The smoke cage is cold, the moon is long, and the sand is long, and the night is close to the restaurant in Qinhuai.

The merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the queen garden flower across the river.

As early as more than 800 years ago, the famous poet Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty left such a quatrain by the Qinhuai River.

In fact, this poem is also suitable for now.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1639, the Ming Dynasty at this time was in the midst of internal strife and external troubles, with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng making rebellions, and the Qing army violating the territory.

But this does not affect the bustle and prosperity of the Qinhuai River.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the boats have already docked at the pier, waiting for the guests to board the boat.

As one of the most famous owners of the painting boat on the Qinhuai River, Dong Xiaowan had also boarded the boat early and was anxiously waiting for the arrival of tonight's guests.

Soon after, her maid, Xiaocui, hurriedly ran onto the boat.

"Miss, tonight Fang Yizhi Fang Gongzi wants to charter a boat with a lot of money, and Mother Wu asked me to ask what you mean. ”

The selection of customers for the painting boat is a special model.

Generally speaking, if there is only one wave of guests asking to see a certain boat that night, it is easy to do, and the bustard mother can arrange it directly, but if there are several groups of guests who want to see it, it will be a bit troublesome.

At this time, Qinglou often provides two modes.

The first is bidding, and the highest price wins.

The second is that the guests have quoted one after another, and the bustard mother will report the identity of the guests to the painting boat, and the owner of the painting boat will choose.

There is no doubt that the owner of this painting boat must be a celebrity.

Dong Xiaowan certainly belongs to the second type.

If she is not happy, no matter how high the price of the guest is, she will not want to board the ship, and even the bustard's mother, Mother Wu, is helpless in this regard.

Of course, there are exceptions among the guests.

If the guests in the competition have a particularly noble status, status, and fame, the other guests will generally be polite.

For example, tonight's Fang Gongzi.

Fang Yizhi does have some background, he was born in a family, his grandfather was Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple in the Wanli Dynasty, and his father is the current governor of Huguang, and Fang Yizhi himself is also talented, one of the four sons of the famous Fushe, famous all over the world.

Therefore, as soon as he got out of the horse, the other guests hurried to give way.

There is no way, this is a rich, powerful and famous person, and ordinary people can't afford to offend.

Dong Xiaowan was also overjoyed when she heard it.

She is naturally no stranger to Fang Gongzi, this is not the first time Fang Yizhi has boarded her ship.

Speaking of which, the reason why she was able to quickly become famous in Qin Huai also had a lot to do with Fang Yizhi, after Fang Yizhi boarded her ship for the first time, he praised her talent and beauty, and then quickly publicized it.

In the past few months, Fang Gongzi has been on the ship several times, each time with different guests, and most of them are talented people full of poetry and books, through him, Dong Xiaowan has already met the other two of the other three of the four princes of the Fushe, Wu Yingji and Hou Fangyu, and there is only one Mao Xiang who has not seen it.

I wonder which guests Fang Gongzi brought tonight?

Will there be a presumptuous boy I haven't seen before?

Dong Xiaowan couldn't help but reverie.

The fourth prince saw three, and the remaining one was missing, which is also a pity.

Moreover, she also heard that among the four sons, the most talented one is this impostor boy who has never seen it.

"Hurry up, please. ”

She instructed Xiao Cui expectantly.

Dong Xiaowan guessed correctly, there was really a presumptuous guest tonight.

Mao Xiang, the word is in Xinjiang, Yangzhou Mansion is like a Gao person.

Like Fang Yizhi, the Mao family is also a family of poetry and books, a famous family, and Mao Xiang's father was an official to Wu Chu as the deputy envoy of the judge, and his background was quite good.

As for Mao Xiang himself, he is also famous, he began to compose poetry at the age of ten, and published his own poetry collection at the age of fourteen.

Because of his outstanding talent, Dong Qichang, a giant of Wenyuan, personally wrote the preface to his poetry collection and compared him to Wang Bo in the early Tang Dynasty.

In terms of fame, Mao Xiang is not lower than the other three of the four sons of the Restoration Society.

However, Mao Xiang's career is not very smooth, so far, he has come to Jinling to participate in the township examination four times, each time he failed.

Now, he has come to Nanjing again, not only for the township test this autumn, but also for the beauties.

He had long heard from Fang Yizhi that there was a talented Dong Xiaowan among the beauties of Qin Huai, and Wu Yingji and Hou Fangyu also praised Dong Xiaowan to him, which aroused his strong curiosity.

So he rushed over from Rugao City.

Before he boarded the ship, he heard about Dong Xiaowan's reputation again.

"This building has launched a new Xiaowan soup bag and Xiaowan crystal bag carefully made by Miss Dong tonight, do you want to order a few servings?"

Dong Xiaowan's handmade buns?

A must-order!

On Dong Xiaowan's boat, how can you not order Dong Xiaowan's bag?

Although the price is a little expensive, this bit of silver is not a problem for him and Fang Yizhi.

It's just that at this time, Mao Xiang is still a little unimpressed.

A young girl, how good can the steamed buns she make?

This should be Qin Lou's gimmick to borrow her name in order to make money!

But within a few minutes, the guy in charge of ordering came in a hurry.

"I'm sorry, Young Master Fang, Young Master Mao, there is only one cage left in the Xiaowan crystal bag, this cage is specially reserved for Miss Dong's boat in the back kitchen, I am in charge of it, and I will help you replace the other cage with Xiaowan soup dumplings, is it okay?"

Fang Yizhi was a little displeased: "Why don't you do more?"

"I'm really sorry, Miss Dong has limited time, today only made ten crystal bags, and only fifty soup bags, if I don't call the shots, even the soup bags will be robbed. ”

This Mao Xiang was surprised.

He asked, "Is this bun really made by Miss Dong herself?"

"Of course, this is a delicacy that Miss Dong has tried and made repeatedly, and it is an exclusive secret recipe that other chefs can't make. ”

The little guy added: "Don't say it, as soon as this bun comes out, just the smell of the appearance makes the mouth water, and the guests on the other side of the private room began to rush to order, and it didn't take long to grab it, and the guests who ordered it first wanted to add more!"

Mao Xiang was even more surprised.

Is it really that delicious?

He couldn't help but start looking forward to that little Wan bun.

At the same time, his desire to see Dong Xiaowan was also stronger.

He couldn't help but think of Fang Yizhi's description of Dong Xiaowan: "The face is dizzy and shallow, the valerian eyes are flowing, the fairy posture is jade, and the charm is natural." ”

That's amazing!

Gentle personality, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and now there is a must for cooking, where can this kind of girl who combines beauty, talent, and temperament find a second one in the world?

This really tickled Mao Xiang's heart.

It's a pity that this Dong Xiaowan doesn't sell his art, otherwise, he really wants to have a Spring Festival with her, even if he spends a little more silver.

Alas, it's a pity, it seems that she will have to take other girls on her ship tonight.

Just when he felt sorry, Dong Xiaowan's maid hurriedly ran over: "Young Master Fang, Miss is invited." ”

It's finally time to get on board!