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Chapter 49

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    For the past month, the "Changchun Courtyard" has been decorated with lights and festoons every day; the lobby of the "Drunken Red Mansion" has been extremely lively every night.

    Of course, the happiest person in such a scene is Zhu Aifang, the owner of Changchun Courtyard. The income from banquets every night is enough for her to squander the rest of her life.  If you add the white money for voting, she may be the highest-paid woman in Beijing now.  At this stage, Zhu Aifang was so excited that she could hardly fall asleep peacefully for a few nights.

    [1] "Order of Flowers in the Rain. Already an Oiran Willow Crown" by Yang Wujiu.

    It has long been the oiran willow crown.

    More swan song, no companions allowed.

    The painting drum beats low, the red tooth responds,

    Seduce someone personally.

    Slowly lead the warbler's throat to turn in a thousand ways.

    I have heard so many complaints.

    Changing feathers and moving palaces, stealing voices and reducing words,

    ? Regardless of heartbreak.

    It can be said that people are not satisfied, and birds are not satisfied.

    In order to have a place in this national competition, the old bustard Zhu Aifang also selected two most powerful women to represent "Changchunyuan" to participate in the competition of "Five Leaders" in the capital city.

    Seventeen-year-old Lin Bizhu is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is also handsome, with a well-proportioned figure, neither fat nor thin.  But thin beauties are popular now, so Lin Bizhu kept losing weight.

    Bizhu's maid Xiao Yezi came to the boudoir with food and said: "Miss, you should eat as much as you want. You haven't eaten for three days. I'm afraid you won't be able to survive just drinking water. There are still three more days left."  What about the time, how can you go on like this?" Xiao Yezi looked at Lin Bizhu's erratic pace, and persuaded her distressedly, and couldn't bear to let her continue like this.

    Lin Bizhu said: "In ancient times, when Zhao Feiyan was in the draft, in order to make her waist thinner, she didn't eat for a month. Didn't she live well? And it was because of her thin waist that she was favored by the emperor. I  But I haven¡¯t eaten for three days, what are you afraid of?¡±

    Seeing that she couldn't persuade her master, Xiao Yezi could only sigh and retreat, and then went to the kitchen to prepare some nourishing soup, maybe when the lady wanted to open up, she could have something to pad her stomach.

    Eighteen-year-old Hu Bijuan was also furious, practicing dancing day and night in the dance room.  She always wants to make up a dance that makes everyone sigh.  In fact, she danced well enough, but she felt that she was not satisfied enough, so she revised it again and again, until a small layer of calluses formed on the soles of her feet.

    Normally, she would never destroy her smooth skin for dancing practice, but the situation is different now, this oiran competition is a national event.  Three years later, she will be twenty-one, and she has passed the age to participate in the competition, so no matter what, she must choose "Golden Flower" so that she can have a good future in the future.

    Hu Bijuan's requirements are not high, as long as she can enter the finals, she will be satisfied.  She stroked her feet and comforted herself: "After three days, when I get on the "Golden Flower", I will definitely cherish you, and I won't let any cocoons appear in you to destroy your perfection"

    [2] "The Woman in the Wind and Dust" Anonymous

    ?Singing and dancing in the flower wine room,

    Poems and songs are flying all over the sky.

    Don't ask about women's beauty,

    As light as clear water, as bright as a fairy.

    On the night of April 5th, the Drunken Red Mansion was even more lively, because tonight was the competition of the last ten beauties in the Kyoto area, and it was also the last match of the preliminaries.

    The girls tonight are all beauties they are familiar with in the capital, and some of them are their former lovers.

    The romantic talent, the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and the princes and buddies all entered the arena one after another.  The 800 wine seats in the lobby are full of seats, and there are people standing all around. It is so spectacular to look down from the second floor!

    "Brother Li, hello, I just mentioned you to Brother Qin, how can there be no brother Li in such a big scene tonight." Sun Yi got up and said when he saw Li Xiang and Wang Zihan coming in.

    Li Xiang cupped his hands and said: "Brother Sun, you have already arrived, and the little brother just coaxed Zhuojing[1] and rushed over. I didn't miss anything exciting, right?"

    "Brother Li, please take your seat, the competition is about to start." Qin Wen stood up and gave up his seat.

    Li Xiang, Sun Yi, Qin Wen, and Wang Zihan are the four great sons of the capital, and greetings are indispensable when they meet.  The four of them sat down on the right side of the lobby, and began to be arty, commenting on the past and the present, as if this was the real gathering of the talented and the beautiful.

    Not long after, the drums sounded.

    A well-dressed, swaying little beauty descended from the second floor slowly with her waist twisted. In an instant, everyone's eyes were attracted by him.

    This girl with pearls shining all over her body is Ouyang Biyu.Sang Rou": "Maintain this beloved, as a style valley."

    The concubines of the Western Han Dynasty were called "beauties"; civilians with an innocence and kindness were called "beauties".  In ancient times, husband and wife called each other lovers, referring to ordinary people who were not slaves (different from slaves and maids), and later used for wives to refer to husbands.

    <2> Officials: The Song Dynasty was an era of cultural exchanges between the North and the South.  In terms of titles between husband and wife, it is also a dynasty with more titles.  In Gong Yanzhong, the word "official family" appeared, and among ordinary people, the title "official person" appeared.  Some wives call their husbands "guanren", and the most well-known representative is "Ximen Daguanren".  So far, the folks still jokingly refer to the newlyweds as "groom official" and "bridal wife".

    From this title, it can also be seen that with the prosperity of the Song Dynasties, the family status of men has also reached a new level.  An official is in charge of people, so of course the official in the family is the wife who is in charge of the family.

    <3>Master: Only officials and eunuchs call their husbands, and their noble status in the family is self-evident.

    <4>Mr.: It is the title of one's "husband" in modern times.  There are original intentions, extended intentions, and false intentions; there are specific references and general references.  As far as its original meaning is concerned, the two meanings of "father and brother" and "Taoist" are not used much in ancient times, and its most basic meaning seems to be "teacher".  Sometimes, it is also generally used as a respectful name for people.

    It can be seen that, in addition to referring to certain specific identities, such as husbands, this appellation also implies factors such as occupation and age.  In other words, the so-called gentleman mainly refers to someone who has a certain amount of knowledge and is of a higher age.  Using Mr. to refer to husband is elegant and has the meaning of admiration and respect.  Especially the dignity of men can be seen here.  It is still widely circulated among overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Taiwan.

    <4> Lover: This appellation first appeared in new literature.

    In the poetic drama "Xianglei" written by Guo Moruo in the early 1920s, there are "white clouds in Jiuyi Mountain, gathering and disappearing; flowing water in Dongting Lake, there are tides and tides. My love, when will you  Come back." It is more common in novels and love letters.  But it was not widely used as a title of wife or husband at that time.

    In the 1930s and 1940s, some intellectuals in the liberated areas who were influenced by the New Culture Movement began to use the title "lover".

    After the founding of New China, equality between men and women was advocated, and discriminatory titles such as "in the house" and "cooking" were no longer used; while the "Mr."  Show "bourgeois" color.  Therefore, "lover" is widely used.

    However, overseas Chinese refuse to use the title of "lover".  A friend said that when he went to study in the UK, whenever he talked about his wife, he used the domestic title "my lover", which made people think he was talking about his "lover".  Because the literal translation of "lover" means "lover".  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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