The young man went to the kitchen to report, and then turned back to the store.

After a short while, the number of customers sitting and eating in the restaurant changed a little.

Many people have checked out and left after eating, and new customers have come in from outside.

Most of the people passing through the town are caravans, and they are easy to identify.

Just listen to their accents.

The young man glanced at the table where the two guests he had been chatting with before were sitting, and tilted his head to think about it, his eyes a little hesitant.

After thinking about it for a moment, he finally decided to step forward and give a reminder. "Let me tell you," the young man came to the table where they were sitting, "and the fish you just ordered is more expensive here." “

The young man looked at Tianfang and smiled: "The first-time guests don't know, and after ordering it, they think it's an ordinary price." “

"There were two guests a few days ago," said the young man, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said to the guard, "I don't know the market of our fish." "What kind of guests?"

Tianfang glanced at the young man casually, and asked in a casual tone. "Those two guests, probably passing through our town, ordered this fish."

The young man recalled, "Isn't that old. "They didn't know it at the time," the young man thought as he hung his head, "and it seems that one of them went out to collect money and came back to pay the bill." ”

Hearing this, even the guards with their heads bowed raised their heads and looked at the young man thoughtfully.

His eyes stayed on the face of the young man standing at the table, and the guard looked very interested.

The guard secretly thought to himself: since it is the best restaurant in town. Presumably, it's not the first time that such a guest has been there, but the guy specially mentioned it, is there a follow-up story?

There should always be something special for him to remember. Just look at the foot traffic here.

"I saw that the two of them were together when they came, and one of them left not long after," the young man continued, after a pause, "and then he came back with a money bag and put it on the table." ”

So, he was guessing. Because those two people were acting a little weird.

Tianfang and the guard glanced at each other, and their eyes looked at the young man's face together.

Generally, when you come to a restaurant to eat, how can one of them go first. And then he came back with a money bag.

This kind of thing is rare in the first place.

In particular, the outfit of one of the two people was really unforgettable.

The hood covered the entire face, and it was impossible to see it at all.

So the lad has enough reason to remember!

However, he didn't say much about covering his face. I just described the process of ordering food

When I was talking. A few new guests came in from the door.

The young man interrupted the conversation at once and hurried over.

The responsibility is, I can only talk to them when I have time later.

The guard saw that the young man was busy again, hurriedly stepped forward to order, turned his head to the sky and said, "Lord, what's wrong with this person?" ”

He sensitively caught Tianfang and seemed to be quite patient with the young man, and chatted with him.

Something was vaguely wrong.

"No, just ask."

Tianfang replied in a flat tone.

The cook's hand is quite sharp. It didn't take long for two dishes to come first.

This time it was another guy who delivered the food. The business on the ground floor was busy, and the kitchen helper also came to help.

"You'll have to wait a little longer for the steamed fish you ordered."

With a kind smile on his face, he said to the sky, "There are a lot of people ordering today." ”

"It's fine." Tianfang didn't care about the authenticity.

The dishes were placed on the table, and the chopsticks were picked up and started.

The guard saw that his master was eating leisurely, and it seemed that he really had just come here for a meal.

But running from Suzhou to the town, the current situation made him a little confused.

The guard felt that he couldn't figure out the situation, and of course, the most important thing was that he didn't understand his lord's mood at the moment.

With a small calculation in his heart, he leaned in and lowered his voice and asked Tianfang: "Lord, are we really here to eat?" ”

There was a hint of uncertainty in his voice and expression.

Of course, there is inevitably a hint of anticipation.

When Tianfang heard this, he looked at him in surprise and said, "Naturally, it's true, can this be fake?" “

He stared at the guards and asked, "Why don't you move your chopsticks, you set off from Suzhou before dawn" "There is almost no stopping along the way, aren't you hungry at this time?" ”

"Hungry! I'm hungry! ”

A stone fell to the ground in his heart, mixed with a little disappointment, and the guards immediately set off.

Only when I go out to do tasks, I don't have so many scruples with the Lord, and it's not the first time I eat at the same table.

If it is in the house in Suzhou, they are all separated.

This is a rare opportunity!

Although the guard felt that the Lord's actions were still a little suspicious to him, he was also happy in his heart.

He was eating with Tianfang, and said a few words without a match.

The guards were eager to ask about the little sister, but the Lord shifted without a trace when he talked about it.

He didn't want to talk about it.

The guard then stopped mentioning it knowingly, and just commented on the restaurant's dishes.

I heard that it is the best restaurant in town, and diners are inevitably picky.

The most effective ones are often ordinary home-cooked food.

The taste of different chefs is not small.

When I finished ordering food on the day, I had a brief loss of mind.

Because even he realized it later, it seems that the dishes he ordered were all the dishes that his sister liked!

Tianfang's heart was a little emotional, and the guard's chatting words at this time brought him back to his thoughts, but he felt that the depressed feeling was relieved!

It's still good to have a guard by your side.

Don't expect other people's force value to protect themselves, Tianfang basically doesn't need it, but sometimes it can also be effective.

I don't know where the little girl is now?

But she certainly has her creation. Tianfang felt that she could save the day every time.

This time will be no exception!

He believed in her.

The guard's ears are always attentive to what is going on around them.

The young man was right, at least seven or eight out of ten guests who entered the restaurant would order their fish.

It seems that this is the season. It happens to be the time when this fish is at its tastiest.

There are also people at the two tables next door who ordered an extra fish, and changed to another way to eat, steaming and frying, and the kitchen must be in full swing

The boy and I were still sitting in the noodle shop talking, and when pedestrians passed by on the street, I would pay attention to look at them.

The people who moved on both sides of the city were very different from the east to the west of the city.

The west side of the city. Most of them are locals, but there are also aliens from the Northlands on the streets.

Those people are dressed very eye-catchingly, and they can also stand out in the crowd. Attract attention.

But here in the east of the city, most of the people walking around are locals.

The business travelers mixed in it seem that one by one is also a little wealthy.

As for the alien race seen in the west of the city, it is strange that it is almost impossible to see here.

The boy paid attention to my eyes, waiting for me to ask. He seemed to have guessed a little. There was no expression of surprise at all. "Xiaoling, it's unlikely that the aliens in the Northland will buy a property in the east of the city."

The boy's gaze swept over the pedestrians on the street like me, and he lowered his voice a little. "The people who live here are all big families in Suzhou City, or those who have a foundation in business."

Hearing this, I subconsciously glanced at him, and the boy nodded: "That's right, like my family, for example." "When the aliens from the north arrived in Suzhou, they all stayed in an inn in the west of the city."

The boy explained to me.

That's right, too. After what he said, I heard that he had a good point.

The probability of alien races in the north buying a property in Suzhou City is very small.

It is not surprising that the range of their activities is concentrated in the lively west of the city.

That area. There are the most shops in Suzhou City, and you can find a place for eating, gambling, and even whatever men like.

Where it is like the east of the city, it is all private houses, and this side of the stone bridge is already the most lively one

On the street near the river, small boats that have been caught in the water dock and sell their catches on the spot.

When I was talking to the boy, I saw a middle-aged fat man, with a short figure and a pimple on his face, who was walking here with a large bamboo cage in his hand.

In fact, I have seen fishermen by the river before.

Fat people are one of them.

I guess it's probably because business is bad and there are few people buying, so I want to come to the noodle shop to sell it.

As soon as the thought in his mind turned, the fat man approached, and the shopkeeper of the noodle shop stepped forward and asked, "Wang Er, how much have you received today?" “

My first reaction was, wasn't that person a fisherman? Is it a fishmonger?

Wang Er walked up to the shopkeeper of the noodle shop, and said with a somewhat flattering smile on his face: "It's not bad today, take a look at the shopkeeper." “

I was also curious, and looked in their direction.

Wang Er took out a moving thing from the cage and handed it to the shopkeeper, "Take a look." “

I couldn't hold back and almost burst out laughing.

The boy glanced at me and followed my gaze.

Immediately, he also lowered his head, and the corners of his mouth seemed to move.

It's not funny in the first place, open a shop to do business, and fishmongers come to sell things!

But just now, the boy and I both heard the shopkeeper's address to the fat man, Wang Er!

Now that his name is put together with the things in the cage, the more you think about it, the funnier it gets! "No, that's not good," the shopkeeper shook his head, "and it's not like bigger is better." "The best ones are the smaller ones, you know, commonly known as the horseshoe turtle."

The shopkeeper is a connoisseur.

After some bargaining, it was lower than the price shouted, and the shopkeeper still accepted the basket of soft-shelled turtles.

A diner talked to the boss next to him and said that he would come over in the evening and ask for a bowl of soft-shelled turtle chicken noodle soup.

The soft-shelled turtle is slaughtered and washed and stewed in a casserole with the old hen, adding a series of ingredients such as red dates, wolfberries, angelica, etc., and simmering slowly

A time-consuming one.

"This is what Suzhou City is famous for?" I asked the teenager.

The young man was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so I shook my head and said, "Forget it, it's just a lively look." ”

After this episode, I continued to guard the bridge according to my plan.

It's just that no matter how long you stay, it won't affect people's business, and I and the teenager have stayed longer than the average diner.

If you occupy someone's position again, if the boss doesn't say it, he will definitely slander in his heart.

The sun was receding, and it was still early for dinner, but once again there were fewer pedestrians on the streets.

I finally gave up the idea of waiting any longer, and planned to walk around the eastern boundary of the city with the boy.

He got up and paid, and I picked up a small street with him that we hadn't walked yesterday.

"For you, even if your house is in the east of the city, it's rare to walk around here, right?"

I glanced sideways at the boy and asked him.

"Well, it's usually on horseback, or in a car."

The young man said frankly: "This is the second time that I have walked on the eastern boundary of the city like this. ”

The second time? I was a little late to react to the first time it was yesterday, and it was he who took me around like a headless fly.

"Let me ask you, that Fu steward, is what you said about Ah Fu in the restaurant by the bridge, I heard you right?"

After walking some distance, I pursed my lips and asked the boy out loud.

"Which one?"

"He said that the kidnapper's matter seems to have something to do with a place in Tianyin Pavilion."

I tilted my head and glanced at him and said, "But the place where I live in your house is called Qingyin Pavilion." ”

The boy heard the song and knew the meaning of the song, and he had already guessed what I was going to say.

He said seriously: "Tianyin Pavilion and Qingyin Pavilion, is it strange that they have similar names?" "It's a completely different place." "Xiaoling, how did you come up with it?"

"Xiaoling, you think too much, the difference between one word can be very far."

"Xiaoling, you also heard it at the place where you were eating noodles just now." "That fisherman's name is Wang Er, and he sells Wang Ba, is there any inevitable connection between Wang Er and Wang Ba?"

I never knew this tsundere guy could tell jokes!

But when he said it, his tone was completely serious, so the funny effect was doubled!

It is commonly known as the cold-faced smiler!

I finally couldn't help it and laughed!

I couldn't look at the boy anymore, so I hurried on.

The boy came over and said to me, "Actually, it's not funny. ”

As soon as he said it, laughter rang out again!

I gestured to him to stop and stop talking for a while, lest I laugh again and make me feel embarrassed

The restaurant in the town, a light and comfortable meal, formed a strong contrast with the previous galloping horses.

For a moment, the guards felt that this trip to the town did not seem to be looking for people, but purely for the Lord to relax.

The long-awaited steamed fish arrived.

Tianfang took two bites of chopsticks, put them down and said, "It's not as good as I imagined." ”

The guard nodded approvingly and said, "Lord, it's not as good as what the cooks in our yard in Qibei do." ”

"The day before, I tasted the local specialties of Suzhou at the shop next to the post station, and it was far from it."

After complaining, the guard frowned and said, "You said that if you go to the Northland, I'm afraid it will be more simple." “

Both of them had already eaten enough, and the guard called the young man to settle the bill.

Just like the guy said, because ordering this fish will be a lot more expensive than an ordinary meal. (To be continued......)