After listening to his uncle's brief words, Qin Dewei finally understood the general situation.
The Xu family of Wei Guogong had a garden in a prime location in the east of the city, called Dongyuan. Then this garden was occupied by Xu Tianci, the youngest son of the previous Wei Guogong and uncle of the current Wei Guogong, and was known as Dongyuan Gongzi.
Recently, Xu Tianci renovated and expanded the East Garden under the gift of Mr. Xu. Today, he will hold an elegant gathering in the East Garden and invite guests and celebrities to participate in the grand event. It is estimated that all the prominent people in Nanjing's literary circles will participate.
Qin's officer was assigned by the county government to go on duty there. Qin Dewei suddenly felt a little excited and yearned for it.
For literati, this kind of occasion represents fame and fortune. Who wouldn’t want to participate? As a necessary benefit for a time traveler, he has a lot of poems for future generations to draw from!
I don’t dare to insist on being a blockbuster. As long as I can come up with a slightly outstanding poem and get a name in the literary world, and get to know one or two people in the circle, it can be regarded as the first step in a long journey of thousands of miles.
But the biggest obstacle may be not being able to enter the scene. As long as the uncle can bring him in, it means there is a chance to gain some benefits!
But as soon as the excitement passed, hunger reappeared, and Qin Dewei was so weak that he could hardly walk. After all, spirit cannot replace matter.
Officer Qin was a little anxious. He had to go on duty quickly and had no time to take Qin Dewei to dinner.
Qin Dewei suddenly found a cooked meat shop in front of him, with salted ducks clearly displayed. He pointed at it and said, "Why don't you buy one of these? You can take the cooked food and eat it while walking, and you won't waste your uncle's time!"
"Half one!" Qin Chaoyi responded concisely and concisely.
Then he gritted his teeth, took out twenty pennies from the deepest part of his chest, and exchanged it for half a salted duck with a heartbroken look on his face.
This made Qin Dewei realize more clearly that his uncle was really not doing well.
Twenty cents can be compared to twenty yuan in 2020. If my uncle, a government servant, is rich and well-off, why would he feel sorry for twenty yuan?
From this, Qin Dewei further deduced that living in his uncle's house would be a hard life after time travel, and he really needed to find ways to make money to improve his life and study.
After taking a few bites of duck meat and drinking a few sips of cold water, Qin Dewei felt much more comfortable.
After such a period of buffering, he had slowly integrated into the world in front of him, and now he began to look around leisurely at the street scene.
The first feeling is that it is low. I am used to the tall buildings of later generations, but when I look at both sides of the street in front of me, I really feel that the buildings are all very low.
The second feeling is that they are narrow. Compared with highways that often have several lanes, most of the streets today are obviously not very wide.
However, at this time, Nanjing City was considered one of the second largest metropolises in the world, and walking on the most prosperous Sanshan Street, there were many various roadside shops.
In the old saying, this place is densely populated and bustling with shops. There are a dazzling array of "antique" shops, giving it a unique flavor of a metropolitan city in the classical era.
Walk southeast from Sanshan Street until you reach Wuding Bridge on the Qinhuai River, which is considered a transportation hub.
Qin Dewei stopped for a moment on Wuding Bridge and looked eastward. Many people, like him, stretched their necks and looked eastward. Because the two banks of the Qinhuai River eastward from Wuding Bridge are two areas famous all over the world.
On the north bank are the famous Confucius Temple and Jiangnan Gongyuan, and the surrounding areas are where well-dressed scholars gather.
And the South Bank is even more famous... the Old Courtyard of Qinhuai, a place where famous singers and concubines gathered for feasting and feasting. The eight beauties of Qinhuai in later generations all hung out here.
Scholars from South Zhili must come here to socialize and check in... As for whether you go to the north bank or the south bank, hahahaha, does it matter?
The Qin officer took his eldest nephew across the Wuding Bridge to the south bank of the Qinhuai River, and then turned eastward.
As mentioned just now, the south bank of Qinhuai River east of Wuding Bridge is the territory of singers, collectively known as the Xingyuan Family.
So Qin Dewei was startled, but he had a little bit of expectation, and tentatively asked: "Uncle, where are you going? It's not that I look down on you, but do you have enough money to enter the yard? I heard that it is full of sales.
Golden Cave... If you don’t have enough money, let’s find a way..."
Officer Qin discovered that he had the urge to hit his eldest nephew today, and this urge had occurred several times. It turns out that the eldest nephew was not so angry, so why did he change so much after having a high fever?
"You are so young, what are you thinking about!" Officer Qin restrained his violent thoughts.
Qin Dewei followed his uncle and just walked along the river. He did not go deep into the dense and mysterious courtyards, nor did he board the large boat and boat with glazed red lights docked by the river.
Then he turned to the equally famous Wuyi Lane and walked all the way to the eastern end of Wuyi Lane. Officer Qin stopped and said to his eldest nephew: "Okay, we've arrived."
Although he was in the famous Wuyi Alley, Qin Dewei couldn't care less about the literary event he had promised. He hurriedly asked: "Why don't you keep going?"
Officer Qin explained: "After passing the alley, there is Dongyuan. I was assigned to be on duty here at the alley, so there is no need to continue past."
Holy shit! Qin Dewei was shocked: "That's it?"
Officer Qin asked inexplicably: "Then what else do you want?"
Qin Dewei was a little anxious. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Fortunately, he had just imagined that he would kill everyone at the gathering and gain both fame and fortune! "No, you...can't go on duty inside?"
Qin's officer rolled his eyes: "He is a noble son of the Duke of Wei, and he has countless servants and soldiers. We, a small yamen servant, are not worthy of standing on duty! I am standing here at the entrance of the alley, and I am just representing the county government."
"Uncle, you just said, take me to see the grand gathering of the literary world!" Qin Dewei vomited blood and complained. This grievance requires a skillful writing of a pleading.
Officer Qin nodded, pointed to the alley and said, "Yes, I'm here to bring you something to see. Those who are attending the meeting will pass by here if they want to enter the garden.
So if you stand here with me, you can see their elegance, and I can help you recognize celebrities, and maybe you can also see the beauties who come to support you. Aren't these experiences?
Look! The person who just entered is Mr. Gu Lin, the leader of Nanjing’s literary circle and the head of Qingxi Society, the largest society!
The young man next to him should be Wang Fengyuan, Mr. Gu's nephew and nephew. It is said that he will be the next leader of the alliance.
Hey, I don’t know this new high-ranking official, he must be a new arrival in Nanjing recently..."
Qin Dewei didn't want to talk, he wanted to cry but had no tears. The experience his uncle said was completely different from the experience he imagined!
The experience he imagined meant that he should at least sneak into the garden and feel the atmosphere! But the experience his uncle meant was just standing far away on the roadside and watching others go in. What's the point in that!
He wants to be a star on the red carpet, not a fan in the audience!
Looking at the gate of the East Garden not far away, Qin Dewei's heart felt like ice and snow. It was only thirty or fifty steps away from here, but it seemed like it was far away.
There are wild grasses and flowers beside the Zhuque Bridge, and the sun sets at the entrance of Wuyi Alley. In the old days, the swallows in front of the Wang Xietang Hall still did not fly to the common people's homes!
Unwilling to give in, he has come here and must find a way! Qin Dewei gritted his teeth and must not accept his fate easily, otherwise he will never get ahead.
He glanced at Officer Qin again and sighed. Moreover, this uncle's thinking needs to be reformed, otherwise he will always talk to each other, and it will be very troublesome if his thoughts are not on the same channel.
For example, today, my uncle thought it would be nice to watch the big shots walking on the red carpet from afar, but he thought he should try his best to find a way to walk on the red carpet.
Qin's officer looked at his eldest nephew and sighed. This eldest nephew is a bit impetuous and unreliable. He always aims too high and his thinking needs to be reformed.
Just as Qin Dewei was thinking about the timing, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Hey, isn't this Mr. Qin?"
You don't need to look up to know that there is only one person who can speak like this, and that is Yang Bo, an old classmate of Yin Yang Social Studies!
Yang Bo looked at Qin Dewei jokingly and continued: "What are you doing here? How about doing tolerance work if you follow your uncle's study? You are so good at learning, I am going in!"
Qin Dewei looked at Yang Bo with a fierce look in his eyes.