Chapter 40: Taigong Fishing

Chu Yangge pointed to a portal in front of him and said, "Arrived, this is it, the biggest pet shop in Luoyang City is this Li Jun's family." ”

Yang Fan hurriedly called the car when he heard this, and said to Chu Madge: "Brother Chu, tell your brothers to wait outside, and the two of us will accompany the young lady to the pet shop to have a look." ”

Chu Madge agreed, and ordered a few brothers to wait under the tree at the entrance of the alley in a light car, Tian Ainu wore a carved hat, got out of the car, and followed by a little maid in Tsing Yi, Yang Fan and Chu Madge led the way in front of the left and right, leading her into the pet store.

This is Tongye Fang, in the northeast corner of Luocheng, because it is north of the Luohe River, close to the imperial city, and belongs to the place where dignitaries like to live, so although Tongye Fang is on the edge of the city, the land is more expensive than most of the Fangs south of the Luohe River, despite this, this Li Jun's shop covers a wide area, and it is actually larger than the mansions of many officials.

It's just that the mansion of the powerful and noble relatives is far away, it is the eaves flying corner, and when you step into it, it is everywhere in the pavilions, although Li Jun's pet shop occupies a large area, the house is empty, and the houses are sparse, because the most built here is a beast house for all kinds of pets.

The door of Li Jun's house was open, and there was no family guarding it, allowing guests to enter and exit. When the three of them entered, they saw only going in and out, not only many businessmen, but also many men and women in brocade clothes, who were waiting for the servants and maids to enter or exit, which was really lively.

Li Jun's family sells only one thing: animals.

In modern parlance, he runs a pet store.

In this "pet store", there are animal houses and poultry rooms built everywhere, the big ones are like palaces, but the small ones are only the size of a palm, a gust of wind comes, the smell of many birds and beasts is mixed together, it is really not very good, Tian Ainu and the little girl behind her can't help but cover their noses.

"The little lady is the first time to come back, right?"

An old man in cloth with his sleeves walked up quickly, and bowed to Tian Ainu with a smile on his face, this person looked to be in his fifties, with gray hair, a thin figure, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of shallow wrinkles, and his spirit was extremely bright. Chu Yangge stood aside and introduced: "Master, this person is the shopkeeper of this shop, Li Jun." ”

Tian Ainu bowed his head lightly when he heard this, turned his hat slightly, looked at Yang Fan, and motioned for him to speak.

Yang Fan took a step forward and said to Li Jun: "My girl wants to buy a pet that she likes, please ask my husband to introduce one or two." ”

When the business came to the door, Li Jun smiled and said continuously: "Naturally, naturally, the little lady is the first time to come back, and a certain will lead the way for the little lady." ”

Li Jun led Tian Ainu all the way down, only to see flying in the sky, walking on the ground, swimming in the water, poisonous, non-poisonous, everything. Crickets and spiders, parrots and eagle harriers, goldfish, monkey cockfights, fierce Tibetan mastiffs, well-behaved forest dogs, Persian cats, cranes, deer, turtles, and even donkeys and sheep are all kept as pets.

"Little lady, please look, how is this orangutan slave?"

"This orangutan is so ugly!"

"Hehe, that little lady, please look here, how is this long-eared male? Its fur was like a jet-black satin, shiny and shiny. ”

"The donkey's cry is so ugly!"

"Haha, then this snow-clothed lady is well-behaved, the little lady must like it."

"It's not good, I like to ride and hunt, and I can relax in the countryside, this parrot is not suitable."

Tian Ainu walked all the way, just shaking his head, Li Jun's face was a little unbearable, and he couldn't help asking, "I don't know what kind of pets the little lady likes?" ”

Tian Ainu turned his head and thought about it, and replied, "It should be able to be by his side to relieve his worries and boredom at ordinary times, and to accompany him to hunt when he goes out of the city to hunt, so as to drive it." ”

Li Jun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's easy, little lady, please come with so." …,

Li Jun led them to a kennel and introduced, "How about the little lady choose a hunting dog?" The hunting dogs here are all precious dog breeds from the East and the West, all of which have been carefully trained, understand human nature, know human language, hunt and play, and are the most good companions......

Tian Ainu said lightly: "I don't like dogs, never will." ”

Yang Fan remembered what she had told herself that night, that the family dogs had turned into wild dogs, cruising with wolves in the cottage and ......feeding on people, and couldn't help but look at her deeply.

Li Jun's voice was suffocated, and he said in his heart: "This guest is not easy to deal with, but since he entered the door of my house, if he doesn't let her return satisfied, won't he smash my Li's signboard." ”

Li Jun thought for a while and said, "In this case, please let the little lady go into the courtyard with a certain person, and the price of the pets there will be higher." ”

Yang Fan said: "My husband just chooses my girl's favorite pet, the price is not a problem." ”

Li Jun led them into the backyard, walked to a cage, and pointed inward: "Little lady, please look, how are these lynxes?" This lynx has sharp teeth and claws, and is the most capable of hunting, not only humane, but also good-looking, and is a favorite pet of the nobles in Beijing. It's just that...... This lynx only eats meat, not a vegetarian, and the cost of a vegetarian diet is ...... It's a little bigger. ”

Tian Ainu shook her head slightly, although her face was hanging with a faint veil, but everyone could see that she didn't even look at the lynx in the cage, since she entered the backyard, her eyes have been staring at the strongest iron cages at the end of the courtyard.

Li Jun saw her staring at the end of the courtyard, so he coughed and said, "There are two cheetahs in the cage over there." This leopard is fierce by nature, if it is already an adult, it is difficult to get rid of its animal nature, training and use, so the cheetahs here are all caught and sent from a young age for training and training, so they can't be sold easily. Lady, please think about it, after so many years of feeding, the labor is not counted, and the salary of the teacher is not counted, just it has to eat more than a dozen catties of meat every day......"

Tian Ainu waved her hand, not listening to his ramblings, she walked straight over, and with a slight sweep of her eyes, she fell in love with the beautiful female leopard. Li Jun said: "Little lady, this leopard is worth ......"

Tian Ainu raised a slender jade finger to stop Li Jun from speaking, and then slowly pointed forward and pointed at the slender female leopard with a bewitching pattern, and said, "That's it!" ”

As if she understood what she was saying, the she-leopard raised her head at this moment, opened her bloody mouth, revealed a mouthful of snow-white sharp teeth, let out a roar that shocked the entire cage, and then stretched out her long, blood-red tongue and licked the tip of her nose gracefully......

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In the Tang Dynasty, the Hu people opened shops in the Tang Dynasty, and the most common ones were jewelry stores and hotels. Jewelry goes without saying, whether it is the shape of the Western Regions or the color of the jewelry, it is better than the local jewelry of the Tang Dynasty, and there are many Hu restaurants, but it is because Hu Ren restaurants have orchids.

Men are the largest consumer group in the hotel, and the young and beautiful orchid service will naturally attract drinkers.

"Picking lotus and throwing water, Lang intends to float flowers", mellow wine and beauty, complement each other.

There are too few Han women who show up to be hotel waitresses and are not competitive. Because of this, the Huren Hotel is getting bigger and bigger, and the grade is getting higher and higher, and it has become the favorite place for dignitaries and wealthy businessmen to stay.

Therefore, the big restaurants in Chang'an and Luoyang are generally opened by Hu people.

Dunhoufang is adjacent to the North City and is one of the most lively places in Luoyang. The "Golden Hairpin Drunk" in Dunhoufang is one of the best Huren restaurants in Luoyang City.

When Tian Ainu walked in with Yang Fan and the little maid in Tsing Yi, there were a few orchids dancing on the stage. The hotel is huge, but there is only one floor, and in the middle is a circular two-foot-high performance stage, the stage diameter is several zhang, and the wine halls in all directions are placed facing each other with this stage as the center....,

If some of the drinkers don't want to be seen by other people, the guys will move in and put the screens on the three sides of their table. If guests don't like to watch the performance on the stage and want a more private environment, then they can use the folding screen to block the front side, and it will become a private room with no people on all sides.

But few of the people who come here to drink are all blocked, and they come here to drink for the sake of drinking and drinking, and how can they keep the beauty out of the table, and when they are happy, they will jump on the stage and sing and dance with the orchid, or even drive the orchid away, and have a solo dance.

The drinkers who can appear here are either rich or expensive, and the behavior of such a person of status must be unimaginable in other dynasties. Can you imagine a seventy-year-old man who is rich in the world, or a scholar leader who is nearly sixty years old and pedantic in the world, or an envoy who is over half a hundred years old and shepherd, waving drunkenly and singing and dancing in front of friends, retinues, subordinates, and even people who do not know each other at all?

But in this day and age, it's normal. It is normal not only for those who are respected and high-ranking people, but also for those women who have married and had children or girls who are still raised in the boudoir, which is not about identity and status, but a custom.

Since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and even the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Hu and Han dynasties have been closely integrated, and for hundreds of years, the culture, thoughts, customs, and habits of the Hu people have been absorbed and integrated by the Han culture of the Central Plains and become a part of it. When the high-ranking officials and nobles are drunk, singing and dancing in public has become a very elegant and tasteful activity.

When the news of Li Jing's extinction reached Beijing, Li Shimin, the son of the Tang Dynasty, was ecstatic, so he blasted away the dancing girl and jumped up on the hall with his waist and hips, and Li Yuan, who was the emperor at the time, also snatched the pipa in the singer's hand to accompany his son. The ministers also coaxed, and left the table together and ran to the temple, singing and dancing.

Imagine that a group of old men wearing civil and military official robes, or beards, or gray hair, are dancing their teeth and claws on the solemn hall, which is simply a group of demons dancing. More than ten years later, the crown prince Li Zhi was happy to have his eldest son, and Li Shimin, as a grandfather, went to his son's east palace to take the lead in dancing.

The emperor is like this, the officials are like this, and among the people, this phenomenon is even more commonplace.

In the hotel, people were enjoying themselves, and no one noticed the group of three people who walked in.

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