Chapter 755 - 753
"What a load of rubbish, involving both father-in-law and son-in-law? If it weren’t for the fact that Guan He was his senior brother, Jiang Yifan would have almost cursed out loud."
"It was fortunate that Ah Yan had kept him in check, making him agree to the marriage. Otherwise, with the way he was becoming increasingly improper, after twenty or thirty years, when he would be old and decrepit, he would still be all alone, an unspeakable condition that would leave him with no face to see his master in the netherworld."
"My father-in-law usually listens to operas, but Brother Zheng likes to listen to storytelling and drink tea, how could they meet?" Jiang Yifan glared at Guan He.
As for dirty jokes and the like, Jiang Yifan wasn’t so confident he could guarantee they wouldn’t come up. Men frequenting tea houses and opera gardens talking and hearing dirty jokes was the norm.
Entertainment in this era isn’t as plentiful as in Ye Xinyan’s previous life, being a singer in opera could learn a few roles and then be set for life.
Storytellers were the same, a few classic tales, told by different people, bore different flavors and levels of excitement. Similarly, a few familiar stories could be told for a lifetime.
In the tea houses and storytelling venues, apart from a few classic tales, there are a variety of other stories interspersed. Lacking plenty of exciting plots and content, they often flash in the pan, only to be forgotten after a year or even just one or two years.
The capital is the most prosperous place in the Great Xia Dynasty, and this prosperity is evident in all lines of business, including storytelling and opera, which are exceptionally outstanding in the capital.
Zheng Pengfei’s favorite pastime was listening to stories. He would stay at home listening for a while, and once he grew tired of the local tales, he would travel, taking in the sights of various places, and then look for new stories to listen to. When he had his fill of wandering and found it dull, he would return home. This was his cycle for many years.
To entertain Zheng Pengfei, Jiang Yifan had learned that this tea house had launched a new tale that had received good reviews, which is why he had invited him out.