Chapter 286: Tanabata 1
Yue Fei took her subordinate generals and left Hangzhou City.
As for the 10,000 stone grain and grass that Bai Qing lent them, as early as a few days ago, he had already sent people from Hangzhou to the camp of the Southern Army.
Until a few days after Yue Fei left, the fact that she and Master Li performed together was still talked about in the entire city of Hangzhou.
It's not just those people who regard this incident as an after-dinner conversation, even those officials can't forget the incomparably wonderful scene they saw that night, and for them, being able to have such an experience is indeed a capital to show off.
However, for Bai Qing, these things are just a very peaceful scene in daily life, and after that, they are casually left behind.
At the beginning, he felt a little guilty about letting Master Li perform on stage, but looking at Master Li was disapproving, and even she was a little happy, not only did she have a great general of the empire to dance with her, but at that time, she felt that her skills that she had been doing had improved a little.
And the dragon dance and others, after hearing this, were also a little interested at first, but as time passed, they gradually forgot about it.
Next in front of everyone is a traditional big event, that is, the Qixi Festival is coming.
Qixi Festival is an important festival in ancient Chinese tradition, known as Chinese Valentine's Day, these days, not only a large number of young men and women take this opportunity to express their affection, but also have countless various grand activities, attracting everyone to participate.
For a bustling place like Hangzhou. The activities are even more diverse, in addition to the annual Oiran in Hangzhou. In addition to being selected at this time, there are also all kinds of poetry clubs, large and small. It attracts countless literati to participate, and many good sentences are circulated from here every year.
As early as a few days before the arrival of the Chinese Valentine's Day, the people in Hangzhou have faintly felt the atmosphere of the festival, especially on the edge of the West Lake, you can see the painting boats gathered from the counties of Hangzhou everywhere, these painting boats, not only the carved railings and paintings outside have been redecorated, they look brand new and full of festive feelings. Even the girls on the painting boat are wearing their most gorgeous costumes, standing on the deck, constantly showing their demeanor to everyone.
In the past, generally speaking, at night, although there are still tourists on this West Lake, it is much sparser than during the day. Even though there is the most famous place in Hangzhou by the West Lake, most of the time, it is difficult to see a few people.
However, in these days, those boats that are moored on the edge of the lake. One by one, the dense red lanterns were lit, reflecting the entire West Lake in a red stream, looking brightly lit. And the tourists who come are also shoulder to shoulder, and there is an endless stream. It's even better than the excitement of the New Year.
The scholars who are trapped in the academy on weekdays take advantage of the holidays. In groups of three or five, I made an appointment, and came to the West Lake together, enjoying the scenes that I basically can't see on weekdays, looking at the girls in the distance, dancing and singing one by one, you can hear long or clear singing everywhere, the air is full of piano sounds, pipa sounds, and the field of vision is full of all kinds of dancing postures, just like fairies dancing in the moonlight.
And on the shore, in addition to all kinds of tourists, there are a lot of small vendors, as far as the eye can see, stretching for several miles, it is almost endless at a glance, here, you can eat all kinds of snacks, you can buy some cheap jewelry for your favorite girl, of course, there are indispensable flower sellers who sell flowers, they have a humble smile on their faces, whenever they meet men and women walking together, they will laugh and say: "Official, give the lady a branch of flowers!" ”
In these days, the West Lake has become almost everyone's favorite place, here, in addition to enjoying the beautiful scenery and beautiful women, you can also buy a lot of small things that you can't see on weekdays, which looks lively.
At this time, these young scholars would often be full of poetry and chant a half-sentence, but most of them were just jokes.
For these scholars who are forced to study on weekdays, these beauties of all colors are the biggest and most beautiful scenery, which makes them almost intoxicated and lingering.
And the girls on the painting boat also did their best to attract these young scholars who were ignorant of the world, if they could exchange it for half a sentence, or if they fell in love with some kind of suave young talent, maybe they would also achieve a good story in the future and get themselves out of slavery.
In the final analysis, this Tanabata is Tanabata after all, and it always can't escape the little thing between men and women.
Of course, most of the girls on the painting boat are new debutants, or those people from Qiantang, Renhe, Yuhang, Lin'an, Yuqian, Changhua, Fuyang, Xindeng, and Yanguan counties, who are not very famous, so they are naturally desperately showing themselves and increasing their popularity.
As for the local beauties in Hangzhou, especially the famous and sought-after "famous prostitutes", they don't need to do this kind of show up at all.
On the edge of the West Lake, in addition to the densely packed painting boats moored, there are seven or eight restaurants, of course, although it is called a restaurant, but in fact it is the Fengyue place of Hangzhou, gathering all the girls of all sizes in Hangzhou.
At present, there are four most famous leaders in Hangzhou, and it is estimated that this year's Oiran will also be produced among these four.
One of them is Su Xiaoqing of Shufang Pavilion, from Luzhou, eighteen years old, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but the most amazing thing is that he has a clear and good voice, and won two Oirans in a row last year and the year before last.
The second is Xin Yaoqin of the Orchid Workshop, who was already known for her beauty at the age of fourteen, but she just wanted to be a young man and refused to accept customers, and then in desperation, the bustard mother of the Orchid Workshop drunk her and sold her ** to a member surnamed Jin, Xin Yaoqin woke up the next day and was in pain, but the sisters persuaded him that when he came to this point, he should pick up customers, find the person he wanted to be good as soon as possible, and also accumulate some silver taels to redeem himself for the future. Xin Yaoqin no longer resisted, and happily obeyed her fate, and in recent years, she has become even more famous, and she is also the only one among the four major leaders.
The third is Xie Suqiu, a native of Lin'an, who was later sold to the drunken flower building, with a relatively weak nature, known as a cold face, and is also a little talented, especially good at dancing.
The fourth is Lan Xin of Yuelou, who is also a talented girl who is proficient in poetry and songs, sixteen years old, is a young man who just rose last year, and the driving force behind her is Shen Dingyuan, the owner of the Shen family of Yuelou, after Lan Xin was pushed out by the Shen shopkeeper, in the past two years, she has almost spared no effort to praise her, otherwise she would not have been among the top four industries so quickly.
The fame of several of them has already been hit, so naturally there is no need to do that kind of head-scratching thing, and there will be countless literati and scholars who come to pursue them.
At this time, in a certain room in Shufang Pavilion, a stunning beauty was sitting in front of the mirror, looking at the face that had made countless people crazy, and sighed softly, with a look of self-pity in her eyes.
"Girl, what's wrong with you? Alas, sigh! At this time, a voice came from behind him, and immediately after, a figure also appeared in the mirror.
"It's nothing, I just feel that every year when this day comes, I feel very tired, even if I have some fame, but what can I do? It's just something outside of my body, and at the end of the day, I don't have to laugh and sing every day, do things I don't want to do at all, and feel like I'm a puppet being manipulated! The beautiful woman in front of the mirror didn't look back, but was still there, looking at her face in the mirror, and after a while, she said softly.
"Girl, you're here again, it's like this every year, don't you know it's a big event once a year, besides, I think it's good!" The figure who had just come in slowly came to the side of the beautiful woman before, revealing a small round face as round as a goose egg, tilting his head to her and saying, with a somewhat confused look in his eyes, although the little girl had seen a puppet show in her own restaurant and knew what a puppet was, but obviously, she was still young, and she seemed to have some incomprehension of what her girl said.
"Forget it, you're still young, I'll just talk about it casually!" The beauty turned her head and looked at the little maid behind her, with a look of helplessness on her face, and she was Su Xiaoqing, who was famous in Hangzhou.
Standing up a little lazily, and then slowly walked to the window, looking at the bustling flow of people outside, and the appearance of singing and laughing on the lake, she subconsciously bent down, put her two arms on the window railing, supporting her chin, which was wrapped in a light veil, revealing a very beautiful back curve.
Listening to the faint sound of chords, Su Xiaoqing's brows couldn't help but twist slightly into a Sichuan character.
The cold moonlight sprinkled down and reflected on her body, which made her feel a little more lonely.
I don't know if it's coming, but I don't know if the Weaver Girl in the sky, when she doesn't see the Cowherd, does she have to do a lot of things she doesn't like to do......
At the same time, one by one the invitations have been placed on the desk of Bai Qing's study, Bai Qing looked at these invitations quietly, just like last year, it was the big and small poetry clubs that invited him to go, not to mention Bai Qing's literary style, just the identity of the parents and officials in the Hangzhou realm, if he could be invited to go, it was already a great honor for those poetry clubs, after all, these poetry clubs, except for those with a semi-official background like Xiangshan Academy, are mostly just some wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou, They also want to take advantage of these opportunities to enhance their fame on the one hand, and more importantly, to connect with their interpersonal relationships.
It's really a headache, looking at the seven or eight invitations on the table, Bai Qing couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, with a bit of hatred in his eyes......
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