After the fifth lunar month, the dog days have arrived. June is scorching hot and the sun is scorching hot. In the sound of knowing, the high sun head is about to steam out the heat wave in the street. Under the shadow of the eaves and trees, the dog is lying there with its tongue sticking out, looking at the scene between the alleys, feeling It was a little shade, and when the occasional carriages and horses passed by, a burst of dust was raised, and then it was quiet in the heat wave.
In this kind of weather, those who can not go out will probably not suffer from the scorching sun, and the business of the merchants and shops is much deserted. Only those teahouses with better locations can be full every day. In the middle of the school, order a pot of herbal tea, rely on the quaint wooden building and the shade of the big tree outside the door, listen to people's stories, eat snacks, and you can live a good day. Of course, if they are really wealthy and wealthy, most of them will leave Hangzhou city and live in a shady place in the nearby mountains for a period of time to escape the heat.
Although Hangzhou is not as famous as Jiangning and Qinhuai River, the Grand Canal Road, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou are also well-known fireworks places with many brothels. Every night, the lights of the city stretch, and there are lively songs and dances in the embroidered courtyards of Jinlou. It forms a more enthusiastic ecstasy atmosphere than this summer. Of course, this kind of situation is not seen in the daytime. The women who have been busy all night are either resting, or they can be in the afternoon, sitting in the shade of the courtyard. Look at the flying colorful butterflies, and hurt yourself...
Only a few places are slightly different.
Located on the northwest side of the city, there is a "Yihe Garden" that lives near the water. It is also open during the day. The Yihe Garden is not big, but the location is very good. There is also a cool breeze blowing, and the old camphor and ancient cypress outside the courtyard are quite shady and green. On weekdays, it looked like a tea room, but in fact, it was a place where several women who had taken off their brothel status lived together.
Among these brothel women, the leader was named Ding Wanjun, who used to be in Hangzhou, and was named Hua Kui for a while, but then retired and lived here. He is also picky, seeing at most one person a day, drinking tea, and talking.
Later, several women left their citizenship one after another and lived here with her, but the place was gradually taken care of to become the clean place that it is today. Whenever it is hot and cold in winter, business is getting better and better. The tea room is shady, and the sound of knowing knowledge in the garden is accompanied by bursts of silk and bamboo, which is said to be particularly calming.
Long Boyuan likes to come and sit here on weekdays, but of course, there is not always a place. He also likes this feeling. He is occasionally blocked and is not angry. After all, in his own opinion, between him and Ding Wanjun, he is a gentleman's friend. The other party can't help himself. clear.
Among Ding Wanjun's friends, his status is not the highest, and certainly not the lowest. He is the head of the Hangzhou Cloth Merchants Association. The Long family has been in business from generation to generation, but this generation has produced a few who are good at school. He and his younger brother Long Bo are both talented in poetry and books, but later the parents in the family said that one of the two of you must take over the family business. He took it.
Now that he and his younger brother have passed their thirties, Long Bofen has the status of a great man. He has filled a freelance job in the Hangzhou government office. He has no big future, but he sends his love poems and landscapes, although he only participates with people every day. Poetry gatherings like this have also become a wealthy idler in Hangzhou's literary circles, and have met many people, so they can also become a big backer of the Long family. On the other hand, he made his family's business prosperous, and it was when he was in high spirits. Because he also danced and wrote for a period of time when he was a child, he had a completely different temperament from ordinary businessmen who were covered in copper. Others said he was a Confucian businessman. Maybe It is also because of this that he was able to meet Ding Wanjun and become friends.
The location of Yihe Garden is very good. If Ding Wanjun and others have no background, I am afraid that this place will be occupied by coveted people a long time ago. He should be one of the backgrounds. There have been several times when someone tried to force Ding Wanjun to sell this place. He came forward to help and spoke, and I heard that someone with a higher status than him also came forward to speak.
Ding Wanjun is a long-sleeved woman who is good at dancing and has a lot of relationships. He doesn't mind. At the age of forty, he has come here all the way, and he has played all kinds of women. Now he likes the noble side of the other party. Let's have a cup of tea together, say a few words, don't speak, it won't be ***, involving ***, the other party is also unscrupulous when speaking in front of him. He likes it like this, and if it really hooks up, he'll get tired of it.
Don't think that the other party should not be a brothel woman, or should not talk to such and such men. In life, many times I can't help myself, I struggle all the way, and I have good thoughts. He read the book of sages and sages when he was young, and later went into business. All have the feeling that they are unwilling, but have to do it, so they feel pity and love.
Generally speaking, he would not bring things other than the tea room here, he would come alone, sit for a long time and then go back. Of course, today is a little different. Apart from him and Ding Wanjun, who is playing the qin, there is another man sitting opposite him. This man is also a big cloth dealer in Suzhou and Hangzhou. His name is Fang Min, and the other is Yihe. The good friend of Miss Yuanbai Qianqianbai just met today. The other party intends to get close and come to chat with him about business matters. He will also socialize with him, and naturally he will not show any impatient feeling on the surface.
"...Speaking of which, the war in the north did not affect you and me very much. It's just that there was a lot of trouble in Fangla in the southwest. Recently, another batch of fabrics from our Fang family was robbed. This business is getting more and more difficult to do..."
"On Fang La's side, although there is a commotion, I don't think it will last. I heard that the imperial court has sent Master Tong Guantong to lead an army south. This time, Fang La must be completely wiped out."
"It's just that I think that when there is a fight between Jin and Liao in the north, my Wu Dynasty must also send troops to the north. At this time, General Tong is sent to the south, but who else can go north to attack Liao? It's not a two-front war."
"Heh, how did you and I know about this matter? People in the imperial court are worried about the affairs of the imperial court. I will just wait until I do my own business well..."
He didn't have much friendship with Fang Min, he was just talking about gossip that everyone was talking about now. After chatting for a while, Fang Min talked about other things.
"... To put it into perspective, Suzhou embroidery and Hangzhou embroidery were originally a family. Although Jiangning's cloth industry is also developed, most of the business goes north. This time, the woman from the Su family came down south to do business, but she visited you. right?"
"Well, I've seen each other since May, what do you think of Mr. Fang?" At this time, every business in the big city already has its own guild. If you want to come to Hangzhou to do a cloth business, you must go there anyway. It was reported by the first party, so the first person to call on the other party was probably Long Boyuan.
"Heh, just talking about it, but I don't feel anything. That woman seems to be very responsible. Recently, she has been low-key and well-mannered. I called on me a while ago, and I learned that there is a new person coming in. This Su family is here. Jiangning area is also a big cloth merchant, Bo Yuan should know the details of her family, right?"
"I just know a little. Jiangning cloth industry is headed by the Wu family, and the Su family is temporarily second. We are not close to there. I am not very clear about this Su Tan'er, but I heard that the elders in his family used to be a A powerful man, but I'm afraid he's getting old now."
"Su Jiayuan already has a shop here, but it's just a few small businesses to make products, and it can't be on the table. But she came here this time, watching her actions, I think she wants to do something. Sheep. On the side of Batou, her newly opened shop has no business for the time being. I just heard that she moved a few trees over there, spending a lot of time and effort. She even prepared sour plum tea for free for passers-by nearby to quench their thirst, and did not mention selling cloth at all, although It's just a small thing, but I think she has a big picture."
"Hehe, since I came to Hangzhou to do business and met you and me again, I naturally want to do something. It's not normal that she doesn't move. But I see that Mr. Fang seems to be quite interested in this Miss Su family..."
Fang Min is nearly fifty years old, so the other party called him Fang Gong, but he laughed at this time: "Haha, I just remembered and said casually. Jiangning Fabric Art, unlike me in Suzhou and Hangzhou, she wants to open up the situation, not One or two days, it's just that she came here as a woman, which makes people feel interesting. Oh, I heard that she has something to do with the Lou family... "
Long Boyuan nodded: "I know about this. I heard that when the people of the Su family went south, they happened to meet Miss Lou's family and traveled together for a few days. The two... The situation of the two is somewhat similar, and I think that's why It’s quite a deal. Since Mr. Fang has met Miss Su’s family, he should have also met the uncle of the Su family. I heard that he is also a scholar, somewhat similar to the uncle of the Lou family.”
"Well, it's quite low-key. When I asked him how his poems were, he just shied away a few words. Later, he was not easy to talk to, and people almost ignored it. The uncle of the Lou family has met a few times, but there are only a few differences. I think he seems to be He still wants to attract attention, but he is not learned enough, and others always disapprove of him..."
Long Boyuan raised his eyebrows: "A man who can abandon his family and join a family, what else is there to say..."
He was somewhat disapproving of this matter, and was too lazy to mention it, so Fang Min didn't talk about it. After chatting for a while, Fang Min said goodbye and left. Long Boyuan sat by the window and drank tea. The beautiful woman named Ding Wanjun stroked a song before coming to sit down and refill the tea.
"If you talk about things in the shopping mall here, you are not afraid of being overheard and spreading the word indiscriminately?"
Long Boyuan laughed: "Oh, it's just a small matter, could Jun Wan take it as a secret?"
"It's quite interesting." Ding Wanjun smiled, "Who is the Miss Su family?"
"Another Lou family lady."
"Oh."
Ding Wanjun nodded his understanding. Lou Shuwan's name is known to many people in Hangzhou, because the three brothers and sisters of the Lou family are quite capable in shopping malls, and coupled with the great influence of the Lou family, no matter what aspect, they should not be underestimated. As for how to behave in private, even if the average person points, it is useless.
Lou's family has people in shopping malls and officialdoms. Most people play with women. Lou Shuwan plays with men, and everyone plays with integrity and righteousness. She is extremely picky about men. Many people know that she is privately with men outside, but There is often no way to determine who she is with. If you feel that you are elegant and handsome, and you want to be frivolous in front of her, she will slap you in the face, chastity and self-control. It is said that there are two scholars who want to hook up with Lou Shu. Wan, there was no right way, it annoyed others and ruined the two of them.
That woman's misbehavior is something that many people know vaguely, but she only interacts with one man at a time, and at least in Hangzhou, she tries to keep it a secret. Since her husband-in-law was in the family, and she was a strong person, those scholars were more willing to imagine her as a lonely and noble woman after getting married. She was a little pitiful, but she didn't have a temperament that liked people's pity. Distinguished and proud, so it brings out a sense of beauty... Some scholars are more willing to understand it this way.
"However, this Miss Su brings her husband with her every time she visits... That husband is also married." Ding Wanjun laughed softly.
"When Lou Shuwan first got married, she didn't marry her husband. Lou Shuwan may not have been reluctant to marry her husband and teach children at first. Men are incompetent, and others say so much. It's hard for her not to get bored... This Su What is the name of the husband-in-law of the young lady... Oh, Ning Liheng, when he greeted him, he felt okay, but he didn't say a few words after that. Maybe the few words he used to say hello were all practiced. I'm afraid I can't escape this kind of pattern... Although Miss Su looks gentle, she is not petty. She is generous in her words and deeds. …”
Long Boyuan said casually and expressed his opinion. Ding Wanjun was pouring tea, but he was slightly stunned: "Ning Liheng?"
"Um?"
"I just said... The person who joined the family is called Ning Liheng?"
"Yeah, what's the matter?" Long Boyuan looked at her and smiled, "Could it be that Jun Wan knows this person."
"No, I don't know." Ding Wanjun smiled and shook his head. After thinking about it, he continued to pour tea, "Thinking of some other things... I thought the name was quite good for a while."
"Oh."
Although Long Boyuan is known as a Confucian businessman, he is not in this way after all. Occasionally, when he reads books, he also reads some classic ancient books. In today's literary world, he is sneered. Ding Wanjun thought that the name was like the author of Shui Tiao Song Tou and Qingyu Case, but thinking that he was in the family, he felt that it was impossible, and it was probably the same name.
Hangzhou said it was not too small, not too big. If the other party was real, it had been a month or two since she came here, so she didn't have to wait until then to hear from Long Boyuan. Other scholars and literati are probably overdue speak up.