Chapter Twenty-Six: Eating People with a Short Mouth
After the mud doll went out, Miao hurried to the back room, and the cook helped find a basin of water to wash her face, and returned to the lobby of the restaurant. Seeing the two dishes that the mud doll gave to the three people on the table just now, they had already been eaten by Jin Jiu. According to Miao's previous temperament, he must complain about the two. But this time he smiled weirdly, sat down on the stool and didn't say anything.
When Jin Jiu saw Miao coming back, he hurriedly wiped his mouth and said, "Brother Miao, let's leave quickly, or when the shopkeeper can move, he will ask us to give us gold again!"
I didn't want Miao to sit firmly on the stool, holding her cheek with her right hand, looking at the shopkeeper with a dusty face, and then at Jin Jiu who stood up, and said without hurrying: "There are too many delicious foods here, you can't finish one meal!"
"We don't have gold, look at Xiao Er's face just now. Do you still want to eat the next meal, if you don't scold, you can't find the north!" Jin Jiu said with a frown. Jin Jiu knew that if it was reasonable, it would be fine, Xiao Er's face would have started to move a long time ago, but if he didn't give money for dinner, he always lost money!
"There are also people who don't give money for dinner, look at that purple-robed Taoist, you said that the shopkeeper would ask him for money?" Miao said.
Eleven looked at the two of them from the side, and already understood Miao's thoughts in his heart.
"That man must have been invited by the shopkeeper to drop the mud doll! Jin Jiu replied.
Miao smiled, her face smug and her head shook back and forth like a rattle.
At this moment, probably the mud doll had gone away, the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper suddenly fell to the ground, trembling, thinking that they were trapped by the mud doll and numb, looked up at Eleven, Jin Jiu and Miao, and immediately crawled to the table of three people, the shopkeeper bent half of his body, deeply moved, and said tremblingly: "The villain has eyes without beads, and he doesn't know heroes. ”
The shopkeeper just stood up tremblingly, and when he heard the shopkeeper say this, he collapsed to the ground again, knelt on the ground, and hurriedly kowtowed.
The shopkeeper hurriedly answered: " These days by the mud doll bothered, few people come here to patronize, are passers-by come here to eat and drink, anyone who can come up with some methods, the small shop does not charge money, so there are many people who cheat to eat and drink, the small shop has no revenue, I wanted to close the door for a period of time, how do I know that every time I want to close the door, it happens that someone unveils the list, so relying on the meager savings accumulated by my father has been sustained to this day, this person is also the same as those days ago, came for several days, our store delicious and delicious hospitality, if the gods did not think that it is also a" Speaking of this, the shopkeeper sighed, stomped his feet, and two lines of tears flowed down, and he looked back from time to time at the Taoist who was lying on the ground and did not wake up.
Miao and Jin Jiu saw that his face was covered with plaster, coupled with that embarrassed expression, the tears left behind were wiped by the cuffs, and the appearance of his face was very ridiculous and funny, and they laughed out loud for a while. Eleven wanted to laugh when he saw it, but he felt that it was inevitably rude, so he held back again.
"Today, I saw three young heroes showing their might, and they were not bound by the method of fixation! These days, only three of them can have such great power. What is beyond the reach of those who claim to be proficient in immortal arts, the first time they see the three, they feel that the three of them look like gods, handsome and extraordinary, and their posture is free and easy, they are not ordinary people, they are young, and they are so really strong young men!" The shopkeeper is a businessman, with a clever tongue, dancing on the side, and a bunch of flattering words, blowing all three of them into the sky.
Jin Jiu and Miao listened to this, they were very happy, they lowered their heads and smiled while wiping their hair, and no one had ever praised themselves so much, in the eyes of ordinary people, Jin Jiu was blonde and blue-eyed, different from ordinary people, Miao was handsome, in Tianshui City, many women were admired, and some women were already infatuated, and it was also for this reason that how could men in the city put their minds at ease. When the man saw that he was jealous of him, he did not have a good face. The boss praised him like this, and the whole person had floated to the sky. Eleven was on the side, smiling and nodding, much calmer than Jin Jiu and Miao.
After a long period of whiskers and horses, the shopkeeper asked the three people to help and lower the mud doll, which was naturally delicious and delicious, and served the three people.
"Hey, boss, don't worry, this is natural, we are righteous people, and when we see injustice, we will naturally draw a sword to help! When Jin Jiu heard that there was something delicious to offer, and it was a righteous thing, he replied cheerfully.
"This meal can't be the same!" Miao said lightly, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, obviously holding back the joy in her heart.
"This is for sure, the three young heroes, just finished eating, I will ask Xiao Er to bring some fruit, and then arrange three first-class guest rooms, and the three of them have a good rest and recuperate. The shopkeeper said this, with a smile on his face, grinning teeth, and looking very funny.
"That's really good, hehe!" Miao said with a grin.
"Then there's a shop!" Eleven thanked him.
"Don't dare, don't dare, the three young heroes will sit down again, and the fresh fruit will be there later!" replied the shopkeeper.
After saying this, the shopkeeper nodded reassuringly when he saw the three of them sitting back on the seat, and then walked to the back hall with a smile to probably wash his face, and after a while, the shopkeeper served a few plates of fresh fruits, including peaches, pears, cherries, plums, etc., and respectfully brought them up. The little two smiled and said: "Three young heroes, come and eat some fruits, eat these meals, and then eat some fruits, it is the best, these are fresh fruits, you see that these fruits are full and round, the color is gorgeous, the fragrance is attractive, after eating, it moistens the intestines, invigorates blood accumulation, plumps the skin and beautifies the skin, and there are many benefits in it." ”
The shopkeeper said these big benefits, but the three of them responded perfunctorily while eating, and the Taoist who was ignored at the table at the door of the store trembled and couldn't get up, it seemed that he had just used all his strength to resist the spell of the mud doll, and it took a lot of physical strength.
Seeing that the Daoist got up, the shopkeeper gave him a blank look, walked over and said weakly: "Oh, Dao Chief, you finally woke up?"
"This mud doll is average, I am just a deception in today's fight, and I am willing to try his methods, it seems that it is nothing more than that. The Taoist squinted his eyes and said slowly.
"I haven't seen the Daoist fight with the mud doll at all, I don't know how you know his methods, and the Daoist, as a person who draws talismans and cultivates arts, is proficient in spells, so he somehow woke up later than us ordinary people?" asked the shopkeeper as he looked at the dirty-faced and unkempt Daoist.
"This" The Taoist paused, embarrassed for a moment, and then said: "This matter of fighting the method is the result of mental power! How can you ordinary people know the profound and subtle aspects of this, which is also beyond the reach of ordinary people's eyes. ”
"Yes, yes, it's us ordinary people, don't you understand! You don't know those three masters" said this, the shopkeeper's voice immediately raised a lot, and then said, "After the mud doll came, he looked calm, moved freely, and was very chic."
"Move freely, impossible! This mud doll fixation method, anyone with flesh and skin, will have limbs like wood, how can they move for half a minute!?" the Taoist replied, thought for a moment and then said: "If they can really do what you say, why don't they catch the mud doll immediately? and let him run away!"
The shopkeeper was asked by the Taoist about this, and knew that the three of Miao must want to eat and drink here for a few days like that Taoist, but how to say this, he said: "The intentions of the three young heroes, how can we and other ordinary people speculate on their thoughts!"
Miao listened to the words of the Taoist, and suddenly felt a little unhappy, so he said: "I have compassion, seeing that the mud doll is still only a five or six year old child, and he also offered us two dishes, I thought that he didn't seem to be a bad person, but I heard the shopkeeper tell about his evil deeds, so I decided to help the shopkeeper lower the mud doll!"
"Hmph, you guys, blow it just to mix more food. The Taoist was angry and broken.
"You are useless Taoist, why are you still here, it is difficult to cheat and eat and drink! Hurry up, hurry up, what are you doing here? Disturb the three young heroes!" The shopkeeper heard the Taoist speak, so he rushed from the back hall to the lobby and said, his face was angry, and he pointed to the door, for fear that the Taoist's words would annoy the three people.
When the man heard this, he snorted angrily, had nothing to answer, and had no choice but to go to the store. He staggered to the door, and a group of people outside the door pointed and laughed.
Seeing the shopkeeper treat that person like this, Eleven couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart at this time. sighed in his heart that people's hearts are so fickle, moody, a moment ago or try to flatter the Taoist, praised, this moment knowing that it does not have the ability to descend the mud doll, so it is driven like a dog, cold strangers. If the three of them are the same as this person, they can't stop the mud doll in the end, and I'm afraid this scene will be the scene where the shopkeeper treats the three like this in the future.
Good times always go by quickly!
Since the mud doll left, there have been no mud dolls for several days. The shopkeeper was worried, with a sad face all day long, and only smiled and smiled when he met the three of them. In the bottom of my heart, I want the mud doll to appear, but I don't want the mud doll to come to the store.
If the mud doll appeared early and was lowered by the three of them, the three of them left this place early, and it would be okay to offer some gold, eating and drinking for nothing is more powerful than the mud doll, especially the amount of gold nine is too big, how can you not eat enough. I have to serve the three of them every day like a master. I wanted to ask the cook to make the food more unpalatable, so that the three of them could eat less and reduce costs, but the stubborn cook would rather not do it than spoil the taste of the dish. It's just that the decades-old shop relies on the exquisite craftsmanship of this chef. The owner of the shop had no choice but to serve different kinds of delicious food every day.
After a few days, Jin Jiu and Miao were very happy, they were full of food and drink, they went out to play when they were full, and they fell asleep when they were tired from playing. Eleven has been wandering around the city with the two of them in the city these days, and by the way, I also inquired about Xiaoting and Dayou's news, and every time I eat a meal, this taste is a bit déjà vu. So I went to the back hall to meet the cook.
One day when the kitchen was cooking, Eleven came to the back kitchen with the fragrant smell, the cook in charge of the spoon was a strange person, looking like an old man in his seventies, his hair and beard were all white, but the heroic spirit between the eyebrows was not full of wrinkles that could be concealed, this old man was extremely skilled, the knife work was extremely exquisite, and the movements between peeling and cutting bones were crisp and neat, and there was no old age. The people in the store called him "Uncle Knife". In this huge kitchen, there are only him and the shopkeeper who is responsible for buying ingredients. It seems that business is cold, so let's go. Eleven saw that the old man wanted to talk about something, no matter what he asked the old man with a pleasant face, he didn't say a word.
It turned out that the old man didn't talk much, but he always had a few words, but one night three years ago, his grandson suddenly disappeared, and he searched for a long time, but he couldn't find it, and since then he has been depressed and doesn't talk to anyone.
It is said that this ten-mile Piaoxianglou was originally a small shop with only a few tables, and more than fifty years ago, a stormy night took in this young man who was lost at that time, he was gray-headed and ragged, and he didn't say anything at first, just stunned, thinking he was a fool. For a few days, the proprietress at that time was articulate, and the heart was good to open and persuade, I don't know that sentence made sense of him, he cried a night ago, the next day, the hair was white This was also passed on for a while at that time, but since then, just like a normal person, everyone does not know what his origin is, but the knife work is excellent, and then he started in the proprietress house, as a cook, and the dishes are also very delicious, since then the business has improved, and slowly made it into the now famous Ten Miles Piaoxiang Building. This old man has not heard of any relatives and deceased, for decades will be missing for a few days a month, I don't know where to go, the rest of the time has been in the building, only more than ten years ago went out for a long time, thought he would never come again, so anxious that the boss turned, this time is a month, and later brought back a child, said that it was picked up on the road, that is, his grandson who disappeared three years ago. The things that the shopkeeper knew were also told by his seniors, and when he saw that Eleven loved to listen, he told him everything.
After a few more days, the clay doll still did not appear. After a long time, Miao is not in a hurry at all, there are good food and drinks to go around the street, and the shopkeeper serves him every day, and he is also at ease. Jin Jiu was different, at first he could go out to play with Miao, but later he saw that the owner of the store treated him very well every day, and he didn't make any effort, so he always felt uneasy. I thought about it, and I did it, pulling Eleven to find the early mud doll.
The two went separately to look for it, one went to the east of the city, and the other went to the west of the city, wanting to capture the mud doll and treat the owner of the newspaper store with hospitality in the past few days. Eleven was about to go out of the city gate, but he never thought that he saw the Taoist who was kicked out of the store by the shopkeeper a few days ago, and Eleven wondered in his heart: "Why is this Taoist still in the city and hasn't left?"
So he followed, and the man bought a lot of melons, fruits, and vegetables, and some cooked food, and went out through the west gate of the city. Eleven harnessed the ethereal line of stealth and followed the Taoist closely.
Walking not far from the suburbs, the man stopped, and whispered: "Xiaoxian, I'm coming" and called a few more times, only to hear the crisp bell in the bushes more than half a person high a few feet away, and a hache, the mud doll stretched and looked at the man.
The man ran over with a grin.
Eleven saw it and wondered in his heart: "How can this person be with a mud doll!" and then wanted to hear what the two had to say.
It turns out that this person and the mud doll have known each other for a long time, this person was originally invited to descend the mud doll, how do you know that this mud doll has the ability to be a prophet, and first stopped him, this person was surprised by the ability of the mud doll, so he scolded him, and wanted to learn some means of fixing. And the thing exchanged is the food of Shili Piaoxianglou. Probably the people who came out to surrender him in the past were like this, and every time the store was about to be closed, someone was ordered by the mud doll to capture the mud doll. It is also good to make the mud doll often have the meal of Piaoxianglou.
But since that day left, the mud doll has never been there, and I don't know why?
That Dao probably had this doubt in his heart, so he asked: "Xiaoxian, why don't you go to the Ten Miles Piaoxiang Building to lower those three people, so that the little one can help you find some people to pretend to be, so that you are an old man."
"Do you think I don't want to? I have the power of a prophet, and if I go, I will be caught, and those three guys are waiting for me?
The deer, horses, and alpacas under this house also screamed, and scolded the Taoist for buying unpalatable things, where there is the delicacy of the Ten Miles Piaoxianglou, and said: "Go tomorrow, take a look!"
The mud doll patted the deer's head and said, "You can't go, you'll be caught!
The horse's head said, "The legs don't grow on you, we can go if we want!
The sheep head said: "You can only predict what happened for half an hour, how do you know that we will be arrested tomorrow!"
The camel's head said, "I listen to you!"
The mud doll thought for a while and said, "You guys will eat some first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow!"
The four beasts ate slowly. Vegetables eat leaves, melons and fruits only eat meat.
Seeing this, Eleven already had a way in his heart, and he wanted to hear what the two of them would say, but suddenly the mud doll said: "Oh, someone is coming, it's one of the three, hurry up!"
"Which one? The Taoist asked dryly.
"Big blonde and blue-eyed man, it's not another one, hurry up!" replied the mud doll hurriedly.
Eleven Qi said: "Jin Jiu!?"
Then the four beasts turned away, and the man followed, and walked deep into the woods.
Eleven wanted to follow, but for fear of startling the snake and appeared, he wanted to go back, and did not go far to the city, he met Jin Jiu, it turned out that Jin Jiu did not find anything in the east of the city, so he turned his head to the west of the city to find Eleven, Eleven said what he saw, Jin Jiu was going to chase, was stopped by Eleven, Eleven said, he had a way in his heart, and he would catch the mud doll in the Ten Mile Piaoxiang Building tomorrow.