Chapter XXXV
Chapter 35 Agreements
It's because of Shen Moting again?!
Lin Zhenniang blinked, thinking vaguely in her heart, sure enough, the beautiful male effect is very effective. It's no wonder that in later generations, some shops are handsome guys and beauties when they engage in activities. Men can't stand the temptation of beautiful women, and women can't stand the temptation of handsome guys either!
The corner of her left eye twitched, and Lin Zhenniang responded with a smile and stopped talking. After baking a pancake, he looked up and handed it to Xiaojuan with a smile.
Xiaojuan took the pancakes, took the money from her purse and was about to throw it into the box. Lin Zhenniang suddenly waved her hand and said, "Sister Xiaojuan, this cake doesn't cost money." ”
"Don't want money?" Xiao Juan's eyes widened, and she looked at Lin Zhenniang in surprise, not knowing what the hell she was doing.
"This cake is not the one your young lady wanted, but I specially made it for Sister Xiaojuan. Your lady's one, I'll ...... it later."
When Xiaojuan heard this, she immediately made a vigilant gesture, "What do you want to do?" I'm telling you, I'm not so easy to please, don't you think about pleasing me? ”
Lin Zhenniang smiled and was frank, "I want to ask Sister Xiaojuan for something, so I invite my sister to eat cakes, not only today, but as long as my sister doesn't dislike it in the future, I will invite it every day." ”
"So good?" Xiaojuan stared at Lin Zhenniang, and couldn't help muttering: "I don't know if it's delicious yet!" Ahem, let's not talk about this yet, you say, what do you want from me? If I can't do it, I won't agree to it - I, Xiaojuan, am not a person who receives benefits for nothing. ”
Lin Zhenniang pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not a difficult thing, my sister will definitely be able to do it." Looking at Xiaojuan's expression of "you talk about it first", Lin Zhenniang smiled and said: "I don't know which building my sister is working in, and which young lady is waiting?" ”
"Chunxianglou, my young lady is Miss Yumei!" Xiaojuan raised her head and looked colorful, as if as soon as she said Yumei's name, Lin Zhenniang should make an expression of "long admiration for the name".
I really haven't heard of it, but looking at Xiaojuan's expression, this Yumei girl should also be the number one person in the brothel of Dingtao Qinglou. Just what she wants.
Lin Zhenniang looked at Xiaojuan with a smile, and said gently: "Since Sister Xiaojuan is Miss Yumei's maid, she must be a great character if she thinks about it......" Seeing Xiaojuan's smug expression, Lin Zhenniang pulled the corners of her mouth, although she felt that it was a little difficult to say such flattering words, but she could only praise it at this time.
After praising it, Lin Zhenniang said: "Isn't there a saying that noble people are serious?" I thought that my sister was a man with a face, and if you said that the pancakes in our stall were delicious, the people around me would believe them. So, can you please ask my sister to praise our pancakes in front of the guests at night......"
While speaking, looking at Xiaojuan's expression, Lin Zhenniang was a little unsure whether Xiaojuan would agree. Although it's just a simple sentence, some people don't bother to help people.
Xiaojuan glanced at Lin Zhenniang, didn't speak, and directly stretched out her hand, took the pancake to her mouth and took a bite. As soon as she took a bite to eat, she raised her eyebrows, didn't say a word, and ate all the pancakes one bite at a time, before she looked at Lin Zhenniang and asked, "You said that you would invite me to eat pancakes in the future, right?" ”
Lin Zhenniang nodded, "Yes, as long as my sister doesn't dislike it." ”
Xiao Juan snorted from her nose and suddenly raised her hand, "Do you dare to high-five for an oath?" ”
Lin Zhenniang was stunned for a moment, came back to her senses and hurriedly stretched out her hand.
The palms of one large and one small slammed hard. Xiaojuan withdrew her hand, stared at Lin Zhenniang and said, "I'll help you with this!" However, if those customers will not believe me, I don't care if they come to your stall to buy pancakes. ”
"This is natural," Seeing that Xiaojuan responded, Lin Zhenniang also breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as my sister is willing to help, I will invite you to eat pancakes if it has any effect or not." ”
Xiaojuan was satisfied, looked at Lin Zhenniang and praised with a smile: "I can't see it, you little girl is still weird to do business - our lady's pancakes, don't you want money?" ”
Lin Zhenniang's smile froze, but she still nodded immediately, "That's ...... nature."
Sending Xiaojuan away, Lin Zhenniang shook her head secretly, she really didn't have a heart for the agreement just now. Presumably, there will be a bit of a celebrity effect, right?
I was worried in my heart, and in a blink of an eye, it was past noon. In the afternoon, the tile shop was lively, but most of the people who came and went went to Goolan to watch the performance, and the children accounted for half of the children, and some women, but they were not very happy to buy things.
These stalls, the most popular ones are those who sell a bunch of roasted frogs, and those who sell wrapped sugar, and I heard that the stalls that sell small goods are also very popular.
Although Lin Zhenniang sold a few cakes, it was still much worse than the imagined hot scene. Li Si on the side comforted her and said, "Don't worry, the later it is, the more lively it will be." When the lights were lit, everyone came up. ”
Lin Zhenniang answered, a little sullen. She doesn't want to go home too late, if she goes back too late, I'm afraid that my mother will scold people. In the afternoon, she was a little hungry, she baked pancakes by herself, and divided one on each side of Li Si and Wu Xiaoliu, Li Si also scooped chicken soup, and Wu Xiaoliu took buns and shared them with them, and the three of them ate heartily.
The sky was getting dark, Lin Zhenniang was a little hesitant, and she still wanted to stay in the tile, but she was afraid that her family would worry about it. was thinking about it, and Lin Dong had already found it.
"Uncle Dong, are you here to pick me up?" Lin Zhenniang pursed her lips, squeaking and not knowing how to speak.
Lin Dong looked at her, took a small horse and sat at the back of the stall, and only said in a sullen voice: "The lady said, tell me to look at you, don't force you, when you want to go back, I will help you carry the burden." ”
Lin Zhenniang almost couldn't believe her ears when she heard it at first glance. Looking at Lin Dong and thinking about the Chen family at home, she pursed her lips and laughed secretly.
At the beginning of the lanterns, the voices of people in the tile shop gradually rose, and it was several times more lively than in the afternoon. Lin Zhenniang didn't know that there were so many people in Dingtao, and they were all crowded into the tiles during this time period.
Adults, children, men, women, the elderly......
Smiling faces, urging one after another, one by one......
Seeing that there were more and more people coming and going, but seeing more and buying less, Lin Zhenniang's eyes rolled, and she simply cut the pancakes into small pieces, put them on oiled paper, and invited passers-by to taste them for free.
As a result, there are really more people in front of her stall, some have tasted it and thought it is good, and come to buy it, and some are waiting next to it and waiting to taste it for free. Although not everyone bought it, Lin Zhenniang was also busy with this moment.
After being busy for more than half an hour, this wave of people has finally passed. Most of this wave of people went to Goolan Courtyard. In the evening, the performance of Golanyuan is more exciting and there are more guests.
Listening to Li Si, most of the next wave of people will be men, and most of them will go to the Qinglou in the deepest part of the tile. In the green building, most of them have their own cooks, but sometimes those guests are also greedy for freshness, and will ask the little turtle slave to come here to buy some food and go back to drink. And at this time, the best business is Du Sanniang opposite.
In the distance, the silk and bamboo gradually rose, and the brothel of the Qinglou, which had not been moving during the day, was brightly lit, and the laughter was faintly heard, because of the delicate laughter of those women, it seemed that the air in the tile shop was also full of rouge.
Lin Zhenniang was a little nervous, not knowing if her idea would succeed or not. As soon as I heard that Du Sanniang's business was good, I couldn't help but stare at it.
But seeing a young man passing in front of Du Sanniang's stall, he carried a basket, said hello, picked up a few pickled vegetables from the stall, and walked to the Qinglou. She couldn't help but say, "That's to buy it?" ”
"Where is it!" Li Siyi smiled, "That's Du Sanniang's son Meng Dalang......"
Xu was aware of Lin Zhenniang's gaze, and Meng Dalang turned his head to look at it, and said, "Huh": "A newcomer is here!" Little sister, do you want to pounce? ”
Lin Zhenniang blinked, and it took a while to realize what Meng Dalang said.
The people of the Song Dynasty loved to gamble, from the founding emperor who lost Huashan, to the female lyricist Li Qingzhao, who became famous all over the world, there was no one who did not gamble. Even if the national law prohibits gambling, from the court to the people, gambling is still everywhere.
Lin Zhenniang's memory contains information about fluttering, and she knows that this is spending money to gamble, but the gambling is commodities instead of money. The method is very simple, generally speaking, it is to throw the copper plate to see the words or something. There are also simpler ones, like grabbing a claw, guess how many grains there are or guess how much I ate today. In short, this thing is not sold, if you want, take the money to gamble, if you guess correctly, then my thing is yours, but if you can't guess, I'm sorry, I'll accept your money.
Thinking about the joints, Lin Zhenniang subconsciously said "oh". Then Meng Dalang laughed, leaned closer and said: "Ten times a lot, if you win the lottery, I have a big fat roast chicken with you here." ”
Look at a pen in the bamboo tube in his basket, like a fortune teller. Lin Zhenniang couldn't help but ask curiously: "What is a good sign?" ”
"That's naturally the one with vermilion lacquer in this tube. I have 50 sticks in this bamboo tube, if you are lucky, the one that draws some red sticks, I don't want a fat chicken, and I will be with you in vain. ”
Lin Zhenniang frowned, "How can it be for nothing?" Ten dollars to draw one, isn't it ten dollars to buy your chicken? ”
That Meng Dalang was slightly stunned, and then covered his stomach and smiled, "The little lady is smart, and the people next to her are very happy when they hear the fat chicken that comes from Bailai, where did they think that they would give ten cents when they drew lots?" But even if you come out with ten yuan, how can this chicken get down if it doesn't have sixty or seventy yuan? No matter how you calculate it, it's all you who take advantage! ”
Seeing Meng Dalang hand the bamboo tube to her, Lin Zhenniang just shook her head, "I don't smoke, I'm not very lucky, I can't afford to play this." ”
Li Si also said: "Da Lang is not going yet, don't tease this little lady here." Beware of her uncle annoyed and beating you......"
When Meng Dalang heard this, he went to see Lin Dong, who was sitting behind the stall and didn't seem to be looking at him at all. With an eyebrow raised, he snorted, and walked to the depths of the tile with the basket in three steps.
Lin Zhenniang shook her head and went straight to pack her things.
Behind her, Lin Dong suddenly whispered: "It's not about luck-" When Lin Zhenniang turned around in surprise, Lin Dong lowered his head, "The little lady is very good, she won't be unlucky......"
Lin Zhenniang was stunned, looked at Lin Dong, who was no longer silent, turned around, although she didn't speak, the corners of her mouth were hooked, revealing a smile.