nucmednet Chapter 328 How stingy!
Chapter 328 How stingy!
Xuanyi Teahouse.
When the group arrived, the first show of the afternoon had not yet started, but there were already quite a few people sitting scattered around on the first and second floors of the hall.
Lin Dadan asked the store clerk and learned that the script in the lobby on the first floor had already reached the second half, and those who wanted to listen to new short stories could go to the backyard room.
Lin Yizhi looked at the booklet handed over by the clerk, which contained an introduction to the storyteller, prices, and various scripts.
"Aunt Lin, second uncle, what do you want to hear?"
Lin Dadan and Lian Yun shook their heads repeatedly, indicating that they were all OK. They asked Jiang Huai and they got the same answer. Lin Yizhi had no choice but to ask Song Jiajia, who had been here before, for a recommendation.
Song Jiajia pointed to the name written on the first page and said that she had been telling stories for eighteen years and the fee for each show was three taels of silver.
"Don't think it's expensive, but it's really well said. My dad and I cried when we listened to Flower Love last time."
Lin Yizhi was skeptical, was he sure it wasn't because the story itself was so touching?
"Then let her be."
The clerk next to him hurriedly reminded him, "I'm sorry, husband, this storyteller has been booked out today. How about you take a look at the people behind him?"
Song Jiajia said regretfully: "What a pity, then how about the one behind? Zhizhi."
"Yeah, sure. Let's have a lighthearted and cheerful story."
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away. Please come this way, gentlemen."
The clerk led them to the backyard, through the corridor and into a side room, then left. After a while, a waiter came in with tea and snacks.
Lin Yizhi saw that the layout inside was a scaled-down version of the hall outside, with a coffee table and chairs on the left and a storytelling platform on the right.
It was the first time for Lian Yun to come to such a place. Looking at the scenery outside the house, he said with emotion: "This teahouse is really big. I see there are houses in the back."
Song Jiajia smiled and said, "Xuanyi Teahouse is a famous place in Jiyun. There is an old saying that if you come to Jiyun but don't come to Xuanyi to listen to books, it's a waste of time."
Lin Dadan found a seat and sat down. "Boss Huang invited me to come to listen to the show before, but I didn't come. Now I regret it."
Lian Yun asked curiously, "Mr. Huang? The one who supplies fish? I talked to her husband during dinner, but I didn't realize her family was rich. Is it Zhi Ge'er?"
Lin Yizhi also thought about it. The middle-aged man sitting opposite him was dressed very simply and his hands were rough, which showed that he had done a lot of farm work. He nodded.
Lin Dadan picked up the freshly filled teacup and used his other hand to hold the tea lid to skim off the floating tea in the cup.
"They are just keeping a low profile."
Song Jiajia knew a little about it. "It's the Huang family from Wanguan Town down below. I heard from my mother that they started from scratch. The Huang family raised fish while the Huang family planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms. Over the past twenty years, they have accumulated a lot of wealth. But isn't it said that their fish pond is about to fail?"
Lin Dadan immediately became interested and sat up straight, saying proudly: "It was dead, but it was saved by our boss. Boss Huang provided Zhiwei with fish for free for a year to thank our boss."
Song Jiajia wasn't curious about how he was saved, she just looked at Lin Yizhi beside her enviously.
"Zhizhi, your wife is so smart. It seems like there is nothing she doesn't understand. Unlike my wife who is so dumb."
So Lin Jiaojiao is the boss and Qiu Xilan is the employee.
When Lin Yizhi heard his wife being praised, he was very happy in his heart but he still looked humble.
"No, Qiu is pretty good at calculations."
"Humph, I know her strengths and weaknesses. Just say that when she came back yesterday, she..."
Everyone was used to seeing the two of them gathered together to discuss their wives.
This was the first time that Zhang Yiran had seen them talking about his wife so openly. He wanted to remind Lin Yizhizi, but since his father Lian Yun didn't say anything, he didn't know what to say.
He secretly glanced at the man in the veiled hat who was sitting quietly in his seat. He had secretly asked Lin Yizhi in the kitchen that morning, but Lin Yizhi said nothing. He had to ask his father and found out that the man had lived in the Lin residence for half a year. If nothing unexpected happened, his marriage with Lin Jiaojiao was a sure thing.
When he found out about this, he disliked him very much. He was obviously Fu Qi's cousin, but he was so shameless that he wanted to marry his cousin's wife by such means.
Alas, his Xiaozhi is too generous and lets this kind of person succeed.
Jiang Huai was wearing a veiled hat, so he naturally saw the disgust in Zhang Yiran's eyes, but he didn't care at all.
When he chose this path, he was prepared to be slandered and hated by everyone. He thought he would have to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights before he could get his mother's consent.
But he only knelt for one night before his mother called him out and asked him just one question.
"Will you regret it?"
"not regret."
He admitted that he wanted to marry Lin Jiaojiao in the beginning with some purposes, especially the dream that night. Lin Jiaojiao was the key to the turning point of his destiny.
He wanted to catch her, catch fate.
But now, not only was it difficult for her to catch it, but she had also fallen into it unknowingly.
His father was right. When you try to understand a person, there are only two possible results.
First, everything about her is beyond your understanding. You become more and more fascinated by or admire her. You either like her more and more or appreciate her more and more.
Second, everything about her is beyond your definition, she is not as good or excellent as you imagined. Then you will only become more disappointed or disgusted with her and begin to regret why you know her.
He is obviously the former.
Lin Jiaojiao is truly a mystery. Once you get to know her, you’ll never be able to get out of it.
At this time, the storyteller arrived late. He first apologized and then went up to the podium and began to give a lively speech.
In a room in the teahouse, Lan pressed the mechanism of the bookshelf and a secret door opened, and she walked in.
After walking for a while, the narrow and dark passage suddenly became clear. The secret guard who had been waiting at the intersection brought her to the door of a dark room. When she smelled the unique secret fragrance mixed with a faint smell of blood, she immediately bowed her head and clasped her hands together respectfully.
"This subordinate has met his master."
She just saw the blue water lilies in the vase in front of the teahouse's front counter and thought it was a mission, but she didn't expect that it was the master himself who came.
Qi Yao had never expected that Lin Jiaojiao would run the store by herself, but she was so considerate to her subordinates.
He shouldn't have been here, but he missed her so much and wanted to see her that he ignored Lan Ling and the others' dissuasion and insisted on taking a detour to come here. Not only did he delay his plan, he was also injured, and in the end he didn't even get to see her.
"Lan Qi will come with the Jiang family tomorrow, so let Lan Jiu leave tonight."
"I understand. May I call the young lady over? She has been waiting for news from her master."
Qi Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that this heartless girl had already gone home and had a husband, so how could she still miss him?
"No need, why doesn't she send letters?"
"I don't know. Maybe the master didn't send any letters to Miss, so Miss didn't send any either?"
Lan Yi's guess was not random. Every time the young lady came to ask her about her master's news or whether she had sent anything, she would be very disappointed when she found out that no one had sent her anything. Over time, she became angry.
"Tsk, how stingy."
He murmured with a smile on his face, staring at the red rope on his wrist. She was only so stingy with him, which was unique to her.
Thinking of Jiang Huai who had made no progress for such a long time, he felt a little happier.
The original plan was to use the Second Princess to replace Governor Jiang with one of his own, so that Qingzhou would be completely his territory.
But he still couldn't bear to see her sad, so he intercepted the two forged letters, lost a team of secret guards and was also suspected by Yun Guijun.
So Jiaojiao, don't let Jiang Huai conquer you so quickly.
Otherwise I will regret this decision.
"Go down. There's no need to tell her about what happened today."
"Yes, I am resigning."