聂云竹 and Yuan Jin'er were indeed there to sell preserved eggs. Search: \(Complete Book God Station\) to read high-quality literature for free.

Only a few days had passed since Yuan Jin'er jumped into the water and left Jin Feng House. The inside story of her disappearance from Jin Feng House was still being wildly spread outside, and Madam Yang of Jin Feng House was currently angry. However, Yuan Jin'er herself was a restless person. She took all the money she had and invested it, planning to follow Nie Yunzhu out to drum up some business and enjoy the feeling of being a strong woman.

However, in reality, this business was based on existing relationships. Yuan Jin'er knew Madam Chen of Yan Cui House and brought Nie Yunzhu over to develop the market. The business of selling preserved eggs was a small matter relative to the size and income of Yan Cui House. Since they were acquaintances, a little talk was all it took to make it happen, but other incidental matters were more troublesome.

"...Where were we? Who in this business doesn't know Yang Xiu Hong's temper? You crazy girl, you don't know how good you have it. Preserved eggs are just a small matter. Later, Jin'er, you should apologize to her and soften her up. If you wait too long, it will hurt her feelings. That woman with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, tsk... Anyway, I don't care what the girls who redeem themselves do, but you guys are a real headache..."

Walking into the room, Madam Chen sat in front of the bronze mirror and began to touch up her makeup, continuing to nag endlessly. Of course, she was very familiar with Yuan Jin'er, so she spoke casually. Jin'er narrowed her eyes.

"Okay, okay, you're as nagging as an old hen. Don't you know that ugly people are annoying when they talk too much!"

"Oh, is this your attitude when doing business!"

"This is the attitude."

Madam Chen was in her thirties but looked beautiful. She had only been running Yan Cui House for a few years, with an official "godfather" as her backing, so she had a fairly straightforward temper. At this moment, she and Yuan Jin'er were staring at each other, neither willing to give way. Nie Yunzhu smiled wryly and mediated between them: "Alright, alright, you two."

"Hmph, if Yunzhu wasn't standing in the middle, I would have torn your mouth apart today."

"Come and tear it." Yuan Jin'er stuck out her tongue, then turned her head and asked, "By the way, what was going on outside just now?"

"What else could it be? The Xue family who owns the cloth shop is at odds with the Su family who owns the cloth shop, mortal enemies. But the people who came today are really impressive, Liu Qingdi, Li Pin, and that most low-key Ning Liheng who never goes to brothels, haha, if he can write a poem in Yan Cui House today, then Yan Cui House will become famous... By the way, I heard that you are very familiar with that Liu Qingdi, what is he like?"

Jin'er blinked her eyes: "He writes poetry casually, and he writes well. Li Pin also often leaves poems behind. As for that Ning Liheng..." She looked at Nie Yunzhu, "There is no hope for that."

Madam Chen shrugged while applying some rouge to her face: "Whatever, it's good enough to have poems by Liu Qingdi and Li Dexin. As for Ning Liheng, tomorrow I'll get someone to publicize the fact that he came to Yan Cui House to show his support tonight... Later, I have to tell A Xia and the others to perform well and stir up the atmosphere, preferably really stirring up some fire so that Ning Yi can't help but..."

"Deceptive."

"What's deceptive about it? Isn't that what your Madam Yang does? Do you think that when those great talents were fighting over you many times, Madam Yang wasn't pulling the strings in the middle?"

"I am devastatingly beautiful."

"Just a little girl."

The two continued to argue in the room. The room used a bronze mirror, so the images inside were not very clear. When Madam Chen squinted and drew her eyebrows, Yuan Jin'er impatiently took the pen and helped to draw them, while the two continued to quarrel verbally. Nie Yunzhu listened with a smile in the back and said at this time: "If that Ning Yi really writes a poem of support, will A Xia go up?"

Madam Chen was silent for a moment, then smiled and glanced over: "It's not that simple. To show support, you still have to see how much silver there is."

"The Su family probably won't be stingy with silver."

"If that's the case, then I'll be in trouble..." Madam Chen laughed softly.

"What's wrong?"

"Yunzhu, you don't know. A Xia and Xue Yan of the Xue family have already had some private affairs. This time there is also Liu Qingdi. If the Su family only has a good poem and silver, we will naturally say that A Xia prefers the Xue family's support. But if Ning Liheng is added, the weight will be different. But A Xia is the mainstay of our Yan Cui House, so it's not good to force her to embarrass Young Master Xue at this time, isn't that ruining people's marriage..."

Madam Chen sighed: "But then again, if the Su family even has the number one talent write a poem for her, and she still gives the cup of wine to Xue Yan in the end, people will say that she doesn't know what's good for her, that she is deliberately putting on airs. That will be troublesome... Of course, if that Liu Qingdi can write an excellent poem, overwhelming the poems of Li Pin and Ning Yi at once, just like when Ning Yi wrote those two poems, it won't be a problem... Yunzhu, you are the best at poetry, do you think that's possible?"

Yunzhu thought for a moment, then frowned slightly, the movement was small but extremely firm as she shook her head: "Of course not." It could be seen that she felt that even the thought process was a bit superfluous.

"Isn't that right?" Madam Chen finished her makeup, got up and prepared to go out, "Fortunately, that Ning Liheng generally doesn't write poetry, okay, I'll go out first. You two... just do as you please. Find some familiar sisters to catch up with, but don't take mine away, Yunzhu, I understand what you're thinking, but women... that's their fate, it's better to be a young mistress..."

"Talkative..." Yuan Jin'er muttered.

"Okay! I'm ugly and talk too much, I won't say it anymore! You little girl... but you, you are so familiar with that Liu Qingdi, he is outside, don't you plan to go out and see him?"

"No! Not familiar!"

"Then you can hide yourself..."

After Madam Chen finished speaking, she shook her head and went out. Yuan Jin'er quietly pushed open the window and looked out. In the hall, there was a noisy scene...

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In Yan Cui House, most of the people who came and went had some business background. Merchants with good family backgrounds liked to come here to walk around and have fun. Not only was the program in the hall good, but in the inner hall, the service of the girls was also very attentive. In fact, everything was in place here, but the brand and reputation were not enough.

Jiangning seemed very large, but the upper circles were actually not that wide. The merchants who often came to Yan Cui House knew each other more or less. At this time, many people in the hall were greeting each other, and people were constantly visiting and chatting in the corridor of the boxes watching the performance on the second floor. All kinds of snacks and dishes had been placed, and girls also came to accompany them for wine and sitting. After a while, the lights gradually dimmed, and various performances on the stage below began to unfold, and the sound in the hall gradually decreased.

Yan Cui House's performance actually followed a similar model to the courtesan competition. The best girls in the house prepared a small gala-style performance. Each person performed two shows, and then naturally there were all kinds of support. The girls would also choose their favorite person to accompany them based on everyone's support. This was not just to accompany them for a banquet tonight, but also to have a priority reception if they came another day.

This kind of bidding-like model was actually a very good business model. Of course, the girls who performed had to have good artistic skills themselves. For men, what they sought was probably excitement and face. The Su family upstairs and the Xue family downstairs came with more people today, and there were also three great talents present, which was their home field. In addition, there were also two or three bosses present whose family businesses were no less than the Xue and Su families, but in today's scene, they might not compete to the end.

The music was playing leisurely in the building, and the dance atmosphere that coordinated with it was also really good. People upstairs and downstairs occasionally greeted each other, and some people walked around, talking about business or chatting about these performances, etc. It seemed that some people were also discussing the gossip about the Xue family and the Su family planning to compete for Lu Xia's accompaniment seat tonight.

Lu Xia's first performance was a dance, appearing in fifth place. She took a relatively charming and alluring style, dressed in a Tang Dynasty court dress. Her eyes moved between the flowing silk scarves, and the hints in her eyes and body were exciting. For Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jin'er, such a dance might be too straightforward, but in this performance, it was indeed the most outstanding. After the performance, Liu Qingdi immediately offered a poem and had someone read it on the stage: "Flower shadows come in pairs, disturbing the jade screen..."

"Li Pin is also writing poetry above..." The level of the entire party was somewhat low for Nie Yunzhu and Yuan Jin'er, but they had been watching nearby, more to see the movements of the Xue family below, and the movements of Li Pin and Ning Yi in the Su family group above. Throughout the process, Li Pin and Ning Yi had actually been talking about something. Except for watching Lu Xia's performance carefully for a while, they probably weren't very attentive to the rest of the performances. At this time, in the not-so-bright lights upstairs, Li Pin asked the woman next to him to bring paper and pen, probably to write a poem to dedicate to Lu Xia. Liu Qingdi downstairs occasionally looked back at the scene above, and smiled at Li Pin's reaction.

After Li Pin finished writing the poem, he discussed things with Ning Yi again.

"Sister Yunzhu, what if that Ning Yi also writes a poem later?"

"Hmm?"

"Since Li Pin has written, and Liu Qingdi is deliberately provoking him, he might also write one. If he writes poorly, it will ruin his reputation, if he writes well, and that A Xia doesn't give him face and goes to toast Xue Yan, wouldn't that be very embarrassing? If it spreads out in the future, his reputation will not be good. People will say that in Lu Xia's heart, Ning Yi is not as good as Liu Qingdi."

Nie Yunzhu smiled and looked at her: "Jin'er, don't you hate him very much, why are you suddenly so worried about him?"

She naturally teased when she said this. Yuan Jin'er's principle has always been to protect those who are close to her. At this time, she naturally felt that Ning Yi was more worthy of support than the Xue family. She glared at Nie Yunzhu unhappily, pouted, and was too lazy to explain. After a moment, she saw Ning Yi upstairs get up and leave the box, probably to go to the restroom. Jin'er raised an eyebrow, turned and walked out: "I'm going to warn him not to write poetry, it's embarrassing to write it!"

"Hey..." Nie Yunzhu called out to her with a smile, but Yuan Jin'er had already run out of the door quickly, racing against time. After Yuan Jin'er went out, Liu Qingdi seemed to see Ning Yi leave his seat, thought about it, and also got up and left, heading towards one end of the hall. Nie Yunzhu glanced obliquely at the performance still going on on the stage, her eyes flickered, and she thought for a long time.

She closed the window, walked to the dressing table that Madam Chen had used before, frowned slightly and stood for a moment, then sat down, looking at herself in the bronze mirror. Today, she was still dressed like a country girl. She looked at the image in the mirror, reached out and touched her cheeks, stroked her temples. After a few seconds, she took a deep breath and pulled out the wooden hairpin that held up her hair.

A head of dark hair spread out and slid down. She sat there quietly watching. In the bronze mirror, a melon-seed-like delicate face, with clarity, maturity, and charm, and then the corner of the mirror woman's mouth moved slightly, somewhat awkward and somewhat naturally smiled.

Like a child, the feeling of smiling for the first time in life...

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