Chapter 45: Good Wine and Good Food Entertained
After determining Xiaoying's identity, the old man's attitude improved a lot, and he also asked Xiaoying to follow him home.
Because of the old man's previous act of snatching the Book of the Dead, Xiao Xun had long regarded him as an enemy, and now when she heard him invite Xiaoying, she quickly grabbed Xiaoying's hand.
Sensing Xiao Xun's strangeness, Xiao Ying asked with concern, "What's wrong?" ”
"Don't go to his house." Xiao Xun said domineeringly.
Hearing this, the old man's face deteriorated significantly, and the proprietress looked at Xiao Xun gloatingly, she seemed to believe that Xiao Xun was going to suffer because of this.
"Looks like he knows a lot of things." Xiaoying frowned.
She came to the Netherworld City to help the ghost king marry the fourth lady, if she can't even find someone, what else can she talk about.
Xiaoying's recognition made the old man smile, the proprietress snorted coldly, and just about to pour a sip of cold water, Xiao Xun rushed to Xiaoying and said, "Have you forgotten your current situation?" ”
"Situation, what situation?" Xiaoying was puzzled.
Xiao Xun, who was originally on fire, suddenly extinguished his anger when he heard her words.
In front of the old man and the proprietress , she couldn't say it too clearly, but along the way, the danger at the beginning and the peace later, Xiaoying should know better than her, even if she didn't say it directly, Xiaoying should understand what she meant.
It's just that what she didn't expect was that Xiaoying was lazy and didn't anger her, or when she was not in the mood, she never thought about problems seriously, plus she had a bad memory, and the danger of passing had already been infected with a vague phantom.
The current Xiao Xun can be said to be speechless, but the person in the turbid place has long been accustomed to Xiaoying's attitude of being angry and not paying for his life.
Inevitably caused more trouble, he had to remind Xiaoying in his heart: "The Zero Clan is not an easy force to deal with, whether you have a grudge against them or not, they have now taken you as a target, you must be careful." ”
"But the old man is not like a person from the Zero Clan." Xiaoying argued.
As one of the three oldest families in the Seven Cities Feudal Division, the Zero Clan has been fighting against the Charm Monster for generations, and if any of the Charm Spirits are involved with them, the result will definitely be a catastrophe.
Xiaoying believes that the kind of old man who sees through all eyes will never be stupid enough to have anything to do with the Zero family.
"I know what you think, but it's precisely because the old man is a ghostly monster that danger is more likely." After all, the Zero Clan has dealt with the Ghost Monster for so long, and there are many ways to torture the spirit, leaving the Soul Charm before taking the news, and it does not violate the rules of the Zero Clan.
Knowing that he cared about himself, Xiaoying was silent for a while, and without discussing with the person in the turbidity, he said directly to the old man: "Go to your house, can you entertain wine and food?" ”
"There are a lot of dishes, but I don't have any alcohol at home." At the mention of wine, the old man's face changed.
Seeing his strange appearance, Xiaoying's dark eyes gurgled around, keenly feeling the smell of the story, and just wanted to ask, but saw the proprietress shake her head suggestively.
Suppressing curiosity in the bottom of her heart, Xiaoying was a little disappointed, but she was still able to control this level of emotion.
As the old man's friend for many years, although the proprietress always quarrels with him and sometimes fights, the old man really invites Xiaoying, and she still sees it very clearly.
In order to give Xiaoying no reason to refuse, the proprietress generously patted Xiaoying's shoulder and said happily: "If the girl wants to drink, just move it in my store, as long as you can drink, it won't be a problem to move as much as you want." ”
"That's a good feeling." Xiaoying nodded happily.
Xiao Xun looked at her speechlessly, thinking of what Xiaoying had said when she was in a restaurant outside the city, she suddenly thought that it was too stupid to believe in Xiaoying at that time.
Wine, after all, is still used to drink!
It's just that she couldn't imagine that Xiaoying had no restrictions on finding wine to drink, if she was drunk, Xiaoxun thought that she would definitely not care about her.
Not knowing what Xiao Xun thought, Xiao Ying immediately asked to go to the wine cellar after getting permission from the proprietress to have a look.
The old man had the heart to stop Xiaoying, but was stopped by the proprietress: "Old thing, I know the purpose of your invitation to Xiaoying, if you want to do it, now everything is from her in the end." ”
"However, my family is not allowed to ......"
"Since you want to leave the Netherworld, the rule that you are not allowed to drink alcohol should also be abolished." The proprietress stretched out her hand and patted the old man on the shoulder.
It was rare to have this opportunity to pat on the shoulder, the proprietress deliberately increased her strength, and when the old man realized the danger, the proprietress had already landed on his shoulder, unceremoniously crushing one of his bones.
Seeing that the old man wanted revenge, the proprietress had already prepared to point in the direction of the wine cellar, and "kindly" reminded: "If you don't keep up, they will slip away." ”
"You wait." Gritting his teeth and putting down the cruel words, the old man quickly ran to the cellar.
didn't chase after him, the proprietress stood in place, and the expression that was triumphant just now disappeared at some point, replaced by sadness that others couldn't understand.
As for Xiaoying, she and Xiao Xun had successfully entered the wine cellar, looking at those large and small jars, Xiao Xun frowned and found a comfortable place to sit down.
Seeing that Xiaoying was still looking around, Xiao Xun asked puzzledly: "What are you looking at, isn't it just to move the biggest altar directly?" ”
Ignoring her question, Xiaoying sniffed hard, and after finding the dark fragrance that pleased her, she immediately walked towards the most fragrant wine jar.
Soon, three delicate wine jars blocked her way, and she picked up one casually, staring straight at the words on the jar with dark eyes.
"Acacia brewing!" Xiao Xun, who followed up, also saw the words on the jar, read it out, and then made his own evaluation: "I haven't heard of it, it should be hard to drink." ”
"yes, do you want to pilot it?" Xiaoying obviously disagrees with her.
In order to prove Xiao Xun's mistake, she really opened the lid of the jar and pushed the jar in front of Xiao Xun.
When she was in a restaurant outside the city, Xiaoying had seen Xiao Xun drink and knew that her alcohol consumption was not bad, so she was not worried that this fragrant liquor would get Xiao Xun drunk with just one sip.
To her surprise, Xiao Xun sniffed the aroma of wine and pushed the jar back to Xiao Ying.
"Drinking needs to be paired with wine and food, you put away the wine first, and when you get to the old man's house, let him prepare the dishes, and then we will drink."
"So, you don't object to me going to his house?" Satisfied, he took all the only three jars of acacia into his arms, and Xiaoying turned around and smiled.
Shrugging his shoulders, Xiao Xun said indifferently: "I am against you or will go, if the result is the same, I still save my energy." ”
"That's right." As long as it is a labor-saving thing, she Xiaoying will definitely be the first to agree.
However, when it comes to saving effort, Xiaoying naturally will not forget to divide the jar in his arms to Xiaoxun.
When the two of them walked out of the cellar with the wine jar in their arms, the old man was "late".
"Looks like you've already chosen, I don't know what kind of wine it is?" Smelling the aroma of wine, the old man asked curiously.
Indifferently handed over the wine jar, facing the old man with the words, Xiaoying thoughtfully read it to him: "Acacia brewing!" ”
When his eyes came into contact with the words on the wine jar, the old man's body trembled obviously, and then he heard the voice of Xiaoying, and his bony hand involuntarily stretched out to the wine jar.
Before he touched the wine jar, Xiaoying quickly moved the wine jar back into his arms, for fear that the old man would rob him.
Realizing his gaffe, the old man quickly changed the topic, but his unnatural performance was all seen by Xiaoying and the two in their hearts.
didn't want to cause more trouble, Xiaoying didn't ask, but returned to the front room with the old man.
The proprietress had already called a carriage when they were choosing wine, saying that she wanted Xiaoying to go to the old man's house comfortably, but Xiaoying always felt that she was sending someone important away, and she didn't want that person to come back.
Attracted by the strangeness of the old man and the proprietress, Xiaoying's curiosity in her heart was about to move, but she still quietly sat in the carriage with Xiaoxun.
After sitting awkwardly in the carriage, Xiao Xun said casually: "The old man said that he wants to talk to the proprietress and let us wait a little." ”
After nodding his head to indicate that he knew, Xiaoying lifted the carriage curtain, looked at the tavern, then withdrew his hand, and sighed: "Netherworld still looks like it, and the degree of retro can be used for archaeology." ”
"That's what I should say." Xiao Xun kindly reminded.
The reason why she wants to come to the big city is to make a name for herself and be the celebrity who stands at the top of the rumors, and secondly, to experience modern life.
Now it seems that she may have come to the wrong city.
The only cities that have truly reached modern technology are the Starry Sky Phantom Three Cities, and the others, such as Netherworld City and Maple City, should all be retro life, after all, their inhabitants are all old monsters who can't count their age.
Xiao Xun looked up a little disappointed, and just wanted to ask Xiaoying if she had time to take her to Phantom City in the future, when she saw Xiaoying frequently looking out of the car, she couldn't help but wonder: "What are you looking at?" ”
"Didn't see anything." Frightened by Xiao Xun's sudden question, Xiao Ying retracted her gaze in a panic.
Afraid that Xiao Xun would continue to ask, she didn't forget to add: "I don't know how long the old man will talk to the proprietress, I'm still waiting for him to tell the story." ”
Hearing the story, Xiao Xun's glass-like eyes lit up obviously, and unlike Xiao Ying's subtle movements, she directly lifted the curtain of the carriage on the roof of the carriage and looked towards the tavern unscrupulously.
Bacheng noticed Xiao Xun's gaze, and it didn't take long for the old man to walk out of the tavern alone.
I don't know if it's Xiao Xun's illusion, she found that there were drops of water in the corners of the old man's eyes, shining and dazzling under the sunlight after the rain.
She wanted to ask Xiaoying what the situation was, but she didn't have time to ask, the old man got into the carriage, Xiao Xun looked at him carefully, and found that he had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the thirsty groove at the corner of his eye didn't look like there were water droplets at all.
Sensing Xiao Xun's gaze, the old man glanced at her more, and then found a comfortable position to sit firmly.
Then, without waiting for him to call, the skillful coachman scolded the horses and drove them swiftly away from the tavern.
Taking advantage of the gap before the curtain fell, Xiaoying looked back at the tavern, but the proprietress never came out to see her off.