slowly blowing, I only felt that the door of the brain, in the consciousness, were blown by the cold wind of this Lingling, and I was refreshed.
I also saw the pavilion and so on, are different from the gray of other gardens, or the cyan painted on the balcony, the bamboo has been very elegant, if it is matched with the cyan terrace, it is too plain, so the pavilions here are made of vermilion paint, he is very satisfied, "This garden, not vulgar, a little interesting." ā