Chapter 5 Ferry Encounters
Taking a breath of cool air, Sun Xiaohan suddenly felt a lot clearer, "Grandpa and Daddy should be on the way home." Hey, damn the bottleneck, you can't reappear on the next floor!" Sun Xiaohan muttered to himself again.
"Han'er, it's cold outside, and I don't wear much when I go out" It was Sun Xiaohan's mother, Teng Biyun, who spoke.
"Mother, you're here! It's okay, I'm not cold!" Sun Xiaohan hurriedly stood up and replied respectfully.
"Silly boy, it's not cold!Come, put on your coat!" Teng Biyun said with concern.
"En" Sun Xiaohan got dressed and said, "Mother, you said that grandpa came back this time, and the assessment will be very strict, right?"
"Presumably, your grandfather is a strict man. Why, don't you have confidence?" Teng Biyun asked rhetorically.
"That's not it," a trace of sadness flashed on Sun Xiaohan's face, "Mother, what kind of gift do you say my father will give me?"
"How would my mother know" Teng Biyun obviously saw Sun Xiaohan's thoughts, but didn't ask deeply, just said, "It's not early, you go to bed early, there will be morning classes tomorrow morning!"
"I know mother, you should rest early!" After speaking, Sun Xiaohan went back to the bedroom alone.
Teng Biyun didn't say anything, withdrew from the courtyard, instructed the servants again, and called Sun Xiaohan's scholar Wen Tao over to ask a few words, and then turned around and left.
Teng Biyun did not go back to his yard, but came to his mother's yard, and told Teng Li what had just happened, the mother and daughter both guessed Sun Xiaohan's thoughts, so the two decided to give Sun Xiaohan a day off tomorrow, and let him go to the Mid-Autumn Festival in Cuiping City, twenty miles away, to have a good day and relax.
Early the next morning, Teng Biyun told Sun Xiaohan, who was preparing for the morning class, that Sun Xiaohan rushed out of the study happily after hearing this. Teng Biyun hurriedly chased out, said a few words, and called Teng Li, the steward of the front hall, and asked him and Wen Tao to accompany Sun Xiaohan to Cuiping City. Sun Xiaohan is a child after all, where can he withstand this temptation, he has long forgotten all his troubles.
And Teng Li has already prepared the horse, Sun Xiaohan rode the treasure horse "Jade Dragon" given to Teng Jingyu by the Emperor of Longjiang, this horse is snow-white, only there is a circle of green jade-like hair on the neck of the horse, and it is said that it has traveled more than a thousand miles. The other two were also good horses, and the three of them turned over and went straight to Cuiping City.
Cuiping City belongs to Liuyan County, because it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the mountains and rivers are greener, as if surrounded by a natural huge screen, so it is called Cuiping City. It is also because of the unique scenery of Cuiping City that there are often literati who come here to visit the mountains and rivers and recite poems.
Sun Xiaohan and the three of them came to Cuiping Lake, Teng Li looked for a boat to ferry, and wanted to charter a boat alone, but Sun Xiaohan disagreed, he felt that since he came out to play, there was no need to be alienated from others. So the three of them got on a big ferry, the ferry is divided into three layers, the lowest level is the livestock shed, the middle is the public cabin, and the top is the open private room, which is actually a small partition with reading power. Sun Xiaohan and the three of them naturally chartered a private room, drinking tea and looking at the scenery.
Suddenly, I heard someone next door chanting a poem: "The most important thing is that Cuiping keeps my heart, and the mountains and lakes are clear." ”
Sun Xiaohan still wanted to listen to the next sentence, but there was no sound, thinking that the next sentence had not been thought of yet. Sun Xiaohan was also interested for a while, and took the next sentence: "Crossing Cuiping Lake with you, talking and laughing." ”
This is the next door suddenly shouted: "What a ------ good poem! Brother Tai next door, can you come over and talk about it?"
After hearing this, Sun Xiaohan smiled and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Then he got up and went to the next door, and opened the beaded curtains, and there were two people in the private room, one master and one servant, both of the same age as himself. The master has clear eyebrows, a face like goose eggs and melon seeds, a slightly dark complexion, and a relaxed spirit, while the servant keeps his head down. Sun Xiaohan bowed down and said, "Sun Xiaohan in Xia Tengjiazhuang, dare to ask Brother Taizun's surname?"
"Under Dai Yingyue, Fang is the poetry of Brother Taixu, right?" said the young man
Sun Xiaohan hurriedly saluted: "Exactly, in the next moment, it will rise up and disturb the brother's platform, I hope you don't be surprised!"
The two chatted after a few more greetings, the young man spoke generously and decently, but from time to time there would be a little coquettishness between the words, Sun Xiaohan was naturally unaware, but Teng Li on the side saw at a glance that the young man was dressed as a woman, but it was not broken.
He is a small servant, as long as the safety of his master is not threatened, the others will not be bothered. Unconsciously the ferry still docked, but the two were very close and reluctant to leave. The young man said: "Since you and I have met, it is fate." The younger brother wants to go to Cuiping City, I don't know where the brother is going?"
"Oh, Brother Tai is also going to Cuiping City? It just so happens that the younger brother is also going to Cuiping City to play, just going together!" Sun Xiaohan said excitedly.
"I see, the younger brother meant so, but the younger brother still has other things, and he won't travel to the city with his brother, if there is a fate, you and I will see you again!"
"Since that's the case, then we're destined to meet again!" Sun Xiaohan said reluctantly, and the young man hugged Sun Xiaohan with a fist and turned to leave. Looking at the young man's back, Sun Xiaohan felt a little reluctant in his heart, this is Teng Li said: "Little young master, he is not a native of the country, he is from the seaside!"
"How do you know?" Sun Xiaohan exclaimed
"Naturally, I listen to the accent, I listen to his speech, although the words are correct and round, but it is inevitable that there is a little out of voice, listening to the accent is like a person from Wanghai Country. ”
After hearing this, Sun Xiaohan said: "Oh, Wanghai Country, that country near the sea, one of China's dependent countries?"
Teng Li hurriedly replied: "Exactly, but this Wanghai country is only a tributary country."
"Whatever! Let's go, let's go into the city!" Sun Xiaohan thought for a while, looking indifferent, but said to himself: "Dai Yingyue, I don't know if we can still meet!" After speaking, he turned over and walked to Cuiping City.
Teng Li wanted to tell Sun Xiaohan the true identity of Dai Yingyue, but the words came to his lips and he held them back.
The three of them came to the city gate, which was crowded with people and traffic, so it was not lively. People walked to and from the city gates in groups of three, two in groups, talking and laughing. Seeing this scene, Sun Xiaohan said with a smile: "It's so lively! Teng Li, where are we going first?"
Teng Li hurriedly replied: "Young master, we are entering the West Gate, where there are mostly restaurants, teahouses, inns, and some street vendors; the East Gate is mostly larger shops, and there are all kinds of them; the South Gate is more mixed, and the theaters, green buildings, and handle-style performers are mostly concentrated here; and the North Gate is a few large money houses and warehouses. As for where to go, please let the young master decide. ”
"Well, there are really a lot of good places to go!" Sun Xiaohan said after hearing this, "I think we should first find a clean teahouse, drink some water, rest, and take a look at the small stalls by the way, and then go to the shops at the east gate to have a look." It's just one street, and as for the other two, there are no good places, so don't go there. ”