Chapter 53: The Childhood Plum Forest That Disappeared for No Reason
"Little Er!"
Lu Xiyi raised her hand, and Xiao Er, who was busy in the living room, immediately arrived in front of her.
"This guest officer! Is there something wrong? ”
"You have a new shopkeeper in your restaurant?"
Lu Xiyi asked.
Xiao Er shook his head.
"Why do you say that, officer? Our restaurant has always had only one young owner! ”
When Lu Xiyi just wanted to explain, Xiao Er suddenly remembered something and replied: "Xiao Yi knows why, you see that there is a lack of green plum wine on it, so you have this question, right?" ”
When Lu Xiyi heard him say this, he immediately nodded.
You must know that there are two restaurants in Liuzhou City, and the green plum wine is famous all over the city.
One of them is the green plum wine in this Chunfeng Building, and the other is the green plum wine from their Xiaoyao Wine Workshop.
Although her own plum wine is good, she will get tired of drinking it often, so she came here this time to try it.
Who ever thought that he pounced on it, the main thing in this spring breeze building is green plum wine, and now there is no more.
Lu Xiyi thought about it, and he could only think of such a slightly more suitable reason.
"Girl, you guessed wrong, it's not that our restaurant doesn't sell plum wine, and it's not that our winery has changed owners."
"It's that all the green plum forests in and out of this city have been bought by a new merchant, so don't mention this green plum wine, it's also a great thing if you find a green plum forest!"
When Lu Xiyi heard this, he was so frightened that he almost slipped off the stool.
You must know that the reason why they chose to settle in Liuzhou City and opened their first restaurant here is because there are many green plum forests here, and most of them are wild green plums.
This wild green plum sake is excellent.
Besides, at the end of next month, it will be the day when they hand over fifty catties of green plum wine in the winery, but now they can't even find a decent green plum forest.
Isn't this simply forcing their restaurant to its death?
Lu Xiyi couldn't believe what she had just heard, so she mustered up the courage to ask again.
"Little second brother, what you just said is true?"
"This guest officer, look at what you said, the little one can still deceive you, and if you don't believe it, you should pay attention to the hawkers selling green plums on this street in the past two days!"
As soon as he said this, Lu Xiyi's heart was even more panicked, you must know that if you can't pay the tribute wine at that time, it will be a big crime to kill your head!
"Could it be that the sky is going to die, our winery!"
Lu Xiyi muttered to himself, and his heart suddenly felt half cold.
"Sister! Sister! What do you want? Little Dream is hungry. ”
Xiaomeng tugged at the corner of Lu Xiyi's clothes and said aggrievedly.
Lu Xiyi turned his head to look at the little dream beside him, and suddenly his heart was sour.
But time is still long, you can't give up so simply, and besides, this child is innocent, and she can't be allowed to suffer with her.
You must not let what you have just thought become a reality.
"Little dream! Sister, I'll give you something delicious! ”
I don't know if Ah Leng is dazzled, or if there is indeed such a thing.
When Lu Xiyi said this just now, Ah Leng obviously saw a trace of imperceptible tears flashing in Lu Xiyi's eyes.
"Are you alright?"
Alan said with concern.
Lu Xiyi shook his head: "It's okay, it's just that the wind is too strong and the sand is blind!" ”
Although she explained so, Ah Leng still couldn't believe it, he knew that Lu Xiyi must have something to hide from him.
"Hey! The dish is coming, and a few guest officers use it slowly! ”
After a while, Xiao Er brought the steaming dishes to the table.
That meal seemed to be the most embarrassing one they ate, Lu Xiyi and Ah Leng didn't eat a few bites because they had something on their minds, and only Xiaomeng was the happiest to eat.
By the time I got back to the Little Wine House, it was already night.
Lu Xiyi's face was getting worse and worse, and the more Ah Leng looked at it, the more worried he became, and in the end he couldn't help it, and waited until Xiaomeng finally went back to his room to sleep before asking.
"Xiaoxi, the two of us have been together for so long, don't you still believe me?"
"I've noticed that you're on your mind since you just ate, if there's anything you can't figure out, you might as well tell me, maybe I can help you."
Lu Xiyi couldn't help but sigh when he heard Ah Leng's words.
"It's already like this, what else can you do!"
"Could it be that you can conjure dozens of catties of plum wine out of thin air?"
As soon as he mentioned the green plum wine when he saw Lu Xiyi so sad, Ah Leng immediately knew what the reason for Lu Xiyi to be so unhappy was.
He should have thought of what Chunfeng Lou Xiao Er said a long time ago.
Seeing that next month is the day to hand over the tribute wine, but this green plum is gone, which is simply not giving people a way to live.
But the solutions are all thought up by people, and besides, it's not a way to keep being decadent, and what should come will always come.
Thinking of this, Ah Leng suddenly grabbed Lu Xiyi's hand and comforted: "Don't be sad, besides, doesn't that Xiao Er mean that the green plum was bought by a businessman?" ”
"I'll look for it, maybe someone is willing to sell us green plums!"
Hearing Ah Leng say this, Lu Xiyi also came to the spirit at once.
That's right, there is only one way now, a dead horse is a live horse doctor!
"Since you've said so, that's good! We'll check it out tomorrow! ”
Lu Xiyi proposed.
As a result, she didn't expect to be rejected by Ah Leng shortly after she first proposed.
"It's okay to leave this kind of thing to me, and besides, this restaurant doesn't need someone to watch it to rest assured?"
"You just take care of the store, and I'll take care of the rest."
Lu Xiyi wanted to refute, but she was also clear about Ah Leng's temperament, so she simply relied on him.
Early the next morning, when Ah Leng was cleaning at the door of the restaurant, an old lady with a basket suddenly walked in front of him.
A rapid wind blew suddenly, and the broken flower cloth covering the old lady's basket was lifted at once, and a green scene suddenly appeared in Ah Leng's eyes.
Ah Leng fixed his eyes and looked at it, isn't this green thing just a green plum?
He was overjoyed and hurriedly ran over.
"Grandma! This Liuzhou City has been in demand for green plums recently, how can you ...... it?"
Before he could finish his sentence, the old man suddenly pulled him aside.
A little reproachful said: "You young man looks very smart, how can you have a little eyesight, you see just now on the street, you talk so loudly, if any scheming person hears it, wouldn't you want to rob my bad old woman's green plum." ”
Ah Leng didn't speak, just nodded vigorously.
After the old woman finished speaking, he cautiously asked: "Grandma, you are too worried, I don't have any malicious intentions!" ”
"I'm just curious, Grandma, how do you have so many green plums, and where are you going with this basket full of green plums?"
"You're really not going to tell anyone about this?"
The old lady glanced at it and asked suspiciously.
Alan nodded.
"What the young man said now can't be believed, if you say that the hexagram will be changed, it's better to swear in front of my old woman, I'm telling you!"
In order to find out what was going on, Ah Leng agreed without saying a word.
swore in front of the old woman, and the old woman saw that he was so simple, so she simply didn't hide and explained.
Under her explanation, Ah Leng finally understood what was going on.
It turns out that this is the wild green plum of a tree growing in front of the old woman's house, and the businessman just spent a lot of money to buy the green plum forest, but the green plum in front of these people's houses still can't take care of it.
The old woman heard that the merchant had been buying the plum at a high price for the past two days, so she plucked all the plums from the tree, and prepared to go to the merchant to exchange some silver.
"Grandma, how many green plums do you have here?"
Ah Leng glanced at the green plum in the old man's arms and asked.
"It's not much, it's only ten catties, and the green plum tree in front of my house can't bear much fruit, so that's all I picked!"
Ah Leng originally planned to buy the old woman's green plum to tide over this difficulty, but at this glance, the number of catties of this green plum is still far from enough.
It seems that the only way to do it is to think of a way to do it to the merchant.
"Grandma, can I go with you? I want to see where that place is? ”
Ah Leng asked.
When he saw the old woman hesitate, he hurriedly stuffed her with an ingot of broken silver.
The old woman immediately smiled.
"What do you say you are doing, my wife is not the kind of person who sees money!"
Although she said that, the old woman had already put the silver in her pocket.
Not long after walking, a magnificent mansion appeared in front of me, and the two lifelike stone lions at the gate were even more magnificent.
Ah Leng glanced at it, and hurriedly took the old woman's basket, and carefully supported her, just to make those people seem to believe that the relationship between the two of them was very intimate, and maybe it would be more convenient next time they came.
The two walked slowly to the front of the mansion, and a family member suddenly stepped forward and asked, "I don't know if the two of you suddenly visited, but what happened?" ”
The old woman weighed the basket containing the green plums in Ah Leng's hand, and said to the family: "I heard that you are recycling green plums here, can you look at this green plum?" ”
As soon as the family heard Qingmei, he immediately stretched his neck and looked at it.
"You two, you see that I can't be the master of this matter, or I'll inform our master, you guys wait here for a while!"
"That's good! Anyway, it's okay for the two of us to be idle at this moment, and it's okay to wait a little longer, so you can go quickly! ”
Xiao Er sighed and immediately went in.
It didn't take long for a plump and rich-looking old man to come out.
"I'm really sorry to have a delay in the lower mansion and make the two of you wait for a long time!"
"What do you say, you can take time out of your busy schedule to meet the two of us, this is the blessing of the two of us!"
The old woman said with a smile on her face.