6. How much does the banquet cost?
Several girls with disheveled hair and messy red makeup, who had not yet woken up, heard the call, and also climbed to the window railing, and looked down with half-open eyes:
"Standing in front of the door of Chu Niang Hall is Dou Magpie, who doesn't know this Pingkang? Who is the boy standing opposite? β
Then the voices from the crowd let them all know, "It turned out to be the third drum of the high school, and the third drum of the high school is on the Dou magpie, isn't it to fight for Chu Niang?" β
"High three drums, high three drums...... The name seems familiar...... My head hurts so much that I can't remember. After hearing this, the drunken man mentioned the rhino horn with half of the wine left, and swayed to himself.
"Gao Yue, what are you going to do? Today, I hope you will give me a reasonable explanation! Otherwise, ......" Here, Dou Shen couldn't hold back his rage, shouted, and the green tendons on his forehead bloomed.
This will Chu Niang pulled the spring shirt and shawl, and hurried out, her hair was a little messy, her eyebrows and eyes looked at Gao Yue, who was dressed in fresh and fresh clothes, and looked at the horseshoe gold hanging on his belt, and then her eyes turned a few times, and then she grabbed Dou Shenjiao and said, "This Gao Langjun is so uninteresting, knowing that Dou Lang is here, he dares to come to Fangling......"
Between the words, Chu Niang did not forget to scratch her head in front of everyone, she knew that there were two Lang Jun openly competing for herself, which was the best opportunity to make a big name.
As a result, before Chu Niang finished speaking, Gao Yue shook his head and paused word by word, "I'm sorry, I said it, I gave you horseshoe gold, there is only one request, please cut off the poem mocking Wang Tuantuan that you and Yuan Ji Neng wrote on the color plate before." β
Chu Niang was very annoyed and embarrassed when she said this, and she was just about to have a seizure, but she was pushed away by Dou Shen, and almost fell on the threshold, "Gao Ji'er, Beidi thief, dog intestinal slave!" Dou Shen was furious, pointing at Gao Yue and scolding endlessly.
Gao Yue was calm and relaxed, and he was not angry, but turned to Yuan Zhoupo, who came over, and continued to ask, "Auntie, can you fulfill this little wish of the third year of high school?" If possible, the two gold seniors will be given away immediately. Wang Tuantuan is bitter, I hope you will stop bullying her in the future. β
Yuan Zhoupo was frightened by the furious Dou Shen and looked left and right, so she could only drive Gao Yue away, "Lang Jun hurry up, it's really blind, alas!" β
"Today, up and down the hall of Runqing, who dares to listen to Gao Ji'er's words, tomorrow I will tear down this house to a shelf and not a single rafter will be left!" Dou Shen jumped to his feet again and again, foaming at the mouth.
"That being the case, it's inconvenient for the senior year to stay here for a long time." Gao Yue smiled and bowed politely, then turned to the crowd of Pingkangli who were crowded over to watch, and continued to say, "Everyone, please disperse!" In the next step, I want to visit my confidante in my third year of high school, so you don't have to follow. β
This made everyone's curiosity even more intense, so prostitutes, benefactors, wonderful guests, women and children gathered in groups, umbrella covers, calf carts, and flags like clouds, crowded overwhelmed, and followed Gao Yue, who was striding meteor, and followed the middle song in a chaotic manner, until he followed the bend of the wall.
Looking from the entrance of Beiqu Street, along the wall is a row of dilapidated houses, where there is an old man squatting, Gao Yue stepped forward to politely, and then deliberately asked, "Dare to ask the old man, where is the home of King Tuan Tuan Tuan of Beiqu?" β
"What Tuantuan?" The old man pricked up his ears and roared.
"Wang Tuantuan."
"What group is the king?"
"Wang Tuantuan."
"Wang Tuan what!?"
Finally "asked clearly", Gao Yue walked proudly to the door of Wang Tuantuan's house, and he could clearly see the big locust tree at the place where her house was leaning against the wall.
Before he could knock on the door, Wang Tuantuan pulled the door open and looked at Gao Yue with surprise in his eyes.
Seeing the rushing out of Tuantuan, the onlookers were even more uproaring, and there were many discussions, "It seems that people can't be good-looking, this high three drums take a fancy to this, it can be seen that Wang Tuan Tuan must have something extraordinary!" β
"I'm so touched, it turns out that feelings can really transcend appearances!" Many sentimental advocates couldn't help but start wiping away their tears.
"I, I can't help but chant poetry!" Many literati and elegant guests also began to shake their heads.
"I took the liberty to come to Fangling here, just to ask Tuan Tuan, I don't know if Tuan Tuan can appreciate the light at the Qujiang meeting, as the chief of the banquet, and can you ask Yang Miaoer to know that he is the Tuan Siye of the banquet?"
Hearing the name of "Feast", the onlookers were even more amazed.
It turns out that the Tang Dynasty and the first Jinshi have a very famous custom, that is, to hold a grand "Qujiang Banquet" in March when the spring flowers are blooming, but in fact, the earliest Qujiang Banquet is the first frustrated lifters, gather in Qujiang, and hold a "group warming banquet", that is, "beating the frustration", the meaning of the Hung is frustration and boredom: eat and drink together, and then throw all the wine cups over the mountain, to get rid of bad luck, the next year to run and the first omen. But then the Jinshi also took a fancy to the beautiful Qujiang River, and also came to the banquet, and soon the first people were embarrassed to stay there, after all, people are proud of the spring breeze, and the dignitaries and nobles of Chang'an City are all coming in vehicles to choose the east bed fast son-in-law, not to see a group of losers in the lower ranks.
Now, Gao Yue has made it clear that the "Feast" of Taofen Shed will be held, and it will be held at the same place on the same day as the new and first Jinshi, is this to fight against the court, or to bring humiliation on himself?
Soon, hundreds of people in Pingkangli were all very interested in Gao Yue's feast.
Gao Yue turned around and said aloud to everyone, "On March 3rd, the Shed will hold a feast on the side of Longhuani Temple in Qujiang Beishan. β
Some people immediately expressed their willingness to go to the party, but there were also quite a few people who were more interested in the apricot garden banquet of the new jinshi, after all, who wants to see the banquet of the next person?
Slowly, the crowd dispersed, and Gao Yue was not annoyed or anxious, but stood in front of Wang Tuantuan's door with a smile, watching everyone leaveβno matter what, after today's "big trouble in Pingkangli", Taofenpeng's reputation will soon spread more widely - his purpose has been partially achieved.
Then in the small courtyard of Wang Tuantuan's hall, Yang Miao'er and several core members of the women's club also arrived, and when Gao Yue put the two horseshoe gold on the stone table, Wang Tuantuan and Yang Miaoer both shook their heads, "Gao Langjun, your two golds, are about sixty or seventy, but do you know how much the apricot garden banquet cost to the first jinshi?" β
Gao Yue said that there is geometry.
Yang Miaoer said, even if we don't want Lang Jun's tea and fruit money along the wall, and volunteered to help, the scale and momentum that Lang Jun can do with these money is still a small thing compared to the apricot garden banquet.
Then Yang Miaoer gave Gao Yue an account of the apricot garden banquet:
First of all, the money for the Qujiang Xingyuan Banquet is drawn by five Jinshi, each of whom pays 50 yuan to lay the bottom, and then all the Jinshi below the head of the head need to pay 30 "banquet money" and 10 "lottery money" - in this way, the Xingyuan Banquet, a famous banquet in Beijing, costs at least 800 to 1,000 yuan! The musician who plays music for the banquet alone has to pay 1,000 yuan a day, and in the case of candles (night performances), the salary is doubled.
Hearing this expense, Wang Tuantuan's face was full of worry.