Chapter 6 Restaurant Doulian
After going out, Zhang Cheng and Lu Luo wandered around the bustling street casually, and Zhang Cheng felt a lightness under his feet at this time. I saw the brilliant sunlight sprinkled between the green tiles and red walls of different heights, the abrupt horizontal cornices, the high fluttering shop signs, the sparkling carriages and horses, the endless flow of pedestrians, and the shouting, all of which reflected that this was a real ancient time!
Zhang Cheng's current heart is undoubtedly shocked, because he has always thought that ancient times were backward, and this scene overturns his preconceived notions.
With the movement of people, Zhang Cheng came to a rainbow-shaped bridge, Zhang Cheng took a deep breath, blocked the sunlight with his hand, and took a rough look down from the bridge, only to see that the crowd was crowded, disorganized, and took a closer look, it turned out to be a street performer.
On the west side of the bridge there are some vendors with knives, scissors, and groceries. There are also some literati and ink writers who are in groups of threes, threes, twos, or sixes or sevens, discussing something together. There are also those who sell tea, some business travelers who sit in front of the stalls, and there are fortune tellers. There are also many tourists leaning on the railing on the side of the bridge, or pointing or watching the boats passing in the river.
On the sidewalk in the middle of the bridge, there is a bustling flow of people; There are those who sit in sedan chairs, those who ride horses, those who carry burdens, those who drive donkeys to carry goods, and those who push wheelbarrows......
On both sides of the street are teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops. There are also many small vendors with large umbrellas in the open spaces on both sides of the street. The streets stretch east and west to the quieter suburbs outside the city, but the streets are still full of pedestrians: those carrying burdens, those driving ox carts to deliver goods, those driving donkeys to pull wagons, and those stopping to enjoy the scenery of Hanoi.
After walking for more than an hour, Zhang Cheng was very excited, tasting various snacks and pastries while walking. Of course, after all, Zhang Cheng is a modern person, everything is a shallow taste, and the rest is basically solved by Lu Luo, which makes Zhang Cheng look at Lu Luo with admiration, and even peeked at Lu Luo's stomach a few times!
"Girl, what is the famous restaurant on this street?" Zhang Cheng, who was walking on the road, suddenly thought.
"Young master, the most famous thing in Fengzhou City is the Drunken Immortal Tower, I heard that it is three stories high." Lu Luo said happily.
"Oh, yes, that young master is going to see it, go, lead the way." Zhang Cheng said.
"Okay, young master, but it's a little far away from the restaurant." Lu Luo thought for a moment and said.
"It's okay, I'm happy to be a young master today." Zhang Cheng touched his hair and said.
Walked about ten miles or so, saw a building rising from the ground, enough to have the height of four floors of a modern building, looked up and saw a red gold wood inscription plaque, the plaque was written with three big characters of Douda, "Drunken Immortal Building". A four-door door is facing outward, and the two pillars in front of the door are each pasted with a couplet, and the upper link: King Wen of Zhou visited Taigong Zhiwei Parking; Downlink: Han Xiao He chased Han Xin and dismounted.
"Young master, this is the Drunken Immortal Tower." Green Luo Road.
Zhang Cheng looked at the couplet and thought in his heart, it seems that this restaurant is a bit of a beginning, and such a domineering couplet dares to be posted!
"Let's go, let's go in." Zhang Cheng retracted his gaze and said.
After entering, Zhang Cheng found that the hall was full of people and friends at this time. Just when Zhang Cheng was worried, a shopkeeper came to meet him.
"Two guest officers, are you going to be a top or a hotel?" The shopkeeper smiled happily.
"Naturally, it's sharp, but looking at this situation, your hall is already full, I don't know if there is still a place for the second shop? Zhang Cheng said with a smile.
"The location is naturally there, but now it's only on the second floor, but the price on the second floor is more expensive than the hall, can the two guest officers move to the second floor?" The shop is small and two-way.
"No problem, again, bring us your characteristic side dishes, well, eight dishes will do, and another pot of wine." Zhang Cheng thought for a while.
"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute." The shopkeeper said happily.
The shopkeeper led Zhang Cheng and Lu Luo to the window on the second floor, and Zhang Cheng was extremely satisfied. It didn't take long for the wine and food to be ready, and when Zhang Cheng was ready to eat, he found that Lu Luo was still standing beside him.
"Lu Luo, why are you still standing, come and sit down to eat." Zhang Cheng said with a smile.
"Young master, the slave maid is waiting for you to eat." Midori responded.
Zhang Cheng slapped his forehead, forgetting that there was dignity and humility in ancient times, but he came from modern times, so he didn't care about these rules.
"Girl, am I your young master, do you want to listen to what I said? I'll let you sit down, where are there so many rules, besides, I'll have to pay the bill later. Zhang Cheng pretended to be stern.
"Yes, young master." Lu Luo said in a low voice.
After speaking, Lu Luo sat down on his right.
At this time, the second floor came from the erhu and the woman's cappella, Zhang Cheng took a closer look, it turned out to be the restaurant singing, taking turns to play music and sing at each dining table, it didn't take long for these two artists to come to Zhang Cheng. I saw that the old erhu man was full of white hair, silver beard, and only one eye, and the woman was covered with a scarf, and she couldn't see her face clearly, but she looked beautiful.
"Two guest officers, it's a bit of a joke." The old man who pulled the erhu said loudly.
"Okay, let's do a song." Zhang Cheng put down his chopsticks and said.
"I wonder if Childe has a familiar repertoire?" The old man asked again.
"No, you can sing a song as you like, just sing a song that you are good at." Zhang Cheng said with a smile.
"Okay, guest wait." The old man replied.
After finishing speaking, the old man pulled the erhu, and the woman began to sing, only to see that the old man's erhu was full of charm, and the masked woman sang a cappella melodella, Zhang Cheng felt good, so he drank a little wine, shook his head and admired it. It didn't take long for the song to be finished, the old man took out the copper plate and saluted Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng nodded to Lu Luo after understanding, and Lu Luo took out the five-pattern copper coin from his pocket and put it in the copper plate.
After the old man left, Zhang Cheng and Lu Luo continued to eat, and after they were full of wine and food, Zhang Cheng and Lu Luo were ready to check out and leave the restaurant. At the checkout, the shopkeeper told him that he needed one or two lines of silver, and Lu Luo was stunned when he heard that this meal needed one or two lines of silver, and Zhang Cheng didn't know the concept of one or two lines of silver, so he immediately motioned to Lu Luo to give silver.
Immediately, when Lu Luo took out one or two lines of silver and was about to hand them over to the shopkeeper, Zhang Cheng saw the notice on the top of the counter, only to see that it was written: Anyone who can link this will be free of wine, and a hundred taels of silver will be rewarded! So he immediately said: "Shopkeeper, is this couplet on the top of your counter as long as it is matched, you can get free of wine, and give away a hundred taels of silver?"
The shopkeeper heard it, and immediately smiled: "This couplet โ Wangjiang Tower, Wangjiang Liu, Wangjiang Downstairs Wangjiang Liu, Jianglou eternal, Jiangliu eternalโ is the store opened when it came out, it has been ten years, these ten years countless young talents, dignitaries and nobles can not come out, this son can also try if he is interested, but only a pillar of incense time, if the time, can not answer can pay double the silver, I don't know if this son still dares to respond." โ
"In a pillar of incense, if you can't answer, double the silver taels should be offered, but if I am lucky, will the shopkeeper give free wine and give a hundred taels?" Zhang Cheng replied with a smile.
"If the son can really match, the wine will naturally be free, and the tattooed silver is not a hundred taels but a thousand taels, how about it? The shopkeeper still smiled confidently.
"Okay, refreshing, the shopkeeper is really bold, Xiaosheng doesn't just want to challenge it, please!" Zhang Cheng smiled and saluted.
At this time, the diners in the lobby and the guests who entered the store were attracted by the words of Zhang Cheng and the shopkeeper one after another, forming a semicircle, waiting to watch the play.
At this time, Lu Luo inadvertently pulled Zhang Cheng's sleeve and whispered, "Young Master, can you do it?" This is the absolute of the ages... One or two lines of silver in this meal is already a lot, and if you lose one or two, then...
Looking at Lu Luo's miser's appearance, Zhang Cheng whispered in Lu Luo's ear: "Don't worry, girl, your young master and I have a thousand taels of silver." โ
Lu Luo was blushing to the base of his neck when Zhang Cheng whispered in his ear, and he wanted to make a hole on the spot and get into it.
"Everyone, now this child's challenge begins!" The shopkeeper announced loudly when he saw the man light the incense.
In fact, after Zhang Cheng saw this couplet, he knew that the next couplet was just a full set of plays, and people wanted to send a thousand taels for nothing, so they could make a show to the end. So in this pillar of incense, Zhang Cheng made enough expressions, sometimes frowning, sometimes stretching, and the exaggerated and rich expressions hung the crowd at the scene.
"When the time comes, does this son have a downlink?" After seeing a pillar of incense burned, the shopkeeper touched his beard and said with a smile.
"I've thought of it, it's just... It's just that the shopkeeper really doesn't regret taking out a thousand taels? Zhang Cheng looked at the shopkeeper and smiled.
"Don't worry, I, Zhu, am the one who doesn't believe in my words, and there are so many people to testify now, son, let's hurry up and ask for the next link!" The shopkeeper was a little unhappy.
"Good". Zhang Cheng nodded and said, the next link is: "Printing the Moon Well, Printing the Moon Shadow, Printing the Moon Shadow in the Printing Moon Well, Moon Well Ten Thousand Years, Moon Shadow Ten Thousand Years." Zhang Cheng read word by word.
After Zhang Cheng finished reading, the scene was suddenly silent, and the needle drop could be heard!