Chapter 42: The Five Surnames of Mingzhou
Who is the most gentlemanly person in Mingzhou City, of course, it is the son of Prince Ming.
Qin Xiaotian, as the only son of the Ming Wangye, the appearance of the Ming Wang's son, the old bustard in the Hundred Flowers Courtyard, naturally knew him.
Although Qin Xiaotian has always been relatively low-key, his identity is too high-profile.
And after the charity auction of the Ming Palace, the old bustard in the Hundred Flowers Courtyard will certainly not be unpopular with Yang Dewen.
Of course, Qin Xiaotian's dress, it is also a dress that is not rich and expensive, although Yang Dewen doesn't care much about dressing, but he is not short of the money to buy clothes, and of course the clothes will not be very bad.
The two of them found a seat in the hall and sat down, and immediately a turtle slave stepped forward and served good tea and snacks.
The two didn't come early, but they weren't late either. There were already a lot of guests sitting in the hall, but Congliang's activities had not yet begun.
The whole hall is decorated with a very festive atmosphere, and there is a festive atmosphere of worshipping the church and getting married.
The famous prostitute of the Qinglou is good, which is equivalent to getting married, and the Qinglou is equivalent to the mother's family.
Every famous prostitute in Qinglou was cultivated and trained by Qinglou since childhood, and was raised as a daughter.
For the cash cow in the Qinglou, of course, he has lived a fine life since he was a child, and arranged for a maid to take care of him. I easily refused to let them bump into it.
This daughter, who has spent a lot of effort to cultivate, is the cash cow in the Qinglou, and if she bumps and makes some scars come out, she will not have to cry her mother to death.
In the past few years, Du Qiniang's fame has resounded throughout Mingzhou City, earning a lot of silver for Baihuayuan, and accumulating fame for Baihuayuan.
But women have to marry after all, and the girls in Qinglou are no exception.
Although Du Qiniang has entered the lowly status, she still retains her innocent voice, and if she wants to meet her, she will need hundreds of taels of silver to listen to her play and sing alone.
The sons and wealthy businessmen who came into contact with Du Qiniang were all people who were not bad for money, and each distinguished guest who was received by Du Qiniang alone would give some additional rewards, gold, silver or jewelry.
In the past few years, Du Qiniang has not only made a lot of money for Baihuayuan, but also saved a lot of private money for herself.
Since returning from the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Yan in the Ming Palace, Du Qiniang has been in spring, refusing to entertain guests alone, and only occasionally playing a song in the hall.
A few days later, Du Qiniang found an opportunity to tell the bustard's mother that she wanted to redeem herself.
The bustard's mother was taken aback, of course she didn't want Du Qiniang to marry so quickly.
The bustard's mother persuaded her hard, "Daughter! It's not easy for your mother to raise you from a young age. ”
"Mom! The daughter made her debut at the age of thirteen to help her mother make money, and now she is nineteen and nearly twenty, and in six or seven years, the amount of money she has earned for her mother has already been countless, right? Isn't it enough to repay my mother for her nurturing kindness?
Ordinary women in the people, people as big as their daughters, children can go to school. Du Qiniang said unhappily.
She didn't think that after making money for her mother for so many years, her mother would deliberately embarrass herself in the things she wanted to be good about.
"Mom doesn't want to object to her daughter's conservancy, Mom also hopes that you can live a good life, but you also have to tell Mom that you want to live with that man, right?
In the past two years, there have been many people who want to redeem themselves, and many of them have very good families, but my daughter has always disagreed.
Now my daughter suddenly said that she wanted to be good, so she always had to let her mother know who you wanted to help you redeem yourself. The old bustard said with a bitter face.
"No need, Mom, my daughter has also saved a lot of private money over the years, and my mother said how much money she wants, so she is willing to let her daughter go to good terms, right?" Du Qiniang said.
"Daughter! It's not your mother who said you, if a woman in a Qinglou wants to be good, she must marry the rules, don't you understand? It's not a question of whether the daughter has money or not. The bustard said with some joy.
Du Qingyang actually wanted to redeem herself, which showed that she hadn't figured out who she was going to marry, and under her kind words and persuasion, she believed that she could temporarily leave Du Qiniang for a while.
"Mom! You just let out the wind, just say that I, Du Qiniang, decided to be good, who can write a new poem to impress me, you can take me home casually, as a slave and a concubine, Du Qiniang admits it. Du Qiniang said.
Seeing that Du Qiniang was determined, the bustard had no good way, so he had to release the news, and the time was set for tonight.
Folk marriages, weddings are held during the day, but the women in the Qinglou marry from the good, it is very different, they want to marry, can only be at night.
Moreover, the imperial court also has clear regulations that a Qinglou woman who has become a lowly nationality can only marry as a concubine after becoming a concubine, and cannot be established as a wife.
"Brother Fang, have you heard? That Du Qiniang is going to be good today, I heard that as long as anyone can write a new word that can move her, she will go with whom, and even the money for redemption is her own. A man dressed as a scholar said with a fan in one hand.
"Damn! No wonder there are so many poor and sour talents in today's Baihua Courtyard, and Lao Tzu thought that these poor talents had picked up money! It turned out that they were all rushing to eat soft rice. The scholar surnamed Fang said disdainfully.
The words of the scholar surnamed Fang were not small, and the poor Xiucai present heard it in their ears, and everyone invariably looked at the Xiucai surnamed Fang angrily.
"That scholar's name is Fang Zijing, the Fang family is in this Mingzhou city, and it belongs to a very rich and powerful family, and the Zhu family, the Fan family, the Huang family, the Chen family, and the five surname families in Mingzhou.
Although the entire Mingzhou is official, it is my father Wang Mingwang's mansion that is respected, but the people of Mingzhou are the strongest with these five surnames. Qin Xiaotian saw Yang Dewen looking over there, and hurriedly whispered to Yang Dewen.
"Oh my God! It seems that the origin of this surname Fang is really not small! Wouldn't he be that or what? One of the four talents of Mingzhou, right? Yang Dewen's heart moved and asked.
"It turns out that the eldest brother has also heard of the four talents of Mingzhou! Fa Ge is really right, this Fang Zijing is one of the four talents in Mingzhou.
There are three others, namely Fan Chao of the Fan family, Zhu Qingshan of the Zhu family, and Chen Wendao of the Chen family. These four people are known as the four great talents of Mingzhou.
However, I heard that these are their own names, and their real abilities are unknown. Qin Xiaotian said with a wicked smile.
"It's really a coincidence, the five surnames in Mingzhou have four great talents, one for each family! Then why is there no share of the Huang family? It's also good to make a big five talents! Yang Dewen also thought it was funny and said.
"Big brother, you just came to Mingzhou not long ago, maybe it's not clear, right? The one of the Huang family is the real one called a genius! Oh! No, it should be called a talented girl. ”
"These four talented people in Mingzhou are not even worthy of carrying shoes for the talented women of the Huang family."
"And such a thing? Listen to it, it's boring right now anyway. Yang Dewen picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, threw it into his mouth and said.
This Baihuayuan is really one of the most upscale places in Mingzhou, not only the girls' appearance is good, but even the snacks used to entertain guests, especially this osmanthus cake, the taste is really good.
"This Huang family is the fat man who bought the treasure in the hands of the eldest brother for 50,000 taels of silver in the Ming Wang's Mansion last time, and that person is the head of the Wang family, named Huang Shouye.
Most of the money houses and pawnshops in the entire Mingzhou City are run by the Huang family, and if you want to talk about wealth alone, the wealth of the other four families together may not be comparable to the Huang family, and they are the real rich people in Mingzhou City.
But don't know why? The Huang family is the richest among the five surnames in Mingzhou, but they are also the thinnest.
In the hands of Huang Shouye, it is even thinner, in addition to his wife, I don't know how many concubines he has accepted, but he can't give birth to a son, and even his daughter only has his wife, so he gave birth to one.
However, this daughter of the Huang family is really talented and smart, and it is said that she has the ability to never forget, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is proficient in all subsets of history.
The head of the Huang family often sighs in front of people, saying that her daughter is mistaken for a daughter, if it is a man's body, even if she is a champion, there will be nothing strange.
The head of the Huang family has cultivated his daughter like a boy since she was a child, and even named her Huang Ruonan.
Everyone knows that there is no man in the Huang family, so the four talented people all want Huang Ruonan as their wife.
Huang Ruonan is beautiful, but it is secondary, the key is the huge family business of the Huang family, which makes the people of the four major families excited, if anyone gathers Huang Ruonan as a wife, it is a beautiful thing for both people and money!
There is no male in the Huang family, after a hundred years of the Huang family, this family business will eventually fall into the hands of Huang Ruolan, who did Huang Ruonan marry in the end? This family business belongs to whomever it is. Qin Xiaotian gushed endlessly.
"There are so many strange things in Mingzhou City! The Tong Dong family, who was hugged by the VIP, also has only one daughter, who is beautiful, capable, and not bad for money.
Unexpectedly, there is another one, the Huang family, who is richer than the Tong family, and the daughter seems to be more talented than the Tong family.
This God seems to be unfair, and sometimes it seems to be very fair. Yang Dewen thought secretly in his heart.
In a burst of string plucking, the pleasant sound of the piano came into the ears, and in a moment, in the melodious melody, the sweet song was sung.
At the beginning of the evening, the light smoke envelops the moon, and the wind shines through the toad.
Juecui tent, cool life autumn thoughts. Gradually cold weather.
Fallen leaves knock on the window, the west wind fills the courtyard, and you can't get up when you sleep.
It is even more leaky, dripping and worried, and all feelings are born, and they are all leaving people's ears.
God knows, at that time, it was very lingering.
The night is eternal, and the pillow is clear, looking at the diligently.
When the candle is dim, he wakes up, and Yuan Lai is in a dream again.
Come to sleep, sit alone in clothes, and have no affection.
How to get Yilai, reharmonize the clouds and rain, and then reorganize the incense quilt.
May the heavens make a vow, and never abandon it from now on.
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