One hundred and thirty-one: Rumors are flying

The renovation progress of the tavern is faster than expected, and the tavern has begun to paint the second layer in less than half a month, but just a few days ago, there were terrible rumors on Chang'an Street.

Diners are talking about the authenticity of the rumors at the Yan Kee Tavern, which is mainly coming from the new tavern that is being renovated opposite the Yan Kee Tavern, and everyone is rumored that there was a ghost fire a few days ago.

Some people say that it was because the Cheng shopkeeper's family, who died tragically before, was too wronged to be peaceful, and deliberately turned into a ghost fire to seek help from the world.

Some people also say that Xu Xiaoxiao and others collided with the Cheng family when they were decorating, causing the Cheng family to turn into a ghost fire to force the decoration workers to retreat.

There were different opinions, and more than 100 kinds of theories all fell into Xu Xiaoxiao's ears, and she scratched her ears and mourned her face boredly.

Didn't she just ask why the workers frequently asked for leave recently, and Liu Qiaoer told all the gossip on Chang'an Street.

She has never believed in ghosts and gods, and such a ridiculous statement is really unacceptable.

"There are rumors outside, and people are afraid to go to work when they hear the rumors." Liu Qiao'er bothered her cheeks and watched the few workers standing on the shelves, smearing paint.

Xu Xiaoxiao also yawned with her cheeks on her cheeks, but her eyes fell on the Yanji Tavern opposite, "There are so many people on the other side." ”

The harvester of this rumor is the Yanji Tavern, and many people sat opposite with a gossip attitude after hearing the rumors, watching Xu Xiaoxiao's movements.

Even the Tobacco Tavern, which has never been open at night, has now started a 24-hour business strategy in order to meet the needs of the general trend.

In Xu Xiaoxiao's trance, the shopkeeper Huang entered the tavern with a smile on the melon seeds, he came to see the progress of the tavern this time, and told them a good news by the way.

"Have you eaten?" The shopkeeper Huang leaned against the counter, smiling all over his face.

Liu Qiaoer rolled her eyes at him irritably, the weasel gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, and he was not kind.

"Not yet, take care of the rice?" Xu Xiaoxiao hid a knife in his smile and snatched food from the hands of the Huang shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper Huang was stunned for a moment, froze in place, and then looked around the tavern with a flat mouth, "Why, there are so few people today." ”

"They're all going to buy materials." Xu Xiaoxiao replied leisurely as he nibbled on the melon seeds.

Shopkeeper Huang snorted lightly, and continued to choke angrily without showing weakness, "Yo, there are still people who dare to come, and they are not afraid of touching anything dirty?" ”

He slanted triumphantly at Xu Xiaoxiao, expecting the angry expression on her face.

But Xu Xiaoxiao's reaction was unexpected, only to see her clapping her hands and looking out of the door unhurriedly.

"Really? Coincidentally, I'm also interested in this 'dirty thing', why don't we all take a look at it tonight?"

The shopkeeper Huang looked out suspiciously along Xu Xiaoxiao's line of sight, and saw Liu Zhouzi and others walking into the tavern with incense burners, flags, ingots and other items in their hands.

"Ho, that's bad luck." He was startled and hurriedly left the tavern.

Liu Zhouzi cut and put the things on the ground, he was not afraid of rumors because Cheng Qing had already admitted in front of the people of Liujia Village that she was the daughter of the Cheng family back then.

And no one in the Cheng family died, and there were no homicides in the tavern, as for the charred corpse that was carried out in the rumors, I don't know who did it.

When the fire broke out that year, it was night, and the guys all called it a day and went back, leaving only the Cheng family still settling accounts, and the fire broke out suddenly and was not extinguished until the next morning.

The people of Liujia Village, who knew the reason, felt sorry for Cheng Qing, especially Wang Duo, who couldn't wait to go back to the yamen to rummage through the file and find out the case after hearing it.

Wang Lin and others were also present at the time, so they naturally knew that the rumors of the tavern were unnecessary, and the reason why everyone didn't go to work on time was because they listened to Xu Xiaoxiao's command.

Most of the workers were making tables and chairs for the opening in Liujia Village, so they didn't go to the tavern to help.

Unexpectedly, the workers did not show up but increased the authenticity of the rumors, Xu Xiaoxiao did not do anything, and simply had an exorcism ceremony.

Mainly to prevent gossip, and she also wanted to see how the so-called ghost fire appeared and disappeared in plain sight.

Liu Mengzhou took care of the table to prepare for tonight's exorcism ceremony, he had helped a Taoist priest for a while, and he knew a little about these rituals.

Although it is not professional, it is more than enough to deal with the people.

Liu Qiao'er saw that things were almost ready, and led the task with a smile to the Yanji Tavern opposite, and Xu Xiaoxiao followed closely behind.

The shopkeeper Huang, who was busy, saw the two of them coming to consume for the first time, although he had doubts in his heart, he still planned to take this opportunity to raise the prestige of his tavern.

He pushed away the guy who wanted to go to greet him, and came to the two of them with a smile.

"What? Are you hungry? ”

Xu Xiaoxiao and Liu Qiaoer sat on the table and chair in the middle of the lobby.

"Shopkeeper Huang, do you have any specialties here?" Liu Qiaoer pretended to be innocent and looked at the shopkeeper Huang.

As soon as the shopkeeper heard that the money came, he immediately introduced it politely, "Yes, our signature dish here is, fried quail with three fresh bamboo shoots, roasted doves, totoaba fish, and spicy soup."

Which one does Miss Xu want to eat? But you're also the owner of the tavern, so why don't you have all these dishes? ”

Xu Xiaoxiao smiled lightly, "Okay." ”

The shopkeeper Huang was stunned at first, and then smiled and reported the menu to the back kitchen.

The diners who had been wanting to see the gossip saw Xu Xiaoxiao come to Yanji to eat, and they all whispered sideways, and everyone was curious about how the shopkeeper Huang got along with this new competitor.

Xu Xiaoxiao quietly tasted the good dragon well, while the diners sitting around stared at her with unbelievable smiles.

From time to time, there were bursts of laughter around, and everyone was watching Xu Xiao's joke, just because she was drinking the most expensive Longjing in Xin'an City.

A handful of them cost dozens of taels, and the quality of Longjing is still difficult to buy, not high-ranking officials or some ways can not buy it at all.

What's more, in such a chaotic time, it is simply difficult to buy such a good Longjing.

Watching the lively laughter made Liu Qiaoer very uncomfortable, she couldn't help but want to stand up and scold these shameless people, and was held down by Xu Xiaoxiao when she wanted to get up.

At this time, Chu Chu and Tie Zhu followed Liu Dahua to visit the tavern, and when they heard Liu Zhouzi say that the two came to the Yanji tavern opposite, they felt that something was wrong and hurried over.

As soon as he stepped into the tavern, he saw the mocking expressions on the faces of the diners, and Chu Chu came to Xu Xiaoxiao's side without a fight.

"They're laughing at you." She sat on a stool sulking.

"I know." Xu Xiaoxiao put down the teacup with a smile, "This tea is very ordinary." ”

As soon as the words fell, the laughter of the diners instantly became enthusiastic, most of them covered their stomachs and laughed, and the laughter was mixed with the sound of mockery of Xu Xiaoxiao.

"I don't understand anything, and I actually say that this is a dragon well that is hard to buy."

"She's a dirt bun, she must have never drunk anything delicious, so she said that."

"That's it, I don't look at my identity, I just open my mouth and say so."

Tie Zhu slashed at the group of people with cold eyes, and the people who were originally sneering instantly stopped laughing, and their smiles were stiff, and for some reason they were actually frightened by a child.

The laughter faded away, and the iron pillar grimaced his breathing as he placed the oiled paper in his wide sleeve on the table.

"Sister, why don't you drink the tea we grow ourselves?" He said in a childish voice as he endured his nausea.

Xu Xiaoxiao stared at the iron pillar in disbelief, Liu Qiao'er held the cup and froze, and even Chu Chu looked at him in a daze.

Tie Zhu held back his anger and whispered, "Drink or not?" ”

Everyone reacted and said with a smile, "Drink, drink." ”

Liu Qiaoer hurriedly opened the oil paper, the moment the oil paper was opened, the fragrance was fragrant, and a tea fragrance emanated from the oil paper, the fragrance was so strong that even the people sitting on the side could smell the fragrance.

"It smells so good."

"Yes, it's the first time I've smelled such fragrant tea."

The surrounding diners turned their heads curiously to check, and everyone began to be curious about the tea leaves on Xu Xiaoxiao's table.

Liu Qiao'er slowly cleaned the tea leaves, and then asked the guy to put a pot of boiling water, poured the boiling water into the tea cup, closed the tea lid, and waited for a while.

She elegantly pinched the lid of the tea, and the rich aroma of tea filled the entire tavern, and the diners were seduced by the fragrance of tea.

Everyone stood up curiously to check, the fragrance of tea wafted into the back kitchen, and the shopkeeper Huang walked out of the back kitchen in surprise.

Smelling the rich fragrance, he walked to Xu Xiaoxiao's side, and watched the two of them drinking tea in surprise.

"This tea?" Shopkeeper Huang asked puzzled.

This tea is not the tea on him, the tea in their hands is sweet and has a faint fragrance, which is completely different from the Longjing that he has treasured for many years.