Chapter 167: Listening to the Drama (I)

Unexpectedly, Xu Xiangwan said: "Mother, today you are the birthday star, you should be the one who should be sitting!" Our brother has been away from home for so long, you don't want to talk to our brother? ”

In fact, Gorou also wanted to go to the kitchen to help, but after hearing Xu Xiangwan say this, he also sat down and chatted with Zhang, so as not to leave Zhang's alone in the hall boring. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wulang has been away from home for so long, and the Zhang family naturally has a lot to say, and the last time they met, they only talked for more than half an hour, where can they say it clearly? And seeing that the children's interest was so high, the Zhang family couldn't ruin their interest, so they sat down according to their words, and the Xu Xiangwan sisters were busy.

Xu Qiuyi and Xu Xiangwan are both nimble, although the dishes are more sumptuous than usual to prepare Zhang's birthday banquet today, it only took half an hour to make nine dishes and one soup.

The old man Sanjin had already followed the taste to the kitchen a few times, but he knew that today was Zhang's birthday, so he didn't rush to eat as usual, but just complained a few words of hunger at the door.

The nine dishes and one soup are cold salad with three shreds, green onion with tofu, stir-fried lettuce tips, stewed three fresh, steamed carp, steamed pork ribs with glutinous rice, braised lion's head, salted duck, pork knuckle with sauce, and duck blood vermicelli soup. There are also two plates, one containing red bean cake, one mung bean cake, one sesame ball, and one kidney bean roll. Nine dishes, one soup and four dim sum are placed on the table, and just looking at it is mouth-watering.

"When did you two learn to make dim sum?" Gorou looked at the snacks on the table in surprise.

"Hehe, I don't know how to make this snack, I bought it from a street restaurant." Xu Xiangwan stuck out his tongue embarrassedly.

Zhang Shi was a little distressed and said: "There are so many dishes, what kind of snacks are you going to buy." Everything in Fucheng is expensive, and such a large table of meals costs a lot of money, right? ”

Although he said this, but his own children gave their birthdays, Zhang's heart was sweeter than eating honey, and silver or anything was not important.

It was a family banquet, and they were all their own families, so there was no need to divide men and women, everyone sat around a table and happily ate this sumptuous lunch.

Jing'an was a slave, and he was reluctant to share the table with everyone, but after being persuaded by everyone, he finally sat at the last seat and ate with everyone.

After lunch, Xu Xiangwan proposed to go to the opera garden in the west of the city to listen to the play, and secretly planned to order a "Queen Mother's Birthday" for Zhang's family for a while, so that Zhang's family could be happy.

After listening to Xu Xiangwan's proposal, except for Zhang's who felt that listening to the play was too expensive, everyone agreed very much.

Even the old man Sanjin was bright-eyed and agreed: "It's good to listen to the play, I want to ...... back then." Ahem...... I haven't heard a play for many years, but I miss it. ”

"Mother, don't worry, I've already inquired, let's sit in the lobby, and we don't need a private room, seven people will spend two taels of silver at most." Now that he has money in his hand, Xu Xiangwan has spent his money a lot more generously, and he is no longer picking and instigating as before.

Except for the old man Sanjin, the rest of the people here have never heard of the play, and today is Zhang's birthday, so naturally they all want to celebrate for Zhang.

Xu Xiangwan saw that Zhang's was actually a little moved, but because he was used to being poor and was reluctant to spend money, he would stop it, so he didn't ask Zhang's opinion anymore, and directly asked Jing'an to go out and hire a four-wheeled carriage to carry a few people to the Meixiang Theater in the west of the city.

Fortunately, except for the Zhang family and the old man Sanjin, the rest of them are still children, and although the carriage is a little crowded, it is not impossible to sit down.

Although the Meixiang Opera Garden is opened in the west of the city, it is very close to the east of the city, because the cost of listening to the opera is higher, and most of the people who go to the opera are rich families who live in the east and north of the city.

Yizhou is very wealthy, and the people live a stable life, so there is more demand for fun.

The lobby of Meixiang Theater is divided into two sides, one side is for male guests, and the other side is specially for female guests, so that female guests can enter the park to listen to the play, and also avoid the inconvenience of male and female defense.

"Can't we sit together as a family?" Xu Xiangwan didn't want to sit separately from Wulang and them, so he asked the little guy who led them into the seat.

"This girl, our lobby can only be divided into men and women. If you want to sit with your family, you can go upstairs to the private room. Today, there happened to be a guest who booked a private room and returned, and there is still a private room that no one has booked! Because they were going to come out to watch the play, Xu Xiangwan's family changed into new silk clothes, and the appearance and temperament of several people were not bad, so the little girl thought that they were the family members of a rich and noble family.

"How much does a private room cost?" Xu Xiangwan looked at the second floor and asked with some curiosity.

The little maid smiled: "The private room only needs to spend two taels of silver." However, the minimum cost of a private room is ten taels of silver, which means that you need to spend an extra twelve taels of silver. ”

Xu Xiangwan frowned, a little hesitant, if he only needed to spend two taels of silver, he would spend it in order to let the family be together. But a private room costs an extra twelve taels of silver, which is too high, and it costs two hundred dollars for a person to watch a play in the lobby.

"Forget it, where are you sitting and watching? There's no need to spend all that unjust money. Zhang said on the side.

"Yo, I said where did you get the dirt buns, I don't have any money and I want to sit in a private room and listen to the rain, do you think these people are funny?" As soon as Zhang's words fell, a sharp voice came from behind him.

Xu Xiangwan turned around and followed the voice, only to see a girl in a goose yellow dress standing in front of him, and a young man in a royal blue robe beside him, followed by several maids and servants behind each of them.

"Brother, these people bullied me last time." The girl tugged at the boy's sleeve and said aggrievedly with a pout.

At first, Xu Xiangwan just felt that the person in front of him was a little familiar, and after hearing the girl say this, he remembered what happened on Songtao Mountain last time, and immediately frowned.

Isn't this the woman who was called "Li Wuniang" last time, but the road is really narrow.

But today is to congratulate his mother on her birthday, Xu Xiangwan didn't want to cause trouble, so he took a step back and said to the little girl in the theater: "Let's sit separately for men and women, don't have a private room." ”

Unexpectedly, Xu Xiangwan wanted to calm things down, but the other party didn't intend to spare them, so he only heard Li Wuniang say: "Even a hillbilly like you still want to go to the private room, don't dirty the place." Xiaode, is your Meixiang Theater almost unable to open? Why do all the unclean people put it in? Let your little servants drive these people out, otherwise we won't dare to come to such an unclean theater in the future. ”

Li Wuniang's words not only made the faces of the guys in the theater ugly, but even the spectators sitting next to them also had green faces, after all, some of their clothes were not as good as Xu Xiangwan and them.

A few spectators couldn't look past and wanted to say something, but they were pulled down by the person next to them, only to hear the man lower his voice and say: "This is Miss Gongzi of Lord Zhizhou, you can't afford to mess with it." (To be continued.) )