33. Opening
That day, Ming Yijun kissed Zhan Lu and left.
He didn't tell Zhan Lu that there was anything wrong, he just left suddenly, and he didn't even say goodbye to her.
This made Zhan Lu a little confused, not knowing what was going on, whether it was an urgent matter for him.
But she knew he would come back.
Because what he promised her was not done.
Ming Yijun disappeared for several days, leaving Zhan Lu alone in the wine shop. In the past, when only she and Mrs. Ah Zhen were there, Zhan Lu often stayed alone in the wine shop, which should have been very accustomed to it. But this time, Zhan Lu only felt terriblely lonely.
Without Ming Yijun here, there is no need to cook the meal well, just find something like sticky dumplings and the like, and heat it in a steamer, and it will be a meal. It's comfortable, but it's also boring. Especially now for the Chinese New Year, the wine shop is not open, and there is not even a single customer, which is even more desolate.
Ming Yijun had only been gone for a few days, but these few days made Zhan Lu feel that it was unbearable.
Not seen for a day, such as three autumns.
By the fifth day of the new year, he hadn't come back yet. Zhan Lu packed up the liquor store and opened the store.
There are no guests on the fifth day of the new year, because of the Chinese New Year, most people prefer to go to the more gorgeous proud building opposite. Only a few children came with gourds to make wine for the adults in the family.
Zhan Lu waited and waited, just waiting for a carriage.
The coachman jumped out of the car, first went to the proudest building opposite, looked at the wine shop here, and said something to the people in the car, and saw a very richly dressed young man coming out of the car.
He got out of the car and did not come directly, but reached out and helped a white woman out of the car.
She was wearing a white gown, covered with a silver-white fox fur, her skin was as white as ice and snow, and what was even more incredible was that her hair was all white, and her whole body, only her eyes and lips seemed to have a color other than white, and even her lips were pale in color.
This white woman looked strange, but this strangeness did not hide her beauty. Her eyes were like water, and her hair was very thick, but she didn't comb her hair in the style of an ordinary woman, but all of it was spread out, and she looked like a waterfall, which was indeed very beautiful.
Although her hair was silvery-white, Zhan Lu could tell that she was very young, and she looked like she was only about a year or two older than Zhan Lu.
Although she was such a beautiful woman, her clothes were so luxurious, and the man beside her seemed very gentle, but there was no smile on her face, not only did she not smile, but her face could almost be said to have no expression at all, and some were just indifferent.
Zhan Lu watched in surprise as the man led the white woman into the liquor store. Following their footsteps, Zhan Lu heard a pleasant jingle sound.
At first, Zhan Lu thought it was the sound of the ring pendant they were wearing. When they approached Zhan Lu, they realized that the woman's wrists and ankles were tied with silver chains.
The woman's chains on her hands and feet were not long, so she was slow to move. The man was not in a hurry, but led her slowly into the wine shop, found a warmer position and sat down.
Although these two people are raw guests, they look very strange. But this is Zhanlu's first guest of the year after all. So she was determined to turn a blind eye to these oddities, and smiled and asked the man:
"What do you want to eat?"
The man frowned slightly, and said:
"Pour me a jug of your best wine and a bowl of rice. As for the dishes...... If you have vegetables, eggs, meat, or anything like that, you can just pick up three or four things that you can do with your expertise. In addition, pour another glass of water and put some salt in it. ”
Zhan Lu agreed, and went to prepare the dishes. After a while, the man was served with wine, rice, and water, as well as four dishes: a plate of beef in sauce, a plate of fried bean sprouts, a plate of scrambled eggs with green onions, and a plate of shredded cabbage.
Zhan Lu put these dishes down and said with a smile:
"It's cold now, and we don't really have any food in this small place. I can only come up with these few things, and ask the guest officer to bear with me. ”
The man nodded, and without saying anything more, reached out and placed the glass of salt water in front of the woman, and poured himself a glass of wine.
It was very cold, and the man wanted to drink mainly to ward off the cold. He took a sip, only to feel that the wine burned from his throat to his stomach, and the strange aroma of wine filled him, so that he unconsciously praised:
"Good wine!"
After drinking, he began to eat the meal. Zhan Lu's cooking skills have improved a lot recently, but it can only be regarded as unsatisfactory. The man ate and didn't say much.
Although Zhan Lu was determined not to care about the guests' affairs, the woman was too strange that she couldn't help but sneak a look at her. I saw that the woman did not eat anything, but drank the cup of salt water in both hands.
She drank the salt water and put the cup down. Zhan Lu thought she was about to eat, but she heard her open her mouth softly to Zhan Lu:
"Excuse me. ”
Zhan Lu hurriedly walked over and asked her what she wanted. But I heard her say:
"I'm tired of the shopkeeper, pour me another glass of water, and the salt in it will be five times more than this one. ”
Zhan Lu was a little surprised, put so much salt, it was not salty to death, but how to drink it?
The man was eating, and when he saw Zhan Lu stunned, he said impatiently:
She said she wanted salt water, so she poured salt water for her. I can still afford such a small amount of salt money. ”
Zhan Lu understood that the man thought that she was reluctant to give up salt, so she hurriedly agreed, went to the kitchen and poured water and brought it in. She gave the salt water to the woman, who thanked her, and drank it all in one gulp, as if she were drinking nectar.
Zhan Lu stared at the woman in a daze, startled. Suddenly she heard familiar footsteps, and when she looked back, there was a person at the door who was thinking about her heart.
Ming Yijun's appearance is no different from before leaving, but he has changed his clothes, and the fox fur he wears is a hundred times more luxurious than the one worn by the woman, and he looks even more handsome.
Zhan Lu was overjoyed, and called Lang Jun with a smile with crooked eyebrows.
Ming Yijun was very interested, so he picked her up and turned her around before putting her back on the ground. He smiled slightly and said:
"Zhan Lu has grown taller. ”
Zhan Lu laughed:
"Lang Jun has only been gone for a few days, where can I see that I have grown taller?"
"It's not the last few days that I realized that you are much taller than when I first came, and you are already a big girl. ”
This is true, Zhan Lu himself also feels that in the past six months, he has indeed grown taller. Hearing Ming Yijun say this, she blushed slightly.
They were talking here, and the young man who was eating there saw a living person walking in, so he put down his chopsticks and looked up. Although the woman's face was full of indifference, she also looked up this way.
Ming Yijun noticed the gaze of others, raised his eyes to look back, and when he saw the white woman, his expression suddenly became a little strange. He stared at the woman, walked over to her, and stood at their table.
Seeing such a stranger approaching, the man looked very nervous, he stood up suddenly, and asked Ming Yijun in a hostile voice:
"Who is Your Excellency?"
Ming Yijun didn't pay attention to the man, he didn't even bother to look at him, just stared at the woman. The man looked at Ming Yijun, his momentum gradually weakened, and he sat back on the stool, still full of defense.
The woman knew that Ming Yijun was staring at her, and her indifferent expression did not change, but she looked up slightly to look at Ming Yijun. Ming Yijun looked at her for a while, and finally asked:
"You...... Is it a salt man?"