Chapter 292 The Rich Shen Family (Subscription Request)

In Nanjun, whenever the Shen family is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind must be the world's richest family, the Nanjun Shen family.

Shen Wanshi, the head of the Shen family, is in charge of the entire weaving industry, and the silk he weaves is sold throughout the Great Xia Dynasty.

He has a daughter, whose spirit is autumn water and whose eyes are the moon of lake.

On the 18th of this year's Fang, Shen Wanshi, the head of the Shen family, hosted a grand celebration on the Baihu River with hundreds of pleasure boats.

Invite talented men and ladies from all over Nanjun to celebrate here with poetry and music.

If one can write a good poem and get recognition from the old teacher of the official music academy in the county city invited by the Shen family, he can go on the Shen family's pleasure boat.

If you can play the piano well, you can also board the ship.

The celebration begins early in the morning.

Hundreds of extremely luxurious pleasure boats broke through the vast White Tiger Lake, which was like a huge and smooth glass. The waves were sparkling and the sound of poetry being recited and the piano being played was endless.

The pleasure boat is so large that it doesn't seem crowded even if many people are on board.

All the pleasure boats have almost the same shape.

Only the pleasure boat in the center is more luxurious and exquisite than ordinary pleasure boats, and is twice as big as the other ones.

The paintings hung on the pleasure boat are all from famous contemporary artists or ancient paintings by famous artists from hundreds of years ago.

Each painting is worth a fortune, and if a wealthy family gets one, it will be considered a family heirloom.

Only a wealthy family like the Shen family could gather so many famous paintings together and hang them on the bow of the ship.

Hundreds of pleasure boats are slowly floating on Baihu Lake, following the breeze.

The pleasure boats on both sides have the most people.

The closer you get to the center, the fewer people there are.

Many talented men who knew they could not enter the central pleasure boat were already on the deck of the boat, bowing to the ladies who came up and inviting them to enjoy the prosperous Southern County with them.

From time to time, he would recite a few poems that suited the occasion, and some ladies would steal a glance at him. If one of them was satisfied, they would play the zither with him according to the poem, and it was very likely that a beautiful story would be created between the two of them.

However, the rich young man who only wanted to be the protagonist of today, Miss Shen's son, and the talented man who held an official position, did not even look away.

He racked his brains to come up with a stunning work, to gain recognition from the old and famous instructors on the pleasure boats, and to squeeze into the largest and most central pleasure boat.

The master of the Shen family has only this one daughter, who is now of the age to leave home. Today, this banquet is held and talented people from all over the world are invited to come to the White Tiger Lake pleasure boat. Who would not think that the master of the Shen family is trying to choose a good husband for his only daughter?
If one could enter the Shen family, it could almost be said that one could take the Shen family's wealth, which was rich enough to rival a country, as one's own.

What's more, it is rumored that Shen Ning'er, the only daughter of the Shen family, is extremely beautiful and is the most beautiful woman in the entire Nanjun.

Get great wealth and marry a beautiful woman.

Reach the peak of life!!
Which man doesn't want to?

Today, not only the scholars and candidates from Nanjun gathered here, but also the Jinshi and even the top three candidates from other counties and the imperial capital who have not yet married came here.

On the largest painting boat.

There were already dozens of talented and suave men, dressed in exquisite silk shirts, waving folding fans in the breeze, looking very elegant.

Each of them carries an air of great talent, standing on the deck without looking at the pink-decorated second floor of the pleasure boat.

They bowed and smiled, then pointed out the scenery by the lake and nodded to the people of Nanjun who came to watch the feast on the painted boats on both sides of the lake.

It's a very harmonious scene.

Only when his heart was touched and he came up with a good sentence, his eyes would light up, and he would turn around and face the pink decoration and recite it loudly. His voice was so penetrating that it did not sound like something a weak talent could recite.

Seeing that there was still no response after seeing the pink decoration in one place, he did not get discouraged.

He turned around, smiled and chatted with others, flicked his folding fan, and returned to his original talented appearance.

The pleasure boat sailed to the center of the county town, where more and more people were gathering, and then it slowly came to the shore and stopped.

An equally elegant middle-aged man walked out from the largest pleasure boat. He smiled, with fine lines on his face. It was not difficult to tell that he must have been a talented man when he was young.

When he walked out, everyone on the pleasure boat and on both sides of the river looked at him.

To be precise, he was not looking at him, but at the tall and beautiful woman behind him.

The beauty is holding a long zither in her arms, wearing a light yellow dress, which highlights her tall and beautiful figure, her eyebrows are like a painting, her lips are like crimson dots, and her most beautiful eyes are like lake water. When she lowers her head, it makes people want to protect her endlessly.

The talented men were so stunned that their breath was held in their grasp, and even the ladies' eyes were filled with endless envy.

Born into a wealthy family and possessing such unparalleled beauty, if it were them, they would be willing to be such a person even for a day and fall into the White Tiger River.

At this time, the middle-aged man said loudly:

“My fellow countrymen of Nanjun, talented men and beautiful women.

Today is my daughter's eighteenth birthday. I am deeply honored to have your support.

On the painting boat, thousands of chefs are preparing delicious meals for everyone, whether they are talented men and ladies on the painting boat or the elders and villagers who have come to honor you.

Everyone can enjoy a day's worth of delicious food, and one hundred lucky people can get the exquisite silk prepared by Mr. Shen! !
To express Mr. Shen’s gratitude!!”

After saying that, the middle-aged man smiled and bowed to everyone, and the woman behind him also followed suit and bowed.

The people on the pleasure boat and on both sides were all in an uproar.

I praise Mr. Shen for his generosity!!
When the boiling noise subsided a little, the middle-aged man continued:
"Today is my daughter's birthday, so please let me play a piece of music for you!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, people on the pleasure boat and on both sides of the lake erupted in even more intense howling.

"Oh~!!"

"Oh~!!"

"Oh~!!"

Some fake talents even made wolf howling sounds.

Miss Shen bowed again, took a step forward to the houseboat, placed the zither on the stone table, and sat on the stone bench.

Green jade fingers, with pink artificial nails on the fingertips, plucking the piano.

When he just plucked a note on the piano, the whole audience fell silent.

Until the green jade fingers dance on the strings.

The sound of the piano is like poetry, beautiful and subtle.

The sound of the piano seems to be telling the girl's thoughts.

The melodious sound of the piano, like the sound of nature, echoes over the vast lake.

The pleasure boats and both sides of the lake, where tens of thousands of people were present, were all filled with silence and tranquility, influenced by the sound of the piano.

Many people even forgot the purpose of coming here, closed their eyes and appreciated the music, intoxicated by it.

Until the last note was played.

Miss Xiao stood up, bowed, picked up the strings of the zither and stood behind the middle-aged man.

Those who listened to the piano suddenly woke up from their dream.

Their faces were all excited, and they let out even more violent howls.

An even louder wolf howl broke out.

"Shen Ning'er~!"

"Shen Ning'er~!"

"Shen Ning'er~!"

As if someone was directing them, the so-called talented people on the pleasure boats and by the lake all howled fanatically.

The beauty seemed to be frightened and hid behind the middle-aged man.

Her weak appearance seemed to arouse the protective desire in more men, and they howled heart-wrenchingly.

(End of this chapter)