Chapter 151: Grabbing a Seat
The scene of the hairpin banquet is a bit retro, a bit like the generals and ministers entertaining their diners during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Several rows of small tables were placed in the middle of the open space. There were about two hundred pictures. Each table can seat one person, and there are prepared delicacies and fruit plates on the table. Then there will be a flow of servants coming and going, adding dishes and taking plates to each table.
In fact, most people don't pay attention to what to eat. The main thing about the Hairpin Banquet is honor. Of course, Zhu Pingan is an exception.
There are many new students and the Gongyuan space is limited. Not everyone can have a seat at the rows of short tables in the middle of the open space. There are several large long tables in more remote places where you can also sit. There are more than ten people sitting at one table, but it's not as good as the middle seat.
After all, this is just a welcome banquet for new students. If it is a banquet like Luming Banquet (a banquet held for new imperial examination candidates after the provincial examination) or Qionglin Banquet (a banquet held for new imperial examination candidates after the imperial examination), A high-level banquet will definitely not suffer from such poor arrangements.
The rows of cases in the middle are the best location. Firstly, they are closer to the important figures such as Ti Xueguan. On the other hand, the individual cases also give people a vague feeling of being unusual.
Zhu Ping'an was also more interested in the individual cases in the venue. It was more convenient to eat at his own table, and he didn't have to worry about being drunk by people at the same table.
There is no fixed rule as to who will sit at the separate tables in the middle of the room or who will sit at the long table in the corner. It all depends on you. Moreover, judging from everyone's eagerness to try, they all seemed to be more interested in the several cases in the field, and they quickly took a few steps to occupy one of them. The scene was gentle but intense.
Although Zhu Ping'an stood in front of the queue, when he went to occupy the individual cases in the field, there were only the last few left.
Zhu Pingan stood in front of one of the tables. Just as he was about to sit down, he heard a "pop" sound, and a folding fan drew a parabola and landed gently on the table in front of Zhu Pingan from behind.
Damn it, you dare to use this method to grab the position in this situation.
Zhu Pingan turned around and saw a new student who was unfamiliar but had a dandy temperament. Zheng was looking at himself with a smile, quite contented with himself, as if he had concluded that facing this situation, he could only give up. Also, on this occasion, if you don't want to attract the attention of officials such as the academic officer. I could only swallow my anger and give up the table.
The actions of the dandy student only attracted the attention of a few people around him. Among the hundreds of people, this movement was far from enough to attract the attention of the frontline academic officers and others. the point.
Is it just a coincidence or something? Among the people sitting nearby happened to be Guo Ziyu, Liu Qian and others who met yesterday when filling in the personal confession. They were also watching this scene with interest at this moment. I want to see Zhu Pingan's reaction. If you let it go, you will look a little incompetent. All these cases are gone and you can only go to the corner table; if you don't let it, it will look petty and cause disputes, and may attract the attention of the academic officer and others, leaving Bad impression. The dilemma is really interesting.
Zhu Pingan looked at the folding fans on the tables in front of him and curled his lips slightly. Ignoring the folding fan, he sat down and handed the folding fan on the desk to the dandy scholar with a naive smile.
"My dear friend, you dropped your fan."
Zhu Ping'an's words were neither loud nor soft, enough for people watching the joke nearby to hear clearly.
My dear friend, your fan has fallen off.
This sentence easily reversed the entire situation. In the end, the man just glared at Zhu Pingan, took the folding fan, and went to find a seat at the long tables in the corner dejectedly in front of everyone's eyes.
Mencius said: People must humiliate themselves and others will humiliate them. If you kindly discuss it with me, I might as well give it to you, so why bother using this method? You asked for this all on your own. Do you really treat me like a soft persimmon? Zhu Pingan ignored the man's gaze and sat calmly in front of the table. He took a piece of fruit and put it into his mouth. It was sweet and juicy and tasted great.
As everyone took their seats one after another, the hairpin feast began.
While Zhu Pingan was enjoying the delicacies of the Hairpin Banquet, Li Shu, the eldest daughter of the Li family in Shanghe Village, was also enjoying the delicacies.
The location is Miss Li's boudoir. The girl Li Shu is sitting lazily at the table, holding a book with Tian Long Ba Bu written on the title page in one hand. Occasionally open your mouth to enjoy the delicious food brought by the maid.
At this time, Li Shu was wearing a light pink dress, sitting elegantly and lazily at the table, with a pair of big eyes as dark as ink, looking at the scroll in her hand, except for the scroll and the steamed bun in her hand. Except for the delicious food served by the little maid, it seemed that nothing else could attract her attention at this time.
"Miss, Miss, how can you still stand watching? People in Xiahe Village have been making noises early in the morning, saying that the bad boy got the first place in the exam again." The maid of Baozi pouted and said with all her heart. When I was a girl wearing clothes, I didn’t forget to gossip.
"Oh" Li Shu didn't take her eyes away from the scroll.
"Miss, the bad guy has passed the college entrance examination, and he still came in first, and he was selected as a junior student." The steamed bun maid puffed her mouth.
"Isn't it just a bad scholar? What I have done is worthy of you chanting in my ears all day, so I just treat those mud-legged people in Xiahe Village as treasures." The girl Li Shu flattened her mouth and sounded very disdainful.
"But he is only thirteen. Thirteen is a scholar, and he is still number one. People outside say that our Ming Dynasty has not produced many such people." The maid of Baozi puffed her mouth and boldly retorted. road.
"He is a toad and a greedy toad." The girl Li Shu was as disdainful as ever, as if Zhu Pingan was equated with a toad in her eyes.
"What if he wins the first prize in the national examination?" Baozi's maid glanced at her young lady and hesitated to speak.
"There is nothing wrong with it. A toad is not a carp, and crossing the dragon gate is also a toad." The girl Li Shu was extremely disdainful.
At this time, another maid came in carrying a plate of food.
The steamed stuffed bun maid picked up a chopstick of the newly served dish and put it into the mouth of her young lady.
Li Shu flattened her little cherry mouth out of habit, then suddenly darkened her face, waved to the little maid who had just walked in, and asked expressionlessly, "Who did it?"
"Yes, it was my slave who did it." The little maid replied timidly.
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The little maid had a delicate jade handprint on her face.
"What a waste. I asked you to learn from the chef that dad paid a lot of money for two months, and you just made this to fool me!"
Li Shu rubbed her slightly sore hand, He looked at the little maid kneeling at his feet with a sneer.
"I want to see if cooking is really that difficult," the girl Li Shu said as she stood up and walked out with anger on her pretty face.
"Miss, how can you go to the kitchen? If the master finds out, he will beat me to death." Baozi's maid heard that her miss wanted to learn by herself. Thinking of the master's love for the miss, she was immediately frightened. Baozi's face turned pale and he hurriedly chased after him, shouting.
I’m having dinner with the leader tonight, I’m a little late coming back, please forgive me.
(End of this chapter)