Chapter 21 The Woman Selling Steamed Buns and the Poetry Club
Chapter 21 The woman selling steamed buns and the poetry club
After teaching that day, I returned to my residence. I packed up my fishing gear and went fishing in the East Lake. Yu'er also packed a bowl of fried fish nuggets and headed to Li's Mansion.
"Young Master, there is news from the house that the young master is asked to go back to the house in the evening." Yu'er smiled at him.
He nodded, thinking about Mr. Su and wondering if he had anything to talk to him about.
Walking all the way out of the college, and turning onto the main street, before walking a few steps, he met a woman selling steamed buns. She was waiting for him to go out at this time, and deliberately stayed here.
During this period, whenever he met this woman, he would buy two steamed buns. Gradually, the woman became less afraid of him. From then on, the woman regarded him as a regular customer.
When the time comes, he will stay nearby just to sell him two steamed buns.
He took out his copper coins, bought two steamed buns, and put them in his pocket. He would not eat these steamed buns, but they could be used to prepare fish bait, so he would not waste them if he bought them.
He took a look into her basket and saw that there were still a lot of steamed buns left. He said, "I'm afraid the money sold won't even be able to get back the cost of these buns, right?"
At this time, the woman would also reply to him, "You can eat the rest yourself, and the money from selling the steamed buns can be used to make tomorrow's steamed buns."
"If this continues, there is no other way. I have never thought of any other way."
The woman stopped talking.
"I have some special skills here, which are much better than selling steamed buns like you. If you are willing to learn, I will teach you for free."
After saying this, he didn't say anything else, and walked away leisurely while carrying the fishing rod.
The woman just stood there, thinking over and over again and making up her mind. Firstly, she didn't believe that he had so-called special skills; secondly, she was also worried that he didn't give up on her and wanted to take advantage of her in the name of passing on his skills.
Somewhat cheap.
But she doubted whether she had thought wrong.
During this period of time, she had often seen his face, but she felt that he was very different from the original person. His own eyes were not as lustful as those of the men, and he did not seem to want to be right.
Looks like he's being dishonest.
She was confused.
She was confused, but he was 99% sure that she would learn his craft from him.
If she still has money and a prosperous life, it is unlikely that she will show up and sell steamed buns.
Since she comes out to sell steamed buns, it means that her livelihood is very problematic. However, given the current situation, it is impossible for her to solve her survival crisis just by selling steamed buns.
There will always be a time when you are forced to have no other choice. When that happens, even if you draw her a cake to satisfy her hunger, she will hold it in her hand first so that she can have hope.
He is giving her a hope now, and this hope is not a pie drawn on paper, so if she wants to survive by normal labor, I am afraid she will have to choose to seek advice from herself.
At present, she has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, so she still has room to hesitate.
He didn't care about that, he only had time to wait... When he arrived at the lake, he saw Mr. Zhou and Gongsun drinking tea under the shade of a tree.
He was walking and felt thirsty, so he came up to him, picked up the tea cup and drank.
"This is good tea, how can you drink it like this? What a waste of natural resources." Mr. Zhou gave him a white look.
The Yuqian Longjing tea in East Lake is certainly worthy of good tea, and it is countless times better than the so-called good tea he drank in his previous life. No wonder Mr. Zhou is so heartbroken.
"Haha, this tea is just for the appetite. In terms of its effect of quenching thirst, it is not much different from ordinary tea. Mr. Zhou drinks this tea to appreciate the fragrance of the tea and satisfy his appetite; the boy drinks it
This tea, that is
Quenching thirst is saving lives. Which one is more wasteful, drinking tea or saving lives? Mr. Zhou is probably saying the opposite, right?" He laughed, pushed back the words in a leisurely manner, poured another cup, and drank.
Go down.
"You are still talking so much when you are thirsty, and you deserve to die of thirst." Mr. Zhou hummed.
Old man Gongsun went to see Mr. Zhou to eat, and he was very happy. He and Su San had a drink together, and they started to drink like crazy.
Seeing the two of them wasting good tea, Mr. Zhou had no choice but to smile bitterly. He said that he would never bring good tea to drink again.
Gongsun Laoer and Zhou Laoer joked for a while, then turned to Su San and said: "It will be the Chinese Valentine's Day in a few days, and there are poetry gatherings everywhere in the city. I see you writing a few crooked poems on weekdays. Chinese Valentine's Day
Can I go to the poetry club?"
When old man Gongsun mentioned this, he remembered why Mr. Su asked him to go home at night.
Although the Su family was a family of merchants, because Su Yi was an official in the family, the Su family wanted to change their status and join the upper class society. The feudal dynasty emphasized agriculture over commerce, and merchants played a leading role in society.
Status, in the eyes of most people, is the lowest.
The transformation from a businessman to a noble class is not only a long-term change process, but also requires the emergence of a large number of people and students in the family. The cultivation of ethnic studies is certainly the key point, but it takes the longest time to actually do it, and it is not effective.
It is also the smallest thing, so the Su family is still very active in things like the Poetry Club, which are arty and have very good results.
The Su family spends a lot of money every year to convene a poetry meeting in Linyuan. Since the talents who emerge at the Linyuan Poetry Meeting can gain access to the inside of the Su family, there are quite a few people who come to attend the Linyuan Poetry Meeting. Again
In addition, the Su family will also invite some famous Goulan prostitutes to come to support them, so there is still a lot of fun at the scene. Even if there is no achievement in poetry, it is still a pleasure to have sex with the prostitutes.
To put it bluntly, the Linyuan Poetry Party is just a banquet prepared for the talented people who want to expand their reputation and join the gentry. For those talented people, it is just a competition to expand their reputation or gain a chance to gain a higher education.
Just a field.
It’s just that the Linyuan Poetry Society must have been run by merchants’ families. People with real talents and character are reluctant to participate. Even if they can’t get into the Liangshan Poetry Society, they would rather go to the Four Great Poems in Wuling.
The East Lake Poetry Festival co-organized by the brothel.
The East Lake Poetry Fair was held on the East Lake, and each brothel would have a flower boat. When the four brothels arrived in the middle of the lake, they got close together and built a large platform. All the talents and beauties looked at the moon in the sky.
Reciting ancient and modern love, after the poetry meeting, these outstanding poems were passed on by word of mouth through these prostitutes, and the effect was more than a little better than that of the Linyuan Poetry Meeting.
Talented people must be romantic. If you go to the East Lake Poetry Society, others will only say that someone is romantic. If you go to the Linyuan Poetry Society, you will be accused of falling into the stereotypes.
Of course, among so many talented people, there are some who are pragmatic and some who claim to be romantic, so both poetry societies were full. But the only poetry society that was truly upscale and full of energy was the Liangshan Poetry Society.
The Liangshan Poetry Society was founded very early. At the earliest, it was a poetry gathering for gentry children to entertain themselves. Later, gentry families felt that such an influential poetry gathering was a good way to consolidate their status.
, so someone took the lead and organized such a poetry meeting in a serious manner.
The time and place are actually not very fixed, but before the convening, there will definitely be news, and the talented people who hear the news are also flocking to it.
At the Liangshan Poetry Meeting, all the great Confucian scholars and scholars from Wuling City were invited. As long as you submit one or two good poems to the poetry meeting and get their praise, you will be recognized as a talented scholar in Wuling the next day.
Not only is it great for academics, but even if you don't pass the scientific examination, your talent is still there, and it is very easy to strive for a good background.
Another place that attracted the attention of talented people was the Liangshan Poetry Club, where publicly elected oirans from the city would be invited to attend. If there were good poems at the poetry festival, the oirans would sing them on the spot.
Top talents, exquisite beauties, great scholars, skillful conversationalists and wonderful singers. Except for the scene of the poetry meeting, which is a little more rigorous, there is no place that does not touch the minds of the talented people.
Therefore, there are countless people who want to join the Liangshan Poetry Club. However, it is not so easy to enter this poetry club.
Young students with family backgrounds can enter; talented people who are supported by seniors are also qualified to enter; and in the city, those talented people and students who are already somewhat famous will also be invited. As for others who want to enter the Poetry Society
You can imagine the difficulty... In addition to these three larger poetry gatherings, there are many other small poetry gatherings, but most of them are some good talents who gather together and buy some for themselves.
After drinking and eating, we just sat under the moon and talked.
He didn't care about these, so he didn't know much about them, and he wasn't interested in those so-called poetry gatherings at all. Therefore, he didn't comment on the old man Gongsun's question.