Fengyang City belongs to the Kunwu Sect and borders the Tianqing Sect.
There is a river running through the whole city in the middle, called Fengyang River, which also divides Fengyang City into East River District and Xihe District.
In Fengyang City, there is this jingle:
A city, a river, and people who drink water have different lives.
The East River is rich and the West River is poor. They have not changed for thousands of years..
Perhaps there is some exaggeration in this, considering that Fengyang City was only built nearly a hundred years ago.
But some situations are also true. More than 90% of the rich and powerful people in Fengyang City are concentrated in the upper reaches of Fengyang River, which is the Donghe District.
The Xihe District seems a bit barren.
An ordinary-looking young man was walking on the street of Xihe District with a woman with a veiled face.
Although the woman is wearing a veil and her face cannot be seen clearly, her temperament still attracts everyone's attention. Even if she is a daughter, she can't help but show envy.
Pedestrians coming and going were all attracted by this pair, but their eyes were slightly strange, or they looked at the young man with jealousy and indignation in their eyes.
How could such a fairy-like woman fall in love with such an ordinary boy? God is so blind!
And these two people were Qi Fan and Liu Miaoyin who had rushed to Fengyang City.
The two of them walked like this on the street paved with bluestones. Many of the edges of the bluestones had been worn away, and the center ones had turned gray. It was obvious that this avenue had not been repaired for a long time.
What's interesting is that wherever these two people walked by, pedestrians on both sides couldn't help but give way, or stood there and waited for them to pass by before starting to move.
What's more, they simply go all the way around behind the small stalls on both sides of the street.
This made Qi Fan raise his eyebrows slightly. He had never been in such a barren and dirty place.
But this was the first time I encountered this kind of "courtesy" from the heart, and I couldn't help but become curious about some people in Fengyang City.
What kind of environment would it take for these people at the lowest level to be so scrupulous!
At this time, a middle-aged man with a fishy smell and dark skin came towards him carrying a bamboo basket. Perhaps he was stunned, so he did not have time to 'avoid' like the others.
The bamboo basket on my shoulder shook twice, and a lively herring jumped out of it.
After two flutters, it landed at Liu Miaoyin's feet. The middle-aged man hurriedly put down the bamboo basket, picked up the herring, and smiled naively at Liu Miaoyin: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please don't argue with the villain."
"What? Lao Zhou, is it because you can't walk when you see the fairy, and you are also attracted by the fish?" A man selling fish on the side said with a teasing smile.
"Hahaha..." After hearing this, everyone around them, men, women, old and young, laughed.
Many people looked at the middle-aged man named Lao Zhou with amusement in their eyes.
These two people look like they are children of a wealthy family. They are also very young. They must not be more than twenty-five years old. Young people like these are not easy to mess with...
If you're not careful, you might not be able to see the sun tomorrow...
Lao Zhou glanced gratefully at the man who spoke. It was obvious that the two of them knew each other.
Knowing that he was praising the beauty of the noble person in front of him in a different way, maybe it would be fine if the noble person scolded him a few times when he was happy.
When Lao Zhou saw Liu Miaoyin, he didn't say anything. He touched his head in embarrassment and didn't care at all about the fishy smell on his hands.
But judging from his slightly trembling fingers, it was obvious that he was a little panicked. He still had a several-year-old child to raise, so nothing could happen to him.
When his eyes changed and he was about to kneel down and beg for forgiveness, he heard a gentle voice: "It's okay, uncle, just be careful."
"I see that herring is quite fresh, how about uncle sell it to me?"
Suddenly the laughter stopped, and everyone's eyes changed slightly when looking at the woman. It seemed that this woman was different from what they imagined.
It seemed that this was the first time that Lao Zhou heard such kind words from such a noble person, and the expected scolding and fists did not appear.
He was a little dazed for a moment, but the next moment he smiled sincerely and said: "Thank you, noble man. It is my honor that you want my fish, so I will give it to you."
As he spoke, he packed up the fish from before and handed it to Liu Miaoyin.
"So, thank you very much, uncle."
"You're welcome, Your Majesty, you're too polite. I wonder if you have any other instructions?"
"No, by the way, do you know where the Yu family is?"
Qi Fan was slightly stunned on the side. This was very different from the Liu Miaoyin he knew.
But I still shook my head in my heart. How could people in Xihe District know about a family like the Yu family?
If you want to ask, you have to go to Donghe District and ask.
But what Lao Zhou said immediately made him a little stunned, "Back to my lord, are you asking about the Yu family who moved here a few years ago?"
"Yes, you know what?"
"I know, of course I know, the Yu family is the only big family in Xihe District."
"I just don't know how this kind of family ended up in Xihe District. It's really weird..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lao Zhou closed his mouth, as if he had violated some taboo. He said with a frightened expression: "Please forgive me for talking too much."
"The matters of noble people are not something that people like me can discuss."
Seeing this, Qi Fan frowned. Who are the families here?
Immediately after Liu Miaoyin comforted Lao Zhou, the two of them left after asking him where the Yu family was.
After they were far away, Lao Zhou looked at the backs of Qi Fan and thought to himself, 'These two noble people don't seem to be locals, and they don't have bad hearts either.'
The fish seller who had been helpful before came over and patted Lao Zhou on the shoulder and said, "You are lucky."
"These two are not the same as those second-generation ancestors. These are the real descendants of the big family." Then he murmured in a voice that could only be heard by himself.
"Yeah, I'm pretty lucky." Lao Zhou also sighed.
Then he suddenly asked: "Today's harvest is not bad, do you want it? Give me three cents."
The fish seller glanced at him, knowing that this was Lao Zhou's help before thanking him.
He said disdainfully: "What? Why do I pretend to be a rich man?"
"Don't you want to raise me, Xiaotong? It's still the same price. I've already taken advantage of you."
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The atmosphere between Qi Fan and Qi Fan, who was heading towards Yu's house, was a little subtle. In just a few moments, Qi Fan secretly looked at Liu Miaoyin several times with the corner of his eye.
I was filled with surprise in my heart. I thought that a person like this with excellent talent, and his master is a terrifying and powerful person who transforms into gods, would not be able to endure this place.
Since the uncle asked the senior sister to follow him, he must have wanted the senior sister to see the difference outside. This is also the reason why Qi Fan entered from the Xihe District instead of the Donghe District.
Then this kind of 'dirty' place will definitely impress her, right?
[Author's digression]: (I'm a little late today because I have something to do, so I'll try my best to update two chapters), but... my coding is very slow, maybe... there's not much hope