The scene of the hairpin banquet is a bit retro, a bit like the generals and ministers entertaining diners during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There are several rows of short tables in the middle of the open space. There are about 200 tables. Each table can seat one person. There are prepared delicacies and fruit plates, and then there will be a flowing flow of servants, adding dishes and taking plates to each table.
In fact, most people don't pay attention to what they eat. The main thing about the Hairpin Banquet is honor. Of course, Zhu Pingan is an exception.
There are a large number of new students, and the space in the Gongyuan is limited. Not everyone can have a seat in the rows of short tables in the middle of the open space. There are several long tables in more remote places, and people can sit at each table. There are more than ten people, but they are not as good as the center.
After all, this is just a welcome banquet for new students. If it is a high-level banquet such as the Luming Banquet (a banquet held for new imperial examination candidates after the provincial examination) or the Qionglin Banquet (a banquet held for new imperial examination candidates after the palace examination), it will definitely There will be no such misarrangement.
The rows of cases in the middle are the best location. Firstly, they are closer to the important figures such as Ti Xueguan. On the other hand, the individual cases also give people a vague feeling of being unusual.
Zhu Ping'an was also more interested in the individual cases in the venue. It was more convenient to eat at one table by himself, and he didn't have to worry about being drunk by people at the same table.
There is no fixed rule as to who will sit at the individual tables in the middle of the room or who will sit at the long table in the corner. It all depends on you. Moreover, judging from everyone's eagerness to try, they all seemed to be more interested in the several cases in the field, and they quickly took a few steps to occupy one of them. The scene was gentle but intense.
Although Zhu Pingan stood in front of the queue, when he went to occupy the individual cases in the field, there were only the last few left.
Zhu Pingan stood in front of one of the tables and was about to take a seat when he heard a "pop" sound. A folding fan drew a parabola and landed gently on the table in front of Zhu Pingan from behind.
Damn it, you dare to use this method to grab the position in this situation.
Zhu Pingan turned around and saw a new student who was unfamiliar but had a dandy temperament, looking at him with a smile. He was quite complacent, as if he had concluded that facing this situation, he would have no choice but to fail. Also, on this occasion. If he didn't want to attract the attention of officials such as Ti Xue Guan, he could only give up the table.
The actions of the dandy student only attracted the attention of a few people around him. Among the hundreds of people, this movement was far from enough to attract the attention of the frontline academic officers and others.
Is it just a coincidence or something? Among the people sitting nearby happened to be Guo Ziyu, Liu Qian and others whom I met yesterday when filling out the personal confession. At this moment, he was watching this scene with great interest. I want to see how Zhu Ping'an reacts. If I give in, it will look a little incompetent. These cases are all gone and I can only go to the corner to sit at the long table. If I don't give in, I will look petty and cause disputes, which may also cause trouble. Drawing the attention of academic officers and others, leaving a bad impression and a dilemma. How interesting.
Zhu Ping'an looked at the folding fan on the desk in front of him, curled his lips slightly, ignored the folding fan and sat down, and handed the folding fan on the desk to the dandy scholar with a naive smile.
"My dear friend, you dropped your fan."
Zhu Ping'an's words were neither loud nor soft, enough for those nearby who were watching the joke to hear clearly.
My dear friend, your fan has fallen off.
This sentence easily reversed the entire situation. In the end, the man just glared at Zhu Pingan. After taking the folding fan, in front of everyone's eyes, he went to find a seat at the long tables in the corner dejectedly.
Mencius said: People will humiliate themselves and others will humiliate them. If you kindly discuss it with me, I might as well give it to you. Why use this method? You asked for this all by yourself. Zhu Ping'an ignored the man's gaze and sat calmly in front of the table. He took a piece of fruit and put it into his mouth. It was sweet, juicy and tasted great.
As people took their seats one after another. The hairpin feast also begins.
While Zhu Ping'an was enjoying the delicacies of the Hairpin Banquet, Li Shu, the eldest daughter of the Li family in Shanghe Village, was also enjoying the delicacies.
The location is Miss Li's boudoir. The girl Li Shu is sitting lazily at the table, holding a book with Tian Long Ba Bu written on the title page in one hand. While reading, she enjoys the waiter of the steamed bun maid next to her. She occasionally opens her little cherry mouth to enjoy the maid. Delicious food.
At this time, Li Shu was wearing a light pink dress that was as long as the floor. Her slender waist was tied with a cloud belt, which showed that she was not full. She had a seven-treasure coral hairpin in her hair. The little finger-sized pearl was as bright as snow. , the stars twinkled in the hair, making the face look like hibiscus. A pair of big eyes, as dark as ink, looked at the book in her hand shiningly, as if nothing could attract her attention at this time.
"Miss, Miss, how can you continue to watch? People in Xiahe Village have been making noises early in the morning, saying that the bad boy got the first place in the exam again." Baozi's maid pouted, while she was trying her best to dress up as a girl. Don’t forget to gossip.
"Oh" Li Shu didn't take her eyes off the scroll.
"Miss, the bad guy has passed the college entrance examination, and he still came in first, and he was chosen to be a junior student." The maid of Baozi puffed up her mouth.
"I'm just a talented scholar. What I'm doing is worthy of you talking about it in my ears all day long. I'll just treat those mud-legged people in Xiahe Village as treasures..." The girl Li Shu flattened her mouth and her voice was very disdainful.
"But he is only thirteen. Thirteen is a scholar, and he is still number one. People say that there are not many such people in Ming Dynasty." Baozi's maid puffed her mouth and retorted boldly.
"He broke the sky. He is also a toad, and he is still a greedy toad..." The girl Li Shu was as disdainful as ever, as if Zhu Pingan was equated with a toad in her eyes.
"What if he wins the first prize in the national examination?" Baozi's maid glanced at her young lady and hesitated to speak.
"There is no such thing as a toad. A toad is not a carp, and crossing the dragon gate is also a toad." The young girl Li Shu was extremely disdainful.
At this time, another maid came in carrying a plate of food.
The bun maid took a chopstick of the newly served dish and put it into her young lady's mouth.
Li Shu flattened her little cherry mouth out of habit, then suddenly turned dark, waved to the little maid who had just walked in, and asked expressionlessly, "Who did it?"
"Yes, it was my slave who did it." The little maid replied timidly.
Snapped
The little maid had a delicate jade handprint on her face.
"What a waste. I asked you to learn from the chef that dad paid a lot of money for two months, and now you just made this to fool me!"
Li Shu rubbed her slightly sore hand and looked at the little maid kneeling at her feet with a sneer.
"I want to see if cooking is really that difficult..." The girl Li Shu stood up and walked out with anger on her pretty face.
"Miss, how can you go to the kitchen? If the master finds out, he will beat me to death." Baozi's maid heard that her miss wanted to learn by herself. Thinking of the master's love for the miss, Baozi's face turned pale with fright. He hurriedly chased after him, shouting. (To be continued.)
PS: I’m having dinner with the boss tonight, so I’m a little late coming back, so please forgive me.
