son-in-law

Chapter 12

The time was approaching midnight, and the liveliness of Jiangning City was gradually reaching its peak. The carriage crossed from Su Mansion and crossed a road with relatively few people. When it approached Wuyi Lane, the speed gradually slowed down.

Along the way, there were countless lively fires swaying outside the carriage. I opened the curtain and looked out. Even on the quiet road on weekdays, it was very lively at this time. When I arrived at the commercial street near Dewuyi Lane, there was a Seeing the crowds, the carriage was as difficult to move forward as it was stuck in a swamp. A team of dancing dragons was coming from there beating gongs and drums, and the young driver had no choice but to park the carriage beside it.

"Sister Chan, it's not a good time ahead."

This boy may be a year or two older than Xiao Chan, but he still calls her sister.Although it seems that Xiaochan has only been running around with Ning Yi in the past few months, in fact, this little girl and her other two sisters have been training under Su Tan'er for many years. She is going to be in charge of the Su family. The three most trusted maids under her command, even the deacons, big and small, have to show some face. That's why she can order a carriage with just a little girl.This young man who signed a 20-year prostitution contract not long after he entered Su's residence somewhat knew her identity, and naturally treated her respectfully, and looked at this young girl who seemed younger than him somewhat curiously.

"See, I'll get off here, you can go back." Xiaochan lifted the curtain and came out, jumped out of the carriage, turned her head and smiled at him, then waved, "Thank you."

"I, my name is Dongzhu." The young man gathered up his courage, stammered out his name, then raised his head and said, "There are too many people in front of me, I'll take you there."

"Brother Dongzhu." Xiaochan smiled and bowed in thanks, then waved her hand and turned around again, "No, it's alright." Like a butterfly, she ran into the crowd, and her little hand could still be seen waving in the air. down, and then submerged in and disappeared.

In Suzhou City, Xiao Chan has been going back and forth many times, and she is very familiar with her, and no matter what the extreme situation is, just talking about the ability to socialize, handle affairs, and deal with a little trouble, the seemingly innocent and cute little Chan is actually very good. Much taller than the rural boy named Dongzhu.What's more, in such a crowded place, it is unlikely that anyone would embarrass a little girl who came out to go shopping and join in the fun. There are indeed a lot of gangsters and bullies these days, but they are not so easy to meet.

Bouncing through the crowd of dragon dancers amid the clamorous voices, there was an insane singing voice from a nearby brothel, which was gathered in the roaring street market. After a while, someone also held a piece of rice paper from the street. The head quickly ran over: "Lichuan Poetry Club, Tang Yu, Tang Gongzi's new poem to chant bamboo..." Then he pasted the paper on the Poetry List in front of a shop, and there were crowds of people around, one pushing tea eggs and Melaleuca The old man in the cake cart smiled and avoided the crowd, and Xiao Chan also hurriedly avoided the cart, smiled and followed ahead to watch the fun.

After reading a few words, Xiaochan hurriedly followed the flow of people to the river at the other end of the street. Wuyi Lane is not far from this street. The alley is relatively narrow, but it is also full of lively atmosphere. Tongming was crowded with people, and near the river bank, the busiest Confucius Temple could already be seen.

This river-facing street is the brightest pearl in the entire Jiangning City. The road is full of exquisite lanterns. The six boats of the Puyuan Poetry Club cruise on the Qinhuai River all night, but when they arrive at this time, they will definitely pass by. Here, Xiaochan has experience in participating in poetry festivals, so she went directly to wait here.She found a treasure shop run by the Pu family on the side of the road and handed in the invitation, and she quickly called someone to stop a small boat. At this time, the splendid water dragon palace had also appeared in the distance. One end of the Qinhuai River, against the backdrop of many painting boats, drove towards this side.

The small boats by the river approached and sailed away from time to time. This small boat also left the shore lightly in the shadow of the lights, and rowed towards the huge boat approaching in the middle of the river. The little girl on the bow gently hooked her fingers with both hands. In front of him, he raised his head and looked at the painting boat that was gradually approaching. The light of the lanterns on the painting boat gradually illuminated the little girl's cute bag head and her little face with a little longing.The sound of music came from the river, and another song and dance in it was about to come to an end, but she didn't feel sorry for it. It was actually very good to be able to come and play. If you can learn a few songs here ... She remembered how my uncle likes to listen to songs at night... Well, my uncle will definitely be very happy.

The singing and dancing dissipated in the painting boat, followed by warm applause, and then a small boat from the shore brought up the excellent poems that appeared in several great poems, and some also added some praises and comments from everyone. .Poetry clubs can’t be a group of people who have been sitting and reading and writing poems all the time. In fact, there have been many programs since the sailing of the boat, listening to lyrics, listening to music, guessing lantern riddles, watching the scenery, etc., always giving everyone atmosphere and insight, But at this time, after all, it has entered the most critical stage of this event.Because speaking, although tonight's carnival will even end after the ugly hour, that is, it will be past three o'clock in the morning, but in fact, after the hour, the poetry meeting will gradually become bleak.

The main reason is because most of the elderly, or middle-aged people with poor health—most of the poets are in poor health—at most it is the time for the party. when going home.In the literary world, it is these people who can have a certain reputation. To be famous tonight and to get attention, the opinions of these people are the most important thing.And when they leave, the rest is the game of real talents and beauties. It can only become the theme after picking up girls, which is equivalent to a grand gathering of sex prostitutes, although in this age of sex prostitutes, this thing can indeed be set up. An elegant name, but the meaning is no longer as important as it used to be. Most men in this era choose their name and beauty, and they will choose to be famous first.

Therefore, at this time, all kinds of good poems have come out one after another. In fact, some of the best ones have already been passed down. Tonight, there are several poems of Yongyue that are amazing, and Su Taner also copied a few. On the plain white paper in front of her, she was talking softly with a female family member of Wufu who she knew next to her.

In fact, she also loves poetry. Although she is not good at this aspect, the poet is like a modern star in this era. Which girl does not have any romantic thoughts in her heart.She is not good at it, so she likes poetry even more, and the feeling of a certain talent swaying his literary talent in front of everyone naturally makes her heart.

Of course, this is only part of the spiritual pursuit in life, just like many MMs in modern times like Andy Lau.Although she likes it, she doesn't usually reveal too much, and Ning Yi, her own prime minister, should not be very good at poetry. After reading the song "Three Lotus Floating Bichi Rafts Can Be Thought by Ai", she knew it clearly. Besides, he I confessed myself, but it doesn't really matter.

After a while, Xiaochan also came over with a maid who led the way.

"Is Xiang Gong asleep?"

"Well, fell asleep."

"Juan'er and Xing'er are there, how about letting them add a cushion to squeeze?"

"Okay, miss, I'm over... Miss Wusan is good."

After bowing to the female family members of Wufu next to her, Xiaochan trotted in the direction of the two little girls beckoning. Exquisite melon and fruit food, Xiaochan sat in from the middle, and the three girls squeezed into a group laughing and laughing.

Not far away, Su Tan'er and the female family members of the Wu Mansion got up and walked around.Such gatherings are usually separated from men and women, and there are screens between them, but of course it is not strict.The Puyuan Poetry Club invited not all the unmarried young ladies of Yun Ying, but basically couples who came with their families. Although they were separated by a part, everyone kept a little etiquette, but when they walked around, they could always meet each other. After speaking, Su Tan'er accompanied Na Wu's family to the side of the boat to look at the lights on the shore, and the other's husband also came over.Wufu is the largest cloth shop in Jiangning. The two sides have known each other before. They exchanged a few words and chatted about the information about cloth. Su Taner wanted to avoid suspicion and let their husband and wife talk about caring words first, and Xue Jin had a vision. He and the other young masters also came over shaking their folding fans. They were wearing bachelor headscarves, changed out of businessman-like clothes, and dressed as students. At this time, the evening wind was blowing, and they seemed to have a bit of feather fan scarves—Oh, a folding fan The style of the towel.

Xue Jin was in the limelight tonight, and he just wrote a poem about the moon, which was sung by everyone.When he came over at this time, the man from the Wu Mansion cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Xue is so talented, I'm afraid I'm going to win the favor of Miss Qilan tonight, so I'm very happy."

That Qilan is one of the most famous prostitutes in Qinhuai's area in recent years. She is known for her talent and beauty.She will choose the poems she likes to sing in the evening, and of course she has prepared programs, but the poems she chooses to sing are often the most showy at a certain stage of the poetry meeting.

The operations here are complicated. It’s not just talent that decides everything, but talent can really decide the majority. Xue Jin’s poems are good, and he has a family background, so it is very likely to be regarded as the finale. If he is favored here, then After a few months, I am afraid that I will have the opportunity to get close to Miss Qilan, being invited to a banquet or talking about poetry and thesis, which is a very showy thing, and if you can further get Miss Qilan to work, it will be broken. Her body is in the room, which is more proof of the ultimate achievement of his manly charm.

The Qinhuai River has been around for hundreds of years. This kind of story happens every year, and it can also become a popular topic in a long or short period of time. Men naturally get the limelight in such topics, and then they report it. Name, people will envy you for being a romantic and talented person, and your name is a bit loud.

Being praised at this time, Xue Jin was quite humble, and the female family members of Wufu also smiled and said, "My concubine is a little moved by Xue Gongzi's poems." Su Tan'er also liked the poems and praised them. a few words.In fact, people who are really familiar with the sedan chair, such as this Wu family woman, such as Su Tan'er, understand that most of the poems of the other party are bought from a famous family.

Xue Jin smiled happily, and he said a few words of humility. The two sides chatted, then Xue Jin said: "It's a pity that Brother Ning never came, otherwise, seeing such a grand occasion, there must be a good birth..."

Su Tan'er frowned.A few people seemed to be talking happily here, and a middle-aged man from the Pu family who was the master also came over. This person is the younger brother of the head of the Pu family, named Puyang Yu, who had also been awarded the title in his early years. He also has some talent.He himself was walking around to entertain people. At this time, he laughed and inserted the topic and asked what everyone was talking about. Xue Jin explained, saying that Su Tan'er's husband, Ning Yi, was planning to come, but unfortunately it happened to be infected these few days. It's a pity that the wind is cold, otherwise it would be Ning Yi's talent and so on.

"I don't think so. I heard that although Ning Yi has been studying for a few years, he is only a mediocre person. It's the same whether he comes or not." A person from the back said.

Xue Jin smiled and turned around: "Brother Feng, please don't talk nonsense, Brother Ning's demeanor, I have also seen it, and the Su family has searched for thousands of times, and just chose Brother Ning..."

Su Tan'er's husband, Ning Yi, is not very talented. People from Wufu, who have some friendship with Su Tan'er, know it. Therefore, even though he was talking about Ning Yi's body, it does not involve poetry and prose. Yes, watching each other's performance at this time, the two of the Wu family naturally understood Xue Jin's thoughts.Xue Jin pursued Su Tan'er before, but he failed to propose a marriage. He was a bit resentful and played some tricks. To be honest, the performance is not very technical, but the effect will not be compromised. There was a rumor that Su Tan'er married a waste, and the Wu family woman gave the minister a wink and wanted him to cut it a little bit, but the man saw it, but he hesitated for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking.With a smile on her face, Su Tan'er was about to speak, and Xiao Chan emerged from beside her.

"Yeah, my uncle is very good at writing poetry." She was fighting and eating with Juaner Xing'er. She was holding a piece of cake to repeat the magic that Ning Yi taught her, but she wore it, and the cake fell to the ground. People also noticed the situation here. Juaner Xing'er said that the son of the Xue family had bad intentions. Chan'er thought about it and leaned over at this time, "My uncle wrote a poem tonight."

As soon as the little girl said this, both Xue Jin over there and Su Tan'er over here were stunned. After a while, Xue Jin laughed: "Oh, did Brother Ning also have a great birth? Great, I just took it out and shared it with everyone. Take a look."

He looked surprised and magnanimous. In fact, he had already laughed in his heart. He had already inquired about what Ning Yi learned. After reading books for so many years, poetry can be written, but what will it look like when it is written? It's hard to say, at this time I just thought that Xiaochan didn't know how to appreciate it.If you take the situation before, there may be a few people gossiping, but it doesn't really mean much, but if a bad poem is really taken out for everyone to "evaluate", what effect will it have? .

"Well, alright." Xiaochan nodded, took the folded paper out of her clothes, and babbled, "At night, the uncle is uncomfortable and wants to hear Xiaochan sing, so Xiaochan just I took the poetry book and asked my uncle to choose one. But my uncle said that I didn't like them very much, so I wrote one by myself, oh, this is the song, but Xiaochan copied it down..."

I didn't like them very much, so I wrote one by myself... The tone was so loud that both Su Tan'er and Puyang Yu frowned, only Xue Jin smiled brighter and more sincere.As Xiaochan said that, she handed the paper to Su Taner, who had an undecided expression on her face. Su Taner looked at the rice paper to make sure that there were words, and then looked at Xiaochan again, and then officially turned back to the rice paper, her lips lightly parted, and while While watching, he silently read the words above.

Halfway through the reading, the speed of the light opening of his lips slowed down, but the eyes in his eyes gradually became more complicated, and he finally settled down. He glanced at Xiaochan again, and then returned to continue to meditate on the poem on the paper, ahead. Xue Jin smiled, craned his neck and looked around. Although he couldn't see it, he was still very happy...

What's the use of reciting silently? Anyway, you still have to show it to everyone. I'll just recite it for you at that time, ha!

As if the prank was successful, he thought happily.

After a moment, a large canopy of fireworks rose from the side of the boat, and Su Tan'er handed over the words amid the magnificent flames.

"Please comment on Uncle Puyang Shi..."

Puyang Yu had already seen the clue, and nodded and smiled at this time.He is very fond of this young lady of the Su family, who seems to be weak and does not let her men. Even if the family has a husband who is not very talented, it is a common thing. On the contrary, Xue Jin and Meng Lang are mean and unpleasant. If the poems are not good, you should also say a few good words and try your best to round things up.He took the poem and looked down, thinking in his mind what kind of evaluation to use.

The fireworks rose, and others were waiting for his first comment. Xue Jin smiled elegantly and courteously.Su Tan'er glanced at him, her eyes fell back on the paper note in Puyang Yu's hand, and she gently bit her lower lip.

When the flames are on and off, the eyes are complicated and unspeakable...

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