There are two restaurants in Dongmen City. One is a merchant restaurant, which belongs to the "semi-official", which is a special hospitality restaurant for the crossing group, which is also open to the public on weekdays, but because most of them are Australian "chiefs", ordinary local people dare not ask.

The other is the more approachable and gimmicky "Welfare Society Restaurant", which is said to be opened by a female Australian, and the wine and food are also excellent, and there are all kinds of people to go to. Zhou Qi has long been yearning for this place, because he is shy and doesn't dare to ask - he doesn't have the courage to go to an Australian restaurant to eat a bully meal.

This time, I had a lot of money in my hand, so I naturally wanted to open foreign meat.

Zhou Qi went to the restaurant, and a guy came to entertain him warmly. He was drunk alone, and he didn't need a single room, so he chose a window seat, ordered a few prestigious dishes, which were actually nothing more than scrambled eggs with tomatoes and fried broccoli, and ordered a bottle of sugarcane wine to pour himself a drink.

was eating and drinking happily, and suddenly heard someone downstairs singing, this kind of singing vulgar songs is often found on the market. Some people dress up as Taoists or monks, but in fact, they are not Taoists or monks, and they sing all kinds of vulgar songs in addition to persuading people to be kind and religious stories. Occasionally, he also made up various news on the market and sang it.

Zhou Qi didn't care about it, drank a few glasses of wine, and heard the singers below even talk about the table, and the surrounding onlookers laughed and made noises from time to time, which was very lively. I gradually listened carefully, but I didn't expect to listen to a few sentences that almost made me smoke, it turned out that this was a matter of Qiu Hong.

Although there is no blatant indication of "Qiu Hong" in the song, it is called "Red Girl", as for the beating by Chen Minggang's wife that day, it is even more vivid, this is not enough, the following is arranged to arrange the "Red Girl" and a servant of the husband's family called "Little Seven Sons". Not only is the voice and emotion, but the story has branches and leaves. What little Qizi climbed the wall into the boudoir in the middle of the night, hid under the bed, etc., as for the various contents that the masses like to see in the back, there are even more variety, and the audience listens to it crookedly one by one.

Zhou Qi was so angry that he couldn't wait to fly the wine jug down and smash the field, no, not only to smash the field, but also to call the people in the fast shift to catch the song and go to the yamen to clean up! But this is Dongmen City, and the people in the yamen don't dare not give money when they go here to drink a glass of water, where can they talk about arresting people, if they smash a wine jug, they will immediately have to go into the labor camp to smash stones, sift sand, and be whipped.

Zhou Qi's anger was not because he was slandered as a **, but because this matter involved Qiu Hong. Master has long suspected that Qiu Hong and himself are not clean. There are also a lot of gossips outside, and now there is a vivid "Little Qizi Night Party Master Concubine, Red Girl Makes a Mess of Grape Trellis", and then it is unimaginable to reach the master's ears. Zhou Qi knew his master very well - he was an extremely mean and shrewd person, but he was particularly prone to confusion when it came to women's affairs. In case he gets dizzy and wants to look good, the apprentices of these decades will be in vain!

It's a pity that this will be on other people's land, and I don't dare to use it if I am powerful. Zhou Qi was like an ant on a hot pot, drinking glass after glass of wine, just hoping that the crowd would disperse as soon as possible, so that he could rush down to give the song a warning, and then allow him some silver to let him get out of the morning.

The singer was not in a hurry, after singing the deeds of the "Red Girl", he changed another paragraph, Zhou Qi listened carefully and had nothing to do with his side, it turned out to be the current affairs news of the Liaodong war, and the people here vaguely knew that the imperial court was fighting with the savages in the far north, but they didn't know anything about the specific things, so many people were listening. Zhou Qi was not interested in the major affairs of the imperial court, and he only relaxed when he heard that it had nothing to do with him. Just waiting for the end in the restaurant.

This little cha song made Zhou Qi's originally relaxed mood a lot worse. Thinking of his relationship with his master and his future, it looks really gloomy.

When the mood is bad, drinking alcohol has a bit of a sense of using wine to drown sorrow. After a while, a bottle of sugar cane wine was in my stomach. This rum is a distilled spirit, although it is a little sweet and easy to eat, and the alcohol content is also in the forties, Zhou Qi is already a little drunk.

The wine is sorrowful, and it is full of complaints. Zhou Qi thought that he had apprenticed at the age of thirteen, and he had followed Chen Ming before and after the saddle for almost twenty years, and he had always been loyal, and there was no benefit at all, and he was still suspicious of the master for being a prostitute, and he couldn't help but resent the master.

was drinking a sullen wine, when suddenly I heard a greeting:

"Yo! Isn't this Brother Seven? ”

Zhou Qi raised his eyes and saw that the person who came was in his forties, dark and fat, with two locks of black mustache, a net towel with oil stains on his head, and a long gown of unknown color, which did not look like a decent person, but like a small businessman. He blinked his blurred eyes for a long time before he remembered:

"Isn't this Gobri!"

Gou Buli was a cook on the small stove in the kitchen outside Goujiazhuang, Chen Minggang cooked and entertained him every time he went to Goujiazhuang, and Zhou Qi served the master, often in and out of the kitchen, and met Gou Buli.

"Exactly!" Gou Buli smiled all over his face, "Seventh brother! How can a person drink sullen alcohol here? I'm also alone, let's share a table together. I'm in for a treat! ”

Zhou Qi saw that there was white food to eat, so he naturally did not refuse. And it passed with Gobri. Gou Buri occupied a single room, and there were seven or eight dishes on the round table, all of which were the restaurant's specialties - especially a roast suckling pig, which made Zhou Qi's eyelids swell. This roast suckling pig used to be only available at major banquets of large families, and it is said that when it arrives in Guangzhou, one will be sold for one or two silver!

The man came over and moved the food and drinks, and rearranged the dishes and chopsticks. The two of them pushed the cups and drank again. Zhou Qi said with the intention of drinking: "Old Gou! You are now developed! A person drinks wine and eats roast suckling pig, but in the past, you only roasted it for people to eat. ”

Gobri laughed: "Isn't this a blessing to the Australians!" Dongmen City is such a good city, I really can't dream of it. There are a lot of people here, and they are willing to spend money. I own a small hotel, and it's also very passable! ”

Zhou Qiyi heard that he was "very passable", and according to his old temper, he was about to "fight the autumn wind" when he opened his mouth, but he still had a little sense in his heart, knowing that the majesty of the yamen could not be eaten here in Dongmen City, so he opened his mouth and swallowed it. Only sighed:

"You're doing well! Alas! ”

The meaning of the whining in his words was clear, and Gobri saw that he was already five or six points drunk. Knowing that the time had come, he took the opportunity to ask:

"Seventh brother! Haven't you been helping your master collect autumn grain recently? This season, there are naturally a lot of benefits......"

"Although there are many benefits, they are not mine-" Zhou Qi and Gobri were actually just nodding acquaintances. But now he was in a depressed mood, and he had a few more drinks, and it was impossible to ask for someone to talk to. I couldn't help but pull out all the words in my heart.

Speaking of his master, he was mean and unkind. Speaking of his hopelessness for the future, and of Master's suspicion of himself...... Zhou Qi's grievances and dissatisfaction poured out at once. Gou Bri just listened attentively, not echoed a few words, and poured him wine and food from time to time. made Zhou Qi feel very happy, and he couldn't help but become more and more boldly when he spoke.

“…… What kind of red girl's tune is still being sung here in Dongmen City," Zhou Qida complained, "Is this kind of thing arranged casually?" My master, who is rootless and bottomless, is already very unkind to see me for this idea! ”

"As long as you hold it upright and sit up straight, you won't be able to splash dirty water—"

"The idea is easy to pinch. It's not easy to do, the muddy water is going to splash on you, and it's quite difficult to dodge. Zhou Qi said annoyedly, "I don't know which one, I have nothing to do when I'm full!" ”

"I always have an enmity with you, or I have a holiday with your master......"

Thinking about it, most of this thing was caused by the Zhang brothers. They hate Qiu Hong to the core, this kind of dirty thing, only they can do it, and only they have the ability to make things stormy in the city. It's just that even if you know, it's useless - of course you have nothing to do with the Zhang brothers

He sighed in annoyance: "...... Now I am also a day by day, and I can still make a few dollars to save for retirement. Otherwise, those little bastards of the Chen family may not be mean! ”

"Your junior brothers, naturally, can't count on it." Gou Buli's small eyes flickered, "It's Zhang Wu, you have to be ruthless in doing things, and you have to be more careful in the future." He doesn't dare to seek out your master's bad luck, so I can't guarantee that I won't vent my anger with you......"

Zhou Qiyi, that's right! Zhang Wu, that bastard boy, dared to follow his sister to catch Qiu Hong, and it was not easy to beat himself. Chen Minggang is his brother-in-law in the end, and he is the secretary of the household, so he doesn't dare to do anything. I'm a fart! Even if he was beaten to death, with his brother Zhang Shi being the secretary of the torture room, he would be able to give this matter. I'm afraid that Master may not be able to stand out for himself......

"Alas!" Zhou Qi sighed again, "It's just bad luck!" I'm just dedicated to doing things for Master, and I didn't expect that other people's housework could also cause trouble on my head! ”

"This kind of thing, only you see the opportunity, don't fall too deep-"

Although Zhou Qi was a little dazed, he heard these words clearly, and seemed to have an intention in his words, so he hurriedly asked, "Brother Gou?" ”

"Your master's pool," Gobri said mysteriously, "don't sink too deep. ”

Zhou Qi seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and he understood what Gou Buri meant, which was nothing more than telling him not to be too desperate to do things for his master, but there seemed to be other meanings in these words.

"After all, we are masters and apprentices," Zhou Qidao said. "What he cares about, can I not do? I did, and I didn't like it! Difficult! ”

Gou Bri said: "Seventh brother, you still have to think of a way out as soon as possible."