Dingguo

Chapter 21 The Woman Selling Steamed Buns and the Poem Club

After finishing the class today, I returned to my residence. 【】Packed up the fishing gear, and went fishing in the East Lake. Yuer also packed a bowl of fried fish pieces, and went to Li's mansion.

"Young master, there is a message from the mansion that the young master should go back to the mansion at night." Yu'er smiled at him.

He nodded, thinking about Mr. Su, wondering what he wanted to talk to him about.

Walking out of the college all the way, before turning to the main street and walking a few steps, I ran into a woman selling steamed buns.She came here because she was waiting for her to go out at this time, and intentionally stayed here.

During this period of time, whenever he met this woman, he would buy two steamed buns. Gradually, this woman was not so afraid of him, and after that, this woman would treat him as a regular customer. When the time comes, he will guard nearby, just to sell him two steamed buns.

He took out copper coins, bought two steamed buns, and put them in his pocket. He didn't eat these steamed buns, but they could be used as bait, so he wouldn't waste them.

I glanced into her pan, and there were still a lot of steamed buns left.He said, "I'm afraid you can't even get back the cost of these noodles with the money sold?"

At this time, the woman would also reply to him, "You can eat the rest by yourself, and the money from selling steamed buns can be used to make steamed buns for tomorrow."

"It's not a way to go on like this, so I haven't thought of other ways."

The woman stopped talking.

"I have some special skills here, which are much better than selling steamed buns like you. If you are willing to learn, I will teach you for free."

After saying this, he didn't say anything else, and walked away leisurely with the fishing rod on his shoulder.

The woman stood where she was, pondering over and over again, unable to make up her mind.First, she didn't believe that he had the so-called special skills; second, she was also worried that he didn't give up on her, and in the name of passing on his skills, was he trying to take advantage of her.

It's just that she wondered if she was wrong.

During this period of time, she has often seen his face, and she just feels that he is very different from the original person. His own eyes are not as lustful as those men, and it seems that he does not seem to want to face him. I look bad.

She was confused.

She was confused, but he was 90.00% sure that she would learn from him.

If she still has money and a prosperous life, then it is unlikely that she will show up in public to sell steamed buns.

Since she came out to sell steamed buns, it means that her livelihood is very problematic.However, given the current situation, it is impossible for her to solve her survival crisis by only selling steamed buns.

There is always a time when you are forced to do nothing, and when that time comes, even if you draw her a cake to satisfy her hunger, she still has to hold it in her hand first, so that she can have hope.

He is giving her a hope now, and this hope is not a cake drawn on paper, so if she wants to rely on normal labor to survive, she may have to choose to ask herself for advice.

Right now, she has not yet reached the end of the mountain, so she still has room to hesitate.

He didn't care about that, he had plenty of time to wait... When he got to the lake, he found Mr. Zhou and Gongsun drinking tea under the shade of a tree.

He was thirsty just as he was walking, so he went up to him, picked up the teacup and drank it.

"This is good tea, why should it be drunk like this? What a waste of money." Zhou Lao gave him a white look.

The Yuqian Dragon Well Tea in East Lake is of course worthy of good tea, and it is many times better than the so-called good tea he drank in his previous life. No wonder Mr. Zhou is so heartbroken.

"Haha, this tea is just for people's appetite. In terms of thirst-quenching effect, it is not much different from ordinary tea. Mr. Zhou drinks this tea to taste the fragrance of tea and satisfy his appetite; the boy drinks it This tea is for quenching thirst and saving lives. Which one is more reckless, tasting tea or saving lives? Mr. Zhou probably said the opposite, right?" He laughed, put the words back in a leisurely manner, and poured out again on his own On a glass, the cow drank it down.

"Thirsty and talking so much, it's time to die of thirst." Zhou Lao hummed.

Old man Gongsun was very happy when he came to Mr. Zhou to eat. He had a drink with Su San, and he also started to drink.

Seeing that the two of them were spoiling good tea, Zhou Lao could only smile wryly.He muttered in his mouth that he would never bring good tea to drink again.

Old Gongsun and Old Zhou flirted for a while, then turned to Su San and said, "It will be Qixi Festival in a few days, and there are poetry fairs everywhere in the city. I saw you write some crooked poems on weekdays, Qixi Festival Can my poems go there?"

When old man Gongsun mentioned this, he thought of why old man Su asked him to go home at night.

Although the Su family was a family of merchants, because there was a Su Yi who was an official in the court, the Su family wanted to change their status and join the upper-class society.The feudal dynasty emphasized agriculture over merchants, and the status of merchants in society was the lowest in the eyes of most people.

Transforming from a merchant to a gentry class is not only a long process of change, but also requires the emergence of a large number of members of the family.The cultivation of ethnology is of course the key point, but it takes the longest time to actually do it, and the effect is the least. Therefore, the Su family is still very active in such artsy and effective things like the poetry society.

The Su family spends a lot of money every year to hold poetry gatherings in Linyuan.Since talented scholars who have emerged at the Lin Yuan Poetry Conference can get the inside of the Su family, there are quite a few people who come to the Lin Yuan Poetry Conference.In addition, the Su family will also invite some famous prostitutes to come to support them, so there are still a lot of jokes on the scene. Even if there is no achievement in poetry, it is still a pleasure to have a romantic relationship with the prostitutes.

The Lin Yuan Poetry Club, to put it bluntly, is just a banquet prepared by the Su family for talented scholars who want to expand their reputation and become a member of the noble family; but for those talented scholars, it is not just a competition to expand their own popularity, or to compete for their birth field.

It's just that the Linyuan Poetry Club must have been run by merchants' families. Those who are truly talented, learned, and strong are not willing to participate. Even if they can't make it to the Liangshan Poetry Club, they would rather go to the Wuling Four The East Lake Poetry Club co-organized by the brothel.

The East Lake Poetry Fair is held on the East Lake, and every brothel will have a flower boat.When the flower boats of the four families reached the center of the lake, they gathered together and built a big platform. All the talented men and beauties, facing the moon in the sky, recited the love of ancient and modern times. The poems were spread by word of mouth, and the effect was more than a little bit better than that of the Lin Yuan Poetry Club.

Talented people must be romantic, and if they go to the Donghu Poetry Club, others will only say that someone is romantic, but if they go to the Linyuan Poetry Club, they will be accused of falling into clichés.

Of course, among so many talents, some are pragmatic and some are self-styled, so both poetry fairs are full.But there is only the Liangshan Poetry Club that is really high-end and full of vitality.

The Liangshan Poetry Association was established very early. At the earliest time, it was a poetry meeting for the children of the gentry to entertain themselves. Later, the gentry families felt that such an influential poetry meeting was a good way to consolidate their status. , so someone took the lead and organized such a poetry meeting in a serious manner.

The time and place are actually not very fixed, but before the convening, there will inevitably be rumors, and the talents who came to Wen Xun are also flocking to it.

At the Liangshan Poetry Conference, great Confucian scholars from Wuling City, Hongxue, were invited. As long as one or two good poems were handed in at the poetry conference, and they were well received by them, the next day, they would be able to confirm their reputation as Wuling talented scholars.

Not only does it have great benefits in academics, but it is also very easy to get a good background if you don't do well in scientific examinations.

Another place that attracts talented scholars is the Liangshan Poetry Club, which invites the city's publicly elected oirans to attend. If there are good poems in the poetry club, the oirans will sing them on the spot.

Top talents, wonderful beauties, great scholars, great scholars, clever talks and wonderful singing, except for the scene of the poetry meeting, which will be a little more rigorous, there is no place that does not impress the mood of the talented scholars.

Therefore, there are countless people who sharpen their heads and want to enter the Liangshan Poetry Association.It's just that this poetry club is not so easy to enter.

Young students with family backgrounds are allowed to enter; talented people who are supported by seniors are also eligible to enter; and even in the city, those talented people and students who are already a little famous will also be invited.As for other people who want to enter the poetry club, the difficulty can be imagined... In addition to these three larger poetry clubs, there are many other small poetry clubs, but most of them are gathered by some good talents In one place, I bought some wine and food by myself, sat under the moon and talked about it.

He doesn't care about these, so he doesn't know much, and he is not interested in those so-called poetry clubs at all.Therefore, the old man Gongsun's question was noncommittal.

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