Chapter Ninety-Seven: Mandarin Ducks
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Jia Wei sat in front of the bookcase, holding the invitation in his hand and looking at it carefully.
Aside from those elegant and polite words, it is nothing more than time, place, and people, and the post said that the poetry meeting will be scheduled for a banquet at Tongshan Temple on May 15, when in addition to many talented people, people from all circles of high society in the capital will participate.
Jia Wei naturally knows that Tongshan Temple is located on Tongshan Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing, it is a famous big temple in Beijing, and Tongshan Poetry Club is even more famous, one of the grand events in Beijing.
The post was delivered from outside the second gate, and Wei Ruolan herself did not come, so she sent a domestic servant to deliver the post. Jia Wei didn't wonder how the other party knew his identity, Zhao Heng was there, it was difficult not to know, it was nothing more than to find Zhao Heng and inquire about it. Thinking of Zhao Heng, Jia Wei felt a little ashamed, because of Jia Jia'an's bad comment of conniving at truancy, Zhao Heng had already rolled up the bed and went home, Zhao Heng did not complain about this, this time the money he earned was worth several years of tutor's salary, Jia Wei later compensated him with dozens of taels of silver, he was already content, after a while, find a way to find a private school to teach.
Back to the invitation.
Regarding Wei Ruolan's invitation, Jia Wei was a little thoughtful, but he didn't know that the other party was because he gave the poem in the country at that time; I still considered it in advance, and after inquiring with Zhao Heng, I learned the identity of a child of his family, and after comprehensive consideration, I finally sent this invitation. If it is the former, participating in the poetry meeting must be done on the spot, the latter can be done or not, the invitation also said, all kinds of people in the upper class society in the capital will participate, in fact, it is the nature of the meeting, very free, it is good to say that the vassal is elegant, and it is good to say that there is honor, anyway, it is to have a lively time, there are many people, and they are all together, these talents are naturally enthusiastic, and they are more interested in making poems.
Speaking of which, when he came to this world, Jia Wei was not afraid to copy a few good poems, to put it bigger, these are the treasures of human civilization, this world does not have it, he will add it, add some bright colors, to say smaller, he needs all kinds of resources, accumulate strength, fame is also one of them, and it is very important, fame is fame, hope is prestige, both Jia Wei will do it one by one.
Poetry will be given poems, especially in the Tongshan Poetry Society such a scale of literati event, a good poem is released, recognized and respected, the effect is much greater than that of inadvertently circulating, not only high gold content, the speed of transmission is also amazing, of course, the famous poet is another matter. In the large and small counties of the Great Zhou Kingdom, there are countless poetry meetings, but the only one that can be compared with the Tongshan Poetry Society is the "Qinhuai Night Yin" in Jinling, one south and one north, reflecting each other, and it is a grand occasion. Participating in the Tongshan Poetry Club, throwing out good poems, and creating fame is exactly what Jia Wei needs, but he is not without entanglements now.
The problem is that he didn't plan to become famous too early, specifically, he didn't want to be famous for poetry too early, after all, the fourteen-year-old age was there, and he was a little immature, and next year might be better and more acceptable. If it weren't for that, he would try to participate himself, and without Wei Ruolan's invitation at all, the Tongshan Poetry Club, with the energy of the Jia family, would still be able to enter.
It is precisely because of this entanglement that Jia Wei will bother to think about whether Wei Ruolan will invite him as a talent, or simply invite him to the meeting, after all, when he gets there, there are some things that cannot be done by him, the rules of the poetry club are put down, and if he is invited by a talent, he has to make poems, but he can't shirk it, everyone is the same, how can he be special? If he really starts to write poetry, he can't help but take it seriously, if he does a casual poem, it will be completely different from his plan to create fame, but if he really copies a good poem, and it is contrary to his plan to become famous too early, it is really a bit of a dilemma. He didn't know if there was a difference between other invitations, and the nature of the invitation was written, or it was the same as what he received, but he couldn't take the initiative to go to Guozijian to ask the other party what kind of invitation it was, otherwise it would inevitably make people laugh, and it would be quite troublesome to go or not.
Then I thought of Wei Ruolan, he was about to take the initiative to intersect with the other party, seeking an opportunity to stop the possible upcoming marriage contract between the two parties, Tongshan Poetry Club is an excellent opportunity, or the beginning of an excellent opportunity, if you refuse the invitation this time, it may not be easy to intersect in the future, and then it will be difficult to solve the matter that affects Xiangyun.
Wei Ruolan, he appreciates it, and the invitation sent over this time is enough to prove that the other party is also impressed by him and has a good impression, so it is also a pleasure for the two sides to get to know each other, but with a clear purpose, things will naturally change their taste. Jia Wei has thought more than once that Wei Ruolan's short life may be due to some accident, if someone often reminds her to be vigilant, she may be able to avoid it, but this kind of speculation is boring after all, even if it is true, as long as there is a case, the result is still the same, Xiangyun is still widowed, therefore, he still has to beat the mandarin ducks.
But in any case, no matter whether the purpose of the interaction is pure or not, in short, the two sides must intersect and seek opportunities from the intersection...... Oh, the sooner you become famous, the sooner you become famous, it's not that there are no thirteen or fourteen-year-old geniuses in poetry, but there are just a few morning stars. Jia Wei thought like this, but made a decision, Tongshan Poetry Club, no matter what, he had to go.
"Second Master Bao, how can you be fascinated by this invitation to the poetry club?"
A pleasant voice came, Jia Wei hurriedly put away his thoughts, put the invitation on the table, turned around and smiled at the person sitting next to him, "Damn, damn, I was going to talk to my sister, but after reading this post, I thought of something else, and I treated my sister slowly, and asked my sister to forgive me." ”
"To put it so pitifully, why do I want you to talk with me?"
The person who spoke was Mandarin Duck, the number one girl in Jia's mother's house, powerful and status, still above Ping'er, Jia's mother told her to come to Jia Wei's side often to have a look, so she came over every now and then. She has a very good relationship with the attacker, and when she comes over, she always pulls the attacker to accompany her, the two of them talk, do needlework together, and when it is about the hour, she goes out of the garden and goes to Jia's mother to talk back, and has been regarded as a little spy by Jia Wei, and there is also a personal maid sent by Mrs. Wang.
Every time the mandarin duck comes over, most of the time it is nothing more than staying in the big room with the attacker, but from time to time he will walk on the corridor, and by the way he walked into Jia Wei's study, Jia Wei is sorting out and recording those things in her previous life, she sits with the attacker to talk, do needlework, and sometimes talk to Jia Wei, running and fishing These two things are also carefully understood.
The same is true today, she stayed in the big room for a while, and then came hand in hand with the attacker, and the two sat down side by side in front of Jia Wei's bookcase, discussing the matter of needlework and thread, which color is better with which color, how to separate the warp and weft is easier and more labor-saving, etc., it just so happened that Jia Wei's post came in from outside the second door, she and the attacker read it together, both of them handled the accounts in their respective courtyards, but they knew some common words, Sister Feng Ping'er and they were the same, but they could not read and write, but Jia Wei's invitation was very elegantly worded, and quoted the classics, they didn't understand it very clearly, Jia Wei had to patiently say something for them, anyway, but touched his nose, needless to say, the matter of being invited to the Tongshan Poetry Club will soon be passed to the old lady through the little spy of Mandarin Duck. Naturally, it doesn't matter, it's just that there are more little spies around him, which inevitably makes him feel weird.
A moment ago, there was something to call her on the temporary side of the attacker, and when she went to the wing, only the mandarin duck was left sitting here alone, and he was thinking about the meeting, the little spy was sitting alone and bored, so he naturally wanted to talk to him, and he might have heard that his words were insincere, and he was damn and forgiven, but he said it with a smile, and he hated him to show his dissatisfaction.