Crossing the Swordsman: Lin Pingzhi, the Swordsman of Evil

Chapter 551

After inquiring about it several times, Lin Pingzhi came to this teahouse named "Yutai".

Yutai Tea House is located in Xicheng.It's just that this teahouse is not as magnificent as its name, and it looks very inconspicuous compared to other big shops in the capital.But he is a well-known time-honored brand in Ninetowns.

Although this place is not big, it is very prosperous, because it is an important location in the capital, whether it is the adults on errands returning home, or the traffickers and pawns will pass by here.

Therefore it is often full.

Lin Pingzhi just came to this teahouse when he heard a little song from inside the building.

He was very familiar with this voice, it was the sweet voice of his first disciple Li Xingyao.

When he was on Canglang Island, although Li Xingyao practiced hard on weekdays, he did not let go of this beautiful Jiangnan tune.

After all, her parents are both singers. Mrs. Li wants her daughter not to forget her roots, so she often urges her daughter to review the skills of eating.

And the teachers and sisters also liked to hear Li Xingyao sing a few lines.

Although there are many people here, most of them are coolie gangs.The Duanyi gang is not qualified to enter the teahouse to drink tea. Basically, they lean on the counter facing the street, and then finish drinking or drinking tea while standing.Those who are rich will have a plate of fennel beans as an accompaniment.

And those who can sit and drink tea and listen to music in teahouses are basically either rich or expensive.

Lin Pingzhi was wearing a satin gown, just standing in front of the door when the waiter rushed over to entertain him.

"Master! You work early!" the man said obsequiously.

Although Lin Pingzhi didn't know what this capital dialect meant.But he directly understood it as hello.

Lin Pingzhi looked up at the attic on the second floor, and then asked, "Are there any elegant seats upstairs?"

The guy said, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Lin Pingzhi looked around and said, "A pot of good Biluochun, and four more dried fruits for tea."

As he spoke, Lin Pingzhi took out five taels of silver and handed it to the clerk.

After the clerk took the money, he shouted inside: "One pot of Biluochun, one serving of four dried fruits! Upstairs to the private room!"

After finishing speaking, the buddy said to Lin Pingzhi, "Master! Please go upstairs."

Then Lin Pingzhi followed the waiter upstairs and found a clean place to sit down.

When Lin Pingzhi went upstairs, Li Xingyao's small eyes saw the master she had been thinking about day and night.And Mrs. Li, who was playing the huqin, also noticed her head.

Seeing Lin Pingzhi's arrival, Li Xingyao sang even harder.

Lin Pingzhi sat aside and looked at Li Xingyao who was singing in front of him, Li Xingyao's graceful figure and sweet voice.If it is placed in modern times, it is definitely possible to participate in the Youth Song Competition.

A while later, after Li Xingyao finished singing, she and Mrs. Li came to each table with tea trays to ask for rewards.

Those who can sit on the second floor and drink tea are basically all covered in gaudy clothes, and no one is stingy.

Although some people are a little bit stingy, but because of face, they will still give a few small coins as a symbolic reward.

However, some people are not very polite. When they give money, they even touch the hand of this beautiful little girl on purpose, and then put the money in the tea tray in her hand.

But Li Xingyao didn't resist. This kind of thing is very normal for a woman who runs the rivers and lakes.

Back then when Li Xingyao's parents were running around, her mother was often molested by difficult guests.But as people who make a living as performers, all they can do is endure.

Although Li Xingyao really wanted to beat them up, but right now she was playing the role of a little girl who sang with her mother for a living.She naturally had to endure.

Soon Li Xingyao came to Lin Pingzhi with a tea tray.The little girl blinked her bright eyes and smiled at the person she was thinking about day and night.

Lin Pingzhi took out an ingot of silver from his sleeve and put it on her tea tray.

Then Li Xingyao said respectfully: "Thank you, guest officer!"

Then Li Xingyao reluctantly left Master's side and came to another table.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the teahouse came up.

He leaned against the fence and looked at the mother and daughter who were collecting reward money.Then he smiled with satisfaction.

After the mother and daughter had collected the rewards, they gathered the change from their respective tea trays together.

Mrs. Li, who was dressed in commoner clothes, took out five taels of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper of the teahouse after counting.

This is also the rule of running the rivers and lakes. Those who run the rivers and lakes to perform arts don't just lay down their stalls casually.In Tianqiao, the market has to pay protection fees to the local snakes.Not to mention being in a teahouse.

Generally, people who go to the rivers and lakes to perform, unless they are attending temple fairs, seldom sing in the market or in the fence.

Most of them will choose among tea houses and restaurants.

Although singing in teahouses and restaurants is a mutually beneficial thing, these entertainers who run the rivers and lakes are a disadvantaged group, and the owner of the teahouses and restaurants will naturally not let them perform here for nothing.

Therefore, artists who are generally in the rivers and lakes will make a common agreement with the shopkeepers of the teahouses and restaurants, that is, to give the teahouses and restaurants some performance dividends.Then let them play here and earn their hard-earned money.

Generally divided into two ways, one is fixed rent.That is, no matter how much money the performance earns, it is a fixed price.For example, Mrs. Li just set a fixed price with the restaurant owner.

There are also performances all day long, which usually have a long-term cooperative relationship with tea houses and restaurants.The teahouses and restaurants are in charge of food and lodging, and no matter how much money these entertainers earn, they will share it with the shopkeepers of the teahouses and restaurants.

Li Xingyao's mother and daughter have been in the capital for five or six days. Mrs. Li was a wanderer before, and when they arrived in the capital, everyone prepared separately.

Mrs. Li changed into her previous clothes, and brought her daughter here with ease.

And Li Xingyao's mother and daughter are outstanding in appearance, and their singing skills are first-rate, which indeed attracted a lot of guests to the teahouse.

What business needs is popularity, even if you attract a group of short-clothes gangs who don't spend money and just stand outside the door listening to music, then the shopkeeper of the teahouse will be happy.

Not to mention that it has attracted many wealthy customers these days.

Everyone heard that there was a little girl with a sweet voice singing here in Yutai Tea House, and many idlers came to join her.

Although it was only five short days, the running water in the teahouse was more than half a month as usual.

The shopkeeper of the tea house saw the "money tree" attributes of Li Xingyao's mother and daughter. He originally wanted to make a long-term contract with them and let their mother and daughter live with him and sing here all the time.But Mrs. Lee turned him down.

After collecting the money, Mrs. Li poured Li Xingyao a cup of tea and asked her to take a rest.

Then she handed the qin in her hand to her daughter.

Li Xingyao understood, and then took the Sanxian, and sat on the chair.

Then she played skillfully, and this time it was Mrs. Li who sang.

(End of this chapter)