Who is the golden hairpin of Dream of Red Mansions buried for?

In the evening, Huaixiang Building, an attic room.

"Excuse me, are you Boss Fang Qingfang?" A gorgeously dressed woman who still retains her charm asked.

I raised my eyebrows slightly, and said with a slight smile, "Do you think I look like Boss Fang?" She was dressed in women's clothing, but she was wearing a mask, sitting on the couch, looking at the woman standing in front of me.

She looked me up and down, and shook her head: "It's not like, Boss Fang is a man, how could you be him! But why do you have a token from the master?"

"Did you meet Boss Fang?" I asked back with a smile, "As for the token, it was given to me by one person."

"I haven't seen it before. But the master said that the person who will bring the token must be Boss Fang." The woman pointed to the rabbit-shaped jade card in my hand, "Can I borrow the jade card to have a look?"

I handed the sign in my hand to the woman, and she took it in trepidation, looked at it in her hand, and then gave it back to me. "How is it? Is the jade token real?" I asked with a smile, and saw her nodding her head sullenly, but she still looked puzzled. I smiled again, "I am Fang Qing's younger sister, Fang Rou. This brand It was given to me by my brother, because he is quite busy these days, but he was entrusted by your father to take care of this Huaixiang building temporarily, but the matter in his hands cannot be left behind for a while, so, brother Leave this to me."

"Ah!?" The woman opened her mouth wide, "You belong to a girl's family, and you actually want to manage this Huaixiang building?"

"Isn't it possible?" With a chuckle, he said coldly, "So, for the next month and a half, I will ask for your help. By the way, I still don't know how to call you?"

"You're welcome, girl, just call me Xiao Qiao." The woman smiled, but her eyes showed contempt.

"It's not so good!" I shook my head, "You are about the same age as my mother, so let me call you Aunt Qiao!" Seeing her happy face, I probably didn't expect that I would address her respectfully. , or take it for granted that I call her Aunt Jo! "Aunt Qiao, since my elder brother promised to make this Huaixianglou popular all over the country, I will naturally work hard to do it, so please help me earnestly. If you have different opinions on my approach, please feel free. Please do as I want! Now, can you tell me about the situation in Huaixiang Tower in detail?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Qiao couldn't hold back. Maybe she thought that asking her to obey the words of a little girl would make her, the supervisor of Huaixiang Building, feel a little embarrassed!However, maybe because of my identity, she put on a smile quickly and told me one by one in detail.

Now there are four popular oirans in Huaixiang Building, two of them are Qing Ke, that is, they are performers but not themselves, one is good at dancing, and the other is good at singing; there are twenty high-class prostitutes, thirty middle-class prostitutes, and ten low-grade prostitutes; There are several maids, bartenders, ten musicians, one accountant, seven cooks, and several thugs.

Listening to Xiao Qiao's detailed explanation, I feel that the management of Huaixiang Building is not bad, it can even be said to be in good order!At the moment, I don't understand what Tang Huaqi's intention is for me to take care of this Huaixiang Building. "Aunt Qiao, would you please invite those two cleaners here, I want to see them; and whoever is the best musician here, please invite him here; besides, among the rest of the girls Pick something special, let them come to see me in half an hour, and let the rest of the musicians come too; I heard that your cooking skills here are not bad, but I want to make some new breakthroughs in tricks, so please let me The head waiter in the kitchen will come here to meet me in an hour; as for the maid and the bartender, let’s ignore it for now and talk about it tomorrow; finally, let the accountant come and see me!” After listening to Xiao Qiao’s words, I immediately made arrangements.

Xiao Qiao listened to me and seemed to have something to say, but seeing that I closed my eyes and rested, I had no choice but to obey orders and go to work.Not long after, Xiao Qiao came in, followed by two beautiful girls of about 15 years old and a man of about [-] years old.Looking carefully, I saw that among the two girls, one was the more coquettish, with a good figure and a standard S shape. Looking at her waist as thin as a willow, one knew that she was good at dancing.Aunt Qiao called her Yanniang, and she lived up to her name.The other one was much more delicate, but still so beautiful that people couldn't breathe. What's even more rare was that there was a kind of masculine temperament in every gesture.Aunt Qiao called her Alan, and it was true to her name.Looking at the musician again, he looks a little rough, but there is agility in his eyes, it seems that he must be a person with ingenuity, so he can become the best musician here.Aunt Qiao called him Cao Sheng.

"Please take a seat, Aunt Qiao." After looking at them, I smiled and said, "Today, I invite the three of you to come. I just want to get to know each other, and we just want to chat."

The three of them thanked me for being seated, they didn't say anything, they just looked at me.Seeing their doubts, they introduced themselves first, and then said with a smile: "Because I want to meet the requirements of your boss, I will make some changes to the current situation of Huaixianglou. Fang Rou is here to thank Fang Rou for cooperating with my request." Then she got up to thank her.

The three of them also got up and said back: "Young lady is entrusted by the master, what the girl says is what the master says, we will naturally obey."

Ok, this is what I want.Although it feels like I am relying on Tang Huaqi's power, there is no other way. I have not thought of any other way to make my employees obey me within half a month.

"Mr. Cao, I heard that your music theory is very good, and I also heard that you have created a new piece recently, can you demonstrate it for me?"

"Oh, in fact, this is just me listening to someone else playing it and memorizing it to perfect it." Cao Sheng smiled shyly, "However, I have to ask Miss Alan to play with me at the same time."

Alan agreed, then stood up, and sat down in front of a guzheng; here, Cao Sheng took out the hole flute and began to play the prelude.After listening carefully, it turned out to be "Shu Embroidery"!Listening to Alan's delicate and gentle voice, he poured out all the emotion in that word.

After the song was over, I hurriedly asked, "Mr. Cao, where did you hear this song?"

"I sang it once from a guest in Huaixianglou, and I wrote it down because I felt it when I heard it. Miss Alan also wrote down the lyrics that day." Cao Sheng replied.

Hey, I thought he was from there too, I didn't want to sing it just to listen to others.Suddenly I remembered that when I came here for a drink that day, I seemed to sing a song. Could it be this song I sang?

"That's right! One of the guests thought the song our Chun Niang sang was not good, so he pushed her away and sang this song by himself." Yan Niang also laughed and said, "However, this is the first time for me. Hearing such an interesting and beautiful song!"

Hearing what Yanniang said, I thought about it carefully, it seems that I pushed a woman away that night, and even snatched something from her hand, and then, it seems that I really sang this song!Hey, the more I think about it, the more I can't figure it out, forget it, let's get down to business! "Mr. Cao is really a master!" I laughed. "I have some songs here, but I can only hum them. I remember some words, but I don't remember the tune. I wonder if Mr. Cao can write the tune?"

"If the girl can sing the song clearly, it shouldn't be too difficult!" Cao Sheng replied.

"Okay! Let's start tomorrow night!" Turning to Yanniang and Alan again, "I have written down the lyrics of those songs, you can take them and have a look, let's learn together tomorrow night!" Suddenly thinking of Yan The mother is not good at singing, so she said: "If Yanniang likes to dance, you can dance according to the artistic conception in this song, or you don't need to learn the song!" She gave them the lyrics she had already written, and then said a few more words, and then Let them go to rest first.

Then I chatted with those prostitutes, and I also know that some of them are willing to do this job and enjoy it; but most of them are forced by life to do this job, hoping to be good.In view of this different situation, I have made different arrangements: girls who are willing to continue to sell their luster will be taught by Xiao Qiao; those who are not willing to continue to sell their luster will be divided into two categories, one is those who can read and write, please sir Come to teach them how to drink tea and poetry; the other kind of illiterate people invite those who are good at gambling to teach them the skills of chess and cards.In this way, it is possible to adapt to the needs of personnel of different grades.

After that, I talked with the chef about food. Although I am not good at cooking food, I have eaten many good food.After chatting for half an hour, I found that the chef was really good, and he talked about food so well that I could drool just listening to it.

Finally, I met Mr. Accountant. That guy saw me, and before I could ask anything, he said that Tang Huaqi had said that all the money for this renovation would be paid for by this side, and he let me do it freely.I was so happy to hear that, since Tang Huaqi has no requirements for money, then I have to spend it to my heart's content!However, if I spend too much and fail to achieve the results I want, will Tang Huaqi seek revenge on me and ask me to return the money?After thinking about it, I have doubts about Tang Huaqi's personality, so I'd better save as much as I can!

"Aunt Qiao, thank you tonight!" After the accountant left, I said with a smile, "However, I still have some things to ask Aunt Qiao for help."

"Miss Fang, please tell me." At this moment, Xiao Qiao's eyes no longer had any contempt, and she smiled straight away.

"Auntie Qiao will gather those girls and bartenders together tomorrow, and you and Yanniang will personally select the ones with better looks, preferably those who can dance some simple dances, choose ten or so, and I will personally check and accept them tomorrow night ;Also, tomorrow night I will give you a drawing, which is a re-planning of the layout of Huaixiang Building, after you get the drawing, give some comments, and then redecorate the Huaixiang Building according to the drawing."

"Miss Fang won't come in the daytime tomorrow?"

"My brother is traveling, so I will temporarily take care of the family affairs, so I only have time to come here at night." If you come here during the day, you will definitely be discovered!Seeing that Xiao Qiao still has questions, but I don't want to explain too much, besides, it's almost midnight, and it's time to rest, I got up and smiled, "Let's go here first tonight, and we'll talk about the specifics tomorrow night." Make a decision. Tomorrow night at Xushi, we will also be in this attic, let's talk about it in detail." Then he turned around and flew away.

On the second night, I told Xiao Qiao what I did:

In the past, Huaixianglou was just an ordinary brothel, but my goal is to make it the number one brothel in the world, so naturally it must have its own characteristics.The first is to expand its service scope: in addition to the original services, new gambling parties, chess games, tea tasting, poetry discussions, song and dance workshops, etc.; the third is to redecorate the Huaixiang Courtyard, ranging from large buildings to attics to small tables and chairs. The vase makes it have a classical atmosphere and modern features; finally, there are relative requirements for the training of all the staff, the arrangement of songs and dances, the design of costumes, the improvement of musical instruments, and the formulation of recipes.

After hearing this, Xiao Qiao sighed that the idea was good, presumably she must have convinced me.

In the next half month, I was busy with this matter every day. At the same time, Daiyu's father wrote a letter saying that he was seriously ill and wanted to take Daiyu back to Yangzhou. I went back to Yangzhou.Once Daiyu left, there was no one to help me with my accounts, so I became even busier.A few days after Daiyu left, Qin Keqing died of illness, and other things made the whole Jia's mansion busy. Even Mrs. Xue asked to help take care of some things in Rong's mansion.Without Mrs. Xue by my side, I would also go to Huaixianglou to check during the day, and of course I had to bring Linger and Yinger with me. Although they were dissatisfied with my taking over the brothel, seeing that I was in a hurry every day, He also tried his best to help me, which enabled Huaixiang Building to reopen smoothly after half a month.