Xicheng District, the capital of the Great Liang Emperor, is also the area where the ordinary people in the city live and live daily, in a remote place in Xicheng District, there is a well-known restaurant, the store is not big, but it is a decades old shop.

As for the reason for this well-known, there are two points, the first is because the wine sold here is extremely strong, and ordinary people drink one or two on the spot, that is, mules, horses and livestock can't stand it, and in addition to the strong wine, the taste is not too good, and it can't be put on the table, so it is nicknamed "stuffy donkey", implying that this is just for donkeys to drink, and it is not a good thing.

Naturally, it was other restaurants that had been squeezed out of business that had been squeezed out of business, but why would they be so angry, in addition to being unpleasant, this is their turn to be the second well-known point, because the shopkeeper of this restaurant is not a native of the Western Continent, but a native of the Far East Continent!

The figure of the earthly people is like a dwarf who does not grow up, and it has just reached the knees of ordinary people, and this is it, this shopkeeper also has a pair of brown eyes that are very different from others, plus a layer of earth-colored skin, which is very eye-catching on the street.

Since he is a complete outsider, it makes some sense to be united to be squeezed, after all, from ancient times to the present, there is a saying in the Western Continent, the so-called "non-my race, its heart must be different"!

But this old man also has a little relationship of his own, because the life span of this land tribe is long, far better than the human race in the Western Continent, really want to talk about it, this person who followed Emperor Taizu to fight in the north and south, and made military achievements, although there is no particularly great merit, but the story about him is still recorded in the treasury of the Ministry of War, probably because of this, he was able to gain a firm foothold in the capital, after decades of operation, without relying on the help of outsiders, he saved a restaurant and a few small courtyards.

A hundred years have passed, I don't see the person in front of me, the old man has no heirs, because this is a very unpleasant appearance in the Western Continent, so there are not many friends, think about this God is indeed unfair, the same are foreigners, the Spirit Race can be regarded as popular in the Western Continent, after all, the Spirit Race is born beautiful, born with a natural charm, in terms of appearance alone, it is much more than the Terran race, which can be comparable to the Shark Race.

However, even the old man himself said that he was not born in the spirit clan in this life, otherwise, it would not be this situation now, but to go to someone's house as a slave, although he is not very popular now, but at least he can live by his own efforts, and no one comes to his trouble every day, which is already very good.

There is another sentence that the old man is the most angry, in his words, that is, when Lao Tzu was in the local clan, he was also a well-known beautiful man in ten miles and eight towns, but your human race is superficial and does not know how to appreciate it.

Although the people of the Western Continent and the Eastern Continent do not have too much contact, but thanks to the increasingly rampant slave trade, for these outsiders who are completely different from their own bodies, the people are already not surprised, I don't see a few days ago, the shark people with scales on their heads have come here, that is our cool VIP, at that time, it can attract thousands of empty alleys, what is so strange about this dwarf, isn't it darker than ordinary people.

Although he doesn't have any friends, no one deliberately looks for trouble, after all, he has the official household registration of Da Liang, even if he is a Da Liang people, it is impossible for Jingzhao Mansion to pull a bias against the contradictions between the people, and those who have a relationship don't bother to bully this little man, so the old man's small life is enjoyable.

On this day, the old man was still standing behind the counter of his restaurant, skillfully fiddling with the abacus with one hand, and holding the pen in a very rough, even ridiculous way, with the other hand, dipped in ink to write and draw on the paper.

This is settling accounts, to say that the old man can't trust people on this point, he would rather force himself to learn, than go outside to find a bookkeeper Mr., Xu thinks that people will bully him as an outsider, if he doesn't learn, he will be made accounts by others and have nowhere to reason.

With his pitiful height, the stools under him had to be specially made, like a small cloud building, more than three feet, stepping on the ladder to go up, standing firmly, close to the face, the old man lay on the counter, and put the beard full of pigtails and clean washing on the table, which did not look the slightest sense of comical, but gave people an unusually respectable sense of concentration.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there were two extremely exquisitely packaged gift boxes, stacked together, and were thrown on the counter very unceremoniously, Lao Huo was shocked by the things that suddenly fell in front of him, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, but he did not attack immediately, but slowly put down the pen in his hand, and then slowly raised his head, the wrinkles on his face swayed, layer upon layer, like the criss-crossing mountains and earth dragons, although he looked over the age, of course, this actual age must be bigger, but his eyes were still so clear, in the brown eyes, the expression was as soft as Mother Earth。

"Guest。。。。。。 Xuan Gongzi!"

Suddenly, Lao Huo's originally very indifferent expression changed, his pupils contracted instantly, and then he opened his mouth, and said in surprise: "You, you, you。。。。。。 ”

At this moment, there were a lot of things I wanted to say in my stomach, but when the words were all on the side of my mouth, they were entangled and blocked, and I couldn't say anything.

Gu Xuan casually put down what he was doing, stood on one leg, leaned over the counter in a very frivolous manner, supported it with one hand, and grinned: "God forbid, I finally came back alive." ”

Lao Huo looked at him, his eyes were very complicated, his mouth moved lightly a few times, and the thick beard on his chin was shaking, obviously he wanted to say something, but he didn't speak in the end, but supported the counter with both hands, and with a force, the whole person jumped up flexibly like a little monkey, and then stepped on the counter and pounced on Gu Xuan, the old man's body was strong, and his strength was more than twice as great as that of ordinary Terran men。

The old and the young are all smiling very happily when no one is in the main hall of the restaurant, which is the kind of sincere smile that has never been shown in front of outsiders, which makes the guests around the tables look slightly sideways, point and point, and talk non-stop.

After a while, Lao Huo took the initiative to break free, fell to the ground all of a sudden, and then threw an elbow over, gently knocked Gu Xuan's knee, and said happily: "Good boy, I really didn't misunderstand you, you can come back alive, what, what did you gain from this trip?"

Gu Xuan shook his leg slightly, then pointed to the counter, and said with a proud smile: "Aren't the harvests all on the table?" Lao Huo, I specially prepared some gifts for you this time, all of them are specialties from all over the world, if you want to say that I have traveled all over the country this time, you will never imagine how much scenery I have seen along the way. ”

When Lao Huo heard this, he spewed out two streams of air from his nose, clasped his hands to his chest, and said very disdainfully: "Cut, I have traveled from the East Continent to the West Continent, and what I have seen is the real world, have you ever seen the sea of stars lying on the boat? Have you ever seen a giant beast jumping out of the sea at night? Have you ever heard the drunken song of the Kraken? Do you have 。。。。。。 ”

Gu Xuan waved his hand, and hurriedly admitted defeat: "Stop, stop, in terms of experience, I am indeed inferior to you, after all, I have only lived for many years, where is your knowledgeable breadth?"

Lao Huo nodded contentedly, these words can be said to Gu Xuan, and only Gu Xuan loves to listen, and is willing to flatter him as a short man, although he has a short body, but his movements are very flexible, he went around to the back of the counter in a few steps, stepped on the stairs a few times and climbed up, while still nodding and saying, "That's right." ”

Saying this, his hands can not stop, he has a lot of strength, and he successfully opened the gift box in a few clicks.

This is the characteristics of the people of the Eastern Continent, or their people are this kind of character, if it is the human race of the Western Continent, they will never hastily unravel the gifts sent by the other party in front of the guests, this is etiquette, but the people of the Eastern Continent have always done things directly, without so many scruples, coupled with the close relationship between the two, Lao Huo will naturally not scruple about those.

Back then, he had a shoulder to shoulder chat with this kid's grandfather, although it was only once, but he couldn't be polite to this kid.

Things, although there is some value, but it is not a particularly valuable thing, but each has its own characteristics, there are Youzhou specialty horn knives, there are also jewelry from the desert Rakshasa clan, as well as the Wei Guo's tips, the fish oil fragrance of the Jin Kingdom, not to mention the rest, just say how many roads you have to walk behind the collection of these things, thousands of miles back and forth, it is already a heavy heart.

Lao Huo picked up the objects inside one by one, and Gu Xuan introduced them very proudly on the side, so you came and I chatted about a stick of incense, Lao Huo then packed the things with a wrapper, and then rubbed his hands, and said happily: "Master Xuan is really too polite, okay, I'll catch the wind for you today, this wine pipe is enough, the thirty years of cellaring, I, I, I will also take it out for you to taste!"

When Gu Xuan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly clapped his hands and said, "It's easy to say! I haven't been able to drink your wine for almost a whole year, and I really panic when I think about it occasionally, but today I can be regarded as able to satisfy my cravings." ”

"See you at the old place!"

He shouted, and then walked upstairs, and the rest of the things were naturally greeted by the original guy of the restaurant, all the way to the small room that he liked most before, and after waiting for a while, he saw Lao Huo coming up with a jar of wine tightly tied with hemp rope in one hand.

"Smack!"

Gu Xuan reached out very skillfully to take it, shook off the hemp rope set on it, and then slapped the sealing mud neatly, and at the same time took the other wine vat to his side with one hand, Lao Huo saw it, and immediately propped it up on the table, glared at Gu Xuan and shouted: "Xuan boy, what do you mean by this?"

Gu Xuan poured himself wine, and said: "I said Lao Huo, every time you say that you want to invite me to drink, which time is not that you drink the most, just now you said that you are enough, so these two altars today, they are my own, you want to drink, take it yourself!"

"Good boy!"

Lao Huo shouted angrily, but immediately his eyes rolled, and then he changed his appearance, and said a little flatteringly: " Xuan Gongzi, I said, this wine, is the older the stronger it becomes, you also know, thirty years of cellaring, the amount of two jars is too much, it's not the old man I deliberately provoked you, you must have just returned to the capital, some things are busy, you can't delay the business because of this wine, we have the opportunity to drink in the future, right, and ah, this is a few days later, there is a merchant ship ready to go to the Eastern Continent, there are friends I know well, and then come back, bring you a few jars of good wine of the spirit clan for you to taste, how about it? Give me another altar now. ”

Gu Xuan sniffed the amber-colored liquor in the bowl, it was extremely intoxicated, and while sniffing, he said: "There is no door, this altar is mine, since you mentioned the wine of the Spirit Clan, then I must taste it, anyway, I have to stay in the capital for a long time after that, I can afford to wait, as for this altar, don't think about it." ”

Lao Huo saw that he was a scoundrel who was very different from before, so he could only sigh helplessly, turned around silently, but there was a smile on his face, and then hurriedly ran downstairs to move wine.