Chapter 10: See You Again
Xiangyi Building, located in the northwest of the Shanshui Stream Market, is the most famous gambling house, because the management system is quite formal, and therefore the flow of people is surging, it is the place where the wealthy sons and brothers are free and entertaining, high rollers gather, and the most ordinary people who go in are also carrying hundreds of taels of silver! These hundreds of taels of silver are also all the expenses of a poor person for ten years.
At this time, the Xiangyilou gambling house has been open to welcome guests, the dark red lantern has already been hung on the door, the word gambling hanging at the door is very eye-catching, there are three or five doormen standing guard outside the door, as if it is a special establishment to deal with some people who are out of the thousands.
Outside the building, the high roller door entered in twos and threes, but there was a bulging package around his waist.
At this time there were two young men standing on the corner of the street, plainly dressed but clean.
"Li Mazi, do you really want to go in? If you don't gamble, you will have to charge hundreds of taels of silver, and we can't earn this for half a year!" The two young men looked at the woman who seemed to be there in it, and a group of gamblers surrounded her, shouting the words 'big' and 'small' in their mouths, looking forward to it.
"I'm full of food alone, the whole family is not hungry, as long as I can see the 'Ruoli' girl today and spend the Spring Festival together, it's worth it, whether you go or not, don't go, I'll go." A man with thick eyebrows and big eyes urged.
"I, I still have to support my family, no, I won't go, if my daughter-in-law knows that I want to come to the gambling house not to gamble money, but to ask Liu, she will definitely not be able to spare me." Another strong man next to him shook his head hesitantly and said.
"Just your family, you came home late at night last night, was it your daughter-in-law's scolding dog blood spray, and you are obviously here to gamble, and it won't be okay to scold, and he doesn't know that you are here to ask Liu, let's go, let's go!"
"Go ahead, the women in it are too expensive, and I don't like to gamble much, and I don't know how to use money to arouse women's hearts, besides, I don't have the money to be chic. โ
"Don't regret it, there is no such shop in this village. The thick-eyed man quickly finished speaking, and strode into the Xiangyi Building.
In the mountains and forests, because of the various shops on display, people's lives are also undergoing earth-shaking changes, people will appear in gambling houses, teahouses, and taverns at night to eliminate their unpleasant things that happen during the day, but there is a clear law in the mountains and forests, that is, there will be a curfew in the market after midnight, and the people of the government will clean up some wandering people and warn them to let them go home.
The strong man thought about it for a while, and his heart was also restless, and finally gritted his teeth, and without thinking too much, he followed.
And Yue Feng and Teng Guo also came to the outside of Xiangyi Building on horseback.
The traffic is busy, the crowd is surging, the building is divided into two areas, the front hall and the back hall, the front hall is mainly the gathering of some ordinary people, generally most of the real gamblers are here, but each table is distributed with a woman with excellent appearance.
Some of the people who ascended the road would approach the woman with gambling money, others would make some kind of transaction, and in Xiangyilou, the largest place of entertainment in the mountains and forests, this kind of thing was kept in the cradle.
However, the system is only applicable to some right-hearted people, and some can't stop it, so the owner of Xiangyilou has also introduced corresponding measures to stop this kind of transaction.
The back hall is mainly a gathering place for some wealthy sons, they don't come here to gamble, but for women, however, the entry of the back hall requires a permit, which can prove your financial resources before entering.
Most of the women in the back hall are in good shape and have crystal clear faces, but due to the regulations of Xiangyi Building, they are just tools for those Gongzi's pastime, but they only sell their art and do not sell their bodies, which is also quite a pity for Gongzi.
Because the maintenance of Xiangyi Building mainly maintains the consumption of those sons and daughters who are in wealthy families, most of the talented women are purchased here.
"Teng Gongzi, I haven't seen you here for a long time, please, please. A woman saw Teng Guo in a brocade dress and thought it was a wealthy son, so she shouted loudly.
I haven't seen Tengguo for many years, could it be that Tengguo's family has made a windfall, and there will be someone to greet him in this Xiangyi Building, Yue Feng thought with a little puzzlement.
"Let's go in!" Teng Guo pulled Yue Feng and walked inside.
"Bring Teng Gongzi in!" the woman said.
Suddenly, a person rushed out from behind him and greeted him: "Teng Gongzi, please hurry, this is the first time for this Gongzi!"
When Yue Feng heard this, it was obvious that Tengguo was still the same as before, and he had thought too much about it.
The front hall of Xiangyi Building was very messy, and people shouted loudly: "'Big' and 'small' and other gambling words, but there are also some people standing in front of the gambling table, staring at the woman in front of them, passing autumn waves from time to time." โ
"This is the son-in-law, my friend, arrange a woman for us, and we want to listen to the music. Teng Guo said to the woman who received her.
"Okay!" he led us from the antechamber to the back hall.
There are also many people in the back hall, but there is no gaming table here, but a stage in the center, surrounded by tables and chairs, and on top of these tables and chairs there are scattered teapots.
On this stage, there are private rooms in the four directions of south, east and west, but the door says that non-guests are not allowed to enter.
Outside of this private room, there is a loft that overlooks the stage, just enough to stand.
At this moment, Yue Feng and Teng Guo were taken to a place close to the west pavilion.
The pavilion and the stage are opposite, because there is a railing to block it, people standing here will not fall.
The balustrade is surrounded by a central stage, behind which a few musicians are playing, and in the center of the stage are two women dancing.
"Brother Yue, these are just the beginnings of the back hall, the good show is still to come, and our west is the closest place to the stage. Tengguo said.
Seeing Teng Guo say skillfully, Yue Feng was also slightly shocked in his heart, thinking that Teng Guo also knew about this place.
The two of them slowly sat on the chair next to them, there was a coffee table in front of them, Teng Guo skillfully poured out the tea, and his clever actions made Yue Feng feel slightly uncomfortable in his heart, he usually does not come to this place for recreation and entertainment, and the consumption is extremely expensive, but when he wanted to see Yunxi, he gritted his teeth and obeyed.
"Melons, fruits, and snacks are served, and they are making a pot of tea casually. Immediately, he took out a silver ticket with one thousand taels written on it from his pocket and said slowly.
Seeing that this son was so generous, the woman didn't make any moves, because the sons who came here were very rich, and this was just an ordinary phenomenon.
"One thousand taels of silver tickets, for Tengguo, it is a hard year's earnings, and ยทยทยทยทยทยท at this time"
Yue Feng saw Teng Guo take out a thousand taels of silver tickets, his eyes were full of surprise, and he was slightly surprised in his heart, but he was very grateful.
"Go. โ
The woman waited on the side to pour the tea, instructed the servant to get melons, fruits and snacks, and said naturally: "This tea is brewed with spring water in the mountain, and the tea comes from the leaves of the Biluo tree in Shaohua Xianshan, this tea is sweet and delicious, and the taste is high-quality, please taste it carefully." โ
"I wonder if Miss Yunxi can play the piano tonight?" said Yue Feng, who was sitting on the side, tentatively.
The woman frowned, paused, and said, "We don't have a person named Yunxi here, I don't know who the son asked!"
"Do you have any people here from Yunfu?" Yue Feng said immediately.
"Yes, but she is not called Yunxi, but Chenxi. The woman replied.
"Sister Yuntian since she came to Xiangyi Building, because of her superb piano skills, she quickly entered the back hall, after entering the back hall, she changed her name, but because of her good looks, she quickly became the favored object of the son's buddies, and therefore became the signboard of our back hall. โ
"She's changed her name, can she come out tonight and play the piano, I've admired her for a long time. Yue Feng asked.
The woman didn't suspect anything, she just felt that this person seemed to be just an infatuated man who admired Dusty Stream, but she still felt in her heart why did this person know about the past of Dusty Brook girl?
"Dusty Creek?" Yue Feng said softly to Tengguo.
Unexpectedly, in the past five years, Yunxi actually changed his name and took a stage name, and his heart was a little sad, maybe if his father had pulled the Yun family at that time, he would not have been in such a situation at this time, and he would not have let Yunxi be sold to Xiangyi Building and suffer such a situation.
Time passes.
On the stage, talented women took turns to present their talents and dances to the guests.
With the sound of the piano, the most famous 'Dust Creek Girl' in the back hall of Xiangyi Building was dressed in white, sitting quietly on the stage and playing, the sound of the piano was low and euphemistic, soft.
Yue Feng, who was a little tired, heard the sound of the piano, and inadvertently glanced at the woman on the stage, and couldn't help but be attracted to listen carefully.
Teng Guo, who was beside him, suddenly said: "This woman is Yunxi!"
Before she could react, the sound of the piano had already faded, and the dusty girl had already gotten up and left the stage, Yue Feng stood up, but she didn't see Yunxi's figure.
"Where's the 'Dust Creek' girl?"
"It was like a frightening dream, and when he woke up, the man was gone. โ
The surrounding boys shouted loudly on the side, everyone was stunned, and the eyes of the man with thick eyebrows and big eyes outside the window in the corner were slightly excited, revealing an unfinished expression, as if to say: "I can hear the sound of the 'Dust Creek' girl's piano outside the window, it costs a few hundred silver taels, it's worth it." โ
Yue Feng listened to Yunxi's piano sound and sighed for a long time, such a piano skill is indeed amazing.
"The sound of the 'Dust Creek' girl's piano must have been her signature for a few years, and she has been the signboard for three consecutive years. Brother Gongzi around said on the side.
"Last year, a young and beautiful woman came to the back hall of Xiangyi Building, and she competed with the 'Dust Creek' girl for the name of the signboard, and she never fought for it, but..."
There was a lot of talk around.
"Choose a signboard?" "Yue Feng didn't come to this kind of place, and he had never heard of it, Xiangyilou's selection of signboard sisters is a lot of white silver, and every woman who is expected to become a signboard has a top-grade talent, but there are also some who will carry out dark box operations, but they have always been defeated by the 'Dust Creek' girl, I don't know what magic there is.
"Did Yunxi run for the signboard this year?" Yue Feng asked the son-in-law next to him.
"She doesn't seem to have to campaign, the last sign every year is her, and she has been re-elected for three consecutive terms, which is not enough for the 'Dust Creek' girl to caress well, so the sons and brothers are also willing to come here to consume. โ
Yue Feng nodded and didn't say anything more.
Yue Feng turned around and glanced at Teng Guo, still feeling that he hadn't seen Yunxi in his heart, and he was a little regretful.
A burst of crisp music sounded in his ears, Yue Feng looked at the stage with wide eyes, and Yunxi appeared on the stage again.
Looking at Yunxi's graceful dance, Yue Feng secretly whispered in his heart: "It's big, it's big, it's grown into a big girl, and the changes are really big." โ
A pair of bright eyes, a pair of sword eyebrows, full of heroism, handsome face, dancing with music, as if a fairy dancing in the world with the spirit of youth, listening to a kind of admiration.
Along with the music, Yunxi's eyes on the stage looked at Yue Feng who was standing on the west pavilion.
Yunxi was slightly stunned.
The boy who sat with Teng Guo is...
Little by little, the memories in my mind came to mind.
At this time, Yue Feng was looking at her blankly, and she stopped because of this.
The eyes of the two collided, and Yue Feng nodded silently at Yunxi, as if his friend had not seen him for a long time.