The carriage swayed and the boat swayed.

There is never a shortage of gentleness in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, a meandering river across the city, a light boat, a bamboo pole, and a story.

"The ends of the black hair are coiled in a circle, wrapping around all the attachments to you, and the language spoken through the translucent curtain is completely deceitful......"

Song Che leaned against the car window, enjoying the night view of Hangzhou, and couldn't help humming a small tune in his mouth.

"You sing this song pretty well." Shen Wenjun couldn't help but praise.

Zhou Yazhao also nodded in agreement.

"This song is called "Big City Little Love", which tells the love story of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River," Song Che smiled and sang to Shen Wenjun: "Oh, the head is all you, the heart is all you, the little love is so sweet in the big city......"

Shen Wenjun added a blush.

Zhou Yazhao clapped his palms.

At this time, I suddenly heard the sound of a flute outside the car, which happened to be very inconsistent with the accompaniment of the song.

At another time, I heard someone outside the car exclaim:

"Look! And voila! The courtesans of Tianxianglou are out on a cruise again! ”

"The one who blows the flute on the bow of the boat, isn't it the Oiran Red Girl of Tianxianglou? It's like a fairy......"

Got beautiful women? That has to be seen.

Song Che looked for the prestige of the flute, and saw that under the bright moon ditch, a flower boat full of red lanterns, there were five prostitutes sitting in the bow, two on the left, two on the right, each holding a pipa and a long qin, and a woman in red clothes stood in the middle, scratching her head with gold hairpin and jade, half hanging a light veil and half covering her face, wearing a silver bracelet on her wrist and wearing jade on her waist, and a curtain of amber and blue eyes.

She held Yuxiao in her hand, her lips were lightly touched, and she played a fairy music that is difficult to hear in the world.

The flower boat swam through the carriage, and she could only see her side face, Song Che could almost see it, on the one hand, because she was too beautiful, and on the other hand, she seemed familiar.

"This woman ......" The more Song Che looked, the more he felt that he had seen it somewhere, and he picked up the binoculars and planned to take a clear look, but who expected it to be dark in front of him, and when he looked up, Shen Wenjun covered the camera with one hand and asked with a smile: "Aunt Song is not afraid of being seduced by that prostitute?" ”

Song Che coughed dryly twice, "I seem to have seen her somewhere......"

"Oh! The first time you came to Hangzhou, did you see prostitutes in the city? Shen Wenjun closed the car door and said angrily: "Last moment, I said that my head and heart were all mine, and now I will see other women go, hum...... A man's mouth, a deceitful ghost! ”

Zhou Yazhao nodded again and again.

Song Che said bitterly: "Let's not talk about whether people are beautiful or not, but other people's songs are played well......

Shen Wenjun said: "Those eighty percent are official prostitutes in Hangzhou, who have been learning music in the art hall since they were children, and they naturally play well, but they are all ancestors who have committed big crimes, and no matter how glamorous they are, they are also cheap." ”

In ancient times, the law often included the sin of joint sitting, degrading the relatives of prisoners to "lowly status", women acting as official prostitutes, and men acting as official slaves, and they were not allowed to enter the military for the rest of their lives, and it was passed down from generation to generation.

If those courtesans were really pariahs, Song Che was probably wrong.

……

Back at Zhou's mansion, after getting out of the carriage, the three of them hurried to the dining room.

I thought that it was all over and that the family banquet should have already ended, but when I entered the door, I found that no one in the family had moved their chopsticks.

The room was full of relatives, most of whom had displeasure on their faces.

"Yo, it's back, and the food is cold when you wait." Zheng Xiu'e is yin and yang.

"I'm really sorry, we were out playing, I didn't know there was a family banquet tonight......" Shen Wenjun hurriedly apologized.

The old lady who sat alone at the table waved her hand and smiled: "It's okay, it's my temporary notice, you can take a seat quickly." ”

The three of them took their seats in the lower seat.

"Mother, what is the matter with your sudden summons for the family banquet? I haven't finished my accounts in this shop yet. Zhou Gui's tone in the second room was a little impatient.

The old lady said in a deep voice: "What? The last home banquet or the Spring Festival, can't I call the whole family to have a lively meal together? ”

Zhou Gui urged: "Then you have something to say quickly, it's the pearl diving season right now, and everyone is busy!" ”

"Smack!" The old lady stomped the bowl in his hand and scolded: "No matter how busy you are, can't you even squeeze out time for a meal?" ”

Zhou Gui blushed, and the children and grandchildren bowed their heads and were silent.

"Keep your heads down and eat the vegetables!" The old lady was powerless, and her eyes were full of helplessness.

Everyone bowed their heads to eat vegetables, the dining room was silent, and there were more than 20 people in a large family, and the excitement became a luxury.

The old lady sighed and said to Aunt Fang, "Xiao Fang, bring the things up." ”

Aunt Fang nodded, took out a sandalwood box from the desk drawer and handed it to the old lady.

The eyes of the people in the hall gathered on the wooden box.

The old lady patted the wooden box, "First finish this meal lively, and then slowly talk about the things in this box." ”

As soon as the words fell, the dining room was no longer depressed, and everyone was feasting and staggering. Finally found some excitement in the hypocrisy.

After a while, the big table was full of jade plates and delicacies, and they ate cleanly.

The old lady's sigh became heavier and heavier, and when she saw that the time was almost up, she opened the wooden box, took out a Xuanwu jade seal from it, and said to everyone:

"I'm old, this palm print should also change hands, but the eldest son died early, the eldest grandson is congenitally insufficient, the second and third are the heirs of the Zhou family, and I am afraid that there are people who are uncomfortable in favor of anyone, I thought about it for a long time, and decided to call you to have a fair competition-

Half a month later, it is the annual 'Pearl Conference' in Hangzhou, all the descendants of the Zhou family who have a business house in their hands, can participate in the meeting independently, if anyone can come out on top at the meeting, I will hand over the palm print to him. ”

The eyes of the mother and son of the big house lit up.

The father and son of the second room are gearing up.

The father and son of the three rooms are not messy.

The youngest daughter Zhou Yazhao couldn't see or hear.

Song Che and Shen Wenjun glanced at each other, and the husband and wife had a clear heart, and instantly understood what each other meant.

The old lady deliberately asked them to go to the banquet together, and waited for them to arrive before moving the chopsticks, and his intention was self-evident.

"You say, you say ......," Shen Wenjun elbowed Song Che.

Song Che elbowed back, "You are your own granddaughter, you said it was better." ”

"That's why I want to avoid suspicion, you say it quickly, don't say that I can pinch your flesh." Shen Wenjun pinched Song Che's arm.

Song Che immediately raised his hand and said, "Grandma, I have a question!" ”

"You have a granddaughter-in-law, and your surname is not Zhou, why do you have any doubts?" Zheng Xiu'e immediately asked.

"It's true that my surname is not Zhou," Song Che pointed to Zhou Yazhao beside him, "But my aunt's surname is Zhou, is my aunt also qualified to participate in this palm print dispute?" ”

Several children and grandchildren focused their eyes on Zhou Yazhao at the same time, although there was no ridicule on their mouths, their contemptuous eyes were full of mockery.

The old lady smiled: "That's right, Yazhao is not married, he is still a child of the Zhou family, and he is also eligible to participate." ”

At this time, Zhou Gui in the second room said: "My mother said before, there are two conditions for participating in the meeting, one is the children of the Zhou family, and the other is that there is a business house under the palm, the little sister has been in the boudoir for many years and has never participated in business, what qualifications does she have to compete for the palm print?" ”

Zhou Yazhao tugged at Song Che's sleeve and wanted to drag him back to his seat.

Shen Wenjun held Zhou Yazhao and motioned for her not to make a sound.

Song Che smiled, looked around at the relatives and said, "Uncles, aunts, you have so many business houses in your hands, wouldn't it be okay to divide one room and give it to your aunt?" ”