Chapter 012: Serious errands

"Wait for the second young grandmother to come back?" Wang Shou's family was suffocated, as if she had thought of something, and her momentum was much weaker, she muttered, "The second young grandmother has been gone for more than half a year, who knows when she will come back?" Could it be that if she doesn't come back, we people will just be so up-to-the-bottom."

"That is, at first, when the second young grandmother was at home, Rao was no longer treated by his uncle, at least he was also the justifiable young grandmother of the Zhao family, and we people staying in the Zhao family can be regarded as having an errand to do," Wang Ren's family saw that Zijuan was in front of Yuan Niang, and hurriedly squeezed away the mother-in-law beside him, and said babblingly, "But now?" The second young grandmother didn't know which Zhuangzi to go to 'recuperate', and she didn't show up for most of the year, leaving behind a large group of us in the Zhao family, and she couldn't get an idle errand if she didn't get high, except for the monthly case of two dollars of silver per month, she couldn't get any oil and water......"

"No, we are different from Zijuan, your man is a singer, although he has no status or power, he can't stand the extra money in his hand. Presumably, three or five taels of silver are not worth anything in the eyes of your Su Da * grandmother. But we can't do it, if the monthly routine is two days late, the family will be starved of food...... Hmph, it's really not a backache to stand and talk."

Singing?

Wang Qifang frowned slightly, she found that she didn't know much about the only loyal maid in Mama Zhao's mouth.

Seeing this, Mama Zhao hurriedly leaned into her ear and whispered: "Back then, the Su family wanted to win over Zijuan, but was categorically rejected by the loyal Zijuan. Su felt that he had lost face, so he married Zijuan to Su Ban Master of the Liyuan Sect——"

Having said this, Wang Qifang understood.

Liyuan Jiaofang, that is, the theater of the Great Zhou. In the previous dynasties, the pear orchard was just a fruit orchard that coexisted with the jujube orchard, mulberry orchard, peach orchard and cherry orchard in the imperial forbidden garden, and was an entertainment place for the emperor and nobles to drink and play.

Later, when Li Tianci assisted the Wu clan to seize the Li family, he once organized a group of Liyuan Lingren to go to the front line to perform military dramas, which were quite popular among the officers and soldiers and the people, and also indirectly publicized Wu Zhou's 'Qinwang's move' when the two armies were facing each other, making Zhou Taizu's rebellion have a good reputation among the people.

Thanks to Wu Zhou's opera, many people who have watched these dramas, songs and dances are convinced of the ideas preached in the play, and subconsciously think that Zhou Taizu's army is a righteous teacher and a benevolent and righteous move.

Later, Zhou Taizu seized Li Tang's country, and there were no gossips that were unfavorable to the imperial court.

After seeing the propaganda miracle effect of opera, song and dance, Zhou Taizu personally wrote an inscription on the pear orchard and ordered the establishment of the royal pear orchard teaching workshop.

Guided by the direction of the imperial court, many businessmen also began to form opera troupes, and built theaters and teahouses for the entertainment of nobles and ordinary people.

The rise of the pear orchard industry has also given the poor people an additional way to make a living. Seeing the bright appearance of the disciples of Liyuan on stage, many poor families couldn't help but yearn for this industry, and sent the boys and girls who looked good at home or had a crisp voice to the opera troupe as apprentices.

Now decades have passed, and the development of the pear orchard industry has been extremely prosperous, which has not only enriched the entertainment life of the world, but also created many well-known actors. It's a pity that as time goes by, with the mixing of practitioners, the status of the disciples of Liyuan is getting lower and lower, and in the end, they simply mix with Ji Nu into a class.

However, compared to the Ji girls who have completely lost their freedom, the lives of the ** people in the pear orchard are still relatively comfortable. In addition, when they reach the age of old age and decay, they will not lose their jobs to make a living like Ji girls. Many once smash hit male actors, once they are old and can't sing, they will choose to start their own drama troupe as the boss, or start a class to teach their apprentices, from the front of the stage to the back of the stage.

And the Su Banzhu that Mama Zhao said in her mouth is from such a background - she has money in her hands, but she has no social status.

"You? Wang Ren's family, what do you mean by this? Kindness? Zijuan has been by Wang Qifang's side since she was a child, reciting the female ring with her master, and the female grew up, and she also looked down on lowly actors in her bones, but God is so short-sighted, but let her marry a workshop owner who was born as a servant, so that she has no confidence to speak.

However, at present, this matter is related to the vital interests of the master, Rao is Zijuan was ridiculed so red-faced, and she did not retreat half a point, she stood in front of Yuan Niang with her open hands, and said coldly to several daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law in front of her: "Yes, my Zijuan is now the lady of the play, and her identity is not as noble as several sisters-in-law and aunts." However, no matter how low my status is, Zijuan always remembers my duty as a subordinate. Wang Shou's family, Wang Ren's family, you just kept saying 'hard work for the second young grandmother', I want to ask you, you touched your conscience and said, in the past five or six years, you have really helped the second young grandmother do a decent errand? ”

"Hmph, I'm still crying poor, I really want to ask a few sisters-in-law, how much silver did you deceive in the hands of the second young grandmother? It's hard to say that there are more, but there are still a few hundred taels of silver per family. ”

"Phew, Zijuan, you don't spew blood here. When did we cheat the second young grandmother out of her money? Do you think that you Zijuan is a loyal person, and we are all slaves? ”

"No, besides, Zijuan, you have married off, and the second young grandmother has also freed you from slavery. Now that you are no longer from the Wang family, let alone from the Zhao family, let's talk to Yuan Niang, what are you interjecting? ”

As soon as Zijuan's words fell, the other people in the house began to shout, and for a while it became a vegetable market.

"Shut up"

Yuan Niang clenched her little fists and made a small face, she walked out from behind Zijuan, and looked coldly at the mothers-in-law who were arguing in front of her: "Which one is noisy again, I want to sell my deed in this life"

Yuan Niang choked everyone's life with a word, and as soon as her immature voice fell, the room was suddenly silent.

The daughters-in-law saw that Yuan Niang was angry, and hurriedly held their breath, and they didn't dare to breathe - there was no way, the deed of sale of their family was still in the hands of others, even if they paid Wang Qifang's large dowry, as long as they couldn't get back their deed of sale for a day, their comfortable days would not be guaranteed.

"Oh, Yuan Niang, don't give them general knowledge," everyone was quiet for a moment, and a daughter-in-law in her thirties squeezed out of the crowd, "They are just a bunch of stupid girls who don't know anything, they can't say anything, and they can't do anything." However, they would never dare to have any bad intentions.

Yuan Niang, to be honest, we are redeeming ourselves, and it is also for your own good. What do you think, since the second young grandmother left the Zhao family, our group of people has not had a decent errand, but they have been receiving monthly money every month, and after a long time, it has also been a drag on the Zhao family.

Instead of waiting for the day when the Zhao family is disgusted, it is better to take advantage of the few taels of silver in our hands and let us redeem ourselves. Not only does it save us a group of people to chew, but it also has a lot of money, so why not do it? ”

Yuan Niang listened quietly, was silent for a moment, and then smiled: "Hehe, it sounds quite reasonable...... However, your deed of sale is not with me, and when my mother sent someone to bring me watermelons last month, I was worried that I was too young to look at those valuable things, so I asked someone to bring them to Qingyang——"

Speaking of this, Yuan Niang blinked mischievously, with a somewhat gloating tone, and said: "I know you want to help me save money and trouble, but I don't have your deed of sale in my hand." Alas, there is no way, let me do good deeds, feed you for a few more days, and then make a decision when my mother returns."

What the? After talking for a long time, the deed of sale is not here with Yuan Niang?

After listening to Yuan Niang's words, several accompanying daughters-in-law were dumbfounded, staring at each other with big eyes and asking each other.

"What to do? Do you want to wait for the second young grandmother to come back? Wang Renjia squeezed his eyes and asked his companions uncertainly.

"Isn't it better to talk to the second young grandmother? If she has a past character, as long as we ask for more, maybe we will even save the worth of silver" Wang Shou's family obviously looked forward to seeing Wang Qifang, thinking of the ** hundred taels of silver and two shops she once wanted, she had no reason not to believe Wang Qifang's "generosity".

"Dream, don't forget the recent rumors, it has spread all over Beijing, saying that the second young grandmother has found her uncle as a backer, and now she is full of confidence."

The last person to speak was Wang Xin's family, compared to Wang Shoujia's "optimism", she was much more rational.

"What then? We can't just consume it like this, I still let my eldest son take the test to make a name for himself."

Wang Shou's family was very convinced of Wang Xin's family, and when he received her hints, he was inevitably a little depressed.

"Hehe, Yuan Niang is really filial," Wang Xinjia's eyes rolled, and then she thought of a way, she laughed dryly, "In that case, let's wait for the second young grandmother to come back." However, I don't know when the second young grandmother will come back, so it's not good for us to always work like this. Otherwise, Yuan Niang will arrange some serious errands for us-"

"You don't need to be arranged by Yuan Niang, since you want to run an errand, Grandma Ben will give you an errand"

Wang Qifang couldn't listen anymore, she pushed the door and walked in.

"Second young grandmother? You, you're back? ”

Several mothers-in-law didn't expect that Wang Qifang had returned to the Zhao family, and they happened to see the scene of how they "bullied" Yuan Niang, and they knelt down to salute their masters.

"Mother"

Yuan Niang also fell, and then ran to Wang Qifang in a few steps, and threw herself into her mother's arms. After a while, a whimpering voice came from Wang Qifang's clothes, "Woo, the little girl misses you so much......"

Wang Qifang bent down and picked up Yuan Niang's thin little body, walked to the main hall, sat on the main seat, placed Yuan Niang on her knees, gently patted the little girl's back with both hands, and comforted her softly.

After coaxing for a long time, Yuan Niang finally quieted down, her little face was tightly pressed against her mother's chest, and her little hands were holding on to her mother's clothes, refusing to let go.

Sighing guiltily, Wang Qifang raised her head, and her sharp gaze swept over the people crawling on the ground, "Well, very good, you guys are doing a good job Wang Xinjia, you just said that you want to do some 'serious' errands, right?" ”

Wang Xinjia didn't know what Wang Qifang meant when she said this, but she couldn't help but answer, so she nodded vaguely, "Back to the second young grandmother, the slaves and maids are the people of the second young grandmother, and they should help the second young grandmother."

"Very good, it just so happens that I have an important errand here, and I really need you to do it," as she spoke, Wang Qifang took out a roll of white paper from her sleeve pocket, handed it to Mama Zhao at her side, and motioned for Mama Zhao to hand over the things to Wang Xin's family.

Mama Zhao nodded understandingly, walked in front of Wang Xinjia in a few steps, and handed her the blank paper.

"What about you, just take these shops back to me, remember, they must be done within three days"

Wang Qifang saw Wang Xinjia unfold the blank paper, so he commanded in a deep voice.

"Retracted?" Wang Xinjia's heart flashed a bad premonition, she hurriedly unfolded the white paper, a few lines of familiar black characters suddenly came into view, and after she read it word by word, her brain coaxed, and she almost fell to the ground.

Because these contracts are nothing else, but Wang Qifang's dowry shop, three years ago, Wang Xin's family personally "subleased" out, the lease period was as long as 50 years, and the rent was also deducted by her.

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