[Red Chamber] Buddhist concubine

Within two days, Hong Zong returned to Zhou Yao with a sum of money: "Auntie, it's done!"

Zhou Yao raised her head, her eyes brightened: "Really?"

Hong Zong swung the money bag up and down several times, and the "ding ding" sound of the silver colliding was extremely pleasant.

Zhou Yao grabbed the purse and dumped all the money inside on the small table: "Why so much?"

Hong Zong had a smile on her face: "Auntie's writing is so good, and those storytellers are not ignorant. In order to prevent us from handing over the scriptures to other people, they are naturally willing to pay a high price." She proudly puffed out her chest, "What's more, after seeing the story book, the owner of the teahouse thought the story was good, and specially paid an extra sum of money for the storyteller, wanting to sign a contract with us."

Zhou Yao was at a loss: "The deed?"

"The shopkeeper said that from now on, this story can only be handed over to the storyteller, and it can only be performed in the Lin family teahouse. It is a contract that binds all three parties." We don’t plan to sell the story to places other than the Lin family’s teahouse. The shopkeeper gave money to my aunt for nothing, and we made money, so we took our own initiative and brought the contract back. If my aunt is willing, just sign the contract; If you don’t want to, the servants will go and refuse, anyway, the contract has not been signed, and everything is just verbal talk.”

Hong Zong is so considerate in doing things, Zhou Yao naturally does not mean to blame: "It's okay, just give me the contract."

Hong Zong immediately took out the contract from his arms.

Zhou Yao took a look and found that the red palm contract was indeed as the red palm said, not only restricting the three parties, but also guaranteeing the respective interests of the three parties.

She looked at the income she was most concerned about. The income given to her by the storyteller and the shopkeeper of the teahouse was calculated by chapter, and one chapter gave five taels of silver.

What Hong Zong asked the little maid to take back was 20 words, about four chapters, and brought back a total of [-] taels of silver.

This is already a high price.

When Zhou Yao first became an aunt, the monthly silver was only two taels. Even after having two children, the monthly silver was only increased to five taels.

But she still hesitated: "If this story can attract more people to go to the teahouse to listen to the book, can the price be raised? If the storyteller doesn't get a good response when telling this story, are they still willing to accept the manuscript at the same price? Or will they accept it? Let me just end this story straight away?"

Zhou Yao doesn't think that this story will definitely be popular, but everything should be prevented before it happens, and it is better to break everything up beforehand, than to have disputes in the future that will affect the original harmonious relationship.

Hong Zong was stunned for a moment, and said: "It's because the servant didn't think about it clearly, so I let Qingliu ask about it."

Qingliu was the little maid who came forward to contact the teahouse and the storyteller, because she did a good job of running errands, but within two or three days, she won a lot of rewards.Having gained the sweetness, she naturally wanted to do this matter well, so that Hong Zong would think of her immediately when such a good thing happened again in the future.

She even thought that if Hong Zong was satisfied with how quickly she handled things, she could be transferred to Aunt Yao's yard to serve her in the future.Because Aunt Yao brought two daughters to the Lin family all at once, her yard is the hottest place in the Lin family.

The tea house is not too far from Lin's house, and Qingliu arrived in less than half an hour.

"Shopkeeper, my husband has some questions about the income in the contract, let me ask." Qingliu went to the shopkeeper of the teahouse with ease, and directly repeated Hongzong's question to the shopkeeper verbatim, in order to seek The solution.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but fell into deep thought after hearing the question, and said after a long time: "Miss Qingliu, I have a question, please tell me."

Qingliu frowned and looked at the shopkeeper defensively: "What's the problem?"

"Your husband, is he Master Lin or Mrs. Lin?" The shopkeeper looked at Qingliu seriously, "This problem is related to the old man's solution to this problem, please don't hide it."

Qingliu frowned coldly: "You let someone follow me!"

The shopkeeper's wry smile: "I hope Ms. Qingliu will forgive me. Your husband's story is really good. I always need to know whether the general identity of the other party conflicts with the teahouse, so I can decide whether to sign the contract."

Qingliu blinked, and couldn't help muttering: "That sounds nice." Every time after she left the teahouse, she made a few detours before returning to the Lin family, who knows that she still exposed her identity as a servant of the Lin family.

But it's okay, Sister Hongzong said at the beginning that she doesn't mind letting Butler Lin know that Zhou Yao is from the Lin family.

She looked cautious: "Aside from the shopkeeper, does anyone else know my identity?"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "How can I spread this kind of thing everywhere? You just have to rest assured. If the husband doesn't want others to know his identity as the Lin family, the old man will help cover up one or two in the future, and no one will associate him with the Lin family. Nothing to do with it."

Although he didn't think there was anything to hide about it.

Qingliu suddenly became happy: "This is great."

"Then..." The shopkeeper looked at Qingliu with urgent eyes.

"Ahem," Qing Liu's eyes fluttered, "Why do you think this story was written by the master and wife? They don't read the script at all."

This is denial.

The shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief: "Since this is the case, the old man will not be polite."

Qingliu stared, and couldn't help wondering if she had done something wrong.

"This story is indeed a good one, and your husband's writing method is also different from those on the market. It seems to be more infectious, so it is very suitable for telling the story." The shopkeeper first affirmed the excellence of the story, and then said, "But this The beginning of the story doesn’t seem to be much different from other stories, and I really can’t be sure about the response after I started telling the story. The teahouse is open for business, and if the response of this story is not good, I will naturally not be able to spend unreasonable money on the manuscript.”

Qingliu looked worried, and was not satisfied with the shopkeeper's answer.

The shopkeeper just pretended not to see it: "Of course, if the storyteller responds better than I expected in the future, I will naturally not treat your husband badly. Just let your husband rest assured about this."

In fact he didn't think it was a problem.If this story is really popular, then he will be begging the other party to write a book, and he will only find a way to win him over, lest the other party suddenly quit, or write a good story nonsense.As the shopkeeper of the Lin family, it has never been allowed to use power to overwhelm others. He didn't want to anger Master Lin.

What's more, the gentleman who wrote the book is himself a member of the Lin family. Who knows what his status is and whether he is valued by Mr. Lin. He is crazy to offend the other party.

In Zhou Yao's room, Mother Guo, who had come back from work, heard Zhou Yao's concerns, and she also distinguished Zhou Yao's seriousness. She also made it clear that the other party did not write similar clauses into the contract because it was unnecessary.

Zhou Yao was at a loss. She was an ordinary citizen in her previous life, and she was not quite used to this kind of "privilege and power".

Fortunately, she is the one with privilege.

Nanny Guo teased her: "Does Aunt Yao regret that she doesn't want to leave?"

Zhou Yao shook her head, her tone was firm: "How could that be?"

Even if Lin Hai's concubine had many privileges, if she was stuck in the backyard all day, she would not have many opportunities to use them.What's more, in this backyard, isn't a concubine at the mercy of others?

At most, while staying in the Lin family, she can develop as soon as possible, so that even if she leaves the Lin family in the future, she will have the capital to speak on the same level as other people.

Hong Zong took the deed back again.

After reading it, Zhou Yao made sure that there was nothing else to pay attention to, so she directly handed the deed to Nanny Guo: "I don't know much about the court laws, so I ask Nanny Guo to help me grasp the eyes."

Nanny Guo nodded after reading it, and after Zhou Yao signed it, she handed over the deed to Hong Zong, asking her to keep a copy and put it in the small box where she kept her valuables.

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