Three days later, at lunchtime, Wang Lianqing had no schoolwork, so he stayed to help with some chores.

The account room surnamed Liu saw that there were no pots of tea left on Zhuozi, and hurriedly called Wang Lianqing and instructed him: "The tea may be gone later, you go to the back kitchen to boil the kettle water, it will not be enough to soak in a while, don't wait for it to be gone, the guests come and think we have neglected them." ”

"Okay, Master Liu. Wang Lianqing hurriedly ran to the back kitchen, only to see Master Zhao waving a spatula by the stove, which seemed to be stir-frying.

Wang Lianqing hurriedly greeted: "Uncle Zhao, it's hard work, there are a lot of people today." ”

"Oh, Xiaoqing, business is good today, and the directors are energetic. Master Zhao said with a smile.

Wang Lianqing said: "Then you are busy, I will boil water, the tea is almost gone." ”

Master Zhao replied, "Okay." ”

Wang Lianqing took care of himself and began to boil water on the small stove inside. After about half an hour, boil hot water and start making tea, divide the teapot and take it to the place where the tea is placed in the lobby.

After getting it done, I asked Mr. Liu in the account room, but I didn't see the shopkeeper Wang, Mr. Liu pointed upstairs, and Wang Lianqing immediately understood.

Upstairs is your guest room, which is quieter than the first floor, and the first floor is inevitably a little noisy for the peddlers and pawns to eat, so the second floor compartment is specially set up, which is quieter. Generally, the guests who order the second floor are more status or money, and they should not be lazy, and the old shopkeeper may be waiting on it.

After a short time, three people entered through the door of the shop, led by a man who looked like a rickety man on crutches, dressed in rags, covered with a straw hat, and the brim of the hat was covered by a circle of linen, so that people could not see his face.

One of the two people next to him was a tall strong man in yellow with a sinking face, his hair was scattered, there was a scar on the right side of his face, and he was carrying an object of unknown things on his back, which was tightly wrapped in cloth, and the strong man's eyes seemed to have a fierce anger in them.

The other person on the side was a thin man who was half a head shorter than the man, dressed in a black robe, holding a fan in his hand, and pinning a bag the size of a plate to his waist.

Seeing the three of them, Wang Lianqing immediately greeted them, walked in front of them, and said politely: "The three guest officers, please." ”

The three of them followed Wang Lianqing inside, and after taking a step or two, Wang Lianqing asked, "Do the three guest officers want to eat in the lobby on the first floor or in the private room on the second floor?" ”

The thin man among the three replied unhurriedly, "Yama!"

Wang Lianqing groaned: "Okay, three guest officers, come with me." ”

The three of them followed Wang Lianqing to the staircase next to Mr. Bookkeeper's counter and went up to the second floor.

In the hall on the second floor, the shopkeeper Wang listened to the people coming up at the staircase, and immediately got up and walked in the direction of the stairs. ”

The thin man among the three said "um", and the scene was slightly embarrassing.

Wang Lianqing looked at the second floor, only the doors of the two private rooms facing the window were closed, and it was estimated that there were only two tables of guests upstairs.

"Three guest officers, come with me. The shopkeeper Wang took them into the private room, while Wang Lianqing waited outside.

After a while, the shopkeeper Wang came out, and the two went downstairs and instructed Wang Lianqing to prepare a pot of good tea and send it to the private room of the three people just now, while the shopkeeper Wang went to the back kitchen and asked the master to cook. Wang Lianqing took the tea, went upstairs, and walked to the door of the three-person private room.

Vaguely hearing the sound of the three people talking, Wang Lianqing gently buckled the door, the sound inside stopped abruptly, and Wang Lianqing shouted at the door, "Three guest officers, tea is here." ”

The voice of the thin man inside rang out, "Come in." Wang Lianqing pushed the door with the teapot and walked in, walked to the table of three people and put down the teapot, and said, "I'm sorry." The three of them didn't answer, and the thin man looked at him and nodded in response.

Wang Lianqing hurriedly took out the upside-down cups on the table, took three side by side, began to pour tea into the cups, poured them and put them in front of them, put the teapot between the tables, and said to the three of them: "If the three guest officers have anything else to do, just give orders, the old shopkeeper is outside, just say hello." ”

The thin man said "um", Wang Lianqing withdrew from the private room and closed the door casually. When he came outside, the shopkeeper Wang happened to come upstairs and asked Wang Lianqing if he had tea, and Wang Lianqing told him that he had gone up. Then the shopkeeper Wang asked Wang Lianqing to go downstairs to do other things, and he was responsible for taking care of it on the second floor, Wang Lianqing nodded and went downstairs.

Wang Lianqing, a guest like the second floor, has also seen it, but he feels that these people are mysterious and secretive, everyone seems to have an ulterior secret, and the most important thing is that his temper is still very weird, he is so old that he is not in the world, he has never seen the world, and he can't deal with it, at most he is to fight and serve tea and water, so the guests on the second floor are all old men taking care of it.

Downstairs, Wang Lianqing cleaned up a table of dishes and chopsticks for the guests who had just eaten and checked out on the first floor, took a linen cloth and wiped it, this is the door and there is another person, Mr. Liu greeted Wang Lianqing and said: "Xiaoqing, welcome guests." ”

Wang Lianqing put down the work in his hand and responded: "Good luck." ”

Immediately walked to the door, and saw an old man with white hair and brown robe and a long beard, holding a little girl in a flower skirt with two cute pigtails in his right hand standing at the door with a smile.

The little girl is about seven or eight years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a good face, and she is estimated to be a beautiful embryo when she grows up. Wang Lianqing walked closer and hurriedly shouted, "Two guest officers, please!"

The old man smiled and nodded, took the little girl's little hand and walked in, and before Wang Lianqing could speak again, the old man opened his mouth and ordered: "Little brother, arrange a private room for my old man and granddaughter." Just be quiet. ”

Hearing the old man's command, Wang Lianqing immediately nodded and responded: "Okay, please come with me." ”

The old man replied: "Good, good. At this time, the little girl next to the old man hurriedly asked her grandfather: "Grandpa, what is a private room?" ”

The old man replied with a smile: "The private room is a place with few people, quiet and good environment. ”

The little girl seemed to understand and responded: "Oh." ”

When he came to the staircase, the old man smiled at the little girl and said, "Come, Susu, grandpa will carry you up." The old man squatted down and picked up the little girl.

The little girl seemed to be very reluctant and muttered, "Grandpa is always like this, I can go up by myself." ”

The old man laughed when he heard it, and he was very happy.

Wang Lianqing also felt very interesting when he heard their conversation earlier, and couldn't help but smile slightly, thinking that this little girl was so cute.

led them to the second floor, Wang shopkeeper beckoned them into another private room, Wang Lianqing went downstairs to get a pot of tea, knocked on the door of the private room for two, and brought it in, the old man was also easy to talk, Wang Lianqing poured the teapot and withdrew by himself.

After a while, the dishes on the table next door were ready, Uncle Zhao brought them up, and the old shopkeeper took them and sent them in.

When it was over, the shopkeeper came out and instructed Wang Lianqing to take a pot of ten-year Linhe spring wine and send it to the three-person room, Wang Lianqing took the wine, knocked on the door of the three-person private room, and sent the wine in, looking at the ten-year aging wine that Wang Lianqing brought in, the three put down the chopsticks in their hands.

Wang Lianqing saw five dishes on the table, crispy river duck with pine flowers, white-cut chick chicken, silk on the palm of the hand, fish soup from Liudong River, and steamed crispy belly, all of which were specialties in the store, and there was also a basket of steamed buns and steamed buns and other noodles in the middle.

The thin man took the wine that Wang Lianqing brought in and bowed slightly, Wang Lianqing wanted to leave, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Slow." ”

Wang Lianqing paused and hurriedly asked, "Guest officer, what else do you have to order?"

"I didn't have an order, but I just casually asked, who were the people next to me who came after me, and how were they dressed?" asked the thin man

"Oh, a white-haired, long-bearded old man and a little girl of six or seven years old. Wang Lianqing replied.

The thin man and the tall man glanced at each other, waved his hand at Wang Lianqing and said, "Got it, you can go down." ”

"Okay, the guest officer has orders to call me again. Wang Lianqing walked out of the door and closed the door by the way. I wasn't surprised why the thin man asked the guest next door and went downstairs to get busy.

After Wang Lianqing left, the three people in the private room began to pick up chopsticks to eat, and the thin man began to open the paper seal on the mouth of the wine bottle, and the fragrant wine in the room immediately dispersed, and the thin man said with a smile: "Good wine." ”

took two cups, poured them and handed them to the tall man, and looked at the rickets wearing a hat who was eating, "Uncle Shi, don't you make an exception for such a good wine?"

Without waiting for the old man to speak, the tall man scolded angrily: "What kind of bastard nonsense are you talking about, I don't know that Uncle Shi can't be contaminated with alcohol after recuperating for many years?"

The hat-taker said in a hoarse voice: "If it hadn't been for the slap of the old man Su ten years ago, I would have fallen myself before you could say it, and I would have relieved my hunger." Since I've healed my wounds, I've had no desire for this thing, and you're up to it. ”

"That's cheap, my brother and I are uncle," the thin man said with a grin.

The hat-bearers also stopped talking and ate their own food.

The thin man watched their uncle not speak, raised his glass and touched a glass with the tall man, and drank it all. It may be that the wine in the entrance is spicy, and he immediately chewed the food, but his face was satisfied, and he looked at the tall man with a calm face, and his face was calm and calm in the wind and rain.

The thin man ate two bites of food, suddenly remembered something, looked in the direction of the hat man and asked, "Is the white-haired and long-bearded old man that Xiao Er talked about just now the old dog surnamed Su who hurt you ten years ago?"

"It's not clear, I received the news a few days ago, but the spy letters in the clan rarely go wrong, so it shouldn't be wrong. ”

"Isn't the Su family in the south? Why does that old horseman appear here, and he still has a female baby?"

"According to the news from the clan, the old immortal went to Beixia to get a century-old medicinal material, which is estimated to be used for alchemy, and it should be to break through the realm, as for the female baby, it is not clear, it is estimated that he went out to play in the mountains and rivers with the old horseman. The hat-bearer replied.

"It's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, Uncle Shi, when will we do it? ”

"Now it's inconvenient to do it during the day, and then talk about it at night, you will have a good meal, you remember to keep an eye on them outside, and if there is any trouble, remember to notify me in time, don't miss this opportunity, but don't act rashly, so as not to startle the snake." ”

The two men responded: "Yes, uncle." ”

In another private room, the shopkeeper Wang took the prepared dishes into the private room of the old man and the little girl, and began to take out a plate of dishes from the serving basket and began to set them on the table.

The little girl's eyes lit up when she looked at the dishes that had just been arranged, and her little eyes kept looking left and right, and her little appearance was very cute. The dishes are good, and the shopkeeper is out of the private room.

The white-haired old man looked at his granddaughter and said dotingly: "If you're hungry, just eat." ”

"Hmm. After speaking, he picked up a piece of thinly sliced lean meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth to eat, chewing and eating, the old man handed the little girl a bun, "Don't care about eating vegetables, eat a bun to fill your stomach." ”

The little girl took it and took a bite, put it in the bowl in front of her, and went to clip a piece of chicken, it was estimated that she was really hungry, the bun was too mouthful, choked, the little girl pointed to the bowl of chicken soup in front of her, and shook the old man's hand with a whining, the white-haired old man understood, scooped a bowl of soup from it and handed it to her, and then instructed: "Slow down." ”

nodded, picked up the chicken soup in front of him, carefully took a sip without feeling hot, took another big sip, and then put down the bowl, his hands up and down on his chest to calm down, and then burped, looking at her grandfather with a satisfied look and laughing.

When the old man saw this little girl, he smiled and said, "Little girl!"

The little girl named Su Su stuck out her tongue at her grandfather, and then picked up the chopsticks to pick up the clip before eating.

The old man picked up the wine on the table, opened it and poured himself a glass, drank it all, his brows relaxed, he seemed to drink very much, ate a mouthful of food, and then poured another glass, the little girl immediately glared at him and said, "Grandpa, drink less!"

The old man smiled and said, "Okay, good." ”

Half an hour later, the guests in the two private rooms upstairs by the window had eaten and left. The shopkeeper was almost cleaned up, and the three old men wearing face-covering hats and hats were also eaten, and when they walked out of the room, the shopkeeper saw them come out to greet them, and hurriedly promised, "The three guest officers have eaten?"

"All right," replied the thin man

"Okay, then come with me downstairs to settle the bill. ”

"Hmm," the thin man replied.

The three of them walked downstairs under the leadership of the shopkeeper, and when they left, the tall man glanced at the room of the grandfather and grandson, and finally walked downstairs.

At this time, no one noticed the thin man who walked at the end, he quickly sprinkled something in the direction of the pair of grandchildren's private room, and then patted the bag on his waist, and a small bee flew out, and the little bee flew to the door of the private room, lying motionless on the door.

After settling the account, he walked out of the restaurant under the greeting of the old shopkeeper, and after a while, his figure disappeared into the opposite alley.

It is not uncommon for the old shopkeeper to dress like this, after all, the style of the people in the rivers and lakes is different from that of the ordinary people, and they can't care about it.

Even if there is any powerful hooligan, it is also under the control of the imperial court, and the ordinary people only need to live in peace, just give money for meals, and really encounter some scoundrels who eat overlord meals or deliberately make trouble, just report to the official.

The tall man in the alley opposite the door of Shangshanlou whispered to the thin man and asked, "Second brother, has the letter been released?"

"When I went downstairs, I quietly put it down, everything is fine, you and Uncle Shi will go back to the inn first, I will watch here, I will not lose them, rest assured." ”

"Well, be careful. After speaking, the old man and the big man walked forward without looking back.

The thin man climbed over a courtyard wall, walked through the courtyard, came to the street, went to a teahouse opposite, and asked for a position near the window, just so that he could clearly see the gate of Shangshanlou in and out.