Chapter 10: Decadence
Early the next morning, when Liang Xingfa and Wang Lun were about to open for business, they suddenly heard a fierce fight from the Wanda Inn.
This made them feel very curious and excited, and everyone guessed in their hearts that maybe it was because of the emotional breakup caused by the disharmony between Wanda and their careers.
After Liang Xingfa and the others went out to take a look, they couldn't help but be disappointed, and at the same time felt quite shocked.
Instead of fighting, the Wanda couple rallied to beat a drunken middle-aged man. The two of them shot more viciously, the kind that hit them to death, and they beat the man to a blue nose and swollen face in a few strokes. scolded while beating back: "Tell you to eat and live for nothing, you think you can pretend to be stupid and not give money when you are drunk." Every time I ask you to give money, you will be thinking something and screaming, watching me beat you to the point of diarrhea. ”
Wang Lun was suddenly very angry, and he ran over to stop the violent actions of Wanda's two in-laws with a whoosh.
Wanda didn't like Wang Lun for a long time, but when he saw that he dared to meddle with a mouse, he beat Wang Lun like a wild dog in the water. Who knew that after five moves, he was put to the ground by Wang Lun, and he was numb and unable to fight back, and his strength was several grades worse than Wang Lun. His wife was also scared to the side, not daring to move.
Liang Xingfa sneered at Wanda and said: "The mouse picked up a knife and wanted to go hunting, it's really beyond his strength." ”
Wanda sat on the ground in annoyance and asked Wang Lun: "You idiot actually dare to beat me, do you dare to go with me to see the official?" ”
Wang Lun picked up the middle-aged man who didn't know whether he was knocked down or drunk and said to Wanda: "This is my Li Bai brother, if you beat him, you will beat me." Do you think I'm going to be stupid enough for you to fight? ”
Liang Xingfa was shocked, and thought, dare to love this is the legendary poet fairy Li Bai, no wonder he is so addicted to alcohol. They were all beaten and drunk, and they had to be scooped up and drunk by hand. At this time, many neighbors also gathered around to watch the excitement.
Wanda scolded Wang Lun angrily: "I don't care who he is, you think it's your brother is very meritorious." Even if you come back from the dead, Lao Tzu will give me money for food and lodging. Those who dare to pretend to be stupid and refuse to give money will be beaten until they spit out. Even if you go to the government, you have to pay me back and give me justice. When Yang Guozhong, the prime minister of the court, ate me, he didn't dare to owe me a penny. ”
The audience talked a lot, and it turned out that Li Bai was beaten because he ate the overlord meal. If you want to talk about it, the wrong side is still Li Bai's side. Wang Lun was also speechless.
Liang Xingfa shouted loudly to Wanda: "Don't think that you can mess around if you take advantage of reason, it is also illegal to beat people, you should be an idiot and don't understand the law." Who gave you the right to hit someone. Are you an official, do you think you are "Tang Law Shuyi". Li Bai owes you money, you can let him atone for your sins and work for you to offset it. And I think it is impossible for Li Baixian to eat your overlord meal, it must be that you secretly stole other people's money while they were drunk, and in order to hide people's eyes, you deliberately knocked him out of the inn, so that uninformed people think that you are very reasonable. ”
Suddenly, the audience's public opinion tilted to Wanda's side, saying that he was black-hearted in business, and he did the thing of chicken and dog thieves as soon as he saw an opportunity.
Wang Lun also took the opportunity to tell Wanda about stealing widows' clothes when she was a child and being chased and bitten by dogs.
made Wanda immediately burst into a rage, pointed at Liang Xing and said hoarsely: "You fucking bloody mouth, why do you say that I stole his things without any evidence." If you have a kind of reason, you will reason with me. ”
Liang Xingfa didn't want to toss with him, the plan of the day lies in the morning, and making money in business is the king.
Wanda saw that he refused to leave, thinking that he was afraid, and was even more proud, and stepped forward to pull him away. Suddenly, Wang Lun took out a tael of silver from the drunken Li Bai and called Wanda and said, "Look, he has money here." Wanda, you're such a violent maniac, you won't ask him for it. ”
Seeing that it was profitable, Wanda was so happy that she left everything else behind and jumped over as if taking money.
Liang Xingfa grabbed the silver and said to Wanda: "You have to tell me first, how much does Li Bai owe you?" ”
Wanda said: "500 yuan for living in a hotel, 500 yuan for eating and drinking, just one or two silver." After speaking, he reached out to take a tael of silver in Liang Xingfa's hand, but Liang Xingfa was still unwilling to give it to him, flashing with him like a monkey, making him angry, and the shouting of killing was deafening.
Liang Xingfa said to Wanda: "This money is not something you want to take, you can take it if you want to." Please compensate Li Bai for his medical expenses, do you think it was a joke to hurt someone? ”
Wanda salivated and said, "Oops, it's all a misunderstanding." He's too, so drunk, asking what's wrong, isn't this looking for a fight? Give me the money. ”
Liang Xingfa said: "Then I'll cut you twice and bleed you, and then it's all to blame for that misunderstanding, do you accept it." Besides, if you ask him, can't you wait until he is sober? Why are you so simple and rude. ”
The audience booed, and they all stood on Liang Xingfa's side to accuse Wanda of his hateful behavior, and asked Wanda to compensate Li Bai for his medical expenses, otherwise everyone would go to the official together. Wanda's heart was shocked, he had learned the consequences of public anger, and he was very afraid that history would repeat itself. The hero doesn't suffer immediate losses, he can only ask Liang Xingfa how to deal with this matter.
Liang Xingfa paused in his voice, pretending to be fair and serious: "Originally, this kind of thing is very simple, everyone must learn to empathize. It is natural to pay for meals, and it is also natural to be punished for beating. You beat Li Bai, it stands to reason that Li Bai should also beat you back and then settle the meal money for you. If you don't want to be beaten, don't ask for it before this meal, just make up for Li Bai's body. ”
Wanda chose the latter almost without thinking, he didn't want to be beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, in case he didn't carry the beating and ran directly to see the king of Yama, he would lose a lot of money, and no amount of money could be exchanged for a good life.
So, the end of this matter was that Wanda watched Liang Xingfa and Wang Lun, who was holding Li Bai, walk back to Caiping Inn with ease, and then rolled to the ground, crying and saying: "There is no reason, what kind of world is this, bad people are in charge, and good people are suffering." ”
The audience burst into laughter and dispersed. His wife twisted his ears and pulled him up and scolded: "Aren't you ashamed enough, hurry back and cook." ”
Jiang Caiping's admiration for Liang Xingfa deepened, praising his eloquence as wonderful as a shrew scolding the street. Liang Xingfa, who is sweet in his heart, modestly said that he is not as good as a shrew, and he will not look like a shrew until his hair grows long in the future.
Liang Xingfa waited for Wang Lun to help Li Bai to the upstairs guest room to rest, and then asked him if he wanted to find a Lang Zhong to show Li Bai.
Wang Lun said: "That's not necessary, he's like this when he's drunk." Sleep for a day and a night, and wake up like a dragon. ”
Liang Xingfa asked him again: "When did you make friends with Li Bai?" ”
Wang Lun said: "It was the first rainy day of spring two years ago, and the rain was heavier than usual. You may not know that Li Bai is romantic by nature and likes to travel everywhere. That day, I just swam to our village, drinking as I walked, and I still chanted some beautiful verses in my mouth. It just so happened that day that some robbers came to the village and robbed the house. When he robbed Li Bai's head, he actually smiled and asked the robber to drink, and he was drunk. The robbers thought he was insulting their intelligence and were furious enough to kill him. He was so drunk that the villagers thought he was dead. Who knew that he could actually play a set of exquisite swordsmanship, known as the drunken sword. stunned to cut those robbers to the ground. The villagers were very grateful and hosted a banquet for him. The amount of alcohol is extremely amazing, and the drink is like a long whale sucking a hundred rivers. I slept for three days and three nights when I was drunk. ”
Liang Xingfa said: "I also know that he likes to drink a lot, but I didn't expect it to this extent. Success is also good wine, and defeat is also good wine. Later, were you intoxicated by his wonderful poems and worshipped him as a spiritual idol for life? ”
Wang Lun said, "That's right. You've guessed it. Seems like you know a lot about him. ”
Liang Xingfa said: "I have heard of it. ”
Wanda Inn can still attract some customers for breakfast.
But Liang Xingfa decided to take even the breakfast cake for himself, so Wanda completely withdrew from the food industry. He told Wang Lun about the production methods and tastes of Lanzhou ramen, Shaxian snacks and fritters, and Wang Lun immediately understood and quickly mastered the trick. It is full of flavor and is loved by diners.
Soon, whether it was the common people in Chang'an City or the princes and nobles, they all ran over to feast as if they had discovered a new continent. Soon demand was in short supply again. Many people would rather line up at the door late at night just to have a meal the next day.
Sure enough, as expected by Liang Xingfa and others, no one went to Wanda to dine.
The only thing Wanda and her in-laws could do was sit in the doorway, chasing flies and staring at them angrily.
Now even beggars don't go to Wanda to beg for food, because Liang Xingfa and they throw something out casually are delicious, oily and water, and full, which is many times stronger than the rancid things thrown out by Wanda.
Of course, the Wanda couple didn't want to sit back and wait. After painstaking research, they came up with many solutions, and finally they decided to use the most primitive and convenient method. That's a markdown promotion. In fact, this is also a way out of the way, I can't finish the food I came in, and if I can't sell it, I have to return it to God.
They hung a half-price sign at the door. Half a day passed, and there was not even half a figure, and no one seemed to look at him. The saddest thing is that even the outsiders who live in their inn don't eat here.
Wanda's two in-laws have nothing to do, so they can only quarrel, maybe this will make time less boring. First, his wife thought that he was incapable of causing the fuse, and then he talked about some old sesame seeds and rotten grain. When it comes to quarrels, men generally can't quarrel with women, probably because women can open their mouths a little more.
Wanda wanted to hide if she couldn't quarrel, thinking to herself, can't she hide if she can't be provoked? It turned out that he was wrong. His wife is not ordinarily tough. He hid in the room and his wife found the room to scold, he hid under the bed, and his wife got under the bed to scold, he hid in the toilet, and his wife waited for him to come out and scold. Because the toilet is smelly and full of mosquitoes, it will not be long. When he hid on the street, he couldn't stand it even more, and he directly became a family ugly.
As the saying goes, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. No one watched the price reduction, and a large number of people came to see the quarrel. Some people leave what they are doing to come and see the excitement.
Wanda, who was almost mentally broken, simply ran into the Caiping Inn, and when he saw his old customers or neighbors, he kept lobbying, asking people to go to his place for dinner, and give it away for nothing.
This time, people were excited, and they rushed to him to take whatever they saw, and they gave it away for nothing anyway.
The Wanda couple panicked and kept explaining to people that they couldn't eat what they couldn't eat. But the scene was out of control. Because everyone is scrambling to take it, and those who don't take it will take it with hot eyes. In the end, it turned into a robbery. Not to mention the dishes, chopsticks, tables, chairs and benches, even the gold-made beckoning cat on the counter was taken away by the chaotic crowd.
Looking at the inn full of messes, Wanda and his wife wanted to cry without tears.