Chapter 3 On the Red Temple Festival
May 25 is the annual Red Temple Festival of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Yang Yaozong learned from the classics that the festivals of the Great Zhou Dynasty were basically the same as those of Yang Yaozong's previous life, with New Year, Shangyuan, Zhongyuan, Xiayuan, and Mid-Autumn Festivalγγγγγγ and other festivals. But there is no Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival. But there are also other festivals, such as this Red Temple Festival.
The Red Temple Festival was actually a big temple fair, and the temple fair came from Tiannan and Haibei to eat, wear, play and use. At first, on this day, it was mainly businessmen to negotiate cooperation with each other and promote some new things. Slowly, there are more people who know, and there are more people who come here to visit this day, and gradually they have evolved into talented and beautiful women, who all wear masks and come to visit this temple fair like those merchants. And at night, it is the most grand and lively, and there are fireworks to enjoy.
The day before, Yang Yaozong listened to the little girl chirping to him about how fun this festival was, and he seemed to want to go. Yang Yaozong saw the little girl's eyebrows fluttering, and said happily: "This mask to participate in this kind of large-scale party, except for most of the businessmen, they are also talented and beautiful, probably because they are afraid of going to that kind of crowded place to join in the fun, and they are a little embarrassed to come up with the solution." Since there are talented and beautiful women, and this mysterious sense of guessing, it is inevitable that there will be some romantic affairs and love stories. β
The little girl coincided with the age when she was in love, and when she heard Yang Yaozong say something romantic, she couldn't help but lower her head, twisted her fingers and blushed and laughed quietly, "What my uncle said is really right." β
Yang Yaozong has already recovered after half a month of recuperation, but he has not been out of Nangong Mansion, seeing the little girl's shy appearance, he smiled and said, "We also went to join in the fun that night, of course, I am only responsible for joining in the fun, you can go on a blind date with a small painting, which one of the talents in the picture tells my aunt that I am the one who will help you grab it, and make a pair with you, tsk, this is also a love story!" β
Seeing Yan Yaozong's wicked joke, the little girl stomped her feet a little angrily and said, "Aunt... Father! Small Paintingγγγγγγ The small paintings are just to join in the fun. If my uncle wants to say that, I'll γγγγγγ I'm not going. β
Yang Yaozong looked at the shy little girl in front of him and said with a smile: "Oh? Are you really not going? I'm going. Uncle Ben is suave and wise, although he can't achieve any love stories, in case of a romantic affair, you won't be anxious for your young lady? β
The little girl's face changed, she looked around, but when she saw Yan Yaozong's evil smile, she knew that he was making fun of herself, but she also snorted quietly: "Uncle, don't make this kind of joke, let others hear that it's not good for uncle." He chuckled in a low voice: "Uncle, you really can't see the wisdom and martial arts." Put on a mask at night but you can't see that you are suave. β
Yang Yaozong thought about it, and now he is only 1.72 meters tall. It is estimated that it is only more than 110 pounds, and it is as thin as a bamboo pole. I really can't see that he is suave and wise.
It's dusk.
As the personal girl of Nangong Affection, Xiaohua's status is almost the same as that of the housekeeper in Nangong Mansion. After dinner, the little girl arranged everything, said hello to the housekeeper, and then took Yang Yaozong to the direction of the Qinhuai River in the carriage that had been arranged.
Nangong Mansion is located in the southeast of Jinling City, not far from the Qinhuai River, and it only takes two quarters of an hour to walk there.
This was the first time Yang Yaozong stepped out of Nangong Mansion in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Yang Yaozong lifted the curtain of the car to look outside. The road is smooth and clean, but not very wide, and there are some shops and vendors on both sides of the street, as well as teahouses, restaurants, inns, and shops.
There are more pedestrians and carriages on the street today, and most of the people flow in the same direction as the carriage that Yang Yaozong is riding, and it is estimated that they are all going to the Qinhuai River to participate in the Red Temple Festival. So the carriage was not moving fast.
Yang Yaozong looked east and west, and suddenly saw a woman in a white dress standing on the roof of a two-story small building, the woman was wearing a veil, the evening breeze was blowing, and her clothes were fluttering. Yang Yaozong stared at her intently, and suddenly had a feeling of "there is a beautiful woman on the roof, peerless and independent". Thinking of saying hello, he was afraid of scaring the beautiful woman off the roof, so he just waved his hand to the beautiful woman and said, "Why are you climbing so high, the eaves are so steep, and you are standing high and looking far away?" β
The woman in white seemed to notice Yang Yaozong's actions, frowned slightly, glanced at Yang Yaozong, and with a slight touch of her toes, the person flew up like Chang'e running to the moon. Jumping from one roof to another in the distance, and then to a roof in the distance, the movements were light, elegant and coherent, the soft posture, the white dress dancing in the wind, disappeared from Yang Yaozong's sight in an instant.
Seeing Yang Yaozong's eyes widen and his mouth wide open, Xiao Hua looked out of the car seriously, thinking that Yang Yaozong was surprised to see the prosperity of Tianjing City, the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom, so he smiled and said, "Uncle, this is the first time to participate in the Red Temple Festival, right?" β
Hearing the voice of the little girl, Yang Yaozong recovered from the shock that the woman brought to him just now, and his heart was still in a trance, and he nodded silently, but the shock brought to him by the woman's kung fu, the excitement and disbelief on Yang Yaozong's face were indeed not concealed.
Then I heard the little girl continue: "In fact, like the New Year, the Shangyuan Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are more lively than the Red Temple Festival!" The Red Temple Festival is mainly like a temple fair, but the Shangyuan Festival is different from the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are various Qinglou art workshops to perform in competitions, choose Oiran! Pick the first line! Talented people are favored by the beautiful people, fighting poems and songs! It's much more lively than today! Miss also liked to participate in this kind of festival a few years ago, and made some comments on some poems, songs and performances. The people who can get the lady's evaluation are very happy. The poems written by the young lady are all works that are collected by talented and beautiful people! It's just that in recent years, young ladies have participated in less such activities, even at home. The little girl's voice lowered when she said that she was in the back, as if she was missing her own lady.
Yang Yaozong said in his heart, no matter what era it is, it is not easy for a woman to have a career. What's more, in this patriarchal dynasty, Nangong Qingyi is not a teenage girl after all, and some activities should naturally be avoided by yourself, after all, you can't participate in all kinds of activities at will like men.
looked at the little girl's somewhat depressed expression: "Then there is a chance, I will take your young lady out with you to participate in this kind of lively festival, okay?" Yang Yaozong said with a smile.
The little girl looked at Yang Yaozong's smile and nodded vigorously, "Mmmm" twice.
Yang Yaozong seemed to have a trace of thoughts drifting away with the woman in white. Some wooden people asked the little girl: "Little painting, how is Master Yue's kung fu?" β
Xiaohua replied proudly: "The master's kung fu can be said to be invincible in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the young lady is also good at kung fu." It seems that the little girl doesn't know how to describe her kung fu, so she can only answer with an invincible hand. Well! It should be invincible. The little girl was sure in her heart.
Yang Yaozong raised his voice and asked eagerly: "Oh, my father-in-law is so powerful, can he fly to the sky, just like a person, he will fly from one roof to another roof far away with a whoosh." And then it just swooped downγγγγγγ Yang Yaozong retracted his mind at this time, and his eyebrows fluttered with his index finger in front of the little girl, pointing up and down at will, as if drawing a few waves.
The little girl looked at the strokes of Yang Yaozong's fingers, covered her small mouth with both hands, and chuckled. seemed to think that my uncle's whimsy was very cute, and said, "Uncle, how can there be such kung fu!" It's all a storyteller's stuff to make up. The young lady also taught us a few personal girls to learn a few kung fu. It's still okay to be able to defend against one or two people. Miss! Can defend against three or four big men. The old man is even more powerful. There were more than a dozen people around him on the battlefield, and he couldn't get close to the master. β
Yang Yaozong saw the little girl's cute and proud little face and said with a smile: "The little painting can also do kung fu, then I have to teach my aunt and me." Your young lady's kung fu is so good. I'm terrible that she bullied me. β
The little girl smiled and said, "Miss won't!" When the young lady went to the battlefield, a few of us personal girls actually had to go with her. So the young lady taught us a few hands to deal with some emergencies, and we can also protect ourselves. It's just that Xiaohua is the youngest among the girls, and she hasn't been on the battlefield, so this time in order to take care of her uncle, Miss let Xiaohua stay before leaving. β
Yang Yaozong nodded and looked at the little painting and said with a smile: "Your young lady won't have four personal girls, they are called, Xiaoqin, Xiaoqi, Xiaoshi, and Xiaohua." Your name is Xiaohua, so you are the smallest in the ranking.
Xiao Hua stared at Yang Yaozong's smiling face and was stunned, leaned forward in surprise and stared at his big black eyes, and raised his voice a little: "Uncle! You're amazing! You're amazing! That's really the case! The little girl seems to have admired Yang Yaozong's ingenuity.
Seeing the little girl's reaction, Yang Yaozong raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth, and suddenly sighed. A joke that Xindao made unintentionally turned out to be true. The idea of naming the girl after his wife Nangong Qingyi is also interesting, what should I say about her? Slack off?
Yang Yaozong was chatting with the little girl in the carriage like this, but he was actually still thinking about the woman in white with fluttering clothes.
Since he was a child, Xiaohua has been in the mansion of the general, who is a household name for killing on the battlefield and defending the country. For Kung Fu as a whole, there should be some understanding. But according to Xiao Hua, there is no kind of kung fu described by Yang Yaozong, and the little girl has no reason to lie to herself on this matter.
Did you really see the fairy just now? There are fairies in this era? Yang Yaozong couldn't help but be frightened by his own thoughts. Fairy fairy alas!
Approaching the Qinhuai River, the flow of people was a little crowded, and many people also wore masks prepared in advance. Yang Yaozong and the little girl also got out of the carriage and walked towards the vendor selling masks on the side of the street.
At this time, it is already night, the lights on both sides of the Qinhuai River are colorful, the street is very bright, the street is crowded, and the voices of people are noisy.
Whether it is in the previous life or this dynasty, the banks of the Qinhuai River in Jinling are the representative words of entertainment and prosperity. What's more, Jinling at this time is the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the commercial systems such as teahouses, wine shops, Qinglou art workshops, etc., on both sides of the Qinhuai River, have become large-scale, and all kinds of voices are shouting and selling. If it is said that the Qinhuai River in the daytime is a gentle and shy beauty in the boudoir. Then at this time, the Qinhuai River at night has become a mature and beautiful hot girl, enthusiastically opening her arms to welcome all kinds of people who covet her beauty and charm.
Yang Yaozong was carefully selecting the mask hanging on it in front of the stall at this time. There are animal images, there are goblins and ghosts, and there are people who look like people, and they are done vividly. There are those that can cover the entire face, and there are those that can cover half of the face. Yang Yaozong chose a mask that could cover the upper half of his face. I also want to choose a mask for the little girl. saw the little girl blushing and shaking her head: "Uncle, girls and slaves can't wear masks to participate." Yang Yaozong still insisted on choosing a mask with a fat doll's head for the little girl, and said with a smile: "Don't bring it, you take it." The little girl took the mask with a red face, held it in her arms with her left hand, took out a purse from her waist with her right hand, took out a few copper plates, and paid for it.
Seeing the little girl paying, Yang Yaozong realized that he was penniless, and secretly said that he really had the potential to be a son-in-law.
The little girl saw Yang Yaozong staring at her purse and thought of something, and said with a smile: "Miss left a lot of silver for my uncle before leaving, and I put it here in the small painting." After speaking, he wanted to take out the silver ticket from his purse and give it to Yang Yaozong. Yang Yaozong pressed the little girl's little hand and said, "Just put it there for you, you can pay for what I need to buy." The little girl retracted her little hand, blushed, nodded, and hummed softly. said: "When that uncle uses silver, remember to ask Xiaohua for it." Yang Yaozong nodded.
Yang Yaozong put on a mask, led the little girl, and leisurely strolled around the stalls on both sides of the street, selling rouge gouache, fan embroidery, silver, jade and porcelainγγγγγγ At each stall, he took the little girl to stop and watch for a while. I didn't see anything I needed.
Yang Yaozong suddenly had the feeling that in his previous life, when he was still in junior high school and high school, he took his sister to participate in the village and township fair.
Happily, he took the little girl to look at the vendors one by one, and walked towards the depths of the Qinhuai River. The shouting and noise around me are endless.
Yang Yaozong stopped in front of a stall selling flowers and plants, the stall owner was a blonde and blue-eyed foreigner, and there were many people in front of the stall, pointing and pointing, talking and laughing, most of them were talking about this strange-looking foreigner, and this foreigner was not angry, and always smiled and received those who accosted him in simple and jerky Da Zhou language.
Seeing this foreigner, Yang Yaozong was very happy, and there was brilliance in his eyes, but not too much.
Yang Yaozong slowly squatted down in front of a green leafy plant, and saw that the leaves seemed to be chili peppers, but at this time, no chili peppers were produced, only small white flowers bloomed.
Looking at other plants and flowers, he suddenly smelled a pungent and familiar smell, faintly passing through the fragrance of flowers into his nose. Yang Yaozong followed the taste to find the plant, and found that there was a pot of green plants in the innermost part of the stall, which was it. Mint!
Yang Yaozong saw that this foreigner was busy dealing with the girls who were laughing with him, and he didn't look at himself at all. With some contempt in his heart, he stood up and said to the foreigner: "Hello! β
I saw that this foreigner was still lowering his eyebrows, smiling and entertaining those who seemed to look at him more than plants. Hearing Yang Yaozong's voice, he suddenly stood there as if he had been struck by lightning, his face full of surprise. stared at Yang Yaozong stunned.
Yang Yaozong raised the corners of his mouth and smiled evilly, and continued to use authentic English and asked, "Hello, where are you from, England, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain?" After saying these places, the foreigners were even more excited, tears welled up, and their hands grabbed Yang Yaozong's hand tightly and refused to let go, as if they were afraid that he would run away.
Xiaohua was startled when he saw this scene, and just wanted to come over to stop the foreigner's behavior, but was stopped by Yang Yaozong and comforted: "It's okay, it's okay." He was just saying hello to me. β
The foreigner grabbed Yang Yaozong's hand and hurriedly replied in English: "I am French. β
The people around were curious to see Yang Yaozong and the foreigner communicating in barbarian language, and they were also talking in a low voice, as if they were guessing what the two of them were talking about, and this foreigner was actually excited to tears. As everyone knows, this foreigner has been in Da Zhou for nearly two years, and due to language communication problems, he has a lot of misunderstandings with people, and his life is very difficult. I finally saw someone who could communicate with him, and of course he couldn't let him go.
Yang Yaozong heard him say that he was French, and he used authentic French to communicate with him. The foreigner looked at Yang Yaozong's eyes as if he had seen God, and his excited expression was self-evident.
Yang Yaozong learned from the exchange with the foreigner that this foreigner's name was Bruno, who was exploring on an ocean-going ship and did not want to encounter a storm at sea, so he was fortunate to be swept to the coast of the Great Zhou and survived.
Yang Yaozong continued to communicate with Bruno in French under the curious eyes of everyone. Yang Yaozong and Bruno both knew that this place was not suitable for a detailed discussion today, so they just briefly introduced each other, and also asked where Bruno was staying, and specifically pointed to mint and peppers, saying that they would go to his house tomorrow and see what plant bonsai they wanted to buy more. Bruno nodded eagerly, and looked forward to Yang Yaozong coming to his house as a guest.