Seeing that the Shangsi Festival is approaching, Mrs. Wang made a gorgeous short jacket and skirt for the three sisters. Mrs. Zheng was also aroused and went to the silver building outside to do a walk, but Mrs. Zhou gave each of them a gift. A jeweled knife.Among the three, Li Mingming likes this knife the most.

Two days in advance, the family made pancakes. According to Uncle Cui, the homemade pancakes were even more delicious than the ones rewarded by the saints.

The atmosphere of the festival is so dry, but the sisters still have to go to school, but they have a holiday on that day.

Naturally, his mind was filled with "the beasts are mediocre, tapirs, heavy cattle and elks, red-headed titles, poor and strange elephant rhinoceros" ①, Li Mingming wailed in his heart, when will the Han Fu be finished!ah!ah!I traveled to the Tang Dynasty, where poetry culture was prevalent, and went back after listening to Han Fu in my head. Is there really nothing wrong with it?

Seeing Li Mingming with a look of lovelessness, the matchmaker opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter, little lady? Could it be that you were scolded by your husband?"

Since the power was diverted, the matchmaker became more attentive and careful in front of Li Mingming.

Li Mingming sighed and didn't answer the matchmaker, but said, "I'm not at home, so don't just stay in the house and play shuttlecocks in the courtyard."

The matchmaker saw that Li Mingming was very kind, so she smiled and said, "Little lady—" and looked at the other maidservants.

All the maidservants went out.

Li Mingming looks at the matchmaker.

"Zhang Lang is here today, visiting the lady, and even asked about the little lady."

"Oh?" Li Mingming smiled with an unclear expression.

The matchmaker glanced at Li Mingming again, and said cautiously, "The servant girl always remembers what the little lady ordered to return the flower notes, so she took the opportunity to ask him. He asked the little lady to meet at the Xinghua Forest by the Qujiang River during the Shangsi Festival, and said After the two of them resolve the misunderstanding, they will naturally return the flower note to the little lady."

Shangsi Festival, a traditional festival with ambiguous colors, is going on a date with the grove beside the Qu River?I'm crazy to agree!Besides, I have a fart misunderstanding with you!

Li Mingming nodded and said, "Understood."

Since you Zhang Sheng is shameless, don't blame me for splashing dirty water on you.

Li Mingming calmed down, and greeted his servants, "I have to do my homework, Ah Zhu grinds ink, Ah Qing spreads paper." He spread out the books by himself, and said, "Matchmaker, Ah Zi, go and make a bowl of tea for me." Eat it, don’t put pepper and ginger in it, make it light and light, use the urn of plum blossom snow water that my sister gave me.”

The maidservants all readily agreed, and started to move.

The matchmaker was full of thoughts, and went out with Ah Zi.

The Shangsi Festival is coming in a blink of an eye.

Today the whole family was dispatched, and the chariots and horses pulled along, quite aristocratic style.The entire city of Chang'an was almost in a traffic jam. It usually took an hour to walk, but today it took half a morning to reach the edge of the Qujiang River.

According to previous experience, the Wang family sent servants out to occupy the place as soon as the workshop was opened, so the Cui family was able to occupy a place with stones and willows near the river.

Looking at the fragrant cars and BMWs all over the mountains and plains, red men and dolls, tents, felt mats, barriers and screens mixed in, Li Mingming finally saw the grand occasion of Shangsi Festival in Tang Dynasty.

It is an annual festival, and there are ladies and gentlemen, so the presentation is naturally different from the small fights that Li Mingming and the others used to watch polo.

The servants unfolded the screen painted with ink and wash landscapes, laid out big red felt mats, put a circle of low tables, and lit incense again. There is still wine in front.

Although Cui Yingying's memory is there, Li Mingming is still speechless. A spring outing is so particular!

Uncle Cui drank two cups of wine, leaned against the stone beside him, and said with a smile, "Da Lang, go and dance a set of Hutuo sword."

"Yes, Aye." The eldest cousin stood up, went to the open space next to him, drew out the sword at his waist, and started dancing.

Really dripping frustration, extremely heroic!Li Mingming was dazzled by the sight. He usually sees that his elder brother is very gentle and elegant. He heard that he studied very well in the Imperial College. This year he is going to be a Jinshi, but he didn't expect that he is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs!

Uncle Cui was amused by watching it, and he took the seven masterpieces of a song "Guan Dalang Huntao Sword Dance".

Li Mingming's heart is surging, this is the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, this is the style of the gentry!

Uncle Cui was still not happy, so he asked the aunt to play a flute.Only then did Li Mingming realize that the musical instrument that the aunt is best at is not the qin, but the flute.

The aunt played "Dancing Yu Song". It is impossible to verify who made it. It is said that it is based on "Mo Chun, the spring clothes are completed, five or six crowned, six or seven boys, bathing Yi, wind dancing Yu, singing and singing. Return" this piece of music.

The tune is cheerful and fresh, and it is especially appropriate to listen to it at this time.

Li Mingming remembered the joke about "The Analects of Confucius" in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

After the aunt finished singing, Uncle Cui said, "Just now I saw Erniang smiling slightly, she seems to have gained something, let's listen to it."

Being named by the big boss, Li Mingming was not nervous, the Cui family members were all good, and Uncle Cui didn't look strict, so he smiled and said, "I just thought of a question, please ask my uncle: There are 72 disciples of Confucius, how many are adults, how many are still young?" child?"

Uncle Cui did not expect that during the banquet, his niece would ask Confucius questions, and be so tricky.

Everyone also looked at Li Mingming as if they were freaks.

Li Mingming only smiled and waited.

Uncle Cui thought for a while and sat up straight. There seems to be no record about this in the ancient books. He smiled awkwardly and dragged everyone into the water, "Who of you knows?"

No one thought of such a brain teaser-like problem, it all depends on Li Mingming.

Li Mingming announced the answer with a smile, "Just now my sister played "Dancing Yu Song", there were five or six winners, five or six were thirty, six or seven boys, six or seven were 42, and the total was 72."②

Everyone laughed, the aunt laughed while holding the handkerchief while pushing Li Mingming.

"What a clever little lady!"

Two people walked out from behind the screen, an old man and a young man. The young man was none other than Wang Cun.

Uncle Cui and Uncle Cui all stood up, and the others followed suit. The old man said, "Sit, sit, it's not right for someone to break into a family banquet. Why do you need to be polite for a long age."

Uncle Cui smiled and said, "If you don't mind, Mr. Ge and Wang Sheren please sit down and have two glasses of water and wine."

"In that case, you're welcome."

Immediately, the seats were readjusted, cups and plates were added, and everyone was seated.

"Who played the xiao just now?" Li Ge asked.

"It's the little girl." Uncle Cui replied.

The aunt stood up and smiled slightly.

"It's tactful and beautiful, the little lady plays the flute very well."

The aunt blushed slightly, and thanked her generously.

Elder Li Ge looked at Li Mingming again, "Could this little lady be the daughter of Yishou?"

Cui Yingying's father, Cui Fen, was named Yishou.

Uncle Cui replied, "Exactly."

Li Ge was stupefied, "Back when Yishou boy was admitted to the imperial examination and visited my door, it was like yesterday. I never thought that now..."

Zheng's eyes were red, and Li Mingming's face was also sad, and everyone in the house was sad.

"A certain old man's memory is dark. Don't blame me for saying such sad words on a festival day!" After a while, Li Ge said.

Who dares to blame him.

Perhaps to save the atmosphere, Mr. Li Ge smiled at Li Mingming, "Your father is gentle and peaceful, why is there such a naughty girl like you?"

Li Mingming thought for a while, and said seriously, "I don't know."

But I don't know, the more serious the answer is, the more "laughing fruit" it is - the so-called cute contrast.

Everyone really cheered.

Li Mingming looked confused, I didn't tell a joke this time, you people from the Tang Dynasty laughed so weirdly.

Wang Cun saw Li Mingming staring slightly, with a face of confusion, so he also smiled, this little lady...

After drinking two more glasses of wine, Li Ge left with Wang Cun.

Uncle Cui said, "The children also go for a walk, don't disappoint this spring."

Mrs. Wang asked Auntie, Li Mingming and Sanniang to go to the river to be careful of the water, but said to wash their hands to get rid of bad luck.

Mrs. Zheng asked the maidservants to follow the little lady.

Zhou said with a smile, "Let's play."

Following Mrs. Wang's instructions, I went to "wash my hands" first, and then the aunt said, "Now that the peach blossoms are blooming, all the ladies are going to the peach blossom forest, so let's go too."

Passing through the apricot grove on the way, the apricot blossoms have already fallen, and small green apricots have formed. Zhang Sheng asked him to meet here?That's right, the flowers are withering, this woods seems to be less crowded, and it's really a place for men and women to date.

The matchmaker quietly tugged on Li Mingming's sleeve.

Li Mingming ignores her, I can't use another mistake to correct the previous mistake, if I am seen in this woods, my reputation will be ruined.

Not long after, I arrived at the Peach Blossom Forest, where groups of young ladies watched birds fluttering butterflies, fighting grass and hairpins, singing softly, painting and reciting poems, some even set up swings and set up swings, like A small daughter country.

The aunt and the three niangs all met acquaintances, and the aunt introduced Li Mingming, "This is the third niang of the Geng family, this is Fang Shiniang, Zheng Qiniang, and Zheng Jiuniang," and said with a smile, "Qiniang, Jiuniang and my second niang are still relatives. , it’s just the first time you’ve met.”

Zheng Qiniang laughed, "Erniang's aunt is my cousin, so we are cousins."

Li Mingming said with a smile, "I don't know how old Qiniang Jiuniang is, maybe I'm older."

But she didn't want Jiuniang to curl her lips and mutter in a low voice, "It's not so big, it can be talked about by gentlemen."

The faces of the young ladies all changed, Cui Sanniang said angrily, "Why do you say that about my elder sister?"

"Can't you say you did it yourself?" Zheng Jiuniang was like a fried chicken.

Zheng Qiniang held Jiuniang back, and gave a little blessing, "Sister She is innocent, she hears the wind is rain, I'm here to apologize to you all."

Aunt Cui held Li Mingming's hand, her face was as frozen as ice, "Please take care of Lingmei, such red lips and white teeth stain people's innocence, how can you say it casually."

Zheng Jiuniang wanted to say something, but Qiniang stared at her. Qiniang said another kind word, and then took her sister away.

The rest of them were inevitably embarrassed, and looked at Li Mingming curiously.

①From Sima Xiangru's "Shanglin Fu".

②This joke was not originally created by Mr. Jin Yong. It is said that it was recorded in "Qi Yan Lu" written by Hou Bai in the Sui Dynasty. A comedian in the Northern Qi Dynasty once used this story to tease people.Of course Tang was later than Sui, and even later than Northern Qi, so please don’t take it too seriously, just have fun.

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