Chapter Twenty-Four: A Chance Encounter with the Painting Boat
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At this time, the Nanyang River is already a painting boat like a weaving, the lights are bright, the sound of silk and bamboo, and the singing is melodious. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Some upper-class people with status or some money in Qingzhou City will either buy or rent a painting boat tonight to be elegant.
There are many painting boats on the Nanyang River, and there are many painting boats parked on the shore, obviously these painting boats docked on the shore, and some important guests have not yet arrived.
Of course, the painting boat on the river is inseparable from the Qinlou Chu Pavilion in the city, and today each Qinlou Chu Pavilion will whitewash its own painting boat, and compete for beauty.
Today's Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting is also the day of Qingzhou's annual selection of the new Oiran, tonight, the Oiran competition will be held on the boat of the major Qinlou Chu Hall on the Nanyang River.
Today's day is also a good opportunity for the Qinlou Chu Pavilion to improve its reputation and attract business, and the red girls of the Qinlou Chu Pavilion who are expected to compete for the Oiran are some of them are seizing the last time to rehearse, and some are in harmony with the lyrics and songs of those talented and famous people.
Bursts of laughter came from the colorful lanterns hanging high and the colorful painting boats were on the boat.
The famous prostitutes of Qinlou Chu Pavilion rely on fame the most, and being elected as an Oiran is undoubtedly the best means to improve their fame, but there is a huge Qingzhou, after all, there is only one Oiran, not everyone can be elected.
In fact, the fame of the famous prostitutes in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion is all won out by those literati and scholars, so having a good relationship with the famous talents in Qingzhou is also an important means for the famous prostitutes to improve their fame. If a famous genius writes a wonderful poem to a famous prostitute, and the famous chronicles compose a tune and sing it, they can undoubtedly become famous the fastest.
As for those talented scribes, they naturally hope that their poems can be praised by others. In this era, there are not as many media means as in later generations, and Qinglou singing is basically the only and best means of media promotion.
At this time, the courtesans were quite talented, and not everyone's poems would be sung regardless of the good or the bad. If you beg them to sing poems that don't fit their eyes, they don't bother to sing them, so sometimes, to a large extent, poets have to ask for those popular famous prostitutes. Through the singing of popular prostitutes, it is also an important means to improve the popularity of their own poems and improve the fame of their talents.
These famous prostitutes can often go in and out of wealthy families and contact powerful people, if she sings your poems, and then introduce two sentences to a certain dignitary: "This is the masterpiece of a certain son, this son is outstanding in learning, quick in writing, and is a first-class talent." In this way, your talent and fame may spread quickly, and perhaps you will also be appreciated and recommended by some dignitaries, so as to rise to prominence. Therefore, the relationship between talented and famous prostitutes is mutually beneficial, and talented and famous prostitutes are hot.
Moreover, if the famous prostitutes of Qinlou Chu Pavilion are good, the first choice is also those talented scribes, and marrying a businessman who is full of copper smell is their last and most helpless choice. "Rather be a concubine of a talented son than a businessman's wife" is the mainstream of this era.
And the talents rely on their poems to win the hearts of beauties, and they can enter the house, be guests of the curtain, or even have to hug the beauties, which will definitely be passed down as a good story in the Great Song Dynasty. Maybe after tonight, there will be many stories of talented and beautiful people.
Do you want to go to Qinglou later to see the customs of famous prostitutes in the Great Song Dynasty? Maybe he can win the heart of a certain beauty by throwing his head out, Zhong Hao couldn't help but think narcissistically.
But looking at the Xu family and Wan'er around them, it is obvious that I have no chance to see the prostitutes of the Qing Mansion tonight.
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After Zhong Hao and the three of them said goodbye to the middle-aged scribes, they walked along the banks of the Nanyang River, while looking for the painting boat rented by the Gaodeli brothers on the river.
There are too many boat boats on the Nanyang River, and the three of them wasted a lot of effort to find a boat with red lanterns with the word "high" hanging from the many boats docked on the riverbank.
The small bolt waiting for someone on the shore with a lantern also saw Zhong Hao and the three of them, and hurriedly greeted loudly: "Master, this side...... Our ship is here! After saying that, he hurriedly ran over to greet him.
"Say hello to my master, my uncle is good, my aunt is good!" The little bolt smiled and saluted Zhong Hao and the three of them. Xiao Bolt was one of the four teenagers that Zhong Hao and Gao Deli picked out among the victims in the west of the city. Because I knew that Zhong Hao's family also escaped from Hebei Road, he was very cordial with Zhong Hao.
Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the people of Qingzhou City have gone to Haidai Street and Nanyang River to participate in the poetry meeting, located in the natural residence of Lihua Street, there are not many guests, the Gao brothers simply closed for a day, gave the guys a holiday, and took the opportunity to rest.
Today is the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, and the diners will naturally not blame the closed doors.
The two running guys hired by Natural House were natives of Qingzhou City, so they went home to celebrate the holiday with their families. The four of them are orphans, and they live in a natural place, and they have nowhere to go. Gao Deli took them out and let them help out on the painting boat tonight, which was kind of a way to let them play and relax.
"Oh, why am I an aunt again? Am I that old? Xu Shi couldn't help but smile when he heard a small bolt about the same size as Zhong Hao call himself his aunt.
"You're still young, but you're old!" The little bolt laughed.
"If you have a high seniority, you will be called an aunt in the future!"
"That's not good, then I'm not a generation higher than my master, it's no wonder that my master doesn't break my leg!" The four of them are apprentices of the natural residence, and the Gao brothers are naturally their masters.
The little bolt carried a lantern and led the three of them to the boat.
The painting boat rented by the Gao brothers is a medium-sized painting boat. Today's Nanyang Poetry Club, renting such a painting boat is really not cheap. However, now the Gao brothers are also considered to have a thin family, although it is more expensive, but they can still afford to rent. In the three months since the reopening, the business has been very good, and they have naturally earned a lot of money.
When the little bolt led Zhong Hao and the three of them to the flower hall of the painting boat, Zhong Hao saw that there were already many people in the flower hall, all of them were laughing and talking about tonight's poetry meeting.
Gao Deli hurriedly introduced Zhong Hao and the three of them to everyone.
The high-ranking Hun family led Xu and Wan'er to sit in the flower hall. The so-called flower hall inside and outside is just a hollow carved screen in the middle, and you can see each other inside and outside. At this time, the atmosphere was open, science had not yet emerged, and the defense of men and women was far less than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations.
In the flower hall, it is obvious that the yin and yang are declining, there are more than a dozen women in the inner room, there are only Zhong Hao and Gao Deli brothers, plus Gao Deli's son Xiaohuzi, a total of four men.
Most of the women in it are the best friends of the Lu family of the Gaodeli Hun family, and they are in the flower hall at this time, drinking fragrant drinks and eating candied fruits, while talking about poetry and reciting poems.
The Gao family is a family of merchants, and most of the girlfriends made by the Lu family are also the daughters of the family of merchants. But everyone in the Great Song Dynasty has elegant bones, and most of these merchant families are wealthy, and it is not uncommon for their daughters to like to recite poems and be vassals. At this time, whether it is a beautiful lady or a small jasper, the Ruyi Langjun in the dream is those who can chant poetry against it.
Zhong Hao and a few people sat around the small group by the window of the flower hall, eating all kinds of fruits and vegetables, drinking "jade liquid clear", watching the women talk about poetry and lyrics, but it was also pleasant-
In the flower hall, the women discussed the poetry masterpieces of some famous talents tonight, and proposed that the women themselves also write a few poems, so as to meet the grand occasion of the Nanyang Poetry Club tonight.
All the women thought about it one after another, wanting to write a good poem and be in the limelight.
Xu and Wan'er don't know how to make poetry, but it doesn't prevent them from appreciating others talking about poetry and lyrics, and it's good to feel the charm of poetry in this grand event. The two of them, accompanied by Lu, sat in a corner, smiling and watching the women talk about poetry and lyrics.
This is, a round-faced girl in a goose-yellow gown and a dragon bun, suddenly said, "I have it!" ”
Zhong Hao just took a sip of wine, and when he heard such a fierce word, he couldn't help but squirt out a "poof". Look at that girl is obviously dressed as a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, why is she so strong, even if you are pregnant, you can't shout so loudly, there are still men here!
However, Zhong Hao immediately realized that he had misunderstood, because the round-faced girl then spoke: "I made a song "Partridge Sky", please give me some advice!" "It turns out that people have a lyric song.
The round-faced girl said loudly:
"Zhu Han diligently arches the jade plate, and the curtain on the shadow of the Gui is sparse, and the new song is due, but the old strings are detached.
Seeking good dreams, dreams are difficult to come true, the west wind is cold over the pillow, and the poor man is like the moon tonight, one in the rivers and lakes and one in the sky. ”
When the round-faced girl finished groaning, the girls began to chatter.
A girl in a light blue skirt laughed and said, "Ah, Sister Xin'er, this is a lonely pillow and sleepless, and she is anxious to get married!" Hee-hee, is it still in the rivers and lakes and in the sky? Isn't that beloved of yours right in front of you? As he spoke, he smiled and looked at the high fortune on the side of the screen.
The high-ranking Hunjia Lu also laughed and said: "Before you get married, it is the end of the world, you can rest assured, when the period of rich filial piety is full, my sister-in-law will immediately handle family affairs for you, but you can't let Xin'er's sister 'cold after the west wind' for a long time, and let you share the same bed as soon as possible!" ”
The round-faced girl called Xin'er couldn't help but shyly say, "Sister-in-law, why are you laughing at me!" ”
Some time ago, Zhong Hao heard Gao Deli say that Gao Deli had set up a family affair, but he didn't expect it to be the Xin'er girl in front of him. Zhong Hao smiled at Gao Defu, who was already blushing on the side, and said, "Defu, this daughter-in-law is very beautiful!" ”
Gao Defu looked at Miss Xin'er and was stupid, and when he heard Zhong Hao's words, he said, "Well, Xin'er is really good at words!" ”
Gao Deli scolded with a smile: "You are real, others didn't praise it, you praised your daughter-in-law first!" ”
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With Miss Xin'er at the beginning, a few more girls soon came out with words.
Zhong Hao listened to them one by one and felt that the poems made by these women, although they were full of daughterly spirit, most of them were written quite beautifully, with a quiet artistic conception, and they were still quite charming.
At this time, another girl with bangs on her forehead and a lake-green cardigan stood up and chanted aloud in the center of the flower hall:
"Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, kneading flower notes without poetry, dewing laurel branches.
The star laughing idiot, the moon laughing idiot, still asking if the Yiren know, the wind shakes the willow silk. ”
"Huh", when Zhong Hao saw the girl's face clearly through the hollow screen, he couldn't help but let out a surprised sound.
As soon as the voice came out, Zhong Hao knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly turned his face away.
But it was too late, Zhong Hao's exclamation had already alarmed the girl in the lake-green placket. As soon as the girl saw Zhong Hao, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, walked to the front of the screen, and sneered: "Yo, isn't this Zhong Dacai, what's the matter, I didn't do well in this song "Sauvignon Blanc"?" ”
"Miss Su is extremely talented, and this poem is excellent!"
This girl wearing a lake green gown is the blind date that Mama Zheng wanted to introduce to Zhong Hao that time - Su Xiaotao, the eldest girl from Su Yuanwai's family. In fact, she has a few small pockmarks on her forehead, and her eyebrows and bangs are covered and she can't see it at all, and the last time she chased and killed the little third son of Zhang Butcher's family with a rolling pin, it was because the little third son of Zhang Butcher's family was teasing first. Zhong Hao just refused to go on a blind date, but Zhong Hao said that she was a girl with a pockmarked face and rude manners, which made Su Xiaotao grit her teeth with hatred for Zhong Hao.
Every time Zhong Hao walked from Huaishu Street, Su Xiaotao always looked at Zhong Hao with a cold eyebrow and a posture. Zhong Hao knew that he was at a loss, and when he saw her, he avoided walking, but he didn't expect to meet here.
"Why did Zhong Dacai look disdainful just now?"
"Not down there!"
"Yes, I see that your expression just now just now just looks like I did this song. Tell me, what's wrong with my poem? I can't say it's ugly, it's not over! ”
Zhong Hao couldn't help but be speechless, isn't this nonsense? Which eye did you see that I disdain your words?
However, Zhong Hao really has no way to take Su Xiaotao, for this kind of nonsense, it doesn't make sense to be reasonable.
Zhong Hao had to rack his brains to find something that could be changed in this poem, and after thinking about it for a while, he really let him find it, and then Zhong Hao cleared his throat and said: "Well, Miss Su's "Sauvignon Blanc" Xiaoling is fresh and refined, the artistic conception is beautiful, and the end is good. However, the laurel branch and willow silk are trees, which seem to be repeated, and the dew is difficult to see on the branches, and it is also less beautiful. ”
"Dew dips on the begonia branches, the wind shakes the willow silk", Su Xiaotao groaned slightly, and found that it was really better to change according to what Zhong Hao said, and glared at Zhong Hao at the moment, and still said unforgivingly: "Hmph, you will also talk on paper, and if you have the ability, you can also make a poem to listen!" ”
"How can there be such a talent as Miss Su below, you can't do it even if you kill it!"
"Hmph, I know you can't do it!" Su Xiaotao snorted and returned to the inner room.
The women couldn't help but surround Su Xiaotao and ask this and that, inquiring about gossip, and glanced at Zhong Hao from time to time, laughing and laughing, Zhong Hao couldn't help but be even more embarrassed.
"Master, didn't you compose a poem tonight? Daddy said that the master is the best, how can he not make poems for you! Xiaohuzi looked at Zhong Hao, waiting for a pair of big eyes and asked curiously. Apparently he heard the conversation between Zhong Hao and Su Xiaotao.
The little tiger combs two pigtails, looks like a tiger, and is very cute. Zhong Hao touched his little head and taught earnestly: "Little Huzi, my master told you that the most offended person in this world is a woman, and you will understand in the future!" ”
"But I think my mother is very good, I offended her, and she was reluctant to beat me!"
"Ahem, ahem...... Uh, watch the fireworks. ”
Countless firecrackers sounded outside the window of the flower hall, and countless fireworks could be seen blooming in the sky through the window, and the highlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Meeting, the Oiran Contest, began.