Seeing that Xu Yue and the others did not show any intention of resisting, the female shopkeeper immediately continued:

"That's the case, I think you have seen it when you enter the city, there are four or five restaurants on our street alone, and there used to be a restaurant on this street, and the business has improved over the years, and everyone is interested in my business, and they have also opened restaurants."

"But there are so many guests, there are more restaurants, and after sharing, there will be fewer guests in my restaurant, and now I rely on some regular customers to come and patronize, and the new customers have not yet come to the gate of my house, so I let the first few families pull people away."

"No, I just saw that you were a troupe, thinking that if you stayed in the city for a few more days, I would stop by to help my restaurant be lively and attract more guests."

"Look, when you're free, I'll help my house liven up for a while, and I'll charge you less for the room, how about it?" The female shopkeeper asked worriedly.

She opened a restaurant, saw a lot of all kinds of people, and her eyes were vicious, and she could see at a glance that this troupe seemed to be the young class owner in Zhang Luo, but in fact, every time before Zhang Luo, the class owner would first take a look at the deputy class leader with beautiful hair.

The female shopkeeper's guess was that perhaps the deputy head of the class was the old master of the past, and when she saw that the apprentice had almost finished her training, she abdicated and made way for the virtuous, and the trick team was passed on to the apprentice.

That's why there is a situation where the main class leader asks the deputy class master for instructions.

And the rest of the young brothers and sisters are also very close to the deputy class leader, and they can't look much similar in appearance, but they should be blood relatives, otherwise, there would not be such comfort and intimacy.

Looking at the expectant expression of the female shopkeeper, Xu Yue's father and daughter thought to themselves, isn't this just what I want?

However, this is suspected of cheating people, after all, their performance is to carry private goods.

Seeing that Daddy wanted to agree, Xu Yue suddenly spoke: "I have to ask the senior brother of the class leader about this matter first, right?" ”

When Xu Da reached his mouth, he took it back and glanced at his daughter helplessly, "That's right, it's not a trivial matter, you should ask the class master." ”

The female shopkeeper saw that there was hope, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, then give me a reply after you ask, if the class owner agrees, I will directly calculate half the price for you." ”

Xu Da nodded reservedly, greeted his children and grandchildren, got up and went back to the backyard room.

Wen Qing and the others had already packed all the luggage on the ox cart, and the cattle were also fed, and they were washing and preparing to rest.

Xu Da closed the door and beckoned everyone to put down the things in their hands first, sit down in front of the case, and discuss the matter of entrusting the troupe to perform in the restaurant in the restaurant with the female shopkeeper.

Money is not the point, the point is, whether to take the restaurant as the first pilot to see the effect.

"Of course, once we start, we'll have to be ready to run away at any time, so I'd like to know your opinion." Xu Yue reminded seriously.

They had just entered the city, and they hadn't had time to meet up with their fellow Daoists, so they were right to be cautious without understanding the local situation.

Escaping from their family is very good, but Wen Qing can run or not, then she doesn't know.

In case you get caught, how to deal with it requires detailed planning.

Wen Qing and several important members of the drama troupe glanced at each other and looked at Xu Yue in unison, "We all listen to you!" ”

Xu Yue bowed, "Okay, then according to my idea, let's go to meet with the local Taoist friends tomorrow to understand the situation, and then decide whether to agree to the invitation of the female shopkeeper." ”

"Moreover, once this thing is done, it may affect the female shopkeeper and bring a lot of trouble to the restaurant, so before the performance starts, we must make a plan to minimize the damage to the restaurant."

Wen Qing and the others nodded, there was no objection, although Xu Da wanted to go directly regardless of the consequences, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still endured it and did not express his opinion.

Xu Dalang's proposal to his sister is naturally a hundred supports, and even the twins are following their aunt to stand aside, and what the aunt says is what it is.

Everyone talked about tomorrow and Daoyou face-to-face again, and then they rested.

Xu Yue took Xu Pingyuan to sleep with several female members, while Xu Dongbei followed his grandfather and uncle and slept with the male members.

After a good night's sleep, just after dawn the next day, Xu Yue woke up, took her niece to Daddy's side, and left the restaurant with Xu Dalang and Wen Qing, and walked towards the residential area in the south of the city.

On the way, I met a vendor who came to sell tofu brains, and the three of them bought two bowls of salted tofu brains and had breakfast.

To be honest, looking at the wide cement road in front of him, as well as the stalls selling tofu brains and steamed buns around him, it is obviously the same familiarity as Youzhou, but Xu Yue has an indescribable awkwardness in her heart.

Obviously, the city is so prosperous, but the people around it give people the feeling of being crushed by life.

Just now they bought six bowls of tofu brains in one go, and the peddler laughed for a short moment, and soon he was covered with sorrow again, and his dog-hugged body seemed to be pressed against a heavy mountain.

With that strong sense of disobedience, Xu Yue and his party walked out of the main road and came to the alley leading to the main residential area in the city.

As soon as they stepped into the alley, the three of them smelled a strong smell of life, the smell of sewage mixed with livestock excrement.

In an instant, it evoked the memories of Xu Yue's life in the slums of Hejian County.

It's about seven o'clock in the morning, and the residents in the alley are basically up.

A woman dressed in a patch of linen carried a child on her back, one in her hand, and a wooden bucket full of water, as she walked towards her home.

The child she was holding in her hand was four or five years old, and took the initiative to push open the heavy wooden door for his mother.

The house behind the door is narrow and crowded, and the courtyard is so small that only two shelves are erected inside, and most of the courtyard is occupied.

On the shelves are some wild herbs that are being dried, and shrewd women go out of the city in the spring to pick them, then pickle them and save them for eating when food is scarce.

Xu Yue remembered that in the past, there was such a shrewd woman who was diligent and thrifty, and she would take her sisters out of the city to pick wild vegetables, and the first jar of pickled vegetables in the family was learned from her.

Xu Dalang saw his sister looking at the woman for a long time, and said softly: "This person is very similar to the aunt Tong of the Wang family." ”

Xu Yue said "um", smiled apologetically at Wenqing, and motioned for him to continue to lead the way.

The bustling main street is paved with concrete, but there are not even bluestone slabs in the alleys of the residential areas, just rammed dirt roads.

The road surface was uneven, full of muddy marks from people walking after the rain, which were dried by the sun, and these traces remained on the ground.

Xu Yue and the three of them walked forward while inquiring, and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated wooden door in the deepest part of the alley.

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