Chapter 172: So you two like this
Chapter 172: So you two like this
"I have to wait another two months, until my grandmother celebrates her 60th birthday, before I can set off." His wife is pregnant now, and since he asked this question, it means that they must set off as soon as possible. Ye Jihan secretly sighed that he could not go with him.
"Hurry up and line up, it's time to enter." Hearing the ceremonial officer calling everyone to enter, Ye Jihan hurriedly pushed him forward to line up.
Everyone lined up and entered the banquet according to their exam rankings, and each looked for their own acquaintances to share a table. Not surprisingly, Ye Jihan came over.
"Yang Biao, do you know what dishes are served at the Lu Ming Banquet?" Seeing him looking around, Ye Jihan leaned close to his ear and asked.
"Well, do you know?" Yang Biao originally wanted to say that he knew it, but when he saw him smiling mysteriously, he had an idea and asked him back.
"Of course, I asked my senior brothers who had attended the Lu Ming Banquet before." Ye Jihan was very proud. He had done his homework beforehand.
"Let me tell you, all the dishes at the Lu Ming Banquet are made with venison. There are six cold dishes, eight hot dishes, a soup and venison dumplings." Ye Jihan's voice became louder and louder as he introduced, and everyone around him pricked up their ears to listen.
"The dishes are here!" Everyone sat down immediately. The serving of the dishes meant that the prefect, the chief examiner and the academician were about to arrive.
"Lord Cao is here!" All the candidates stood up and saluted Cao Qiaoyi.
"All candidates please take a seat. Feel free to take your seats." Cao Qiaoyi waved his hand and began a lengthy speech to encourage the students.
"Is this the liver?" There was an impassioned speech on the stage, while at the dinner table, Yang Biao and Ye Jihan were discussing in a low voice which part of the deer each dish came from.
"Yang Biao, do you know who is the champion this time?" Ye Jihan knew that Yang Biao would not go to see the list in person, and was not interested in the first place, but he still wanted to ask him.
"No...you know?" Yang Biao originally wanted to say that he didn't know, but as a way of dealing with people, he still had to give face to his friends. In order to create a good atmosphere, he pretended to be cool.
"This person has participated in the provincial examination three times, but failed the metropolitan examination each time. Now the validity period of his qualification as a juren has expired, so he came to take the exam again." Ye Jihan was a little afraid of the trip to the capital. Could this metropolitan examination be so difficult?
"Oh, then he is really amazing." If he can pass the provincial examination every time, he must be a top student.
"Here, that's the one who's toasting Lord Cao now," Ye Jihan pointed to the table where officials and academicians were sitting. Yang Biao followed his gaze and saw that the man was about thirty years old, with a small mustache, which made him look funny for some reason.
"Let's go and toast our teacher." Ye Jihan took the wine jug, poured wine into his glass, then filled his own glass with wine, and the two of them went to toast together.
"Sir Cao, I, Ye Jihan, would like to offer you a toast." As soon as he arrived at the table, Ye Jihan raised his glass.
"Oh, you are young and promising." Cao Qiaoyi clinked his glass with his and then took a sip of wine.
"Student Yang Biao greets Mr. Cao." After he finished toasting, Yang Biao also toasted Cao Qiaoyi.
"Oh, I hope you will study hard." Cao Qiaoyi also clinked his glass with his. The two exchanged glances briefly, and then tacitly clinked glasses with the people next to them and drank.
"Yang Biao, why did you come back so soon? Aren't you going to drink with them to improve your relationship?" Ye Jihan sat back at the table and saw Yang Biao sitting there in a daze.
"Let's go, Jie Yuan is going to lead us in singing." Ye Jihan pulled him up and they lined up to sing together.
It is hard to describe Jie Yuan's singing voice. Yang Biao, who was standing next to him, sang out of tune several times:
"The deer are calling, eating apples in the wild. I have guests, playing the harp and the flute..."
"Huh!" The boring banquet finally ended. Yang Biao exhaled a breath after walking out of the government office and immediately felt refreshed.
"Yang Biao, we didn't have enough fun drinking just now. Let's go find Wei Liangjing and the others to continue drinking." Ye Jihan ran out, pulled him up and got on his carriage.
"Hey, go back and tell your wife that I'm going out for a drink with my roommate and I won't be back tonight. Let her go to bed early." Yang Biao stuck his head out and told Ji Lang to tell Xia Weiwei not to wait for him.
"Wow, Yang Biao, you are such a good friend," Ye Jihan was deeply moved when he heard him say that he would accompany his roommates for drinks and stay out all night.
"You think too much. I'm just worried that my wife will wait too late." Yang Biao rolled his eyes at him and quickly recognized his position.
"You are so heartless!" Ye Jihan covered his chest to show that he was injured, turned his back and ignored him.
"Wei Liangjing, you blind man, I'm behind you." Seeing Wei Liangjing stretching his neck, looking left and right and still not noticing himself behind him, Huo Yijing couldn't help but grab his ear and shouted into his ear.
"Ouch, my ears are going deaf." Wei Liangjing rubbed his ears hard. Ouch, my ears, you are suffering.
"Ye Jihan, this way." The two men waved at his carriage, and they would not leave until they were drunk.
"Wow, so you two are into this?" Although Ye Jihan had never been to such a place, he was longing for it.
"They say a talented man deserves a beautiful woman. I'll treat you all tonight." Huo Yijing, who was so wealthy, called five or six women to come and drink with him.
"Huo Yijing, you are so nice." Wei Liangjing poured him a glass of wine and started playing games with the little sister next to him.
Before modern times, Yang Biao had only seen plots about brothels in TV dramas, and he was actually quite curious about the real brothels in ancient times.
Yang Biao has been chatting with these brothel girls, trying to understand their lives.
"Mr. Zeng, please stay!" The noisy voices coming from outside made Yang Biao and the others stop fighting.
"What's the matter?" Huo Yijing opened the door and saw a young man in his twenties who said to him arrogantly, "I want this private room. Name your price."
"Sorry, it's priceless!" Wei Liangjing couldn't stand his arrogance and directly refused on behalf of Huo Yijing.
"You don't want to accept my toast, so you drink the penalty wine, right?" The man was very angry. He had never seen anyone who could escape the temptation of money.
"You are young people, it's okay, I can forgive your ignorance. Let me ask again, how much do you want?"
"Asking ten times or a hundred times is priceless." Huo Yijing was a bit rebellious and refused without saying a word.
"Mr. Zeng, I'll book a better private room for you." The mother in charge didn't want to make a bigger deal out of it. She was opening a business, not causing trouble.
"Okay, ask Hongyan to come and accompany me." Seeing that the four of them looked like scholars, Master Zeng didn't want to offend them. For the sake of face, he pointed at the woman next to Wei Liangjing and said.
"Hongyan has been kept by this Mr. Huo." The money has already been paid, and the mother in charge is in a dilemma.
"Mother Sang, I will give you double the amount he paid." Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem, and Master Zeng is determined to get it.
"What if I say no?" Huo Yijing is also a stubborn person.
"Then it depends on who is stronger." Mr. Zeng's friends rubbed their hands and started fighting.
"I'm afraid of you." Wei Liangjing rushed forward first.
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