Xu Yu did not have the same knowledge as the Yang family brothers, and it is estimated that he can fight if he changes to others, after all, he insults his elders. Master Shi secretly wondered, and said in his heart that this second son of the Xu family was very self-contained. Of course, Xu Yu didn't give the brothers a good face, and directly served tea to send them away.

Xu Yu set up a banquet in the West Flower Hall to invite the master and others, and the big guys were all interested, and they went home after half an hour. But Xu Yu was unskilled, busy entertaining relatives and friends, and when all the banquets were over, it was already evening.

After the banquet, Xu Yu entered the inner house and looked through the middle door, where red gauze lamps were hung inside and out, which was very festive. The corridor on three sides of Jieshoutang is also full of lanterns, full of girls and women, the new-style pergola in the courtyard is wide open, full of people, and the stage opposite is brightly lit, and a group of operas are singing on it.

The whole courtyard was full of noisy people, very noisy, from time to time men and women came in and out, Xu Yu, who felt strange, did not go in, and stood on the periphery and watched.

On stage, "Lazy Thrush" was sung, and a girl pretending to be a young lady appeared and sang the front tone, and people applauded.

After singing, another beautiful girl came up and played the song "Xiaoxiang Yunshui" in public.

The song played very well, Xu Yu just listened to it, and suddenly someone inside cheered loudly, startling him, listening to Xu Xuan's voice, Xu Yu, who had no Yaxing, looked at it as if the sisters were not inside, and turned around and returned to Yisu Garden.

Sure enough, the whole family was washing the Cui Pavilion, and the maids gathered around him to say hello. Xu Yu hurriedly looked around, there were three Eight Immortal Tables inside, and the middle table was his wife and parents, the eldest brother Xu Ye and Zhiqing, Qingwen and other aunts; At the table on the left sat brothers and sisters such as Xiangyue, Xiangyu, Xiangyun, Yunsu, Yunyu, Yunning, and Xu Xuan; On the right table are Lan Xiang, Zhu Ming's sisters, Zhu Nephrite, Xiao Binglan, Zhu Ruizhu and so on.

The vacant seat was made up by a decent big girl, Xu Miaojin, Xu Cui, Liu Xiangyu and others were not there, while Ripple and Ye Qin stood and waited.

Everyone asked, "Where did you go?" Let's find it. ”

Xu Yu smiled: "I went to Jieshoutang first, I didn't see you, so I hurriedly ran over." ”

"Come and sit next to me." Xiao Shi beckoned, and Xu Yu hurriedly walked over, "I ate wine." ”

"Look at the face flushed. What alcohol to eat at a young age? Xiao Shi was a little dissatisfied, "Bring the decanting soup." ”

Xu Yu stuck out his tongue and explained: "Everyone respects me, and I don't want to drink." ”

At this time, most fathers will scold a few words, the Xu family is completely opposite, Xu Hao said with a smile: "It's okay!" The amount of alcohol is practiced, and it is better to die in battle than to retreat, this is wine! ”

Xiao Shi and a group of other children were speechless for a while, what do they have to teach their children? How old is Xu Yucai? They won't understand Xu Hao's thoughts, in Xu Hao's opinion. At this time, fourteen-year-old children are almost adults, and such young children are everywhere when they go out to socialize, and no one treats them as children outside, so he doesn't want to restrain his son from drinking, which will make him look like he has not grown up.

Of course, Xu Yu's age is there, children of this age are rarely greedy for alcohol, and outsiders will not get them drunk. And Xu Yu is also measured.

At this time, the little girl outside came over and said, "The West Flower Hall has set up a table, please invite the master and the eldest young master and the second young master to go with wine." ”

Mrs. Xiao said: "Yu'er and Xu'er stay with us, you father and son can go." ”

"Yes!" Xu Hao got up and led Xu Ye outside, and Xiao Shi called again: "It's fast outside." Your father and son are still coming back, waiting for you to enjoy the lotus flowers, and do not go back to sleep. ”

Xu Hao smiled: "Got it." ”

With the departure of the father and son, the originally lively scene instantly cooled down. No matter how favored Xu Yu is now, he will never be able to replace his father and eldest brother in the family.

Mu Ningxue said, "It's better to accompany your wife up the mountain." ”

Xiao nodded and said, "It's okay, you should take a walk to eliminate food." ”

At that moment, the ripples hurriedly shouted the palm lamp. A series of promises outside, and soon lit twelve pairs of sheep's horn wind lanterns, and twenty-four little girls stood up one by one.

Xu Yu was the first to walk out, following a pair of lights of "Tianfeng Building" to lead the way, and Mu Lanxiang and other girls also had their own little maids holding the wind lanterns of each courtyard to guide the way.

From the beginning of Xixiangxuan to the mountain, five-colored glass lamps are hung everywhere, and the road up the mountain is illuminated.

Mu Ningxue and Xiao Yushi helped their wives, pointed to Xu Yu's residence and spoke, without stopping and going straight to the foot of the mountain. A group of people went up the mountain, looking down from the halfway up the mountain, the lights in the garden were dotted like fireflies, and looking down from the top of the mountain, it was like a bright starry sky.

Xicui Pavilion and the two bridge pavilions are located in the middle of the water, like a lightship on the Qinhuai River, Xiao Shi entered the Liuyuchun Mountain House, looked around, and said with a smile: "It's better than my Jieshoutang, or I will move over, I don't know if nephrite can agree?" ”

Zhu Nephrite smiled: "I can't ask for it, my wife is here, and I am willing to serve like a mother." ”

After talking and laughing for a long time, the group went down the mountain the same way, hit the Jiuqu stone bridge to Xicui Pavilion, the previous banquet was withdrawn, and the aroma of jasmine and orchids was smelled from afar.

Along the way, the breeze on the surface of the pond hits, and some lotus fragrance wafts with the wind, which is very refreshing, and the washing pavilion seems to have completely changed from before, and everyone says it is interesting.

The eight-sided corridor is lit with colorful glass string lamps, the curtains are rolled up, and the windows are opened. On the round table in the middle of the room, there was a round plate, and twelve magnetic baskets were set around it.

There were two large manpower fans on the ground, spinning like butterflies, except for Xiao Shi and Mu Ningxue, the rest of the people sat casually.

Xiao asked, "You said that you carved four watermelon lanterns, why don't you see them?" ”

Mu Lanxiang smiled: "It took a lot of effort to play for one day, and it broke the next day." ”

Xiao Shi said again: "What about the dozens of lotus lanterns? Such good weather, let's see it too. ”

"I know that my wife is happy, so I am ready." Lan Xiang turned around and said, "Go and release it." ”

After talking to each other for a while, I faintly heard the sound of the flute and drum board blowing in with the fragrance of lotus flowers. Xiao Shi listened to it and said strangely: "Who is singing?" ”

Xu Yunyu said: "It's probably a girl who has not been a teacher singing and playing in the Chunsheng Pavilion." ”

Everyone listened attentively, and Xu Yu and Zhu Mingzhi also listened with their ears sideways, like two flutes blowing at the end of both sides of the pool.

Zhu Mingzhi wondered: "This voice, why is there also here and there?" ”

Nephrite said, "I think it's the echo of the rocks circling around the mountain over there, right?" ”

Everyone thought it was very strange, and then listened to the melodious flute, one left and one right from far to near. Just in surprise, I happened to see the water flowing clouds under the window on the other side of the hall, and four or five lotus lamps suddenly lit up from the water, and gradually the light increased.

"It's lit." Everyone leaned against the window lintel to look at the lights, and the more and more lights were on the water surface, and the half of the pond gradually sparsely scattered, and a large number of them in the distance.

was looking at it, Xu Yunsu on one side pointed outside and shouted, "Look! There are more lotus lanterns here. ”

Mu Ningxue helped Xiao Shi to come over and see, and saw that there were hundreds of lights at the foot of the rockery, and it happened that the south wind was blowing, and the lotus lanterns floated along the wind.

There were also a few strings of lights that went to the bridge hole, flashing into the pool over there. Looking at the water flowing clouds in the hall again, there were seven or eight lights raised like dragon heads, followed by a string of countless lights, coming from the water, faintly shining to the edge of the pavilion.

Everyone could see it, and suddenly there was a gong and drum in Chi's heart, and everyone was startled. Busy looking at the past, it turned out that the few raised lights were not lotus lamps on the water, but a colorful lotus boat.

Four strings of lotus lanterns were raised high at the four corners of the boat, and four or five girls were sitting on the boat playing gongs and drums.

Xiao Shi smiled: "This thing is very interesting, but it is also tiring to other people's children, so it is not advisable." ”

Yingchun on the side explained: "Today is the second master's birthday, and the second master treats them very well, so they all take the initiative to make Mrs. Mrs. smile." ”

"Thank you, alas!" Xiao sighed softly.

Xu Yunning laughed and shouted: "Mrs., look at this side is another lightboat, oops, there is still one over there, dragging the lotus lantern out of the bridge hole." ”

Before the words fell, sure enough, a boat was rowed out of the bridge hole in the depths of the green clouds, and it was also beating gongs and drums. For a while, the boats on this side went into the bridge hole, and the boats on that side came out of the bridge hole, and they set up a circle around the Xicui Pavilion, and the boats dragged a tail of lights behind the boats that entered the bridge.

The gongs and drums became more and more cheerful, and the four ships were connected from head to tail, making nearly a thousand lotus lanterns swing into a circle, surrounding the Xicui Pavilion in the middle. The boat quickly wore the bridge hole in and out, and the shuttle seemed to be better than the dragon boat.

Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums stopped together, followed by the sound of flutes and sheng flutes, and the sound of pipa strings. The four boats somehow leaned head to head against each other, and then split up and slipped backwards for a while, and the lotus lanterns on the boat were originally strung together, but now they are all released, so the lotus lanterns are scattered all over a pool to form a starry sky.

The people of Xicuiting praised it together! Before you know it, the four boats rowed out of the bridge and disappeared into the night.

The pond is filled with star-studded lotus lanterns, which are spectacular and will make your eyes shine, especially in the beautiful melodies.

Xiao Shi turned his head sharply and saw two belts in front and back of the pavilion, and two classes of female musicians walking at both ends of the Jiuqu Bridge. Everyone was taken by surprise and laughed: "It's hard for them." ”

I listened to the women's team singing a few songs under the corridor, and when I looked at the lights in the pool, there was no one. All that was left was a crescent moon printed on the surface of the water, rippling and shaking, and hundreds of small moons were constantly moving.

Zhu Mingzhi pulled Mulan Xiang out to look at the moonlit sky, and Xu Yu also followed out when he saw this, looking at the moonlight in the pool, it was really the same as in the Crystal Palace. One of them in the willow shade by the railing screamed and flew to the other branches, and many of the birds were startled and could not chirp.

Xu Yu suddenly found a red light on the southeast corner, reflecting the willows and the sunset, and the faces of the people were also red. What is Xu Xuan, calling for the elders to come out to see, only to hear the shouting outside.

In that room, the voices of people were boiling. (To be continued......)