Chapter 7: Clouds and Smoke
In Jishang City, the most famous rouge shop Liuxiang Pavilion is bustling with people at the moment, and in the early spring of a year, Jishang River has to select the most sought-after famous prostitutes, and the rouge shop can naturally make a lot of money, but the big Liuxiang Pavilion is obviously visible. The first floor was very crowded, the women with heavy makeup and glamorous makeup were scrambling to carry the inferior fat powder that was processed at the end of the year into their arms, and the guys who sold the goods and the women who bought the goods shouted loudly and bargained. The second floor is much cleaner, although there are still a lot of people, but there is no longer the noise of the first floor, most of the rouge shops are women, and there are few men when the crowds are crowded at the end of the year.
At this time, a middle-aged man in a blue satin shirt looked even more unusual in this rouge shop. The middle-aged man looked a little embarrassed, the maid at the counter had been in this Liuxiang Pavilion for a few years, and at a glance he could see that this man didn't know the dazzling array of rouge gouache in the store, so he immediately beckoned over, "This lord, what do you need, we have everything, rouge, makeup powder, dai powder, Hua Tian......" The middle-aged man waved his hand, interrupting the counter maid and said, "Each of these things comes in a box, and it is the most expensive." The counter maid was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "It turned out to be a distinguished guest, but I was clumsy, please here, our best thing has to go up to the upper floor" After that, he took the middle-aged man to the staircase.
The middle-aged man did not follow immediately, but stood in place, beckoned to a little girl in the distance, and shouted "Yan'er, come here", the maid had to respectfully guard aside, waiting for the little girl to come, and when the little girl came to the front, the counter maid was stunned for a moment. The little girl tilted her head and said to the middle-aged man, "Daddy, what's wrong?" The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Yan'er, this is your mother's first birthday in Hai'er, Daddy wants to choose some fat powder for your mother" The little girl smiled and said, "Okay, then when I am born, Daddy will have to buy me more books and drawing paper" The middle-aged man smiled and agreed, then took the little girl's hand and said to the counter maid, "Thank you." Most of the rich people I saw at the counter maid on weekdays were arrogant, and now I saw that this middle-aged man was actually polite to her little maid, and she became more and more curious about these two.
The counter maid led the two of them along the stairs to the third floor, and as soon as they went up to the third floor, the middle-aged man exclaimed and said, "On weekdays, I heard that the third floor of this Liuxiang Pavilion is very magnificent, but when I saw it today, it really deserved its name." As soon as the little maid heard this, she immediately said, "Who said it wasn't, our Liuxiang Pavilion is the largest fat powder shop in Jinling City, and even the concubines of the emperor's harem also came to us to buy rouge gouache, and the prostitutes with heads and faces on the Qinhuai River didn't fight to buy our family's ......?"
"Yo, where is the stinky girl, dare to say this in front of my aunt and grandmother" It was a very beautiful woman who spoke, who looked like she was only in her early twenties, dressed very boldly, and looked at the counter maid with contempt, the maid was talking about happiness, but at this time she was suddenly interrupted, and then it seemed that the person was a famous prostitute Wang Ruo, who was in the limelight this year, and was so frightened that she immediately knelt down "Spare me, Miss Wang, I don't dare anymore"
The middle-aged man saw the pitiful appearance of this little girl, and thought about going home in a hurry, and just wanted to say something to stop him, he saw another woman walking from behind the woman surnamed Wang, seventeen or eighteen, looking like a fairy, with bright eyes and bright teeth, a face like bright jade, wearing a tender green dress, and said with a smile, "Sister Wang, why should you be embarrassed by a little girl, you and I were originally engaged in the leather and meat business on the river, so why are you afraid of what others say" The woman surnamed Wang immediately smiled and said, "Sister Gu said yes, but Sister Gu, You are the first-class character on the river in our Ji, and the big man has seen a lot, where does he have no stomach like me", and then said to the maid who was still trembling on the ground, "Okay, get up, let me hear it next time, and tear your mouth." After that, he went downstairs, but the woman in green did not follow immediately, squatted down and helped the trembling little maid up, and said, "I know you didn't mean to, you get up first" The little maid hurriedly said, "Thank you Miss Gu for saving your life, I will definitely not say another stupid thing like today in the future." The middle-aged man stood aside and witnessed all this, thinking that there was such an open-minded woman on the river, and he couldn't help but respect the woman in green in front of him.
"Sister, you are so beautiful, it is not too much to praise you with sinking fish and geese, and closing the moon and embarrassing flowers" It was the little girl next to the middle-aged man who spoke, and the woman in green smiled and said, "You little girl has a sweet mouth, so tell me where I am beautiful?" The little girl was not shy, and said, "I am young, but I can also see that although you are wearing heavy makeup, you can still see that your skin is like coagulation, and your facial features are exquisite. I'm talking about a beauty like my sister. Besides, he was so tolerant of the little maid at the counter just now, not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted. ”
The woman in green couldn't help but feel a little happy when she heard that little girl praised herself like this, although there are countless people who praise her beauty on weekdays, but this little girl said it very sincerely, but it was even more worthy of her heart. "What's your name?" "My name is Yunyan," the little girl replied crisply. "Little girl, my name is Gu Yan, I live in Lingyan Pavilion by the Jishang River, if you have any trouble, remember to go to me, but you can't easily go to that Lingyan Pavilion on weekdays" After that, she took off a hosta from her head and handed it to the little girl, and then made a gesture to the middle-aged man, and said, "The little woman feels that she has a fate with your daughter in her previous life, but I am in the dust, I hope Mr. will not blame me."
The middle-aged man had respect for this Gu Yan just now, and at this moment, he seemed to feel guilty when he saw her, and hurriedly said, "Where is the girl, it is not your fault that you are in the dust, you have such a tolerant heart, it is her luck that the little girl can meet such an open-minded person, how can I blame it?"
Gu Yan waved at the middle-aged man again, and went downstairs. "Daddy, what is the Lingyan Pavilion that my sister just said? Why did she make it difficult for me to go to her, but she didn't let me go on weekdays? The little girl pulled the middle-aged man's shirt and wanted to ask what was going on, but the middle-aged man didn't answer, but said to her, "Yan'er, Daddy won't let you go to the Lingyan Pavilion" The little girl didn't seem to understand, so she could only touch the delicate hosta and look at the patterns on it.
Not long after, a young man in Tsing Yi strode over
"Lord Yun, my master has set up a banquet for you in Huangyuan Tower, and invite your lord to come over."
"Tell you adults, Yun will go over"