Delicate Flower

Chapter 36 Into the city

In the south of the Yangtze River, the rivers are crisscrossed and the people travel mostly by waterways.

There are several large and small piers in Hangzhou City, among which the three largest piers are near Wulin Gate, Yongjin Gate and Qiantang Gate.

The Wulinmen Wharf is in the northwest of the city and is connected to the Jiangnan Grand Canal. It is a necessary waterway from south to north. Because the ancient temple Xiangji Temple is not far from here, this wharf is also called Xiangji Temple Wharf.

Yongjinmen Wharf is in the west of the city, on the edge of the West Lake, which is the main route to Taihu, Lin’an and other places.

Qiantangmen Wharf is located between Xiangji Temple Wharf and Yongjinmen Wharf. There are many temples nearby. Cigarettes are curled up all the year round, and pilgrims are like clouds. There is a saying of “fragrant basket outside Qiantangmen”.

Yu Tang’s passenger ship docked at Yongjinmen Wharf.

They have to disembark here, or change to a small awning boat, or hire a sedan chair to enter the city.

Taking a boat is much cheaper and more comfortable than taking a sedan chair, and you can also see the scenery along the way. The only downside is that it takes longer than sitting in a sedan chair. Fortunately, Yu Wen and the others are planning to stay in Hangzhou for a few more days. They are quite free. He made up his mind to enter the city by awning boat early in the morning.

Perhaps it was after staying on the boat for a long time. When he disembarked, Yu Tang’s legs were soft, and he felt that his whole body was shaking.

Yu Yuan supported her and pointed to a big bowl of tea under the big locust tree in front of him and said, “Would you like to have a tea break?”

The crowds on the pier are crowded, shoulder to shoulder, shouting, yelling, calling, and clamoring, all kinds of sounds are louder than once, noisy and noisy, and the excitement is a headache.

“No need!” Yu Tang said tiredly, “Let’s go to the inn quickly!”

When she arrives at the inn, she can have a good rest.

Yu Yuan nodded.

Yu Tang took the opportunity to look at the dock.

The steps paved with bluestone are thick and strong, the non-porous arch bridge is beautiful and quiet, and the river is full of all kinds of boats.

She did not see Pei’s boat.

Yu Wen had already contacted the Wu Peng boat, and sent five yuan to the Ruyi Inn next to Xiaohe Yujie.

He said: “I come to Hangzhou, mostly live there. It’s cheap and clean, the boss is nice, and the food is delicious.”

Yu Tang and Yu Yuan nodded, and followed Yu Wen onto the Wu Peng boat.

The ship’s lady served refreshments to entertain them.

Yu Tang couldn’t hold back it, and whispered to Yu Yuan: “The Pei’s boat should arrive before us. Why didn’t you see it?”

Yu Yuan laughed and joked, “Didn’t you say that even if you look at it a few more times, it’s someone else’s boat? Why, do you care about their boat?”

Yu Tang became angry from embarrassment, and said, “Forget it.”

Yu Yuan smiled softly again, and then said: “Most of them entered the city from the Wulin Gate.”

Yu Tang was puzzled.

Yu Yuan said: “Xiangji Temple Pier leads to the Taohua River in the inner city. They drove a two-masted boat and they should have entered the city directly.”

Having a boat at home is just comfortable.

Yu Tang curled his lips.

Yu Yuan pointed to the river houses and weeping willows on both sides of the bank to show her: “Isn’t it pretty?”

The thin willow leaves fall like green silk on the river, the river house is covered with vines, the stone tables and bamboo chairs are colorfully full of flowers, and the roof terrace is basked with rutabaga and bamboo shoots. Little girls and boys in floral dresses kicked the shuttlecock and danced at the door, and there were also shopkeepers who carried the burden of selling “peanut crisps” and “embroidery scissors”.

“Very beautiful!” Yu Tang looked fascinated.

Yu Yuan enviously said: “It would be great if I could move here, business would be easy to do.”

Isn’t it “people leaving home cheap”?

Two lives, Yu Tang never knew that Yu Yuan had such courage.

Is it because the past life was too difficult for him to think about? Or is it because she is too busy to have a chance to know?

Yu Tang’s smile faded little by little.

Yu Yuan looked at the scenery on both sides of the strait and said excitedly: “The first time I came to Hangzhou with Daddy, I thought this place was very good. It just sells a small dried fish, and there are more customers than ours. Our place is still too closed. Those who come and go are all those people, and they are all those things…”

Yu Tang listened quietly and drank a cup of tea slowly.

The awning boat drew on the shore, on both sides were three to five door-faced shops. The tall guise was either embroidered with gold thread or bordered with silver thread. The pedestrians on the road were mostly silk and satin, servants who accompanied them. It’s all bright and gorgeous.

Where can there be any Ruyi Inn?

When Yu Wen paid the bill, Yu Tang looked around with his burden.

Then the big word “Dang” was written on one side, and a “Pei Shi” was embroidered with gold thread underneath, which was strikingly printed in her eyes.

Yu Tang was dumbfounded.

Is Pei’s pawnshop?

Isn’t it in Shi Yaohe’s imitation benevolence?

Aren’t they going to Xiaohe Yujie?

Where is she?

Yu Tang hurriedly pulled on Yu Wen’s sleeves, pointed to Pei’s face and said, “Daddy, look!”

Yu Wen looked strange and smiled and said to her: “Your eyes are quite sharp. There is Pei’s pawnshop. Unfortunately, the shopkeeper Tong is not there, otherwise I will take you to the door.”

What are they doing?

Yu Tang opened his eyes wide.

Yu Wen reacted.

He laughed loudly and said, “Silly girl, the river in front of us is called Shiyao River, and the road we are standing on is called Xiaohe Yudao. The pawnshop in Pei’s family is called Fangrenli. I saw the pawnshop next to it. There is no such a small alley. From that side to us, it is Jishanli. Ruyi Inn is in that small alley.”

In other words, they live behind Pei’s pawnshop.

Yu Tang was angrily.

Why did she encounter Pei everywhere when she arrived in Hangzhou!

Yu Wen thought that her daughter’s appearance was very interesting, and simply pointed to a bookstore next to Pei’s pawnshop and said: “See? That is also Pei’s. There are also antiques, rouge gouache, and fake bun head flowers nearby. Their shops-Fangrenli, Jishanli, and their neighboring Ziwafang and Ding Folk Houses are all owned by them.”

So where is it not from their family?

Yu Tang said: “Does the third master of the Pei family live here too?”

“How is that possible?” Yu Wen said with a smile, “Their family has another courtyard on Phoenix Mountain, and there are houses on Qingbomen, Meijiaqiao, and Mingqing Temple. However, since they entered from the Xiangji Temple Wharf City, that’s either the other yard on the other side of Phoenix Mountain, or the house on the other side of Meijiaqiao.”

Yu Yuan wondered: “How does uncle know? This is the first time I have heard of it.”

Yu Wen quite proudly said: “It was the shopkeeper Tong who told me. I heard from the shopkeeper Tong that the houses on the side of Meijiaqiao and Qingbomen belonged to Master Pei San himself, and were left to him by Master Pei San’s grandparents. It’s not Pei’s property.”

Yu Yuan was surprised, and said, “Which girl is Lao An from Pei’s family?”

“The girl from the Qiantang family of Qiantang.” Yu Wen said, “It’s the money of the Wu Yueguo surname.”

The four surnames of Jiangnan are the first of Qian’s family.

Yu Yuan said, “Don’t the grandparents of the third master of the Pei family have any sons?”

“I said there was a son who died of illness before reaching the weak crown.” Yu Wendao, “Later, although a nephew was adopted, half of the family’s property was given to Lao An as a dowry, and half was given to grandsons and nephews. By the time the Qian family’s grandfather went, the Pei’s elder and the second elder had already become families, and only Pei San was young. The Qian’s elder was afraid that the Pei family’s third master would suffer a loss when he said that he kissed him. ”

“Wow!” Yu Yuan stared at the stars and said, “This is really the emperor’s eldest son, the people love Yaoer. The luck of Master Pei San is really good!”

“Who said no.” Yu Wen and Yu Yuan were gossiping, “The shopkeeper Tong said, the house on the Meijiaqiao side has more than a hundred servants, and the house on the Qingbomen side is even bigger. Normally there is no one. People go to live, just to raise these two houses, the cost is not small. And these expenses are in charge of the third master Pei family, it can be seen that the third master Pei family still has his own properties. But where are these properties? How many? No one knows. Because of this, the Pei family’s house always suspected that the Pei family’s third master had privately acquired the private property for the Pei family’s third master when he was alive…”

Yu Yuan said: “If it were me, I would also doubt. How old is the third master of the Pei family……”

Anyway, Pei’s family is very rich!

Yu Tang was already numb.

She didn’t want to talk.

Following his father, Yu Tang didn’t even have any curiosity when he arrived at the Ruyi Inn. As Xiao Er went directly to her room, she didn’t even look at the Ruyi Inn carefully, and fell asleep on the bed.

It was Yu Yuan who woke her up: “Uncle said to take us to Beiguan to visit the night market. You quickly change your clothes. Uncle said, we will leave in a quarter of an hour.”

Yu Tang had never visited the overnight market before she grew up. She finally had some energy, changed her short skirt, wrapped her head, and went out with her father and brother.

It was getting close to dusk, and they headed north, but the number of pedestrians on the road continued to increase.

Yu Yuan told her: “We are going to Wulin Gate, and the Beimen Night Market is just outside Wulin Gate.”

They won’t meet Pei Yan, will they?

Yu Tang said, “Is there only one night market in Hangzhou?”

“There are several night markets in Hangzhou City, but the night market in the North City is the most famous one.” Yu Yuan smiled. “Most people who come to Hangzhou City will go shopping. But if you live in Hangzhou City for a long time, you like to go to Xiaohe Yujie. The night market there is less crowded and things are more expensive. The Beiguan night market is mostly visited by merchants or people traveling from the north to the south.”

Yu Wen, who was walking in front, heard the words from Yu Yuan: “The main reason is that you haven’t been here, I want you to see it. Girl’s house, I will not be free now when I leave the pavilion. I can take advantage of this time to go more. Try to go as many places as possible. This person, he needs to be knowledgeable to have the courage. Tomorrow, I will take you to the night market on Xiaohe Yujie. Let you see the difference between the two night markets.”

People like Pei Yan should go to Xiaohe Yujie Night Market even if they are visiting the night market, right?

Yu Tang came to be interested, and smiled and asked his father: “What is delicious in Beiguan Night Market?”

Yu Wen smiled and said: “Guan Sanniang’s grilled fish, Wang Pozi’s sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus fermented rice balls, Tang Er idiot’s cooking cakes…there are a lot of them. Don’t eat too much.

Yu Tang said: “Bring Mommy next time!”

Yu Wen smiled and said: “My mom and I came here twice when we were just getting married. Later, your mom was in poor health, so I didn’t dare to take her. It’s you, I’m afraid your mom is worried. Take you out.”

The three people talked and laughed and left the martial arts gate.

Yu Tang didn’t expect that Beiguan Night Market was so far away from where they lived, that his feet hurt.

Yu Yuan looked at the crowd that couldn’t move, and it took a long time to find a restaurant with a location, and discussed with Yu Wen: “Shall we take a break first?”

Yu Wen hesitated and said in a low voice: “There are no people in their family for such a good business. It can be seen that the food is not delicious. Shall we go ahead?”

They can’t just sit in someone’s place without ordering something, right?

Yu Tang felt the same way, but when she was about to speak, when she looked up, she saw Pei Yan and Zhou Zijin standing next to the restaurant.