269. First Gain an Inch, Then You Can Advance a Foot (Please Order the Whole Thing)

"Yeah. Google search and read"

Bai Xiuzhu nodded. She was angry. Bai Gui deliberately came back early today and secretly looked for Xunzi. She was not happy when she knew it in her heart, but after thinking for a while, she had no reason to lose her temper.

Bai Gui spent the three days in Tokyo with her.

He just stole time to look for Xunzi. It was not a big sin anyway.

You can't... ignore Xunzi all the time.

"I will wear the sapphire feather brooch you gave me tomorrow."

She chewed a mouthful of food and replied.

This sentence was a reconciliation.

After all, she was the wife. For a banquet like this, Bai Gui would definitely take her with him instead of Xunzi. Thinking of this, the slight unhappiness in her heart immediately dissipated.

"After the banquet, the two of us will go to Ameiken together to meet your parents."

Bai Gui wiped his mouth with a napkin and said.

...

The next afternoon.

The villa of Ryuhei Murayama, the president of Asahi Society.

"It's Mr. Bai."

"This... is your wife? She's really beautiful. I guess Ono Komachi's beauty is just like this."

President Ryuhei Murayama and the waiter were standing outside the door together. When they saw Bai Gui and Bai Xiuzhu coming over, they praised them.

It stands to reason that he is the president of Asahi Society and has a noble status. It is generally impossible for him to come here to personally invite guests to the table. However, the people who come to the banquet are all first-class writers. These people may not be as powerful as him, but in the minds of many Japanese people, he, a businessman, is obviously not as good as these writers.

Besides, doing it once or twice occasionally will also make people feel that you are respectful to the wise.

As a media tycoon, he will not be so arrogant when it comes to things that benefit without spending money.

"Thank you, President Murayama."

"My wife doesn't deserve such a big compliment."

Bai Gui smiled faintly.

Although Bai Xiuzhu didn't understand who Ono Komachi was, she still thanked him and bowed.

The two walked into the villa.

"Ono Komachi is a beauty in the Heian period of Japan. She is the only woman among the Six Poetry Immortals. Like Xi Shi in Chinese history, this phrase is often used to praise the beauty of women."

"In the minds of the Japanese, Ono Komachi is one of the three great beauties in the world, along with Yang Guifei and the Queen of Love."

Bai Gui held Bai Xiuzhu's arm and explained softly in her ear.

The Six Poetry Immortals refers to six outstanding waka poets, and this era is known as the Six Poetry Immortals Era. Their main achievement is to make waka truly compete with Chinese poetry. It is roughly equivalent to the Seven Scholars of the Jian'an Period.

As for Ono Komachi, Abe Haruaki has a line in "Onmyoji", "Ono Komachi, she is the eternal idol in the hearts of all men."

Enter.

The villa is three-story, and there are already many celebrities talking and chatting inside.

The literary banquet inside the Asahi Society is called internal because it is mainly for the invitation of literati who have a relationship with the Asahi Society, including some celebrities, dramatists, critics, etc.

"Mr. Bai, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect to see you again this time."

"Is this Mrs. Bai?"

"Many people said that you returned to China to get married. I didn't believe it, but now it seems to be true."

"..."

People kept greeting Bai Gui.

Since Bai Gui wrote "Guns, Germs, and Steel", his status in the Japanese literary world has been rising. In addition, he was a historical columnist for the Asahi Society before, so his literary reputation has spread. He is also a good person, so he knows many people in the Japanese literary world.

"Senior Morio..."

"Senior Meshiro..."

Bai Gui returned the greetings one by one, with a smile on his face. Gu

After greeting, he took Bai Xiuzhu to a secluded corner and began to introduce her to the literati and writers in the field, telling her some interesting stories about them.

Except for some people who are good at socializing, quite a number of people in the field are relatively taciturn.

Some people have their own small circles, introducing a newly auctioned oil painting, discussing recent works, and improvising poems...

In short, there are all kinds of different things.

"Meihe..."

"What about your good writer friends? Why don't you introduce them to me?"

Bai Xiuzhu asked curiously after listening to Bai Gui's introduction.

"As for me, I have some, but..."

Bai Gui was speechless for a moment.

He knows a lot of people in the Japanese literary world, but most of them are casual acquaintances.

Mainly because he became famous at a young age, his peers could not keep up with his pace. Those who kept up with his pace, because of the original dispute with Natsume Soseki, most of them were afraid of Natsume Soseki and spontaneously stayed away, such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

So the few writers he knew who had a good relationship with, Mori Ogai, Futaba Tei Shimi, etc., were all important figures in the literary world. They were of the older generation, and now they were surrounded by some people to ask questions.

Some people are professors from the University of Tokyo, all scholars, who rarely attend such literary banquets, thinking it is too noisy.

Therefore... after he attends the literary banquet, he spends most of his time in a small circle with Tanabe Ryuko.

After all, female writers are relatively rare.

With beautiful female writers, why bother with... those old men.

Speak of the devil.

"Mr. Bai, are you going to introduce this lady to me?"

Tanabe Ryuko walked to a familiar venue. Asahi Society's cultural banquet venue was relatively fixed. When she saw the young and beautiful Bai Xiuzhu, she suddenly realized something in her heart. She stepped forward and sat elegantly on the sofa and asked.

"This is Tanabe-senpai. When I was in the first grade of high school, I met Tanabe-senpai during the literary club party..."

"Tanabe-senpai has always been very supportive to me."

"This is Bai Xiuzhu, my wife. She just got married and came to Japan with me."

Bai Gui raised his eyebrows and introduced.

"So it's Tanabe-senpai?"

"Thank you for your continued support to Mr. Bai."

Bai Xiuzhu called her senior several times politely and with a sincere attitude.

"Miss Bai."

Tanabe Ryuko's pink face stiffened slightly, she forced a smile and said politely.

She was an older leftover girl. If she had given birth earlier, the child would have been in his teens. Bai Xiuzhu didn't call her aunt, but called her senior, which was reasonable.

There was no room for her to be angry.

"Well, you have already seen the ceremony, please sit down."

Bai Gui calmed down and said.

He had long expected that when he brought Bai Xiuzhu to attend the cultural banquet, he would definitely meet Ryuko Tanabe. However, Bai Xiuzhu was his legal wife, so it would be inappropriate for him to attend the banquet alone. When Bai Xiuzhu questioned her, it would appear that he had bad intentions.

And even if the two of them met, there would be nothing to say.

It's just a casual marriage.

Tanabe Ryuko's character...he judged and probably wouldn't make it clear.

Well, the main thing was that he let Bai Xiuzhu adapt in advance.

One penny a day, a thousand days a thousand, a rope saws the wood, and a drop of water cuts through the stone.

Get the inches first, and then make the inches.

"I, Bai Meihe, read the Spring and Autumn Period and ended up in a dog's belly..."

He shook his head and thought to himself.