With two guys funny, everyone's mood was relaxed, the chef looked at the sky and got up and went into the kitchen to prepare food, everyone sat and sit, so they simply went into the kitchen to help after lighting the lights in the lobby, and Qu Xiaomo didn't know anything about the kitchen, and was disgusted by everyone and rushed to the door, holding the hand warmer and watching.

A sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is out of the pot in the chef's stir-frying, and when the last dish is served on the table, everyone sits around, wine is naturally indispensable in this kind of day, the old treasurer has an explanation before leaving, you can go to the cellar to take out a few altars to drink, these drunkards will naturally not be polite, this time they hugged two altars.

Qu Xiaomo, who didn't dare to touch the wine, also accompanied everyone to drink half a bowl, the wine in the restaurant is a few years old, and the intensity is moderate, not as insensitive as fruit wine, nor as spicy as spirits, because it is rice wine, the entrance is slightly strong but full of wine with rice fragrance, it is very delicious.

But even if it was a good drink, Qu Xiaomo held back rationally, and said that drinking was wrong, and the drunken words she said when she drank too much might not be able to shake out all her details.

The men were drinking and bragging, Qu Xiaomo didn't want to participate, there was Aunt Wu sitting on his right, the chef made seven or eight specialty dishes, some of them were far away, knowing that Aunt Wu was embarrassed to get up and clip them, Qu Xiaomo took the new chopsticks and put the delicious ones one by one in his bowl, and said: "Auntie, don't be restrained, what you want to eat, eat with an open stomach." ”

The meals in their shop Xiaoer on weekdays are not so rich, they are all a meat and a soup with a few vegetarian dishes, so at this time, although Xiaoliu's gang is drinking wine, the chopsticks have not stopped, Qu Xiaomo eats less, and he feels a little full after a bowl of rice.

Aunt Wu was holding the rice bowl and the empty bowl in front of her was already full of her, and she didn't stop, so she hurriedly grabbed her hand and stopped: "Enough is enough, you kid, you can't eat so many aunts." ”

Looking at the vegetable bowl that was almost full, Qu Xiaomo obediently stopped the chopsticks and talked to her.

"How are the sweet potatoes grown? It tastes sweeter than others. "The last time she went out on a break, she also bought a sweet potato, the same is a penny, but it doesn't taste fragrant, and the sweetness is not strong, but these sweet potatoes of Aunt Wu have an appetite for her.

Aunt Wu said with a smile while eating: "How else can I plant, as usual, but the land at home is different from others, when the old man was still young, he knew that I liked to eat sweet potatoes, so I didn't know where to get some sand mixed in the mud, and the sweet potatoes grown later are indeed relatively large and sweet." ”

"That's how it is." She hadn't read about agriculture and didn't know anything about it, but it was probably some kind of chemical reaction in the sand.

When it came to her old man's youth, Aunt Wu couldn't hold her mouth, and when she saw that she fell in love with Qu Xiaomo, she also talked about her youth.

"You don't believe it, my aunt was also a squeamish official lady at your age, and later on a trip with her companions, she got lost and happened to meet my old man who went up the mountain to chop wood."

As he spoke, his eyes gradually became a little confused: "The old man was really handsome when he was young, and I fell in love when I saw it, and he sent me out of the forest, and then I asked the slaves around me to check, and I found out that he lived under that mountain." ”

"At that time, I was young and bold, so I went to see him again in the name of thanksgiving, he was funny and considerate, and it was good to come and go, my mother was a reasonable person, and after knowing our affairs, she followed me quietly to see him, and when I came back, I told me that he was a good person, but your father was afraid that he would not agree."

"Sure enough, my father married me to the son of an adult on his head, that son is a spoiled person, and has killed many concubines, I cried with my mother but my father still insisted on not changing, and then I packed my bags with the help of my mother and ran to my old man, I cried and begged him to take me away, and then we traveled a lot of places, and settled in Xingtao Village outside the city."

"Later, after my mother died, I never heard from my father again, and I heard that he was promoted to Beijing, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Aunt Wu put down the dishes and chopsticks and wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, before smiling apologetically at her again: "I'm sorry, I'm smiling." ”

Qu Xiaomo shook his head with a distressed face, although it was a bit bloody, but in this era, this kind of thing really happens, in order to appease her, he also said: "My father and mother died of illness when I was ten years old, I have eaten hundreds of meals, and I have also been a beggar. ”

Aunt Wu, who had recovered her mood, didn't expect Qu Xiaomo to have such a background at such a young age, so she spoke out a few words of comfort, Qu Xiaomo saw that her eyebrows and eyes were no longer painful and sorrowful, so she urged her: "Auntie, eat quickly, lest the food will be cold for a while." ”

A meal was eaten with oil hanging on the sides of each mouth, everything was cleaned up, the aunt who washed the dishes pulled Aunt Wu down in her room to rest, Qu Xiaomo and Xiaoliu checked the lights of the restaurant together, then closed the door and went back to the courtyard together.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, sent away Aunt Wu, opened the door of the restaurant, lit two cannons, and sat and waited for the business to come to the door, but today is different from yesterday, there are more than a dozen tables of diners at the end of the day.

To be honest, for her Qu Xiaomo, it will be the same for the New Year, touching the seven taels of silver that she has saved with her, and she will be able to get eight taels twice this month, then she will have fifteen taels of silver, although she is still far from the goal, but the hard work pays off, and the iron rod can also be sharpened into a needle, Qu Xiaomo, you must be able to be a rich man in this world, come on!

Thinking of his lofty goal, he suddenly became full of energy, the abacus on the table crackled and crackled, Xiao Muzi and Xiao Liu, who were sitting not far away, looked at her and looked inexplicable, and asked, "Did you kid take a strong pill?" ”

"Go, go, go, go, don't bother Lao Tzu to settle accounts." Qu Xiaomo didn't even glance at the two of them, and continued to crack and settle accounts.

Mixed with these men, I heard a lot of meat words on weekdays, this strong pill is specially eaten by those guests who are not very good in the Qinglou, it is the so-called aphrodisiac, and there are some happy pills, free and so on, not to mention that the people here are really good at playing.

Seeing that Qu Xiaomo ignored people, Xiao Liu and Xiao Muzi chatted by themselves, "Speaking of strong pills, I heard that a guest seemed to have died in Yuelou years ago!" ”

Xiao Muzi nodded again and again, spit out the melon seed shell in his mouth and said: "Yes, yes, yes, it is a prostitute in his sixties, I heard that the medicine is too strong, and his body can't stand it and dies on the belly of the flower girl, how do you say the sentence taught by Xiao Mo?" Peony or something. ”

"What peony?" Xiao Liu was stunned when he heard it, Xiao Mo really taught them to read and settle accounts for a while, and said one or two obedient words from time to time, but he didn't remember it much.

was really defeated by these two rotten trees, Qu Xiaomo, who was settling accounts on the side, couldn't help but say: "It's the peony flower that is also a ghost and a ghost." ”

Xiao Muzi slapped his thigh: "Yes, yes, that's it, it's still Xiao Mo is educated." ”

Qu Xiaomo couldn't help but roll his eyes.

I heard him say again: "I heard that the prostitute is the old man of which family in the city, his son originally wanted to blackmail Mingyuelou, but then I don't know what, and there is no sound, and I don't know if I got the silver, I heard the little Wang Ba who served the tea said that it seems that he didn't give the silver, and the old man didn't buy a coffin for the burial, and rolled a straw mat." ”

"Little Wangba? Do you actually know the tea server in Mingyue Tower? I think it's a regular visitor! "Xiao Liu's focus is not on the old man, but here.

Xiao Muzi kicked over and snorted, "It's as if you haven't been there, then Miss Ping'er has been thinking about you." ”

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Xiao Liu knocked a melon seed and spit out his shell and said, "Speaking of her, I haven't been there for a long time." ”

Saying that, he said to Qu Xiaomo in the account table: "Brother Xiaomo, do you want my brother to take you to see the world in a few days, so that you can become a real man." ”

Qu Xiaomo secretly scolded in his heart, and he didn't raise his head, just because he couldn't hear his words.

Xiao Muzi was even worse, shouting at the top of her voice: "My sister there has big breasts, white and long legs, and her panting voice is like a lark. ”

As soon as these words came out, the little two who were idle and eating melon seeds laughed, and Qu Xiaomo couldn't help but turn his head and glared at him: "Get out, Lao Tzu has a habit of cleanliness." ”

"Yo, that's a good boy! I still think about the yellow flower girl. Xiao Muzi raised his eyebrows and said

Qu Xiaomo is too lazy to pay attention to him, this person is not bad, but he owes that mouth, the more you take care of him, the more powerful he is.

There were only a few people on the road outside, and it was estimated that it was already very late, so Qu Xiaomo thought about closing the door early, going back to lie down on the bed, and said while cleaning up the account books: "Why don't we close the door, little sixth brother, you go and ask the chef." ”

Xiao Liu, who was chatting with everyone, heard the shout and responded, so he put down the handful of melon seeds in his hand that he had not finished, clapped his hands and prepared to get up.

However, at this time, the curtain was lifted, and four people came in, a boy was dressed up, holding a folding fan in his hand on a cold day, followed by a small house, and the other two were girls' families, and the young lady was wearing a hat, and he couldn't see his face clearly, and the maid behind him was also wrapped in a veil, which was very mysterious.

Looking at the clothes of the four people, thinking that they were from a rich family, Qu Xiaomo hurriedly greeted him: "A few guest officers, please." ”

Xiao Liu had already gotten up to greet him when he heard the sound, one went to the kitchen to inform the chef, one led people to the private room, and the rest served tea and fruit plates and snacks.

When he was done, he left Xiao Liuyi to wait for the guests to order, and when he returned to the lobby, he gathered around and talked.

After Xiao Liu finished ordering food for the guests and passed it to the kitchen, he came out and sat down, several men leaned their heads and muttered something, Qu Xiaomo walked over curiously and sat down to listen, it turned out that he was talking about the guests above.

Although the guests are still there, it's not good to gossip behind other people's backs, but I can't help but be curious, it turns out that the boy brother above looks like the Jiang Gongzi mentioned by Xiaoliu last time, and the woman is the flower of Mingyuelou Yulian.