Chapter 39: Measuring Love with Money
The Jinling Cinema is more lively at night than during the day, with an endless stream of cars and horses. The actors on the stage are babbling and singing, which is very lively. At this time, he was playing "The Peony Pavilion", but Han Tianlei chartered the venue as soon as he came, and asked for "The Story of the West Chamber".
A son-in-law walked towards Han Tianlei with a group of people: "Who the are you?" Dare to change Lao Tzu's play! ”
Han Tianlei blocked Guo Qianqian behind him and said with a smile: "It's your play that has changed." ”
"You!" Brother Gongzi's face was shiny, "Do you know that in Xingdou Lane, I am in charge of this piece?" ”
"I don't know, is there such a thing?"
"You! him for Lao Tzu. ”
Brother Gongzi gave an order, and several small servants rushed up. Boss Gu heard that someone was making trouble, so he hurried to the scene to persuade him. When he saw it, one was Han Tianlei, a frequent visitor to the Jinling Theater, and the other was Fang Ziyou, the eldest young master of the Xingdou Lane Go Theater, and he really couldn't offend any of them.
Boss Gu knew the reason for Fang Zi's anger, but Han Tianlei often came to Jinling Theater and threw money into it, so Boss Gu didn't dare to be angry with Han Tianlei.
"The two masters have to watch the play, and they can't stagger the time, I really can't arrange it." The expression on Boss Gu's face was crumpled together.
"In this way, in order not to embarrass Boss Gu, how about we use bidding to decide whose play to sing?" Han Tianlei said.
Fang Ziyou asked a few small guys to step back and said, "Bidding, how to bid?" ”
"The lowest price for a play is ten taels of silver, so we will start bidding from ten taels of silver, and the one with the highest price will win."
"Isn't it just about who has the most money? What's the point! ”
"Could it be that Childe can't afford this money?" Han Tianlei raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Whoever can't afford it, bids and bids."
In this way, Boss Gu can not only go down the stairs, but also make more money, and Boss Gu is happy in his heart. For the sake of fairness, the two let Boss Gu be the principal.
Boss Gu asked the actors on the stage to step down, stood on the stage himself, and said loudly: "There are two sons who want to invite you to watch the play today, one is "The Peony Pavilion", which is chartered by Fang Gongzi; The other is "The Legend of the West Chamber", which was chartered by Han Gongzi. However, only one play can be sung on a stage. Now, the two sons will decide which play to sing through a competitive bidding. ”
"Good! Good! There was an uproar in the audience. Han Tianlei and Fang Ziyou sat in the first row, which is the position closest to the stage.
The two glanced at each other, Fang Ziyou was very disdainful, and Han Tianlei smiled and said nothing. Guo Qianqian sat down next to Han Tianlei, waiting to watch a good show.
"Bang!" Boss Gu smacked a hammer on the table, and everyone looked at the stage.
"The reserve price is ten taels of silver, and the bidding will begin now."
"Twenty taels." Han Tianlei spoke first, looking very proud.
"Thirty taels." Fang Ziyou shouted.
"Forty taels."
"Fifty taels." Fang Ziyou scoffed.
An evil smile appeared on the corner of Han Tianlei's mouth, and he lightly opened his thin lips: "Sixty taels." ”
Fang Ziyou glanced at him, with anger between his eyebrows, and the fingers on the armrest of the chair were clenched into fists.
On the stage, Boss Gu said: "Sixty taels, sixty taels once, sixty taels twice, sixty taels ......"
Guo Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief with pride, thinking that Han Tianlei had won.
"Seventy taels." Fang Ziyou shouted.
As soon as the words fell, his whole body became angry, wiped the tip of his nose with his fingers, and looked at Han Tianlei. Guo Qianqian's heart hung up.
Han Tianlei played with the jade wrench on his finger, his eyes were deep, and he said in a provocative tone: "Eighty taels." ”
Boss Gu's uncontrollable smile floated on his face, but he pretended to be calm, but his eyes of wealth betrayed him.
Fang Ziyou stared at him, his eyes were full of fire, he grabbed the armrest of the chair with both hands, and said, "One hundred taels!" ”
Fang Zi glanced at Han Tianlei with his eyes, waiting for Han Tianlei to speak, he thought to himself, seeing that you are still fighting with me, you can't afford to pay a price. Guo Qianqian frowned slightly at Han Tianlei, and Han Tianlei raised the folding fan to fan the wind by himself.
"One hundred and two times, one hundred and two times." Boss Gu was so happy that he couldn't wait to make a final decision.
Han Tianlei never spoke.
"One hundred two or three times, congratulations to Young Master Fang!" Boss Gu smashed it with a hammer, "Tonight, Mr. Fang will invite everyone to listen to the play." ”
There was another commotion in the audience, Fang Ziyou got up from the chair, clasped his hands into fists, and smiled at Han Tianlei: "I'm sorry." ”
Han Tianlei got up and said, "Congratulations! Shaking the folding fan with one hand, he pulled Guo Qianqian out of the theater with the other.
As soon as he walked outside the theater, Guo Qianqian shook off his hand and said angrily: "Didn't you say you wanted to bring me to listen to the play?" What kind of fuss are you doing? ”
"Hey, listen to me tell you." Han Tianlei turned her around and asked her to face herself, "There is nothing to see in this theater play, so I might as well sing it to you." ”
"You just slam the door, and you are reluctant to spend money on me."
There is a saying that a man who is willing to spend money on you may not love you, but a man who is not willing to spend money on you must not love you. Coupled with Guo Qianqian's snobbery, she cares about money very much.
"Well, how so? Didn't I take you to watch "The Legend of the West Chamber" several times before? Aren't all those flowers silver? ”
"Then why did you just give it to that childe?"
"Isn't this just to not embarrass Boss Gu? Do you think, if I keep fighting with him, even if I win in the end, won't we lose a lot of silver taels in vain? Those silver taels are enough for us to watch "The Legend of the West Chamber" ten times. ”
"To keep it up, you're just not willing to spend money for me. You can think about it from Boss Gu's position, but you can't think about it from my position. ”
"Why don't I think about it for you, don't you buy rouge gouache for all the money you saved?"
Guo Qianqian listened to this, as if it was indeed the case. Han Tianlei usually has some broken silver, and it all goes into Guo Qianqian's pocket.
"If you want to listen to the play, why can't we come one day?"
"Hmph, you're busy with your business outside all day, how can you have time to accompany me."
"I, as long as I'm free, I don't run home any time."
"So what are you up there out there for? The family's business falls on the shoulders of my father-in-law, have you helped him in any way? I fooled around with the bolt all day long, and I didn't see you make any achievements. ”
"I didn't do anything big, I just wanted to buy gold hairpin jewelry for someone, but someone, not only didn't understand, but also lost his temper with me." He turned away with his hands behind his back.
Jin Hairpin jewelry, Guo Qianqian heard it, and was a little excited, wondering if she was wrong to blame him.
"Xianggong." She pulled Han Tianlei's sleeve, "You said that you prepared a golden hairpin for me, is it true?" ”
"It was true, but now it's about to become fake." He said angrily.
"Xianggong!" She shook his sleeve and said in a milky voice, "People are wrong about you." ”
"Ugh." He pretended to sigh, "I'm dedicated to being good to others, but others just don't appreciate it." ”
"You let me see the golden hairpin." She lowered her head and smiled, and began to roll around on him, turning around like a headhunter searching for a prisoner.
But Guo Qianqian didn't find it, biting her lip and looking at him. He couldn't see her pitiful appearance, and stretched out his left hand, holding a phoenix golden hairpin in his hand.
"Wow, that's beautiful." Guo Qianqian snatched the golden hairpin, her eyes shone brightly, as if she had seen a million gold, "Xianggong, you are so good!" ”
"This time, because someone has already chartered the venue, it's really inconvenient for me to grab the venue with others, after all, I am the eldest young master of the Han family outside, and you are the young grandmother of the Han family, we can't embarrass the family, right?"
"Yes, that's what Xianggong said." Guo Qianqian's anger has dissipated.
"If you want to listen to the play, let's go home and sing by ourselves. I'm telling you, I sing better than them. Han Tianlei took Guo Qianqian's shoulders and got into the carriage.
When they returned to the Han Mansion, they found that the mansion was surprisingly quiet, and the two crept back to Du Ruoxuan, and suddenly heard a scolding from behind: "Stop me!" ”
The two turned their heads in disagreement, and Mrs. Han stood in front of them with a serious face. Jade fingers approached the two of them with Mrs. Han in her arms, and Mrs. Han first aimed her gun at Guo Qianqian.
"The young master is not sensible, and you are also fooling around." Mrs. Han was not angry and arrogant, and said loudly to Guo Qianqian.
"Mother......" Han Tianlei wanted to dissuade him.
"Don't speak." Mrs. Han's eyes were piercing, and she said to Guo Qianqian, "I asked you to repair the old books in the Dark Incense Pavilion, are you done?" ”
"Back to my mother-in-law's words, my daughter-in-law ......" Guo Qianqian lowered her head and didn't dare to say anything.
"You know that the matter is not over, but you leave the task to your subordinates and run out to have fun by yourself, what should you be guilty of?"
"The daughter-in-law knows that she is wrong."
"If you make a mistake, you will be punished."
"Mother, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, don't punish you." Han Tianlei persuaded.
"Since it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, it should be punished. As the young lady of the Han family, she did not help deal with the affairs of the house during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but ran out to mess around, lacking responsibility, willful and reckless, without the dignity and elegance that a young lady should have. ”
Han Tianlei knew that the more he helped Guo Qianqian speak, the more angry Mrs. Han would be, so he simply stopped talking.
"The girl in the Dark Fragrance Pavilion has not rested since she was busy this morning, you go and take a look. Know what to do at this time? ”
"The daughter-in-law knows."
Mrs. Han dropped a very disgusted look and left with her jade finger.
Seeing that Han Tianlei was still in place, Mrs. Han turned around and said, "Tianlei, come here." ”
Han Tianlei looked at Guo Qianqian, reluctant and sorry eyes, and then followed Mrs. Han to the hall.
Guo Qianqian's eyes flickered with tears, and two tears flowed down uncontrollably. She hurriedly looked to see if there was anyone around, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and walked towards the Dark Fragrance Pavilion.
The Dark Fragrance Pavilion was very silent, she went upstairs, took out the key and opened the door, which was given to her by Chunyu before. The Dark Incense Pavilion was empty, the smell of books and old smells overflowed the tip of the nose, and the bright moonlight poured into the window.
In front of me are rows of tall bookshelves, which set off Guo Qianqian's exquisite and small.