Hairpin Banquet scene is a bit retro, a bit like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, generals and ministers to invite their customers, in the middle of the open space set up several rows of small cases, about more than two hundred, each case can be seated one person, several cases of good food and fruit plate, and then there will also be an errand boy flowing back and forth to each case, to each case to increase the food and take the plate.
In fact, most people are not concerned about what to eat, the main thing to eat at the Hairpin Banquet is to be honoured, of course, Zhu Pingan is the exception.
The number of new students is large, the court site is limited, not everyone can be in the middle of the open space in the rows of small cases have a place, in the remote place there are several large tables, can also sit, a table can sit more than ten people, but not as good as the centre of the position is just.
After all, this is just a new student’s welcome banquet, if it is the Lu Ming Banquet (for the township examination after the new section of the banquet), the Qionglin Banquet (for the temple examination after the new section of the banquet held by the scholar) such a high-profile banquets, surely there will not be such a poorly arranged situation.
The rows of cases in the middle were the best location, one was closer to the big shots such as the scholar-advising officials, on the other hand, the separate cases also vaguely gave people an extraordinary feeling.
Zhu Pingan was also more interested in the individual cases in the middle of the field, how convenient it was to eat at a table by himself, and he didn’t have to worry about being dunked by people at the same table or anything like that.
Who sits in the field of individual cases, who sits in the corner of the long table, this is not fixed, it depends on your play on the spot. Moreover, looking at the way everyone is jumping ∧ long ∧ wind ∧ literature ∧ learning, x want to try, seems to be more interested in the rows of several cases in the field, have to walk a few steps to occupy one of them, the scene is gentle but intense.
Although Zhu Pingan stood in the front of the queue, when he went to occupy a few cases in the field, he was only left with the last few cases. However, only the last few were left.
Zhu Pingan stood in front of one of the cases and was about to take his seat. However, he heard a “snapping” sound, and a folding fan drew a parabola. From behind, it gently landed on the table in front of Zhu Ping An.
Nima, this kind of occasion dare to use this way to grab a seat.
Zhu Pingan turned his head to see an unfamiliar but dandyish new student member, looking at himself with a smile on his face, rather smug, seemingly concluding that he could only return in defeat in the face of this situation. It was also true that on this kind of occasion, if one did not want to attract the attention of officials such as the Tishekan and other officials, one could only hold back and give up this table.
That playboy temperament student’s action just caused the attention of several people around. This point of movement in the hundreds of people, is still far from being able to cause the front of the mention of the school official and other people’s attention to the point.
It was not just a coincidence that amongst the people seated nearby, there happened to be Guo Zi Oracle Liu Qian and others who had met him yesterday when filling out the affidavit, and who were also watching this scene with interest at this moment. Want to see how Zhu Pingan reacted, let it, then it will appear a little incompetent, these cases have been all gone, can only go to the corner table; do not let it, it seems petty. It may cause disputes, and may also attract the attention of the scholarly officer and other people, leaving a bad impression, a dilemma. It is really interesting.
Zhu Pingan looked at the folding fan in front of him on several cases, slightly hooked his lips, ignoring the folding fan to sit down. With a simple smile on his face, he handed the folding fan on several cases to the foppish scholar.
“This kind brother, you dropped your fan.”
Zhu Pingan said this. The voice was neither too loud nor too small, enough to be heard clearly by the nearby jokers.
This kind brother. You dropped your fan.
This one sentence easily reversed the entire situation, and in the end, that person just glared at Zhu Pingan, received the folding fan, and in the sight of the crowd, greyly went to those long tables in the corner to find a seat.
Mencius had a saying:A man must humiliate himself before others can humiliate him. If you are discussing with me in good faith, I have not failed to let you, why use this way. This is all because you asked for it, Zhu Pingan ignored the man’s gaze, sitting calmly in front of a few cases, took a slice of melon and fruit and put it into his mouth, sweet and juicy, tasted great.
As the crowd took their seats one after another, the Hairpin Banquet began.
While Zhu Pingan was enjoying the food of the Hairpin Banquet, Li Shu, the eldest Miss of the Li Family of Shanghe Village, was also enjoying the food.
The location was the eldest Miss Li’s boudoir, the young girl Li Shu was lazily sitting in front of the table, one hand holding a scroll with the title page written on the Eight Books of the Heavenly Dragon, reading it while enjoying the service of the bun maid beside her, her cherry mouth occasionally opening to enjoy the food that the maid was chucking at her.
At this time, Li Shu wearing a light pink dress, long and trailing the ground, thin waist to cloud belt constraints, more apparent not a handful, hair a seven jewellery coral hairpin, that the size of the small finger beads, bright as snow, stars flashing in the hair, reflecting the face as hibiscus. A pair of big eyes as black as ink, brightly looking at the hands of the scroll, it seems that all things, at this time can not cause her attention.
“Miss, Miss, how can you still look on, the lower river village is blowing up early in the morning, they all say that that bad boy has taken the first exam again.” The bun maid pouted, not forgetting to gossip a bit while dutifully dressing the young girl.
“Oh,” Li Shu’s eyes just didn’t move away from the scroll.
“Miss, what about the bad guy who has passed the courtyard examination, or the first place, they are all ordered to be a granary student.” The bun maid puffed up her mouth.
“Not just a broken Xiu Cai, do what, worth you to read in my ears all day, only the gang of mud legs in the lower river village as a treasure” The young girl Li Shu flattened her mouth, her voice was very disdainful.
“But he is only thirteen it, thirteen is Xiu Cai, or the first it, outside all say that our Daming has not produced a few such it.” The bun maid puffed her mouth and boldly retorted.
“He’s just a toad, or a gluttonous toad, even if he can’t make it to the top of the sky,” the young girl Li Shu was as disdainful as ever, as if Zhu Ping An was the same as a toad in her eyes.
“What if he wins the imperial examination ah wins the Scholarship.” The bun maid glanced at her own young lady, wanting to speak.
“There’s no such thing as a what-if, a toad is not a carp, and a toad is still a toad even if it crosses the Dragon Gate.” The young girl Li Shu was unusually disdainful.
At this time, another maid entered the door with a plate of dishes.
The bun maid then picked up a chopstick of the newly served dish and sent it into her own young lady’s mouth.
Li Shu habitually flattened her small cherry mouth, then suddenly darkened her face, waved at the little maid who had just entered the door, and asked expressionlessly, “Who made this?”
“Yes, it was the slave girl who did it.” The little maid replied with trepidation.
Snap.
The little maid had an additional slim jade handprint on her face.
“What a waste, you’ve been allowed to learn from father’s heavily paid cook for two months now, and you’ve made this to fool me!”
Li Shu rubbed her somewhat slightly sore hand and looked at the little maid kneeling at her feet with a cold smile.
“I’d like to see if this cooking is really that difficult” the young girl Li Shu said and got up, her pretty face carrying anger as she walked outside.
“Miss, how can you go down to the kitchen, the master will kill me if he knows.” Bun maid heard her own young lady’s meaning is to learn by herself, thinking of the master’s favour to the young lady, immediately scared bun face is white, hurriedly shouted and chased after them
