Chapter 11: Wan and Derpy
The area of the smoke and moon of the six dynasties, the place where the gold powder gathers, and the prosperous place of the ten generations......
Clothed cultural relics, flourishing in the south of the Yangtze River, literary and elegant, a in the sea......
This is the description of the Qinhuai River in later generations.
Because it was famous in ancient times, the Qinhuai River was known as "China's first historical and cultural river".
Among the cultures of the Qinhuai River, the most famous may be its unique painting boat culture.
The extremely famous "Qinhuai Bayan" in later generations came from here.
The Qinhuai River has flowed for thousands of years, and it has also contained the frustration and fatigue of countless dynasties.
Those who are heavy, shallow, or ambitious and unpaid, will come to the Qinhuai River for ten miles with a body of loneliness and half-life fetters, and in the slightly cool but drifting blurred night, listen to the Jiangnan tune, taste the fragrant tea and delicacies, and meet the peerless beauty.
And those high-ranking officials and nobles who live in the temple will also come here and spend a lot of money here.
Every night, a series of chic, beautifully decorated painting boats will cruise on the river, in the painting boat, sit a strange woman with both talent and outstanding appearance.
Dong Xiaowan is one of these strange women, and she is the most outstanding one.
Dong Xiaowan, formerly known as Dong Bai, was born in a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River.
Because of her wealthy family, she received a good education since she was a child, and she was originally smart and clever, and by the time she was a teenager, she was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and became a well-known little talented girl.
Unfortunately, there are unforeseen circumstances.
When Dong Bai was thirteen years old, her father died unexpectedly due to illness, leaving only Dong Bai and her mother in the family.
Orphans and widows are already pitiful, but the more pitiful they are, the easier they are to be bullied.
After the death of Dong's father, the wolf-hearted people felt that the orphans and widows were weak and could be bullied, and began to use the Dong family's embroidery business to covet the assets of the main family.
When a large number of creditors came to force debts, Dong Bai's mother was also angry.
As a last resort, the young Dong Bai had no choice but to shoulder the burden of his family.
How can she, who has been pampered since she was a child, be able to bear this burden?
She couldn't even get the money to get medicine for her mother's illness.
As a last resort, in order to cure her mother's illness, she had to cheekily go to the pharmacy on credit.
In the pharmacy, she met a woman who was dressed up in a beautiful manner, and as soon as the woman saw Dong Bai, who looked beautiful and lovely, but her family was in dire straits, she immediately cared about her.
The woman told Dong Bai that on the Qinhuai River, there were many painting boats with unique shapes, and on the painting boats was another world.
There, there is fragrant and intoxicating wine, beautiful music, and a feast of glasses......
She also said that as long as Dong Bai goes with her, not only will she have no worries about food and clothing, but she will also be able to pay off her family's debts quickly.
Dong Bai was moved.
Although she was young, she also knew what this woman named Wu Ma was talking about.
But what could she do?
Could it be that I watched my mother suffer from illness?
In this way, Dong Bai followed Wu's mother to Qinhuai River, became a member of the chic painting boat, changed her name to Dong Xiaowan, and officially started her career as a joker.
Yes, only selling laughter, or selling art not selling body.
Although she was forced to do so, Dong Xiaowan has been self-pitying, self-loving, noble and lonely since she was a child, how could she tolerate those ordinary people to contaminate her noble body?
Moreover, ordinary vulgar guests can't get into her eyes, and only those elegant people can get her favor.
Dong Xiaowan is indeed outstanding.
Even if she only sells her art and does not sell her body, even if she picks customers, she still has a beautiful face and outstanding talent, and she quickly became famous on the Qinhuai River and became the most popular member of the Qin Tower.
The days in Qinlou were lonely and empty.
In the evening, Dong Xiaowan can also pretend to be smiling on the painting boat, and accompany the guests to pass the time with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
But once it was daylight, she became idle.
This is a girl who is not willing to be lonely.
Soon, Qin Lou's exquisite dim sum and delicious snacks attracted her and made her have a strong interest in cooking.
So, she simply came to the back kitchen and began to learn cooking skills from the chefs.
Chef Zheng is one of the nominal masters she learned to cook.
"Master Zheng, I have a new way of filling soup dumplings, I want to try it. ”
Soup dumplings!
It turned out to be a soup dumpling!
Ivan, who was looked straight by this stunning and elegant little Lori, woke up.
Calm down!
Your goal is quests, not beautiful NPCs!
Ivan secretly reminded himself.
He originally thought that this was the first task assigned to him by the system, and it shouldn't be too difficult.
Now it seems that I have thought about it.
Chef Zheng, Tie Niu, and Dong Xiaowan, three people related to the task appeared all of a sudden, confusing things.
Could it be that the study of soup dumplings has something to do with Dong Xiaowan, not Chef Zheng?
Why is the system arranged this way?
The barrage of questions immediately made Ivan frown.
His strange expression was immediately spotted by Dong Xiaowan, who was standing not far from him.
In fact, Dong Xiaowan had already discovered Ivan's existence.
Someone new to the kitchen!
Because she was already familiar with the people in the kitchen, Dong Xiaowan realized this as soon as she entered the back kitchen, but she quickly ignored Ivan's existence.
Although this newcomer is quite handsome, his clothes are too ordinary, and he is a newcomer to the back kitchen as a servant, so he is not worthy of her attention at all.
Those who can enter her eyes are still those talented people who are full of talent.
But now she was surprised by the change in the newcomer's expression.
In the party, she has seen too many people who are amazed by her appearance, and many people can't take their eyes off her when they see her.
How did this newcomer look away so quickly?
A little determined!
So she glanced at the newcomer a few more times.
She soon noticed the difference in this newcomer.
In her impression, the people in the back kitchen are a little vulgar, either like Chef Zheng with a fat head and big ears, or like Tie Niu, with a thick and leafy expression and a blank expression.
But this newcomer is different.
Not to mention his handsome appearance, this person is also very temperamental.
He didn't look at himself as obscene as Chef Zheng, with a wolfish light, and he couldn't wait to strip her clothes naked with his eyes, nor was he inferior like Tie Niu, and he didn't dare to look directly at himself.
This is the temperament of a reader!
Dong Xiaowan immediately had such a feeling.
Only a well-informed reader will be amazed by her appearance and know how to use etiquette to restrain his behavior.
Only those who read can be in the back kitchen without feeling inferior.
"A newcomer in the back kitchen?"
She asked Chef Zheng quietly.
Chef Zheng glanced back at Ivan and found that Ivan was in a daze again at this time.
This made him a little unhappy.
He didn't like people to disturb his communication with Dong Xiaowan.
So he scolded here: "Iron Bull, why don't you take Derpy to work soon!"
Then, he turned to Dong Xiaowan and said, "This is a stupid man, you don't have to pay attention to him." ”
Ivan: "......"
Who is a nerd?
Who's Derpy?
With these few words alone, he already clearly felt Chef Zheng's unfriendliness.
He also knows why.
Chef Zheng, who wants to eat swan meat, doesn't like the good things he and Tie Niu are hindering him here!
He shook his head helplessly, turned around and followed the iron bull into the yard, preparing to do the work of killing chickens and fish.
The task is troublesome!
finally came up with a little clue to the task, but was blocked by this Chef Zheng, how did he continue to dig for clues?
But he had to go.
Standing here any longer will only make Chef Zheng even more displeased with him, which will bring more trouble to the mission.
But his strange behavior surprised Dong Xiaowan again.
It turns out that this man's name is Derpy!
He still shakes his head when he walks, and he is really a little stupid!