Chapter 33: Horse Racing

After eating, these women were quiet, and for a while they could only hear the sound of the bowl and chopsticks colliding, Jiang Yuanyuan put down the chopsticks without eating much, and only occasionally picked up some new dishes to taste a taste, there are many ladies who brought their own daughters, these boudoir ladies are sitting on the table next to them, in the end, they are a little young, and they can't help but say a few words when eating, and there are some whispers.

When the last soup came up, Jiang Yuanyuan saw that many people who had already put down their chopsticks couldn't help but drink most of the bowl fresh after taking a sip, leaving only a little bit in order not to make the bowl in front of him empty, which was very funny, only a few saw that the mushroom soup in front of him had not been moved, Jiang Yuanyuan thought that it should be someone who doesn't like to eat this thing.

After eating, the ladies of each family went to the stage to sit in front of the stage and watch other people's horse races, groups of people dressed in red, yellow, blue and green, sitting in their positions strictly and scrupulously watching the enthusiastic and wild horse races, Jiang Yuanyuan slightly drooped her eyes, she was interested in horse racing, but she was not much interested in this kind of boring horse racing.

Grandma Liu was at ease, she leaned on the chair very casually, still holding the stove in her hand, commenting while watching the horse race, and shouted a few loudly when she was excited.

"It's boring to look like this every time, why don't we make a bet, how about betting on a horse, don't bet too much, a small bet on pleasure." After watching two scenes, a woman in red clothes said, her voice was a little loud, babbling, but it didn't make people uncomfortable, it was very loud in this relatively quiet environment.

"Oh? What kind of betting method, I'm very interested, this just finished eating can't go down to turn around, just looking here, it's really a little boring, Mrs. Qian, you don't say it, I'm going to take out the bridge to play a dozen. On the other side, a slightly younger woman said.

"Why, if everyone is willing to play, I will say, if they are not willing to play, I will not say." Mrs. Qian asked with a smile, clapped her palms delicately, and her eyes looked over.

"If you want to play, you have to play, Mrs. Qian, you can tell me to listen."

"Hahaha, everyone wants to play here, I'm also very interested, you can say it quickly, Qian girl, don't hang your appetite." Grandma Liu sat up and said, as she spoke, she knocked on the table next to her again, and the maid hurriedly came up and put some incense on the incense burner next to Grandma Liu.

"It's simple, there are dozens of horses here, let's bet on who will run first, the money of the person who loses the bet, it will be distributed to the winner of the bet, if everyone does not choose the horse that wins, it will be a draw, and everyone's money will be recovered." Mrs. Qian laughed and said, where is her hand still pointing, "If you want to play, let's not sit here and pull, let's all go down, stand by the railing, choose the horse you want to bet on, where to stand loudly cheer for your horse, we are still dull and dull when we come to the racecourse, what's the point!" ”

Jiang Yuanyuan smiled when she heard this, Mrs. Shangguan was beside Jiang Yuanyuan, listening to Jiang Yuanyuan's laughter, she seemed to understand why she was laughing, and she couldn't help but cover her lips and hook the corners of her mouth, this Mrs. Qian is the most marketable of them, her family is a big family that came out of the middle of the road, she herself is also a child who was suddenly recognized, she has always lived the life of a common man, even after getting married, she has not changed her own character, but she has converged a lot, looking at this time, she must have suffocated her, That's why I encouraged everyone to play together.

"I see, this is funny tight, my body is old, I can't move, Yuan girl, you go and help grandma choose a horse, grandma is sitting on it and cheering you on!" Grandma Liu said, looked at Jiang Yuanyuan, beckoned Jiang Yuanyuan to come to her, held Jiang Yuanyuan's hand and patted it, looking like a entrusted task, Jiang Yuanyuan smiled, and bowed slightly.

"Yaoyao, you also go to play, you are young, what's the point of sitting here with me all day long." Grandma Liu looked at Mrs. Shangguan and said, "Do more activities." ”

"Yaoyao knows." Madam Shangguan smiled and nodded.

"Count me in, I'll come too, I'm boring here." With the beginning of Grandma Liu, a few young ladies and ladies stood up one after another, only a few older people and some people who didn't like this kind of thing were still sitting, like Mrs. Chen, who was just drinking tea with her own teacup from beginning to end, and her emotions were not fluctuating, and it was quiet and made people feel as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.

"I'll go too." A young lady from a family said happily with her mother's consent, after all, she is still young, as far as Jiang Yuanyuan has seen, the oldest of these young ladies is not more than fifteen years old, among the ladies sitting here, there are many people in their early twenties like her, more are ladies in their thirties, a few are in their forties, and only Grandma Liu is as big as Grandma Liu, after all, it is presided over by her own family, and the elders in the family always have to come out.

So, as soon as I heard that there was this kind of activity, the first thing I couldn't sit still was these young ladies, Mrs. Qian was very good at leadership, they were originally wearing riding clothes, just do what they said, and the people who wanted to play followed her directly, Jiang Yuanyuan smiled at Grandma Liu, and walked down with Mrs. Shangguan, when they walked down, Mrs. Qian was communicating with the horse servant, and the horse servant led more than 30 horses out of the horse shop, and then found a lot of ropes, each rope has a different color, Mrs. Qian took it and distributed it to everyone.

"Everyone takes this rope and chooses the horse you want to bet on, and then gives the rope to the little guy, where is the name of the various horses, and you tell him what you choose, and he will tie the rope to the corresponding horse brand for you." Mrs. Qian said, "Everyone doesn't have to worry about cheating, this kind of place naturally won't deceive people." ”

"Naturally, it is Mrs. Qian's." Jiang Yuanyuan said with a smile, "The horse I rode before is very good, I want that batch, and I will be bothered to tie it to me." ”

Jiang Yuanyuan handed the rope in her hand, the little girl took it, signed the previous horse and came to Jiang Yuanyuan, Jiang Yuanyuan touched the horse's nose, it was cool.

"That's him, Hurricane." Jiang Yuanyuan said with a smile, the little girl nodded, pulled the horse to the side of the track, and tied the rope in Jiang Yuanyuan's hand to the wooden board erected on the side, there were many signs on the board, each brand was a different horse's name.

"Sister Yuan's choice is so fast!" A little girl said, she puffed out her cheeks and looked left and right, hurriedly rushed down to choose a horse, and then ran up excitedly, "I also chose, I chose chasing clouds, listen to how domineering the name is, I feel that I must be running fast when I listen to it." ”

"I see that the horse you chose, it is weak and can't help the wind, and it is definitely not as fast as mine." On the other side, a little girl said with a smile, and stuck out her tongue mischievously, cute and cute.

"No, it won't!" The little girl was so anxious that her eyes were red, but she didn't know what to refute, so she jumped straight to her feet, "Sister Yuanyuan, tell me, I will definitely be great if I choose to chase the wind." ”

"Both of them are good, Chengfeng and Chasing the Wind are two sisters, and they are the most powerful together." Jiang Yuanyuan propped up the railing and said, "Is it about to start, I think everyone has almost chosen." ”

As she spoke, Jiang Yuanyuan looked at Mrs. Shangguan who was standing in place with a rope, she seemed to be still hesitating, looking at the remaining horses, her eyes were a little puzzled.

"Sister, I think it's good, it's good-looking, and I look at the spirit." Jiang Yuanyuan pointed with a smile, the two little girls and Mrs. Shangguan looked over, Mrs. Shangguan looked left and right, and nodded slowly.

"I think it's pretty good, but I don't know how it compares to the red one on the other side."

"The red one here is still a pony, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and it is also fast." Jiang Yuanyuan said with a smile.

"Hmm! Then I'll choose this red one, I look at the spirit, look at it, and like it. Mrs. Shangguan said, handed the rope in her hand to the little maid, and the little maid took it, and was about to put the horse card down, but the other little guy walked over and happened to take it.

"Oops, I'm sorry." A woman came over and said, "Coincidentally, I fell in love with Sister Xu on a horse, but I like the horse tightly, so Sister Xu should give it to my sister." ”

Mrs. Shangguan was originally a little high-minded and a little lacking, raised her eyebrows and glanced at the visitor, smiled politely, but did not argue with her more, "If you like you, choose it, I look at the other horse is not bad." ”

"Then my sister thanked my sister first." The woman smiled and bowed, and hurriedly asked the little maid to tie it up, and Mrs. Shangguan called the little maid back and asked him to tie up another horse.

"Sister, I like you a lot, and I've been walking around in front of you." Jiang Yuanyuan pointed with a smile, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, the horse came up with her head held high.

"It's also fateful." Mrs. Shangguan looked at it, her eyebrows brought some smiles, "That's it, I can't force it." ”

"I don't like to be far away, so why bother to put it in front of you." Jiang Yuanyuan looked at the people around them, and said to Mrs. Shangguan in a low voice, she also knew the woman just now, but the discomfort she knew was very clear, or Mrs. Shangguan herself mentioned a sentence or two, it was nothing more than the general status of Mrs. Shangguan in the capital before, at that time, Mrs. Shangguan had a favorite person, but the two families were still discussing marriage, this woman stepped in sideways, and insisted that she marry first, and she married directly without waiting for the ceremony, and then Mrs. Shangguan ordered to marry someone else, and then something happened in the family, She came to Yangzhou to recuperate, but she didn't think that this person would also come to Yangzhou to recuperate.

"It's all a little bit of a fuss, it's an eyesore, but it doesn't matter." Madame Shangguan said, touching the horse's head.