Chapter 48 Drunken Immortal Residence
Let's say that this old Dingji is an ancient town, more than 200 miles southwest of Short Songgang and more than 190 miles southeast of Fenghuang Mountain. The three places look at each other from afar, and they just become a corner.
In the center of the town is a natural lake of 100 acres in size formed by a thousand hot springs, and all kinds of dwellings are built around the lake, forming several oval-shaped streets and alleys layer by layer.
In the middle of the lake there is a long and narrow island, and on the east and west sides of the lake, there are two stone arch bridges, one large and one small, that connect it with the outside world! The island is overgrown with trees, but they are scattered, but in the winter sun, the bare trunks of the trees seem somewhat desolate! There are several pavilions and pavilions dotted around, and the most spectacular of them is the Drunken Immortal Residence located in the southeast corner.
Eighteen Gong and the others are frequent visitors to the Drunken Immortal Residence, and they always come three or five times a month, but the time of this time is a little wrong, and the guys in the store are still busy cleaning up the room......
"Yo! Eighteen masters, you're early, please come in!" A middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper stepped forward, and smiled and let the eighteenth prince and the others into the drunken immortal residence, "The store is a little messy, you always forgive me! There were too many customers last night, and they were busy a little late, so the little cubs overslept this morning, don't blame them...... Here, please, the eighteenth master, sister-in-law, sister Ruhua, please sit down...... Shunzi, hurry up and serve tea to the eighteenth master!"
"Don't be busy, Lao Ding!" Eighteen Gong smiled: "Today I want to invite an important guest to dinner, you bother to arrange a quiet private room, it doesn't matter if you spend a little more silver!"
"How can I make you spend more money? Shunzi, take the eighteenth master to the third floor, and invite him to the Tianzi No. 1 private room to take a seat!" Lao Ding is a very capable businessman, and he always speaks and does things so decently.
"Okay! Tianzi No. 1 private room, the eighteenth master invited ......" Shunzi sang and drank in a long tone, laughing like a flower and bending over......
Shunzi took the eighteenth prince and others to the private room on the third floor, brought some refreshments, then pushed open the window, and pointed out, "Eighteen masters, you always look from here, the Thousand Eyes Lake can be described as vast, vast, the fishing boats on the lake are coming and going, criss-crossing, all kinds of natural landscapes are in full view, beautiful......"
"Brother Junko, many times I want to ask, what does the thousand eyes of this Thousand Eyes Lake mean?" asked Ruhua curiously.
"Little princess, you don't know. The so-called Thousand Eyes refers to the thousands of hot springs at the bottom of the Thousand Eyes Lake!" Junko said as she gestured with her hands, "These hot springs are bubbling out of the hot water all the time, so after a long time, the fish in this water ......."
"The fish in the water have become boiled fish, right?" Ruhua "giggled" and laughed, "Brother Junzi, you are really interesting to say, you are not surnamed 'Blow', right?"
"That's right, I'm surnamed Cui, how do you know?" said Junko, feigning surprise.
"Junzi, aren't you surnamed Wang?" said Eighteen Gong with a smile.
"Yes, what the Eighteenth Master said is right, I am surnamed Wang but also surnamed Cui!" said Junzi with a wink.
"Your surname is Wang and your surname is Cui, so what's going on?" asked Ruhua with her head tilted.
"My original surname was Cui, and I later passed on to the surname Wang, but people can't forget their roots, so my surname is Wang and my surname is Cui!"
"Brother Junko, how old are you this year?" Ruhua asked again.
"I'm eighteen! I'm an adult now!" Junko said, shaking her head.
"No, Junko, didn't you say that you had just seventeen last time you came? It's only been a few days?" Eighteen Gong smiled with interest.
"Eighteenth master, you are right, I am seventeen, eighteen!" said Shunzi.
"How can you be seventeen and eighteen at the same time?"
"I'm seventeen years old, eighteen years old, little princess!" Junko smirked.
"Brother Junko, what is your birthday?" Ruhua then asked.
"It's my birthday!" Junko blurted out.
"That's not right again, Junzi, didn't you hear Lao Ding say that you didn't have a birthday in June?"
"Right...... Yes, it's June's birthday!" Junko said with some hesitation.
"Didn't you just say Layue's birthday?" asked Ruhua reluctantly.
"Ah, yes, I'm Layue's birthday, but it's also ...... Is it June's birthday?" Junko looked around, a little incoherent.
"And what is your birthday?" asked Ruhua.
"It's my June birthday again, and it's my birthday again!" Junko suddenly said confidently.
"What's going on then?" asked Eighteen Gong and Liu Ruhua at the same time.
"It was too hot when I was born in June, so I went back and stayed for half a year and came out again!" Junzi's words made Eighteen Gong and Liu Ruhua laugh.
"We have a hot spring here, it's not cold in winter......" Shunzi scratched his head and popped out again, and the eighteenth prince suddenly laughed into tears, and Liu Ruhua was already laughing back and forth......
"Don't fool around here, Junko, you go get busy first, after the guests come, prepare a table of first-class banquets!" Liu Ruxue, who was preoccupied, couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Okay, Tianzi No. 1 private room, a table of first-class banquets, and the kitchen has prepared ......" Junzi pulled a long voice......
The three of them sat for a while, drank a few sips of tea, and saw that noon had passed, and many guests had come upstairs and downstairs one after another, but there was no trace of the descendants and others. Liu Ruxue frowned, stood up and paced......
"Ruhua, why haven't they arrived yet, how did you spread the message yesterday?" Liu Ruxue said with a gloomy face.
"Sister, I said what my brother-in-law gave me, and my descendant brother said that he arrived on time?" Ruhua's little face turned pale, looking at Liu Ruxue, and then at Eighteen Gong, holding a piece of snack in her hand, at a loss for a while......
"The guest is here, please...... Hakka, are you alone or ...... Yo! Guest! You...... You're a little bit of a fool, you're a descendant of a great hero, aren't you?" Junko's rhythmic voice floated from downstairs!
"In the lower descendant, the little second brother is invited, today I am here to go to the date of the Eighteenth Duke, I wonder if Mr. Eighteen has arrived?"
"The eighteenth master has arrived early, he is waiting for you upstairs, please go upstairs, big hero, the little one will show you the way......" Junko said as he led the descendants up to the third floor......
"The descendant of the virtuous brother is here...... "The eighteenth duke has already stood in front of the door of the private room with a smile on his face, and said with his hands: "The virtuous brother is here, the foolish brother is really honored!"
"Brother Houyi, are you here...... Hey, didn't Sister Fairy and Wu Gang come together?" Ruhua jumped out of the door and said with a smile.
"Ah...... Nachiko Chang'e ...... today Occasionally dyed with wind and cold, where is Wu Gang...... They took care of them at home, so they did not come!" the descendant said with some stumbling, "but...... Uchiko had prepared a gift for the eighteenth brother......"
The descendant said and handed the eighteenth prince a rectangular wooden box, "This is a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng, I wish the eighteenth brother happiness such as the East China Sea and Shoubi Nanshan!"
"Oh, Brother Xian, you are too polite, such a heavy gift, Brother Fool deserves it!" Eighteen Gong held the wooden box in both hands, and his eyes narrowed into a slit with joy.
"Eighteen, why don't you talk about it outside!Brother Descendant, please come inside!" Liu Ruxue let the descendant into the house, and at the same time waved her hand at Shunzi who was standing next to her, "Born in June and born in Layue, don't be scared, serve the food quickly!"
"Okay! Tianzi No. 1 private room, first-class banquet...... Serve it up......" As Junko sang and drank, the two guys brought up cold dishes, wine, and hot fried dishes one after another, and set up a full table.
"Eighteenth Master, the wine and food are all ready, what else do you have to order?" Junzi came in again and asked.
"There's no need for the time being!Go down, we're having a private party, please tell the guys in the store, don't greet you, don't come in and disturb!" Liu Ruxue commanded.
"Okay, I'll arrange it, a few distinguished guests use it slowly! The little one retreats first!" Junko gently closed the door with great interest and withdrew......
"Brother descendant, although today is the eighteenth birthday, I mainly want to take this opportunity to apologize to you! Yesterday in your house, my little sister was too willful, you have a lot of adults, don't be like her!" Liu Ruxue smiled faintly.
"What did sister-in-law say? Sister Ruhua is innocent, Chang'e and I both like it!" said the descendant and picked up a glass of wine, "Today is the birthday of the eighteenth brother, and the descendant respects my brother and sister-in-law!"
"Thank you, brother Xian!" Eighteen Gong raised his glass in his hand, raised his neck, and poured the wine into his mouth! At the same time, he suddenly showed bitterness on his face, turned around in embarrassment, and sprayed all over the ground with a "poof......
"My mother, what kind of broken wine is this! It's too far worse than our family's Liu Yeqing......" Eighteen Gong said and looked at Liu Ruxue next to him with begging eyes.
"Eighteen, how many times have I told you, Liu Yeqing can't drink it easily!" Liu Ruxue looked a little helpless, "This Liu Yeqing was given to us by the old teacher back then, and his old man gave us two bottles, one of which we drank on our wedding day, and the remaining bottle was to be celebrated when we became enlightened!"
"Oh, madam, don't mention anything about enlightenment and enlightenment? My ears and eyes are all cocooned! Could it be that if we can't become Taoist in this life, Liu Yeqing won't drink it?" Eighteen Gong seemed to be a little unhappy, "As the saying goes, wine is less than a thousand cups of confidants, and life must be full of joy! As you said just now, today is not only my birthday, but also to apologize to my descendants, but we can't just say it with our mouths, we should also show some sincerity, right?"
"Sister, you just agree! I also want to drink Liu Yeqing?" Liu Ruhua tilted her head and grimaced.
"Hey...... , I really can't do anything about you!" Liu Ruxue sighed, "Okay, good, for the sake of the descendants and brothers, let's drink! Eighteen, I have to trouble you as a birthday star, go back to Matsuoka for a trip, Zhu Yeqing is locked in the cupboard, I lost the key to the cabinet two days ago, but it doesn't matter, you just split the cabinet, anyway, I have long wanted to change it to a new one!"
"Sister-in-law, then why bother? Since the key is lost, Liu Yeqing will drink it another day!" the descendant hurriedly laughed.
"Hey...... Descendant virtuous brother, Liu Yeqing must drink today!" Eighteen Gong winked at the descendant, "I'll go back to Short Matsuoka, let's see you ...... back."
The Eighteenth Duke said that he hurriedly stood up, spun in place, turned into a whirlwind, and flew out of the window with a "whoosh......