Xie Xiang understood why this old man could be so magical to observe people's words and feelings, and show people his appearance in chapters? After all, the owner of an inn welcomes the one sent there every day, and he is well-informed.

He hurriedly nodded to the old man gratefully, now Xie Xiang has no choice, even if this old man is a black shop, saving him from the dog pack just to get business for himself, he has no choice but to follow.

In any case, this is also a benefit, since this old man is the owner of the inn, he no longer needs to be grateful to him for taking in the tea.

Xie Xiang immediately thought that he would give him more silver later, which could be regarded as a thank you for saving him from the dog's mouth.

The old man told Xie Xiang that his surname was Ye, and this place was called Yejia Village, which was a small shopkeeper and the only way from Wuzhou to Xiangshui; Some guests who go to Xiangshui through Wuzhou and then go south, or come from Xiangshui, will occasionally spend the night here.

Xie Xiang told the old man that he was from Linhuai, and the old man immediately nodded: "Linhuai is not much far from here, it is also a good place, it is very lively, I often went there when I was young, and since I settled here, getting this small inn is like taking a rope to tie it to me, and I can't go anywhere." ”

As he spoke, Old Man Ye led Xie Xiang into his small inn.

Xie Xiang followed Old Man Ye into a wooden door with a wind lamp that emitted a faint glow; The lantern is the hallmark of the inn.

Walking through the door, there is a relatively large courtyard, and you can see a few small houses with grass and tiles.

Old man Ye brought Xie Xiang into the courtyard of a main hall courtyard where guests could receive guests and meals, this courtyard house was relatively spacious, with a not-so-bright soybean oil lamp on the wooden counter inside, and some small tables and low benches in the room were messy.

Xie Xiang unconsciously glanced at the dark and gloomy room inside, all of them were small rooms with black ebony doors and no windows, some rooms had a few coughing sounds, and some rooms had loud snoring and gnashing teeth.

These voices made Xie Xiang's imagination of all kinds of rich and terrifying cerebral cortex slightly subsided.

"Xiucai, you sit down and rest first, I'll go to the kitchen to get you something to eat, look at you, you must be hungry."

Old man Ye deserved to open an inn, he didn't immediately go to ask Xie Xiang's surname, but was very considerate to think that people who had been running all night must be hungry and tired, and there was nothing more grateful to them than a bowl of steaming food.

Therefore, even if Old Man Ye was about to get Xie Xiang a bowl of food with sweat medicine, Xie Xiang still hurriedly bowed to Old Man Ye again: "Thank you Uncle Ye, I am grateful to have a bowl of hot noodles under it." ”

Old man Ye smiled: "I really don't have noodles here, only a pot of porridge that I just got up to boil; Like the guests who came over last night, it seems that they are also from your Linhuai City, they all bring their own wine and food, I will warm them up and clean up, Xiucai, you have to be wronged. ”

Xie Xiang was suddenly a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "It's good to have porridge, I just said it casually, in fact, I'm afraid that Uncle will trouble you......"

As he spoke, he wanted to take out the ingot of silver from his bosom.

Before he had time to digest Old Man Ye's words, Old Man Ye told him that there were still some guests from Linhuai City living in this small inn.

It turned out that in Xie Xiang's thoughts, although he had stayed in Linhuai City for a long time, he personally felt that he was just a character in Xiejia Village who went to the county to learn to play soy sauce.

So even though Old Man Ye told him that his fellow Linhuai still lived in the store, Xie Xiang, who was frightened and tired, didn't really want to inquire carefully.

What if you spend more time asking? There are more people in Linhuai City, even if it is his fellow countryman, what does it have to do with him?

And Xie Xiang is not a chattering person, and when he loses his soul, he doesn't want to care about anything.

Even, he is even more reluctant to meet the people he once knew, and now his unkempt and unkempt appearance makes those who once only recognized him with good spirit and demeanor think of him?

Now he just wants to eat something, take a good rest, and then see if he can hire a foot force or something, and return to Xiejia Village more easily.

Go home and rest for a while, and it is the right thing to correct the messy state of mind.

"It's okay, you can drink some rice porridge first, and when I'm done, I'll get you the same whatever you want to eat, but you pay for your own money, and my inn only charges the guest's money, regardless of the guest's food."

Walking into the inn with Xie Xiang, Old Man Ye had already seen that although Xie Xiang's face was full of dust and tiredness, his demeanor was full of elegance, and he was not a lewd homeless person; It seems that he just encountered something in a hurry for a while, so he couldn't help but be a lot more angry.

Xie Xiang hurriedly nodded again and again, expressing his gratitude.

Seeing that Old Man Ye walked into the kitchen next to him, he walked to a well in the yard and wanted to get some water to wash up.

There is a tall plane tree across the well, and under the plane tree there are a lot of neatly bundled goods, I don't know what is inside, I think it is the goods of some guests.

After washing up casually, Xie Xiang returned to the courtyard and sat down.

Now Xie Xiang has slowly settled down; From the conversation with Old Man Ye, the sound of sleeping in the entire inn, and these goods can prove that the place where he is now staying should be a very normal small country inn.

Besides, the sky is going to be bright, and even if there is a murder and arson of human meat dumplings, it will not be easy to do, unless this small market is a black market specializing in roadblocks and robberies.

However, this place doesn't look like it, and if it was really that kind of weird place, it would definitely not have a bunch of street dogs that roared and scared people to death.

Therefore, Xie Xiang's luck is still good, it is better than being frightened by a vicious dog and wrapping people with human flesh buns.

Although Xie Xiang thought of it a little bloody, it is estimated that a person like himself, who was already in a state of panic and rushed all night, and was almost scared to death by a vicious dog, the meat must be sour and astringent, and it must be difficult to eat when made of meat filling......

In his thoughts, Old Man Ye had already brought him a big bowl of steaming rice porridge and a plate of salted radish strips sprinkled with a few black sesame seeds.

"The rice porridge hasn't been boiled well yet, let's drink it first and calm down, hey, look at the way you shiver...... You drink slowly, and I'm going to hurry to prepare tea for the guests, and they'll be up in a moment. ”

Old man Ye looked at Xie Xiang, who had white lips and blue face, said with pity, and couldn't help but shake his head.

A weak and beautiful scholar is always easy to be sympathized, especially some people who are prone to compassion at an age are more willing to help such people. Because a scholar who is elegant and weak is not aggressive, he will especially win the kindness of others.

"Thank you, Uncle Ye, hurry up and get busy, by the way, Uncle Ye, do you have any spare rooms here? I also want to stay in a room for a good rest. ”

Xie Xiang looked at the rice porridge in front of him that had not yet been completely full, in addition to feeling the cramps of extreme hunger in his stomach, he also strongly felt that his two legs and two feet seemed to be more tired and sore, painful and unbearable than after the last encounter with wild wolves in the mountains.

"The room is naturally available, you drink the porridge while it's hot, and I'll take you there after I'm busy for a while."

Hearing Xie Xiang say that he was going to stay in the hotel, Old Man Ye immediately showed his habitual smile and good temper, and seemed to have completely forgotten that this was just a down-and-out talent he had just rescued from the siege of the dogs; Does he have any money in his pocket?

is also a countryman, always more generous than people in big towns, if Xie Xiang really doesn't have a penny in his pocket, it is estimated that Old Man Ye can only secretly say a few bad words, that's it.

In life, there will always be a few unsatisfactory people, and you can't care so much.

After the old man Ye was busy with a big circle, he prepared tea for the guests to wash and drink, and the mules and horses evenly went through the forage and drinking water that were about to go on the road; When he returned to the courtyard house, he saw that the young Xiucai, who had been given a bowl of rice porridge by himself, had fallen asleep behind the empty bowl on the dining table.

The guests have already gotten up one after another, and there are anxious children who are constantly calling three and four, wanting east and west, and closing the store money, Old Man Ye is running around, where can he take Xie Xiang to sleep in his room? I had to ask him to lie down in the courtyard for a while.

Xie Xiang originally just wanted to lie down for a while; Old man Ye was busy with his feet not touching the ground, he was really embarrassed to urge the old man to take him to find a room to sleep well.

I don't know if it was hinted at by the old man Fang Caiye's babbling sentence "It seems to be your ...... in Linhuai City", in a trance, Xie Xiang seemed to hear the voice of Xiao Ji talking loudly.

In a daze, Xie Xiang also forgot where he was now? But I feel a little like it in my heart, since Xiao Ji is here, then Liu Shang must also be there.

In an instant, he completely forgot the embarrassment and shame of being in an embarrassing situation at the moment, and suddenly felt like he had met his relatives.

However, he couldn't hear what the little thistle was saying. Can't see where Liu Shang is? Xie Xiang looked around in a hurry, but felt that he couldn't open his eyes, he was really sleepy.

Xiao Ji's voice seemed to be getting noisier and louder, which made Xie Xiang feel very strange, it seemed that Xiao Ji had been very careful to keep her voice down; His master Liu Shang is very majestic, so Xie Xiang has always felt that Xiao Ji has always been a very clever and eye-catching little guy.

He thought hard for a long time, and finally remembered that Liu Shang was driving a car outside; No wonder he couldn't see Liu Shang anyway.

Xie Xiang couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this, this opportunistic and exquisite guy Wen Si was always inferior to him, just now he used the agitation method to connect with him, and he lost a mess, so he had to be willing to gamble and lose to be a coachman for them.