Chapter 14: The Day of Homecoming

The three-year period expired, Zhao Yishan left the White Crane Temple with his bags and Dafu and returned home. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After returning home, Zhao Youmin was very happy, looked at Zhao Yishan carefully, and said, "Yishan, you have grown taller, and you are about to catch up with your father." The body is also strong, and it is no longer a little doll. ”

Zhao Yishan said: "Dad, I have grown up, and I can stay by your side to help you work." ”

"Yishan, you have your own way to go, you don't have to waste time in Zhaojiayu, my father is old, he has half a foot in the loess, and he is destined to stay in Zhaojiayu forever, but you are different, your world is definitely wider than my father and me. ”

Zhao Yishan thought that he stepped into the realm of gathering qi and had twice as much longevity than ordinary people, and took the yin and yang grass to increase the longevity of a hundred years old, and there were more than two hundred years to live, and the father was a cropper, and the croppers worked in the field all the year round, and there would always be some problems in the accumulation of years, often not living to be sixty years old, his father was born in his forties, and now he is in his early fifties, and there are not many days left.

So Zhao Yishan said: "Dad, I know what path I will take, you just listen to me, don't worry about me." ”

"Okay, okay, my family has grown up, dad listens to you. ”

Since then, Zhao Yishan has stayed in Zhaojiayu to live and practice. On weekdays, he helped Zhao Youmin plough the land, carry water, chop wood, light fire, and cook, which made Zhao Youmin a lot easier. And Zhao Yishan is successful in practicing martial arts, carrying water and chopping firewood and other things are very easy, and he can do it quickly when he gets up early every day, without delaying too much time, and the time for cultivation is also abundant, and the speed of improvement is not much slower than when he was in the White Crane Temple.

In order to find out the news outside, Zhao Yishan discussed with Zhao Youmin and decided to go to an inn to do things, where he could hear a lot of news about the Great Zhou Kingdom.

There is an inn opened by Zhao Youli, the brother of the patriarch Zhao Youzhi, so Zhao Yishan found Zhao Lili and said, "Uncle Lili, I want to do things in your inn, do you think it's okay?"

Zhao Li looked embarrassed, and said: "Yishan, you are a cultivator, how can you go to the inn to do the lowly thing of looking at people's faces, you make me very embarrassed." ”

"Uncle Li, you don't have to worry about this, didn't I leave Baiheguan now? Don't treat me as a monk, I'm just a junior of Zhao Jiayu. But after hearing this, Zhao Li still shook his head.

"In that case, you don't think it will work, I will go to an inn and try to be a buddy for a few days, and if I don't do well, you will fire me. Zhao Yishan insisted.

"Okay, I'll make it clear to you first, there are all kinds of people in an inn, you need to greet each other with a smile, others don't necessarily give a good face, and even people with a bad temper beat and scold the guys, if you can't bear it, don't do it." ”

Zhao Yishan said with a smile: "There is no problem with this, in addition to being a buddy, I can also do things such as chopping wood and carrying water in the store, don't look at my small person, I have a lot of strength, and I can lift three hundred catties of stones." ”

In this way, the next day, after Zhao Yishan helped the family chop wood and carry water, he came to an inn, and Zhao Li asked Zhao Dewang, the guy in the store, to take Zhao Yishan to familiarize himself with the work in the store.

Zhao Dewang first took Zhao Yishan to walk around the hall and said: "When guests come to the inn, the first thing is accommodation, and they will go to the counter to choose a room. ”

"In addition to accommodation, guests come to the inn to eat, although there is a number plate in the inn, which says the dishes and prices, but in order to make the guests order faster, the guy has to memorize the recipe like a stream, but also to introduce the guests to the store today's dishes, which dishes are served quickly, which dishes are made slowly, what fresh dishes and so on. ”

"The guest will take the guest to the guest room after the meal, and the guest will have to send it to the guest room if he needs anything in the guest room, such as hot water for washing, and bring it to the guest room. Saying that, Zhao Dewang took Zhao Yishan to the guest room, so that Zhao Yishan was familiar with the distribution of each room, Zhao Dewang said as he walked: "When the guest leaves, the guy should report the checkout of the guest room and dining to the counter, and find money for money." ”

"The guy who works in the front office is very demanding, and must be quick-witted, articulate, and have the ability to adapt to the situation to resolve troublesome guests. ”

After shopping in the guest room, Zhao Dewang took Zhao Yishan to the backyard and said: "In addition to the front hall, the back hall of the inn is also very important, such as the kitchen, the guy should prepare the chef with good dishes, which is convenient for the chef to cook, as well as lighting the fire, washing vegetables, chopping wood, washing dishes and so on." ”

"There is also a stable in the backyard, and the guests have a lot of luggage, and they hire a carriage, and they need the men to take the coachman to the stable to tie the horses. ”

"The guys in the back hall do simpler things than the front house, but they are heavier and require good physical strength. ”

After shopping around, Zhao Dewang took Zhao Yishan to the counter to pay the errand, and then went on his own.

Zhao Li was settling accounts at the counter, and when he saw that Zhao Dewang had brought Zhao Yishan back, he said slowly: "Yishan, you have also seen it, this is the case with my inn." But you're only here today, and you can't be a guy who runs the hall, so go to the back hall to work for a few days, and then go to the front hall to do things after memorizing the recipes at this time, how about it?"

Zhao Yishan readily agreed, and Zhao Li continued: "Then you go to the back hall now, there is a manager in the back hall, and he will arrange for you what work you do." ”

On the first day at an inn, Zhao Yishan chopped firewood for a day, and he was not very tired, but Zhao Yishan's efficiency in chopping firewood was surprisingly high, and the firewood prepared soon was cut down. The rest of the time, Zhao Yishan happened to be used to memorize recipes, which was also a very easy thing for Zhao Yishan, who was already very smart, and practiced in the White Crane Temple for three years, and practiced "Ten Thousand Words" to exercise his memory, and quickly memorized the recipes at a glance and ten lines.

The next day, when I came to an inn, the housekeeper arranged for Zhao Yishan to carry water and wash dishes, and Zhao Yishan completed the work in half an hour.

On the third day, he came to an inn, and the back hall steward saw that Zhao Yishan was doing a good job of physical work, so he arranged for Zhao Yishan to wash and cut vegetables, and Zhao Yishan also finished his work very well.

Zhao Yishan worked unknowingly in an inn for a month, and finally, Zhao Li arranged for Zhao Yishan to work in the front office.

When I came to the lobby, there were all kinds of guests sitting at the dinner table, including old and young, men and women, and most of them were businessmen.

The first guest Zhao Yishan received was a couple, the man was wearing a green shirt and dressed as a scholar, and the woman was wearing a red Luo skirt, and her eyebrows were very beautiful.

The two of them looked tired, and the man helped the woman down at the table, put down the package, and shouted, "Come here, man, I'll order food." ”

Zhao Yishan hurriedly went over and said, "Guest officer, what do you want to order, we have fried seasonal fresh, braised duck strips, fried chicken, boiled asparagus, roasted duck, and boiled fish fillet." Zhao Yishan reported a long list of dish names in one breath.

Zhao Yishan then said: "Guest officer, seeing that you are in a hurry, you have worked hard along the way, I recommend our store's fried seasonal fresh, and boiled fish fillet, the ingredients of these two dishes are freshly purchased by our store, and the taste is light and suitable, refreshing and wonderful, which is most suitable for two people who are in such a hurry." ”

The man said, "Then according to what you said, order these two dishes, and serve them quickly, my wife and I are already hungry." ”

"Okay, 70 yuan for stir-frying, 300 yuan for fish fillet, a total of 370 yuan for two dishes, you give me money, I will go to the counter to give you change, and by the way, report the dishes you ordered." ”

Zhao Yishan did what the guy should do, and then waited in the lobby for a while, and soon the kitchen ordered by the man and woman was ready, and Zhao Yishan served the two of them food.

Zhao Yishan observed the two, the man and the woman were talking in a low voice, the man seemed to be very angry, the woman was anxious, and the two looked around vigilantly from time to time, guarding against any danger.

So Zhao Yishan silently used the mantra, mobilized his vitality in his ears, listened carefully, and the man said: "Ying'er, you and I are in love, and we decided to elope, that is, we will not look back, if your family chases you and wants to tie you up and I go back, I would rather die than let them get their wish." ”

"Brother Qingsong, I have liked you since I was a child, and I am determined to only marry you in this life, but unfortunately my father covets the power of the Song family and intends to marry me into the Song family as a concubine, which makes me cold, so I elope with you, but I don't want you to lose your life because of this, if my father brings someone to chase me, I will go back with my father, so as not to let you die. ”

"Ying'er, I am unswervingly committed to you, do you doubt my sincerity to you. ”

"No, Brother Qingsong, but what can they do if they chase me and I don't go back."

Zhao Yishan listened for a while and understood that this was a pair of outlaw mandarin ducks.

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