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Chapter 195 Heavy Eyebrows
"I haven't been back to Jiangling for only half a year, but I don't want to think that Jiangling in Wenguan Jiangnan has become so closed. Why are you still singing "Xichuang Liantan"?"

The speaker was sitting beside Mrs. Zhao, and those who recognized him knew that it was Mrs. Zhao's youngest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu.

Xiao Chan'er looked at Mrs. Zhao with an ugly face, but found that Mrs. Zhao was not looking at her at all, but was staring at a cat that was pounced on the ball, looking very absorbed.

Mrs. Liu didn't realize that she was just a guest, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, as if she was joking.

"If I didn't go out and have a look, I would really think that our Jiangling is the place where the most literary works in the south of the Yangtze River are. I always listen to "Xichuang Liantan" several times a month. But this time my husband is not transferred. Nanyang, I spent the years with him in office. I got up and went back to Jiangling on the fourth day of the lunar new year. Only when I arrived in Jiangling did I realize that our Jiangling is still the same as before. People’s Huangmei reconciliation and Wuling opera are very popular now. I heard from my mother that now Beijing Those famous actors in the movie have also learned it. You have never heard of that accent, hey, it’s true that March doesn’t know the taste of meat.”

Someone who was acquainted with Mrs. Liu also sighed and clapped his hands: "You have already heard it? I have heard it too. It is very good. It's just that if you want to open that play, you need to go to Wuling to open a brand. Not many people can sing these days."

With her agreement, many wives also started talking about it, obviously they have all heard of the name of this play.Xiao Chan'er, who presided over the gathering, froze there.

"It's really not many," Mrs. Liu smiled, "The Nanyang Fangsi specially sent some people with good voices to visit Wuling, and there were only four or five people who had opened the brand. When they returned to Nanyang, when the show started, It is sought after all over the city. Nanyang Fangsi immediately sent three of the best filial piety to the capital. One of them took a few apprentices before leaving, and they learned well. We are filial, we know Our old lady loves to listen to operas, so she almost bought out a girl named Chongmei, and asked me to bring it to Jiangling to please the old lady. Although this servant did not go to Wuling to get a brand, she sang in the courtyard privately. It's okay to sing."

Someone pointed at Mrs. Liu and laughed.

"As for your show off, you must have brought those heavy eyebrows, and you're still talking too much? Just ask her to sing, and let us all listen to it."

These wives didn't take Xiao Chan'er seriously at all.

Liu-shi glanced at Xiao Chan'er and Meng Xiaowan indiscriminately.

Xiao Chan'er's face was pale, and she was a little lost, while Meng Xiaowan had a faint smile on her face, she seemed surprised, but she didn't panic or nervous at all, she was very energetic.

Mrs. Liu looked down on Xiao Chan'er in her heart, so what if she was born in the uncle's mansion in the capital, and she didn't even have a seal on her body, so she wanted to preside over the circle of married women, but she didn't know how arrogant she was.She thought that no one could see her careful thinking, Mrs. Zhao didn't want to let Qi Wang's sons be contaminated with this thing, and she had discussed before coming here to slap her in the face, and Shentu would also lose face by the way.

The servants guarding the gate in the garden were also dumbfounded. They stopped the woman named Chongmei at the gate and looked straight up the hall.

But at this time Xiao Chan'er had lost her position and was speechless for a while, which made the wives in the hall look down upon her even more.

There were also wives who had a good relationship with Mrs. Shentu frowned, but they didn't make a sound, they just didn't deserve it for Mrs. Shentu.

Chongmei is a tall and thin woman who has just turned twenty, with an oval face, but the way she looks at people makes people uncomfortable, and her chin is raised a little higher.Being stopped by the servants, she didn't speak, and waited quietly at the door.

Mrs. Liu didn't say a word, but watched the wives gradually become dissatisfied.

"Why stop her? Hurry up and let her in. The wives are all waiting to hear her sing. Prepare the money first, and Master Shen should also greet her. Her gift money can't be moved."

Meng Xiaowan clapped her hands, smiled lightly and let the servant let her go, her words were straightforward and generous.

She looked like a fairy, and she sat there quietly. The ladies liked to peek at her, and when they saw how she spoke and acted, they all loved her a little bit.

Having a married woman who is on good terms with Mrs. Shentu helped Xiao Chan'er step down.

"I think Chan'er still needs to learn from your senior sister. It's not the same as being in charge of the house. After all, Chan'er is a girl in a boudoir. She can't make up her mind at the moment, but she has a cautious temper. Next time it will be better."

Xiao Chan'er hurriedly lowered her head shyly, and took advantage of the lady's words to go down the steps, but in her heart she felt jealous of Meng Xiaowan.

Seeing that Meng Xiaowan opened her mouth, the servants in the garden were also relieved, and let the heavy eyebrow come in.

That heavy eyebrow kowtowed to the ladies in the hall, retreated to the door and began to sing.

After only seven or eight lines were sung, the ladies in the hall laughed and said that the play was good and the tune was mellow.

Under the hall, there were also servant girls from various prefectures, all of whom were delighted to hear it.

There was only one maid who was nibbling melon seeds indifferently, as if she didn't want to listen.

Next to her was a maid who knew her and gave her a hand.

"Bai Ying, you don't like such a beautiful drama?"

Baiying pursed her mouth: "The Huangmei tune sung by this heavy-browed girl is too ordinary. If she is called to sing by that young lady, then her voice will reach into the clouds, and the wine will be mellow. Bah, why mention that person? Not a nice person!"

It was the little maid beside Mrs. Shentu who was talking to her, and she was a little surprised.

"I forgot, all of you are from Wuling! Dear sister, tell me, what plays have you heard?"

Looking around from the angle of standing with heavy eyebrows, almost everyone including the ladies in the hall are staring at him, but there are only two maids chatting in a low voice in the corner.

Chong Mei suddenly stopped writing, and looked at the two Bai Yings coldly.

All the ladies in the hall were stunned, what's going on?

"I sing this play, but it's not good? You two want to talk, and go outside. If someone makes noise, I won't speak again."

That little maid is also favored by Mrs. Shentu's side, she thought to herself: Everyone is a slave and you are not a master, why should you let me?
"Hmph, Sister Baiying's family is from Wuling, and I have been to the theater countless times. I am impatient to listen to your singing. I think your singing is not as good as the one over there!"

The maids in the courtyard all looked at each other, while the ladies in the hall all secretly suppressed their smiles.

Liu's complexion immediately became ugly, and she didn't dare to look at the knife-like eyes of her mother-in-law beside her. This heavy eyebrow still needs to be dealt with!

"Does an untrained cat or dog dare to be brought out to meet people?" Mrs. Zhao's cold words made Liu's face blush.A nun behind her walked out on the side corridor in a panic.

"Crack~!"

When the slap came, all the ladies smiled knowingly.The song was sung well, but the person was not trained well, and he made a big fool of himself.

Seeing Chong Mei knelt on the ground covering her face, Bai Ying and the maid were also scared back a few steps.

The little maid looked at Chongmei with a mournful face, and said in a low voice, "Don't blame me."

She was about to leave with Baiying, but she heard Mrs. Liu in the hall speak suddenly.

"Wait a minute," Liu's eyes passed over Xiao Chan'er, and directly looked at Meng Xiaowan who had a calm face, "Meng's, is this your servant?"

(End of this chapter)