Song Yi

Chapter 84 Pomegranate Red Hydrangea

The people are really miserable and poor, presumably because this is just a small county.

Most of the pedestrians on the street wore clothes with patches to some extent, and the colors were single, and the fabrics were rough. Occasionally, one or two rich people with slightly more ornate clothes could be seen.

Most of the passers-by are men, and the women I see are almost all middle-aged and elderly women and children bouncing around.

Not to mention everyone is a lady, even Xiaojiabiyu is rarely seen.

The shops are also mostly oil, salt, sauce and vinegar grocery stores, or handicraft pavements, roadside food stalls, and occasionally you can see jugglers going around the rivers and lakes.

I wanted to see if there were any valiant and heroic buskers, but they were just thick men, wielding big knives, swallowing swords, holding big jacks, etc., and I didn't see a single woman.Can't help but lose interest.

Although Du Wenhao was only sitting in a small sedan chair carried by two people, sedan chairs were quite common in the Song Dynasty, and they were not rare items, but they were usually used by officials or wealthy families, and ordinary people rode donkeys to walk.

Therefore, this sedan chair crossing the street is equivalent to a high-end sports car ostentatiously passing through the street in modern society, but it also attracts the attention of pedestrians to avoid it.

When Du Wenhao was not in the mood to put down the car curtain, he heard a whoosh, and something fell from the sky, and by coincidence, it landed in his arms.

Du Wenhao was startled, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a fragrant pink handkerchief, wrapped in a pomegranate red hydrangea the size of a jujube, hollowed out and embroidered with silk.

Holding the hydrangea ball, he looked up, and saw a few gorgeous young women standing in a corridor on the second floor facing the street, looking at him, covering their mouths and giggling coquettishly.

The other women had a small handkerchief in their hands, but there was a woman in a pomegranate red dress, with empty hands, looking at him and covering her mouth with a smile.

The bearer in front slowed down, he smiled and turned his head to Du Wenhao and said:
"Sir, Miss Meier from Mianchun Garden has taken a fancy to you! Hehehe"

Du Wenhao, who had never experienced such a scene before, was a little flustered, and with one side of his face, he saw that the plaque hanging on the door sign of this building was indeed "Mianchun Garden", obviously it was a brothel.

He hadn't had the chance to go to the ancient brothel, but seeing this place of fireworks today, his heart still skipped a beat.

Du Wenhao was so embarrassed that he hurriedly told him to leave quickly!
Amidst the coquettish giggles of the brothel girl, the sedan chair flickered forward again.After walking a long distance, he couldn't hear the laughter anymore. Du Wenhao's heart was still beating wildly. When he remembered something, he raised the curtain of the sedan chair and asked the bearer:

"Brother bearer, is this woman named Meier?"

"Yes."

"How did she know me?"

"I don't know, but," the bearer replied as he walked:
"Mr. Du, you know the magic doctor Hua Tuo's unique skills of laparotomy and healing. Who in the city doesn't know now? Besides, there was a lawsuit in the Yamen yesterday, and many people went to hear it. Maybe there are girls like Meier. You just now And the one who keeps raising the car curtain, people will recognize it at a glance."

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Du Wenhao tilted his head and thought for a while, as if he saw a few beautifully dressed women outside the lobby, one of them was wearing a pomegranate skirt, maybe it was this Meier girl.

"It's also a coincidence! I heard that Miss Meier has a lot of guests. I didn't expect that I just happened to be free today, but I met you passing downstairs in the corridor. This is really a fate, hehehe"

Du Wenhao waved his hand: "I don't want to have any fate with such a brothel girl!"

"That's right! The villain was wrong, but I heard that this Mei'er girl is so charming and flirtatious that it makes people's bones melt!"

"Hehe, have you met?"

The sedan chair leisurely came to the inner office of the yamen, and after entering the gate, it stopped on the open space beside the porter's house. The bearer opened the curtain of the sedan chair, and Du Wenhao bent over with the medical case on his shoulders, and saw Master Hou smiling at him and cupping his hands:

"Mr. Du is here! The old man asked about it just now, the banquet has been prepared, please come with me!"

"It's work!"

Du Wenhao followed Master Hou, walked through the living room in the back hall, came to the lake in the back garden, walked through the nine-curved corridor, and came to a gazebo in the middle of the lake. The servant girl gave him a blessing and stood with her hands down.

Master Hou cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Du, please do a little bit. I will report to the Elder Master, and the Elder Master will come right away."

After Master Hou left, Du Wenhao put the consultation box on the railing seat of the gazebo, walked to the side of the hall, and glanced at the lake outside the hall. The withered yellow lotus leaves in twos and threes, although the sun was in full bloom, it was already winter, and the slanting Looking at it obliquely, the body is warm and neither hot, but also somewhat comfortable.

Just as he was staring at it, there was a burst of footsteps behind him, and before he could turn around, he heard Zhuang Zhixian's slightly hoarse voice:

"Mr. Du! Sorry to keep you waiting!"

Du Wenhao hurriedly turned around and saw Zhuang magistrate coming with three women, accompanied by Master Hou.One of these three women is a middle-aged woman, and the other two are young women with dignified and beautiful appearance.

He didn't dare to look too much, so he hastily bowed and said, "I've seen the old man!"

"Sir, don't be cautious, today is a family banquet, there are no outsiders, please sit down quickly!"

After the guests and hosts were seated, Zhuang Zhixian pointed to the middle-aged woman beside him and said, "This is Mrs. Zhuo Jing Fu. These two are my concubines! The older one is called Shu Die, and the younger one is called Meng Han."

Du Wenhao hurriedly got up to salute again, the woman just nodded slightly, but the two young women got up and returned the salute gracefully.

During the banquet, Zhuang Zhixian frequently persuaded Du Wenhao to drink, appearing very hospitable.

The county magistrate was very talkative, eloquent, but most of the talks were about the Four Books and Five Classics, Du Wenhao didn't know it, and just nodded Nuo Nuo.

Those two concubines ate very little, they sat upright, didn't look sideways, and didn't even see them laugh a few times, but Zhuangzhi County loved them very much, and would personally give them two dishes from time to time.

Zhuang Zhixian's wife didn't talk very much, and only answered one or two sentences when she talked, but Master Hou was eloquent and good at observing words and expressions, and from time to time gave Zhuangzhi County's words a footnote.

Master Hou saw that Du Wenhao didn't seem to be interested in the topic of the Four Books and Five Classics, so he quietly brought the topic of Zhuangzhi County to the way of keeping in good health, and Zhuangzhi County also sincerely asked for advice on how to keep in good health.

As a result, Du Wenhao became the protagonist. After a few glasses of wine, the chatterbox opened up, and he began to talk endlessly, how to keep healthy for the elderly, and how to maintain the beauty of women.

The two concubines, Zhuang Zhixian and his wife, Fu Shi, were very interested in this topic. They interjected and asked questions from time to time. many.

After the banquet was over, Du Wenhao was slightly drunk.

Originally, Du Wenhao would stop drinking until he had drunk enough, but he didn't dare to let go of the drink because he thought he would have to see the county magistrate later.

After the banquet was over, the maids served fragrant tea.The old woman and the two concubines got up and said goodbye and left. Before leaving, the old woman whispered something to the maids. The maids withdrew the banquet and waited far away before entering the gazebo after serving tea.

Master Hou also left under the pretext of dealing with official documents.

In the gazebo, there were only Zhuang Zhixian and Du Wenhao.

(End of this chapter)