Chapter 73: What is happy and what is sad
After finishing the story, Zhao Xun finally became interested and asked, "Third brother, is there anything fun here?"
Zhao Yan thought for a moment and said, "Runcai Pancake, praying, competition?"
Zhao Xun said disdainfully, "Who wants to see these?"
He glanced at He Lingfei and came over stealthily, saying, "Third brother, can you think of a way to let Lingfei go out and play alone? I finally got this opportunity and I want to relax."
Zhao Yan didn't know what he meant by relaxed. "I don't understand these things, and I don't know these things."
Zhao Xun understood clearly, "I knew Third Brother would be like this, I had already made arrangements."
Zhao Yan glanced at him and asked, "You just got here, don't cause trouble. Besides, you don't know anyone, how are you going to arrange it?"
"Tsk tsk, third brother is looking down on his younger brother. After all, I am also a servant of the Honglu Temple. How can I not have a good brother who happens to be from Quanzhou as well?"
Zhao Yan figured his friend wasn't someone who would take things seriously, so he stopped asking and simply said, "My day off won't come until a few days, so you and your sister-in-law can have fun on your own. Take Anfu with you when you go out; just let him help watch the way."
"I knew Third Brother was a boring person. Okay, go ahead and do your work. We'll be leaving first."
A few days later, Zhao Yan took a day off. Zhao Xun came to tell him early in the morning that he had found a big ship and was traveling all the way from Quanzhou to Hui'an County.
Zhao Yan didn't care about these things. When he reached the alley entrance, he realized that his brother didn't charter a boat at all, but a pleasure boat and pavilion on the bank of Jinjiang River.
The three of them got on the boat. Zhao Xun found a few girls who were playing Pai Gow and asked He Lingfei to follow them up to the second floor.
He brought his third brother to the hall on the first floor. There were already more than a dozen people sitting there, led by a young man with makeup on. Zhao Yan took a look and thought that this was his friend.
The man came over and bowed, saying that he was the son of the second-in-command of the Quanzhou merchant ship, named Ge Peng.
Zhao Yan nodded casually and looked behind him. He hadn't noticed before that there were more than a dozen gorgeous girls sitting there. Seeing that they were dressed very gorgeously, he knew that they were probably prostitutes from the brothel.
Zhao Yan motioned Zhao Xun to come over, "What are you doing? Your sister-in-law is still upstairs."
Zhao Qiu begged for mercy, "Third brother, you don't know that Concubine Ling disciplines me like a son. I just listened to some songs and drank some tea with these sisters, nothing more. Third brother, just pretend you didn't see it."
After saying that, Zhao Xun motioned one of the women to come over. The woman played the pipa very well, and the music just now was played by her.
Ge Peng also came over and introduced, "Tianshui, you must entertain this young man well tonight."
When the woman from Tianshui saw Zhao Yan's appearance, her face flushed and she nodded shyly.
Zhao Xun came over and whispered, "Third brother, I'm a prostitute." After that, he ignored him and followed Ge Peng and the dozen or so people to start drinking tea and gambling.
Tianshui saw that the young man was handsome and extremely polite, so he stepped forward to pour wine. Zhao Yan brushed it away with one hand and said calmly, "Go over there. I don't need anyone to wait on me."
Tianshui did not dare to disobey and went to Zhao Xun again.
Here, Zhao Xun and Ge Peng are having a drinking contest. The rules are to use dice and guessing objects to determine the winner. The winner can make the loser perform a puppet show as punishment.
The other three groups lost the first game. These three groups had no choice but to act as puppets and perform some street jokes. Zhao Xun also laughed out loud while listening to their funny stories.
Another round passed, and this time it was Zhao Xun who lost. He didn't want to act anymore, so he drank a few cups of pine laojiu (a spicy wine soaked in pine needles).
When he put down his wine glass, he saw his third brother sitting there like a god, staring at the sea quietly, without a smile on his face.
Ge Peng also noticed that the Third Young Master was in a bad mood, and asked anxiously, "Xunzi, my arrangement today doesn't suit your brother's taste?"
Zhao Xun shook his head. His third brother had never been fond of these kinds of fun. He motioned Anfu over and asked, "Did something happen to your third brother?"
An Fu shook his head and said, "No, Young Master has been like this since he came here, happy one moment, sad the next. He spends less time happy and more time sad."
"What's he worried about?" Zhao Xun was puzzled. "We heard he had someone he liked before, so we came to see him happily, but he said no. Now he's so worried again. Why is that?"
Ge Peng and An Fu both frowned, confused. Tian Shui, standing next to them, replied weakly, "I'm afraid he broke up with his sweetheart..."
Suddenly, six eyes turned to look over. Seeing these grown men, Tianshui couldn't help but continue explaining, "When lovers are in love, it's like the golden wind and jade dew meeting, a beautiful thing in the world. But if one of them doesn't want to, it's like seeking death, a dark and gloomy situation. I think that young man is in a similar situation."
"Women usually burst into tears, while men, who can't do this at all, can only stare blankly, uninterested in anything. Some even focus on work, working frantically day and night."
"Oh!" After Jing Tianshui said that, the three of them suddenly understood, especially Anfu. He always felt that his young master sometimes did things without caring about his life, and he was often still reading files at four o'clock in the morning. During that time, he was also worried about his young master's health.
After hearing what Tianshui said, it turned out that the young master had suffered a broken heart. So was it that Miss Yu didn't want the young master, or was it that the young master didn't want Miss Yu?
No, it should be that Miss Yu doesn't want the young master. Anfu thinks so because he feels that only Miss Yu can do such a thing. Moreover, Miss Yu has never been extremely happy or sad from beginning to end. On the contrary, the young master looks gloomy and silent from time to time.
Besides, three years ago, they all heard that it was Miss Yu who first proposed divorce...
At this time, Ge Peng said, "Given your brother's appearance, what must that woman look like? And it seems to me that woman doesn't want your brother. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, I really want to see what kind of woman she is."
After hearing what Ge Peng said, Anfu became even more certain that the woman was none other than Miss Yu.
Zhao Xun didn't know what to do, so he simply pulled Ge Peng to continue the tea-drinking competition. The boat continued to move forward. Everyone performed a few tea-themed shows together, adding some dirty jokes, and the atmosphere was extremely ambiguous.
He Lingfei was dragged along by a few veterans in the casino to play together, so she had no time to pay attention to Zhao Xun downstairs.
Zhao Xun wanted to get close to other beauties from time to time when he had the chance, but Zhao Yan was standing in front of him, so he didn't dare to be so blatant.
When the boat was halfway there and reached an area with open water and sky, Zhao Yan came out of the cabin alone and stood on the deck. The people talking and laughing behind him seemed to be isolated from him, and he had his own world.
Zhao Xun felt bored after playing for a while, and Ge Peng happened to suggest getting off the boat to catch some chickens. Folk cockfighting is also quite interesting, not to mention the presence of a beautiful woman, which adds to the charm.
After a few people discussed it, Zhao Xun asked, "Third brother, we want to go downstairs and walk around. Do you want to come?"
Zhao Yan looked up at the mountains not far away. There were layers of peaks and dozens of houses lined up at the foot of the mountains. Because it was noon, smoke was coming out of some of the chimneys, dispersing straight into the sky.
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