Chapter 350 Lotus Story - Encountering a Noble Person
Modern people do not understand the difference between official prostitutes and official prostitutes, thinking they are the same thing, but in fact they are completely different. The prostitutes are equivalent to today's artists, actors and other literary and artistic workers. Of course, there are also those who sell their bodies for money.
Similar to actors who rise to the top by their looks. The difference is that modern stars have a very high social status, but actresses at that time were at the bottom of society. Although they were called official actresses, they ate the national meal and had a good income, but they had no freedom.
People look down upon them. And prostitutes are sexual service providers, so their social status is even lower.
Goulanwahe is the place where intrigues are the most serious. Wang Yilian is just the daughter of an ordinary country rich man. Compared with the ladies from the prison officials' families, although she is somewhat pretty, she is not outstanding. She can play some basic music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
, the song and dance girl is popular, but she is not proficient in any of them. In addition, the time spent in it is relatively short, and she has not turned around yet, and she has been crying all day long. Who comes here not to have fun? Facing a crying woman,
No customer was willing to spend money. When the house was raided, they only brought out some personal belongings, which were quickly used up. Goulan did not support idle people, and without money, they could only do some hard labor and dirty work to make ends meet. Cleaning other people's toilets became a daily routine, and washing
If you are not clean, you will be insulted by others.
If you want to be proud, you have to have special skills. She chose to practice small singing, hoping to become famous and improve the lives of herself and her mother. "Singing" was the most common form of singing in the Song Dynasty, from business performances in the streets to royal court banquets
, government banquets, scholar-official gathering banquets, and even scholar-official family banquets are all used. It occupies an important position in the Goulan performance. With a flicker of his eyes, he took the pipa and played it gently, and the clear music came out.
, silver rewards came one after another.
After practicing for two months, Wang Yilian felt that her singing was good enough to go on stage, so she took the stage name Lianlian and mustered up the courage to pick up guests. She didn't want the first guest to think she looked unsophisticated. After a second guest came, she
When he opened his mouth, he was shouted out: "I ordered a small song, not a chicken crow."
"Goulan Tilehe"
Entertainment Circle, Vanity Fair,
It's the same from ancient times to the present.
Mediocre in appearance and sparse in skills,
It's so hard to get ahead.
Serve tea, sweep the floor and wash the toilet,
All the hard work belongs to me.
It's not easy to get ahead,
The guests thought the sea of misery was boundless.
There were no customers, so she had to give it a try to the poor customers. As a result, there were a lot of drunken and drunken sounds in the audience, and no one offered a reward. She could only run to the audience aggrievedly, and stood alone in the corner.
Crying. Crying can't solve life problems. The next day, she mustered up the courage again. After singing all day, she finally got three copper coins as a reward, but the money was not even enough for a cup of tea, let alone solving life problems. She
With tears in her eyes, she persevered, and after a month, she was finally able to earn sixty or seventy coppers a day. But this was her ceiling, and her talent in voice and piano skills was such that she could not break through. This little money was only enough to eat.
You don't have enough clothes to buy rouge and gouache. Could it be said that you have to sell yourself to others to get out of this predicament? Neo-Confucianism was popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. If you do this, you will be looked down upon by others for the rest of your life and will fall into a situation of eternal destruction. Even spitting stars will drown people.
. The days went on day after day in hardship, and it was another two months. The weather started to get colder, and if I didn't buy clothes, this winter would be difficult.
If you want to make money for cotton-padded jackets, you have to work hard. On this day, just after dark, she started singing in front of the crowd. Suddenly, the old dove upstairs shouted: "Lianlian, who is Lianlian? There is an honored guest here."
Listen to Shuiting and order your music."
She knows her own level. Tingshui Hall is the most expensive hall in Chunhua Building. Guests have to pay five taels of silver to book a night. Those who come are all well-known. They order a few oirans and top names. Who will order themselves?
Is this singer as good as a three-legged cat? But there is only one Lianlian.
The guest speculated: "Did the imperial court grant amnesty and her family came back?"
The leader said: "Order first and guess as you eat. Are there any rare and delicious dishes today? We just want to try something new and not short of money."
"A snow eel just arrived, do you want to try it whole?"
"Okay, it has to be steamed."
Jin Huabin said: "It's too late at noon, let's save it tonight."
After the guest had some light meal, he went to Yushenxianju, and he prepared it carefully. When the guest came back six hours later, the snow eel was cooked and served piping hot.
"The Hairpin-headed Phoenix, Lucky Star Snow Eel"
Marinate garlic, old rice wine, and sliced snow eel for half a day. A few slices of ginger and a little salt. Put it in a steamer and steam it for a long time. It's fragrant, fragrant, fragrant.
The shape is like a dragon, the meat is like snow, the oily soup is made of white mutton fat jade. The silver chopsticks fall off, the taste buds are twitching. The fragrance lingers on the forehead, a delicacy in the world. Absolute, amazing, amazing!
The guest praised: "If today's story is as unforgettable as this snow eel, it would be perfect."
Jin Huabin toasted with wine and continued the story: "Lian Lian thought that Jinyun's cousins had heard the news and were afraid of being implicated, so they pretended to be guests and came here to see him. This must be the case."
After she straightened her clothes and patched up her outfit, she came to the listening hall. There sat a noble man in white clothes and trousers, wearing a light purple crown, with a slender figure and indescribable elegance. There was one.
The special thing is that the neck is a bit longer than ordinary people, which is a little weird.
Not a cousin, but a stranger. Lianlian stayed at Fengyue Place for half a year, and her judgment on the price of clothes was much higher. The cloth of this young man's clothes was very strange, neither silk nor satin, nor fur
, based on this, the price may be more than a thousand taels of silver. Although he is a stranger, he feels very familiar. After the guest and host sat down, Lianlian didn't know what song to sing. It was obvious that the other party was better than herself.
Nervous, he wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask. The two of them sat like this for a whole hour. Finally, the young master stood up, gave a full fifty taels of silver, and whispered: "In two days I will
Can I come see you again, okay?"
She didn't know why, but with this huge sum of money, mother and daughter would not have to worry about winter clothes, so she naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
"Benefactor"
Cinderella, weeping secretly,
Your Majesty, ride on a white horse.
As luck would have it, I met a big boss,
The reward is a hundred taels of silver.
Sister turtle slaves all changed their faces,
There is someone behind the scenes who is the leader.
Why do you need skills when you have a financial backer?
It's hard for an old actor to beat silver.
As soon as the young master left, Lao Jiu came in and said, "Congratulations, Miss He Xi, I've made a clean room for you and will help you move in later."
According to the rules in Gounan, the bounty is divided into 70 and 30, with Gounan taking 30%. Seeing the big benefactor favoring her, Laojiu immediately smiled and welcomed her. The room was transformed into a private room, and all underwear and underwear were made into new ones.
Yes, all the sisters in Chunhuayuan came over to congratulate her on her escape from the sea of misery and told her to seize the opportunity. Everyone in the Goulan was so realistic. She took out ten taels of silver and ordered a whole table of banquets for everyone. After a while, the clothes were measured.
The tailor also rushed over and took her measurements to make a custom-made dress. It took less than half a day to get the one hundred taels of silver, but she was already transformed.
At the end of the banquet, everyone was guessing who this mysterious and rich young man was, and why he spent so much money on a woman with no outstanding looks?