Chapter 115: The stars in the sky fall into the mortal world

Chao Buzhi was the best at appreciating this gorgeous dance music. He patted his thighs and exclaimed at Qin Guan: "Shaoyou, look at you. You can only see the 'the fragrance of wild flowers everywhere in the fields', but why don't you see the unique flowers under your nose?

Look, which of these kabukis is better than 'Bi Tao'! What is Bi Tao? One of the bad peaches! You live in Li people every day and use bad peaches as treasures. You said you closed the door and admire the singing and dancing of these people. Who can say what you said? Li people, I think you will keep a close eye on Shaoyou in the future, send a family to pick him up and send him up to work, and let him go home in court - take any banquets outside, how good this day is."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xing turned over and asked, "Lu Chang (Shidao Chen), Uncle Fang (Li Li) just came to the capital and hadn't arranged a residence yet. My house is big, and Brother Shaoyou lives here. Why don't you guys move to my place too?"

The two of them delayed slightly and replied in unison: "Then I'm welcome to wait."

Zhao Xing called on the servant to clean up the houses for the two of them. Su Hui and Su Guo saw that it was getting late, so they stood up and said goodbye: "It's getting dark, and my family has not yet arranged it. We'll say goodbye."

"So, Mrs. Wang stays with me and stay with Chaoyun for a few days," Zhao Xing said in an inquiring tone: "The teacher is not at home, so you and your brothers will come here for dinner during the day and go by themselves at night. How about it?"

"Aspect my brother's arrangements", Su Meng, Su Guo thanked me.

Su Shi was sentenced to the court in Gongyuan, and Mrs. Wang came to Zhaoxing to live with Chaoyun, which was considered as reducing the burden on the two brothers. As for the two brothers themselves, they each had their own homes and their own studies, so they had to rush home to take charge of housework.

The two brothers refused the servants sent by Zhao Xing and took a walk back slowly. When they arrived at the door of the house, the younger Su Guo suddenly sighed and said, "Sometimes, I am a little envious of my godson (the nickname Su Shi gave Su Dun)."

Su Xi was silent at first, and finally sighed and replied: "Sometimes I envy... There are so many brothers playing here, and there is also a big brother who dotes on him, ah..."

The singing and dancing in Zhao Xing's room continued. Qin Guan kept asking Zhao Xing to call Hu Ji up and show everyone the long-famous Hu Ji dance posture, but Zhao Xing refused with the words "I haven't understood the language and the training has not been completed." At this time, a pot of light-flavored Langshi wine made everyone so popular. Everyone was shouting and making noise while drunk, which made Zhao Xing annoyed, but he also took advantage of the drunk to change the topic: "I have a new song, come, girls, I sing, you guys follow me and hum and play all the instruments."

It was a modern version of "A river of spring water flows eastward", which was still the version sung by Teresa Teng. After Zhao Xing hummed it once, several Japanese girls with skillful lyrics and music immediately added to the tune...

After singing this song "A river of spring flows eastward", the singers immediately turned to Teresa Teng's version of Su Shi's noun "When will the bright moon come to?"

Everyone was interested in this song, one was that the lyrics and music were excellent, and the other was that it was written by their mentor. So everyone sang it over and over again until their eyes were blurred...

He sent the drunkards out of the mansion one by one. Although Zhao Xing pretended not to care, he was still worried about Cheng Zhuo's actions. In his boredom, he called the group of Japanese girls and taught them to sing another new song "Farewell" and slowly passed the time.

Chen Yiyi went to accompany his brother, and only Cheng Azhu was by Zhao Xing. Late at night, Zhao Xing saw Cheng Azhu lying on his knees and reminded him carefully: "Azhu, go rest."

After hearing this, Cheng Azhu stood up and bowed, bowed again, and said, "I have thought that I am not as good as this group of Japanese girls in singing and dancing, I am not as good as Yi Yi, and I am not as good as Axia when I am doing housework... I am not as good as anyone, but I have a relationship with the official, and I am not as good as me. At this moment, don't rush me, let me be with the official - I only know this."

Zhao Xing touched Cheng Azhu's face lovingly and said softly: "I've been busy these days, but I haven't even had time to get along well with you. Well, from tomorrow, I'll close the door and stay with you... and wait for tomorrow, I'll pick the stars in the sky for you."

After hearing this, Cheng Azhu had no doubts about whether Zhao Xing could do it. She lay happily on Zhao Xing's knees and continued to enjoy the singing and dancing.

Cheng Zhuo came back in the middle of the night. Seeing that the lights were still on in Zhao Xing's house, he hurried to "please place" and reported to Zhao Xing: "We followed Bu Qing two dens and killed seventeen people. It is said that we had shot Bu Qing... The brothers were not injured, but I saw that the night was already deep, so I came back with my brothers - and took a few pieces of clothing that Bu Qing discarded."

"Okay, you're finally grown up." Zhao Xing patted Cheng Zhuo's shoulder with relief and looked at the armor he was wearing. It was a set of armor that was stained with blood.

Zhao Xing said generously: "I'm giving this set of armor to you. You can go to the warehouse to pick up a few weapons and place them."

The next day, early in the morning, Zhao Xing asked someone to carry two boxes from the warehouse and began to greet the idle students who were free to make handicrafts. It was a bunch of loose pieces. Zhao Xing riveted several bronze pieces together with lead-tin rivets, took out glass pieces from the other box and inlaid them. In the blink of an eye, an ancient European horse lantern appeared in his hand.

Zhao Xing stayed in China for a short time. During his three-year voyage, he used his leisure to travel on the sea to record some of his memories and draw corresponding patterns. After he returned to China, he ordered craftsmen to make hastily. Due to the tight time, he only made some loose parts and was transported to Bianliang City to wait for Zhao Xing to assemble on site.

In three years, Zhao Xing had followed the clues and figured out the South China Sea production den of Chinese glass. Only then did he realize that China had long had glass production technology, and it could be divided into Southern School and Northern School.

Beipai glass is mainly produced near Luoyang, and this school makes turbid glass. Beipai glass is disdainful to make household items because they have a more profitable industry - making fake jade. Until modern times, the cheap jade wares sold on street stalls are still made locally in Henan, so this fake jade is also called "Henan Glass".

The Nanpai glass production technology is intermittent, appearing and hiding in history, and has completely disappeared since the Song Dynasty. This school is imitating crystals and occasionally making some transparent vessels. Their sales are very secretive, but this secret is not confidential to Zhao Xing. As long as he checks in the direction of the source of goods and logistics, he finds the roots of the South China Sea glass.

Zhao Xing used a Japanese pearl - 50,000 guan to bribe a manager in the glass workshop and obtained the glass formula. Then the manager fled to Nagato, Japan under his escort. The latest news is: the guy hid his name in Nagato and opened his own glass workshop. Zhao Xing quietly developed transparent glass in China.

Unfortunately, this glass formula seems to be a little problem. The glass made is brittle and easily shattered when it is larger. So Zhao Xing cut it into pieces the size of a palm, using the Byzantine Sophia Cathedral-style parquet method to stack the glass... This horse lantern is his new work.

After reading Zhao Xing's handicrafts, several students lined up in a row, dinging and leisurely assembling the horse lanterns. The scene seemed very warm. Chen Qing, Chen Shidao, Qin Guan and others got up, and when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Li Ren, why are you interested in playing the skills of craftsmen?"

They are accusing Zhao Xing of losing his ambitions and making tricks about tricks.

Zhao Xing danced with a nail hammer in his hand, and pointed at the students present, smiling happily: "Thinking about the time, about five or six years ago, Cheng Jiaao was poor and tigers were wandering around the village. I made handicrafts with the students and survived that poverty-stricken life.

Now Chengjiaao has a great family and a great business, and is dominant in Huangzhou. With a call, hunters from 100,000 mountains responded in unison.

In a daze, several years have passed. I feel so peaceful when I can relive my entrepreneurial days in this situation."

After hearing this, the students present couldn't help but smile on their faces, and the hammer in their hands hit them more attentively.

Qin Guan didn't think there was anything good, but Chen Qing pushed the child Chen Buqun and shouted: "Go!"

Master Chen rose up, picked up a mace and said, "I will learn it too. I love this light with exquisite beauty!"

Li Li was trapped since childhood. When he heard Zhao Xing telling his experience of rising from poverty, he couldn't help but feel respectful. This is a strange and lewd skill, and it is obvious that he is self-improvement. He jumped up, picked up a nail hammer, and beat him under the guidance of the students, pouring all his beautiful expectations for life under his hands.

Qin Guan was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm not crazy with you. Today I'm going to the Ministry of Personnel to get official edicts. You are busy, leave the people and take your horse for use."

During dinner, the ground in the back garden was already filled with glass lanterns. Cheng Xia was familiar with the book and pen, registering the output of the students one by one, and checking the quality of the lanterns. Among them, Chen Buqun, Chen Shidao and Li Xiao, who seemed to be untrained, did the roughest work. Cheng Xia did not accept these three jobs, and directly asked them to carry their handicraft home...

After Cheng Xia finished the inspection, Zhao Xing ordered to light a candle in the horse lantern and put the lamp into the grass.

That night, the snow was clear and the ground was slightly wet, but the sky was very clear. The moon was like a hook, and a silver teeth hung in the sky, with stars dotted, and a candlelight in the grass. Zhao Xing hugged Cheng Azhu and sat in front of the window in the house, pointing to the stars in the grass and said, "Azhu, look, I have put the stars in the sky in the yard for you."

Qin Guan went to the Ministry of Personnel to accept the appointment during the day and did not participate in the production of the horse lantern. At this time, he was also stunned by the dazzling brilliance in the courtyard. He put his hands behind his back and Li Xiao was nostalgic about the lamp cluster, and could not help but be excited about poetry.

Chen Shidao was also very enthusiastic about poetry, but this person has a habit of doing things, and likes every sentence to have allusions. When writing poetry, he must lock himself in the house and think hard alone, which belongs to the kind of poets in the singing school.

When such a poet who is hard-studying is writing poetry, his wife must quickly carry the children back to his parents' home, and the servants must take away all the chickens in the yard and look at his door from a distance. The whole yard must be kept absolutely quiet. When his door opened, everyone's torture ended. In Zhao Xing's yard, he obviously did not have the conditions for hard-studying, so although he was very excited, he could only roll his eyes at Li Xiao in a hurry.

Li Li was used to being lonely since childhood. When he was staying in Zhaoxing's yard, he seemed to have returned to the embrace of the clan. He was a large group of brothers and sisters, who used numbers to match each other and showed kindness. At the same time, the yard was crowded like a free market. Sometimes the chefs from a restaurant came to ask for advice, and sometimes the owners of nearby shops came to discuss the price and quantity of goods with Ma Mengde. This noisy made Chen Shidao painful, but made Li Li feel particularly warm.

When people feel comfortable, they are not poetic, so Li Xiao wanders among the stars, only savoring the rare tranquility, and does not pay attention to Chen Shidao's anxiety.

In the lights, the Japanese girls sang the "Spring River" they learned yesterday. The prosperous scenery in front of them, combined with the sentimental words and melodious music, which made people intoxicated.

Cheng Azhu was also drunk, and Zhao Xing leaned in her ear and whispered, "Get ready."

Cheng Azhu knew what Zhao Xing said, and her ears turned red. Chen Yiyi, who was lying behind Zhao Xing, was carrying Zhao Xing hard on her thin shoulders, hoping that he could leave a gap for herself in front of the window. Helplessly, Zhao Xing's body was too huge for her. She was tired of tossing, but Zhao Xing seemed to have no feeling. Chen Yiyi was so angry that she twisted Zhao Xing hard.

Qin Guan was wandering in the grass. After walking for a long time, he picked up a horse lantern from the grass, took two steps in a square step. When he turned around, he saw Chen Shidao and Li Li looking at him blankly. He grinned and said, "You two have to catch a few... It doesn't matter. We are brothers! Li Ren is not seeing brothers, so we should not meet this guy."

Sure enough, when Zhao Xing, who was sitting behind the window, saw Qin Guan's behavior, shouted in the house: "Please take a few more, use this thing yourself, it's very decent to give it to others."

Beside Zhao Xing, Cheng Azhu twisted her body and made her feel more comfortable. Chen Yiyi took this gap to squeeze into the window. She looked at the "stars" in the yard and was about to express one or two words of emotion. Cheng Azhu said dissatisfiedly: "Officials, don't! Although these lamps are for the official, since the official system is for the slave, I hope to put away all these lamps. In the future, the official will be an official outside. If the slave is lonely at home, I will put these lamps out. Thinking about the official's affection, it is worth it if the slave dies."

When Zhao Xing heard this, he rushed out the window and shouted: "Forget it, Shaoyou, these lights have been used. It is not appropriate to give them to others, and it is not suitable to use them for your own use. Put them down first. After today, I will pick the accessories from the warehouse to install them for you and give you some new things."

Qin Guan held the light and turned around gracefully. Seeing the light emitted a shiny light belt in the night sky, he was a little reluctant and asked loudly: "Better than this?"

"Shaoyou, why don't you know anything? Let it go quickly?" Mrs. Wang took Chaoyun and walked from the snow. She took off the lamp from Qin Shaoyou's hand and put it back to the place. She said angrily: "Burning the piano and cooking the cranes is a big destruction! Today, Japan is a beautiful scenery. If you take one, I will take one, can you enjoy it here?"

Qin Shaoyou bowed to Mrs. Wang in embarrassment and ran away. Chen Shidao and Li Li and the other two saluted to Mrs. Wang obediently and followed Mrs. Wang. Seeing Mrs. Wang appear, Zhao Xing quickly ran out of the house to salute Mrs. Wang.

"Oh, it's a pity that the people in the Yuan Dynasty were not in the capital during the Lantern Festival. Otherwise, what would this capital look like?" Mrs. Wang sighed. Zhao Xing did not answer this. He asked Chaoyun, who was following behind, quietly: "How is Dun'er?"

Chaoyun whispered: "He played with his brothers for a day today and went into their house at night. It just so happened that I was tired these days, so he went to play and rest for himself."

When Mrs. Wang heard the conversation behind her, she admired the lights and said, "Your teacher will finish the paper tomorrow and will arrive home in the evening. Since Dun'er's health has been better these few days, let's go home with me."

Chaoyun quickly agreed. Zhao Xing saw a gate guarding the gate standing in the distance, dodging and trying his best to make Zhao Xing discover it. He waved over and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Menzi lowered his head and replied: "The scholar Ma Shuma from the left was profound and the assistant teacher of the right was (lower officials in the official school in the Song Dynasty, and also the respected title of the people of all religions and ranks). Zou Yun and Zou Zi'an came to visit with the old man nearby (respected title of the elderly). The high-ranking officials, seeing him, or not?"

Zhao Xing frowned in dissatisfaction: "Have you told you? I've been resting behind closed doors these days, waiting for the release of the list - no one will see you."

Mrs. Wang frowned. Before she could speak, Qin Guan jumped out of nowhere. He was holding a copper lamp in his hand, shaking the lamp while interrupting: "Let's meet, they are 'consistency and neighborly'. This is a custom of Bianliang, why can't we meet?"

Mrs. Wang nodded and agreed: "The custom of Bianliang. If new residents move in, the neighbors will visit him with wine, tea and other items after he lives, tell him the situation of the local shops, so as to avoid inconvenience or being deceived by the newcomers... Some people also do nothing all day long, and only take teapots to visit each family for a chat. You have been living in three days, and this time is exactly the day when your neighbors visit him."

Zhao Xing was stunned when he heard this.

Why, Tokyo people also have this etiquette?

In modern society, he once saw in movies that this kind of etiquette of being close neighbors and friends is prevalent in Western society. When he thought that the people in the capital would not bully him, a foreigner, were already considered burning incense and worshiping Buddha. Why, the people in the Song Dynasty were so simple, so simple that he suspected that this was a group of "Westernized people", "bananas" and "returnees".

It turns out that this tradition is very Chinese!

Zhao Xing looked at the Song people with modern thinking here. In modern times, people in the capital who grew up in the sunshine of Hu people like to bully their lives. Because of this kind of concern, he closed the door and did not dare to contact his neighbors. He just wanted to wait until he got familiar with Bianliang City and then interacted with his neighbors. Unexpectedly, he was cautious and fell behind the scenes in etiquette.

Several neighbors were invited in immediately. These people did have the style of people from Bianliang. Each of them held a teapot in their hands. It seemed that they had no intention of sleeping for a long night. They planned to talk to Zhao Xing. Looking at the teapot in their hands, Zhao Xing felt a little funny again.

In addition to the teapot in his hand, these people also carried a plate of Song Dynasty snacks. They handed them with dim sums and said the clichés from Dun Neighbors in the Song Dynasty. Zhao Xing greeted warmly in his heart. In a trance, he seemed to be in a foreign movie. Because, in modern times, only in foreign movies, neighbors would come to visit new residents with dim sums...

However, foreigners do not bring teapots to visit neighbors.

Ma Xiucai has the highest status, so he led the way: "Self-student brother is here, and the tempting fragrance is floating in the courtyard every day. The chefs from the six famous buildings in Tokyo are coming and going, making us hungry all day long... I said, the new one should not be a chef, I didn't expect that a few days ago, I saw the Sumen scholars coming and going, and after asking, I found out that the senior brother was also a Sumen scholar - a talent. Can the person Susan likes to be simple... The senior brother is here, and I am bowing to him."

Zhao Xing said a few humble words. At this time, the singing in the courtyard had stopped and the female relatives avoided it. Qin Guan, Chen Shidao, Li Li, and Assistant Zou Zi'an looked at the lights all over the yard and explained his motivation for visiting: "So that's it... abrupt! We should have visited tomorrow, but we saw that the high-ranking official was lit up and suspected that it was a fire, so we knocked on the door for a look. We took the initiative to ask for a visit - we should not blame the high-ranking official."

Zou Yun is a landlord. His father earned a courtyard for him. Now he makes a living by renting out the courtyard, which is what is called the "landlord". Ma Shu is an old scholar who failed many times. This man's ancestors were a small official and had a house in the inner city. He relied on renting out the inner city house for officials to live in, and lived in the outer city with his family, hoping to restore his ancestors' glory through hard study of poetry and books.

There are not many people in Bianliang City who are "focused on improving" like Ma Xiucai, because it is too easy to make a living in this place. The comfortable life has made most of them lose their ambition and only care about enjoying this prosperity.

Ma Xiucai was the most enthusiastic about fame and fortune, so although he was old, he regarded Zhao Xing, who had the title of tribute, as his senior brother. Looking at his slightly white hair, Zhao Xing felt a little embarrassed. He said a few humble words and led these people to the sea of ​​lanterns to meet Qin Guan and others.

After hearing the famous names of Qin Guan and Chen Shidao, those who know how to write poems and prose would also jump out to make a few sentences to appear to be not a vulgar person. Ma Xiucai first took care of his greetings, and then asked Qin Guan's good sentences. Qin Guan was crazy, holding a lamp in his hand, walking around the courtyard in a casual manner. Just when others wanted to appreciate it, he immediately invited Ma Xiucai to enjoy the sea of ​​lanterns together...

When a few people with sour water were met, they wanted the magnets to attract the yin and yang poles automatically, and immediately became very flirtatious and wanted to make a few words of sour water. They either thought hard, or shook their heads and kept reciting... Oh, Zhao Xing has wine and food here, and the writing environment is unique in the capital, making these poets happy to be home.

If you are not sexy, you should also pretend to be sexy in order to stay for a while and eat more delicious food.

After accompanying them for a while, Zhao Xing saw the door hired by Bianliang City again, standing in the distance and winking at him frequently. He asked in annoyance: "What's wrong?"

"Dalang, a few visitors came to the door - Xiaodi recognized them. Two of them were private places in Xiangguoji Temple (sumo wrestlers). They carried one person and insisted on meeting the adults. They said that the adults would not see each other, so they would not leave tonight."

Zhao Xing's eyes didn't turn and immediately asked, "If you ask for a meeting, you have to use coercion... Tonight, who among the young masters went out?"

In the Song Dynasty, he did not call him "Young Master", and this title was brought by Zhao Xing. The men obviously knew what Zhao Xing was talking about, so he immediately replied: "It was Wangsheren (Cheng Wang). The little shepherd took a group of people out for more than half an hour."

"Call Xia Sheren and tell him to call Cheng Wang back quickly... and ask Mr. Chen to see if he is awake and can meet guests?" Zhao Xing also replaced the word "Young Master" with "Sheren".

When the gatezi heard the Ling retreat, he shook his head and muttered in a low voice as he walked: "Strange, why did Lord Digong start to arrange a pickup before he saw who was at the door?"
To be continued...