The scene of the hairpin banquet is a bit retro, a bit like the public ministers and generals entertaining their diners during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There are several rows of short tables in the middle of the open space. There are about two hundred tables. Each table can seat one person.
There are prepared delicacies and fruit plates, and then there will be a flow of servants coming and going, adding dishes and taking plates to each table.
In fact, most people don't pay attention to what they eat. The main thing about the Hairpin Banquet is honor. Of course, Zhu Pingan is an exception.
There are a large number of new students, and the space in the Gongyuan is limited. Not everyone can have a seat in the rows of short tables in the middle of the open space. There are several long tables in more remote places, and people can sit at each table.
There are more than ten people, but it's not as good as the center.
After all, this is just a welcome banquet for new students. If it is a high-level banquet such as the Luming Banquet (a banquet held for new imperial examination candidates after the provincial examination) or the Qionglin Banquet (a banquet held for new imperial examination candidates after the imperial examination), it will definitely
There will be no such poor arrangements.
The rows of cases in the middle are the best location. Firstly, they are closer to important figures such as Ti Xueguan. On the other hand, the individual cases also give people a vague feeling of being unusual.
Zhu Ping'an was also more interested in the individual cases in the venue. It was very convenient for him to eat at the same table, and he didn't have to worry about being drunk by the people at the same table.
Who will sit at the separate tables in the venue or who will sit at the long table in the corner is not fixed. It all depends on you. Moreover, looking at everyone's eagerness to learn, learn, and be eager to try,
Everyone seemed to be interested in the several cases in the field, and they quickly took a few steps to occupy one of them. The scene was gentle but intense.
Although Zhu Ping'an stood in front of the queue, when he went to occupy a few separate cases in the field, there were only the last few left.
Zhu Pingan stood in front of one of the desks and was about to take a seat when he heard a "pop" sound and a folding fan drew a parabola. It landed gently on the table in front of Zhu Pingan from behind.
Damn it, you dare to use this method to grab the position in this situation.
Zhu Pingan turned around and saw a new student who was unfamiliar but had a dandy temperament. He was looking at him with a smile, quite contented, as if he concluded that he could only fail in the face of this situation. Yes,
On this occasion, if you don't want to attract the attention of officials such as Ti Xue Guan, you can only give up the table.
The actions of the dandy student only attracted the attention of a few people around him. Among the hundreds of people, this movement was far from enough to attract the attention of the academic officers and others at the front.
Is it just a coincidence or something? Among the people sitting nearby happened to be Guo Ziyu, Liu Qian and others who met when filling in the personal confession yesterday. They were watching this scene with great interest at this moment. I wanted to see how Zhu Pingan would react.
Yes, that would make you look a little incompetent. All these cases are gone, and you can only go to the long table in the corner. If you don't allow it, you will look petty. It will cause disputes, and it may attract the attention of the academic officer and others, leaving a lot of trouble.
Good impression, dilemma. Really interesting.
Zhu Ping'an looked at the folding fan on the desk in front of him, curled his lips slightly, ignored the folding fan and sat down. With a naive smile on his face, he handed the folding fan on the desk to the dandy scholar.
"My dear friend, your fan fell off."
Zhu Ping'an's words were neither loud nor soft, enough for people watching the joke nearby to hear clearly.
My dear friend, your fan has fallen off.
This sentence easily reversed the entire situation. In the end, the man just glared at Zhu Ping'an, took the folding fan, and went to find a seat at the long tables in the corner in dejection under the eyes of everyone.
Mencius said: People must humiliate themselves before others humiliate them. If you discuss it with me in good faith, I might as well give it to you, so why bother using this method? You brought this on yourself. Zhu Ping'an ignored the man's gaze.
He sat calmly in front of the table, took a piece of fruit and put it into his mouth. It was sweet, juicy and tasted great.
As everyone took their seats one after another, the hairpin feast began.
While Zhu Pingan was enjoying the delicacies of the Hairpin Banquet, Li Shu, the eldest daughter of the Li family in Shanghe Village, was also enjoying the delicacies.
The location is Miss Li's boudoir. The young girl Li Shu is sitting lazily at the table, holding a book with Tian Long Ba Bu written on the title page in one hand. While reading, she enjoys the waiter of the steamed bun maid next to her. She occasionally opens her little cherry mouth to enjoy the maid.
Delicious food.
At this time, Li Shu was wearing a light pink dress that was as long as the floor. Her thin waist was tied with a cloud belt, which showed that she was not full. She had a seven-treasure coral hairpin in her hair. The little finger-sized pearl was as bright as snow.
, stars twinkled in her hair, making her face look like hibiscus. Her big eyes were as black as ink, shining brightly at the book in her hand, as if nothing could attract her attention at this time.
"Miss, Miss, how can you continue to watch? People in Xiahe Village have been talking about it early in the morning, saying that the bad boy got the first place in the exam again." The maid of Baozi pouted, while she was trying her best to dress up as a girl.
Don’t forget to gossip.
"Oh" Li Shu didn't take her eyes off the scroll.
"Miss, the bad guy has passed the college entrance examination, and he still came in first place, and he was selected as a junior student." The maid of Baozi puffed up her mouth.
"Isn't it just a bad scholar? What I have done is worthy of you chanting in my ears all day, so I just treat those mud-legged people in Xiahe Village as treasures." The girl Li Shu flattened her mouth and her voice was very disdainful.
"But he is only thirteen. Thirteen is a scholar, and he is still number one. People say that there are not many such people in Ming Dynasty." Baozi's maid puffed her mouth and boldly retorted.
"He is just a toad, a greedy toad." The girl Li Shu was as disdainful as ever, as if Zhu Pingan was equated with a toad in her eyes.
"What if he wins the first prize in the national examination?" Baozi's maid glanced at her young lady and hesitated to speak.
"There is no such thing as a toad. A toad is not a carp, and crossing the dragon gate is also a toad." The young girl Li Shu was extremely disdainful.
At this time, another maid came in carrying a plate of food.
The bun maid took a chopstick of the newly served dish and put it into the mouth of her young lady.
Li Shu flattened her little cherry mouth out of habit, then suddenly turned dark, waved to the little maid who had just walked in, and asked expressionlessly, "Who did it?"
"Yes, my slave did it." The little maid replied timidly.
Snapped
The little maid has a delicate jade handprint on her face.
"What a waste. I asked you to learn from the chef that dad paid a lot of money for two months, and now you just made this to fool me!"
Li Shu rubbed her slightly painful hand and looked at the little maid kneeling at her feet with a sneer.
"I want to see if this cooking skill is really that difficult," the girl Li Shu said as she stood up and walked out with anger on her pretty face.
"Miss, how can you go to the kitchen? If the master finds out, he will beat me to death." Baozi's maid heard that her miss wanted to learn by herself. Thinking of the master's love for the miss, Baozi's face turned pale with fright.
He hurriedly chased after him while shouting. (To be continued...)
ps: I went to socialize with the leaders tonight, so I came back a little late, so please forgive me.