The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Zhao Yunchu was ridiculed by Yun Yan, but he was not angry, but said: "Then Brother Yan's mask, is there a pointy bird's beak?"

"Ha," Yunyan replied, "it didn't hurt me at all."

This can't even be called a counterattack, without any strength, so he won't have a big reaction when someone uses his name to say something, at least not to this level-think "Yan Fei" and "castrated son" Well, that's called ruthless.

"Hey, it's fine if you don't draw your mouth, just write 'silly white sweet', you see there are people over there who write 'the first place in the monthly exam' on it." Yun Yan laughed back and said.

Zhao Yunchu: "..."

Zhao Yunchu: "I'm angry!"

Yunyan looked back at him with a smile.

Zhao Yunchu stretched out his hand to hang the mask on Yun Yanhui's face, and covered Yun Yanhui's smug smile, then he took a look for himself, and found a rabbit ear muff from the booth, "I want this, is it okay?" ?”

Mao nodded hurriedly.

Yunyan looked back at the rabbit ears on Zhao Yunchu's head, then touched her own carrot, "...that's too ruthless!"

This is simply hurting one thousand enemies and eight hundred self-defeating, Dali Temple with rabbit ears on earmuffs, can you still watch it?

If Yun Yan wanted to win, he might have to change to Big Bad Wolf's, but after looking at it for a long time, there was no Big Bad Wolf's money, so he could only leave angrily.

The two were walking on the street, Zhao Yunchu suddenly pointed in one direction and said, "Look, isn't that 'No. [-] in the monthly exam'?"

Yunyan looked back at Dingchu, and it turned out to be the Tai student who asked to write "No. [-] in the monthly exam" on his mask. Just now they used him as an example. This kid is really creative. Everyone still draws pictures. At that time, he thought of writing, with a very flamboyant personality.

But at this time, the "No. [-] student in the monthly exam" seems to be being held down by three or five classmates to say something, and the atmosphere is not very good.

Yun Yanhui walked over there unconsciously, wanting to listen.

Not far away, I happened to hear the Tai student yelling aggrievedly: "...I didn't show off! I asked that person to write 'Goal of the first place in the monthly exam' to show his aspirations, who knew he missed two words ah!"

All Tai students: "..."

"..." Yun Yan almost staggered back on the spot, and quickly walked away as if nothing had happened, otherwise he would not be able to hold back his laughter!

How could there be such a silly child who was bullied so unjustly!

However, after this person, many people choose to write instead of painting.

Those who sell things simply regard this as an advertisement and write advertisements on the masks.

Students, some wrote dense articles on it, looked at each other, and recited it all the time.

There are also some flamboyant yamen who write more frivolous words.

……

Yun Yanhui and Zhao Yunchu went to Haozhuo, Boss Hao had arranged the table, and Shen Kuo also arrived, Yunyan introduced Zhao Yunchu and Shen Kuo to each other, they hadn't met each other yet.

However, although he had never met, Shen Kuo knew that he had such a friend from Yun Yanhui's friend.

Zhao Yunchu also knew that Yun Yanhui admired Shen Kuo very much, so his attitude was serious and friendly, and he was respectful.

Shen Kuo looked at Zhao Yunchu bowing his hands solemnly, and bowed slightly...the two rabbit ears on his head drooped a little forward.

But generally speaking, the rabbit ears supported by thin bamboo pieces inside are still relatively firm, but a little bouncy, and the eyes of the people present, Shen Kuo, Boss Hao and Yun Yanhui, also wandered away with its movements.

Shen Kuo: "..."

Zhao Yunchu came back to his senses, touched his ears, "..."

awkward.

Zhao Yunchu saw the expression of gloating, but still refused to take off the earmuffs, and said calmly despite the embarrassment: "I just bought it at the gate of Taixue, and it's a pair with brother Yan's."

The eyes of all the people present turned to Yun Yanhui again: That's right, he is wearing carrots.

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Damn, I didn't pay attention to being killed back!

Isn't it too late to say it's not a couple?

Yun Yan angrily took off the earmuffs, and muttered: "It's not so cold in the room, so I don't need to wear them..."

Zhao Yunchu also took off the earmuffs, with a slight smile on his face, calm and calm.

Shen Kuo was amused to see it, but felt that the two had played together since they were young, as others said, and their relationship was really good.

After such an incident, the atmosphere became warmer, and everyone sat down.

Boss Hao picked up the wine glass first, "Today, I must respect Brother Yan first. Without you, I wouldn't be as prosperous as I am now."

Shen Kuo added: "And my current assignment."

"You're welcome, good color has long been a famous brand in Bianjing, and brother Shen is destined to become famous." Yun Yan raised her glass and said, "Let's respect your success today!"

Everyone took a cup and drank it to the brim.

Boss Hao added: "Today, if you don't say you won't get drunk, you won't return, and you won't fight wine, and you won't be allowed to participate in wine competition."

Everyone here knows Yun Yanhui's ability, not drunk after a thousand cups, so they laughed knowingly.

Yun Yan replied helplessly: "It's not that I drink too much, it should be that you are all too weak."

Zhao Yunchu: "That's right, sometimes I've been thinking, Liao envoys came to Song Dynasty, obviously you should be asked to compete with them in terms of drinking capacity and hunting..."

When Zhao Yunchu said this, the others agreed deeply.

Yunyan raised her eyebrows back, "I will try it next time, just because the people who come next time will remember that I cared about their turtles."

Boss Hao and Shen Kuo didn't know what had happened, so Zhao Yunchu explained it to them, which immediately elicited laughter.

"It's too bad, it's deceiving people like this!"

However, when it comes to turtles, Boss Hao has some questions, "Brother Yan, it's been cold recently, and a lot of grass and fish died in my tank, so I hurriedly put them in the greenhouse. But there is no sun in the greenhouse. , and have to move in and out every day, which is very troublesome.”

"You can change some cold-resistant fish and water plants, like green wood fern or something." Yun Yan replied to him and recommended, "Shuijingji has launched a winter suit. A few days ago, I saw a customer Very thoughtful, he arranged his water and land landscape into a snow scene, covered it with silk cotton, and pasted blue paper on the wall of the tank, which looks very suitable for the occasion.”

Boss Hao’s eyes lit up when he heard this, “It’s wonderful, it’s wonderful. But the silk floss is a bit fake, isn’t it for easy cleaning? Otherwise, it might be more authentic to use salt.”

Yun Yan replied jokingly: "You are a rich man, so it is natural for you to sprinkle salt."

"I'm just saying, if you really sprinkle salt, if it leaks into the water, wouldn't it be a dead tank?" Boss Hao scratched his head, "Just think about it, it's still convenient."

"Actually speaking of this, it reminds me of whether it is possible to make an underwater snow scene? The simple snow scene may be a bit boring. You can break the ice in early spring. The stone can be replaced with muscovite to create the effect of a glacier. Put a little soil on it to plant put the relatively short aquatic plants." Yun Yan was also excited when she returned, and began to imagine, "You can also pinch some polar bears and put them on..."

"??" Boss Hao listened with gusto at the front, but later he didn't understand, "What is a polar bear?"

"It's the bear from the extreme north! It's pure white, and it's very big." Yun Yan replied.

"There are bears in the extreme north? Scary, this bear is so frost-resistant." Boss Hao praised again, "Brother Yan is really knowledgeable, even knows that there are bears in the extreme north, and what is it?" color."

In the past, whatever Yunyan said could be blamed on the businessmen who traveled around Bianjing, but...

"Is there anyone going to the extreme north to do business?"

"Yes, of course." Yun Yan replied nonsense, anyway, no one can confirm whether any businessmen have gone to the North Pole, "There are still people living in the extreme north, where people live, you can do business. People there live in huts made of ice and snow, don’t think it will be very cold, in fact, living in igloos will protect you from the cold.”

This kind of anecdote, but everyone has never heard of it, even Shen Kuo traveled with his father these days and loves to inquire about anecdotes, so he has never heard of such things.Shen Kuo was thinking about what else to live in the igloo at that time, and wished he could give it a try right away.

"If it's true, then the people in this extreme north are really amazing." Boss Hao said with emotion.

"Well, this kind of people are called Eskimos. Because of the ice and snow, they go out on sleds—pulled by dogs." Yun Yan looked back and saw Shen Kuo pondering, wondering whether this would bring benefits to future scientific and historical research. Come on, how did the Song people of this era understand the habits of the Eskimos?

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At the beginning, I said that many people were playing tricks on the masks. This most interesting activity was precisely carried out by Yun Yanhui's cousin and his colleagues.

In winter, the painting academy had nothing to do, so Zheng Ling united with his colleagues who had a good time, went to the side of Mao's booth to set up a stall, and then began to help others paint masks.Their painting skills are superb, and they deliberately depict things in detail, just for fun, and they just charge a few money, so the market is particularly good.

For example, the cat's mouth will never be drawn with a few strokes like ordinary people, but will be filled with flesh and hair. The effect is amazing.

Even the facial expressions are drawn realistically, but the effect is a bit weird, but there are many people with special hobbies.

One day, when Yunyan was passing by, she saw them painting, and there was a long queue beside them. Zheng Ling was painting fangs on a person's mask—it was used as a prank.

Yun Yan was a little speechless, and poked Zheng Ling, "Are you so free?"

Zheng Ling turned around and saw Yunyan returning, "Brother Yan, it's winter, and the shop is not so lively anymore, I must find something to do."

"A group of Hanlin, including a Hanlin Daizhao, painting masks on the street? Very good, this is a big Song!" Yun Yan patted Zheng Ling's shoulder back, and whispered a few words in Zheng Ling's ear, "Do you want to?" Painting murals on the street? Then..."

Others could still hear it at first, but found that the sound behind them became smaller and smaller, and gradually became inaudible.

After hearing this, Zheng Ling hesitated, "Is this possible? I'm not sure if I have that kind of drawing skills."

Yun Yan continued to mutter.

Zheng Ling cheered up again, "I'll give it a try!"