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Chapter 168 The Deep Alley Is Popular With Tulip Flowers

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    Yuyuantan is the most beautiful place in Dadu.

    As early as the Jin Dynasty, it was a scenic spot for sightseeing in the northwest suburb of the capital of Jinzhong; in the Liao and Jin Dynasties, the river curved here, and it was a scene of a water town.  Among them, there are scenic spots such as "Pampering Linquan" and "Fishing Hequ" where feudal scholars and bureaucrats pursued seclusion and elegance.  Now, it has become a good place for young men and women to enjoy the spring and talk about love.

    [1] "Qingming Day" by Wen Tingyun. Poem

    In Qing'e's painting fan, spring trees and tulips are red.

    Go out to offend the dew of flowers, and wear the wind of weak willows.

    Ma Jiao avoids it, and the chicken suddenly opens its cage.

    Who sent the zhe bombs, and the oriole is separated from the Forbidden City.

    ? Entering Yuyuantan, moths are flying and colorful, just like in a painting fan.

    The garden is full of peach trees, peach blossoms and tulips are competing to bloom, red all over the fields, and people with spring faces go out together.  When the morning sun comes out, the colorful flowers are trembling with dew; when the sun sets, the willows are blown by the breeze, gently blowing towards the face.

    Strong horses were neighing beside the curtains, and chickens rushed out of the newly opened cages, clucking and looking for food.

    I don't know who shot the bird, but the frightened oriole flew into the courtyard with the partition wall, stood on the roof and twittered, as if scolding: Whose girl, why did you hurt me?

    Tired from walking, Qingwan and Huilan sat under the tree to take a rest, the petals of cherry blossoms above their heads were like crimson clouds and crimson snow.

    I saw Yingying running after Xing'er, begging, "Play with me for a while"

    Myolie said: "No, no, no!"

    Qingwan asked Huilan: "Yingying chased Xinger away, what do you want?"

    "Slingshot [1]."

    "What slingshot?"

    "It's the kind that shoots birds."

    "Where did she get it?"

    "Big cousin made it for him."

    "Big cousin?" Qing Wan asked, "Has he come to see Second Aunt?"

    "Now he also lives in Xiangshan."

    Qing Wan was furious when she heard this, "Why are you still haunted!"

    Hui Lan looked at the elder sister in surprise, "Why, the elder sister has also met the eldest cousin?"

    "Why haven't you seen it? Isn't it the big cousin who kicked out the second aunt!"

    "Hi! Not that cousin."

    "It's not him?" Qing Wan was taken aback, "Then, is cousin Xiuran back?"

    "No," Hui Lan said, "Don't talk yet, let me tell you slowly."

    "Okay, tell me!" Qing Wan smiled, Hui Lan spoke slowly, and her question just now was indeed a little rushed.

    "This big cousin is called Wang Yuanzhang."

    Upon hearing this, Qing Wan interrupted again, "Wang Mian!"

    "Why, the eldest sister also knows?"

    "Not only did he know each other, I even treated him in a doctor!"

    "Has he been ill?"

    "Yeah, but it's not really a serious illness, it's just a heart disease." Qingwan said, "According to him, he once met a fairy in white clothes during a spring outing.  I have a heart attack"

    Hui Lan covered her mouth and smiled, "Elder Sister knows, who is he thinking about day and night?"

    "who?"

    Hui Lan pouted at the two younger sisters who were still chasing, "There."

    Qingwan asked: "Yingying?"

    "Where, it's Xing'er."

    "Xinghow could it be Xing'er?" Qing Wan couldn't figure it out, "This old kingcut"

    Hui Lan smiled again, "Why are you still scolding?"

    "I didn't scold you!"

    "You're a bastard, why don't you scold me?"

    "Isn't his surname Wang? Isn't he very young But, I'm really surprised," Qing Wan pointed at Xing'er, "That's it, still a fairy? This old Wang, what kind of eyes"

    "What's so strange about this? Bastard looks at mung beans, they look right!" After finishing speaking, the two laughed loudly, attracting countless people's glances, and the two sisters turned their faces towards the flower tree in embarrassment.

    Yingying and Myolie were also attracted.

    Myolie asked: "What are the eldest sister and the second sister laughing at?"

    "I'm not laughing," Qing Wan took the slingshot in her hand and looked at it carefully, "Oh, it's still made of mahogany, oh, there are beautiful plum blossoms painted on it!"

    Xing'er immediately corrected and said, "That's not plum blossom, it's apricot blossom."

    Qingwan teased her, and deliberately showed it to Huilan, "Her second sister, look, is this Xinghua?"

    "No, it looks like cherry blossoms to me."

    &nbs?A gentleman with a serious face said that the slingshot is not good enough to play, "the outside is not enough to prevent bandits and robbers, and the inside is not enough to stop rats and sparrows". What's the use of playing with it?  That's a little too dull.  The slingshot is not a weapon or an implement, its only value is entertainment, and of course entertainment is not value in the eyes of these moralists.  In history, some people really played slingshots out of style, which can no longer be described by the word entertainment.  For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Linggong liked to shoot people with a slingshot on the stage. He watched the audience hiding in Tibet, embarrassed, and Jin Linggong laughed happily on the stage.  Another example is Cao Fang, the last emperor of the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period, "I always like to play people with bullets."  No wonder the world was lost later.

    Although the slingshot is small, it is not a trivial skill. It is not easy to practice first-class archery.  There are some slingshot enthusiasts in history who are very good at shooting.  "Book of Qi" said that Huan Rongzu was good at slingshots.  Ascending to the west tower, I saw a bird called a swan flying, and said to the left and right: "I will take it in my life!" So I took a slingshot and shot the swan's wings, and the swan's feathers fell to the ground.  Huan Rongzu raised it up and let it fly when its feathers were fully grown.  At that time, people praised him one after another.  "Sui Shu" said that the general Sun Shengshan was good at ejection.  There were kites flying, and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty said to Changsun Sheng: "Gongsun is a good bomber, take it for me." As a result, Changsun Sheng hit all ten shots, and the kites fell one after another.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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