Chapter 66: The Teahouse Artist
This Li Xiaoqing asked Lu Yue to invite Zhang Yanzi and Wei Xiaoou to dinner, this Lu Yue has been super busy recently, this side is in charge of the game hall, and then the original song and dance hall has been changed into a very high-end teahouse, the formation is left by Li Xiaoqing, and the person who arranged it is Zhang Yanzi, because the feng shui of this teahouse is wonderful, the vitality is very sufficient, and when you sit in this teahouse, you feel relaxed, so there are a lot of people who come to the teahouse to drink tea, and the business is super hot.
And the relationship between Lu Yue and Wei Xiaoou to Wei Sanye and this Lu Guanxuan invited a lot of famous storytellers, whether the business of this teahouse is good or not, one is to look at the tea and dim sum in this teahouse, and the other is to look at who the corner of the teahouse is, storytelling, cross talk, Beijing opera, each famous role is also a big name in this teahouse, if there is a resident pillar, the business of this teahouse will be even more popular.
So Lu Yue suggested that they should simply eat in the restaurant they opened, so the four of them went to the teahouse they jointly opened to have supper. As soon as Li Xiaoqing arrived at this teahouse, because there were no famous characters sitting in the town today, there were two young men talking cross talk on the stage, so there were not many people coming, but fortunately, there was enough vitality here, and the tea was all high-quality.
Li Xiaoqing looked at the price list of this teahouse, this Li Xiaoqing was really frightened, the price of tea in this teahouse Li Xiaoqing He also knew some before, he used to come to this place with Master Chen to drink tea, all in the afternoon, in the morning this teahouse was opened for those who "worked", at that time, the status of this "work" was low, and they belonged to the inferior people of the three religions and nine streams, all of whom were cart pullers, masons, Carrying the goods, they came to this teahouse early in the morning to rest their feet and chatter, as for the tea, they all ran out of tea made by others, and these people did not dislike it.
But what should it be, the teahouse craftsmanship at that time was also fine, with a basket to filter the brewed tea leaves, put them in the black locust corner water to wash, and when the weather is fine, put it outside to dry, and smoke the net with jasmine, this tea is not only very strong in tea, but also with a hint of jasmine flavor, even many self-proclaimed people occasionally let people get some in their own homes.
At that time, anyone could afford this teahouse, and the price was not expensive, but this teahouse opened by Lu Yue was just to order a good pot of Longjing with some dim sum, and if it caught up with this famous field, the price would have to be more than 30 yuan, what could you do with 30 yuan in 84 years? At that time, the price of rice was only 15 cents and 50 catties, and these 30 yuan could buy nearly 200 catties of rice, which was enough for a family of three to eat for many months.
The name of this building was given by Lu Yue, a layman, Li Xiaoqing also wondered that Lu Yue, his grandfather, Lu Guanxuan, was such a learned person, but this grandson didn't learn it at all, and the name at the beginning was "Juyi Hall", this Zhang Yanzi later saw this teahouse, and his stomach hurt when he laughed.
This Lu Yue looked at Li Xiaoqing and Zhang Yanzi with a smile and said, "Let's go, Xiaoqing, let's go to the private room on the second floor, I have also made a lot of money for a while, and I asked someone to bring back a lot of mushrooms from Chahar." This Chahar refers to the great province of the Republic of China, and the provincial capital Zhangyuan (now Zhangjiakou) is one of the four provinces in the north of the country. Now this place has long been divided, but many traders are still happy to call it that.
The mushroom is quite rare, growing on the grassland outside Zhangjiakou, relying on the supply of cow and sheep dung, accumulating grass all year round, plus rain and snow moisturizing, this color is snow white, and the taste is rich. Especially the young mushroom that has just emerged, the color is white, people call it white mushroom, it can be said to be the boutique of the mushroom, and if the mushroom umbrella cracks after this time, the color has become tan, which has become a lower grade.
This Lu Yue people bring the best mushrooms, the jargon is called "white mushroom nails", this Lu Yue took it to stew a pot of tender mutton, just one end over, this taste smells very fresh, and the mutton stew is soft and smooth, melts in the mouth, and the door Dianpeng who came with Li Xiaoqing likes this dish very much.
This Li Xiaoqing looked at the dish on the table, the red stewed cuttlefish, steamed sea bass, and a large plate of prawns, as well as a few vegetarian fried side dishes, but Li Xiaoqing was most curious about the practice of this goby, this goby is the pipi shrimp, when he was in Liaoning, the Lin couple also invited Li Xiaoqing to eat, they are called shrimp crawlers, but they are pepper and salt skin shrimp, but this Lu Yue doesn't know where to find the master to make it, this thing is very different from what he has eaten. In fact, this is to remove the head and tail of the skin shrimp, put it in salt water and soak it overnight, the shrimp meat becomes a semi-coagulated paste, no need to steam, put on some balsamic vinegar soy sauce with the dipping sauce of green onions, ginger and garlic, suck it with your mouth, the meat in this shell is tender and juicy, and it is quite good to accompany the wine.
This Li Xiaoqing and they were eating, they heard the downstairs began to make a fuss, a man wearing a Lei Feng hat, wrapped in a military coat, wearing a pair of "really good" military pants, and the waiter was nagging, this man's body was very strong, at this time he was arguing with someone at the door, this person had a very dark complexion, a large skeleton, and his hair was also unkempt, and his face was stained with sweat stains and handprints because he had worked for a day, and the sweat was stained with sand at this time, and what was even more funny was that the man had a small braid tied on his head, which made it indecent.
"You are a hard-working person, you have to go to my store, be a storyteller, I don't lack a storyteller, you roll me off!" The waiter at the door was found by Lu Yue, just to deal with the kind of door-to-door troublemakers and troublemakers, so this character is very arrogant, and it has a hooligan flavor.
The waiter rolled his eyes, his waist stiffened, and he said confidently, "People like you, what kind of books do you say, you have been delivering food to people on this street all your life, if you are so nonsense, I will tell your boss that you can't do this job of delivering food!"
"Don't you write a book?" The man pointed to the recruitment advertisement at the door, at this time he was very weak-hearted, and handed a cigarette to the waiter at the door, the waiter looked at the Lux brand cigarettes handed over by the man, and the waiter glanced at the cigarette in his hand, smiled contemptuously, and casually brushed the man's face!
looked at the other waiters around him, and said very much, "This brainless thing handed me a pack of cigarettes for three cents, you can take a look!" Li Xiaoqing looked at the man downstairs on the second floor, he lived at the bottom of life, even if he was so humiliated at this time, but he still smiled, leaned down and picked up the cigarette and put it in his coat pocket. Li Xiaoqing's eyes lit up when he saw this person picking up cigarettes, how good is this person's waist and horse kung fu.
This crotch kung fu is the basis for testing a person who practices martial arts, squatting and stepping is a combination of yin and yang, this outer crotch squatting and closing is like a carp playing up, this whole body turns, it seems very light and stable. Looking at the person's hand squeezing tightly, it was obvious that he was holding back a wave of anger. This person's pile skills are good, presumably someone has concentrated on training him, there is a saying in the martial arts that "this solid branch is honorable", this man's pile skills really made Li Xiaoqing amazed.
Li Xiaoqing saw this sour nose, his heart was very uncomfortable, he thought of Master Chen, who raised himself back then, this time his own Master Chen in order to protect him as a child, he also gave people such a low smile, Li Xiaoqing looked at the group of people outside the door, and the anger in his heart gushed out. Zhang Yanzi wanted to ask him something, but she saw that this senior brother's face was wrong, so she immediately grabbed her brother's hand and looked at Li Xiaoqing with the color of inquiry.
"What's wrong?"
"I want to go downstairs and have a look!" Li Xiaoqing took a few breaths and drank a glass of white wine.
"Xiaoqing, what's wrong?" Lu Yue looked at Li Xiaoqing with a blank expression, he didn't know what was going on, and saw a group of waiters downstairs, making it difficult for a driver who was delivering food, and this Lu Yue also knew that Li Xiaoqing was sulking about this.
"Let's go, let's take a look. Zhang Yanzi helped Li Xiaoqing say a word, and then took the lead downstairs.
"Then let's go and see the excitement, Miss Ben loves to watch the excitement. Wei Xiaoou took Zhang Yanzi's arm and went downstairs together.
The coolie downstairs who delivered the food said with a miserable smile, "Young man, let me see your shopkeeper, I will tell him a book, and I will guarantee that he will accept me!"
"Do you think anyone can tell a story from us? Let me tell you, you still tell a story because you can't hold up the wall with mud?" The waiter at the door was making things difficult for the coolie, and suddenly felt a pain in his shoulder, and he was pinned out. Lying on the ground, I looked up and saw that the person standing there turned out to be Li Xiaoqing, and he also followed the low level to the side to stand a bad seizure.
Li Xiaoqing looked at this man carefully, this person is not young, it is estimated that he must be in his twenties, but the person who practices martial arts looks young, Li Xiaoqing said simply, "Lu Yue, get him something to eat!"
"Okay!" Lu Yue immediately asked someone to take a basket of steamed buns for this person, this man took one for two, after eating this bun, he took the tea on the table, and the people in this teahouse felt that this man was interesting, and began to coax, "Boss Lu, let him say a little bit about it." ”
"Yes, this young man's eyes are shining, and he looks like a powerful person, let him say a paragraph. ”
"Several bosses are here today, young man, you go up and talk about it!" Lu Yue saw Li Xiaoqing's color, and quickly let this young man come to the stage at that time, there were two people talking about cross talk on that stage, as soon as the young man came, these two made a few jokes, and immediately made room for the young man.
The young man was wearing a military coat, and the stove was lit in this room, and it was so hot that he was sweating profusely before he could get to the stage. The waiter who had just made things difficult for this man said disdainfully, "Look, this person is here to cheat and cheat, and he is scared like this before he comes on stage!"
"Hmph!" Li Xiaoqing glanced at the waiter, and the waiter felt a chill in his neck and immediately retracted it.
"If you're hot, take off that coat!"
"Uh......" This man is a little embarrassed, but it is twenty-three or four degrees in this room, and it is too hot to wear a coat, so this young man will take off his clothes, this good guy, it turns out that this young man is wearing a pony coat inside, and he is not embarrassed to take it off.
The young man didn't care about this, he looked at the top of the stand, his waist straightened, and his hand slapped on the table, that strength, it made it really big, and the whole audience was chaotic, and this time it was silent. You must know that this stage was originally about cross talk, but it is not equipped with any shocking wood, fans and the like, just using the palm of your hand to make such a loud noise, this is not simple!
As soon as this young man came to the stage, he said: More than 300 years of Song history, the middle is north and south. The idle general commented on the affairs of the two emperors, and the loyalty and righteousness were sad and respectable. Loyalty, righteousness, frost and dew, treacherous autumn moon and crazy flies. Sudden glory and disgrace are always famous, how can Huang Liang not wake up! The five generations have not been willing to rest, and the yellow robe and body have no worries. That knows that Nandu is partial to the Lord, and there is no need to be loyal and good.
Since ancient times, the cycle of fortune has been prosperous, and there are wastes. In the next poem, it caused a Southern Song Dynasty Jingzhong Wumu King to serve the country loyally. The beginning of "The Complete Biography of Yue" was read by the young man, and Lu Yue was ready to accept this kid at that time.
Li Xiaoqing only felt that this kid was full of energy, and when he talked about the struggle, he still had a sonorous fighting spirit, and when he was dull, it seemed to be meandering water. And this Lu Yue's old face also smiled like a chrysanthemum.
"Yes, take you, young man, go down quickly, my table will be damaged by you later!" This Lu Yue shouted, this young man immediately bowed to everyone, and this Li Xiaoqing skimmed the waiter outside and said to Lu Yue, "Give him the salary, let him get out!"