Chapter 8: Before the Oiran Tournament (Part I)
Shang Liyan pulled the green sleeves and walked all the way back to Yunshuifang before letting go of her hand, and looked at her pouting with no anger on her face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"What? Still angry?" Shang Liyan stretched out an index finger and poked her forehead.
"Why not? Obviously, we took a fancy to that horse first, why should we give it to her, is the white peony amazing? Greensleeves folded his hands on his chest in dissatisfaction. The little head twisted to the side and refused to look at Shang Liyan.
"Good! Then let me ask you, how much money do you have in your purse? Is it enough to buy that cloth? Shang Liyan rolled her eyes. I really can't stand this girl's tendons!
"Yes------ it's not enough, but we can still bargain! How can anyone buy something without bargaining! Green Sleeves muttered and refused to admit defeat, but the little head had already lowered and had lost the momentum to start.
"I don't think it's enough, it's not enough at all!" Shang Liyan looked at the awkward appearance of the green sleeves with a crying and laughing, the green sleeves were all for her good, she knew this, but she couldn't understand what Shang Liyan wanted.
"In a situation like just now, it is impossible for us to negotiate the price, so why not be a favor, not to mention, there is still money to take, why not do it? Besides, don't you think that white peony just now looked funny when she saw that we actually accepted the money? Shang Liyan was good-natured and persuaded the green sleeves, but when she thought of the appearance of the white peony, it really made people feel quite funny, her mouth was open enough to swallow an egg, but there was no so-called temperament at all! I guess she didn't expect these two girls to be cheeky enough to take her money!
"Poof!" Green Sleeves couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought of the white peony when he went out. Also, why fight for those idleness, just by the girl's appearance, ten white peonies can't compare! Forget it, just send a girl!
"By the way, you can take the silver, this is our private money, and when it is not useful in the future, we can't let people know!" Shang Liyan seemed to remember something, and told Green Sleeves.
"Girl, you should keep it yourself, I don't have anything to use, besides, this is still earned by you, girl!" As soon as it came to earning, Green Sleeves couldn't help it again, and "giggled" and took out the silver from his purse and stuffed it into Shang Liyan's hand.
"It's okay, I'll find a proper place to hide it, maybe it will be useful." Shang Liyan casually put the silver in her arms, followed her into the moon cave door with green sleeves, and joked and laughed all the way back to her own small courtyard.
In the front yard of Yunshui Fang, Shen Luoyun sat alone in his own courtyard and worried.
Seeing that the registration for the Oiran competition is about to begin, the final list has not yet been determined in his workshop. Ruyu has already made up her mind to be good, it is already the limit to be able to last until the end of the year, she decided not to participate in the Oiran competition anymore, although Ruyi is good at singing and dancing, but it is not the best choice, and Ruyu is even worse than a star and a half, although there are still some girls in the workshop will also participate in the election, but, whether it is singing and dancing, or appearance is not enough to pick the beam, and this year, the white peony of the Peony Pavilion is twenty-nine years old, it is a good year.
Last year, the Peony Pavilion won the championship in one fell swoop this year, and pressed the white peony for a period to avoid the edge of jade, this year they must go all out, and the white peony is now in Luoyang's fame is also faintly overshadowed by the trend of jade, how can this be good?
Shen Luoyun silently removed the bun on her head at will, and was about to prepare for the night's business, she still had to freshen up and dress up, although she was a grandmother, but she was also a face of the entire Yunshuifang, even if she was tired and didn't dress up!
"Peach!" Shen Luoyun raised his voice and called out to the big girl waiting beside him.
"Sister Yun, Master Lu is here." Bi Tao opened the curtain and walked into the house, while replying.
"Oh? Is it? Ask Master Lu to serve tea in the side hall, and I'll be right away. Shen Luoyun took off the hairpin on his head, put it on the dressing table, and casually picked out a shirt and draped it on his body, Lu Yunqian and her are also old acquaintances, but there is no need to be particularly formal.
Bi Tao let Lu Yunqian into the side hall and motioned to the little girl who was standing and waiting to bring the tea.
"I was supposed to be a concubine to visit Mr., but I was so tired that Mr. came to look for him, Luoyun is really rude." Shen Luoyun turned into the hall from the side door, greeted Lu Yunqian softly, and sat down in the main seat.
"Where, I should have come to tell you about Lan Xin a long time ago, but I didn't come until today, it's my fault." Lu Yunqian lowered his head slightly, owing his body, and seemed to be a little afraid to look directly at Shen Luoyun.
"Mr. keeps his head down, is it Luoyun's untidy clothes that make Mr. restrained? It's also Luoyun's fault, but it's just that the door is about to open to welcome guests, but Luoyun still has uncombed sideburns, and he comes to see Mr. in a hurry, and he is disheveled, and he asks Mr. not to be restrained. Shen Luoyun was generous and humble, but Lu Yunqian, who was talking about it, didn't know how to deal with it, so he had to force himself to raise his head and look directly at Shen Luoyun.
Shen Luoyun was dressed in a white cotton underwear, and only a shirt was draped outside, with a slightly open neckline, and the white and silky skin on the chest looked particularly delicate in the indoor light, with a thin white cotton texture, which made people seem to be able to see the mystery inside at a glance, but they couldn't see anything clearly, it was this looming style, particularly reverie, full of green silk draped, black pressing, lined with unfatted plain noodles, more and more red lips and white teeth, picturesque eyebrows, Lu Yunqian couldn't help but look stupid for a while, and forgot the purpose of his coming here.
"I wonder if Mr. has something to tell Luoyun?" Shen Luoyun saw Lu Yunqian's stupid appearance in his eyes, and was slightly happy in his heart, but reminded him in his mouth.
"Oh------ that's the case, I've been teaching Lan Xin for more than a month, but with all due respect, I'm afraid she's really not this piece of material! It's the little girl next to her, who is quite close to the piano, but is a material that can be made, I don't know what Miss Shen is going to do? Lu Yunqian was really forced by Shang Liyan's elm head, and every time he saw her, he had a headache.
"Really?" Although Shen Luoyun only brought Lu Yunqian over at the beginning of the class, it did not mean that she knew nothing about the teaching situation, in the past month, I don't know how many people were blowing the wind in her ears, saying that Lan Xin's was not, saying that her rotten wood could not be carved, but she just had a strange feeling: this girl is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger!
"That's true, and, according to the following, she really doesn't seem to be a fake, she can only sigh at Wangqin!" Lu Yunqian smiled bitterly and said his opinion, for such an apprentice, he could only smile bitterly.
"Since Mr. Lu said so, let's do it, seeing that the registration for the Oiran competition is imminent, and the things in my workshop are also a little complicated, Mr. Lu will stop for a day tomorrow and not teach Lan Xin for the time being. I will gather the little girls who are learning art in the workshop tomorrow, and they will be personally selected by Mr. to see which ones are the materials that can be made, so that I can avoid the hard work of Mr. teaching, as for Lan Xin, I will make another arrangement! Shen Luoyun thought for a while.
It seems that this Lan Xin is really a hard bone that is not easy to gnaw! With her many years of experience in watching people, this woman is definitely not simple, every time she sees her, although she is just plain-faced, but she always has an indescribable temperament, it seems that she always looks at everything around her coldly, as if all people and things are separated by a transparent membrane for her, she looks at the people outside in this membrane laughing and scolding, but it will not have any effect on her, she just watched, but did not join, as if she was not a person in this world, and would leave at any time.
This unique cold temperament is always very obvious when she is alone, when she has just entered here for two months, Shen Luoyun has secretly visited her a few times, and every time she always sees her alone under the window looking at the book, focused but detached, as if she is guarding against something, and as if she is looking forward to something, this contradictory temperament makes her light always so unique that it is impossible to ignore it at a glance.
The same temperament, Shen Luoyun has never seen it in any Qinglou woman, which makes her more confident that if she cultivates it carefully, Lan Xin will definitely become the most intoxicating Oiran in Luoyang! Such an enigmatic woman will definitely arouse the curiosity of all men!
How could such a woman, so wise, so rich, be a person who doesn't understand the rhyme of the piano? No one will believe it!
Secretly made up his mind, Shen Luoyun decided to call Lan Xin into the room to interview in person after the evening, and to talk to smart people in a way that means to talk to smart people.
"The Oiran Contest has signed up, and it looks like it's about to start, I wonder how the owner is preparing?" Lu Yunqian put down the teacup in his hand and raised his eyes to look at Shen Luoyun.
"It's not easy! Luoyun is worried about this! Shen Luoyun clutched the shirt that was about to slip off his shoulders, and half-frowned, looking like I was pitiful.
Lu Yunqian's gaze slid greedily over her, and he felt pity in his heart for this girl who had been sent to the workshop since she was a child and suffered hardships.
"Seeing that the registration for the Oiran competition next month is about to start, the girls in the workshop are always the first to hand in the roster, and even the palace teaching department has come to ask, although our Yunshui Fang is an official family, but, in the past two years, the world has been peaceful, the people have lived in peace, and the court is calm. The daughter of a good family, who wants to come to the workshop, the conditions for coming in are limited, most of them are not eye-catching, ordinary things can be supported, such a big event, where is there a person who picks the beam? Ruyu is not an official prostitute, and now she is going to be good again, and now it is a time when the workshop is not in good shape, if the Peony Pavilion wins the first place this year, the life of Yunshuifang should be difficult in the future! Shen Luoyun sighed, if Yunshuifang really decayed in his own hands, how could he be worthy of his master!
Lu Yunqian saw that she was sad in her heart, but she couldn't help much, so she couldn't help but feel a little depressed, but she couldn't think of any good way, so she had to say goodbye.
Shen Luoyun sent him out, went back to the room and sat down, slowly combed his hair in the mirror, Bi Tao walked over behind her lightly, took a tooth comb and combed the black hair thinly, and put the green silk on his head into a delicate bun.
"Bi Tao, you go and talk to Lan Xin, ask her to come to my room when she is in the middle of the day, and tell her if you have something." Yunshuifang is the most important thing! Shen Luoyun looked at the glamorous face in the mirror, and laughed coldly, after so many years, haven't you seen it through?