The teahouse was as usual, the audience was full of people, drinking tea, listening to books, sometimes talking and sometimes saying hello.
At noon, people have to disperse, and Cao Fa, as the waiter, can take a break and have something to eat at this time.
He was holding a cake in his head and was eating it while leaning against the pillar of the teahouse. From time to time he had to pay attention to see if anyone in the hall was calling him. He often ate half of his meal and had to work again.
Fortunately, the shopkeeper hired an extra waiter. The new waiter was called Niu Da. He had already worked as a waiter in his early years, so he didn't need to be taught much, which saved him a lot of work.
Both Niu Da and Cao Fa liked the books mentioned by their husband, and there was no one in the teahouse who didn't like them.
However, the two of them always listen intermittently. After all, they have to be busy and it is inevitable that they will not hear everything. In their free time, the two of them will recall what their husband said and discuss the stories in his book, so that they can know the complete part.
Cao Fa ate the cooking cakes and said to Daniel: "How did you come up with so many novel stories?"
"Ah?" Niu Da paused and asked: "Didn't Sir, didn't you say that "Liao Zhai" is a book left by the predecessors?"
Cao Fa smiled and said, "Have you never heard from these guests?"
"say what?"
"People everywhere are asking what kind of book "Liao Zhai" is. Mr. Jin even asked all over Qingshan City, but no one has heard of "Liao Zhai"."
Cao Fa said: "If such a good story is really written by someone from the past, there is no reason why no one would know about it, so there is only one possibility!"
Niu Da also reacted at this time.
"Ouch!"
He exclaimed and said, "Isn't that written by the gentleman himself?"
Cao Fa smiled and said, "As long as you know, don't make excuses for me, otherwise I won't make you unhappy."
"Probably not."
"Mr. Chen has a good temper, so he probably won't, but who are we? We work in the front office. We won't talk too much when we don't want to."
"Yes yes yes."
Niu Da quickly said a few words. Speaking of which, although he had run in the front hall before, his experience was far less than that of Cao Fa. He even said that Cao Fa was his senior.
"What are you two talking about?"
As he was talking, he heard a voice coming from behind.
Cao Fa was eating cooking cakes when he turned around and saw his husband.
He quickly put away the cooking cakes in his hand.
"The shopkeeper." Cao Fa said with a smile.
Shopkeeper Zhuang nodded and said: "Eat slowly. If you can't serve a bowl of tea smoothly, you won't choke to death."
Cao Fa's cheeks were bulging and he said with a smile: "That's not possible. I'll eat too slowly and delay things. I'll go down after a few mouthfuls. It doesn't matter."
"You, you."
Shopkeeper Zhuang smiled and said: "Without any further chatter, follow me to see Mr. Chen. You are really in luck this time."
"ah?"
Cao Fa was a little surprised when he heard this.
"Luck?"
"Well, let's go."
Shopkeeper Zhuang didn't explain too much, and immediately took Cao Fa to the backyard of the tea house.
After only a few steps, Cao Fa asked the shopkeeper what was going on.
Could it be that I didn't do something well?
"Don't think too much about it, it's a good thing."
Cao Fa felt a little uneasy after hearing this. Speaking of it, this good thing had never happened to him before, so he didn't react for a while.
When we arrived at the backyard of the tea house, we saw Mr. Chen sitting at the table drinking tea.
Shopkeeper Zhuang said: "Mr. Chen, I brought it to Mr. Cao."
Cao Fa cupped his hands and said, "I've seen you, sir."
Chen Changsheng asked him to sit down.
Cao Fa looked at the chair, remained silent for a moment and said, "No, sir..."
"I'd better stand and listen. It's better to stand."
How dare he be on an equal footing with Mr. Chen?
"Why don't you dare to sit down?"
Shopkeeper Zhuang's tone seemed to be scolding, and he said: "Sit down!"
"Sit here, little one!!"
Cao Fa was shocked and sat down in response.
He felt reassured again, I'm afraid what happened today was not simple.
Chen Changsheng couldn't help but smile when he saw Cao Fa sitting upright, then looked at Shopkeeper Zhuang and said, "Shopkeeper, please stop scaring Mr. Cao."
Shopkeeper Zhuang snorted softly and said, "You have to sit down sooner or later. I'm afraid he won't have the courage in the future. Practice."
Cao Fa opened his mouth and said, "What...you have to sit down sooner or later?"
Shopkeeper Zhuang said: "You are lucky."
Cao Fa was still confused.
Chen Changsheng waved his hand and said, "By the way, how long has Mr. Cao been in the teahouse?"
Mr. Cao said, "To tell you what to do, sir, I have been working as a waiter in a teahouse since I was twelve years old. It has been five years now."
"Have you been a buddy for five years..."
"yes……"
Chen Changsheng then asked: "Do you think storytelling is difficult?"
Mr. Cao thought for a while and replied: "It's difficult!"
"What's the difficulty?"
"It should be... acting, right?"
Mr. Cao believes that when it comes to storytelling, the most difficult thing is to make the acting come alive and make people sink into the story.
He added: "The stage is so big, it is most difficult for one person to perform such a big show!"
Chen Changsheng nodded and said: "Not bad."
This thing also requires skill and the aura of one person forming an army.
Chen Changsheng said: "If you were a storyteller and you were asked to play the role of a general who is about to embark on the battlefield, how do you think you should act?"
"this……"
Cao Fa glanced at Shopkeeper Zhuang behind him.
"You can act as you please."
"Eh."
Cao Fa agreed and then thought about what a general should look like.
But I saw him stand up, and after taking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and looked like a martial artist in the theater troupe, with a fierce look on his face.
"Bah!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he calmed down.
"Mr. Chen, is this okay?" Cao Fa asked.
Chen Changsheng asked: "What you acted just now came from Wu Sheng in the actor, right?"
Cao Fa nodded and said, "I went to the theater twice before and remembered it."
"good."
Chen Changsheng nodded, and then asked: "Want to learn something else?"
Cao was stunned for a moment, then he immediately came to his senses.
He is a smart man, how could he not understand what Mr. Chen and the shopkeeper meant at this time.
Just hear a plop.
As soon as he bent his knees, he knelt down!
"Sir, give me a bowl of rice for you. I will learn from you with my life, and I will never let you down!"
Cao Fa knelt down and kowtowed three times.
Three bang bang bangs made a red mark appear on the forehead.
Chen Changsheng smiled warmly and said, "You don't have to do the waiter's work after noon."
Cao Fa paid his respects again. As a waiter, his husband thought highly of him and gave him a bowl of rice. This was a great kindness.
Shopkeeper Zhuang said: "Learn well from sir."
Cao Fa agreed and thanked the shopkeeper again.
…
In the next few days, Chen Changsheng stayed in the teahouse after finishing his book.
Cao Fa learned storytelling from his husband, and what surprised him was that his teacher not only taught him, but also someone...
It turned out to be Mr. Jin!
When Mr. Jin Sanye saw Cao Fa, he smiled and said, "You're lucky, Mr. Chen just happened to take your fancy. Don't embarrass Mr. Chen when you stand on stage."
Cao Fa quickly said: "What Mr. Jin San taught me is that I should learn from my fate."
"Don't be too petty. Those who want to be teachers in the future, after all, storytellers are also teachers, right?"