Chapter 9: White Rakshasa
Fu Lao persuaded me to stay in Qingru steadily, as for the village, I must not go back, the past will be over, I don't need to think about it anymore, because this matter is much more complicated than I imagined, not what I can think about.
Fu Lao went around in circles with me, I couldn't ask why, because I was forbidden to eat meat dishes since I was a child, looking at the fish on the table, I could only drink a bowl of vegetarian soup, so I leaned back on the chair to rest, and listened to Fu Lao and Zhuo Shao in a daze.
As a result, I fell asleep on the wooden chair because I was too tired for the past few days, and when I woke up again, I was already lying on a soft bed, and I turned sideways to meet Zhuo Shao's handsome face.
My heart suddenly tightened, and I reached out and lifted the quilt on my body, fortunately, I was dressed neatly, and this Zhuo Shao was woken up by my big reaction.
Squinted at me in confusion: "Fat Jiu, are you awake?" ”
He yawned and moved his pillow, ready to close his eyes and go back to sleep.
"Well, I, I, I'm looking for Fu Lao." I said as I moved to the side of the bed and hurriedly put on my shoes.
Zhuo Shao stretched out his hand and grabbed my arm, and said, "Don't look for it, he's gone, and he returned to Hongru overnight last night." ”
"Gone?" I turned my head to look at Zhuo Shao, he squinted, and said vaguely: "Let's sleep for a while, it's very quiet here, there won't be any guests, by the way, Fu Lao left a note for you, and I put it on the table." ”
Zhuo Shao lazily raised his finger and pointed to the white table opposite, I hurriedly walked towards the table, and sure enough, there was an envelope on it, and after opening it, I did see a line of words with vigorous penmanship.
It only reads, let me keep to myself, don't mention the relationship between my family and Hongru to anyone, and don't track down the matter of destroying the door, if I can learn some skills, it's the best, if I can't wait for me to become an adult, I will also find another errand for me.
Looking at what was written above, my heart was cold for most of the time, and I thought to myself, the owner of Hongru is probably just because of the relationship between my old lady and Hongru, and I want to simply give me a bite to eat.
And I have the simplicity and stubbornness of the mountain people in my bones, I don't want to eat a mouthful of food from others for nothing, as for Hongru, they don't take me there, I will go through my own efforts, since I can go to Hongru if I become a great courtier, then I will be this big courtier!
With that in mind, he grabbed the bag that he had put aside, and it contained my simple clothes and a little cash.
I walked around the room, opened the glass door, found the bathroom, washed my face and mouth, changed into clean clothes, and walked out of the room.
This is supposed to be the courtyard on the side of the pawnshop, and when I came yesterday, I found that this pawnshop is very large, and there are arched courtyard gates on the left and right sides.
Coming out of the room, bypassing a corridor, I went out of this courtyard, and the floor outside the courtyard was bluestone, and there was a clattering sound when I stepped on it.
I walked to the lobby of the pawnshop where I went yesterday, only to find that there was only one middle-aged man wiping the table.
"Uncle, good morning." When I was in the village, I saw my uncle and uncle saying hello, and although I didn't know him, I still reflexively called my uncle.
He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You got up early, yesterday, Du Chaofeng said that you will help in the kitchen after that, you go out from here, just go to the right." ”
"Uncle, you are mistaken, I am here to be an apprentice." I looked at the uncle and spoke.
He's right, starting with the lowest "general", who do you think you are? Zhuo Shao is simple and good to everyone, but you must not expect that because Zhuo Shao gave you a smile, you will have a backer. "The fat man walked like a ghost without making a sound, and when he opened his mouth so suddenly, it startled me.
Seeing that I frowned, he smiled again and said: "If you can't stand it, let's go, we don't have more than you, and less you are a lot, if you want to stay here, just start with the "guy general" honestly." ”
"Okay." I gritted my teeth and said.
"Tut-tut, answer a word, there are no rules for answering, you have to say, I know, Du Chaofeng!" Du Chaofeng stared at me and motioned for me to say it again.
I took a deep breath and forced out a smile: "I know, Du Chaofeng." ”
He stopped looking at me and waved my hand to help in the kitchen, which made me feel extremely depressed, and most of the courage and determination to fight were extinguished at once.
The kitchen of the pawnshop, just behind the wooden door on the side of the pawnshop, the things here are placed very neatly, and the big stove in the countryside is still used, which looks very kind.
"The new cook, huh? What are you doing in a daze, let's wash the dishes first, there are still vegetables over there. "A man of about sixty years old, the uncle poked his head out from behind the big stove, just glanced at me, and naturally told me to do things.
"Uncle, I'm not a cook, me?" Before I finished speaking, the old man said impatiently: "It doesn't matter what you are, since you have come to the kitchen, you have to listen to me, go wash the dishes." ”
I pursed my lips and obediently walked to the edge of the sink, which was full of dishes and chopsticks, and all porcelain bowls, I rolled up my sleeves and began to wash them carefully one by one.
This bowl was very slippery, and the old man came over and squeezed some detergent, and I couldn't even grasp it.
"Haven't you ever worked? Can't hold the bowl steadily? Wash these, all the vegetables in this pot and the meat over there must be washed and cut, and it is now half past nine, and it will be ready before ten o'clock. After the old man finished speaking, he sat back on the stove and added fire.
And I have never done this at home, the old man said that it was only thirty minutes, and I suddenly became anxious, and as a result, the porcelain bowl in my hand slipped and fell to the ground, and the fragments splashed.
"Me? I'm sorry. I said leaning over to pick it up, and the old man immediately stopped me: "There is a broom behind the door, use it." ”
"Oh, good." I frantically grabbed a broom and burned the pieces of porcelain bowls on the floor.
The old man urged me to hurry up again, this was the busiest morning since I was born, and within thirty minutes, everything was messed up, and the old man sighed again and again.
In the end, I had to do it myself, and motioned for me to bring the porridge to the canteen next door, the bowl of porridge was white porcelain, and it was not insulated, and the old man actually asked me to bring more than 20 bowls of hot porridge to the canteen with my bare hands.
Is this old man deliberately embarrassing me? Looking at the other party's face full of ravines, I couldn't help but have this thought in my heart.
"Let's go!" He urged me as he poured the hot porridge from the pot into the porcelain bowl.
I took a deep breath, thinking that I would have to stay here anyway, so I turned on the faucet, rinsed my hands a little, and picked up a bowl of porridge in one hand and walked towards the dining hall next door.
However, the hot feeling became stronger and stronger, and finally turned into a trot, and I wanted to throw the porcelain bowl in my hand directly to the ground.
After all the 20 bowls were served to the dining hall, I left a red mark on my fingers, and the pain was terrible after the paralysis.
The people in the pawnshop also began to come to eat one after another, and I put all the dishes in order, and I was about to go back to the kitchen when I heard someone calling me.
"That cook, why didn't you fill this porridge today?" A couple of boys of my age picked up the porridge, looked at it, didn't drink it, and motioned for me to take it back to the kitchen, fill it up and bring it back.
"You drink first, and then I'll finish drinking?" I wanted them to drink the porridge in front of them before adding it.
"Can't these cooks understand people? I'll let you go now! The boys shouted, pushing the porcelain bowl in front of them, and staring at me.
Du Chaofeng, who was sitting in the middle position, had a meaty smile on his face, and looking at his smile, I knew what was going on.
These people are all because Du Chaofeng doesn't like me, so they start to deliberately make things difficult for me.
"Don't go too far." I clenched my fists tightly, although I didn't grow up pampered, but I still hadn't been bullied like this.
"Hey, this kid isn't going to cry, is hey? If you're not happy to stay here, you can go, it's really good, all cats and dogs are stuffing us. These boys looked at Du Chaofeng's face, and their words were even more ugly.
I gritted my teeth, all that came to my mind was the scene of my grandfather and father dying, I took a deep breath and walked towards the dining table, picked up two bowls of porridge and was about to turn away, but I didn't know who stepped on my trouser legs, causing me to fall defenselessly.
This time he fell to the ground with a heavy face, and his nose was directly broken, and a stream of liquid flowed out of his nostrils, and the porridge bowl on the ground was shattered into several pieces.
There was laughter behind me, and I was trembling with anger, and my eyes were very sour, but I still gritted my teeth to prevent myself from crying, and silently told myself in my heart that if I cried, I would fall into their arms and make them look down on me.
So, as if nothing had happened, he stood up and prepared to go to the kitchen to get a broom to clean up the mess.
As a result, after only two steps, he bumped into someone coming in from outside.
"Right?" I looked up and wanted to apologize, but I was shocked by the way the other person looked.
I bumped into a man with silver-white hair, cold sides written between his eyebrows, his sword eyebrows slightly raised, his eyes were deep, and his nose was high, but from the position below the nose peak, it was covered by a touch of black, this black mask-like thing, covering his neck, hidden in his black coat.
There was a faint murderous aura in his eyes, and I couldn't help but take half a step back to the side, but the next second I realized that his eyes were not looking at me, but directly at the people at the dinner table.
The laughter in the dining hall suddenly stopped, Du Chaofeng's face actually showed a trace of nervousness, and the boys all lowered their heads.
The white-haired man walked towards the dining table, Du Chaofeng stood up violently, I don't know if he was too nervous, he actually stumbled and sat on the ground.
"Bang knock!" With a loud bang, a solid wood long table more than ten meters long was directly kicked over, and the food on the table was spilled on the ground.
I was stunned, and everyone present seemed to be unable to breathe, completely holding their breath, looking at the man in front of me.
Later, I learned that this person's name is Xiao Lengyan, nicknamed White Rakshasa, and his identity background is a mystery, but he is very skilled, and he is also a person placed here by the Hongru East family like me, the difference is that no one dares to touch him whether it is here or in this industry.