Chapter 153: Becoming an Instant Fame
When Jiang Bailing saw Cui Qingyi, she recognized her at first sight and knew that she was the person she was looking for. Looking at the bright and beautiful woman walking in the sunshine, Jiang Bailing thought that no one who had met Mr. Cui would easily forget her.
Cui Qingyi did not recognize Jiang Bailing at first. In fact, the two of them had only had a brief exchange in Fanjiazhuang that day, and several months had passed since their last meeting.
Moreover, Jiang Bailing has changed a lot in the past few months. Although he is still very young, his eyes and eyebrows are already filled with a lot of vicissitudes of life.
Jiang Bailing spoke first: "Mr. Cui, I am Jiang Bailing from the Jiang family troupe. We met last year in Fanjiazhuang. Do you still need a troupe here?"
As soon as Jiang Bailing opened her mouth, Cui Qingyi recognized her.
She looked carefully at the person outside the yard and was really surprised. She didn't understand what this person had experienced in just a few months to have changed so much.
Jiang Bailing's arrival was just like someone offering a pillow when they were sleepy. Cui Qingyi didn't take it personally and immediately said, "Of course we need you. My teahouse welcomes the Jiang family to join us."
Jiang Bailing felt like she was walking on the edge of a cliff, her heart beating up and down, and the other person's words would determine whether she would pass smoothly or fall immediately.
They had been living under someone else's roof in Linhe County, their combined income barely exceeding a few taels of silver, and their food, lodging, and transportation had already taken their toll. When she arrived at the Cui Girls' School, she hadn't even considered whether they still needed anyone there, even after several months.
If the other party says they don’t need it anymore, what should they do?
Until she heard the woman in front of her say what she needed, Jiang Bailing's first feeling was not even happiness. She just felt dizzy and her heart was beating wildly as if it was about to jump out of her throat.
She almost instinctively said thank you: "Thank you, thank you Mr. Cui, we will definitely do our best."
At this moment, Jiang Bailing felt as if his soul had jumped out of his body, and he was watching himself like a walking corpse like a bystander.
Yunque noticed Jiang Bailing's discomfort and pinched her arm hard. The stinging sensation brought Jiang Bailing back to consciousness.
Cui Qingyi could tell at a glance that both of them were not in good condition. She did not ask where the Jiang family had gone in the past few months since they had not come to her place. She turned around, explained to Konjac, and took them to the inn to settle down.
"I'm delighted that you've come. We'll temporarily stay at the inn in the city for the next few days. Our teahouse will be opening soon, so we'd like to ask Mr. Jiang to take the trouble to lead everyone in rehearsals for a few days."
This trip went so smoothly that Jiang Bailing had no problem responding to whatever Cui Qingyi said.
What's more, she is more afraid of having nothing to do than hard work.
A few of them picked up the remaining members of the Jiang family troupe halfway. They were standing there anxiously, and when they saw their troupe leader and Yu Que coming back with a woman, they suddenly became at a loss.
Cui Qingyi counted them, and including Jiang Bailing and the girl following behind her, there were only ten people in the Jiang family group now, but it was enough.
Without waiting for Cui Qingyi and Jiang Bailing to speak, Yunque took the lead to pick up his luggage: "Hurry up and take your luggage, let's go to the inn."
The remaining few people looked at each other, and smiles of varying degrees appeared on their faces.
After a brief greeting, the group went to the inn in the city.
Cui Qingyi and Konjac are now well-known in Dongping County. In addition, they have come to this inn several times because of Mao Lin’s matter. Now, both the waiter and the owner of the inn are familiar with them.
Seeing her leading a group of people towards the inn, the waiter flicked his towel and hurried out to greet her, his face beaming: "Hey Mr. Cui, you're bringing people to take care of our business. Please come in."
Cui Qingyi really admired these guys. If it were an ordinary person, after having experienced the incident of kicking Mao Lin out, it would be inevitable that they would feel awkward when meeting her again. However, the waiter and the shopkeeper always smiled as if they had seen the God of Wealth every time they met her.
Don't say that being thick-skinned is really useful for businessmen, otherwise she would not have thought of bringing people to settle down in this inn today.
"Well, you can arrange some rooms for these people."
Without Cui Qingyi's instructions, the waiter just sighed and went to make arrangements quickly.
Otherwise, how can we say that these people are smart and capable? The room the waiter arranged for the Jiang family members was the human-shaped room in the inn, which is an ordinary room.
The conditions are not good, but not bad either. It is convenient for two or three people to wash, dress and sleep in a room.
While waiting for the waiter to lead the others to the guest rooms, Cui Qingyi spoke to Jiang Bailing, "Boss Jiang, please stay here for the next few days. Once the teahouse opens, we will provide staff dormitories and you can move in."
Jiang Bailing had no objection and nodded solemnly to Cui Qingyi, "Thank you, Mr. Cui. I will follow your instructions."
Cui Qingyi smiled and said, "We will all be working together from now on. Calling each other sir is too unfamiliar. We are of similar age, so why not call each other sisters? Or you can call me Shopkeeper Cui."
Jiang Bailing readily accepted the advice and said, "Manager Cui, from now on, if you need me, Jiang Bailing, please just give me your instructions."
With her worries gone, Cui Qingyi felt happy and hummed a tune all the way back to Huaihua Lane. As soon as she entered the lane, she received another piece of good news.
The order I placed at Jinxiufang has been completed!
Cui Qingyi...she is blessed by God and is really going to heaven.
Although they arrived in Dongping County and met the innkeeper Cui smoothly, and he treated them politely and considerately, Jiang Bailing felt uneasy while lying on the bed in the inn.
It went so smoothly, it felt like a dream.
The next day she had no time to think about these things. The day before, she only heard Cui Qingyi say that they would have to work harder in the coming period, but she didn't expect things to happen so quickly.
Because of her cooperative relationship with the owner of Jinxiufang, Cui Qingyi shamelessly borrowed the embroidery shop's space for the Jiang family troupe to rehearse.
Looking at the boxes of costumes sent by the embroiderers, Jiang Bailing couldn't help but sigh as she stroked the delicate embroidery on the costumes: "These are really costumes for us. What style is this? Why have I never seen it before?"
Like Jiang Bailing, the other members of the Jiang family troupe looked at the brand new costumes with admiration.
Cui Qingyi stood at the front holding her lesson plan. She had prepared for today's class for a long time. She felt as pious as when she was preparing for her graduation thesis defense.
"This is a Qinqiang costume. Qinqiang is a type of drama that originated in the northwest. Because it was originally often accompanied by the percussion of jujube wood bangzi, it is also known as "bangzi opera."
"Master Jiang, I hope you can lead the members of the Jiang Family Troupe to learn Qinqiang performances as quickly as possible, so that my Cui's Teahouse and your Jiang Family Troupe can become famous overnight!"
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