Yan Chengyue's face was also a little bad, and he only asked Tao Erniang to sing This matter was proposed by Uncle Tao, who was a father, so he couldn't say anything.

Speaking of which, Li Luan'er and Yan Chengyue already had a very bad impression of the Tao family because of Uncle Tao's words.

Who is the father of such a heartless family, asking his own daughter to sing in front of a foreign man, although Tao Erniang is a concubine, that is also the daughter of the Tao family, no matter how you say it, everyone is from a beautiful background, how can it be the same as a kabuki.

Yuan Li Luan'er thought that Tao Erniang would inevitably be unwilling, and she couldn't say that she wanted to refuse, but what she never expected was that Tao Erniang agreed with a smile, even Mrs. Tao had no opinion, and said with a smile: "Our second lady sings very well, and many people praise her for having a good voice." ”

Li Luan'er lowered her head when she heard this, and a sneer hung on the corner of her mouth.

Mrs. Tao's words are completely telling Li Luan'er and Yan Chengyue that they don't need to give due respect to Tao Erniang, so they will treat her as a kabuki, otherwise, why do you want to say that many people praise Tao Erniang for singing well? This again shows that it is not the first time that Tao Erniang has sung in front of outsiders.

Mrs. Tao's words landed, and Uncle Tao also smiled: "My second lady is not only good at singing, but also a must in dancing." ”

While speaking, he also glanced at Yan Chengyue: "Brother Yan, it's better to look at it with me." ”

When Li Luan'er heard this, her heart was even more displeased, and she secretly said how could this Uncle Tao have a feeling of pimping.

But Yan Chengyue smiled: "It's a small place here, and I'm afraid that my daughter won't be able to show it, so forget about dancing." ”

"That's fine. That's fine. Uncle Tao smiled and waved his hand: "If you don't jump, don't jump, to be honest, these two ladies in my family are also a talented girl, chanting poetry, drumming and blowing, calligraphy and painting are involved, and it is rare to be a well-behaved and clever, I love her the most." ”

"Brother Tao's love for his daughter is admirable." Yan Chengyue said with a smile, raised his glass and said, "Brother Tao, I toast you." ”

Li Luan'er hooked her lips and smiled. said to Mrs. Tao: "Uncle Tao really cares about his daughter." The second lady is blessed. ”

As she spoke, she also raised her glass and drank with Mrs. Tao.

The husband and wife are obviously praising on the surface, but if you really listen carefully, you will understand that they are satirizing the Tao family's uneducated and mocking Uncle Tao for not caring about his daughter's reputation and life or death.

Whoever really cares about her daughter will ask her to sing to people so casually. will also say that his daughter is a talented girl. Anything will be some. Qinglou's ** face is thinner than them.

Only the people of the Tao family obviously didn't see it, Uncle Tao smiled and asked Tao Erniang to hurry up and sing the song.

Tao Erniang was very reluctant and stood up with a smile on her face. Standing in front of a few roses, she was more delicate than a flower in a pink shirt, and she said softly: "I love to sing songs, and I try to write it myself when I have nothing to do on weekdays, and today I will sing a song I wrote." ”

After speaking, Tao Erniang sang slowly and softly: "The moon shines on the window on the night of the third watch, and the little lady thinks about her ......."

Li Luan'er drank a sip of osmanthus wine, and almost squirted out when she heard this word, it was really ......

The second lady of the Tao family sang the song and sang it, and sang some elegant ones, but it was also round, but when she opened her mouth, it was this kind of obscene cliché, an innocent lady hummed this kind of tune, and no one looked down on her, and thought she wanted a man to think about it tightly.

Tao Erniang didn't think she was singing vulgarly, with a smile on her face, her eyes were like hooks, and she looked at Yan Chengyue affectionately, and the song in her mouth became more and more flirtatious, and finally Tao Erniang stretched out her hand and pointed at Yan Chengyue, throwing a flattering eye and hooking her lips and singing: "Ah, when will you return the little enemy, it will make the slave family's heart ...... swaying"

"Good!"

Uncle Tao clapped his hands, turned his head and asked Yan Chengyue: "Brother Yan, how is my daughter singing?" ”

How to answer Yan Chengyue, he really didn't know what to say, but Li Luan'er smiled lightly: "Naturally, it's good, and everyone in the Spring Breeze Proud Pavilion sings well." ”

The insult in her words was very sufficient, but the Tao family didn't hear it, Uncle Tao smiled: "My daughter, naturally, is good, can sing and dance, can write and martial arts, can cook and renovate the table, and can also do women's red knitting, a rare good talent, I don't know how many people envy it." ”

"Nature is a good talent." Li Luan'er hooked her lips: "You don't know how hard it took to cultivate it at home." ”

"Nature." Mrs. Tao replied: "Master Hou, I see that there are only four boys in your family, but there is a lack of a girl, and if you don't have a girl, you don't know the benefits of a girl." ”

Li Luan'er only smiled but didn't answer, but said in her heart, it is naturally beneficial for you to have a girl in your family, no, you are in a hurry to match the girl and sell the girl for glory.

Now Li Luan'er can also see that this Tao family is completely Xiang Zhuang's sword dance intended for Pei Gong, under the banner of visiting, but he wants to promote his daughter.

It's just that Li Luan'er doesn't understand, this Tao family is also everyone, how can he do such a vulgar thing? Not afraid of jokes?

Seeing that Li Luan'er was silent, Mrs. Tao smiled again: "My second lady is not bad, it is better to recognize Brother Yan as a godfather, Brother Yan is the same generation as my uncle, and this generation is also made." ”

Li Luan'er was a little surprised when she heard it, and said that she thought that the Tao family wanted to stuff Tao Erniang to Yan Chengyue as a concubine, how did she know that she wanted to recognize her godfather, what did the Tao family mean by asking Tao Erniang to sing that tune so much?

She wanted to say something, but saw Yan Chengyue smile: "Let's talk about this later, Brother Tao will eat the vegetables first." ”

Li Luan'er knew that there must be something here, and she smiled and mixed up.

After a while, Uncle Tao mentioned something about recognizing his godfather, Yan Chengyue just didn't answer, and Uncle Tao said again: "There's no need to put wine and treat guests to admit it, just the two of us know it, and let the child and you all admit it." ”

Tao Erniang got up shyly and was about to come over to snort, Yan Chengyue hurriedly blocked: "This is not a trivial matter, let me think about it." ”

Uncle Tao laughed dryly: "Cheng, Cheng, think about it, I'll come back in two days." ”

Li Luan'er was not in a good mood, and after eating, she talked to the Tao family about her son, Yan Chengyue was obviously a little impatient, and picked up the teacup to send the guests.

It wasn't until the Tao family left the Yan family that Li Luan'er hurriedly looked for Yan Chengyue, and when she saw him, she asked, "What did the Tao family have in mind?" What does it mean to call the second lady to recognize the godfather? Those two ladies are seventeen or eighteen big girls, and they are not a few years younger than us, so they recognize you as their father, which is really ...... The Tao family really plans to ask us to recognize his wife as a daughter, and we should also look for the young one. ”

Yan Chengyue's face was not good, and after pulling Li Luan'er to sit down, he said angrily: "It was said that the Tao family is good, our two families are also friends in the world, and they are old relatives, they sent a greeting post to see a little bad, but I don't know that I haven't seen it for a few years, the Tao family has fallen to this point, and even the family doesn't want the spirit of the family, this is not a good sign, a family has even lost the most basic backbone, this is a sign of breaking the family." ”

Li Luan'er suddenly remembered that once she heard Yu Xi vaguely mention something, saying that the Tao family had said something unpleasant because of the old man earlier, and the old man was old and incapable, so the official family was disgusted, and the old man Tao was also self-aware, and when he saw that the official family didn't like him, he resigned from his official position and took his family back to his hometown.

She told Yan Chengyue about this, and Yan Chengyue immediately said: "Yes, the Tao family does not have any power and connections in the court now, this Uncle Tao is a person, and if he wants to go back to Beijing to seek an official position, he naturally has to find a backer, I am afraid that they want to find our family as a backer." ”

It's just that Li Luan'er still doesn't understand, if you look for a backer, you can find it, why do you have to recognize your godfather?

Yan Chengyue saw that she really didn't know what this meant, so she could only patiently explain to her carefully: "It's true that this Tao Erniang is a concubine, but her mother is a prostitute in Jiangnan, she was fascinated by Uncle Tao back then, and Uncle Tao didn't say that she was from a low background and took it back, Aunt Tao Erniang was really favored for many years, because of this, she offended Mrs. Tao, and then her aunt gave birth to her, and she was raised by Mrs. Tao. didn't teach her well, but taught her to learn the style of the Qinglou woman, so that she became what she is today. ”

Speaking of this, Li Luan'er also understood a little: "No wonder I said that Tao Erniang's style is like a woman in a green house, but it turns out that Mrs. Tao did it on purpose." ”

Yan Chengyue nodded: "The literary style of this dynasty is at its peak, the prosperous era is peaceful, and the world begins to like men's style, but the officials who are most disgusted with men's style during the Taizong period, many officials have thought of a workaround, that is, to recognize the godfather, if they really like which clever boy, they will discuss it with the family, and the two families agree to recognize a godfather, and then the boy will be taken to live at home, saying that he is a godson, but it is just a plaything, but even if he recognizes the godfather, it is also beneficial, and when the boy grows up, the officials are tired of playing, will pay to buy a house and marry this boy, which can be regarded as a kind of return. ”

"I've never heard of it." Li Luan'er was shocked, her eyes were round, and she looked a little cute.

Yan Chengyue smiled and pinched her cheek: "Later, the matter of recognizing the godfather became more and more rampant, so that now, many rich merchants have raised some concubines, carefully cultivated, all of them are raised as thin horses, and when they reach a certain age, they are taken out to meet guests, and when they see which official has taken a fancy to him, he asked his daughter to recognize her godfather, and then sent her daughter over, and used it as a plaything, saying that she was a goddaughter, and she couldn't even be inferior to the lowest concubine, who had no name or share, and when she was older, or she found a family to give her a dowry. Or send it directly to the nunnery. ”

Li Luan'er wanted to scold when she heard this, and said in her heart that this ancient person was really too trendy, but it turned out that this godfather or something was not a modern product, but it had existed since ancient times. (To be continued......)