Huaxi Chronicle

The eighth day of April, Buddha's birthday.

In Huaxi County, spring is full of buildings.

At noon, the sun is strong.

The sun in April is not too harsh, and the sun is warm and comfortable.

Chunmanlou - the largest restaurant in Huaxi County, it is more like a small garden than a restaurant road.

There is not only one building in Chunman Building, there are eighteen pavilions, large and small, in Chunman Building.These eighteen pavilions are distributed in different directions of Chunmanlou, and they are not connected to each other.As the name suggests, Chunman Building is like spring all year round in the building, and the flowers bloom all year round.The reason why the flowers are invincible, apart from the dedicated care of skilled craftsmen, is that every time the flowering period is over, another batch of new flowers will be replanted in the building, making the building full of spring like spring in all seasons, and hundreds of flowers are blooming.

Yan Cong'an came to the gate of Xiangmanlou in a carriage.

Looking up, the walls of the house extend to both sides of the alley, and you can't see the side at a glance.In the middle of the courtyard wall is a mahogany gate that is more than three feet taller than ordinary houses. A large ebony plaque hangs on the beam of the gatehouse, with three gilded characters of "chunmanlou" written on it.

The servant outside the door looked at the invitation in the treasure box, bowed and led the two of them inward.

The huge screen wall facing the gate is engraved with the landscape map of Huaxi County.Going around the screen wall, the trees in the courtyard are lush and lush, and there is only a path in the middle that only two people can pass side by side. As soon as you walk into the path, you can hear the sound of gurgling water.

Sure enough, walking five meters away, the scenery in front of you suddenly opened up. At the exit of the path is a red carved wooden arch bridge.The small bridge is about ten feet long, and there is a trickle of water under the bridge. There are lotus leaves floating on the water. The water is clear, and small fish swimming in the water can be vaguely seen.On the other side of the bridge is a bluestone road, on both sides of which are planted various kinds of precious flowers and plants.

Going further inside, there are three forked roads.

The boy led the two of them to the stone road on the south side.The scenery here is very different from the road just now. There are green bamboos planted on both sides of the Qingshiban road. The bamboo forest is deep and the wind blowing through is also refreshing.At the end of the bamboo grove is a carved white marble arch, above which is chiseled the Chinese character Qinfangyuan.

Walking through the door, there is a wide courtyard with two rows of low tables facing each other.

Before entering the courtyard, Yan Cong'an heard noisy voices in the courtyard.Leading the two of them into the courtyard, the young man withdrew.

At this time, many people had already arrived in the courtyard. As soon as Yan Cong'an and two stepped into the courtyard gate, they saw Yan Ruyu wearing a brocade skirt, walking towards them with a smile on her face.

Yan Cong'an looked behind her, his expression was the same, but his heart felt bored.

There stood seven or eight gorgeously dressed women, all of them smiled when they saw Yan Cong'an, and then bowed their heads and began to whisper.

"Aunt." Yan Cong'an bowed and saluted.

Yan Ruyu's face was full of peach blossoms, she took Yan Cong'an's hand affectionately, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Cong'an looks even better."

Yan Cong'an nodded slightly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Auntie praised you absurdly."

"My aunt is telling the truth. Cong'an is just like the delicate flowers blooming in this courtyard, beautiful and moving." Yan Ruyu dragged Yan Cong'an to the courtyard while talking.

Yan Cong'an lowered his eyebrows and remained silent, looking shy, with a hint of sarcasm flashing in his eyes.

Yan Ruyu brought her in front of the group of women, with a trace of obvious pride on her face: "This is the third daughter of our Yan family's direct relative, well-educated and dignified."

A group of women went up and down, looking at Yan Cong'an in turn.These scrutinizing gazes were too naked, Yan Cong'an was even more disgusted in his heart, he lowered his brows and eyes, showing the coldness on his body.

Yan Ruyu seemed to have noticed something, and secretly slandered in her heart: These wives who live in a side room really can't get on the stage, and they don't know how to restrain themselves.

Putting away the disdain in her heart, Yan Ruyu continued the words just now: "The grandfather of the three girls in our family is the famous master of the current emperor, Master Lu."

As soon as Yan Ruyu said this, some of the women present did not change their expressions, as if they had known it long ago, while some stared at Yan Cong'an with greedy eyes.

Yan Cong'an was too lazy to chat with them, so he found an excuse and walked away.

Yan Ruyu saw that her expression was not good, and she didn't say anything to persuade her to stay, but she was a little dissatisfied that Yan had lost her face from Anzhong.

During the introduction just now, Yan Cong'an discovered that all the women present, except for the concubine of the family, were all the wives of wealthy businessmen.

Old Mrs. Yan really wanted to sell her for a good price.

Maybe it was because of her complexion just now, until the end of Xue Xuan's wedding ceremony, no woman came to talk to her again.

After the Jiji ceremony is over, it is the banquet.

During the banquet, Yan Ruyu took Xue Xuan to wander around the desks of those women.

Just now, Yan Ruyu insisted on adding a few more etiquette procedures in order to show that he valued it, which wasted a lot of time.

Yan Cong'an was thinking about the matter with Xun Feibai, she used some food casually and didn't want to keep any more.She summoned the treasure box and asked it to hand over the gift to Xue Xuan, then got up and walked to the small lake in the courtyard alone.

The small lake is some distance away from the banquet, and the banquet is in full swing, making it look much cleaner.

A small tea room was set up along the shore of the lake, and to the west of the tea room is another side door of the yard.When the treasure box comes back, the two of them can leave through the door.

There are a lot of green bamboos planted by the lake, the bamboo forest is dense, people standing in the courtyard, if they don't look carefully, they can't find people here.

South of the city, Xun's family.

After Xun Feibai finished his lunch, he tidied up and sat in the yard waiting for the chariots and horses sent by Yan Cong'an to pick him up.

The sun was shining brightly this morning, but after noon, he became a little groggy.

Looking at the dark clouds that were not too thick in the distance, Xun Feibai thought that if it rained soon, he might not be able to go to the temple fair.But thinking that today's appointment was originally proposed by her, if she breaks the appointment again, I am afraid that Yan Cong'an will be upset again.After thinking about it, she went into the house and took an oil-paper umbrella.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door of Xun's house.

Xun Feibai explained a few words to Lin Zhu, and then went out and opened the gate of the courtyard.

A man in short brown clothes stood outside Xun's house. Seeing her open the door, the man asked, "Is this Mrs. Xun's house?"

Xun Feibai looked him up and down, nodded and said, "I am Xun Feibai."

"Miss Xun, the younger one is the servant of the third lady Yan. The third lady sent the younger one to pick you up."

The man bowed first and then took out half a wooden sign from his pocket and handed it to Xun Feibai.

Xun Feibai took the wooden sign and connected it with the plate in his hand. After confirming the fit, he smiled and said, "Thank you, brother."

"Miss Xun is being polite."

The man drove extremely steadily, and the car drove for less than a quarter of an hour before stopping at the gate of Chunmanlou.

Seeing the carriage, the boy at the door came forward to meet him.

Seeing the carriage stop, Xun Feibai got up and got out of the carriage.But as soon as she lifted the curtain, the man driving the car stopped her and said, "Miss Xun will be a little later, there is still a long way to go."

Hearing this, Xun Feibai stopped moving, but he did not put down the car curtain in his hand.

The man driving the car didn't care about her behavior, he was still sitting in the car, and then he took out a wooden sign from his arms and handed it to the boy.

After the little servant looked carefully for a while, his face changed slightly, showing respect.He handed the wooden sign back to the man, then trotted a few steps, leading the carriage forward.Finally, he stopped in front of a small door, took out the key in his pocket and opened it, and waited respectfully by the side.

The man didn't say much, and drove the carriage into the small gate.

When Xun Feibai saw this scene, he was shocked at first, and then suspicious.

In the past, she had passed by Chunmanlou and seen many dignitaries from afar.But in her memory, those people all got out of the carriage and walked into the courtyard after reaching the main entrance.The only person she has ever seen horses and horses drive through this small door is said to be the shopkeeper of Chunmanlou.

Xun Feibai was shocked but also faintly apprehensive. She had heard several classmates jokingly mentioning Chunmanlou several times. Whenever she talked about the largest restaurant in Huaxi County, which looked like a private garden, the faces of those classmates All of them are envious.

The shopkeeper of Chunmanlou is a woman surnamed Liang, not from Huaxi County, her identity is very mysterious.Chunmanlou attracts rich and expensive guests every day. There was once a foreign businessman who spent a lot of money and spent a full 3000 taels of money for a table of banquets.Three thousand pennies is an astronomical figure for a person like Xun Feibai who can only get ten cents for a page of scriptures.

When she heard about it that day, she laughed it off and didn't take it to heart.

Sitting in the car now, Xun Feibai felt a little uneasy.

What is the relationship between Yan Cong'an and Chunmanlou?

Why can her chariots and horses also drive into Chunmanlou?

With Yan Cong'an's status, can he really be friends with him?

I don't know if it's right or wrong for me to ask Yan Cong'an to go to the temple fair in one fell swoop?

After the carriage drove into the small gate, it stopped for less than half a minute, and the voice of the man driving the carriage came from outside the carriage: "Miss Xun, we are here."

Although Xun Feibai was a little flustered, she did not lose her sense of proportion. She settled down and got out of the carriage.The scenery in front of him was not what Xun Feibai had imagined, tall buildings, carved beams and painted buildings, extremely extravagant.

The car stopped in front of a quiet small courtyard, with bamboo walls and doors, and two rows of green bamboos planted outside the fence.

The man tied up the carriage, stepped forward and pushed open the courtyard door, leading Xun Feibai to walk in.

Stepping through the courtyard gate, you will see a slightly empty, but elegant and quiet courtyard.

The landscaping in the courtyard is unique, occasionally a piece of land is planted with flowers, dwarf trees or green bamboos, and the rest of the open space is covered with small white stones, on which there is a path paved with round stone slabs, and at the end of the path is a wooden house , The wooden house with blue tiles, the wooden house is not built close to the ground, it is one inch high from the ground, there is a yellow wooden plaque on the door, and the word "quiet room" is written on it, very simple and elegant.

The man led Xun Feibai to walk inwards on a circular stone-paved road. At the end of the stone-paved road was a bamboo stone bridge less than half a foot, with gurgling water flowing under the bridge. The water was very shallow, only half a finger deep.The water flows from west to east, flows through the bamboo poles, and converges into a small pond about one foot square on the east side.

When the bamboo stick is filled with water, it will fall to one side, and when it hits the stone, it will make a crisp knocking sound.

The man walked to the door of the wooden house, stopped in his tracks, bowed and signaled Xun Feibai to enter the wooden house alone: ​​"Miss Xun Feibai, please wait in the quiet room for a while, the third lady will be there in a while."

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