"Hey, everyone is here!" Only then did she see Ma Liu'er and others in the yard. She hit the mark and clapped her hands with a smile, "I have a reward. Have you had dinner? No? I'm treating you, little one.
Beads, little beads—”
Xiaozhuzi is a golden boy, and he is called the best at Xi Mian.
Qin Meng gave him a look, and Ma Liu'er understood and stepped forward to take her money, followed little Zhu'er to the Taifeng Restaurant outside the door, and ordered a table of good noodles and two jars of good wine.
Duan Jin didn't dare to say anything, nor did he wink at Cao Xiwan. Naturally, Madam Qing knew what she was doing.
Cao Xiwan knew the rules, so she wouldn't ask. Qin Meng and the others were probably trying to catch Nanzhi. Once they got the clue about Lehu, they found a piece of gold. But I don't know how Mrs. Hou planned to cover up Nanzhi's entry into the house.
Well, she, Cao Xiwan, didn't get involved.
In short, she was very proud, because she got the reward from the Yamen, and they happened to meet each other, so they wanted to treat guests. Qin Meng and Luo Mofeng looked at the piles of big and small bags piled high in the main room. Mother Luo couldn't help it: "These are for treating guests."
of?"
"Yes! Be decent! I'll invite you for a seat today, and I'll invite you again in a few days - yes, yes, mother Luo, are you free the night after tomorrow? I'll treat you. I'm going to the East Palace. Let's celebrate, too.
Let’s have dinner together. Xiliu, hurry up and bring me the box of invitations I bought. It’s very elegant and decent.”
What kind of dinner is this?
Everyone laughed.
She carefully opened the red silk-wrapped sticker box and took out the exquisite and decent new stickers she had chosen. After inviting the Four Treasures of the Study at Duan's house, she immersed herself in writing the invitations. Because Qin Meng's handwriting was good, she asked Qin Meng to help her.
Write.
The first one was given to Mother Luo.
Luo Mofeng wondered why she was not invited by Qin Meng since she was invited. When she looked around, she found that she was invited by Shi Mingniang, Li Caihu, Song Xianzi, Murong Yinglei...
"This... Lady Song, who is Song Xianzi?" Mao Ergou was eating tea nearby. He saw that these were all female guests, because he wanted to send invitations to Lady Qing, so he couldn't help but ask.
"That's Granny Song. Mother Luo, can you bring this for me?"
Before she had finished writing the invitation, the table ordered in the restaurant was delivered to Duan's house. Duan Jin quickly arranged for it, and she ate the kind of meal that is typical of entertaining distinguished guests at home.
She was used to arranging the seats at the table, setting out the chopsticks and silver cups, filling the wine flask, and serving the hot wine.
Because of the year of national mourning, the Lehu business in several neighborhoods in Qinglefang is about to be in trouble. She is eager for someone to set up a banquet at her house. Business is difficult to do, and even the tenants in this place have two meals a day. She is now
Also willing to accept.
"Can't we call her Qu'er now?" Cao Xiwan was asking. Qin Meng looked at her with a smile, Jinyi Yamen just took care of this matter.
Mrs. Duan also smiled and replied: "I won't hide it from you, if you want to listen to music, I and the little girls and boys in the yard can play one or two musical instruments and a few pieces of music to create a small scene with complete orchestral arrangements.
.It’s just a big scene, I won’t dare to do it this year.”
Traditionally, if a guest wanted a better meal, she would go to the neighbors and ask a few neighbors to help, most of them from Lehu families. As long as she could afford the money, all the people she called were famous actors. Now it is a national mourning period.
One year, she didn't dare to go there unless it was to go to Nankang Hou's mansion.
The room was full of people from the Hou Mansion, and they all laughed. They were talking about how the Hou Mansion would never violate the rules. It was not for anything else. If this year passed peacefully, they would be able to live in a house next year.
The eldest lady may be about to establish herself as the concubine of the Eastern Palace.
This year, Nankang Hou Mansion must not be singled out for mistakes.
"Okay, I won't listen to music and don't call you Jiao'er. I'll entertain you and I'll sing." Cao Xiwan made the decision.
"..."
The room was silent. Even Qin Meng was glad that until now, there was no post for him. It seemed that he didn't intend to invite him.
Cao Xiwan looked at Luo's mother happily: "Luo's mother, do you want to play a song together? You play and I sing. We will play together the day after tomorrow. By the way, we can bet. Whoever loses will have a drink and sing."
One song!”
Mother Luo is very confident in herself, but has no confidence in the Qingluo female ghost. She is afraid of making a fool of herself.
When Qin Meng finished writing the invitations, they were all female guests, including several of Su Jintian's junior sisters. He was not surprised that he was not included.
"The character Qin Baihu is so beautiful, better than our Sixth Young Master." She kept praising.
"I have been copying Buddhist scriptures in the temple since I was a child," he said with a smile.
Xiliu and Xiao Zhao were both very hungry and looked at it eagerly. Finally, Cao Xiwan got up and the whole group came to the table with a roar.
Duan Jin is a guest at the banquet, and the place is full of flowers and butterflies, quarreling and laughing. From time to time, a funny remark makes everyone laugh, and everything is taken care of. Even if there is no music, there is no silence.
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Qin Meng and Mother Luo glanced at each other and knew that this Jin Hui interaction was recognized by all three religions and was not necessarily in collusion with a traitor in the Hou family.
It's not that Qin Meng didn't know Duan Jin's reputation, because she was close to Qing Niangzi, and he had helped Duan Jin, but in the past she didn't feel special in the Marquis's study, but now that she was a guest, she realized that it was different.
The group of people were laughing and laughing, and they were drunk after eating. She even declined carefully: "I quit drinking. I drink tea instead of wine——"
Everyone believed her, but Ma Liuer said that because of her temper, if she didn't stop drinking, it would be easiest to treat guests to a spring party the day after tomorrow. She wouldn't come to Duanjin's place.
"That makes sense. If you go to Yitangchun, you can get Su Jintian's account, and you don't have to pay for it yourself." She thought deeply.
Qin Meng couldn't help but laugh. Even the second manager, who brought money back from her yard yesterday, told her secretly that Su Jintian was the one who contributed the reward for killing the spy this time, and she was the one who took the money.
She solemnly said: "He owes me money. It's not that I was greedy for his reward."
Qin Meng thought that she would have to talk about this for the rest of her life.
The moon is at the zenith.
The banquet was broken up, and Qin Meng, Ma Liuer and the others returned to the Hou Mansion. She sent Xiliu away, and Xiao Zhao went back first. She asked Mao Ergou to go to Shunyifang to sleep and come to pick her up early tomorrow morning. She took Luo Mofeng and walked in a golden circle.
The family was busy until midnight.
It was just some trivial matters, arranging the menu, practicing the song she wanted to sing, but in the middle of the night, the father and daughter came from the neighbor.
The father and daughter live in another street in Qinglefang. They are asking for a piece of gold. They heard that it is rare for them to have business here, so they want to sing a song: "There are people everywhere outside, and you are not allowed to go to restaurants to drink music. I really have no food to eat."
I won’t even be able to pay the rent in a few days.” The blind dad cried, “It’s still cold, and you’ll freeze to death if you go out on the street.”
Cao Xiwan also didn't dare to act recklessly, so she discussed with Duan Jin and asked the father and daughter not to bring musical instruments, but instead came over, told a few jokes at the table, and received some reward for the meal.
Father and daughter can't tell jokes, but the blind father can imitate bird calls, and the little girl can recite a few verses.
"That's fine. I don't want fancy words and sentences. I want famous poems."
"There is a bright moonlight in front of the bed." The little girl timidly said, "I can recite it, and I used to sing it. But the restaurant guests don't like to hear it."
The girls all laughed for a moment, feeling pity for her. The wealthy guests in the restaurant only liked to listen to erotic poems and beautiful verses, and did not listen to the famous poems of the Tang Dynasty. Cao Xiwan nodded: "You will change it this year, talk about poetry, and talk about history."
, I should be able to make some money.”
If a musician is literate, it is not difficult to learn to tell a story. The main reason is that the noisy musical instruments are easy to be heard and discovered by the fans patrolling the streets. It is not easy to be discovered when they tell stories and jokes.
The father and daughter were very grateful. Seeing that they wanted to practice when they got home, she postponed the treat to five days later.
Luo's mother slept with her all night at Duan's house. When she left the next day, she saw Mao Ergou driving over early in the morning. He took the note from Cao Xiwan, and the first one was Shi Mingniang.
Luo's mother still wondered: "Don't you mean that you are afraid that she will seek revenge, so you don't let the Hou Mansion pay attention to her?"
"Someone is looking for me?" She was still wondering.
"Ma Liu'er said that Shi Mingniang's girl should be looking for you."