"The shopkeeper is gracious." Xie Yan glanced at the shopkeeper behind the counter, and the fat shopkeeper was also looking at him, smiling.

"This little brother, do you know, this passing inn is the only inn before entering the Xunlian Mountains, the golden shopkeeper is kind-hearted, not only is there no such strange goods to live in, whether it is to live in a hotel or to eat here, the cost is not high, and every festival, the shopkeeper also gives away wine and food."

At this time, a middle-aged man with a beard in the large table of people in the caravan next to him interjected.

"Yes, I remember the last time I came back from Maoyuan Mansion and passed by here, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Another middle-aged man who looked like a scribe and dressed like a scribe also chimed in.

Xie Yan arched his hand towards the caravan next to him, and said with a smile: "On the day of the New Year, being able to live in the passing inn is the way of luck in Xia and Neizi, thank you friends for informing me."

Xie Yan arched his hand towards the golden shopkeeper again, "The golden shopkeeper is a kind person. ”

The golden shopkeeper also politely replied, "Walking outside, there are their own difficulties, since they meet, it is fate, in fact, it doesn't cost anything, you can live in a small shop during the festival, and it also adds popularity to the shop, isn't it?" ”

For a while, the inn was full of toasts, and in the hot noise, although they were all strangers, they also had a bit of festive joy.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew away some of the heat, there were not many guys in the inn, and now it was a meal, and the guys were busy serving, but they didn't notice that there were new guests outside.

When the golden shopkeeper saw that someone had come in, he hurriedly went to entertain him personally.

"Guest officer...... Guest officer, please come in! ”

The golden shopkeeper stepped forward, originally a smiling greeting customer, but suddenly paused, his face seemed to be unnatural for a moment, but it was only a short moment, and he returned to the original appearance of the businessman who was kind and wealthy.

Song Xiaochi and Lotus Root only glanced at the new guests who came in, there were two of them, a middle-aged man in his forties, with an ordinary appearance, and a young man in his twenties, his eyes rolled around as soon as he entered the room, showing a slippery appearance.

As soon as the sleek young man came in, his eyes quickly looked at the entire hall, and when he saw Xie Yan and Song Xiaochi and the lotus root on the table, his eyes lit up, and he pulled the sleeve of the middle-aged man next to him, "Fourth uncle, let's go sit there." ”

"Uh...... Does the guest officer stay in the hotel or eat? The golden shopkeeper asked.

The middle-aged man first glared at the slick young man before he said to the shopkeeper Jin: "Both dinner and stay, just arrange a room for our uncle and nephew."

The golden shopkeeper's face seemed to be a little bitter, but he still responded with a smile and beckoned the two to sit down.

The middle-aged man did not choose the position that the oily young man had asked for before, he sat directly on an empty table next to the caravan, and the oily young man had to reluctantly follow with him when he saw this.

"This brother, many of you are almost the New Year, and you are still running outside, it's really hard!"

As soon as the middle-aged man sat down, before he could order, he accosted a person in the caravan next to him.

"Brother, we're doing business, there's no way, what about you?"

A man in his thirties with a mole on the left side of his face in the caravan took a sip of a glass of wine and replied with a smile.

"We have a relative who opened a tea shop in Maoyuan Province, and we wrote to us to help, and we received the letter from our relatives and went on the road."

"Why don't you leave after a year?"

"Alas, speaking of which, my nephew and I are both hard-hearted people, I married a daughter-in-law in my early years, and the husband and wife are also harmonious, but there are unforeseen circumstances, and when the daughter-in-law gives birth to a child, one corpse and two lives, alas, ......"

"It's fate!" The people of the caravan were busy comforting the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man pointed to the slick young man whose eyes were rolling around, and sighed: "My nephew and I, who are uncles, are suffering from the same disease, at a young age, my parents died one after another, and both of us are poor people, so we live together with each other, so it doesn't matter if we are at home or not, anyway, even if we are at home, only our uncle and nephew, now living in this inn, there are so many friends to spend the New Year together, but it is more lively."

The middle-aged man's words moved the listener, and the rugged man with a beard who was talking to Xie Yan in the caravan left his seat, walked to the middle-aged man's side, and patted him on the shoulder, "Since we can spend the New Year together, it's fate, brother, come and have a drink with us." ”

"yes, come over and have a drink." The rest of the caravan also invited.

"Man, give us another mutton pot, a sauce roasted elbow, and a few side dishes."

The caravan man pulled the uncle and nephew to their table, and someone called the man to command.

"Girl, this uncle and nephew are also pitiful, one has a dead daughter-in-law and children, and the other has a dead parent."

The middle-aged man's voice was not small, and the people in the caravan didn't make a sound because they heard him, so Song Xiaochi and the others were able to hear the middle-aged man's words clearly.

Song Xiaochi frowned, "I think there's something wrong with this person." ”

"What's wrong?" Xie Yan immediately asked.

"How can anyone be so clear about their situation as soon as they met, and besides...... The uncle's and nephew's expressions were also a little strange. ”

As for how strange it was, Song Xiaochi couldn't tell, anyway, she just felt that what they said might not be the truth.

Lotus Root asked, "What do you mean by the girl, that they deliberately told lies to win the sympathy of others so that they could have a meal?"

"Uh......" Song Xiaochi was speechless.

Xie Yan sneered: "In order to rub a meal, he cursed his wife, children and parents, and it was unbearable to act like this."

"Then what they say is the truth, maybe the bitterness in their hearts has been suppressed for too long, and it is not easy to say it in front of acquaintances, and now that they meet strangers, they don't know each other anyway, so if they say it, it's okay, if it's a slave, it's ruthless, maybe they will do it."

Well, Song Xiaochi was persuaded by the logic of the lotus root.

The dish was served at one time, and the plum wine given by the shopkeeper was also served.

Xie Yan asked, "How are you learning Danshu?"

"I've only learned the basics." Song Xiaochi didn't know what Xie Yan meant, but he still told the truth.