Chapter 66: The Red Sleeves
After Han Yunpeng left the Han Mansion, he hummed a little song and shouted happily that he was going to take Su Chen to eat a delicious meal today and go out to have fun.
Su Chen was going to resign, but Han Yunpeng was extremely hospitable, and he pulled Su Chen to go with him today, otherwise, let his father know that he had spent the hundred taels of silver himself, and it would not be easy to ask for silver in the future.
"Okay, then it's better to be respectful." Su Chen no longer shirked, thinking that he would have more dealings with the Han family in the future, and in addition to Han Pei in Runzhou, only Han Yunpeng had some peer status. Han Xizai's other three sons, two of whom were officials in the Jinling court, and one of them served in the army.
Su Chen wants to live a nourishing life in Runzhou City, and he needs to have a good relationship with the Han Mansion, so that with the Bai family, the Han Mansion, and the prefect Peng family, the tripartite banner, he will not be bullied by those evil young people.
Although these three families are in the period of understanding with him for the time being, they are not yet familiar with him, but Su Chen wants to seize this opportunity and let them become his backer or east wind invisibly, and the gentleman should take advantage of it.
Han Xiaopang smiled and said, "That's right, Brother Su, today the little brother will take you to a place and make you satisfied." ”
Su Chen looked at Han Xiaopang with a lewd smile on his face, and guessed in his heart, what kind of place could it be?
After a stick of incense, Han Xiaopang took Su Chen to the bustling and lively Qinghe Alley in the eastern suburbs.
Here the river flows through the city from the west, flows here, and joins the canal on the east side.
On both sides of the river, there are many pavilions, there are many wine shops, shops, there are many boats and boats on the river surface in unloading, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, silk silk cloth wisps, wine and salt, jujube, orange melon and fruit, rice and wheat grains, many daily consumables, unloaded here, transported to the shop to receive, make full use of the convenience of water system shipping.
Of course, there are also painting boats cruising on the river, wearing and occasionally singing wonderful sounds, the sound of the piano is melodious, the silk and bamboo are pleasant, and the beautiful women laugh.
Su Chen and Han Yunpeng did not take a boat, but walked in the bluestone streets and alleys on land, where the goods sold can be described as dazzling, where you can see silk cloth, silk brocade, jade carved piano utensils, aquatic products and fruits of the southern state capitals, as well as the fur rhino jade of the grassland Khitan, spices and pearls of the Western Regions, etc., which are very prosperous.
"Brother Su, have you been here on weekdays?" Han Yunpeng asked.
Su Chen had some impressions in his mind, it seemed that the previous "Su Chen" had been here many times, and in his mind, he remembered that this seemed to be the fireworks area of the Qinglou!
This Han Xiaopang, won't he bring himself to the Qinglou to eat flower bars? It's still reliable!
"The fireworks field on Qinghe Street?" Su Chen asked tentatively.
Han Yunpeng laughed and said: "Exactly, we two young men, come out to eat and drink, in Runzhou City, can we find a more suitable place than Qinghe Alley?" ”
Su Chen thought about it, this Han Yunpeng was only sixteen years old, and he was not yet an adult, so he asked, "Does your father know that you often come here?" ”
"You know, what does that matter? My father himself is uninhibited, I heard that when he was young, he slept in the land of fireworks almost every day, and the house also liked to raise a lot of singers and Qingqi people, listening to music and dancing. As the so-called tiger father has no dog son, of course I want to learn more from my father, inherit the father's business, and carry forward this great cause of seeking joy and fun! Han Yunpeng took it for granted, and there was no sense of disobedience.
Su Chen really saw what it means to "the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked"! A little fat underage man who said that visiting the Qinglou was so justified and regarded as a great cause, and there was no one left!
"It seems that you usually come out to drink and have fun, and you are familiar with the large and small restaurants in the city, right?" Su Chen asked casually.
Han Yunpeng said with a smile as he walked: "That is, in our Runzhou City, the top five restaurants, there is no one I am not familiar with, what Furong Building, Tianfu Building, Bairun Building, the elders often go there for banquets, I don't like to go, how can there be a place where you can read all the beauty of the world and see the prosperity of the world......"
Su Chen looked at him, a young man who had not dried up, he had been here for a long time, as if he had studied philosophy, and he opened his mouth to see through the chicken soup jokes in the world.
Along the way, under the window eaves of a green building facing the street, on the second floor, there are several young women with flowers and branches, wearing silk gauze skirts, revealing a large area of white jade skin, holding a pu fan in their hands, smiling at the pedestrians on the street, laughing and talking, and soliciting business.
"Fat boy, come up and play!"
Han Yunpeng happened to be passing by there, and when he heard someone calling him a fat boy, he glanced up, and saw that those young women were so swaggering, not the pure taste he liked, and snorted lightly: "Sick!" ”
"Sick? If you are sick, forget it, I wish my son a speedy recovery, and when he is well, he will come up and play again! A girl replied with a smile on her face.
"Wipe ......" Han Yunpeng was a little deflated, he originally scolded the other party for being sick, but he made it as if he was sick, he turned around and glared at the prostitutes upstairs, and continued to move forward with Su Chen.
After a while, Han Yunpeng stood outside the courtyard of a spacious attic, looked at the plaque with a smile and said, "It's finally here, this is the Red Sleeve Fang." ”
Red Sleeve Fang, just listening to the name, there is a soft feeling of "red sleeves add fragrance", this is one of the several famous green buildings in Runzhou City.
Su Chen looked outside, the attic here is elegant, jagged, carved and painted, the environment is beautiful, it is similar to the high-end villa area, it is not the kind of kitsch and inferior and filthy environment he imagined at all, it is obviously much more upscale than the few green houses on the street that he passed by just now.
In his mind, the Qinglou was still stuck in the weird scene of Wei Xiaobao lecturing in Lichun Courtyard!
As soon as Han Yunpeng entered the courtyard, some beautiful welcome maids greeted him: "Son, please!" ”
At this time, an old bustard of about fifty years old greeted him from the hall, raised the handkerchief in his hand, and said with a smile: "Yo'er, Han Gongzi is here!" ”
"Please call me Dapeng Gongzi!" Han Yunpeng raised his head with his chest held high, reflecting his youthful majesty.
"Yes, yes, look at my memory, Dapeng Gongzi, please go up to the second floor Accord!"
Dapeng Gongzi? Su Chen listened to such a vicious title, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at Han Yunpeng's somewhere.
Han Yunpeng shook his head and said, "It's not interesting to go up and drink stuffy, let's listen to the music here, enjoy the red-sleeved signature dance, and eat wine at the same time." ”
The old bustard flattered and asked, "This time, Dapeng Gongzi, how many girls do you want to accompany the wine?" ”
"Just Ya'er, Qian'er, just let them accompany you, by the way, rent a painting boat for us, after eating here, we will go on a cruise in the afternoon, and we can listen to music and music on the painting boat." Han Yunpeng was very familiar with the steps and procedures here, and quickly named the two girls from the Red Sleeve Workshop, and ordered eight dishes and a pot of sake by the way.
After the old bustard finished entertaining, he knew that Han Yunpeng's status was not low, so he personally went to summon the two girls he had hand-picked.
Su Chen and Han Yunpeng sat in a private seat in the lobby on the first floor, very close to the core stage, and they would be able to enjoy the singing and dancing performances here up close.
The Red Sleeve Workshop is not a Qinglou that simply does the leather and meat business, "a pair of jade arms and thousands of pillows, half a little red lips and ten thousand tastes" are prostitutes, while Youling and Qingqi people are performing arts and not selling their bodies, and their quality is higher, usually just doing singing and dancing performances; If you comb your braids and stay overnight and earn money to entangle your head, then you will drop a notch.
"You sit down first, I'm a little anxious, go out and pee and come back!" Han Yunpeng got up and walked towards the thatched toilet in the backyard of the Red Sleeve Fang.
Su Chen nodded, sat alone at the empty table, looked around at the layout of the hall, spacious and magnificent, there were fifty or sixty tables on the first floor alone, separated from each other by a distance, and did not seem crowded, because it was close to noon, and the people who came here to drink and have fun had already accounted for half of the banquet, and there were more dignitaries and nobles, all of whom went upstairs to the private room, which was more open and much larger.
Just when Su Chen was free, a blue-clothed boy wearing a brocade and jade belt came over, seeing Su Chen's appearance was very unfamiliar, dressed plainly, patted the table, and shouted: "This is the position that this son often books every time he comes to the Red Sleeves Workshop, which kid are you, occupy the position of this son, quickly get out of the way, otherwise, let you get out!" ”