There is an endless stream of guests coming to the teahouse to drink tea. Most of them are a few friends, sitting in the hall drinking tea, listening to music and gossiping.
All they order are light teas, rarely expensive ones.
There were also some people who were obviously more exquisitely dressed and went straight upstairs, and then saw the waiters from the teahouse carrying trays up.
Fragrant all the way.
The person singing on the stage was a young girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, with an ordinary face but a clear voice.
The style of music is light and lively.
Listening to it makes people can't help but beat the beat.
The person playing the instrument on the side must be a relative of the singing girl, and they look very similar.
The instrument in his hand looked a bit like an erhu, and Niu Caohua didn't recognize it.
After singing a song, the girl bowed slightly, and the guests drinking tea in the audience clapped their hands and applauded.
There were also many people who threw coins directly on the stage.
Of course, these are ordinary guests on the first floor.
The one on the second floor is more direct, throw money!
The girl was busy picking up the scattered copper plates when she accidentally hit her forehead with a piece of silver and screamed in pain.
Seeing clearly that it was a broken piece of silver, he immediately forgot about the pain in his forehead, stood up and bowed to the second floor to thank him.
It made the tea patrons on the second floor laugh.
However, the cow grass flower looked sad.
Life is not easy.
Although the clothes on the girl's body were not patched, they were starched and white. The cuffs, collar, and other places that were easily damaged by friction were carefully mended with embroidery thread of the same color. It could be seen that they had been worn for a long time. Very caring.
Those hands were obviously working hands, with many calluses on them.
There is also the middle-aged man who plays the musical instrument. He is thin and pale.
The clothes obviously didn't fit well. To describe it in one sentence, it felt like people were hanging out in the clothes.
After playing a piece of music, I covered my mouth and coughed for a long time. There was a trace of blood on my face due to coughing.
The girl rested for a while and then prepared to continue singing.
But where there are people there are always rivers and lakes.
On the second floor, the young man who threw the money just now felt dissatisfied after hearing the beginning and interrupted the girl's song.
"Little sister, we brothers are tired of listening to your song. Do you have any other songs?" The voice was frivolous, and you could tell at a glance that you were looking for trouble.
"What do you want to hear, sir?" When the girl saw that he was a distinguished guest on the second floor, she didn't dare to neglect him easily.
"Xizhou Song." The young man requested the song politely.
As soon as the song came out, it caused an uproar.
This is a popular folk song.
Folk songs describing love.
It tells the story of a girl's lovesickness. The scenery changes in different seasons, as well as the girl's activities, clothing and appearance are described in the middle to express the endless lovesickness in a delicate, lingering, euphemistic and implicit way.
From the perspective of modern people, this song couldn't be more normal.
But the woman of this era is different, she is still an unmarried woman.
Sing a love song?
Do you still want the reputation?
Do you still want to get married?
The girl was in a dilemma for a while.
She couldn't sing this song, and she didn't want to offend the nobles on the second floor.
His eyes couldn't help but become a little red.
Fortunately, she was not good-looking, and crying with red eyes was indeed not pleasing to the eye. The young master on the second floor felt a little disappointed, and was afraid of causing trouble and being known to his family, so he waved his hand impatiently: "Forget it, forget it. , I am in a good mood today and I won’t argue with you.”
After sitting down, the friends immediately came over and chatted about the flower girl they met in the flower house last night, with expressions of unfinished expression on their faces.
"Young Master Ye is still generous. According to our daily routine, we can't come here to drink tea every day. Unlike Mr. Ye, who visits flower houses every day and spends a lot of money."
"He himself is a county captain, and his father is a county magistrate. How can he be the same as us?"
"No, my family has to send money to the county government every month. Your family must be the same. He spends all our money, so why feel bad."
"Okay, stop talking, be careful the walls have ears!"
Niu Caohua heard the above conversation clearly and remembered the man named Ye whose father was the county magistrate and she was the county captain.
This is very likely the person you are looking for.
Listen again and see if there is any other news.
It's a pity that after they chatted for a while or two, they changed the topic and started gossiping about this and that, but they stopped gossiping about Mr. Ye.
Niu Caohua finished a pot of tea, then called over to the teahouse waiter for another pot.
In the morning, after drinking three pots of tea and running to the toilet twice, the only news I heard was those two sentences.
The harvest was miserable.
Not only that, she had been sitting here drinking tea, causing the waiter in the teahouse to look here several times, and then came directly over with a rag and broom, turning it around several times, her intention was obvious.
Just pretend you can't see the cowgrass flower!
You can’t just kick people out anyway, right?
Seeing that the hint was useless, the waiter walked away angrily, walking harder than usual.
I started complaining when I got back.
Niu Xiaobai was still willing to follow her to the teahouse in the morning, but in the afternoon he was reluctant to go.
It also swore that it would stay in the room and not run around.
In this case, Cowgrass Flower didn't force it, just gave it a few words and went out to inquire about the news.
The county lieutenant and magistrate named Ye are very easy to get information about.
I found out after asking a few beggars.
Magistrate Ye, male, in his forties.
Have a son and a daughter.
Nicknamed Ye Papi.
He doesn't do anything serious, he only knows how to make money.
It has a bad reputation!
Lieutenant of Ye County, male, twenty years old.
unmarried.
Nicknamed Ye Bugui. (not returning at night)
I like to visit flower houses, like to raise an outdoor house, and never go home every night.
It has a bad reputation!
The reason why he is unmarried is that no serious family is willing to marry his girl to him.
There is also a grandfather in his family.
As for Ye Qianli, I don’t know him.
The news she heard all afternoon convinced Niu Caohua that this person was 99% the person she was looking for.
No wonder, she said, why would a government official be willing to marry a peasant girl like herself? It turned out that her reputation was too bad!
Walking around the flower house every night, you are not afraid of the iron pestle grinding into a needle!
Don’t be afraid of mushrooms either!
How hateful!
And that Niu Qianli, the favor of saving his life is to let you push his savior into the fire pit?
Pushing the fire pit doesn't mean you want to kill people!
A scumbag family!
After inquiring about the news, I went back and couldn't even eat the delicious dinner.
Fortunately, I know that there is no such thing as a free pie!
As soon as he opened the door and saw Niu Xiaobai's posture, it took Niu Cao a second to complete his skill.
I saw Niu Xiaobai standing on the bed with his hind legs upright, and his two forelimbs crossed together like a human being. He held his head high, showing an arrogant look.
When I saw the cow grass flower coming over, I raised my head higher and looked like you are coming to praise me.
Niu Caohua suppressed her laughter and asked very cooperatively: "Xiao Bai, what happy thing happened to you?"
Niu Xiaobai was waiting for this sentence, and immediately started talking about the news he had found out.
