"If the guests who come to the bar don't buy drunk, then what do they buy?"

As I spoke, I sat down in a chair that looked reasonably pleasing to the eye.

"You take the three little ones up to the second floor," Gai Dong first beckoned to Li Huaishan, and then said to me, "They came to see a doctor, and they have heart disease." ”

Li Huaishan carried my suitcase up to the second floor, and it wasn't until his back disappeared around the corner of the stairs that I asked Gai Dong, "How do you know that there are two ghost pawns in the suitcase?" ”

Gai Dong looked a little surprised: "The two little guys in the suitcase are ghost pawns?" Yo, I'll have to get in touch with it when I have time. ”

Actually, I want to ask him why he knows that there are "two" little ones in the suitcase, I believe that anyone with a little cultivation can easily detect the yin qi emanating from the suitcase, but on what basis did he judge that there are two sources of yin qi?

He's a smart guy and must know what kind of answer I'm looking for, but what he said just now was clearly prevaricating me.

But it doesn't matter, almost everyone in this business has secrets, he doesn't want to say it, and I don't bother to ask again.

At this time, Gai Dong took out a glass from the drawer of the bar, took out another bottle, and poured the light blue liquid into the glass.

The color of the liquid looked bright and clean, and I was also curious, so I asked, "What is this?" ”

Gai Dong gave me a meaningful smile: "The best drink in our store, try it." ”

I took a sip and didn't taste anything, if you didn't look at the color, it was obviously ordinary mineral water.

The smile on Gai Dong's face completely bloomed: "This is mineral water with food coloring, if it is replaced by someone else, this cup will cost five hundred yuan, for the sake of our colleagues, I will not charge you money." ”

I laughed and teased, "Five hundred dollars? You're running a black shop. ”

"My master calls this water Soul Soup," Gai Dong said to me, picking up a clean cloth and wiping the cup on the bar, "Do you know what business I do?" ”

I said, "On the surface, he sells alcohol, but behind his back, he sells dog meat on the head of a sheep." ”

"When you say that, I feel like I'm opening a black shop." Gai Dong pressed his elbow against the bar, leaned over to me, and said, "Do you have any unwanted memories, I deliberately pulled it out." ”

He smiled and pointed to my forehead.

This guy is indeed a person who is very good at dealing with people, and he said that the first time he saw him, he didn't feel angry at all.

But it's only limited to not having a part, and I can feel that although he is friendly, deep down he keeps a long distance from others.

I asked him, "How do you charge?" ”

Gai Dong: "A memory, half a fortune." ”

"What do you mean?"

"That is, you give me half of your possessions, and I take a memory out of your head."

I immediately laughed: "No, it's too expensive, I don't think it's worth it." ”

Gai Dong straightened up and continued to wipe the glass on the bar: "I knew you would say that." In fact, this cup of soul soup is for those who have lost their memories, whenever their memories are drained, they will feel extremely strong thirst, and if they are given ordinary water, they will drink and fry their stomachs. Add a little food coloring to the mineral water and tell them that it is a rejuvenating soup, and with just a drink, the thirst will gradually disappear. ”

I played with the cup in my hand and wondered, "Does it work?" ”

Gai Dong smiled: "People's hearts are like this, you tell them that if they drink too much water, they will die, they are not afraid and do not listen, but as long as you add some pigment to the water, you can make them feel 'divine power'." ”

I took another sip of water, and sure enough, there was still no taste, so I smiled helplessly: "You are a commercial fraud." ”

Gai Dong: "We can only be regarded as inducement, not fraud. ”

I said, "If there is no charge for this glass of water, it is really not a fraud." ”

"We also have to survive," Gai Dong sighed with a smile and said, "We are casual cultivators, no better than the gate valve like the Gang family, your family has a big business, and we don't have to worry about food and drink, but Master and I have to worry about the boat money every day." ”

I was curious: "Ship money?" ”

Gai Dong put down the cloth in his hand, crossed his arms and said, "You came to me, did you just want to talk to someone you don't know?" ”

This is my first time in Shanghai, the first time I have entered a bar, not to mention that the bar is extraordinary, I didn't control my curiosity for a while, and I couldn't finish chatting.

After he reminded me of this, I suddenly felt a trace of embarrassment, despite the fact that my face has always been thicker, the embarrassment only appeared for a moment, and then disappeared.

After that, I didn't talk nonsense, I took out the arc number book given to me by the head of the empty cloud road from my pocket, opened the cover, pointed to the first line of the first page and asked Gai Dong: "How did I find this person, what is his name?" ”

Before, the head of the Sky Cloud Dao said that this phone number was originally a building thing.

Gai Dong glanced at it roughly: "Oh, Hu casual worker, I only know that his surname is Hu, and now he is in Kunming, making a living by doing odd jobs." As for what his name is, I really can't remember, anyway, he's much older than us, you can call him Brother Hu or Brother Hu when you contact him. ”

"I heard from the head of the Sky Cloud Dao, you suggested that as soon as I left the house, I would go to find this person. What does he do, and why should I look for him? ”

"All I can tell you is that he was my customer, and I can't say anything else. Ah, by the way, these people recorded in the notebook, except for those who play rock and roll, the rest of them have nothing to do with the business. ”

"Ordinary people?"

"Well, sort of."

"Let me leave my house and travel outside, you also suggested?"

"Yes." Gai Dong glanced out of the store, as if to make sure that no customers were coming to the door, before adding, "It doesn't hurt you to walk outside more." ”

I picked up the cup on the table, looked at the mineral water with the pigment in it, and felt that I was not thirsty, so I put the cup down.

Gai Dong stood behind the bar for a while, and suddenly said, "Your rhythm is out of order." ”

I looked up at him, "What do you mean?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with being vigorous, but that's not your rhythm," Gai Dong said. You've been in the house for more than a year, but it's becoming less and less like yourself. ”

I took a deep breath and said, "Do you all like to say things that you don't understand?" ”

Gai Dong pondered for a moment before he spoke: "I mean, you don't have to make yourself a person like Dong Dong, his pace of doing things, and the rules of conduct are not suitable for you. ”

I couldn't help frowning: "I never wanted to be like Dong. ”

Gai Dong: "You really haven't thought about it, but in your subconscious, you always want to be close to him, you want to have his skills, and you want to get his achievements." Alas, there are some things I don't know how to say, after all, there are many things in you and Dong that I can't understand, you two ...... You, in particular, may be the biggest paradox in the world. ”

This guy is the same as the head of the empty cloud road, and his speech is a little profound, and I really can't fully understand his words, so I simply don't know the meaning of these words, but just ask him: "What do you think I should do now?" ”

Gai Dong thought for a while and asked me, "Have you ever memorized the Tao Te Ching?" ”

"Of course I have memorized it, I heard the second master say that everyone who has just entered the industry must carry that thing."

Gai Dong nodded: "Man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law of the Tao, and the Tao is the law of nature." What you have to do this year is to let go of your baggage and go with the flow. ”

I pouted helplessly: "But there are some burdens that I don't want to put down yet." ”

Gai Dong: "If you don't want to put it down, you won't let it go, this is also in line with nature." ”

I drank the water from the cup in one gulp and asked him, "Do you mean that I should do things exactly what I want?" ”

Gai Dong: "If that's what I mean, I don't need to ask you if you've memorized the Tao Te Ching." ”

I was so confused by him that I had no choice but to ask, "What do you mean?" ”

Gai Dong stretched out four fingers in front of me: "Four words, the Tao is natural." ”

"Huh?"

"Don't. When you leave home this time, you say that you are traveling, but in fact you are looking for the way. But you must understand that the Tao is me, I am the Tao, and if you want to find the Tao, you must first find yourself. ”

I scratched the back of my head a little irritably: "What do you mean, what the hell are you?" ”

Gai Dong glanced out the door again, and then said to me: "There are some things that are difficult to explain in words, but they can only be understood but not spoken. In fact, you don't have to worry about it now, when you finish this experience, you will understand everything. ”

After saying this, he looked out of the door several times in succession.

I felt as if he was waiting for someone, so I said to him, "You have a guest?" ”

Gai Dong gave me a smile: "Otherwise, you will move to the second floor first?" ”

People want to do business, and I don't want to make trouble here, so I immediately jumped out of my chair and walked towards the staircase.

As soon as I went up the stairs, Gai Dong shouted at me from behind: "By the way, the place where Hu casual workers live has been in trouble recently, you go this time, and help deal with it by the way." You two haven't eaten yet, I'll have someone bring it to you later. ”

I was not polite: "Send more, I'm more able to eat." ”

Gai Dong: "How good can you eat?" ”

"Meals for ten."

I quickly said a few words, and then walked briskly up to the second floor.

I heard Gai Dong muttering at the counter: "This is a big loss." ”

I chatted with Gai Dong downstairs for more than ten minutes, during which Li Huaishan never came down, just now I was curious why he went for so long, and after going up to the second floor, I found that he was actually playing a game console.

At that time in 07, the old-fashioned red and white machine was already very rare, but I didn't expect there to be one in Gaidong's store, at this time the TV was broadcasting the picture of Contra, Li Huaishan was engrossed in manipulating his little blue man, the iron cone was sitting next to him, staring at the picture on the screen with wide eyes, every time the little blue man jumped up, the iron hammer would stretch his neck, as if his head was also flying.

(End of chapter)