In the hall on the ground floor of the inn, several people gathered around the table cast their eyes together.

The lights were shining, and from the angle from which I was standing, the light and shadow on their faces were as bright as darkness, but their eyes were very consistent.

The eyes that looked at me were all a little inquisitive.

Guests in the dead of night who can't sleep and walk around?

After a few seconds of hesitation, I gave up on leaving.

I think since the three of them have seen me, what are they bothering about?

Before I came out of the house I was living in, I had a very high probability of bumping into someone in the inn.

It's even more awkward to walk away at this time, not only that, but I'm also wearing men's clothes!

The clothes I am wearing right now seem to represent who I am at this time.

How can there be a man who is so restrained and avoids people when he sees them?

It's unheard of, and it's not a bad thing!

I stood still and adjusted my mood and gave myself a little time to buffer.

Then, I generously stepped forward and said hello to the three of them.

I only glanced at the stranger, and I knew I was right.

This man was the same man I met on the street when I left the inn this evening.

I almost bumped into him, and I felt apprehensive when I saw him approach the inn.

I was impressed when I saw this face, because he was the first person I noticed carefully on the streets of Nanhua Town.

His temperament is similar to the person I saw in the deep alleys of Suzhou.

I can ignore him. His eyes swept over the young man at the inn, and he asked the eldest shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, are you still on duty in the inn at night?" ”

"It's so late at night. Aren't you going back to rest? ”

Hearing this, the innkeeper nodded at me.

His expression was soothing, and he said in an extremely gentle tone: "It's not that the thief is stealing it, don't dare to be careless!" ”

"I've been up several times the last few nights," the shopkeeper continued, after a pause, "and I didn't do anything." Just take a look around the inn and look around, for fear that the thief will come again. ”

"The last time he came, it happened. You know all about it, right? ”

The shopkeeper asked me.

I pursed my lips, looked at the young man's expression, and nodded to the shopkeeper in response: "I've heard it all, it's really eye-opening." ”

"There are more people staying at the inn today than in the past few days. I dare not be negligent. “

The shopkeeper glanced in the direction of the wooden staircase. There were only four of us in the hall, and no other customers came down.

He said in a light tone: "Among the guests who came today, a few of them are still doing business, and I'm worried that their things won't be able to see it!" ”

"I told him at first, I told him to pay attention tonight."

The shopkeeper glanced at the young man, paused and continued, "But I still feel worried when I think about it, and I can't sleep in the room." Simply get up. ”

The shopkeeper smiled helplessly, lowered his head and said, "I lost something in the inn." If something happens, how can we say that we also have an inseparable responsibility! ”

What he said made sense, but I'm a person, and it's easy to shift my thoughts, and when I listen to it, I think of something else!

I stared at the innkeeper for a while, tilted my head and said, "Your inn is not small, I have seen the rooms upstairs, and they can accommodate a lot of people." "According to the size of the inn," I said to him after thinking about it, "Could it be that there is no one in Nanhua Town to work at the inn?" ”

My subtext is that he doesn't have enough people here, so how can he deal with the large number of customers?

My focus is not on what they call thieves, and I've wanted to ask that for a long time!

Because I went in and out of the inn, I didn't see any other people, so I couldn't help but feel curious.

I even had another thought in my head, was it because there were too few people in the inn that thieves had no fear?

When they meet in the middle of the night, since they don't sleep, it is easier to open the conversation.

As a questioner, I feel that it is natural, and the answer can feel more natural.

The shopkeeper looked back at me and hesitated for a few seconds, as if he was thinking about my words.

In an instant, he smiled and said, "There is nothing to hide, it is indeed affected by the war, and we didn't have so few people here before." ”

"When the number of people is the largest, the number of people living in the inn is also one of the best in Nanhua Town."

This is easy to understand, because of the complementary relationship, there are more guests in the hotel, and there are more guys in the store!

On the contrary, it is like the cold situation I see now.

A worried look appeared on the innkeeper's face, but it disappeared in an instant.

His tone sounded very calm: "Since the north said that there was going to be a war, several people in the inn who were originally doing things have returned to their hometowns. ”

My heart fluttered, and I looked at him for a few moments.

"During this time, the number of guests staying in the town has decreased significantly."

The innkeeper's tone was quite calm when he spoke, and he didn't seem to care too much about it.

But I watched the details, and I could see the doorway through his trembling hand resting on the table.

There are some things he doesn't want to show his emotions too much, he is the owner of the inn, and it is always difficult to be in front of the guests

I could tell from his reaction that the war in the Northland was still affected!

My experience in Suzhou is not deep in Nanhua Town, Suzhou is a large place, and it is the largest place between Sealand and Northland.

Suzhou City is mixed, Wang Shi did not choose to stay in Suzhou, although the atmosphere in the city is also a little weird, but the business has not been affected.

The flow of people is incomparable to the small town of Nanhua.

Even when I went to the time-honored store in the west of the city with Yuan Bao and the guard, I saw that the store was full of people.

The time-honored restaurants attract so many customers from the north and south, and there is a regular source of local customers.

A scene where business is booming. It is easy for people to put aside their worries before the war and indulge in the lively atmosphere in Suzhou City.

The people around did not feel anxious and worried about the war in the north.

Walk among those people. Before you know it, you are assimilated and become indifferent.

Listening to the shopkeeper at this moment, knowing that he knows the inside story, he must be telling the truth.

My eyes were on the shopkeeper of the inn, at least about the flow of customers, no one knew it better than him!

Listening to him, I felt something. His gaze immediately turned to another person.

The guy who reminded me happened to be sitting across from me.

As if guessing my question, the innkeeper explained to me: "His home is in a village near Nanhua, so he didn't leave." Stay and continue to help out. ”

The innkeeper also mentioned to me: "There is another master in our big kitchen who is in the same village as him, one lives at the entrance of the village, and the other lives at the end of the village. ”

"I see." I blinked. The Word of Understanding. "No wonder!"

I turned my eyes away and lowered my head and thought about it, if all strangers were working in this inn, I was afraid that as soon as the war in the north started, I would have to run away.

Nonsense, who wants to stay in a dangerous place when they are not sure whether the war will spread or not?!

In that case, the shopkeeper will probably have to close for the time being!

Not even a permanent closure!

I thought in my heart, and unconsciously lowered my head, and the little guy opposite was stared at by me for a while. Somewhat uncomfortable.

It didn't take long for him to get up and walk away. After a while, it turned back again.

He had an extra plate in his hand with several pieces of pastry on it, and he brought it to rest on the table, smiling at me in a friendly way.

It seems that when I came out of Suzhou City, the most polite person I met was the shopkeeper of the inn where I was temporarily staying and his little buddy.

I was a little touched in my heart and smiled at him in return.

I suddenly remembered Wu Yu, I was afraid that she was on the ship at this time, on the big ship to Xilanan.

I wonder if Wu Yu will also meet someone as amiable as the innkeeper on the way to Xilanan?

With such a hearty personality, luck is never too bad!

The shopkeeper pointed to the snack, looked at me, and motioned for me to eat.

He turned to the other stranger and smiled, "Take the light of this little brother, you can taste it too." “

The man silently picked up a piece of snack, and I don't know how to describe the way he ate it, it was like chewing wax!

The slightest expression on his face is not revealed, which makes people wonder if the dim sum he put in his mouth is very unpalatable!

The young man gestured to me.

I retracted my thoughts and looked away at the shopkeeper inexplicably, not understanding the meaning of what the shopkeeper had just said. "My stinky boy likes to eat this."

The shopkeeper sighed, stared at the opposite wall, and then spoke for a long time, his tone kind.

"They live in a house in their hometown in the countryside, not in Nanhua Town."

I was stunned and looked at him with a blank expression, and I reacted in a few moments.

Hey, it's cold, and the thinking is slow, and those who know it are not to blame! "Thank you." I picked up a piece of snack and whispered.

The shopkeeper's eyes are also kind, and they are indeed the eyes of the elders looking at their children.

Although I wore a men's dress and my face was "dressed" by myself, it seemed to him that it was still more pleasing to the eye.

As soon as I took my mouth, my eyes widened, it was definitely an illusion just now, or the stranger who ate it had a taste problem.

I quickly ate one piece, then the second one, and remembered that there was someone in front of me, so I quickly retracted my hand.

I lowered my head in embarrassment, a little embarrassed.

The shopkeeper saw my actions, and he suddenly smiled at me: "It's okay, let's eat, see that you are from a foreign land, you must have never tasted the best dim sum in Nanhua Town." “

So, I blushed, and it would be hypocritical to excuse myself.

I continued to deal with the snacks on the table, and instead of reacting to me, the stranger got up and prepared to leave.

He gestured to the shopkeeper and did not speak.

I noticed that as he left, he walked up the wooden staircase and turned his head to look at me with some scrutiny.

His deep eyes came as cold as knives, and I knew that the meaning was not necessarily good.

I caught a glimpse of the man's expression

The shopkeeper watched me eat and said a few words to me in a kind tone.

It's nothing more than some homely words, such as where to go after passing through Nanhua.

He was stunned when he heard me clearly state that I was going to the Northlands.

The shopkeeper looked at me and asked, "Why do you have to go to the north, little brother, when you run to the south?" "My family is over there," I whispered, muttering.

Actually, I didn't say anything, my family is on their way to the Northlands, and it's the same as me.

At this time, it should be the closest to the boundary of Nanhua Town, and it is not surprising that it is staying in the nearby mountains.

The young man went and returned, this time with a pot of hot tea.

I remember what I saw on the promenade, the big kitchen in the backyard was darkly lit, and I couldn't figure out how the young man's hot tea came out in a tricky way.

Is it possible to make tea on a fire in a short period of time?

Confused, I took the tea he had poured for me, and looked closely around the lobby to notice that there seemed to be some heat churning next to the ledger.

I couldn't help but stand up and take a look, there was a small red clay stove in the corner of the wall, and the tea he brought me was boiling there!

The view was blocked before, and I didn't see it, so I had the previous doubt.

I took a sip of tea, stopped moving, and looked at the shopkeeper suspiciously.

What's going on with this tea?

The shopkeeper saw my reaction and asked in surprise, "Is the tea here not the right one?" ”

"No, shopkeeper, this tea seems to be"

I paused, hesitated and didn't continue, I really wanted to ask him how he could have tea that was close to the taste of the tea I tasted in the east courtyard of the Yuwen family's city.

It seems that an inn in Nanhua Town has no chance of contacting the tea garden of the Yuwen family compared to the teahouse in Suzhou City!

However, once I have tasted it, it is impossible for me to be wrong when I taste it a second time.

I felt that I couldn't ask directly, it was too abrupt, so I had to swallow the words back, and said to the innkeeper quite tactfully: "This tea tastes excellent, I think." ”

The innkeeper was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "You can still taste it." ”

I was silent for a moment, then looked up at him and said, "Yes, I can taste it." ”

"I'll tell you the truth, little brother, this tea still has a bit of a history."

The shopkeeper deliberately bought a pass, and stopped talking.

I knew he was going to lead me to ask, so I looked at him and asked curiously, "What is the origin?" ”

"Tell me more about it, and I'll hear it."

The shopkeeper paused and whispered to me, "I have a friend who lives in Suzhou. ”

"He lives in Beilang Mountain in Suzhou."

As soon as the shopkeeper said this, I suddenly had a plan in my heart, but I remembered that Yuanbao had said to me in a positive tone about the matter of tea, and the Yuwen family was very strict.

Nanhua Town is some distance from Suzhou, are they sure that they can hide the Yuwen family from the secret line? (To be continued.) )