Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Feeling of Having Guests at the Poetry Meeting
When he got up early in the morning, Zhou Heng was already arguing outside, today is the opening of the Iya Mountain House, Wu San'er has been prepared in the Guya Mountain House, and he called someone to invite him. The lady in the house also heard the wind and was very happy. I heard that Zhou Heng also went, so he specially taught someone to prepare a car, called a few long entourages to follow, and prepared firecrackers, to teach Shen Ao and Zhou Heng to win a lottery and come back.
Chun'er went to urge Chen Ji to make a trip, Chen Ji is still in the dark, how did he know that Shen Ao secretly put him together, and used his name to swagger and deceive everywhere. When Chen Ji saw Chun'er, he was about to say something, but Chun'er handed over a piece of paper, Chen Ji took it, looked at it fixedly, stopped talking, and said to Chun'er: "Girl, if you go back to report it, you will come immediately." ”
This paper is really densely written with small characters in various fonts, each penmanship is different, each font is different, Chen Ji gasped, looked at this paper, and could only be convinced.
Chen Ji immediately set off and joined Shen Ao and Zhou Heng, plus the long-term entourage of the mansion, there were more than a dozen people, several of whom were attached to Chen Ji, who were specifically responsible for guarding his safety.
Bianjing City is full of autumn, the branches of the trees along the street are bare, the streets are full of fallen leaves, and there are gradually more pedestrians. As soon as the day dawned, the entire city was covered with a faint layer of mist.
Zhou Heng lifted the curtain, taught the driver sitting on the wheel to move to the side, and looked at the flow of people on the street in front of him: "Shen Ao, you see, many people are rushing to the mountain house, and it must be very lively later." ”
Shen Ao leaned comfortably on the back cushion and yawned: "This is natural, as long as today's poetry meeting can be successful, the business of the mountain house will not be a problem." ”
Zhou Hengxing said angrily: "Then how much can we earn?" Can you earn 3,000 a year? ”
Shen Ao pouted: "Three thousand? My Dong Zhou, you are too underestimating yourself, the prince of the dignified mansion comes out to do business, and you have to have five or six thousand yuan in the account a year. ”
"Five or six thousand." Zhou Heng's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Why are there so many, good, great, with this money, I don't have to go to the account office to pay money in the future." ”
When the carriage arrived at the edge of the Bianhe River, there were many carriages and horses parked here, with servants fanning paper fans, wearing Confucian skirts with eyes above the top of the show, looking excitedly in the crowd, and the merchants who were interspersed with goods to sell, it was very lively.
"It seems that the emotions of the comrades have been mobilized." Shen Ao was secretly happy in his heart, although he released many gimmicks, but what effect could be achieved, Shen Ao was not sure yet, and now it seems that the effect was beyond his expectations.
After getting off the carriage, the coachmen tied their horses and drooped down, Shen Ao and Zhou Heng were not in a hurry to go in, and looked at the scenery along the Bianhe River and the dawn. The carriage that Chen Ji was sitting in was very low-key, and he entered directly through the back door of the mountain house, for fear that he would be recognized when he got out of the car, and it would be difficult to get out at that time.
Before the mountain house opened, there were already a lot of people, and the sons got off the carriage and greeted each other, if there was an invitation, it was even more tail cocked, and they couldn't wait to stick the invitation on the door of their heads.
What is an invitation? The invitation is a symbol of learning, and it is the recognition of Chen Ji and Chen Xianggong.
"Zhang Xianggong, it just so happens that we talked about you, come on, come on." The person who spoke shook his fan, and saw a man riding an old horse walking slowly, greeting him from a distance.
This Zhang Xianggong is naturally surnamed Zhang, and his parents are not good at getting a name, so he is called Zhang Yidao, for this, Zhang Xianggong has been ridiculed by many people. Zhang Xianggong is not a hero who kills people, but a scholar who studies to gain fame. There is no way to conflict with the name and the profession. Therefore, some people who know him know that he likes others to call him Zhang Xianggong, if someone calls him by his name, Zhang Xianggong may be a good man if he walks violently.
Zhang Yidao is in a particularly good mood today, his family background is average, and he has taken a fame by mistake, but his knowledge in Bianjing City is not top-notch. Unexpectedly, thanks to Chen Jixiang's favor, he had the opportunity to participate in the poetry meeting. Last night, he didn't sleep well all night, and came early in the morning on his old horse, and he knew in his heart that with the qualifications to participate in the poetry meeting, whether he could take a lottery or not, this value would go up. He is now teaching in a large family in the city, preparing for the next year's scientific examination, a jinshi, a scripture and history, and just lack of money to buy some books, and go back to raise the price with the owner.
Tie the horse under the willow tree by the lake, dust off the Wensheng towel on the top of his head, and stride forward to greet the person who greeted him. The value of this outfit is not low, and now Zhang Yidao is prepared, so he naturally wants to dress up.
After chatting for a while, someone suddenly said, "The mountain house is open, come and see." The crowd surged, so that Zhang Yidao had to follow the crowd past, he looked around, only to see that the appearance of this elegant mountain house is not extravagant, but a strong and elegant taste, without too much grandiose decoration, but full of a sense of vicissitudes that come to the face.
Someone is yelling: "You can come to cheer, the small shop is shining, but today there are too many people, I have to offend you, please include more, everyone line up to enter." ”
Most of the people who come here are scholars, and naturally no one is messing around, and whoever can't do something insulting will instantly discharge a long queue, and it is from here to the end of the street, and there is no end in sight.
Zhang Yidao stopped greeting people, and hurriedly found a place to line up, he thought to himself: "This place is really different from the temple fair, there are even rules for entering the venue, and the poetry meeting is the poetry meeting." ”
After waiting for a long time, seeing that the team in front of me had come to an end, some people went in, but some people came out with a look of chagrin and frustration. "What's going on? Could it be that this store still doesn't allow customers to enter? Zhang Yidao felt a little unreasonable, and when a student in front of him was about to enter the store, Zhang Yidao knew that there were really shops in the world that pushed customers out.
It turned out that there were two Confucian scholars standing at the door, one slightly brushed his beard, and the other stared at the person with triangular eyes, and the person was just about to enter, but his hand stopped him, and the triangular eyes seemed to be smiling and said: "Son, don't worry, only scholars are allowed to enter the Yaya Mountain House, and the rest of the idle people are not allowed to enter." ”
The student said confidently: "I'm a scholar, can't you see it?" ”
The Confucian man who brushed his beard sneered: "Is it not what you said, you have to try it to know, I will come out of a couplet, if you come out, then the elegant mountain house is willing to welcome the son." But if you can't answer, you can only be rude. ”
The student was a little nervous, and said, "Okay, you name the link." ”
The triangular eyes shook his head and said: "Flowers, flowers and leaves, green and red, but Si Xiangwei is deliberately supportive, not teaching rain and wind, clear and cold." Excuse me, childe, what is the explanation of the next link? ”
The student hesitated to hold his chin and fell into deep thought, this couplet is very difficult, if it is not for the people who are full of poetry and books and have the wisdom to come, they may not be able to get it right.
After hesitating for a moment, the triangular eye was already impatient, and said, "Childe, please go back, it's not too late to go back and study hard." ”
The student was blushing and ashamed, and walked away.
Zhang Yidao saw it in his eyes, and immediately understood, it turned out that only people with good learning were allowed to enter this elegant mountain house, and those who were illiterate or did not grow in their studies could not enter.
"In this way, those who can enter this mountain house should be talents, well, great." Zhang Yidao's heart is secretly refreshing, this rule is very appetizing to him, if anyone wants to go in, and if he wants to go out, what kind of elegant words are he talking about? The fewer people who can enter, the more he can show his worth and his extraordinary learning.
Zhang Yidao took the invitation card, saluted the two old Confucians, and said, "Students are polite." ”
When the two old Confucians saw Zhang Yifan's invitation, they immediately laughed and replied: "The son is a celebrity with an invitation, so there is no need to take the school exam, please invite the son in, the hospitality is not good, don't be surprised." ”
They are like two people to Fang Cai's student and Zhang Yidao, on the one hand, they treat each other coldly, and on the other hand, they are extremely courteous, and the comparison between the two makes Zhang Yifan even more comfortable. If it was an ordinary store, those guys would naturally see people laughing, but there was nothing unusual. But here is as cold as frost to ordinary people, but Zhang Yidao is treated like apricot blossoms and spring rain, and this value and status are revealed.
"It turns out that in their eyes, I am already a celebrity." Zhang Yidao nodded happily to the two old Confucians and stepped into the threshold.
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The newcomer is very tragic, ask for a collection, a ticket.