prosperous age

Chapter 32

On the first day of the new year, every family celebrates the new year.I wish you happiness at the door, wealth in person, meeting nobles when you go out, hearing the good news at home, and at the end...bring you a red envelope!
"Today, Miss Xiangyun has to work hard, let my cousin see our beauty from Jiangxi."

After Zeng Yuanshu introduced the scholars present, he ordered the restaurant to decorate.

The Jingshui Building has only three floors, so it is not that big. Although the decoration is exquisite, the carved beams and painted buildings also show the luxurious style of the restaurant.

The third floor where Wei Guangde is now is naturally the best place in the restaurant, but there are no private rooms or anything like that.

Today Zeng Yuanshu booked the third floor, so naturally no one else would come up except for the guests he invited.

The area of ​​these three floors, according to Wei Guangde's visual inspection, is about tens of square meters, which is not too small, but it is obvious that there are tables, chairs and benches stacked behind the screen.

Obviously, because it was a reserved table, the restaurant moved the extra tables and chairs to the corner and partitioned them with screens.

The madam asked the musicians behind to sit behind the screen, and she took Miss Xiangyun to toast the guests at the table. By this time, Wei Guangde also knew the origin of this group of people.

The bustard's surname is Liu, the old bustard of Fanghua Building, and the guests call her Madame Liu, and the girl brought here is Xiangyun, who is the top card of Fanghua Building, and they were also invited by Mr. Zeng to sing for fun.

Madam Liu took Xiangyun to toast one by one, and she, who is considered a veteran of entertainment, naturally knew that by toasting, she could get a general understanding of the guests present with just a few words.

When it was Wei Guangde's turn, after all, he still had a baby face, so he could tell he was still a child at a glance. After glancing at the wine glass on the table, Madame Liu still asked Xiangyun to pour him a glass of wine. I had a chance to take a closer look at this Xiangyun girl.

The beauty is indeed a beauty, but now she doesn't look as stunning as before.

When Wei Guangde saw Miss Xiangyun for the second time, he didn't feel the same feeling as before, and he was really a little strange.

However, Wei Guangde suddenly realized something while toasting Xiang Yun's cup.

When I came to the Ming Dynasty, I saw my old lady a lot, and some women in the town, and they were all dressed up normally, but they were not like this pair of women, who were dressed in full costumes and had pearls and jade rings on their heads.

Well, Wei's mother didn't dress up before, and her headdress was very simple, so Wei Guangde has never seen the beauty of a woman in ancient costume.

Even if she went to the county during the Chinese New Year, because she was going back to her mother's house, Wei's mother didn't deliberately dress up.

Although the cousin mother and daughter are dressed up, they are also very simple, and they don't wear many pearls on their heads.

Wei Guangde felt the beauty of Hanfu beauties for the first time when this Xiangyun girl was here.

Think about it too, if they don't pay attention to their appearance, they won't do business.

After the musicians were ready, Miss Xiangyun began to sing to cheer for the banquet.

When Wei Guangde arrived in the Ming Dynasty, it was the first time he heard popular music here.

In Wei Guangde's time, to be honest, it was rare to hear music from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Although many advertised Chinese styles, or classical music, all claim to be ancient songs.

However, from Wei Guangde's point of view at this moment, it seems to be very different.

Of course, it's not that the music of the Ming Dynasty is better, but it really makes him feel a little better than the guzheng performances he heard before.

Behind the screen, the musicians played and sang, very busy, but it still made Wei Guangde very uncomfortable.

However, seeing a table of people listening to the music, Miss Xiangyun gradually stopped talking after she started singing, and she seemed very intoxicated when she heard the melodious singing.

By this time, Wei Guangde had to admit that after hundreds of years of progress, musical instruments have been continuously introduced, and the sound quality and timbre are actually more perfect and pleasant.

I can't hear it.

Wei Guangde sighed in his heart, and then imitated the others and reveled in it.

But after listening to the music carefully, Wei Guangde made another surprising discovery, that the Ming Dynasty actually highly respected Song Ci.

I even heard two songs sung by Miss Xiangyun, both of which were lyrics by Liu Yong, love songs.

"Standing in a dangerous building, the wind is soft, looking at the extreme spring sorrow, and the sky is gloomy. In the afterglow of the grass and smoke, who would lean on the fence without words.

I plan to get drunk on Shukuangtu, and sing to wine, and strong music is tasteless.The belt is getting wider and I don't regret it, and I am haggard because of Yixiao. "

The melody is not very good, but the voice of this Xiangyun girl is still good.

Wei Guangde, who came from later generations, commented in his heart that he is really not used to these popular songs.

After Miss Xiangyun sang a song, Wei Guangde also applauded along with the crowd.

Just treat it as a joke.

That's what Wei Guangde thinks in his heart now, anyway, he can't show that he doesn't like it, so as not to be regarded as a bumpkin who doesn't know the rhythm by the scholars over there.

In fact, he is indeed a country bumpkin who doesn't know the rhythm.

For music, he can only make a simple judgment, whether it sounds good or not.

Miss Xiangyun also sang two songs and came down to rest for a while, ate a few bites of food, drank a few cups of wine with her, and invited the scholars present to come to Fanghua Building to join her.

Well, just to attract customers, it can be seen that the competition in Huanchang is also very fierce.

After resting for a while, it wasn't long before Miss Xiangyun started singing again, when she heard a noise from the other side of the stairs, as if someone was about to come up, but they were blocked at the bottom and couldn't.

Wei Guangde knew that these had nothing to do with him, it was because he didn't focus on listening to the music that he noticed them.

But after a while, he couldn't help paying attention, because someone really wanted to go upstairs by force, and the shopkeeper seemed to be stuck there and didn't dare to refuse. He kept explaining and begging for mercy, but the other party was also stubborn, and kept pushing on the corridor. shopkeeper, step by step up.

"My surname is Liu, my uncle went to your Fanghua Building to listen to Xiangyun singing. How dare you take people outside to go back and forth."

"I gave you face, but I didn't even say hello..."

There should be quite a few people in the corridor, Wei Guangde heard some people yelling and cursing there intermittently.

Those surnamed Liu, Fanghua Building, obviously these people came for that old bustard Liu.

The noise in the corridor naturally came over, everyone at the wine table heard it, and looked over curiously, but after hearing the speaker clearly, the faces of the people at the table were not looking good.

Of course, Zeng Yuanshu, Wu Dong and others, Zeng Xingwu, and the two brothers of the Wei family were the ones who changed their colors.

The singing on Xiangyun's side also stopped, and he looked towards the corridor with a very ugly face. At this time, the old bustard Liu had already walked over quickly.

Wei Guangde noticed the change in the faces of the people, and he guessed in his heart that there must be something wrong, so he stopped looking at strange things easily as before, but paid attention to every move of the few people on the table.

He had heard from his cousin Wu Dong before that the Zeng family was a well-known and respected family in Pengze County, and the troublemakers downstairs probably didn't know the identity of the guests upstairs.

But until now, the other party still wants to go upstairs very arrogantly. Even though Old Bustard Liu has passed by and whispered something to the other party, it is obvious that he does not intend to let go. Instead of coming for Xiangyun and Liu Laobush, it was for Zeng Yuanshu.

I'm afraid it won't be good anymore.

Wei Guangde thought in his heart that the New Year's Eve would come to make trouble, and after a while the fight would start, looking at the dishes on the table, I'm afraid it's going to be a mess.

(End of this chapter)