Qingyun Street, end of the street.

Although the name of this street sounds nice and festive, in fact, Qingyun Street is just a quiet street in the city.

Not to mention the inconspicuous little shop at the end of the street.

According to the old neighbors, this small shop was once owned by a nobleman from a baronial family.

However, over the years, it has been rented to the Fulai Restaurant on Qingxing Street in front.

This restaurant is quite prosperous. They rented this small shop simply because they had their eyes on a few rooms in the yard behind the shop, and wanted to use them to house the waiters in their own restaurant who had no place to stay.

Because it is not used as a store but only to house shop assistants, the shop has not been repaired for more than ten years. It looks very shabby and fewer and fewer people come here.

However, a few days ago, this small shop was taken back by the owner and slightly renovated.

It was given a new coat of paint, new doors, windows and locks were replaced, the broken bricks in front of the store were replaced with new bricks, and the weeds were pulled out. It finally looks clean and tidy, like a proper shop.

Three days ago, this shop actually opened!

Because there was no music band, firecrackers or shouting when the business opened, even neighbors living on the same street would only know that a new store had opened when they happened to pass by and saw the sign hanging on the shop.

However, this store is very strange.

We have lived in Tongcheng for decades and have seen rice shops, drug stores, cloth shops, embroidery shops, antique shops, porcelain and ironware shops, and bookstores, but who has ever seen a boutique?

What exactly is this exquisite product?

Those who are curious will go in to watch the fun.

Only then did I realize that this store only sold four or five items.

Although these four or five things are quite novel and interesting, they are really not cheap.

Who among those who have spare money in Tongcheng would come to Qingyun Street?

What’s more, this boutique is at the end of Qingyun Street.

It’s been three days. This store has been open for three days.

We didn't see anyone going in to buy anything.

Only the little girl from the butcher's shop on the street slipped in and bought a hair flower.

I heard that although the headdress was of good style, it actually cost ten cents! They also said that this was the opening price and it would increase to fifteen cents in a few days!

The proprietress of the butcher shop grabbed her little girl and scolded her for nearly half an hour!

From then on, every family kept a close eye on their children, fearing that these ignorant children would run to some fancy store out of curiosity and spend their money recklessly.

In three days, one flower was sold.

If business continues to be this slow, we'll probably have to close down within a month, right?

Visitors in the city seldom set foot at the end of this street, and this store is nowhere to be seen.

However, the residents on this street who knew about this store disliked the things inside it, saying they were flashy and expensive.

Therefore, these neighbors are secretly waiting for this store to close down.

When the business can no longer be run, the things inside should be sold off at a discount, right?

Well, then you can go in and buy some hair and a set of that tiger head costume. If a relative has a new baby, giving them a set of this would be the most respectable thing, wouldn't it?

Therefore, when there was a burst of commotion coming from the direction of the street, the neighbors were unable to react for a while.

Those who had nothing to do ran out of the shops and looked toward the street.

I saw a burly man holding a strange thing covered in red and green on his head, and behind him, there were a few guys following closely.

These boys ranged from five or six years old to more than ten years old.

But these little guys all stared at the strange thing on the strong man's head, and shouted a few words from time to time.

"Uncle, wait for me!"

"Ask me to touch it!"

"Uncle, please walk slower!"

In addition to these boys, there were several other little kids with tears in their eyes who were held in the arms of adults and were crying non-stop.

This scene stunned everyone.

"How is this going?"

"What is this weird thing?"

"Where do all these little guys come from?"

"Where are they going?"

However, this group of people was heading towards the end of the street.

It wasn't until the burly man put the strange thing at the door of the boutique that everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

Oh!

It turns out that this store was the one that did this!

The door of the boutique opened and a middle-aged man walked out.

Those who have been to this store know that this middle-aged man is the owner of this store.

At this time, many people who had nothing to do slowly walked over to see what was going on in this boutique shop.

The two men exchanged a few pleasantries and then together removed the red and green silk covering the strange thing.

The large object that was covered was revealed...

"Ah! This, this is a wooden horse?"

"This isn't made of wood. It should be made of bamboo, right?"

"What a big childhood sweetheart! Could it be that this boutique wants to sell childhood sweethearts?"

"But a childhood sweetheart this big must cost at least one tael, right?"

Even the small head flowers in this shop cost fifteen cents, and a palm-sized bamboo flower basket costs ten cents each.

This childhood sweetheart, who is half a person's height, is priced at one or two taels. It's not surprising at all!

Someone burst into laughter.

"Who would buy something that can only be looked at but not used for one tael of silver?"

I'm afraid the owner of this boutique is a little bit stupid, right?

"Yeah, this thing can only attract children, right?"

"Fortunately, my kid went to his grandmother's house today and won't be back until tomorrow, otherwise he would have been surrounded by them by now!"

Look at this moment, a group of boys are surrounding this childhood sweetheart, shouting and yelling, they are almost tearing the roof off.

"Uncle, we have arrived now, please let me sit down!"

"You've sat here just now, now it's my turn!"

"Wow! I want to ride a big horse!"

"Woo woo! Big horse, I want a big horse!"

A group of boys were shouting, yelling, crying and making such noise. Even the boutique's manager Gao had already known that this was the old lady's idea. Moreover, most of these boys were from the concubines' families. They were clamoring to ride on the bamboo horse, which was also arranged. Listening to this, he couldn't help but feel a little scalp-tingling.

"Don't worry, everyone. The bamboo horse has been placed here during the day and it won't move away anytime soon. Everyone can sit on it!"

"But this bamboo horse was made by the store at great expense. You can't sit on it for free. You have to pay for it!"

"What money should I invest? How much money?"

A young boy asked first.

Of course, this young man also accompanied the boy from the Fang family, and he knew Manager Gao.

"One penny can buy you half an incense stick!"

As Manager Gao spoke, he took out a transparent hourglass.

He demonstrated to the people present that by turning the hourglass upside down, and waiting until there was no drop of sand left, that was half an incense stick of time. There was no need to actually burn incense.

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