Chapter 9: The Noodle Shop and Divination
Joy Inn.
After a brief understanding of Bai Xiaosheng, Shen Ming didn't ask any more questions, and the group of four entered the lobby to book a room, ordered a table of wine and food, and found a good place to eat.
Shen Ming simply ate some food, then put down the dishes and chopsticks and spoke.
"Brother Lin, I have some things to do in Chicheng, stay one more day. ”
Lin Kuohai didn't ask Shen Ming what was the matter, and responded happily, "Cheng, if you need my help, Brother Shen will just tell you." ”
Ah Qi and the two naturally didn't say much, everything was at Shen Ming's orders, and they just ate their meals silently.
Shen Ming replied: "It's just some trivial things, Brother Lin don't worry, I'll go back to the room to rest first." ”
Shen Ming said goodbye, and went straight back to his room, the service of the inn is really thoughtful, the room has already prepared hot water, many days of travel, Shen Ming felt a little uncomfortable, so he took off his clothes and soaked in the bath.
......
Nothing was said all night, and the next morning was in the morning.
Under the service of Ah Duoer, Shen Ming finished washing, and took Ah Duoer out of the inn, these days, these things were handed over to Ah Duoer by Ah Qi intentionally or unintentionally, and Shen Ming also understood Ah Qi's thoughts in his heart.
Out of the inn, Shen Ming led the way in front, and stopped from time to time to ask for directions, Aduoer looked at Shen Ming's back in front of him, and was a little curious that Shen Ming couldn't even recognize the road, what was there to do in this city?
"Boss, two bowls of Yangchun noodles. ”
After turning around, Shen Ming took Adol to a noodle stall on the street, the business of the noodle stall was good, the customers were quite full, and most of them were some small people in the market.
The boss is indeed quite old, with gray hair and an old face, but his hands and feet are still neat, and it didn't take long for him to make two bowls of Yangchun noodles and serve them.
The boss smiled and said, "Two guest officers, use it slowly!"
Shen Ming replied politely, "Thank you, old man." ”
The boss nodded, and when he saw that there were another guest coming, he hurriedly went up to greet him and get busy, Shen Ming didn't care, took the chopsticks handed over by Aduoer and started.
"Sure enough, it still smells like that. ”
Hearing Shen Ming say this, Ah Duoer had a faint guess in her heart about the reason why Shen Ming led her to this roadside stall to eat a bowl of noodles in the morning, and asked tentatively.
"Does the master know this old man?"
Shen Ming nodded, "Yes." ”
Adol wondered, "Then why doesn't he remember his master?"
Shen Ming replied with a smile: "Although I remember that incident deeply, it was just an ordinary little thing for that old man, and it is estimated that he doesn't know how many things he has done over the years, and it is normal to forget them." ”
Adol nodded as if she didn't understand, thinking to herself, maybe the boss inadvertently helped the master, right?
It didn't take long to eat a bowl of noodles before it bottomed out, and in all fairness, Adol felt that the boss's craftsmanship was really good, no worse than those professional chefs in the inn.
After eating the noodles, Shen Ming was not in a hurry to leave, so he sat there and chatted with the boss about homely things, and through chatting, Shen Ming also roughly understood the life of the boss over the years, which was no different from most ordinary people.
I got up early to sell noodles, went home at night, and so on, saved some money, built a new house, married a daughter-in-law, and gave birth to a big fat boy.
The boss smiled all over his face, and said happily: "No, I just married a daughter-in-law to that kid of my family the year before last, and that daughter-in-law is also angry, and now her belly has grown, calculate the time, and it should be born recently." I hope that my daughter-in-law will be angry, add a big fat boy to my old Li family, and pass on the incense, so that I will be content with Lao Li in this life. ”
Shen Ming smiled: "Old man, I'll give you a hexagram." ”
The boss's eyes lit up, "The guest officer also knows how to tell fortunes?"
Shen Ming took out three quaint coins from his arms and shook them at the boss, "Of course, Taoist priests, fortune telling, that's a housekeeping skill." ”
Ah Duoer blinked her eyes, looking at Shen Ming who began to tell fortunes, she only felt ridiculous in her heart, she didn't think that Shen Ming really knew how to tell fortunes, as a Jianghu person, she had seen a lot of people who pretended to be gods and deceived people to eat and drink.
What does this mean, master, although this formation is decent, but fortune-telling?
Coins tumbled in the air and landed on the table, two of which landed in front of the table, and the other spun on the table until it stood upright.
The boss said nervously: "Dao Chief, how is it, do you bring a handle?"
Shen Ming frowned and said, "Boy!"
The boss was overjoyed, "Thank you to the Taoist, I will go and give the Taoist a bowl of noodles." ”
"Don't worry!" Shen Ming opened his mouth to stop the boss, looked at the boss's puzzled eyes, and continued to say the hexagram, "The hexagram shows that the big murderer, the mother accidentally stumbled, the fetal gas caused premature birth, the baby boy, one corpse and two lives, both mother and child died, time ...... Today!"
As soon as Shen Ming's words came out, many people in the noodle stall scolded angrily.
"That Taoist priest, in order to blackmail people for money, you actually said that?"
"That is, the monks are merciful, you are a Taoist priest, it is good, and you curse people to death for no reason!"
"Boss Li, don't listen to this Taoist nonsense, your old man has made good connections all his life, accumulates virtue by doing good, and he must be good and rewarded, how can he encounter such a thing. ”
Boss Li heard Shen Ming say this, although he was not very willing to believe what Shen Ming said, he was still a little worried, and his face showed anxiety.
"This ...... Dao Chief, how should this be?"
Shen Ming ignored the accusations of the people around him, and hurriedly took out a white jade porcelain bottle from his arms, took out a clear elixir with a faint fragrance and handed it over.
"Hurry back and give her this elixir to take it, but it can keep the mother and son safe. ”
Boss Li took the pill and glanced at Shen Ming, many years of life experience made him feel that the Taoist priest in front of him was really worried about him and hoped that he would live well.
Boss Li nodded, "Hey!" and said, "Thank you, Daoist, then I'll go back first." ”
Shen Ming nodded, Boss Li thanked him again, and didn't clean up the things on the noodle stall, just tied his apron and spread his feet and walked towards the end of the long street.
And the people on the noodle stall, you look at me, I look at you, and after a while, several people got up and chased after Boss Li, wanting to see if it was really as Shen Ming said.
And the rest of the people faintly leaned over and surrounded Shen Ming, as if they were worried that he had slipped away, Shen Ming didn't care, his face was a little pale, he took a sip of the "Immortal Brew!" on his waist, and then closed his eyes and breathed.
"Daddy, daddy! Oh no!"
After a while, a young and sturdy man shouted to this side, and there were familiar customers at the noodle stall who recognized it as Boss Li's son.
"Da Zhuang, what's wrong, so urgent, your father just listened to the nonsense of the charlatans and went home. An old man pulled Li Dazhuang to Shen Ming, "It's him, this Taoist priest lied to your father, and cursed your daughter-in-law to accidentally stumble, and she had fetal gas, she was born prematurely today, and both mother and child died, you must give him a ......."
Li Dazhuang was still very angry at first, but as the old man continued to speak, the expression on his face kept changing, and in the end, without waiting for the old man to finish speaking, he knelt down with his legs straight to Shen Ming and kowtowed.
"The Taoist god can predict the prophet, and he also asked the Taoist to show mercy and save my daughter-in-law's life. ”
When everyone in the audience heard this, they all turned their eyes to Shen Ming, their eyes full of disbelief.