Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 418 Su He and the others came out for a stroll

Of course, there were men with big bellies on the street, and as soon as you saw the silk and satin on their bodies, you knew they were rich people who indulged in wine and women. And those young women who were dressed in gorgeous clothes and walked like willows in the wind, you could guess their identities as soon as you saw their faces covered with makeup.

How can there be a lack of these prostitutes in places where there are so many rich people? When people are well fed and well clothed, they will think about sex. This has always been the case since ancient times.

Su He also saw some scholars in coarse cloth walking on the road. It seemed that some of them had come here in advance. Because the journey was long and there were too many variables on the road, most of them came a few months in advance, one to get here earlier, and the other to find some work such as copying books to earn some loose change for living.

There were also some old women hunched over, carrying baskets, buying and selling something, and some children followed their parents, looking around, looking for things that interested them.

There were some short-sleeved guys with dark red faces, carrying things or going somewhere in groups of three or five, or just shopping with their friends and family on the street.

The people here are all different. As long as they have a chance, they will come here to try. Some become rich overnight, while others struggle on the poverty line. The gap between the rich and the poor is huge. This is the characteristic of the capital city. There are many opportunities but the pressure of survival competition is also great, which also makes it a big city.

With the help of passers-by, they found the relatively good Yuelai Inn in the city. This inn has a three-story building with a separate courtyard at the back. The lobby is clean and tidy, and the waiter warmly welcomes the guests.

Su He and his group were quite large, so they just spent a few taels of silver to rent a yard. Anyway, they would not be staying for a few days, so they would send someone to find a house tomorrow. The shop could be opened later, but the house must be bought. After the brothers had passed the examination, they would study in the prefectural school here, and they could not live in the inn all the time.

They handed their luggage to the servants to pack and put them away, and the rest of the people went for a walk around the inn. Yuelai Inn was located on a busy street, surrounded by various shops, including pharmacies, blacksmith shops, bookstores, steamed bun shops, rouge shops, etc. All these shops were scattered around, near or far.

Su He and his friends didn't have a fixed target, they would go into any shop they saw. The shops here had a full range of items, even the blacksmith shop had all kinds of knives, but they were all for daily use and had certain customization requirements. Farm tools and kitchen utensils were all available, and the rest could be customized.

Su He and his friends remembered these stores, as they would need to sell some daily necessities if they bought a house in the future. As they went into stores along the way, they remembered the stores with reasonable prices.

As Su He and his companions walked, they saw a street with many men and women, surrounded by three-story buildings with ornate decorations. The sounds of stringed instruments, laughter, scolding, and drinking games could be heard from inside. The place was full of lights and wine, and it was not a good place at first glance. It was a place of entertainment. Su He's masters led them to walk quickly through the alley next to it, avoiding that street.

Su He stretched her neck and turned to look again. She had never seen this place in her life. She had only seen it on TV, but that was all acting after all, and it was different from the real scene.

She saw so many men and women walking in and out together. Most of them were wearing gorgeous clothes and had many accessories on them. They were obviously rich people. There was not a single person wearing coarse clothes.

She was still looking at it with great interest when her father turned her head over, gently tapped her head with his hand, and told her to follow him quickly.

Fortunately, she didn't bring Yingying and Qingming out, otherwise these two people would be more gossipy than her.

Qingming had already confessed to her that the spots on his face were caused by medication he took, but he didn't want to remove them and would wait until he had the chance.