A joyful and unrestrained "Horse Racing" made everyone fascinated, the aftermath has not yet dissipated, the cheers rang out, Zhu Daolin said that he was ugly, so he quickly took off the fingertip tape, pretending not to see the disgusting and reluctant gaze of his sister-in-law, and he smiled and carefully put away the eight tortoiseshell nails.

Listening to the fascination is far more than the sister-in-law who loves the rhythm of music, the more than ten maids on both sides of the gathering are full of admiration and reluctant to leave for a long time, Zhao Xunting, who has always been calm, cheered, raised his head and drank a full cup of tea, and issued a sigh of "when the big white is floating", and Ying Changpei, who was surprised, watched Zhu Daolin's every move with a smile.

Zhu Daolin, who didn't want to show off anymore, had no choice but to ask the servants on the left and right, "Is lunch ready?" ”

The next people only then remembered that they did not make lunch, and ran to the backyard in panic, the large family is not the same as the civilian family with two meals per day, and usually has to add a supper in addition to the three meals a day, if the head of the family is interested, or there are relatives and friends who come to the door, they usually put down a sumptuous banquet, often from the sun down to the middle of the night three watches, if you meet the Donglin Party those ubiquitous Confucian celebrities and talented people gathering, do not drink from noon to dawn the next day, but also have to invite a large number of famous prostitutes of the famous Qinglou to accompany them.

A few crimson maids turned around and ran a few steps back again, carefully came up and picked up the copper kettle on the small charcoal stove to add water, removed Fluttershy from the tea table and replaced it with new dried fruits, shortbreads, preserved fruits and other snacks, and their cute looks of sincere fear made Zhu Daolin laugh.

"Brother Xian's piano skills are superb, and the things he uses are not ordinary! I'm afraid this kite will cost a lot of silver, right? ”

Ying Changpei revealed the essence of a profiteer in a blink of an eye, and although the concubine and Zhao Xunting on the side were a little contemptuous, they were also very curious.

Zhu Daolin wanted to put the guzheng in the leather box, but when he heard the words, he could only stop, move out of the omnipotent Tianshu Pavilion again, and sacrifice the magic weapon of converting one yuan into one or two pieces of silver:

"This zither comes from the hands of Mr. Xu Zhengao, the master of the Tianshu Pavilion, even if ordinary people have more silver, it is rare to see, and the younger brother also found a friend who is familiar with Mr. Xu to help, and spent more than 60,000 taels of silver after several tosses and turns, before he was lucky to get this zither."

"Mr. Xu is close to old age, eight years ago after his 70th birthday, he no longer made the piano, this zither is made by his old man in the year of the sixtieth year, extremely precious, so even if it costs more silver, it is worth it."

Everyone thought so, and Mrs. Sister-in-law praised Zhu Daolin's good luck, and wanted to ask the more handsome the little uncle could buy a good kite for himself, his husband said very sadly: "It's not early, let's go home to fill our stomachs." ”

"Not eating here?" Zhu Daolin asked in surprise.

Zhao Xunting also warmly retained: "Let's have a drink together, today is the joy of the housewarming of the virtuous brother of Daolin!"

Ying Changpei stood up without hesitation: "Save it, what kind of housewarming is it today?" This place is the largest righteous school in Jinling City and even the entire Jiangnan, and it is the place where the Qing School of Medicine is about to open a large medical center on Laoshan Mountain, so it is just a small nest where the virtuous brother temporarily settled. ”

"After the completion of his mansion under Tiger Mountain, it will be considered the real joy of housewarming, and then you need to celebrate it, haha! Next time, there are a lot of mundane affairs, so you can't go if you don't go! ”

At this point, Zhu Daolin and Zhao Xunting had no choice but to send Ying Changpei, who was like an arrow, and his reluctant sister-in-law to the gate of the courtyard, and watched their four-wheeled carriage drive out of the gate of Zizhuyuan before regrettably returning to the main hall.

At lunchtime, Zhu Daolin deliberately entered the bedroom inside, took out ten boxes of blue and white porcelain vases from the King Kong circle for standby, and then took out a box to drink with Zhao Xunting, and the two of them guessed why Ying Changpei was so abnormal today? Without waiting for the discussion to come up with a result, the porter Lao Qin hurriedly entered and reported that Mr. Ying had come back alone.

Zhu Daolin and Zhao Xunting glanced at each other in surprise, and they both stood up and prepared to go out to greet each other, and the shopkeeper Ying, who had changed into a dark silk robe, had already come in with a spring breeze on his face:

"Before I entered the yard, I smelled the mellow wine, and it hooked all the wine worms in my stomach, haha...... What are you doing standing stupidly? Go back and sit down, a few brothers have a good drink, and there is a good thing to tell you two when it's over, haha! ”

The clever maids had already set up the tableware and wine glasses, Yuhu opened a new bottle of wine and poured a glass for Ying Changpei, and then filled it for senior brother Zhu Daolin and quasi-senior brother Zhao Xunting.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Ying Changpei, who was satisfied, exported the atmosphere beautifully, took the cotton towel sent by the little maid and wiped his mouth, and then said with a smile on his face:

"This wine has a lot of stamina, although it doesn't hurt to wake up after drinking high, but if you drink too much, you will get drunk quickly, so both of you should drink less, otherwise you won't be able to drink it after a while, haha!"

"Traveling in Qinhuai? No way! I finally understand why you sent your wife home in a hurry, I didn't expect that the Ying Da shopkeeper, who has always been elegant and majestic, has a glorious tradition of being afraid of his wife, very good! Keep it up, haha! Zhu Daolin was so happy after he figured it out.

Zhao Xunting and Ying Changpei have been friends for many years, and they know very well the reason why their friend Ying Changpei is afraid, but it is just a matter of his friend's privacy and cannot be revealed to Zhu Daolin on this occasion, so he just smiled and stopped participating in the fight.

Ying Changpei, who was born and is now famous, how could he admit that he was afraid of his wife, he glanced at the gloating Zhu Daolin with disdain, and asked unhurriedly:

"Why don't you dare to visit Qinhuai so far? Why did Brother Fool always refuse without hesitation every time he proposed to go to the flower boat to drink and listen to a song? I secretly speculated that the virtuous brother might like the rabbit Xianggong, but today I have experienced the image of the virtuous brother facing the beautiful maid and the fascination, and I know that the virtuous brother still likes beautiful women, but why don't you dare to visit Qinhuai? ”

Zhu Daolin completely understood, thought about it and said what was in his heart: "It's not that the little brother doesn't dare to go, but he is very disappointed!" Originally, before I came, I always thought that Jinling City, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, was definitely a gold powder city that every man yearned for, with beautiful women in the streets and alleys like clouds, and buildings and red sleeves on both sides of Qinhuai ......"

"However, when I really arrived, I realized that the young women who walked around the banks of the Qinhuai River in twos and threes, as well as the ladies who shuttled back and forth between the jewelry shops and the major cloth houses, each face was smeared with a thick layer of fat powder, if you suddenly saw it at night, you must think that you have encountered a ghost!"

"What's even worse is that no matter whether you are a lady or a little jasper, a good pair of feet are wrapped into deformed little feet, and the whole person is like supporting two sharpened wooden sticks, walking and swaying, ticking, making people very worried about being blown down by a gust of wind at any time."

"If you can bear it just by looking at the upper body, once you look at the lower body, you will immediately lose your appetite, and you will almost vomit out the overnight meal, what mood do you have to swim in Qinhuai?"

Ying Changpei and Zhao Xunting were dumbfounded when they heard this, especially Zhao Xunting, the director of the Ministry of Works, who had never heard such fallacies as Zhu Daolin, and his heart was even more violently shaken.

Ying Changpei, who had learned the fallacy once, was not much better, but he was an old fox who had been crawling in the mall for many years, and his endurance was far above Zhao Xunting.

The reason why he lowered his voice to appease his concubine today and rushed back was to pull Zhu Daolin, who had superb piano skills, to the Qinhuai River, and to fight for himself, so that all the so-called Confucian celebrities and talents who regarded business as a cheap industry and ridiculed him for being willing to fall by the third son should see that Lao Tzu's brother is also engaged in cheap business, and he is also a young Taoist priest, but he is a hundred times better than you arrogant hypocrites who pretend to be high, and Lao Tzu will take this opportunity to rob you of the scenery that you are used to enjoying pedanticly. Snatch away the famous prostitutes you think about day and night but can't sleep in the same bed, and let you sanctimonious hypocrites taste the taste of pain.

Zhu Daolin realized from the faces of the two brothers that he was abrupt again, so he had to pick up the wine bottle and pour wine to the two brothers to make amends:

"Brother Ying has also warned me before, let me stop cynical words, otherwise I will be disgusted and hit by the world's corporal doctors, who knows that I forgot Brother Ying's teachings in a complacent, think about it carefully, my words are really out of place, let the two brothers worry, don't worry, I will never say it again from now on."

"That's good, that's good! Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great, so the foolish brother can rest assured. Zhao Xunting's hanging heart finally fell, and he subconsciously wiped the beads of sweat from his head.

Ying Changpei didn't know how to persuade Zhu Daolin to go to Qinhuai with him, and when he saw Zhu Daolin consciously apologize, he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, and explained Zhu Daolin very open-mindedly:

"Who is not a saint or a sage? What's more, Luo Bu Qingcai has his own love, and the virtuous brother is also frank about what he thinks in his heart, and it is understandable to say something inappropriate for a while, just pay a little attention in the future, don't blame yourself too much, haha! ”

After a haha, Ying Changpei's voice changed: "However, the virtuous brother's opinion of the Qinhuai woman is biased, how can there not be a woman on both sides of the Qinhuai Strait who is famous all over the world?" ”

"Take the little feet of the virtuous brother in his arms, Xu Fu, the head of the top ten famous prostitutes in Qinhuai, who is well-known, has a pair of beautiful heavenly feet that make men all over the world think about it, as well as the Liuxiang Boat and the Jicui Boat in the top ten green buildings, the Fuller House to which the Teaching Workshop Division belongs, and the Eight Hundred Le Households, etc., how many beautiful women with heavenly feet are hundreds?"

"Brother Xian just didn't explore carefully, not to mention far away, aren't the twenty or so subordinates sent to you by Brother Fool and your two sisters-in-law all have a pair of big feet? Isn't the little shadow of the virtuous brother's personal girl just a pair of heavenly feet? Ha ha! ”

"Yes, although the foolish brother is not good at this, but he also knows that there are not a few women who have heavenly feet, among which there are eight hundred happy households under the teaching workshop, most of the happy households are poor, and they are hard, and their children are born to be happy households, it is difficult to pay attention to them like rich people, and they have bound their daughters since they were young, and their daughters have to show up and run around to make up for their families in order to make a living. Zhao Xunting followed to correct Zhu Daolin's prejudice.

Zhu Daolin was stunned, he really didn't know that there was such a thing, from the bottom of his heart, he really wanted to go to the Qinglou on both sides of Qinhuai, go to the famous flower boat to eat and drink, and by the way, play with the Qingren people.

At this moment, after listening to the words of the two brothers, especially Ying Changpei mentioned the little shadow that made him fall in love at first sight, Zhu Daolin's heart that had been holding back was on fire, and under the itching of his heart, where do you remember the footwrap of a woman with small feet? Pretending to be silent for a moment, he looked at Ying Changpei, who was smiling and silent: "Brother really wants to go?" ”

"Who wouldn't? By the way, there is another important event that needs to be notified to you in advance, tomorrow at noon, Grandpa Guo, Marquis Zhang, Grandpa Wu and others, including the father of the foolish brother, invite you, a business wizard, to meet in Kuixinglou, have a glass of wine, and by the way, set the auspicious date for the opening of Bofu Bank, so you have to hurry, otherwise after tomorrow, you and I will be too busy to touch the ground. Ying Changpei reminded in particular.

Zhu Daolin had already made full preparations for this meeting, and when he heard this, he nodded and asked with a smile: "So, let's go after dinner?" ”

Ying Changpei immediately stood up: "What else are you eating?" The world-famous flower boat on the Qinhuai River has delicacies from all over the world, just bring a few bottles of blue and white porcelain vase Shuanggou Daqu that no one has. ”

"That's no problem, then carry two boxes, Brother Mengshan, don't sit still, get ready, little brother go in and take out the wine and leave."

Zhu Daolin entered his bedroom, thought about it, took out the slinger from under the side cabinet, fixed it on his waist with the leather case, and then strode out with two pieces of wine, glanced at the little shadow and the two little girls who were wiping the table and bookcase carefully in the study, shook their heads and walked out of the door.

Yuhu came up and took the two boxes of fine wine, and rushed to the four-wheeled carriage parked in the courtyard, Ying Changpei and Zhao Xunting had already stood outside the carriage for a long time, and when they saw Zhu Daolin coming out, they beckoned him to take the same car.

Zhu Daolin happily followed into the wide carriage, and after sitting down, he found that his guzheng had also been loaded into the car: "What are you doing with this thing?" ”

Ying Changpei smiled: "Don't you want to learn from Qin Huai beauties who are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?" ”

Zhao Xunting, who had long been bought by Ying Changpei and also had a deep resentment towards the scholars who excluded and attacked him, echoed:

"Yes, the virtuous brother is proficient in music, and his superb piano skills are only seen in the life of the foolish brother, so there is no need to be too humble, not to mention that the stones of the mountain can attack the jade, communicate with each other, and always gain something."

Ying Changpei saw that Zhu Daolin was quite hesitant, and immediately asked curiously: "Brother Fool has never been able to figure it out, why are the two beautiful pieces played by Brother Xian not scored?" Do you know all about it? ”

Zhu Daolin knows how to know it in his chest, he is familiar with the piano in his chest for more than ten years from childhood to college, and he has practiced hundreds of famous guzheng songs over and over again There are not 100 but 80 songs, and I don't know how many other guzheng pop songs I played, and the total number of music scores that I clearly remember in my mind is not below 500 songs, so when he heard Ying Changpei ask like this, he didn't want to answer casually:

"What I played just now was just an extremely ordinary tune from the Tianshu Pavilion, as long as I learned the guzheng for a year, I could basically play it with my eyes closed......

Between the questions and answers, the carriage had already driven out of Zizhuyuan, entered the noisy street and went straight in the direction of the Qinhuai River, and when Zhu Daolin came back to his senses, he realized that he had been fooled by the two friends again.