Volume 1, Chapter 11: Drinking and eating melons, commenting on beauties
"Good afternoon, gentlemen, let's not talk about the story in the book today. Let's first talk about a major event that happened in our Golden Scale City recently! Speaking of this matter, I think everyone has actually
I’ve heard it said before! In front of the Confucius Temple, Liu Ziwen fought alone. Two pairs defeated Mr. Bai. He leaped across Xuanwu Lake in three steps to catch the thief with his iron hand! The beauty caught the little fish and shocked the Golden Scale City for a while! However,
What I, Lao Li, want to tell you are not the true or false things that you have heard from hearsay. I, Lao Li, was at the scene that day, that miraculous three-step leap across the lake, and catching thieves with iron hands.
But I saw it with my own eyes." It was noon, and everyone in Lao Li's teahouse was tired all morning. Taiyang entered the teahouse early in the morning, ordered a pot of tea, and waited for the few relaxations in the day.
time.
"It is said that there is such a family in this Golden Scale City. The three brothers and sisters in this family have a strange girl. She does not touch Yangchun water with her fingers. She does not love female celebrities and does not draw pictures. She rides on her horse and whips her whip to catch thieves. She wears a flying fish suit and wears clothes on her body.
, Yan Ling Dao, holding it in her hand, her black cloak fluttering and rustling. Her two eyes are like stars in the sky, her legs are as good as a green horse, her two brothers are always with her, she is highly skilled in martial arts, and her power appears in front of the Confucius Temple. Legend of the Xuanwu Lakeside
A good story. Hey, if you want to ask her name, Shen Xiaoyu, it’s her..." Old Man Li fanned himself, held a purple clay pot, shook his head and started the day's work again.
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In a small house by the Qinhuai River
"Ah~Qiu~~, huh, that annoying Wei Wuxian must have said bad things about me again." Xiao Yu'er said to himself as he touched his nose.
After a pause, she ran from her room to the kitchen with a bucket in hand. But as soon as she entered the door, she saw her second brother still frying melon seeds, and she became angry.
"Second brother, are your poojas more important than your sister!!!"
Xiao Yu'er roared at his brother.
"Hey, why are you so anxious? Once my brother succeeds, you will fall in love with it right away." Shen Qiye held the spatula in his hand, frying the pumpkin seeds in the pot back and forth, and replied without raising his head.
"Are you going to watch your Xiangxiang sister become smelly!!! Get out, get out quickly!" Xiao Yu'er didn't want to wait any longer, and put the bucket down, pretending to push his brother out.
"Okay, okay, be good. I'll put the melon seeds on the plate and go out." Shen Qiye quickly brought the plate and poured the golden melon seeds fried in the pot onto the plate. He grabbed a small stool and hurriedly
He was so busy that he ran out.
After leaving the front door of his house, his eldest brother Shen Ye was already sitting on the steps. Seeing Shen Qiye coming, he took the stool, put the wine bottle up, put the two small bowls away, filled the wine, and sat down.
On the stone steps.
As for Shen Qiye, he calmly closed the door, put a plate of melon seeds on the small stool, and followed Shen Ye's example and sat down.
"Brother, try my new invention, fried melon seeds!" Shen Qiye grabbed a handful and handed it to his eldest brother Shen Ye.
But when Shen Ye caught the melon seeds, his head felt as hot as the melon seeds in his hand. He had no idea what to do with this thing?
"Oh, I forgot, brother, look at me, take one like this, put one end between the front teeth, bite it gently, and eat the ripe kernels inside. This is called eating melon seeds!" Shen Qiye forgot this.
During the dynasty, the national hobby of eating melon seeds had not yet emerged along the Yangtze River, and authentic sunflowers had not yet been introduced. I hurriedly introduced to my elder brother how to eat a small object in my hand.
Although the three brothers and sisters of the Shen family are all working as errands in the town government department, the three of them lived frugally and saved their salaries for a long time before buying a small house on the south bank of the Qinhuai River. The three brothers and sisters lived together, and the family was not crowded. The three of them are not rich, but they still feel very satisfied.
But in the scorching summer, if you go out patrolling in black fish suits, you will definitely be sweating profusely when you come back. The two brothers are fine. They took a swim in the river at night, and the sweat and fatigue were gone. But the younger sister is a girl's family after all. I can't compare to two rough guys at home. In this weather, I feel uncomfortable if I don't take a shower twice.
In the small house, three people each live in a room, and they usually sleep at the same time and wake up at the same time. But when it comes to taking a bath, you have to be careful. After all, men and women are different.
So the two brothers were "driven out" by their sister.
"Brother, why do you think girls love to be pretty?" Shen Qiye took a sip of wine, turned around, and asked his brother about this unanswerable problem.
"They don't like beauty, most of them like the feeling of being looked at. In our eyes, their beauty is called beauty, but in the eyes of jackals, tigers and leopards, they are just too skinny, even their cubs You can't even have a few litters. Beauty is relative. So, being beautiful is something that should be seen by others. Only when others see it, does beauty have meaning. It doesn't matter if you cover it up. !For example, the courtesans opposite, and mine... Well, people are selfish, and there are exceptions to everything. Women only look beautiful to please themselves. There may be some girls whose beauty is only for those they love. The person blooms." Shen Ye had already begun to fall in love with the little thing in his hand. He just ate the melon seeds and answered the questions without looking back.
Shen Qiye listened to the eldest brother's nonsense in a serious manner. Except for the last sentence, which he seemed to agree with, he didn't listen to anything else.
Looking up, there are tall buildings built along the river, extremely prosperous. The sisters upstairs, no matter how cold the weather is, will dance with scarves upstairs to attract customers. Objectively speaking, they are better than the two.
People need to be dedicated. But obviously, the effect is better in summer, because there is less clothing, and the perverts passing by already have a little spark in their hearts, which can easily lead to a prairie fire.
But on this side across the river, there are all low-rise houses. There are few people around at this time, even on a hot day, most people have gone out to make a living.
Separated by a bridge, there are two worlds.
"Brother, what you said is so true, can Sister Zeng, who is punting the boat in the river now, be considered a beauty?"
"When all things are born, they are all of the same body without any external decoration. But as the saying goes, a phoenix without its hair is worse than a chicken! A phoenix without colorful feathers cannot be called a king of beauty. It can be seen that dressing up is also a must. Although Sister Zeng He has a kind heart and good looks, but he is dressed in coarse cloth and wears a bamboo hat, so he is too secluded from the world and is difficult to see. Although he has innate appearance, but without acquired ornaments, it is really difficult to call him beautiful?" Shen Ye took a sip of wine and was like Just like the old fortune teller at the city gate, he shook his head and spoke clearly.
".........So, the sisters upstairs can be called beautiful?" Shen Qiye wanted to see what else his elder brother could say?
"They are all well-dressed and very conspicuous among the crowd. But what they lack is a heart like Sister Zeng. She has no heart and no soul. How can she be a true beauty? She can smile at you, You can also smile at anyone. A smile can be bought with gold, but it is not worth it. They are beautiful, but the beauty is their appearance, so they can only be called monsters!" Shen Ye cracked a melon seed and sighed slightly.
"Here, what about Mrs. Chen? She has good looks, is well-dressed, is good to her husband, and has a good reputation for her conduct. Can she be called a beauty?" Shen Qiye pointed at the young man in a gorgeous dress who came from the corner of the street. asked.
"Well, very good. But don't you think there is still something missing? Her clothes, personality and appearance are all excellent, but she always lacks a temperament that makes people remember her as soon as they see her. Looking at her clothes, she looks beautiful, but in fact they are all cliché, they are just following the trend, and they lack something unique to them..."
"Bah! Obscene!" Shen Ye was interrupted by Mrs. Chen before she could finish her words. She saw the two men sitting in a distance, looking at each other inelegantly, and pointing at her with evil intentions in their eyes. kindness.
When he got close, he walked over to the two of them and cursed. Before he left, he didn't forget to give them a look.
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The two brothers lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word. After Mrs. Chen gradually moved away and disappeared into the street, the eldest brother Shen Ye spoke quietly.
"Vulgar! Vulgar! We are sincere and untainted, and objectively evaluate what is beautiful. How could it become obscene in her mouth?! I take back what I just said, such a vulgar person is not beautiful at all!" "Shen Ye said angrily while following Mrs. Chen away with his eyes.
"Then, am I beautiful?"
Hearing this extremely familiar voice, Shen Ye took the last sip of wine and said without looking back, "You! Although you have a pink face and are petite and cute, you are a bit childish and too naughty. You are just like a flower. It still needs watering by rain and dew before the color can bloom.”
"Oh?! Is that so? Brother?"
"How can this be false?! You have to be my sister. If it were anyone else, then I would just say that she is just a child who has not grown up yet, and has no other advantages except that her breasts are well developed. Eh? (^???^)?, why is this sound so close and still..."
"Woo~~~Shen Ye, you big bad guy! Woo~I am,~a child~~, woo, I never want to see you again~~" Xiao Yuer, who was crying heartbreakingly, swallowed even more She closed the open door tightly. She had already cooked a meal and happily called her brother, but she never thought... she would starve them to death. Xiao Yuer was heartbroken and closed the door. He resisted, ignored the two people's voices, and walked straight back to the room.
"Ah! Sister, Xiao Yu'er, brother, you are just talking nonsense. You are the most beautiful in my heart. No princess or princess can compare to you. There is no one like you in this world. She's so cute!!!!" After reacting, Shen Ye was about to turn around when he heard the door bang, followed by the sound of his sister crying inside.
I don’t know how long I have been knocking, but the person on the other side of the door has already left. Where can I find your surname?
"It's all your fault!!! Just eat melon seeds! Why should I drink? Is it bad now?!" Shen Ye failed to get started and looked at his equally confused brother angrily.
"Haha?! Can you blame me for this? Didn't you bring the wine yourself?"
"Then why didn't you remind me that Xiao Yu'er and Xiao Ancestor were here?"
"I, I think so too! But, you started talking to yourself before I could say anything. So what should I do!?"
"This wine is harmful to people!!!" Shen Ye said sadly, like a fish struggling for the last time, but in the end he could only accept the fate of being cooked. He slumped on the stone with a look of despair. On the steps, there was no more life in his eyes.
Only now did Shen Qiye feel that elder brother was right. Beauty is relative. A kind heart is beautiful, a God-given appearance is beautiful, every girl is beautiful, and dressing up just makes you more radiant. But in this world There is no absolute perfection. If you insist on pursuing it, you will lose your original intention.
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two hours ago
On the ferry outside Golden Scale City
A group of servants got off the boat with one person in their arms.
"Miss, slow down!" The considerate maid helped the young lady who got off the boat, who was still not used to the fatigue of traveling and traveling, so her landing was slightly unstable.
"Well, Cuicui. Jinlin is so big, can we really find a benefactor?" Although Song Yujing was very excited when she arrived, when she really arrived outside Jinlin City and faced the huge Jinlin City, the original confidence in her heart disappeared. .
"Miss, don't worry. My benefactor is so beautiful, no, so handsome, and has great martial arts skills. He must be famous in Jinlin City. If that doesn't help, let's go to the Jinlin Town Office to ask who our benefactor is. Jinyiwei, the town government office must know where he lives." Cuicui looked at her young lady and comforted her patiently.
She was uncharacteristically resolute and even dared to disobey the master. This was the first time she had seen such a young lady.
"Yeah! Same!"
The master and the servant slowly walked into Jinlin City, the capital, with all the servants.
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North Gate of Golden Scale City
A group of cavalry from the north also came to the city gates, escorting an envoy carrying a cylindrical mailbox. However, after passing through the city gate, the team continued without stopping and rushed directly into Jinling City. This chapter has been completed!