In a small restaurant near Pig Killing Alley, Yeluren first bowed deeply: "How many years have passed since Brother Tang Longzhen was captured by the Song army. Seeing that you are still well, I am really relieved. Although it is a regret in our lives that we were captured, our brothers have finally reunited. ”

Yeluyi first picked up his younger brother and said, "After so many years, I know that it is good enough to be an ordinary person." Since you're here, don't think about the past anymore, and let's spend the rest of our lives together. ”

The two of them sat down separately, and Yeluren said first: "Du Taiwei said, I persuade Datong Mansion Yeluzong to be willing to sacrifice the city, and you can enter the prison camp and find a job to make some money." When we got there to work, we were treated very preferentially, and we had dozens of dollars a month. ”

Yelu Yixian smiled and shook his head: "According to me, don't go." In my small restaurant, I still have more than 100 yuan a month, which is better than the dozens of yuan in the prison camp. Taiwei Du is thinking that you are all high-ranking officials, and your family has a large population, so he gave so much money. It's been a long time, and it can't be like this all the time. In Kaifeng City, how many officials are there dozens of times a month? ”

Yeluren hesitated a little: "If you don't go, will others gossip in their eyes?" ”

Yeluyi said first: "What are you talking about?" In the future, we people in Kaifeng Mansion are ordinary people. If you have a good relationship, you usually walk around more. If you don't have a good relationship, you won't talk in the future. We will live as the people live. ”

Hearing this, Yeluren was silent for a while, and then said with some disbelief: "Brother, can you really be an ordinary person?" ”

Yelu Jiao said first: "It's ordinary people, otherwise what else would it be?" When I was arrested in Kaifeng Mansion, I was imprisoned for two years, and then I was released. At that time, the Khitan was still a big country, and the imperial court might have some ideas, and give money every month. Later, he probably didn't want to use me anymore and let me make a living. After taking this shop, how much effort did I put into it to get to where I am today. ”

Yeluren said first: "But I always feel that a royal family like us, and a high-ranking official in the Khitan, the Song people will not really let it go." Otherwise, if someone wants to repeat the old country, they will always cause trouble. ”

Yeluyi listened first, and shook his head disdainfully: "When the Khitan was here, there was an entire country and hundreds of thousands of troops, all of which were easily defeated by the Song army. Now that you are a citizen in Kaifeng Mansion, do you still want to turn the sky upside down? There are really people like this, but they will be destroyed with a backhand! ”

Yeluren looked at his brother first, with many vicissitudes on his face and one arm, but he was very skilled in doing things. Although we grew up together, I don't know each other anymore. Over the years, I don't know how he came over in Kaifeng, it must not be easy. was able to open a restaurant, naturally with the help of the Song Dynasty, and it also lacked his own efforts. Yes, the captured Khitan generals, and many others are immersed in the past and can't really know themselves.

My brother is right, there is a whole country, there are hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is still vulnerable in Youzhou, what can I do now? Du Zhongxiao looked kind, but it did not mean that if the Khitan captives rebelled, they would not be ruthless.

After thinking for a long time, Yeluren sighed first: "What my brother said is true. Still, I wanted to do something in the prison camp. Even if it doesn't fit there, it's better not to do it again. After all, many acquaintances there felt strange that they disappeared all of a sudden. ”

Jeremiah said, "If you decide so, then do it." If there's anything to do, just tell me. However, we are our own brothers, and there is a word for you. Dozens of times a month, not a small amount of money, the court will not continue to send it like this. At most, after a few years, I'm afraid that those of you who do things will still have to find your own way to survive. These days, I pay attention to myself, and if there is an opportunity, I will start the next business as soon as possible. In the Great Song Dynasty, it is different from the original Khitan. Kaifeng Mansion is the most prosperous place in the world, and the most recognized thing here is money. If you have money, you have everything, and if you don't have money, you can't move an inch, which is different from Khitan. My restaurant doesn't look big, but it is difficult to make a lot of money every year, and it is considered a rich and noble person. ”

Yeluren said first: "Yes, in such a prosperous Kaifeng Mansion, my brother's restaurant is really inconspicuous. How do you make more than 100 yuan a month? If it was in Khitan, such a restaurant would not be able to make this money for a year. ”

Yeluyi said first: "The prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty can be compared with the Khitan?" Moreover, this is Pig Killing Alley, a place with many fireworks nearby, and there are many rich people who are looking for fun. Many women there will let customers come to me to order some food, and business will be good. ”

Hearing this, Yeluren smiled first: "This kind of money is easy to earn. ”

Yeluyi said first: "It's not that easy. Every month, I want to give many benefits to those women. If you accidentally offend her, their business will be much worse. There are many families doing this kind of business here. ”

The profitable business of Fireworks Willow Lane is almost difficult to cut off except for a very few countries in history. In the Song Dynasty, prostitutes were not illegal, and there were those who sang and sang songs in the restaurant and drank with others, I don't know how many. However, prostitution is a crime, so most of them are operated in the name of the family. The colorful green buildings in movies and television actually do not exist. Many of those things about ancient times did not exist in history, and many of the scenes in film and television works were imagined from the social customs of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

In this era, near the big restaurant, there were generally family-style brothels. Generally, it is a husband and wife, who presides over chores, solicits guests, and it is their daughter who does business. There are real daughters, adopted daughters, and restaurants have guests who will invite them. The two sides have agreed and will live in their home. There will also be idle prodigal children, helping to recruit guests, helping to play with guests, and everyone sharing the money together.

Pig Killing Alley is one of the places with the most brothels in Kaifeng City, and it is a gold cave. These restaurants are generally connected to nearby brothels. When they have customers, they will come to the restaurant to have fun, or they will order food from the restaurant at home. When there are guests in the restaurant, Yelu Yixian will also let the woman he is familiar with come over to make money. Without these ways, he would not have made so much money in a month.

Yeluren first heard the strange thing in his heart, and thought that this could be done. When he was in Khitan, he was the king, and Nanjing stayed behind, the most noble group of people in the world. Now although the Khitan is defeated, it will not come to make this kind of money.

Jerod didn't say much first. It is always through the beating of life that Yeluren can understand that life is like this. Where does the nobility and poverty come from, it is already very good to be able to earn money and live well.

In the evening, Yeluyi first set up a table of wine and food, and chatted with Yeluren while drinking. After making money over the years, Yelu Yixian had remarried in Kaifeng Mansion and gave birth to a son. The old man is very loved, and his life is carefree. The old wife who used to be in the Khitan relied on Yeluren to take care of her, and after a few years, she had passed away the year before last. The children who stayed in the Khitan were already adults, and they didn't ask them much when they looked like Yelu Yixian.

In Yelu Renxian's eyes, his brother has become an ordinary Song Dynasty person, and he can't see what he used to be. I even wonder if I will be like this after many years? Without the Khitan, no longer high-ranking officials and nobles, no power in their hands, no more groups of servants, is this the only way? I was a little unwilling, but I was a little happy.

When a country is defeated, high-ranking officials and nobles are often knocked into the mud, how many can live this kind of stable life? Even if there is a good life and can be appreciated by the new king, he must live with trepidation. It is not easy to be able to live the life of an ordinary person.

Now that I think back to what Du Zhongxiao said, I understand a little. Maybe the Song Dynasty just wanted these Khitan princes and nobles to learn to live an ordinary life in Kaifeng Mansion. Forget the past, don't have any worries in your heart, and learn to be a citizen.

Sighing slightly, Yelu Renxian could only rejoice that he was broken before Yelu Hongji's army was destroyed. His family is still there, his family's property is still there, and at least he won't have a shabby life.

(There is something to do today, there is only one watch, and I will make up for it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.) ）