Otherworldly Days

Chapter 330

The vermilion gate was opened, with bright red couplets pasted on both sides, and a pair of majestic lion statues stood at the door down the steps, with red silk hanging on them, adding a festive look.There are bright red birthday characters posted everywhere in the mansion, today there is a wedding in the mansion, the little servants in the mansion all put on new clothes, with joyful faces, busy in and out.

Shen Zhengyang led the housekeeper's servants to greet the guests at the door, greeted them with a smile, and his actions were remarkable.

The housekeeper has worked in the Shen family for half his life, and he is familiar with everything inside and outside the mansion, and he knows everything about the wealthy businessmen and gentry in Nanyang, so he was specially assigned by the old lady to the young master's side to remind the young master in a timely manner.

"Master Zhou's presence here really makes Shen's mansion flourish. Please come inside, Mr. Zhou." Seeing Mr. Zhou who got off the carriage, Young Master Shen cupped his hands and made a gesture of please.

"Young Master Shen, you're being polite. It's an honor for Zhou to come to Shen's residence." Master Zhou said, cupping his hands.

With a wave of his hand, the servants following behind carried the gift in his hand, and Master Zhou also entered the mansion.

The ancestors of the Shen family have been merchants for generations, and the Shen family was the richest man in Nanyang when it was the most prosperous.It's just that in the recent generations of the Shen family, the head of the family all died young, leaving behind a whole house of old and young. The Shen family's property was gradually occupied by others, showing a trend of decline. I never thought that this generation of the Shen family would have A noble gentleman became a wealthy family in Nanyang in one fell swoop.

Since ancient times, merchants in the Feng Dynasty had no status at all. Today's Shen family is no ordinary rich merchant's family. Even the prefect of Nanyang would come to curry favor with the Shen family. The gates of the mansion are not easy to enter, let alone ordinary people who want to come and curry favor.

Today is the old lady's birthday, and everyone is invited to come to the Shen's house for a banquet. Only those who accept the invitation will have the opportunity to enter the Shen's house. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the invited people will take the opportunity to give a generous gift, so I look forward to If the Shen family can help them with a good word in front of your lord, maybe they will be favored by your lord, and their fate will be very different from then on.

A carriage came over and stopped in front of Shen's residence, the curtain was raised, Cao Xiangnan came out first, and stretched out his hand to pick up the people inside, while Wan Feng held Lele in his arms.They only brought Lele over, and the rest of the children stayed in the building. Wei Qi, Wei Lin, and the Liu family brothers were there to take care of the children, so they were relieved.

Shopkeeper Fang came down from the carriage at the back. He also had the opportunity to enter the Shen family after receiving a post from Young Master Shen.

Seeing shopkeeper Fang coming together, Shen Zhengyang greeted shopkeeper Fang.

"Xiangnan, Wanfeng, you're here. I thought you wouldn't be here today." Shen Zhengyang saw Cao Xiangnan coming with Qi Wanfeng, and he walked over with a smile. The guest's smile was quite different, he was really excited when he saw Cao Xiangnan coming over.

Today, he has been welcoming guests outside for a long time, and his face is almost frozen with laughter.

"If you invite me, you will definitely come. There is no reason not to come." Cao Xiangnan replied.

When they came, they came only after coaxing little Bao'er to sleep, so they delayed a little time.

Seeing Lele's round eyes looking at him, Shen Zhengyang stretched out his hand to touch the fat boy, and got a stare from the fat boy, "Why don't you bring An'an Xiaobao and the others together?" No other children came, Shen Zhengyang asked.

"Little Bao'er has fallen asleep, An An and the others are too skinny, it's better to stay in the building." There are too many children and the wives can't take care of them. Mrs. Shen's birthday is also different from ordinary occasions, and Cao Xiangnan dare not put a few Bring all the children.

The butler followed their young master, and seeing that he was so happy because of Mr. Cao's arrival, he naturally knew that their young master and Mr. Cao had a very good relationship. It was rare that their young master had a bosom friend.

He took the old lady's order to investigate the origin of Mr. Cao. He is just a country boy, but even this country boy should not be underestimated. Even a shrewd person like shopkeeper Fang treats this boy with courtesy. Three points, he, the housekeeper of the Shen residence, did not dare to underestimate this kid.

Later, I saw that the things this kid took out were more and more novel, and they looked like the shop opened by their young master in Nanyang. Even he couldn't help but bought it for his little grandson. His grandson loves the novelty car very much.

When the old housekeeper saw the brother who was holding the child next to Mr. Cao, he knew that this was Mr. Cao's wife and child. He looked at the fat boy from other people's family enviously, and said with a smile, "This child is so good-looking. .”

He didn't know when their young master would have a young master, so he was just waiting to bring a young master to their young master.It's a pity that there are several small servants in the room, and no one can see anyone's belly. Let's fight for a fat boy, but he will be sad. Qi Wanfeng smiled and nodded to the old housekeeper, Lele is very face-saving He grinned at the old man who praised him.

"Come on, let's go inside." Shen Zhengyang explained to the butler, and the group he brought went into the mansion.

A stage was set up in Shen's mansion to sing an opera, and the song was about Monkey King making trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

A piece of "Journey to the West" came out of the mouth of the storyteller in Yipinzhai, and it was spread to the market, and then it was compiled into an opera and moved to the stage.Today is Mrs. Shen's birthday, so she performed such a scene for Mrs. Shen.

The guests who arrived all listened to the play together in this yard. Everyone can never tire of listening to Journey to the West, and today this song is also chosen correctly. "This is a monkey." Madam Shen also loves listening to books in Yipinzhai on weekdays, and she likes Journey to the West the most. She and the guests sitting next to her are pointing out the plays on the stage. I like it.

Shen Zhengyang brought Cao Xiangnan and his group over, walked straight to his aunt, bent down and called out respectfully, "Ah." "Yang'er, come, sit here with Ah." Mrs. Shen saw her grandson coming , knowing that he must be exhausted from being outside today, and his heart ached so badly, when he saw his grandson come in, he asked him to sit down, thinking about letting him take a rest.

Shen Zhengyang didn't sit down immediately, he said something in front of the old lady, and the old lady looked at the place pointed by her grandson.

Cao Xiangnan glanced at the performance on the stage, and realized that it was "Journey to the West". He didn't know that his "Journey to the West" had already spread all over the country, and it was adapted into an opera and moved to the stage.

Most of the people who can sit in this courtyard today are wealthy businessmen and gentry from Nanyang, and even the prefect personally came to celebrate the old lady's birthday.Young Master Shen personally brought people in, and some people present noticed it. Now that Mrs. Shen looked at it like this, everyone followed her gaze and saw a few people standing on the side.

Who is that?Just ask.

The people sitting together whispered to each other, they were all asking who the young master Shen brought in, but in the end, no one knew him.

Seeing Shopkeeper Fang standing with that kid, Shopkeeper Fang and the others naturally knew each other. There were not many people in Nanyang City who did not know Shopkeeper Fang.

In the eyes of these people, shopkeeper Fang is nothing more than a servant who serves others. These people greet shopkeeper Fang with a smile on their faces, but in fact they don't think much of shopkeeper above. They were all invited.

Some of the servants who were serving at the side remembered that they had seen that boy in Yipinzhai, but after all no one knew who such a face-to-face boy who could come to Shen Furen's house to attend Shen Furen's birthday was.

"Xiang Nan, Wan Feng, shopkeeper Fang, let's go, I'll let you go and sit over there." Shen Zhengyang walked over from his aunt, who had a few vacant seats, and he took Xiang Nan and It was just right for Wanfeng and the others to sit there together.

Before Cao Xiangnan left, he subconsciously embraced the people around him with his arms, and walked with the evening breeze.

Seeing Mrs. Shen, he bowed respectfully and congratulated, "May the old lady be as blessed as the East Sea and live longer than Nanshan."

Qi Wanfeng and Shopkeeper Fang also said congratulations.

"Okay, okay." Mrs. Shen is in a particularly good mood today. After learning from his grandson that Journey to the West was written by Cao Xiangnan, he is completely impressed by Cao Xiangnan.

Two servants brought a palace lantern and put it in front of the old lady. Shen Zhengyang signaled the servant who was following him to show him the lantern.Bai Zhi understood it, stepped forward to salute the old lady, and introduced the magic of such a lamp to the old lady.

It turned out that the outside of this lamp was connected to a rotating shaft. When the rotating shaft was turned, the lamp would turn, and the paintings on the four walls would shake along with it, slowly and vividly.

As soon as Bai Zhi's hand stopped, the light inside went out.

As soon as the lamp was put out, all the people present gathered their eyes. Looking at this magical thing, they saw that the painting on the lamp was just like the real person, and what happened to the light that flickered inside and then turned on? thing?Everyone is very curious.

"Well, how did you do this?" The old lady asked with surprise on her face when she saw the lamp.

"Ah, this lamp looks like this." Shen Zhengyang explained the lamp to Ah Mo. Xiang Nan told him all these things, and Xiang Nan gave him the blueprints, which were made by his craftsmen. .

As soon as Young Master Shen explained, everyone present here naturally heard it, and immediately understood what was going on, but can the light inside turn on?Don't you need to pour lamp oil into it?Thinking of the shop opened by Young Master Shen again, is there anything novel in it?They are not surprised, but they are still very curious about the old lady's birthday gift.

"Ah, this is the red wine brought to you by Xiang Nan, do you want to try it?" Shen Zhengyang grinned, showing his good teeth.

Now he has learned a lot from Xiangnan that is different from his previous business, and he is not at all guilty of letting everyone see these good things on his aunt's birthday.

Mrs. Shen came over knowingly, took another look at his grandson, and motioned for the grandson to open it for him to see.The waiter at the side understood it, picked up the wine bottle inside, opened the lid, and a mellow smell overflowed, and the ladies who were nearby could smell it.

Good wine!

"Pour a glass for everyone." The old lady waved and said.

The longer the wine has been brewed, the more mellow the taste will be, but the taste can be smelled before it is tasted.

Take a sip, it will leave a fragrance on your lips and teeth, good!