Ping'an Town is very lively on weekdays, but when it comes to the busiest place in Ping'an Town, it is undoubtedly the largest restaurant in the center of the town - Wangyou Tower.
Ping'an welcomes visitors from all directions, while Wangyou welcomes visitors from all directions. The Wangyou Tower occupies a very large area and is the largest building in Ping'an Town. It can be compared with Xiyue City, an important city on the northwest frontier of Taiyuan, where there are many wealthy houses.
Let's compare. At the same time, the Wangyou Tower, with a height of three floors, is also one of the tallest buildings in the town. The other is a tower in the west of the town near the outer edge of the primitive mountains. It is used to observe the movements of wild beasts in the mountains and to be able to report to them in advance.
The town is warning. In Wangyou Tower, if you climb to the top of the building, you can see the outline of the town as far as the eye can see.
At the entrance of Wangyou Tower, there is a pair of brave figures arranged in a figure of eight, which are very powerful, with their heads facing the entrance of the restaurant. On the pillars on both sides of the door are two lines of seals engraved: Gather wealth from all over the world, talk about eternal romance
Something! There is a plaque with "Wangyou Tower" hanging in the middle. Just looking at the appearance of these words, it is quite impressive.
Entering the door is a vast guest seat, and its placement is also quite particular. It seems that there are large and small seats everywhere, but it does not appear cluttered at all. You can also see a high platform next to the wine cabinet.
It is usually used for performances in the restaurant. In the passage next to the seats, there are two spiral staircases, one in the south and one in the north, leading directly to the second floor of the restaurant.
The second floor of the restaurant is the largest trading place in Ping'an Town. There are various stalls selling a variety of goods with different prices, but they all have a common feature, that is, they are expensive.
The kind! After all, the stall fee here is not a small number!
Speaking of the third floor of this restaurant, it is a place for guests to rest. There are various guest rooms, divided by heaven and earth, black and yellow. Of course, the prices also increase, with the 'Tianzi Room' being the most expensive! If we talk about the third floor of this restaurant,
The first floor is for common people, and people from all religions and professions can come here. The third floor is a symbol of wealth and strength!
The environment on the third floor is elegant, all aspects are quite exquisite, and the service is considerate. Even the worst "yellow-letter room", the cost of a day is as much as a day trip to Xiyue City! In addition, you can live on the third floor
People who can afford it will naturally not lack attention. This is also commonly known as the "big fat sheep". In the town, it is not so good, but outside the town, it is not necessarily the case. Without any strength,
I'm afraid in the end, people, money and life will be lost!
The most famous thing in Wangyou Tower is wine. The restaurant's signature - Wangyou Wine, is famous far and wide. The aroma of the wine is strong and lingers for a long time. It is very intoxicating and makes people happy to forget their worries!
Rumor has it that the owner of this restaurant, Hu, was once the son of a wealthy businessman. As a result, he accidentally made friends and was defrauded of all his family wealth. Even his father was so angry that he ended up living here. Later, when the owner of the restaurant saw him, he
After giving him a pot of "Wangyou Wine", he got drunk for a whole day and a night. When he woke up, all his sorrows were gone and he had a profound enlightenment, so he begged the owner of the restaurant to take him in, and he became the shopkeeper of the restaurant!
And another person who can compare with the "Wangyou Wine" in Wangyou Tower is the people in Wangyou Tower - the storytellers in Wangyou Tower!
There are all kinds of people who come to Wangyou Tower every day. As for the people who come to this first floor, in addition to drinking, treating guests, and eating... they listen to the storytellers here.
Storytelling, listening to world affairs, and talking about Jianghu people!
However, telling stories on the high platform on the first floor of a restaurant is not a simple job! Anyone who can come to this safe town cannot be said to be an ordinary person! At least those who come from north to south have this experience.
Even if you have good eyesight, you must have heard a lot of anecdotes. Therefore, it is not easy to win the favor of the diners in the audience!
However, here, there happens to be such a storyteller who can make people listen to the ups and downs and be mesmerized. In this industry, he can be regarded as a generation of craftsmen!
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In Pingan Town, people here call him "Mr. Zhao", but his specific name is unknown. He lives here from other places. He often wears a green gown. He looks like a middle-aged Confucian scholar with a kind face.
However, those eyes seemed to have experienced the world, full of vicissitudes and wisdom.
In the storytelling at Wangyoulou, Mr. Zhao has a set of rules he insists on: Storytelling should be done once every three days, for three hours at a time, and leave immediately without stopping at all. And every time Mr. Zhao comes here to give a lecture, Na Wangyou
In the worried building, there must be nothing to sit on!
However, whenever Mr. Zhao tells stories, there will always be a seat reserved under the stage. Anyone who has spent a few days in Ping'an Town knows that it is the seat for the old master in the only school in the town - Jian Xuezhai!
The "Jian Xuezhai" is said to be a school, but in fact, it is a simple thatched house for children in the town to learn from. This school is on the northern edge of the town, and its location is relatively remote.
There is only one old master who teaches.
This old master's surname is Han, he is a former member of the Northern Yan Dynasty. He is a bit old, his face is a bit weathered, his temples are slightly white, but his eyes are bright and lively. On weekdays, the old master teaches children to read and practice calligraphy in the school.
I don’t go out much either.
Only when Mr. Zhao was telling stories, the old master would occasionally come to the Wangyou Tower to sit for a while!
Every time he comes, the old master will go to the empty seat reserved for himself under the high stage, solemnly join his hands, bow to the diners under the stage, then bow to the stage, and finally bow to the shopkeeper of the restaurant.
After the ceremony, the old master will sit down quietly. He will order a pot of the cheapest tea here, a few steamed buns, and listen to a book quietly. After listening, he will go straight back to his school!
Regular customers who come here know that Mr. Zhao's storyteller always leaves an empty seat in front of the stage no matter whether the old master from the school comes or not. The two of them don't communicate much on weekdays, but they seem to have a special tacit understanding with each other!
Everyone was puzzled and curious about this, but no one knew the reason. They could only guess that maybe, in this Ping'an Town, it was probably because these two people were the only ones who could barely be considered scholars! Could this be the reason why?
The sympathy between each other?!
However, the people in Pingan Town did not think highly of this old master, and even called him "Lao Tongsheng" in private! What's more, there were many people who called him "Lao Tongsheng" to his face, and some of them laughed.
The meaning of ridicule is self-explanatory...
After all, in this world, only those with real abilities will be respected! Obviously, in the eyes of everyone, this old master cannot carry his shoulders or lift his hands, so he is naturally not included in this category. In fact, he can only rely on teaching children.
I can barely survive in this peaceful town.
The old master often just remained silent in response to this, never making any rebuttal, and seemed to have acquiesced!
As for the name "Laotongsheng", it has its own origin...
It is said that this old master was born in a village under the jurisdiction of Xiyue City. Of course, this village is just like the thousands of small villages and towns on the mainland of China, ordinary and nothing special.
At that time, the city of Xiyue and the surrounding areas were still ruled by a small country here - Beiyan. The country of Beiyan was not strong, but it paid great attention to literary style.
When this old master was a boy, he was quite talented in Confucianism. He could speak at the age of three and write poems at the age of five. He was known as a "child prodigy" in this small town. At that time, he was taught by a county school. When I went out, I met an old master on the road. I cherished his talent and took him under his sect to teach him carefully. And the old master lived up to expectations. He passed the county examination when he was twelve years old, was a middle school student, and was recommended to study in Xiyue City!
However, when I arrived in Xiyue City, the old master seemed to have exhausted all his talents. After studying for a few years, he took the exam several times, but he failed all the time! Under these successive blows, the old master was reduced to a broken body, wasting away his days!
Afterwards, I don’t know what stimulation he received, but the old master was determined to pick up his abandoned studies! However, things didn’t work out. Just when he picked up his books and prepared for the exam again, a war suddenly broke out. Beiyan was dead!
The disaster caused by the war swept through the entire Xiyue City and the surrounding land! In desperation, the old master could only rush back to see his mentor and family who he had always thought he had no face to meet. However, when he rushed back to the county, he found out that I only had time to see my mentor for the last time, and then I witnessed my mentor and the enemy soldiers dying in battle before the city!
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My mentor died in battle and returned to the small villages and towns of the past, but there is no trace of human smoke here! There are only charred dead trees and crows circling in the sky. The eyes are full of dilapidated villages, dried blood and various kinds of things. The mutilated corpses are everywhere, with only a vague glimpse of their former appearance!
When he left, the young man was full of ambition and high spirits; when he returned, his country was ruined and his family was ruined! At this moment, he knew that his country was gone, his family was gone, and no one in the world seemed to remember him anymore. ! In this huge Chinese state, where is his place?
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Half of his life was wasted, he had no great achievements, and in the end, he was just a little boy! With no place to stand, he wandered around in circles, and finally ended up in this peaceful town.
From then on, there was a school in Ping'an Town - Jian Xuezhai, and there was an old master!