Siheyuan: The more excited you are, the more excited I am

"As long as you like it, I'm afraid that if I don't play it well, it will ruin your fun!"

Song Yinzhang stood up and bowed to Lin Fan, then said with a smile.

"I am a rough man, I don't have any taste for elegance or ugliness. You play the pipa really well. Good is good, bad is bad. There is no need to be overly modest."

Actually, Lin Fan doesn’t really like highbrow literature, but is more interested in lowbrow literature.

Just like tea tasting, as a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, Lin Fan knows everything. Even if the Tea Saint were resurrected, he wouldn't know as much about the tea ceremony as he does. It's just that he doesn't like tea tasting in his daily life.

The same is true for music. If he were to play the pipa, he could make Song Yinzhang so ashamed that he would never touch the pipa again.

He only likes to do so-called elegant things when he is in the mood.

"Okay, I've disturbed you long enough today. It's time for me to leave. Don't worry about the government. I will take care of it!"

Lin Fan was ready to leave. It was not a good idea to stay in the teahouse all the time. However, before leaving, he still said something to Zhao Paner so that she would not worry.

"Mr. Lin, are you leaving now?"

Zhao Pan'er was a little reluctant. She wanted to ask Lin Fan to stay, but found that she couldn't find any good excuse.

"Why don't you leave? Are you staying for dinner?"

Lin Fan smiled, and seeing Zhao Pan'er's look, he felt that his trip today was not in vain. If he continued like this, he would be able to win Zhao Pan'er's heart in three days at most.

"Yes, Mr. Lin, please stay and have lunch before leaving! If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have discovered the affair between Fu Xingui and Tao, let alone the hatred that the father and son had for me. It's you who gave me a new life, and I must thank you very much!"

"But I'm not as capable as Yin Zhang, who can play the pipa for you. The only thing I'm good at is cooking. Please give me a chance and let me cook to show myself!"

Lin Fan teased Zhao Pan'er, which made her feel embarrassed to reply, but gave Sun Sanniang an opportunity to interrupt, and she immediately invited Lin Fan.

"Yes, Mr. Lin, you can stay and have lunch before leaving!"

At this time, Zhao Pan'er also asked Lin Fan to stay. Sun Sanniang helped her think of a good excuse, so she naturally had to seize it.

"Since you have invited me so kindly, it would be impolite for me to refuse. So let's have a meal!"

Lin Fan thought about it and decided not to refuse. He decided to just stay for a meal. There was nothing to do when he returned anyway.

"Great, I'll go buy some groceries. Pan'er, you stay with Master Lin!"

Sun Sanniang also saw Zhao Pan'er's feelings for Lin Fan, so she deliberately created opportunities for them.

After saying that, Sun Sanniang left in a hurry. She had to buy some ingredients. After all, this was a teahouse and there were not many ingredients in the kitchen.

"Mr. Lin, it will take some time for Sanniang to prepare lunch. I saw you were admiring the scenery of Qiantang River. There is a small boat behind my teahouse. Why don't I take you to the Qiantang River to have a look?"

Zhao Pan'er didn't know if she had figured it out or what, but she suddenly invited Lin Fan to go boating on the river with her.

"Okay!"

Lin Fan smiled and nodded. It must be a pleasant thing to go boating with Zhao Paner.

"Sister Pan'er, are you just going to leave me and Yinping here and not care about me?"

Song Yinzhang was a little dumbfounded when she saw Zhao Pan'er and Lin Fan preparing to leave. The two of them went rafting, so what about her and Yinping?

"Yin Zhang, this isn't your first time here. I believe you can take good care of yourself and Yin Ping. There's tea and pastries in the kitchen, so help yourself! Oh, and I have to prepare something else in case Master Lin gets thirsty later!"

Zhao Pan'er waved her hand nonchalantly upon hearing this, then picked up a pot of tea, took the tea set and walked to the back of the teahouse with Lin Fan.

"Miss, do you think Sister Pan'er is interested in this young man?"

Seeing Zhao Pan'er paddling the boat and Lin Fan getting farther and farther away from the shore, Yinping asked curiously.

"Of course he is. This young man is handsome, dignified, elegantly dressed, and has a refined temperament. He is obviously a young man from an aristocratic family! In addition, he saved the beauty today and helped Sister Pan'er a lot. Isn't it normal for Sister Pan'er to like him?"

Song Yinzhang looked at Zhao Pan'er walking away with some envy, not understanding why her luck was so good and his own was so bad.

Originally, both of them were musicians, but Zhao Pan'er had her father's old subordinates who helped her to get rid of the status of a prostitute and assisted her to open this teahouse. Now, a handsome young man has taken a fancy to her.

As for herself, although she was known as the best pipa player in Jiangnan, she was just a member of a lowly class. As a musician, she could not marry someone of other status, but could only marry someone of the same class.

By then, his descendants will become like himself, pleasing dignitaries with music and dance for generations to come, and being discriminated against and despised by others.

"Then maybe we will have to call that young man our brother-in-law from now on!"

"That's not necessarily true. Although Sister Pan'er has been freed from her civil service status, she is still just a merchant's wife. If that young master is really from a noble family, he will probably only be able to make Sister Pan'er his concubine."

"Become a concubine? But Sister Pan'er is proud and arrogant, I'm afraid she won't agree to be a concubine, right?"

After hearing Song Yinzhang's analysis, Yinping felt a little worried. Zhao Pan'er was a proud person. Making her a concubine would undoubtedly be a humiliation to her. She would probably not agree.

"There's nothing wrong with being a concubine. A wife may not be loved, and a concubine may not be neglected. If someone can help me get rid of my status, I will accept it whether I am a wife or a concubine. It's a pity that I don't have this luck!"

Song Yinzhang sighed. She was still hoping that a young man from a noble family would come and make her his concubine, as long as he could help her escape from slavery.

Once she is stripped of her citizenship, even if she divorces the man in the future, she will still be a good citizen. From then on, she will no longer have to please high-ranking officials or be discriminated against and despised by others.

"Miss, you played for Master Lin so passionately just now. Were you hoping that Master Lin would like you and help you get rid of your status?"

Yinping felt something was wrong when she heard this, so she asked Song Yinzhang hesitantly.

"I do have this idea. As long as Master Lin can help me get rid of my status, I will be willing to do it even if it means letting Sister Pan'er be my wife and me being his concubine. It's a pity that although Master Lin's tone is kind, he is very distant. I'm afraid he doesn't like me!"

"Miss, is it really that important for you to be free from citizenship? Let me put it bluntly. You have no worries about food and drink now. You wear gold and silver. You have servants and maids. You are praised by scholars and respected by dignitaries. If you really lose your citizenship, what can you do?"

After hearing what Song Yinzhang said, Yinping felt that she was a little crazy, so she dared to ask a question.

"Everything you said was based on my prime years. I am now in my prime, known as the best pipa player in Jiangnan, praised by scholars and courteously treated by dignitaries. But if another five or ten years pass, when I am old and ugly and newcomers take over, I might just become a gift given to each other by some dignitaries!"

Song Yinzhang sighed. Being in a lowly class, even if she was enjoying a good life now, it was only on the surface. She could become someone else's plaything at any time. How could she not think about escaping from this class day and night?