In March, there was a faint layer of fog, and it was hazy. Yesterday's drizzling rain has passed, leaving Jiangnan with a new morning of relief. In the town, pedestrians gather in twos and threes to negotiate happily, the hawkers shout loudly, and the boats in the lake wander slowly, so lively.

In the Yongan Tea House, it is overcrowded, with two or three plates of melon seeds and peanuts on the table, and a pot of tea. The storyteller was dressed in a simple gown, and the wooden board in his hand clicked so loudly, attracting the attention of the audience.

"The old and decayed characters of the past and present have also been said thoroughly, everyone must have been tired, today let's talk about the anecdotes of this Jiangnan family Liufu, everyone listen to it."

"Good, good!" As soon as the storyteller opened, the audience applauded. Compared to those ancient and modern figures, it is clear that gossip is much more popular.

"It is said that among the four great families in the south of the Yangtze River, Gu Mansion is the head, Su and Zhao are the two mansions, and Liu Mansion is the tail. Old man Liu has been doing business for a living for generations, and there are only two daughters under his knees, one concubine and one concubine. The concubine Liu Yan was shocked in the south of the Yangtze River, beautiful in appearance, and became famous at the age of sixteen. If you want to talk about the willow eyebrows of the concubine, no one has ever seen her appearance, and she has never heard of her full of talent, the only thing is that she is lazy and famous. Listening to Liufu Jiading, Liu Mei makeup can sit and never stand, and can lie down and never sit. ”

As soon as the storyteller finished speaking, he caused a lot of laughter in the Yongan Teahouse, smelling the interesting talk of the gentleman here, and many literati and elegant guests in the elegant building also opened the window and smiled.

Mr. Storyteller was extremely satisfied with what the audience heard, and then said: "It is said that the eldest lady of the Liu family has not read the four books and five classics since she was a child, and she has not learned the etiquette of the family. When the eldest lady was five years old, Master Liu took her to study in the academy, but who expected the eldest lady to die, so Master Liu asked her why she didn't go, guess how she answered? ”

"How did you answer that?" The audience was all interested, and they couldn't wait to ask the storyteller.

The young lady said that the road to the academy was too long, and she didn't go, she was too lazy to walk. Then he said that he would ask Master Liu to prepare a carriage to carry her there. Master Liu loved the eldest lady again, and immediately sent the family to prepare the carriage. When it turns out to be at the academy, guess what? This eldest lady of the Liu family slept in the carriage in the dark. ”

As soon as the storyteller finished speaking, he also laughed, and the wooden board in his hand rang out.

In the crowd, a woman was beautiful and frowning, wearing a cyan gauze skirt, and she couldn't wait to smash the food box in her hand directly, so that the storyteller could talk nonsense. The little girl is also impulsive, and when she pointed to the storyteller on the stage, she glared angrily.

"Have you ever seen the eldest lady of the Liu family with your own eyes?"

When Mr. Storyteller saw it, he didn't expect that there was another one who came to stand up for Miss Liu's family, seeing this woman so angry, couldn't he say something wrong? At the moment, he said, "No." ”

"I haven't even seen it, and I'm still messing around here, slandering the reputation of Miss Liu." Hmph, when she returns to the house, she must have a good message to the master. These people are too much to slander her young lady so much. Miss is still waiting for the boudoir, these gossips are really not good for Miss.

"Is that old man wrong? Can Miss Liu sit and never stand, and lie down and never sit? The storyteller asked rhetorically.

Uh-this is indeed a bit of a spectrum, anyway, since she took care of Miss, she has never seen Miss walk on foot, and ten fingers have been broken many times. looked at the teahouse, only to find that everyone was looking at herself, the little girl's cheeks were red, and she glanced at Mr. Storyteller. Hmph, she still has to deliver pastries to Miss, it's not good to be hungry. One turned, took the food box and walked towards the west.

"Storyteller, go on—"

The storyteller smiled and began to speak again, and the audience laughed frequently, throwing a few copper plates at the stage from time to time. The storyteller's eyes lit up, this lady of the Liu family is really profitable!