White Tree City, Tongfu Inn.

As one of the largest inns in the city, the reputation is also excellent, and there has never been a "big shopkeeper bullying" that people often say, so business is always booming, just like its name, the blessing is boundless.

However, all of this is possible today, of course, thanks to the innkeeper, a beautiful young woman surnamed Tong.

Ten years ago, Tong Fu Inn was just a small tea stall on the side of the street, and it became the first in Baishu City, and even if you look at the world, it can be ranked as a famous inn.

And the daily flow of visitors to the inn can be regarded as the best praise from God for a woman's ten years of hard work.

There is just one thing that makes the people of White Tree City often sigh in private.

It is said that almost three years ago, Tong Fu Inn reached its heyday in ten years, and the shrewd and capable, dignified and beautiful boss Tong is even more famous, not to mention that everyone knows it within a radius of 100 miles, at least in Baishu City, and the surrounding ten miles and eight villages, it is definitely a household name.

I remember that at that time, countless young men who came to visit were almost about to break through the threshold of Tong Fu Inn, and sometimes there were even more people who came to ask for relatives than the guests of the inn, which showed the charm of Boss Tong.

But countless people came on the spot, but they all left in vain.

Whether they are dignified in appearance, a talent, or a prominent family background, strong financial resources, or a handsome and famous apprentice, without exception, they all failed to hold the beauty as they wished.

However, just when everyone was speculating about what kind of wishful husband Boss Tong, who was nearly thirty years old but always kept the empty boudoir alone, what kind of wishful husband was looking for, something unexpected happened to everyone.

One night three years ago, Tongfu Inn suddenly became extremely busy, and all night, the inn was brightly lit and the flow of people was endless.

In the early morning of the next day, the people of Baishu City were shocked to find that the inside and outside of the Tongfu Inn were all hung with red silk, and the lanterns were colorful, and the celebration was extraordinary.

Just when people were confused, the news that Boss Tong was going to marry a well-known hooligan surnamed Du in the city spread all over every corner of Baishu City in just half a day.

When people got the news, they were all dumbfounded and unbelievable.

The hooligan surnamed Du is more than ten years older than Boss Tong, and now he is in his early forties, with an ugly appearance, his full name is Uncle Du Bi, also known as gambling must lose, as the name suggests, he likes to gamble, but he always loses.

But it is such an old and ugly, gambling habit, and poor character "toad", but it is rumored that he is about to hug a "white swan" like Boss Tong, who can believe it?

However, the facts are in front of me, the white swan was really ruined by the toad, and it was still in front of the people of the city, which was simply infuriating.

Now, three years have passed since the past, and the scene of gongs and drums and firecrackers in Tongfu Inn on that day has long faded in the memory of countless people.

But as long as people think about it, they all shake their heads and sigh, scold a few words that God is not long-sighted, and hurt a good woman.

……

"Click......"

Under the dark night sky, there was a rumbling thunder, and the rain between the heavens and the earth suddenly became a little stronger, giving people the feeling that it was going to destroy the world.

"Grandma's, it's a fairy board." A slightly hoarse voice cursed.

The man who spoke was in his early forties, ugly in appearance, and his clothes were delicate and rich, but unkempt, and he was lying on his stomach in front of a wide counter without any scruples, and his demeanor was rather indecent, and at first glance he looked like the stupid son of a foreigner's family, as people often say.

Oh! No, at his age, he should be enough to be a "stupid old man".

And this person is the well-known "toad" in Baishu City, and Uncle Du Bi, nicknamed "Gambling Must Lose".

At the same time, it is an inn that is not luxuriously decorated, but has a unique style and covers a large area.

On the golden silk nanmu plaque outside the gate, there are four big characters: Tongfu Inn!

At this moment, the "toad" Uncle Du Bi was lying on the counter, squinting but unable to sleep, left and right, looking upset.

He listened intently to the sound of the wind and rain outside the house, his brows furrowed tightly, and he suddenly got up and complained: "Grandma's, since ten years ago, the sky above this Modo Valley seems to have broken a hole, every time it rains, it will die like this, and one day, White Tree City will have to be washed away by this flood." ”

With a wave of his hand, he knocked over the two oil lamps on the counter, and the flames "boomed" more than a foot high.

Uncle Du Bi was startled, but fortunately, there was not a lot of oil in the oil lamp, so he quickly extinguished the fire with a wet towel.

And looking at the messy counter in front of him, his face was cloudy, and he scolded in a low voice: "Damn stinky girl, go back to the house to sleep by yourself, but let me guard here, spend money to hire so many people not to work, and I have to go into battle myself, it's really a slut." ”

In the midst of the scolding, suddenly he glanced out of the corner of his eye and found something similar to a ledger, which was the ledger used by the inn to record daily income and expenditure.

However, Uncle Du Bi didn't care about the dirty and wet account book, but reached out and opened a drawer under the counter, looking at a few taels of silver and a handful of copper coins lying quietly inside, his heart suddenly became angry, and he scolded in his mouth: "Slut, slut, the little slut who is ridden, the inn earns so much money every day, and he actually left me such a little, how can this be reasonable, just this amount of money, how can I go to the gambling house to play for an hour?" ”

As he spoke, he put all the money in the drawer into the money bag around his waist, and did not even leave a copper plate.

The movement at the counter of the inn was so loud that it first overturned the oil lamp and then scolded without a bottom line, which naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the lobby.

At present, of course, the guests have already returned to their rooms, but some people who are not staying in the hotel have to sit silently in the lobby of the inn, hiding from the miserable wind and rain outside.

Uncle Du Bi carefully put away the money, looked up at the sky outside the house, it seems that tonight is not to think about the rain to stop, and the guests here will definitely not be able to leave.

Thinking like this, his eyes suddenly flashed, the corners of his mouth hooked up with a sly arc, and then he turned his head to look at the guests in the inn.

I saw that in the spacious and exquisitely laid out lobby, there were three tables of guests sitting at the moment.

Among them, the table near the entrance of the inn was the most crowded, there were six people, and all of them were young men. They were surrounded by goods piled up, apparently passing vendors, who had been stopped by the heavy rain. And they chose to sit closest to the inn gate, afraid that they wanted to wait for the rain to stop and be able to hurry as soon as possible.

Uncle Du Bi only glanced at the six vendors lightly, with a contemptuous look in his eyes, and then looked away and looked at a table of guests sitting in the middle of the lobby.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and his body shook involuntarily.

But seeing that there were two guests at that table, it seemed that they should be a pair of grandchildren. Grandpa's eyebrows are snow-white, his two long eyebrows are lowered, and he looks charitable with a warm smile. It's just that the clothes on his body are covered with patches, and although they are clean, they still can't get rid of the suspicion of being called Hanako.

However, although the grandfather is not good, the granddaughter is like a fairy, the age of the tricks, has been slim, a melon seed face, eyes like a point of paint, delicate and vulgar, holding the pipa half covering the face, provoking people's hearts, pitiful!

Uncle Du Bi was stunned like this, and his soul wandered out of his body.

After a long time, he was able to regain his mind about traveling, and secretly regretted himself, blaming himself for why it took so long to find out that there was such a "fairy" in the inn?

said that it was too late and that was fast, after Uncle Du Bi came out of the counter, the soles of his feet were windy, and he walked straight towards the grandfather and grandson.

"Ling'er, quickly give the wine jug to grandpa." The white-eyed old man was full of pain, and said hurriedly: "Grandpa hasn't drunk wine for half an hour, and there is no taste in his mouth, if he continues like this, he will die." ”

"Humph!"

The beautiful girl who was called Ling'er snorted, immediately turned her head away, and completely ignored the old man's alarmist words.

However, I saw that she was holding a half-human-sized black and red pipa in one hand, and a red gourd in the other, thinking that it was the wine jug that the white-eyed old man asked for.

At the same time, Uncle Du Bi, who was walking quickly, saw the delicate appearance of the beautiful girl, and he lost his mind for a while, and his pace slowed down.

The white-eyed old man couldn't ask for it, so he didn't give up, but turned to a smile on his face, and said kindly: "Good Ling'er, grandpa's good granddaughter, for the sake of grandpa's age, poor and poor grandpa, give me a bar!" One bite, just one bite is not too much! ”

"Excessive!" The girl blurted out.

For some reason, she seemed to be resentful, and she didn't look back when she spoke.

The white-eyed old man was rejected again, and he was immediately angry, slapped the table, and shouted softly: "Ling'er! I'm a grandfather, you're a granddaughter, you have to listen to me, but do you know what it's called when you're acting now? This is called unfilial piety! ”

When the girl heard this, she was still indifferent, and only turned her body completely.

The sound of the white-eyed old man slapping the table, as well as this drink, immediately woke up Uncle Du Bi, and at the same time attracted the attention of the six vendors at the door.

The six young men had been hoping that the rain would stop so that they could continue on their way, so they were so focused on the sky outside the house that they didn't pay attention to the others in the inn.

At this moment, they followed the prestige, looked at the delicate and vulgar face that came into view, and were immediately shocked.

The girl suddenly realized something, slowly raised her head, and saw that there were as many as seven pairs of eyes staring straight at her, especially the nearest one, even if she looked ugly, her eyes were green, and she was scared to tremble.

So she immediately turned her body in the opposite direction, but she was startled again.

But I saw a lonely person sitting at a table in the far corner of the inn, where the lights were not lit in the first place, and the person was dressed in a black robe, so if I didn't look carefully, I really thought there was no one?

But after a closer look, the girl's heart suddenly tightened, and she felt like she had been pricked by a needle!

(To be continued)