On the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, the streets and alleys of Bianliang City were filled with the scent of rice dumplings. Every household hung calamus and mugwort leaves. Even the city gate was covered with calamus and mugwort leaves. Waiting for things, the crowds come and go, full of the festive atmosphere of the upcoming festival.
The carriage drove out of the city gate and headed towards the banks of the Yellow River.
Cotton clouds floated in the sky, out of Bianliang City, as far as the eye can see is a flat river, trees are planted along the official road, occasionally there are village fields, chickens and dogs pedestrians, and the tributaries of the river pass through the village. The carriage traveled for a while before arriving at the destination. It was a manor surrounded by green forests. It was built along the nearby river. There were several large and small villages beside it. Court.
Ning Yi came out of Bianliang City today to go to the invitation made by Li Shishi before. The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the capital oiran is not leisurely. She went out to visit friends to find a teacher before. During her return, she was actually delayed due to the fleet of Birthday Gang going north. In the event of a major event such as the Dragon Boat Festival, in the past few days, except for some guests who could not be pushed away, the rest of the time was spent. Rehearsing for the program that needs to be performed on the Dragon Boat Festival. The Zhuangzi here is the property of Fanlou. Today is the last day of rehearsal. She told her mother Li Yun that she wants to find purity and come here for training. By the way, she invites a few friends over for a private party.
Since the person to meet this time is a woman after all, and Xiaochan is no longer his maid at this time, Ning Yi did not bring anyone else with her when she went out this time. After the name was announced, a maid welcomed him in. Before he reached the inner courtyard, he heard the sound of silk and bamboo, and a woman was singing lyrics and songs.
"...Sparse and sparse yellow plum rains. Shufang meets again in five. The horned millet is wrapped in gold. The grass is covered with jade, and the scenery is still Jingchu..."
"It's the girl who is practicing the new words written by Zhou Bangyan and Zhou Daguanren."
The maid introduced while leading the way, and obviously also knew the lethal power of Zhou Bangyan's lyrics to ordinary people.
Turning through the small door in front, I came to a hall that was ventilated on all sides, with curtains hanging around it, which was quite cool. The teacher girl danced her skirt and sleeves in the hall. With the cooperation of a group of musicians, she sang the new poem. There were two people sitting in the best place in the hall. One of them is Yu Hezhong, and the other is in his early twenties, but he seems to be more calm than Yu Hezhong. When Ning Yi came in, the girls in the hall just turned their heads, and their eyebrows were in between. Then he smiled at him. The smile was clear and full of the joy of meeting old friends. It was not like the charm of the huakui in the capital that was said in the rumors. Almost even Ning Yi would be infected unconsciously.
In terms of effect, such a smile is even more attractive than the smiles of Yunzhu and Jin'er when they treat others. Perhaps for Yunzhu and Jin'er, the life at the time was a struggle to rise and fall amid the rolling waves. She tried hard to find the direction, and for her, it might be Lingbo dancing with ease.
He made a gesture to Ning Yi with a smile, but the teacher did not stop. While singing the new words said to be written by Zhou Bangyan, while dancing slowly. She doesn't dance very fast, but she has a pleasing temperament in her gestures. Elegant and atmospheric, Ning Yi went around. Yu Hezhong and the other person nodded, sat down and listened to the song.
"...The shirt is cut with Aihu. More hairpins and red talismans, and red threads on the arms. The powder is fragrant, and the wind is called by the small window.
"... Slowly sing the warbler's throat, tap the elephant board, and read the chapters and sentences of Li Sao. The fragrance of the lotus is dark. Gradually introduced into the pottery, drunk in the depths of the village. Lying down and listening to the river, painting the boat and drums..."
Ning Yi has listened to Yunzhu's songs for so long. Although his appreciation of poetry and singing is not quite popular, he has already entered the door. Speaking of which, Yunzhu's singing skills have returned to the basics, especially when it is sung to Ning Yi and Jin'er, there are very few fancy, pure voices that can make people immersed in it, as if washing the mind, the head and even the whole body It was like being covered by that gentle voice and being massaged by the whole body, and even if Ning Yi often sang some modern songs to her in a funny way, she could always find what Ning Yi wanted, be it cheerful or sad or tender.
In this sense, whether Li Shishi's musician's skill is good, or her singing skills while dancing, there is still a gap between Yunzhu and Yunzhu. But what appeared on the other side was not a single extreme, the girl in front of her singing, her eyes, and her dancing gestures, all seemed to be making perfect hints, and together they melted into a picture scroll.
Although the dance was unpleasant, but in singing, she was almost alone showing countless styles, the festiveness of the Dragon Boat Festival, the tranquility when the rain fell, the young girl, the woman, the woman living in a secluded boudoir, and the young man who drank. , Reading Taxi. These feelings circulated in her eyes, body and voice, and the three-dimensional moment became blurred, and then turned into a complex world.
The lyrics were written by Zhou Bangyan. At this time, when writing the Dragon Boat Festival Poetry, either it is only to describe the human style, or it is necessary to write about Qu Yuan, and feel sad. Zhou Bangyan's poems also wrote these two, but they did not fall into the inferior position. His style of writing poems is graceful and graceful. The first half of the que describes the scene of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is his consistent strength. , wrote about nostalgic and "Li Sao", but in the latter part of the second half, when "introducing Tao Tao gradually, drunk in the depths of the homeland", he blurred everything in the distant view, diluted everything described, and left the world. numerous and varied.
When Li Shishi sang at this time, the voice and music gradually became lighter, and to the end of "Lying on the head of the river, painting the boat and stacking the drums", the voice gradually became inaudible, and the movement gradually stopped, but it was amazing, the surrounding people On the contrary, the movement was enlarged, the wind was blowing, the leaves were whispering, and the whole hall seemed to be more three-dimensional. In the hall, the woman perfectly extended the hint to the whole world.
She lowered her hands and stood motionless, closing her eyes and letting the light wind blowing around her hair. After a while, she suddenly opened her eyes and opened her mouth wide, as if she was shouting "Ah—" but she didn't make a sound. After the musicians next to her saluted, she came over here with a casual attitude: " How? How?"
"it is good."
The three of them clapped their hands honestly, and Li Shishi laughed: "Actually, the line is almost there. I came here to be lazy, and I don't know if my mother will scold me..." Immediately. Introduced to the three, except for Yu Hezhong and Ning Yi, the other one was Chen Sifeng, who had been mentioned many times.
In the capital, when encountering dramas like childhood friends, in all fairness, most of the three men present did not have much interest. If it is really small friends who have played together, that's all, in fact, they are just three people who have lived on the streets with each other, but are not familiar with each other. Maybe Li Shishi alone is the one who shaves his head and picks up his son, but he has no friendship. There is no hatred between each other. Since they are together, it doesn't matter if they get to know each other.
In the following time, several people were led by Li Shishi. Chatted with each other. Although it is said that both Yu Hezhong and Chen Sifeng have a good impression of Li Shishi, but at this time, they will not treat Ning Yi or each other so deliberately. After all, it is just a gathering of friends. Yu Hezhong met Ning Yi. Chen Sifeng had heard from Li Shishi several times before that he knew that he was a son-in-law, or that he was talented, but he was no longer able to enter the imperial examination. in the next time. Although there are occasional references to each other's family, more often they talk about Zhou Bangyan's new words, today's grand gatherings in the capital, and teachers' performances. All sorts of things, and happy.
Ning Yi had not been to the capital before. Naturally, it is not very clear how popular Li Shishi is in the capital. Yu Hezhong and Chen Sifeng explained it. Shishi either chuckled or added, and dealt with it sincerely and skillfully. For her, being able to get along with a few "old childhood friends" she thinks is probably also a relief.
After that, the four of them got to the side of the Zhuangzi by the river. This is a tributary close to the Yellow River, and the water is still clear. At this end of the manor, there is a waterside pavilion protruding from the river bed. The clouds in the sky blocked the sunlight, and the pavilion was quite cool. There was a small painting boat beside it, and a few people said that they would paddle to the river to play.
Ning Yi did not forget his business experience, and asked a few people for their opinions on why the restaurant brothel made money. Soon after, the teacher called the musician again and rehearsed on the grass beside the pavilion. In fact, it was a performance for the three of them to see. At this time, they became familiar with each other a little. During the chat, they also walked around. Ning Yi saw a lot of four-petal flowers folded from paper hanging in a nearby embroidered room. There seemed to be handwriting on them. After that, ask what it is.
In these years, paper is still a relatively valuable thing, especially the paper folded into flowers, which looks quite beautiful and is much tougher than ordinary paper. Paper has to go through many processes to achieve this effect. Hearing him ask, the teacher explained with a smile that these papers are indeed relatively expensive, but they are sold in many places in the city, especially in brothels. Many talented people will buy them to write their own poems, and then fold them into flowers and give them to their favorite women. . Although most of them are sent to the hands of the brothel women, there are also many people who have achieved marriage, so this paper is also called marriage paper.
"In fact, many times, marriage is like paper..."
Speaking of this, the teacher sighed, then laughed again, and told Ning Yi some interesting things between men and women in the brothel. At this time, Yu Hezhong and Chen Sifeng seemed to have something to do with each other, or had something to say to each other, and left for a while. In Li Shishi's explanation, Ning Yi frowned and thought of something, and then recalled what happened to Yuan Jin'er, who was distressed. Because of Jin'er, Yunzhu and Xiaochan may not have some emotions. Since girls like to give gifts, Write a love letter yourself, or give it to them on the Dragon Boat Festival. Xiaochan likes poetry the most, and Yunzhu may be calmer, but he will definitely like it too.
Thinking of this, when he asked Li Shishi how to make flowers, the other party became curious, and Ning Yi told him that he could send flowers to the women at home. He is already married, and he has a wife, concubine and children. Fan can't hide it. He told Li Shishi that he hadn't sent a gift to his family for a long time. The teacher's expression also became gentle, and he found paper to teach Ning Yi how to fold flowers.
"However... I teach Brother Ning to fold flowers, and Brother Ning wrote the poems in it, can you show the teacher a look?"
"Ah..." Ning Yi was slightly stunned.
"Master promised not to sing." She raised her finger and made a serious promise. In fact, Ning Yi was slightly surprised that her request was too small, and if she didn't sing it, she felt bad for her. what meaning. He smiled and nodded in agreement.
During this time of origami, the other side of the field of vision, in the other garden next to this place, suddenly became lively. The family members ran around, as if they were setting up a party, and the grass on the side of the river was connected. , Ning Yi looked over and asked, "Who is that over there?"
The teacher turned his head to look at it, and then bowed his head and origami as usual: "There, it's the other garden of the Viscount. It's been useless for a long time. There might be a party... We can't afford it."
I don't know why she is talking about problems that can't be provoked at this time, but at the same moment, there was a voice in the yard next door: "Don't be like this, everyone, I asked clearly, the next door Today is the teacher girl... I can't afford it."
"It's just a courtesan, you have nothing to be offended by, and we're not targeting Li Shishi. I'll lend you a place to use it, and give it back to my mother-in-law..."
"That's not what you said, everyone... You are here to find fault. The girl Shishi entertains a few friends over there, so you don't have to be jealous. If you hate the girl Shishi, what face will I have in the future? Going to Fanlou, why are you messing around in Bianliang Fengyue Field? Hey, everything is easy to discuss..."
In the helpless wailing of the man with the identity of a viscount, the people around him rushed in, swept the courtyard, cleaned the dust, placed items, and began to set up the party venue...