Chapter 90: Playing by the River

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Li Zhiyun changed the allusion of "jealous jar" and told it to Liu Yinglian. He said that once upon a time there was an emperor who thought of the hard work and achievements of the prime ministers and wanted to give him some beautiful women as concubines. After he finished speaking, Liu Yinglian understood immediately and said, "Are you mocking me for being jealous?" Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "It's good to know. However, jealousy is a woman's nature, there is nothing wrong with it..."

The next day, Li Zhiyun spent a whole day finishing all his official and private matters. However, he didn't want to leave Gaoling County yet. Firstly, Pizhou was not far away, so there was no need to hurry; secondly, they had been walking for more than ten days and it was time to take a good rest. Therefore, Li Zhiyun decided to go to Gaoling. The county stayed for two more days.

After breakfast, Li Zhiyun practiced writing in his room. It has been two years since he traveled to this world. Whenever he has free time, he practices calligraphy with calligraphy, so his calligraphy has made great progress. Although it is not as good as the ancients who used calligraphy brushes since childhood, it is not the way he wrote at the beginning. Like a crab crawling.

He spread rice paper on the dull lacquer table and wrote for a while. Liu Yinglian opened the door and walked in. Seeing him lying next to the desk, she asked, "What are you doing?"

"Oh, writing."

Liu Yinglian came over, picked up a piece of paper on the desk, looked at it, and then read softly:

When traveling in spring, apricot blossoms bloom all over your head.

Whose family on the street is young and charming?

I plan to marry you and live in peace for the rest of my life.

Even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you cannot be ashamed.

Liu Yinglian put down the paper, curled her lips and said, "I know who this woman is."

"Who is it?"

"I won't say anything if I see through it."

Li Zhiyun looked up at her and said with a smile, "You are so petty."

Unexpectedly, when Cao Cao arrived, the woman suddenly burst in and said as soon as she saw them, "Hey, are you all here? I was just looking for you." When Li Zhiyun saw him, he quickly put down the rabbit brush in his hand. Said: "Miss Wang, why are you here?"

"Brother wants to accompany you on a tour of Yuanjiang River, but he was caught up in something today. He asked me to take you there. Let's go quickly!"

When Li Zhiyun heard this, he also wanted to go out and relax, so he stood up and said to Liu Yinglian: "Let's go to the riverside to play, okay?" Liu Yinglian frowned slightly and said: "The festival has passed, and now the riverside is full of flowers. Liu Bei, what else is fun?" Wang Zhujun said unconvincingly: "Although the flowers are in ruins and Liu Bei is in ruins, there are still beautiful mountains and rivers, and hundreds of teams vying for the throne!"

Seeing that Liu Yinglian didn't want to go, Li Zhiyun hesitated. Wang Zhujun said quickly: "Hey, I've made all the arrangements, so don't be a spoiler. Let's go!" After saying that, he couldn't help but grab one of Li Zhiyun's arms and forcefully drag him out of the room.

When they came to the yard, Li Zhiyun was about to get on the horse at Wang Zhujun's urging, but he thought that Liu Hong had gone to visit his old friend early in the morning. If he left and left Liu Yinglian alone in the inn, would she be too lonely? ? Thinking of this, he hesitated again. At this moment, Liu Yinglian was seen walking out of the guest room coyly.

When Wang Zhujun saw it, he joked: "What, have you figured it out? Are you afraid that I will steal your golden son-in-law?" Upon hearing this, Liu Yinglian blushed and whispered: "No, I want to go too." Get some air." The carriage stopped in the yard. Liu Yinglian walked over and got on the carriage, followed by the maid. When the coachman saw that his master was about to go out, he quickly fetched the horses from the stable and hitched them to the carriage.

Li Zhiyun and Wang Zhujun rode horses, Liu Yinglian rode a carriage, and a dozen guards followed behind. The group walked out of the yard, left the inn and headed out of the city.

When they came to the Yuanjiang River, they saw a carriage parked on the river bank with several servants standing next to it. It turned out that Wang Zhujun had already asked his servant to arrive first. Li Zhiyun dismounted and walked to the shore. Facing the spring water of the river, he suddenly felt relaxed and happy.

The lady from the county magistrate's family had already made arrangements. She took a big butterfly kite from the carriage and shouted with a smile: "King Chu, come and fly the kite." Li Zhiyun walked over and the servant handed him a big bat kite. and 簰子, 簰子 is a winding tool. He wanted Liu Yinglian to release her, but Liu Yinglian refused, saying that she and the maid were standing by to watch. The wind was strong by the river, so Wang Zhujun's kite was quickly flown up. After a while, Li Zhiyun's big bat kite also rose into the air.

Flying kites is one of the common activities for ancient people to go outing and play. Xu Wei, one of the three talented men of the Ming Dynasty, wrote many poems about flying kites. One of them reads:

Rub the wicker thread and wadding into the cotton, and rub enough for Qianxun to place the paper duck.

How much power the spring breeze can dissipate will bring the children to spring.

Kites have a long history in China. The earliest record of kites is from "Mozi, Lu Wen" written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period: "Gongshu cut bamboo wood into a kite, and when it flew, it did not fall for three days." Mozi mentioned that Gongshuzi (Luban) invented a bamboo magpie that could fly for three days and three nights. This shows that kites existed more than 2,000 years ago.

The ancients have long realized that kite flying is an activity that is beneficial to physical and mental health. In the spring season, people go out to fly kites, bathe in the sun, stretch their muscles and bones, breathe fresh air, improve blood circulation and strengthen lung breathing capacity.

Kite flying is not only an entertainment activity played by the Chinese. Starting from the Tang and Song Dynasties, it also began to be exported to the world, first to Southeast Asian countries such as North Korea, Japan, and Malaya, and then to Europe, America and other places. In fact, many things invented by our ancients are not taken seriously in our eyes, but when they go abroad and let foreigners study them, they discover their great value. For example, the compass is one of the four great inventions. After we invented the compass, we used it to measure feng shui. Europeans used it for ocean navigation, which opened the age of navigation and laid the foundation for the rise of the West.

Similarly, after the ancient Chinese kites were introduced to Europe, under the influence of the European industrial revolution, they began to study the development of aircraft. After the unremitting research of Kelly of the United Kingdom, Hargrave of Australia, and Lilinda of Germany, Improvements were made, and finally the American Wright brothers built the earliest aircraft that could successfully fly humans. At this time, the international community re-evaluated the kite from China, believing that it was not just a toy, but a tool for scientific exploration. There is a Chinese kite hanging in the hall of the Air and Space Museum in Washington, USA. On the side of it is written: "The earliest human aircraft are kites and rockets from China."

Li Zhiyun looked up at the sky. The wind was strong and his hand was cut by the kite string, and he couldn't help but let out an "ouch". When Wang Zhujun saw it, he took out a handkerchief and handed it to him. Li Zhiyun took it and put it on his hands with silk. The two let it go for a while. Wang Zhujun asked his servant to bring over a pair of scissors and cut the thread. Li Zhiyun didn't understand: "What are you doing?"

"Let the disaster and bad luck be taken away." Wang Zhujun said, and cut off his thread again. It turns out that there is still a saying for flying kites, and Li Zhiyun has gained a lot of knowledge.

As soon as the string was broken, the kite fluttered away in the wind. For a moment, it was only the size of an egg. In the blink of an eye, there was only a little ink star left, and then it disappeared.

After flying the kite, I started swinging again. The servant tied a rope between the two trees, and there was a board at the lower end. Wang Zhujun sat on the board and let Li Zhiyun push her. The swing got higher and higher, and her laughter got louder and louder...

At noon, the servants took out the food from the carriage. After the guards distributed the food, they squatted beside them to eat. Li Zhiyun, Wang Zhujun, Liu Yinglian and the maid sat around on a piece of grass. On the felt in the middle were placed fire meat, dried preserved meat, tripe lungs, red and white kidneys, steamed cakes, steamed buns, etc. The steamed cakes were the steamed buns of later generations, and that The steamed buns at that time were stuffed, similar to the steamed buns of later generations, and were divided into vegetarian steamed buns and meat steamed buns.

Wang Zhujun said while eating: "Miss Liu, you don't seem to be very happy. A lady from a wealthy family like you spends all day in the boudoir and finally comes out. Why don't you have fun?" Liu Yinglian glanced at her. He glanced at her and said unconvincedly: "Aren't you also a young lady from a wealthy family?"

"I'm different from you. I never do embroidery in the boudoir. My brother said I'm a tomboy. I can do everything men can play..."

After lunch, Li Zhiyun spread a blanket under a tree and took a nap with his back against the trunk. In the afternoon, he went to the riverside for a while and then returned home.

The team walked back along a dirt road. Liu Yinglian sat on the carriage and raised the curtain of the rear window of the carriage. She saw Li Zhiyun and Wang Zhujun riding behind the carriage side by side. They were talking and laughing, very happy. She was so angry that she threw down the curtain, and the maid sitting opposite couldn't help but let out a "poof" when she saw it. Liu Yinglian glared at her, and the maid quickly dared not laugh.

During dinner, Li Zhiyun walked into the dining hall and saw Liu Hong, Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and the maid sitting at the table, except Liu Yinglian was missing. He walked over and sat down and said to the maid, "Where's the lady? Why didn't she come?" Before the maid answered, Liu Hong said, "I went to her room and was lying on the bed. She said she felt uncomfortable."

"How can you do it without eating?" Li Zhiyun frowned and said to the maid, "Go and call her quickly."

The maid agreed and was about to stand up when Li Zhiyun said: "Forget it, I'll go." After that, she stood up and walked out. He came to Liu Yinglian's room and saw her lying on the couch with a thin quilt covering her body. Li Zhiyun walked to the couch, looked down at her, and said softly: "Miss, why don't you go to eat?" Liu Yinglian closed her eyes and said, "I don't want to eat, I have no appetite."

Li Zhiyun knew that she was angry. The little daughter had a unique style when she was angry, and his heart suddenly softened. He moved a stool to sit next to the couch, held one of her hands with both hands, and said gently: "You are angry with me, aren't you?" Liu Yinglian No squeak.

"Even if you are angry, don't feel sorry for yourself. Get up and eat quickly." Li Zhiyun urged.

Liu Yinglian looked at him with half-squinted eyes and said softly: "It's okay to let me get up, but you have to promise me one thing."

"What's up?"

Liu Yinglian grabbed one of his hands and put it on her chest, frowning and said: "I don't want to stay here anymore. Promise me, let's leave early tomorrow morning, okay?" Li Zhiyun smiled, nodded and said: " Okay, I’ll listen to you, if you say let’s go, we’ll go!”