430, Peach Blossom Banquet
Looking at the girls' laughing figures, Xiaoxiao and others also came to the lakeside with laughter.
There was a boat mooring there, and two boat girls stood on their heads: "Girls, do you want to see the Bi Taohua?"
Bi Taohua? Want to take a boat to see it?
"Your family holds a Bitao Banquet, of course we have to go to see Bitao Blossom!" Dan Tai Furong was the first to express her curiosity, then pulled several friends to the side of the boat, "Let's go! Let's take the boat to see it. Maybe there is a cave in front of you, and there is a peach blossom land hidden inside!"
So the four girls boarded the boat.
The boatwoman held up the oar and the boat slowly rowed forward. At this moment, the scenery on both sides of the shore was very bright and wide. On the left was a green bamboo forest and on the right was a fragrant grassland. Not far away was the towering Muxiang Mountain. You can see the Tianzhu and wisteria pavilion in the distance.
The girls sat down on the boat and faced each other through the boat table. The boat table was clean and there were no fruits and refreshments.
"Fortunately, we just got Muxiang tea." Several people placed bamboo cups with woody fragrance and flowers on the boat table. There was a food stall next to Muxiang Mountain just now. It is said that there are such food stalls everywhere in Jinjiayuan today, so that customers can use them at any time.
Dan Tai Furong also placed the bamboo snack box in her hand on the table. Open the lid, and inside was a plate of wood-scented chestnut cake and a plate of wood-scented pomelo diced pomelo diced thousand-layer crisps. These were also selected from the food stall just now.
A boatwoman smiled and explained: "Because we ships are carrying different guests, it is inconvenient to prepare refreshments. Please forgive me, girls."
"Anyway, you can see food everywhere in this garden. There are some people who make vine cakes next to the wisteria pavilion~" Dan Tai Furong pinched a piece of wood-scented cake to eat, "I guess, maybe I'll have to have a buffet later."
"The girl guessed it well. At noon, she would place delicious food in the garden and everyone would use it at any time." The boatwoman smiled.
Xiaoxiao didn't feel emotional: "Mrs. Jin really has a way. This is the most suitable banquet for young people. I feel free to go anywhere."
Xizi smiled quietly and said, "The best thing is that this banquet did not invite the elders, and even the elders of the Jin family would not come forward specifically. This time, many gifts were eliminated, and there was no need to exchange greetings and support."
At this moment, the four girls were wearing freshly picked wood fragrance flowers on their heads - today is Daughter's Day. According to tradition, orchids should be worn, but after historical changes, people no longer stick to orchids. On this day, they only need to wear flowers on their heads.
Therefore, on this day, girls will not wear gold and silver jewelry - they just need to tie their hair beautifully and wear the flowers they like on their heads.
Ruicai wore a green lotus-colored Hu suit today, and two white and yellow stamens on a single snail bun. He tied the handkerchief in his hand, and was filled with the wood fragrance flowers he had just picked. At this moment, he chose a few of them and sprinkled them into the water. He saw those small white flowers floating towards the distant lake with the paddle marks: "Boat lady, I just heard you say that this boat is carrying different guests. Could it be that those girls just now have boarded this boat?"
The boatwoman nodded and said, "That's right, they sat for three rounds."
What kind of activity is this? Why do you still talk about circles?
The girls stopped asking in depth. Anyway, they were already on the boat, so the beautiful scenery had to be kept for the first time to see it.
Red and white peach petals gradually floated over the river. The red and white were particularly dazzling, without a trace of variegated color. I think these are the green peach blossoms that you are about to enjoy.
Xiaoxiao's curiosity gradually became stronger, and the green peach petals on the river surface were like the overture of a wonderful peach blossom feast, attracting people to slowly explore and walk in.
The wide river surface became narrower and narrower, and the scenery on both sides was getting closer and closer. Just now, the distant view on the shore was gradually replaced by the stone bamboo house built by the water. Dan Tai Furong even saw a monkey on the bamboo house, Xizi saw a beautiful pheasant on the top of the stone mountain, and Ruicai said that someone was playing chess in the pavilion on the top of the mountain.
Xiaoxiao felt that the lake wind was getting colder, and she sat close to Dan Tai Furong beside her, accompanied by the sound of birds singing in her ears, and she couldn't stop being excited.
At this moment, the river channel becomes narrower and narrower, and the water flows faster and faster. The scenery on both sides gradually becomes a passing beauty.
Xizi looked at the increasing number of peach petals on the water, and felt a sense of haste like a passing year. - At a young age, he began to feel sad about spring.
The boat turned slowly along the waterway and gradually slowed down. Everyone felt that the sky darkened and the scenery around them turned into rugged rocks.
"We've really entered a stone cave!" Xizi and Ruicai were close together, a little excited and a little scared.
Although there are strange rocks around, they cannot be called caves. There are only some huge rocks on the top of the head that make the light dim, and the sunlight shines in from the gaps between these huge rocks. The light sprinkles on the water waves and then contrasts on the stone walls, and the walls are filled with sparkling light, as if they are in a crystal cave.
There was a smooth boulder extending across the river, making the river even narrower, and could barely allow a boat to pass through.
The four girls held their hands tightly together, feeling that the stones raised on both sides were almost touching them. Xiaoxiao reached out and touched the stone, and felt that it was cool and swelling. A piece of clearly engraved words passed by Xiaoxiao's fingers - Bitaojian.
Amid the gurgling sound of the flowing water in my ears, the sound of the boat girl suddenly sounded: "Girls, sit firmly, we have to turn a sharp turn!"
Several people quickly held the edge of the boat, but felt that the boat slowly turned a corner at a right angle, and suddenly lit up in front of them - Xiaoxiao experienced the "sudden enlightenment" in the Peach Blossom Land for the first time.
"Oh my God - it's so beautiful -" the few people couldn't help but exclaim together.
The huge rocks on both sides were gone, the river channel became wide and flat, and there was a bright and bright light in front of me. What was even more amazing was that this bright and clear world was full of bright colors - everyone on the ship was so amazed by the sudden colors that he couldn't bear to blink.
Both sides of the river are full of peach blossoms.
To be precise, there is a green peach forest on both sides of the river, or to be more precise, it is the sea of green peach blossoms that cannot be seen at a glance.
The green peach trees densely planted together are in their prime, and the colorful canopies are lined up by one another. The colorful branches are connected by one. From a distance, they look like a beautiful color that cannot be melted.
The most rare thing is that on the left side of the river are all red-flowered peaches, without a single miscellaneous tree; on the right side of the river are all white-flowered peaches, without a single miscellaneous tree.
When people sat on the boat, they felt that the river was like a bright line, dividing the world into two colors, half of which was beautiful red, half pure white, red so resolutely and white so thoroughly, and the two colors stood together, neither of them was inferior to each other; and when the red and white contrasted each other, they each got the other's true seal, red made the other's clearness, and white made the other's beauty, pushing these two kinds of beauty out of thin air.
The person on the boat was in a dilemma. He looked at Hong Bitao on the left and then thought about Bai Bitao on the right. The red and white finally fell into his eyes and were imprinted in his heart, becoming the cinnabar mole and white moonlight that he would never forget for the rest of his life.
"Not like the world." Ruicai was stunned.
"This is the most beautiful peach blossom I have ever seen!" Dan Tai Furong simply stood up and opened her voice and shouted high in this beautiful scenery, "Oh-"
A gust of wind blew over from the red flower and peach, and sent a large piece of crimson petals to the boat. Xiaoxiao looked down at the petals that fell on his skirt: "I just want to melt in this spring..."
Dan Tai Furong was still standing, and she spread her arms. The petal wind blew her veil, like a dreamy sail.
Facing the intoxicating beauty in front of me, Xiaoxiao had regrets for the first time in Yuanlongchao - regretting that he did not have a camera in his hand.
Suddenly, a burst of exclamation came from behind, and it turned out that another boat was rowing over - it seemed that everyone would be unable to help but exclaim when they suddenly saw this view.
Because everyone was facing forward to enjoy the scenery, Xizi Ruicai, who was sitting opposite the table, turned her back to Xiaoxiao and the others. Dan Tai Furong patted Xizi who was sitting in front of her: "Are you stunned? You can't say a word."
Xizi turned around and smiled: "It's so beautiful that I don't know what to say."
With Xiaoxiao's understanding of Xizi, she faced such a beautiful scene that she should not be so dull. Xiaoxiao said in an inquiring tone: "Why do I feel that you seem to have seen this scene?"
"It's really like this," Dan Tai Furong also sat down, "Have you been here secretly before? Just as the flowers bloomed?"
Xizi smiled and turned around and sat down: "The old house of Jin's family has been renovated several times. This beautiful view of the green peaches was newly added a few years ago. The gardener I hired is my third brother."
Several people were not surprised when they heard this and asked with a smile: "So, the idea of planting red and white between the shores also comes from Brother Wen San?"
Xizi smiled and nodded: "The Jin family is very satisfied with a view, and I am very grateful to my third brother. Every year in late spring, we will invite our family to come here to enjoy the flowers."
Ruicai was only concerned about looking at the beautiful scenery in front of her, and she couldn't bear to turn around, but said, "You are so cruel, you have never called us once~"
Xizi burst out laughing: "I have been here a few times a few years ago. I have never been here since I entered the school of girls."
It seems that he is old and knows how to avoid taboos. In addition, Master Jin San was interested in Xizi - Xiaoxiao even felt that Jin Shulun might be obsessed with Xizi under this green peach blossom.
At this time, the wind turned again, and a large area of snow-white petals on the right bank were sent to the ship again, mixed with the crimson petals, making the whole ship very beautiful.
When will the two-flying swallows return? Peach blossoms on the shore are dipped in water. - No wonder the girls who have enjoyed the peach blossoms just now are all excited and a little disrespectful; no wonder the Jin family, which is full of beautiful scenery, will hold a special petal banquet.
Today is really worth this trip.
The river channel accompanied by green peach blossoms was very straight. When the boat turned around in front of him, it was like a spring dream suddenly awakening, and the red and white flowers and trees could not be seen.
"How many laps are girls?" The boat girl gradually slowed down the boating speed.
One stunning is enough.
The two boat ladies were very interested in the decision of these girls to sit for only one lap. At this moment, the boat had already sailed into the lake. The boat ladder asked, "Are the girls stopping on the shore? Or go to the island in the middle of the lake there to play?"
The ship is still going to sail back to the place when it arrived. Dan Tai Furong suddenly asked Xizi: "Is the large wooden incense shed just now the idea of your third brother?"
Xizi just laughed and said nothing.
"No wonder the emperor wants your third brother to decorate the imperial garden for him!" Dan Tai Furong exclaimed.
No one wanted to go to the island in the middle of the lake, so they asked the boatwoman to dock and stop the boat. Soon a waiter on the shore took away the leftover snacks and bamboo cups on the boat.
"The Jin family really has a way. All the details have come to mind." Ruicai got off the boat and couldn't help but sigh, "When I came, I saw several painters painting. It is said that Old Mrs. Jin wanted to ask the painters to draw all the scenery in the Jin family to form a 'Twelve Scenes of the Jinyuan', and then ask someone to engrave the plate and print it into the four-season calendar!"
"Then I have to buy a few copies!" Dan Tai Furong said hurriedly.
"The Jin family definitely doesn't expect to sell the four-season calendar to make money. Those calendars are for themselves, and the other hand, they are probably for giving away people." Ruicai guessed.
Xiaoxiao felt that the Jin family really had a way. The etiquette of giving a desk calendar has lasted for a long time in modern times.
Several people walked in the Jin family's garden, with flowers everywhere and water everywhere. The river in the garden seemed to have many tributaries. At this moment, some young people were playing the game of Qushui Liushang by a stream in the distance.
Xizi said unconsciously: "Qingshui Liushang should also be played on Shangsi Festival, so let's go and have a look?"
When Dan Tai Furong saw this, she was so angry: "It's still a hot swing on the Shangsi Festival. We might as well go and swing on the swing!"
The few people laughed. Xiaoxiao saw a person selling white azalea cakes at the food stall next to him: "It is also popular to eat azalea cakes on the Shangsi Festival. Let's try these cakes first~"
This idea is good, and it's a response.
These azalea cakes are freshly baked. The big white azalea with glutinous rice flour is baked into a moon-shaped cake on an iron plate. You can eat it directly or sprinkle brown sugar or flower candy and wrap it.
The Jin family’s azalea cake is very exquisitely made, one is as big as a steamed dumpling, and it is golden and shiny. Dantai Furong finished eating a brown sugar-wrapped one and another covered with flower candy. Xiaoxiao reminded her: “The buffet will be held in a while, maybe there are so many delicious foods~”
The chef who made the azalea cake smiled and said, "Actually, the banquet has begun. We will serve these snacks first, and then we will place cold and hot foods and various staple foods everywhere in the garden later!"
Not only Xiaoxiao, the girls ate cakes at this food stall, but one of the girls suddenly shouted with a rhododendron cake in their mouths: "You guys are welded! Jin Yun!"
Xiaoxiao was just missing, but the girl's companions instantly understood what she meant, and pointed to the White Stone Arch Bridge on the lake in the distance, and said excitedly: "Jin Zhonglun! It's really Kim Zhonglun!"
Chapter completed!