I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 52
After watching the Royal Charity Performance, He Shao took He Jing to the hotpot restaurant.

After the cold weather, the business of this hot pot restaurant is booming day by day. When He Shao came, dozens of tables were already filled with people. There are more and richer households in Kaifeng City than He Shao imagined.

Because of the busyness of the shop, there were many unfamiliar faces. After seeing He Shao, a shop brother with a professional smirk came forward, and was pulled away by another person beside him just as he was about to speak.

"Boss, I'm coaxing you to come here"

The second brother of this shop stood in a daze, he had heard that the shopkeeper of the hot pot restaurant was very young, but he was too young!
He Shao followed behind and came directly to the backyard, which is very close to the kitchen and met many women who were sorting vegetables along the way.

Today, the number of Huazi in Kaifeng City is more than half that of previous years, and most of them are employed by He Shao, or as helpers in hot pot restaurants, or do other jobs in Solfang.

"He Langjun"

"Master Ho's"

Along the way, many women greeted each other very warmly, and He Shao and He Jing also greeted each other one by one.

"From Solfang?"

Only people from Solfang have seen He Shao.

"Yi Xue, Zhang Jin" the man laughed.

Everyone in Yixue can read and write, and Ji Zai often teaches them how to keep accounts. He is about the same age as He Shao, but he is already a mainstay.

As the real owner of this hot pot restaurant, of course he has his own privileges. There is an elegant and quiet pavilion outside the kitchen. After He Shao sat down, someone brought the stove and seasonings and so on.

“There are a lot of strangers in the store”

"I'm too busy, so I hired a lot of helpers. Uncle Ji agreed to this matter."

He is just a hands-off shopkeeper, and Ji Zai is in charge of everything himself, and He Shao doesn't ask about things that Ji Zai agrees to.

"I heard from many people in the county school that the best restaurant in Kaifeng City is this hot pot restaurant. It costs two to three thousand yuan for a meal. Brother, are you the shopkeeper here?"

He Jing usually lives in the county school, so the news was a bit too shocking for him.

"Of course"

"Then isn't our family developed?" He Jing exclaimed.

"It has been developed a long time ago, but you are belatedly aware of it."

He Shao knocked He Jing on the head, the two brothers ate a big meal, and left after drinking and eating.

Song people had a special liking for hairpin flowers, and the emperor and his ministers would wear hairpin flowers on the day of burial. After the burial, the whole city of Kaifeng fell into a frenzy of hairpin flowers.

Regardless of the Qin, Han or Tang and Song Dynasties, the most solemn day of the year is not New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, but the Lantern Festival.

On this day, He Anwen paid special attention to He Shao's dressing up. From dressing to wearing a hat, there were embroidered small flowers everywhere. Finally, he specially cut plum blossoms from the yard and inserted them to his temples.

He Anwen looked him up and down, and he was really a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth.

In other dynasties, people with hairpins on their heads were either hooligans or sissies, but in the Song Dynasty, hairpins were a custom that had been deeply rooted in the bone marrow. Even the executioners in Kaifeng Prefecture would wear a flower on their heads when they were executed.

Think again that the hero Ruan Xiaowu on Liangshan also had pomegranate flowers on his temples, Li Kui put any flowers on his temples, Yanqing, the prodigal son, was a four-season flower on his temples, and Song Jiang, the eldest brother with cast, had poems to praise "the temples" Can't do without yellow chrysanthemum"

Thinking that these pure men all bring flowers, I can only follow the crowd.

"Father, I don't want to go there today, I just want to have a drink with you at home," He Shao said.

"Get out, I need you to accompany me, can you accompany me? Old Ji is fine at home"

Pushed and shoved out of the house, He Shao actually knew what the old man wanted him to do.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Tang and Song Dynasties, these dynasties actually did not have the custom of celebrating the New Year. The grand day every year is not New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, but the Lantern Festival!
On this day, many ladies who stay at home go out to enjoy the lanterns. He Anwen wants He Shao to go out to see if he can pick one, and he is about to start a family.

Countless stories begin with the Lantern Festival. Under the lanterns on the bridge, beautiful men and talented men taste the pain of love. There are more couples on this day than Qixi Festival.

During the Shangyuan Festival, Kaifeng City is brightly lit, and the streets and alleys of the city are lit up with light grids in front of every house, and neighbors even compare the hanging lights.

He Anwen even spent huge sums of money to build a mountain shed outside Dongpo Residence, with five-color screens and cannon lamps inside, celebrity calligraphy and paintings hanging on all sides, and strange antiques, which attracted many onlookers. He Anwen was very popular with the neighbors .

"Young Master, I have long heard that there is a Mount Ao built on the Jinshuihe Bridge, with two red and yellow dragons on it, and a lamp on each piece of armor, and it can spray clean water from its mouth."

"Is it so powerful? Go and see"

Under the night, the crowds of people on the Jinshui River Bridge were indistinct, and the trees beside the road were also full of lights.

As He Si said, two red and yellow dragons tied with paper appeared at the head of the bridge, and each scale was a lamp. an era of art.

Most of the people admiring the lanterns were handsome men and women, regardless of men and women, almost everyone had flowers on their heads.

There are lion dancers, stilt walkers, and dry boat rowers. There are various performances everywhere. He Temple is very addictive.

Many wash houses in Washi will set up a fence on the street and perform on the street on this day, so as to win over merchants and expand their influence.

He Shao saw colorful posters posted on the outside of the fence, which said the programs being performed, including animal taming, women's sumo wrestling, singing and dancing, and literary puzzles!

He Shao squeezed to the front and wanted to see what women's sumo wrestling was like, but unfortunately, the show went to lantern riddles.

The owner of this washhouse is also a shrewd person. He invited two people into the hook bar, and one person came up with the riddle and the other guessed the answer. It was very lively.

He Shao saw that the girl who was guessing the riddle in the Goulan was the one he had met in Daxiangguo Temple. He did not expect that the two would meet here this time.

I missed the chance encounter last time, this time even if the king of heaven came, He Shao still wanted to strike up a conversation.

"When you're young, you come old and you become popular. At the beginning of summer, you recruit urchins. Please go down to the ground dancing with bamboo poles. After eating, your hands are red!"

After the girl solved the riddle, none of the onlookers outside the Goulan could answer it.

Literary riddles in Xianfeng just emerged and only circulated around Kaifeng City, so it is still a bit difficult for the people of Kaifeng City, but it is not difficult for He Shao. Puzzles without depth stump. .

"Mulberry"

While answering, He Shao took the initiative to walk into the fence.

"He Shao, dare to ask the lady's name"

The woman "Zhao Yuanrui from the slave family" gave a generous gift.

"Miss Zhao, I have a puzzle here, please solve it, a group of ducks are having a meeting"

Zhao Yuanrui thought for a long time but couldn't think of the answer, so he could only shake his head to show that he gave up.

"A flock of ducks meeting, nonsense (chicken) talk"

After He Shao made the announcement, the people outside the Goulan were stunned for a moment and then burst into loud laughter, even Zhao Yuanrui laughed so hard that his face paled.

Seeing Zhao Yuanrui's happy smile, He Shao asked one question after another. You don't need a famous car, just guessing riddles can make your sweetheart happy. He Shao really loves this simple era.

"Ten men watch five women take a shower"

"Colorful!"

“Old lady drinking porridge”

"Shameless"

Since the appearance of He Shao, this literary mystery has gradually moved in a strange direction.
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"Nine out of ten sheep are squatting in the sheep pen, and one is squatting in the pig pen..."

He Shao didn't say the answer to the riddle and walked out of the Goulan. Zhao Yuanrui also hurriedly followed.

Hastily gave He Si a look, telling him to walk away, he didn't need a light bulb when we finally met again, and He Si also blocked Zhao Yuanrui's maidservant behind him.

"My lord, you haven't answered the riddle yet," Zhao Yuanrui asked.

"The answer to the riddle is cadence"

"You're so interesting." Zhao Yuanrui covered his mouth with his hand after realizing it, and his smile trembled wildly.

"Isn't it the first time we met?" Zhao Yuanrui said suddenly.

"The last time was at Daxiangguo Temple, but today you are a bit special"

"what special"

“Extremely beautiful”

After He Shao finished speaking, Zhao Yuanrui's face turned red, and some people expressed their love to her, but no one had ever been so profound and straightforward.

"Do you also believe in Buddhism?" Zhao Yuanrui asked.

"I don't believe in Buddhism, but the moment I met you in Xiangguo Temple, the Buddha whispered four words in my ear, and I was doomed"

He Shao really wanted to tell all the coquettish words he had learned in his eight lifetimes at this moment.

"You... be serious..."

“There are also serious ones”

He Shao straightened his chest, shook his head and began to compose a poem

"Eastern wind blows flowers and thousands of trees at night. It blows more and falls, and stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road. The sound of phoenix flute moves, the light of jade pot turns, and fish and dragons dance all night.

Moth snow willow golden strands.Laughter filled with dark fragrance.People look for him thousands of Baidu.Looking back suddenly, the man was there, in a dimly lit place. "

In the Song Dynasty, if you want to catch up with your sweetheart, you can't do it if you don't know two lines of poems. This Yuanxi poem is nothing better than this Qingyu case.

The lanterns, the moon, the fireworks, the flute, the social dance, and the jubilation of the Lantern Festival are all just to set off the person in the dimly lit place!

"I understand what you mean, but I came with my brother today, and my marriage needs to be decided by my brother," Zhao Yuanrui said with her head down.

When He Shao heard something interesting, "Where is our brother, I want to visit"

"You have to recognize me as your brother"

He Shao turned his head and saw that his legs were a little weak.

(End of this chapter)