Chapter 408 East Street
"Lu Ming!"
Mu Yushu waited at the door for a while, and immediately ran over when he saw the carriage.
Lu Ming opened the curtain, "Come up quickly."
Mu Yushu got into the carriage and took a look, but he didn't see Zhao Yicha.
"Where's the tea?"
Lu Ming smiled and said: "Sister Cha needs to study her homework, and grandpa will have an examination this afternoon."
"But I'm busy."
Mu Yushu also saw Mr. Zhao checking the children's homework. He clasped his hands and said piously: "I hope Cha will pass the inspection smoothly."
After praying, he smiled again.
"Let's go to East Street."
Mu Yuansong said: "There is a theater troupe over on East Street, and there is also a shadow puppet show for children."
"It has been performed three times and the reputation is pretty good."
Taking a little girl out to play for the first time, Mu Yuansong even asked his colleagues who also had little girls at home. The theater troupe on Dongda Street was recommended by his colleagues.
"Okay, okay."
As soon as he heard about the shadow puppet show, Lu Ming wanted to go and see it.
The children agreed, and Zhao Laosan naturally had no objection. He told the driver outside, and the carriage drove towards East Street.
Mu Yushu and Mu Yuansong, brothers and sisters, looked back and forth at the same time as Lu Ming and Zhao Laosan were dressed.
The same light blue clothes, even the embroidered patterns are the same, all are green bamboo.
The hairpin on Lu Ming's head is also in the style of green bamboo imitated by jasper. The hairpin on Zhao Laosan's head is also a green bamboo, but this is real bamboo.
The father and daughter sit together, really like Da Qingzhu and Xiao Qingzhu.
Mu Yushu looked very envious.
"Brother, we will dress like this from now on."
Mu Yuansong thought of the pink and tender colors of his younger sister's clothes. The younger sister preferred bright colors, but he himself was all in dull colors.
The truth is, no matter who you lean towards, it’s not appropriate.
But looking at the envious look in his little sister's eyes, Mu Yuansong could only agree with difficulty.
Let me go back and let my mother choose if there is a suitable color.
East Street is spacious, and it is mostly a gathering place for jugglers, cricket fights, opera singers, and jugglers. There are no shops, just one big yard after another, which is equivalent to drawing a piece of land.
The main street is divided into inner street and outer street.
The inner streets are full of groups who have bought or rented yards. There is no enclosed land in the outer streets. Those buskers with few people and wandering around only need to pay a venue fee.
This place is a mixed bag, and young masters and young ladies from noble families rarely come here, only occasionally to see what's new.
This was Lu Ming's first time in a place like this. He thought it would be a noisy and lively place, but he didn't expect it to be quite orderly, with a more bustling atmosphere, noisy but not chaotic.
The patrolling guards were walking around with knives in their hands. When they saw something was wrong, they quickly went to check. Occasionally, some disputes and noises were quickly resolved.
Mu Yuansong also introduced enthusiastically.
"This area of East Main Street used to be very chaotic. It was once said to be a black street with all sorts of messy businesses."
"Later, Her Royal Highness the Princess took over East Street and renovated it for two years before it looked like what it is now."
Zhao Laosan has also heard of Dongjie Street, and this is his first visit.
I haven't heard Her Royal Highness the Princess mention it, but I have occasionally heard Wu You talk about East Street. I think Wu You should be taking over now.
"It's very well governed."
As he was talking, he saw a girl in black robe dragging a cart in front of her. The cart was covered with a black cloth. Judging from the convex shape of the black cloth, it looked like a person.
The cart is diagonally ahead,
Blocking part of the road, the coachman drove to the side and took the initiative to avoid it.
But there was a carriage approaching from the opposite direction, and I couldn't avoid it, so I had to slow down and follow the carriage.
The two cars were close to each other. Lu Ming lay on the car window and looked. He always felt that there was a person lying on the bus. The girl looked very thin and it was very difficult to drag the cart.
The road is so wide, just enough for two carriages to go side by side. But now a cart is pulling in the middle. The oncoming carriage also wanted to avoid it, so it slowed down and drove up to it. It won't open.
The girl who was dragging the cart didn't even turn her head. She was busy with the trailer and didn't realize that she was blocking the road. She was sandwiched between two carriages, one in front and one behind, and she walked to the carriage.
"Hey! Hey! Girl!"
The oncoming carriage driver saw that he was also a good-tempered man and quickly called to stop.
The girl raised her head in confusion and was startled when she saw that she was so close to the carriage, and quickly stepped aside.
But looking at him, he really didn't have much strength, so he turned the angle with difficulty, as if he was about to lose strength and faint.
The coachman who warned her was startled. What was he doing? If this little girl fell, it would be as if she had been hit by the carriage he was driving.
During this little episode, the owner of the carriage came out.
"Uncle Yang, what's the matter?"
The car curtain opened, and a young man leaned out, and was stunned when he saw this scene.
"Hey, forget it, this girl is still young."
"Uncle Yang, help her move the cart. There is a carriage behind her, so don't block the road."
Lu Ming also lay down behind to look, and saw the young man with half of his body exposed, waving hello inside.
"Brother Chen!"
Chen Sidao looked up and saw it too
Lu Ming, half of the little girl's body was almost sticking out, and it looked like she was about to flip out. She quickly advised: "Sister Lu Ming, retract faster, don't fall down."
The little girl shrank back with a smile, the car curtain opened, and Mu Yushu got out.
"Brother Chen!"
"What a coincidence!"
Chen Sidao was not surprised to see Mu Yushu. The Zhao family and the Mu family were close to each other. Where there were deer roaring, it was not surprising to have this girl.
"Lu Ming and Yu Shu?"
His younger brother's chuckle came from behind him, and Chen Sideo turned around and responded, "Yes, let's come to watch the shadow puppet show."
The troupe from Lin'an created a new shadow puppet show, one performance a day, and it has already gained a reputation after just three performances. Even many children from Dongda Street came to watch the shadow puppet show.
After a while, Lu Ming also came out, and the two girls waved hello enthusiastically.
Chen Huiji also came out. He was very happy to see the two children and waved in response.
"Want to go see a shadow puppet show?"
"Yes, yes."
The two little girls are looking forward to the shadow puppet show.
While the two parties were exchanging greetings, Uncle Yang had already helped the girl move the cart to the far side.
"The cart is really heavy. It's hard for a thin girl like you to drag it all the way."
"What's on it? Is it a prop for a performance?"
Having just watched two magic shows with the two young masters, Uncle Yang thought that the little girl was from a magic troupe and was delivering props.
It looks like a humanoid. I wonder if it’s the scene I just watched where a dummy turned into a living person. It was quite interesting.
Uncle Yang said casually, and the girl's already pale face instantly turned even paler.
"Thank you." His voice was thin and weak.
This thank you cannot be heard when the wind blows. Uncle Yang still thinks that the little girl is very afraid of life.
, smiled and said: "If you want to thank me, thank my young master. They are kind-hearted and asked me to help."
The girl raised her head and carefully looked at the two young men on the carriage, and was still greeting the two little girls opposite.
He is very patient with such a young girl and will respond seriously to such a childish greeting.
He didn't blame himself for blocking the road, and asked the coachman to help him.
The girl gritted her teeth and knelt down with a thud.