mtl008 Chapter 139: Find someone to talk to when you have nothing to do
Chapter 139: Find someone to talk to when you have nothing to do
The door slowly opened, and a middle-aged man stuck his head out and asked, "Sir, what's going on?"
“We want to use suona!”
"Okay! When?" The middle-aged man immediately became interested.
"Now!" Liu Zhao said, "How much does it cost per trip?"
"Usually it's five hundred wen!"
The man saw that Liu Zhao was young and dressed in fancy clothes, so of course he raised the price.
"What if I let you blow in an alley for a day?"
"Alley? Where does the young master hold his affairs? Is it a wedding or a funeral?"
"Neither, I just want to talk to someone when I'm bored!"
Liu Zhao said with a smile.
"Sir, if you have nothing to do, find someone to play with you. How can you play with them like this?"
The man was obviously surprised.
"Just tell me how much it costs to blow in the alley for a day! Are you willing to do it?"
"Sir, who wouldn't want to do business? But I can't even catch my breath after sitting in the alley all day!"
The man had a bitter look on his face.
"You can also find someone else to blow it for you. Just tell me how much it costs per day!"
"Sir, that's fine. If that's the case, then each person needs at least two taels of silver!"
The man held up two fingers.
"Okay, how many people can you find?"
"How many people does your lord want?"
The man's eyes widened. He didn't expect Liu Zhao to agree so readily!
"Blow the ten alleys and lanes near the Imperial City for a whole day!"
"Sir, those alleys are full of high-ranking officials. We are so nervous even if we blow the whistle occasionally when we pass by. If you let us blow it all day, it will bring us fatal disaster!"
The man was obviously a little scared.
"One hundred taels of silver, ten squares. You don't need to blow it continuously. Just blow it for a while every once in a while, it's fine!"
Liu Zhao couldn't think of a better solution.
"Sir, no way!"
The man still hesitated.
"Five hundred taels!"
Liu Zhao raised the price.
Take out five large ingots of silver.
"Sir, why do you want us to blow this?"
Five hundred taels of silver is a huge sum of money, more than one can earn in several years.
With so much money, no matter how dangerous the thing is, it is worth doing!
What's more, even if the officials saw it, at most they would drive the person away and whip him, but there would be no real danger to his life!
The man's eyes were already shining.
"I only want you to play four lines of the music I wrote! I don't want you to play your own tune!"
"Okay then! Just one day, I'll go find someone!"
The man took the silver.
"Please sit down first! I'll go get someone!"
The man then invited Liu Zhao and the other man into the house and asked them to sit down.
The house smells very damp.
But it's still neat.
"Cui, make tea for the guests!"
The man greeted his wife.
"Yes!" A woman's rustling voice came out soon after.
He was carrying a sleeping child on his back.
Liu Zhao glanced at the woman and she seemed familiar.
Strange!
Where does this feeling come from?
Without even noticing that there were people sitting in the house, he started to make a fire and boil water.
Ma Zhuang wanted to stop it, but Liu Zhao didn't say anything and didn't dare to make a decision.
A puff of smoke drifted over, and Liu Zhao choked on tears.
"Excuse me, gentlemen, please wait for me outside for a while so that the fire won't choke you!"
The woman's voice was not loud, but she still seemed very polite.
"Need not!"
Liu Zhao hadn't experienced the smell of fireworks for a long time, and it reminded him of the feeling of burning fire when he was a child.
Ma Zhuang couldn't understand why the prince could tolerate such unpleasant smoke!
There was a simple stove made of a few bricks with a clay pot on top.
The woman took the clay pot, added some water, and placed it on the stove.
The fire leaves gradually grew bigger and burned the bottom of the pottery jar.
It boiled in a short while.
The woman took out two earthenware teacups from the cupboard and scalded them with boiling water.
Obviously, he still understands the principle of boiling water for disinfection.
He then took out tea leaves from the cabinet, pinched some with his hands and threw them in, added half a cup of water, and handed it to the two of them.
Ma Zhuang wanted to say something but stopped himself.
Liu Zhao didn't care, as he was just a little thirsty.
Although it looks unhygienic, it’s actually not a big problem.
He took out ten taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to the woman.
"Sister-in-law, make us something to eat later!"
"Brother, are we going to eat here?" Ma Zhuang couldn't understand what Liu Zhao wanted to do?
Can he eat in such sanitary conditions?
There must be nothing wrong with Ma Zhuang himself. When he is fighting outside, let alone eating hygienically, sometimes it is good enough to have something to eat!
"Yeah! Why?"
When Liu Zhao saw the earthen stove in the house and the iron pot hanging on the wall, he remembered his childhood in his hometown, when it was the same.
My mother always fried meat for me on the earthen stove. At that time, I felt that the taste was the most wonderful taste in the world.
But I could no longer enjoy it.
Seeing this scene at this moment, it is almost a replica of the one at home.
Liu Zhao felt a surge of emotion.
"No, no, I'll just cook for you!"
The woman was obviously a little restrained and suddenly became flustered.
Spending ten taels of silver on a meal is simply unbelievable!
"Take it!"
Liu Zhao didn't say much!
Stuffed in the woman's hand.
"thanks, thanks!"
The woman thanked him profusely and left through the back door.
The man came back soon, bringing with him a dozen people, each holding a suona in their hands, and they were obviously suona players.
"Sir, we are all here, but!"
"Just what?"
"They, they said, can you add a little more money?"
"Five hundred taels, and you still think it's too little?"
Ma Zhuang was really angry.
Liu Zhao knew very well that this was how people at the bottom of society were. Sometimes the nicer you were to them, the more they thought you were easy to bully.
Therefore, even when reading online novels, you know that you cannot be too naive.
I was impulsive at the moment, and this is the backlash brought by my kind heart.
This is how unruly people are made!
It’s not that I can’t afford it, but it’s so embarrassing to be manipulated by these unruly people!
"Well, if you don't want to do it, return the money and I'll leave right now!"
Liu Zhao said coldly and stood up.
Ma Zhuang held the hilt of the knife, if these people dared to act recklessly.
Then you're welcome!
"Sir, that's not what we meant. If you find it difficult, then forget it!"
The man took five hundred taels of silver. Even if these dozen people divided it, it would be the income of several people for two years.
Then he saw Ma Zhuang holding the hilt of the knife. Could he afford to offend someone who could take out hundreds of taels to hire a suona player?
"Forget it!" said an older man. "Look at how handsome he is, so don't ask for an exorbitant price!"
"Yes Yes!"
The others originally thought they could take the opportunity to get a lower price, but unfortunately their hopes were dashed as soon as they opened their mouths.
If this business fails, will the whole family be left with nothing for the rest of the year?
"Alright! I'm too lazy to argue with you, but let me be clear. If you don't do as I say, and I find out, I won't be polite!"
Liu Zhao still had to recite the spell to tighten the hoop for them again!
"Sir, how can that be? After we take your silver, we will continue to play until dark!"
The older man said.
"That's good!"
Liu Zhao nodded.
"I only let you play four lines!"
Liu Zhao sang the four lines of lyrics several times and let them find the tune themselves.
After blowing it more than ten times, I finally got it to work properly.
Hearing the sound of suona, the neighbors immediately ran over to watch the fun.
After hearing about such a good thing, some people immediately felt that it was a pity that they did not learn suona when they were young!
"Remember, if anyone hears your suona and wants to come looking for me, bring it here. Whoever brings it here will receive ten taels of silver!"
"Yes, sir!" Hearing that there were benefits, several people hurriedly divided the work and ran out.