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Folktales of the Lotus Club Story
Folktales of the Lotus Club
In the 1920s outside Ruhe City, there was a relatively affluent group. They were all dignified figures in the countryside, such as Wen Da, a private school teacher, Zhang Gong, a member of the township council, Ma Renzhi, a doctor, and Xu Yiqing, a businessman, and so on. Xu Yiqing is a lively person and has some spare cash in his hands. Sometimes he invites these friends to a tavern for a gathering, and occasionally the friends invite him back.
One day, a group of people came to the tavern again. After drinking for three rounds, Xu Yiqing suddenly had a whim and said: “A person’s life is only a few decades, and you should enjoy it when you should enjoy it. Let’s set up a ‘joint flower club’, which is a club where partners spend money to eat, and come to the tavern regularly Let’s have fun, how’s it going?”
“This is a good idea, I agree!” As soon as Xu Yiqing said, everyone responded immediately.
Wen Da said: “‘Hehua’ is too vulgar, so it’s better to call it ‘Lotus’. Zhou Dunyi said, ‘Out of the mud but not stained, in the clean ripples but not demon’, it is both elegant and homonymous.”
Xu Yiqing nodded and said: “Brother Wen is indeed a cultural person, but he has more ink in his stomach than us.”
“Lotus Club” was born amidst the uproar. Everyone made a gentleman’s agreement: the members of the lotus club take turns to be the host, whoever is the host spends the money, and whoever spends the money has the final say. There must be a gathering every nine months, and you can call it at any time when you meet an auspicious day or if you come here temporarily.
Since the “Lotus Club” is a party where partners spend money to eat, it involves economic issues, and problems will inevitably arise over time.
This day is the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. It is a beautiful day with clear skies, and everyone clamors to go to the heights to drink. This time it was Wenda’s turn to play host. Xu Yiqing came to the house early in the morning to call Wenda.
Wen Da’s family is actually not well-off, and joining the Lotus Club was originally just to join in the fun, so he often excused himself from attending the party because he had something to do at home. I thought that if you invite me, I won’t go, and I don’t need to invite you when the time comes. Seeing Xu Yiqing calling him at this time, she said: “My wife is in poor health, so I won’t go.”
“It’s your turn to be the host today, so what if you don’t go!” Xu Yiqing said carelessly.
Wen Da still wanted to argue, but Xu Yiqing didn’t care about it, and pulled him away.
After climbing the mountain, everyone complained that they were hungry, and asked Wenda to arrange meals, saying that today is the Double Ninth Festival, and they should make it richer. Wen Da was very reluctant in his heart, but he couldn’t say anything.
After ordering a lot of dishes and drinking a lot of wine, Wen Da was very distressed and wanted to eat as soon as possible. He called the waiter over and asked him what staple food he had. Xiao Er asked him back, what do you want to eat?
“Do you have everything I want to eat?” Wen Da said angrily as he had nowhere to vent his anger.
“Of course, we are the most famous restaurant in this area.”
“Then have a steamed pancake.”
“No.”
“Have some soup cakes.”
“No.”
“Have a Hu Bi.”
“No.”
“Come to Wu Dalang’s cooking cake.”
“No.”
“Bastard! You don’t have such ordinary things, and it’s the ‘most famous restaurant’!” Wen Da dropped his chopsticks and stood up.
Xiao Er looked confused and said, “We really don’t have the items you ordered.”
The boss also came over with a smile on his face and said: “Sir, calm down, don’t be as knowledgeable as a servant. Sir, you have a lot of experience, but we are a small place here, and I have never heard of what you said.”
“Steam cakes are steamed buns, soup cakes are noodles, hu cakes are sesame seed cakes, and Wu Dalang’s cooking cakes are steamed buns. These are the most common things. Have you never heard of them?” Wen Da said, almost pushing the cup to the ground. on the ground.
A young scholar at the next table stopped Wen Da. The scholar said to Wen Da: “Why do you have to be so angry, sir, since what you are talking about is ordinary food, let them serve it.”
Seeing someone come out to smooth things over, Wen Da was still angry: “I have never seen such an ignorant shopkeeper.”
The scholar said: “The student has been here before. As far as the student knows, although the owner of this hotel is ignorant, there have been ‘Jiangyin County Guard’, ‘Yizhou Governor’ and ‘Tianzhong Hou’ entertaining guests here, which is enough. It makes up for the owner’s ignorance.”
Wen Da said disdainfully: “It turns out that such high-ranking officials have come to this store before. Unfortunately, I, Wen Da, am not a follower of influence. Otherwise, I would come here more times for their fame.”
The scholar said: “Mr. is poor, where is there any ‘high-ranking official’?”
Wen Da was taken aback, and said, “Jiangyin prefect, Yizhou governor, and Tianzhonghou, aren’t these high-ranking officials?”
The scholar said: “Where! Sir, don’t you hear the famous sentence of Yi’an Layman, ‘Qingzhou is engaged in Kong Fangjun, and happy events happen all day long’? Compare the official position of ‘engaging’ with good wine.
What’s more, there is a Qi county in Qingzhou, ‘Qi’ The “navel” is also, the power of good wine will reach the belly button, so it is called “Qingzhou Engagement”; Jiangyin has a “Wannian Township”, where the fragrance of good wine will last for thousands of years, and “Jiangyin County Guard” means “Yanghe”; There is a “Qianqiu Pool” in the state, and the pool of good wine will last forever. “Yizhou Governor” means “Jiannanchun”. As for “Tianzhonghou”, it is a good wine in our place, and I must have drunk it.”
Wen Da knew that he had been fooled, and this kid was deliberately embarrassing him. His face was hot, but he tried his best to save face, so he said: “Of course, I have drunk ‘Tianzhonghou’, isn’t it just ‘Longquanhong’ Is it? It used to be the imperial wine.”
The scholar also said: “Mr. is bad. It is not ‘Longquanhong’ but ‘Zhuangyuanhong’. There is a difference between ‘Longquanhong’ and ‘Zhuangyuanhong’: although ‘Longquanhong’ is a good wine, it was not sold during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. After the transformation of the winemaker, some mysterious medicinal materials were added. Its color is more rosy and clear, and the taste is more mellow and rich.
Emperor Yongzheng was full of praise after tasting it. Zhuangyuanhong’, also known as ‘Tianzhonghou’.” After speaking, the scholar picked up the “Zhuangyuanhong” wine jar on the table, took a sip, and said with a smile: “Good wine, good wine!”
Wen Da lost another round, very displeased, and picked up the ‘Zhuangyuanhong’ on the table and took a few sips.
Xu Yiqing is a straightforward person, seeing this, she smiled and said: “Haha, we are all rough people, I don’t know that there are so many ways in this, brother Wen is an educated person, how come he is also ignorant?”
Wen Da’s face was flushed red, and he took advantage of the alcohol to get angry at his own people: “No matter how ignorant I am, I am better than you. You are just a bunch of wine bags and rice bags, rotten wood that cannot be carved!”
Xu Yiqing got annoyed when she heard that, and slapped the table: “Surname Wen, don’t pretend to be a saint here, you’re just a poor scholar, what’s so special about you!”
Wen Da said: “I’m poor, I’m so poor, what’s so great about being rich, you don’t dare to say if your money is not clean!”
Xu Yiqing grabbed Wenda’s skirt and said aggressively: “Today you must tell me clearly, what is wrong with my money?”
Wen Da couldn’t break free, and became angry from embarrassment, so the two of them fought regardless of their gentleness. In the end, Wen Da’s nose was bruised and his face was swollen, so he was carried back.
After this incident, the “Lotus Club” became famous in the Ruhe area, and people knew that there was a group of rich people in the countryside who had so much money that they had no place to spend, and went to the tavern mountain to eat and drink every day.
Because of the fame, within a month, the homes of members of three “Lotus Clubs” were burglarized. Soon, Xu Yiqing’s concubine colluded with an adulterer, looted the family property, and then both ran away; Wenda’s wife was already sick, but Jian Wenda was beaten like that, and her condition worsened, and she died soon; Zhang Gong suffered a stroke and was bedridden; Ren Zhi’s son started smoking opium, and his family fell into ruin…
The famous “Lotus Fair” was gradually forgotten by Ruhe people.
