Chapter 14: Strange People and Strange Things
Seeing this, Xi Yunzhi walked over and looked at what she bought, only bought one-third of the menu she listed, and they were all stacked with large and light leaf vegetables, only seeing that Cui Ya seemed to be tired and almost tired, she turned out two pears from the vegetable basket, one handed it to Xi Yunzhi, and the other wiped it on her sleeve and ate it.
"Miss, I'm tired of buying vegetables, I saw that these pears were fresh, so I bought two, you eat them quickly, don't show them to other delicious ghosts."
Xi Yunzhi put down the pear with a smile and said, "You eat, I'm not thirsty, I'll go buy the rest of the things back after eating, if you can't lift it, rent a cart and come back." ”
Cuiya looked at Xi Yunzhi while eating pears, and after rolling her eyes a few times, she rolled up her sleeves and took away the pear given to Xi Yunzhi, and the untaming of her back made Xi Yunzhi sigh silently.
was about to turn around, but suddenly there was a jingling bell, Xi Yunzhi followed the sound and looked, only to see a person wearing colorful patch clothes coming out of the back of the wine, and a strangely shaped bell was hung on each patch, and every step he took, the bell on his body followed the sound, which was very eye-catching.
The man still had a huge cloth bag hanging from his waist and a hemp rope in his hand, Xi Yunzhi couldn't help but step forward to take a look, and couldn't help but be startled by the 'thing' he was holding in his hand, this, this is ...... Two people?
Two ragged, dirty, unrecognizable, black and purple people, with thick hemp ropes wrapped around their necks, walked into Xi Yunzhi's shop as if they were leading two dogs.
"Ahh
Having never seen such a terrifying face, Xi Yunzhi couldn't help but take a step back in fright.
"Don't be afraid, girl, I'm on a leash, this is Lao Liu's family?" The man covered in bells brushed away the dirty hair that stood in front of him, revealing to her the same hideous face behind his hair.
Xi Yunzhi swallowed her saliva, and her face was even more pale, because after the man approached, she saw clearly that those bells turned out to be black skulls, and she didn't know what method he used to make these things make such a crisp sound.
"Girl?" When the man saw that she did not speak, he added, "I have come to eat mutton." ”
Xi Yunzhi came back to his senses at this time, and only after making up his mind did he reply:
"Oh, the old Liu family has moved away."
"What?" The man shouted, and there was a shock in Xi Yunzhi's shop, and Zhang Yan rushed out without knowing it, but after seeing the three terrifying objects that suddenly appeared in the store, he screamed and hid back in the back kitchen.
"Lao Tzu came to eat his mutton, how can he move? Lao Tzu trekked through mountains and rivers, drove thousands of miles just to eat his mutton, how could he do this, how could he do this? ”
Xi Yunzhi saw that he was a little crazy, and was thinking about how to persuade him, but saw that the man suddenly brushed away the messy hair in front of him, and smelled everywhere like a hound.
After determining the direction, he actually handed over the two hemp ropes in his hand directly to Xi Yunzhi's hands, and he bent over and sniffed into the back kitchen, Xi Yunzhi had forgotten his surprise, looked at the two hemp ropes in his hands, turned his face again, and met two pairs of empty and desperate eyes, and could barely see that this was a man and a woman, the woman seemed to be dying, and lay down directly on the ground, while the man suddenly crawled to Xi Yunzhi, grabbed her feet, and screamed hoarsely, and the hairs of the people who listened stood on end.
Xi Yunzhi saw him pointing to the teapot on the table, his lips were dry as if they were about to crack, his heart softened, and he couldn't help asking:
"You, you want to drink water?"
"Ah......h
There was another hoarse shout, Xi Yunzhi hurriedly turned around and poured a glass of water, while hesitating, he squatted down boldly, and sent the cup to the man, like a hungry beast snatching its prey, as soon as the water cup was delivered, he snatched it like lightning, trembling his lips and was about to drink water, a colorful long whip pierced between Xi Yunzhi and the man, shattering the cup in the man's hand, and spilling the water on the ground.
I saw the strange man who walked into the back kitchen before, holding a steaming pot with one hand and a whip in the other, and walked out of the back kitchen angrily.
After putting the pot on the counter, without saying a word, he whipped it in the shop and hit the man with a 'crackle'. The man walked on the ground in pain, and the woman who was dying on the ground actually stood up, crawled in front of the man, and blocked him several times.
At that moment, Xi Yunzhi seemed to know why these two people, the female one, seemed to be more seriously injured.
The hoarse shouts of the two shocked Xi Yunzhi's heart, if Zhao Yi and Han Feng were here a few days ago, they could still have some help, but unfortunately today, they didn't come to the shop, Xi Yunzhi had to fight alone, looked at the steaming pot next to him, and had an idea in his head, blurted out:
"Guest officer, do you still want this mutton?"
At the mention of the word 'mutton', the strange man really came to his senses, put away his whip, and walked up to Xi Yunzhi, his head like pounding garlic:
"Yes, of course. Lao Tzu came here with great difficulty, just to eat this meat, and was almost deceived by this girl. ”
Xi Yunzhi saw that his head was still leaning in front of the pot and smelling, looking impatient, although she was scared in her heart, she also pretended to be calm and stretched out her hand to the stranger, and naturally said:
"If you want, pay for it."
The strange man withdrew his coveted halazi and nodded to Xi Yunzhi knowingly: "Ahhhh ”
Seeing that the strange man found a brocade bag from the wide sleeves like lice, the material and pattern of the brocade bag were very gorgeous, which did not match his style, Xi Yunzhi guessed that this must be someone else, and quietly glanced at the two people who were wailing on the ground.
"Thank you for your patronage, five hundred taels." Xi Yunzhi tensed his body, didn't dare to move, and said in a calm voice.
"Oh." The strange man nodded at first, then suddenly raised his head again and shouted, "What? Five hundred taels? ”
The strange man scratched his head and walked around in front of the counter, pointing to the pot of meat and shouting in disbelief: "A pot of meat, you sell me five hundred taels." When did the Liu family's meat sell at this price? ”
Xi Yunzhi was calm: "This is not the meat of the Liu family, this meat is now surnamed Bu, this is the meat of the Bu family, charge you five hundred taels, or for the sake of the face you know Lao Liu." ”
The strange man scratched his ears and cheeks again, but he was forced by Xi Yunzhi to blush, unable to speak, Xi Yunzhi saw him like this, he couldn't help but be a little bolder, and raised his voice to the strange man with a straight face and said:
"This guest officer, do you buy it or not?"
The strange man was forced to scratch his head, jump straight to his feet, and finally pointed at Xi Yunzhi and shouted: "You are a black shop." A pot of meat sells for five hundred taels, are you crazy for me, or are you crazy? ”
Xi Yunzhi's face did not change, and he shouted loudly after his voice: "Do you care if I sell a pot of meat for five hundred taels or five thousand taels, do I force you to buy it?" This is the meat in my store, I am the shopkeeper, if you don't give money, I won't sell it, even if you sue the yamen! ”
“……”
There was a dead silence in the huge restaurant, Xi Yunzhi had never spoken so loudly, after finishing speaking, he felt that his eardrums were hot and hot, Zhang Yan hid behind the curtain in the back kitchen and peeked, and was also stunned by Xi Yunzhi's desperate courage, and the strange man's face was even redder, his eyes were as big as copper bells, but he didn't reach out to grab it.
Seeing him like this, Xi Yunzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and held the mutton pot in front of the stranger, and said in a normal tone:
"There is another way, I happen to be short of manpower in the store, you two slaves are not bad, leave them behind, this pot of meat will be given to you, you want to eat it in the future, even if you come, I won't charge you money, how about it?"
“……”
The strange man stared at Xi Yunzhi with scrutinizing eyes for a long time, and Xi Yunzhi's heart went up and down, and after a long time, he saw that as soon as he stomped his feet, the green bricks on the ground cracked more than a dozen pieces, and the strange man picked up the hemp rope on the ground, and led the man and woman away from the shop without looking back.
Zhang Yan saw the strange man leaving from behind the curtain, so he dared to come out, just like that, he was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he gave Xi Yunzhi a thumbs up while holding on to the table, just so bold at her, he shouldn't question her method of selling chickens.
Where is this woman selling chickens, she is simply selling her life!
In the evening, when the husband came back late, Xi Yunzhi fried two or three side dishes, and scalded a pot of wine and waited for him in the room.
Bu Qin pushed the door and saw her sitting in the candlelight, holding her chin with one hand, her appearance was indescribably delicate, her lowered eyes seemed to be thinking about something, she immediately came back to her senses when she heard him push the door, stood up and greeted her, he touched her soft and smooth cheeks, this is the latest action he likes in the past two days, I only feel that the touch of her cheeks is more delicate and tender than that of a child, which makes people love it.
While pouring wine for her husband, she told her husband what happened in the shop during the day, and her husband listened to it with a wine glass, and Xi Yunzhi put a chopstick eggplant in his bowl before he came back to his senses.
Xi Yunzhi made a minced eggplant tonight, a steamed egg with shiitake mushrooms, a shrimp tofu, and a bowl of green vegetable tofu soup, there are many things that the husband doesn't like to eat, but he has a soft spot for eggplant, Xi Yunzhi touched his preferences a few times, and now he finally has some eyebrows, and he can't help but be happy, Bu Qin saw her smiling on the side, so he sent his wine glass to Xi Yunzhi's mouth and fed her a small sip in person.
Xi Yunzhi felt a little spicy, Bu Qin pursed the corners of his mouth, and sent another bite of shrimp into her mouth, which eased the hot spiciness, I don't know if it was because of the wine or the cough, Xi Yunzhi's cheeks were ruddy, and he looked like he had a different kind of attractive elegance.
Bu Qin smiled and poured another cup for Xi Yunzhi, Xi Yunzhi half-pushed and half-siped, and the candlelight reflected the two of them intertwined with each other, which was different and warm.