Wangcun is a typical town in Fujian, and the stone roads in the town are as bright as a mirror after hundreds of years of wind and rain. Because the town is not far from the city, in addition to a few inns in the town, there are also a few small hotels, which will always attract the people of the town and the villagers and traders who rush to the market nearby, and the people who work will often stand at the counter, spend a copper coin or two, buy a bowl or two of wine, and then stand outside the counter, and drink it as a rest.

And the shopkeeper of these small hotels has a lot of ways to attract guests, the same penny a bowl of wine, some shopkeepers will add more wine, and some will be accompanied by some fennel beans, as a drink, of course, if you have money, you are willing to pay a dozen pennies, you can buy a meat dish, but most customers are not so generous. Only a few people can sit in the store and ask for food and drink slowly, after all, not everyone can afford to drink.

"Erxi, when playing wine, the pot must be full, our pot is three taels and three dollars, and other people's is three or two, and the hand shakes, and there are only two or eight or nine left in the bowl, this business must be real, our wine is full of three taels and three dollars......"

As usual, the shopkeeper Lu was drinking and teaching the buddies, Wang Erxi has been a buddy in this Xianheng Hotel in Detong since he was nine years old, according to the shopkeeper.

"Behold, this wine shall be scooped out of the jar to the fullest, and shall not be leaked...... As a buddy for your kung fu, you won't practice for two years, and you can't scoop up wine by yourself......"

Almost every day, the shopkeeper is so nagging, but Wang Erxi also knows that this is what the shopkeeper said to the guests next to the wine cabinet. After all, the reason why they came here to drink was because of the extra two or three dollars of wine.

In fact, this is the case in the hotel, some give more wine, some give more fennel beans, in short, those who like to drink will come to give more wine, and those who need to eat will naturally go there to give more fennel beans.

Standing at the counter all day long, although I always feel a little monotonous and a little boring, but Wang Erxi is also happy to have such a day, after all, he gives 10 clerks a day, although the money is not much, but he manages the food, which is a good thing for his family, after all, there are only a few acres of thin fields at home. The half-grown boy eats the poor man, and if you can give him a bite of food here, you can always save some food at home.

"Wen three bowls of wine!"

Again, when that rough voice came into his ears, Wang Erxi saw General Li, who was the biggest big man in this town,

Everyone called him a general because he was indeed a general in the official army, and he had fought the Japanese at sea. But though he was a general, he was a standing drinker. It was not because he did not have money, but because he gave it to his subordinates, to the brothers who had been crippled on the battlefield. He was very tall, with a dark face and some scars on his face; A messy gray beard, and although the clothes on his body looked clean, they were covered with patches. As the only big man in town. But he was dressed like this. Naturally, it has become a joke in the eyes of the big guys.

As soon as he arrived at the shop, the drinkers all looked at him and laughed, and some shouted.

"Oh, General Li, you're drinking again!"

He didn't answer, but spoke to the cupboard.

"Three bowls of wine into one big bowl."

As he spoke, he found out the three pennies. Seeing this scene, they deliberately shouted loudly again.

"Oh, General Li, you came out to buy wine and drink, does your wife know? If you don't know, don't go home and blow it out again......"

General Li was not angry at the laughter of others, but just squinted and looked at the wine, and when he was drinking, he squinted his eyes and said,

"After all, it's better to drink......"

"How's the wine? The eighteen-year-old daughter is better, General Li would have told me about going to sea to fight the Japanese invaders, let's invite you to drink two bowls! ”

"Fighting the Japanese Bandits, I think it's just blowing, I can't even control a mother-in-law, and I still fight the Japanese Bandits."

For the people of the town, it seemed as if General Lee was the laughing stock of their mouths. Whether he returned to his hometown in poverty and white, or had a tigress at home. It's all a joke from everyone.

In the midst of their laughter, Wang Erxi saw that General Li's face had turned red and the green tendons on his forehead were blooming, but he didn't argue, but just lowered his eyes, and then drank the wine.

For a long time, for many people, he seems to be the object of ridicule by everyone, for no other reason, he is an official for thousands of miles, just for food and clothing, he is good, he has lost his family business as an official, and he has been out for more than ten years, and not only did he not bring back a silver or two when he came back, but he brought back a few cripples to raise at home. Although the wife of the family was virtuous, he was not blamed for this. But he has never been pretending to be colorful.

In the midst of this burst of laughter, the inside and outside of the store were filled with a cheerful air. Wang Erxi looked at General Li drinking wine in a big bowl there, one bowl a day, and it seemed that he couldn't move.

Just stand by the counter and look out of the store. It seemed that today was no different from usual, but it seemed to be a little different, with the sound of horses' hooves, everyone was surprised, the two horses stopped straight in front of the hotel, and as soon as the horses stopped, someone jumped off the horse and walked to the front of the hotel and said to him.

"But *** General."

"You are?"

Putting down the wine bowl in his hand, he looked at the two people in front of him with some surprise.

"The small servant of the Chengguo Mansion has a handwritten letter from the Duke of Feng Guo to hand over to the general, and there is also a letter from the Duke of Yu Wu Xiang's Mansion from Yu Gongzi."

Cheng Guogong!

Yu Wu Xianggong!

Oops, these are all big shots!

The guests in the hotel who were originally laughing, hearing these names, all opened their eyes in surprise, and looked at General Li standing by the counter at the door, as if he hadn't heard, he stood there and continued to drink his wine, and didn't even answer the letter, this look...... It's amazing!

Not only is it a spirit, it is simply dumbfounded. In the past, although they knew that General Li was a big man, they never thought of it. It would be such a big man, and he didn't even give face to the prince.

The two people who delivered the letter were not in a hurry, but stood respectfully at the bottom of the steps, and it was not until General Li finished drinking that he glanced at the two people, and then said.

"Where's the letter?"

After taking the letter, *** first unfolded the letter of the eldest prince, carefully read the content of the letter, pondered for a moment, and then said.

"Go, where is the horse? I'll go to the capital with you! ”

When everyone in the hotel heard this, they were all surprised, and their eyes changed when they looked at General Li. In their surprise, *** glanced at Wang Erxi standing behind the counter and smiled at him.

"Erxi, how is it, are you willing to go out with Old Man Li and me for a few years?"

With that, he looked at the hotel and smiled.

"Just this hotel, if you stay for a lifetime, you will be a guy who stands at the cabinet and drinks for a lifetime, and you will break through the sky for a lifetime, that is, you will eat half full. If you want to live a good life, you still have to rely on yourself! ”

Faced with this sudden thing, Wang Erxi was stupid, and just when he didn't know how to answer, he listened to a drinker on the side.

"Erxi, what are you still doing stupidly? Don't thank General Li soon, you can be General Li's follower, that's an elder who burned high incense......"

For a while, the people in this room were all people who envied Wang Er's fondness for blessings, which would make them completely forget their previous contempt for General Li, although they didn't know how big Grandpa Guo was, but they could let Grandpa Guo send someone to invite him back to the capital thousands of miles away, so it would be too bad to follow such a character.

"Erxi, you just have to go, and I'll talk to your mother when I get back."

The shopkeeper's words made Wang Erxi say.

"But, but my mother, that, ...... over there"

"Which of you has any money on you? Give me ten taels of silver. ”

Looking back at the two men, *** asked. When the man heard this, he quickly took out ten taels of silver.

"Shopkeeper, send this silver to Erxi's family, I brought Erxi, this kid is here as a buddy, but it's wasted!"

After saying this, he looked at the drinkers in the room again, and then sneered.

"Your ......"

With that, he shook his head again. In the end, he didn't say a word. just silently jumped on the horse, and then said to Wang Erxi.

"What are you doing stupid boy? Don't follow along! ”

At this time, Wang Erxi followed him in a daze. When he was out of town, Wang Erxi glanced back at Zhengzhi again. He suddenly had extremely complicated emotions in his heart.

"Why are you scared?"

Bridge looked at the silly boy in front of him. And then he said,

"When I went out, you weren't much older than you. This person will either accept his fate for the rest of his life. Either you don't accept your fate, or if you don't accept your fate, you have to break it yourself, as long as you want to, you can always break into some fame. ”

Listening to General Li's words, Wang Erxi turned his head to look at the general standing at the bridgehead. Then he asked.

"What about you, General Li?"

He asked. At first, he was stunned. Just as I was about to answer, I heard someone next to me say something.

"I said, how do you talk, you boy? Do you know what kind of scenery General Li was back then? I told you that the general could take you out, and that was a blessing that you had only earned by burning high incense in your previous life. ”

"That's not it. In this life, my old Chen Tou can keep up with General Li, but it is not a blessing for a few lifetimes, you kid can enter the eyes of the general, that is a great creation. ”

The three cripples who came over with missing arms and legs, you said a word. Looking at these three people, Erxi knew that they were the ones that the general brought back from outside.

"Brother, it stands to reason that you should be allowed to care for your old age at home. But I didn't have anyone at hand, so I had to call a few brothers to come and help me. ”

Watch the three of them salute.

"You're welcome, general, where are we going?"

"Go to the capital!"

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