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Chapter 397 Small gathering

Chapter 397 Small gathering

On the fourth day of May, the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, the streets and alleys of Bianliang City are already filled with the smell of rice dumplings, and every household hangs calamus and mugwort leaves, even the city gate is full of calamus mugwort leaves Waiting for things, the crowds are coming and going, full of festive atmosphere that the festival is coming.

The carriage drove out of the city gate and headed towards the bank of the Yellow River.

Cotton clouds float in the sky, and when you leave Bianliang City, you can see a flat river as far as you can see. Trees are planted beside the official road, and there are occasional village fields, chickens and dogs walking by, and the tributaries of the river pass through the village.After traveling for a while, the carriage arrived at the destination. It was a manor surrounded by green forests. It was built along the nearby river. There were several small and large villages beside it. It could be seen that they were all belonging to wealthy families. garden.

Ning Yi came out of Bianliang City today to go to the invitation made by Li Shishi before. The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the life of the capital's oiran is not idle.She went out to visit friends to find a teacher before, and when she returned, her days were actually delayed because she went north with the birthday gang's fleet. When it came to important events such as the Dragon Boat Festival, in the past few days, except for some guests who couldn't be turned away, the rest of the time was busy. I am rehearsing for a program that needs to be performed at the Dragon Boat Festival.Zhuangzi here is originally the property of the Lulou. Today is the last day of rehearsal, so she told her mother Li Yun that she wanted to find purity, and she came here for training. By the way, she invited a few friends over for a private party.

Since the person who is going to meet this time is a woman after all, Xiaochan is no longer his maid at this time, so Ning Yi didn't bring other people with her when she went out this time, but just drove the car with Ding Dongzhu, who was accompanying him to the north, and came here alone.After announcing his name, a servant girl welcomed him in. Before reaching the inner courtyard, he heard the sound of silk and bamboo, and a woman was singing lyrics.

"...Sparsely count the yellow plum rain. The special recipe meets the five again. The horn millet is covered with gold, the grass and cattails are full of jade, and the scenery is still Jingchu..."

"It's the girl who is practicing Zhou Bangyan's new words written by Zhou Daguan."

The maid introduced while leading the way, obviously also aware of the lethality of Zhou Bangyan's words to ordinary literati.

Turning through the small door in front, one arrives at a hall that is ventilated on all sides, with curtains hanging around, making it quite cool.Miss Shi Shi danced her skirt and water sleeves in the hall, and with the cooperation of a group of musicians, she sang her new poems. There were already two people sitting in the best view of the hall, and one of them was Yu Hezhong. The other person was also in his early twenties, but he seemed calmer than Yu Hezhong.When Ning Yi came in, the teacher girl in the hall just turned her head, and she smiled at him in her eyebrows. The smile was clear and filled with the joy of meeting old friends. Charming, almost even Ning Yi will be infected unconsciously.

In terms of effect, this kind of smile is even more attractive than Yunzhu and Jiner's smiles when they treat others.Perhaps for Yunzhu and Jin'er, that kind of life at the beginning was trying to ups and downs in the rolling waves, trying to find a direction, but for her, it might be dancing with ease.

He gestured to Ning Yi with a smile, but Shi Shi didn't stop because of this, and danced slowly while singing the new words that were said to be written by Zhou Bangyan.She didn't dance fast, but there was a pleasing temperament in her gestures, elegant and majestic. Ning Yi went around, nodded with Yu Hezhong and another person, and sat down to listen to the song.

"...The clothes are made of Aihu. The hairpins are made of red talismans, and the arms are wrapped with red strands. The powder is fragrant, and the wind is blown, and the small window is opened. The Shenxiang people are far away. I advise you to stop drinking and nostalgia for the past..."

"...Slowly singing the warbler's throat, tapping on the elephant board, is better than reading the chapters and sentences of Lisao. The fragrance of lotus is dark. Gradually introduce Tao Tao, the depths of the intoxicated country. Lying down and listening to the river head, painting boats and drums..."

Ning Yi has listened to Yunzhu's songs for so long, although his appreciation of poems and songs is not considered by everyone, he has always been introduced.Speaking of it, Yunzhu's singing skills have returned to the basics, especially when singing to Ning Yi and Jin'er, there are very few bells and whistles, and the pure voice can immerse people in it, as if washing the mind, the head and even the whole body are refreshed. It's like being surrounded by that gentle voice and being massaged by the whole body, and even if Ning Yi often sings some modern songs to her, she can always find the feeling Ning Yi wants, whether it is cheerful or sad or lingering.

In this sense, Li Shishi's musician's skills are good, and her singing skills while dancing are still good, and there is still a gap between Yunzhu and Yunzhu.But what appeared on the other party was not a single perfection. Whether it was the singing voice of the girl in front of her, the eyes in her eyes, or the dancing posture in every move, they all seemed to be making perfect hints, and together they melted into a picture scroll.

Although the dance was not fast, in the singing, she almost showed countless styles by herself, the festiveness of the Dragon Boat Festival, the tranquility when the rain fell, a girl, a woman, a woman living in a deep boudoir shaking a round fan, a young man drinking wine , Reading scribes.These feelings circulated in her eyes, body, and singing, and the three-dimensional moment became blurred again, and then turned into a complicated world.

The poem was originally written by Zhou Bangyan.At this time, when writing Dragon Boat Festival Ci, you must either just describe human feelings and features, or you have to write about Qu Yuan, which is time-consuming and sad.Zhou Bangyan’s Ci also writes the two, but it is not inferior. His style of Ci is already graceful. The first half describes the scene of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is his consistent strength. Que wrote about nostalgia and "Li Sao", but in the latter part of the second half of Que, when "gradually introducing Tao Tao, the depths of the intoxicated country", everything was blurred in the distant view, and everything described was downplayed, leaving The world is complicated.

When Li Shishi sang, his voice and music gradually became quieter, ending with "Lie down and listen to the head of the river, painting boats and stacking drums", his voice gradually became inaudible, and his movements gradually stopped. On the contrary, the movement was amplified. The sound of the wind blowing and the leaves rustling lightly made the whole hall seem more three-dimensional.In the hall, the woman perfectly expanded the hint to the entire world.

She lowered her hands, stood there motionless, closed her eyes, and let the breeze blowing around her move her hair.After a while, she opened her eyes suddenly, and opened her mouth wide, as if shouting "Ah—" but she didn't make a sound. After saluting the musicians next to her, she came over here with a casual attitude: "How? How?"

"it is good."

The three of them clapped their hands honestly, and Li Shishi laughed: "Actually, the lineup is almost done. I came here to be lazy, and I don't know if my mother will scold me..." Immediately, he introduced the three of them, except Yu Hezhong, Ning Yi, and the other person is Chen Sifeng who has been mentioned many times.

In the capital, it is fair to say that most of the three men present were not very interested in encountering such a scene as a childhood friend.It would be fine if they were really friends who played together, but in fact they were just three people who lived in the streets and streets with each other, but they were not considered acquaintances.Perhaps Li Shishi is the one who is really hot on this shaved head, but he has no friendship, and there is no enmity between them. Now that they are together, it doesn't matter if they get to know each other.

In the following time, several people chatted with each other under Li Shishi's lead.Although speaking, whether it is Yu Hezhong or Chen Sifeng, most of them have a good impression of Li Shishi, but at this time, they will not treat Ning Yi or each other so deliberately. After all, it is just a gathering of friends. Yu Hezhong met Ning Yi, Chen Sifeng also heard from Li Shishi several times before that he knew that his status as a son-in-law might be talented, but he just couldn't get into the imperial examination.In the following time, although there were occasional mentions of each other's families, they still talked more about Zhou Bangyan's new words. Today's grand gathering in the capital, the teacher's performance, and so on, are harmonious.

Ning Yi hadn't been to the capital before, so naturally he didn't know how popular Li Shishi was in the capital. Yu Hezhong and Chen Sifeng explained, and Shishi either smiled or added, and responded sincerely and skillfully.For her, it is probably a kind of relief to be able to get along with a few "childhood friends" she considers like this.

Afterwards, the four of them got to the river side of Zhuangzi, which was a tributary of the Yellow River, and the water was quite clear.At this end of the manor there is a waterside pavilion protruding from the river bed. The clouds in the sky cover the sun, and the pavilion is quite cool. The master ordered the servants to bring drinks and cakes. They simply ate something while talking and laughing. There was also a small painting boat beside it, and the few people agreed that they would row to the river to play later.

Ning Yi didn't forget his business experience, and asked a few people what they think about why restaurants and brothels make money.Not long after, Shishi called the musicians again and rehearsed on the grass beside the pavilion. In fact, it was just a performance for the three of them.At this time, they were getting a little familiar with each other. While chatting, they also walked around. Ning Yi saw a lot of four-petal flowers folded from paper hanging in a nearby embroidery building room. There seemed to be handwriting on them. After that, ask what it is.

In these years, paper is still a relatively precious thing after all, especially the paper that is folded into flowers, which looks quite beautiful and is much tougher than ordinary paper. Paper has to go through many processes to achieve this effect.Hearing his question, Shi Shi explained with a smile that these papers are indeed more expensive, but they are sold in many places in the city, especially brothels. Many literati will buy them to write their own poems, and then fold them into flowers and give them to their favorite ones woman.Although most of them are sent to women in brothels, many of them achieve marriage, so this paper is also called marriage paper.

"In fact, many times, marriage is like paper..."

Speaking of this, Shishi sighed, and then laughed again, telling Ning Yi some interesting stories between men and women in the brothel.At this time, Yu Hezhong and Chen Sifeng seemed to have something to do, or they had something to say to each other, so they left for a while.During Li Shishi's explanation, Ning Yi frowned and thought of something, and then recalled the matter of Yuan Jin'er who was distressed. Because of Jin'er, Yun Zhu and Xiao Chan may not have some emotions. Since girls like to give gifts, Write a love letter by yourself, and give it to them on the Dragon Boat Festival.Xiaochan likes poetry the most, and Yunzhu may be calmer, but she will definitely like it too.

Thinking of this, when I asked Li Shishi how to make flowers, the other party became curious, and Ning Yi told the whole story that he could send flowers to the woman at home.He is already married, and Fan can't hide the fact that he has a wife, concubine and children, and told Li Shishi that he hasn't given gifts to his family for a long time.The teacher's expression became gentle, and he found paper and taught Ning Yi to fold flowers.

"However... I will teach Brother Ning how to fold flowers. Can you show me the poems written by Brother Ning?"

"Ah..." Ning Yi was slightly stunned.

"Shishi promises not to sing it out." She raised her finger and made a serious promise. In fact, what Ning Yi was slightly surprised was that her request was too small, and if she didn't sing it out, she had a lot to do with her. What's the point.Smiling, nodded in agreement.

During this origami time, on the other side of the field of vision, in the other garden adjacent to here, it suddenly became lively, the servants were running around, as if a party was being arranged, and the grass on the side of the river was connected , Ning Yi looked over and asked, "Who is there?"

Shishi turned his head and glanced, and then bowed his head as usual, origami: "Over there, it's the viscount's other garden, which has been useless for a long time. Maybe there is a party... We can't afford to mess with it."

I don't know why she was talking about the question of whether to provoke or not at this time, but at the same moment, there was a voice in the yard next door: "Everyone, don't do this, I asked clearly, the neighbor next door The person who came here today is Miss Shi Shi... I can't afford to offend you."

"It's just an oiran, there's nothing you can't afford to offend, and we don't want to do something against Mr. Li. I will lend you a place and return it to my mother-in-law..."

"That's not what you said, everyone... You are here to find fault. Miss Shishi is entertaining a few friends over there, so don't be jealous. If I hate Miss Shishi, what else will I have in the future? Why are you messing around in Bianliang Fengyue Field, hey, everything is negotiable..."

"What is there to discuss? We just borrow your place to hold a poetry meeting. We don't do anything. You think too much. We are all scholars. Don't be so stingy."

"What kind of scholar, isn't it just that Miss Shishi hasn't seen you this time when she came back this time? She met someone else first, and she said it wasn't aimed at Li Shishi. It's not the first time this kind of thing happened. It's just jealousy. Hey, who is the next door? Come on now, don't let the persimmon hit the rock, it's not the first time, this kind of thing is not good, it's still in my place..."

Amidst the helpless wailing of the man with the status of Viscount, the people around him rushed in, swept the courtyard, cleaned up the dust, placed items, and began to arrange the party venue...

(End of this chapter)