sbdcsierra Chapter 213 1 The Female Man on the Boat
Chapter 213 1 The Female Man on the Boat
When the girls in the pleasure boat heard the well-dressed young man come forward and introduce himself, they shifted their gaze from Ye Changyan and the other two to Meng Qingliang.
"Are you Meng Qingliang?"
The girl who had invited everyone to tea earlier looked at Meng Qingliang and sounded a little surprised.
Meng Qingliang was quite famous in Baiheliang Academy, not because he was good at studying or had talent, but because his family was a well-known wealthy family in Yuzhou Prefecture.
Meng Qingliang also relied on his family's wealth and lived a very luxurious life of food, clothing and other expenses. When he first entered Baiheliang Academy, he brought a maid to serve him, which caused dissatisfaction among other students. Finally, the academy had to mediate and Meng Qingliang ended up sending the maid back.
However, Meng Qingliang was used to having everything provided for him, so he could only spend money to bribe the students in the academy to help him with his miscellaneous affairs.
Originally, students of Baiheliang Academy were not allowed to go out except on holidays, but Meng Qingliang somehow got through some connections and often went out to drink and have fun, and often returned drunk. Therefore, except for a very small number of students who liked to curry favor, almost all other students disliked him.
As a result, Meng Qingliang became known as an unlearned and incompetent young master in the eyes of the students in the academy. The name of the incompetent young master also spread outside the school along with the students in the academy, and the reputation of the incompetent young master gradually spread throughout the city of Yuzhou.
When Meng Qingliang heard the girl's question, he was delighted. He took another step forward, bowed to all the girls, and an irrepressible smile appeared on his face.
"I am Meng Qingliang."
Then I heard the girls behind the round table all laughing softly.
Meng Qingliang was delighted. It seemed that he was quite popular among these girls. Then he heard a young man next to Meng Qingliang come forward and introduce himself.
"I am Wentian, a student at Yuzhou Prefecture School."
Wentian is quite gentle and seems to have a refined demeanor.
After listening to Meng Qingliang and Wentian introducing themselves, other young people also began to introduce themselves.
When it was Lu Tingfeng's turn, Lu Tingfeng had a stern face, cupped his hands, and only three words came out of his mouth.
"Lu Tingfeng."
Everyone at the scene was a little surprised. The introduction was a bit too simple, and the tone and attitude were too cold.
But there were quite a few girls at the scene who just liked this and thought that Lu Tingfeng, who was so cold and aloof, had a lot of personality. These girls kept staring at Lu Tingfeng.
The only two people left standing in the corner were Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng. They took a step forward one after another, faced the girls, bowed, smiled, and briefly introduced their names.
The seven young men who came before were either students from Yuzhou Prefecture or sons of prestigious gentry families, but almost no one at the scene had heard of the names of Ye Changyan and the other two.
The girls were all quite interested in Ye Changyan and the other two. They were tall and handsome, and looked really pleasing to the eye.
Seeing that all the girls were a little crazy about it, the girl who had previously invited everyone to tea took the lead in introducing herself.
"Hello, gentlemen. I am Huang Yuyao."
As soon as the girl finished speaking, she heard the young men whispering.
Huang Yuyao was quite famous in Yuzhou Prefecture. She was a military officer of Yuzhou Prefecture and the daughter of Captain Huang. Huang Yuyao did not like to be locked up in the boudoir to embroider and play the piano like other ladies from wealthy families. She preferred riding horses, shooting arrows, and wielding swords and guns.
It was said that Captain Huang's daughter was a woman with a strong and aggressive personality, but unexpectedly she was born so fresh, refined, gentle and moving.
After hearing everyone's discussions, Ye Changyan finally understood why this woman gave him such a heroic feeling. He didn't expect that she was actually a tomboy who was skilled in wielding swords and guns, riding horses and shooting arrows.
The girls that followed also introduced themselves one by one. Ye Changyan listened to the discussions of the young men around him and he did not expect that the girls on this pleasure boat were all the daughters of the military officers of Yuzhou Prefecture.
Among them were two daughters of governors, three daughters of centurions, and the lowest ones were the sisters of the clerk and the general flag.
No wonder Ye Changyan felt that these girls were vaguely led by Huang Yuyao. It turned out that he and his friends were on a real women's army pleasure boat.
"Gentlemen, come and have some tea."
Huang Yuyao invited everyone again, and then everyone came forward and took their seats one by one.
Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng sat in the corner, but they felt as if they were being stared at by countless pairs of eyes, and they felt a little uncomfortable.
A group of young men and women on the pleasure boat started chatting while drinking tea.
"This tea has a fresh and rich aroma, a fresh and mellow taste, and bright green leaves. It must be Changzhou Xiuya, and it is one of the rarest ones!"
Wentian picked up the teacup, tasted the tea, and then made his comments.
"Mr. Wen has a refined taste. He will know the origin of this tea after just one taste."
Huang Yuyao smiled faintly at Wentian. When Meng Qingliang saw Huang Yuyao's calm smile, ripples appeared in his heart.
I don't know what kind of genius this Meng Qingliang is. He interrupted and with just a few words diverted the originally elegant topic of tea tasting. Meng Qingliang gradually brought the topic to the recent suppression of bandits in Zhongliang Mountain.
All the women at the scene were born in military families. The fathers and brothers of several of them were either commanders or heroes of the Zhongliang Mountain bandit suppression. After Meng Qingliang diverted the topic, these women were more excited than the young men at the scene.
One talked about how his father tore the bandits apart with his bare hands, and the scene was described vividly. The other said that his brother broke the cervical vertebrae of two bandits with a single blow of his knife, killing them instantly.
What's more, some people talked about how their eldest brother fought a bandit leader with his bare hands for 300 rounds, beating the bandit leader so badly that he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but their eldest brother was unharmed.
Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng were stunned when they heard these girls talking at once.
This was not quite the same as the exchange party on the pleasure boat they had imagined. When they first got on the pleasure boat, the girls were all sitting upright with a dignified demeanor. But as Meng Qingliang changed the subject, these girls on the boat full of female gangsters revealed their true colors.
Even Huang Yuyao, who looked fresh, refined, gentle and charming, would occasionally express her own opinions when the discussion was heated.
"Han Ting, your brother shouldn't have gone to fight with the bandits. These bandits were desperate criminals. Otherwise, your brother wouldn't have stayed in bed for a whole month.
Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng both shook their heads in their hearts. On this pleasure boat, there were no ladies from noble families sitting and playing the piano, no beautiful girls from next door playing the pipa with their delicate fingers, and no talented men and beautiful women reciting poems and composing couplets to show off their elegance. There was only a boat full of decisive female warriors.
Lu Tingfeng had a stern look on his face, as if he turned a deaf ear to it.
Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng listened to these people chatting happily and didn't want to interrupt. They just picked up their teacups and drank one cup after another, sighing in their hearts that it was a waste of such good tea!