"Mei Lan, you are shameless, my name is Xuanjie, not Sister Sour, you can talk, you can't speak, you can't talk and stand with your mouth shut."

The old bustard of Meilanfang covered his mouth with a handkerchief: "You don't call Sister Sour, why do you talk so smelly?" This Minghu is big, who can't come? Do you still want to do the affairs of the yamen? Do you want to close the lake or how? ”

"Sister Sour" trembled with anger: "Old thing, isn't it hard to find Bai Lan's voice all day long?" can't compare to our Hongjiao, why don't you quickly admit defeat, get out of Minghu, what do you lose here? Mo didn't fall in love with this little white face, and he was not afraid of the old Pibala, and broke the tender meat of others. ”

"Huh? Hahaha-" The big ship of the Red Flower Workshop had already moved over, and the people on the boat thought that their master was talking playfully, and they all burst into laughter. ”

The old bustard in Meilanfang was so angry that his face turned red, "You, you, you" couldn't pick up the conversation.

Wen Jin didn't want to be buried like this, she coughed loudly, attracting everyone's attention, and then said coldly: "Can Hongjiao sing when she only howls with her throat?" Don't say it's so embarrassing, if Bai Lan finds a master to train well, you won't even be able to drink dishwashing water in Minghu City! Hmph, I'm just a little bored today, so I just walked here, but I didn't expect to have dirty ears and not to speak, and I ran into a mouth full of maggots and barking when I opened my mouth. Today, if I don't give you a little bit of power, I'm afraid you don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has! ”

Wen Jin took the penny from the old man's hand, and pushed it back violently, even if she couldn't drive the boat, this time she also used enough strength, the two boats were two feet apart, her boat turned, and with a "bang", it hit the small raft of the old bustard in Honghuafang, Wen Jin's boat shook violently a few times, and the raft over there deviated, and the "sour sister" immediately entered the water.

The people of Honghuafang panicked, shouting and shouting for help, and the old man took the opportunity to take the bamboo pole, supported the boat hard, and broke out of the encirclement in a few strokes, and went straight to the shore.

Shi Qiwang saw that he was in trouble, so he kept his heart and went ashore, and the down-to-earth feeling made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Wen Jin gave the captain a string of copper coins: "Don't come out in the next two days, be careful that the thugs of the Red Flower Workshop can't get along with you." ”

"Childe, little old man has caused you trouble, forget about this money, I'll hide for a few days."

"Take it, the family is still waiting to eat and drink."

The old man took the money and thanked Wen Jin for his arching.

hired an ox cart to go back, Shi Qiwang sat in the co-pilot seat of the ox cart, Wen Jin was puzzled in the carport, how could she make a feud with the people of Hualou? Today's events are obvious, and it will never be instructed by anyone, she came casually, and only went to listen to the song when she met her father-in-law, even Zhuge Liang couldn't expect her today's itinerary, obviously the old bustard also saw her and made a temporary decision, and deliberately couldn't get along with her.

"Uncle Shi, send someone to help me inquire about this safflower workshop, how much can I know."

Manxiangyuan is open at the dock, and there are the most customers in the three sects and nine streams, as long as Xiao Er pays more attention, he will definitely not get nothing.

Two days later, sure enough, there was news that the Governor's Mansion had selected Hongjiao.

Wen Jin didn't say anything, but she felt a little regretful about Bai Lan in her heart, her voice was really special, very good, Wen Jin's ears echoed this Bai Lan's voice in the past few days, and she felt sorry for her, but it diluted the anxiety caused by her kiwi's difficulty in making a move.

Wen Jin went to visit Mrs. Lu again, and after greetings, she went straight to the point.

"The church of the Governor's Mansion has such a big impact? It can actually decide the business of the flower shop for a year. ”

"It's not like that, a woman from a big family, who hardly goes out, so it's easy to want to listen to a tune, who still deliberately inquires, naturally it sounds good in the governor's palace, and when I go home, I call it like that."

"Oh, in this case, if there is something better than the Governor's Palace, don't you dare to call the door? Don't dare to overpower the Governor's Palace. ”

"It doesn't matter if you listen to it at home, if there are a lot of guests, I'm afraid you will have concerns."

"Does anyone dare to touch a tiger's whiskers?"

"It's not that they don't have a tiger's whiskers, those merchants are more casual, and the Governor's Mansion won't bother with them."

Wen Jin knew that the Governor's Mansion didn't look at businessmen at all, no matter what they did, they didn't care about it, so naturally they didn't care, who cared what people who weren't in the mood to even take a look at were doing?

That afternoon, Zhou Danniang hung a curtain on her face and walked home, when suddenly a woman walked a few steps in front of her: "Peony girl, can you take a step to speak?" ”

"You've mistaken someone."

Danniang coldly gave in and wanted to get around, but she didn't want the woman to pounce and grab her arm: "Please, the old body is not in vain to let the girl contribute, and I will definitely reward you." ”

"Let go, I said that you recognize the wrong person, that is, you recognize the wrong person."

There is really no entertainment in this era, there are a few passers-by pointing at this side, Danniang was anxious, looked around, and found that Wen Jin's ox cart was on the side.

"Uncle Shi—"

Shi Qiwang walked over and protected Zhou Danniang: "Please sit on the side of the ox cart, and I will send Sister-in-law Zhou home." ”

The ox cart took Zhou Danniang away, and the people around also dispersed, but the middle-aged woman hurriedly got into a small alley nearby, detoured to Zhou Danniang's door, and knelt there.

Fortunately, there are only two households in this small alley, and there is no one on the road at this time, Wen Jin's ox cart can't get in, so she stopped at the intersection, ready to let Danniang go home, she also returned, but saw the person kneeling in front of the ox cart.

"What are you doing here? Isn't it difficult to have such a strong person? ”

"Please, girl, our Bailan's voice is most similar to yours, please give her a few words, otherwise, how can our family live?"

"It's better to be all dead, get out of the way!" Zhou Danniang was sold on a flower boat at the beginning, and she only went ashore when she became famous, she was particularly resentful of these old bustards forcing them to be prostitutes, and she didn't leave any mercy when she spoke.

Wen Jin found out that the person kneeling on the ground was the old bustard of Meilanfang.

She slapped her forehead and thought about it.

"This mother, but you want someone to train the girl?"

"Yes."

"Then you won't go to Hualou to find someone, how can you disturb the quiet life of a woman from a good family? Get out of the way. ”

"How can the people of Hualou teach people? I beg the girl to do well, just teach one or two tunes, so that we can barely open, otherwise, what will a dozen mouthfuls eat? ”

"Get out of the way, change into plain clothes tomorrow, and bring Bailan to the "Xiangmanyuan" hotel. ”

"Thank you, thank you!" And the man on the earth got up and made way of the way.

Zhou Danniang glanced at Wen Jin strangely, not understanding why she took on this troublesome matter.

Wen Jin didn't explain either, and asked Shi Qiwang to drive the ox cart home.

The next day, the old bustard of Meilanfang took Bai Lan, and just got off the ox cart in Manxiangyuan, a man came and took them into a small alley next to them and into a courtyard.

This is what Wen Jin just bought, and when he saw that the house was fine, he cleaned it and moved in.

The old bustard saw that she had quarreled with the Red Flower Workshop that day, and she was a little confused for a while, she saluted, but the other party did not return the salute, and began to ask while sitting: "Excuse me, this "sour sister" of the Red Flower Workshop has a grudge against Manxiangyuan?" ”

The old bustard of Meilanfang rolled his eyes: "Sister Sour only entered the industry at the beginning of the year, she used to be in Hongcui Building, and then she was redeemed from Congliang, who knew that at the beginning of the year, she was sold to Honghuafang, and now she has become the owner of Honghuafang, I can't figure out what's going on." ”

"It was only sold this spring?" Wen Jin suddenly had an idea in her mind, "Do you know what was the surname of the person who ransomed her body back then?" ”

"The surname is Sun."

"Is it called Sun Liang?"

"Exactly!"

These are complementary to the news that Wen Jin heard, and she understands why Sister Sour can't get along with her. It turned out that Sister Sour was Sun Liang's most favored concubine, she was originally from Hualou, and understood that men had no true feelings for women at all, so she saved a lot of private houses behind Sun Liang's back, and she invested the money to buy a flower boat and let an outdated little sister help take care of it. Unexpectedly, she was sold back to her lowly status, so the little sister paid for her, and now the two run the safflower shop together. Honglian is the daughter of that little sister, and when they saw Honglian's loud voice, they focused on cultivating it, wanting to bring out a red-card flower sister. She saw Wen Jin in the flower boat that day, and on a whim, she sent her husband to shame Wen Jin, but she didn't expect to be bumped into the water by Wen Jin.

Seeing that Wen Jin was silent in thought, the old bustard in Meilanfang became anxious, she thought that this young man could persuade the Peony girl to help them, but now it seems that there is no such meaning, she called herself to come, but she just inquired about the news.

A wave of anger surged into her heart, but Lao Meilan could bear it, she just listened to this young man that day, Bai Lan's voice is good, but she lacks training, presumably someone is a knowledgeable person, she has to wait, if she can't bear it, she will make a big plan, what if someone has other tricks?

Wen Jin sensed Lao Meilan's impatience, she raised her eyes and looked at it, and smiled slightly: "The girl under your command, obviously the high note is not good, the songs you arranged are all soprano, isn't this a lantern to pick up dung and find death ()?" ”

Old Meilan lowered her head, when she was young, she just relied on her good looks, saved some money, and when she was old, she made a flower boat and ate with a mouthful of food. In the past two years, the market of the flower boat singer is optimistic, and she has just squeezed into this road, where do you still know this? Because of the failure of the song competition, the number of customers in her flower shop has decreased suddenly, and even the price of the regular church has been cut in half.

If the peony girl is willing to help, her flower boat will not be rich?

Wen Jin was observing Bai Lan behind the old bustard, her face was round, her eyes were round and bright, and even her small mouth was round, giving people a feeling of pouting slightly.

It is the best temperament to imitate Teresa Teng.

Old Meilan's surname is Chu, Wen Jin saw that she was really impatient, so she spoke: "Mother Chu, I have a relative, who is knowledgeable and can help you." ”

The bustard was pleasantly surprised.

"It's just this ......"

This is to be paid, and Lao Meilan hurriedly stepped forward: "Childe, Ming people don't say secret words, how much money do you want?" ”

"I want you to do something for me."

"......" Lao Meilan was a little embarrassed, lest she put herself in, although running a flower shop is a ninth-rate, so she can earn her own food, but she will enter the class room if she steals and cheats people.

Wen Jin continued: "It's not so embarrassing for you, it's that when you sing the church, you want to sing a tune, it's to praise my fruit for being delicious, the shopkeeper of the pomegranate flower is too high, I have touched the nail many times when I ask to see, and the fruit in a garden is tens of thousands of catties, and now I can't sell it, so I have to ask Miss Bailan for help." ”

"Well said, well said!"

"But after my relatives taught you the tune, what if you refuse to sing it for me?"

"You say!"

"You must have a mortgage, for example, make a note, a deposit of one hundred taels of silver, and if you fulfill your promise, I will not only return the deposit, but also give you a reward, and if you do not speak, this is also a punishment."

"Well, can the deposit be a little less?"

Wen Jin immediately frowned, with an expression of not wanting to talk about it.

Lao Meilan was busy, thinking that it was a deposit anyway, more than it was, as long as she did a good job, she didn't have to worry about getting it back, so she nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay!" ”

"Okay, you take the money, I'll invite another person, let's sign a deed."

The bustard hesitated.

"This is just a deposit, if Mother Chu is not satisfied, let's immediately break up, and the deposit will be refunded immediately, there is a note, what are you afraid of?"

The old bustard gritted his teeth: "Okay! ”

It was still Wang Dabeard who was the middle man, he didn't understand why Wen Jin had to deal with the people of Huachuan, and seeing that Wen Jin didn't explain, he naturally wouldn't ask.

The income of the flower shop is low, and when you sing a church meeting, it is only one or twenty taels of silver, and when it is less, a pianist with a singer can send it away with one or two taels. Wen Jin had to ask for a deposit of one hundred taels, which made Lao Meilan embarrassed, she didn't have such a thick family background, and in the end, she actually put the flower boat on it.

Wen Jin just wants to take care that she has to help herself, and she doesn't care if the boat is worth the money.

After signing the contract, the old bustard put the silver into Wang Dabeard's hands, and Wen Jin made an appointment with Lao Meilan to let her come over in the afternoon.

The old bustard is much more anxious than Wen Jin, the birthday of the old lady of the pomegranate trading house is coming, if Bai Lan can really sing well, she will not make money if she goes out, and she will definitely let Bai Lan go to that compound. As long as you become famous, you will have a better life in the future.

Wen Jin rented a small courtyard with two entrances, she took Xiaohong to live in the inner courtyard, Shi Qiwang and others lived in the outer courtyard, she asked Lao Meilan here, changed into women's clothes, and painted makeup. On weekdays, she drew her eyebrows very thickly, but now she did the opposite, and she looked in the mirror by herself, feeling that she would not be recognized, so she was relieved.

As soon as she arrived, Lao Meilan came over with Bai Lan, she saw that Wen Jin was plain, she couldn't figure out her identity, and she didn't dare to talk nonsense, but she just saluted decently: "I've seen it, well, big sister!" ”

"No need to be polite, I will have a few tunes, which are very suitable for Miss Bailan, so I will sing them to you."

Wen Jin sang a song by Teresa Teng's "Seeing Huan and Going to the West Building Alone Without a Word".

The bustard had never heard such a melody, and he didn't expect the song to be sung like this, so his eyes widened in surprise and he was fascinated by it.

"Does Mother Chu think that this song can be sung famous?"

The old bustard was still immersed in this song, and she didn't speak in a daze, but Bai Lan quietly pulled the placket of her clothes before she reacted: "Yes, yes, so capable." ”

It was too tiring to teach sentence by sentence, Wen Jin asked Bai Lan: "Do you know how to memorize music?" ”

Bai Lan said shyly: "The slave family is illiterate. ”

Wen Jin scolded in her heart, the bustards slammed the door, and they didn't say anything about doing literacy for the girls in their hands, no wonder they couldn't compare to others, so they had no choice but to teach them sentence by sentence.

"Go to the West Building Alone Without a Word"

Bai Lan followed.

Wen Jin was speechless, looking at other people's voices, she still learned from herself, and immediately had Teresa Teng's fifty-percent charm.

"The moon is like a hook," Wen Jin said again.

Bai Lan continued, singing four or five sentences, Wen Jin said: "You practice, I won't teach it again." ”

Bai Lan sang softly twice, and according to Wen Jin's instructions, she pondered for a while, and then sang to Wen Jin, and she already had six or seven points of charm, which shocked all the people in the room.

The old bustard's face was already full of joy, and it seemed that there were mountains of gold and silver in front of him.

Wen Jin continued to teach, one afternoon, both of them were very tired, Wen Jin asked Bai Lan to go home to practice, made an appointment to meet the next day, sent them away, and hurriedly went to find Zhou Danniang, this plan was improvized, and the time was very urgent.

Zhou Danniang was very strange about what else could she do to help Wen Jin.

"I'd like to ask you to write the lyrics for the tune."

"I, can I do it?" Zhou Danniang was very surprised, although she is known as a talented woman, she is not good at poetry and songs, Wen Jin does not expect her to fill in the lyrics, but the man behind her Zhou Chengkun, this son was only famous before, and the best thing is poetry and songs.

"You're going to be at home tomorrow and think about it, don't do things, okay? As for the tune, I'll ask the luthier to play it to you, so please help me. ”

"Okay, as long as I can figure it out!"

Wen Jin returned, the pianist of Meilanfang had arrived, and Wen Jin taught the folk music "Backgammon".

The pianist is worthy of being a professional, and he remembered it after a few times, these people are illiterate, and they don't know music, they all rely on rote memorization, and they have already practiced kung fu, and their memory is very strong. Wen Jin asked him to pull it several times to make sure that it was okay, so he and Shi Qiwang took him to the small courtyard rented by Zhou Danniang.

Zhou Chengkun is very fond of music, poetry is also good, the family forced him to take the imperial examination, very resistant, by chance to listen to Danniang's song, he was restless, looking for an opportunity to go to Luyi Building, the more his family objected, he was not allowed to listen to music, but the more he was infatuated, and finally stole a sum of money from his father, and ran to Luyi Building to redeem the peony, but was driven out by the bustard.

At that time, it was the day when Wen Jin encouraged Liang Han and Sun Liang to confront each other, so as to borrow the hand of the government to kill Sun Liang, Zhou Chengkun's appearance undoubtedly gave them an opportunity, and Liang Han's brain was enough, otherwise he would have argued with Sun Liang within a few years of coming to the dock. He appeared at the right time to support Zhou Chengkun, Danniang has always hoped to jump out of the fire pit and live an ordinary life, and she did not hesitate to use disfigurement to blackmail the bustard. If Sun Liang hadn't been sentenced to death, Peony's wish might not have been realized, and the old bustard of Lvyilou had no backstage, afraid that Liang Han would mess up her business, so she had to accept Zhou Chengkun's silver.

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