Clam Pearl

"It's Yanhe, long time no see, what a coincidence." Gu Zhao greeted with a smile.

Now, Xue He is dressed very exquisitely. It seems that it is not just as simple as sending money from his family, but also looks like he has made a small fortune.

"No, you left in a hurry last time, and I didn't see you when I went back, but the dead monks on the mountain were all low-level people with dog eyes. After you left for a few days, I also lived at the bottom of the mountain. Now In Xia Sima, I rented a courtyard with two entrances, and if Azhao is free, he can play with me at my place." Xue He was very enthusiastic.

"Succeed, you will take the new boy to recognize the door later, and I will go to your house another day." Gu Zhao has always been like this, and he doesn't know what politeness is. This is probably the problem of the Gu family's lineage.

"I'm very welcome. I've said to look for Azhao. Unfortunately, Azhao left in a hurry. There are many people with the surname Gu in Beijing. We used to be together every day, and I couldn't think of asking Azhao. I didn't see you that day. I thought I'd never see him again. Hey, I'm really happy to see Ah Zhao."

With a smile on his face, Xue He looked at Gu Zhao carefully up and down. Gu Zhao let him watch. After he finished reading, before he could speak, Gu Zhao praised him first: "Yanhe is very different now."

Xue He stretched out his hand, pinched his nose, a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "The other day, someone from my family told me that they married me. It just so happened that my Yue's family lived in Huangjiazhuang on the outskirts of Shangjing. Later, I went there once... The Yue family treated me very well, and originally let me live there, but I still have to come to Beijing to submit a test, so the Yue family helped me get a house... um, Ah Zhao?"

Gu Zhao looked him up and down, with smiles in his eyes, and he said after laughing, "That's a good thing, today, I want to eat Yanhe, Hua Yanhe, I won't follow without it."

Xue He laughed loudly: "You don't need to say that, it should be like this! Let's go, my brother has made an appointment with two friends today, and the appointment is in the Ewha Garden in front... Azhao's house doesn't care about you? The Ewha Garden... …that……"

Well, Gu Zhao suddenly understood, let me tell you, Xue He is really lucky, now the father-in-law rents a house and pays for his son-in-law to go whoring.

"Go quickly, it's okay, my adults don't care about this! It's so long-winded!" Gu Zhao said with a smile.

Xue He was very happy, so he led him along the street. After walking for a while, they stopped in front of a small building.

"Master Qiu of this family plays the piano well. Today is also a coincidence. My friend and her are old friends... Hehe, otherwise, I wouldn't see her on weekdays." Xue He showed off, leading Gu Zhao walked in.

"Oh, Xue Langjun, why did you come here? How many times has Li Langjun asked us to come and see, who is this?" A slightly older woman came out of the courtyard, and Gu Zhao felt that this was the legend. The bustard.

But this old bustard is not like what is written in ordinary books, she has a high-pitched voice, exaggerated gestures, wears red and green, and is very intimate when she sees people, as if she has an affair with everyone.

This old bustard, combing her temples with peach blossoms, which is popular in Beijing recently, wears a green satin dress with a slanted collar, light gauze on the outside, and a pair of fine embroidered shoes on her feet, which are embroidered with delicate peach blossoms. She is past her prime, but her temperament is elegant.

These old bustards who can redeem themselves are all popular when they were young, and they have received the most systematic education. In terms of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and in dealing with people, they are all old fritters who have been moistened for many years. How can she be kitsch? It's not a low-class brothel, generally a middle-class brothel mother is very knowledgeable.

When the old bustard saw Gu Zhao, his eyes lit up. This young man is really a good character. Although the clothes on his whole body look simple, he is fine in every detail, just the set of six jade pendants hanging from his belt , that's rare to see, the embroiderer of this purse is not a top-notch embroiderer, and can't do it so finely, not to mention, this young man, with delicate features and fair complexion, has such a demeanor and such a person, who in the past I often hear people say Yan Ruyu, but today I know the artistic conception of this word.

Xue He was very proud, and said to the old bustard: "Mother Zhou, this is a close friend I made in Fayuan Temple. His surname is Gu. You can call him Gu Xiaolang."

Xue He didn't speak Gu Zhao's words. In fact, Gu Zhao never had any words. He never went to school, but only learned the basic knowledge of this era from his husband.Later, when he came to Shangjing, there was no official gentleman in the family, and because of his seniority, no one dared to name him, and no one dared to call him by his baby name, so it was delayed.

"Yo, it turned out to be Gu Xiaolang, with a good appearance. People usually say that she is a beautiful woman. I saw it today. Look, the girls upstairs and downstairs are probably stunned! Gu Xiaolang called me Aunt Zhou will do it, whatever you want, Xiao Lang can just say, Auntie is not willing to take your money, you come to my Ewha Garden with such a character, my yard is full of glory."

Gu Zhao smiled, didn't speak, and looked shy. In fact, there was a strange uncle in his 50s living in his belly, and he didn't feel ashamed at all for his tenderness.

When Aunt Zhou saw him blushing, she fell in love with him even more.

"Come on, I'll take you to the back building. My daughter lives in the back building." She was about to shake Gu Zhao's hand, but Gu Zhao stepped back, his face turning red.

Aunt Zhou covered her heart and scolded with a smile: "You little man, oh, you are really cute, and you are also shy, not like your brother, who is old-fashioned, who often comes to me to cheat food and drink, and lie to my little lady. The tears shed for him, adding a whole lotus lake is not enough!"

Xue He felt very beautiful, swaying triumphantly in front of him, his posture was indescribably alluring.

Gu Zhao thought, this mother has never seen his family, Ah Run, if she did, she might cry blind.

Hey, when did Ah Run belong to his family?

In the back building of the Ewha Court, Gu Zhao raised his eyes and looked around. It was the first time he entered a prostitute's house, and it was different from what he had imagined. The room was quite big, with a wide view, not like a bedroom or an embroidery room, but half a study and half a leisure time. Church look.

There is a long desk near the flower window in the room, on which there are pens and inks, pen holders, brush washers, and water bottles.On the table was a half-open scroll, on which was a bookmark carved from bamboo.

Nowadays, in addition to bamboo scrolls, there are also books transcribed on hemp paper and bark paper. These two kinds of paper are yellow in color and thick, and the folks call these papers yellow paper.Even so, paper has not been popular for a few years, and the era of paper is just beginning.

Yellow paper books have been published in the past few years, but many scholars do not like to use them. Firstly, because the color is not good, and secondly, because the yellow paper is rough, not waterproof, not permeable, not breathable, and not easy to read. save.Scholars who are used to bamboo slips don't give face to paper.

What's more, the rich people also use silk cloth for painting, writing, and sheepskin, which is expensive and ordinary people can't afford it.

The book on the desk is made of yellow paper. Gu Zhao's previous environment was fine, but this is the first time he has seen a book on yellow paper. This is the earliest, the ancestor of paper.

Come to have a look, hey, I don't know all of them!The curved lines in this book are written in foreign languages, right?

"Xiao Langjun also understands the music score?" Master Qiu came floating in lotus steps, staring at a pair of crescent-shaped smiling eyes, and looked at Gu Zhaowen with a smile.

Gu Zhao pouted: "I don't understand, I thought it was a spell."

Master Qiu, who was going to praise him, was suddenly embarrassed, and could only cover his mouth and giggled happily: "Xiao Langjun thinks I am the aunt in Guanli, do you draw a spell?"

Gu Zhao also laughed: "If you don't do the tricks, Brother Li will already be in the sky. If you do the tricks again, Brother Li will go to heaven."

The room roared with laughter, I just thought this beautiful young gentleman was really interesting, and I liked it even more in my heart.

When Xue He introduced Gu Zhao just now, he remembered that Gu Zhao had no words, and the place he knew was in the temple. Although he had some guesses, Xue He didn't ask further, so he introduced that he met Gu Zhao in the temple. old friends.

Gu Zhao is still wearing a phoenix tail at this time, so in the eyes of these people, he is a child without a crown ceremony, which is usually held at the age of 20.

Gu Zhao turned his head and saw three or five well-maintained guqins hanging on the wall, and there was a shrine on the table over there, and there was a kind-hearted Buddha statue on the shrine, offering sacrifices and burning incense in front of the statue.There are also a few pots of exquisite bonsai in this house, which make the house more elegant.

Hmm... everyone is very tasteful this autumn.

On the side of the Buddha statue is a six-panel multicolored screen of flowers and birds. On one side of the screen are mats woven with golden silk, with square cushions on them.

There were four guests including Gu Zhao in the room, and the two Confucian scholars sitting in front were introduced by Xue He to Gu Zhao just now.

In his 30s, with a short beard, his surname is Li, his name is Yongji, his style name is Xiuzhi, he is from Shanyang County, Luo County. He and the Qiu family are old friends and live here often. He already regards this place as his home in the capital. Qiu's bed is his second home.

This one is in his early forties, with a slightly fat body, a square face, and a tear mole at the corner of his eye. His surname is Yang, his name is Tingyin, and his style name is Duanheng.The Fuye people in Qilang County are the children of the well-known Yang family in Qilang.

Both of these two people and Xue He came to Jing Enke this spring, and their ages were not considered very old.It can be seen that Xue He is really a very talented person. He is in his twenties, and he can be regarded as a young man among the students.

After everyone laughed, Li Xiuzhi invited everyone to sit on the mats, and Qiu everyone entertained in the house like a hostess.

After finishing their work, everyone Qiu went to the entrance of the building and said a few words to the maid serving at the door. The maid smiled and went downstairs, and immediately led three beauties in. The two who came first were obviously familiar with Yang Tingyin and Xue He.When he came in, he was full of affection, staring at these two with thousands of affection and yearning eyes.

"Hurry up! Are you still standing?" Everyone Qiu blamed.

The two bit their lower lips, and sat beside Yang Tingyin and Xue He with a hint of shyness.The subordinates were twisting and pushing again, tears would fly out if they were not careful.

Xue He hugged the person next to him, and apologized repeatedly: "It's my fault. I felt something in my heart two days ago, and I was just making a fuss at home. Don't blame me, Axia. When I came today..." He quietly I don't know what was said in Axia's ear, she laughed suddenly, picked up the jug and poured a glass for Xue He.

Gu Zhao sighed, this bastard is simply a veteran in love.

Qiu everyone grabbed the last one, led them all the way to Gu Zhao, and said with a smile: "Gu Langjun, my sister, named Xu'er, used to learn piano from her master in the past, and she has never seen a foreigner. If you are shy, you have to take care of her."

Gu Zhao looked at this thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl with tender and cute features, wearing a pair of three buns and wearing a small wreath, and sighed inwardly, she was underestimated, right?

Thinking that way in his heart, but he didn't show it, he just said gently to Qiu everyone: "Sister Qiu, don't worry."

That Xu'er saluted slowly, Gu Zhao hurriedly returned the salute, everyone burst into laughter together, everyone in Qiu's arms had already collapsed from laughter: "Just now I said that Gu Xiaolang is eloquent, now I can't say anything!"

Xu'er walked over with lotus steps, sat next to the young man, glanced at him quietly, satisfied, her face flushed, and when she was done, she reached out and took the wine pot to pour Gu Zhao a glass, put down the pot, and Hold the wine glass with both hands and raise it to persuade him to drink: "Gu Langjun drink." After she finished speaking, everyone laughed again, because Xu'er's hands were shaking all the time, and the full glass had already flown half way out.

There was a quarrel in the house for a while, and seeing that the couple were shy, they stopped quarreling with them and talked about Qupai.

Gu Zhao was very good at taking care of his little sister. He pushed a plate of chestnuts on the table in front of Xuer, and said to her grandly, "Don't be afraid, peel the nuts and eat."

Xu'er raised her head and smiled: "Okay, I'll peel the chestnuts for Xiao Lang to eat." After finishing speaking, she peeled the chestnuts very seriously.