Interstellar female dressed as country dude

Surrounded by a group of people, Bai Shu talked about his experience in Nanyang.

Speaking of Nanyang delicacies, he mentioned all kinds of exotic fruits, and said that when he went out in Nanyang, he rode an elephant to travel farther away, which made those boudoir girls and buddies envious.

Even Wei Ling's indifferent temperament has a hint of envy in her eyes.

Wen Xiu'e was listening on the sidelines, although she tried her best to bear it on the surface, but she was full of jealousy and hatred in her heart.

Wherever she went in the past, she was always the object of envy and flattery.However, when this country boy came, he just showed off his juggling skills and tricked all these people to circle around him.

How could such a self-cultivated family let her elder brother run around, Wen Xiu'e felt annoyed.

But she would not be so stupid as to say it on the spot. Firstly, the Wen family still has something to ask from the Xie family, and secondly, everyone is in high spirits. If she said this, wouldn't it look very boring.

So Wen Xiu'e praised Bai Shu with a smirk, sat down next to Xie Ling and Xie Qin, and said to them: "Your sister-in-law of the Xie family is really not an ordinary person. Not only is she rich and capable, but she is also smart." Yes, you are blessed. Presumably when you get married in the future, your dowry will be indispensable."

Xie Ling and Xie Qin were embarrassed when they heard the words, Xie Qin's dowry was prepared by Lou's earlier.It's just taking out the dowry money to buy some supplies, and returning the rest, which is similar to most concubine children in Beijing, how can there be much.

And Xie Ling was deducted by Bai Shu, and also said that he would deduct his dowry, not to mention the dowry.

At this time, I didn't know how to answer Wen Xiu'e's words, and the atmosphere was very awkward for a while.

Fortunately, it was almost noon at this time, and a servant girl came over to tell them to go to the front hall, and the banquet was about to begin.

Bai Shu and the others went to Wei's restaurant under the leadership of Wei Ling.

At this time, a row of seats had been laid out in the dining room, and several wives and family members of the Qi family were already sitting in the seat.

Seeing Bai Shu and the others come in, Qi Qingwan rolled her eyes, and Mrs. Qi's complexion was not good either.

As shrewd as Wei Ling, she would not put Bai Shu next to Qi's family, so she took him to the other side of the seat.

After arranging everyone's seats, there was still a row of empty seats on the opposite side.

Bai Shu was a little curious, not knowing what the empty seat was for, so he asked Xie Ling next to him.

Xie Ling lowered his head, his face flushed.

Bai Shu asked him speechlessly, "Why are you blushing?"

Xie Ling said: "There are seats reserved for men. Men of the right age from the Wei family should come over soon and have dinner with us."

It turns out that this Qiqiao Festival is for unmarried women and elder brothers, but when this kind of aristocratic family holds a banquet, it is necessary to pull out their men of the right age for a walk around, so that they can look at each other.

Since the Xie family often held family banquets, Xie Ling also knew about this link.

But when he was at home, he was originally from the Xie family, so he always looked at the man from the Xie family with other women or brothers.

It was the first time for him to come out to a banquet like this and see others by himself, which made him both excited and apprehensive, and he didn't know what this Wei Jiaerlang looked like.

Sure enough, after all the family members sat down, a group of men walked in from the front yard.

The Wei family is a member of the Hou family, with luxuriant branches and many heirs.At this time, there were more than 30 boys of the right age who came in.

However, these sons and daughters are not all unmarried. Although some of them have married wives, they come here to see a concubine. After all, there are many brothers and sisters at the banquet.

These men sat down at the table opposite Bai Zhu and the others, and after they sat down, someone came to introduce them.

After the introduction, Mrs. Wei announced the opening of the banquet, and many maids and servants entered with delicious food.

Bai Shu looked at the banquet hosted by the Wei family. Each person had one serving, eight dishes and two soups, desserts, fruits and fine wine.

The main dishes are made of sea cucumber and mutton, and the soup has expensive ingredients such as shark's fin.

Although it is not as delicious as Xie's, but it is also very hard.

This meal was eaten without any twists and turns, because there were too many dishes, most of the people had leftovers.

Baizhu eats a lot, but he didn't eat much today, but even so, it was much more than ordinary brothers.

It was probably because of the hot weather, and the Wei family's food was not good enough, so Bai Zhu didn't have much appetite today.

For a person who hates marriage like Xie Ling, in order to maintain his image, he naturally ate less.After he finished his meal, he only touched the shark's fin soup a couple of times, leaving almost nothing else.

But Bai Shu saw that he ate too little, so he asked during the banquet: "Don't you like braised pork the most? You usually eat a piece of it, wishing you could eat a pig, why didn't you move a piece today?"

This was heard by several men on the opposite side, and several of them secretly laughed secretly.

Xie Ling was angry and ashamed, his face was flushed red, he was too angry and couldn't get angry, he could only say that the weather was hot and he had a bad appetite.

As a result, after the meal, a servant girl came over with chilled milk, and Bai Shu gave Xie Ling her own share, saying, "This summer heat relief means it's very hot, so you can eat an extra serving."

Xie Ling was stifled, raised his head and looked towards the opposite side secretly, and saw a few young masters of the Wei family looking at him with half-smiles, gritted their teeth for Bai Shu in his heart, and wished he could burrow into the cracks in the ground immediately.

In fact, Xie Ling misunderstood him. The sons who looked at him did not laugh at him, but only because they were interested in him, the brother of the Xie family.

Although Xie Ling is already twenty years old, he is in the prime of his life, and his appearance is also good-looking.

On weekdays, he almost never attended this kind of banquet, and when he came out for the first time, these young masters also paid more attention to him.

Among the heirs of the Wei family, the eldest son of the big house and the second son of the concubine are all married, so the eldest son of the Wei family is the heir to the title of the Wei family.

Because of Xie Huaiyu's gaining power, this Young Master Wei had previously hinted that he wanted to take Xie Ling as his concubine, and among those who wanted to take Xie Ling as his concubine, his status was extremely high.

But Xie Huaiyu didn't want to use Xie Ling's marriage as a bargaining chip to establish diplomatic relations with the Wei family, so he didn't agree.

Today, when the Eldest Prince Wei saw Xie Ling, he felt that he was outstanding, so he felt a little more regretful.

Apart from the married heirs of the Wei family, among the unmarried, Wei Qiong, the son of the third family, is the most outstanding.

Although this Wei Qiong was only from a third-family background, and his parents had neither fame nor real power, but he was an upright person.

He is very good at studying, but he is only in his early twenties, and he has already passed the second grade of high school in this year's spring examination.

Although he is only at the end of the top two, but he is still young, and with the backing of the Marquis Mansion, his future is boundless.

An outstanding young talent like Wei Qiong, although not as high as Xie Huaiyu or Qi Qinyue, is still one of the objects that all the girls in Beijing look up to.

If he hadn't failed the exam before, and his status was not too high, he might have been picked to be his son-in-law long ago.

This Wei Qiong was sitting not far from Xie Ling, so she paid close attention to him.

But it was just a little bit of curiosity, and he didn't take it too seriously.After all, he is still unmarried, so he should give priority to marrying a good wife.

After the meal was over, further contact between these young men and women began.

Among these high-class men and women in Beijing, the most popular thing is poetry.

Because the more privileged the family in Jingzhong, the more they would let their daughters and elder brothers go to school.

Moreover, whether the woman and her brother are studying can also tell whether their parents love them or not, whether they will buy a generous dowry for them, and whether they even have a common language after marriage.

Therefore, whenever activities are to be carried out, this pair of poems always comes first.

Today is Qixi Festival, and the theme of this pair of poems is related to this festival.

Wen Xiu'e is a talented woman in Beijing, and she is famous for the literary talent of this pair of poems.

Of course, she would not miss such an event, so she wrote a poem right away.

In addition to her, the family members of the Wei family, Liu Fangfei and Qi Qingwan all wrote poems.

But as soon as this poem was read, Liu Fangfei's handwriting was the worst. Speaking of handwriting, Wen Xiu'e and Wen Yaoguang's two sisters and brothers were the best.

Wen Xiu'e's verses are very neat and have some elegant artistic conception, but they are not bad, and they are compared with other family's family members at the moment.

Liu Fangfei pulled her face unconsciously. She hated this pair of poems the most, and it made Wen Xiu'e stand out every time.She was originally a first-class piano player, but at this kind of banquet, there was no room for her to display her talents, so Wen Xiu'e always won the first place every time.

As soon as Wen Xiu'e's poem came out, the young people of the Wei family who were present really appreciated her.

All of a sudden, there was an endless stream of people who came to exchange literary talents with her, surrounding her like stars and moons.

Wen Xiu'e was complimented all the time, but she kept a quiet face all the time, she looked at Wei Qiong, and said to him: "Little girl's poems are just tricks, let me see, it's still the third son of Wei." His poems are the best, quite imposing, and he deserves to be admitted to the second class at a young age."

Wei Qiong was called by Wen Xiu'e's name, so she also smiled slightly, nodded with her, and said a few words of courtesy.

This scene was watched by the two wives of the Wei family and the Wen family, and they looked at each other.

The eldest daughter of the Wei family is married to the eldest son of Wen, so they have long been in-laws, and they know both families well.

According to general thinking, Wen Xiu'e's ability to marry Wei Qiong, a talented man and a talented woman, is also a good marriage.

However, Mrs. Wei doesn't like Wen Xiu'e's flamboyant temperament very much, and Mrs. Wen feels that Wei Qiong's status is a bit low after all, and she still wants to find other candidates.

Therefore, they didn't take the initiative to mention this matter, or they meant to match the two, they just followed the two to develop freely, if the two were interested in each other, then talk about the marriage.

Everyone here was talking about poems, but Qi Qingwan had an idea, looked at Bai Shu, and suddenly said loudly: "The sisters of all the families have written poems, why is it that no one from the Xie family came up?"

"In such a festive season, how can there be a few fewer? If it is not possible, Xie's daughter-in-law has to come up and write a poem."

Bai Shu, Xie Ling, and Xie Qin couldn't compose poems, so the maids didn't ask for pens and paper when they distributed them.

It is a little embarrassing to be mentioned by Qi Qingwan now.

Who doesn't know that Bai Shu is from the countryside, when Xie Ling and Xie Qin wrote the note just now, the handwriting was not very pretty.

I'm afraid that the three of them don't know how to talk to each other at all, Qi Qingwan's mentioning it now is to deliberately make them embarrassing in front of the male guests.

Wei Ling frowned, and was about to help them decline, but Wen Xiu'e also said: "After all, today is a solar term, I want to celebrate it, no matter whether I do it well or not, it is all about participation, and there is nothing to gain."

When Wen Xiu'e said this, some of the ignorant male guests from the Wei family got their heads up and booed, "That's right, that's right, I see that the two elder brothers of the Xie family seem to be gentle and able to study. Xie Huaiyu is talented. Outstanding, his younger brother must be no different."

They didn't know that Xie Ling was not good at these things, they just thought he was shy and didn't participate.

In this way, Xie's family became the focus of everyone, Xie Ling swallowed nervously, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

He had never participated in these banquets in the past, and Xie's family banquets were mostly invited people to sing operas, and he had never done these things before, so he didn't think reciting poems was of any use.

Now that I came here once, I realized that on such an occasion, I would feel ashamed everywhere. In the upper circles of the capital, those who don't know how to write poetry will be pushed out.

In such a situation, even if you refuse again, it will inevitably seem a little too petty.

Bai Shu stood up and said, "Then give me a set of paper and pen, let me write one."

What he said was very indifferent, which surprised everyone.

"You can also write?" Na Qi Qingwan couldn't help asking.

"If I don't know how to write, why does Miss Qi ask me to write poems?" Bai Shu looked at Qi Qingwan with a half-smile and said, "Miss Qi, you are really joking."

After being told by Bai Shu, everyone recalled that it was Qi Qingwan who was the first to ask Bai Shu to write a poem.In this way, her thoughts will be exposed in front of everyone, which will inevitably make people feel very ugly.

Qi Qingwan was suppressed by Bai Shu everywhere, and she couldn't get angry in her heart. Due to the presence of so many male guests, she had to endure it.

It's just that she showed her displeasure on her face, which everyone could see.

Everyone knew that she was Zhao Yan's fiancée, so they had their own evaluation of the eldest prince's wife in their hearts.

At this time, Bai Shu took the pen and paper handed over by the maid, dipped it in ink, and posed solemnly: "I only studied in the village school for a year when I was ten years old. I didn't learn anything. I couldn't write well. Let's have some fun."

After finishing speaking, he started to write down, and wrote a doggerel in an eloquent manner.

The handwriting is indeed bad, but it can be read clearly, there is no typo.

For a brother who came from the countryside and only had one year of village school when he was a child, it was considered pretty good.

At this time, a person standing next to Bai Shu recited the limerick that was composed on the spot:

Cowboys are young and don't work hard,

But tricked Zhinu to come to suffer,

Poor parents in the world,

The world only laughed at the Queen Mother.

Xie Ling: "..."

Xie Qin: "..."

Even if they haven't studied for a few days, they also know that this poem is really not a poem.

Sure enough, as soon as the poem was read out, everyone laughed out loud, leaning forward and backward, almost crying.

However, the theme of this poem is Tanabata, and the meaning of the lines fits well with the theme of the festival.

"Brother Bai, what does your poem mean?" Qi Qingwan asked gloatingly.

She thought that Bai Shu could really make something, but it turned out to be an idiot. This is not a poem, it is clearly a random rhetoric.

"The meaning is obvious, how come you don't even understand this?" Bai Shu raised his eyebrows and said, "Miss Qi, haven't you heard the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?"

Bai Shu's rhetorical question made Qi Qingwan choke. She knew the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, but this story was clearly that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were separated by the Queen Mother, and they could only meet on the magpie bridge on the Qixi Festival. Parents all over the world are heartbroken.

Qi Qingwan raised a question, and many people responded.

Bai Shu said: "This cowherd is a countryman. He has reached the age of marrying a wife, but he doesn't give birth. He eats and drinks at home with his brother and sister-in-law. His sister-in-law asked him to go out on his own, and gave him a house, a field and a cow. Cows are not raised by ordinary people in the countryside. In our Baitang Village, only the village head and rich families had cows. It can be seen that his brother and sister-in-law have done their best to him."

"But this cowherd is not satisfied. He also thinks that his brother and sister-in-law have abused him if they don't support him for free. That's what I mean when I say that the cowherd is young and doesn't work hard."

"This..." Bai Shu's words convinced many people.

They all belong to big families in Beijing, so they don't understand the life of country people.Originally, I thought Cowherd was quite pitiful, but after hearing what Bai Shu said, it seemed that he was not so pitiful anymore.

There were also a few brothers who admired Bai Shu, so they said: "It seems that although this poem does not rhyme, the meaning is very interesting and thought-provoking."

Wen Xiu'e heard this, and was very displeased. She immediately said: "Brother Bai, even if the Cowherd is not pitiful, he really loves the Weaver Girl. A couple of lovers were killed by the Queen Mother How can you say that he tricked Zhinu and only pitied the Queen Mother?"

"The Cowherd peeped at the Weaver Girl taking a bath. It's not a good thing at all. He also stole the Weaver Girl's sky and clothes and didn't let her go back." Bai Shu said: "The story says that the Weaver Girl can't go back to the heaven, but can only marry the Cowherd." , weaving with men and women, and having children. The Weaver Girl was originally a fairy in the sky. She wanted nothing, but she was deceived by the Cowherd and had to work every day. She was worse than the servant girl of a rich family. How could she be happy? .”

"The queen mother lost her daughter, so distressed. If it was someone else, maybe she would not want this daughter. But the queen mother finally found it, and she is willing to take it home and raise it, and she is called cold-blooded. Isn't it true? Do you feel sorry for the parents of the world?"

Bai Shu's words touched the hearts of many women and brothers present.

Like them, after getting married, even if there is any grievance, the natal family will not care about it. Thinking about it this way, the Queen Mother is really a good mother.

It's just that the male guests didn't agree with this, and Wen Xiu'e also stood on the side of the male guests, and said to Bai Shu: "This Queen Mother clearly dislikes the poor and loves the rich. If this Cowherd is a general and a champion, how can the Queen Mother still care?" Will we take Zhinu away?"

"Haha." Bai Shu said with a smile: "The Queen Mother took the Weaver Girl away, but she didn't inspire the Cowherd to become a general and a champion. I have to work hard to get my wife back, and I only expect to meet once every Qixi Festival."

As soon as Bai Shu finished speaking, Liu Fangfei suddenly said, "You're right! I think this Cowherd is just a wimp, and a woman with the status of Weaver Girl was really ruined by him for no reason."

Liu Fangfei herself is someone who wants to be a master, so she fully supports Bai Shu's words.At first, he didn't think much of this country brother, but now he feels a little bit of sympathy.

Although Bai Shu's poem was not well written, but because of the meaning in the poem, it attracted a lot of discussion among the people and made a big splash.

Even if she could bear it like Wen Xiu'e, her face would inevitably show some color, so she turned around and asked Xie Ling suddenly: "Ling'er, look at your sister-in-law's poem, what do you think? "

Xie Ling didn't know her well at first, but he was pointed out suddenly, his face became hot, he glanced at Bai Shu, and he hesitated and said: "I think it's good, this cowherd is indeed not worthy of Weaver Girl."

Wen Xiu'e heard the words and said: "This Ling'er is the eldest brother of the Xie family, and the brother of the eldest son of Xie. In the future, his dowry must be indispensable. Today's poem by your sister-in-law is terrible. There are so many young talents, and I am afraid that when someone comes to propose marriage in the future, I will be regarded as this cowherd, and you, the weaver girl, will be beaten with clubs."

After Xie Ling heard this, Wen Xiu'e flattered him inexplicably, and compared herself to Weaver Girl, as if he hated the poor and loved the rich.

Quickly said: "If this cowherd really likes Zhinu, he should be open and aboveboard when he first sees Zhinu, and discuss with her well. If Zhinu is moved by him, he may not stay."

Wei Qiong, who hadn't spoken for a long time, heard this, and looked up at Xie Ling and said, "It sounds reasonable to me. The way to get along between two people must be honest with each other, otherwise the whole family In the midst of this, there is mutual suspicion, and it will inevitably make the family go crazy."

Wei Qiong's words were just out of emotion, but Wen Xiu'e felt extremely uncomfortable when she heard them.

Xie Ling's face was also flushed at this time, Wei Qiong was young and talented, with a clean and gentle appearance, Xie Ling admired it very much in his heart.

When Wen Xiu'e saw it, she curled her lips with a smile and said, "It really is a family, Ling'er still wants to help her sister-in-law speak."

What he thought in his heart was that even if this Wei Qiong fell in love with Xie Ling, the most he could do was beg him to be a concubine.

A brother, even if he is a descendant, so what?Either marry a small family and be the main wife. If this is the opposite family, you can only be a concubine.

Seeing that Wen Xiu'e's expression became tense,

Wei Ling came out quickly and smoothed things over: "This poem is also correct, so don't worry about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. I'm sleepy in the afternoon, so let's play something else."

As he spoke, he asked someone to come over with leaf cards to entertain everyone.

Leaf cards are one of the popular games in Beijing, and the rules are simple. These ladies and buddies all know how to play.

Qi Qingwan saw it and said: "This leaf card needs to be played. It's not interesting to play like this. It needs some luck."

Wei Ling said quickly: "Miss Qi is right, then bring some copper coins over, let's play and nod."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Qi Qingwan said with disgust: "What's the point of a few copper coins? It's like sending a beggar. No matter what you get, you have to play bigger? I think I can use some jewelry to make a lottery."

"I think it's good, the copper plate is too small, it's not exciting to play." Wen Xiu'e agreed.

The Qi family has strong financial resources, and Qi Qingwan has as many jewelry as a cow's hair, so she doesn't care about these three or five pieces.

Wen Xiu'e is the eldest daughter of the family, so she has no shortage of jewelry.

Liu Fangfei was unwilling to admit defeat upon hearing the words, and had already taken an emerald bracelet from her hand.

But there were also many concubines and concubines who were from small families present, their faces changed when they heard this, and they retreated to the back, not daring to go up to play anymore.

Wei Ling was annoyed in her heart, but she couldn't say anything, so she just smiled and said: "There are so many people, you can divide it into several tables and play by yourself. I'd better bring the copper coins, and you can play with the big ones if you want. No If you want to play with the big ones, you can play with the small ones, and enjoy yourself."

She arranged it very well, she didn't directly refute Qi Qingwan's proposal, but she also took care of those people below, making everyone very comfortable.

Bai Shu remembered that Wei Ling seemed to be Zhao Liang's fiancée, seeing her in his eyes, he thought she was very good.

It's just that such a good girl, after marrying into the Zhao family, has to share a husband with others, Bai Shu felt sorry for her.

The leaf cards were divided into several groups, mixed with men and women, and there was a circle of people watching beside each group.

Xie Qin loves to play cards, and has already started playing with other people in other places with copper coins.

Bai Shu and Xie Ling were left, and according to their identities, they should be in a group with Wei Ling and Wen Xiu'e.

But they played too much, Xie Ling didn't want to participate.Bai Shu was afraid that he would win too hard and take away all the people's jewelry, so both of them sat on the sidelines to watch the battle and did not go up.

Because jewelry is used as collateral, they adopt a three-game system. If two out of three games are won, the winner is the winner, and the winner can take away one piece of jewelry from the loser.

The author has something to say: I especially don't like the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. I thought it was weird when I was a child.Cowherd peeked at the bath and stole clothes, always felt that Zhinu was abducted into the mountains.