Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 78

    He looked like a little radish, calling others a “child”, which made Gu Yin laugh.

    She pushed him lightly and smiled: “You don’t have to pretend to be weird? Tell me, what the **** are you doing?”

    Speaking of which, Gu Ye didn’t hide it from his mother.

    When he was in Hanshan Town, he was the king of children who responded to everyone’s demands.

    Especially when he knew that his family was going to open a restaurant, and when he needed manpower, Gu Ye still imagined that he would make a group of friends to help his mother promote.

    The difficulty is the difficulty. Most of the people living near Taibai Street are either rich or expensive.

    Such a family will not let their children run around the streets, and even if they let their children go out, they will be equipped with maids and nurses.

    Gu Ye had difficulty getting close.

      If so, don’t worry about it.”

    Gu Ye touched his nose a little embarrassedly, because he said it to his mother, he said bluntly: “Oh, the taste of this power is really good.”

    Gu Yinkui was amused by him until she died of laughter, “Do you know the taste of power when you are a child king?”

    Gu Ye also laughed.

    Afterwards, he added: “Actually, it’s not nothing.”

    There is a theater near Taibai Street, where there are stories and songs every day.

    Gu Ye loves to listen to books. Knowing that there is such a place for recreation close to home, he goes there from time to time.

    When I came and went, I met the young master of a troupe in the theater.

    This young class leader is not very old, just nine years old, but it is said that he is a prodigy of opera. At this age, he can take charge of his own team, which is very impressive.

    Although the two are three or four years apart in age, there is no doubt about Gu Ye’s communication skills, and they are already brothers by now.

    “Unfortunately, he’s a showman. He only stays in the theater every day and has no other friends. Anyway, I didn’t help my mother this time.”

    When Gu Yin heard what he said, she suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up, “No no, you really helped me!”

    …

    Wang finished his lunch this day and had nothing to do at home. He was about to visit his restaurant.

    As soon as the concierge said it, Mrs Wang remembered it.

    She doesn’t have any friends in the capital, isn’t she the old sister she met at the last banquet in the palace?

    She greeted her in person and saw her as expected.

    The Queen Mother came over in a carriage, and it seemed that she only brought a coachman, but there was actually a team of guards hidden in the dark.

    “Old sister can teach me to wait!” Wang shi went up to her and took her arm affectionately, “I finally hoped for you.”

    Several days have passed since the banquet in the palace. Although people often say “two days” is an approximate time, but Wang really feels that she is in love with her and can’t wait to meet her again play together. After returning from the palace banquet, I told the concierge not to miss the news that others were looking for her.

      The other party was just chatting.

    Speaking of this, the Queen Mother immediately patted the back of her hand apologetically and explained, “I’m sorry, something happened at home and it was delayed.”

    Of course it’s not that Wang’s head is hot. The Queen Mother went back that day to open the box and choose clothes. It just rained a little later, and it suddenly became cold.

    Although she is not young, she is from a poor family, and her body is still strong, but it is nothing.

    It’s just that the little prince born to Queen Zhou was seriously ill.

    This child was born prematurely. As the old saying goes, “seven lives and eight lives”, he was born at eight months. When the body is small, it is worse than the average child.

    But because when he was born, the Rebels were already winning, and the Queen Mother and Queen Zhou were taken to Lu Shouyi’s side long ago. They are weaker, but the situation is not serious. When they are raised at the age of two or three, they are the same as ordinary people. At most, they are a little more careful when the seasons change.

    Later Lu Shouyi successfully ascended the throne and stayed in the palace.

    The weather was suddenly cold, and Queen Zhou built several charcoal basins in his house, and people were not allowed to open the windows every day.

    The child did not catch a cold, but had a fever and a cold, and a prickly heat on his body.

    The Queen Mother was really overwhelmed, and persuaded Queen Zhou to adjust her mentality and not raise her child so coquettishly.

    The three-year-old child is now unsteady on the ground, walks, and speaks very little. He is like a baby in daily life, and is held by Queen Zhou herself.

    Empress Zhou did not contradict her, but looked at her gloomily, unable to say a word after seeing the queen mother.

    It is her grandson after all, the Queen Mother is concerned about the child, so naturally she has no intention of going out of the palace to have fun.

    These things are not easy to say to the outside world, so the Queen Mother only said that her grandson was sick.

    Wang shi heard that this was the case, and no longer complained at all, and asked with concern: “The child is ill, can it be big or small, but now it’s raised?”

    “It’s okay. He’s okay, that’s why I came to you.”

    Only then did Mrs Wang feel more at ease, and sighed: “At our age, we don’t think about anything anymore. We just hope that the children are well.”

    These words completely speak to the Queen Mother’s heart.

    On the way to the theater together, the two of them exchanged their experiences in raising children.

    Although Wang has only been in the capital for a month and a half, she is familiar with all the places near the British palace. The Queen Mother listened to her and went to the nearest auspicious theater to listen to the opera.

    Wang can only sigh: “It’s late, let alone the private room, I’m afraid there is no room for the lobby!”

    If this was just handed over by Mrs. Wang himself, or with Mrs. Xu, as long as the two of them could occupy a place to stand, they would be able to listen to the whole scene even if they stood at the door.

    But her old sister is not young anymore, and this is the first time the two have come out to play together, so naturally it is not so casual.

    “I’ll ask someone to ask.” The Queen Mother said, and after a while, a guard who changed into casual clothes came over and said that she had found a private room.

    Wang’s second monk was still confused, and while entering the theater with the Queen Mother, he wondered: “Today is really strange, there is still a free private room at this hour?”

    The Queen Mother smiled and did not answer, but asked her, “Why are there so many people in this theater?”

    Although Wang is the first to come back, it has long been known.

    She explained: “This auspicious theater is an old garden in Beijing, where you can sing opera, tell books and everything. They have a theater troupe of their own, and they will also recruit other good theater troupes to perform on stage. Excellent. A new opera troupe came here a few months ago, and there was a half-old child named ‘Xiaofengge’, whose voice was as clear as a young phoenix, and there was another Huadan named ‘Sai Diaochan’, that was the same appearance I can’t pick out a single fault in the body and singing. This is more of the audience.”

    The two took their seats in the private room on the second floor. The man brought tea and melon seeds and peanut desserts. As long as they talked, the good show on the stage was about to start.

    The noisy theater was quiet, and the parents who brought their children pulled the children back to their seats.

    Wang’s eyes never took off the stage, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a familiar figure.

    There is a waiter at the entrance of the elegant room. Mrs. Wang went out and let the man pass a message. After a while, Gu Ye trotted up to the second floor.

    “Why did you come to the show?”

    Mr. Wang pulled him back to the private room, “You said it as if you opened this theater. I should ask you, why are you here?”

    After he finished speaking, he introduced to the Queen Mother, “This is my eldest grandson, called Xiao Ye.”

    Gu Ye first saluted the Queen Mother, and politely called “Ama’s good” before turning around and answering, “I’m here for business.”

    Wang said that you can pull it down, “If your mother is not here, just come out to play, why are you talking about this? The milk won’t take you home.”

    Gu Ye smiled and said, “Why don’t you trust people?!”

    When the gongs and drums rang on the stage, Mr. Wang couldn’t care about him, he grabbed the melon seeds in his hand and prepared to watch the play.

    Gu Ye sat down next to Wang, and also reached out to get the melon seeds.

    Then he found the old grandma on the other side looking at him without blinking.

    “What’s wrong, grandma?” Gu Ye asked in a low voice.

    The Queen Mother looked at the child in front of her with good eyes. She was six or seven years old, wearing a robe with a fur edge and a stand-up collar, and a small furry cap on her head. His complexion is a healthy wheat color, and he has big, glowing eyes with a black mole under his eyes.

    How pleasing she looks, she can’t take her eyes away.

    The Queen Mother’s thoughts were interrupted until a clear chant was heard on the stage, and Gu Ye couldn’t care less about her, and looked at the stage.

      Dazzled, I don’t know why the little thief was staring at it.

    When he noticed, not only the money bag was stolen, but the way home was forgotten.

    The house leaked in the rain all night, and he was targeted by kidnappers.

    It was a kidnapped couple who came up and said that Brother Xiaofeng was a naughty daughter from the family.

    Brother Xiaofeng naturally refused, but the passers-by who were watching listened to the couple’s words and persuaded her not to get angry with her parents.

    At this moment, a scholar appeared.

    The scholar methodically analyzed the difference in dress between Xiaofeng and the couple, and also said that Xiaofeng was a young lady from the capital, but the husband and wife were from other places. In the end, he stopped in front of Brother Xiaofeng and asked the couple to tell the characteristics of Brother Xiaofeng.

    The couple felt guilty, hesitantly questioned by him, and hurried away from the crowd.

    In the end, the scholar rescued the second lady. He wanted to send him home first, but heard him cry out of hunger.

    At this time, the scholar took the young lady to dinner, but unfortunately the young lady came from a wealthy background and could not eat the food from the roadside stalls.

    This is the scholar taking the young lady to the big restaurant on the street.

    The little girl played by Xiao Feng was enjoying herself in the restaurant, while the scholar didn’t dare to move a chopstick, and sighed while sneaking into his purse.

    At the end of the bill payment, the scholar was ashamed that he did not have enough money. To save people, this meal was invited by the owner.

    And the owner still has some impressions of Xiaofeng brother, and has asked the guy to inform his family.

    After that, Brother Xiaofeng’s family came.

    Not only her parents, but also her eldest sister, who is the heroine of this play.

    That is really a very beautiful actress, standing with a scholar makes people feel pleasing to the eye.

    Scholar Han Chuang studied hard and finally won the top spot in high school. He also refused the emperor’s offer of marriage and insisted on coming back to marry the young lady.

    At that time, the lady had been kicked out by her family because she insisted on not marrying another person. She was a weak woman who was lonely and almost became a beggar. , hired her to work as a small worker in the back kitchen of the restaurant.

    The two hadn’t seen each other for many years, hugged each other and cried, and finally a lover got married.

      Brother, and the beautiful actress who is like a goddess descended to earth, the voices of both of them are very clear, and people like how they look, how they listen.

    And after watching this play, Wang finally knows what Gu Ye’s so-called “business” is.

    “Come on,” Wang shi nodded his forehead amusingly, and said narrowly, “Don’t miss your important business.”

    Gu Ye squeezed his eyebrows at Mrs Wang, then cupped his hands at the Queen Mother, and ran down the stairs with a smile.

      !”

    Someone who accompanied him laughed and said, “Brother Zhao, don’t be an idiot in watching dramas, you all know that the dramas are fabricated, how can you compare what you see in the dramas with reality?”

    At this time, he changed his clothes, and Xiao Feng, who had ripped off his hair, came out from the backstage. He happened to hear someone say this, so he smiled and said: “You are right, the play is indeed fabricated, but this food Weitian Restaurant is real, and the food in it is really delicious. If you trust me, you can try it.”

    Although Xiaofeng brother arrived in the capital for a short time, and because of his young age, he could not act as a big actress, but his reputation was already resounding.

      What about the one you were talking about! The business is really good, and the roasted meat is very fragrant. Yesterday I saw a lot of people, so I didn’t go there. Brother, can you have a meal with me today?”

    The party is naturally to find a place to eat. Taibai Street is not far from the theater, so the two of them will go together.

    There were other spectators behind who saw Brother Xiaofeng coming to talk to him, and Brother Xiaofeng also said the same thing.

    So soon everyone knew that there is really such a place in the play for food!

    Although this restaurant does not have a lot of scenes in the play, it runs through the whole play, and the owner, who has not yet shown his face, also plays an important role.

    Anyway, it’s close, so let’s take a look.

    Thinking like this, another group of people was led over.

    When Brother Xiaofeng was completely busy, Gu Ye stepped forward to greet him and said, “Thank you for your hard work.”

    Brother Xiaofeng lost the pretended, mature smile on his face, but really laughed and slapped Gu Ye on the shoulder, “Why are you being polite? I accepted it. Your family’s money!” He said hesitantly: “But this method is really new, I have never tried it, so how effective is it, I dare not guarantee it.”

    Gu Ye said with a smile: “My mother said this is called ‘advertising’, which itself is an advertisement. And you have tasted the things in my house, but they can’t run away when they go there. La!”

    The day before, Gu Ye and Gu Yin talked about the troupe, and Gu Yin thought of this.

    On the same day, he invited Gu Ye to the class leader of the trick troupe to discuss this matter with Brother Xiaofeng’s elders.

    Feng Ge passed by himself.

    He explained to Gu Yin that the opera troupe he is currently in was run by his master, and the master passed away last year, so he became the head of the junior class.

    Now there are less than ten people in the entire troupe, so he can make up his own mind.

    Gu Yin did not despise him because he was young, and discussed the details of the cooperation with him carefully.

    She just wants to place advertisements in the play, and it just happens that this play can be added, so it is not troublesome.

      Especially that Hua Dan, who looks and sings very provocatively, and is about to be poached.

    And don’t think he is a little famous now, but singing in a big garden like Jixiang Theater, the theater will take a lot of money. In addition, he is young, and he will be liquidated in two years. It is not known what the situation will be.

    So Xiaofeng is very happy to earn such a sum of money that does not need to be shared with the theater, not to mention that the other party belongs to Gu Ye’s family.

    As for the specific advertising fee, Brother Xiaofeng doesn’t ask much. They can sing dozens of times in the theater a month, and they receive 10 taels of silver a month.

    As for the set, Gu Yin is naturally responsible for it. Because the scenery of the opera is simple and straightforward, it does not cost any money.

    The two sides signed the contract, and Gu Yin invited him to stay for a meal, and a pleasant cooperation began.

    Brother Xiaofeng was going to sing the next song, Gu Ye didn’t talk to him again, and went upstairs to look for Wang.

    Wang was explaining to the Queen Mother with a smile, saying, “My daughter-in-law is very smart, I don’t know how to think of this. I almost laughed out loud when the front set changed…”

    The Queen Mother listened to her with a smile on her lips, but her eyes were still down.

    When Gu Ye came over again, the Queen Mother’s eyes lit up again, “Good boy, come here, let’s talk.”

    Older people usually like children, and Wang didn’t care, so he let Gu Ye go.

    The queen mother asked him how old he was, whether he had read books, and what he liked to eat and play.

    Gu Ye answered the age first, and then said: “Don’t dare to deceive grandma, I haven’t studied much, I can only recognize a few simple words and count within a hundred. I love to eat and play. It’s a lot, and I’m afraid I can’t finish it all at once.”

    “Hey!” The Queen Mother was reluctant to look away from his face, and took his little hand and rubbed it.

    This overly affectionate attitude is actually a bit abnormal, but Wang Shi didn’t think much about it, thinking that this old sister is Aiwu Jiwu.

    Gu Ye didn’t think much about it, anyway, he was so likable.

    The next scene started, and the spectators downstairs changed a lot.

    The Wang family listened to it beautifully again, and the queen mother and Gu Ye talked about the whole game.

    “I still have to find my mother,” Gu Ye smiled and waved goodbye to them, “Mother said that this part of the advertisement will be my responsibility in the future, and I don’t know if this advertisement is successful or not. , I have to go to the store to check the account.”

    “Your home is so nice.” The Queen Mother looked at Gu Ye’s distant figure with admiration.

    Wang shi smiled and waved his hand, “Our children and grandchildren are all debts, and we have to worry about it for a day.”

    The carriage returned to the gate of the British mansion again. Mrs. Wang said goodbye to her. She got out of the carriage and took two steps, but suddenly remembered that they had been together for most of the day, but she still didn’t ask her old sister. Which one is it!

    She quickly stopped and turned around, only to see that the inconspicuous carriage had already left the street.

    …

    The palace from which the queen dowager rushed out and came back with a lot of thoughts.

    The guards naturally reported this to Emperor Zhengyuan.

    Later that day, Emperor Zhengyuan went to the Cining Palace after finishing his official duties.

    After withdrawing from the palace servants, Emperor Zhengyuan asked directly, “Why is my mother unhappy after going out? But it’s not good to play outside?”

    The Queen Mother said no, “My old sister and I have similar interests and get along very well. The play I watched today was also good, but… oh, I met the child of the British government. Beautiful and smart, I don’t know why, but it suits my eyes very much. I can’t see enough. You said that we are still here, right? I’m incompetent to be a grandma, but it’s only four or five years. I can’t even remember what our Ali looks like.”

    Speaking of this, the Queen Mother choked up, and the tears she had held for a day finally fell.

    The eldest son is also a knot of Emperor Zhengyuan’s heart. He heard that his eyes were red, but soon he turned his back and wiped his eyes, adjusted his emotions, and did not mention the eldest son, but He specifically changed the topic and said, “It’s another winter. In retrospect, it’s exactly eight years ago now. I met the British father and son. It’s the ninth year that Qingyi has worked for me, and I haven’t seen it before. His child. If mother likes that child, let him come to the palace often.”

    The Queen Mother’s sobbing stopped abruptly, and she said something wrong with a trembling voice.

    The child is the wrong age!