Chapter 375: An Old Acquaintance in the Wine Shop
On the way back to the inn, Wu Mian and a few people were following from a distance behind the carriage. You don't have to guess to know that this is a detailed work sent by Yuan Shao to follow, and if you think about it, the words that you said for no reason in the end, anyone who listens to it will doubt in their hearts, if they just let them go, Yuan Shao will not be reconciled.
However, none of the people in the carriage took those few details seriously, but when they arrived at the door of the inn, they suddenly changed their minds. He instructed the coachman to drive the carriage along Yecheng Street, and the old man said that he was hungry and wanted to find a place like a restaurant or a wine shop to cushion his belly.
The old man said he was hungry, but he didn't see the slightest hint of food on his face. passed by four or five wine shops and restaurants in a row, and if he didn't return, he either thought it was dirty inside, or he deduced that there were too many idle people in it, which affected Yaxing, who was eating at his old man's house.
At this time, even Bai Wuqiu could see that his 'biological father' was not here to eat. The old guy was originally a Bigu who didn't eat and drink, and when he usually ate with them, he just dipped his chopsticks in some vegetable juice. It's really rare to be so full of people looking for food and drink today.
Just when the two stunned couldn't help it and wanted to ask. Returning or not returning suddenly stopped the coachman: "It's here!" After all, this small place in Yecheng is not comparable to Chang'an and Luoyang, and I make do with the old man, where is it not to eat a full meal......"
The choice was a small sake shop with only three or four cushions and no dining table. If you compare it with the wine shops and restaurants you passed by earlier, this small wine shop really has to be described as dirty.
The cushions on the floor inside were black and greasy, and I couldn't tell what color they were. There are also a few clear footprints on it, and I really don't know who can sit on them to eat and drink. The floor of the liquor store is also full of garbage such as food scraps, and there are even two small mice in the corner. At first glance, this is a place where people like coolies are addicted to alcohol, and there may not be any good food in it, but it is certainly affordable.
When the carriage stopped, there was already a guest in the wine shop, with his back to the gate, drinking bowl by bowl with his head down. There was also a large bowl of minced meat on the man's table, but he didn't seem to have thought about it at all, and almost ordered this dish just to see it.
Seeing a magnificent carriage parked in front of the shop, the owner of the liquor store himself did not believe that he had come to patronize his small shop. At that moment, he just looked at the few people who got off the carriage in a daze, and forgot to come over to greet the guests.
"Shopkeeper, do you want the old man to sift the wine and cut the meat by myself?" Looking at the store's straight eyes, he smiled and continued: "Come to the customer, go, come to a jar of fine wine, pick up the best dishes and bring six dishes." Silly boy, little Rensan, say what you want to eat, don't say that my old man is mean to you. ”
"Pull it down, old immortal, just now a restaurant is better than here. It's not that we ginseng are hypocritical, even if we die, our ginseng will die outside. As he spoke, Xiao Rensan hugged the wheel and signaled that he would say nothing and not go in. And Wu Mian and Zuo Ci are both somewhat clean, and they will not go into such a dirty place.
Bai Wuqiu is not a monster who loves cleanliness, and he can make do with it anywhere. Among the five people, only the father and son walked into the small wine shop, and after the two of them entered, the owner of the wine shop could be considered to react. With a smiling face, he said, "Two masters, are you two wrong?" We are here to work hard, and you two are nobles at first glance. A few steps ahead, we are the largest wine restaurant in Yecheng......"
"It's the first time I've seen an old man who doesn't make money, and I heard what my old man said just now, right? A jar of good wine plus six dishes. As he spoke, he took out a piece of horseshoe gold from his bosom and threw it to the owner of the wine shop.
Seeing such a large piece of gold, the eyes of the wine shop owner straightened. After swallowing his saliva, the boss secretly pinched himself, and only when he felt the pain did he realize that this was not a dream. But that's it, he didn't dare to accept the gold: "Master, I'm really sorry for the six dishes in this small shop." There are also boiled minced meat and wheat cakes in the shop, so why don't you try eating them with wheat cakes dipped in minced meat? It's not me who blows, Liu Laoliu, who pours the night fragrance in Yecheng, said that every day wheat cakes are stained with minced meat, which is something that only the emperor can eat......"
"Stay by yourself, old fellow! Lao Tzu is no longer serving. His grandmother's, the dirty and messy Lao Tzu also endured it, why did he still come out to pour the night incense Liu Lao Liu? Look at the minced meat in the man's bowl opposite, and the night fragrance is the same color. Lao Tzu said why he only watched and didn't eat......" Before he finished speaking, Bai Wuqiu had already covered his mouth and ran out of the small wine shop.
At this time, there is no meaning of eating. The old guy endured the nausea and said to the owner of the wine shop, "I don't want six dishes, and I don't want minced meat and wheat cakes." Give me the money, you find a jar of good wine, and put it next to the person opposite, and I will drink there from the old man. ”
"Okay!" I heard that even minced meat and wheat cakes were saved, and the boss Le's face was smiling at the moment. At the moment, he said to the insider: "it, pick a jar that has not been mixed with water and send it over......"
A moment later, a woman of five big and three thick walked out with a large wine jar in her hand. The boss found another clean bowl, poured a large bowl of wine for the return, and then followed his woman back to the inner room. The two of them began to calculate how much copper could be exchanged for such a large piece of gold.
Glancing at the cushion next to the wine jar, he hesitated for a moment before squatting on the ground. I picked up the wine bowl and wanted to take a sip, but I saw the boss on the two finger prints on the bowl. Only then did he smile bitterly, make a sound of drinking, and put a full bowl of wine on the ground.
"If you can't drink it, don't drink it......" The man next to him drank the wine in his bowl and picked up the old man's wine bowl again. He drank it all without seeing it, burped his wine, and said, "It's better to be rich, your wine is called wine, and if you taste mine, it's better to drink water." ”
As he spoke, he poured a bowl from his jar and handed it to the side of no return. After the old guy smiled bitterly, he still took the wine bowl and took a shallow sip. But he couldn't swallow anything, and finally spit out the wine in his mouth while the man was pouring wine.
It can be seen that the old guy not only knows this person, but also has a lot of friendship before. And it seems that he is still a little jealous of this person, thinking of this old guy even Xu Fu dared to arrange behind his back, what is the origin of this person, and he didn't dare to offend him if he didn't return.
The man drank upside down, and then directly grabbed the wine jar, and then drank mouth-to-mouth. Xiao Rensan, who was in the carriage outside, couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he saw him drinking like this. If it weren't for the filth of the liquor shop, the little one would probably rush in and drink with the man.
After pouring the whole jar of wine, the man finally looked back at the point of return, and at this moment, several people sitting in the carriage saw the man's appearance. The person who drank looked like he was in his forties, and although he was already not confused, he could still see a handsome appearance with his eyebrows and eyes. Entering middle age is already like this, if you are younger, then you still have it?
Now I know why he sat facing in and drank, but when he turned around, a woman passing by saw him and couldn't walk. The three or four women passing by all seemed to have been struck by lightning, staring at the unusually handsome middle-aged man in the small wine shop without moving.
After the man sighed, he turned his body into the wine shop again, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Old fellow, last time we said goodbye to Liu Xuan's military camp, we haven't seen each other for more than two hundred years, right?" ”
"One hundred and eighty-seven years, less than two hundred years, but it's not much worse." Looking at the man's back, after a pause, he continued: "Your old problem still hasn't changed, obviously you have all kinds of good wine and good food at home, and you still like to come to this kind of place and drink such bad wine." After so many years, is the Virgin Mary okay with her old man? ”
Hearing the mention of the 'Virgin' in his mouth, the man fell silent. After a while, she sighed heavily and said, "Her deadline is almost up......"