The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

After a period of preparation, Xia Mianwan and Sang Niangzi's singing and dancing hall was ready to open.

Xia Mianwan didn't have any foundation in Beijing, but he was the fourth son of the Hua family, and his network of contacts was extensive. Male and female guests naturally couldn't be invited on the same day, so on the opening day, Xia Mianwan planned to invite some ladies and young ladies in Beijing to watch the dance. On the first day, all the guests were female, and the hall was only open to female guests.

It will open normally on the second day, welcoming both male and female guests, and cubicles can be booked in advance.

The day before the opening, Xia Mianwan went to Manyuelou again to prepare for the opening tomorrow.

There are limited partitions in "Man Yue Lou" and it is impossible to have partitions for all the ladies, so the hall must also have its own characteristics.

Xia Mianwan arranged the seats in the hall in a circular shape, separated by a running water pool in the middle. All drinks and food were delivered by running water, and people could just take whatever they wanted to eat.

The lady in the compartment can order whatever she wants to eat.

In this performance of the song and dance troupe, Xia Mianwan also made some light and shadow presentations. In ancient times, the props that could be used were limited, but there were still fireworks. Xia Mianwan bought some small fireworks that could be set off indoors from the fireworks troupe, which were similar to modern fairy wands.

When the time comes, turn off the lights and use the fireworks to transition.

All the names of drinks and food were renamed, such as Night Moon Flowing Light, Winding Stream Flowing Wine, Hundred Days Like a Dream, Dream Butterfly, etc., just to make them sound weird.

After the storytelling dance is over, clothes and jewelry that match the theme of the storytelling will be displayed. The first class is limited to three sets, the second class is limited to five sets, and the third class is limited to ten sets.

The rest of the ordinary series only need to be booked in advance.

There is also a customized series of food and drinks for Huabenmai, limited to fifty servings per day.

Xia Mianwan personally supervises all food and drinks, and ensures that all of them are novel.

Of course, since it is only for ladies and female guests, Xia Mian Wan has specially prepared a beauty package. This beauty package includes various beauty teas, Xia Mian Wan's special skin care water, and various masks made from the materials that can be found.

Of course, these are not enough. Xia Mianwan has a lot of skin care products in the supermarket space, and there are also some in the warehouse on the basement floor. These skin care products are naturally not for sale. If they really want to be sold, Xia Mianwan does not have so many goods, but it is still okay to put them in the dance studio to attract customers.

Since every trivial task required manual labor, Xia Mianwan not only called the maids and old women in the Pei Mansion who had nothing to do to do the work, but also recruited a group of female workers.

In the singing and dancing house, even the people who do the rough work are hired are women, and there are no men.

After Xia Mianwan personally checked all the matters, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister Sang, let's open on time tomorrow. The ladies I sent invitations to should all be here. I have divided it into daytime and nighttime sessions. I have checked the menus. Whether it will be a big hit depends on tomorrow!"

Madam Sang herself had run a brothel before, but she had never expected Xia Mianwan to have so many tricks. During the rehearsal today, she was simply stunned.

"Mian Wan, this is the first time I've seen so many tricks. I'm really stunned. You are such a business genius! You are amazing! How did your brain develop? How do you have so many tricks?"

Xia Mianwan smiled and said, "We have only just started. We still have a lot to say. We will have to wait and see tomorrow. If the effect is good and it is really a hit, we can set up workshops through various channels in the future and recruit female workers. If the effect is good, we can enclose a piece of land near the workshop and build dormitories. If there are many people, we can recruit some food shops. If everything is good and there are many people, then a girls' school can be opened. But we have to start with the dance studio first. If it is really good, we can talk to Sister Yang about it this time next year."

Madam Sang was amazed: "You have thought so deeply?"

"Well, it's not that profound, I just tend to make more plans." Xia Mianwan took a sip of milk tea and felt comfortable all over. The biggest doubt now is whether the ancient people would eat this.

If it can be like "Gu Meng" and "Zheng Gui", it can be considered a success.

On the second day, "Man Yue Lou" opened grandly.

Xia Mianwan did not invite dragon and lion dancers to perform. Instead, he used some props and performed a brief climax of a storytelling dance at the door, and then stopped abruptly, which made the people watching the excitement at the door feel a little unsatisfied. The people living on Hengyang Street all had some wealth at home.

The dancer was so beautiful and the story was so fascinating that everyone wanted to spend money to sit in. But the shopkeeper told them that only female guests were entertained today, which really aroused their curiosity.

Some even went back and told their wives to let them go in and see what was going on.

After the warm-up, "Man Yue Lou" officially opened.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, almost all the guests invited by Xia Mianwan for the daytime show had arrived. After all, the title of Madam Pei was very useful.

These ladies actually didn't have any expectations when they came, they just thought it was a social event, and they also thought that Xia Mianwan was just using the name of the Pei Mansion to collect some money.

As soon as they entered "Man Yue", these ladies changed their views. The layout of the entire Manyue Building was so elegant. When they saw the misty running pool in the hall, their curiosity reached its peak.

After the ladies in the separate rooms had taken their seats and the hall was full, Madam Sang came on stage and announced the official start of the first storytelling dance of the day, "Flying Apsaras".

As soon as Madam Sang finished her words, the whole hall went dark. Suddenly, all the candles lit up, white mist rose up, and flower petals floated down from the sky. In the shadows, the first dancer appeared.

At the same time, the fireworks at the head and tail of the flowing pool were lit and bloomed, and then the entire flowing pool started to move, and all kinds of drinks flowed one by one.

The maid announced all the drinks before the flow and the guests could help themselves.

Mrs. Qiu and Mrs. Huang were arranged in the same compartment. Both ladies were deeply shocked by the magnificent opening of "Man Yue Lou". They looked at each other with admiration in their eyes.

Moreover, in the eyes of both of them, they could see each other's yearning for the flowing water pool.

"Mrs. Huang, it seems that this sitting hall also has the artistic conception of a hall..." Mrs. Qiu's face was full of longing.

"That's right! The white mist and the colorful drinks are so beautiful!"

After sighing, the two were attracted by the plot on the stage again, "Mrs. Huang, this dance seems..."

"There's a story!" The two looked at each other and said in unison.

This is amazing!