prosperous age

Chapter 31 31 Jingshui Building
On the fifth day, around noon, Wei Guangde followed Wu Dong and his elder brother Wei Wencai to the river in a carriage.

Zepeng County is located on the banks of the Yangtze River. Standing on the city wall of the county, you can see the river and the merchant ships on the river from afar.

But they didn't go in the direction of the county this time. The most prosperous area in Zepeng County, apart from the county town inside the high city walls, there are also many buildings near the riverside wharf.

In fact, the wharves in Zepeng County are not prosperous, far inferior to Jiujiang and Hukou, but in this era, as long as the towns are close to major rivers, their prosperity is far higher than other places.

This time Zeng Yuanshu chose the Jingshui Tower by the river as his host, which is also a well-known restaurant in Zepeng County.

Speaking of well-known, it is naturally because Wei Guangde thinks so, because when his brother Wei Wencai talked about the situation in the county with him, he mentioned this restaurant by the way.

Located on the bank of the Yangtze River, climbing the tower to see the water of the Yangtze River coming up from the sky, Wei Guangde deeply felt it after he went to this restaurant.

In the past, I stood on the shore to watch, maybe the level was not high enough, and I didn't feel as shocking as it is now.

"It's no wonder that poets in ancient times became very popular when they stood in restaurants by the river, and one after another excellent works came out."

Wei Guangde was thinking this in his mind at the moment, but what he didn’t know was that there were many restaurants on the long side, and those were the only ones that really became famous, and there were so many poems and essays left by literati and poets, How many are actually handed down?

Or luck! ! !
As the host of this banquet, Zeng Yuanshu naturally arrived here early, and the table near the river was booked early. Wu Dong and his party were relatively late, at least most of the people at one table arrived first.

"Excuse me, excuse me."

When Wu Dong went upstairs, he saw Zeng Yuanshu who was looking towards the stairs, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said that he would not be able to get there with the two brothers Wei Wencai and Wei Guangde.

Seeing the guests arrive at this moment, several people at the wine table also stood up and saluted them.

Following Wu Dong's introduction, Wei Guangde knew the identities of the people dressed as scholars on the table, which was similar to what Wu Dong said before coming. The first two were Zeng Yuanshu and Zeng Xingwu, and the ones beside them were Ma Xiang and others. people.

Zeng Xingwu is already the highest status among the people present at the table. Of course, this does not refer to his age, but his fame. He is already a scholar. Although he is not from Jiangxi, in the Ming Dynasty, Huguang and Jiangxi were all major provinces of imperial examinations. , the study atmosphere in the two places is similar, so the competition is also very fierce, and the gold content is naturally not low.

So in the table, he was the only one who was wearing a T-shirt, which was different from the other scholars. It was a T-shirt with a round neck and large sleeves, which was obviously different from the others.

"This is my cousin, Wei Wencai and Wei Guangde."

Wu Dong pointed to the two brothers of the Wei family and introduced them, "This time my cousins ​​are here, so I brought them along with me to meet the famous people in Pengze County, and let them learn a lot along the way."

After being polite first, Wu Dong introduced the situation of the two of them.

Wei Wencai has also read books. As long as he is not asked to write, everything can be handled so-so. It is not a big problem to pretend to be a scholar. Although he has only read four books, he has a talent for memory. It's also a set, but it's reasonable.

Wei Guangde is younger and has only read four books at the age of 11, which is considered outstanding in the town, but in Pengze County, it can only be regarded as mediocre.

Like the host Zeng's family this time, the children in their family start school relatively early, at the age of five or six, six or seven years old, and usually learn the four books at the age of ten. The difference between children from other families.

When all the people arrived, the food and drinks were soon served on the table, and everyone began to chat, and the focus was naturally Zeng Xingwu, who was already a scholar.

Among the people present, Ma Xiang was the oldest, followed by Zeng Xingwu, Zeng Yuanshu and Wu Dong, and Wei Wencai and Wei Guangde were the youngest, so most of the people in this group did not take the two brothers Wei Guangde seriously.

In their view, even Wu Dong can't compare with them, because they are serious scholars, Wu Dong is nothing, he can only attack martial arts.

It's just that, Wu Dong's luck is really good. Among many classmates and scholars, he passed the county examination in one go and got the title of Tongsheng.

You must know that among the people here, only Zeng Yuanshu and Ma Xiang are children, and the others are nothing.

Of course, Zeng Yuanshu and Ma Xiang were not among those who had this idea. After all, they passed the exam and knew how difficult the exam was.

Although Wu Dong is destined not to be like them, he is still willing to make friends.

Knowledge is there, neither increasing nor decreasing.

In fact, those who disliked Wu Dong just envied him for passing the county examination, but they could only think about it.

For scholars, such thoughts cannot be expressed, it will damage their reputation.

Anyway, Wu Dong is a serious boy and their classmate.

Everyone chatted and laughed while drinking wine and eating vegetables. The atmosphere of the banquet was very lively. Wei Guangde also had the opportunity to drink the wine of this era, not white wine, rice wine, or the local bottled wine.

Listening to them talking about the Four Books for a while, and the Five Classics for a while, and some people sang poems loudly from time to time, Wei Wencai seemed to be very excited at the moment, and recreated the things he had learned and thrown away in Java. pick it up.

Wei Guangde drank wine and ate food, listened to their long-winded discussion, but thought in his mind that it would be too late, to find a chance to ask his cousin about Zeng Yuanshu, to talk about it, and to ask about those stereotyped essays.

Just as he was thinking, the sound of going upstairs was heard from the stairs, and several men and women came upstairs.

Wei Guangde was not affected by the heated discussion at the wine table, he naturally heard the noise, turned his head and looked over.

In front of her was a woman in a bright red dress with heavy makeup. She looked old, and she might have been a pretty girl in pink when she was young, and she seemed to be a bit seductive along the way.

This is terrible. After all, it is estimated that there are more than 40. Although later generations also say that mature women are mature women, this is too familiar.

Wei Guangde thought to himself, and decisively shifted his gaze to look behind her.

And behind her is a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a pink plum-colored snow fox cotton-padded dress, a kilt of hibiscus and auspicious clouds and flowers, and a light blue plum shirt. The jade looks very elegant, the tassels are tied on the three thousand blue silk, only a little makeup is applied, but it is red lips and dimples, and people are more delicate than flowers.

Beauty!
Wei Guangde sighed in his heart, because after seeing all kinds of beauties on TV networks in later generations, seeing this girl will also make your eyes shine, but what makes him sad is that he is now 11 years old.

Well, the hair is not fully grown.

There are many men and women behind the two women, they seem to be followers, and they seem to be...
The one behind the two women is indeed a servant girl, but the one behind is holding a musical instrument one by one, that is, a musical instrument.

Ancient orchestra?

Wei Guangde thought in his heart, but soon someone gave the answer.

"Oh, Madam Liu, you have brought someone here."

When Zeng Yuanshu also saw the person coming in, he laughed and shouted to the woman in the red robe.

(End of this chapter)