Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Those were the sounds of several musical instruments, including the guzheng, pipa, and guqin.

The performer's level is not bad, and the music flows into the ears and refreshes the heart.

Suddenly, many people were stunned.

"Why is there music here? Could it be that someone knew there would be a lot of people here today and came here to perform to liven up the atmosphere?"

"Only the musicians of Seikotsubo can play such beautiful music."

"It seems to be coming from Green Jade Residence. I have to go and take a look. I don't usually have the chance to go to Qingyue Square to listen to the girls playing the piano and singing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people swarmed towards the competition venue in Luyuju.

Li Yu thought about it, then followed.

She wanted to see what the owner of Green Jade House was up to.

*

At this time, inside the competition venue of Green Jade House, the expression of the shopkeeper of Green Jade House was very ferocious.

In order to attract people to their side, he ordered his servants to invite people to perform. As a result, the servants invited musicians from Qingyuefang, and they invited three of them.

What is Qingyuefang? It is one of the best singing houses in the capital. You can't enter without money. Although the musicians there are not as good as the court musicians, the price they charge is not low. Even the lowest-ranking musicians in Qingyuefang have to pay ten taels of silver for a day of performance.

And the three in front of us are not the lowest.

If it hadn't happened in public, the shopkeeper would have almost stabbed the waiter to death.

When he said he was looking for a performer, he meant an ordinary musician from an ordinary place, the kind that could be hired for a few dozen coins. But the Qingyuefang musicians showed up.

It would be fine if he could let them go back, but Qingyuefang had a backer, so he didn't dare to send these musicians away and could only endure it.

"I'll settle the score with you after this is over." The shopkeeper pointed at the clerk and gritted his teeth, "You've caused the store to lose a lot of money in vain. Forget about your wages in the future!"

The waiter felt wronged: "You said you wanted to find a better musician. Looking at the entire capital, are there any musicians that can compare to the ones in Qingyuefang?"

Shopkeeper: “…”

The waiter pointed at the people coming towards them and said, "Boss, the people are coming towards us."

The shopkeeper turned around and saw someone approaching, and immediately put on a smile.

*

The competition at Green Jade House had already ended a long time ago, but the judging had not yet begun because the shopkeeper felt that there were too few people and the judging would be meaningless.

Now that the common people had arrived, he immediately asked the musicians of Qingyuefang to stop, and then called the shop assistants to prepare for the selection.

The purpose of the people coming here was to listen to music, but when they arrived, the music was gone, and they could not help but look at the musicians in confusion.

The shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "The musicians from Qingyuefang will continue to perform later. Before that, why don't you all take a look at our competition first? The competition is over and it's time for the judging."

The selection at the handicraft workshop just now was quite interesting. When the people heard the word "selection", they thought that this place would be the same as the handicraft workshop, where people would be randomly selected for the selection, and they couldn't help but perk up.

As a result, they waited for a while, but the shopkeeper did not come to pick anyone.

One man couldn't help but shouted, "Boss, why don't you choose someone?"

The shopkeeper of Green Jade House turned around and asked with a smile, "What do you mean by choosing someone?"

"They're just going to select people from among the spectators!" A woman frowned and asked, "There shouldn't be any."

Shopkeeper: "...We have judges, no need to trouble you."

Woman: "With so many of you competing, how long will it take for just a few judges to watch?"

"Yes, and if the judges and contestants are in collusion, wouldn't that be unfair?"

"No wonder there was no one here just now, their competition is too boring."

*

Unpleasant words were heard one after another in the crowd.

That’s not all. After the people raised their doubts, the contestants in the venue also began to question.

A woman sitting in the back said, "When they were collecting the clothes just now, I saw a judge smile at the girl in front. Do they know each other?"

"I saw it too." A girl sitting next to the woman said, "They look very familiar."

The shopkeeper of Green Jade House was extremely dissatisfied with what the two said, but there were many people watching, so he could only smile dryly: "Don't worry, our competition is absolutely fair and just, and there will be no favoritism."

The woman and the girl were gentle in nature, so they didn't say anything more after hearing this.

However, the onlookers noticed other tricks.

Some people pointed out that several people in the venue were related to one of the judges on the stage. They were the judge's sister, sister-in-law, aunt, and cousin.

"Since our family members are here, they will definitely give the reward to our family members." The commoner said, "They will not give it to outsiders."

Li Yu agreed.

*

The judges were not slow in looking at the clothes, but because there were more than a hundred people competing, it had not ended after a quarter of an hour.

Some of the onlookers did not feel a sense of participation, and they were a little hungry after watching for a whole morning, so they turned around and left.

Li Yu thought about it and left.

It would take at least fifteen minutes for the results to come out, so she might as well use this time to buy some food.

*

Li Yu walked to the place where snacks were sold.

Because they anticipated that there would be a lot of people here today, the milk tea shop also set up a stall.

After the store opened, its reputation has always been good, so the stall is always surrounded by people.

Seeing this, Li Yu turned to the stall selling wontons.

The wonton sellers were an elderly couple. Their wontons had thin skin and large fillings, and the soup was fresh and tasty. Li Yu ate slowly, planning to go to the Green Jade Residence competition venue to take a look after he finished eating.

However, before she could go and see, there was suddenly chaos at Green Jade Residence.

There was still a lot of wontons left, and Li Yu couldn't leave. He could only eat while looking over there.

When she saw a man running over there, she asked, "What happened over there?"

The visitor looked excited, "The competition over there was unfair, there was something wrong with the result, the family members of the contestants were not satisfied, and they started a fight with the people from Green Jade Residence."

Li Yu: "...Are the results out yet?"

"It's out." The visitor said, "Half of the top thirty are relatives and friends of the judges. They thought they had faked it perfectly, but someone in the crowd who knew them exposed the truth."

Li Yu: “…”

"This Green Jade Residence is really outrageous. If you ask me, if you don't want to give the money to outsiders, it would be better not to hold the competition. They can just divide the money privately."

Li Yu: "You are right, they want fame but don't want to spend money, they deserve this."

*

After eating the wontons, the chaos in the Green Jade House competition venue did not stop until a quarter of an hour later, when the government officials arrived and stabilized the situation.

Because there were so many people involved, the government did not directly put anyone in jail. Instead, after finding out the cause of the chaos, they beat up the person who created the chaos.

As for the competition at Green Jade Residence, there was no real result.

The contestants got nothing except a piece of clothing that was trampled on the ground during the fight.

When Li Yu turned over there, he saw the contestants surrounding the owner of Lvyuju, asking him to give an explanation.