Chapter 140: The Visitor
In the next few days, Zhao Fengnian began to enter and leave the city again, and the rouge on the sleeves of nature also appeared from time to time, and nearly 100 gilded posts were issued, I don't know how he invited the two instructors of the city Fuxue, and a respected old man, signed in front of the post, plus the four treasures of the study worth two hundred taels, in less than two days, the news of the riverside poetry meeting spread among the countless talented students in Lingfeng City, everyone was proud of being invited, but they did not receive the invitation, and they also planned to join in the fun that day, After all, they are all literati, and it is impossible for the master to kick them out, so they can enjoy the scenery, see the excitement, and maybe even be lucky, and they can also collect the four treasures of the study, which is really fame and fortune.
And the people at the pier also felt that the poetry meeting was held by Peishui, and the main family was somewhat familiar with them, and they all felt honored, and after returning to the village, they also spread the news. In the customs of Lingfeng City, there is such a thing as going out on a spring day, and it coincides with such a poetry meeting, and the people in the village are very curious, and they plan to take the children at home who are studying to go around that day, and get touched by the aura, maybe the children will open up.
Not to mention how busy the Zhao family was and how everyone looked forward to it, just said that before lunch the day before the poetry meeting, a black canopy boat was docked on the dock, and in the cabin that was originally full of twenty people, only a man in white and a small servant sat in the cabin.
The man's shirt in white was sewn by fine cloud brocade, embroidered with silver threads, the headband on his head was also red gold, his face was as white as jade, his eyebrows were beautiful and his eyes were long, and he was extremely handsome. The little guy behind him is only twelve or thirteen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his body is very thin, but his eyes are extremely lively, and he knows at a glance that he is good at observing words and feelings, and he is clever and sensible, otherwise the master of this rich and noble brother can't take him only when he goes out.
The canopy boat leaned against the trestle, and the boatman tied the rope and came over to salute, "Childe, Peishui Wharf has arrived, you go ashore and walk along the avenue, but ten miles is Lingfeng City." ”
The man in white nodded, got up and stroked his slightly wrinkled clothes, looked up at the busy trestle bridges next to him, and said with a smile, "This dock is really lively, Anzi, pay." ”
The little guy named Anzi immediately took out two taels of silver from his purse and gave it to the boss of the boat, and the boss accepted it with a smile. He was happy in his heart, and was about to rush ashore to hire a carriage for their master and servant, but was stopped by Anzi, "The boat boss doesn't have to bother, our master wants to walk around the dock." ”
The boss of the boat was a little disappointed, he still wanted to get another reward, but he didn't dare to show it, he just followed behind, and said one after another, "Guest officer go slowly, guest officer go slowly!"
The white-clothed boy walked slowly on the trestle, the trestle swayed a little bit with the ripples of the water, but his figure did not shake at all, and he saw that the little guy behind him was envious, crooked, and tried his best to catch up.
The two got off the trestle, and a person who looked like a coachman came to solicit customers, but the man in white refused with a faint smile, and took the little guy through the dense place of cars and horses, walked to the only restaurant there, looked up at the plaque on the lintel of the restaurant, turned his head and asked the little guy behind him, "But this riverside residence?" ”
Anzi immediately replied, "Yes, Childe, that's what Brother Dongsheng said." The little one just asked a coachman, and there is only one restaurant on the dock, and there is no other one. ”
The white-clothed man nodded, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, could it be that his friend has been living on the money earned by this small shop for half a year? Moreover, this shop is still opened by a woman, and if it continues, it means that his friend actually lives on the woman's support, which makes him unable to connect with the proud person in his memory.
"Go in and have a look." The white-clothed boy gave an order, and walked towards the door, and Anzi immediately ran up to lift the curtain of the door smartly.
Sister-in-law Zhang and Cuilan were sitting in front of the board to make buns, and when they saw a guest coming in, they quickly stood up and said with a smile, "The guest officer is here, please come inside." ”
The man in white nodded lightly, and looked at them carefully without a trace, as if after making a comparison, his eyes stopped on Cuilan's body for a while, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Is the guest officer sharpening or resting? We have a private room in our shop, which is very quiet, please guest officer! The woman was careful, and Cuilan obviously found that the child's eyes were abnormal, but there seemed to be no lustful intent, which made her feel that she was thinking too much, so she smiled and let their master and servant enter the first room in the south house.
The bolt had already put down the pen and paper, came in with the brewed tea, first scalded the tea bowl in front of the master and servant, and then poured two cups of tea.
The man in white took the recipe, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Cuilan's rough hands, his eyes shrank, and he couldn't help but look up at her face that was definitely not beautiful, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
Cuilan really felt that something was wrong with this son, so she took two steps back slightly, stood by the door, and said with a reluctant smile, "Although our shop is small, the food tastes good, and the dishes on the recipe can be made. ”
After she finished speaking, she hurried out of the house, and the bolt glanced at the master and servant suspiciously, and then followed.
Anzi's shoulders trembled slightly, and she held back a smile, it was so strange that her own son-in-law actually had a day when he was afraid of a woman.
The boy in white didn't have the time to pay attention to the disrespect of the little guy, his mood was simply extremely bad, if it was two years, no, a year ago, if anyone told him that there would be a day to sit in a simple small restaurant and secretly investigate the daughter-in-law of the daughter-in-law, he would definitely beat the man all over the ground looking for teeth, even the joke is not so outrageous, that is the daughter of the daughter, when he faces the daughter of the official family on weekdays, he does not show a smile on the proud person, how can he marry a peasant girl?
But now he was really sitting here, grieving and even angry for his friends. So much so that when the fat sister-in-law came in to inquire, he casually handed over the recipe and said, "I want it all." "It's as if you can get the stuffiness out of your chest.
Sister-in-law Zhang walked out of the house with a happy face, pulled Cuilan busy, and whispered, "I don't think this son is a bad person, but a big wrongdoer." ”
Cuilan's face turned red, and she didn't say more, she only put the fear just now in her heart, thinking that she would let the plug in when the food was served for a while, and she would just dodge, even if the boy was rampant, he couldn't force her to go in and serve.
Soon, the dishes were served in the same way, and the boy tasted everything lightly, even if he had eaten it, but the little guy tried his best to eat his stomach round, opened his mouth and wanted to praise a few words, but seeing that his son-in-law's face was not good, he held back his words.
A total of five taels and nine rice money, the boy asked the little guy to throw a big silver bill of ten taels, and made Sister-in-law Zhang and others smile, you know, since the last time the wronged boss surnamed Chu came, there has been no such good thing, what wind is blowing today, it is rare to meet another one.
Sister-in-law Zhang personally picked up the curtain and sent their master and servant out, and the white-clothed man looked up and looked at the big characters on the lintel, and asked in a low voice, "Who wrote this plaque?" ”
Sister-in-law Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then thought that this son was a literati and liked Mr. Zhao's good words, so she said with some pride, "This is our Mr. Zhao's Mobao, and this shop is also from the Zhao family." ”
The white-clothed man's face became even darker, and he took the little servant into a carriage waiting for passengers on the side of the road, and quickly walked away.
Sister-in-law Zhang trotted into the house, cleaned up the table with Cuilan and Bolt, most of the dishes were not moved, and several people each picked two things and brought them back to their own homes to eat, and the rest were going to be served to everyone on the dock when they had lunch.
In Lingfeng City, in the courtyard of the Chu family, Chu Gehuan was sitting in the shade of a tree, shaking a folding fan painted with gold, listening to Bao to inquire about Wangcai's report, the interest in his eyes became stronger and stronger, and he asked for a while, "This poetry meeting is really the head of the Zhao family's sick seedlings?" ”
"Yes, Childe." Wangcai hurriedly replied, "I heard that the invitation card also signed the names of the two instructors in the Fuxue and Wenju people in the east of the city, and the two Fuxue are okay to say, but most of the two of them will have a good time, but Mr. Wen is a stubborn person, how many students in this city have been scolded by him, why did he agree to Mr. Zhao?" ”
Chu Gehuan glanced at him and sneered, "After letting you wander outside for two months, you have trained your mouth a lot, and you are about to catch up with the storyteller in the teahouse." ”
Wangcai scratched his head and said with a smile, "Most of these news are heard in the teahouse, and it is inevitable that they will be tired by Mr. Storyteller." ”
Chu Gehuan shook the fan in his hand, "Have you inquired about the proposition of tomorrow's poetry meeting?" ”
There is an unwritten rule among the literati of Wuguo, and those who are invited before the poetry meeting will get some secret prompts, so that they can prepare the poems in advance, or ask someone to catch a knife, or hold their own hair and hold it hard, in short, try to avoid the embarrassing thing that there is a mouth and cannot do poetry at the poetry meeting.
"No, Childe, then Mr. Zhao bought a pair of four treasures worth more than 200 taels in Wenlan Pavilion to make a color head, and then set a proposition on top of the Ming Yan Poetry Club, and the test is real talent and real learning. It is said that Wen Laoju was very much in favor of him doing this, and said that if anyone came out on top, he would write a letter of recommendation for him to his students who were studying politics in Wudu. Now everyone in the city is guessing what the proposition will be. ”
"Two hundred taels of the four treasures of the study? This surnamed Zhao is a little stingy. Chu Gehuan pursed his lips disdainfully, provoking Wang Cai's belly, his own son-in-law really doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, he has a lot of money, so he naturally looks down on these two hundred taels, but on a poor scholar, it is simply a big fortune, enough to go to all the expenses of the Wudu big exam.
While the master and servant were talking, someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard gate and reported, "Childe, there is a son surnamed Bai visiting outside the gate." ”
Bai Gongzi? Chu Gehuan frowned suspiciously, went through the person surnamed Bai he knew in his mind, and sat up straight suddenly, "Where does he say he came from?" ”
The man hesitated for a moment and replied, "Hui Gongzi, it seems to be... Tongcheng! ”
Chu Gehuan immediately stood up, his face full of surprise, and shouted, "Open the courtyard door and greet me with me." ”
(In the past few days, things have come to the door again, and it has been a few days to be single, and I feel that I can't enjoy watching friends, so I'll save a few days and then watch it.) It's really too busy, what time do you get home at night, you code words, your brain is going to explode, insist on not being too strong, keep changing, and insist!!! )