The housekeeper next to him smiled and said: "Today is your first arrival, and you know all the stewards, so everyone will put wine for you to catch the wind and wash the dust, and they will all be their own brothers in the future, and they can't eat and drink like this Meng Lang, after all, his younger brother is weak, everyone can see that it is indeed not appropriate to drink too much wine, so let him drink a bowl for him, and don't persuade his brother to drink in the future." ”

Everyone nodded together and said, "That's the truth, just drink this bowl." ”

Qian Caiban said: "Even if this little brother is not in good health, he will always drink a little, and after drinking, the rest will be drunk by his brother, so it is always okay, and it also expresses my heart." ”

Everyone applauded again, and the butler nodded as well.

Yang Xianmao no longer shirked, slowly drank a bowl of wine, pretended to be very spicy, sandwiched a few dishes, put them in his mouth while chewing, and retched from time to time, this kind of cowardly wine appearance aroused the sympathy of other stewards, and they all laughed kindly, and said: "This wine can be drunk slowly, not in a hurry." ”

Yang Xianmao's deliberate weakness made Liu Dongyan a little worried, and she said in a low voice: "Can you do it? If not, I'll drink it myself, even if I'm drunk, it's fine, just go back to sleep." ”

Hu Laosan smiled and said, "That's not good, there will be a lot of fun tonight." The second young master is going to sing with an opera troupe, and it's just like this once a month, you are in a hurry, just in time for the second young master to sing, this is a rare sight. You may not be able to see such a wonderful drama when you spend money outside. ”

Qian Caiban also nodded frequently and said: "That's true, the second young master's voice is really a must, even the most delicate woman can't compare to the second young master's voice." But Hu Laosan, I think you probably want to go to see Miss Liuye, look at her willow waist, every time I see you, your son is about to fall, hahahaha. ”

These words caused everyone to laugh together, and even the housekeeper stroked his gray beard, smiled and nodded, and said, "Hu Laosan is known to be a womanizer. ”。

Liu Dongyan is a child in the end, and he also likes to watch plays, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart, and said: "Since there is this kind of play, can you drink less, otherwise you will get drunk, and you won't be able to see the play on stage." Qian Caiban shook his head and said: "I drank a bowl, of course you have to drink a bowl, your brother has already drunk a bowl for you, and there is still a bowl missing, but you have a point, you can't get drunk." In this way, let him drink it twice, first drink half of it, and then drink half of it after a while, I see that his amount of alcohol is okay, and he won't get drunk, as for your body, don't drink it, and don't force it, otherwise we will pour you down, and we won't be happy to go. ”

Liu Dongyan hurriedly expressed her gratitude and put down the wine bowl, she knew that in fact, Yang Xianmao and his alcohol consumption was not a problem, and on the White Mountain, Yang Xianmao drank much more wine than it. Yang Xianmao was embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and picked up the wine bowl, drank half a bowl, and then quickly put down the wine bowl, and sent the vegetables to his mouth, kept chewing, doing a very painful look, looking at these people and laughed and said: "Yang Guan is a person of temperament, although he is not very good at drinking, but he is not pus-filled." Interesting, such a friend is worth making. ”

Yang Xianmao rested for a while, and then drank the remaining half of the bowl.

After this episode, the rhythm of everyone's drinking slowed down, and they focused their attention on the upcoming play of the second young master.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Hu Laosan said: "Okay, the wine is almost drunk, let's go and watch the play, and if we drink it again, I really can't see the wonderful performance of the second young master, it's really a pity." ”

Liu Dongyan asked her, "But I don't know which one the second young master is going to sing tonight?"

Hu Laosan burped and said, "There are two plays tonight, one is The Story of Mandarin Ducks, have you seen it?"

Liu Dongyan nodded and said, "Is it the play adapted from the biography of the Mandarin Duck written by Yuan Zhi in the Tang Dynasty, if so, I have seen it." ”

Hu Laosan smiled and said: "No, it's this play." He turned his head to Yang Xianmao and said, "Steward Yang, have you seen it?"

When Yang Xianmao was in the Tai Hospital in the capital before, he only read medical books, and all his time was spent on medical skills, and the Tai Hospital did not sing operas, although the palace often sang operas, but they would not let the apprentices of the Tai Hospital go to see it, and he would not go to the Goolan tile shop outside to listen to the play, there was no time, so he didn't watch the play much, and shook his head at the moment.

Liu Dongyan was a little surprised when she saw Yang Xianmao shaking her head, because in her heart, Yang Xianmao was simply a god-like existence, she knew everything, and she was powerful at everything, but she didn't expect that there were things he didn't know.

Liu Dongyan couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother, let me tell you, this play is famous, but everyone who likes to watch a play knows it." is about a poor scholar, named Zhang Sheng, and a late Xiangguo's daughter Cui Yingying, the two fell in love, with the help of the maid matchmaker, the two dated in the West Chamber, Cui Yingying promised each other, but this Zhang Sheng later became a high-ranking official, but abandoned Cui Yingying, and was spurned by the world for thousands of years, this story, every time I read it, I have to shed tears. ”

Hu Laosan on the side smiled and said: "This story is indeed a little touching, but it's just a matter of crying after watching it once, how can you shed tears every time you watch it?

The comprador shook his head and said: "This is a mistake, the second young master has to shed tears on stage every time he performs this play, is it possible that he is not a man, but I am afraid that he is more man than you, why does he shed tears?"

"His tears are clear water, I can hear people say that in private. ”

"That's nonsense, the last time I saw him sing this play, I saw it for real, it was the tears that fell, how could there be any water smeared on it, and the yellow mouth and white teeth were talking nonsense. ”

After Yang Xianmao listened to it, he sighed in his heart, if he could be so committed to every performance, he could only say that the second young master also invested a lot of affection for the role of this play, at least he was really worthy of praise for the things he loved, this kind of dedication to the things.

Liu Dongyan asked again: "Then what is the second play tonight?" ”

The steward surnamed Sun, who was in charge of the miscellaneous servants in the miscellaneous room, said at the moment: "This play is better than Mandarin Duck Biography, at least in my personal opinion." Everyone is familiar with this play, and as soon as you say it, you will know that it is called "Zhang Xie Zhuangyuan". ”

Sure enough, as soon as he heard these words, Liu Dongyan immediately applauded, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "This play is beautiful, I have watched it many times, but I didn't expect to see it again today, it's really good." ”

She was excited, and her actions revealed the charm of a girl, and the other compradors laughed, Hu Laosan said: "Little brother's action just now is like a woman, if the second young master sees it, he will definitely pull you to the stage to play a matchmaker or something." ”

Liu Dongyan realized that he was excited, but he actually showed his true colors, and hurriedly said in a dumb voice: "Hmph, I'm not a show, I'm going to you." ”

Hu Laosan was a little embarrassed when he said this, and said with a wry smile: "It's just a joke, except for the second young master, who is willing to be a good actor? My mother, to be honest, I only look at my Liu Yan'er, I don't dare to look at the second young master at all, I'm afraid of my stomach..."

Someone behind Leng Buding gave him a slap, but it was the money comprador.

The comprador Qian lowered his voice and said: "After pouring two bowls of yellow soup, I talk nonsense, the second young master is acting so well, why can't I watch it? I just stared at the second young master, I didn't bother to look at what Liu Yan'er was! ”

Hu Laosan also felt that he couldn't control his mouth, so he quickly slapped him lightly on the cheek and said, "Call you nonsense." ”

Liu Dongyan saw that the topic had changed, and several of them were talking lively, so he turned his head to Yang Xianmao and said, "Brother, haven't you seen this play?"

Of course, Yang Xianmao hadn't seen it and shook his head.

Liu Dongyan took a sip of tea, and then said to him with his eyebrows: "This is more tortuous and beautiful than the Mandarin Duck Biography, the Mandarin Duck Biography makes people shed tears, and Zhang Xie's champion is to make people happy and sad, sad and happy, telling a very interesting story, there is a Zhang scholar named Zhang Xue, who went to Beijing to take the exam, met robbers on the road, robbed his property, and was seriously injured. Fortunately, a poor peasant girl in the ancient temple saved him and cured his injuries, and Zhang Xue was grateful and married her. ”

Yang Xianmao smiled: "Yes, comedy reunion." ”

Liu Dongyan's apricot eyes widened, and said: "What, it's not over yet, this peasant girl cut off her hair and sold it, and borrowed enough money to make up enough money for Zhang Xue to enter Beijing to take the exam." Zhang Xue is really the top student in high school. Zhizhou Wang Deyong wanted to recruit him as his husband, but he refused, and Wang Deyong's daughter died of shame. However, after the peasant girl learned that Zhang Xuexue was in high school, she went to Beijing to recognize each other, but was kicked out by her husband Zhang Xueming's porter, and the poor peasant girl could only pray all the way back to her hometown. ”

"Well, there are joys and sorrows. ”

"Don't interrupt, it's not over yet. Unexpectedly, this Zhang Xue actually wanted to kill her and send someone to chase and kill, but the peasant girl was cut by him on the arm, fell off the cliff and was rescued by the villagers. Zhang Xue happened to be under Wang Deyong's command, and was kicked out by Wang Deyong when he saw it, he was afraid, and tried his best to beg Wang Deyong's forgiveness, and cheekily proposed to marry Wang Deyong's daughter, Wang Deyong finally agreed to his proposal, and on the wedding night he learned that he married his original wife, that is, the poor peasant girl, and the two finally broke the mirror and reunited, do you say this story is funny?

Yang Xianmao nodded and said: "Having said that, this story is indeed a lot more tortuous than the story just now, and in the end it is a relatively happy ending, but in my opinion, it should not be arranged for this ungrateful Zhang Xue and the poor woman to be reunited, and he should be retributed." ”