Chapter 24 The Sapphire Case
Du Ruo and Su Xiaomei were having fun chatting, so Xue Wan'er had to continue sitting upright, and was so tactful that she didn't interrupt the couple's whisper.
Fortunately, the performance began at this time.
"Crazy..."
Accompanied by a warm applause, a beautiful girl in green dress with a flying bun and beautiful makeup floated to the middle of the dance floor, and then danced gracefully, dancing around the dance floor. When she arrived at the seat of a familiar Enke, she would throw her long sleeves and leave a charming smile to greet her.
Whenever this happens, it will make the guests around you cheer and cheer, and the benefactors who are greeted are also satisfied.
Du Ruo felt that although the way this famous prostitute Li Meier greeted him was beautiful and unique, she always felt very familiar. It was like entering the live broadcast room. Every time she threw her sleeves and smiled, she seemed to be saying "Welcome to my old wife xx to support her"...
"Ha ha!"
Thinking of this, Du Ruo was so happy that the guests at the next table were a little contemptuous when they saw this: Li Meierwu came to you and didn’t even look at you, how happy are you?
"Brother Du Ruo, why are you laughing at?"
Su Xiaomei asked in a low voice, and Du Ruo only said, "I thought of some interesting things."
After dancing around, the musicians on the stage were in place, and a zither was placed in front of Li Meier, with a beige cushion. Li Meier was blessed with everyone, and then said: "Thank you for your appreciation for your visit. The next repertoire of the song I played is "Qingshan Ballad".
"Green Mountain Ballad?"
The guests around were curious. They were all regular visitors to the playground, but they had never heard of the "Qingshan Ballad" song.
"Didn't Li Meier play "The Qingyu Case"?"
Du Ruo looked at Xue Wan'er, and Xue Wan'er also looked puzzled and said, "This was indeed the arrangement when the performance started, and it might change temporarily..."
Xue Wan'er is the leader on the third floor, and all the arrangements of the performances must be followed by her. At this time, Li Mei'er suddenly changed the performance repertoire. It should have been notified to her in advance, but the facts did not, so an unknown premonition arose in Xue Wan'er's heart.
But Du Ruo didn't understand the various things, so he continued to watch the dance floor.
On the dance floor, Li Meier continued: "This song of "Qingshan Ballad" comes from folk songs in Shu, and is now written by Huang Wu and Huang Gongzi."
Huang Wu stood up and bowed to everyone. Du Ruo vaguely noticed that when he looked at him, there was a faint smile on his face. Cheng Zhicai, who was sitting beside him, also had a strange smile.
After Huang Wu sat down, Li Meier also sat down and started playing, but when she used the Guzheng to make a prelude, Du Ruo, Su Xiaomei and Xue Wan'er frowned.
"What did you teach her?" Du Ruo asked Xue Wan'er.
Because, Li Meier's prelude is the tune of "Bai Suzhen at the Qingcheng Mountain" he gave to Xue Wan'er!
Xue Wan'er looked embarrassed, and the maid beside her whistled angrily: "Young Master Du doesn't know that my girl has always treated this Li Mei'er like a relative. After you wrote this song and handed it to my girl, my girl didn't guard against her during the drill, and she often studied it with her. Unexpectedly, she copied it away! It's so shameless!"
Xue Wan'er's maid was so angry that her face turned red, and her eyes stared at Li Meier on the dance floor like a knife.
"I didn't expect Mei'er..." Xue Wan'er shook her head sadly. She was about to take Du Ruo's finale tonight, but she didn't want Li Mei'er to take it first. This is equivalent to tearing her down.
"Fire, theft and best friend!" Du Ruo shook the origami fan with a smile.
Su Xiaomei said angrily: "Brother Du Ruo, you clearly wrote this song. Why is this Li Meier a folk song? Why is it like this?"
Now Su Xiaomei has no doubt about Du Ruo's musical talent.
"Forget it, it's useless to say it now."
Du Ruo waved his hand, but he didn't care about this. He was not the original author anyway, and he couldn't make money by copyright in this era. Even if everyone knows that it was the song you wrote, others would use it as soon as they want.
At this time, Li Meier had already started singing the lyrics in the dance floor: "The green mountains are still there~ the water flows forever, when is it tonight? Meeting a good person..."
After listening to the first time, Du Ruo had to admit that Huang Wu was better than the lyrics, and his father was worthy of being a Jinshi.
Compared with the lyrics he wrote, the original lyrics in the play "Bai Suzhen at the Mountain of Qingcheng" given to Xue Wan'er were a bit terrible.
Li Meier's voice is soft and her singing skills are also amazing. She immersed the song in a long and beautiful way, and the audience around her were all immersed in it, looking at her enjoyment.
Even Su Xiaomei was attracted, and her jade fingers were on her knees and lightly followed the rhythm.
Xue Wan'er's expression became more and more serious.
“Hi, hi, hi…”
On the dance floor, Li Meier had finished singing, and the sound of her bare hands stopped. The audience immediately burst into warm applause. Many guests were still unsatisfied and rushed to send "golden flowers" to Li Meier.
The so-called "golden flower" refers to the reward for famous prostitutes. A golden flower is equivalent to five stagnant of money, which is about 5,000 yuan, which is almost the expenses of ordinary families in Meizhou for several months.
"Mr. Qian is rich and has five bounty flowers!"
"Li Zhanshi is generous, and he has ten bounty flowers!"
…………
"The little prince is heroic, with nineteen bounty flowers!"
Whenever someone gives a reward, there will be a woman in charge who sings and rewards who yells and announces in the audience, so that the rewards who sing money will sound and have a light on her face.
When faced with Zhu Enke's reward, Li Meier was neither humble nor arrogant, and bowed and thanked him one by one. However, after hearing the little prince Zhao Zongze gave away nineteen golden flowers at one time, she was still a little excited and bowed to Zhao Zongze and thanked him: "The little prince is intent, Nunu is nineteen years old this year."
'This guy is very good at flirting with girls!' Du Ruo looked at Zhao Zongze on the side and complained in his heart.
Huang Wu and Cheng Zhicai also gave away several golden flowers, but they were all very sensible and did not exceed Zhao Zongze's number. After some rewards, Li Meier received a hundred golden flowers. This number was still a very high number even in the brothel in Bianjing.
‘If I open a brothel, I will create a Golden Flower List and update it once a month. Hehe.’
Du Ruo laughed in his heart. He didn't give away golden flowers. In fact, he wanted to give away a few flowers. Li Meier sang it well and he didn't need to get money. He just had to hook up and ask the woman in charge to sign a letter.
Someone from the brothel behind him took the signature to the mansion to get money. If he could be invited to the third floor, he would naturally not be able to pay the debt.
Du Ruo didn't know how much his father's salary was, but it was definitely not low. The salary and benefits of officials from the Song Dynasty were notoriously high in history, several times higher than the legal salary of officials in the 21st century.
Moreover, Du Ruo also knew in his memory that his mother, Liu, was also very rich, and the dowry money he brought made him unable to squander his entire life.
Chapter completed!