CHAPTER 40

That restaurant doesn't have a name.

It is built on the top of the mountain, two rows of green bamboos are planted in front of the door, and the gray-white courtyard wall is built according to the style of the south of the Yangtze River.

Yuichi Fujisawa told me that the owner of the place is a chef who cooks Chinese food, but he himself is a native of Kyoto.

I love it here, so I often come over with Yuichi Fujisawa to dine, there is no menu here, but you can eat the most authentic Niel dishes.

But I know that this is not a casual restaurant.

Although I was apprehensive when I took Qin Chuan up the mountain, I pretended to be calm on the surface. In the front yard, we were greeted by Mr. Li, who was familiar with each other, who was dressed up in Wei and Jin today, and when he was facing me, the mountain breeze blew through the wide sleeves, bringing out a burst of cold plum fragrance.

"Gui'an, Mrs. Fujisawa, I've been waiting for you for a long time." He ushered me in and said in Chinese, "There is a banquet in the back of the mountain today, if you don't mind, please allow me to arrange a table for you." ”

I didn't speak. He continued: "You booked a single room, but early this morning, my husband suddenly became interested in hosting a banquet, so he canceled the private room service. If you don't want to sit at the table, I can only ask you to come again another day, and I hope you can fulfill my husband's willfulness today. ”

I didn't reserve a seat here, so the ...... who booked a seat It's Yuichi Fujisawa.

"These rich people, who want to meet in private, where is the appointment bad, and they want to come to the workplace where so many people are coming?" Aunt Clean's words flashed through her mind.

"Susu?" Qin Chuan called me from the side, "If you mind, let's change places?" ”

"No...... I don't mind. I said to Mr. Lee, "Please lead the way." ”

I've been here many times, but I didn't know there was a back mountain. Passing through the courtyard, and going around the back door, you can start to see some natural forms of large and small stones, green like a velvet carpet paved, and then go deeper, you can see a high stone wall, under the wall winding out of a looping curved canal, the canal on both sides of the scattered dozen tables and low tables, guests sit around the canal, talking and laughing.

I was silent for a moment, feeling that this scene was familiar.

At this moment, a red lacquered round tray floated from the end of the canal, and the tray trembled on the surface of the water, occasionally hitting the wall of the canal, and was pushed downstream. After the tray stopped moving, the waiter who was close to the place, dressed as an ancient maid, immediately got up, dragged the tray from the water, took out the lacquerware wine cup placed on the tray, and respectfully presented it to the guest at the table in charge of him.

The old lady handed the cup to her husband, and the gray-haired old man took it with a smile, got up and drank it in one gulp, and then chanted a waka: "The smoke and grass are blurred, and the flowing water is silent." He paused, bowed to the sides, and said with a smile, "I've changed the haiku of my ancestors to make you laugh." ”

The guests clapped their hands in unison, and his wife, who sat next to him, looked at him with loving eyes, and the two clasped hands together.

This is...... Flowing water.

Qin Chuan and I glanced at each other.

Mr. Lee continued to show us the way, whispering, "When the glass stops at your table, you just drink it all and recite a poem." ”

Qin Chuan sat down and took the towel from the maid's hand. His eyes were full of eagerness: "That...... Someone else's poems are okay too? ”

Mr. Li smiled and replied, "Yes." The flowing water banquet is not intended to embarrass the guests, but only hopes that you can have a good time. ”

He completed his task, saluted us one by one, and quietly withdrew.

The maids put the small plates on the table one by one, and looking at the delicate food, I just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible......

After eating in silence for a while, Qin Chuan seemed to be unable to stand it, and held up his chopsticks to educate me: "I said you, it's still like this after so long ...... Why are you so entangled? Wouldn't it be nice to have fun? ”

"I was scared to see you so excited. ”

"Heyβ€”" He held his heart in an exaggerated gesture, complaining like a deep woman who had been waiting for hundreds of years, "For most of the past six months, I have been thinking about my sister Susu all the time! ”

I calmly said, "Thank you, can you eat well?" ”

"Tsk, it's not interesting." He spat out and said, "If you hadn't met me today, you would have come over for dinner alone?" ”

I looked up and cast my doubts at him.

"I heard it all, the Mr. Li who just led the way doesn't care what your name is, Mrs." He leaned closer, "Hey, really broke up?" ”

"You're ...... again"

"I said," he snatched my head, "looking at the service here, this meal is not cheap." Anyway, it's not your position, so you don't have to pay for it. Let's eat his last meal. ”

"Brother, you really think too much."

"Shh He said, "Do you think the pallet for this round can stop in front of us?" ”

From a distance, the lacquered wooden tray floated all the way closer and closer to us, and finally, in front of everyone's eyes, it stopped beside Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan took the wine cup from the maid's hand, and he patted me on the shoulder: "It's my turn, come, laugh, be happy." Don't forget to give me a round of applause! ”

Qin Chuan got up, raised his head and drank the wine, his face was immediately dyed red, he smacked his tongue, and said, "Hmm...... Is this fruit wine? ”

Laughter rang out from the crowd.

He held his forehead, and his every move was as exaggerated as if he was performing a stage play.

"But I feel like I'm going to get drunk...... Well, it's all because of this beautiful young lady next to me! In the midst of his laughter, he threw me a wink.

When I wanted to dig a hole in the ground and hide it, he continued: "So, here today, I will recite a poem of love to this young lady!" ”

Oh my God, this guy is drunk, isn't he?

I sat back and let his tall body block me, and I secretly reached out and pulled his trouser leg and whispered, "Don't make a fuss!" ”

But he bent down to hold my hand and cleared his throat, his eyes shining with infinite affection. He sang out loud: "Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan is not a cloud." Take the second flower bush lazy review, half of the edge of the cultivation and half of the king. ”

There was silence all around, and in the awkward silence he tossed the wine cup back to the tray, and he ...... There was a wine burp. This hiccup made the guests present wake up from a dream, and they finally remembered to send a belated, unwilled applause to Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan leaned against a stone behind him and asked me, "How is it?" ”

I wiped my mouth and said something against my heart to him, "Well, that's good. Low turn tactful, 100 turn 1000 turns. ”

He looked at me and smiled. He lowered his voice: "Susu, if it's your turn in the next round, give me a reply." ”

I'm sure he's drunk.

I was stunned and said, "Are you drunk?" Let's go down, I have to go to work in the afternoon. ”

He closed his eyes and muttered, "I...... I ......" he sighed, opened his eyes, and held out his hand to me, "I can't walk steadily, you have to hold me." ”

How did I not know this man had this face?

"You wait a minute, I'll go check out."

I lied, it's a membership system, and the pending order is paid monthly.

As I walked towards the front yard, I met Mr. Li in a wide-sleeved shirt and I stopped him and asked him to call a taxi for me and put the drunk gentleman who was traveling with me into the car.

"Where should I send that gentleman?"

"Wherever he says he goes, he will send it." I said, "Is it too late to make a dinner reservation now?" ”

"Tonight...... I'm afraid it won't work. Mr. Li looked embarrassed.

As we were talking, a wide-sleeved maid came down from the private room upstairs with a plate, and as we passed, she stopped to greet Mr. Li: "Mr. Li, Mr. Fujisawa's dishes have all been served." ”

Mr. Li and I froze at the same time. I heard that last name, and what about him? What is he for?

I think, I get it.

I stiffened my back, restrained the thought of looking up at the private room, and then smiled briskly at Mr. Li: "Since that's the case, then I won't force it." Don't bother Mr. Li to help me send my friend, I'll send him back myself. ”

Mr. Li took good care of him, and before sending Qin Chuan to the car, he also gave him sobering medicine. I didn't know where to go, so I asked the driver to just drive forward, Qin Chuan slept all the way by his side, and the first thing he said to me when he woke up was: "I'm just drunk, do you look like a mourner?" ”

I gave him a blank look, and when the car went to Hankyu Department Store, Qin Chuan stopped the car.

"If you're not happy, just go shopping, what do you like, my brother will buy it for you!"

On this day, I swept almost the entire Hankyu Department Store. The clerk of the department store respectfully surrounded me, and it was the first time I had seen such a long shopping list, and when the cashier scanned the code, the sound of the machine was short, powerful and long-lasting.

Qin Chuan was crying beside me with a sad face, he wailed in Chinese, and his voice changed tone: "Hey! Miss! Grandma! I can't afford to pay! Can you afford it? I'm not going to jail with you, am I? I haven't graduated yet! ”

I calmly drank my coffee and pulled out a black card from my bag. I haven't looked at it properly, let alone used it, since the day I got it.

I now know that when it swipes through the machine, the sound it makes is as short as when it scans a barcode. The cashier unfolded the shopping list and placed the last page in front of me, and I calmly signed my name on it.

"Miss Su, do I need to help you send it home?"

"No need, I'll send someone to pick it up tomorrow." I said, picking up my bag and walking out of the department store. When Dongshan, who was waiting at the door, to open the car door for me, I found that Qin Chuan was following me, following in unison.

"Need to send you?" I say.

He shook his head.

"That'...... Good bye. I waved at him.

He didn't say anything and waved goodbye to me.

I sat in the car and breathed a sigh of relief. How glad he is to be silent today.

I leaned back on the comfortable cushions in the back seat, and a feeling of weakness and burnout swept over me. Outside the car window, Kyoto had entered the night, and Higashiyama played a soft tune, and I listened carefully, recalling the poem that Qin Chuan read during the meal.

Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud.

Take the second flower bush lazy review, half of the edge of the cultivation and half of the king.

The neon lights outside the car fell on me, and I was in front of a riot of colors. When I closed my eyes, I was reminded of Yuichi Fujisawa's face.

Except for Wushan, it is not the clouds, it is me.

Take the second flower bush lazy review, also me.