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Qing Wan has not been back since she returned to her natal home in the third year of junior high school. A month later, the father-in-law Zhen You came to the Yu family's mansion when he went to Beijing for business.
[1] "Ji Xia Afternoon" Anonymous. Doggerel
It is hot in the summer afternoon,
The sky is like a big iron pot;
The elder brother-in-law Yu Taiyi warmly entertained him. After drinking and eating, Youqian ordered a pair of "Jianyu" [1], ready to take Qingwan home.
The end of summer is the hottest time of the day. Zhen Youqian, who was drunk, wanted to walk home under the scorching sun, so the uncle had no choice but to follow him.
Yougan and Qingwan rushed home along the road along the Gaoliang River. The sun is like red-hot chestnut coals, making the whole sky like a boiling hot cauldron. The green leaves are wilted, and the green grass is scorched. The bird hid in the leaves, occasionally chirping crisply a few times, as if saying: "It's so hot, so hot." Then, it fell silent.
The mountain has calmed down, and so has the wind, only the Gaoliang River next to it is still flowing quietly.
Zhen Yougan was already tall, but he rode a tall horse, like a huge candle, stuck on the horse's back, his face seemed to be dripping with wax. He could only hear him swearing at God incessantly, wiping his sweat with his sleeves from time to time.
Qingwan may be cooler, because she is sitting in the shoulder car, with an awning above her head to cover the sun, and sorghum poles on the side of the road to block the light.
After walking for a while, both sides of the road turned into sorghum fields. Although it can block more sunlight, it also blocks the slight breeze from the sorghum river, making people feel more stuffy.
Qing Wan had never seen such a lush sorghum field.
I saw a piece of shocking green spread on the endless land, converging into a rich ocean. So many sorghums are lined up neatly in rows and rows, and each sorghum is dyed red flames by the sun.
Red sorghum is not a flower, but it is beautiful. There is shyness in the arrogance, and simplicity in the fiery red; the fragrance of sorghum, like a girl's smile, is the outpouring of a pure soul, and there is a slight sweetness in the light fragrance
You Gan wiped his sweat, and sneaked a glance over his shoulders—the tall and slender sorghum, more like Qingwan's figure; the red sorghum tassels, just like Qingwan's rosy little face.
Maybe it was out of feeling, or maybe it was emotional, just listen to Zhen Youqian recited aloud: "Ji Xia is hot in the afternoon, and the sky is like a big iron pot."
Just after you read a few lines of doggerel, the bearer who was walking in front immediately stopped, thought for a moment, put down the sedan chair and said, "I'll make it easier for you." After finishing speaking, he ran into the sorghum field.
Yougan also stopped the horse, and laughed and scolded: "Oh, this tricky guy! My poems are so effective? Once the poems are uttered, he can't take off his pants"
Zhen Yougan is a common man. He wanted to show off his talent, but the words that came out of his mouth sounded like scolding himself around the corner.
Qing Wan couldn't help covering her mouth and smiling.
After a while, the bearer came back and said, "It seems to be suffering from heat stroke, and I have diarrhea!" Then, he lifted the sedan chair again and continued to move forward.
After walking two steps, I put down the sedan chair again, and got into the sorghum field After repeated several times, I finally had to say, "My lady, it seems that I really can't do it today, I can only send you here , you'd better figure it out yourself!"
Yougan scolded the bearers for a long time, and finally kicked each of them on the buttocks, cursing: "Get out! Get out! Get out!"
The two bearers turned around and ran away, and disappeared after a while.
Qing Wan wondered: Why did they walk back without stopping and the sedan chair became loose? She glanced at Yougan and said, "Father, in such a hot day, they have traveled such a long distance, you should pay them some money."
You Gan said angrily: "I pay them? They should give me some money! These two turtle grandsons sent us to this remote place"
In fact, Zhen Youqian had already given the money to the bearer, and he still paid double the price. This was deliberately arranged by Zhen Youqian - as soon as he heard him recite the poems, he would immediately put him down and run away!
[2] "Dark Green Ten Thousand Branches" Anonymous. Doggerel
? Dark green and ten thousand branches red,
It doesn't take much to move the scenery.
Zhen Youqian helped Qingwan onto the horse, and when he was helping her, he deliberately supported her buttocks. Qing Wan moved forward, and You Gan stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse.
You Gan made the horse go very slowly, as if taking a walk. It’s just that this walking road is really scary-this road is so straight that you can see the end of the road; this road is very long, and it seems to never end.?
The further you go, the higher the red sorghum seems to be; the further you go, the sorghum on both sides seems to be moving closer to the middle of the road.
"I remember when I came here, it wasn't like this!" Qingwan wondered, "Why, it seems like I can't go back?" The more Qingwan thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help but panic.
Just as I was feeling anxious, I heard Zhen Youqian continue his doggerel: "A little bit more green and red, you don't need many moving scenes." Then a pair of thick, long, hot hands slipped into her clothes unconsciously
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Notes
[1] Shoulder Yu
That is, the sedan chair. Literally explained, it is "the sedan chair on the shoulders", a means of transportation instead of transportation.
(1) Vehicle publicity system.
At first, Jianyu was only used as a tool for mountain travel, and later it was also used as a means of transportation when walking on flat roads. Jianyu became popular in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties. The early Jianyu were two long poles, with a chair in the middle for people to sit on, and there was no cover on it, much like the modern "sliding pole" in Sichuan. Later, coverings were added up and down and around the chair, which was shaped like a carriage (yu), and various decorations were added to make it comfortable to ride. This kind of sedan chair is called "jiaoyu".
? In the early Qing Dynasty, officials of the third grade or above in Beijing rode in a four-person shoulder-to-shoulder vehicle, and there were two cane sticks in front of the vehicle to yell. The fourth rank is below the censor of the capital, and only rides on the shoulders of two people, single-quoting and not shouting. At that time, Zhengyangmen only allowed people to enter, but cars were not allowed, so the Beijing officials had no passengers. Later, there were donkey carts and mule carts. After the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong (1759), there were more mule carts and fewer donkey carts. During the Jiadao period, there were no donkey carts for Beijing officials. After Xiantong, the officials in the capital only took four-person shoulder coaches above Shangshu, the assistant minister took a green cloth car, and the third grade sat in a blue cloth car, with windows open beside them. Below the fourth grade, the car is the same as that of ordinary courtiers. In the fifteenth year of Qianlong's reign, there was a decree that only princes and first-rank Manchu ministers were allowed to sit in sedan chairs as usual, and Manchurian capitals were not allowed to sit in sedan chairs with ministers and ministers below second rank. But Han officials are not banned here, so there are also sedan chairs for the second rank of Han officials.
(2) Vehicle rating
Jianyu is classified into four types: Liyu, Buyu, Qingbuyu, and Bianyu.
There are no curtains on the shoulders, sables are placed on the seats in winter, and bright yellow satin pads are used in summer. The use of shoulders is strictly regulated according to different occasions. When the emperor rides in the shoulder sedan chair, it is carried by 8 or 16 people. It is the means of transportation for the emperor when he travels in the palace. Senior officials are carried by 4 to 8 people on the shoulders, and the so-called "eight big sedan chairs" in the Qing Dynasty came from here.
Later, Qing Dynasty Chen Kangqi's "Lang Qian Jiwen" recorded: "In the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign: "The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs at home and abroad is rewarded with special rewards for riding horses in the Forbidden City and using funds to travel. However, it is difficult for old and sick people to get on a horse. Afterwards, the ministers who had rewarded horses, because of illness and difficulty in walking, still gave orders to ride on chairs, tie short logs to the side, and use two people to walk straight.'”
The sliding pole was called "Jianyu" in ancient times. The sliding poles that appeared in Sichuan in modern times are said to have started when the patriotic general Cai E launched a war to protect the country. Because there were not enough stretchers, bamboo was cut down to make stretchers on the spot. Because they were all tied with slippery bamboo poles, they were called sliding poles.
Some people got inspiration from the stretcher, and improved the stretcher a little to become a sliding pole, which is lighter and faster than a sedan chair. The sliding pole is easy to make, two bamboo poles more than three meters long, two long short poles are used as shoulder lifts, the middle is made of bamboo slices to make a soft tie, the front is tied with a pedal, a blanket is placed on a cold day, and an awning is placed on a hot day. You can sit or lie on it. The bearer spent money to buy the right to carry the sedan chair, which is called the positive wheel, and the one who didn't spend money to buy it was called the secondary wheel. A sedan chair carried by three people is called Dingguai, and a sedan chair carried by two people is called Duoban. Regardless of the sedan chair or the sliding pole, the sight of the bearer behind is blocked by the car shell or the soft tie, and the bearer in front must send a message to tell the situation on the road. This is called an announcement or an announcement.
For example
?The road ahead is very straight, so call forward: "The road is a straight line,"
The post-response: "Run like a horse and shoot an arrow."
? When you are about to board the bridge, call forward: "People walk on the bridge,"
Later should: "Water flows to the East China Sea."
?The road ahead has many bends, so shout out: "Curve and turn, Longdeng Road,"
Afterwards: "Walk slowly and take a few steps."
?There is cow dung on the road, and the front calls: "A flower in the sky,"
The follow-up should be: "Underground cow dung."
There is a baby on the road, who calls forward: "The underground baby calls,"
Afterwards: "Call his mother to hug me."
? Say what you see, lift your spirits, and inspire your enthusiasm for work. It is lively and funny, and it has the same effect as the boatman's chant. In many scenic spots in Bayu, there are sliding poles for tourists to ride. ? (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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