A plump middle-aged man dressed in luxurious clothing spoke, and from the expensive ornaments all over him, it was clear he was quite wealthy, yet now his pride was wounded by being refused by a piano master.
As Zhong Chushan finished speaking, the few middle-aged men beside Landlord Zhou showed mocking expressions, intentionally saying unpleasant things to provoke him, making it even harder for him to maintain his dignity.
Landlord Zhou slapped the table and loudly declared, "If you play a piece, I'll give you a hundred taels of silver."
Zhou Wangshu had no reaction to these words, but Su Yaoguang from the Mudan Pavilion clicked her tongue, enviously saying, "Earning a hundred taels just for playing a song, why didn't I learn this craft back then?"
Having been a Champion Scholar's wife for several years, she spent her days on how to dress up, how to please men, yet didn't learn any skills to support herself. What a misstep, what a misstep.
