Pailou Street, because there were several chaste martyrs who were rewarded by the former Qing court, and several chaste archways were erected, so it was named.

In the Qing Dynasty, here is a traffic artery from south to north, next to the mountain tunnel that took more than ten years to open, once prosperous, but with the withering of the national economy, and the development of emerging industries gradually withered, now it is just a large stronghold of private running merchants, the cultural environment here is between urban and rural areas, new things have appeared one after another, but still retains strong traditional characteristics, geographically speaking, it is a little farther away from Xiaocheng than Soul Mountain.

Even so, the road in Xiaocheng has been repaired here. In the street view, most of the buildings are classical wooden houses, and the old bluestone pavement has been pressed by wheels over the years, leaving a lot of traces, and the commercial and lively streets are in stark contrast to the old urban area.

Because it is a key road to the southwest, many mountain people will stop here, and most of the residents seen on the street wear a variety of national costumes, although for Xiaocheng, this can only be regarded as a combination of urban and rural areas, and there are very few modern magnates who come to visit this kind of land.

However, for the villages, cottages, and small towns in the mountains connected to the mountain tunnel, Pailou Street, where you can buy new objects, is already a very prosperous place.

Because the main trade of Xiaocheng now depends on the railway, water transportation, and even air transportation, the land transportation mule and horse trade route here is almost completely abandoned by Xiaocheng, plus outsiders enter Xiaocheng to pay extremely heavy "borrowing fees" and "temporary fees", although there is a smooth road to Xiaocheng, but the road is far away, and the people here are almost isolated from the people of Xiaocheng.

Not to mention that it is cut off from this kind of surrounding ancient town, even if Xiao City is divided into three, six, nine and so on, all classes and groups of people are isolated from each other.

In this era of great chaos, estrangement is actually everywhere, even more so than during the feudal dynasty.

In view of the above circumstances, Xiao Nan's vehicle has become a novelty in the city, and many people have gathered to watch. Some little beggars dressed in tatters even deliberately banged on the car window to ask for money.

But if you give it to one person, there will be a bunch of people surrounding you, so Xiao Nan didn't dare to roll down the window.

Those little beggars couldn't get the money, so they picked up the stones on the ground and threw the cart, and scolded together, Miao Feng was right, the public security and social atmosphere here are indeed very chaotic.

"These children look pitiful, but they are all clever pickpockets." Miao Feng said.

Listening to his tone, it is obvious that he has suffered the loss of these children.

"Look, are you going to stay in a place like this for a long time?" Wanyue said.

"Let's find a place to spend the night. Seeing that it was getting dark, it seemed that there was no electricity in this place. Xiao Nan looked out the car window.

Wan Yue parked the car in front of what seemed to be the best inn in the area, and the innkeeper and his companions immediately ran out to greet them and disperse the beggars.

Xiao Nan was able to get out of the car.

He and Miao Feng were dressed fashionably and were immediately treated as distinguished guests. The hall of this inn is a canteen, business is good, there are quite a lot of people, and it seems that all kinds of people come from afar, speaking some obscure dialects.

When Xiao Nan walked in on crutches, even though he was wearing an overcoat, he only had one leg that attracted the attention and discussion of others.

"There is only one room in the big room, do you want one room for the three of you?" The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Nan and Wanyue's dress, thinking that they were Kuo Shao and Young Grandma.

Xiao Nan nodded and said, "It's okay, you can prepare a few more beds." After speaking, he looked around, and saw that this building was really a standard inn in costume films, and it was quite clean.

Wanyue said: "We'll eat in the upstairs room, and when we order a meal, you will bring it up." The dishes and chopsticks should be new, scalded with boiling water, and I want to see them myself. ”

"Yes, yes, don't worry, Miss. Tsk, when you opened your mouth, I knew that you must be from a very big family. The car at the door ouch is so nice! It's better to park the car in our backyard first, and the province will be damaged by people outside. The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, I'll go drive. Miao Feng, you help the young master go upstairs. He is inconvenient. Wanyue said.

Based on these few words alone, the well-informed shopkeeper judged that Wanyue was just Xiao Nan's maid, and the maid was also so magnificent, and she could drive, so it must be a big man from Xiao City, and he quietly ordered all the guys in the entire inn to serve with their hearts, maybe they could open a powerful network.

Miao Feng took Xiao Nan to the zigzag staircase, the staircase was built in style, but the wooden staircase was not easy for Xiao Nan to climb at all. Miao Feng directly carried him to the room on the second floor. Xiao Nan didn't feel much wrong, he admitted that he was inconvenient to move, and sometimes it was more efficient to accept help from others.

The room is also very clean, worthy of being the best inn in the local area, the accommodation fee is said to be the local sky-high price, a person needs a piece of ocean for one night, and it does not include room and board.

The bed is still the kind of old-fashioned bed with a curtain, and the shopkeeper took a few guys to add a bed, brought two simple folding wire beds to put the cover, and specially got a screen as a shield.

This room is facing the street, open the window and you can see the most prosperous and spacious main road below, it is a little noisy, but it is with Xiao Nan's mind, as soon as he enters the room, he jumps to the window and looks down.

I saw that the sky was getting dark, but there were many lanterns hanging on this street, and many vendors actually took advantage of this time to start setting up stalls, and many people brought horses to pull goods.

Xiao Nan said: "Is there a night market here?" ”

"It's supposed to be a night market every seven days, I've been there once, it's lively, but it's easy to be stolen if it's dark." As soon as Miao Feng said this, he couldn't do without stealing words. Xiao Nan couldn't help laughing, he knew that with Miao Feng's skills, he would definitely be able to catch the thief, but he let the other party go, it can be seen that the other party should be those poor and helpless orphans and beggars.

But he still remembered the money bag he had stolen, thinking that Miao Feng was so poor that he couldn't afford to eat in Xiaocheng later, this "lesson" can be described as very heavy.

Miao Feng is actually much more gentle and simple than the cool, cold and awkward appearance.

"What are you laughing at?" Miao Feng snorted coldly.

"It's nothing, I just think this street looks interesting, and when we're done eating, the three of us will go shopping." Xiao Nan leaned against the windowsill and said, "Wanyue helped me put the prosthetic leg in the back compartment." You can put it on later. ”

"If you're not afraid of being stolen or robbed, just go. Those small alleys, the black ones, will definitely be robbed if you go in. Miao Feng said.

"With you here, I'm afraid that even the robbers will be robbed." Xiao Nan said with a smile.

At this time, Wanyue had already entered the door with the guy who was carrying the luggage, but she didn't expect Wanyue to bring several suitcases, one box was for Xiao Nan's prosthetics, and the other boxes were for a change of clothes.

"I knew you were going to shop here." Wanyue entered the door and said, "Let's go after eating and change your clothes, you guys are too ...... It's a bit trendy. I brought your usual casual clothes. ”

"Wanyue, you're so careful." Xiao Nan said.

"Just feel like taking care of you. It's cool at night, so you add an extra coat. Wanyue came over and helped him to sit on the edge of the bed, "If your leg hurts, don't go shopping." ”

"I'm okay, Miao Feng's medicine is very effective." Xiao Nan touched his leg and said.

The three of them quickly ate dinner, the food in this restaurant tasted good, and Miao Feng ate three bowls of rice in a row. And Xiao Nan is the same as in the past, with not much food. After eating and drinking tea, Xiao Nan changed into a long shirt, put on a short coat, and went downstairs with prosthetics and a cane with the support of Wanyue.

Although the street is not as bright as the street lights, the colorful lanterns are also interesting.

The night market is full of people, which can really be described as rubbing shoulders. And the things sold here are definitely not the kind of small handicrafts that are customary on the folk street, but some rare things from the deep mountains and even the border, some are herbs, some are animal skins and bones, as well as ores, jade roughs, cheese, thangkas, medicinal wine...... It can really be described as a special encyclopedia of the southwest, there are people who sell horses and camels, as well as those who sell arts, monkeys, and dogs......

Xiao Nan only hated that he didn't bring a camera.

At this time, he suddenly felt that his buttocks had been patted, and his waist seemed to have been touched by someone, and when he looked down, he saw that a little beggar had hurried past him.

Presumably he didn't succeed, because he didn't have any money with him. But when he wiped it in his pocket, he didn't even see the handkerchief he used to wipe his hands, and this stealing technique was really amazing.

Wanyue said: "A thief passed by just now, but he didn't steal the things in my bag." ”

"He touched my veil." Xiao Nan said, "It's really not an inch left." He now understood why a master like Miao Feng could be stolen.

"Your handkerchief can be exchanged for a lot of money. It was a double-sided gold-embroidered orchid veil, and the material was the best fragrant snow yarn, soaked in natural woody fragrance," Wanyue said regretfully, "It costs more than a dozen pieces of ocean." ”

“…… It's so expensive! I think I'll have to use facial tissues next time. Xiao Nan suddenly felt pity.