Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 31
[Chapter 31 Pear Blossom Garden]
For the next half month, Lin Xiu’s life was peaceful.
After the last incident, Tianxianglou finally stopped its activities. No one from other restaurants, brothels, etc. came to him again, allowing him to earn money and practice in peace.
It is good to lean on a big tree for shade. After that incident, they must have known that Lin Xiu was working for the palace. If anyone dared to do anything, it would be no different from seeking death.
It can be said that as long as he had this job, Lin Xiu could walk sideways in the capital.
With the help of Yuanjing, Lin Xiu made rapid progress. Even Lingyin said that according to this trend, he might not have to wait until this winter before his ability could awaken for the second time.
This was neither good nor bad news.
It is naturally a good thing to keep improving in practice, but judging from the results of practice these days, Lin Xiu’s talent is not high. He needs the help of Yuanjing to reach this speed. If there is no Yuanjing, there is still a big gap between him and those real geniuses.
Fortunately, other people have only one way to practice, but Lin Xiu has several. These days, he has been training with Sun Dali. Sun Dali was shocked by the strength shown by Lin Xiu, but he couldn’t think straight and was easily fooled by the side effects of Lin Xiu’s awakening of the heavenly level magic.
Half a month later, the temperature dropped a little. Lin Xiu estimated that in half a month, the business of the Moon Picking Tower would not be able to continue.
However, he has saved a lot of money in these days. Although it will not make the Lin family rich all of a sudden, they don’t have to live a tight life anymore.
Now, Lin Xiu has adapted to the new life and even enjoys it.
He enjoys the feeling of being together as a family every day. If he is given another chance, Lin Xiu may not choose to return to the familiar world.
The only thing he misses is the entertainment of that world.
Chasing dramas, watching movies, KTV, script killing, escape room, from morning to night, you can play all day without repeating, but the entertainment in this world is pitiful.
Cuju, on a hot day, no one will play this.
He had no interest in cockfighting, bird-walking, and cricket fighting.
If he had friends, he could attend some banquets, but the former Lin Xiu stayed at home and never stepped out of the gate. He had no friends at all, so naturally no one invited him.
There was another entertainment that men in the capital liked the most, which was visiting brothels,
but this was not even considered by Lin Xiu. Although Lin Xiu’s soul had been through many battles, his body was still innocent. Of course, he couldn’t leave his job in such a place for his first experience. No, he couldn’t leave his job in such a place for the first time. Even Princess Minghe praised his looks. If he went to a brothel, who would be the one to prostitute? I’m afraid those girls would be willing to pay for it.
What’s more, if Zhao Lingyin knew about it, he would definitely lose his legs.
Boring, too boring!
In his previous life, Lin Xiu was either riding a horse or on the way to riding a horse. He was also a VVVIP customer of various bars and nightclubs. His entertainment life was so rich, and he had long adapted to that kind of life.
But now, every day he either practices or makes ice for the palace. If he doesn’t have some fun, he might get sick.
Early this morning, Lin Xiu took Sun Dali and Da Huang out for a stroll.
After more than half a month, Da Huang has gained a lot of weight. From the skinny and bony dog before, he has become rounder and has some meat on his body.
After careful consideration, Lin Xiu thinks it’s better to take Da Huang with him when he goes out in the future.
As a dog, it has a sense of smell and alertness that Sun Dali doesn’t have, and can detect danger earlier than humans. Lin Xiu thinks it is more reliable than Sun Dali as a guard.
Sun Dali and Da Huang followed behind Lin Xiu, one man and one dog holding a chicken leg in their mouths. Sun Dali was eating with oil dripping from his mouth and asked Lin Xiu, “Master, where are we going?”
Lin Xiu said boredly, “Just strolling around.”
He was really bored staying at home, so it would be nice to go out for a stroll.
The weather has turned cooler in the past two days. It is still morning now. There are many pedestrians on the street. There are all kinds of shouting and hawking. Lin Xiu was feeling noisy, and suddenly a special voice came into his ears.
The voice was soft and gentle, like the soft Wu dialect. Lin Xiu once dated a girl from Suzhou. She always spoke softly and made people feel soft to the bone.
The voice evoked some memories of Lin Xiu. He couldn’t help but follow the direction of the voice and look for it.
After more than ten steps, Lin Xiu stopped in front of a two-story pavilion.
On the plaque in front of the pavilion, there were three large gilded characters “Lihuayuan”.
This should be a theater, because on a wooden board in front of the pavilion, there were some names of songs circulated in this world. Although brothels are more entertaining and more comfortable, they are not elegant after all. This also gave rise to the development of theaters, music halls, and dance halls.
When Lin Xiu was a child, she didn’t like listening to opera. When she saw opera being played on TV, she would always change the channel without hesitation. Later, when she grew up, she felt that opera had a unique flavor, and there were many more ancient opera songs in her playlist.
Da Huang was waiting outside. Lin Xiu bought two tickets for him and Sun Dali and walked into Lihuayuan.
There were not many guests in the theater. Most of the seats were empty. A woman in costume was singing something on the stage. The voice that made people feel soft all over came from her.
Lin Xiu found a table in the corner and sat down. Someone immediately served tea. Sun Dali looked at Lin Xiu and was about to ask something. Before he opened his mouth, Lin Xiu raised his hand to stop him, then closed his eyes and listened quietly.
Beautiful music can really soothe people’s mood. This voice has a magical power that gradually calmed Lin Xiu’s originally irritable mood. It
also reminded him of some past events.
The girl who spoke softly and softly was Lin Xiu’s first love.
They used to love each other very much. They had been together for three years and were about to enter the palace of marriage, but they broke up later.
There was no third party involved, nor was there any obstruction from the families of both parties. All the bloody plots did not exist. It was just a love that was vowed to each other and vigorous, but was defeated by the daily necessities and trivialities of life.
This profound emotional experience also deepened Lin Xiu’s fear of marriage. Later, he dated many girlfriends, but never a girl from the south of the Yangtze River who spoke the soft Wu dialect.
Of course, he never thought about getting married again.
The young man who longed for a perfect marriage eventually transformed into a sea king who changed his girlfriend every month.
After the song was finished, Lin Xiu opened his eyes and saw Sun Dali sitting opposite him, scratching his ears and cheeks, seeming very uncomfortable. He soon realized that this guy was just a rough man, who didn’t know how to appreciate any music, and asking him to listen to opera was simply playing the lute to a cow.
Lin Xiu waved his hand and said, “If you don’t want to listen, go out first. I will go back later.”
Sun Dali stood up immediately as if he had been pardoned and said, “Then young master, I will wait for you outside.”
Lin Xiu didn’t say anything else. The actors on the stage had already started singing the second song. While listening to the soft and sticky sound, Lin Xiu’s fingers tapped the table rhythmically.
Close your eyes and just listen to the sound, as if you have returned to the past.
There is no one in that world that Lin Xiu misses, but there are things that make him miss.
The Lin Mansion is very warm, and the Zhao family is also very good to him, but every time when it is late at night, Lin Xiu always feels lonely from the bottom of his heart, as if he is incompatible with the whole world, because everything in this world is strange to him, and he can’t find anything familiar.
Even the opera in the theater is something he has never heard before.
However, although the actors on the stage sing well, for Lin Xiu, there is still something missing.
So he opened his eyes and waved to a girl not far away.
Generally speaking, the people who run the theater are all a whole troupe. The people who serve tea and water here are also apprentices of the troupe. They have been here for a few years and learned singing styles for a few years before they can sing on stage.
The girl walked over quickly and asked, “What do you want, sir?”
Lin Xiu said, “I want to order a play.”
To enter the theater, you need to buy a play ticket. This play ticket has no time limit and you can sit in the theater from the opening to the closing time. However, in addition to listening to the play for free, tea after the first pot, as well as cakes and snacks, are charged separately.
The theater will arrange a fixed number of repertoires every day. If the audience is willing to pay more, they can also order their favorites.
After a while, an old woman came forward and said with a smile: “Excuse me, sir, which part do you want to order? We charge an extra twenty coins for ordering a single piece of music here.”
Twenty coins a piece of music is not expensive. Lin Xiu nodded and said, “You don’t have the music I want to order here. Why don’t you find a girl and I will teach her how to sing it, and then she will sing it for me?”
When Lin Xiu said this, the old woman looked at him with some vigilance, and then shook her head and said, “Sorry, sir, Lihuayuan can only order music that girls can sing…”
Lin Xiu thought about it and said, “I can pay more.”
The old woman shook her head and said, “This is not about money.”
Bang!
Lin Xiu slapped a silver ingot on the table.
The old woman’s throat moved, and she turned her head in an instant, and shouted, “Girls, come here!”
(End of this chapter)
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