Chapter 261 I am a sinner
Luo Kui had just finished pouring tea for Xiao Jiuyue when she heard Hua Qing's words and quickly said, "Hua Qing, please don't cause trouble for the young lady. She's already busy enough."
"Little Luokui, you just don't understand!" Hua Qing pushed Luokui aside with her butt. She sat in front of Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Miss."
"Do you know the lark?" Xiao Jiuyue's words were a statement.
Hua Qing paused and retorted, "I don't know him."
Xiao Jiuyue looked at Hua Qing with a smile. Hua Qing's appearance was so different from Dong Gui's that she couldn't be found in the crowd. When they first met, her face was so ugly because of the poisoning. After her injury healed, Hua Qing's face had the characteristics of Lingnan. And the lark just now seemed to have some similarities.
"Miss, I can't hide anything from you!" Hua Qing smiled awkwardly. She said bluntly, "The lark looks like my deceased sister. It's exactly like my sister when she was young!"
"I suspect she might be my lost niece." Hua Qing whispered. She raised her hand and said, "Although I also want to help her, Miss, there is one thing I said right. This place is indeed a Feng Shui treasure land!"
Xiao Jiuyue was holding the tea, not at all surprised. Luo Kui, who was standing beside her, was so surprised that she could have swallowed an egg. She looked at Hua Qing and said, "Hua Qing, does she really look like your sister? I, I don't feel that at all!"
"No, what I mean is, I don't feel that you are very excited. She is just the niece you came to Hongdu to find by the way, no, the niece you are looking for?" Luo Kui felt that her voice was not clear. Looking at Hua Qing, although she followed the young lady throughout the whole process, she really didn't find that Hua Qing was excited at all!
"I've just met her, what's there to be excited about?" Hua Qing looked at Luo Kui in confusion and said, "If there's a destiny, I'll naturally be able to find her. Besides, my sister said before she died, I'm sure I'll find my niece!"
Luo Kui was puzzled and asked, "Aren't you excited to see your niece who you've lost for so long? Aren't you excited at all?"
Hua Qing thought about it seriously and said, "I'm still a little excited. In fact, I can figure out that I will be able to see my niece soon."
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Luo Kui couldn't understand Hua Qing's thoughts at all, so she simply didn't tell her. She brought some snacks to Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Miss, these crispy soybeans are delicious. You can eat them!"
After trying the water spinach and confirming that it was fine, he gave it to Xiao Jiuyue.
Xiao Jiuyue watched Luo Kui put one crispy soybean after another into her mouth. As long as there was something delicious, she would definitely not let it go.
"Hehe, miss, it's edible!" Luo Kui smiled at Xiao Jiuyue.
Hua Qing squatted down and said, "Miss."
"Aren't you going to meet your niece?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at her and asked.
Hua Qing shook his head and said, "If the young lady wants the troupe, it won't be too late to recognize her later. If the young lady doesn't want the troupe, then I can't recognize her at all. At worst, I can quietly help her later!"
Everything she eats and drinks now is given by the eldest lady. She doesn't do any work every month, but still receives a monthly salary of ten taels of silver. Hua Qing even feels that the silver is hot.
Xiao Jiuyue took a sip of tea, jasmine tea. It was obvious that it was made by herself, and it tasted quite fragrant?
"Yang Ling meets the girl." Lark took off her costume and makeup, looking clean, pretty and innocent.
"Sit down." Xiao Jiuyue gestured for her to sit down opposite him and said, "I don't know what you like to eat, so I brought back some signature dishes from Fengchunlou. Try them."
"Thank you." Yang Ling looked at the table full of dishes and didn't know how to start. The anxiety in her eyes was almost overflowing.
"Don't worry, I just like listening to your plays and want to treat you to a meal." Xiao Jiuyue said with a smile. She introduced herself, "My last name is Xiao, and I just want to have a simple meal."
Xiao Jiuyue took the initiative to pick up the chopsticks and started eating. It was already late autumn, and fresh winter bamboo shoots were available again. Her favorite was the silverfish and winter bamboo shoots. The soup was made from big bones, and the winter bamboo shoots were cut into thin strips, mixed with the aroma of meat, but not greasy.
Slowly, Yang Ling relaxed and followed Xiao Jiuyue to eat. Xiao Jiuyue took the initiative to control the topic throughout the meal. After the meal, Xiao Jiuyue knew most of the information he needed to know!
For example, Yang Ling was picked up by the troupe leader Shang. Later, he discovered that Yang Ling had a good voice, so he asked Yang Ling to learn to sing opera. Yang Ling and the troupe leader Shang Ming, the son of the troupe leader, can be said to be childhood sweethearts who grew up together!
Yang Ling's personality, like her name, is very spiritual, with clear eyes. When eating, you can best see a person's character. Xiao Jiuyue looked at her and asked, "How much does the Shang Family Opera House cost?"
"Ah..." Yang Ling looked at Xiao Jiuyue in confusion.
"How much?" Xiao Jiuyue asked again.
Yang Ling hesitated, and Xiao Jiuyue said directly: "This afternoon, the Shang family will no longer exist. Is it possible that this price cannot be discussed?"
"Six hundred taels." Yang Ling said directly without hesitation, "Over the years, our Shang family troupe has not only performed in the garden, but also taken on some performances, and we can earn quite a bit. However, Mr. Xu has raised the price again, this time asking for one thousand taels of silver!"
When Yang Ling said this, she was extremely excited and angry. She lowered her head and said, "Actually, I know that Mr. Xu made things difficult for the Shang family troupe and the theater because of me."
"Because he wants to take you as his thirteenth concubine?" Xiao Jiuyue spoke directly.
Yang Ling's face was filled with embarrassment and despair. She wasn't surprised that Xiao Jiuyue knew this. She looked up at Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Miss Xiao, can you please do me a favor?"
Xiao Jiuyue raised her eyebrows, motioning her to continue.
Yang Ling looked around quietly, looked at her and said, "Miss Xiao, can you take me to the Xu family?" Her words seemed to have mustered up courage, and she had a feeling of throwing life and death aside.
"You, are going to be a concubine?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at her clear eyes and reminded her, "In order to protect you, Boss Shang even gave up the theater!"
If it were any other opera troupe, they would have pushed Yang Ling out long ago, saying that she was going to perform for Mr. Xu. But in fact, Mr. Xu's intentions were obvious to everyone.
"It's because my master is so kind to me that I can't just sit there and watch the troupe collapse."
Yang Ling's eyes were red as she choked up and said, "I grew up in the theater. You could say the theater is my home. My master is closer to me than my own father. Everyone in the troupe is like my family. If they lose their home because of me, then I... would be a sinner!"
"Miss Xiao." Yang Ling looked at Xiao Jiuyue pleadingly and said, "Master will definitely not agree with my approach, so please help me, Miss Xiao!"
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