Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jin 'er did come to sell century eggs.
It had only been a few days since Yuan Jin 'er jumped out of Golden Wind Brothel. Now, the inside story of her disappearance from Golden Wind Brothel was still going viral. Mrs. Yang of Golden Wind Brothel was also angry at the moment. However, Yuan Jin 'er was a restless person. She invested all the money she had into stocks and planned to follow Nie Yunzhu out to pull some business and enjoy the feeling of being a strong woman.
However, this business was actually a previous relationship. Yuan Jin 'er knew Mrs. Chen of Yan Cui Lou, and she brought Nie Yunzhu over to open up the market. The business of selling century eggs was a small matter compared to the scale and income of Yan Cui Lou. Since they were acquaintances, it was fine to talk about it. However, some other things were more troublesome.
"… Where was I just now? Everyone in the industry knows Yang Xiuhong's temper. You crazy girl, you don't know how lucky you are. Century eggs are just a small matter. Jin 'er, you should go and apologize to her. It hurts people's hearts if they are separated for a long time. That woman has a sharp mouth but a soft heart. Tsk … Speaking of which, I don't care what the girls do after they redeem themselves, but you guys are really a headache … "
Entering the room, Mrs. Chen sat in front of the bronze mirror and began to touch up her makeup. She was still nagging endlessly. Of course, it was also because she was familiar with Yuan Jin 'er in the past, so she spoke casually. Jin 'er narrowed her eyes.
"I know, I know. You're such a naggy woman. Don't you know that you're annoying when you talk too much?!"
"Hey, this is your attitude when doing business!"
"That's the attitude."
Mrs. Chen was in her thirties, but she was beautiful. She had only taken over the business of Yan Cui Lou for a few years. She had a "godfather" who was an official as a backer, so her temper was quite straightforward. At this time, she and Yuan Jin 'er were staring at each other. Nie Yunzhu smiled bitterly and mediated, "Okay, okay, you two."
"Hmph, if it wasn't for Yunzhu standing in the middle, I would have torn your mouth apart today."
"Come and tear it." Yuan Jin'er stuck out her tongue, then turned her head and asked, "Oh right, what happened outside just now?"
"What else could it be? The Xue family, who started the cloth business, and the Su family, who started the cloth business, were enemies. But the people who came today are really powerful. Liu Qingdi, Li Pin, and Ning Liheng, who is the most low-key and never goes to the brothel. Haha, if he can write a poem in the Yan Cui House today, the Yan Cui House will be famous … By the way, I heard that you are very familiar with Liu Qingdi.
Jin'er blinked and said, "He wrote the poem casually, and it's good. Li Pin often wrote poems. As for Ning Liheng …" She looked at Nie Yunzhu and said, "There's no hope for him."
Mrs. Chen put some powder on her face and shrugged, "Whatever. It's good to have Liu Qingdi's and Li Dexin's poems. As for Ning Liheng, tomorrow I'll ask someone to publicize that he came to Yan Cui House tonight to support us … Later I'll tell Xia and the others to perform well and stir up the atmosphere. It's best if they can really make some fire so that Ning Yi can't help it …"
"Sly."
"What's so deceitful about that? Isn't that what your Mother Yang did? Do you think that when those great scholars were fighting over you, your Mother Yang didn't meddle in the middle?"
"I'm peerless."
"You're just a silly girl."
The two of them continued to argue in the room. The room used a bronze mirror, so the image inside was not very clear. When Mrs. Chen narrowed her eyes and drew the eyebrow line, Yuan Jin'er impatiently took the pen and helped to draw. The two of them were still arguing with each other. Nie Yunzhu was listening with a smile from the back. At this time, he said, "If Ning Yi really wrote a poem to support him, will Ah Xia go on stage?"
Mrs. Chen was silent for a moment, then she looked over with a smile and said, "It's not that simple. It depends on the amount of money."
"I'm afraid that the Su family won't be stingy with money."
"If that's the case, I'm the one who will be embarrassed …" Mrs. Chen chuckled.
"What's wrong?"
"Yunzhu, you don't know that Xia and the Xue family's Xue Yan have been having an affair for a long time. This time, Liu Qingdi is here. If the Su family just writes a good poem and money, we will say that Xia prefers the Xue family's support. If Ning Liheng is added, the weight will be different. But Xia is the pillar of our Yan Cui House. It's not good to force her to embarrass Young Master Xue at this time. Isn't it bad to ruin her marriage … "Mrs. Chen sighed," But then again, if the first scholar of the Su family writes a poem for her, and she finally toasts Xue Yan, what will people say about our Yan Cui House and Xia in the future?
Mother Chen sighed: "But then again, if even the number one scholar of the Su Family composes a poem for her, and she still toasts Xue Yan with that cup of wine, in the future, what will people say about my Jade Swallow House, how will they say Ah Xia? They will say that she doesn't know what's good for her, doesn't know what's good for her, and has the intention to put on airs. That will be troublesome … Of course, if Liu Qingdi can write an excellent poem that can overwhelm Li Pin's and Ning Yi's poems, just like Ning Yi wrote those two poems, there will be no problem … Yunzhu, your poems are the best. Do you think it's possible? "
Yunzhu thought for a while and then wrinkled her nose slightly. She shook her head firmly and said, "Of course not." It could be seen that she felt that the process of thinking was unnecessary.
"That's it." Mrs. Chen fixed her makeup and stood up to go out. "Fortunately, Ning Liheng usually doesn't write poems. Well, I'll go out first. You two … just do as you like. If you have any familiar sisters, you can talk to them. But don't take my sisters away. Yunzhu, I understand what you're thinking, but women … are destined to be like this. Anyway, it's better to be a mistress … "
"You talk too much …" Yuan Jin 'er muttered.
"Okay! I'm ugly and annoying. I won't talk anymore! Silly girl … But you, you are so familiar with Liu Qingdi. He's outside. Don't you want to go out and meet him? "
"No! I'm not familiar with him! "
"Then you can hide by yourself …"
After saying that, Mrs. Chen shook her head and went out. Yuan Jin 'er quietly opened the window and took a look. In the hall, it was a noisy scene …
*****
In fact, most of the people who came in and out of Yan Cui House had some business background. Businessmen with good family backgrounds liked to come here to have fun. Not only the programs in the hall were good, but in the inner hall, the girls' service was also very considerate. In fact, everything here was in place. It was just that the brand and reputation was not enough.
Jiangning seemed to be very big, but the circle of the upper class was actually not wide. The businessmen who often came to Yan Cui House knew each other more or less. At this time, many people in the hall were greeting each other. In the corridor of the private rooms on the second floor, there were also people chatting with each other from time to time. All kinds of snacks and dishes had been served. There were also girls who came to drink and sit with them. Soon after, the lights gradually dimmed. Various performances on the stage below began to unfold, and the noise in the hall gradually became lower.
The performance in Yan Cui House was actually similar to that in the Top Beauty Competition. Several of the best girls in the building prepared a small gala style performance. Each of them performed two performances, and then naturally there would be various kinds of support. The girls would also choose their favorite girls to accompany them according to the support of others. They would not only accompany them to the banquet tonight, but they would also have priority to entertain them when they came over another day.
This kind of bidding model was actually a very good business model. Of course, it also depended on the performing girls themselves having good artistic skills. For men, what they wanted was probably liveliness and face. Today, there were more people from the Su family upstairs and the Xue family downstairs. Moreover, there were three great talents here, so it was their home ground. In addition, there were two or three bosses whose family business was not inferior to that of the Xue family and the Su family. But in such a scene today, they might not fight to the end.
The music was playing leisurely in the building, and the accompanying dancing atmosphere was really good. Occasionally, people upstairs and downstairs greeted each other, and some people walked with each other, talking about business or these performances. It seemed that some people were also talking about gossip such as the Xue family and the Su family's plan to compete for Lv Xia tonight.
Lv Xia's first performance was a dance. She was ranked fifth. She walked in a relatively charming and charming style. She was dressed in a palace dress from the Tang Dynasty. Her eyes wandered as she danced, and the hints in her eyes and body language made people's hearts waver. For Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jin 'er, this kind of dance might be too straightforward, but in this performance, it was really outstanding. After the performance, Liu Qingdi immediately presented a poem and asked someone to read it on the stage, "Flower shadows come to disturb the jade screen …"
"Li Pin also wrote a poem on the stage …" The level of the whole evening party was a little low for Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jin 'er, but they had been watching nearby. They mostly looked at the movements of the Xue family below and the movements of Li Pin and Ning Yi in the Su family above. During the whole process, Li Pin and Ning Yi had actually been talking about something. Except for watching Lv Xia's performance carefully for a while, they probably didn't pay much attention to other performances. At this time, in the dim light upstairs, Li Pin also asked the woman next to her to bring a pen and paper, probably to write a poem for Lv Xia. Liu Qingdi, who was downstairs, occasionally looked back at the scene above and laughed at Li Pin's reaction.
After Li Pin finished writing the poem, she began to discuss matters with Ning Yi.
"Sister Yunzhu, what if Ning Yi also writes a poem later?"
"What?"
"Since Li Pin wrote a poem and Liu Qingdi has the intention to provoke her, maybe he will also write a poem. If it's bad, it will ruin his reputation. If it's good, Xia won't give him face and went to toast the Xue Yan. Won't it be embarrassing? If it's spread out, it will be bad for his reputation. People will say that in Lv Xia's heart, Ning Yi is not as good as Liu Qingdi. "
Nie Yunzhu looked at her with a smile, "Jin 'er, don't you hate him very much? Why are you so worried about him suddenly?"
She said this to make fun of her. Yuan Jin 'er's principle had always been that strangers should not be close to each other. At this time, she naturally felt that Ning Yi was more worthy of support than the Xue family. She stared at Nie Yunzhu angrily and pouted. She was too lazy to explain. After a while, Ning Yi got up upstairs and left the private room. He was probably going to the toilet. Jin 'er raised her eyebrows, turned around and walked out, "I'm going to warn him not to write poems. He will lose face!"
"Hey …" Nie Yunzhu called her with a smile, but Yuan Jin 'er had run out of the door quickly. She was racing against time. After Yuan Jin 'er went out, Liu Qingdi seemed to see Ning Yi leave. After thinking for a while, he also got up and left, walking towards the end of the hall. Nie Yunzhu squinted at the performance that was still going on on the stage. Her eyes shook, and she thought for a while.
She closed the window and walked to the dressing table that Mrs. Chen had used before. She stood there for a moment with her eyebrows slightly frowning, then sat down and looked at herself in the bronze mirror. Today, she was still dressed like a village girl. She looked at her reflection in the mirror, reached out to touch her cheeks, and stroked her temples. After a few seconds, she took a deep breath and pulled out the wooden hairpin that tied up her hair.
Her fine black hair fluttered and slid down her back. She sat there quietly and looked at him. In the bronze mirror, there was a soft and beautiful face, clear, mature, and charming. Then the corner of the woman's mouth moved slightly. It was a little awkward, but also a little natural.
It was like a child laughing for the first time in his life …
*****
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