Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Fortune Inn
Lin Jing stood in place, holding the two pictures left by Tianyi Chang for himself, and couldn't help but be stunned for a long time. He is really a little inexplicable, Tianyi Chang seems to have come for himself, but what exactly does he want to do, and what does these two paintings represent? It's really strange, fortunately, there are not a few strange things that have happened recently, and Lin Jing can also see it.
This is, Lin Jing felt that his stomach was empty and a little hungry, so he opened his backpack and had eaten all the dry food. Lin Jing touched the bag of his underwear, the three ingots of gold that Ma Dahai handed over to him, and planned to buy something to eat.
Lin Jingda grew up in Liujia Village, where the villagers were warm and simple, and the children always rushed to which house to make delicious food, and they ate it and left after eating. Not to mention spending money on food, even these three ingots of gold, Lin Jing saw it for the first time.
"Auntie, where can I eat? Lin Jing walked to a stall selling vegetables and timidly asked the old lady who sold vegetables.
"Little Taoist, do you want to turn into a fate? I don't have it here, go quickly. The eldest lady waved her hand impatiently and told him to go away.
Lin Jing grew up, He had been driven away, his eyes were red aggrieved, and he didn't know what to say, so he made a gesture to the old lady who sold vegetables.
Lin Jing was about to ask the uncle of the stall next to him, but before he could speak, he was reprimanded: "Hurry up, don't spoil Lao Tzu's luck." When you meet a bald head, you will lose every time you gamble, you little Taoist priest is about the same as a monk, and eighty percent of your luck is not good! Hey, it's really unlucky, Lao Tzu gambled money today, but you have to wash your hands well. ”
Two stalls hit nails in a row, Lin Jing was a little overwhelmed, afraid and hungry, and didn't dare to ask again.
Daddy, mother, where are you now, where have you been, why don't you want me anymore? Lin Jing stood in the downtown area, although his ears were full of people, it was not lively, but in his eyes, he was just a cold stranger.
I want to be strong, I don't want to be like a tiger girl, I don't want to be a crybaby. Lin Jing played with the tiger girl, every time she cried her nose, Lin Jing always had to mock her "crybaby" on the side. Now, after ten years of turning from the east of the river to the west of the river, the person who cries his nose has become himself. Lin Jing gritted his teeth, not wanting tears to flow, but the tears still flowed down his eyes.
"Child, go to the 'Fortune Inn' in front and take a look. At this moment, a kind but somewhat weak voice came.
Lin Jing subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, but his eyes were hazy with tears and he couldn't see clearly. He hurriedly wiped his tears with his sleeve, and then saw the man squatting by the wall, which turned out to be a begging old lady. Look at her face, full of wrinkles, gray hair, her clothes with several holes, and in front of her lay a porcelain bowl with two openings, and in it lay five copper plates alone.
"Thank you grandma. Lin Jing's heart was warm, as if the cold rainy season suddenly rose tomorrow, and he gratefully waved at the old lady.
"It's a good boy, but it's a pity that Grandma doesn't have anything for you to eat. The old lady said regretfully, she thought about it, picked up the five copper plates in the bowl, got up to stuff them into Lin Jing's hand: "Child, you take these copper plates and buy a few steamed buns to eat." This is all the income she received from begging on the street today, and if she gave it to Lin Jing, she would be hungry, but now her heart is fluctuating, and she can't care about it. Begging on this street, how many people have said kind things to her?
Seeing this, Lin Jing waved his hand in embarrassment, and said hurriedly: "Grandma, I'm ...... I can't ask for it. ”
"Take it quickly, Grandma doesn't have anything else to give you. Before the old lady finished speaking, Lin Jing quickly turned around and got into the crowd.
The old lady looked at the crowd, sighed, and said, "What a good boy, I hope God will bless him with peace and security." ”
After Lin Jing got into the crowd, he trotted for a while, and only stopped when he felt that the old lady would not catch up with him.
It turns out that there are still people in this world who are good to me. Lin Jing's heart was moved, and he couldn't help but feel sad and his emotions subsided a lot. He gasped for air as he looked around.
A gold-lettered signboard comes into view.
"Fortune Inn".
Unconsciously, Lin Jing actually came to the place where the old lady signaled to go before.
He carefully looked at the "Hongyun Inn", it is a two-storey small building, the first floor is for dinner, the second floor rests, the vermilion paint on the door is mottled and peeled off, looking forward, the huge front hall is full of diners, staggered, although it is still grand and lively, but it always makes people feel that something is missing.
At the entrance of the inn stood a little man in a short shirt and a cloth hat, holding a tablecloth in his hand, leaning on his shoulder, shouting. He saw Lin Jing standing in front of the door looking at the signboard hanging above his head, and hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "This little Taoist master, are you staying in a hotel or eating?"
Lin Jing hadn't noticed the little brother before, and was taken aback when he saw him suddenly come to him, but before he could reply, the little brother held the tablecloth in one hand and held his shoulder with the other, pushing him towards the front hall. He still shouted: "Little Daoist, you come to our Hongyun Inn, you can be regarded as finding the right place, not to mention Wutong Town, even if it is a hundred miles around, there is no store that compares to our inn." As the saying goes, eat in good luck, live in good luck. ”
The little brother is not only sharp-tongued, but also not ambiguous at all, he welcomed Lin Jing to the square table not far from the door and sat down, wiped the tablecloth with his hand to wipe the table clean, and said: "Little Daoist, what do you want to eat, our vegetarian food is first-class, vegetarian ham and vegetarian buns are popular, and the master of the temple in the town next door often asks the little master to come to us to buy." ”
Lin Jing had seen this scene, his body sat upright, the little brother had finished speaking, and he hadn't reacted yet.
"Then, Little Daoist, what do you want to eat?" the little brother asked again.
Lin Jing didn't know how to answer, so he had to mumble in his mouth: "I want to eat." ”
When he was hungry when he was a child, Lin Jing always shouted at his mother Miao Ruolan, "I'm hungry, I want to eat", and it didn't take long for him to eat the food made by his mother, so he was urged by the little brother to say it subconsciously.
"I said Xiao Daoye, we know that you want to eat, what kind of dishes do you order?" The living customs of the north and the south are different, in the south, "rice" often represents white rice, and when the innkeeper heard Lin Jing's "want to eat", he thought that there was still oil and water to be made, and his face changed color in an instant, and he was a little impatient.
Lin Jing was already embarrassed, and when he saw the change in his brother's attitude, he had to say, "Just serve some delicious dishes." ”
"Then give you a whole plate of vegetarian ham, a plate of vegetarian buns, and a pot of butter tea?" The little brother thought in his heart, these dishes can't make a lot of money, his eyes rolled, and he continued: "Our dim sum is also very famous, and then a Sanhe rice dumpling, a small pot of Pu'er tea." You're alone, and that's pretty much it. ”
The little brother wanted to wait for Lin Jing to bargain and reduce a few dishes, but he didn't expect Lin Jing to nod again and again after listening to it, and said, "That's it." ”
"Gotcha! The food will be there soon!" the little brother laughed in his heart, it turns out that this little Taoist priest is a fool, hehe, the proprietress has to praise me a few words......
The little brother turned around, and was smug, suddenly thinking that Lin Jing had ordered so many dishes, what if he had no money? Look at his stupid appearance, he doesn't look like a rich customer.
I almost did something wrong! It's so dangerous! The little brother almost broke out in a cold sweat, quickly turned around, and said with a smile: "Little Daoye, you may not know, our inn, first know the money, and then serve the food." ”
When going to a restaurant to eat, how could there have been such a rule, but where would Lin Jing understand. After the little brother left, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and was just about to slow down his spirits, when he saw the little brother kill a horse pistol, he was startled, and said, "Yes...... What will happen?"
"Money, that's it. The little brother raised his right hand, rubbed his two fingers, and said, "You settle the meal money first." ”
When Lin Jing heard "money", he understood most of it in his heart, carefully untied his robe, took out the three ingots of gold given by Ma Dahai from the pocket of his underwear, put them on the table, and said, "Are these three enough?" ”
"It's gold, this little Taoist priest can't see it, he's still a rich chick. The surrounding diners noticed Lin Jing and exclaimed. For a while, the whole inn was like a fried pot, and there was a lot of discussion.
When the little brother saw Lin Jing take out three ingots of gold, he was startled, and he didn't speak, so he picked up a gold ingot and put it in his mouth.
With a "bell", the teeth bit on the gold and made a crisp sound.
"Yo, what a guy!" The little brother hurriedly put the gold back on the table and said, "Master Dao, this money is enough, absolutely enough, you put it away first, and I'll serve you food!"
Now, the little brother even saved the word "small", he saw that the three ingots of gold were of sufficient color and weight, not to mention paying for a meal, even if he bought the entire inn, it was more than enough.
I have to hurry up and tell the proprietress when such a role came to Wutong Town, the little brother muttered in his heart while running towards the counter.
Lin Jing saw that the people around him were staring at him, and he was a little scared in his heart, so he quickly packed the gold and put it in his pocket. As soon as he put it down, Lin Jing suddenly fell into the air and fell.
When he got up, he saw a man with a beard lying beside him. It turned out that this person brought Lin Jing's stool down when he fell.
"Little Taoist, I'm sorry, my old waist is not angry, and I fell down, but it didn't hurt you, right?" The beard is also kind, he is still lying on the ground, but he cares about Lin Jing first.
"Uncle, I'm fine, get up quickly. Lin Jing hurriedly lifted his beard up.
"No need, no need. Although the bearded man said "no need to help", he grabbed Lin Jing's arm, stood up from the ground, and said, "Have you ever fallen and hurt your body?"
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt, but Uncle is hurting?" Lin Jing saw that the beard cared about him, and his heart was a little moved, and he hurriedly said.
"It's okay, I'm fine. The beard supported his waist, twisted a few girls, and said: "It's just that the waist is a little sore, but it's good to go back and lie down." ”
After saying that, the bearded man walked out of the inn quickly.
It seems that there are still a lot of good people, Lin Jing looked at the back of the beard, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he sat down slowly, his heart warm.
At this moment, the little brother brought a tray and shouted in his mouth: "The food is coming! Dao Ye, you use it slowly, you can tell the little one if you have something." ”
The little brother served diligently, which made Lin Jing feel flattered. Looking at this dish again, the little brother is not lying, it is indeed first-class, the aroma is tangy, and the smell of it makes people's appetite move.
Lin Jing swallowed his saliva, moved his chopsticks, sandwiched a piece of vegetarian ham, and put it in his mouth.
Maybe he was hungry, maybe the portion of the dishes at the Hongyun Inn was not large, and Lin Jing actually ate a few dishes.
After burping, Lin Jing took a sip of Pu'er tea, and as soon as the cup was put down, the little brother trotted away, came to Lin Jing's side from the counter, and said, "Master Dao, we are satisfied with this dish, do you want to try something else?"
Lin Jing shook his head and began to untie his robe, ready to pay the bill.
"Master Dao, do you want to stay in the hotel, the best room in our inn has been prepared for you?" I asked the proprietress just now, and the two of them combined, for fear that Lin Jing was a big man, and if he didn't take care of it, he wouldn't be able to cause an accident. The little brother was afraid that he would not be attentive to the service, so he continued: "Otherwise, I will call you a carriage, and see how tired you are from walking." ”
"No, give you money. Lin Jing said as he took out the money bag from his pocket and poured it on the table.
It's all stones!