Early in the morning, the maids of the Li family were all talking about each other in private. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info what they talked about was nothing more than Li Xiuwen teaching He'er to sing last night.

"Have you heard? He'er, that dead girl, followed the young master to learn a little song last night. A maid said.

"Isn't it? I also heard it last night, to say that this lotus is really lucky, so that the young master can take a fancy to it, it is a blessing that can only be cultivated in several lifetimes. Another maid sighed.

"Hey, she should have asked the young master to take the room last night, right? The family is not bad, why can't the young master look down on it? ”

The maid said. There was some envy and some unwillingness in his tone.

"Not really, I was watching it last night. Hmph, she thought. But in my opinion, the young master may not look down on her. ”

The other maid said so, and there was also some jealousy in her tone. They were all slightly older than He'er, and it was no wonder that a little girl climbed on top of them.

During this period, the hierarchy was strict, and the maids were all inferior. Since he was a child, he was sold to a large family's family and did some things to wait for people. When the maid reaches the age, unless the owner is kind-hearted, let her go out to marry. Not to mention that this is an extremely small number, just before this, they have inevitably let the male owner get involved and violated.

Therefore, they have no more than three ways out: one is to let the male owner accept it and be a maid in the room; the second is to give to the servants of the same status, and in the future, when they give birth to children and daughters, they will all be slaves in the master's house; The third is to resell and marry, and also become someone else's concubine, but this status is lower than that of ordinary concubines.

The concubines of big families can be given away and bought at will, let alone sleeping maids like them? But if the male owner can accept the house, his status is much higher than that of an ordinary maid.

When Li Mingshan came to the eldest brother's courtyard, she heard some of their words. After asking about the situation, he walked straight forward.

came to the place where Li Xiuwen practiced in the morning, Li Mingshan said dissatisfiedly: "Big brother, you are about to get married, and you are not leisurely. ”

At this time, Li Xiuwen had just finished walking through the swordsmanship, and after hearing this, he smiled indifferently and said, "What? Did you hear their gossip too? ”

"If you don't want anyone to know, you can't do it unless you do. It's up to you to explain to your sister-in-law when you get there. Li Mingshan snorted.

"I didn't do anything, what is there to confess?"

Li Xiuwen said with some amusement. It seems that this gossip spirit is not unique to the 21st century, but has been passed down since ancient times.

"Who believes you!" Li Mingshan pursed her lips.

"If you don't believe it, forget it!" Li Xiuwen rolled his eyes, too lazy to explain.

Li Mingshan suddenly said curiously: "What kind of song did you teach He'er?" ”

"You really want to hear it?"

Li Xiuwen looked like an old god was there, and said abruptly: "Wait for the moon to be admired tonight, and then let He'er sing it to you." ”

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, also known as the August Festival, the Moon Worship Festival, the Daughter's Festival, the Reunion Festival, etc. It is an important traditional festival with the same name as the Spring Festival.

Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had customs such as worshipping the moon, admiring the moon, worshiping the moon, eating moon cakes, appreciating osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine.

Naturally, the literati would also hold poetry gatherings. Li Xiuwen rarely interacted with these people because of his health. But he is now a celebrity in Kaifeng Mansion, so naturally he also received an invitation. It's just that these invitations made Li Xiuwen find an excuse to decline.

Most of these scholars are empty talkers who can only talk about rhetoric and recite poems. Li Xiuwen is a pragmatic person, and he is really too lazy to deal with them. In his opinion, poetry and poetry are just used for entertainment in his leisure time. Instead of chanting poetry with a group of big men, it is better to have a free time at home and with a group of maids.

When Nanjing people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, they must eat Jinling's famous dish - osmanthus duck. In fact, it is "Jinling salted duck", this dish is also a famous Jinling dish in later generations.

Osmanthus duck skin white meat is tender, fat but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, with fragrant, crispy and tender characteristics. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, when osmanthus flowers are in full bloom, the duck meat produced has the best color and taste.

Nanjing people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, after drinking, they must eat a small sugar taro, poured with cinnamon syrup, the beauty is needless to say.

The Li family has a cook, and the daughter-in-law is from Jinling. So on this night, Li Xiuwen also tasted this delicious dish.

Although the soil of Kaifeng City is not suitable for planting osmanthus flowers, the Li family also has them. It's just that the duck meat made here is not as authentic as the taste of Jinling's local cooking.

At dinner, Li Xiuwen and his father drank some osmanthus wine. After drinking, they also ate sugar taro. After dinner, Li Hongshen did not celebrate the holiday with Li Xiuwen's brothers and sisters. He said that "men don't have a full moon, and women don't sacrifice to the stove", so he went back to his own courtyard and went to find a quiet place.

Li Xiuwen's brother and sister knew that he was thinking of his mother, and the two of them didn't bother him.

Every festival, Li Xiuwen's courtyard is always the most lively. A large group of maids gathered together, in the bright moonlight, talking about the topic of their daughter's house.

"Big brother, you said you would let me listen to music at night." Li Mingshan said.

Li Xiuwen naturally readily agreed, so he asked people to bring the guqin, Li Xiuwen sat in front of the guqin, tuned the tone, and then instructed He'er: "You come and sing." ”

"Yes, young master." He'er's face was ruddy, and she was a little nervous and a little excited.

As Li Xiuwen's piano sounded, He'er sang along: "When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky." I don't know the heavenly palace, what year is it tonight? ”

The tune played by Li Xiuwen is flowing and ethereal, with He'er's clear and ethereal voice, showing the artistic conception of Su Shi's "Water Tune Song Head" to the fullest.

The tune quoted by Li Xiuwen is naturally the song of Teresa Teng's song in later generations. Although it sounds a little weird at this time, it doesn't affect the beautiful rhythm in the slightest.

"I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the high place is unbearable. Dancing to figure out the shadow, how does it seem to be in the world? ”

Li Mingshan and the maids present were stunned. This poem was also sung by people who sold artists in Qinglou places and other places during this period. It's just that the tunes sung by those people can't be compared with Li Xiuwen's tunes.

Of course, if it can be compared, Li Xiuwen will disdain to be ugly.

"Turn to Zhu Pavilion, low Qihu, shine sleeplessly. There should be no hatred, what is the long time to say goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. ”

After singing the song, everyone present was still deeply addicted to it. This song should be in response to the occasion, in the Mid-Autumn Festival, on the night of the full moon, singing the atmosphere of thousands of miles of relatives, lonely and far away.

I hope that people will last a long time, thousands of miles together! This is a beautiful yearning and wish.

These maids all left their parents when they were young and worked as subordinates in the Li family. At this time, Li Xiuwen evoked their sad emotions, and they remembered their parents and relatives. On this day of reunion, they can only celebrate the festival with the sisters around them, as well as the Li Xiuwen brothers and sisters, these two kind masters.

Next, it's time to worship the moon. Li Mingshan and the maids gathered together and set up incense tables to worship the moon.

Li Xiuwen didn't get involved, this is not a nonsense saying that "men are not full moons". It's that he knows that there is no Chang'e on this moon at all. That's just an old legend, and as a modern person, he naturally wouldn't go to worship the moon.

It's just that at this time, if this kind of thing is said, it will definitely be a big disaster. Li Xiuwen was not so uninteresting, he drank osmanthus wine and ate moon cakes by himself, and let them make a fuss.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be his wedding day. Li Xiuwen is about to get married, and this is the first time that a big girl has been on a sedan chair.

What kind of mood is it, Li Xiuwen himself can't say. I thought to myself: "Anyway, most of the men who will do this are three wives and four concubines, even if my brother is married, he can still flirt with his sister, right?" ”

Well, this feudal society also has merits. Hanging from a tree, you don't need to give up the whole forest either!