Chapter Thirty-Three: Wine Closes the Sun
There is a two-storey small restaurant in Yangguan three miles, the wine flag on the roof is not afraid of the wind and sand outside the pass, although it is slightly dilapidated, it can still call guests in the wind.
The proprietress of the restaurant has five out of ten, and she has lived in Saibei for many years and still does not reduce the charm of the water town. Peach blossom cheeks and willow eyebrows, a self-composed "Yangguan Ci", which made the drinkers sad.
On the first day of the new year, the proprietress will take out five jars of self-brewed roasted knife wine, two jars will be sold to guests, and the remaining three jars will be given to the people who have passed the customs. It is said that strong liquor hurts the body, but I don't know how these knife-burning wine is made, and the drinkers will only get drunk after drinking, but they will not have a headache and burn. With this wine, there is an endless stream of people who come to admire it, but only three or five people can drink this wine to their heart's content.
On the second floor of the restaurant, there is always a young swordsman in Tsing Yi drinking alone at the pass when the moon is full. The swordsman has starry eyebrows and a hearty smile, and he never forgets to take away two jars of good wine when he checks out. After going back and forth, the proprietress learned that the swordsman's friend for many years was a soldier at the garrison, and all the wine she took away was delivered to that person.
Recently, the border has not been very peaceful, and the proprietress pinched the wolf tooth pendant on her chest when she thought of this, and it was better to close it earlier.
It snowed heavily, and the first snow of winter was always a joy to follow.
When the proprietress was lazily leaning in front of the door, a swordsman in green clothes and a soldier in iron armor came together. The swordsman smiled and handed her a red plum, and the soldier seemed to think that the swordsman's move was inappropriate, but in the end he stopped talking, and just reached out to help the swordsman pat the snowflake on his shoulder.
The proprietress smiled gracefully and inserted the red plum casually.
Green ant new brew wine, red clay small stove. Accompanied by friends, the swordsman was very happy, and after a few drinks, he talked more, and when the proprietress served the side dishes, the swordsman also warmly invited her to sit down and eat some together. The soldier's face darkened three points when he heard this, and the proprietress sat down with her eyebrows crooked.
The soldier is not a man of many words, and the swordsman said three words before he responded. Xu was suffocated, and after the proprietress sat down, the swordsman couldn't close the chatterbox, and the words were more of a condemnation of the soldiers.
For example, the soldier broke his trust, and he originally said that it would be good to go through the rivers and lakes together, but this person silently ran to be a border guard, what is the great thing behind the gate...
For example, soldiers do not hesitate to take their lives, and they have repeatedly entered danger in order to make military merits, saying that only with great military merits can they hug the beauty, and it is okay not to hug such a difficult beauty...
For example, if a soldier is not enough friends, he will not let him know if he has a good relationship, and he will say that the whereabouts of the children of the rivers and lakes are uncertain and have no reputation, how can the children of the rivers and lakes care about the number of military achievements...
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But after eating a few bites of side dishes, the swordsman's words changed again, and he read the good of the soldiers.
For example, the soldier is his savior, when he was young and ignorant, he single-handedly suppressed the bandits, fortunately the soldier arrived in time, otherwise he is now a pair of white bones under the cliff...
For example, the soldier Lu saw the injustice and drew a sword to help, the seventeen-year-old is a chivalrous warrior who shocked the rivers and lakes, a gentleman with outstanding martial arts, and a woman who promised him with his body can promise dozens of lifetimes...
For example, although the soldier's face is cold and his heart is excellent, he will help him settle the trouble without complaint, what more can he ask for if he is a friend, I hope that the two of them can work together in the future to walk through thousands of mountains and rivers...
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Xu was really happy, the swordsman who had not been drunk finally lay on the table, the proprietress pointed to the inn opposite, and the soldier half-supported and half-hugged the swordsman into the door of the inn.
After the two left, the proprietress sat in front of the counter, staring at the newly inserted red plum in the white porcelain vase in a daze.
Outside the window of the boudoir in her hometown, there is also a red plum tree, if it is still there at this time, it must be blooming.
After many years, she still remembers that before winter, her grandmother would instruct her subordinates to prepare clothes for the winter, and she always had a share of the best and warmest materials. If it snowed, my mother would send a post inviting her friends from the city to enjoy the plum blossoms in her home, and then cook a hot soup. At that time, he did not have the temperament of a lady, he did not love piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and embroidery, but he made a good wine, his father was open-minded and did not condemn much, and his brother was very happy to beg for wine and drink with her from time to time......
Later, she met a man who wanted to be with him for a lifetime, the elder of the man's family passed away, and left a token for her when he left, promising that he would return to Yangguan ten days later, bid farewell to the wind and sand, and lived with her in the water town from then on.
However, after saying goodbye, there is no news, the sea of people is vast, the road is long, and I can't find it, so I can't wait for it. The family can't screw it, so she can only let her, although she feels guilty, but let her let go of the man and marry someone else, but she can't do it.
And so on, five years.
On the second day, it was sunny after the snow.
The swordsman woke up and came with the soldiers to say goodbye to the proprietress .
The swordsman rarely showed an embarrassed look, and explained to the proprietress that he was going to join the army under the soldiers. The general's father promised before that he would not care about the soldiers after they had accumulated enough military merits.
The proprietress heard the words and ridiculed the swordsman, the soldier saved his life at the beginning, and now he can be regarded as repaying the grace of saving his life with his own promise.
The swordsman scratched his head, wanting to refute, but felt that the proprietress was right. After holding it for a long time, he could only hold back a sentence of begging for wine, saying that he couldn't drink such good wine when he said Yangguan.
When the soldier saw the swordsman's embarrassment, a smile appeared in his eyes.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't have good wine, and the old people are by his side from now on.
Not long after the swordsman and the soldier left, a Hu couple came to the hostess's hotel.
The woman's Chinese language was not very good, and she explained to the proprietress with great difficulty that her husband liked to drink the roasted knife wine the most, and he never forgot it after accidentally drinking the wine made by the proprietress a few days ago, and he went to the store to drink it today. The proprietress glanced at the woman's pregnant belly, brought her a thick cushion to put on the stool, and brought hot dishes that several pregnant women could also eat. The woman was very grateful, and wanted to pull the proprietress to sit down and talk several times, but at this time, the business in the store was just right, and the proprietress had to go to greet the guests first.
After a few busy turns, it was already midday, and the woman told the proprietress that they had to go back that day, the house was far away, and there were parents and children waiting.
After hearing this, the proprietress thought about it and handed a wolf tooth pendant to the woman. This pendant was given by an old man of hers, and it is always a little inappropriate for her to wear it as a southern woman.
The woman was very happy, and told the proprietress that this was their clan's belonging, and that wolf teeth were rare, and only the warriors of the clan had the qualifications and skills to make such jewelry.
The woman's husband, who was a man of few words, glanced up and continued to pour wine into the bowl. The woman persuaded him to drink less in a strange tone, and carefully washed the child in her stomach with the smell of wine.
Seeing this, the proprietress smiled slightly, took away the empty wine jar, returned to the table with the wine glass, and raised her glass to the man.
The man slammed to his feet, spilled the wine in the bowl for a few moments, and then said sorry several times. The manly man speaks very well, and if you don't look at his appearance, you think he is a Han.
Persuade you to have a glass of wine, and there is no reason to go out of Yangguan in the west.
The proprietress smiled and said a toast, and the tone of her voice was Wu Nong's soft language that she had not used for many years.
Fine wine and wine are always in hand, so people are passers-by from then on.
The man she was waiting for, she didn't know why he missed the appointment that day, but she knew why he left today.
After five years of dreaming, I was fortunate to be able to catch up with the red plum blossoms in my hometown after waking up.
When I see him today, I won't see him every day. To each his own world, so it is good.