Chapter 1213 Postscript Sixty-Nine Happy Time of Eating Soft Rice
Chapter 1213 Postscript Sixty-Nine·Happy Time of Eating Soft Rice
Summer weather has passed, but it is still oppressively hot.
Xie Yan lay at home and didn't want to move. He was dressed very coolly, just a vest and pants.
The half-arm, which was passed down from the Tang Dynasty, came out in an ultra-short-sleeved version in the Song Dynasty, which was called a "vest".
It is a bit like the short-sleeved shirts of later generations, and the neckline is very low, exposing a large piece of the chest. It is only tied with a rope between the chest and abdomen. It is usually tied into a bow, which looks quite cute.
Song pants are double-layer wide-leg flared pants.
The inner layer is straight crotchless pants for easy peeing. Although the outer layer is crotchless pants, it has slits on both sides and is gathered into a trumpet shape. You can also add ties to the side seams, so you can decide how wide the slits are.
This kind of trousers can be worn directly when going out without having to wear a skirt. The trouser legs swing when you walk, making you look chic and elegant.
The most important thing is that it can be ventilated!
Especially when walking, the swinging trouser legs become a fan, pumping air into them. Coupled with the crotch design of the inner layer, it's so refreshing, and the wind flows directly there.
"Liu Lang, the iced grapes are here!" Zhu Tangxi strode over with Qingluan.
The princess is also wearing song trousers today, which were originally women's trousers. Her upper body is wearing a tube top and a short shirt, with her delicate collarbones and snow-white forearms completely exposed.
Xie Yan was lying on a couch reading a book. He had finished reading "The Analects of Confucius", but he could only recite a few famous passages, and only read the rest several times with reference to the annotations.
Today he was reading "The Great Learning", and he didn't intend to memorize it all, just the first few paragraphs.
Zhu Tangxi did not doubt that he was there, she only thought that her husband was re-reading the Four Books.
After all, this stuff is a basic textbook. Generally, schoolchildren aged 12 or 13 have already mastered "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean".
Today's philosophy, politics, and economics are all classified under the category of Confucian classics.
When studying philosophy, politics, and economics, classical scholars often like to apply the Four Books and Six Classics in order to make their theories more convincing.
The mess has led to a lot of interpretations of Confucian classics, and has even in turn affected the question setting and answering of liberal arts subjects.
"Open your mouth."
Zhu Tangxi didn't mind the heat either, so he lay down half-way next to Xie Yan. This daybed was big enough.
Xie Yan opened his mouth to bite the iced grape she stuffed, and instantly felt much cooler: "Is there any ice in the ice cellar?"
"Most of it has been used, enough to last until autumn," Zhu Tangxi said. "When it gets cooler in a few days, I will take my grandfather, aunt, and little sister around Luoyang."
Xie Yan said: "Let's go together."
Zhu Tangxi himself also ate grapes: "The Chunlei Qin given by my grandfather is worthy of being the best in the Tang and Song dynasties. I have played it very smoothly these days, and I have mastered the "Yangguan Three Pieces" written by my grandfather.
Yes. Do you want to learn a musical instrument?"
"Have you learned how to play our ensemble?" Xie Yanxiao asked.
Zhu Tangxi said: "Yes, are you willing?"
"Then let me learn to play the flute." Xie Yan naturally thought of the piano and flute ensemble, but he always felt that the word "playing the flute" was a bit awkward.
Xie Yan can sing "A Laugh from the Sea", but the lyrics are a bit too white for ancient times.
But it can still be sung. With the development of Song opera, the form of Sanqu has appeared. The overall development trend is downward, and many lyrics directly use market slang.
Especially for those low-level people, the lyrics of Sanqu are not only plain and simple, but also vulgar and pornographic. But the people just like it. If you make the lyrics too elegant, they won't understand it.
The real problem with "A Laugh from the Sea" is that its lyrics were neither literary enough nor clear enough in ancient times. It's awkward when it's stuck in the middle, a bit like a limerick.
If Xie Yiqin heard this, he would definitely laugh at his son for being ignorant.
Zhu Tangxi gave Xie Yan another grape: "By the way, the palace just sent someone to summon us. Tomorrow afternoon we have to go to the palace to meet the saint. The wedding has delayed your reading competition, but the Queen Mother is asking her Majesty to study the Chronicles of the Kingdoms of Heaven seriously.
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Yes, Queen Mother Ye and the young emperor have not forgotten it yet.
Empress Dowager Ye was born in the Qihe Protectorate. She was happy to see her son familiar with the kingdoms of Tianfang. It was also a way of education to encourage her son to study in this way.
Speaking of the emperor, Xie Yan thought of Taizong again.
Brother Zhu was so funny back then, how did he become so awesome after time travel? He was exhausted even after dancing with a spear a few times during the live broadcast, but in ancient times he was actually able to personally lead his troops to charge and defeat the enemy.
Does Brother Zhu have a system? Or is it some kind of cheat?
Damn it, my system and golden finger haven’t arrived yet!
It seems that all I can do in this life is to eat soft food and make some inventions to make some money.
The princess's soft rice is quite delicious.
Xie Yan likes this kind of life very much. Just look at what the maids are doing at the moment.
Qingluan sat next to them, picking up grape seeds for the two of them, and eating a few of them himself. There were two other maids standing on both sides of the couch, fanning them.
Damn it, the couple was eating grapes to cool off, and there were three people waiting on them!
Although the princess wanted to give Qingluan to Xie Yan as a concubine, she still refused to let him do it, probably until the princess became pregnant.
"Your Highness, Lang Jun's family would like to see you."
"Please come quickly."
Zhu Tangxi stood up immediately. She was going to change into a more formal attire.
Xie Yan also slowly got up and changed his vest into a short shirt.
Not long after, except for Xie Shizhang, all the Xie family members came. Daiyu and Baochai also followed Wang Yitong and Xie Wan.
Although the royal family provided a temporary mansion for the Xie family relatives, it did not provide servants. The number of servants on the wedding day was not enough, so they asked Chen Shangshu and Li Yuanwai to borrow servants to make up the number.
Of course, all the borrowed servants were very happy because they could receive the reward.
Xie Yan's four male followers and two maids have been staying in the temporary mansion these days.
Daiyu and Baochai were very happy when they saw Xie Yan, but they didn't dare to come over and talk. They were also very worried because they would move into the princess' residence soon and were worried that they would be bullied by the princess's servants.
After greeting each other and chatting for a few words, they were divided into two groups: men and women.
The princess took Wang Yitong, Xie Wan, Daiyu and Baochai to play in her garden.
The fifth uncle Xie Yixin said: "The new cement kiln in Li's family was repaired a few days ago and a batch of cement has been fired. Some Luoyang builders and craftsmen were also invited to demonstrate how high-quality this cement is. It is selling well.
good."
"Uncle Wu, please stay here a little longer," Xie Yan said. "My cement factory is about to start construction. You'd better participate in the entire construction of the cement factory. After you get familiar with it, you can go back to your hometown to set up the factory."
Xie Yixin said: "Liu Lang, my hometown is still too small. I plan to set up a factory in Baoding or Zhiding. Not only do they have railways for convenient transportation, but they are also big cities. The demand for cement will definitely be higher, and more raw materials can be obtained nearby.
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"Yes, this is a good idea. But to set up a factory in another place, I'm afraid it will be difficult to purchase land." Xie Yan reminded.
Xie Yixin said with a smile: "So I finally decided to go to Baoding and set up a joint venture factory with your grandfather's family. The Wang family is a wealthy family in Baoding, and they have many ways. Moreover, now that you are the consort, I am not afraid of being suppressed by the Wang family when we form a partnership."
Xie Yan asked again: "What about fourth uncle?"
Xie Yilian said: "I will stay in my hometown to take over your fifth uncle's responsibility for taking care of the family business. I will continue to run boats on the Duliu River. When the Xie family has more money, they will also set up a cement factory in Cangzhou. The scale will definitely not be as good as the Baoding Cement Factory."
So big."
"You can just discuss it." Xie Yan was too lazy to get involved.
The two uncles were very excited. They couldn't study well and couldn't even pass the scholar examination. But they still had some business acumen, but they just lacked a chance. Now they couldn't wait.
Xie Yixin said confidently: "When the two cement plants are completed one after another, I, the sole Xie family, will not be short of money. You and your brother are both consorts and officials, so we have no shortage of people in the officialdom. We will buy more in the future."
With some land, the Xie family will become a wealthy family in Hebei sooner or later!"
He knew that his biological mother had been a famous prostitute, and that he himself had been taking care of the Xie family business, so he was more or less gossiped about behind the backs of his clan members.
From now on, let’s see who dares to gossip again!
After chatting about the business of the cement factory, Xie Yiqin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked his son: "What did you tell your grandfather? He was planning to go on a pan-safari trip to the Yangtze River, and also to Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. He said he wanted to experience fishing on a boat.
The artistic conception of singing late.”
"Uh..." Xie Yan didn't know how to answer.
Xie Yiqin complained: "Why are you still running around when you are old? If there is someone...he is not a young man anymore!"
Xie Yan could only change the topic: "Why didn't grandpa come today?"
Xie Yiqin said: "He was invited by several court musicians and was playing the qin to meet friends. He even went to a brothel yesterday. The copy of Duliupu has been spread in Lanruoyuan!"
"Haha, grandpa is quite cool." Xie Yan said with a smile.
Xie Yiqin complained: "When he was young, he was a frequent visitor to brothels. Once he ran to Hangzhou and stayed in a brothel for a month. Not only did he not spend any money, but famous prostitutes gave him travel expenses!"
"Awesome!" Xie Yan admired sincerely.
More than just prostitution, when the old man was in Hangzhou, he used the brothel as an inn. He wandered around collecting music scores during the day, and went back to the brothel to sleep at night.
And instead of sleeping in a brothel, he often went to spend the night on a famous prostitute's boat.
Xie Yixin felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. After all, his biological mother was a famous prostitute. She was already twenty-seven or eighty years old at the time. She didn't need anything and just wanted a place to go. She almost stalked the old man to get her back.
Father, son, uncle and nephew were all chatting away.
After some time, Xie Wan was led over by the princess and shouted to Xie Yan: "Brother Six, do you think my Jinque hairpin is beautiful? My sister-in-law gave it to me!"
"Very beautiful." Xie Yan smiled.
Xie Wan added: "My sister-in-law is very kind to me and she even gave me other gifts. I won't tell you what she gave me. They are all things from my daughter's family."
Xie Yan said: "Then you might as well not go back to Huangzhou and stay in Luoyang to accompany your sister-in-law."
"I think..." Xie Wan looked at her mother.
Wang Yitong has a serious face and is full of majesty in front of his children.
Zhu Tangxi smiled and said: "My aunt has agreed to bring my little sister here to play every day before returning to Huangzhou. My little sister likes the garden here and also likes the two parrots."
Speaking of parrots, Xie Wan felt heartbroken.
Her sister-in-law said she would give her a parrot, but just as she was about to agree, her mother coughed several times, which frightened her into rejecting it quickly.
Oh, my sister-in-law is so kind.
She is like a caring big sister and a gentle version of my mother, a hundred times better than my own mother.
Xie Wan was only led to slip around for a while, and then she was coaxed around by the princess.