Text Chapter 72: Transactions in the Tavern
Forced to have no choice but to trade
Who wants to exchange lives for lives
I fed the medicine in the white jade bottle into Zhang Chengyong's mouth, and I didn't leave until I saw that his face had improved significantly.
When I left, the old man specially let me see Xiaomei and Doctor Xue.
The two of them were sitting in a room, surrounded by four or five beautiful young girls. The girl was laughing, but Xiaomei and Doctor Xue were not laughing.
Instead, their eyes were filled with horror and panic.
Obviously, they were in shock, and it seemed that the few of them must have just experienced something unthinkable.
The old man looked at me and smiled, "Don't worry! Now that we've closed the deal, your friend is my friend. I've never treated my friends badly, and I'll treat them as guests! ”
I didn't speak, I just looked at him.
I know that although he said so, his heart was warning me, warning me not to mess around.
Dawn, the last darkness before the sun breaks through the darkness.
God, the gray still oppresses the world.
Many people don't like this color, because only those who keep the sky alone can appreciate the loneliness that this color represents.
Many people love this color, because only those who are in despair can appreciate the hope that this color represents.
At this time, I looked at the gray that gradually faded and gradually became clearer, but the feelings in my heart were very complicated.
I don't know if I should rejoice or be sad?
I don't know if I should look forward to it, or should I give up?
The future is wonderful for many people!
However, for me, it is full of infinite unknowns, full of endless dangers.
A lot of people tried to kill me along the way, but thankfully I'm still alive.
Many people became friends with me along the way, but they ended up in a desperate situation because of me.
Along the way, I saw hope countless times, but in the end, I fell into crisis again.
I sat under a big tree, looking at the sky that was gradually brightening and the blood-red light on the side of the mountain, and I was in a daze.
Then I suddenly stood up and strode forward.
I didn't look back, I didn't hesitate, because I knew that this was not the time to linger.
I had to make a decision, I had to face what was happening in front of me.
Fuman Building is not a building at all, it is just a hotel.
However, it is not a very large hotel.
It's just a small restaurant with three tiled rooms.
Sometimes, however, the smaller the restaurant, the more it is willing to call some atmospheric names. For example, Jufu Building, Manhan Building, and Fuyun Building are actually just some inconspicuous small restaurants.
It was already noon when I arrived at Fuman Tower.
Although it was a meal, there was not even a single figure in this Fuman Building.
The proprietress sat bored at the door in a daze, while the boss lay directly on the counter and snored.
Seeing me coming, the proprietress was surprised at first, and then showed her yellow teeth and came up with a grin and greeted: "Oh, this little brother! Haven't eaten yet, have you? Would you like to eat something here? Our Fumanlou is very famous in this ten miles and eight towns! There is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't eat! ”
The proprietress is a woman in her forties who has a thick foundation on her face, and every time she smiles, there is an extra pink mark on the corner of her eye. She was bloated, but she liked to wear very tight clothes, and when she talked to me, she pulled down the collar of her blouse, intentionally or unintentionally.
Seeing this, I can't help but feel funny in my heart, to be honest, I've seen all kinds of people, this kind of proprietress who relies on "posture" to attract customers is the first time I've seen it.
"Hostess, I'm here to wait for someone. If you have something to eat, I might as well have a bowl of beef noodles! I said and rubbed my nose.
I tried to be as calm as I could, but I couldn't stand the smell of her heavy, cheap perfume.
"Okay! You wait, the beef is just stewed in the morning! Guaranteed you eat one bowl and want two! The proprietress said with a smile.
She seemed to love to laugh, or more accurately, she seemed to be confident in her smile, as if she felt that as long as she smiled, every man would fall for her.
Beef, not stewed in the morning. The beef, which had been stewed at least three days ago, now had a faint rancid flavor and was as hard as the soles of leather shoes.
The noodles weren't just cooked, they were left over from the day before, but they were just heated in a pot.
Wine is the most common beer in the local area, but the price here is 10 yuan a bottle, and it is specially marked that Tong Su is not bullied.
However, I wasn't picky and didn't bother with the boss and the hostess.
Because, I'm not here to eat.
I'm here to wait for someone, waiting for someone who can exchange Zhang Chengyong's life.
According to the previous deal, the old man asked me to come to this hotel to meet with a person, and then bring back something from this person's hand to him, and he would release Zhang Chengyong and them.
He didn't tell me who this person was, though.
Nor did they tell me what the things I was going to bring back were.
Of course, he didn't tell me how much this thing was worth.
At noon, the sun is blazing.
Although it was almost October, the sun was still very hot, and everyone on the street kept cursing.
I picked out a noodle with chopsticks, but instead of putting it in my mouth, I looked boredly at the sparse crowd on the street.
But at this moment, suddenly a person appeared in my eyes.
It's a woman, a nice looking woman.
She was dressed in white, white from head to toe, spotless, white without a trace of impurities, but she held a big red umbrella.
When I looked at her, she was looking at me.
After a long time, she suddenly strode towards me and walked into the Fuman Building.
Although Fumanlou was not too big, at least there were four or five tables here, and each table was empty, but she sat across from me.
Not only did she sit across from me, but she also picked up my glass and drank it down.
"You're waiting for someone?" After drinking the wine in the glass, the woman said lightly.
"I can't wait, do you have anything to do with the girl?" I smiled and poured another glass of wine.
"If you're waiting for someone, you've waited." The woman still said lightly.
"Oh? Could that person be you, girl? I asked.
"Yes!" The woman said.
"Then I don't know what I should call you, girl?" I asked with a smile.
"You can call me Xueqing!" The woman said.
"Okay, Miss Xueqing! Now that you're here, can you give me your stuff? I smiled and continued.
"You've got it, too!" Xue Qing looked at me and said word by word.
"Got it?" I smiled at Xue Qing and said, "I don't seem to have seen anything." ”
"Are you blind? Isn't that something right in front of your eyes? Xue Qing said coldly.
"Oh? Do you mean, you're that kind of thing? I said.
"You're not too stupid!" Xue Qing said lightly.
"Now that the people who were waiting for us have arrived, and the things that should have been picked up have also been taken, can we set off?" I looked at Xue Qing and asked.
"Good!" After Xue Qing finished saying this, she got up and left.
And I could only hurriedly throw down a hundred dollars and go out.
The boss was still sleeping, but the hostess was laughing, and she was smiling happily.
Until the moment I walked out the door, she didn't quite believe that the bill in her hand was real, and she probably didn't believe that she could make a hundred dollars in a day.
But luck is really not good, you can't pull it when it goes, but when it comes, you can't stop it.
The proprietress may have complained more than once before that marrying such a lazy and unproductive boss is ruined in this life.
However, today she was laughing, and even kissed her sleeping boss.
However, although the boss's luck is very good, my luck is not so good, because I have been following Xueqing, and she doesn't seem to know the way.
So, when the sun was setting in the west, the two of us actually got lost.
"You don't know the way?" I asked with a smile.
After going through these things, I've learned to use laughter to solve everything. This is not only the best way, but also the easiest way to calm yourself.
"Did I tell you I knew the way?" Although I was laughing, Xue Qing was so cold, not only was she cold, but her tone was also very cold.
"Why walk ahead when you don't know the way?" I looked at Xue Qing and said.
"Why would you walk behind when you know the way?" Xue Qing didn't speak, but looked at me and asked.
"I ......" Hearing Xue Qing's words, I suddenly didn't know how to answer her.
I suddenly realized that if a man reasoned with a woman, then the man would lose. Because women never reason with men, in their consciousness, women's words are always right, whether she is right or wrong.
So, I could only laugh, walked in front of Xue Qing with a smile, and led the way in front with a smile.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and it is like hell.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and it seems to be blowing down the whole forest.
The clouds were getting thicker and thicker, like a quilt covering the whole sky.
"It's going to rain!" I looked at the sky and said.
"So what?" Xue Qing said lightly.
"If it rains, it will be even more difficult for the two of us to get out of this forest." I said.
"If you can't get out, we'll live here!" Xue Qing said lightly.
"Live here? Are you going to spend the night in the rain? I looked at her and said.
"Why spend the night in the rain? Can't we just find someone to spend the night? Xue Qing said.
"People? Where is there a home? I asked with a smile.
"Are you really blind? Isn't there just a room? Xue Qing said, gesturing to the bottom of a hillside to the east.
Sure enough, when I looked in the direction of her finger, I actually saw a clay tile house.