"Uncle Zhan, come here and do me a favor. Take this ink strip and inkstone, and polish the ink for Mr. Zhang, it must be thick enough. ”

Zhantang's face darkened slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he helplessly became a scholar. I saw the fortune teller holding a small note, under the guidance of Zhen Feng, stepping on a stool or ladder, holding a brush to write on the dried couplet lacquer.

What did the old gentleman write, Zhantang didn't know, he couldn't read, he only recognized the location of the stairs, and there were numbers such as "eight", "three", and "two" at the staircase, which he learned by chance with Zhen Jian.

But he wondered, and a little annoyed, why only half of each place was written, and the remaining half was empty. I haven't eaten pork, I haven't seen a pig run, aren't the couplets all up and down, why does the old gentleman just write the couplet? It's too uneducated, the fortune teller who dares to love is at this level, it turns out that he is an ordinary man, what kind of big-tailed wolf reader?

The fortune teller finished writing half of the house, and after putting down the pen, he stood in front of the half of the couplet he had written, thinking hard, groaning for a while, pacing for a while, looking at the desktop for a while, and after a long time, he couldn't take care of the money given to him to moisten the pen, Zhen Feng left, Zhantang also left, he didn't notice.

Even the staircase on the third floor, which has been idle, was half written, and the third floor was arranged to be cleaned out as a banquet hall. Others are tasked with cleaning up today.

As soon as the exhibition hall followed Zhen Feng downstairs, the craftsman sent a new plaque and a couplet on the door, but it was still covered with red cloth. Zhantang thought to himself, the new daughter-in-law didn't hide it so much when she entered the door, what was Brother Feng doing?

What made him even more puzzled was that he had to supervise and set up a platform outside the restaurant during the day. The platform is not high, just rushing to the road into the Qinglou of Qinhuai River, as long as the eyes are normal, you will not be unable to look at it. After the platform was set up, it was already afternoon, and there was only a sturdy long table on the platform, which was made up of a number of square tables, and a thick flagpole was erected directly behind the platform more than two feet high, and a cloth was rolled on it.

When it was approaching, the sky was still bright, and the cars and pedestrians on the road suddenly appeared out of thin air, as if they had made an appointment. Three, three, two, two, and two, all of them are freshly dressed and angry, and they are glamorous.

At this time, there were three empty bowls on the long table as a group, ten groups side by side, next to a jar of wine and a stack of empty bowls, and several jars of wine under the table. A sign was erected in front of the long table, and the cloth on the flagpole was lowered. All this preparation seemed to be completed in an instant.

"Oh, what a big breath! Three bowls are not the river? A young gentleman on a horse looked at the restaurant banner and said disdainfully.

The scholar dressed as a scholar walking beside the carriage held his head high, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Young master, look at the notice, three bowls of wine, you want money, why don't you grab it?" ”

Another boy who poked his head out of the carriage asked rhetorically, "It's always money, is it expensive?" ”

"Childe, don't you know, the best wine on the market is usually only forty-eight yuan a catty, and the almost small wine is only five or six yuan a catty, and the three bowls of wine are at best one catty, and the price has increased more than twenty times."

Brother Gongzi, who was riding on a horse, also had the same doubts, and when he heard the price gap, he thought that he had encountered a model of profiteer, and shouted: "Shameless profiteer, see if Lao Tzu doesn't tear it." ”

"Wait, Zhu Zai, since people are singing on stage, let's take a good look, the more people there are, the more lively it is. These days, there aren't many interesting things like this, you have to have fun. The boy in the carriage instructed his scholar: "Zhang Kai, you go to the General's Mansion to call the emperor and the prince, if you don't call him for such an interesting matter, you will tear us up next time." ”

A scholar on the side of the carriage dressed up as "喏" and hurriedly went to run errands. The boy in the carriage had already jumped out, and after taking a closer look at the table, he said: "Zhu Zai, you see that what people write is more interesting, 'What we sell is not wine, but excitement!'" ', tsk, 'three bowls of non-drunk people double the return of the liquor', people are using wine to gamble with everyone, it's quite exciting. ”

"Hmph, Lao Tzu usually drinks more than ten bowls of wine and has nothing to do, does this broken restaurant look down on Lao Tzu? Brother Fei, in Jiangning, you can swallow this breath? ”

The two people who spoke, Zhu Zai was Zhu Youcai, the youngest son of Zhu Lingyun, the capital of the Divine Guard; Brother Fei is Zhang Fei, the nephew of Zhang Xun, a scholar of the Qinghui Palace, and a confidential Zhang Xun, although Zhang Xun is not the first assistant or prime minister, and is only Zhang Xun's nephew, but Zhang Xun is not light in the emperor's mind, and his grace is unparalleled.

At this time, there were already many people in front of the restaurant, watching the lively, disdainful, angry, suspicious, excited, all kind, some noisy. On the stage, the two sons suddenly saw a handsome and beautiful young man on stage, and shouted with an open voice: "Heroes, today is the day of the reopening of our restaurant, before the official opening, we want to challenge the heroes and bring you some fresh excitement." You are all heroes and heroes, and you are the best among people, but how boring we usually drink, and we drink water like a girl, is that a hero? No! So we set up the ring here, three bowls are not the river, as long as you come to challenge, even drink three bowls without getting drunk is victory, money is always a lottery, picture a fun, I don't know which hero dares to try on stage? ”

The people in the restaurant were already going crazy in their hearts at the moment, and they kept scolding Zhen Feng for being stupid and crazy. They have seen and heard a lot about running restaurants, and those who take wine as drinking water have more than ten bowls. It's clear to take the money and post it upside down! Is this to smash fame with money?

Zhu Youcai heard it as soon as he heard it, and the person who looked down on the immortals in the wine could still talk about the truth, since this is the case, Lao Tzu is not welcome, although the money is small, it is also made in vain, the important thing is to use the strength to smash this one.

There are a lot of people who have this mentality. Who often mixes in Qinglou, which one doesn't have ten bowls and eight bowls of wine? This gambling method is much fresher than the dice in the gambling house. The lottery of the money is always less, but the picture is a thrill.

Before everyone rushed to the stage, the beautiful young man on the stage waved to everyone in the audience and said: "Everyone, in order to prove that we are providing pure wine, and have not adulterated drugs to do dirty things, I would like to invite a respected gentleman to come to the stage to do an inspection, you can smell it, you can taste it, every jar of wine can be checked, but don't get drunk." I wonder who can teach? ”

The requirements of "high morality and respect" are expected by everyone, but many gentlemen are not convinced, can't they have a prominent family background? At this time, an old gentleman in a slightly flowing Confucian shirt at the back of the crowd, with a gentle appearance, but wrinkles on his face, walked up to the stage and said playfully: "The old man has reached the year of the Mandate of Heaven, I wonder if he can check it for everyone?" ”

"I don't know the name of Mr., please give me advice."

"The name of the old man has nothing to worry about, but I can't see such a thing to play with worries, there is no elegant artistic conception, and there is no change of affection, it is really a trip to the lower riba people, the way to grandstand."

Many well-dressed sons and brothers wanted to come to smash the scene, and they had already crowded to the front of the crowd, ready to go on stage at any time. Among them, Zhang Fei, who was dragged by Zhu Youcai, saw the old gentleman, his eyes rolled a few times, and he seemed to recognize it, and hurriedly said: "There is an old gentleman who examines and testifies, no matter what the result is, the late-born people are convinced." ”

Some people seemed to have discovered something when they heard such affirmative words, and a few people also expressed their attitudes, and other disdainful sons couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement with their acquaintances, hoping that someone would prove that there was a problem with this wine, and it was not a "three bowls of no river" at all.