Chapter 12: The Land of Right and Wrong
After successfully resolving the ten-year agreement with his subordinates, a big stone that had been backlogged in Chen Chen's heart for many years finally landed. His old subordinates have dispersed one after another, returning to the ordinary life of the past, the Qingxin Teahouse has returned to its former peace, Chen Chen feels a lot more relaxed, but now there is a problem in front of him, how to repay Lu Lao's money? A few hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, it is Lu Lao's savings for half of his life, and it is also the money he will provide for his retirement in the future.
Chen Chen knew that what he owed was not Lu Lao's money, but Lu Lao's family's money, and the three of them had to go back to the village as much as possible.
But there is a matter of priority, now pay back the money first, and then talk back, these days, Chen Chen has been thinking about any way to earn these hundreds of taels of silver in a short period of time, at present, they live in the Qingxin Teahouse temporarily, and the matter of returning to the village is temporarily planned to wait for next spring to return, with the extension of time, the weather is getting colder day by day, and not long after, the heavy snow covers the mountain, and you can't go if you want to go, so you have to wait until at least next spring to go back, and take advantage of this time, they can also come up with a good way to make money as soon as possible, if they can't pay back the money, they can't go back next spring。
Chen Chen stood alone on the second floor of the Qingxin Teahouse, when he was thinking about the problem, he liked to stand on a high place and look into the distance alone, Chen Chen looked at the street not far away, the street was full of traffic, crowded, a prosperous scene. According to Lu Lao, this street is called Linlang Street, it is the most prosperous street in the whole Langcheng, the rich gather, the tea house is opened here, it also makes sense, the street is noisy, it is quiet here, the people who taste tea like a clean place, and most people on this street also drink good tea, which is the trend of "people" and "geographical advantage".
Chen Chen looked at the various situations on the street, he didn't think of a way to make money, but suddenly came up with an idea, he decided to take two apprentices to play around the street, and finally came out to let them feel the customs of Langcheng.
Hearing that she was going out to play, Xue Yan specially put on new clothes, wearing a hat with Zhu Yingbao, a white jade ring hanging from her waist, a slender brocade dress, which fits very well, and she is playing with a folding fan in her hand, like a young master of a broad family coming out of a painting.
Xue Yan's outfit, the price is not low, it was specially sent by Lu Lao to buy it, Lu Lao can be said to be extremely fond of Xue Yan, in fact, Lu Lao's feelings for Xue Yan are not only the old man's love for children, but also a pious respect, as an old general of the previous dynasty, Lu Lao was a border soldier who swore allegiance to the empress, and now although the previous dynasty has been destroyed, but the loyalty to the empress is still there, although Xue Yan has never sat in the position of the empress for a day, but what flows in her body is the blood of the pure royal family, once a courtier, then a courtier for life, as long as Xue Yan has a request, he will try his best to meet it, this is the only thing that the former court minister can doAfter all, now that the dynasty has changed, the era of fighting for the country is gone.
After Xueyan put on this set of men's clothes sent by Lu Lao, she was heroic, she specially turned around in front of everyone, and she herself liked this outfit. Lu Lao smiled with relief, Xue Yan really had a royal demeanor when she put on this set of clothes.
Now that they are all ready, Chen Chen took them to set off, went downstairs, and walked towards Linlang Street, the street was a little cold, but Xue Yan was in a high mood, sometimes learning to walk like Chen Chen, striding forward, even the expression was exactly the same, Shi Yu looked at it and smiled, and sometimes he learned Shi Yu to walk, and quietly hid behind Shi Yu, so as not to be seen by Shi Yu, Shi Yu noticed something, and when she turned her head, she quickly pretended to be nothing, and her real time Yu already knew what she was doing, just to make her happy, pretending not to know. Sometimes she walked cheerfully, one moment in front of them, the other behind them, like a naughty kitten.
Chen Chen was worried that she would get separated, so she didn't want to walk around casually, but if you think about it, let her go, just pay more attention to her, come out to play, the most important thing is to be happy, looking at Xue Yan's happy appearance, Chen Chen was also inexplicably happy.
The people on Linlang Street are still coming and going, and the shops in two rows on the street are connected in two straight lines.
Come on, come on, take a walk, take a look...... Even though it was dusk, the street vendors were still shouting so they could buy everything before it got dark. There was a certain mixed aroma in the air, Xueyan was quickly attracted by the food, this aroma urged her to walk along the street and look at it, buy it when she saw it, don't look at Xueyan is thin and has an excellent appetite, Chen Chen and Shi Yu saw that she was so obsessed with buying things to eat, so they slowed down, and after Xueyan tried the good taste, she would also buy some for the two of them and feed them to eat, but after a while, they all made it clear that they couldn't eat it, but Xueyan was not less interested, and still bought it when she saw it, and the three of them moved forward slowly.
While Xue Yan was searching for food like a bee entering the garden, Shi Yu silently paid attention to the big signboards of the surrounding shops, the signboards, which were the façade of a store, so there must be momentum, and there were a few big characters engraved on the huge plaque in the square, which were either vigorous and powerful, or upright and beautiful, full of beauty, and then hung it in the middle of the building, so that Shi Yu was also full of good feelings for the whole store, if it weren't for Uncle Chen, they planned to go to the end of this street, and then turn back, he really wanted to be like Xue Yan, go to each store to see what it was like。
The name of the store is also very interesting, there is a restaurant called Yunhelou, Chen Ji's rice shop, Qingfeng's bun shop, Hengxiang's silk village, Lao Liu's tofu workshop, these names, how to listen to the feeling is very pleasant, read carefully, there is a charm, very interesting, the fun of this, only Shiyu can taste.
The three of them walked along the long street all the way, and when they came to a place, Shi Yu looked up at the signboard of the store, which was a place called Baihualou.
What was Shi Yu thinking, he was not unfamiliar with this name, on the way to Amaterasu, they passed through a place called Baihuagu, Baihualou and Baihuagu, what is the connection between these two places? Shi Yu thought.
Look at the door of the Baihualou, two young women stood on both sides of the door, waving their long sleeves, full of style, seeing the men walking by, they either ignored it, and even looked full of disdain, or they took the initiative to come up, the long sleeves waved on other people's faces, and said something with a smile, but there was a distance away, and Shi Yu couldn't hear it clearly.
He wanted to hear what the woman was talking about, and when he approached forward, he only heard the woman say: Zhao Gongzi, you haven't come to play for a few days, and the slave family wants to kill you. The voice was thin and long, snorting, almost close to the so-called Zhao Gongzi's ear, and it was tingling when I heard it.
Got closer, one of the two women immediately pounced, a strong aroma came to her nose, she took Shi Yu's hand, leaned her head on Shi Yu's shoulder, and said softly: Childe come to play, come, come inside, said, took Shi Yu's hand and walked inside.
Shi Yu was at the age when his love was beginning to open, and he didn't know what a woman was, but at this moment, he was a little incoherent and became defenseless. The demon sent the god to follow the woman forward,
"Childe just call me Cuicui, don't you know Childe's surname?"
"My name is ...... My name is Shi ...... Rain. Shi Yu blushed a little, and his hand touched some soft places on Cuicui's body.
Seeing that Shi Yu was about to cross the threshold with a woman named Cuicui, and when he walked into the Baihua Building, he suddenly heard a voice from behind: Xiaoyu, don't go!
Chen Chen was paying attention to Xue Yan just now, but he didn't expect to see Shi Yu about to walk into a place where he shouldn't have entered, and in a hurry, he shouted, which stopped Shi Yu.
Shi Yu came back to his senses, and stood in place a little embarrassed, but saw a familiar figure, jumping past him, and entered the building, the door was wide open, welcoming visitors from all directions, and Xue Yan entered from one side of the door.
Chen Chen patted his head, with a helpless expression on his face, what is Baihualou, the two children don't know, but he knows very well, this is the man looking for flowers and asking Liu, A place for recreation, to put it bluntly, is a brothel, such a place of right and wrong, how can two children come, but Xue Yan has strayed into it at this time, Xue Yan is a child, she is not familiar with the world, and she is still dressed as a man, I can't imagine what she will encounter when she goes in, at this time, Chen Chen's heart has only one thought, that is, to bring Xue Yan out as soon as possible, as quickly as possible, even if she is tied up and carried out.
"Quick, go and pull Xue Yan back!" In a hurry, Chen Chen shouted to Shi Yu.
Oh......
Shi Yu didn't understand what was going on, but he still did it, and looking at Uncle Chen's panicked expression, he felt that things were not simple.
Shi Yu stepped into the door, and didn't care about Cuicui beside him and shouted to him: Shi Gongzi, wait for me!
There was a lot of noise inside, the whole building has a total of three floors, there are dozens of rooms on each floor, the room is surrounded by a square circle, the middle of the building is like hollowing out, you can see the top when you look up, the edge of each floor is surrounded by a circle of railings, the edge of the railing is full of people, men and women, shape and shape*, some are smiling lewdly, some are hugging, some are even kissing their mouths, the noise of the whole building is like a hornet's nest, black smoke miasma, Shi Yu seems to understand why Uncle Chen is so anxious to pull Xueyan out.
Shi Yu looked around and found that Xue Yan was going up the stairs and walking to the second floor, surrounded by several women, Xue Yan, a stupid child, was pushed and pulled by them, and she didn't know what she was doing, she had already gone up to the second floor.
Xue Yan was actually confused, she just came to see if there was anything delicious here, but when she came in, she was surrounded by several sisters, talking to her one by one, the voice was too chaotic, she didn't hear a few words, looking at the enthusiastic sisters around her, she relaxed her vigilance, thinking that they were taking her to eat, but she didn't know that she was like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger now, these people saw the clothes she was wearing, and judged that she was very rich, so they all flocked to her, wanting to take the opportunity to earn more silver.
Xueyan!
Shi Yu shouted Xue Yan's name loudly, but the voices of the people around him were too noisy, and his voice was drowned out, and Xue Yan didn't hear it at all.
Seeing that Xueyan didn't react, Shi Yu was about to rush up, but was hugged from behind.
"Childe, don't go, why is Childe running, is it because you dislike the slave family is not beautiful, Childe, let the slave family serve you tonight." "The person who came was none other than Cuicui before.
"No, no, Miss Cuicui, you let me go first. Shi Yu was helpless, she was hugged tightly, and she didn't dare to exert herself, for fear of hurting her, she tried to pull Cuicui's hand away, but she was hugged tighter, and for a while, I didn't know what to do.
At this time, Chen Chen also followed, he saw that Shi Yu was hugged, and Xue Yan was nowhere to be found, the original anxious mood turned a little angry, took a step forward, and dragged Cuicui away, Cuicui is not a person who practices martial arts, he was dragged back a few steps by this force, and sat on the ground with his butt.
And Shi Yu felt that Cuicui was no longer holding herself, and she didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, she performed light skills, went upstairs, blocked Xueyan's way, took her hand and went downstairs, and many women next to her saw that Shi Yu was going to take away their guests without saying a word, and they didn't let him go, so they stretched out their hands to grab him, but fortunately, Shi Yu was nimble and didn't let them entangle, so he pulled Xueyan and ran downstairs.