Chapter 19: Lazy Goods
After entering the city, the first thing the five people came to was naturally the teahouse.
"Drink slowly, hot. Xu Dai looked at Fluttershy, who drank tea like a wolf and a tiger, and reminded him.
"Shopkeeper, come with a pound of rice wine and two plates of beans. ”
Zhao Bing took out a small ingot of silver and smiled heartily at the shopkeeper counting the copper coins at the counter.
"Okay, guest officer!" The shopkeeper collected the money, turned his head and shouted to the back kitchen, "Poor boy, bring a pound of good rice wine, and then make three plates of beans and take it out!"
"Huh!" responded from the back kitchen.
Xu Dai frowned, and the shopkeeper smiled: "I can't accept such a big bargain in vain, so I'll send an extra plate of beans to the guest officer." ”
Zhao Bing gave a thumbs up and praised: "The store is heroic!"
In a short time, there was an unkempt young man in the back kitchen carrying a pot of rice wine, and in the other hand there were three plates with beans stacked on top of each other.
"Here comes the eating and drinking. The young man had a butcher's knife pinned to his waist, and his face was a warm smile that was incompatible with the bloody butcher's knife at his waist.
The young man put the beans and rice wine on the table and turned back to the back kitchen, but Xu Dai's brows furrowed tightly. Zhao Bing was stunned for a moment and asked, "Brother Xu, what's wrong?"
Xu Dai shook his head, got up with two bowls of rice wine and walked to the counter. He handed the store a bowl of wine, and then said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, this bowl of wine is to thank you for giving you a stack of beans." ”
The store was also arrogant, and drank the rice wine in one go.
Xu Dai drank slowly, and he said, "What is the shop's surname?"
The shopkeeper smiled: "No expensive, surname Du." ”
"Brother Du, let's not hide it, the five of us are outsiders, we don't know the rules of Xizhou, do you want Brother Du to say something?" Xu Dai took a sip of rice wine, and poured a bowl of rice wine for the store surnamed Du.
Du Dianjia said with a smile: "Where are the rules in Xizhou, it is nothing more than that it is best not to go out at night, and it is best not to be pitiful when you meet beggars." Anyway, in our Xizhou, as long as there is no overflow of sympathy. ”
"By the way, if you don't have much money in your pocket, don't go to the kiln. Otherwise, it will be miserable to be chased by a group of thugs to beg for money. ”
Du Shopkeeper showed a wicked smile that only men could understand, and Xu Dai nodded with a smile.
And Zhao Bing, who was on the table on the side, almost didn't swallow a sip of rice wine, with a wicked smile on his face.
Zhao Shuyun, Honglie and Fluttershy are ignorant, Zhao Shuyun glared at the third brother who was smiling evilly, but Zhao Bing shook his head resolutely, resolutely not telling the truth.
Xu Dai continued to ask: "Brother Du, is that young man your son just now? ”
Du Shopkeeper sneered and said, "He, how could it be my son." This kid made a righteous move a month ago, broke a lot of things in a fight in my shop, and didn't have much money on him, so he stayed and worked for two months, which is equivalent to compensation. ”
"This kid is good, but he's stupid. Didn't the person who was kind to him also pat his ass and leave, without even a greeting. This kid only came to Xizhou a month ago. Isn't this a dumb loss?"
Xu Dai nodded and said with a smile: "This person is chivalrous, although he has not been rewarded, but he has also gained wisdom because of his losses." ”
"Brother, you don't know for him, I don't know this kid, I'm a lazy person, and he begs me for wine all day long, and he wants to drink even if he's drunk. If it weren't for this kid's pitifulness, I wouldn't have taken him in at a loss. Du shopkeeper said.
Xu Dai was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Brother Du is also a real person!"
Turning his head sideways, Xu Dai saw that the curtain in the back kitchen was lifted by a butcher knife, and the mediocre face was facing Xu Dai.
"Don't chop bones for Lao Tzu, be careful that I let you work for an extra month. The young man quickly smiled, put down the curtain, and the sound of chopping bones came from the back kitchen.
"Brother Du, this young man broke the items in your store, and he should lose money. I saw that this man closed his eyes, and I paid for him. Xu Dai asked Zhao Bing to give a few ingots of large pattern silver and handed them to Dudian's house.
The shopkeeper took two ingots and kept saying that enough was enough, but the young man came out of the back kitchen and said, "What you give is what you give, but I don't earn it." ”
Du Shopkeeper glared at him and scolded: "You poor boy who doesn't have a long heart, the old brother of the family saw that you were good and paid you the silver money, and you still don't appreciate it!"
The young man just smiled apologetically at Xu Dai, then turned around and walked into the back kitchen, and the sound of chopping bones continued to sound.
Xu Dai shook his head with a smile and sat back in his position, letting the Du shopkeeper chase him to the back kitchen and scold the young man for not knowing what to do.
Zhao Bing asked, "Brother Xu, this person and you are old acquaintances?"
Xu Dai shook his head and said, "This person is also a second-grade master." ”
"So powerful?" Zhao Bing glared, the young man was about the same age as him, and he was actually in the realm of the second grade!
"No wonder the old people in my family often say that you should be cautious when you go out, mother, there are such masters in a teahouse. ”
"Brother Du, what's wrong?" Xu Dai looked at the Du shopkeeper who led the young man out of the back kitchen, and said with a smile.
It's also a shame that this Du shopkeeper doesn't know what kind of master the young man is, only that he can fight. If he knew that the sloppy young man he scolded every day was a sophomore master, I am afraid that this store would be frightened.
"I don't know what to do, this brother has already helped you redeem yourself, sit down, and invite them to drink two glasses!" Du Shopkeeper stuffed the rice wine jar in his hand to the young man, and he ran outside the door to solicit guests.
The young man seemed to know how sloppy he was, and instead of sitting down, he stood and poured a bowl of rice wine for the three of them, excluding Honglie and Fluttershy.
Xu Dai moved his butt and gave up a position: "Sit down." ”
The young man was not too polite, thanked him and sat down.
"My name is Wei Qi, and I thank Mr. for redeeming me just now. The young man took a bowl of wine and drank it with his head up.
Xu Dai smiled and took a sip of wine, and said, "Xu Dai." ”
"Mr. Xu. ”
Zhao Bing and several others also made introductions in turn.
"Wei Qi, I see that your realm is not low, why do you do chores here to pay off debts?" Xu Dai did not hide it, and directly threw out the doubts in his heart.
Wei Qi obviously didn't have any idea of hiding it, and since he was seen out of the realm, he generously admitted: "I know what Mr. Xu wants to say, it's nothing more than that I have this strength, why don't I be a bully in Xizhou, and if you have a little more conscience, it's not bad to be that hero, at least you won't be short of money." Right, Mr. Xu?"
Xu Dai nodded.
Wei Qi squinted and laughed: "It's a pity that I'm naturally lazy, except for being willing to work the pig-killing knife on my waist, I'm not very diligent." And I don't want to do those things like chickens and dogs, so I am penniless, and it is the best way to pay off my debts here. ”
"You are not lazy, but you are discerning right from wrong. Xu Dai smiled, his words revealing appreciation.