Flowers are expensive

Chapter 292 Who Is Charging The Hero

"Yes, the old slave also resigned!"

"By the way, where's my brother?"

"When I came out of Mengxiang Tower just now, I saw the young master went to Taolin. I don't know what he was doing."

"What else can you do? Play with his peach tree!" Meng Furu shook her head helplessly and said, "Uncle Ma, you send someone to find him. He has to know about Dad!"

"The old slave understands, this is to find the young master!"

Besides, after Xixi left the counting room, she went straight to the stove in the backyard.She took a sip of the Pang Hai tea that Wu's mother prepared for her every day, and she was still thinking about Xiangfeng's ransom.If she really redeemed it for Xiangfeng, she owed Xiang's family another weight.

"Hey!" Xi Xi muttered, wrenching her fingers, "24 taels! Where can I find 24 taels of silver to redeem myself? My monthly salary is five sen of silver. How long have I been saving? Sigh!"

"Xixi! Xixi!" Mama Wu walked into the kitchen quickly, still shaking her leaf fan wrapped in white flower cloth, and said with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Xixi asked back: "The bookstore is about to open, where am I not here?"

"I thought you went back to Xiang's house," said Mother Wu with a smile, "I was standing at the gate just now and saw that boy Xiangfeng passing by in a small carriage. I must have come back to pick him up. Lao Tzu, Man'er still has yours."

With a sound of "噗嗤", Xixi sprayed all the tea that was full of her mouth on Mama Wu.Fortunately, Mama Wu raised her fan quickly and blocked it!Mother Wu called out, "You don't have to be so happy when Xiangfeng is back, do you?"

"He's really back?"

"If you don't believe me, why don't you take a look?"

"I'm not going." Xixi turned her face away and continued drinking her tea.

"What's the matter? Are you still embarrassed?" Mama Wu smiled and said, "Do you understand what Mama Wu told you yesterday? If you are willing, I will be a middleman for you?"

"After arguing for a long time, do you want to earn red envelopes from matchmakers? Forget it, you should come up with other ideas. As for me, I am going to open a bookstore! Otherwise, I will deduct my wages again!"

Xixi put down her teacup and left the kitchen, and went to the second floor of Qiong's invitation hall.The storytelling hall is located on the second floor. It was originally a place for drinking tea, but it was changed by Meng Furu and turned into a storytelling hall.

Xixi entered her exclusive room and began to dress up, because Meng Furu didn't allow her to tell stories in the appearance of a girl, so she forced her to change into men's clothes.Although she didn't know what was wrong with Meng Furu, she still did it. Who let him be the shopkeeper?After changing into men's clothes and putting on a man's bun, Xixi makes her grand entrance with a fan in her hand!

As soon as she appeared, the entire noisy hall fell silent instantly.As soon as she looked up, she saw Xiangfeng, and her heart skipped a beat, why did this person come here so quickly?Xiangfeng was sitting in the middle of the third row, and she could see it at any time.Xiangfeng smiled at her gently, she had to smile politely and nodded, and then sat on the main seat.

As soon as she sat down, a guest stood up and said to her: "Miss Liang, how many times are you going to talk today?"

"Twice as usual!" she replied.

"Two episodes are too few, right? I'm leaving for my hometown tomorrow. It's so awkward to hear half of your story! Otherwise, I'll make a whole story today, and you just tell the rest of it." Don't worry about it, don't you?" the guest said proudly.

Xixi got up and smiled politely and said: "I'm really sorry, this storytelling is about telling it one time at a time, if I tell it all at once, my throat can't bear it, and you will get tired of listening to it. If you really like it The joke I said, won't it be the next time?"

"Next time? Who knows when the next time is? Aren't you just tantalizing?"

"You told the truth. If the storyteller doesn't have some appetite, how can anyone come to listen to him again? I'm afraid he can't even earn enough money for porridge! You haven't heard enough this time, come back next time I'll tell you then, how about it?"

A playful smile floated on the guest's face and he said, "To be honest, Miss Liang, your storytelling is the funniest I've ever heard, and it's not the same as other places. Talking so much about earning money through books, ask everyone here, how many people don’t feel sorry for you?” Suddenly, there was a burst of low laughter from the audience.Xiangfeng's face suddenly darkened.It's not that Xixi is angry, I've seen a lot of people like this anyway.She waved the fan in her hand unhurriedly and replied, "Please don't worry about it! You should save your little distress and go home for your daughter-in-law and children! Naturally, I will love you in the future, so you don't need to worry about it!"

The guest didn't give up, and said with a smile: "Miss Liang, I have an idea. Why do you have to suffer here? Simply go back to Quanzhou with me, and listen to me every day. Wouldn't it be better to live a happy life?" ?”

A familiar guest next to him interjected: "Aren't you going to buy Miss Liang? How much can you afford? If you can save Miss Liang, so can I! I'm afraid there are not many people present who don't want to buy Miss Liang. Such a smart mouth can go home and enjoy it by yourself?"

Everyone present laughed again.There was a real rivalry among them who said: "Why don't you call a price first and see who bids the most, and who will have the qualifications to negotiate with the shopkeeper Meng?"

Xixi rolled her eyes, a group of ignorant, shameless and brain-damaged people!Just think it's a brothel vying for the crown?I don't care about you!
At this moment, Xiangfeng stood up suddenly, and said solemnly: "Are you finished? Are you here to listen to the book or to ridicule others? All of them are three-year-old and five-year-old, and they teamed up to bully a girl." Home? You’ve grown all that flesh for nothing, right?”

"Hey, why do you talk like that?" The first guest who got up to speak pointed to Xiangfeng and said dissatisfiedly, "Why did I bully Miss Liang? I kindly want to redeem her and go home to live, and it is sincere, you Just think I’m joking? All right! I’ll call Shopkeeper Meng out now, and if she makes an offer, I’ll give you the money right away! If you don’t have the money or the thought, just stay and go!”

"Shopkeeper Meng has no time to pay attention to you people!" Xiangfeng said disdainfully, "If you want to listen to the book, stay, if you don't listen, just leave, don't talk here!"

"Hey! You sound like the owner here? Who are you?" The guest wiped his sleeves and stepped forward to question.Xiangfeng rolled his eyes at him and said: "You don't care! You have to show off your little money and go to the city to show off, don't pretend to be a rich young master here!"

"Brother Xiangfeng," Xixi was afraid that Xiangfeng would get into trouble, so she hurriedly stopped him, "Don't compete with him, it's okay, I'm still starting a story right now..."

"Xixi, you don't want to talk about books today!" Xiangfeng interrupted her and turned around, "With such a person, how can you continue to talk about your books?"

The guest became anxious when he heard this, and rushed forward, pointed at Xiangfeng and asked, "Where did you come from, a hero? You don't say it if you don't say it? Your surname is also Meng? I have been to this inn a few times." I’m back, haven’t I seen someone as famous as you? I said boy, if I feel sorry for the girl, I’m going to spend my capital, what are you doing here just to play prestige?” He said and took out a few banknotes from his pocket, and put them on the table The last shot said: "I put my cash here! I'm not that prodigal son, but I really think that Miss Shangliang is a good-looking woman and a good storyteller. I want to take it home! Boy, you can also give me some money." Grandpa see?"

"Ignorance!" Xiangfeng glared at the guest and said.

"Who are you to blame for ignorance? Who are you to blame for ignorance? What are you capable of? Why don't you go to the palace to pick a princess if you are capable? Why come here to disturb!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, when Xixi was about to speak, she heard a crisp sound of "bang" next to her, which made her tremble all over in fright, and turned her head to look, my mother!The master who was beaten by her like a cat last night actually broke the small square table in front of him!Is this going to mess things up?

Everyone in the audience was shocked, looking at Qing Yi inexplicably.Qing Yi crossed his legs, swayed his legs like a young master, and said, "Ah Xiu, whoever makes any noise will be thrown out of the window!"

"Yes, Master!"

"Grandpa, I came here to listen to the book with great difficulty. You are all good. Before people say anything, you are here to show off." Qing Yi snorted, glanced at Xiangfeng and the guest and said, "One You can only talk loudly, and the other will show off with the broken banknotes. Your banknotes are the same as raising a roadside dog. Take it home and raise your wife and children! Whoever wants to quarrel, don’t blame me. Send him for a ride in the sky!"

The guest was naturally unconvinced, and made a gesture to quarrel with Qing Yi, but was stopped by the person next to him.Xiangfeng walked up to him and said: "I'm not just good at talking, Miss Liang really can't speak today, and she won't talk here again in the future!"

"What?" Xixi spoke in dialect again, "Xiang...Xiangfeng brother, you you you...what are you talking about? I'm not here to tell the story? Who said it? Skinned?"

This made the audience burst into laughter.Qing Yi also couldn't help laughing, got up slowly and said: "Meng Papi? Is it your big shopkeeper Meng? This nickname is very unique! Miss Liang, is your book talking about it or not?"

"Say……"

"Stop talking!" Xiangfeng shouted.

"Brother Xiangfeng," Xixi hurriedly walked over and cupped his hands, "you don't have to be so angry. The guests are all here, so you can't go back after listening to gossip, right? You can't refund their entrance fee and tea money, right? ? Meng Papi will be angry!"

"Yeah," Qing Yi glanced at Xiangfeng and said, "That man just now was right, you have to be a hero to be a hero, don't just shout!"

Xiangfeng gave Qing Yi a blank look, turned around and said to Xixi: "Xixi, we are going to find Furu right now and ask her to return the deed of sale to you! From now on, you don't have to talk here anymore !Walk!"

"No...no need..." Xixi withdrew her hand, shook her head and said, "Brother Xiangfeng, it's actually pretty good to be a storyteller here, I really don't need to bother you!"

"Did you hear that?" Qing Yi said with a funny smile on his face, "If you want to pretend to be a hero, you have to ask the beauty if she agrees?"

The audience burst into laughter, and Xiangfeng's face turned green with anger.Xixi was very embarrassed, thinking what kind of trouble this person came here to cause?She hurriedly said to Qing Yi: "I'm not a beauty, brother Xiangfeng is not a hero, and he is my elder brother, do you understand?" After she finished speaking, she turned back to the main seat and said to everyone: "Everyone, since I paid money to come in, so I can’t speak the book out of my voice, so I still want to talk about it, but if you come to listen to the book sincerely, please sit down, if you want to show off the tricks of the brothels in the city , if I, Liang Xixi, are a girl in a brothel, then please come back! I don’t think I will chase you away, but we will chase you away later. If she knows who treats this place as a brothel, she will just I'm afraid that my complexion will be ugly! Alright, please sit down, please!"

Except for the guest who left in a huff, everyone else sat down and listened quietly to Xixi's storytelling.Xixi clasped her fan and clasped her fists and said with a smile: "Thank you for your support! In fact, Xixi thinks that storytelling sounds a bit unserious to a girl, but at any rate Xixi can make money for herself and doesn't have to rely on others. Such words Xixi I will be very at ease in my heart. That’s enough, don’t talk nonsense, today I will continue to tell the story of Monkey King’s three fights against the Bone Demon!”

When Xixi finished speaking, Xiangfeng looked at her thoughtfully, seeming to understand what she meant, and couldn't help frowning, wondering if she didn't like herself that much?
(End of this chapter)