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Jiang Ning arrived earlier than them.
On his right was Tongtong, and on his left was Chuchu.
He ca to the southern street, where the style changed to small bridges and flowing water, white walls and black tiles, a gentle and graceful Jiangnan charm greeted him.
Xue Chuchu marveled: "This surpasses the Jiangnan water towns we visited last ti for our study trip."
"Moreover, it’s clearly underground, but it doesn’t feel stuffy at all," she said.
Of course, all the buildings were strictly modeled after ancient specifications, the do above even utilized the most advanced products of today. Most importantly, Jiang Ning leveraged the terrain of Yishan, drawing Spiritual Energy to set up a large array here.
If not for this, with today’s technology, it would be impossible to recreate such an effect underground.
Xue Yuantong gazed at the small river beside the Ancient Street, where a painted boat floated, the red lanterns on the boat reflecting in the water, shimring with colorful light, and the ancient-costud boatwoman at the bow, holding a red paddle, gently rowing the boat.
She couldn’t help but think, "If only we could take a boat ride!"
Xue Chuchu responded: "Let’s buy so snacks first, then get on the boat."
Xue Yuantong: "Great idea."
They strolled along the street, arriving at a Cloth Shop, where Xue Yuantong saw soone co out in beautiful ancient attire. She pulled Chuchu along into the Cloth Shop.
By the ti they ca out again, an hour had passed.
The three of them had changed their outfits.
Jiang Ning was in a white Hanfu, wearing specially attached long hair, which was gently tied up with a jade hairpin, lightly fluttering in the wind, exceptionally graceful, causing Tongtong to secretly glance at him.
Xue Yuantong wore a light blue Hanfu, with her hair styled in twin buns, making her already youthful look even more playful and charming.
The most transford was Xue Chuchu; she was dressed in a black Hanfu with dark gold embroidery, her hairstyle was classical, exuding a cold yet stunning aura.
Although Xue Chuchu was beautiful, she rarely dressed up so deliberately. Standing at the street corner, she felt uncomfortable under the gazes of the surrounding pedestrians.
She always felt she was unworthy.
"Let’s go, eat!"
Xue Yuantong led the way, and from a distance, they heard Dong Qingfeng’s voice.
Xue Yuantong greeted, and both Dong Qingfeng and ng Zi Yun paused for a few seconds before recognizing her.
His gaze shifted, seeing the girl in black, and Dong Qingfeng’s pupils dilated suddenly, unable to describe the feeling of this mont.
Originally, ng Zi Yun thought she was very pretty, but upon seeing the girl in black in front of her, she was also taken aback.
After a mont, she regained herself and then looked at Jiang Ning with long hair draped.
ng Zi Yun’s eyes were in a daze; along the way, she had seen many tourists in Hanfu, but never did anyone make her feel as she did now, as if he really walked out from ancient tis.
"Jiang Ning?" ng Zi Yun’s voice unexpectedly trembled slightly.
"Hello," Jiang Ning replied.
After passing each other, ng Zi Yun’s heart was excited, ’So handso!’
It wasn’t just his handso appearance, but an indescribable temperant, it was simply perfect.
In comparison, when she looked back at Dong Qingfeng beside her, he seed much inferior.
If not for the fact that Jiang Ning was accompanied by two girl companions, she might have chosen to follow him!
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The Ancient Street not only had Cloth Shops and Tea Houses, but also many stalls along the road.
Row upon row of dazzling snacks lined up, the vendors also dressed in ancient costus, skillfully making various traditional delicacies.
Jiang Ning knew that part of them were chefs from the Evergreen Liquid’s internal cafeteria, and part were snack vendors lavishly hired from all over the country, just to ensure the success of this Evergreen Liquid’s launch event.
Although they tried their best to recreate the ancient atmosphere, as Jiang Ning’s Divine Sense swept over, there were still many shortcomings.
The biggest discordance was because it was too equal, lacking the ancient hierarchical atmosphere.
Because modern people, especially dostically, are long accustod to equality, no matter how wealthy you are, with assets of a billion, if you eat at a street food stall, the stall owner will not bow or scrape to you.
However, it was different in ancient tis; when the Emperor traveled, everyone bowed wherever he went.
Jiang Ning’s Divine Sense hung high on the do, overlooking all this, and suddenly the thought occurred to him, ’Maybe this world needs an Emperor?’
Imdiately, he dismissed the thought.
"Hey, ladies and gentlen, co take a look, check it out! Our roasted deer at..." ca the vendor’s shout from nearby.
Xue Yuantong was intrigued—deer at, she hadn’t tried it yet!
She brought Chuchu with her and went to the roasted deer at stall.
Compared to other stalls, this one didn’t have many tourists, just a man and a woman.
Ji Xuan and his female classmate Dong Xiaozhu were standing there. He didn’t dare go with Dong Qingfeng today as he was really scared!
The female classmate was almost kidnapped!
After recognizing Jiang Ning and the others, he was equally startled, his heart pounding:
’Gosh, how co she looks so stunning in black!’
Xue Yuantong didn’t know them; her entire focus was on the roasted deer at.
A roasted deer leg was on the grill, golden and tempting, with a huge piece of roasted at and mouthwatering aroma, all indicating to Xue Yuantong just how delicious it was.
"Boss, how much is it?" Xue Yuantong asked while swallowing her saliva.
"Hey, dear custor, it’s just two ingots of silver!" The vendor swayed his head as he played his part.
Xue Yuantong felt her pocket; she only had a piece of broken silver, equivalent to 0.1 ingot of silver, given to each person upon entering the Ancient Street for spending.
"It’s too expensive!" Xue Yuantong muttered.
The vendor was really in character: "Young lady, that’s not the right way to say it, it’s not that I’m expensive, it’s that you’re broke!"
That hit hard!
Xue Yuantong clenched her small fists tightly.
However, seeing the little girl was quite cute, the vendor cut a small piece of deer at from the roasted leg and let her try it.
Xue Yuantong tasted it carefully; it was tender and juicy, with a chewy and elastic texture, complented by spices, very delicious.
The vendor joyfully asked, "Worth it?"
It was indeed worth it.
Nearby, Ji Xuan suggested: "Boss, just look at how crowded it is over at the others, and see how empty yours is, you should lower the price a bit!"
The vendor shook his head: "Can it be the sa? Over there, the at buns are three cents each, but here it’s deer at! Why don’t you go buy at buns instead?"
Ji Xuan silently remarked to himself: ’Thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west side.’
Unconvinced, he looked at Jiang Ning, seeing that they couldn’t afford it either made him feel a lot better, especially since Jiang Ning had brought such a pretty girl.
Their embarrassnt was way bigger than his!
Xue Yuantong took a photo, regretfully planning to leave when Jiang Ning flipped his palm and an ingot of silver appeared.
Xue Chuchu was surprised, "You have that much money?"
Xue Yuantong: "Did you stash away so money?"
Facing their puzzled looks, Jiang Ning casually said: "You all were too slow in changing clothes, so I went to the bank nearby and won so money."
Xue Chuchu: "So you paid for the clothes as well?"
Jiang Ning replied, "I also paid for the hairstyle."
Xue Chuchu was embarrassed; she thought everything was free after taking the vouchers from her mom.
Once Xue Yuantong had money, the roasted deer at vendor imdiately changed his attitude. He was quite the perforr, instantly switching from arrogance to deference, and quickly wrapped a piece of deer at in oil paper.
Xue Yuantong walked away proudly, holding a piece of deer leg at.
"Next place," said Jiang Ning.
Beside him, Ji Xuan watched Jiang Ning’s back, his eyes flickering, and said to Dong Xiaozhu, "Let’s go to the bank!"
If they can win money, I can win money too!
After getting silver, he’d get Dong Xiaozhu a set of Hanfu; wouldn’t she look stunning?
Ji Xuan hurried through the bustling crowd, quickly reaching the bank’s entrance, where stone lions with sinister grins sat on either side, and a plaque hung overhead inscribed with "Changqing Bank."
Just at that mont, a handso short-haired girl walked out from inside, weighing the broken silver in her hand with a crisp sound.
Ji Xuan blurted out, "Yang Sheng, did you win money too?"
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