Fang Shusheng had a happy time for several days. Even his father, who was a doctor in the Six Ministries and had always been strict with him, did not fly into a rage and scold him for wasting money after learning that he had spent more than 40 taels of silver on 50 sheets of paper. Instead, he frowned and hissed, as if recalling something, and asked him, "What kind of paper did you buy?"
"Xuan paper... pink peach mica paper... shiny and beautiful..." Fang Shusheng was as timid as a quail, saying repeatedly: "Although it is a bit expensive! But you will know once you see it! And the yard selling paper, the manner of treating people, the decoration of the renovation... there is no other place like it in the whole capital city!"
Doctor Fang stopped walking, turned around and looked at his son: "Xuan paper? Boss He from Xuancheng Prefecture?"
Fang Shusheng remembered the seal with the word "He" in small seal script on the pink hard card and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the boss's surname is He!"
Doctor Fang laughed, with a calculating look in his eyes: "This boss He has a close relationship with the Marquis of Zhongwu and the Qiao family. It is rumored that she is Qiao Fangzhi's last disciple. It is said that she has a lot of face in the Grand Princess's place. The tribute of Helin Dawei Bazhangxuan last year is now hanging in the middle of the Ganhe Palace. The Jiaozi jointly issued by the Ministry of Revenue and the Banknote Bureau is also the paper she monopolizes... - You bought this paper very well. If you buy it again in the future, you should pay it from the public account. It is best to make good friends with this boss He. Although I don't know what is behind her, making friends with such a popular person will be good for your future studies and official career."
After hearing this, Fang Shusheng's facial features wrinkled up and he shook his head frantically: "Stop talking! My paper is dirty after hearing you say that!"
Doctor Fang: What caused the sudden onset of epilepsy?
In the afternoon, Fang Shusheng followed his mother to Gaosheng Hall to listen to an opera. The opera was “Silang Visits His Mother”. Clang clang clang clang, the Wusheng and the Laodan held hands, and the Laodan cried with full energy: “My son, tears are falling. The defeat at the Beach Conference has brought great sorrow to the Yang family - ah ah ah -”
The martial artist Yang Silang appeared on stage, and under the beating of drums, he turned around and appeared: "I think of the past, how miserable it is! I am like a bird in a cage that can't spread its wings, I am like a tiger away from the mountains and lonely, I am like a south-migrating goose that has lost its flock and flew away, I am like a shallow-water dragon trapped on the beach——"
“Boom boom boom!”
The drum surface was hit violently.
Yang Silang turned back and fixed his eyes on the audience: "Mother! If you miss me, think of me, and dream of me, please write a letter home on rice paper and send it to me as fast as you can—"
Fang Shusheng:?
Is he really having a seizure?
Xuan...Xuan paper?
What did Yang Silang sing?
Rice paper?
On the stage, the drama is still going on.
The old female role, Lady She, had bright eyes and sang in a long voice: "Paper? Where can I get rice paper?"
"Boom boom boom--" the drum hits violently.
Yang Silang replied with a look of pain in his face: "Go buy some rice paper from Songli Lane in Yishunfang! Ambitious people use rice paper - seeing a letter from home is like seeing my mother, alas, alas -"
Then, Scholar Fang saw Wusheng grab the big feather on his head and continue to circle on the stage.
Fang Shusheng felt as if he might be hallucinating.
Why did he hear such magical words in "Silang Visits His Mother" "Buy Xuan paper in Songli Lane, Yishunfang, and people with lofty ideals use Xuan paper"! ! ?
Has he been so obsessed with rice paper recently that he has actually gone crazy?
With a cautious attitude of seeking confirmation, Fang Shusheng carefully poked his head out and risked interrupting his mother who was watching the play with tears in her eyes: "Mom, did you hear what Wusheng said just now? What about people with lofty ideals using rice paper, right?"
Fang's mother lowered her head and wiped her eyes: "When Yang Silang wants to write a letter home, he needs paper..." Then she pushed her son's head away stiffly: "Don't look at Silang in front of me."
Mr. Fang was so confused that he felt numb.
After careful verification, the next step is to make bold assumptions.
For three days in a row, Fang Shusheng came to Gaoshengtang after school to listen to "Farewell My Concubine", "The Legend of White Snake" and "Dingjun Mountain"...
very good.
In Farewell My Concubine, during the Battle of Gaixia, Xiang Yu wiped his neck and said to Concubine Yu: "How annoying! If I had used rice paper to issue a declaration of war, I would have chased that dog thief Liu Bei to death at Gaixia. Ambitious people use rice paper! Ambitious people use rice paper!"
In the Legend of the White Snake, Bai Suzhen sang to her son Xu Shilin: "In the early morning, Bai Suzhen has been at the foot of the mountain. I have been cultivating my body in the cave for a thousand years. Ah, my son will use rice paper for the imperial examination. Ah, people with high aspirations all use rice paper. Ah——"
He thought that the tough drama "Dingjun Mountain", which showed Huang Zhong's style as a general who was still strong despite his old age, fighting against the enemy, repelling Zhang He, beheading Xiahou Yuan, and the Shu army settling Dongchuan, should be able to be preserved. But who knew that Zhuge Liang would start singing!
"Old General, if you kill Xiahou Yuan this time, I'll give you the seal of the military advisor - ah ah - the army uses rice paper for petitions, and people with lofty ideals use rice paper ~"
Fang Shusheng was almost digging out a small courtyard with three entrances in the ground with his toes.
Too hard.
It's really hard.
For a time, the seven words "Ambitious people use Xuan paper" suddenly swept the entire capital city.
This is the nursery rhyme sung on the stage and by children on the street while they are playing with rubber bands, elephants, and spears...
Even in a recently published popular book "Fourteen Days in the Two Li Clan" and the latest storybook "Nuan Sheng, Can We Not Be Sad" that spread from Nanzhili to the capital city, "Xuan paper" appears all the time. The male protagonist sends letters using Xuan paper, the female protagonist replies using Xuan paper, the male supporting character gets drunk and uses Xuan paper to fold paper cranes, and the lame-eyed steward beside the male protagonist who often says "I haven't seen the young master smile like this for a long time"... also steals the show with Xuan paper all day long!
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