"Mother, do we owe a lot of money?"

After eating, Yang Chao asked directly.

Although my sister didn't talk about the money, Yang Chao guessed that if it wasn't for the money, my father wouldn't have to go out before dawn every day and come back late at night, my mother wouldn't have to do needlework, and my sister wouldn't have to wash dirty clothes.

The mother comforted: "It's okay, my mother is here." ”

After eating, Yang Chao continued to walk around, and couldn't help but feel anxious, he usually felt that he was very capable, and he had so much theoretical knowledge in his stomach, but now he didn't know how to improve the fate of this poor family, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed.

"Brother Yang, Brother Yang!"

At this time, a voice sounded.

This voice Yang Chao is familiar with, and he is a classmate who is studying in a private school with his name, and his name is Hu Quan.

The mother sat in front of the house, holding a basket with needlework in it, and was helping others with needlework and mending a long gown.

The mother also heard the voice, and muttered, "Here comes the little one with the iron rod." ”

Hu Quan's father is called Hu Wanguan, the ancestor of the family is a butcher, all day long the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out to kill, the common people say that after the death of such a person will be pulled by the Lord of Yama to beat the iron rod, to break a hundred to be considered forgive, so everyone shouted that Hu Wanguan was beaten with an iron rod.

Hu Quan is the son of Hu Wanguan, that is, he is a little beaten with an iron rod.

However, the relationship between Hu Quan and Yang Chao is excellent, they have been friends since childhood, Yang Chao is sick these days, and Hu Quan will come to see it every once in a while, but every time he comes, he is empty-handed, and Yang's mother is a little unhappy.

"Ah, Brother Yang is fine!"

It's not been once or twice since I came to Yang's house, I broke in with a big grin, and when I entered the door, I saw Yang Chao in the yard, and I couldn't help but cry out with joy on my face.

Mother Yang coughed twice, and when Hu Quan saw her, she hurriedly bowed down and said "second aunt".

Mother Yang hummed, threw down the needle and thread, and went into the house.

Hu Quan said to Yang Chao at this time: "Brother Yang, how are you doing?" ”

Yang Chao nodded: "Brother Lao Hu is worried, okay." ”

Hu Quan clapped his hands: "That's good, that's good." Let's just go out for a walk. ”

Yang Chao is recuperating at home every day these days, and he is anxious, but he has long wanted to go out for a walk.

He nodded and said, "Okay, we should go out and walk around." ”

shouted into the house: "Mother, I'll go out for a walk." ”

Hurriedly pulled Hu Quan and walked out, his mother had already run out and shouted, "You're not in good health!" ”

Yang Chao had already walked out of the door, strode for hundreds of meters, and hid at a corner, so that he was not afraid of his mother chasing after him.

Then asked, "Where to go?" ”

Hu Quan said with a smile: "Of course I went to Wuding Bridge." You don't know, today Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Funing, hosted a banquet on the Qinhuai River, and invited the Kou family, Yin Chun, and Li Shiniang to help the fun, and everyone went to see the excitement. When we go to Wuding Bridge, we will definitely be able to catch up and take a look. ”

Nanjing's rich sons, usually romantic, often invite more than one singer, but invite a group, called an assembly, to organize this kind of assembly, also called 'do the meeting', when the time comes, to see the lively people in groups, it is really like rushing to the market.

In the past, Yang Chao also liked to join in the fun with poor scholars like Hu Quan.

Today, Hu Quan came to see Yang Chao, and when he saw that Yang Chao was in good shape, of course he had to take him along.

"Brother, where are you going?"

At this time, my sister actually chased after me, no need to ask, it must have been my mother who asked me to chase her.

"Just walk around."

Hu Quan replied first, Hu Quan was a little afraid of Yang Chao's spicy sister.

"Mother said, don't play too late, come back early."

Sure enough, it was her mother who asked her sister to chase after her, but it didn't stop Yang Chao from going out. In the past, Yang Chao had a perverse personality, and his parents were also blindly accommodating, and he couldn't control it at all, Yang Chao wanted to go out to play, no matter how late it was, his parents could only say something like 'come back early'.

"Got it."

Yang Chao said softly.

Although his sister was full of disbelief, Yang Chao didn't intend to worry his family, he couldn't do what the stubborn scholar was.

The two soon walked to the Qinhuai River, both sides of the Qinhuai River are close river houses, this kind of river houses are tall and thin, like a woman standing upright, generally two-storey, or even three-story buildings, plus cyan or red brick walls, and occasionally moss in the shade, just the house gives people a sense of tranquility and elegance.

If you are on the second and third floors of the river house, open the window, and the scenery of the Qinhuai River is in full view, so these river houses are the most expensive real estate in Nanjing.

It is precisely because the business is so good that few people are willing to sell the river house, and there is no market for it.

However, because each river house is outside the bank of the Qinhuai River, some river house owners set up water buildings and private wharves by the river, wantonly encroaching on the river bank, resulting in the river bank being twisted and turned, and some places are directly blocked.

Therefore, if the poor want to see the wind and moon of the Qinhuai River, they can generally only stand on the bridge at the place where they cross the bridge, or watch from the shore.

Yang Chao looked unhurriedly along the way, these scenery and even pedestrians gave him a feeling of familiarity and freshness, familiarity comes from the original memory, and freshness comes from the consciousness of later generations, but soon the two feelings will converge, as if the memory is fused, and the feeling will also be fused.

Seeing this picturesque Ming Dynasty market, thinking that in a few years, he would have to give it to a foreigner, Yang Chao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Soon the Wuding Bridge arrived, but it was full of young people standing on it at this time.

Hu Quan originally planned to go to Wuding Bridge, but the painting boat walked under the bridge, and if he was lucky, he would be able to catch a glimpse of the beautiful woman on the painting boat.

As a result, when the two of them walked to the Wuding Bridge, they found that the bridge was already full of people.

There was no place for two people to stand.

Hu Quan couldn't help sighing, if he hadn't gone to Yang Chao to delay the time, he would definitely be able to occupy a place on the bridge.

In the past, Yang Chao was indeed extremely obsessed with these Fengyue, and often fantasized that he could become a handsome son who went in and out of the high pavilion all the year round, but he was born in a craftsman's household, and he could only think about it, and now Yang Chao is not so interested in these.

These places were indeed attractive to young scholars in the Ming Dynasty, but how could anyone who came from later generations and was accustomed to seeing all kinds of superstars be excited by the occasional glimpse of a singer on a painting boat.

However, Yang Chao still suggested: "Brother Hu, let's go around the banknote street, maybe we can catch up." ”

Yang Chao suggested this, in fact, he wanted to go to the banknote street to have a look.

Banknote Street can be called the first best place to go in Nanjing, close to the Qinhuai River and the Gongyuan (Confucius Temple), not to mention the rows of green buildings, even there is no lack of beautiful women on the street, in the past, Hu Quan and Yang Chao lingered there every day, although most of the time can only see the eye addiction, but for the two teenagers, it is also very satisfying.

Although I remember going there I don't know how many times, Yang Chao is still very interested in taking a look.

Hu Quandao: "Okay, let's go to the banknote street, they have to come to Yanqiao after crossing the Wuding Bridge, and if they want to cross the Wende Bridge, there can't be anyone." ”

After crossing the Wuding Bridge, it is the banknote street, and the Wuding Bridge is the southernmost point of the banknote street.

There are still many scholars and Confucian scholars in Confucian robes, as well as girls in red and emerald, walking gracefully on the street.

On the side of the Qinhuai River, there are many large and small attics, most of which are Qinhuai River river houses, and many river houses are directly green buildings.

Yang Chao likes these river houses because he understands them.

Occasionally, a window on the second or third floor of these river houses is not closed, and a figure walks through it, and some of them are intermittently singing and music.

Yang Chao felt that some people were using it, eating, sleeping, getting married, having children, and even getting sick and dying in it, and that there were stories of people happening in it, and such buildings were alive, not those former residences and relics that people visited and remembered in modern times.

Hu Quanke didn't have the heart to look at the street scene of Banknote Street, so he hurried to see Zhu Guobi's painting boat.

Invited so many singers and famous prostitutes, the cabin is simply not enough, Zhu Guobi, the hereditary marquis, happens to be a lively person, so he often performs on the deck of the painting boat, which allows visitors to feast their eyes.

"Brother Yang, hurry up, it's almost time to come to Yanqiao, if there are many people on Yanqiao, we will take a detour behind Meixianglou, there is a dock there."

Hu Quan's figure is not tall, half a head shorter than Yang Chao, his belly protrudes as if he has an iron pot, and his body looks a little funny in Confucian clothes, but the two small short legs run fast and very fast.

"Huh!"

At this time, Hu Quan suddenly sighed.

At this time, the two had already walked to Laiyanqiao, Yang Chao looked at Hu Quan's eyes, and saw a beautiful two-story building, and three big characters "Meixiang Building" were written on the lintel of the small building.

Yang Chao grew up in Nanjing since he was a child, and almost watched Meixianglou become famous in the past few years, so he naturally knew that this was the Qinglou where Li Xiangjun, one of the top prostitutes in Nanjing, was located.

"Why is this fool still here!"

Hu Quan sighed again.

Yang Chao only saw two men standing there in front of Meixiang Building at this time, one of them was wearing a silk gown, dressed as a scholar, and the other was dressed as a scholar who looked like a twelve-year-old or thirteen-year-old.