Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

First quarter of noon (after 11 a.m.)

The sun is shining brightly,

The spring breeze blows gently,

The green branches and leaves of the willow trees hung on the shore and were swayed gently by the wind.

On the sparkling water of Jinming Pond,

The huge and exquisite dragon boat is sailing towards Okuwu on the north shore.

The thick and long oars protruding from both sides of the hull were rowing in unison, causing splashes of water when the oars were raised and lowered.

There are dozens of small dragon boats and tiger-headed boats around to help with the towing.

And because the guests on board had already disembarked, the speed of this dragon boat was quite impressive.

When the big dragon boat was slowly parked into the tall Okuwu,

Xu Zaijing had already taken a small boat to the place where Gu Tingye, Liang Han and others were fishing.

The flag of the "Chiyuan Office" was hung on the boat. This "Chiyuan Office" was the yamen that managed Jinming Pool.

Seeing Xu Zaijing jumping onto the shore, the boat headed towards the entrance of Jinmingchi.

"How was the harvest?"

Xu Zaijing walked to Changbai who was closest to him and asked.

While speaking, he also looked at the bucket on the side.

Changbai shook his head with some embarrassment: "The catch is not much."

Xu Zaijing, who hadn't yet seen what was in the bucket, smiled and said, "Fishing is just a pastime, so don't be too busy, Changbai."

Before I finished speaking,

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye and Qi Heng with different expressions not far from Changbai.

He quickly took a look into Changbai's bucket. After seeing the big fish clearly, Xu Zaijing shook his head helplessly: "Changbai, you can't say that again in the future."

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing sat on the chair that had been moved over, took the fishing rod handed over by the fishing cart, put the bait on and threw it into the water to start fishing: "Erlang, have you found someone to go to the polo field tomorrow?"

Gu Tingye, who was under a tarpaulin on the side, looked at the fish floating on the water and said, "A few of us are enough!"

"Second uncle, Liang Han and I are not very old. We are afraid that we will suffer a loss when the time comes! Why not call the Huang family of Shoushan Bo?"

Gu Tingye frowned and glared at Qi Heng.

Qi Heng quickly pursed his lips and turned to look at the water.

Xu Zaijing smiled and said: "Brother Heng, don't worry, there are a few of us, you two may not have a chance to play!"

Zheng Xiao on the side stretched and relaxed on the back of the chair: "I will go to the north to play polo with you."

Xu Zaijing took back the empty fishhook from the water and re-hanged the bait while saying:

"What date? We will see you off then!"

"Before March 10th."

Qiao Jiulang, who was fishing on the shore, nodded repeatedly. Chang Feng beside Qiao Jiulang also wanted to nod, but did not move after thinking about it.

"Xu~"

Qingyun rode a horse and led Xiao Liju, leading a carriage from the Xu family to a stop not far away.

Qingcao got off the carriage with Hua Xiang and Yun Xiang,

When Qingyun took Buwei to unload all kinds of things from the carriage,

The three female servants skillfully turned up the charcoal stove and started making tea.

Two quarters of an hour later,

"Ahem"

Xu Zaijing cleared his throat and leisurely lifted a small fish the size of his ring finger out of the water.

"Sir, have some tea."

Yun Xiang came over with a tray,

Xu Zaijing smiled and threw the little fish back into the water, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and then took the tea cup in his hand.

On the other side,

Qiuniang, the personal maid next to Gu Tingye, glanced at her young master who was drinking tea, smiled, took Qingcao's hand and said something.

Buwei was quite familiar with Qingcao, so he took the teacup off the tray without saying anything and brought it to Qi Heng.

A little further,

Not far away from Liang Han, Hua Xiang looked at the female envoy who looked a little unfamiliar and had a guarded look in her eyes. She was a little confused, but she still smiled and said, "Sister, I would also like to invite Young Master Liang Liu to tea."

The female envoy looked Hua Xiang up and down, looking at the material of Hua Xiang's clothes and the exquisite jewelry on her bun. A jealous smile appeared in her eyes: "Sister, we have tea at home."

Hua Xiang was stunned for a moment and was about to speak when Liang Han turned his head and said, "The two girls next to Brother Jing came from the Marquis of Xiangyang Mansion and are very good at cooking tea soup. Bring them over and let me have a try!"

"yes."

The female envoy twitched the corner of her mouth and said.

After hearing the conversation, Gu Tingye turned his head and raised his eyebrows at Xu Zaijing.

They had already recognized the female envoy next to Liang Han as the girl from Wanjia Chunge who had been with Liang Han at the Ao House last year.

The Marquis of Yongchang is a famous wealthy family in Bianjing.

Liang Han is very knowledgeable about women.

The girl who can be attracted by him will not be bad in appearance.

But it also depends on who you are competing with. Qiuniang, who is more beautiful than Gu Tingye, is a sure winner.

The objects to be compared are the two sisters Yun Xiang and Hua Xiang beside Xu Zaijing.

Although Yun Xiang and Hua Xiang are only slightly better in appearance, they grew up in different environments. Even if the two sisters are female ambassadors, there is still some difference in the temperament of this spring girl.

Xu Zaijing looked at Liang Han who seemed to be enjoying Miss Chunge's jealousy and was patting her little hand, and shook his head slightly.

Li's Taotie, Xiaomei brothers and Qingcao were already familiar with each other, so they thanked them and started sipping.

On the day when Jinming Pond is opened,

There was a huge flow of people around,

There are many colorful booths for performing arts and vendors selling food and drink inside and outside the pond.

So Xu Zaijing and others’ lunch,

It is the food brought from their respective homes, as well as the snacks bought by the servants and maids from the surrounding area.

Everyone dispersed after fishing until the afternoon.

There was a palm-sized fish swimming in Xu Zaijing's bucket, which was his 'huge' harvest that stood out among the short guys in the afternoon.

When everyone was about to leave,

a flatbed carriage with a large wooden barrel tied to it came from the west.

The leader was wearing the official uniform of the Chiyuan Office.

Seeing Xu Zaijing about to ride on the horse, the official hurried over with the carriage and said with a bow:

"Wu Lang, please wait! This carriage contains the catch from Jinming Lake that the palace ordered for the Xu family! March is the time when carp is plump and tender."

Xu Zaijing walked towards the official and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your help!"

"Wu Lang, you are too polite!" The official smiled and bowed in return.

Qi Heng, Gu Tingye and others on the side listened to the conversation, looked at the wooden barrel in their servants' hands, and then looked at the half-person-high and large-sized thing on the carriage that was about the same size as the large water tank.

This.

After the head of the Chiyuan Office left,

Qiao Jiulang, whose family was originally engaged in the aquatic product business, boarded the carriage first.

After opening the lid of the large wooden barrel, Qiao Jiulang looked at the fish swimming in the barrel and said, "Brother Jing, this fish is neither too big nor too small, and the meat is just right. I put a lot of effort into it."

"Jiulang, how does it compare with the ones in your shop?"

Liang Han asked with a smile.

Qiao Jiulang waved his hand in embarrassment and said,

"This, my aquatic products are naturally not comparable to those in the Jinming Pond."

"Haha!"

Looking at Qiao Jiulang's appearance, everyone laughed.

Afterwards,

everyone got on their horses and slowly walked out of the Chiyuan.

2:00 pm (around 5:30 pm)

Quyuan Street,

Marquis Yongyi’s Mansion,

Backyard,

Mrs. Xie, who did not go to Jinming Lake to join in the fun, was sitting on a chair with her daughter in her arms, smiling: "Father, mother, is there something that you two have to be so serious about?"

Hualan, who was sitting next to Mrs. Xie, was also curious,

Zai Zhang cast a questioning look at Xu Zaijing.

Xu Minghua held Xu Xingdai, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Today, the old Marquis of Xiangyang."

Listening to Xu Minghua's story,

Mrs. Xie's eyes widened and looked at her mother-in-law Sun with some disbelief, and she got a positive nod from Sun.

Afterwards, Mrs. Xie looked down at her daughter in her arms, who was still ignorant, and said: "Then, my wife will write a letter to the official, so that he can know it earlier."

Because he already knew it, Xu Zaijing was still calm when he heard about his niece's marriage.

"Father, isn't the old Marquis of Xiangyang a little too anxious? How old are the children!"

"But, it's a good marriage."

Zai Zhang said with some emotion.

"Maybe the Marquis of Xiangyang has his own thoughts, and with the approval of His Majesty, we just have to wait until the children grow up."

Sun said with a smile, and then looked at the granddaughter in Xie's arms.

It is no surprise that this little girl is the future wife of Xiangyang Hou.

The next day,

Looking from the high city gate tower,

Today, the flow of people from Bianjing to the west of the city is still huge, and the number of people is no less than yesterday,

At 10 o'clock in the morning

West of Jinming Lake,

In the polo field,

The tents on the side of the field are all hung with windproof and sunshade gauze,

In a tent with a good position,

Wang Ruofu sat in the main seat and pushed a plate of dried fruits to her cousin, Mrs. Li: "Sister-in-law, my family also watches polo every year, and to be honest, we are a little tired of it. Today's scene is far less beautiful than the chrysanthemum appreciation party around the Double Ninth Festival."

Mrs. Li took a dried fruit from the plate and nodded with a smile, but her attention was on the polo field outside.

Looking at her cousin, who was concentrating on the polo and leaning out to look outside, Wang Ruofu felt a little uncomfortable and picked up the teacup to drink a sip of tea.

"Boom boom boom!"

The horses ran past.

"Ha!"

"Go!"

The sound of shouting at the horses came from time to time in the court.

"Ha, I won!"

Behind the tent, Pinlan's cheering voice came.

After a while,

Pinlan, carrying a chuiwan stick, walked out from behind the tent with a butterfly jade ornament on her head.

Rulan, who was standing by, also carried a chuiwan stick of the same style, and said with some dissatisfaction on her face: "Sister Pinlan, I'll put this jewelry away for you first, and we'll play another game in the afternoon."

"Okay, I'll accompany you to the end!"

Behind the two, Minglan brought Xiaotao and looked at Pinlan with admiration in her eyes.

Mrs. Li, the wife of Shengwei, who heard the conversation between the two, looked over and saw the butterfly jade ornament on Pinlan's head that did not belong to her. She immediately frowned and scolded: "Pinlan, you are the elder sister, playing chuiwan with your younger sister, why do you wear your younger sister's jewelry?"

Pinlan was stunned and didn't speak yet.

Rulan puffed out her chest and said, "Aunt, I am willing to accept the loss. I won it back this afternoon!"

Mrs. Li smiled at Rulan, and then continued to look at Pinlan with a stern face: "Look how sensible your sister is! Hurry up and give the things back to your sister."

Pinlan hesitated, but still took off the jade ornaments, smiled at Rulan and handed it to her.

"I don't want it if you give it to me! I want to win it back!" Rulan said with her neck stiffened and her arms crossed.

Wang Ruofu looked at the jade ornaments in Pinlan's hand and glared at Rulan with an unpleasant look on her face:

"Listen to your aunt! Hurry up and take it!"

Rulan changed her direction and stiffened her neck, just in time to see Mama Liu standing by the side.

Looking at Mama Liu’s eyes, she also had a somewhat resentful look.

Rulan pursed her lips and looked at Pinlan, and finally took the jade ornament.

Afterwards, there was some awkward silence in the tent.

Minglan from behind rolled her eyes and said loudly: "Sister Rulan, sister Pinlan, let's go see if my cousin is on stage!"

Hearing this,

The atmosphere in the tent relaxed.

Mrs. Li glanced at Minglan with admiration and said, "Go and have a look! This scene is much more lively than our Mrs. Zhang's polo ground in Youyang."

"Let's go!"

Pinlan stretched out her hand towards Rulan and Minglan.

Then the three sisters smiled and walked towards the tent door.

On the seats near the outside,

Looking at the three Lans approaching with a smile, Shulan, who was sitting like a lady, smiled with some envy in her eyes.

At this time, a knight playing polo ran past, bringing up some dust.

Mo Lan waved his hand in front of his face in disgust and whispered: "That's a really dirty thing."

"Dang Dang!"

Near the tent in the middle of the polo field,

The hanging gong was struck.

"New start! Han Wulang of the Korean family versus Gu Erlang of the Ningyuan Hou family!"

Listening to the referee’s shout not far away,

The three orchids at the door of the tent all looked over.

"Well, the one riding the black horse is cousin Jing!" Ru Lan pointed to the distance and shouted.

"Girl, be careful where you step!" The magpie behind Ru Lan tugged on Ru Lan's clothes and warned her with worry.

There were also many people standing at the door of the tent.

At this time,

A steward from the polo field came over with a boy carrying a huge tray, and shouted as he walked: "Buy it! Dear guests, let's see if there is anything you like! If you win, you can get half of the money!"

"Take a look, take a look, they are all authentic things with a good reputation in the city!"

In fact, this is a variation of Guan Po. Stadium spectators offset the money spent on goods by betting on winning or losing.

Even if you don’t win the bet, you can still buy it at the original price.

But if you don't buy it, half of the money you staked will be wasted.

This is also a business that guarantees profit but no loss.

Not far from the Sheng family tent,

The steward was talking to the woman next to the tent: "This lady, that Han Jiawu Lang comes to my golf course every day!"

"Look at the wooden stall over there. The jade sign hanging on the top belongs to Han Wulang!"

The woman glanced at Xu Zaijing and Han Wulang who were still preparing: "What about Ningyuan Hou's brother from the Gu family? Where is the sign?"

"Madam, Ning Yuanhou's brother from the Gu family has been here quite a few times. The brand is on the third wooden stall from the bottom."

The woman considered it for a moment, looked at the big tray carried by the waiter behind her, ordered something casually and said, "I'll bet Han Wulang to win."

He said and waved his hand,

The grandma behind her asked after the money and handed it over.

After hearing the conversation, Ru Lan and Ming Lan looked at each other and whispered: "Isn't the second uncle of the Gu family always studying at our house? Why do he come to the polo ground so often?"

Pinlan looked at Rulan and Minglan with some curiosity.

Minglan thought for a while and whispered: "Xu is the brother from the other room in the Gu family? I heard from Sister Hualan that the Gu family has four and five bedrooms, doesn't it?"

Rulan nodded in panic and realization: "Then, who should we keep?"

Minglan glanced at Pinlan, who told her to speak first, and said, "Although cousin Jing always messes up my hair, we are all relatives after all. If I had to choose, I would choose cousin Jing." !”

"Sister Pinlan?"

Pinlan looked over and said, "Look at how handsome Xu's cousin's horse is, so you knew you had to escort him!"

The three of them discussed,

The stadium steward had already walked over and said, "Girls, where do you want to bet? What good things should you choose?"

Sanlan looked at the items on the tray from the table, and there happened to be a piece of jewelry similar to Rulan's jade ornament.

"This, this!" Ru Lan pointed with a smile.

"Girl, you have good taste. This is a jewelry shop opened by the master of the Li family, who is the supervisor. I will give you sixty guan at half price!"

Upon hearing the price, the three Lans counted the money in their hands and looked at each other.

"How about choosing someone else?" Rulan said hesitantly.

Pinlan pondered for a moment and said, "Wait for me!"

After saying that, he walked towards Shulan.

Soon, Pinlan came over with a twenty-guan banknote and put it into the steward's hand along with other odds and ends: "Secure Gu Erlang!"

At this time,

A nanny walked to the Sheng family tent.

Madam Li said in her ear: "Madam, the Sun family's uncle sent someone to say that he needs some money to attend a poetry gathering of talented people in Bianjing."

Mrs. Li nodded and said, "Just go to the accounting office to withdraw it."

In the public tent of Qi State,

Princess Pingning glanced at the son next to her with the corner of her eyes.

There, Qi Heng was resting his chin on his hand in boredom.

Looking at Gu Tingye and Xu Zaijing who were preparing to mount their horses not far away, he sighed heavily:

"Alas! My good grandpa and good uncle!"

At the same time, he thought to himself: "In the future, I'd better go to the Xu family less often, otherwise I'll see that little sister-in-law. Alas!" ’

brothel,

Chaoyun Pavilion.

The elderly mother in the building looked through the crack in the door at the people in the room having a banquet.

Pointing to one of the young men with a beard on his lips, he said: "Here, that's the one. I heard he came from Youyang in the countryside, and he was very generous!"

"Don't worry, mom, my daughter will definitely squeeze him clean."