Spring is short, and the weather becomes hotter after March and April.

Life in the late Ming Dynasty was really rich and interesting. The Jiangnan products were abundant, and the court gave the literati the greatest merit, allowing them to enjoy such a life leisurely.

In the morning, Lin Yanchao would also go for a walk by the river, occasionally sitting under the banyan tree next to the river bank to watch a few old men playing chess. Lin Yanchao's chess skills in his previous life were not very good, but he had watched several Chunlan Cups. Lin Yanchao thought that the chess skills of these old men could make them three of them.

When the old man saw him as a young man, he would sometimes enthusiastically invite him to play chess. Lin Yanchao usually refused, but once he couldn't help but make a move, then there was nothing. So Lin Yanchao decided to watch chess and never ended.

The old man by the river is boring to play chess, but when he goes to the chess club, there are more experts. Many scholars who are about the same age as Lin Yanchao, and their chess skills are far above him. However, the chess club needs money for tea, and those who don’t play chess like Lin Yanchao and watch white chess every day will naturally not be favored by the boss.

Fortunately, playing chess is just a hobby for Lin Yanchao.

When walking by the river, Lin Yanchao likes to watch others walk birds. Sometimes he will bring fishing gear and book bags, walk to the shade of the trees by the river, throw the fishing rod, put it there, lie lazily, and pick up Cheng Wenda Ji and recite the book.

After sitting there, one afternoon passed. Occasionally, the black-sailed boat slowly passed by. The breeze in early summer was so scented that people didn't catch one or two fish, but Lin Yanchao was full of joy to return home.

There is also fun at home. You can also mix fish food, feed the big carp in the well, and chat with Qian Qian. If it rains, Lin Yanchao will sit in the patio to study, or go upstairs to see the scenery of bathing in the rain with white walls and black tiles.

In addition to the chess club, Lin Yanchao was too busy to study, and the most common ones he went to were the bookstore near the Fuxue Academy and the Pear Garden by the river.

There will always be new collections of timely writings in the bookstore, or Cheng Mo, the third-rank official of the Hanlin court, the magistrate of the province, the prefect, the prefect, the Taoist, and the Chengwen, Lin Yanchao, bought one book and memorized one book. The prefect Chen gave him twenty taels of silver, and he used it without hesitation.

He is more accustomed to buying books than borrowing books. At this time, scholars still prefer to collect books. People who love reading collect thousands of volumes are just a matter of time.

Lin Yanchao also loves to buy books, and this has been the case in both lives.

The shopkeepers and the clerks in the store smiled from ear to ear whenever they saw Lin Yanchao spending money to buy books. Many scholars would buy books after reading them. How could they spend three or five taels of silver a month like Lin Yanchao? It would be so easy to spend a hundred gold coins in a family.

The shopkeeper and the clerk only regarded Lin Yanchao as the suckers who bought books to decorate their faces, but if they knew that Lin Yanchao not only bought it but also read it, they would not know what it would be frightened.

In addition to the current literature, classics, history, and collections, Lin Yanchao also chose the best ones sold in the bookstore, such as the book of the preaching, the continuation of the preaching, the collection of the preachings written by Wang Yangming's disciples, the collection of the preachings of Zhan Ruoshui, the plot of the mind and nature, Wang Shizhen's four manuscripts, and the Luo Rufang lectures, etc., and they bought one and took it home to take a look.

Once, Lin Yanchao also saw several scholars passing through a book called "Red Spring Yicao" with relish.

Lin Yanchao asked who the author was strangely. Then those people read Lin Yanchao and said with a smile: "Brother, can it be from the mountains and fields? This book was written by Tang Xianzu of Linchuan. You don't even know him, so what else can you read? This person passed the provincial examination at the age of 20 and became famous all over the world."

"I heard that this person's Chinese-style examination was a surefire, but he said he wanted to win the top scorer, so he deliberately did not participate in next year's examination, studied at home, and won the championship in one fell swoop in three years. This "Red Spring Yicao" is his first collection of poems. He was planning to first become famous in the two capitals before he arrived. He was sold out all the papers in Luoyang. Now, scholars in the provincial capital are embarrassed to go out if they don't read them. I advise you to buy one."

1 Tang Xianzu! It’s the master who wrote about the Peony Pavilion. Linchuan is indeed a talented place, including Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, Lu Jiuyuan, Luo Rufang and Tang Xianzu in modern times. So Lin Yanchao couldn’t help but buy a copy of “Red Spring Yicao”.

Apart from the book club, Lin Yanchao, he just visited the pear garden. He had to go there two or three days later. Of course, if he didn’t go to the chess club or fishing on this day, he would only go there.

On that day, Lin Yanchao read Zhaoming's selection of articles for a day. After writing a few articles in the afternoon, he went to the riverside to listen to opera in the evening.

As soon as I entered the gate, someone immediately called out, "Hey, Mr. Lin, you are here again... I've left it for you... Or just watch two shows... Or should I change the pastry? Or should I get some fresh fruits..."

The business of the Scholar class was not very good this day, with only three or four people on the table.

Lin Yanchao also heard from his opera friends that this Scholar troupe was opened by a retired official. Because this official likes to listen to operas, he has a troupe of thirty or forty people in his family. However, after the official retired, he was short of money and refused to cut off the troupe. So he asked his friend to borrow a garden, gave the troupe the Qiantang troupe the name, and sang the Scholar troupe in the garden to earn some money to subsidize it.

There are very few people today, and there is another old actress on the stage, singing that makes people sleepy.

Lin Yanchao also shook his head and was about to leave after drinking tea. At this time, someone said, "Brother, please, please."

Lin Yan tilted his head, but saw a man bowing to him. The man was wearing a high scarf and wide sleeves. He was just the new Su style from Zhejiang. He knew he was a handsome young man at first glance.

Seeing that the other party was only a year older than him, Lin Yanchao stood up and bowed, "Brother, what's the point of seeing you?"

This person said, "Please forgive me for being abrupt. Xie Zhaoyu, a local person, lives in Qiantang for a young age. His father is the magistrate of Anren, and he is the owner of the Qiantang class in the garden."

"It turned out to be the young boss."

Xie Zhaoqing hurriedly said, "I dare not take it."

The two sat and started chatting. Both of them were scholars and were about the same age. They started talking. At that moment, Xie Zhaoqing asked someone to add a few snacks, and then said to Lin Yanchao: "Brother Lin, I think you often come here to watch dramas, but I can see that you are loving me. How dare you ask me, where do you like Qiantang Class the most?"

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "It's all okay."

Xie Zhaohuang said unwillingly: "Brother, please forgive me for asking more urgently, just say which places I like."

Lin Yanchao said: "Since it's Brother Xie, there are three questions like this."

Xie Zhaoqing was overjoyed and said, "Where are three places?"

“Tea, pastries, garden.”

Xie Zhaoqing lifted the tea bowl halfway and his face froze. Lin Yanchao hurriedly said, "Brother Xie, I'm wronged."

Xie Zhaohuang waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "Brother Lin, don't comfort me. Just look at these few customers, you will know how bleak the business is."

Lin Yanchao looked around and knew that there were not many people in the opera troupe after he came.

"Actually, the Qiantang troupe has been building a stage in the garden for more than half a year, and has been underpaid for less than a year. In the past month, it has suffered a lot of losses. With my father's previous savings as an official, it is really difficult to maintain it. Someone advised me to put the opera troupe on the raft and perform some erotic dramas, but I refused. In this troupe, Wenjuan, Yuhan, Zhiqing, and Changjun, the opera troupe in Hangzhou can also play the role of a dan player. They usually perform opera for Confucian scholars. How can I set up a stage in the raft and prostitute alley? Isn't that a self-deprecating person?"

Lin Yanchao also said sympathetically: "The Confucian opera is very good, but they play the same songs in a regular and peaceful manner. It is inevitable that the songs are too high and too few. This is just that, but what should not be that you sing the right sound (Mandarin dialect) instead of the local Fujian accent. In this way, the people in the market will not like to listen. Why not let your opera troupe learn the Fujian accent to sing the opera, isn't it good?"

Xie Zhaozhe said: "I have thought about this, but when I learn new styles, the tunes must be renewed, and the songs must also change. If it is a forced change, I can only sing the outside world like those in the chat and the world, and sing the outside world in Fujian style, and it is not like the inside and outside."

"This is easy." Lin Yanchao said secretly, feeling a little reluctant to speak but stopping.

Xie Zhaozhe hurriedly said, "Brother Yanchao, this opera troupe is the hard work of my father and I. If you have any great ideas, just say it, we, father and son, are very grateful."

Lin Yanchao said: "I dare not, I have a superficial opinion. How about you re-composing a new play?"

PS: I forgot to read it yesterday and added it. Thank you for the reward from Brother Liang Xiaoxiao 0125, the helm leader.
Chapter completed!