The shopkeeper was stunned and a little surprised.

The rules of Qingfeng Building, entering the store is a guest, no matter who comes in, the store must give the guests a feeling of being at home, and there must be no behavior of disliking the poor and loving the rich.

That being said, Qingfeng Lou is a famous restaurant in Kyoto after all, with a high-end atmosphere and expensive food, ordinary people will only look at it when they pass by, and it is impossible for them to really run in to eat.

Therefore, it is extremely rare for a cloth like Qin Xiao to enter the store.

Although the shopkeeper was polite on his face, he still felt a little contempt in his heart, not to mention that the young man in cloth also came in with a boat lady.

In the eyes of Kyoto people, the boat girls are the lowest group of people.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it was quite enlightened, and after the current saint ascended the throne, not only did there appear female officials in the palace, but also the people's constraints on women were also lifted a lot, at least there would be women in and out of the restaurant and tea shop, at first it was a little strange in the eyes of people, but after a long time, it was adapted.

However, in the eyes of some literati, it is unruly for women to show their heads, and the boat girls who support boats in the river to solicit passengers are actually not much different from those geisha in the music workshop.

"Guest, those four dishes are the town's delicacies." The shopkeeper didn't smile: "The four dishes add up, not even the drinks, but also more than 20 taels of silver, the guests, you ..... Isn't that a thought about it? ”

Qin Xiao was clothed, and the shopkeeper really couldn't think of where this young man would get the money later.

Qin Xiao was calm, but Qiu Niang was taken aback.

She worked hard in the river, and at most she earned ten taels of silver a year, and these dishes cost twenty taels of silver, which was her salary for two years, and she couldn't help but blurt out: "Why is it so expensive?" ”

"West Lake vinegar fish is the first dish in our store, to ensure that it is fresh fatty fish from Qiantang West Lake, after the salvage, immediately send someone to Kyoto, this way to spend a lot of manpower and material resources." The shopkeeper explained with a smile on his face: "The second dish is steamed bear paws, which are caught from the mountains by blind bears, and they are genuine. The third dish you want is stir-fried swan tongue, this plate....! ”

"It's all written that I'm literate." Qin Xiao had already interrupted: "Did I ask you to explain?" ”

The guy at the store was stunned, a little unhappy, and he didn't want to have a seizure, but he just said, "Then the guest still wants these four dishes?" ”

"You didn't understand?" Qin Xiao was not polite, and naturally saw that the guy in the store was arrogant in his bones: "Four dishes, one for each course, you don't need me to say it again, right?" ”

The shopkeeper didn't say much, turned around and left.

Qiu Niang leaned forward, approached Qin Xiao and said, "The food here is so expensive, we don't have to do this, let's go home and eat, right?" ”

"The dishes have been ordered, let's just wait." Qin Xiao picked up the teapot, poured a glass of water for Qiu Niang, and asked, "By the way, do you want to drink?" There is a lot of wine in it, there should indeed be good wine, why don't we drink two glasses? ”

Qiu Niang hadn't spoken yet, but she heard a person on the side laugh and said, "Brother Kodoshi, I found a strange thing in the countryside a while ago, have you heard of it?" ”

"Oh?" The person on the other side was very cooperative: "Brother Zhushan, what is the strange thing you are talking about?" ”

Brother Zhushan said with a smile: "There is a village, the people are simple, there is a farmer working in the field, I saw two people passing by the roadside, only the back was seen, but from the back, the two people were short in stature, and their walking movements were very strange. He was very strange, so he asked the person next to him what the two men were from. ”

"Oh?" Brother Komaeda asked, "What is the way that came from?" ”

"The man next to him was an old man, and he had seen a lot of things, and he only looked at them, and then laughed, and said that those two were not people, but two monkeys." Brother Zhushan said: "It turns out that there are two monkeys on the nearby mountain, one male and one female, who like to learn the posture of walking, and that day they stole people's clothes and put them on, pretending to walk in front of people. But a monkey is a monkey after all, and although the dress changes, the temperament cannot be changed. ”

Brother Komozhi laughed and said, "Brother Zhushan is talking about the monkey and the crown." ”

Many people on the side immediately burst into laughter.

Qiu Niang is very smart, the story told by Brother Zhushan is clearly mocking herself and Qin Xiao, she is annoyed in her heart, she glared at Brother Zhushan fiercely, Brother Zhushan laughed even more, and said: "The old man said that the two monkeys who were crowned by the monkey Mu Monkey, the two monkeys were very angry, and the mother monkey grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and threw it at the old man, which made him angry again." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the others had not laughed out loud, but they heard a "bang", and a pot of wine on Brother Zhushan's table was smashed by something, and the wine splashed on the table.

Brother Zhushan and the others were all startled, got up suddenly, looked around, and said loudly: "Who is it?" Who is it? Stand up for me. ”

Qin Xiao had already gotten up, walked over, and said with a smile: "It's me." ”

"You?" Brother Zhushan didn't see clearly how Qin Xiao broke the wine jug, and said suspiciously: "You broke my wine?" ”

Qin Xiao nodded and said, "It's me." You're farting here, I'll give you a warning to say less. ”

"What did you say?" Brother Konozhi stepped forward and hugged each other: "What kind of place is this?" You're making vulgar and insulting remarks here, and you don't get out yet. ”

"Sven?" Qin Xiao sighed: "A few scholars, I see that there are rich and noble people who come in and out here, with your financial resources, I am afraid that I can't afford to eat this meal, if I am not mistaken, I should make money together and pretend to be useful here." You don't eat food, but you think that eating here is superior, and you should also want to see if you have the opportunity to make friends with dignitaries and dignitaries who come and go here, but looking at your bad face, there should be no chance. Talking about etiquette and morality in your mouth, it makes people think that you are very elegant, but in your bones you are just seeking power, am I not wrong? ”

The faces of several people changed greatly, and Brother Zhushan said angrily: "You..... You are talking nonsense, get out of .....! ”

Before the words fell, Qin Xiao had already raised a hand and slapped Brother Zhushan.

This slap was loud and crisp, and everyone around was stunned for a while, no one thought that Qin Xiao would slap Brother Zhushan in front of everyone's eyes.

Brother Zhushan covered his face, and he couldn't believe it.

Qiu Niang was also surprised, and hurriedly got up, Qin Xiao had already looked at Brother Zhushan and smiled: "Who did you just say is a monkey?" I don't read much, but I'm smart, I can hear it, you're scolding me, right? You scold me, I beat you, no problem, right? ”

"You..... Insulting Sven, insulting Sven, such a place actually allows this kind of person to come in. Brother Komaeda said angrily: "Man, come here, will ..... Kicked him out...... 1”

A guy from the store came over and said, "No beatings are allowed here." ”

"I'm a rough man, and I don't know what you say." Qin Xiao said very simply: "You scold me, I'm uncomfortable, I don't want to endure this tone, so I can only use this simple method." Because I know that this method is most effective for people like you, and if you are beaten, you will not dare to be crowned by a monkey. Another backhand slap on the other side of Brother Zhushan's face, although Qin Xiao didn't use all his strength, the two slaps had already hit Brother Zhushan's cheeks red.

Brother Zhushan was furious, but a literati was powerless, and he didn't know how to fight back, so he could only shout: "Report to the official, report to the official quickly, report to the official.....!"

"What's going on?" Suddenly a voice came from the top of the stairs: "Why is there a noise here?" The crowd followed the sound, and saw only a few people coming down the stairs, one of them dressed in brocade, not yet forty years old, slowly descending, followed by two men, and a woman of about thirty years of age, supporting an old woman in her fifties.

"It's Lord Qian, a member of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Qian." Someone immediately said, obviously knowing the middle-aged man in brocade.

As soon as the member surnamed Qian Wailang came down the stairs, Brother Konozhi and the others greeted him, bowed down one by one, Brother Konozhi turned around, saw that Qin Xiao had returned to his table, raised his hand and said: "Wai Lang, this person is here to hurt people and insult Sven, you have to be the master of our scholars." ”

In a place like Kyoto, there is no difference between a six-rank official and an ant, but in the eyes of these scholars, this foreigner is very majestic.

A group of people gathered around and asked for the Wailang to be the master, and the Wailang was full of red light, put his hands behind his back, looked at Qin Xiao and said, "Why do you beat people?" If you haven't read a book, don't you understand anything at all? ”

Qin Xiao sat at the table, just looked up at the staff wailang, and ignored it at all, but Qiu Niang glanced back, and suddenly saw the old woman behind the staff wailang, the flower changed color slightly, got up, and was about to walk out of the door, Qin Xiao was a little strange, and before he got up, he heard that the old woman had already said: "Wait a minute, late autumn, are you late autumn?" ”

Qiu Niang stopped, turned her back to the old woman, and did not speak, but the old woman had already stepped forward and said with a smile: "Late autumn, you don't know me anymore?" ”

Qin Xiao was a little stunned, thinking to himself when Qiu Niang met this old woman?

Although the old woman's dress is not luxurious, but at first glance it is also a solid family, the key is that she is obviously related to the foreigner surnamed Qian, but when she saw that Qiu Niang finally turned around, she smiled reluctantly and shouted: "Aunt Rong!" ”

Qin Xiao was even more surprised, secretly thinking that this old woman was Qiu Niang's aunt?

The old woman stepped forward, walked around Qiu Niang, and said with a smile: "How did you become like this?" When I went to Beijing this time, I saw that the boat girls in the river were dressed similarly to you, so you shouldn't be reduced to making a living by boat, right? The tone was full of superiority, and the mockery was something that everyone could hear.

Qin Xiao frowned.

He didn't know what kind of relationship Qiu Niang had with Aunt Rong for a while, if the old woman was really Qiu Niang's aunt, then she was considered a close relative, and she really shouldn't have mocked Qiu Niang so much in public.

Qiu Niang bit her lip, lowered her head, did not make eye contact with Aunt Rong, and looked a little restrained and nervous, Qin Xiao saw this, knowing that Qiu Niang was very uncomfortable, got up and stepped forward, ignored Aunt Rong, and said to Qiu Niang: "Sister, let's go." ”

"Wait a minute, your dish is ready." The shopkeeper jumped out: "Even if you don't eat, you have to pay the bill." ”

Aunt Rong smiled: "You support the boat for a living, how can you eat here?" The price of the food here is not cheap, I heard that the boat lady earns ten taels of silver a year, and it is the price of two good dishes here. By the way, the bowl of shark fin I ate on it just now doesn't seem to be cheap, Haisheng, how much silver? ”

"That bowl of shark fin, three taels of silver, we have a total of five bowls, that's fifteen taels of silver." Wailang was very respectful to Aunt Rong: "Auntie, if you go back to Beijing once, your nephew will naturally treat you well." ”

Aunt Rong smiled: "Good nephew." Glancing at Qin Xiao, he finally asked, "Who is this?" ”

Although Qin Xiao felt that this Aunt Rong didn't seem to be a good person, if she was really Qiu Niang's close relative, she would not be rude for Qiu Niang's sake, and arched her hand: "I'm .....!"

"In front of the elders, I can't even claim to be self-conscious, and I really don't have any ink on my chest." Before Qin Xiao could report to his home, Wailang interrupted in a cold voice: "No wonder they will do rude things here." ”

Qin Xiao frowned, and there was a little fire in his heart, but Aunt Rong had already smiled and said, "Does this posterior look young, is he an apprentice in the capital?" Late autumn, you are not wrong, at this age, dignitaries and nobles naturally look down on you, and there is no hope of marrying into a wealthy family, so it is better to find a younger one, you are also smart, and you are as clever as before. ”

Qiu Niang's eyebrows furrowed, her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't make a sound after all.

"We've eaten well, and we'll see you in the future." Aunt Rong said: "Haisheng, I and Wanqiu are also old friends, since we met, I will call the shots and send them a dish, so let's do it, man, you add a soup dish to them." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she only heard a few people walking in from outside the restaurant, and when she saw the person, her expression tightened, and she hurriedly tidied up her clothes, coughed, and said to the people around her: "It's Lord Zhu from the Criminal Department, don't lose your manners!" ”

The one who came in from outside the door was Zhu Dongshan, the waiter of the Criminal Department.

Zhu Dongshan came in with a big belly, followed by several officials, swept it, and suddenly looked at the side of the outsider, with a smile on his face, he actually walked over to this side, and when the outsider saw that Zhu Dongshan was smiling at him, he was flattered, and hurriedly stepped forward, and was about to bow his hand, but found that Zhu Dongshan didn't even look at him, and walked directly past him, only as if he didn't exist, he actually walked directly to Qin Xiao's side, and said with a smile: "Qin Xiao, are you here?" I'm so busy that I haven't come out to eat until now, why don't you go up and have a drink or two together? ”

In fact, the people present who knew Zhu Dongshan were not right, but the staff wailang mentioned it when Zhu Dongshan came in, and the etiquette department member Wailang saw Zhu Dongshan take the initiative to greet him and salute, even if he didn't know or hear it, he could see that Zhu Dongshan's status was not low.

No one thought that Zhu Dongshan turned a blind eye to the six-grade member Wailang, but took the initiative to greet the cloth-clothed young man, and felt unbelievable for a while, and Brother Zhushan and others, who had a conflict with Qin Xiao, were even more chilled in their backs.