Chapter 93 History
"Second brother-in-law, this is inappropriate!"

"What's inappropriate?"

"Isn't it just a house?"

"Maybe I won't be able to give it to you in the future, so it's better to keep it in our family."

"This"

"Deming, you were so neat and tidy before, why are you hesitating now?"

"Second brother-in-law, then I'd better obey your command!"

"Well, that's right." When Cha Kuiyuan saw that Wang Deming accepted the house, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

After sitting down again, the three of them were all relaxed. Cha Kuiyuan called the servant to change the tea leaves and make tea again, while they enjoyed the Peking Opera and chatted.

A new group of people had come to the stage, singing "The Reconciliation of the General and the Prime Minister" in a loud voice. "What will happen if the general and the prime minister are not in harmony? If two tigers fight, they will surely get hurt. It's not that Lin Xiangru is timid and backs down. What he fears is that the discord between civil and military officials will harm the country."

After listening to a passage, Zhang Shouchong smacked his lips and commented: "This play is really sung well by Tan Fuying. The old general's singing is full of twists and turns, and the transition from Erhuang lead to original beat is very smooth."

"Well, Mr. Ma Lianliang also sang well," Cha Kuiyuan commented, "My dad heard Mr. Ma sing when he was with Pu Jie outside the Great Wall."

"The scene in Huluyu is particularly good, with scattered beats, rocking beats, flowing beats, and quick beats. It goes on layer by layer, and it's so refreshing."

"By the way, I heard that Mr. Ma is still performing on a stage in Hong Kong. I wonder when he will return to Beijing?"

"I guess it will be soon." Zhang Shouchong answered casually: "Didn't I hear Liu Yuchen say last time that he specially invited Mr. Ma to dinner in Hong Kong, and said that Mr. Ma would return to Guangzhou during the National Day this year?"

"When my eldest brother came back from Tianjin to visit my old lady, he said that Mr. Ma and Zhang Junqiu were performing in Tianjin."

The speaker may not have meant it, but the listener took it seriously. When Wang Deming heard Zhang Shouchong mention the word "Hong Kong", he immediately pricked up his ears, but unfortunately it just passed by.

Wang Deming glanced at Zhang Shouchong from the corner of his eye, took a sip of tea, and asked casually, "Third brother, who is the Liu Yuchen you just mentioned?"

"Oh, your second brother-in-law is most familiar with this. A lot of money from the Cha family was given to Liu Yuchen's family to help them make money;"

"Isn't there a saying in Beijing? 'Wear Ma Juyuan on the head, Ruifengxiang on the body, Nei Liansheng on the feet, and 'Four Hengs' around the waist. '"

"Henghe Money House among the four major Hengs is the family of Liu Yuchen. The pawnshop behind it is also called Pawnshop Liu."

"Oh," Wang Deming looked at Cha Kuiyuan curiously. Cha Kuiyuan smiled and waved his hand, explaining, "During the Qing Dynasty, officials were not allowed to engage in business, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs always asked Han merchants to run the business on their behalf. Of course, they couldn't do it well even if they did it themselves."

"Or what if I hear you say you want to do business and I feel scared?"

"The one who suffered the biggest loss in our family was my sixth uncle, oh, he was my third grandfather's son. When he was a director of Huabi Bank, he lost millions in some business."

"My grandfather also sold many houses to help pay off the debt."

"Now Liu from the pawnshop is much richer than our family."

"At that time, my sixth uncle, Mr. Suo Liu, was known as one of the eight young masters of Beijing. The others were: the two sons of Ke Hongnian, the general manager of Huabi Bank; the four brothers of Le Yuanke from the Le family of Tongrentang; and Tang Haixin, the nephew of Concubine Zhen and Concubine Jin."

"Humph!" Zhang Shouchong showed a trace of disdain and anger on his face, and snorted coldly: "Pawnbroker Liu is shaking now. He specially found the Prince Qing's Mansion to marry after liberation, and married his daughter and married his wife."

"Now you're trying to get involved in our family affairs. You're really blinded by greed and have a bad tongue. You'll die in the process!"

He glanced at Cha Kuiyuan and said, "Our family has always looked down on those who run money houses and pawnshops. They are all evil-minded."

"Haha, your family runs a bank, or a salt bank, so they definitely look down on pawnshops," Cha Kuiyuan said with a smile. Seeing that the two were talking about something irrelevant, Wang Deming interrupted and persuaded them, "Let's stop arguing about the past."

"Third brother, does that mean that the young master of the fourth branch of the Le family was called here by Liu Yuchen?"

"Are they mixed together now?"

"Well, weren't all the pawnshops closed after the liberation? Tong Ren Tang's business was good, so Liu Yuchen wanted to get the fourth branch of the Le family to do the medicine shop business together."

"Then why did Liu Yuchen go to Hong Kong?"

"Help the Le family to go to Hong Kong to exchange US dollars! There are no banks in Beijing that have so many yellow croakers and US dollars to exchange. Didn't the bald guy take them all away?"

"Why else would the Le family bother to care about him? Why would the Le family need outsiders to invest money in their pharmacy business?"

"Oh," Wang Deming suddenly realized what was going on. He glanced at the east wing opposite and squinted his eyes, wondering: How did the thief miss the Le family's American tickets last time? That's the big deal, right?

If you dare to interfere in my affairs, I will make you very sad. Don’t you know that the Horse King has three eyes?
Isn't it just right to exchange Hong Kong for US dollars?
Wang Deming turned his head, looked at Cha Kuiyuan and Zhang Shouchong with a warm smile, and said, "Second brother-in-law, third brother, can you do me a favor?"

"Oh, you said?"

After hearing this, Cha Kuiyuan and Zhang Shouchong looked confused and quite surprised.

At this time, Zhang Shouying came to the west wing and looked at the three people chatting animatedly. A smile flashed in her eyes and she said with a faint smile: "Kuiyuan, Shouchong, it's time for lunch. Let's go to the inner house to pay respects to grandma, and then come back to serve the dishes and eat."

"De Ming." He said and looked at Cha Kuiyuan.

Cha Kuiyuan immediately understood what he meant, and stood up solemnly to invite Wang Deming, saying, "Deming, we will be a family in the future. According to etiquette, please follow me into the inner house to meet my mother."

Wang Deming stood up, straightened his clothes, and replied seriously: "Second brother-in-law, this is what you should do."

"De Ming, I just don't dare to speak rashly."

"Deming, please!"

Cha Kuiyuan took the lead and led Zhang Shouchong and Wang Deming through the moon gate and into the inner house.

Entering the inner house of the three-courtyard complex, Wang Deming saw that it was not much different from other quadrangle courtyards. They all had blue bricks and tiles, winding corridors, and pomegranates and crabapples planted in the courtyard.

After passing through two moon gates, we finally reached the back room.

Unlike ordinary courtyard houses, these five back rooms are two-story. When the group went upstairs, Wang Deming found that many female relatives were already paying their respects on the second floor.

It's similar to what you see on TV, but slightly different. When you squat, one knee is on the ground.

Some call him grandma, madam, and some call him dad.
The second floor is separated by a screen, a green gauze cabinet, and a flower cover. An old lady with a round face and a plump figure is wearing a beaded flower, a gray satin cheongsam, a blue waistcoat, and shoes with the word "Fu" on her feet. She is sitting on a throne, holding a warm stove in her hand, and behind her is a large shell-carved screen with the words "Fu as rich as the East Sea".

There was a big clock in front of the nanmu floor-standing cover on the east side. When the time came, a little man walked out of the clock tower, holding a clock in his left hand and a small hammer in his right hand. He struck the clock eleven times, then retracted it and the door of the tower closed again.

Wang Deming was standing at the back, and heard Cha Kuiyuan's voice in his ear: "Deming, you are a Han Chinese, so just follow the Han Chinese etiquette."

"Ah."

　Erhuang is the main vocal style of Peking Opera. Its types include original ban, slow ban, fast three-eye, touch ban, top ban, guide ban, huilong, sanban, shake ban, roll ban, fan Erhuang, etc. There is also suona Erhuang.

　　The guide board is used to start singing, and the original board is a one-board, one-eye, and two-quarter board format.

　　
　
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