webnovelfull Chapter 384 No One Will Compromise with Her
Chapter 384 No One Will Compromise with Her
"Gu Shuixian, do you know that the actor you are talking about is the owner of the Xiangyuanlou cooperative opera troupe?"
What? Everyone looked at Liu Rumei in shock.
Liu Rumei was the owner of the opera troupe that cooperated with Xiangyuanlou? That owner was actually a woman?
"Do you know how much money her troupe can earn from performing a play?"
Gu Narcissus didn't say anything, but there was still disdain on her face. After all, for her, she didn't have to pay for going to Xiangyuan Tower to watch a play.
Someone in the crowd said, "If I remember correctly, the admission fee to their troupe's performance is now one or two silver coins!"
One tael of silver! Everyone's breathing became heavier.
Although one tael of silver is not a lot of money in the hands of these people at the scene, those who have dealings with Gu Weizhi are all doing business. They can calculate the profit. One tael of silver per person, and every show in Xiangyuan Tower is always crowded. How much silver does he make from each show?
If a troupe has put on a new play and you want to watch the opening scene, you need to make a reservation long in advance.
The most important thing is that Xiangyuanlou only cooperates with this one opera troupe. I heard that as long as it is a branch of Xiangyuanlou, the performances will be performed by the opera troupe under her name!
Everyone's eyes changed as they looked at Liu Rumei, but the disdain at the beginning gradually turned into surprise and envy.
Xie Jiaojiao stood in the crowd and asked everyone, "Does everyone think that our Xiangyuanlou's boss Liu is an actor?"
Everyone waved their hands hastily and said righteously: "This Boss Liu is just like us, he is out doing business, he is not an opera singer, how can he be compared with that opera singer?"
For the first time, Liu Rumei felt that her back was straightened, and the corners of her eyes turned slightly red as she looked at Xie Jiaojiao.
Gu Shuixian was so angry at the change in the crowd that her face turned red, but she was still unwilling to accept it.
"You're just making excuses for her."
Xie Jiaojiao stared at her with amusement.
"Why? Your sister-in-law should be an actress, so that you can feel comfortable? Or, you can't stand seeing your eldest brother and sister-in-law Li get along well? You can't stand seeing your family get along well?"
After saying that, Xie Jiaojiao nodded slightly: "That's right, you will get married sooner or later anyway, and the honor and disgrace of your mother's family has nothing to do with you."
After Xie Jiaojiao finished speaking, she shook her head slightly.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Old Lady Gu hurried forward to say something nice: "Young Madam, my Narcissus is usually a little impatient, so some of the things I said were not quite right, please forgive me."
Xie Jiaojiao pretended to be generous and said with a smile: "Old Madam, you are joking. She is not my daughter, nor my sister, so I will not argue with her. But don't blame me for being nosy. If my daughter had such a temper, she would not be happy with the family and would quarrel with them. I would have beaten her several times. After all, it is fine at home. But if she gets married, no one will tolerate her in her husband's family."
When Old Mrs. Gu heard this, she began to think about it and felt that she really shouldn't indulge her like this anymore.
But before she could speak.
Jiang Weinan stood up at this time and looked at Gu Shuixian and the ginseng on the table in surprise.
Pointing at the gold locket on Gu Shuixian's neck, he said, "Madam, isn't the gold locket on her neck the one we gave to Boss Liu's son?"
"And the ginseng? Didn't you hear that Boss Liu's Ling'er gave birth prematurely, so you spent a lot of money to find it to replenish Boss Liu's body?"
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Gu Shuixian with changed eyes, especially the few people who had just sat at the table, and they were whispering to the people around them.
"This is a gold locket given to the little baby by someone else. How could she...?"
"That's right. I heard she hasn't gotten married yet."
"Who will want her after this..."
Gu Shuixian's face turned blue and purple, and now she wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into!
The first thing she did when she was released from the room was not to go to the living room to eat, but to run to Liu Rumei's room. Finally, she found these two things under Liu Rumei's dressing table. She thought that these were bought by Liu Rumei with the money from her family, so she did this.
Xie Jiaojiao looked at her with a smile, then turned to Jiang Weinan and said, "Husband, you don't know, she just said that the things we gave her would make her sick."
Jiang Weinan immediately showed displeasure on his face, and looked at Gu Weizhi: "Manager Gu, I never thought that my wife and I came to you with good intentions to send you something, but we sent it to the wrong place."
“No, no, no!” Old Mrs. Gu denied it hastily, fearing that the matter would implicate her son. Without his job as shopkeeper, the whole family would be left with nothing!
"Boss, Boss! It's my daughter who spoke without restraint! I will ask her to apologize to you and the young lady immediately."
As he said this, he pushed Gu Shuixian.
Gu Shuixian was very unhappy: "No, I'm not wrong!"
"Pa!" Gu Narcissus was slapped again.
"Why don't you apologize to your boss?" Old Mrs. Gu's voice was rarely harsh.
Gu Shuixian covered her face and pursed her lips, her eyes full of disbelief. Her mother actually hit her. She was about to cry when she saw it. She leaned forward slightly and was about to speak.
Jiang Weinan spoke up: "Hey, instead of apologizing to us, you might as well apologize to Boss Liu! After all, we have already given her this thing!"
Gu Narcissus bit her lower lip until her mouth was almost broken, her eyes were full of tears, but she couldn't utter a word.
She glanced at Liu Rumei, who looked at her calmly.
Old Mrs. Gu was also upset, but thinking about what the Dong family’s wife had just said, she hardened her heart and pushed her: “Didn’t you hear what the Dong family said?”
Gu Narcissus shook her head slightly. Seeing so many people looking at her, tears welled up in her eyes and were about to fall.
Liu Rumei waited for a long time and said, "Okay, you don't have to apologize to me. I don't need an insincere apology. Now all you need to do is take off the gold lock. After all... it's not a gift for you."
Gu Shuixian hurried to take the gold lock, but she was in such a panic that she couldn't take it off. It was the maid behind her who helped her take it off.
He threw it on the table and said stubbornly, "I'm giving it back to you! Who cares?"
Gu Weizhi almost slapped her again.
But Gu Shuixian did know how to do it. She turned around and ran back to the backyard, and the maid quickly followed her.
Gu Weizhi raised his hand, then dropped it again. He sighed and pinched Liu Rumei's hand: "I'm sorry for putting you through this!"
Liu Rumei shook her head, turned around and gave a look to the old maid next to her. The old maid hurried forward and put away the box and the gold lock.
Old Mrs. Gu looked at the ginseng and felt reluctant to part with it, but she couldn't say anything, after all, so many people were watching it.
Liu Rumei pulled Gu Weizhi, who was angry, and they both smiled again towards all the guests.
Liu Rumei said generously: "I'm sorry for making a fool of myself in front of you all. Please take your seats again and have your meal. There will be a performance by our troupe in the courtyard later. Just consider it as Rumei's apology to you all."
Everyone hurriedly smiled and waved their hands, saying, "No, no."
At the invitation of Liu Rumei and Gu Weizhi, everyone sat down again.