The so-called drumming and passing flowers means that several people sit down in a circle, followed by a woman who is responsible for playing the drums. One of them holds the flowers. When the drum sounds, everyone starts passing the flowers one by one until the drum stops.
At this time, whoever gets the flower will be punished, usually by reciting poems, telling jokes, answering questions, guessing riddles, etc. If the flower happens to be in the hands of two people, they can decide the loser through guessing or other methods.
Xu Yinyin has read this game many times in novels before, and it is a must-have plot in almost every ancient Chinese novel.
Things in this world are beyond words. Unexpectedly, one day, she would be among them, playing this with a group of out-and-out little girls from ancient times.
Don't tell me, it's really interesting.
Xu Yinyin was lucky. Everyone else had taken their turn twice before the flower stopped in her hand once. Dong Qinghua couldn't wait to urge, "It's finally your turn, Sister Xu! Come on, come on, what are you going to perform? We all
I’m curious about yours.”
Everyone's eyes fell on her. Xu Yinyin paused and said, "I'll just tell a joke."
tell a joke?
The girls were very excited. In the past, they played drumming and passing flowers. No matter where they were or with whom, they never met anyone who lost and told jokes.
interesting.
Everyone was curious and listened attentively.
Fang Youqin: "What else can I do? It's too troublesome to choose a name, and I'm impatient."
Hearing this, Tao Dehui said: "No wonder you have a maid named Hongya and a maid named Cuini in your courtyard. I told you last time, why did you give the maid such a name? It doesn't sound right to you."
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Let alone going to school to study like men.
Scholar: "Still low!"
The topic of reading was too heavy, and the little girls were not willing to indulge in it, so they all looked at Xu Yinyin and asked her to tell another joke to liven up the atmosphere.
When she said this, she was looking at Fang Youqin.
The next moment, he burst into laughter.
Dong Qinghua curled his lips, "That's not very interesting either."
Finally one day, the scholar called the boy: "Get the book!"
She replied: "But those who study are all about women's vows and the like. Most of them also learn to play the piano, play chess, make tea, and arrange flowers. It's not much different from inviting a nanny back home."
Xu Yinyin paused and said slowly.
Fang Youqin said: "That's what the name is. There used to be a second-class maid in our courtyard who had the same name as the maid next to the girl from the Kong family. That was a joke. Later, when someone came to my side, I
Why not give them another name and let them call them by their original names."
Xu Yinyin listened to the side and sighed with emotion. The daily life of these little girls is really boring. They can extend so many words to just a joke, and the more they say it, the more they can't hold back their energy. It can be seen that this
Ordinary pastimes are so boring.
After the joke was told, it was very quiet in the Nuan Pavilion.
Liu Yinyin said: "I heard that the Fang family opened a girls' school and hired a female teacher to teach the girls?"
Xu Yinyin looked at it and thought to herself: Yes, there will be when times change and the years change.
"This scholar doesn't like reading either? He uses books as pillows. Isn't this the same as my elder brother? He also uses books to decorate his appearance and places them in his study. I have never seen him hold them up and read them seriously." Dong Qinghua covered his mouth and said nothing.
He unceremoniously exposes his brother's face.
Once upon a time, there was a scholar who rented a monk's room to study. As a result, he went out to play every day and played all day long.
When the landlord heard this, he was filled with anger and could not say anything, so he could only shout: "Get rich! Get rich!"
Like the maids next to her, it's simple. She was named after flowers. Before naming her, she even asked people to inquire about other people's families, just for fear that they would bump into each other, go out to parties or something, and cause unnecessary trouble.
Embarrassed.
I don’t even like reading, but I still have to read every day.
The landlord was so angry that he couldn't even speak, so he quickly changed their names.
Xu Yinyin simply suggested playing a game.
After the joke was over, the girls couldn't stop laughing again.
Scholar: "What did you say? I want to sleep and take a book as a pillow."
Once upon a time, there was a landowner who hired two long-term workers. Because he liked to hear auspicious words, he specially gave the two long-term workers nice names. One was called Gaosheng and the other was called Facai.
On the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month of this year, the landlord wanted to welcome the God of Wealth and say auspicious words. Before dawn, he shouted in a weird voice: "Gao Sheng! Gao Sheng!"
Xu Yinyin:...Siya Benya is here, what did she say to her?
Scholar: "Low!"
The book boy brought "Historical Records" again.
The scholar looked at it and said: "Too low, too low!"
Xu Yinyin smiled and said: "Catch the duck." Then she explained how to play the game.
I lived in a horse pen where I had no windows. I opened my eyes and saw that everything was dark. I thought it was still early, so I loudly replied: "It's still early! It's still early!"
The oval-faced girl named Wang Ningshuang suddenly sighed: "Why are there no schools for women to study in this world? It would be great if women could just sit in the school and study every day."
The monk was astonished and came to ask him: "The knowledge of these three books is very high. If you have read one of them well, you can be said to be well-educated. Even if you take one step at a time, it will be too low. You are really a great talent!"
Since the two jokes she told were very funny, several people expressed great interest in the game she proposed and asked what kind of game it was and how to play it.
The other girls also joined in the fun. One said her cousin didn't like reading, and the other said her cousin didn't like reading.
He turned to look at Xu Yinyin and said with a smile: "Sister Xu's jokes are really interesting. Maybe she will tell you another one? I still want to hear it."
The boy brought the Book of Han again.
Dong Qinghua deeply agreed: "Fortunately, the maids around us all have quotas. At most, the first-class maids and second-class maids need to be named by ourselves. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get the flowers."
Gao Sheng lived upstairs. When he heard the landlord's call, he quickly replied: "Coming down! Coming down!"
When everyone heard it, they found it interesting and started playing immediately.
As soon as these words came out, the other girls fell silent.
Xu Yinyin cleared her throat and blurted out a joke.
Fang Youqin is the girl from the direct branch of the Fang family, but she is not the direct branch and is separated from the patriarch's branch by another room.
But now, women in the boudoir usually have to wear a curtain to cover their faces when going out.
It's still early now. I heard that the banquet will last until lunch and everyone will sit and talk before it ends. Otherwise, the most interesting pastime at this time is to attend the banquet. Once the banquet is over, there will be a lot of back and forth.
The whole day passed.
The bookboy went to the monk to borrow a copy of "Selected Works of Zhaoming".
After playing a few games, the atmosphere became lively.
Then Xu Yinyin led them to play several small games, such as "who is the undercover" while sitting, "stool grabbing" that makes you sweat when you run, and "do you have me or don't you" which is very interesting?
Until the banquet started at noon, the little girl still felt a little unfinished.
After this banquet, Dong Qinghua and other young girls all fell in love with Xu Yinyin, got to know each other better, and became closer to each other. They became close friends and met frequently.
Before Xu Yinyin left Dong Qinghua's plum blossom appreciation feast, she received many more invitations in succession, and they were still the kind that she had to go to.