Walking through the corridor, the steward led Cao Shuo and the others to the outside of the rows of rooms.

The room is divided into two sides.

One side faces the street, while the other side faces the interior of Lingyun Pavilion.

"Isn't it noisy on this side of the street at night?" Cao Shuo asked the steward.

"It's a bit noisy on the streets." The steward replied: "But the other side will not be too clean, after all, there is also some movement in Lingyun Pavilion." ”

Inside the Lingyun Pavilion there are some performances that attract guests every day.

Since there is a performance, there will definitely be a voice.

And it's not necessarily quieter than it is on the street.

"So the girls of Lingyun Pavilion can't sleep well at night." Cao Shuo smiled slightly.

"They don't have time to sleep at night." The steward said, "They may be invited by a guest at any time. ”

"I see." Cao Shuo nodded: "It's not easy to do this business. ”

"It's not easy to live in the world and do anything." The steward replied: "As long as you live, there will always be some unsatisfactory. If it weren't for Lingyun Pavilion, many of them would have died many times. ”

"That being said, they are also raised by their mother's biological parents after all." Cao Shuo said: "If you can be tolerant of them, don't be too harsh." ”

"I've written down everything Childe has explained." The steward answered.

When he came to the door of a room, the steward knocked on the door.

There was the sound of footsteps in the house.

When the door opened, Cao Shuo and the others saw a woman with a delicate face appear in front of them.

Seeing that it was the steward, the woman was stunned for a moment.

Seeing Cao Shuo standing next to the steward, she hurriedly lowered her head and bowed.

"Childe wants to sit in your room for a while." The steward said, "You go to another room......

"No, just let her stay here and serve tea." Before the steward could finish speaking, Cao Shuo interrupted him.

"Take care of it." The steward instructed the woman, "Fetch the best tea from Lingyun Pavilion for Gongzi." ”

The woman answered, and the steward accompanied Cao Shuo and the others into the room.

There was no one else in the room, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.

"In the past, there were guests staying overnight, are they all here?" Cao Shuo asked the steward.

"Hui Gongzi." The steward said, "It is true that the guests stay in the girls' rooms, but this is an Accord and does not entertain guests." ”

"What's the difference?" Looking at the steward, Cao Shuo asked.

"The girls of Lingyun Pavilion are also divided into three, six, nine and so on." The steward said, "The first-class girls have Accord, and the room is just for them to rest, and if there are guests staying overnight, they are going somewhere else." ”

"I said how can there be a unique fragrance of boudoir here, it turns out that there are so many Taos." Cao Shuo said: "If there are guests staying overnight, the smell in the room should be different. ”

The steward smiled and didn't say anything.

The woman next to her whispered, "I'll serve tea to my son." ”

"Prepare one for the two generals next to me, too." Cao Shuo commanded.

The woman answered and exited the room.

When he came to the window, Cao Shuo said to the steward: "You don't need to accompany you here, you can go and get busy first." ”

"I'll quit first." Knowing that Cao Shuo didn't want him to stay here, the steward bowed and withdrew.

Standing at the window, Cao Shuo looked at the street scene.

Deng Zhan asked, "Why didn't Gongzi leave the steward, he should be more familiar with the streets." ”

"It's not much different from looking at things from his point of view than from my point of view." Cao Shuo said: "When people in high positions look at the lives of the people, they will always look down on them. But what I need is to look at this street from the perspective of a civilian. ”

Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao didn't quite understand the meaning of his words.

Zhu Ao asked, "Is there any difference?" ”

"Of course there are differences." Cao Shuo said: "I look down on the common people, but from the perspective of ordinary people, I can look down on the world. Although they don't have a long-term view as we do, they see things from a different perspective. Looking at the same thing from different angles will naturally give different results. ”

"We might think it's a good street." Cao Shuo continued: "But the people who come and go on the streets are ordinary people. They think it's the street that matters. ”

After he said this, Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao suddenly realized.

The two said: "It's still the son who looks at things clearly, we can only see the surface, and we can't see the longer term." ”

Smiling slightly, Cao Shuo didn't speak again.

After a while, the door opened, and the woman walked in with a tray.

She put down the three teacups on the tray and said to Cao Shuo: "The son sits widely, and the slave and maid retire." ”

"You don't have to go." Cao Shuo didn't look back, still looking at the street outside and asked, "Stay here and talk to me." ”

Cao Shuo asked her to stay and speak, and the woman was immediately flattered.

She lowered her head and whispered.

"What's your name?" Still facing out the window, Cao Shuo asked the woman.

"Yidie." The woman replied.

"How long have you been in Lingyun Pavilion?" Cao Shuo asked again.

"It's been three years." Yi Die replied.

"Three years, you can be regarded as an old man of Lingyun Pavilion."

"I'm not an old man here." Yidie replied: "There is also a sister who has been here for nearly ten years. ”

"Almost ten years?" Cao Shuo turned his head and looked at Yi Die in surprise: "Those people haven't left Lingyun Pavilion yet?" ”

"Some of the sisters are old and decrepit, and they were sent out of Lingyun Pavilion to marry in other places, and some refused to leave here, and there were a few guests who were willing to take care of them, so they were not sent away." Yi Die replied.

"It's not a good place either, so why don't you want to leave?" Cao Shuo was a little puzzled.

"Childe doesn't know." Yi Die replied: "Lingyun Pavilion has better food and accommodation than the people's homes, and they are used to living here, so they are really not willing to leave." In fact, I also know that in a few years, when I am the same age as my sisters, I will also be sent out of Lingyun Pavilion. ”

"It's not home after all." Cao Shuo said: "When you are old, you still need to find a stable home, give birth to a few children, and have a dependency for a lifetime." ”

"That's what Childe said." Yidie bowed her head in response.

"Have you ever gone out to the market at night?" Looking out the window again, Cao Shuo asked Yidie.

"I've been." "There are a few days a month when we don't have to go out to take care of the guests, and we can walk around the neighborhood on those days. The market is very busy, and recently a shop specializing in women's goods has opened. Day and night, many women went to buy goods. ”

"A store that specializes in women's stuff?" Cao Shuo knew what the store she said was selling, but she deliberately asked, "What do you think of the things in that store?" ”

"It's all excellent." Yidie said: "The best thing to use is ......"

She wanted to say that it was a sanitary napkin, but Cao Shuo's status was honorable, and she didn't dare to say it when the words came to her mouth.

(End of chapter)