Shangjiukan is a tavern run by the head of the Gu family.

It is said that the name "Shangjiu" also has a special meaning.

"Shang" is the high-grade, good quality wine, against the current, against the wind and waves, "nine" is the homonym of wine, that is, a steady stream of wine, greeting friends who have come from afar, this is the meaning of the nine halls, there are friends from afar, happy.

There are five small pavilions in the upper nine halls, which are a teahouse, a second sound hall, a third shadow hall, four lecture halls, and five watch halls. These five pavilions are collectively known as the Upper Nine Pavilions. In front of each tavern there is a small torii hanging from the door, and the five of them are enclosed in a circle, and there is a huge half-log on top that wraps the five taverns, and from the outside, it looks like a giant mushroom standing there.

A teahouse, as the name suggests, is mainly tea, tea tasting, and wine. However, most of the customers who come to this restaurant mainly drink tea, and most of them are businessmen, such as homely exchanges, talking about business matters, or political conversations, mainly to entertain guests. This restaurant can place five large wooden tables, and there are often six categories: green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea, and black tea. Among them, Biluochun, Qimen black tea, and Tieguanyin are the most popular teas.

I once came over to help when my business was busiest, and I used the etiquette that Su Wei taught me to make tea.

There are really a lot of etiquette for making tea, first of all, there is a lot of attention to the woman's appearance, she can't wear a drape, she must dress plainly, and she can't be too explicit. When making tea, you should sit in the third of the chair, clean the cup with tweezers, and pour the tea according to the seniority of the elders, with the elders first. In addition, the tea is also very particular, not too high nor too low, the hand is stable, and the tea is added in time.

The Ersheng Pavilion is mainly based on folk cross talk, and this hall can also fit five round wooden tables. They perform orally, without the need for hand movements, and the main props used are folding fans, handkerchiefs, and waking wood. We invited Ziyang's most famous cross talk actor Wan Gu Liufang, his name is four words, he is a male cross talk, and he is paired with Shui Die Ling, a female cross talk. In order to come to the scene to see their performance, many people traveled for several days and nights, and came from thousands of miles to support.

The Three Shadows is mainly based on shadow puppetry. Shadow puppetry is the entertainment mode of the people of Ziyang, but in recent years, life is turbulent, there are not many people who come to watch shadow puppetry, people who come not only love to watch this play, but also love to listen to this mythical story, so the image in it is always endless, strange, quite fun. But I love to watch shadow puppet plays, and with the actor's voice and music, it's very exciting.

The Four Storytellers are the home of storytellers. This restaurant is more suitable for the people, and the consumption is also relatively close to the people, people are addicted to listening, drink more wine, and order more snacks. Mr. Storyteller is also known as "Talking Gu Immortal", this storyteller has spoken in many restaurants in Ziyang, when he speaks, his expression is naturally revealed, vivid and vivid, this is also the restaurant I love to go to, but Su Wei said that it is more chaotic here, and told me not to go often. The storyteller was to wear a long robe, and we placed a long wooden table in the middle of the building, with the storyteller sitting in the back, and a folding fan and a wake-up wood in front of it. It is common to see men walking shirtless, and some of them will do something to women when they are drunk, so at night, women must leave this restaurant.

The five watch hall is open to the meaning of the fifth watch. This restaurant is special, people can't order food, can only order wine before 12 o'clock, after we finish drinking, we will close the shop, but this restaurant is closed and open, only for some homeless homeless, can have a quiet home at night. Therefore, the Five Watch Hall is also relatively large and can accommodate more people.

The manager who runs this tavern is the lawyer, and Qiu Feng is the second manager.

I used to have many questions about the rules of the Gu family, such as some prejudiced rules that were set against women, such as women are not allowed to engage in business and politics, but the burden of the second manager has never fallen on Teng Zhi, and this power has been handed over to Qiu Feng.

This family rule is also a "nothing" decoration, and it is only useful for some people.

I once asked about the law, didn't it say that women can't go into business and politics? He just replied to me lightly, then you can only blame your father for not being capable.

To be honest, I didn't see how much the law loved Tengzhi, just as I didn't see how much Tengzhi loved me, the love that was placed on us was not completely equal, this scale was placed on us, it was biased, and how humble this love was.

Su Wei said that because Teng Zhi's mental condition is not good, even if all the power is handed over to Teng Zhi's hands, it will be useless, he always has some strange thoughts in his head, maybe sometimes he doesn't even know what he is thinking, let alone us, we don't understand him, and just as he sees us as strange, I am really afraid that one day, he will suffer from madness like Jinyu, and his condition will become more and more serious.

Drinks in the upper nine halls are in short supply every day.

There are countless people who come to drink every day, not only Chinese, but also many Westerners who like to come here to drink.

The decorative background of the upper nine pavilions is bronze, mainly built in the style of ancient buildings, with an antique exterior wall, the wall is full of small green pothos, the whole building constitutes a unique style, there is a huge goldfish tank in the middle of the five taverns, the goldfish tank is more than one meter, the shape of the fish tank is a glass fish tank made of a koi, there are many rare fish species cultivated in it, the price of a fish is also worth a year's ration, this fish tank is also responsible for a long time, The errand of changing the water was so exhausting that it almost cost him half his life, but the water change only needs to be changed once a month.

Many people come to see the rare fish species when they hear the news, and more people will put their faces on the fish tank, look at the golden koi fish with wide eyes, watch them swim around, and really introduce people into this fish tank, and imagine that they are also a carefree fish, although the fish only have a few seconds of memory, but this freedom to go back and forth, every day is like a new life, is the life I longed for.

By the way, the mural on the wall was painted by Shen Yaze himself.

Today, he received an invitation to draw the Phoenix again for the five restaurants in the tavern.

I haven't seen him for a long time, and the last time I saw him was when I was selling paintings on Xisheng Street.

Early in the morning, I saw him walking in the direction of the tavern with a full load of painting tools in his hands.

"Yazawa!" I waved and shouted.

"Xining, are you coming over to help today?" When he saw me in the car, he ran to me.

"Mr. Shushu can't come today because of something, so grandpa asked me to come over to the tavern to help." I say.

"Hello." Yazawa bowed his head and bent down to greet the system.

"Today is in good spirits, greet your father for me." Ritsu said with a smile, placing a hand on Yazawa's shoulder.

"Yes, thank you, sir." Yazawa smiled like a spring wind, blowing everything, and he woke up from sleep.

With that, I took the painting tools to the wall for him.

"The decoration of my tavern is quite special, the whole tavern is mainly circular, where do you think it would be more suitable to draw the phoenix?" Ryu looked up at the wall.

"Or I paint on the door of each museum, the decoration of your house will retain the current style, the exterior wall is mainly bronze, if you paint the phoenix again, a little redundant, I think you can paint the phoenix in a more conspicuous place, like the gate, everyone will see it when they pass by." Yazawa gestured the size of a phoenix, gesturing with a pen while closing one eye.

"That's fine, I just want it to look flashy."

"Understood, then I'll start drawing now, and closing the door shouldn't disturb your guests." Yazawa closed the door.

"No, it's closed today, and it's inconvenient for you for customers to walk out." The polite tone of the law is really exactly the same as the usual reception of guests, but the treatment of Teng Zhi that day was so cold.

"It's so embarrassing to disturb your business." Yazawa bowed, put his hands on his knees, and paused for a few seconds before looking up.

"No, no, no, be polite, I have been friends with your father for many years, so I don't need to be polite to me, but trouble you." Ryu patted Yazawa's shoulder from time to time with one hand, with a optimistic expression.

"Then you draw well, I'll get busy first." The law says.

As soon as the words fell, the law changed like a face, and his lips were serious and confined, completely different from the polite and kind attitude just now.

"See?" I whispered to Yazawa.

"See what?"

"Grandpa is always very good at changing his face, I am afraid when he laughs, and I am afraid when he is not laughing." I covered my heart.

He was surprised to see me look like that, and thought I was like a little chick who had never seen the world.

"Your reaction is too exaggerated, it's nothing surprising, businessmen are like this, no businessman smiles at you all day long, such a businessman quickly dies in friendship, because he is quickly stabbed in the back." Yazawa said this very seriously, so seriously that I could see his pupils.

"A stab? That person isn't going to die, is he? I asked a quick question.

"Why are you so stupid, you haven't experienced it yet, you naturally won't understand." Yazawa looked down at me, a hand caressing my forehead.

"Of course, you have to keep an eye on people outside, but shouldn't you be sincere to your family?" I asked.

"Yes, like my father and mother are very kind to me, my grandparents, grandparents have passed away, but I don't feel the slightest reduction in love for me." When Yazawa said this, his eyes were shining, and his gentleness should have been given by his family.

"I'm sorry to bring up your sadness again."

"It's okay, I'm used to living without them, and I'm sure they're living well in another country." Tears welled up in Yazawa's eyes.

Everything he paints shines, especially the phoenix, which is bright and bright, like a real phoenix printed on the paper, and it will fly out of the paper at any moment.

Looking at him up close again, his pupils glowed golden during the day, under his thick eyebrows, clean cheeks, and he sighed again that this man was too delicate.