For a moment, the place was completely silent. Everyone felt a sense of tragic grandeur, like the poem "The wind howls, the Yi River is cold, the hero departs, never to return," and the poignant image of the beauty committing suicide by the Wujiang River.
A moment later, Wen Yuanbai, sitting in his wheelchair, took the lead and clapped his hands.
Then everyone realized what was happening and started clapping enthusiastically.
Many of the onlookers were women, who began shouting loudly from the sidelines, "Yu Ji, Yu Ji, don't die!"
Xiao Youran, who had just gotten up from the ground, was immediately speechless.
However, the effect looks quite good, because when she was lying on the ground, she glanced at the copper coins and silver coins on the ground, and it seemed to be almost as much as the money bag in the mountain just now.
She walked confidently to the center of the stage and waved to the group of her gang members around her.
A whole group of people rushed onto the stage and stood next to Xiao Youran.
Jiang Youchen naturally stood up as well.
Just kidding, how could he not be by his sister's side during such a highlight moment?!
Xiao Youran had everyone hold hands and stand in a row, then said in a clear voice, "This is our first performance, thank you all for coming!"
They then joined hands, raised their hands, and bowed.
"Yu Ji! Yu Ji!" Several ladies screamed excitedly, and began throwing copper coins and silver coins at their feet, some even throwing their entire purses at them.
The troupe leader and the actors with their faces covered in graffiti below the stage: ...
Are you blind? Can't you tell that this is a bunch of kids who haven't rehearsed at all?
They're clearly here to have fun, okay?
Xiao Youran thought for a moment and realized that in later generations, people would take three bows on stage.
So she raised her hands again, bowed again, and said in a childish voice, "Thank you, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters."
"Ahhh, so cute!"
This group of adorable little ones are dressed in the same outfit and making the same movements. They are absolutely adorable!
The audience below the stage then started taking out copper coins and silver coins, and those who didn't have silver coins started throwing silver ingots directly.
The troupe leader and actors in the audience: ...
No, no, no, they would never admit that it was out of envy!
Little Youran led everyone in thanking them for the third time, "Thank you! Thank you! Our success wouldn't have been possible without your encouragement!"
"Oh, what's encouragement? It's just money! I have plenty!"
"Quick! Give us some more money! What an adorable group of young actors!"
The crowd screamed again, and some people began to snatch the loose silver coins from those around them, wrap them in banknotes, and throw them onto the stage.
The troupe leader and actors in the audience: ...
They were so envious, so jealous, and so resentful!
Why are those who have been acting for years or even decades only called actors, while this group of young girls who are clearly only rehearsing on stage for the first time are called child actors?
Don't think they didn't see that there were experts reciting their lines!
No martial ethics!
Xiao Youran giggled and waved to Uncle Dashan standing next to her.
Da Shan's legs started to feel weak as he stepped onto the stage.
Is this little lucky baby a little god of wealth?
How can someone make money wherever they go?
No, he felt his hands go weak, and his whole body went limp.
The ground was covered with broken silver and copper coins, as well as several silver notes wrapped in silver.
At this moment, Nan Zhuo also came up and reluctantly dropped two silver notes.
Da Shan picked it up and saw it was two hundred taels!
He plopped down on the stage with a thud.
...
The group returned to the private room in the teahouse diagonally opposite them.
The innkeeper, who had seen the commotion from afar by the door, thought the group had left and wouldn't be coming back. But to his surprise, they returned and asked for the private room they had just used. Remembering the generous tea fee they had just received, he smiled so hard his eyes narrowed into slits.
Inside the private room, on the large square table, Da Shan slammed his money bag down with a loud thud.
This time it was a different blanket; after all, opening the original money bag and putting the copper coins and silver scraps on the ground inside would be too conspicuous.
So Wen Yuanbai threw the other blanket off his lap over.
Da Shan trembled as he opened the money bag/blanket. Several gleaming, intact silver ingots on it instantly dazzled his eyes.
He estimated that the bag of money contained no less than three hundred and fifty taels!
Complete silver ingots of the Great Zhou Dynasty came in fixed quantities: ten taels, twenty taels, and fifty taels.
There are two ingots that look to be twenty taels each, three ingots that look to be ten taels each, and several silver notes.
Sure enough, after counting and weighing the loose silver, he got 368 taels and 316 coins.
Da Shan was stunned. He could only save a few taels of silver after working hard all year round, while this group of little kids just talked and jumped on the stage and earned more than three hundred taels in no time.
Even after deducting the two hundred taels of silver notes given by Wen Yuanbai, the people's tips amounted to one hundred and sixty-eight taels and three hundred and sixteen coins!
Stone and the others jumped and shouted excitedly as they ran to Xiao Youran's side, yelling, "The guild leader is mighty! The guild leader is mighty!"
Xiao Youran was clearly very excited, and waved her hand, "We will each get forty-six taels of silver. Let's give the change to our fourth aunt. We've spent quite a bit on food and drink along the way!"
"Yay!" The little ones had no objections at all and continued to jump and bounce around the room.
The fifth and sixth children also rushed into their equally shocked mother's arms.
At this moment, Yun Tiankuang's gaze towards Xiao Youran changed somewhat. His little cousin's mental arithmetic skills were surprisingly impressive.
He was quite shocked. In recent days, he had learned that one tael of silver could buy a lot of things, and he also had a general idea of the annual income of a family in Sanyang Village. He estimated that it was only a dozen taels of silver. After deducting the family's food, clothing and other expenses, they could save three to five taels at most!
I've only been hanging out with Xiaoyou Ran for a short while, and I've already earned so much?
This is an absolute fortune! A huge fortune!
Faced with such a huge reward, what does dignity matter?! What does humiliation matter?!
Moreover, they hadn't felt any humiliation whatsoever.
Just as Shi Tou said before, they don't steal or rob, nor do they beg. They earn their money through hard work acting, and it's all legitimate. So why did I have such strange thoughts before?
Ah, I wish I could act with my little cousin for another five hundred years!
Wen Yuanbai, however, was reading the script that Nan Zhuo had given him.
The handwriting was just as tiny as the instruction manual from last time, and the same character was exactly the same; it didn't look like it was written by a human.
He glanced at Xiao Youran's left sleeve again. Last time, he also saw Xiao Youran take out that packet of tea from her left sleeve.
So, there's something hidden in her left sleeve?
A moment later, there was a knock on the door.
The noise inside quieted down, and Dashan hurriedly wrapped up the silver coins on the table.
Jiang Youchen went to open the door.
Standing outside was a tall, thin, middle-aged man with a sallow complexion, who bowed and smiled obsequiously, "Young man, excuse me, I'm the troupe leader of that theater from earlier..."
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