[Red Chamber] Buddhist concubine

But where is the high school life so good?What's more, that high-ranking official has a wife and concubines, and the number of daughters in his family exceeds ten figures. Among them, there are only eight or nine daughters.

As an outsider who suddenly inserts into their lives, Qian Jin is not welcome.

At a banquet held by a senior official, Lu Sheng met the daughter, but before Lu Sheng got acquainted with her, he found that the daughter was pushed into the water by her sisters.

Lu Sheng immediately dived into the water and rescued him, but it also tarnished the daughter's reputation.

The senior official was furious, but in front of all the guests, because of the power behind Lu Sheng, he could only betroth a thousand pieces of gold to him.

Lu Sheng turned his head and glanced at the unconscious Qianjin, his eyes involuntarily fell on the tear mole at the corner of her eyes, his heart softened, and he nodded in agreement.

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No matter how fast Zhou Yao wrote, it was doomed after the skylight opened in the restaurant.

In order to prepare the shopkeeper, Zhou Yao simply handed over the content she wrote today to Qingliu, asked her to show it to the shopkeeper, and asked Mr. He to say sorry to the guests who came to the teahouse every day to listen to books for her.

Qingliu didn't dare to delay, took the envelope that was much thinner than before and ran to the teahouse, and told the shopkeeper verbatim what Zhou Yao said.

The shopkeeper immediately grimaced.

Although Mr. Meng Honglou gave him the story he just wrote, so that the teahouse will not be cut off from the new storytelling content tomorrow.But in fact, as early as a few days ago, the story of "Lu Sheng" was discontinued in the teahouse. Those guests who came here because they didn't hear the story they wanted to hear almost overturned the teahouse yesterday.

It took him a lot of effort to suppress this matter.

The customer flow of the teahouse has lost a lot.

In the past few days, those guests who came for the story of "Lu Sheng" routinely went to the teahouse to ask if there was any follow-up to "Lu Sheng", then turned around and left without even entering the door, and went directly to other entertainment places.

The previous fire of "The Widow" has made many people see the benefits of Mr. Meng Honglou's unique narrative method, although many literati who are famous for their scripts have no attitude because there are no eye-catching poems in "The Widow". Contempt, has always insisted on his own style, never thought of changing.

Even if there are people who follow the trend to learn the narrative style of Dream of Red Mansions and the anti-routine turning, but because the number of people is too small, they cannot learn the essence in a short time, and it is extremely difficult to change their original writing style, so they did not attract too many people at all. Notice.

Moreover, Menghonglou soon released "Lu Sheng" with a very different style, which firmly attracted the audience of "The Widowed Man", and naturally no one paid attention to those defective products that were completely different.

But what is the saying?Money can turn ghosts around.

Those authors who don't like "The Widow" don't want to write it themselves, but places like teahouses, after discovering business opportunities, directly spend a lot of money to ask people to write the script.

And the only requirement for these teahouse dialogue books is to be like "The Widow" and be able to attract customers.

The literati who were able to publish books after seeing the lucrative rewards, although moved, never agreed in the end for the sake of character, but those literati who had no hope of publishing books, or who wrote the scriptures just to make money, took action one after another.

All of a sudden, all kinds of teahouses, taverns and other places in the capital were filled with stories similar to "The Widow".

However, "The Widow" has been around for too short a time, and these literati who want to follow suit really don't have much talent, so even if there are one or two imitations of the story line of "The Widow" that are somewhat interesting, it is because the writing style is not straightforward enough. White, not substituting enough to attract too many guests.

It's not that no one has ever thought about Zhuang Zhou's dream of the Red Chamber, but the shopkeeper of the teahouse has kept his identity tightly guarded, and even if others want to get in touch with him, they are powerless.

But now, the new story of Menghonglou has been interrupted at the Lin family teahouse, so those itchy guests started to run to other teahouses?Even if it is very different from "Lu Sheng", but "Lu Sheng" is gone, why don't they find some counterfeit ones?

And those stories are not without their merits.

For example, the beautiful poems, dictionaries and allusions that literati come to hand at will never appear in "Lu Sheng".

In just two days, the number of customers in the teahouse has been reduced by almost half.Although it is not a plummet, but with the hot scenes before,

Thinking of the business in the past two days, the shopkeeper couldn't help but sigh: "Mr., can you tell me the reason why you stopped writing some time ago?"

Qingliu rolled her eyes and shook her head.

If Zhou Yao told the shopkeeper why she didn't write new content some time ago, she would have directly exposed her identity.Even though Mrs. Lin already knows that Zhou Yao is Menghonglou, it doesn't mean that Zhou Yao wants other people to know about it.

The shopkeeper sighed helplessly, and could only accept the reality: "Forget it, at least the skylight won't be opened tomorrow."

Qingliu smiled awkwardly: "Shopkeeper, sir asked me to tell you a piece of news."

The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition emerged in his heart: "Miss Qingliu's words really shocked the old man. You should tell the old man first. Is the news good or bad?"

Qingliu's eyes fluttered, and she didn't dare to look at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, sir, let me tell you that because there is no stock in hand, I may hand over to you as much as I write every day. Not only can I not guarantee enough content every day, If there is a headache in the future, maybe there will be..."

The shopkeeper's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and after taking a deep breath, he almost passed over directly.

Qingliu also felt embarrassed.

But Aunt Yao is the master, and there are two golden bumps in the house.Aunt Yao could persist in spite of her illness, but if the two young masters were sick, Aunt Yao would definitely not have the heart to continue writing the storybook.

However, the two children are young, and if they are negligent, they may get sick.

Although I feel a little sorry for the shopkeeper, I have to tell him this in advance so that he can be prepared so that he won't be caught off guard when things happen in the future.

The shopkeeper simply doubts life.

Qingliu said in a low voice: "Mr. said that although he didn't do it intentionally, but Mr. violated the contract after all. The loss caused to the restaurant during this period of time, just deduct it from Mr.'s dividend according to the contract."

The shopkeeper was a little moved, but he quickly dismissed such thoughts.

He would not do such a loss-making business by giving up such a big favor for a little profit now.

"I believe that my husband will not let me go for no reason. There must be a reason why I haven't written the follow-up of the story for so long." The shopkeeper smiled, "It's just a few days of dividends, just treat it as an extra reward during the period of "Lu Sheng" The dividends of the guests attracted by the teahouse. I just hope that my husband will try not to let the teahouse open the skylight in the future."

How did Qingliu take charge of this kind of thing?

She shook her head: "I'm just a maid, and I really can't be my husband's master. Besides, the accident happened without my husband's will."

The shopkeeper had no choice but to wave his hand.

Qingliu also wanted the shopkeeper to directly deduct from the dividends the loss caused by Zhou Yao letting the teahouse open the skylight during this period, but the shopkeeper directly refused.

She really had no choice but to go back to Lin's mansion with a feeling of apprehension.

After Qingliu left, the shopkeeper went to Mr. He with a volume of manuscripts: "Mr. He, Mr. Menghonglou asked Miss Qingliu to send a manuscript over. Come and take a look. You can talk about it for a few days."

Mr. He put down his business and took the manuscript, and shook his head helplessly after flipping through it roughly: "It's only enough for tomorrow."

The shopkeeper took a deep breath: "It seems that there is no other way."

Mr. He looked at him suspiciously: "Why did Mr. Meng Honglou only deliver the manuscript for one day this time? Did you find out why Mr. Meng cut off the manuscript some time ago? Did you find out the identity of Mr. Menghonglou from Miss Qingliu? Pry it out?"

The shopkeeper sat directly next to Mr. He and shook his head: "Miss Qingliu only said that something happened to Mr. Meng Honglou, but she didn't say anything else."

He paused and sighed, "Forget it, at least if Mr. Meng Honglou disappears without reason in the future, we will have a way to find it."

He just went to see Mrs. Lin today, and Mr. Meng Honglou sent the new manuscript to the teahouse in the evening, which is enough to show that Mrs. Lin already knew the real identity of Zhuang Zhou Menghonglou, and she could talk to him in front of him.

Mr. He looked at the shopkeeper with a hesitant expression on his face.

The shopkeeper turned to look at him: "Sir, you have something to say."

"Forgive me," Mr. He bowed his hands to the shopkeeper, "Does the shopkeeper want to be controlled by others all the time?"

The shopkeeper looked at Mr. He a little strangely: "What do you mean by this, sir? Since when have I been under the control of others?"

Mr. He was not very happy: "Just like this time Mr. Meng Honglou suddenly cut off the supply of manuscripts, not only me, but even the income of the teahouse has been greatly affected. It's not that I don't miss Mr. Meng Honglou's kindness, it's just... ...Have you ever thought about it, if Mr. Meng Honglou had an accident like this time in the future, he cut off the supply of manuscripts without giving us an advance notice, leaving us in a daze to deal with all the troubles from all the guests. It's okay once, if If this happens a few times, not only me, but even the reputation of the teahouse will be greatly affected."

Why doesn't the shopkeeper know about this situation?But the current good situation of the teahouse depends on the two stories of Menghonglou's "The Widow" and "Lu Sheng". Even if he wants to change this passive situation, he can't find any other way.

He looked at Mr. He: "What's your opinion, Mr. He?"

"The shopkeeper, have you ever heard of stories about other teahouses and taverns offering huge rewards?" Mr. He looked at the shopkeeper with bright eyes.

The shopkeeper suddenly said: "You mean those..."

He glanced at Mr. He, and stood up angrily, "Have you forgotten, Mr. He, that you are now sought after by so many guests, or did you rely on Mr. Meng Honglou? Now it's just an accident, and you actually want to compete with Mr. Meng Honglou?" Business? Mr. He, is this the way of a gentleman?"

Mr. He stood up and hurriedly explained: "The shopkeeper misunderstood me. I don't want to steal the business of Mr. Meng Honglou."

The shopkeeper turned his head and looked at Mr. He full of hesitation.

Mr. He has also talked about books in Lin's teahouse for more than ten years, and the shopkeeper still believes in Mr. He's character after getting along with him for more than ten years.It's just that what he said just now is really easy to misunderstand.

Mr. He said sternly: "Shopkeeper, the teahouse opens early in the morning and closes late at night. With such a long business hours, there are more than two stories about "Lu Sheng" and "The Survivor" in the teahouse every day. I don't want to affect the business of Mr. Meng Meng Hong Lou, but if we hire people to write new stories for other time, wouldn't it be better than only the story "Lu Sheng" being popular every day? Shopkeeper, think about it carefully, If my plan comes true, even if Mr. Meng Honglou encounters another accident and cannot contribute to us, the restaurant won’t lose so many customers, right?”

After the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes lit up immediately.

After thinking for a while, he stroked his beard: "I think this idea is okay. But after all, we stand out from other teahouses and taverns by relying on the story of Mr. Meng Honglou. Even if we want to implement this plan, we must seek the approval of Mr. Meng Honglou. agree."

The corner of Mr. He's mouth turned up: "It's natural."

The more the shopkeeper thought about it, the more he felt that the idea was good.After tossing and turning all night, when Qing Liu appeared again, he couldn't wait to tell Qing Liu this idea, and asked her to pass it on to Mr. Meng Honglou.