Mushui City, Lingxiao Pavilion.
Mingshi and Shuishan met at the door. Mingshi was holding two peculiarly designed paper bags, and Shuishan was also holding a bag of cakes wrapped in oil paper. Their eyes paused at each other's hands, and without asking any more questions, they walked towards the Pavilion Master's residence together.
The old Pavilion Master was enjoying the cool air under a tree in the yard, along with Jin Lu and Qi Wu.
The three of them were all martial artists. When they heard the footsteps, they turned around and saw Mingshi and Shuishan, and joy instantly appeared on their faces.
Qi Wu greeted them, "You two came back at the perfect time. The Mid-Autumn Festival gift Die Qi sent back from Liang Jing has just arrived. We were just about to open it. Come and take a look!"
Mingshi and Shuishan looked at each other, confused.
The old Pavilion Master raised his hand, calmed down the excited Jin Lu and Qi Wu, and asked about their situation first.
Mingshi and Shuishan both went out this time to gather information, but Mingshi went to the south and Shuishan went to the northern frontier.
We didn't go out together, but happened to come back together.
The mission went smoothly, nothing went wrong along the way, and the news was already on its way to Beijing.
Ling Xiaoge has been cooperating with nobles in Liangjing City for many years. Instead of engaging in the murder business, they usually collect intelligence everywhere.
After the two men finished reporting the mission, Jin Lu immediately called them over to help open the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts sent back by Die Qi.
The holiday gift was prepared by the three little numbers together, but was sent back to Mushui City by Dieqi, and the letter was also written by Dieqi.
It was a very large box, and Jin Lu and Qi Wu were both stunned when it was delivered.
But the material of this box is quite strange. It is not wood. It looks like a box made of paper, but it is very hard.
Jin Lu used a dagger to cut open the box and took out five boxes of mooncakes, a bottle of hand sanitizer, five bars of soap, and a box of tissues.
When Mingshi saw the hand sanitizer and tissues, confusion appeared in her eyes.
Qiwu touched here and looked there, and was surprised at everything. "Ashi, do you think there's something wrong?"
Mingshi picked up the paper bag she brought, took out a box of mooncakes and a pack of tissues, and looked a little embarrassed. "I came back from Jiangnan and met a merchant selling goods at the dock. The merchant said that half of the goods on the ship were new things shipped from Beijing. I saw that I had never seen them before, so I bought some."
These things are not cheap, but they are extremely popular.
Mingshi originally planned to buy hand sanitizer, but she didn't have enough money at the time, so she bought mooncakes and tissues first, then went to the silver shop to get money. It only took half an hour, and when she came back, she had no more money.
She was a little depressed at the time, but soon felt relieved. She thought that Die Qi, Ku Ba and the others in the pavilion must have never seen these things, so she never thought they would send a box back.
Qiwu and Jinlu compared the holiday gifts brought back by Mingshi and Dieqi and confirmed that they were the same things. The only difference was that Mingshi bought loose goods, while Dieqi sent back whole boxes, with extra quantities and more varieties.
Qi Wu said, "What a coincidence, Ah Shi actually bought the goods from the shop where Ku Ba was tasked in Jiangnan."
Jin Lu couldn't wait to open the mooncake gift boxes. He opened all five boxes in a row and gave one to each person. He did not forget to joke: "At least it shows that the merchant did not lie. These things are indeed new things in Kyoto."
Shuishan, who was standing next to the old Pavilion Master, was reading the letter sent back by Dieqi, which came with several photos.
Shui Shan couldn't help but flip through it. "What is this? It looks like a portrait, but it's so clear. How come Ninth Senior Brother is with them?"
The little ones are all orphans picked up by the old Pavilion Master. They were also taught martial arts by the old Pavilion Master, and they can be regarded as brothers.
At first, their names were all single words. Later, the old leader added numbers to each person's name according to their strength, and the strongest person had the biggest number.
Xiao Jiu has never lost since his first competition with his junior brothers and sisters.
After five years, the strength rankings of the small numbers remained almost unchanged, and the names were also fixed.
Among all the fellow disciples, Mingshi admired Xiaojiu the most. Upon hearing this, she came over immediately. Seeing Xiaojiu wearing sunglasses in the photo, her eyes lit up, "It's really Brother Jiu. Why isn't he wearing a black veil? What's that on his eyes?"
Jin Lu and Qi Wu were eating mooncakes crazily. They paused when they heard the words. They wanted to look at the photos, but they couldn't let go of the mooncakes in their hands.
Jin Lu ate a mooncake in two bites, his cheeks puffed up, "This mooncake is really delicious, it's worthy of being a high-end product from Kyoto!"
Die Qi once again explained the basic situation of the cinema in the letter. Currently, she, Ku Ba, and Xiao Jiu are all working in the cinema. They encounter some new and strange things every day, and there are too many things to investigate, so they cannot come back in a short time.
Finally, the uses of hand sanitizer, soap, and paper towels were explained in detail, and students were told that the mooncakes must be eaten as soon as possible and not left to expire.
After reading the letter, Jin Lu and Qi Wu looked at each other and understood each other.
Qiwu was the first to speak: "It seems that the task in Kyoto is really difficult. I am afraid that three people are not enough."
Jin Lu crossed his arms, frowned, and nodded repeatedly, "I think we need to send more people to complete the task as soon as possible. Since Mingshi and Shuishan are back, it's a good opportunity for you to learn how to deal with the miscellaneous items in the pavilion, just as an experience."
Qiwu agreed: "Jinlu and I will work harder and go to Liangjing to help Kuba complete the mission."
Before Mingshi and Shuishan could react, Jinlu and Qiwu quickly picked up a few things of interest on the table, said hello to the old Pavilion Master, and disappeared together.
Ming Shi & Shui Shan: "…"
Old Pavilion Master: “…”
There's no room for anyone to stay in this pavilion anymore.
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Liangjing, Song'an Street.
In the early morning, the entrance of the cinema was filled with horse-drawn carriages. Ever since the cinema released the trailer of the new film "Want to See You" two days ago, the people of the Dawu Dynasty have been looking forward to it.
After operating for a period of time, the cinema actually has quite a lot of fans. Every time a new movie is released, they look forward to it and try every means to grab the first screening seats, wanting to know the plot first.
This time, the trailer of "Want to See You" reveals a lot of information.
The characters in the film are dressed more like the shop owners than in the recently released "Sea Train Murders". The houses, certain tools, and character relationships in the background all suggest that this seems to be the world behind the cinema.
Whether they are movie fans who are simply obsessed with movies or people with other intentions, they all come to the cinema early on this day and queue up to buy tickets.
The carriage of Jinghong Pavilion stopped at the end. Chen Lianlian lifted the curtain and saw that the traffic ahead was very congested. Most of the carriages were from the wealthy and powerful families. It was impossible to clear the traffic for a while. She waited patiently for a quarter of an hour, but the traffic did not move forward much.
She simply got off the car and asked Xiaotao to call the people behind and ask them to walk over together.
The frame of the car remained where it was. Chen Lianlian, Xu Niangzi, Xiao Tao, and six or seven girls from Jinghong Pavilion walked all the way to the cinema, attracting countless eyes.
The entrance to the cinema was even more crowded, but with two guards, Ku Ba and Xiao Jiu, no one dared to cut in line and cause trouble.
When Chen Lianlian and her group came in, Hongyu led the way and took them to the private room.
They arrived late, and the other private rooms were full. They could hear the sound coming from the room as they passed by, and the girls couldn't help but quicken their pace, wanting to see the movie as soon as possible.
Originally, they were planning to choose between "Meet You Again" and "The Sea Train Serial Murder Case". But "Want to See You" happened to be released, and many people were waiting to see the new film, so the girls changed their minds and went to see "Want to See You".
In the mini screening room, after a short safety video and an advertisement, the screen went black and then lit up again in an instant.
The main film has begun.
Chen Lianlian sat in the middle seat, holding a popcorn bucket in her hand, feeling slightly excited.
The other girls were similar to her, it was their first time to sit in a cinema and watch a movie properly.
Madam Xu sat on Chen Lianlian's left with a focused look on her face. A glass of orange juice was placed on the armrest next to her.
In the first frame of the film, the not-so-loud chirping of cicadas and the breeze gently blow the densely packed osmanthus flowers on the branches, and the osmanthus flowers fall to the ground like rain.
The camera turned, and as the noises around gradually became noisier, a pair of white canvas shoes came into view. The camera moved from bottom to top, and the girl was wearing a dark blue and white school uniform, sitting in the third row of the first group by the window, her eyes as calm as water.
The girl’s name is Yan Jianing, and she is a freshman at Mingde No. 5 Middle School.
On the first day of high school, before self-study class, the classroom was in chaos.
The classmates around me were gathered in groups of three or five, busy making friends and chatting about the madness of the holiday.
Yan Jianing sat in her seat with a book open in front of her, but her eyes were not focused on anything.
The boy sitting next to her was particularly lively. After playing with the student in front of him, he turned around and talked to the student behind him.
Yan Jianing heard that they seemed to be talking about her, and they were encouraging each other to talk to her. Yan Jianing's heart skipped a beat, and she became a little nervous, and leaned towards the window.
At this time, the head teacher came in from the front door with a notebook, walked up to the podium, picked up the blackboard eraser and knocked on the blackboard. His voice became lower and the classroom gradually became quiet.
…
In the screening room, Chen Lianlian listened carefully to the teacher's speech on the podium, her eyes growing wider and wider.
Is this in the school
But why does this school accept even girls
Not only that, it seems to be a very common scene for male and female students to sit together and be in the same room.
In the private room next door, Xie Wan, Sun Qinghe and other noble ladies also looked puzzled.
They did not go to school like the boys in their families, but most of their families hired female teachers to teach them how to read and write.
Women were used to listening to teachers' lectures in their boudoirs, and also had to learn housekeeping, accounting, and embroidery, but they had never gone to school with men.
The only exception is probably Princess Deyi, the orphan of the former crown prince.
Princess Deyi was quite favored by Emperor Wu, and even went to Chongwenguan to study with other princes and the crown prince.
It was only in the last two years, as the princess was approaching marriageable age, that she stopped going.
They had never thought that there would be a school in the world that could be attended by both men and women.
Both men and women read the same book and do the same homework.
To be honest, the beginning of this film is not as attractive as the previous stories because it is too unfamiliar.
The background of the story exceeds the cognitive scope of the people of the Dawu Dynasty. It is impossible to bring it into life situations, predict the direction of the story, and even don’t know where to expect it to develop.
But on the other hand, the scenes in the story have an indescribable sense of reality, because some of the scenes can occasionally be found in real movie theaters, such as the separate restrooms for men and women, the sausage machine in the corner of the canteen, and the bottled drink called Coke. Everything makes the audience in the theater involuntarily doubt: Does such a world really exist
If it really exists, what does it look like
If you can’t imagine it, then just look down.
Maybe you will know after watching this film.