Xie Shizi's shameless daily life

The next day, Ah Ling carelessly pushed open Zhao Shu's door, and the light from outside instantly illuminated the entire room.

Zhao Shu, who was lying on the bed, turned over with the quilt in her arms, half asleep and half awake, and said, "A Ling, close the door. I want to sleep a little longer."

After waiting for a long time but still not hearing Ah Ling closing the door, Zhao Shu turned around in a daze, looking for Ah Ling with half-opened eyes. After looking around and finding no one, she had to go downstairs and close the door herself.

After this, she was almost sleepy, so she didn't lie down again. She got her clothes, put on her clothes, had breakfast, and went out with Ah Ling.

Yesterday at the banquet, Hu Jing and I made an appointment to go to the February Camellia Show together today.

Today, all the unmarried girls on the street will wear a bright red camellia in their hair. If a boy falls in love with a girl, with the girl's consent, the boy can take the camellia from her hair and the two of them will go boating on the lake together. If they both think the other is nice, the boy can go to the girl's house to propose marriage the next day.

Before leaving, Zhao Shu put a big red camellia in Ah Ling's and her own hair.

Ah Ling touched the flower on her hair, looked at Zhao Shu's delicate face, and said with a smile: "Girl, you are so pretty! Just like what people often say, pretty is like a delicate girl."

Zhao Shu smiled helplessly and said, "People are more beautiful than flowers."

Ah Ling nodded: "Yes, that's it."

When they arrived at the agreed teahouse, they saw Hu Jing waving at them from a distance, wearing a light pink camellia.

Zhao Shu looked at the passers-by on both sides, half-raised her hand and waved back cautiously.

Hu Jing saw Zhao Shu's response and ran down from the teahouse excitedly. In just a moment, she was in front of Zhao Shu. She didn't seem to be out of breath at all. She took Zhao Shu's arm and said, "Let's go."

Hu Jing walked beside Zhao Shu and looked up at Zhao Shu's red camellia and then at Zhao Shu's cheek. Zhao Shu felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by her: "What are you looking at?"

Hu Jing said with regret: "Your red camellia is so beautiful, remember to wear a red one too."

"I'll give you this one." Zhao Shu reached out to pick the camellia in her hair.
Hu Jing quickly grabbed Zhao Shu's hand and said, "Don't do that. If you put it on your head, it will be gorgeous, but if you put it on my head, it might be vulgar."

With a "slap", Hu Jing's hand was slapped by Zhao Shu, who scolded her, "You're just talking nonsense."

Hu Jing shook Zhao Shu's arm begging for mercy. Zhao Shu looked at Hu Jing, and Hu Jing looked at Zhao Shu. "Tsk!" They both laughed out loud at the same time.

The men passing by couldn't help but look at the two young ladies with curved eyebrows and eyes.

Zhao Shu was brought to an arch bridge by Hu Jing. Zhao Shu was puzzled: "Why are we here?"

"I heard that the courtesan of Laijun Pavilion will be parading in a sedan chair at this year's Camellia Festival. I even asked around and found out that she will pass by here when she parades." After saying that, he excitedly tugged at Zhao Shu's sleeve: "Here she comes! Here she comes!"

Zhao Shu looked in the direction of her force and saw the courtesan sitting in the middle of a sedan chair filled with camellias of various colors. She was wearing a plain silk tube top inside and a red gauze outside. A pale white camellia was pinned in her hair. She looked charming yet pitiful.

Zhao Shu turned her head and looked around. The eyes of the men around her were almost all on the courtesan.

That face, that pretty face, not only all the boys like it, but I myself couldn't help being moved.

No wonder the kings in ancient times lingered on beauties instead of attending court early in the morning!

When Zhao Shu withdrew her gaze, her eyes paused for a few seconds at the restaurant across the street, and then she looked at the courtesan as if nothing had happened. Why did Xie Jin bring Baoer here?
It's fine if he's not serious himself, but why did he bring Baoer with him? Didn't he notice me? He was staring at the courtesan intently, so he probably didn't see me.

Zhao Shu thought Xie Jin didn't notice her, but she was completely wrong. Xie Jin saw her when they first went up the arch bridge.

Xie Jin looked at the red camellia on Zhao Shu's head and felt very unhappy. Did she think she was a delicate little lady? Wearing such a big red flower! It was so ugly!
It’s better to ignore it. He moved his gaze back with difficulty and reached out to pull the hair of Xie Baoer who was gnawing on a pig's trotter with her head down. Little Baoer raised her round eyes and looked at her brother. She didn't know why her brother pulled her just now.

Xie Jin took out a handkerchief with disgust and wiped Xie Baoer's greasy mouth: "It's so dirty." After wiping, he threw the handkerchief on the table and threw it away.

After her brother held down Xie Baoer's head and wiped her mouth, she continued to gnaw on the pig's trotter.

Xie Jin propped up her cheek with her right hand and looked at the most beautiful courtesan on earth. She felt a little bored, so she propped up her cheek with her left hand and looked towards the stairwell of the restaurant. After repeating these two actions for a while, Xie Jin impatiently asked Xie Wu behind her, "Why hasn't Zhao Nanyu come yet?"

Xie Wu's mouth twitched slightly. He admired his master's thick skin! But he replied expressionlessly: "Maybe he was tripped by something."

Xie Jin nodded seriously. Xie Wu silently looked away.

Xie Jin unconsciously looked at Zhao Shu again. It was not that bad, except for the red flowers which were a bit annoying. The rest of the place was quite pleasing to the eye.

Zhao Shu always felt a little chilly and couldn't help looking around. She also looked at Xie Jin, but no one was staring at her. Am I overthinking?

While Zhao Shu was still thinking, Hu Jing had already pulled her up and ran down. Zhao Shu turned around quickly and said, "A Ling, follow me."

Zhao Shu's stamina wasn't as good as Hu Jing's. After running for a while, she asked with an unsteady breath, "Where are we going now?"

"Let's see who can bring the beauty home tonight!" Hu Jing said excitedly.

Zhao Shu paused: "Ah?"

"What? Let's go. If we go too late there won't be any good seats left." Hu Jing said anxiously.

No, it’s no use for them to go too early, as they can’t spend the night with the beauty.

Zhao Shu thought they were fast, but she didn't expect there were people who were faster than them.

Looking at the dense crowd, Zhao Shu comforted Hu Jing, "It's okay, it's the same if you watch it here."

Hu Jing ignored Zhao Shu's words and continued to pull her forward. Zhao Shu saw that something was wrong and quickly grabbed Hu Jing with both hands: "What are you doing? We can't squeeze in."

Hu Jing looked at Zhao Shu pitifully: "Shu'er, my dear Shu'er, let's give it a try, okay?" Hu Jing held out a finger: "Just give it a try." "Okay." Zhao Shu had never been able to refuse Hu Jing, but looking at the sea of ​​people in front of her, Zhao Shu's scalp tightened: "Just once, if it doesn't work once, we'll just sit here and watch."

She was very happy to hear that Zhao Shu was willing to go with her, and now she agreed to whatever she said.

Hu Jing pulled Zhao Shu, and Zhao Shu pulled A Ling, bending over and squeezing forward. They squeezed in amid cursing, and when they stood still, Zhao Shu touched her chest and breathed softly.

Hu Jing looked at Zhao Shu's little appearance with a look of disappointment: "It's not a big deal, look how scared you are."

There was a commotion among the crowd: "Madam Jin! Madam Jin!"

They both looked up at the attic at the same time. The courtesan, also known as Lady Jin, was sitting on a round stool with a veil on her face and a pipa in her arms.

"She wants to play the pipa?" Zhao Shu asked hesitantly.

Hu Jing, who was excited just now, now has a depressed mood: "No, she is sitting there waiting for those men to bid. Whoever bids the highest, Madam Jin will hold the pipa in her hand and go back to the mansion to spend the night with that man."

Zhao Shu was stunned, looking at the men below who were so excited that their faces were red and they did not hide their gazes at all, and then looking at Madam Jin in the attic who had an unknown expression on her face.

Zhao Shu called Ah Ling next to her and said, "Give me all the money we have." Zhao Shu took the purse, counted it, and found that there was less than one or two taels of silver.

Zhao Shu said, "Ajing, can you lend me some money?"

Hu Jing didn't care: "How much do you want?"

"Five taels of silver." Zhao Shu lowered her head embarrassedly.

"Here, for you." Fortunately, I brought six taels of silver with me today.

"Thank you, Ajing. When we get back home, I will ask Aling to get the silver and return it to you." Zhao Shu said.

Hu Jing waved her hand: "It's okay, any time is fine."

Zhao Shu looked at the heartless Hu Jing and smiled warmly.

Zhao Shu put all the money into a purse, turned around and handed it to Ah Ling and whispered something to her.

After Zhao Shu finished speaking, Ah Ling took the silver and squeezed towards the attic.

There were constant bidding sounds all around.

A Ling squeezed back in quickly. Zhao Shu looked at her expectantly, and A Lian shook her head at her.

Ah Ling told her that someone had offered a higher price than them and that Lady Jin had already been bought.

Zhao Shu looked up at Lady Jin in the attic, then looked away. This was all she could do. She couldn't do more.

After watching the excitement, Hu Jing dragged Zhao Shu to the street to find a teahouse. Suddenly, Zhao Shu's legs were hugged by a force. She was so scared that she looked down and saw that it was Xie Baoer. She was a little surprised and asked: "Baoer, why are you here? Where is your brother?"

Xie Baoer raised her hands and asked Zhao Shu to hold her. Zhao Shu picked up Xie Baoer and asked again: "Baoer, where is your brother?"

Xie Baoer pointed at the flower boat in the distance: "Brother, brother."

Zhao Shu apologized: "A Jing, this is a little sister I know. I will take her to see her family first, and then accompany you to have tea, okay?"

Hu Jing pinched the chubby girl's cheek and said, "It's more important to find her family. I'll go with you."

The two reached an agreement and walked towards the flower boat that Xie Baoer had just pointed at.

Holding Xie Baoer, he stopped at the shore and shouted to the flower boat, "Xie Shizi? Xie Shizi?"

Hu Jing hesitated and said, "How about we go in and take a look?"

Zhao Shu was a little hesitant. After all, it was someone else's flower boat. It would be against the rules for them to rush in without the owner's approval. But looking at Xie Baoer in her arms, Zhao Shu closed her eyes and nodded: "Yes."

The two men first put Xie Baoer on the flower boat, and then carefully got on the boat. Before they could stand firmly, Xie Baoer ran into the cabin, and the two men followed closely.

Seeing the man sitting in the cabin and drinking comfortably, Zhao Shu was a little confused. He was on the boat, so why didn't he say anything just now?

Looking at Xie Baoer sitting in the arms of the drinker, he called out softly, "Brother."

Hu Jing's face was disheveled as she looked at Zhao Shu. "You didn't say that the Master Xie you were looking for was Xie Jin. Is it too late for me to leave now?"
All the women in Beijing admired the eldest son of the Xie family, except her. She didn't know why she felt a little scared every time she saw him...

(End of this chapter)