Chapter 24 Section 12

After two days, seeing the weather gradually getting warmer, the grass on the ground began to turn green, the branches sprouted new buds, and the number of birds increased day by day. The breath of spring became stronger day by day. It's a good season for outings with prostitutes and gatherings.Tang Di and the others discussed together and decided to go for an outing by the Wuzhang River in the northeast of the city.Because Shi Yue was busy all the time, he also wanted to go out for a walk, so the six rented three carriages, brought a few bookboys and a few pots of wine and vegetables, and left the city in a mighty way from Xincao Gate in the east.

After leaving the city, Shi Yue couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage, took a breath of fresh air, and then began to look around.On this official road leading to Caozhou, there seem to be more people coming out of Bianjing City for outings than those traveling between Caozhou and Kaifeng. Most of the wealthy people take carriages—but at this time, they can all get off. Cars come and walk slowly in front of the carriage; there are also suave teenagers riding white horses and chatting and laughing; ordinary people have rides in ox carts, and there are arty scholars who ride donkeys and read books-look at the look of shaking their heads , Shi Yue couldn't help laughing, he didn't understand how he could read a book on the back of a donkey!Among the crowd, most of them rely on walking without any means of transportation. These people are in groups, and some poor scholars pass by while talking about poetry and writing some "spring is warm and flowers are blooming" There are also ordinary people in the market who talk about jokes, anecdotes and anecdotes, which are full of joy... so girls who have been staying at home and can't go out can also take the opportunity to travel at this time-of course, most of them are by burning incense. In the name of worshiping Buddha, come to enjoy the comfort of this spring.Rich girls ride in small cars, and a few sit in sedan chairs—the custom at that time was that men generally did not sit in sedan chairs, only women did—these girls secretly lifted the corners of the curtains and looked at the spring outside. Seeing it by accident, she hastily put down the curtain of the car window shyly, and hid in the car with her face flushed. On the contrary, women from ordinary families don't have so many scruples. Although they generally don't talk to strange men, they can walk around freely. In the spring breeze.

In this world, there is only one kind of girl who can sit in the car and drive slowly, and can lift the curtain of the window without any care, and boldly enjoy the spring breeze gently blowing on her face.These girls are singing girls - some of them go to burn incense and worship Buddha by themselves, hoping to have a more equal afterlife; some come out with young teenagers to enjoy a short life. When Shi Yue saw the singing girl, he suddenly thought of Chu Yun'er who was in the restaurant that night with tears in his eyes. It had been a long time since he had seen her.I don't know why, Shi Yue is a little concerned about that gentle and understanding woman with a faint smile on her face... Thinking of this, Shi Yue couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Hearing this sigh, Li Dunmin thought that Shi Yue was thinking about his life experience, so he quickly smiled and said: "Zi Ming, the four seasons change, and the grass and trees are ruthless things, they are not broken by the severe winter, and they will be revived when the spring comes. Brother Kuang is a great talent, don’t you understand the principle of obeying the heavens and knowing your fate? If you abandon yourself because of your life experience, you will be depressed and unhappy, and you will think that it is not the act of a wise person.” Chai Guiyou also smiled and comforted him and said: "What Xiuwen said is true, a man was born between the heaven and the earth, he has the talents of the heaven and the earth, and he should not give up easily. Everything must be thought of in a philosophical way."

Shi Yue saw that his own sigh attracted so many words, at first he couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.But later, when I saw the concerned expressions of the people, I couldn't help being moved, and felt a little ashamed in my heart, feeling that I was deceiving these people who cared about me.He murmured in his mouth, unable to speak for a while. People can't help but misunderstand even more.Chai Guiyi quickly changed the subject, nothing more than commenting on the people he saw along the way, and talking about the beauties in history with the beauties he saw on the road with Sang Chongguo, chatting all over the place... not long after, he arrived at the Wuzhang River.

Shi Yue and others were surprised to find that there were many pavilions and pavilions by the river, and the geometry was unknown.Everyone went inside without knowing it, and asked someone to inquire, only to realize that those manors were the villas of nobles and eunuchs of the imperial court, stretching for ten or twenty miles, all of which were occupied by these people. Sang Chongguo shook his head and sighed: "The rich have tens of thousands of mansions, and the poor have no place to stand. They can only live under the fence. The world is unfair." "You don't need to be sentimental, Ziming once said that the ideal world should be a home for everyone. If we can work together and assist the sages, kings and sages, the rule of the three generations may not be impossible to reproduce." Tang Di said, On the one hand, he is proud of the imperial examination, which is high-spirited, and on the other hand, he still has the intention of encouraging Shi Yue.

At this time, everyone can say that it is the time when the spring breeze is proud, and when they heard Tang Di's words, they couldn't help but nodded in agreement.Now I found a pavilion with a beautiful scenery, and while I was cooking wine, I was talking about major events in the world, ancient and modern people, and everyone intentionally or unintentionally found some impassioned things to say, hoping to make Shi Yue turn around, enter the court, and show off. Lifetime ambition. Shi Yue was so ashamed that he wanted to tell his true thoughts a few times, but he was afraid of being treated as a "hypocrite" by them, so he could only smile bitterly to himself—in any case, he had to get rid of this lie.