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Chapter 80 The Red Roof

Liu Yanzhi waved his hands repeatedly: "Sister Xiaohong, Liu's martial arts husband, can't do anything with his pair."

Chen Xiaohong smiled and said, "I remember now that I called my sister. I just used my gun to scare people. No, I will definitely not spare you. It must be right if I am right, and it must be right if I am right."

Zhou Jiarui said with a helping voice: "Xisang, don't be difficult for Guard Liu. If you have anything to come to me, let alone couplets, you can write poems."

Lin Su also helped Liu Yanzhi speak: "Sister, there are too many pairs of three, so let's take a little less."

Chen Xiaohong smiled and said, "You all talk to Yi, okay, just come up with a pair, and if you can, you will spare you. I'm sorry, you will have an extra jar of old wine tonight."

Seeing that Liu Yanzhi could not escape, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go out."

Chen Xiaohong calmly took the fire note from the old mother's hand and blew it gracefully. The flames became much brighter. She lit the hookah, took a few sips, and said incredibly: "Ala must first ask something, and you can answer it, and you can only get it out."

"Please tell me." Liu Yanzhi's heart was full of slap. This time he was afraid he would be fooled. He couldn't escape a jar of rice wine at night.

Chen Xiaohong said: "Do you know what tap water is?"

Liu Yanzhi laughed silently. Tap water was considered an advanced thing for the Qing Dynasty people, and it was an ordinary thing around him. Chen Xiaohong was serious about it, so could he have to make a fuss about it?

"Know a little bit." Liu Yan said straight.

Chen Xiaohong said: "More than ten years ago, there was a water plant opened by the British in Yangshupu. The water pipes were connected to the whole city. As long as the faucet was turned on, the water would flow out. It was available at any time, no matter whether it was morning or evening, it was available. The pair I came out was called tap water. The pair Ala came out was related to tap water. Liu Shiwei, I heard it clearly."

Everyone sat upright and listened attentively.

"Shanghai tap water comes from the sea." Chen Xiaohong's crisp voice sounded, and she looked down on everyone at the same time.

It's true that Lin Su is also a wealthy daughter who is well-read in poetry and books. She can recite poems and write pairs of poems. She thought she couldn't match the couple, and her beautiful eyebrows couldn't help but frown.

Liu Yanzhi lowered his head and thought hard, but actually laughed secretly. He had just woken up and went online every day and happened to see this couple. Chen Xiaohong couldn't defeat him.

Zhou Jiarui was eager to try and wanted to show his skills in front of the beauty, but Chen Xiaohong didn't give him this opportunity. Seeing that Liu Yanzhi didn't speak for a while, he said: "In fact, not only do you not match this couple, but also these literati and scholars in Shanghai."

Liu Yanzhi looked up and said, "How many answers do you need?"

"How can it be?" Chen Xiaohong was stunned.

Liu Yan said with a full breath: "Shanghai tap water comes from the sea, the fallen peanuts and flowers fall in Shandong, the hanging temple in Shanxi hangs in the west mountain, the weeping willows in West Lake, the willows droop in the west lake, the leaves of Huangshan Mountain fall in the pine leaves fall in the mountains, the yellow mountain falls in the mountains, how about it, is it enough?"

"Is Nong a martial artist? Bah, I think he is the top scholar, so I came to spend the time." Chen Xiaohong was stunned for a few seconds, then returned to normal, waving her handkerchief and said coquettishly, but it can be seen that she was deeply impressed by Liu Yanzhi's literary talent.

Lin Su also breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that his sweetheart was so civil and military. It seemed that his worries were really redundant.

Only Zhou Jiarui secretly scolded Liu Yanzhi for being shameless and stole the limelight from what he came from Baidu.

With this episode, the atmosphere became more harmonious. In the evening, a servant came back with a card, with an unhappy face. It turned out that every 15th day of the lunar month, Chen Xiaohong would send someone to the dock to wait for Liu Yanzhi. Today, he was overjoyed and forgot to call the person back. Liu Yanzhi rewarded the servant with a silver dollar on the spot, so everyone was very happy.

Chen Xiaohong turned down all the tickets for the night, thanked the guests behind closed doors, and only entertained the VIPs from the capital. The nearby restaurant brought a table of good dishes and two jars of old flower sculptures. Everyone gathered together and drank happily.

The tableware in the Book House is extremely exquisite and exquisite, with ivory chopsticks and indescribable porcelain. Liu Yanzhi only knows the cups for drinking, with a shallow belly, and the walls of the cups are painted with roosters singing loudly. But it is not clear whether it is the chicken jar cup from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty or the cups imitated in the Qing Dynasty. In short, it should be no problem to auction millions in modern times.

The guests like Chen Xiaohong who usually socializes are either rich or noble, and naturally they are good at dancing and can adjust the atmosphere. Zhou Jiarui has been a teacher for half his life, and he has no outlet for his knowledge. Now there is a charming beauty next to him. He is naturally energetic and boasting, and his high-profile comments make Chen Xiaohong so heartily.

"This is a real national sage!" Chen Xiaohong thought to herself that although the people she had made friends with were also a little talented, they were limited to doing business and chanting poems and essays for officials. How could Zhou Jiarui have such omnipotent astronomy, geography, military and political knowledge? What is even more amazing is that his fluent English spoken, which made Chen Xiaohong envious.

"Mr. Zhou, can you teach me foreign literature?" Chen Xiaohong begged sweetly, and leaned against Teacher Zhou's side, and the fragrant wind almost intoxicated him.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Zhou Jiarui put on his glasses, "There are many types of foreign languages, including English, French, Russian, Italian and Spanish. I don't know much, I only speak the languages ​​of the eight countries. It depends on which country you want to learn from?"

Chen Xiaohong thought for a while and said, "We are in the British Concession, so just learn English."

Zhou Jiarui showed off: "This is not the British Concession, to be precise, it is International Settlement. The public Concession also accounts for half of the Americans. Do you want to learn the Oxford accent in the UK, or the Boston accent in the US?"

Chen Xiaohong pretended to be angry and said, "If you want to teach English, there are not so many flowers, so I won't learn it anymore."

Zhou Jiarui hurriedly said: "Then the British Oxford accent, the British nobles speak in this tone. Although Americans are rich, they are nouveau riche after all. They have no foundation and no cultivation. They are just a bunch of rural areas and can't make any moves."

Liu Yanzhi and Lin Su laughed at each other. They didn't talk much, and they were all in their eyes. The old housekeeper was watching him, and they were happy in their hearts. The master was lucky in disguise. Not only was he promoted to another level, but he also got a son-in-law who was a dragon. It was a happy couple. If the master surnamed Zhou knew about it, he would not regret it.

Chen Xiaohong suddenly pointed at Liu Yan and said, "Zhuangcai Lang, you have to drink a few more drinks."

Zhou Jiarui said: "It's not appropriate for Guard Liu to be cheaper. Why don't we play the game? Whoever loses will drink."

Chen Xiaohong applauded and said, "Okay, there are ones that count as one. No one is allowed to leave the table or drink for him."

Everyone was very excited, drunk, and was very willing to drink, and drank happily. Except for the old butler who couldn't bear to drink a few drinks and then went to the doorman to sleep, the rest of the people drank until late at night, and the dishes were cold and the wine was broken. Chen Xiaohong's wine was too much, and he ordered people to add wine and return to the light to reopen the banquet.

There is no banquet that will never end in the world. Liu Yanzhi is a tough guy who is tough. No matter how much low-degree yellow wine is, everyone else is drunk. Chen Xiaohong is a character who is afraid that the world will not be in chaos. She had long seen that Liu Yanzhi and Lin Sulang are in love, and shouted in the alcohol: "Tonight, while the elders are here, I will help you decide the marriage. Sister Lan, what do you think?"

Sister Lan is the second concubine. She is a concubine and has a humble background. She has no say. However, this time the Lin family encountered a disaster and her aunt ran away with someone again. She protected the lady to find a place to live. Although she was a bookstore, it was better than staying on the streets. So she thought she had made great contributions, so she pretended to be big and smiled and said, "The order of the parents and the matchmaker, the words of the master, I am good at making a decision. You are in harmony with each other, and God will not agree if you are not a husband and wife."

Chen Xiaohong said: "Yes, Sister Lan is the leader, I am a big media player. It is better to touch the days than to choose a life. Today is Miss Lin, the top scholar, Chun Xiao is worth a fortune for a moment, and she won't help the bride to go upstairs."

Lin Su is a lady from a noble family and a daughter. She keeps the three and four virtues in mind. However, she has experienced too many things recently. She is imprisoned, fled, and falls into the dust. With all kinds of joys and sorrows and separations, her mood will always change subtly. In addition, she drank some wine and was flushed and half-spoken. Although she did not agree, she did not refuse.

Chen Xiaohong winked, and the old mother and the maid stepped forward to help Lin Su upstairs. She looked at Liu Yanzhi with charming eyes: "Zhuangcai Lang, if you don't go to spend the night with Miss Lin, can you fall in love with my sister?"

"Hey, Guard Liu is not that kind of person. He eats the bowl and looks at the pot." Teacher Zhou hurriedly interrupted.

"I..." Liu Yanzhi opened his mouth and blushed. He wanted to say that the progress was too fast. I was not mentally prepared.

Zhou Jiarui stretched his head and said with a mouth full of wine: "Silly boy, why are you pretending to be serious? This is a brothel, and it's just a place for this business. Go up and cook the raw rice and get a grandson for your father-in-law."

"Not good." Liu Yanzhi stumbled.

"I'll go if you don't go up." Zhou Jiarui pushed Liu Yan straight up the stairs. The second concubine was a person with sensible value. She couldn't help but she gave up.

Only Zhou Jiarui and Shen Xiaohong were left on the table, with red candles swaying, and the air was filled with intoxicating feces.

"Master Zhou would like to be my guest of the curtain?" Chen Xiaohong asked quietly.

"I can't find it." Zhou Jiarui said, "I just bear heavy responsibilities. I will follow Li Zhongtang north to mediate with foreigners soon. I am afraid that it will not be delayed in Shanghai for a few days."

"If the love between the two is long, how can they stay together day and night?" Chen Xiaohong said.

Although he knew that the other party was just acting, Zhou Jiarui couldn't help but be moved and said softly: "Xisan..."

Chen Xiaohong gently buried her head in Zhou Jiarui's arms. Teacher Zhou's soft jade and warm fragrance were in her arms. She couldn't help but lower her head to chew on the beautiful woman's pretty face. The red candle on the table shook twice in understanding and extinguished.

At the same time, Liu Yanzhi was helpless in the embroidery room on the second floor. The room in the south was small, and a bed occupied half of the area. The sandalwood furniture was full of ancient charm. Outside the window, a crescent moon was like a beautiful eyebrows. In the red silk tent, the girl who looked like Zhen Yue was lying on her side, her eyelashes flashed, and her skin was blown. I don’t know if she was asleep or pretending to be asleep.

Whether to be a beast or not, Liu Yanzhi was caught in a conflict.
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