Chapter 9: Storytelling
Lao Liu may not have other skills, but after being a porter for so many years, he still has the ability to see people, and when he looks at Su Bai's cheap face, he knows that he must have something to ask him. Zhao Ming saw that Su Bai had something to ask Lao Liu and said, "Come directly to the study after asking", Su Bai nodded and said: "The teacher is hard", and then consciously moved a small bench to sit with Lao Liu, and said with a smile: "Uncle Liu, do you want to inquire about something?" Lao Liu nodded and said, "Okay, you ask."
"My family wants to set up a stall selling food in Chang'an, I don't know how to handle it", Lao Liu smiled: "You asked the right person this time, it just so happens that I and the supervisor of our Qunxian Fang are still a little hypocritical, how much can I help you say something, where do you want to set up a stall." Su Bai was secretly happy, this Lao Liu really didn't let himself down, heard Lao Liu ask him, and quickly replied: "Of course, the closer to us, the better, and I will also go home to see it when the time comes", Lao Liu nodded and said: "That's between us and Huaide Fang, but it's not cheap there, I'm afraid it will cost Baiwen in a month", Su Bai calculated his own family background, bought some raw materials and utensils, and the rest was almost Baiwen, his future Chinese snacks, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to conquer the Tang people who would only steam and roast now?
Gritted his teeth and nodded: "Thank you Uncle Liu, and please ask Uncle Liu to bother to help the kid say two more good words, and then the kid's house will set up a stall, and ask Uncle Liu to appreciate the light", Lao Liu smiled: "That's natural, don't worry." Su Bai said: "There is one more thing to ask Uncle Liu to worry about, if you meet the big man who came with me that day to drive the carriage, please help me stop, I also need to ask him to bring the letter back", Lao Liu patted his chest and said, just leave these things to yourself. The people in the academy are all scholars, and they are all rich and noble children, who has ever spoken to him so politely? Although this kid is a little skinny, he still knows how to be polite now.
Su Bai bowed to Lao Liu and said, "Thank you Uncle Liu for your trouble", Lao Liu hurriedly staggered, although Su Bai had only been reading for two days, but he was also a scholar, and letting the reader bow to him would be a long life. Su Bai didn't think so, people help him, a person who has known him for less than two days, one is not human, and the other is not friendly, why don't you be polite to others? Get up and go back to the study.
Although Su Bai knows words, has a good memory, and never forgets the things he has seen, but seeing and remembering it does not necessarily mean that you understand what he means. Especially these classical Chinese, Su Bai can memorize them, but he can only translate a few of them simply, and the rest needs to be taught to him by Zhao Ming, after having his own goals, Su Bai's somewhat lazy temperament is also accepted, and Zhao Ming is very pleased to see it.
The time for serious study always passed quickly, and it didn't take long for it to get dark, Qiu Xiang sent a food box in, and the master knew that Su Bai liked to eat meat, and told the cook to make more, today Su Bai didn't take it back to the bedroom to eat, and the little face of eating was full of oil flowers. Qiu Xiang wanted to wash his face, but was rejected by Su Baiyi, saying that he was not a child anymore, and it was good to do these things by himself, but in fact, forget it,...... Not to mention those who are unlucky!
Today, Su Bai's bedroom is much more lively, in addition to Wang Fugui, there are three students waiting in the dormitory, Su Bai looked at it, and there was still Niu Huanxi who had been beaten by himself, and said in his heart, Are these grandsons coming to block themselves? Should I be soft? Soft, huh? Or are you soft? If you don't give in, you won't be able to run in such a small space. With the weight of the fat man, he sat on the ground with less than half an ass.
When several people saw Su Bai coming back, their eyes lit up, and Su Bai was just about to beg for mercy, but Niu Huanxi said, "Su boy, what other story did your grandfather tell you?" Come on, if you make Young Master Ben happy, I won't pursue the matter of you beating me." Su Bai was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, it turned out that these grandsons didn't come to block themselves, but to listen to the story. I hate it, why didn't I say it earlier, so that people's little hearts are still beating wildly.
Looking at a few bejeweled students, suddenly a new idea lit up in Su Bai's mind, if this was a cartoon, he should now have a small light bulb on his head. Su Bai smiled and said: "Of course there is, you have any kind of stories you want to hear", several people's eyes lit up, Datang's entertainment life is really boring, tricks, acrobatics, opera, these children of rich and noble families have never seen anything. But now the academy is a closed academy, and today I finally had a day off, and it was time to go home to see, and I had to walk back, and I hadn't had fun yet. Thanks to Su Bai now, you can hear some good stories. But that "Painted Skin" is too TM scary, if he knows other stories, he shouldn't listen to such scary things.
Niu Huanxi took the lead in saying: "Of course it's the story of a hero", another student shook his head and said: "No, no, of course, it's a strategizing war", Wang Fatzi said a little cheaply: "Fox fairies and ghosts are also okay", several people gave him a roll of the eyes, and don't you think "Painted Skin" is scary enough?
Seeing them arguing, Su Bai smiled and said: "Don't argue, my junior brother has a proposal, why don't we use the auction mode to listen to the story, the starting auction only costs a penny, and the one with the highest price wins!" Niu Huanxi was surprised: "What? Do you need money to listen to stories? Su Bai said angrily: "Nonsense, what is the difference between listening to stories and not giving money, and reading novels and not collecting, phew!" Shameless! Of course, Niu Huanxi doesn't know what it means to read novels and not collect, but is he a person with poor money? Will you argue with Su Bai for a penny? That's a bargain!
Niu Huanxi said disdainfully: "I will write ten articles", the student who just said that he wanted to listen to the war story said: "I will write fifteen articles", Niu Huanxi gritted his teeth and said: "Twenty articles!" Although everyone is a rich and noble child, in the closed academy, the family did not give them much pocket money, and Twenty Wen was already his pocket money for three or four days. The student shrugged his shoulders and signaled that he would not make a bid.
Su Bai stretched out his right hand and said, "Thank you for your patronage, buy first and listen later", Niu Huanxi said dissatisfiedly: "Will I repay the debt?" Su Bai didn't speak, just stared at him twice, Niu Huanxi took out the money bag on his waist happily, stretched out his hand and pointed out twenty Wen and handed it to Su Bai: "Tell me some stories of heroes and heroes, the kind of heroes who are invincible in the world and fight in all directions."
After Su Bai received the money, he immediately put on a dog-legged expression that you said was right: "Okay, I'll tell you a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" package that you are satisfied with", and then reached out to the student who was bidding just now and said: "Fifteen Wen", the student said with a puzzled face: "Why?" Su Bai said: "This is a story of a heroic war!" The student didn't care about taking out fifteen pieces of money in his money bag and handed them to Su Bai, and Su Bai continued to reach out to the student who had not spoken at the end.
The student's face was also very confused: "I don't have a story?" Su Bai said sadly and indignantly: "Everyone spends money to listen, if you listen in vain, how unfair it is to others, it's like you're reading a novel...", and finally got ten wen in the hands of Wang Fugui and the student. You can earn it by telling a story, fifty-five wen, and suddenly Su Bai feels that his future is limitless! It seems that his next pot of gold should be earned in the entertainment industry!
When all four listeners are seated in bed, they are hungry, how can they be a little evil, forget it, it's disgusting. Su Bai moved over a small bench and sat on it, coughed lightly and said, "In other words, the general trend of the world will be divided for a long time!" Forget it, skip it, there are some things that can't be said too clearly, just start with the hero of the story! ”。 Su Bai adhered to the spirit that the customer is God, and told them in the bedroom for more than half an hour, and also found that there were a few more shadows outside the bedroom, which seemed to be eavesdropping from the bedroom next to him, Su Bai didn't care, drank some water, and continued to speak: "Speaking of that, Lu Bu is holding a Fangtian painting halberd, with a crown of blonde hair, wearing a hundred flower robes, wearing a Tang Yi hundred battle armor, a brute treasure belt tied around his waist, and a red rabbit horse tearing the wind under his crotch, and the rest of his body is like a fire, without any miscellaneous hair. The end is Lu Bu among the people, and the red rabbit among the horses! ...", Su Bai found that he didn't want to be a storyteller, how could he not have found out that he was so talented before! The storytellers were colorful, and those in and outside the window heard it very seriously, and they told them until Cao Cao coerced the princes to make the princes finish.
"Go on? Hurry up, hurry up, go on" Niu Huanxi said urgently, Su Bai said angrily: "How long have you been talking about this?" Still going on? Won't there be classes tomorrow? Only then did everyone realize that it was already so late. But there is still a reluctant story, and he looks hesitant. Su Bai coughed and said: "If you want to hear the story tomorrow, come to me and sign up, ten cents per person, don't squat outside, feed the mosquitoes in the middle of the night, is it worth it?" Tong Suo is not bullied, tomorrow's story is more exciting! ”。 There was a rush outside, and I don't know if I listened to it or not, hey! These people who read novels, no, are people who listen to stories and don't give money, shameless! Hum!
In the evening, Wang Fugui made a strong inkblot, and wanted Su Bai to continue to tell him the next plot, so Su Bai refused, and he would still point to this to make money tomorrow, if he said it with a big mouth tomorrow, who would come to listen to the story tomorrow, and in the end, he really couldn't stand the ink. Su Bai told him another "A Chinese Ghost Story", but this dead fat man was moved, Su Bai was speechless, he was originally going to scare him, but what happened when he cried like this?
As Su Bai expected, early the next morning, "A Chinese Ghost Story" also spread in the academy, everyone now knows that the new junior brother is a good storyteller, and the student who listened to the story outside the door last night plans to spend ten yuan to listen to the story today, anyway, he is not bad for ten yuan, if he wants to let the mosquito bite like this, sooner or later he will have to become Wang Fugui.....