Chapter XVII: Frustration

Out of the Yellow Mansion, Xu Liangchang exhaled. An unprecedented sense of frustration welled up in my heart. People come and go on Yonghemen Street, a prosperous image, the scorching sun in August is like fire, but Xu Liang's heart is like falling into an ice cave.

Xu Liang recalled Huang Weizhong's words in his mind, "Xu Liang, it is said that you and the old man were born in the same Ji'an Mansion, your grandfather and the old man are old acquaintances, and this time the old man in Qiu Yu is your teacher, it stands to reason that it is rare for you to ask for the old man's mansion, and it can give you some convenience within the scope of the old man's authority, and the old man has no reason not to help." It's just that the old man, as a member of the four grades of the dynasty, is concerned about his every move, and he can't act too publicly, alas, in the final analysis, your qualifications are too shallow, you see that you are less than twenty this year, right? Oh, it's only seventeen! Haven't worked in the government yamen before? No, yes! is still a person in the middle school, and the old man didn't even have time to report the list of the lifters to the Ministry of Rites, and there is no relevant record of you in the court...... In short, it's too difficult...... You are still young, don't be in a hurry to become an official, go back and prepare for next year's entrance examination with peace of mind. ”

Huang Weizhong's euphemistic rhetoric turned into a sentence, which is to tell Xu Liang, you have no play!

Xu Liang is like a gambler who has just lost all his belongings, and the world is gloomy. He originally thought that Huang Weizhong loved money, and he was a real person, and he would do things if he took the money, just like this autumn festival, he was not easy to say, so he secretly released water. In the autumn season, Xu Liang gave out five hundred silver in exchange for the identity of a lifter. This time, Xu Liang sent out 2,500 taels before and after, but only got three words: You have no play.

Is the gift not heavy enough, or is it true that he is too young as Huang Wei said?

Whatever the reason, in short, Xu Liang failed.

Tietou saw Xu Liang who had returned to the inn, and was just about to ask the result, but when he saw the gray look on Xu Liang's face, he swallowed back the words that rushed to his mouth.

Xu Liang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't ask, it didn't work out!" ”

Tietou's lips twitched, he didn't speak, and secretly felt sorry for the two thousand five hundred taels of silver. If the young master gives me that money, how many wives should I be able to marry? Tietou secretly calculated in his heart, well, last time Ding Ah Si of the outer courtyard of Xu Mansion married Yahuan Queer, I heard that it only cost less than twenty taels, if I take more than two thousand taels, it should be a hundred finch girls, even if I change my wife for three days to sleepy, I can change from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and there is no duplicate!

My money! Iron Head felt like his heart was dripping blood.

Xu Liang saw a stranger sitting in the room of his eldest brother Xu Jiang, and couldn't help but ask Tietou, "What about the eldest young master?" ”

Tietou said sullenly: "The eldest young master and Steward Yang can't wait, so they will leave for the morning with someone." ”

Xu Liang saw that Tietou was also depressed, stepped forward and patted Tietou's shoulder, and comforted: "Ah Tie, don't be sad, money is something outside the body, and you can make it again if you don't have it." He frowned and whispered to Tietou: "Do you remember the Xinghualou I took you to see last time, tonight Young Master Ben will take you to have fun and be angry." ”

Tietou blushed, and hurriedly said, "Young master, I, I'm not going." ”

Xu Liang could hold down the iron head when he heard this, and shouted at him viciously with red eyes: "You must go!" ”

The Xinghua Building is still the same Xinghua Building. did not change because Xu Liang was promoted or did not become a historian.

**Still that**, still shaking a handkerchief and standing in front of the door with heavy makeup to solicit business. Perhaps in her eyes, no matter whether it is a dignitary or a commoner, as long as she can afford the money, she is an uncle.

When Xu Liang came to the door with his iron head, he pinched his throat, twisted his fat buttocks and stepped forward with a smile: "Ouch, this son, he looks really handsome, please come inside!" Saying that, he shouted into the door: "Girls, pick up guests!" ”

Xu Liang pretended to be calm, raised his feet and entered the door, as soon as he entered the door, there was a large patio, and there were several square tables placed under the corridor leaning on the pillars. On the second floor above the patio was a row of small rooms, each of which was not large, with a sign hanging at the door, and the occasional lazy girl or two yawning came out of the small room and walked down the aisle.

With the shout of **, when Xu Liang sat down on one of the small square tables, there were four or five girls in front of him. When they saw that they were such a handsome young man, they were all so happy that their faces bloomed.

"Yo, Childe, where are you coming back for the first time, what do you think of me?" One of the kiln sisters with a melon seed face pretended to be a little woman and said coquettishly.

"Son, you still want me, I will have a lot, I am satisfied......" Another shouted angrily, and the whole body was about to pour into Xu Liang's body, and a burst of gouache fragrance rushed to Xu Liang, and the two pink and tender white rabbits on her chest trembled and almost jumped out in public.

Although Xu Liang was already mentally prepared, he realized that he was not fully prepared at this time. He pushed the kiln sister in a panic, and one hand happened to be pressed on one of the white rabbits, and the tentacles were fatally soft. Xu Liang stood up and shouted, "Slow down, slow down!" ”

He pointed at the iron head behind him that no one paid attention to, and said loudly: "Today, your main master is this master, and this son is just accompanied, don't make a mistake about the sisters!" ”

"Huh?" The iron head panicked, and shouted with his hands around, "No, no, no, I, I'm just a subordinate." ”

Xu Liang took out a silver ticket worth twenty taels, slapped it on the square table, and shouted: "Sisters, take care of it, you have to serve my little brother tonight!" ”

The four or five kiln sisters saw the genuine silver tickets, and they didn't use people to talk about it, and they surrounded the iron head with a hula. "Hey, little brother, since your son-in-law has said so, you can rest assured, my sisters will hurt people the most......"

Xu Liang exhaled lightly, hurriedly walked away a few steps, and only heard the shouting of the iron head: "Young master, young master...... Hey, don't touch ......."

** Keeping up step by step, he said with a sneer: "As soon as the old man saw the son, he knew that the son was a cool person, and sure enough, the son even took care of the people around him like this, which is really rare." ”

Xu Liang chuckled lightly and asked, "I said, where are these goods in your Xinghua Building?" He casually looked around, and said quietly: "It's really a disappointment for this son......

**Hearing this, he slapped his handkerchief and hurriedly said: "Look at what you said, it hasn't been a day or two since our Xinghualou opened, how can we do it without ideas." She glanced at Xu Liang coquettishly, and said with a smile: "There are naturally beauties, but you can't afford the price just because of the son......"

Xu Liang snorted and said with a smile: "My son is in a bad mood today, you call your most popular girl here to let my son take a look." ”

**Hearing this, she smiled coquettishly: "Our Xinghualou, what we lack most is someone as refreshing as you, Childe." She stretched out five fingers and said, "The number one in our Xinghua Building must be at least this number." ”

When Xu Liang saw it, he didn't figure out for a while whether she was going to say five taels or how much, and pinched the one hundred and forty taels of silver tickets in her pocket, worried that she would open her mouth and report five hundred or five thousand taels, so how would she be good then? looked up to the sky and said, "**If you have something to say, just say it, is this to ask my son to guess the number all over the sky?" ”

** Laughed with him and said: "That's it, the old body said directly, at least fifty taels!" ”

Xu Liang put his mind at ease and waved his hand, "Go, call someone." ”

** smiled, twisted his waist and walked a few steps, suddenly turned around and approached Xu Liang, and whispered: "Actually, there is a girl in this building, but it is more expensive than that card." ”

Xu Liang was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "You deliberately tease this son? What my son wants is the most expensive one, why is there a more expensive one? ”

** Laughing with him, "Childe is angry, it's not that the old body deliberately deceived you, it's really that girl she is too big and has too many rules, and the old body said that he is afraid that you will be angry." ”

"Oh?" Xu Liang was surprised when he heard this, and he was not annoyed at the moment, he picked a square table and sat down, and said: "Then ** you tell this son, this son will have to meet her today, I want to see, she is still inlaid with gold and jade?" ”

Xu Liang watched TV dramas in his previous life, and he knew that there were some famous people in ancient times, and the general pilgrims disdained to receive them. Could it be that he was so lucky today, and he met the legendary famous guy as soon as he came in for the first time?

After listening to the ** explanation for a while, Xu Liang understood that the pendulum she said made sense. It turned out that not long ago, a new drizzle building was opened on the side of Xinghuacun Street, and it was the same business as Xinghualou, the boss of the drizzle building was strong, and the quality of the kiln sister in the building was higher than that of Xinghualou. Seeing that the guests in front of the Xinghua Building are becoming more and more scarce, I am so worried that I can't eat and sleep. At this time, a young woman who claimed to be Lou Xian'er found **, claiming that she could borrow to live in Xinghualou and help Xinghualou to pick up business, but the condition was that ** should not be forced to agree to the guests for her, and Lou Xian'er had to make her own decisions.

**There is really no way, with the attitude of giving it a try, Lou Xian'er was left, as a result, since Lou Xian'er lived in this Xinghua Building, Xinghua's business has gradually improved, and there are more and more pilgrims who want to see Lou Xian'er's face. **Happy, I officially allowed Lou Xian'er to register in this Xinghua Building.

**After speaking, he was about to leave to invite the fairy of the building, only to hear a crisp woman's voice shouting: "Mom, my master has invited this son!" ”

**As soon as he heard this, he said to Xu Liang happily: "Yo, it seems that Gongzi is really a blessed person, as soon as Lou Xian'er is mentioned, people will let people invite Gongziye." ”

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