CH 60.3

He straightened up and looked up, and it turned out to be Ao Er from the village. This kid often hung out in the city and he seldom stayed in the village. If Zhang Fangyuan hadn't mentioned it when he came to the tea shed that day, he wouldn't have much impression.

"Well, do you want to eat or drink?"

Ao Er sat down on the bench outside, the wind was lingering, and he was sweating all over when he walked over, it was much cooler now. He looked around, as if he knew that Zhang Fangyuan wasn't here, so he felt more relaxed.

During the busy farming season, he didn't want to farm at home, so he wanted to go outside to escape.

"Sister-in-law, cook some food for me and give me some wine."

"Okay."

Xu He was not afraid of this little bastard, with a big bastard like Zhang Fangyuan by his side, did he still dare to turn the world upside down?.

Ao Er watched Xu He went in, he lay on the table while drinking tea, he felt that this place was really not worse than in the city, the food tasted good, and it was cool, he could stay here all afternoon, so when he went back and his father wanted to beat him, he could also say that he didn't go to the city anyway.

Not long after, Xu He came out with a plate of stir-fried meat with celery, and Ao Er just gobbled it up outside.

While Xu He was picking vegetables, he glanced at Ao er a couple of times, then went into the room and took out a small plate of melon seeds and put it on the table.

Ao Er followed his hand and raised his head to look at Xu He.

"I'm going to chat with you." Xu He pushed the melon seeds forward: "I'll give you something to eat."

Ao Er swallowed the food in one bite: "Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't want to tell you, I really don't know anything about Brother Zhang at all."

Xu He had never read a book, but he had also heard the saying that there was no three hundred taels of silver that could be hidden, and the way he looked at Ao Er at this moment was completely interpreting this sentence.

[此地无银三百两 cǐ dì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng: lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide]

"You said it before I could open my mouth, because you are afraid that others won’t know if he really have something?"

Ao Er coughed dryly.

"I will definitely not tell him." Xu He sat down opposite Ao Er: "Don't worry."

Ao Er raised his head and glanced at Xu He. Although the two were from the same village, they didn't have much contact with each other. After a closer look, he found that Xu He was quite good-looking, with big eyes and a high nose bridge, and a good figure. Sure enough, he was Xu Shaochun's younger brother, he looked good, no wonder Zhang Fangyuan would marry him back home.

Talking to someone with good looks made people felt more acceptable: "That's it, I don't dare to talk about Brother Zhang."

Xu He buried his head and continued to pick vegetables, really intend to chat with him: "Have you ever been to flower house?"

Ao Er was taken aback, but he thought it was nothing more than just asking him.

"Hey." Speaking of this, he immediately got excited, pointed at himself with a thumbs up, and said brazenly: "Regular customer, I just went to drink for a night not long ago, and the people in the flower house invited this young master to drink water the next day and sent him out.”

"What's the point of drinking all day long?" Xu He didn't say yes or no when he heard the words, and he asked again: "Then you men like to go there so much?"

"That's for sure. Who doesn’t want to go there, the girls and ge’ers over there are good-looking, there are also good wine and food, music and dance, can make a noise until dawn, even for a man... Well, there is a word called lingering. "

Ao Er said brightly: "There are only two kinds of men in this world, one is those who have never been to flower house, and the other is those who have been there countless times. Those who have never been, probably have no money, and those who have been there before, all of them want to go again."

Xu He wouldn’t be foolish enough to say that there was nothing to go just for eating and drinking.

"It's so good, it should cost a lot of money, right?"

"No way!" Ao Er snapped his fingers, "Drinking costs money, eating vegetables costs money, listening music costs money, asking girls and ger’ers also costs money, even if you step into that threshold, you have to spend money! Ordinary people can't afford it. People go in at Xushi, but the business is not available until Haishi."

[戌时   xū shí   7-9 pm; 亥时   hài shí  9-11 pm]

Xu He frowned and laughed when he heard this.

"Sister-in-law doesn't believe it?"

"Yes." Xu He said again: "Then have you seen the top huakui?"

"Why haven't I seen it before? Her appearance is like snow, and her figure is enchanting. Even standing from a distance makes anyone feel ecstasy. "Ao Er swallowed subconsciously when he thought of Jiu Niang.

“Well, it depends on the situation. The top huakui is not something that ordinary people can see whenever they want. Like an ordinary rich man, even if he wants to invite the huakui to accompany him, he may not be rewarded with face. Since he is a top card of course you can look her up only. But if you really give a lot of money, like the city's outsiders who often make hundreds of taels of shots, then you can still make an exception. "

"Their price is so high?"

"Isn't that right?"

Xu He felt even more reassured when he heard this. Sure enough, it was right to believe him.

"Okay, you have a drink, I'm going to get busy."

"Don't go sister-in-law." Ao Er was still talking about the excitement but  Xu He didn't listen to it, it was so boring, he wanted to hold someone's arm and talk for a while, so he pointed to Zhang Fangyuan and boasted: "Everything has exceptions, if it’s someone like Brother Zhang, those women will pay you back and don't even charge money."

Hearing this, Xu He sat down again as expected.