To go to Panlou Street, you must first go east from the Xuande Gate at the main gate of the palace, pass through the streets and alleys of Dongjiaolou, and go south from the cross street here to Jiangxing; Go north from Gaotou Street, pass through Donghuamen Street, Chenhui Gate, Baoli Palace, until the old sour jujube gate, this area is densely populated with shops, the most prosperous and lively, last year the imperial court just widened the road here, and then go to the east not far away, is Panlou Street. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Except for a hawk shop at the south end of the street and a Pan Lou hotel at the north end of the street, the rest of the shops are all shops selling jewelry, cloth, spices, and medicines.

In Panlou Street, every day from the fifth watch, those shops will open early to welcome customers, open to buy and sell clothes, articles, calligraphy and paintings, treasures, jade, rhino horn and other stores, until dawn, there are vendors selling sheep's heads, all kinds of game, special food. In the evening, the most popular items are sold for women's grooming, such as hair and faces, hats, combs, and delicate gadgets.

Therefore, when Song Wu's sister-in-law heard Shen He say that Panlou Street Storefront, she admired Shen He in her heart.

It's just that because the location of Panlou Street is located in a prosperous and lively place, the ground there is also very sought-after, not only the land price is expensive, but the rent is also a few hundred taels of silver every year, which is not a decimal, thinking of this, Song Wusao's sister-in-law said: "Lotus, the place you chose is very good, but the shop of Panlou Street is not something that can be found casually, and the silver is also high and scary,"

Shen He said: "What the fifth sister-in-law said makes sense. I have inquired about a few shops in advance, the smaller ones cost 200 taels of silver a year, and the larger ones cost 3 or 400 taels, and I think the price is quite reasonable. I just can't find a suitable storefront right now."

After hearing this, Song Wu's sister-in-law said: "As long as you really think about it and can give up so much rent, I can help you inquire."

Shen He said: "I can't bear the child to catch the wolf, if I want to make money, I always have to have some principal." However, at the beginning, I still had to find a smaller one, and I wanted to take it one step at a time."

After hearing this, Song Wu's sister-in-law nodded and said, "Okay, you just wait for my news."

After Song Wu's sister-in-law left, Xiaocui said: "Miss, with so much silver a year, have you really thought about opening your own store?" Wouldn't we be able to make a lot of money by making purses now? Why rent a storefront? ”

Shen He said: "Now our purse can be sold, but we can't guarantee when it won't be sold." And now some tailor shops have begun to imitate and sell it, and making purses cannot be a long-term solution. I still have to design clothes, which requires a storefront. ”

He joked again: "Don't worry, your young lady won't spend all the money and starve you and Ah Niu."

Xiaocui said: "Miss, what do you say, of course I believe Miss." Besides, even if I starve, I will support Miss's decision. ”

asked Ah Niu again: "Ah Niu, do you think so too?" ”

Ah Niu was chopping the firewood he had just picked up next to the stove room, and nodded after listening to Xiao Cui's words: "Ah Niu, follow my sister"

After hearing this, Shen He smiled at the two of them and said, "You two will make me happy, so let's go to Panlou Street tomorrow to play together and reward you, how about it?" ”

Xiao Cui shouted happily after hearing this: "Miss, you are so good, I am almost suffocated at home these days"

Ah Niu also jumped up happily: "Okay, good, go out to play, Ah Niu likes it"

On the second day, as soon as it was dawn, Xiaocui and Ah Niu got up early. Shen He was still asleep, she read a book last night, so she got up a little late.

After the three of them had freshened up and finished breakfast, they got into a carriage and went straight to Panlou Street.

Panlou Street is a lively scene, delicious, fun, good-looking, everything, pushing a cart or carrying a burden to sell all kinds of things, are novel and exquisite.

And the dress of each different business is also different. Those who sell spices in the incense shops wear hats and shawls; The head of the pawn shop wore a black gown, a horn belt, no hat, and a medicine seller and fortune teller, all of whom wore different attire.

In this way, the pedestrians in the market can tell from the clothes of the vendors what they do for a living.

Along the way, Xiaocui likes to see the shops that sell jewelry and rouge gouache the most, and Ah Niu looks at the delicious snacks and drools, no wonder Ah Niu wants to eat, the street is full of vendors carrying burdens and selling food.

In addition to mutton, quail, rabbit, dove and other game, there are crabs, clams and all kinds of fish, such as preserves, jujube cakes, fragrant candy, honey-fried carved flowers and other sweet pastries are more varied, these food, are packed in a new and clean food box or other utensils, people can't help but want to buy a bag to taste.

Seeing Ah Niu's eyes staring at the things he was eating as if he couldn't pull them out, Shen He couldn't help but smile, and picked some of them to buy for him and Xiaocui to eat, and the two of them were very happy to eat while walking.

In addition to these, there are dozens of theater booths near Panlou Street, and you can hear the sound of singing and the cheers of the theater watchers on the road.

When Xiaocui and Ah Niu heard the sound inside, they both begged Shen He to go in to watch the play. Shen He couldn't resist them, so he had to buy tickets and take them in.

When they entered, there was a performance inside, and I saw more than a dozen people dressed as sergeants lining up on the stage, dancing opposite each other, hitting each other, and suddenly there was a loud noise on the stage, like a thunderbolt in the air, so scared that Xiaocui screamed "ah", closed his eyes, covered his ears and hugged Shen He beside him, Shen He hurriedly supported her, Ah Niu laughed at her on the side and said: "Sister Xiaocui, timid"

Xiao Cui ignored him until she heard that there was no sound and slowly opened her eyes, Shen He said to her: "Don't be afraid, this is a 'explosive war' performance, it can't blow us up", Xiao Cui nodded and said: "Miss, the sound was so loud just now, plus it was fire and smoke, it was really scary"

At this time, I saw that the soldiers on the stage had already left the stage. The fireworks broke out together, and a man wearing a mask, a cape, and a mouth spitting fireworks, like a ghost, came on the stage, he was wearing a blue and gold flower shirt with a short back, and black trousers, barefoot, holding a big gong, and jumped around the stage several times.

Another firecracker sounded, and the man just stepped down again. With the experience just now, Xiaocui was no longer so scared, and just asked Shen He: "Miss, what was this person doing just now?" ”

Shen He said: "He is performing 'holding the gong'", Xiaocui said "oh", at this time, the music changed, and I saw seven more people coming up on the stage, all wearing hair and embroidery, wearing a shirt with a short back of green yarn, and a splendid belly pocket and strip around the waist. One of them was wearing a golden flower hat, and the others were wearing turbans, holding steel knives, fighting and killing each other, making actions such as slashing and slashing, and cutting hearts, Xiao Cui was a little scared when she saw it, and said to Shen He: "Miss, what are these people doing?" It's scary to watch! ”

Shen He said: "They are performing the 'Seven Holy Swords'"

Xiaocui is wondering, how can Miss know so clearly, can't she sneak out and see it a few days ago?

Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask Shen He, he heard a familiar voice beside him: "Lu really just knew that Miss Shen was so familiar with the capital!" (To be continued.) )