Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 205 End of the Min'an Trip

In the carriage, Song Sanniang played with the Shoushan stone carvings she had bought. She and Mr. He San bought the most Shoushan stone carvings.

Most people bought one or two to play with or give as gifts, but she bought a lot. However, most of the small ornaments she bought were about the size of jade pendants, which she bought for her family members.

She bought the big item as a gift when she went to Beijing to visit Miss He's parents.

She bought a three-color four-legged Maitreya Buddha and a moon-tail green stone Guanyin for her parents, and a hand-held ornament of the Chinese zodiac for her fourth and fifth mothers.

Qin Yuanyuan and Qin Haoxi were given a tri-color bracelet and a moon-tail purple stone gourd handle respectively.

Because there are many stationery items made of Shoushan stone, she also prepared gifts for Master Hu, Master Tan and her two cousins.

Mr. Hu’s is a pink and white phyllite osmanthus seal, Mr. Tan’s is a Ya’an green unicorn stepping on the waves square seal, and the two cousins’ are two different types of emerald lake stone pen holders.

Mr. He San was very wealthy and bought several large potted plants. He looked as if he wanted to bring all the stone carvings in the Shoushan Stone Carving Market home.

He also bought a lot of seals, and it was obvious that he was an expert in collecting them. However, Song Sanniang really found it amazing. Are all the young masters of aristocratic families like this? They seemed to know everything.

The carriage arrived at the second stop of the day, where the Fujian opera was being performed. Everyone got off the carriage. The show wasn't about to start yet, so everyone went to have lunch first.

A series of rhythmic tapping sounds came from a side street. Following the sound, we found the bird's nest skin shop.

The meat bird's nest skin is carefully crafted. When cut into filaments, it is called bird's nest silk, and when cut into slices, it is called bird's nest skin.

According to legend, there was a censor who lived in the mountains. He felt that the delicacies from the mountains were bland, so his chef took the lean meat of the pig's leg and mashed it into meat paste, added flour, rolled it into paper-thin pieces, cut it into small pieces of three inches square, wrapped them with meat stuffing, made them into flat dumplings, boiled them and made soup to eat.

The censor was so amazed that he asked what the snack was. The chef said it was "flat meat swallow" because it looked like a flying swallow, and that's how it got its name.

The meat dumpling skin is beaten into pieces by wooden sticks, which are white and smooth, and exude the aroma of meat. The meat fillings of the meat dumpling have various flavors, including seafood fillings, pork fillings, vegetable meat fillings, etc.

After entering the store, everyone ordered according to their own taste, and then waited for a while, the steaming hot meat dumplings were served in front of everyone.

The clear soup was filled with meat swallows, their skin translucent and the pink meat filling inside visible.

The first feeling when you eat meat dumplings is that they are crispy, and the second feeling is that they are fresh. The meat filling is soft and tender, and the skin is chewy and crispy.

Because we agreed to eat a variety of snacks, everyone tasted a small bowl of meat dumplings and continued to eat other snacks.

Oyster cakes, fried oysters, sea cucumber jelly, satay noodles, seven-star fish balls, taro cakes, fish balls, turnip cakes, and glutinous rice cakes. Everyone picked out snacks that suited their tastes.

By this time the play was about to begin, and everyone had not yet finished their snacks, so they took them inside and ate while watching the play.

Fujian opera is a drama sung and recited in Fuzhou dialect. It combines Pingjiang opera, Jianghu opera and other vocal styles. Fujian opera is elegant and unrestrained, with clear lines, beautiful singing, and smooth and graceful voice.

When performing, actors pay attention to the use of hands, eyes, body, techniques and steps, striving to show graceful posture and reflect the inner world of the character through appearance.

In fact, there are many types of dramas, such as Dream of the Red Chamber and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which are combined with local folk music, with beautiful melodies and distinct rhythms.

Moreover, the clothes are colorful and have complex patterns.

The play you are watching is called "A Dream in the Garden", which tells the story of Du Liniang dreaming of a romantic encounter with the scholar Liu Menghai in the garden. After waking up, she felt deeply in love with him.

Eventually he died of illness and turned into a ghost to continue pursuing his dream love, allowing the audience to deeply experience the impermanence of life and the helplessness of fate.

After the play, Song Sanniang was calm. Although they didn't speak the same language, Aunt Qu had given them a brief introduction, so everyone understood.

After all, she has watched all kinds of melodramatic TV series. She was speechless about this melodramatic TV series that no one knew who had come up with. There were even ladies and aunties who shed tears while watching it.

As soon as Song Sanniang left the house, she started to complain to Miss He. Miss He didn't think it was a big deal at first, because most dramas at that time were like this.

Song Sanniang complained, "How can a real lady from a noble family fall in love with a man just because she dreams about him, die of lovesickness, and even turn into a ghost to chase him?

You said that if a wealthy family had a daughter like this, they would want to get rid of everyone who knew the inside story, and spread the news widely. Wouldn't that ruin the reputation of their daughter? Don't you think so? "

Miss He was stunned when she heard this. She didn't feel anything when she saw it, but she felt that this woman was so moved for love.

But after hearing what Song Sanniang said, she thought about what her own sisters had said, and she instantly shuddered all over.

Master He San chuckled a few times and patted Miss He on the head. "Look at you, you are stupid. Learn more. This little devil is younger than you and more insightful than you."

Aunt Qu said a little embarrassedly, "It's all my fault. It was my turn to rehearse this play today, and I didn't think much about it.

In fact, there are many good plays, including the impartial "Kaifeng Mansion", the wisdom and courage of "Swan Banquet", and the deep friendship of "Yu Maosheng Drinking". If I had known this, I would have asked the troupe to change the show."

Master He San smiled and said, "It's okay, we'll just watch it for fun. We've seen the costumes and style of this Min opera.

The content of the play is just to deceive ignorant women and children, so Madam Qu does not need to blame herself."

After everyone finished watching the show, it was almost time, so they prepared to go back to the dock. The Jin family’s boat was said to arrive in the evening, so everyone got back on the carriage and headed back to the dock.

When we arrived at the dock, we saw seven or eight more ships parked behind the original fleet. The guards helped put the shopping items on the ships.

Master He San led everyone to the main ship of the Jin family to visit the Jin family. Almost all of the Jin family members came except the old lady and Jin Zhaohua.

Those who came included the head of the Jin family, Jin Qishan, and his wife Han, Jin Zhengfeng and his wife, Jin Zhengan and his wife, the third master of the Jin family, Jin Qiyang and his wife and his three children, and Jin Zhaoyi's three siblings.

The He family and the Jin family exchanged greetings one by one. Most of the Jin family had met Song Sanniang, but Uncle Liu and his wife and Qin Haodong had never met them, so everyone just briefly got to know each other.

At Jin Qishan's command, the people on the boat began to prepare dinner.

He sat at the head and laughed, "This time our ship to the capital is loaded with sea goods. We are taking advantage of the good winter weather. Today everyone is in for a treat. The fleet that recently went out to sea has collected some good goods."