Chapter 43 Turning Danger into Disaster
For fear of getting lost again and delaying time, after running out of the alley gently, I asked for directions when I met someone, and I rushed to Zhiwei Zhai after I saw the direction, and when I entered the door of the restaurant, the courteous running hall immediately greeted her, wanting to take her to the empty table.
"I'm looking for someone, you don't have to call me." While speaking gently, her eyes had swept around the store, and she was worried about whether Xiaohuan would hide in the private room upstairs, when she saw a person lying on a table in the corner, looking at the silhouette, like Xiaohuan, but she was wearing a man's clothes, and she couldn't help but hesitate in her heart.
"Little lady, is he the person you are looking for?" Seeing that his gentle gaze had been wandering on the table, he couldn't help but smile and said, "He's your brother?" The amount of alcohol at a young age is not small, and when he enters the door before dawn, he asks for three pots of wine, and I see that he poured it all in one go, and he didn't even eat the dishes. ”
Gently listened to the person who ran to the hall and said that this person entered the door before dawn, and her heart couldn't help but move, and the person who was lying on her stomach at this time changed his posture and tilted his face to this side. I can't help but be amused and worried at the same time. This kid is really nonsense, fortunately she was drunk and obediently lying on the table, otherwise if she went crazy and talked nonsense, it would be terrible! So he hurriedly stepped forward and pushed her and said, "Wake up, let's go home." ”
"Huh?" Xiaohuan opened his eyes in a daze, saw gentleness, and called with a slight smile, "Sister." ”
Gently exhaled, glad that Xiaohuan was not very old, and it was convenient to pretend to be a boy, otherwise her voice would have been exposed, but why did she drink so much? I guess I want to use alcohol to kill my sorrows! It's okay this way, she won't be cranky when she is drunk, and she feels that time can pass faster, otherwise she doesn't know how anxious she will wait in the three hours when she is late.
"Come back with me, everyone is looking for you, why do you say you are so generous? Mother said what's the big deal about your two sentences? I want to steal money and run out to drink! How old are you? Just drink, what if you get addicted to alcohol? Gentleness saw that the runner had been standing beside her and watching, and had to act in such a play, otherwise it would be too strange for a half-grown child to come to the restaurant early in the morning to drink.
"Huh? What about my mother? Xiaohuanjiu hadn't fully woken up yet, but when she heard Wen Wen talk about her mother, she immediately turned her head around to find her mother.
"I'm looking for you everywhere! I almost didn't die in a hurry! "Gentleness picked up the small ring with one hand and wanted to go out.
What kind of people have never seen people working in restaurants? He didn't want to pay attention to other people's family affairs, but when he saw that Wen Rou was leaving, he had to stop her and said, "Your brother hasn't paid for drinking yet!" ”
"How much?" Gentleness sighed secretly.
"One hundred and eighty dollars!" When he ran to the hall to speak, he looked at the gentleness and the clothes on Xiaohuan's body, and regretted that he didn't wake up in the morning, so he took the wine to Xiaohuan in a daze, if it was changed to when he was awake now, he would let Xiaohuan pay first.
Three pots of wine is so expensive! After all, she knew very well that wine was made from grain, and the grain production in ancient times was not high, and many people couldn't even eat enough, so wine was naturally expensive. So he took out a piece of silver weighing about one or two from his bosom and threw it on the table.
The eyes of the running hall are straight, this is what makes people unseemly! Originally, he was worried that if the sister and brother couldn't give the wine money, he should let them use what to offset the wine money, but he didn't expect that what he gently reached out and touched out was silver! Of course, it was not that he had never seen silver, but it was quite surprising that the silver was taken out of the gently dressed slightly.
The people who can run the hall are all clever people, and his face flashed with surprise, and he immediately picked up the silver from the table, laughed a few times with him, and ran to the shopkeeper to look for money.
Gently waited for him to come back, put away the copper coins he had found, and counted out twenty more to reward him, and then continued to walk out with Xiaohuan. It's not that she spends a lot of money and likes to tip, but she knows the truth that eating people's mouths is short and taking people's hands short. The restaurant has always been a good place to inquire about the news, and if someone comes to hunt down Xiaohuan at that time, I hope that these two dollars can make the person who runs the hall more strict.
But what you are afraid of is biased, this is simply a bumpy truth. As soon as Wen Rou walked to the door of the restaurant, he saw two officials holding a portrait and asking all the way. Her heartbeat immediately accelerated, her hands and feet were cold, and she intuitively believed that the person these two officials were looking for was Xiaohuan, and she wanted to find a place to hide first, but at this time they had already walked to the door, and then they wanted to retreat to the restaurant, which was even more strange.
"Stop!"
Wen Rou didn't take a few steps at all, and the official behind her stopped her.
Stabilization! Things are not out of control yet, don't panic at this time, you must be calm! Wen Wen took a deep breath, turned sideways, covered Xiaohuan to the side, and said with a slightly frightened smile on his face: "What's the matter with the two officials calling the people's daughter?" ”
One of the officials, who had a long face and a beard, had a slight smile in his eyes when he saw his gentle face, but because he could not flirt with a woman from a good family on the street, he had to hold up the portrait in his hand majestically and ask her, "Have you seen this woman in the portrait?" ”
Gentlely squinted slightly at the daylight, pretended to look at the portrait very carefully, and then shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it." ”
"Then you go." Another thin official waved his hand, and wanted to ask others, but who knew that the bearded man refused to let go of gentleness easily, and pointed to the small ring she was supporting: "Who is this person?" Lift your face up and I'll see! ”
"This is my younger brother, who quarreled with the family in the morning, and then stole money to buy wine and drink." Wen Wen said as she vigorously rubbed the small ring that was trembling slightly, trying to convey her composure.
Although Xiaohuan was drunk, the degree of ancient wine was not high, and after three hours, he almost woke up, but his legs were still a little weak, and he couldn't stand steadily, but he understood in his heart, and he was already scared into a cold sweat at this time, and his heart was full of panic, for fear that he would be arrested and returned to Zhao's mansion, and he would be beaten to death.
"What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and lift your face? The bearded man was very dissatisfied, and wanted to step forward and do it himself.
If you wait for the official to come up and do it, you will definitely find that Xiaohuan's mood is abnormal, Wen Wen hurriedly did it herself, pinched Xiaohuan's chin with one hand, deliberately squeezed her mouth slightly crooked, and then raised her face, shook it in front of the two officials, and said with a smile: "Official, he drank too much and fainted!" ”
The bearded man was stunned for a moment when he saw Xiaohuan's face, his eyes obviously showed a little disappointment, and he waved his hand impatiently: "Let's go, let's go." ”
"Master Xie." Gentle could feel Xiaohuan's tense body suddenly loosen, and immediately added force to her hand, held her steadily, and then continued to walk forward without looking back, but she couldn't bear to laugh so hard, although she was safe at the moment, she didn't dare to laugh out loud, and the expression on her face twisted into a ball, which was miserable!