Early Spring in Gangnam (II) (Part I)

In the middle of Cuiming Mountain, several hot springs slowly overflow from different locations in the mountains, slowly gliding over the still cold rocky shore in early spring with hot and humid heat. Since Hangzhou is only half a meal's drive here, the big families in the city occupy a piece of land here and build a courtyard for winter. Now that the spring cold is in full bloom, many families of large families come here after the New Year to escape the cold and soak in the hot springs to go to the cold. Many large families will also bring relatives and friends to go out together, some to entertain guests, and some to show off. After everyone came, in addition to soaking in the hot pool, they naturally had to eat, drink, play, etc., and there was an endless stream of pedestrians and vehicles coming and going in the valley.

A black lacquered nanmu carriage silently walked on the mountain road, whether it was the driver's livery or the car there was no special mark, it looked very ordinary, ordinary people saw it and thought it was a carriage of relatives and friends invited by a large family. It's only occasionally that when the curtain is opened, the figure exposed inside is amazing.

Because of the shadow of that year, Lian'er didn't dare to face the old house of the Zhou family, she didn't want to go to the place where her parents and relatives returned to the west, she would rather feel that they were still in the world in her dreams, so that she would not feel lonely and would not have the urge to follow them. Although she is no longer alone, there is already Xinjie by her side, but the loneliness buried in her heart has not been completely removed, and there is even a trace of melancholy that one day he will turn around, and he will be alone. Feeling the panic and depression in his heart, although he didn't fully understand what sadness included, he was willing to think about her and take care of her.

originally wanted to take her to Beijing and no longer go to the old house of the Zhou family. But since he came to Jiangnan, but he couldn't enter the door, he was afraid that his little lady would one day think about it and feel regretful, so he thought of this compromise method and came to the courtyard of Cuiming Mountain to go around. He didn't tell her directly that he wanted to go to the Zhou family's courtyard, but just said that he would come to Cuiming Mountain to go around, soak in the hot springs, and go to get tired, so that he could finally go on the road to Beijing.

The more the family in this Cuiming Mountain, the more the family occupies the position of the spring or the upstream of the hot spring. The Yumen and Chen families, as a century-old family, occupy two springs in the south respectively. The Zhou family was favored by Emperor Gaozu and rewarded a mansion on a spring in the north. The ancestors of the Zhou family in the mansion are very ingenious, and the hot spring water is drawn from the bottom of the house, which not only has an indoor hot spring pool, but also makes the master bedroom warm and comfortable. When she was a child, Lian'er often followed her mother and mother to escape the cold here.

Coming from the south, Xinjie did not say that he was going to the Zhou family's courtyard, but said that he bought a mansion in the northwest corner by chance. He remodeled the whole house, and turned the courtyard of the best spring in the cliff into his private domain, either by himself or by entertaining close friends. Further out is for a few mysterious figures of the Aoki Society, and it is not open to the public. Only a few important people in the Aoki Society know that this is the place where a few big people practice their internal strength, but others come to escape the cold in winter, but they come at the hottest time of summer, and hone themselves in the spring water that is so hot that it is difficult to get close to in summer. Further out, there is a large garden, planted with a variety of exotic flowers and plants, all kinds of flowers compete for beauty throughout the year, in this sea of flowers, there are more than 20 small courtyards of various styles for the guests of the Aoki Tea House. When guests come here, they can wrap up the whole yard, call friends and invite friends to come, drink tea and feast guests chant poems and paint, and some people come quietly, just want to enjoy the warm and quiet days. In a word, you can be as comfortable as you want. The annex has just been built, and after the recommendation of the old customers in the city of Aoki Tea Society, for a while, the literati and ink merchants in Hangzhou Jia Shijia, but those who have no ability to set up another courtyard in Cuiming Mountain, or those who are inconvenient to have a banquet at home and want to find a good place, all kinds of people flock to it. Just like today, the old man of the Zhang family, a big tea merchant in the city, made a birthday, and he packed the three largest courtyards here, which were used to entertain male and female guests and people in the clan. The Zhangjia tea plantation is second to none in Hangzhou, and all its fragrant tea shops are all over the country. Since it is a tea brewer, this banquet place should pay more attention to complementing each other, and there are many contacts with the Aoki Tea House, making the elegant and comfortable Aoki Villa the best choice.

The shopkeeper of Aoki Tea House Hangcheng not only made a reservation for it early, but also prepared a gift to congratulate him.

The Zhang family has a very high status in Hangzhou, and the person who received the invitation is also a head and face in Hangzhou, black and white, gray area, and no character can be left behind, such as Yumen. If there was no Yumen to help shake it, the Zhang family's tea would not have been transported to various places so smoothly over the years. The old lady of the Zhang family and the head of Yuda have known each other since childhood, and they have cooperated for many years, and they have to give each other face. It's just that this year, the Zhang family chose this birthday place in Xinjie's industry, although when the younger generations chose the place, they didn't ask the old man, and the old man of the Zhang family was inconvenient to shake out the old friend's family back then, and a group of descendants didn't know the embarrassment here, but the old man of the Zhang family didn't think that the head of the jade family would be really embarrassed, After all, the jade gate is too huge, and the head of the jade family has been smooth sailing for decades, and he has long stopped putting the interaction with everyone in his eyes. It's already very face-saving for Yumen to have a deacon or something.

It's just that he didn't expect that to his surprise, the head of the Jade Sect was a special face-saving person today, not only came early in person, but also brought a few of his proud disciples, as well as the family members of the eldest disciples. panicked, the old lady of the Zhang family not only hurried to the main gate of the Aoki Courtyard to greet him, but also took a large number of disciples and nephews in the clan to wait. In fact, he didn't want to come originally, but this grandson has been invincible in the mall for many years, and the Tang family can't rely on it, but he never wants to come to Yumen. Although he has secretly helped him for many years, and has worked his martial arts cultivation, this kid is still lukewarm. In the past few days, this stinky boy has come to Hangzhou, but he only knows that he will not come to see him when he accompanies the woman, so he feels very unhappy. Although Zhao Weimeng went to see him yesterday, ostensibly to make peace with his ancestors and grandchildren, but in fact, he had his own idea, but this kid didn't even want to put a step. Although he has never retracted his words about driving his mother out of the Jade Gate over the years, this kid is too faceless to give him and never thinks about him.

After thinking about it all night, he woke up this morning, and suddenly he had an urge to see what this kid was capable of. It is said that this kid's Yuehuaxuan and Aoki Society are genius designs, and this Aoki Villa is very tasteful and intelligent. His grandfather had never come in, and today he wanted to really see the eyes of this boy. So I decided to come to pay homage to the Zhang family. Zhao Weimeng also more or less guessed the master's thoughts, his daughter happened to come back, and she had been in the academy for a long time, she didn't ask about the world, she only knew that there were a few useless scholars in the academy, so she also wanted to bring her to see her. Zhao Zhiyuan heard that she was coming to the Zhang family's birthday banquet, and she was overjoyed for a while, because the Sun family also received an invitation, and the eldest lady of the Sun family was coming, and she wanted to come to the Sun family. Although the governor of Liangjiang is the home of the eunuchs, but in the south of the Yangtze River, the face of the tea Zhang still has to be given, although it is not a century-old family, but the tea friends are very well implemented in the generations of the Zhang family, and there are many powerful Qing guests who have made friends. Even if it is a businessman, the Sun family has to give them some face. What's more, I came to a place like Cuiming Mountain. Although the Sun family is good in Jiangnan, the governor of Liangjiang is not strong enough to have his own industry in Cuiming Mountain. Even if the Sun family is arrogant, there are not many opportunities to come. The people who can be invited to the mountains are either rich or expensive, not to mention far away, even the charter silver of thousands of taels a day in this Aoki Annex, the Sun family can't afford to pay it. In other words, even if you can afford it, you won't spend on it, but more to keep it up and down in Beijing to save for your future career. Therefore, this invitation is still very popular with the young people of the Sun family, and the eldest lady of the Sun family even informed Zhao Zhiyuan early that she hoped to see her at the birthday banquet, on the one hand, to show off, and on the other hand, she also wanted Zhao Zhiyuan to go, and also have an acquaintance who could talk.

Zhao Zhiyuan has also been worried about this matter these days, although it is said to the outside world that her father is the eldest disciple of the head of the Jade Sect and the helmsman of the Jade Gate in the future, but this matter has not officially crossed the clear road in the Jade Gate, and she Zhao Zhiyuan is not the real daughter of the Jade Gate. How do you know that this early in the morning, the old master is in the mood, and he brought them out with him, Zhao Zhiyuan was indescribably happy in her heart, where to care if her father had other ideas.

So all the way to the gate of the Aoki Courtyard, the people of the Zhang family warmly welcomed each other into the Yihe Garden and the Lotus Garden that the Zhang family had packed. Although the Lotus Garden entertains female relatives and the Lotus Garden entertains male guests, the owner deliberately opened up the bamboo forest path between the two places for the convenience of the Zhang family, and even more thoughtfully hung red lanterns on both sides of the bamboo forest road to celebrate his birthday. Snacks and refreshments such as peanuts and melon seeds are also placed on the stone tables in the bamboo forest on both sides of the path, and both men and women can sit and rest in groups. What's even better is that the Lotus Garden is built on the lotus pond, and the Lotus Garden is on a slightly higher hillside, overlooking the lotus pond from afar. For the convenience of the Zhang family's happy event, the proprietor removed the flower wall that blocked the Yihe Garden, so that the lotus pond could not only be seen on the side of the Lotus Garden, but also the situation in the Yihe Garden from afar.

On the way here, her father repeatedly told Zhao Zhiyuan that if the owner of the Aoki Villa arrived, she must behave well, but Zhao Zhiyuan didn't listen, thinking about whether Sun Gongzi would come. When I entered the Lotus Garden, I saw the eldest lady of the Sun family, she naturally happily went over to say hello, and then the two of them made a place, and soon went to the bamboo forest in the middle of the two gardens and went to the Sun family several sons.