After staying in Qingping Mansion for two days, Song Qiu and Li Yang also had a good time playing together for two days.
Li Yang had to get up in the morning to work at the guard station every day, and only left in the evening.
Song Qiu didn't stay long, and took Aling and others on their way to Pingjiang Mansion the next day.
It was another journey that had never been taken before, and everyone was very interested along the way.
Two days after leaving Qingping Fucheng, this morning we passed through a small town called Taozhen.
As its name suggests, this peach town is surrounded by patches of peach trees.
The official road does not go through Taozhen, it just passes by.
When we were still some distance away, we saw the peach grove here. The spring breeze in February blew the green buds, and the peach pink buds competed with each other on the branches, which made people feel good looking at it.
When I stopped to drink tea and rest at a tea stall outside Peach Town, I heard the tea waiter vividly telling a table of guests about the upcoming grand event in Peach Town.
But it turned out that there was a big landowner in Tao Town, his surname was Fang, and his daughter was twenty-eight years old. She was born with a beautiful face, and she was still waiting to be married.
This time, the landowner Fang wanted to take advantage of the peach blossom season to hold a grand party for recruiting a son-in-law for his beloved daughter. The bride-to-be would come to his door, and whoever he chose would be married on the spot.
The son-in-law recruitment party will be held the day after tomorrow at Tianxiang Restaurant, the largest restaurant in the town.
At that time, the Miss Fang family will throw hydrangeas on the third floor of Tianxiang Building. Anyone who is not married or engaged, aged sixteen but not thirty, physically and mentally sound, and without any illness can catch the hydrangeas.
Those who grab the hydrangea and meet the above requirements can go to the third floor of Tianxiang Building to meet Miss Fang. If Miss Fang is satisfied, she will immediately put on her wedding clothes and get married.
People at the table listened with great interest. After the tea waiter finished speaking, someone said in a funny voice: "This makes it seem like a prince is choosing a concubine. It's just a matter of recruiting brides. He actually mobilized a large number of people to grab the hydrangea. How can he win the prize?"
That Miss Fang can only get married after seeing it with her own eyes? If Miss Fang doesn't take a fancy to it, wouldn't it mean that this game will not count, and we can continue to toss it two times or three times? How about playing? Whether it succeeds or fails, isn't it Miss Fang?
A word?"
Some people are also curious, "Is Miss Fang really so beautiful?"
The tea waiter was a local. Seeing that these people from out of town didn't know the details, he quickly solved their doubts.
"Some of you don't know, but this big landowner is the richest person in our Tao Town. He has a huge fortune and a lot of slaves!
The Fang family's money can be squandered in a lifetime, but Landlord Fang only has one daughter. If we don't recruit a new daughter, is it possible that all the family wealth will be taken to the husband's family along with the daughter? So, naturally we have to recruit a new daughter!"
"People in our town have long known that Fang Dadi is looking for a bride, and many young men are looking forward to it! As soon as the date of the wedding party came out, our entire Tao Town, including several nearby towns, was in a sensation! As early as a few days ago
A few days ago, many young people from neighboring towns have been coming to our Tao Town one after another, just waiting for the wedding party the day after tomorrow! The inns in the town are almost full!"
"Think about it, there are so many people looking forward to grabbing the hydrangeas. How many of them are here for the Fang family's millions of wealth? Since they all have such an idea, the Fang family also understands, so it is necessary to ask Miss Fang herself
If you look at each other correctly, you can happily get married, right?"
"I'm not lucky enough to see Miss Fang in person, but everyone knows that Sister Fang is as beautiful as a fairy! What man in this world wouldn't be tempted by having such a beauty as his wife and endless wealth?
?Even if you ask for a wife, that’s a blessing!”
"Such a beautiful thing cannot be dreamed up by just any crooked and dishonest person. Isn't it normal to snatch the hydrangea and then have Miss Fang check it with her own eyes?"
After hearing what the tea waiter said, the few people started to discuss it with great interest. Soon someone suggested to stay and have a look. One of them, who was young and unmarried, was even teased by the others.
Song Qiu and the others also listened without missing a word. Aling loved to join in the fun, so he immediately put his arm around Song Qiu and said he wanted to stay and watch the fun.
Her apprentice Lu Jing was also a good joiner in the fun and immediately responded.
Song Qiu thought that it was okay to come and see something, so he nodded.
After drinking tea, the group set out again, turning directly off the official road and heading towards the main road into Tao Town.
Peach Town is full of peach trees. The spring breeze in February envelopes the entire Peach Town with the fragrance of flowers and greenery. It is really a pleasant scenery.
Even if you don't want to see the bustle of the wedding reception, just based on the scenery, staying for two days will make you feel happy physically and mentally.
Entering Taozhen, the feeling is even better.
The entire town is surrounded by peach trees on the outside and divided into four parts by two crisscrossing rivers in the center. It is regular and orderly.
These two areas near the entrance of the town are filled with shops, restaurants, markets and other markets.
The two blocks in the past were residential areas, town halls and schools.
When you enter the town, there is a river on one side and shops on the other. The shop signs are all made of peach wood, and there are peach charms hanging at the door of each shop, which is really unique.
There are also several shops specializing in selling food made from peaches, such as peach cakes, peach preserves, and dried peaches.
Song Qiu and the others made a special stop and bought a lot of peach cakes, peach preserves and dried peaches at a shop.
These are durable and are best left as snacks to pass the time on the road.
After buying snacks, I went to find an inn where I would stay.
It's true as the tea guy said, the inns in this town are almost out of room, and even when I asked a few, they were all full.
Finally, there were still available rooms, but there were not enough rooms for them and their group.
Until I asked about the last old inn near the river, there were several rooms here, and there was also a Datongbu that could accommodate seven or eight people.
So we decided on this one.
I don’t know if it’s because the inn looks a bit cold and cold because it’s close to the river, or because it’s old and in disrepair. Anyway, before Song Qiu and his party checked in, there were only two guests in this inn. After they checked in,
Not a single customer came until after dark and closing time.
As night fell, the lantern hanging at the door of the inn was blown by the wind, its wick swaying, casting a long shadow.
The candles lit in the lobby were not very bright, making the lobby a little dim.
Song Qiu and his party occupied the few tables in the lobby. Each person had a bowl of egg noodles for dinner.
It’s not that this inn doesn’t have a cook or food.
It was because of the atmosphere of this inn and the shopkeeper who was blind in one eye and covered with a black cloth that the two parties involved, Song Qiu and Aling, invariably thought of the black shop in Crescent Bay.
Tsk tsk.
Al-Ling felt bad all over when he thought of that big meat bun.
So I am firmly against eating. I just eat noodles with two eggs, a few green vegetables and two drops of sesame oil. It’s pretty good.
Hence, there was a scene of twenty-three people in the class, each holding a bowl of noodles and slurping away.
The one-eyed shopkeeper and a boy leaned behind the counter, looking at the big business that finally came to the door. In the end, they only ate a bowl of noodles in the evening, and they looked at each other and sighed.