Chapter 13: Queqiao Immortal
Xiaoya sat next to Su Ziheng, originally watching the song and dance performance on the stage with relish at first, but as time went by and the sun set, she began to sit still, twisted her body, and kept asking, "Uncle, when are we going home?" My sister is still at home and waiting for us for dinner. ”
Su Ziheng blinked his eyes and thought, isn't it, he is not a lonely person like in his previous life, and he now has a sister-in-law at home. If she goes back too late, I'm afraid it will worry her.
At this moment, Hua Niang walked to the stage step by step, waving an embroidered handkerchief, and said in a charming manner: "Hello guests, the slave family just got a new song from the sect master, which is the latest lyric of Zhang Yezhang, the first genius of Xiliang." ”
As she spoke, Hua Niang instructed the little servants below to copy Zhang Ye's [Winning the Championship Tanabata] new words to each table present, and then sighed to herself: "The slave family admires Lord Zhang's lyrics very much, and I know that this year's Oiran Contest may be lost to the Jiao Sifang again, and the slave family is used to it." ”
"But the little girl refuses to admit defeat easily, and wants to take advantage of the fact that there is still some time before the Qixi Festival to see if she can find a good poem? For this reason, the slave family is willing to pay a hundred taels of silver to moisten the pen, and ask for a good song, if the little girl is lucky enough to win the Oiran, the slave pen fee will be doubled! ”
Rumble!
The audience was in an uproar, and even Su Ziheng couldn't sit still. One hundred taels of silver, which was a sum he had never imagined. Previously, he decided to plagiarize a few lyrics, and he was already satisfied if he could sell them for a dozen taels of silver.
You must know that in ancient times, it was those poets and authors who starved to death the most. You don't see Liu Yong, a generation of great lyricists who is known as "wherever there is well water, you can sing willow words", wrote countless lyrics that have been passed down through the ages, and he was poor all his life, and even after his death, several prostitutes pooled money to bury him.
Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of Red Mansions", one of the four famous novels, also wrote and revised the book on a hungry stomach. There are also poets such as Du Fu and others, although their names have been passed down through the ages, their families are poor.
Su Ziheng didn't know how much a hundred taels of silver was worth, but yesterday he learned from his sister-in-law Zhang Wanqing that the rent of the yard rented by his family for one month was consistent.
The exchange ratio of the Great Xia silver taels is one tael of silver for consistent copper coins, that is, one thousand wen coins. If he buys the courtyard where he lives now, it will only be more than forty taels of silver. It can be seen that a hundred taels of silver is not a small amount.
"If you have this hundred taels of silver, let alone pay off the three months of rent owed to Mrs. Wu, it will be more than enough to redeem the White Deer Academy. Maybe you can buy a few acres of land in the countryside and live the leisurely rural life of your dreams. ”
Thinking of this, Su Ziheng's heart was hot. Turning his head to Xiaoya, he said, "Xiaoya, otherwise you go back and talk to your sister-in-law first, I have something to do and go back later, so you don't have to wait for me to eat." ”
The little girl wrinkled her little face and said reluctantly: "Uncle, why don't you go home with me?" ”
Su Ziheng stretched out his hand and touched her slightly dry hair, and said softly: "Because Uncle wants to make money, he can buy delicious things for you when the time comes." ”
"Oh," the little girl replied, and asked uneasily, "Then uncle, will you recognize the way home in a while?" ”
Su Ziheng smiled: "Don't worry, I didn't see that there are uncle's classmates next to me." Even if I don't know the way, I can ask him to take me back. But you, be more careful on the road and don't get lost. ”
Xiaoya hurriedly shook her head and said, "Uncle, I won't get lost." I've walked back and forth many times on this West Market Street, and I can't lose it. ”
After speaking, she reluctantly said hello to Su Ziheng and went back to report to Zhang Wanqing.
Su Ziheng glanced at her thin body, a little uneasy, and said to Song Jianming: "Brother Song, can you ask your scholar to escort my little sister, I really don't worry about her going back alone." ”
Song Jianming smiled, "Why not." Xiao An, you go up and take a look, and be careful to send her home safely. ”
"Yes, Childe." The scholar named Xiao An answered, pulled his legs and chased in the direction where Xiao Ya left.
"Thank you so much, Brother Jianming." Seeing that Song Jianming was so concerned about himself, Su Ziheng was finally embarrassed to call him the more distant "Brother Song" again, but changed his name to "Brother Jianming".
Song Jianming also cared, but smiled and said: "You and I are classmates, why bother to see each other like this." The foolish brother is still counting on appreciating the masterpieces of the virtuous brother. ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, and I have to give advice from Brother Jianming in a while!"
The two were talking to each other, and the little guy in the Nuanxiang Pavilion over there had already sent Zhang Ye's song [Winning the Championship Tanabata] lyrics.
Song Jianming took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but read it softly, and after reading it, he high-fived and exclaimed: "What a 'dream in front of the eaves', Master Zhang is really good at words, and he is worthy of being the first genius in my Xiliang." ”
Su Ziheng also leaned forward, recited it silently, nodded and agreed: "Sure enough, it's a good word, it's still specially filled in for Qixi Festival." ”
Song Jianming suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "Originally, when I heard that Hua Niang was willing to pay a hundred taels of pen money, I was still excited, thinking that I could gamble my luck." But now when I look at Mr. Zhang's lyrics, I know that this pen fee is not easy to get. It is estimated that in Liangzhou, it is impossible to come up with better words than this one. ”
Su Ziheng snickered beside him, that may not be, others can't do it, it doesn't mean I can't do it! I admit that this song [Winning the Championship Tanabata] is indeed well written, but if you want to say that there is no comparable Tanabata word on it, I accept it, and Qin Guan is not convinced.
In the history of the previous life, if you want to say that the lyrics of the Qixi Festival have fallen for thousands of years, you have to mention Qin Guan's song [Queqiao Immortal Fiber Cloud Trick]. Almost anyone who knows a little bit about Song Ci has heard this poem, and it is a touching love word for the ages.
In his previous life, Su Ziheng was a high school Chinese teacher and a senior student of the Chinese Department of the Eight Classics, how could he not recite this poem?
When he entered the Warm Incense Pavilion with Song Jianming today, he also considered whether to sacrifice this big killing weapon to deter people in this era, and pretend to be forced by the way.
But he was worried that the money was too small and he would sell it cheaply. I thought about choosing a few slightly inferior Tanabata songs, and I would earn enough rent first. Unexpectedly, as soon as the old bustard of Nuanxiang Pavilion opened his mouth, it was a hundred taels of pen fee, and if he won the top spot in the Qixi Oiran Competition, the pen fee would be doubled.
Where is Su Ziheng still sitting now? Anyway, this poem is also plagiarized, and I am very satisfied with being able to exchange it for a hundred taels of silver. Besides, in addition to this song [Queqiao Immortal Fiber Cloud Trick], there is still a lot of stock in his stomach.
The cub sells Ye Tian and is not distressed!
If you find "it" in the future, not to mention a few poems, even various famous books and encyclopedias in ancient and modern China and abroad, you can get it out yourself.
Su Ziheng remembered that for this crossing, in order to deal with the various situations that arose after the crossing, he had carefully prepared for three years. It can be said that 80% of the monthly salary was invested, and later I borrowed more than 1 million from a loan shark company.
He used all this money to buy various supplies. As for the more than one million that cheated the loan shark company, Su Ziheng didn't feel a burden at all.
Are there any good people who have been lending usury in these years?