Chapter 144: Silk Dance
Qianhuan assigned tasks to everyone. Qiukui was responsible for cooking for everyone and also for sewing new clothes for everyone.
Qiu Ming and Qiu Shui are temporarily responsible for helping Qiu Kui with picking vegetables, washing vegetables, washing dishes and so on, and they also have to learn needlework from Qiu Kui.
Qianhuan planned to have the two ten-year-old boy and girl stand at the entrance of the teahouse to greet guests.
Qianhuan taught them some modern welcoming words such as "Hello, welcome" and farewell words such as "Please take care, and welcome to visit next time". Now the two children mainly practice these polite words.
The other six boys aged twelve or thirteen were to be made waiters, responsible for serving tea and water to the guests, so they learned some words such as "Hello, sir, what kind of tea would you like?"
As for the five actors, Qianhuan told them to practice their singing styles diligently every day. She planned to go back and write "The Legend of White Snake" and give it to them for rehearsal.
When the teahouse opens, she plans to invite several actors to perform the stage play of "The Legend of White Snake". It just so happens that some of the new Huangmei tune singing styles in the TV series "The Legend of the New White Snake" can be copied here.
As for Yin Hua and Yin Chuan, Qian Hua asked what the two siblings could do. Yin Hua stepped forward and answered, "Master, Yin Hua used to be at home. She could do everything from washing clothes to cooking, chopping wood and fetching water. She could also do needlework and go fishing. My brother is the same as me. Except for needlework, he can do all kinds of housework. We siblings can also farm."
Qianhuan then realized that she had gotten a great bargain. The people in the jewelry shop had mistaken pearls for fish eyes, and the two people who sold them at the cheapest price were actually all-round talents.
Qianhuan immediately asked Yinhua to temporarily help Qiukui to sew new clothes for everyone, and her brother Yinchuan arranged to follow Cai Xiaoye's younger brother to help the tiler renovate the teahouse.
After everything was arranged for everyone, Qianhuan found that she had spent more than 700 taels of silver on buying the teahouse, hiring servants, buying them clothes and food, plus paying part of the deposit to the bricklayer. She still had a total of taels of silver hidden in her small wooden box, and she had or taels of silver left as a reserve.
Thinking that the workshop at home would be completed soon, she would have to spend money to buy salt, soybeans, soy sauce jars and other things needed to make soy sauce. In addition, she had to support so many people, so her 700 taels of silver were totally not enough.
She decided to perform a dance at Xunfang Pavilion tonight. Sometimes the dances she performed in the lobby were something that the real Hongyu could not dance at all. If a customer paid money to invite Hongyu to perform alone in the room, Mother Yang would want to ask her to perform.
But she had basically refused before to avoid trouble. Now, in order to make money, she was willing to go all out. If Yang Mama came to her again, as long as Yang Mama promised that the customers would behave themselves, she would go to the private room to perform and earn some money.
Thinking of this, she went to the car rental company again. After paying the boss, she asked Ji Feng to pick her up at the old place in the evening.
After finishing everything, she and Wenjie returned to Yunfeng Village.
On the way, Qianhuan asked Wenjie: "How do you feel about being a little teacher today?"
“I feel that the knowledge I have learned is not solid enough, and I occasionally make mistakes when I lecture. My ability to express myself is also very poor. When I lecture, I stutter and am not fluent.” Wenjie started to reflect on himself.
"So what did you learn?"
"I feel that I find a sense of accomplishment when I teach them. I feel like I am doing something great, and this feeling motivates me to work harder to learn knowledge."
"Well, before you teach them, write down what you are going to teach, and then consolidate it several times. Then write down how you are going to teach it, so that you won't make mistakes easily when you teach them. Believe me, as long as you stick to the method I tell you, you will learn a lot more in the future."
In fact, Qianhuan's method of teaching Wenjie is similar to the way modern teachers prepare lessons before class. Once the lesson plan is written, they can teach according to the lesson plan, which makes it less likely to make mistakes.
"Okay, Sister Qianhuan, I understand. I will do as you say from now on."
When Qianhuan returned home, she went to Carpenter Sun's house to order a wooden box. After coming back, she locked herself in the room and began to write "The Legend of White Snake".
At night, when Liang Laoer and Liu had gone to bed, Qianhuan secretly ran out to meet Ji Feng. After climbing onto the carriage, Ji Feng drove straight to Liu Ji Noodle House in the county town.
When getting off the car, Qianhuan specifically told Ji Feng, "Ji Feng, I may need to go back later tonight. If you don't want to wait here, just stay at the carriage shop and come pick me up half an hour later."
"Okay, Mr. Liang, I'll stay at the carriage shop for a while today, and then come out to pick you up later."
Ever since Ji Feng and Qian Huan had a meal at Zuixianju, they had gradually become familiar with each other, and Ji Feng was no longer so restrained in front of her.
Qianhuan specially performed the silk dance today, which Hongyu couldn't dance. After the dance performance, another customer paid a large sum of money to invite Hongyu to perform alone in the private room. Mother Yang hurried to the backstage to invite Qianhuan.
"Fei Yan, you really have to help mom this time. Young Master Zhao wants to watch your silk dance again alone. Hong Yu can't dance at all. Please help mom this time. Mom really can't afford to offend Young Master Zhao."
"What kind of person is Mr. Zhao? Does he follow the rules? How much reward did he offer?"
"Young Master Zhao has a good character, don't worry. When you perform, your mother will be watching in the private room. Young Master Zhao will only watch the dance performance and will not touch you. He has paid a hundred taels of silver."
"Okay, then I'll help mom, but the reward money still belongs to me."
"No problem, I'll give you all the reward money."
So Qianhuan went to Mr. Zhao's private room to perform solo. Mr. Zhao was indeed a modest gentleman who only appreciated the singing and dancing and did not do anything inappropriate.
After the dance was over, Qianhuan received the reward and left the room. Not long after, another young man asked someone to perform alone. Qianhuan performed in three private rooms in total.
The amount of tip given by each customer was different. Two gave 100 taels, and one gave 150 taels. Together with the ten taels of silver she earned from dancing in the lobby, Qianhuan earned a total of 360 taels of silver in one night.
After she washed her face, changed her clothes and went to the entrance of Liu Ji Noodle House to take a carriage, she saw Ji Feng standing at the entrance of the alley, looking around, looking very anxious.
"Young Master Liang, I may not be able to take you home on time tonight."
Before she came closer, Ji Feng spoke to Qianhuan with an anxious look on his face.
"Ji Feng, you look so anxious. Has something happened?" Qian Huan asked him with concern.
"Well, Xiao Liuzi from next door came to the car dealership to look for me and said that my mother had fainted at home after vomiting blood. I was extremely worried and wanted to go home immediately, but I thought it was already late at night and if you didn't see me, you would definitely be worried. So I could only wait here and pick you up first."
Ji Feng's face was full of heavy expression. He couldn't neglect his job, but he was also very worried about his mother's condition.
Qianhuan noticed that there was a teenage boy standing next to him, who should be Xiaoliuzi, who lived next door to him.
She comforted him, "Don't worry too much. Let me go home with you to see how aunt is doing. Then when she gets better, you can drive me home."
Ji Feng didn't expect Young Master Liang to be so reasonable. If it were any other employer, he would probably force him to send him home first. After all, it was almost noon.
"By the way, have you called a doctor?" Qianhuan asked again.
"Not yet." Ji Feng was so anxious that he forgot the most important thing, which was to ask the doctor.
"Then let's go to Renjitang and ask Doctor Xu to treat your mother. Doctor Xu is a very skilled doctor. My father's leg injury has not healed. I took my father to see Doctor Xu for treatment and medicine. My father felt very effective after taking it."
As Qianhuan spoke, she and Xiaoliuzi got into the carriage and urged him to go get a doctor.
The door of Renjitang was banged loudly. Doctor Xu was a little unhappy to be woken up. He opened the door of the medicine shop with his clothes on and asked, "Who is it? Why are you knocking on the door so late at night?"
"Doctor, my mother fainted at home. Her life is at stake. Please come with me to my home as soon as possible to save my mother." Ji Feng said in a panic, for he was afraid that the doctor would not agree.
"What is your mother's old illness? Please tell me in detail. I will get dressed and take the medicine box and go with you."
The doctors at Renjitang are kind-hearted and not impatient at all. No wonder it has become the largest pharmacy in the county.
Ji Feng then told the doctor in detail about his mother's usual symptoms. Doctor Xu got on the carriage, and the four of them returned to Ji Feng's home together.