Chapter 21: The Anger and Pride of the Family
"What the young master said is naturally reasonable. ”
"Goodbye, then. ”
Shepherd smiled bitterly, "Young Master, please wait a moment." Seeing that you are also a business person, since this deal can't be done, maybe we have another business to talk about. ”
"Oh?" Hearing that there was business to discuss, the fat man seemed to be a little interested, and a pair of pitifully small mung bean eyes narrowed into two slits, "I'm penniless now, is there still a business to do without spending money?"
"There's no silver, don't you still have an invitation. Shepherd pulled the fat man aside and said mysteriously: "Young master, you are a knowledgeable person at first glance, and the handwriting of Zhu Meizhi can only be taken out by an expert like you." So you must be able to see that my cigarette watermark is definitely Mr. Qianshan's real work, and it is worth at least 20,000 silver on the market. ”
"What do you mean?"
"I see that you are still young, young master, to be honest, there is nothing interesting in this place of wind and moon. What are the three major Oiran, but they are touted by those sour and rotten literati, in fact, women are like that, you will understand when you are older. Why don't you give me this invitation, and I will give you this cigarette watermark, and you will earn 10,000 silver for nothing. ”
The fat man seemed to be a little moved, but he looked at Ye Li on the side, "I see that this brother seems to be the same age as the young master, can he not let me go?"
The shepherd said in a low voice: "I really have something important with this little brother, I have to get on the boat, or who rarely goes to see what Yin Wu and Yin Liu? This is 20,000 taels of silver for white flowers." ”
The fat man hesitated a little and thought for a while, "I still want to go and see, I heard that the Yin Wu girl is very good-looking, if it is true, let my father marry me and go home as a daughter-in-law." So, I can't exchange these two notes for you. ”
The shepherd was about to speak, but the fat man continued, "But I have two more of them, and if you wish, I will give them to you." ”
As he spoke, the fat man took out two cards from his arms, but they were two purple and gold notes.
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The painting boat has sailed into the depths of the West Lake, and the noise has gradually disappeared, leaving only the other painting boats cruising on the lake, which are suddenly far and near and far into the eyes.
The cabin on the boat was three floors, and the shepherds were sitting in the flower hall on the top floor. The guests with gold and silver paper were taken by boat to the other two painting boats, and there were only 20 guests with purple and gold paper left on the Xiangyi boat, saying that Yin Wu girl would dance a song "Neon Dress Chaos" for the guests, and then choose a guest as a guest to enter the scene.
The flower hall looks small, and the decoration is unusually elegant, which is far from the luxurious exterior decoration of the appropriate house. The hall is lit with aromatherapy from the Western Regions Hu, the fragrance is light but has a unique exotic style, which makes people feel very relieved.
Twenty purple gold invitations, twenty guests, naturally there are twenty seats. Twenty guests had arrived, but one seat was still empty. The little guy in Tsing Yi was still standing behind the fat man with low eyebrows.
A young man in his twenties looked at the fat man, and then at the young man in Tsing Yi behind the fat man, turned his head to a young man of the same age beside him, and said in a mocking tone: "Brother Yu, you see that the rich man of the land is so rich now, not to mention that he can get a Zijin invitation, he actually brought his followers in, I heard that this is a note." Doesn't it mean that this purple gold note can't be bought with money, could it be a false rumor? Knowing this, I bought all these 20 invitations, and let the miscellaneous servants who led me the horse pass through, and they all saw the first beauty in the south of the Yangtze River. ”
After finishing speaking, he glanced at the young man in white who was sitting diagonally opposite.
The young man known as Brother Yu smiled slightly, but did not answer. He knew the temperament of this companion, Yao Lun, the second young master of the Yao family's big house in Gusu, the most favored grandchild under the knees of Mrs. Yao, known as Yao Er's stunned, was most disgusted with others looking more arrogant than him in front of him.
In fact, Yao Er is not arrogant, the Yao family is a Jiangnan family, inherited for nearly 200 years. At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty's southern crossing, the Yao family united with other local wealthy clans in the south of the Yangtze River to compete with the Sima clan openly and secretly, which once made the imperial court's decree unable to leave Jinling City for a while. Sima was helpless and promised great benefits to the local wealthy families in Jiangnan, so that the situation eased somewhat, and he temporarily sat on the dragon chair.
Later, Jiangnan changed hands several times, but it always had to entrap these local overlords, so these families have survived for more than 100 years. It's just that after a long time, there will eventually be signs of decay, and the atmosphere of the Shili heirloom is not as good as the generation.
Deshenglong's Qi family, originally started in business, because they have adhered to the ancestral teachings for generations, but they have come to the top, and their influence in the court has faintly exceeded those of those traditional wealthy families. The other families who have always regarded the Qi family as an explosive household, despise them from the bones, and the jealousy of being surpassed, as long as they encounter an opportunity, they will spare no effort to strike.
He is a family heirloom of poetry, and Qi Hanfeng is just a nouveau riche. Yao Lun admits that Qi Hanfeng may be better looking than him, but how can a stinky skin take all the demeanor of the younger generation in Jiangnan? In Yao Lun's opinion, he is not inferior to Qi Hanfeng in other aspects.
So Yao Lun often feels very angry, and this anger comes from the pride that flows in his blood.
Therefore,-for-tat with Qi Hanfeng has become a way to vent this anger, and it can also be said to be a step to regain pride. He didn't have any special thoughts about Yin Wu, but when he heard that Qi Hanfeng was coming, he called his companions, who were also from the Gusu family, to come and stir up the situation.
Qi Hanfeng turned a deaf ear to Yao Er's provocation, sitting there looking at his nose and his heart, with an indifferent face, but he looked very generous.
Yao Lun was bored, his face was a little unbearable, and he didn't know how to attack, so he wanted to take out his anger at the little fat man who looked like a rich man, "Hey, I said this little brother, why haven't I heard that there is such a person as you, your invitation note won't be stolen, right?"
The fat man saw Yao Lun staring at him, his expression was obviously not good, he was sure that he was talking to himself, he was busy wiping the sweat on his forehead, and said with some smuttering: "This son is laughing, I bought this invitation with a serious amount of money." ”
Yao Lun's expression became even more gloomy, "Who said that you can buy this paper with money?"
"I can confirm this, this young master did spend money. He took a handwriting of wishing plum branches and wishing everyone, and he bought these two invitations for 10,000 taels of silver. Shepherd and Ye Li sat on the seat next to the fat man and said to Yao Lun with a smile.
10,000 taels of silver is not a large amount for this kind of family. However, when I heard that the fat man took out Zhu Meizhi's handwriting, he was also a little surprised. After all, this kind of thing is not something that ordinary rich people can collect. Looking at the young man who was talking, he was actually wearing an old cotton jacket with rag patches, and the young man next to him was also very shabby in black, Yao Lun's face was even more difficult to look at. I didn't believe what he said.
"Looking at the outfit of the son, it is also peculiar, it seems to be somewhat similar to our Gusu's Huazi, isn't it that Hangzhou City has only become popular this spring?"
"Yao Gongzi has been raised, my shirt was originally worn by Huazi, because I was originally a little beggar. The shepherd was not annoyed at all, still smiling.
"Oh, Childe is also straightforward, but I believe you a little. It's just that this Xiangyi boat is so worthless, and even those who ask for food can come up casually? Even if they come, they must always dress decently. ”
"Yao Gongzi knows that this painting boat can't come up without a note. I was able to come up, naturally, with an invitation. It's just that when he was on the shore, the chief steward surnamed Chang didn't say anything, and he had to change his clothes when he got on this boat. ”
"If you have a note, you can naturally get on board. It's just that if this little brother's invitation was bought with silver, how did the child's invitation come about? Could it be that the current name Hanako is so rich that he can spend 10,000 taels to buy two invitations? This makes people a little curious. Yao Lun suddenly became interested in this little beggar.
The shepherd pointed to the fat man, "I am a little beggar, so naturally I don't have so much silver." These two invitations were also given by this young master. ”
Hearing this, the eyes of everyone in the hall looked at this side together, and even the third young master of the Qi family, who had always been light and light, couldn't help but glance at the fat man.
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