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Chapter 299 Book Friends Tea Party
With the development of the publishing industry and business exchanges in Wessen, many living habits have also spread to other places.

For example, "Book Bar", the book bar here is like a fee-paying library. After entering the door, you can pay to sit until the sun goes down. It will be more expensive after dark and lighting up.

On the walls around the first floor are bookshelves and long tables and chairs for reading books. There is a place to eat in one corner, and a counter selling pens, inks and notebooks.

The second floor is a box, the environment is very good, with air conditioning, and good snacks and tea, suitable for quiet reading.

Ayman Damen, the young man who asked Frederick to help line up just now, he warmly invited Frederick to a book bar near the study, and told the proprietress that all the expenses of this gentleman will be charged to his own account Then came to the upstairs box.

His name was written on the sign nailed to the door of the box, apparently for a long-term lease.

Frederick saw that there were still many books on the bookshelves here, most of which were literary works. Except for the author Qingju and his own name in today's poetry collection, there were many books that he had never heard of.

Aiman ​​explained: "This building belongs to my family. This is where I read books for entertainment. It is much more relaxed than at home."

Frederick understood that it was the landlord.

These books were all printed in Wessen State, but there were too many books now, so he naturally couldn't read all the books, so he took a travelogue on the south coast of the Inner Sea written by Pu Lanwen.

Aiman ​​said apologetically after watching him take the book: "I will be fascinated when I read it later, if you have anything to do, please feel free."

Thank you Frederick.

Aiman ​​was really serious about reading. Soon after, a waiter brought tea and snacks without raising his head.

This "Sea Breeze Returning to Hong Kong" is based on the theme of family affection. There are 30 new poems and 30 old poems of the same theme. This is the traditional practice of poets today. The difference between old poems.

Open the book, each poem is printed on the left, and the related illustrations are on the right, which are very beautiful.

The box was quiet, except for the occasional sound of flipping books. Soon after, Ayman began to recite with emotion.

It was noon, and Ayman just drank some tea and ate a few biscuits, and continued to bury his head in the book.

Frederick was also watching the travel notes intently, while thinking about the next course of action.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the door of the box was suddenly pushed open, and a girl rushed in and pulled Aiman ​​out, while shouting: "Hurry up, the second lady is going to hold a tea party in the afternoon, and I want you to attend by name!"

The girl was about the same age as Frederick. Although she was wearing a cute skirt, she could kill a cow with one punch. Ayman was immediately dragged up from the sofa.

"Anas!" Aiman ​​called out, "We have guests!"

The girl named Anas discovered Frederick at this moment, and her face turned red.

Aiman ​​said to Frederick with apology: "I am very sorry, this is my fiancee."

Frederick stood up and said, "It's okay, since you have something to do, I won't bother you anymore."

Aiman ​​thought for a while, and said to him: "If you are free, why not join me in the second lady's salon? She likes to listen to the outside stories told by guests."

Anas also chimed in: "Yes, yes, Second Miss is in poor health and can't travel far. She likes to listen to stories."

Frederick saw that their clothes were all made of pure cotton. Although they were fine, they were not silk like the rich and powerful. The second lady in his heart should also be a member of their circle, so he agreed with the thought of getting a meal.

However, he was wrong. The local area is rich in silk, so young people with personality do not wear silk products, but wear woven cotton cloth from Wessen.

So Frederick took the carriage of Anas, the youngest daughter of Earl Valli's knight commander, and accompanied the earl's butler's youngest son, Ayman, to a villa on the hillside of the castle. He met Earl Valli's second daughter, Yvette, in the back garden. Valli.

There was a second of awkwardness when the two met, but Yvette immediately returned to normal, pretending that he hadn't seen the shaved gorilla by the lake a few days ago, and politely welcomed the guests from afar.

Frederick also pretended that he had never met her, and introduced himself politely: "Charles Smith from Wessen State, thank you Miss Yvette for your hospitality."

The tea party was held under the shade of the trees in the garden. Eight people sat around on the exquisite carpet. They were all young people in their teens and 20s, half men and half women. Except for Frederick, everyone had a copy of "The Sea Breeze Returning to Hong Kong" in front of them. , today's theme is self-evident.

Yvette asked the servant to bring some food to Ayman and Frederick, and said with a smile: "I'm sure that Ayman forgot to eat lunch while reading, and also troubled the guests."

Everyone else laughed, obviously this wasn't the first time something like this happened.

The tea party quickly returned to the topic. Under Yvette's hosting, everyone began to express their opinions on the "Sea Breeze Returning to Hong Kong" that just arrived this morning.

The discussion among book friends focused on the author Qingju Your Excellency who also started to write sonnets in the past five years, and the most heated debate was on the format and type of poems.

The poetry of this era is dominated by religious hymns. Whether it is the Church of Light on the northern shore of the Inner Sea, the Church of Earth God in the far west, the Church of Nature in the far north, or the Church of Flame in the southern continent, the requirements are almost the same. The longer the poems, the better. It’s embarrassing to call it a poem if there are no more than thirty lines. The more you quote from the scriptures, the better. It’s best to have a source for each line.

There are also short poems of ten to twenty lines, but they are used by trolls to entertain at banquets and make money in taverns, and they are not elegant.

It wasn't until the appearance of "Wesson Daily" that the limited layout imposed restrictions on the length of poems, and poems within [-] lines began to flourish.

After two years of development, the length of the poem is dominated by fourteen lines.

这些十四行诗歌的格式各有不同，主要有4-4-3-3、4-4-4-2、8-6集中，韵牌也五花八门。

Especially this Lord Qingju, who wrote poems in all styles and rhymes.

Some people think that one is better, and some people think that the other is more beautiful, and there are endless debates about this.

Frederick just listened silently, with a smile on his face.

After an hour or so, Yvette felt that he seemed to be neglecting the guests from afar, so he asked Frederick along the topic: "Have you read Your Excellency Qingju's poems?"

Frederick replied: "My Sardinian textbook is her poetry."

This is not nonsense, readers know that "Qingju" is a pseudonym, but only a few people know her real identity, including Frederick.

It is impossible for him not to know him, because this "green orange" is Katie, the eldest daughter of his master Richard Nall, the heir of the first underworld family in the south of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the second largest shareholder of Wessen State Paper Group.

(End of this chapter)