Chapter 14 Eat and Talk
"Why, you won't pay?" Xiao Ding's voice became a little heavier.
"Deliver, deliver! It's just ——,We're not open today......" the black-faced man stumbled.
"Take out as much as you want! I'll search them one by one in a while, and if anyone dares to hide them privately, hum ......" Xiao Ding said and raised the wooden stick in his hand again.
The thieves were so frightened that they shrank their necks, and one by one they hurriedly took out the copper plates on their bodies and sent them to Xiao Ding. Xiao Ding glanced at it roughly, and it was estimated that there could be more than twenty copper plates.
Xiao Ding frowned: "Why is it so little?" Are you bandits so poor? Do you still have a private collection? ”
Xiao Ding carried a stick and slowly circled around the bandits. The thieves turned dizzy, and they didn't dare to leave Xiao Ding, for fear that he would hit them.
"Tell the king, we have all this money, and we have all handed it over! The villain doesn't dare to hide it privately! The thieves replied one after another, and they thought that Xiao Ding was also a companion.
"Okay, since that's the case......" Xiao Ding motioned to Zhao Laixi to put the money away, but after signaling a few times, Zhao Laixi still didn't move.
At this moment, Zhao Laixi was completely stunned by Xiao Ding's actions: Awesome my brother! Even bandits dare to rob! What else would you not dare to do? Is this still the same Tian fool as before? But what are you looking at me for? What do you mean by that? Oh, those copper plates......
Zhao Laixi finally reacted, he put away the more than twenty copper plates, and then stepped aside.
"Now let's move on to the next step - take off all your clothes and pants, and don't leave any ......," said Ding.
What the? The bandits were stunned again......
"Alas...... who made you so poor to hand over these few dollars." Xiao Ding sighed faintly with a stick, "I see that there is nothing else on you, there are only these tattered clothes and torn pants left, and you can only exchange them for some money." ”
"King Qiqi, our owner of the village is rich, you might as well rob our owner of the village to ......," someone came up with an idea. As the saying goes, friends of the dead are not dead and poor.
When the thieves heard that Xiao Ding wanted to exchange their clothes and pants for money, they were reluctant. In fact, they are all from the toiling masses, and for various reasons, they are forced to reluctantly embark on the road of bandits. When the life of a thief is not easy, he usually has to hand over the things he grabs, and when he gets them, there are very few.
Some of them are even poor and only have this piece of clothing on their bodies, and if they are robbed by Xiaoding, they will not have anything to wear. So someone proposed to let Xiao Ding go to their village master, first, they wanted to escape the catastrophe in front of them, and second, their village master was strong in martial arts, and Xiao Ding may not be the opponent of the village owner.
"Oh, you still have a copycat?" Xiao Ding thought to himself, it seems that they are not ordinary little thieves.
"Yes, yes, our cottage is called Feiyun Village, which is on Feiyun Peak not far to the west. If the king wants to go, the little one can show you the way! One of the bandits said excitedly.
"Hehe, not interested! I'm still in a hurry, you guys take it off quickly, whoever takes off the slowest will be beaten! Xiao Ding's eyes widened, and he waved his stick and threatened.
The thieves were immediately frightened, and they were all afraid of being beaten, so they hurriedly unbuttoned and undressed. In less than a moment, they all turned into white chickens.
Xiao Ding asked Zhao Laixi to put these clothes and pants together, and also put together a few firewood knives and kitchen knives used by the bandits. Wrap the firewood knife and kitchen knife with clothes, tie it into a package, and let Zhao Laixi carry it.
Then he saw that there was nothing left to loot on the bandit, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go." ”
The bandits were finally pardoned and went into the woods......
Xiao Ding picked up the male wolf again, picked up Zhao Laixi, and walked quickly towards the county seat.
At noon, Xiao Ding and Zhao Laixi came to Luoxia County. The streets were bustling with people, most of them wearing long robes, and only a few manual laborers wore short coats like those worn by Xiao Ding.
Xiao Ding carried the male wolf in front, and Zhao Laixi followed behind with a tattered clothes package. When the people on the street saw Xiao Ding carrying such a big wolf, they were so frightened that they gave way. So wherever Xiao Ding goes, he doesn't feel crowded.
On both sides of the street, there are many stores, Xiao Ding looks left and looks, and feels that everything is novel, and there is a look of an old hat entering the city.
Zhao Laixi came to the county seat once many years ago, and knew the location of the market in the city, so he pointed Xiao Ding to walk in the direction of the market.
Not far ahead, Xiao Ding saw a wonton shop and immediately felt hungry.
I only drank a little porridge before leaving, which was not enough to stuff my teeth, how could I not be hungry?
"Brother-in-law, are you hungry? I think let's eat a bowl of wontons first, I'm a little hungry. Xiao Ding asked Zhao Laixi.
"Brother, we didn't bring any money! I think we'd better sell the wolf first. Zhao Laixi frowned, and said in his heart, you fool knows how to eat! The wolf hasn't been sold yet, so I'm going to eat it first.
"Rich, didn't we just snatch more than twenty copper plates from the bandits? There is no hurry to sell wolves, eat first and then talk about it. Saying that, Xiao Ding didn't wait for Zhao Laixi to answer, and walked directly towards the wonton shop.
When he came to the shop, he called, "Boss, how much is a bowl of wontons?" ”
The owner of the shop was a middle-aged couple, and the man was first startled when he saw Xiao Ding carrying the wolf over, and then said to Xiao Ding with a smile: "Do you want to eat wontons, please sit inside." A big bowl of wontons for five cents, you don't care if you're full! ”
"Okay, let's try two bowls first!" Xiao Ding commanded. Then he found a corner and put the wolf down, and found an empty seat to sit down.
"Okay! Wait! "The owner went to the back kitchen.
Zhao Laixi sat opposite Xiao Ding with a bitter face, and he didn't say a word. He didn't want to talk, he didn't want to talk to this idiot. To talk to this fool is to talk in vain. Reasoning doesn't make sense, he can't beat hard, and he doesn't listen to good words and persuasion, so what else do you say? It's better to be quiet.
After a while, two large bowls of wontons were served, and the boss said with a smile, "Guest officer, you use it slowly!" And he withdrew.
Xiao Ding was not afraid of being hot, he snored three times and two bites, and a big bowl of wontons was eaten, and then he raised his eyes to look at Zhao Laixi.
Zhao Laixi hadn't eaten two bites before he saw that Xiaoding's bowl had bottomed out, and there was not even soup left. I secretly said in my heart, what a fool, I know how to eat!
"I said, brother-in-law, you take out the money, and I'll see how many copper plates we have." Xiao Ding looked at Zhao Laixi with a smile and said.
Zhao Laixi angrily took out the more than 20 copper plates from his arms and put them on the table, without saying a word.
Xiao Ding pulled out ten pieces from the pile of copper plates, counted them, and saw that there were still seventeen copper plates, so he shouted to the boss: "Boss, three more bowls of wontons!" ”
"Okay!" The boss answered and went down.
Zhao Laixi glared at Xiao Ding: "Big brother, how much can we eat?" ”
"Brother-in-law, don't worry, you can't finish eating and I still have me! This wonton tastes really good! Xiao Ding said and clicked his lips again.
Zhao Laixi was speechless and lowered his head to eat wontons.
In the end, Zhao Laixi only ate one bowl, and Xiao Ding ate four bowls alone. When Xiao Ding finished eating the last bowl, he patted his stomach, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and burped, before shouting: "Boss, settle the bill!" ”
The boss came running around, and he rarely saw someone as edible as Xiao Ding. He said with a smile: "Guest officer, there are five bowls of wontons, a total of twenty-five yuan." ”
Xiao Ding glanced at the twenty-seven copper plates on the table and said, "Here are twenty-seven dollars, all for you." But I'm going to ask you for directions. ”
"Okay, okay, I don't know what the guest officer wants to ask? Isn't it the way to the county office? The boss nodded and said.
"Go to the county office?" Xiao Ding originally wanted to inquire about how to go to the pawnshop and blacksmith shop, and he planned to dispose of the bag of tattered clothes and firewood knives and kitchen knives first.
"Didn't the guest officer go to the county government to receive the reward?" The shop owner continued.
What reward can I get when I go to the county office? Xiao Ding was confused.