Beloved Concubine

Chapter 33 Red Garden
When the three of them went out, Fang Yu asked, "Where are we going?"

They have nothing to do today.

Chen Xiaodao: "Let's go to the Red Garden for a stroll."

Red Garden is the entertainment park in the city, located in the east of the city.There is a stage for performances here, where you can drink tea and watch performances, but the specific programs are not sure.In addition, there are wrestling, cockfighting, and money gambling.

Chen Xiao has been in the county for more than a month. He has heard of the Red Garden, but has never been there.Because there are no performances in the Red Garden on normal days, and she has to buy "tickets", she didn't go in.Today is the market day, the Red Garden may be lively, she wants to go and see it.

The three of them walked through the crowded Nanmen Street to the east of the city.There are more people in the entire county today than usual.

Red Garden is a garden, and each person enters the door for [-] Wen.

Entering inside, Chen Xiao felt like visiting a park.

There are rockery, ponds and exquisite courtyards inside, with lush flowers and trees, which are very different from the style of Nanyue Kingdom.

"Shouldn't the Nanyue people built this place?" Chen Xiao said.

"It was the home of a few local people at first, and later it was sold to the Xia people. The Xia people remodeled it again." Xiao Shitou said.

The Red Garden only existed in the last three or four years, and Xiao Shitou knew what it was like before.

There are many people in the county today, but the Red Garden is not as lively as Chen Xiao imagined.It may be because of the "ticket" of [-] Wen per person, which blocked many people.

Because at the beginning, the houses of several families were combined into one, and there were several gardens in the Red Garden.

They came to the theater where there were performances. This is a two-story courtyard courtyard.On the east side of the courtyard is the stage, and on the other three sides are teahouses.

As soon as he entered the yard, a guy immediately came up to inquire.

"Are the guest officers sitting downstairs or upstairs?"

Xiao Shitou said to Chen Xiao: "Sit downstairs!"

Downstairs are scattered tables, consumption is relatively cheap.And you can sit in the patio, which is closer to the stage.

At this time, a man and a woman on the stage were singing something duet. They were wearing fancy costumes, and there was no musical accompaniment beside them, just singing a cappella.

"Sit downstairs." Chen Xiao said to the clerk.

"Okay, please come inside, guest officer!"

The guy ushers the guests in.

At this time, there were only about 20 people in the theater, and it seemed a little deserted.

Xiao Shitou picked the table closest to the stage and sat in the patio.

"Tea water is [-] Wen per person, white water is [-] Wen, what do you want to drink?"

"Tea."

"Would you like a plate of melon seeds, peanuts, and soybeans?"

"How much is a plate?"

"One hundred coins."

"One plate of each."

"Okay, wait a moment, guest officer."

The man is serving tea.

Chen Xiao said to Fang Yu: "It seems that the consumption here is not low! One hundred Wen tickets, three hundred Wen tea, a plate of dried fruit, five hundred Wen per person."

Fang Yu smiled contemptuously.For this kind of place and this kind of performance, the average per capita is [-] Wen, no wonder there are not many people.

They are not rich, but compared to most people who go to the market outside, they are rich.

Five hundred wen per person, which should be placed on Chunhong, and she will love her for a long time.

While drinking tea, Chen Xiao tried hard to hear what the people on stage were singing.

It feels like they are singing folk songs, you say, I say, "As long as sister misses brother, come to find sister in the middle of the night" "If you don't wait in the middle of the night, I'm afraid that brother will coax sister" "Brother is a pair in the sky, sister It's a little pair on the ground" "It's delicious but nothing more than a pot of rice, and it's more fun than being with Xiaolang".

Chen Xiao couldn't help laughing.well!This kind of earthy folk song.

"What are you laughing at?" Fang Yu asked.

"Did you hear what the people on the stage are singing?"

"Understood." Fang Yu thought there was nothing funny about it.

Xiao Shitou listened with relish, and he also smiled.But I laughed because of the lyrics and the actors' expressions.

Seeing that they both laughed, Fang Yu asked:
"What do you think is funny?"

Xiao Shitou pointed to the stage and said with a smile: "I lured him to knock on the door in the middle of the night, so I found out that there is a man in her family."

Chen Xiao smiled lowly.This is the case with earth-flavored folk songs, straightforward and popular.

Fang Yu still didn't understand the point of their jokes, and lowered his head to peel the peanuts.

At this time, the private room on the second floor.

A man in his 30s is discussing business with a 17-year-old boy.

"Boss Lu, 3 taels of silver is a lot! Looking at the entire county, besides our Ruyi Building, which other shops will pick up your garden? Looking at your current business, there are only so few customers at the market today. If it is normal, there is no one."

Boss Lu glanced outside and said:

"It's still early, and there will be more people by noon. Shopkeeper Xiang, I just want to cooperate with your restaurant, and I don't want to sell gardens."

Red Garden used to be prosperous in the hands of the previous boss.About half a year after Boss Lu bought the Red Garden, the theater troupe left.Later, he wanted to find a troupe to replace him, but there were almost no good troupes in Nanyue Kingdom, and all good troupes came from Xia Kingdom.

I went all the way to Xiaguo to find an opera troupe, and the price was very high.Finally, a troupe was found, and the business of Hongyuan was not as good as before. Later, the troupe also left.

Some time ago, Hongyuan was involved in a life lawsuit because of wrestling and gambling. Now the government does not allow him to engage in wrestling and cockfighting.

Boss Lu wanted to turn Hongyuan into a restaurant, so he went to talk to the shopkeeper about cooperation, and finally proposed to the shopkeeper to buy Hongyuan.

"Boss Lu, our Ruyi Building is running well, there is no need to open another restaurant. To tell you the truth, we plan to turn this garden into a brothel after we take it over."

There are many out-of-towners in An County, and there are brothels in the city, but they are all small households with three or four women, which is not a good thing.

In addition, there are some differences between brothels and brothels.There are talent shows in the brothel, where you can eat, drink, and stay.As for the brothel, the people who go in only do one thing.

The really rich people in the county usually don't go to brothels, and buy the girls they like directly, so they can afford it.Usually, it can also be used as a servant.

Boss Lu's eyes lit up when he heard about opening a brothel, and said, "We can also cooperate to open a brothel!"

Gao Xiang chuckled: "We can open brothels, or not."

He didn't say anything harsh: they only cooperate with capable people, and Boss Lu has no strength and is not worthy of cooperating with them.

Opening a brothel requires a government backer, a source of customers, and a talented woman in the building. What kind of boss Lu is there?If he had these ways, Hongyuan would not be what it is now.

"Think about it, Boss Lu! The Red Garden is in a good location, otherwise 3 taels would be enough to build a new garden outside the city."

Boss Lu really didn't want to sell Hongyuan. Although the business is not good now, it is not to the point where it can barely make ends meet.

"I won't sell it at the moment." Boss Lu refused.

"Alright, whenever you want to sell, you can find me."

Gao Xiang got up and said goodbye.

When he walked out of the private room, he saw a white and delicate woman sitting in the courtyard downstairs.

The three of them are performing in the stands.Xiao Shitou was overjoyed to see it, and Mrs. Chen smiled subtly. Her man was peeling peanuts for her.

She took the peanuts and was talking while eating.

(End of this chapter)