第三百三十二篇第三百三十二篇Story Three Hundred and Thirty-Two

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Story Three Hundred and Thirty-Two · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Officer Lu

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: inside a street-side wine shop by day, a young secretary in a soft cap stands behind a laden table, scattering dough crumbs with one hand and holding a basin with the other, while tiny mice scurry among the dishes beside small nuggets of gold, and four astonished stewards, one standing with a wine pot, one leaning forward on a stool, one half rising, one leaning far back with raised hands, stare at the table, with wine jars, shelves, a latticed window and a street banner behind.