Chapter 11: The Lion Grabs the Hydrangea
Li Xuancheng is a relative of the emperor, after the death of Zhang Juzheng, the Wanli Emperor has begun to govern in person, and the power of this family has risen, although the Ming Dynasty has suppressed the relatives of the country more powerfully, but the person who can talk to the queen mother will always have some influence on the emperor.
Therefore, when Wei Guogong saw that this uncle and his young son hit it off at first sight, he was happy to let them interact more. The Xu family has been the first of the lords for many years, but it is not all dependent on the shadow of the ancestors, and the descendants of the generations are very careful about managing their connections, so these days, Xu Qiyun's main task is to accompany Uncle Li.
Xu Qiyun only went to the soup porridge to help the people, and then he was fully handed over to Guan Xiaokun and Rui Qingxing, who only accompanied Li Xuancheng to visit the mountains and rivers every day. But in the past two days, Li Xuancheng seems to have something on his mind, and he is often depressed and depressed, so Xu Qiyun is a little more thoughtful.
On this day, Li Xuancheng came out, Xu Qiyun secretly went to a few places of interest, Li Xuancheng was not interested, went to visit the Qinhuai River, a group of female porridge porridge, "Hundred Flowers" competed for beauty, this uncle still can't see it, I think it's really because he has been obsessed with fairy magic since he was a child, and he is dedicated to seeking the Tao.
Since this is the case, he will inevitably be interested in the famous mountain Daze, Xu Qiyun wanted to take him to Qixia Mountain for a visit, the two walked through the courtyard, a few palanquin men sat there chatting, and a few words of idle talk accidentally came into his ears, Xu Qiyun heard it, and suddenly stood still.
I heard a sedan chair man say: "This morning, I carried our master to the garrison mansion, and listened to the sedan chair man on the Rui Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department said that Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of War is going to do some kind of disaster relief charity sale in Baishanlou, this is a rare thing, I have heard of selling things, and it is the first time that the charity sale has been encountered." ”
Another palanquin man said: "Rare and strange, the so-called charity sale is still selling things, but the money from selling things is used to do good deeds." Can't fall into their own pockets, it's for charity sales, I heard that Hangzhou Mansion was originally to raise money for the anti-Japanese army, and some people have done this thing, it's not new. ”
Xu Qiyun said: "What are you talking about, Zhang Hongchou wants to do a charity sale?" ”
Only then did the palanquin drivers find that the little grandfather had come over, and they quickly got up and saluted, even claiming that it was. Xu Qiyun sneered and said, "These boys can toss and bazaar?" If they have anything to sell, they have a reason to do good deeds. Can people pay obediently? ”
Li Xuancheng smiled and said: "Brother Xu, I don't think it's okay if I don't go to Qixia Mountain, it's better to go and see how they sell charity, it's more interesting than visiting the mountains and rivers." These words were in Xu Qiyun's arms, and Xu Qiyun said: "Since Uncle Guo also thinks it's interesting, let's go and take a look." ”
At that moment, Xu Qiyun and Li Xuancheng rode horses, took seven or eight guards, and rushed to Baishanlou.
Outside the Baishan Building, the lion dance team and the dragon dance team performed hard in the noise of gongs and drums. Countless people gathered around, and there were a sea of people.
Suddenly, firecrackers were lit in the field, and gunsmoke billowed out. It was deafening, and many children covered their ears and screamed and cheered, waiting for the sound of firecrackers to stop, ignoring the reminders and warnings of adults. They rushed up in a swarm, stepping on the firecracker debris all over the ground, picking up the stinky ones that didn't explode.
Guan Xiaokun and Rui Qingxing stood on the side of the road with their hands in their hands. Looking at such a grand and lively scene, Guan Xiaokun smiled and said: "What are they doing, such a toss, aren't you afraid that no one will buy it?" ”
At this moment, someone patted Guan Xiaokun on the shoulder, Guan Xiaokun looked back, and saw that it was Xu Qiyun and Li Xuancheng, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Ouch, little grandfather, uncle Guo, why are you two here too?" ”
Xu Qiyun frowned and looked at Baishan Building, and said, "Isn't this your family's property, how can you lend it to him for a charity sale?" ”
Most of the official eunuchs in Jiangnan are in business, but after all, business is a cheap business, and it is not easy to publicize it, especially those who use the convenience of their official status to make profits for themselves, so they must be more secretive, because even Rui Qingxing didn't know that this restaurant was the property of the Guan family, and he couldn't help but glance at Guan Xiaokun in surprise when he heard this.
Guan Xiaokun said: "I don't usually take care of this restaurant, and I don't know that they rented it to do a charity sale here. I don't know what they want to sell, I heard that they went to the house of the gentry and powerful to collect donations, and they were sent away by some rags, so it can't be a charity sale of those rags. ”
Speaking of this, Guan Xiaokun couldn't help laughing, Li Xuancheng shook the folding fan lightly, and said with a smile: "If you want to know what the hell they are going to do, just look at it, let's go, go in and take a look." ”
When Guan Xiaokun heard this, he hurriedly said: "Uncle Guo wants to see the excitement, then good, I will arrange a good private room for you immediately!" ”
Li Xuancheng said: "No! Let's sit in the lobby! After saying that, as soon as the folding fan was closed, he should go first. Guan Xiaokun was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Yes!" Yeah! We're just going to see them embarrassed! ”
Ye Xiaotian commanded the entire charity sale, and did not pay attention to the arrival of Li Xuancheng, Xu Qiyun and others, Ye Xiaotian patted his chest and assured Zhang Hongchou that according to his idea, he would definitely be able to raise a large amount of money.
It is said that the master of the Baishanlou is the retired official chef of the retranslation building, perhaps even the chef of the retranslation building may not be better than the chefs of other big restaurants in Jinling City, but it is rare, the dishes that the chef used to cook, but only foreign guests and officials who receive foreign guests can eat, and the scarcity is expensive, so the business of this Baishanlou is not generally good, Ye Xiaotian listened to Zhang Hongchou's introduction, and deliberately chose this place as the charity sale site.
Ye Xiaotian said: "Okay, it's almost over, let the lion dance team enter the hall and bring in the spectators, let's prepare ......"
As he was talking, suddenly a rancid smell came, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but cover his nose, looked up, but saw two cars carrying garbage and swill passing by, the smell came, and everyone covered their noses and dodged. Ye Xiaotian said: "Why are there still people transporting garbage and swill at this hour." ”
Kuai Peng is a Jinyi guard, and he understands a little about this, and said: "There are more and more refugees, in order to prevent accidents, Nanjing City has not allowed any more refugees to pour in, so it is much more difficult to get in and out. ”
At this time, the car carrying swill had already driven slowly past, and Ye Xiaotian waved the unpleasant smell in front of him. "Okay, let's get started." ”
Two golden-eyed lions dance and walk, to the door of the open hundred food building dance, a door, is a long hall corridor, the hall corridor left and right each has a vacant room, that is the guest of the coachman waiting for the master's place, has always been separated by a screen, today the hundred food building was chartered, the two compartments are naturally empty.
The people who watched the excitement followed one after another. The Baishan Building is draped in red and hung with colors, and there are eight big characters on both sides, which are still written by Tang Xianzu himself, but it has changed from "fundraising for disaster relief, working together" to "charity sales for disaster relief, working together".
At the front of the hall there is a circular platform about three feet high and more than three feet in diameter, which is where the opera and songs are sung, and there were many loose seats under the stage. Now the row is very neat, two lion dancers dance forward from the wide aisle between the two rows of tables and chairs, a male lion grabs the hydrangea, and the person stands up. Set in front of the stage.
As soon as the curtain was pulled on the stage, Ye Xiaotian, who was dressed in a green shirt and looked quite handsome, appeared, just in the center of the second lion grabbing the hydrangea, and the big red pompom seemed to be hanging on his chest. This appearance was quite handsome, and it won a full house when it landed.
The building has three floors, and the second and third floors are private rooms. The space above the hall on the first floor leads to the roof, and the private rooms on the second and third floors are surrounded by a curtain with a gold hook on the side facing the hall.
At this time, those curtains were raised, and in every private room, there was a beautifully dressed lady, and there were two or three maids standing next to her, and those ladies were either hand-cranked fans, or holding preserved fruits, looking curiously at the hall below.
There were only three people sitting in one of the private rooms, and all three of them were sitting by the window railing, looking downstairs with concern, it was Zhan Ning'er, Xia Yingying, and Sister Sun.
Ye Xiaotian bowed his hand to the people in the audience with a spring breeze on his face: "Thank you for coming to cheer up, our disaster relief bazaar is now officially started!" ”
The two male lions shook the lion's head, threw the red embroidery bead into the air, and the lion's mouth was open, and suddenly spewed out two fireworks cannons, fireworks splashed, and the flower cannon exploded, Ye Xiaotian's right arm poked into the air, just grabbing the tassel of the red embroidery bead that fell from the air.
The fireworks dispersed, and the two male lions had already gone around the backstage, leaving Ye Xiaotian alone on the stage, holding a red ball in his hand.
"Wow! Brother Xiao Tian is so good! ”
Xia Yingying made Xizi hold her heart, her eyes were red and her heart was shining.
Although Sister Sun didn't speak, looking at her excited cheeks, she also looked like a spring heart.
Zhan Ning'er pursed her lips and poured cold water on them: "This is a charity sale, not a singing, showing off!" It's boring! ”
Having said that, she glanced at Ye Xiaotian again, and said secretly in her heart: "This damn stinky guy is really ...... It's chic, it's ...... It's pretty! ”
Seeing Ye Xiaotian like this, Li Xuancheng and Xu Qiyun agreed, one brushed down the corner of his left lip, and the other brushed down the corner of his right lip, while showing a disdainful smile.
At this time, there was just a chaotic sound of tables, chairs and benches, and the people who watched the excitement rumbled out, like a low tide, and fled faster than the quasi-capital. What kind of bazaar, they don't understand, they only know that this is for disaster relief, since it is disaster relief, it must be for money, they are afraid that if they escape slowly, they will be slaughtered, so they are scrambling to be the first to flee in the wilderness.
Li Xuancheng and Xu Qiyun sat on the side seats, heard the movement next to them, turned their heads to look, and couldn't help laughing. Seeing this scene, Guan Xiaokun laughed heartily, Rui Qingyun was already laughing and fell, and he couldn't sit steadily. The daughters of the boudoir on the second and third floors were also stunned by this scene, and the preserved fruit in the hand of a girl fell from the third floor, and was trampled by the people who rushed to leave.
Seeing this, Zhang Hong's smile suddenly froze on his face, and he whispered to Liu Junyang: "I said Xiao Liu, Xiao Yezi's trick is not good!" If we fail again, we will be disgraced and thrown to grandma's house......"
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(To be continued......)