Chapter 54 Salesman advice

Dong Xiaowan has indeed arrived in Nanjing.She knew that it was the most stressful days of the exam, and she was afraid of disturbing Maoxiang's mind, so she didn't go into the city, and stayed on the boat outside the Sanshan Gate for the time being. Since there was no news of Maoxiang, Dong Xiaowan finally made up his mind to go to Nanjing to find him in a desperate situation.And it was the prostitute surnamed Lu who was with her now who prompted this action. Lu Maipo is a middle-aged woman from a small family.Oval face, small pointed nose, slender eyebrows and fine eyes, she is quite pretty; plus she was born with a slick mouth and can speak well, so she was unwilling to be lonely, and came out to the rivers and lakes alone.She specialized in going in and out of rich families, doing such side jobs as exchanging gold beads and jewelry, selling handkerchiefs and flower velvet, inserting belts on grates, and matchmaking. After a long time, she became more knowledgeable and bold.She lives in Bantang, Gusu, only a dozen or so houses away from Dong Xiaowan's home, and she communicates with her on a daily basis.That day, the saleswoman Lu took some jewelry and wanted to exchange them with the owner, so she stopped by and asked, and saw Dong Xiaowan crying alone, and asked why, and when she found out what was going on, she tried her best to persuade her to come to Nanjing to find a fake jewellery. Xiang, even volunteered to come with her, as long as Dong Xiaowan is willing to accept her expenses.Seeing the hopelessness of waiting, Dong Xiaowan thought about it, but she was alone, and her father, Dong Zijiang, was going to stay at home again, so she couldn't leave. When she suddenly heard that Mistress Lu agreed to accompany her, she was naturally very grateful.Immediately pack your luggage and choose another day to go out.Xiaoxing stayed overnight along the way, and finally came to Sanshan Gate on the sixth day of August.

Now, they have lived on the boat for three days.Mistress Lu had never been to Nanjing before, she volunteered to accompany Dong Xiaowan this time, partly out of love, and partly because she wanted to take the opportunity to see the world.So the next day when the ship arrived, she dragged Dong Xiaowan ashore for a stroll.Dong Xiaowan wasn't in the mood at first, but she couldn't resist Lu's prostitution, so she had to turn around and accompany her.The day before yesterday and yesterday, they had already visited Mochou Lake and Phoenix Terrace, but Mistress Lu was not satisfied, and they became more and more excited about traveling.She didn't know who said that the Guandi Temple inside the Shicheng Gate is the most effective for asking for lots, and she clamored to go again today.Dong Xiaowan was really bored, so she declined.However, Mistress Lu was not so easy to get rid of.She has a lot of thoughts and a good mouth, not to mention that Dong Xiaowan has to rely on her for many things.So in the end, Dong Xiaowan still had no choice but to obediently order the boatman to untie the cable and go north to the Shicheng Gate.

"Tsk tsk, look, this is my good girl!" Mistress Lu beamed with joy, poked her head out of the cabin, and waved her hand at the boatman, "Hey, boss, why are you still staying here? Let's go! Your grandma and I are going to play at Shicheng Gate today, if you swing fast, you will be indispensable to those two cups of yellow soup!" After speaking, he turned around and sat next to Dong Xiaowan again, holding her hand : "My good sister, you just need to rest assured, with the old sister here, your precious son will not be able to fly to the sky!" "But, but he would rather come by himself than pick me up!" Dong Xiaowan said pitifully.As soon as Maoxiang was mentioned, her eye circles turned red, and she almost shed tears.

"Hey, didn't I say that, if he didn't come to pick you up, maybe he was caught up in something and couldn't get away, maybe he was busy and forgot, maybe..." "No!" Dong Xiaowan shook her head sadly, "He did this on purpose, I've thought about it!" "Ah, what?" "If he didn't mean it, he should send me a letter. In the past two or three months, I have asked someone to send him a letter to remind him of this matter. At first he promised well, but then..." "Then he didn't answer?" Dong Xiaowan nodded, then shook her head: "It's not that I don't care at all, it's just..."

"It's not so easy to promise, is it?" "Ok……" Mistress Lu squinted at Dong Xiaowan, rolled her eyes for a long time, and finally, with a "puchi" smile, said comfortingly: "Sister, look at you! As long as he doesn't seal his mouth, the matter will not be over! Even if he seals it We still have a way to disassemble it! What are you worried about!" She leaned over and grabbed two handfuls of melon seeds from the short table, stuffed them into Dong Xiaowan, and said, "Okay, now You tell my sister about this from beginning to end!" "Didn't my sister know all about it?"

"No! The way you answered my words before was like Miss Shana Kuo stealing a man, saying half, keeping half, and hesitating. Today I want to listen to someone who has roots, pedicles, branches and leaves, so I can tell you. Idea!" Lu Maima casually spit out a melon seed shell, and immediately picked another melon seed and licked it in her mouth. Dong Xiaowan stared blankly at Mistress Lu for a while, finally sighed, lowered her head, and spoke quietly.She started from how she met Mao Xiang for the first time three years ago, how she came to visit Mao Xiang again this spring, how she kept him, and how she followed him to Zhenjiang.How Maoxiang refused her at first, how he changed his mind later because of the urging of his friends, how he suddenly repented this time, and refused to come...he confessed everything to Mistress Lu.She also talked about the relationship between Mao Xiang and Chen Yuanyuan in particular, and finally choked up and said: "I know he is thinking of Sister Chen. I ask myself that I dare not compare with Sister Chen. If Sister Chen is still there, I dare not keep it." This thought. Just now..." At this point, she couldn't bear it anymore, covered her face with her hands, turned her back, and wept bitterly and disappointedly.

But Mistress Lu didn't dissuade her, she still ate melon seeds.When she finished eating the last one, she stood up, carried the melon seed husks out from under the canopy with a cattail fan, and slapped the side of the boat twice, then put down the fan, turned her face, and patted Dong Xiaowan. arm, said: "Okay, okay, don't cry anymore, your eyes are swollen from crying, how will you meet people when you go ashore? Now it's up to you, how to manipulate the person you like is serious! ——Sister, it's not my sister who wants to talk about you, this Things have turned into today's situation, sister, you are also right!"

Dong Xiaowan had gradually stopped crying. After hearing this reproach, she couldn't help but raised her head and looked at Mistress Lu in bewilderment. "Your elder sister of the Chen family, I haven't seen it before." Lu Maipo continued, "How is she in heaven and earth? I don't know whether my sister is comparable to her or not. However, these Sister Nian, I walked around the rivers and lakes, and I have seen a few stunning beauties. My sister may not be as good as them. If the quality of essays is good, my sister will be a head higher. It is only the same, but my sister is too far behind. You can’t be inferior I'm afraid it's the reason for taking the young master's heart!"

"Oh?" "Sister, let me ask you, those sons and sisters, who are rich and powerful, don't worry about food and clothing, and have three wives and four concubines at home, why would they come out to pester your sister for nothing? Have you ever thought about it?" "This..." Dong Xiaowan blushed a bit, she wanted to explain that Maoxiang's family only had a wife and hadn't asked for a concubine yet, but she moved her mouth but didn't say anything. The saleswoman Lu ignored her, and just went on talking to herself: "Hmph, I just want to change the taste! It's like someone who is tired of eating delicacies from mountains and seas and wants to try mountain peaches and wild apricots. It's spicy and fresh. To deal with this Waiting for the master, if you don't let go of that frivolous and coquettish coquettish energy, so that you can't love him, hate him, you can't let go, can't let go, and you can still expect him to marry you with all your heart? Sister, you lose if you lose Too quiet and docile, serious!"

After listening to Lu Maipo's enlightenment, Dong Xiaowan felt like waking up from a dream.Originally, as a young lady who grew up in a brothel and has been open to receive customers for several years, she is not ignorant of this truth.However, the famous prostitutes on the Qinhuai River have always paid attention to each person's own style.Like Gu Mei's grace and luxury, Li Shiniang's weakness and charm, Kou Baimen's flirtatious birthday, Li Xiangjun's cleverness and cunning, etc., but quiet, dignified, and high-spirited are the characteristics that make him stand out from the crowd. It has fascinated many romantic lovers.Although she didn't want to be pretentious, she always thought that a well-informed young man like Mao Xiang would especially like this, but she didn't expect... She couldn't help but recall the scenes with Mao Xiang, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt Lu What the prostitute said makes sense.She became anxious: "ah, what should I do then?"

"What should I do?" Lu Maima curled her lips, "Show me your methods, do you want my sister to teach you?" Seeing Dong Xiaowan's distressed face, she frowned strangely, "Why, even this No? Your damn old lady was a well-known Sister Sao back then! Didn’t she tell you a few times?” "Oh, no—" Dong Xiaowan said in a panic, even her neck was blushing.She was afraid that Mistress Lu would go on talking, so she nodded vigorously. "Well, that's right!" Mistress Lu waved her hands in an air, "This is the most important thing. If you see Mr. Madam again, you have to remember it! Um, and, you Mister Mr. Is it a famous person or something?" "How does sister know?" "Hmph, why can't you hide it from me! If he wasn't the head of a celebrity, you little girl would fall in love with him so much? I see that although the impostor is arrogant, he has a thin skin-you didn't see him clearly when he was in Jinshan. I rejected you, and then asked his group of friends to coax him together, and he suddenly softened. Hey, the world is getting more and more strange now! I often heard people say in Gusu: To be a famous person, writing is not enough. Even when you visit a brothel, you have to be very knowledgeable and interesting, so that you will be flattered and flattered! Well, the more he is afraid of being teased, the more you have to make this matter public! Go back to your song tomorrow and look for you Those gangs of handkerchief sisters, godfathers and aunts talk about it to everyone, and everyone knows about it. As long as they are coaxed from all directions, they won't be afraid of those who pretend to be sons and don't behave well!" Lu Mima After finishing speaking in a low tone, he looked at Dong Xiaowan proudly, "Sister, look, how about this strategy of sister?" Dong Xiaowan drooped her head and didn't answer immediately.She weighed it in her heart and felt that this was indeed a solution.But she was also worried that if Mao Xiang found out, she would be self-defeating.However, if you don't do this, things will be even more hopeless... She hesitated and hesitated, and finally said softly: "But it's up to my sister to make the decision. It's just my sister, don't say it's me..." Mistress Lu rolled her eyes, she seemed to understand, and she laughed: "My sister, just rest assured, everything is on my sister's shoulders, my sister just pretends not to know!"