The matter of going to the county school, you have to wait until the first day of the next month, this kind of thing also has to pay attention to an auspicious day, ask for a lottery, and in the future, the children will be blessed by God to test a fame psychologically, and there are still a few days between now.

So the next day, when the three Li Wen brothers went out shopping with the housekeeper, they took a hole and got rid of the housekeeper who was staring at the woman's ass on the street and didn't move his eyes, and ran into an alley.

The eldest grandson Hong and the dog who followed them all the way to this side were already waiting here, and when they saw the three of them coming, they beckoned them to follow him.

Turn out of the other end of the alley, come to a side street, the street is full of shops, flags and signs, this belongs to the extension of Yaqian Street, it is also very lively.

While walking, Changsun Hong asked, "Did you bring any money?" ”

Li Wenyang raised the money bag in his hand: "Bring it." ”

Eldest Sun Hong pouted him and frowned: "Wealth must not be exposed, if you are so public, sooner or later you will be robbed, this is not Lijia Village." ”

Li Wen was stunned, quickly hid the money bag in his arms, and looked around vigilantly.

"I also want to ask, why do you want to go to the gambling house?" Changsun Hong wanted to ask yesterday, but he suppressed it until today before he spoke: "The gambling house is dirty, and it is not for people of our age to go." ”

"You don't admit that you're cowardly, are you afraid?" Li Wen looked at him humbly and puffed up his chest: "My father always comes back from the county seat, and he always shows off at home, saying how much money he has won in the city and how big the scene has become, which is very majestic. ”

"Yes, my uncle always said that life is short, and if you don't indulge in happiness, it's boring, and he also said that there is heaven and casinos. What the hell is like inside the gambling house, we have long wanted to see. Li Chongjin also said: "I will be a character in the future, and if I don't go to the casino, I am embarrassed to say that I have been to the county seat." ”

Li Wuhu was beside his brother and urged vigorously: "Hurry up, Erlang, we ran out secretly, and it's not easy to explain if we wait for a long time to go back." ”

Changsun Hong looked the three of them up and down, and said with a wry smile: "It's okay to go, I told you to wear a low-key dress, why don't you listen?" ”

Li Chongjin, the fat boy, shook his clothes, raised the royal blue cloth robe with silver trim in disgust, and pouted: "This is already our worst clothes, no matter how bad it is, the others are all silk." ”

Li Wu raised his feet in a demonstrative manner, pointed to the leather boots with a small hole in his feet and said: "These tattered clothes and shoes have been looking for a long time to find them, so my mother can see them, and we must be blamed." ”

The eldest grandson Hong looked at the three gentlemen who didn't know what poverty was, then at the only cloth robe he wore on his body, and then at the dog in tattered linen clothes, his eyes were shining, and he said: "In this case, let's not delay, let's go, follow me." ”

Several people became excited, and followed behind with a fart, their faces full of yearning, and they kept talking about what they were going to play, whether it was pai gow, dice or size.

The eldest grandson Hong was speechless, the children of the rich played differently, a teenager like Gouzi was still running for food and clothing, and the children of the Li family actually began to think about gambling money.

With a few people, he plunged headlong into a ready-to-wear store on the street.

When they came out, the eldest grandson Hong and the dog had a new look, with a blue cross-collared shirt and black cloth shoes, and even the socks on their feet were dazzlingly white.

Li Wen and the three of them followed behind, although the linen clothes they wore were new, but compared with the two in front, they were much more ugly, and they were wearing straw sandals on their feet. The dog touched it with a smile, and he still wore cloth clothes for the first time.

"Erlang, why can you two wear cloth clothes, and the three of us can only wear sackcloth?" Li Wen pondered for a while, and then became indignant, the money for the eldest grandson Hong and the dog to buy clothes was all paid by him.

"Because we're different." Changsun Hong explained: "The three of you grew up in brocade clothes and jade food, so you naturally have the temperament of a young master, and if you don't dress up poorly, you can't cover it up at all, so you bought Mai." I'm not the same as a dog, a poor boy, I dress like a poor kid, where can I compare with you. ”

As soon as he said this, Li Wen and the others laughed, and Li Wu also said triumphantly: "This is not bad, to the point." Li Wen and Li Chongjin also shook their heads and agreed very much.

Changsun Hong nodded seriously: "Come, follow me, don't get lost." ”

A group of five people followed the street and came to Yaqian Street, where they met with Wang Gui, and yesterday Changsun Hong said to him, and Wang Gui took them to the dock for a walk.

Wang Gui didn't wear an official uniform, he was dressed as a civilian, only said that Chang Sun Hong had just come to Shizhao County, and the young man was curious about the freshness, and he wanted to go to the lively place to play, as for the Chang Sun Hong's proposal to go to the gambling house to have a look, although he felt a little strange, but he also agreed, and it was not uncommon for a few teenage boys to appear in the gambling house.

And the identity of Changsun Hong is so mysterious, even the county lord is courteous, he is going to the casino, who will ask him what his purpose is? It would be right to follow him and do your best to protect him.

Moreover, Changsun Hong secretly stuffed him with a small ingot of broken silver, saying that it was the carriage and horse fare, Wang Gui pretended to excuse himself a few times, and happily accepted it, and his attitude became more attentive. So Wang Gui took the two close brothers in the class and led the eldest grandson Hong and others out of the city.

The three brothers Li Wen didn't know Wang Gui, and when they saw this man with five big and three rough faces and two people with the same face, they felt a little drumming in their hearts, and felt that this person was afraid that he was not a good person, and when he saw Changsun Hong actually talking and laughing with this person, he gags, and his heart was throbbing, and the fear of Changsun Hong's hidden in the depths of his heart was a little more plain.

Through the streets and alleys, out of the city gate, along the high and low paved stone road, all the way through the wooden stilts on both sides of the street, with bamboo poles above their heads to cross the air on both sides of the clothes poles hanging on the clothes poles on both sides of the building as spectacular as a flag array, as magnificent as the sky and the sun, Wang Gui took them through the sewage cross-flow life full of dense cobwebs of the alley group, to the wharf.

The wharf is actually not big, but a stone platform built of ten zhang away, the wooden boat on the river is moored on the shore, the cable is tied to the fixed pile on the stone, you can go ashore by setting up a springboard, between the wharf and the shantytown commercial area on the shore, there is a wooden fence isolation, and there is a "metropolitan tax field" of the government inside, similar to the customs of later generations, there are tax collectors stationed to collect commercial taxes. Only those who have paid their taxes can get out of the fence.

Wang Gui and the others naturally will not enter the fence, and the real wonderful things in the dock are all outside the fence.

Along the exit of the wharf, a long stone street spontaneously formed, this street was wider than the streets in the city, and there was a rare sewer, although it was open-air, but it was many times cleaner than the filth in the city. On both sides of the street, two rows of stilted buildings are in tatters and strange shapes, but there are many plaques and overcrowded.

Downstairs, the little two who shouted loudly and greeted customers, the merchants who entered and went out with their front feet, the sailors who fell asleep on the table with the wine jar, and the gamblers who were thrown out of the door by several big men and laughed at by everyone, noisy and shouting. On the second floor, the kiln sisters who are seduced by the railing and smiling, the tea customers who hook up with each other on the opposite floor, the businessmen who push the cup and change the lamp and talk about the price in the private room, leaning on the railing and laughing at the life below.

Such a chaotic place with its own unique order opened the eyes of Li Wen and others, and they couldn't see it when they looked around.

"The gold and silver nest here, the people of the government basically won't come over, it's not a big case and no one cares, the little brothers want to have fun and play casually, but don't mess around, every business here is guarded by someone, many of them are official and underworld characters, and I can't afford to provoke them." Wang Gui told him that he was worried that Changsun Hong and the others were young and ignorant, and they were full of spirit and high eyes, and if they caused unnecessary trouble, it would be very difficult to solve them.

"Yes, yes, no." Changsun Hong said with a smile, of course he didn't really accompany Li Wen and the others to hang out, he had his purpose: "Brother Wang, you accompany my three brothers to the gambling house to have a look, they are curious, you can play casually, I will go shopping by myself, don't worry about me." ”

Wang Gui hesitated, he didn't care about the three young men who wore linen clothes and straw sandals but had the smell of a rich man in his gestures, he came here for the sake of the eldest grandson's face.

However, the eldest grandson Hong said so, and gave the carriage and horses silver, and he was inconvenient to object, so he had to repeatedly tell a few words and accompany the three interested Li family brothers.

The dog waited for their backs to disappear into the door of a casino that seemed to be the largest before turning around and asking Changsun Hong, "Erlang, where are we going?" ”

He asked questions, but his eyes were staring at the big pig's head at the door of a restaurant and drooling.

Changsun Hong patted him and laughed: "Let's go, let's buy some braised meat first, sacrifice your belly, and then talk about other things." ”

(End of chapter)