Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 149 Double Reed
Qian Dongbao talked for half an hour, then retreated, leaving the people in the teahouse waiting there scratching their heads and wondering what happened next.

Even someone like Li Ming who is impatient and has a lot of money in his hands is confident enough to ask loudly at this time: "When is the next storytelling session?"

Although Zhuang Yue is the shopkeeper of a silk and satin shop and has no experience in running teahouses, he has already been prepared for Du Jinning's order.

At this time, he stepped onto the stage calmly, cupped his hands and said to everyone: "Mr. Qian in our teahouse has four storytelling sessions in total. There are two sessions in the morning every day. The first session tells new content, and the second session repeats the old content; two sessions in the afternoon , the first session will talk about new content, and the second session will repeat the old content. The time of the four sessions is the second quarter of Si Shi, the first quarter of noon, the first quarter of Wei Shi, and the first quarter of Shen Shi. It will start at the o’clock. Interested guests are invited Be there on time."

This time was also arranged by Du Jinning.

If there are four shows a day, all of which are about new content, those who are careful and budget-conscious will definitely spend the price of a cup of tea, sit there without moving for a day and a half, and at most buy a plate of snacks to fill their stomachs if they are hungry. But it costs eight cents.As a result, the teahouse seems to be very popular, but it really can't make much money.But if there are two games a day, both the venue and manpower are wasted, and it is not advisable.

So she simply arranges four games a day and repeats two games.In this way, some guests can't catch up with the first show due to time constraints, and they can also listen to the second show, which is beneficial to both parties.

"Two games a day are too few new ones, at least three games a day." Someone suggested.

This proposal was approved by most people, and everyone followed suit.

I heard the key point, but it suddenly disappeared, and I have to wait for the afternoon and tomorrow. Isn't that uncomfortable?

Zhuang Yue said with a smile: "Mr. Qian also needs to rest, he has to protect his throat, don't you think so? But don't worry everyone, we still have new juggling we learned from the capital."

Having said that, he stopped, raised his voice and asked, "Do you want to watch it?"

The attention of the tea drinkers was suddenly attracted by the "new juggling", and they responded in unison: "I want to!"

"Then please invite our Lu Xiaobei and Qian Youcai to perform for everyone—the double reed." Zhuang Yue made a gesture, and Lu Xiaobei came out from the backstage, clasped his fists and saluted the tea guests.

He was tall, almost to the height of a normal adult.And judging by the appearance, it should be the boy's voice change period.But the voice speaking at this time was a slightly immature child's voice: "Guest officers, hello everyone, the New Year is coming, on behalf of our Boyue Teahouse, I wish everyone here good health, happy family, all wishes come true, and everything As one wishes!"

Zhuang Yue watched Lu Xiaobei come out alone, and wondered: "Hey, Lu Xiaobei, why are you the only one? Is money rich?"

Lu Xiaobei pointed to the ground and then to himself: "Isn't he right here?"

Zhuang Yue looked around: "No."

Lu Xiaobei: "Hasn't he been talking to you?"

Zhong Yanqing was puzzled, and couldn't help but said to the person sitting next to him: "Hey, it's not my eyesight, is it? This voice obviously didn't come from this Lu Xiaobei, it seems to come from the backstage, right?"

"I think so too." Sitting on his left was the man who inquired about the price of the VIP seat very carefully, and he also had a puzzled face.

Si'er couldn't help but interjected on Xiao Wuzi: "It wasn't him who said it, it was the people in the backstage who said it."

Not only them, but also the people behind are full of doubts.And people sitting in the back also noticed issues with the clarity of the sound.

At the beginning of Qian Dongbao's storytelling, everyone was focused on the content of his storytelling, and did not pay attention to the spread of the sound.Even though the tea drinker sitting at the back could hear the book clearly, he thought it was because of Qian Dongbao's strength that everyone could hear the book.

But now a child's voice came from the backstage, so far away, but it was still clear. The person who spoke did not show any signs of shouting. All the tea drinkers in the teahouse noticed it, and everyone started discussing it.

"Hey, did you hear it? This voice...how did it spread so far?"

"Yeah, listening to him speak, just whispering, but it's like talking in our ears."

"Hey, this is really weird."

After making sure those voices were not from Lu Xiaobei, everyone couldn't help but look backstage, just in time to see Qian Youcai walking out from behind.

Pian Zhuang Yue stood with his back to him, didn't see him, and was still looking around: "Talk to me? No?"

Qian Youcai said behind him, "I haven't been talking to you all the time, have I?"

Zhuang Yue turned around in surprise, looked at Qian Youcai, and then at Lu Xiaobei: "Hey, it's you who are always talking to everyone!"

Lu Xiaobei laughed and said, "Hey, the so-called double reeds, that is, one person performs in the front and the other speaks in the back."

Qian Youcai said: "If you want to perform seamlessly, you have to act like a person."

Zhuang Yue asked from the side: "Oh, then what will you perform for everyone today?"

Lu Xiaobei scratched his head and looked embarrassed, but Qian Youcai said innocently: "The boss only recruited us yesterday, because we were short on time and we were not prepared."

Zhuang Yue was stunned: "Huh?"

Qian Youcai said triumphantly: "But Lu Xiaobei and I have a tacit understanding. It can be said that men, women and children can imitate everything..."

Lu Xiaobei tugged on his sleeve beside him, trying to stop him from continuing.

Qian Youcai ignored him, and continued with a heartless look: "So, we plan to have a live imitation performance here today, that is, we will imitate whatever you ask us to imitate..."

Lu Xiaobei tugged at his sleeve again.But Qian Youcai spoke with great enthusiasm, and he didn't hesitate to talk to him, and even thought he was annoying, so he squinted at him, pulled his sleeves directly, and moved to the side, with a look of "your side!" Go, don't bother me" expression.

Lu Xiaobei was scrambling in the fence, he was tanned, and he looked smart; Qian Youcai was white and tender, with a little baby fat on his face, he looked like a cute baby.When the two interacted like this, everyone couldn't help laughing, and they just wanted Zhuang Yue to talk about money and wealth.

Lu Xiaobei was probably defeated by Qian Youcai's stupid and cute appearance, and couldn't help rejecting Zhuang Yue: "I'm afraid not..." Before the word "cheng" came out, Qian Youcai said bluntly: "No question."

Everyone couldn't help laughing again.

Among the four people watching in the background, Zhang Hongwen couldn't help but said: "These two are really well chosen. Lu Xiaobei is smart, Qian Youcai is well-behaved, acting like this makes people feel funny."

Among the four, he was the only one who hadn't seen the double reed show, and he was the most enthusiastic.

When this topic was brought up, Guan Jiaze couldn't help but think of the contradictions in the selection that day.He couldn't help but glance at Du Jinning.

However, Du Jinning seemed to have not paid attention to his little thoughts at all, Ying and Zhang Hongwen said: "You don't know, Qian Youcai was still timid at the beginning. These few days can be regarded as training. Today's performance is very good. good."

Qian Dongbao was worried about his grandson, so he also watched from the sidelines.Seeing his grandson's good performance, and hearing Young Master Du's praise, he almost grinned to the ears.

At the front desk, Zhuang Yue continued: "In this case, let me ask you a question first." He looked carefully at Lu Xiaobei and Qian Youcai, "You are both men, right?"

When Lu Xiaobei heard that his gender was being questioned, he quickly declared: "I guarantee it's genuine."

Qian Youcai also patted his chest: "Pure man."

He was fair and short, and his voice was still a child's, but he spoke loudly about his pure man, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

However, Zhuang Yue seemed to have succeeded in his conspiracy, and asked along the words: "How about those two imitating a charming little lady for us?"

"Ah?" Both Lu Xiaobei and Qian Youcai looked confused.

Lu Xiaobei looked at himself, then at Qian Youcai, with a broken expression on his face, and was about to resign, but Zhuang Yue slipped into the backstage while the two were in a daze, and left a message while walking: " If you want the boss not to fire you, then do it well."

The tea drinkers below didn't think it was a big deal, Qi Qi yelled from below: "Pretend to be a little lady, pretend to be a little lady..."

Du Jinning looked at the tea guests who were in high spirits, and laughed silently in the background.Lu Xiaobei's performance is already half successful.

(End of this chapter)