The liquor shops and teahouses have lit candles in the hall, and hung all kinds of yarn lamps in front of the door and on the willow trees, more than 100 lights, under the reflection of the yarn lanterns, a hazy pale yellow on both sides of the street, the breeze by the river is gusting, the shadows of the trees are waving, the willow leaves make a rustling sound with the sound of the canal, and the hustle and bustle of the day is far away for a moment, as if it has never existed.

Suddenly, a chattering woman's voice broke the silence, Chen Xin looked out, and many women poured out of the alley about a hundred steps away, walking in groups of three or five to this side, the appearance was not clear from a distance, but the sound of frolicking and laughing could be heard.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Chen Xin said excitedly.

Seeing this, Liu Min couldn't help but say, "Seeing that you are calm and relaxed all day, it turns out that you have to take this bite." ”

"That's work, now it's entertainment." Chen Xin didn't look back, spending half of his body outside the window.

The women came noisily to the teahouse and restaurant, looking for a place to stand or sit on their own, just whispering, and when a man passed in front of them, they raised their faces so that the light shone on their faces.

"That's good, good figure...... It's just that the powder is too heavy, look at it, go all the way and drop all the way. ”

"That, that, take a look, willow is a little waist"

Chen Xinxing is vigorous and has been commenting.

Liu Min was still sitting at first, and then the movement on the street was greater, Chen Xin's comments continued, and he couldn't help but feel itchy, and finally stood up and poked his head out to take a look, the bottom was already full of people, a few more people than during the day, men and women came and went, the warblers and swallows whispered, the figures swayed, the skirts were flying, the silver ornaments and pearls on the woman's head reflected the light, like the galaxy on the ground flowing, and the air was also fluttering with a faint aroma of fat powder. And in the alley in the distance, there are still women coming out in an endless stream.

Liu Minyou has never seen such a big scene in his past and present lives, but he is in a daze, so many beautiful women, as long as they pay, they can choose at will and spend a good night together, which may be the reason why men are so happy.

"Are you going?" Chen Xin seduced again.

"Don't go!" After Liu Min had a half-ring, he spit out two words with difficulty.

"Let's go, wait for me to have breakfast tomorrow morning."

A moment later, Chen Xin and Hai Gouzi appeared downstairs, and Liu Minyou watched him wander around the crowd, holding a small lantern in his hand, and holding it up to a woman from time to time to check. Through the light, beautiful or mediocre faces appear in front of me.

When the women saw the lantern coming, they had a smile on their faces, and when they saw that there was a handsome boy in front of them, their eyes lit up, and their smiles became more and more charming, and they all stepped forward to take his hand and lean towards him.

"Childe is so handsome, the slave family will be happy when they see it, so it's good to go with me, my yard is big, the house is also big, I will give the male bomb to play a wine with a drink, and the son will be satisfied." "My bathtub is ......" "I cook for my son......"

Nearby women rushed one after another, surrounded Chen Xin and the fur dogs, chattering and scrambling, grasping the grippers, grabbing the feet, grabbing the clothes and hair if they didn't reach it, and they wanted to divide Chen Xin's five horses. ”

Chen Xin tried his best to finally fight his way out of the encirclement with the help of the sea dogs, he was already sweating, the hem of his clothes was torn off, and the small lantern was gone, he looked up and saw that Liu Minyou was still probing, so he laughed at Liu Minyou and said: "Sister loves to be pretty, interesting and interesting!" Then he turned to the rest of the street.

Liu Minyou also laughed and said, "Next time you come, you have to put on the mountain armor." Chen Xin laughed, and then continued from the street to the end of the street, and back from the end of the street.

It's like visiting a department store.

After looking at it for a while, Liu Minyou turned his head to look at the rest of the street, and saw a middle-aged short and fat man with a rich appearance downstairs and selected a woman, the fat man was tall and shy, swaying and walking in front, the woman was graceful, walking like a willow leaf in the wind, swaying, following the man a few steps behind, and walking towards the alley one after the other.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, fresh huā with cow dung." Seeing that Xiu Se was in front of him, Liu Minyou was also horny at this time, and couldn't hold back, "Lao Tzu can kill everyone, what can I go, anyway, everyone is like this." He did a good job of thinking for himself, got up and walked around the house twice, and was about to go downstairs, but after thinking about it, he told Chen Xin that he couldn't go, and he went again at this time, and he was even more embarrassed, so he sat down again and saw if Chen Xin was gone at the window.

After watching it for a while, Chen Xin was still wandering around in the street, the sea dog was gone, it is estimated that it had been selected, only Chen Xin was the only one, this kid had not been selected yet, and was being selected one by one.

Seeing that the women in the street chose to leave one by one, Liu Min was in a hurry, and when it was almost the second watch, Chen Xin finally got tired and left with the two women, the two women hugged him one left and one right, looking like a huā idiot, the three of them kept talking, and the two women were amused from time to time to let out a burst of laughter.

At this time, there were still nearly 100 women in the street, inside and outside the tea shop. As soon as Chen Xin disappeared at the mouth of the alley, Liu Minyou opened the door in a hurry, squeaked, locked the door and was about to go downstairs, turned around, and a burly figure blocked in front of him.

"Where are you going, I'm with you!"

Liu Minyou couldn't wait to kick this stupid monk into the canal, he didn't come when he should come, and he came quickly when he shouldn't.

"I'll go out for a walk, you don't have to follow, you just rest in the inn, don't go out." Liu Minyou suppressed his breath and commanded the stupid monk.

"I must follow the adults, Brother Hai Dog said, the personal guards must follow at all times."

"I'm just taking a walk."

"I'll take a walk with the adults."

"I don't want anyone to accompany me when I walk"

"Then I won't accompany you, I'll follow." ……

After a moment of silence, Liu Minyou broke out, "If you are told to go back to the house, you will go back to the house, otherwise your salary will be deducted for the next month." ”

There was a knock on the door, and the stupid monk disappeared behind the door.

After sending away the stupid monk, Liu Minyou rushed downstairs, Xiao Er saw him, and said, "Childe is late, now it's almost the second watch, and you can't see clearly when the yarn light goes out for a while, it's good to bring a lantern, just a penny of silver." ”

Liu Minyou hurriedly paid the money, picked up the lantern and came to the street.

The fragrance in the street is pervasive, at this time the yarn lamp is still bright, next to the tea shop several women saw someone coming, and stood up one after another, looking at him expectantly, there are not many women in the street, Liu Minyou is not handsome, thinking that he has not been besieged, he walked all the way along the street, all the women paid attention to him, this feeling made him both fresh and nervous, he did not dare to stop, so that even the woman's appearance and figure did not dare to take a closer look.

Just walked all the way to the end of the fast street, he hadn't talked to a woman, there were few people at the end of the street, he was relieved, and he saw a woman in front of him, standing timidly under the willow tree, wearing a blue lake long skirt, like most women here, she was also thin, and the river breeze blew at night, and the woman hugged her chest with her hands, trembling slightly. It's pitiful.

Liu Min saw that there was no one left and right, so he walked to the woman, the light under the tree was dim, and he couldn't see the face clearly, and when he saw Liu Min coming, he gave Liu Min a salute and said, "Son, ten thousand blessings." ”

Liu Minyou scratched his head, remembering that Song Wenxian and others said that they wanted to call the girl, and also said, "The girl is good." Then he didn't know what to do, and he wanted to hold up the lantern to look closely, but now he felt very rude, and stood there.

When the woman saw that he was silent, she said, "If you want to take a closer look, you can take a lantern." ”

Liu Minyou hesitated slightly, picked up the lantern, and had a beautiful face in front of him, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful eyebrows, a small cherry mouth, a beaded hairpin on his head, and a little pink on his face, although it was not as glamorous as the woman he saw just now, but it was a little more fresh. Her little face was slightly red, her eyes were lowered, she didn't dare to look at Liu Minyou, there was a gust of river wind blowing, and a few strands of hair floated on her face, she hurriedly held her hair with her hand, afraid that Liu Minyou would not be able to see clearly.

Liu Min didn't like too coquettish women in the first place, but seeing that this woman's temperament was delicate and beautiful, he liked it in his heart, and it was estimated that this woman was not in a good position, so he didn't let people choose to go.

"Then, then, would you like this to follow me..."

"If the son is willing, it is a blessing for the little girl." The woman spoke softly, still didn't dare to look at Liu Minyou, and pointed in the direction of the alley, "Son, please go ahead, I will follow you." ”

Liu Min walked in front with a lantern, and the yarn lamp gradually went out at this time. Liu Min was worried that the woman would not be able to see the road clearly, so he moved the lantern back, and after a while, he felt inconvenient, so he said to the woman, "The lantern is too small, the girl can walk side by side with me." ”

The woman took two steps and said softly, "The fake mother said that it was rude to go with the guests, and I better follow the son." ”

Liu Minyou insisted, "I don't pay attention to these here, the girl can go with me, and we will talk." ”

The woman hesitated for a moment, stepped forward, lowered her head and lowered her eyebrows, slightly behind Liu Minyou.

Liu Minyou asked the woman, "I don't know what to call the girl, can you tell me." ”

"Childe can call me Lianhe."

"The name is very good, my name is Liu Minyou, from Shandong."

Lianhe finally looked up and gave a strange look at the man in front of him, few guests would introduce themselves.

Liu Minyou was about to continue, kicking a small hurdle under his feet, and a stumbling one.

Lianhe hurriedly came over to help him, and said, "Childe, be careful, there are a few broken places on this street, and there are two more in the alley in front." ”

With a soft little hand on his arm, Liu Minyou's heart fluttered, and he said nonsense, "How do you know so well." ”

The woman replied, "I'm here every day, so I know." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Jue was inappropriate, his face turned red, and his head was lowered.

Liu Minyou also knew that he was asking the wrong question, so he stopped talking, and the two walked to the middle of the street after a while.

Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter in front of you.

A few men walked down the street talking loudly, as if no one was around.

A man said loudly, "I am also happier than the princes and ministers, every time I come here, it doesn't cost much, hundreds of women are at my disposal, I can always choose a favorite person to serve me, I think that the prince and minister, although the family has a group of wives and concubines, it is only one person in one night, and I have to worry about the wife and concubine competing for favor and making noise." ”

The other person agreed, "Brother He is right, but there are many crooked prostitutes here, but there are few famous prostitutes. ”

Another person picked up a woman's chin with a fan, and said, "Then we will follow the example of our predecessors and hold a grand meeting in Jinling, and compare a female champion and a female detective, just like the Liantai Immortal Association back then, and then I will ask Brother He to do the Liantai Immortal Association." ”

The first person replied, "Certainly, certainly!" ”

With that, the three of them burst into laughter again.

Listening to the three of them say, "I only know how to make a living from that skin and flesh" Liu Minyou caught a glimpse of the woman next to her from the corner of her eye, her body trembled slightly, her head became lower and lower, and in the laughter, the remaining women on the street all looked at the three of them talking and laughing, all silent.

Liu Minyou quickened his pace and walked through this section of the street with the lotus lotus, until he was only a few dozen steps away from the mouth of the alley. There was no yarn light on this section, and the small dim lanterns were wobbly, barely able to see the road clearly.

Lianhe also followed quickly, walking through this section, seeing that there was no one left and right, Liu Minyou stopped and asked Lianhe: "Lianhe girl, you are a good woman, if you marry a family and live an ordinary life, it is also good, why did you come to this place." ”

Lianhe stopped, silent for a moment, she met countless guests, only Liu Min had a person from her point of view for her to think, moved in my heart, suddenly had an urge to talk to him, faintly replied: "The little girl is from Yangzhou, there are three brothers and sisters in the family, and then there is a younger brother who is poor in the family, my parents said that the little brother is here, there is no food for me, and I found a family with food, I was sold here when I was eight years old, and I worked every day in the fake mother's house, and when I was thirteen or fourteen years old, the fake mother let me pick up customers, and it is still today, It's just that I don't know how to think about that ordinary day in the end. ”

Lianhe said that she had already brought a whimper. Although the man in front of her had only just met, she felt a sense of intimacy, and for the first time she felt that she was not a commodity.

Liu Minyou listened to her narration and suddenly felt sad, his heart was completely gone, he usually heard Song Wenxian and others say that the Qinglou women of this era, almost all of them were sold into the hook column at a young age, completely different from the prostitutes of later generations, they do not have any power and freedom, all the income belongs to the bustard mother, the bustard mother only provides them with food and clothing, only some famous prostitutes can keep the tips given by the guests, even if they are famous prostitutes, after making up enough money to redeem themselves and return to the "self", they still have to rely on men, such as Du Shi Niang, famous prostitutes are the same, ordinary prostitutes are old and decrepit, and to be resold again. Living the ordinary life of the people is their simplest and unrealizable dream.

There are more than tens of millions of situations in this world, such as lotus lotus, compared to Shaanxi and Henan Yizi eating, it doesn't seem to be miserable, but Liu Minyou is like blocking something in his heart, he can't say it, and the two of them slowly move forward again, without saying anything all the way.

In a blink of an eye, I arrived at the alley where the lotus was located, there were two big lanterns hanging in front of the alley, and there were more than ten steps away, and someone shouted, "Sister He'er has a guest." ”

There was a knock on the door inside, and a turtle man came out with a torch, with a flattering smile, and bowed his head to Liu Minyou and said, "Brother-in-law, please." ”

Liu Minyou stood still and didn't move, Gui Gong looked at him strangely, and the other guests came here, and they were all busy entering the house like perverts, but this person was good.

Liu Minyou turned around, took out a silver ingot of about five taels, put it in Lianhe's hand, and said to Lianhe, "I suddenly remembered that I still have important things to do tomorrow, so I won't go today, you ......."

He wanted to say some blessings, but he couldn't think of any suitable words, so he reached out and patted Lianhe on the shoulder. Then you have to turn back.

Lianhe hurriedly grabbed Liu Minyou's hand and said, "Did the little girl's words just now disturb Gongzi Yaxing?" If the son doesn't like the lotus, there are one or two sisters in the courtyard, how can the lotus be favored by the son. In her anxiety, tears welled up in her eyes, and she hoped that this person would stay.

Liu Minyou shook his head, at this time he had no desire in his heart, what happened to the woman in front of him made him feel like a poor little sister, no matter what, he couldn't spend the night with her, he used his hand to help Lianhe wipe away the two tears on his face, and said, "I really have something important tomorrow, if I have time in the future...... Will come to see you. As he spoke, he gently pushed away Lianhe's hand and turned around and went back to the inn.

The turtle prince waited for Liu Min to leave, and immediately put away his smiling face, came up and grabbed the silver taels, and said to Lianhe, "Since you have met a fool, I have given you the silver for nothing, and I will leave him to do anything." It is late to-day, and there is money, and you receive a guest, and if there is no guest as yesterday, you will be beaten well, and there will be no dinner for tomorrow. Then he turned and went into the courtyard.

Lianhe didn't seem to hear it, just stared blankly at Liu Minyou's back and disappeared into the darkness, and when a lantern bearer passed by on the road, Liu Minyou's figure was projected, and a few tears slipped down his face in the brightness.

Liu Minyou didn't dare to look back all the way, walked briskly, and from time to time there were men and women passing by each other, including the three people who were talking and laughing just now, one with a woman.

He walked to the inn before stopping, the street lights were all extinguished, a little candlelight came out of a tea shop in front of him, he was bored, he didn't want to go back to the inn for the time being, just outside the door of the tea shop stood out of sight, the last candle in the tea shop was left, thirty or forty women who had not yet waited for the guests were gathered here.

The women were piecing together the copper plates, and when they had done so, they bought another candle with Dr. Cha, and after lighting it, everyone sat down again, waiting to see if there were any late guests, and if there were no guests after the candle was lit, they had to go back.

"It's idle, how about you sing us another song, Sister Bottle?" A younger woman smiled and said, "Sister Bottle, I used to come out of the Qin Huai Huā boat, and she sang a good song. A lot of rich people like it tightly. There was a fight. ”

The women next to her coaxed one after another, the bottle sister is not young, through the vicissitudes of life on her face, you can also see the beauty of the past. She replied faintly: "What's the use of that, I was just greedy for your beauty when I was young, but now I don't look like this." ”

At the beginning, the woman said: "It's so late today, we have no guests, and if we want to go back and forth, we will inevitably have a beating, and listening to Sister Bottle'er sing a song is not in vain." ”

The bottle sighed, and had to smile and say, "Then if I sing it, you can sing it too." After the girls agreed, Sister Bottle cleared her throat and sang.

to be separated, unless heaven and earth are made;

to be separated, unless the east is made of the west;

Unless the ruler is a servant.

You can't leave me at any time, and I can't leave you when I want to;

died in Huangquan, and he couldn't separate the ghost.

The singing is leisurely, revealing a touch of sadness, and later it is like complaining, when the song is finished, the tail note of Sister Bottler lingers in the quiet night, and Liu Min outside the door has an inexplicable sadness welling up in his heart