Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 48
And rich young men like Tantai Wenwang are almost unreasonable. In Suzhou, a prosperous and rich place, rich young men are easily caught.

Tantai Wenwang replied: "I asked just now, the supervisor of the poetry competition tonight is Miss Mudan."

Mr. Lu suddenly realized, "No wonder you, Brother Tantai, look determined to win. It turns out that you want to win Miss Mudan's favor."

Tantai Wenwang laughed and said: "Brother Lu, it's fine in normal times, but you can't argue with me today."

Mr. Lu smiled and said: "I'm just here tonight to join in the fun, I don't want to disturb this muddy water." Then he said: "Don't you know that Mr. Zhao and Mr. Wu are fighting fiercely outside, and even entangled Everyone fights, Chen Duzhi is to prevent them from fighting in private, so it's done in such a way that the highest post wins."

Tantai Wenwang said proudly: "Those two bird people."

Mr. Lu chuckled, "I'm afraid they won't let brother Tantai pass the test easily tonight."

I don't know who shouted: "Mr. Wu is here."

A gorgeously dressed young man walked in and greeted someone he knew with a smile.

Tantai Wenwang sarcastically said in a low voice: "When we were fighting, we shouted ferociously, but now we are acting gentle and gentle, just pretending."

This brothel is a magical place, any kind of person who enters this brothel has to put on a show and behave like a gentleman.

After all, the brothel is a place to talk about literature and morality, and the vulgar ones outside will only be looked down upon here, and a consensus has been formed on this.

Moreover, a high-end place like Qinlou is a place where high-ranking officials and dignitaries often set foot. You, a rich man, may be able to do whatever you want outside. There is nothing you can be arrogant here. Honestly abide by the established rules here.

This Young Master Wu sat down at the round table in the middle with another young man in a Confucian uniform, and ordered the maid to serve food and wine, and the two chatted while drinking.

Tan Taiwen looked at how Mr. Wu treated that Mr. Confucianist Fu very courteously, and asked Mr. Lu: "Brother Lu, who is that man, do you know him?"

Mr. Lu shook his head and smiled, "I don't know, it seems that Mr. Wu invited him to help."

Tantai Wenwang asked in surprise, "What kind of helper?"

Mr. Lu smiled and said, "How would I know that if Mr. Wu could invite you over, he must have some talents."

Tantai Wenwang groaned, originally he thought that Mr. Zhao was the only opponent, but it seems that Mr. Wu is also a stumbling block.

Not long after, Mr. Zhao also arrived, but he also brought two "friends", one of whom was known to most people, that is, Huang Shaonan, the golden leg of the Benma club. Competing in poetry and writing, this Huang Shaonan's reputation in the hearts of these young masters is still good.

The name of the Ben Ma Club sounds domineering, but it is just a non-governmental profit-making association in Suzhou City that specializes in running errands for others.

The original intention of the establishment of the Benma Club was nothing more than to run around and do chores for the rich, delivering letters for others, inquiring about news... miscellaneous things, etc., with the requirements of the employer, the business expanded to weddings, funerals, restaurant openings, showcasing power, and gang fights. .

Later, it developed to some weird tasks, only tasks that you can't do, and there are no tasks that you can't think of.

Some literati will name themselves in the Benma Club, helping these young masters write poems and essays, fight in the brothel ring, one pays and the other works.

In this world where books are expensive and paper is expensive, scholars are an extremely rare group, and the price of cultivating a literati student is really too high.

For ordinary people, books are even more unattainable. Most people have never even read a book in their life, and they don't even know a single big character.

People who have a certain culture and can write a few words are enough to make people look respectful. ,

The four words "scholarly family" are a symbol of wealth and status. A family with a collection of tens of millions of books is an intangible wealth.

That is to say, in a prosperous place like Suzhou, where the style of writing prevails, in other places, there would not be many scholars in a town.

Therefore, in the Benma Society, such nominal literati are generally classified as silver-legged and golden-legged, while those marketers who sell physical labor can only be classified as copper-legged.

Tantai Wenwang also hired Huang Shaonan to write poems and play in brothel rings, knowing Huang Shaonan's details, he couldn't help feeling a little worried, and asked Xie Fu in a low voice: "Can you do it?"

Although Xie Fu's talk about the brothel is sound, in fact Tantai Wenwang has no idea about Xie Fu.

Originally, Tantai Wenwang was only here to join in the fun today, but the first prize was to meet his dream lover, Lady Peony, then the situation was different, he was bound to win.

Xie Fu laughed and said, "How can a man say that he can't do it?"

Tantai Wenwang said angrily: "I'm not a little lady, why are you poor with me?"

Xie Fu smiled, talking poorly is also a science, it depends on the relationship, if you are not poor when you should be poor, that is stupid.It is frivolous to be poor when you should not be poor.

Tantai Wenwang set his eyes on another young man beside Zhao Yuanfei.

I saw that this son's demeanor and temperament faintly overwhelmed Huang Shaonan, who was this person, could it be that he was also a helper invited by Zhao Yuanfei, didn't he already have Huang Shaonan, why did he ask for other helpers?

Mr. Zhao and the others sat at the round table in the middle, and after ordering the maidservants to serve wine and food, they enthusiastically chatted with the young Mr. beside him, but unexpectedly ignored Huang Shaonan.

When others saw it, they couldn't help but think to themselves, it seems that this young master is not young, and his talent should be higher than that of Huang Shaonan, otherwise, Mr. Zhao would not treat one more favorably than another.

Mr. Zhao and Mr. Wu occupied the two round tables in the middle, and the two round tables were not far away, but they ignored each other and talked freely.

Everyone knew in their hearts that Mr. Zhao and Mr. Wu had always had conflicts and had deep-rooted grievances. Fortunately, they were in the brothel at this time. If they were outside, they would have started fighting.

The battle for the top spot in today's poetry competition is also a battle of spirits for Mr. Zhao and Mr. Wu.

Suddenly, the young master next to Mr. Zhao stood up and walked towards Mr. Wu's table, which was embarrassing.

The young man greeted the people around Mr. Wu, "Brother Cheng, why are you here?"

It seemed that the two knew each other, and the people around Mr. Wu also stood up: "Brother Luo, why are you here?"

After saying a word, both of them laughed out loud, keeping it secret, it seemed that they were the helpers invited by the other party.

After exchanging pleasantries with Mr. Zhao, Mr. Luo returned to sit next to Mr. Zhao. Zhao Yuanfei immediately asked in a low voice, "Mr. Luo, is Mr. Cheng also a member of the Poetry Society?"

Mr. Luo nodded and said: "Brother Cheng's poetry is no less than mine. Originally, I had a certain chance of winning tonight's poetry competition, but now I'm afraid I'm only [-]% sure."

Zhao Yuanfei said softly, "Master Luo, you have to do your best."

Mr. Luo smiled and said, "Don't worry Mr. Zhao, there is a lady from the brothel to judge, and I just have a chance to compete with him."

　When a person reaches forty, he is not free, and in a blink of an eye, he is worried.The dog in front of the eaves is still difficult to stand, and all the chaff is taken as salt and oil.

　　My wife and children complain that it is difficult for me to get together, and it is difficult for summer insects to relieve the worries of winter cold.If it weren't for two or three taels of silver every year, who would be willing to work hard without hesitation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)