Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 29 Yutangchun

"Look at your quick temper. When did Sister Tian do something inappropriate? She's not you. You sit down first, and let's listen to Sister Tian." Yu Yaofang shook Lin Ke with a handkerchief, Lin Ke Looking at Li Tian anxiously and worriedly, he reluctantly sat down, stared at Li Tian with his upper body straightened and urged: "Say it quickly! Okay, what are you doing?"

"It's not for rehearsal, but for the wine competition at the beginning of next month. I want Yutangchun wine from Qianchunfang to win the first place in this year's wine competition. Several shopkeepers discussed and discussed, so I came up with this idea."

"What does this play have to do with the wine competition?" Lin Ke eagerly interrupted Li Tian with a puzzled expression.

"You can listen to Sister Tian at ease! It's true...the bigger the temper, the more anxious!" Yu Yaofang kicked Lin Ke and said, Lin Ke pouted: "Sister Tian, ​​hurry up, I won't talk. "

"It's a trick." Li Tian continued with a smile, "The story is about a brewer's daughter, Yao Yutang, who rescues a poor scholar who is dying. The two love each other. This scholar loves good wine. This Yutang girl wanted to brew the best wine for the scholar. Later, when the scholar went to Beijing to take the exam, Yao Yutang's parents forced her to marry. Yao Yutang is dead, and only a few jars of good wine were left for him, and the scholar was heartbroken, so he named the wine Yutangchun to express his condolences."

"Yutangchun? Isn't that your Qianchunfang's signature wine? Oh! I understand, this story is really sad! But the competition for wine depends on the quality of the wine. It’s two different things.” Lin Ke spread her hands, and Yu Yaofang nodded in agreement: “I think so too, but I’m afraid it’s a waste of money, after all, this story is very vulgar.”

"Which Zaju is not vulgar? It's all about wit and beauty, it depends on how it's written. Let me ask you, since when did Fan Lou's business improve and become one of the most famous big hotels in our capital?" Li Tian looked at Lin Lin. Ke looked at Yu Yaofang again and asked, Yu Yaofang was only stunned for a moment, then patted her hands lightly, and smiled lightly as if she had realized something, Lin Ke replied without thinking: "It's from the fact that their young master's house is in Fanlou. After meeting the current young mistress and making an appointment."

"That's right, the two met by chance in a hotel, and later became married couples. After that, Fanlou's business suddenly improved. Many people went to watch the fun, and even we didn't even go to the flower stand where the young master and the young mistress met on a narrow road. A few times later." Li Tian smiled, Lin Ke held up a finger to press his forehead, thought for a while and said, "You said this last time, and that's because the decoration, food and drinks of Fanlou are all top-notch. If people come, they can keep them, and your Yutangchun wine is not as good as Liuxia from Qingfenglou."

"Who said Yutangchun is not as good as Liuxia!" Yu Yaofang kicked Lin Ke with a little bit of anger, Lin Ke hurriedly defended: "My aunt said, my aunt said, how can Qianchunfang compare with Qingfeng Tower? It must be a good thing to say that Qingfeng Tower is the property of the Fifth Prince’s family.” Yu Yaofang rolled her eyes speechlessly, and simply ignored her. Li Tian smiled and pushed Lin Ke and said, “We don’t drink, you A Niang doesn’t drink alcohol either, in fact, I just listen to what others say, anyway, I don’t care about the little money, since the shopkeepers say yes, let them try, even if they can’t compete for the first place, there is no harm.”

"That's true." Lin Ke said half a sentence, and then thought of other exciting things: "Tiantian, you know, Wen Guogong bought a lot of reading posts and gave them away, and even sent two to my family. I listen to my mother. explain……"

"Your mother told you this?" Yu Yaofang interrupted Lin Ke and called, "You overheard it, right?"

"Of course, such things are of course eavesdropping!" Lin Ke said confidently: "Big brother, second brother and I, talk to A Niang, if you talk well, you must drive me away, of course I want to listen Lah, let me tell you, what I heard is very interesting, my elder brother said that Wen Guogong fell in love with Yao Xianxian, and spent thousands of silver for her, and even borrowed 2000 taels of silver from my elder brother and have not returned it."

"That Wen Guogong is really disgusting!" Yu Yaofang waved the handkerchief with disgust on her face, Lin Ke nodded in agreement and said, "No, the most disgusting thing in the capital is him, he is so old, and he still remembers all the time. Miss in her teens, how many concubines are there in his house? There are a lot of them, and they still remember this and that, the eldest princess is so good, why don't you care about him!"

A coldness flashed in Li Tian's eyes, the eldest princess really deserves the word 'good'!

"Look at you, where did you go wrong again? Quickly tell me something that cost thousands of silver." Yu Yaofang kicked Lin Ke and said, Lin Ke even kicked back and blamed: "Obviously you are talking nonsense! Don't fight Stop my words! My elder brother said, Wen Guogong spent thousands of silver, but he didn't succeed even once. Yao Xianxian didn't know where he was locked up in order to arrange this scene, and he didn't show up for half a month. I don’t know how many times I’ve been there, but I haven’t even seen anyone. My elder brother said that Wen Guogong was going crazy thinking about this Yao Xianxian. Thousands of dollars, solicit people everywhere to support Yao Xianxian, alas!" Lin Ke thought of another big event: "Sister Tian paid for this play, we should also spend some money to support it."

"No need to praise, there was no seat at noon yesterday." Li Tian said with a smile, Yu Yaofang looked at Li Tian in surprise and said: "There are still three or four days left before the show, so there are no seats? There are so many rich people in this capital city .”

"Well, it depends on how the first show goes."

"Sure!" Lin Ke said with great certainty, "Sister Tian is doing something wrong!"

"We don't care about these business matters. There is a shopkeeper, Tian'er, will you go to the release ceremony in Yingxiangchi? My mother's health is getting worse every day. I want to release a few fish, and then release a few more fish." Just tortoise, pray for Auntie." Yu Yaofang watched Li Tian change the subject, Li Tian hurriedly nodded and said, "I'll go too, release grandma, and pray for myself."

"It's praying for your marriage!" Lin Ke corrected, "Tian Tian, ​​your marriage is a big deal."

"I know." Li Tian sighed in annoyance, and the three gossiped for a long time. Seeing that it was getting late, Yu Yaofang and Lin Ke left and went back.

The premiere of Yutangchun was very sensational, the play is of course good, and the male and female roles are also good, but the best thing is that there are a lot of people watching the play. Wen Guogong paid a lot of money, and all the children of the famous families in the capital can be moved. Here we come, the fifth prince is famous for his ability to play in the capital, and he is naturally indispensable in this excitement. Outside the peony shed, luxury cars and handsome horses lined up, competing for luxury. The shed was lively, and there were crowds of attendants, servants, and coachmen The pile was even more noisy, and the noisy Sangjiawazi was as lively as the New Year's Eve.

Wen Guogong and Wu Chenglin worked hard, and finally got Yao Xianxian a smiling face behind the stage. He talked with him for a long time before sending him out. Wu Chenglin waved his folding fan and got into the car in a good mood. He beckoned to Guanshi Dai who was in a hurry to report something.

Guanshi Dai got into the car, knelt and sat in a corner cautiously, bowed his waist and said: "Master Guo, you must have noticed that this play is to create momentum for the Yutangchun wine produced by Qianchunfang." Wen Guogong shook his joy The folding fan stopped suddenly, and he just stared at Yao Xianxian thinking about something good, he didn't care much about what the drama was about, but when Dai Guanshi said this, he vaguely remembered that it was indeed wine, brewed by Xianqianer. That wine, isn't it Yutangchun!

"That's right! I just said that you put your heart into things, and keep talking!" Wen Guogong reacted, put away the folding fan with a 'wow', lit Steward Dai and praised him, Steward Dai bowed his waist and continued: "Look, it looks like a flower. Think big, spend a lot of money, the ancestors told you, if you need help in this wine competition, look at the Duke, should we continue to spend money to help?"

"Help! Of course I have to help!" As soon as money was mentioned, Wen Guogong's brain immediately became very active. Since the new year, his luck has been better than good, and he was worried that he would have no money, and this opportunity came!
"I already knew that this show has something to do with the wine competition. How about spending money to support her? This gang has no reason to help. Besides, it seems to be our winery. Help yourself, go back quickly, you have to talk to your ancestors about this matter, and then pay some money to come out, don't go to Fan Lou, go back and tell your ancestors!"

From the next day, Yutangchun moved to Sangjia Wazi's largest elephant shed to perform, and the price has been reduced by more than half from the price of ten taels per person. There are many people in the elephant shed, so the seats are divided into classes, and the first class seats are five taels of silver each. People, the last seat only costs a hundred bucks, and once the price comes out, the seats for the first five days are not divided into first and last, and it only takes half a day to book a clean seat.

Yuan Xiucai pushed the bulging bag of silver bills in front of Shopkeeper Wang, lightly brushed his clothes and said: "Finally, I have lived up to my trust. If you continue to perform like this for another 20 days, your proprietor's money will be earned back. From now on, everyone will be able to earn money." It's a net profit!" Shopkeeper Wang pushed the banknotes in front of Yuan Xiucai, pushed them with a smile and said, "I was just about to tell you about this, and you know that our proprietor is not asking for money in this drama. Our proprietor, as long as this play can be popular, the money, our proprietor has said, please make the decision and distribute it to everyone."

"This is not a small sum!" Yuan Xiucai stared round and looked at Shopkeeper Wang in disbelief. Shopkeeper Wang smiled and said nothing, and just pushed the burden towards Yuan Xiucai again.Yuan Xiucai slowly stretched out his hand to press the burden, and stayed stiff for a while, then suddenly patted the burden heavily and said: "Your proprietor is admirable, I am stingy, well, I am not polite, this time For the play, the book will get [-]% of the success, and the two protagonists will get [-]% of the success. I will get [-]% of the money, Xianxian and Erlang will get [-]% each, and the other [-]% will be distributed to everyone!"

"Sir, the distribution is very fair!" Shopkeeper Wang flattered with a smile. Yuan Xiucai hesitated for a while, then turned to look at Shopkeeper Wang and said, "I hope that Shopkeeper Wang will do everything right."

"Sir, please speak."

"The two hundred and fifty percent of the silver is not a small amount. Erlang is fine. He redeemed himself long ago, and the silver he got is his own, but the deed of the delicate body is still in the hands of others. Alas, after this scene, It's even more difficult for her to redeem her body... It's too much to say, I want to quietly give the money to Xianxian and let her keep it, if this is the case, I can't talk about the money."

(End of this chapter)