The gentle evening breeze ripples the lake water.
A bright moon in the sky is reflected on the lake, sometimes blurry and sometimes clear against the ripples of the lake, as if you are in a dream.
In this beautiful scenery that is like a fairyland on earth, in the middle of the lake, a huge double-decker painting boat is moored there quietly, and the melodious sound of silk and bamboo music is constantly coming from the painting boat.
"Master Hou! This ship is bigger than the one we took when we came here!"
On the terrace on the second floor of the boat, a fool dressed as a servant was looking at the big ship under him, and couldn't help but admire it.
"Nonsense!" Next to Lunzi, Xiao Han was looking up at the bright moon in the sky in a daze. Hearing this, he turned around, glared at Lunzi and said, "This is the largest boat in the entire Yangzhou City! Can it be big?"
"The biggest one, no wonder..."
The idiot scratched his head in embarrassment, then suddenly thought of something, and quickly continued: "Master Hou! This boat is so beautiful, do you think if we take it back to Chang'an, will we be envious of others?"
When Xiao Han heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes and said angrily: "I don't dare to say whether I will be jealous to death, but I will drown you in the middle, that's for sure!"
Sometimes, Xiao Han really admires this guy's brainstorming!
I don’t know about Huafang. To put it bluntly, it’s a big floating toy? Are you still thinking of driving it back to Chang’an?
Not to mention entering the Yellow River along the way, even in the canal, if you are unlucky and encounter some wind and waves, the boat will capsize at any time. By then, the people on the boat will have nowhere to run.
Not wanting to pay attention to this stubborn guy, Xiao Han sighed and slowly returned to the cabin, then lifted a corner of the curtain leading downstairs and looked at the situation below.
The first floor of Huafang is a huge room.
In the center of the room, a group of dancers were dancing hard, their colorful clothes soaked with sweat and clinging to their bodies, outlining a moving figure.
"Ahem, I can't watch it, at least I can't watch it tonight..."
Not daring to delay the business, Xiao Han used great perseverance to look away from the dancer, and then looked around, only to realize that there were quite a few people with the same "hobby" as him in the hall on the first floor!
Bah, these shameless people!
Of course, with so many people here, not all of them are perverts. At least some of them pretend to be like gentlemen, and they just occasionally glance at each other while talking to each other.
His eyes moved around the hall, and after emphatically despising those hypocrites, Xiao Han withdrew his gaze, took a step back, and sat lazily on a chair, waiting for the start of tonight's program.
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As the nominal host of tonight's banquet, Steward Xue was standing on the bow of the ship with a cheerful face, greeting the wealthy businessmen who were boarding the ship from afar, with an extremely enthusiastic attitude.
"Boss Zhang? Hurry, hurry, please come in! Today I have specially prepared your favorite Mingqian tea for you, which is brewed with spring water from the Xishan Mountain!"
"Boss Liu! Hahahahaha! I haven't been to your place for a while. What's new on the dock recently?"
"Guanshi Hu! Not taking good care of things, not taking good care of things..."
Welcoming these business friends one by one on the boat, before Manager Xue could find a place to sit down and breathe a sigh of relief, after a crisp silver bell, another small boat came on the lake.
"Shopkeeper Yin? Oh, it's really a blessing to have you here! Ziyi, come here quickly, this is the big shopkeeper of Yangzhou Clothing Company!"
Standing up straight, with the faint light of the lanterns beside the boat, Manager Xue recognized the person at a glance. He was the shopkeeper of Yangzhou Clothing Company! In surprise, he hurriedly called Zi Yi to greet him.
"Come, come! Come closer! Tie it up! Shopkeeper Yin, be careful and ask someone to help you come over!" Manager Xue nervously directed the boat to come over, for fear of throwing the shopkeeper of the cloth shop.
However, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop looks quite old, but his legs and feet are still very flexible.
Without the help of the boatman, he boarded the boat from the boat in a few steps, then smiled and handed over his hands to Manager Xue and Ziyi: "Manager Xue is so polite! I am late tonight, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Seeing this, Manager Xue quickly raised his hands and returned the greeting: "Don't dare! Shopkeeper Yin has a lot of affairs. Being here has already given Xue enough face! How dare you ask for anything?"
"Haha..." Shopkeeper Buhang laughed when he heard this, turned around and waved to Xiaozhou as he came, and then said: "Shopkeeper Xue, please forgive me, these two are the old man's nephew and niece, and they insist on following the old man here.
Seeing the world, hey, I have caused you trouble..."
"No trouble! No trouble! What did the big shopkeeper say?!"
Manager Xue had a straight face, as if he was complaining that the shopkeeper of the cloth shop was too polite! When the other party laughed, he started laughing, and then he personally stretched out his hand to pull the people on the boat onto the boat.
A pair of men and women on the boat stood up. The man was clear and handsome, with an extraordinary temperament! Although the woman had half her face covered, just by looking at her eyes, you could tell she was a stunning beauty.
But after the two people stood up, they turned a blind eye to Manager Xue's outstretched hand. They tapped their toes and landed on the boat like two butterflies.
Seeing the two people's movements, Manager Xue's eyes immediately froze, but soon returned to the enthusiastic look he had at the beginning.
"Haha, you two are really talented and beautiful! Seeing you, I suddenly feel old! By the way, this is our big shopkeeper in Chang'an, Ziyi! I just arrived in Yangzhou recently. You are both young people, so we should be closer to each other.
one time."
Shaking the hand he just extended, there was no trace of embarrassment on Manager Xue's face. He has been doing business for many years, and this kind of loss of face in the eyes of outsiders is really not worth mentioning in his eyes!
"Purple clothes? Nice to meet you!" When the young man on board heard Manager Xue's explanation, his uninhibited smile stopped for a moment, then he put away the folding fan in his hand and bowed to her casually.
Ziyi smiled gently at the two of them, but did not return the favor at all. He just said simply and politely: "Nice to meet you!"
"Um?"
Seeing Ziyi's subtle behavior, the smile on the young man's face gradually solidified, but before he could get angry, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop had already intervened between the two of them.
"Ahem, it's windy here, Xiao Yin, come with me inside to take shelter from the wind." The shopkeeper of the cloth shop coughed twice, tugged on the young man's sleeve, and pointed to the cabin of the painting boat and said.
"Yes, yes, the wind is too strong here. Shopkeeper Yin, please go inside and take a rest!"
Shopkeeper Xue probably noticed something was wrong at this time and hurriedly followed behind to smooth things over.
Seeing this, the young man had no choice but to glance at Ziyi, then stretched out his hand to help the shopkeeper of the cloth shop walk into the painting boat.
On the contrary, the masked wife beside him was quite kind. She first cast an apologetic look at Manager Xue and Ziyi, and then followed them into the boat.
