Chapter Forty-Eight: Ackham
Duanyue carefully echoed every word he said in his head, but he didn't expect the shopkeeper of this nonsense restaurant to be a master. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info If it's convenient on any day, you really want to know it.
Cuiguo sat on the side of Duanyue, she looked around with fear on her face, and the people in the store were all sitting in exotic clothes, but the two of them sat in the middle of it looking very different. Seeing others looking at herself like this, Cuiguo pulled Duanyue's sleeve in a panic and whispered in her ear.
"County Lord, how these individuals are looking at us, it makes me panic."
Duanyue looked around, and indeed the people on the side were looking at the two, but it was not as scary as Cuiguo said, and others were just curious. Indeed, it is very strange for two Han girls to be in a Uighur restaurant.
Ignoring the gazes of those individuals, she picked up a plate of roast lamb that had just been brought to her and put it in her mouth very comfortably. The baked crispy and fragrant sheepskin, the soft glutinous mouth full of fat when you bite into it, and Duanyue shakes her head with satisfaction. This taste is what she has missed day and night over the years, not to mention this dish, even if it is a whole roast lamb, she can eat it now.
But Cuiguo took a bite and put down her chopsticks, looking at the remaining half of the mutton at a loss. She forced a smile and chewed two bites before swallowing. Duanyue turned her head and saw her such a tangled little expression at a glance.
"Not to your taste?" She asked bluntly.
Cuiguo looked embarrassed, but just shook her head and smiled dryly. "The taste is delicious, but it's just ...... The Uighurs eat differently than we do, and I can't stand the smell of these spices. So if a good mutton is stewed or braised in a pot, it must be better than this. ”
Her voice was a little loud, and the few guests around who were close to the seats swept the two of them without kindness, and the frightened Cuiguo hurriedly put the remaining mutton into her mouth, and swallowed it before she even had time to chew it. "Strange! The first bite feels unsurprising, but the second bite is more and more fragrant! What a stupid thing I just said! After that, he laughed twice, and his face turned red.
Duanyue didn't care about her hypocrisy, she concentrated on tasting the delicacies in front of her, looking at these "friends" who she hadn't seen for many years, she was a big index finger, and she was not dignified as a woman.
"Oops! It's this guy again! In the hall where singing and dancing was incessant, a displeased voice came from the door. Duanyue's seat was right opposite the door, and she subconsciously glanced over and saw that it was Xiao Er who was welcoming the two of them in.
He clenched his hands into fists, his face was clouded, and he looked angrily and helplessly at the person who had fallen to the ground. If it hadn't moved, Duanyue really wouldn't have seen that it was a person, but would have just been treated as a pile of black, gray, and brown ragged linen. Xiao Er's tone seemed to be very familiar with this person for a long time.
The man who fell to the ground stretched out a hand with difficulty to hold Xiao Er's leg, so frightened that he immediately kicked him away vigorously, and took a few steps back in fear of avoiding it. He dusted off the trouser leg that he had touched with disgust, for fear that the man's hands would stain him.
Cuiguo looked at Duanyue's gaze and frowned involuntarily when she saw the man who fell to the ground. "I don't know where the beggar came from, so let's get rid of it."
Duanyue squinted at the disgusted Cuiguo, and returned her gaze to the man lying on the ground. Listen to his unconscious moans, muttered with a few Uighur words. Duanyue raised her eyebrows, and subconsciously pricked up her ears to listen to what the man said.
It was a man who could be identified by his voice, but his voice was hoarse, and it was impossible to tell whether he was young or old. But the word "food" has been repeated in his intermittent words, and seeing him look so depressed and pitiful, he must be hungry.
The little second ruthlessly let people put him out, listening to the sound that came and went at that time drifting away little by little, it can be seen that he was dragged away. Duanyue waved lightly at Xiao Er, who was about to leave, and beckoned him.
"What does the girl need?" He greeted him with a smile and walked quickly to the table.
Duanyue pointed to the door and asked Xiao Er. "Who is the man who fell in the doorway? It seems that I often come to hear what you say. ”
Xiao Er let out an innocent "oh". "That's just a bum, just want to come and beg for food, the girl doesn't have to care."
"But what I heard him say was a Uighur? Isn't this nonsense restaurant for the Uighurs? ”
Xiao Er snorted and laughed, as if he had heard something interesting. "What the girl said is indeed true, but after all, we are running a restaurant, and this interest is the first thing, so we can't give porridge to people like Shantang."
"That's right, you don't have to take this city full of homeless people to heart." Cuiguo nodded after hearing this, expressing her agreement with Xiao Er's statement.
Listening to Xiao Er's statement, Duanyue only felt very ironic. said that he wanted to give some comfort to those who were in a foreign land, but in fact, he was just a number one vendor. Duanyue shook her head and continued to eat the food in the bowl, but after chewing it a few times, she felt tasteless, and she lost the surprise of the first bite.
"When you're full, let's go back!" As soon as the words came out, Cuiguo's eyes lit up, as if she wanted to leave this place early, and she hurriedly and actively called Xiao Er to settle the bill. Although Duanyue looked at the remaining dishes on the table and felt a little pity, she still picked up a handkerchief and wiped her mouth and left.
The two walked out of the Huyan Restaurant, the sun shook Duanyue's eyes, and she involuntarily raised her hand to cover the sun. Coincidentally, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of a figure wearing a straw mat in the corner, which seemed to be the rogue man in the Hu Yan Restaurant. Duanyue couldn't help but look at it twice, but Cuiguo hurriedly urged her to leave quickly.
Apparently she saw the man too. "County Lord, hurry up, those aliens are very fierce." When Cuiguo said this, she was afraid that she had forgotten that Duanyue also had half Uighur blood.
She hesitated, took out a silver ingot the size of a fingernail from her waist and handed it to Cuiguo, gesturing the homeless man with her eyes. "If you hand him this, it can be regarded as a good deed for me. There have been so many things happening in the past few days, and I myself am restless, so I still have to be superstitious when necessary. ”
"This ...... That's a bit too much, isn't it? Cuiguo felt the weight of the palm of her hand, and her face was a little stretched. Although such a small ingot of silver is nothing for the rich and noble, it is also a lot of money for the average person, at least it can live a week with a lot of fish and meat, and if you save some, you can survive it in a month.
She clutched the silver and felt reluctant. However, due to Duanyue's order, he did not dare to disobey, so he had to walk in front of the man step by step and reluctantly throw the silver in front of him.
"This is what my county lord saw as pitiful to you, hurry up and accept it!"
The man looked up with great difficulty, and his dirty face could not be seen at all. He looked at the silver on the ground, and then at the emerald fruit, and actually turned his head very stubbornly and refused to accept it, which made the homeless man who was pointing at the emerald fruit angry to read it angrily. "I'm kind to you, you still put on such a look, and you have the ability to show Lord Yama this look!"
"Cuiguo!" Duanyue had been paying attention to the movement here, and finally couldn't help but stop it. "You don't look at you so arrogantly, if it were me, then I would rather starve to death than have you eaten." She walked quickly to the two of them, crouched down and picked up the silver from the ground and handed it to the man.
The man still turned his head away, unwilling to take care of Duanyue. Seeing him look so determined, Duanyue secretly wondered in her heart, but seeing that he was hungry and had a slight spasm, she still handed him the silver and said patiently in Uighur. "Take it, survival is the most important thing."
The man didn't expect Duanyue to speak Uighur, and was stunned for a moment. He glanced at Duanyue in surprise, his eyes involuntarily fell on the silver, the desire and hesitation in his eyes were intertwined wildly, like a person who had not touched the nectar for many days, and his throat was already itching and rolling up and down.
Duanyue was just in time to persuade in Uighur again. "How about giving me a chance to be a good person, please?"
The man didn't hesitate at this time, he immediately took the silver ingot in Duanyue's hand, Duanyue, who was so powerful, thought that he was going to grab his hand, which looked like a person who hadn't eaten for many days.
Seeing that he finally accepted this favor, Duanyue was also a matter of relief, so he stood up straight and wanted to leave. The man hurriedly half-knelt up, holding the ground with one hand, and grabbing the hem of her skirt with the other, almost tripping Duanyue over.
"Oops! You are a person, the county lord has taken pity on you, why are you still pulling and pulling like this and not letting go. Isn't it because you don't have enough to give? Cuiguo pursed her lips and looked at the man, but she only dared to stand on the side with her hands tied, for fear that the man would do more.
The man shook his head desperately, opened his dry cracked lips, and looked at Duanyue very urgently. "I ...... My name is Akehan......" He spoke fluent Chinese, and Duanyue hurriedly turned his head to look at Akehan. So you can speak Chinese? Still speaking so fluently? What are you going to do in the morning?
As if deceived, Duanyue hurriedly tugged at the hem of her skirt and pulled it out of Ackhan's palm, pushing it back a few steps like a frightened rabbit. "Emerald fruit! Isn't there anything else going on, let's go quickly! With that, he hurriedly pulled the emerald fruit and ran away quickly, leaving Akehan, who was holding the silver like a statue and watching Duanyue's departing back.