There are two most lively places in Yin County during the day, one is Lingqiao Wharf, and the other is Baohua Street where Baoyu Tower is located.

Lingqiao Wharf is lively because there are many ships, many cargo, and many migrant workers.

But Baohua Street is lively because there are a large number of shops gathered here, and almost all of them are carpets, silks, gold, silver and jade, perfumes and spices, and antiques, calligraphy and paintings, all of which are luxury goods.

Therefore, those who come here are either rich or noble, and those who come and go are all horses, carriages, sedans, and nobles. They rarely see shabby civilians.

The location of Baoyu Tower is very good. It is just opposite the cross street from Qingyuan Prefecture. You can see three large gold-plated characters from Baoyu Tower from a distance, which look shining brightly in the sun.

After breakfast the next day, Zhao Qi was yawning and came out of Wu Wenying's house. Xiao Wu, who was driving the bus, looked a little white and had blue eyes.

I returned to Wu Wenying's house after shopping last night. It was almost nine o'clock in the evening. Although I was a little tired from shopping, I was a group of teenage men and women in their teens. They were naturally full of energy after eating and drinking. Moreover, after eating and drinking along the way, the strangeness between them disappeared, so I couldn't bear to go to bed after I got home.

Especially Wu Yuechan, who grew up so old, has never been as relaxed and happy as today. She hummed a small song and cooked water and made tea by herself, and then carried the piano out to play the piano in the living room. The three little maids sang and danced. When they were happy, Zhao Qi couldn't help but perform a song. When two tigers and two tigers ran and sang quickly, they almost made the belly of a group of girls laugh.

When he was tired of singing and dancing, he was still having fun watching a group of girls playing with stone scissors, sticks, tigers and chickens, and two little bees. These novel and simple games quickly aroused the strong interest of several girls, including Xiao Wu. With the sound of laughter and joking, a group of girls could be heard flying into the flowers and laughter of piapia through the yard.

The singing and punching were about eleven o'clock, and all the neighbors had already fallen asleep. The two old servants had already gone to bed. A group of girls were also having fun and laughed a little. They covered their belly and started to rest, but they still looked full of energy and had no intention of resting, especially Wu Yuechan, holding her chin in her hands and holding her chin on the stone table, looking at Zhao Qi with big eyes, her eyes full of excitement and curiosity.

The date this night made her re-reach Zhao Qi, who was completely different from the magical boy full of strangeness mentioned by grandpa Wu Qian and Wu Wenying. Instead, she felt a unique personality that Zhao Qi had never had before, straightforward, tolerant, cheerful, and funny. Not only was it full of fantasy ideas, but she also showed maturity and wisdom that was completely inconsistent with his age. For her who didn't go out on weekdays, Zhao Qi was as attractive to her as a magnet.

The master didn't want to sleep, so Zhao Qi could only accompany him. In order not to affect the rest of his neighbors, Wu Yuechan also wanted to show the talent and temperament of a woman from the Song Dynasty to increase her favorability for him, so Wu Yuechan proposed to play chess.

However, when Zhao Qi looked at the pair of Go taken out by the two little maids, his face turned dark.

He doesn't know how to play Go, but it's only for getting started. In fact, he prefers to play chess.

But as a lady from a wealthy family who doesn't go out all day to hold her skills in playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting at home, Zhao Qi feels that his Go skills are probably going to be crushed.

Sure enough, three little maids were holding lights left and right, Xiaowu was watching the formation, and the two started playing chess. Soon, Zhao Qi threw himself into the game before he finished the game. His skill level was completely different, and he was completely abused. After admitting defeat in three consecutive games, Zhao Qi suggested playing Goji.

The same black and white pieces and the same chessboard, after Zhao Qi's introduction in a few words, a high-end national culture turned into a simple game with low intelligence in a blink of an eye.

Not only Wu Yuechan is very interested in this simple and easy-to-understand Go, but even the three little maids and Xiaowu felt it was easy and simple. So a group of people started playing Goji, and they took turns playing. The game was very fast and it was finished in a few minutes. Even if Zhao Qi was willing to think about it, the three little maids with NPC attributes could be crushed in half a minute.

With this kind of game that can be participated in by groups, a group of people laughed and jogged until three or four o'clock in the morning before they stopped.

Then when I woke up in the morning, Zhao Qi was as depressed as if he had knocked opium and kept yawning.

Xiao Wu also held two panda eyes.

Wu Yuechan and the three little maids are the same. One yawns and the other yawns after breakfast.

Zhao Qi sat in the carriage, yawning while recalling the entertainment time last night, and a smile appeared on his face.

After traveling through time for so long, this was the most relaxing and happiest night he had ever lived.

"Haha, Brother Zhao is indeed a trustworthy person!"

A quarter of an hour later, the carriage arrived at the entrance of Baoyu Tower and stopped. Zhao Qi got out. Xue Changan, who had been waiting, laughed and came down from the building to greet him.

"Hello Mr. Xue!" Zhao Qi smiled and bowed, then stood at the door and looked up at a magnificent three-story building. He couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Xue is doing a big business. I'm afraid he will make a lot of money every year, right?"

"Everywhere, it's all about helping friends and friends, just to make face. How can you compare with Brother Zhao's Xiaolongwan Harbor? If you really make money, the five crystal treasures last time wouldn't be snatched away by the Lu family. Brother Zhao invites you upstairs!" Xue Changan smiled modestly and led the way forward, while Zhao Qi ordered Xiao Wu to drive the carriage to the alley next to Baoyu Tower to stop.

"Is Brother Zhao ahead?"

Just as Zhao Qi followed Xue Chang'an into Baoyu Tower, a familiar voice suddenly came from the street behind him. Zhao Qi turned around and saw that he was indeed an acquaintance again.

"Haha, I just looked at my back and it looked like Brother Zhao, but I didn't expect it to be true!" The person who came was full of surprise. It turned out to be Su Houyou.

"It turns out it's Mr. Su, long time no see!" Zhao Qi bowed in surprise.

"Haha, I said who it is? It turns out that it is Brother Su. I'm lucky to meet you!" Xue Changan smiled and bowed to say hello when he saw it.

"Hello Brother Xue!" Su Houyou quickly bowed, and the two of them seemed to be quite familiar with each other.

"It's better to meet me by chance than to invite me. Brother Su hasn't come to my Baoyu Tower for a long time. I just happened to go up to have a cup of tea together, please!"

"Damn it, Brother Xue, Brother Zhao!" Su Houyou did not refuse, and the three of them walked into Baoyu Tower with a smile.

Baoyu Building is very large, with a total of three floors. The first floor mainly deals with gold, silver and jade, the second floor mainly deals with antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and the third floor belongs to the fine exhibition area of ​​the two. Because Zhao Qi was here for the first time, Xue Changan also took Zhao Qi to walk around the three floors, and also introduced some of the more expensive items.

The three-story building looks about 300 square meters in total. If it were placed in a shop in later generations, the scale would be quite large. Because it was a fully wooden building, the decoration was ancient and ancient, and various utensils were placed in an orderly manner without any confusion. At first glance, it was a place with a very high style.

The most important thing is that in Zhao Qi, everything in it is really authentic antiques, and he can't afford any of them in later generations.

But at present, there are many Lin Liang here, and the price is not expensive.

A picture of Liang Kai’s Buddha statue costs only 800 guan.

And a picture of Li Gonglin's flower and birds is only a thousand yuan.

There are actually several works by Su Huang Mi Cai, and the most expensive one is just a copy of "Lanting Preface" copied by Huang Tingjian, with a price of 6,000 guan.

(Note: According to the comparison of the food prices in the late Southern Song Dynasty, one pound is about twelve cents, while the rice price in later generations is about 2.5 yuan per pound. It is estimated that one chunk is about 2 cents, and 6,000 jin is converted into about 1.2 million yuan.)

These prices are indeed very expensive for ordinary people. They may not be able to buy them without eating or drinking in their entire lives, but they are not too difficult for wealthy businessmen and gentry. For example, Zhao Qi, as long as he wants, he can buy all these rare treasures that people in future generations cannot afford to buy them home and hang them up.

But in the Song Dynasty, these calligraphy and paintings were not yet hyped up to heaven. The people of the Song Dynasty were more interested in bounty of ancient Chinese than the real antiques. Bronze and gold and stone were the most popular, followed by calligraphy and painting, and gold and jade.

As for other calligraphy and painting works that are not very famous or have no origin, the prices are basically between dozens of guan and two or three hundred guan. For example, the paintings that Wu Wenying gave to Zhao Qi last time were actually several of them, and the price was only about 300 guan. Obviously, it was because Li Song's works were not hyped up for not long after Li Song died.

Another reason is that Li Song likes to paint some works with a strong sense of market atmosphere, all of which sell tea, goods, and even ordinary people live in life, and is not favored by the rich and gentry. It is fine to read this kind of painting occasionally, but it is indeed a bit unavailable to hang it at home as a decoration.

Su Houyou of Baoyulou is also very familiar with him and should be a regular visitor.
Chapter completed!