Chapter 1: The Drunkard (I)
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The spring breeze is blowing, and the willows are green.
The red sun hangs high, and the sun is warm.
Bianhe. The river is clear and sliding like silk. The boat on the river is like a shuttle, and sometimes there is the sound of the piano on the boat, sometimes there are bursts of laughter, sometimes there is the sound of recitation, and the scene is very lively.
On both sides of the river, the willows are still around, and the sun shines on the tender green willow leaves, pearlescent and emerald, as if it has been splashed by water, it is very beautiful.
The streets on both sides of the river are full of flowers, and the pedestrians on the street are endless, some carry burdens and hurry, some drive donkeys to deliver goods, and some literati and scholars stop by the river to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Bianhe River, and occasionally recite a few lines of poetry. The houses on both sides are lined up, with tea houses, restaurants, pawnshops, workshops and so on.
This street is called Bianhe Street, which can be regarded as the center of Bianjing City.
On the west side of an arched bridge, there is a three-storey attic with flowing eaves and flying walls, pavilions and pavilions, and the momentum is extraordinary.
On the eaves of the second floor, there is a large plaque with three vermilion characters written on it---Drunken Immortal Residence.
As the name suggests, this is clearly a restaurant.
At this time, under the eaves on the left side of the main entrance of the drunken immortal residence, there is a drunk man lying on his stomach, motionless, I don't know whether he is dead or alive, due to the recent wars, the number of refugees fleeing here is also increasing day by day, so the passers-by have seen this is not strange, at most they feel a little curious about the drunkard's clothes.
I saw that the drunk man was wearing a black coat and black pants, with very small cuffs, the collar turned outward, and a white coat inside, and a pair of black shiny boots under his feet, but they were boots, but they were not boots, which was very peculiar.
The building is full of traffic and lively, but the building is deserted and there are few guests.
It's just a door, and the difference is so big, it's inevitable that people can't help but be curious.
In the hall on the first floor, there were only two people standing, a shopkeeper and a bartender, the shopkeeper was about fifty years old, wearing a foreign hat, a yellow silk robe, and a long black and white beard, standing in the counter, holding a brush in one hand and a black abacus on the table in the other.
The bartender was no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, and he looked young, dressed in a blue gown, wearing a little blue hat, and a white cloth on his left shoulder, leaning against the edge of the door, looking listless.
The old shopkeeper was halfway through writing, when he suddenly stopped, as if thinking of something, straightened his neck, and looked out of the door, and after a moment he beckoned to the bartender at the door, and shouted, "Sixth son." ”
The bartender, who was called the sixth son, saw the shopkeeper calling himself, hurriedly walked up to him, and asked, "Uncle, what's the matter?" ”
The old shopkeeper raised his head towards the door and whispered, "You go and see if the drunk man is gone?" Why hasn't there been any movement for most of the day? ”
Liuzi said impatiently: "Hey, uncle, we can't take care of ourselves now, and we still care about what he does." ”
The old shopkeeper stretched his face and waved his hand: "Go, go, I tell you to go, don't be verbose here, be careful that I whip you." ”
"Oh!"
Under the deterrence of the old shopkeeper's force, the sixth son responded weakly, pulled his head, walked to the drunk, squatted down, gently pushed the drunk man with his hand, and shouted: "Hey, hey, are you dead?" ”
"Hmm---!"
The drunken man snorted twice, then turned his head to the corner.
"Hey, I slept so well!"
When the sixth son saw this scene, he immediately felt angry and funny, and screamed a few more times, but when he saw that he didn't even react at all, he returned to the cabinet and said to the old shopkeeper, "I'm still sleeping." ”
When the old shopkeeper heard this, he sighed, shook his head, and said, "Okay, okay, you can go and get busy." ”
Busy?
Liuzi looked left and right, looking at the empty hall, with a sad face, he also wanted to be busy, but he had to be busy!
"Bartender, bartender!"
At this moment, there was a sudden shout from the second floor.
It won't work so well!
When the sixth son heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat!
"You're still standing here stupidly, why don't you hurry up and greet the guests!" The old shopkeeper saw that the sixth son was still stunned, and hurriedly shouted.
"Oh oh oh!"
Liuzi was slightly stunned, hurriedly carried a pot of tea, and ran upstairs.
Coming to the second floor, the situation here is not much better than downstairs, only on the innermost window table sat two young men dressed as scholars, the one sitting inside was wearing a white robe, and the one sitting outside was wearing a blue robe.
Liuzi came to the table, bent over, and asked with a smile on his face: "Two guest officers, may I ask if there is!" ”
"Bang!"
The white-shirted scholar didn't wait for the sixth son to finish speaking, suddenly slapped the table, got up suddenly, his face was full of anger, pointed to the three bowls of dishes on the table, and said, "Okay, you bartender, you dare to tease Uncle Ben, let me ask you, what did you give us?" ”
Liuzi was frightened, and a pair of clever black eyes glanced at the three bowls of vegetables on the table, and whispered: "Lotus seed soup, sauced beef, fried duck palm." He frowned and thought for a while, and said to the guest officer worriedly: "This guest officer, there should be nothing wrong with the small one, you did order these three dishes just now." ”
"Hmph, there's nothing wrong with the dish, but" The white-shirted scholar smiled coldly, changed his words, and said: "This lotus seed soup is sweet and greasy, this sauce beef, and salty and difficult to eat, and this bowl of fried duck feet, duck feet are harder than stones, don't say it's for people to eat, I think it's not as good as pig food, it's just unreasonable." ”
The white-shirted scholar was foaming at the mouth, and the sixth son was in a cold sweat.
If it were a few years ago, he would definitely think that these two were here to find bad luck, but now, when he thought of the bald old man in the kitchen, his heart was fifteen buckets of water, seven up and eight down, and said in panic: "This --- guest officer, the little one--- the little one thinks if there is any misunderstanding in this?" ”
"Misunderstanding? I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin. ”
The white-shirted scholar sneered, grabbed the pair of chopsticks in front of him and threw them at Liuzi's feet, and hummed, "Taste it yourself." ”
"Yes, yes, yes! Taste the small ones! ”
Liuzi picked up the chopsticks at his feet, looked at the three bowls of vegetables on the table, swallowed his saliva, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes, he first scooped a small scoop of lotus seed soup with a soup spoon and poured it into his mouth, sure enough, the sweet teeth were about to fall out, Liuzi frowned slightly, and picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, just chewed it, his eyes were closed, and the two thin eyebrows were about to be twisted together.
Liuzi didn't dare to chew it, and forcibly swallowed the piece of beef, but as soon as he swallowed it, there was a sudden surge in his stomach, and he spit it out again with a "wow" sound.
When the white-shirted scholar saw it, he sneered: "How is it?" I didn't frame you. ”
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! The small one will be changed for you immediately. Liuzi hurriedly bent down and apologized vigorously.
"That's not necessary," the white-shirted scholar shook his head, pointed to the three dishes on the table with a white paper fan, and said with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, "As long as you give me all these three bowls of dishes, I won't care about you." ”
If you want to eat these three bowls of dishes, it is really better to grab rice with the pigs.
When the sixth son arrived, his face turned pale with fright, and his feet trembled.
The scholar in green shirt on the side saw that the bartender was still a child, and he couldn't bear it a little, stood up, and arched his hand: "Brother Changyuan, please stop being angry, we can't be angry with a bartender, otherwise, wait for the next to do the east, let's make an appointment with a few friends to go to the Jade Xuan opposite, and chant the wine poetry, I don't know what Brother Changyuan wants?" ”
When the white-shirted scholar heard this, he felt that this was not unreasonable, he was also a scholar, and he actually competed with a bartender, which was really a good share! He arched his hand and said: "What Brother Shaoguan said is very true. With that, he flicked his long sleeves and went downstairs with the green-shirted scholar.
Before leaving, the green-shirted scholar threw down some broken silver on the table.
Although even if they don't pay a penny for this meal, it is absolutely understandable, but they definitely will not let people fall for the sake of a meal.
After they went downstairs, the sixth son was really relieved, looked at the three bowls of dishes on the table in a daze, and sighed: "It's okay now, it's all gone." ”
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It was late at night, and the wind was cold. In addition to the Qinglou that sings every night, all taverns and teahouses have closed their doors.
"Alas---! I don't know when it's a head! ”
The old shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal House couldn't help but sigh after checking the accounts at the counter. At the end of the day, they only made a single business, and they also made the customers angry, and this kind of miserable business was simply outrageous.
"It's almost three watches, Liuzi, close the door!"
As soon as the old shopkeeper finished giving his order, he suddenly said, "By the way, Sixth Son, go and deliver the leftovers left by the guest today to the drunkard at the door." ”
"Oh!"
The sixth son answered, walked towards the kitchen, and muttered: "I really don't know what Uncle thinks, now that there is no business, who would dare to come to our store if the drunk man is here." ”
Liuzi's voice was not loud, but the old shopkeeper heard it clearly, and let out a long sigh.
Liuzi brought out the three disgusting leftovers from the kitchen, came to the drunk, put the food on the ground, and shouted angrily, "Oh, hey, it's time to eat." ”
The drunk man moved his body, said "hmm" a few times, his eyes opened suddenly, he staggered to the ground, got up, grabbed Liuzi's arm tightly with both hands, and asked nervously, "What is the month and day today?" Where is this? ”
"Ouch, ouch, you let go first, it hurts me to death." Liuzi suddenly felt a pain in his arm, and he screamed in pain.
Liuzi's cry seemed to wake up the drunk, and he hurriedly let go of his hand, and looked at Liuzi with red eyes, and his gaze instantly became dim.
Liuzi rubbed his arm, frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "How many times have I told you, this is Bianliang, Tokyo, and it is now the fourth year of Xuanhe, the seventh day of the second month." ”
He had never seen such a strange drunk in his life, every time he got drunk, and when he woke up, he looked like a madman, and when he saw someone, he asked, "What is the month and what day is today?" Where is this? When others sued him, he looked very disappointed, and then he frantically asked for wine.
At this time, the old shopkeeper heard the shouts of the six sons, and hurriedly came out to take a look, and saw that the drunk man was bowing his head, his body was shaking, and his mouth was constantly muttering to himself.
The old shopkeeper first waved his hand to Liuzi and motioned for him to go in first.
The sixth son glanced at the drunken man and went inside.
When the sixth son entered, the old shopkeeper shouted to the drunkard, "Little brother, little brother." ”
The drunk man was slightly stunned, looked at the old shopkeeper, and asked, "Uncle, are you calling me?" ”
This uncle made the old shopkeeper laugh, nodded and said, "Su Lao Yu took the liberty to ask, little brother, what is your name?" Where is home? ”
"Oh, uncle, my name is Li Qi, and my home is in ---" Speaking of this, Li Qi suddenly choked up, and his eyes became moist.