Chapter 5 Between Neighbors

I don't know why Fat Wang suddenly softened, and I don't know why those diners would protect the shopkeeper to speak. There is only one thing that is understood from their words, and that is:

The clear soup noodles in this inn cost three cents a bowl, and if you order it, you have to eat it all, or you will be fined ten times. As for the size of the bowl containing noodles, it is uncertain, but it can be judged by the head, from the small to the normal size of the bowl, to the large iron basin, all of them are three cents.

These days, I've always been a little concerned about this, so today I had the opportunity to take Wang Jiajia to experience the weight of the two. The clear soup noodles still taste the same as before, but I was so hungry today that I didn't find it too unpalatable.

The shopkeeper called Ah Wu is still smiling all the time, the last time I heard someone call him the fifth brother, I also called him that, and he decided that I was a regular customer.

I've always wondered who the owner of this inn is, and how he actually made such an inexplicable rule? The black face said that the shopkeeper in front of the cabinet was the shopkeeper, so where is the proprietor Mu Niangzi? The relationship with Qincha is not ordinary, what is the relationship? Diners who don't follow the rules to eat noodles, and there is also a prison sentence?

With a lot of doubts, I drifted away, and if I wanted to eat noodles next time, I thought I might come back to find out.

……

When I got home, I saw that Ah Niang's box of tofu was already placed by the well, so I shouted, "Ah Niang, I'm back." ”

"Come, help me wash these." Ah Niang threw a few molds, wooden basins, and barrels over.

I lit up the wine and longevity peach in my hand: "Aren't you going to Wang Fatzi's house for dinner?" ”

"Why are you going so early? Help him cook? Do you see him smoking from his chimney? ”

I glanced at the back of the next room and couldn't help but be in awe: "I mean, why am I so smart, it turns out that there is such a smart mother!" ”

"Don't be poor, stinky boy!" A-Niang scolded, pursed her lips and smiled, and washed her clothes by the well.

I finished the work at hand, and just watched the fire go out in the chimney next door, and Wang Jiajia's voice also sounded on the other side of the wall: "Mother, brother Jianghu, the rice is cooked, come over for dinner!" ”

A-Niang took off her apron and clapped her hands: "Take the congratulatory gift and go." ”

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"Congratulations to Master on his blessings as the East China Sea and his longevity as Nanshan." I handed Shou Tao to Wang Jiajia and presented the wine to Wang Fatzi.

"Hehehe, come in, sit down, just our two families get together together, and there are no outsiders." Wang Fatzi changed into a new blue cloth shirt today, smiling like a flower.

A-Niang looked him up and down: "Fat man, congratulations, I'm one step closer to the coffin!" ”

"Look at what you said, where do I dare to run ahead of you." Wang Fatzi replied, having poured two cups of tea and put them on the table.

I knew the two of them were joking, so I silently went to the kitchen.

"Brother Jianghu, you came just in time, bring the dishes out, and I can start the meal when the longevity peaches are steamed."

"Oh." I took a look, except for a fish that was barely considered a meat dish, there was only a bowl of fried eggs, a bowl of greens, and a plate of kimchi.

"What happened to what you said yesterday?" A-Niang took a sip of tea, stared at Wang Fatzi and asked.

Wang Fatzi moved the wine jar to the side, and the fish I put down was straightened again, and said with a smile: "Today is my birthday, and the affairs of the rivers and lakes will be talked about later." ”

A-Niang didn't ask anymore, and when I put the dishes together, Wang Jiajia also put the longevity peach in a bamboo basket, and then put the dishes and chopsticks, but it was still a full table.

"Come, Manshang, Wang Fatty, come, do it!"

"Thank you girl, come, together, hehehe. Jianghu, and then give your mother a full load. I ate well today, and I didn't have any dishes, so I was casual. ”

"I know that you are picking, and I am not going to eat any delicacies from the mountains and seas." A-Niang picked up a longevity peach and took a bite: "I, I'm still counting on my son, Jianghu, don't let my mother down." ”

"Yes, hehehe, A-Niang, when I earn money in the future, I invite you to eat roast chicken in my inn!"

Wang Fatzi was stunned: "Your inn?" ”

"Hehe, Brother Jianghu is talking about that Jianghu Inn, right? Brother Jianghu is still thinking about other people's roast chicken? Wang Jiajia teased.

"I actually said that I, who watched other people's saliva flow into the bowl when they ate roast chicken? I had to imagine the clear soup noodles in the bowl as roast chicken. "I'm not polite to reply to the past.

Wang Jiajia blushed, sandwiched a longevity peach in Wang Fatzi's bowl, and picked up one herself and ate it silently.

"Okay, these two children, if you want to eat chickens and wait for the rivers and lakes to make money, don't you have to buy one?" A-Niang sandwiched a piece of fish for Wang Jiajia, and with a loving face, she brushed the broken hair around her ear, and advised: "Come, eat slowly, be careful of stinging!" ”

I bit my lip and stuffed a longevity peach into my mouth, feeling a little unhappy in my heart, it's too eccentric, I'm your own son, right?

After happily eating lunch together, I was instructed by my mother to help Wang Jiajia wash the dishes.

Who said that a gentleman cooks far away? I'm a big man, and I wash dishes? Doesn't it make people laugh out of their big teeth?

So, I ...... I soaked the bowl in the basin and washed it......

"Brother Jianghu, it's good to have you!" Wang Jiajia took the bowl I had cleaned, wiped the water with a dry cloth, and put it in the cabinet, her face was slightly flushed with a slight flush without knowing whether it was hot or drunk.

To be honest, except for the ugly scar on her face, she doesn't have many shortcomings, which fully meets the requirements of my mother's daughter-in-law: hardworking, sensible, virtuous, and obedient to my mother's words.

However, I haven't been able to see her as my wife, there are too many women in the world who are better than her, how can I be blind?

This woman is half a year younger than me, but she grew up with the same milk as me, and if it were to talk about our relationship, I think I would prefer to think of her as my sister.

A-Niang, I know that you deliberately split me, I'm afraid that you are discussing with Wang Fatzi about me and Wang Jiajia at this moment, right?

Hmph, let what you say, I'll pretend to be deaf and dumb for you, it really makes me anxious, it's a big deal to have another golden cicada out of its shell. Don't look at me Li Jianghu is easy to talk on weekdays, there are some problems in principle, it's useless for you to kill me!

"Jianghu, let's go!"

A-Niang shouted loudly, and felt the water in the basin splash out.

I quickly grabbed the rag in Wang Jiajia's hand, wiped the handle, and ran over quickly: "A-Niang, what's wrong?" ”

A-Niang grabbed my hand: "Go!" ”

"Hey, girl, how can you say that you turn your face and turn your face? Didn't I say it, I'm still waiting for my chance. Wang Fatzi chased him out from behind, his face full of embarrassment.

"Hmph, wait, wait, how long have you been waiting? The rivers and lakes are twenty, rely on you? I don't have to find an errand in my life. Ah Niang yelled angrily at the fat man Wang, pulled me home, and even tied the courtyard door.

"A-Niang, hehe, on this hot day, extinguish the fire." I picked up the fan on the chaise longue in the courtyard and fanned her: "What's wrong?" Why did Fat Wang provoke you? Is it because of my errand? ”

"Humph! There is no one who can be trusted, and it is in vain that you have been with him for so long and called him a master for ten years. A-Niang sighed, still indignant: "The dead fat man said a few years ago that he would find a way to get you into the Assassin's Mansion, but as a result, day after day, it is almost the end of May, and he now tells me that there is no shortage of people inside!" ”

"Ouch, A-Niang, can he do the master of this mansion with a fat man? There are only three people in the Assassin's Mansion, and they didn't say that they wanted to add people, Wang Fatzi is less than fifty, I'm afraid he still wants to work for another three or five years, and the other two are younger than him, and I haven't heard anyone say that I want to leave, how can I get in. ”

"So are you just waiting? Wait for the fat man to retire and give up his seat to you? A-Niang sighed: "I knew this was the case, why did you let you learn these things from him." ”

"Hehe, A-Niang, come, drink a bowl of water, look at you, the folds on your face are coming out." I coaxed with a hippie smile: "Learn things, I have learned them in my own heart, and I won't waste them." If you don't need it today, you will have the opportunity to use it one day. It's just like you taught me how to make tofu on weekdays, it's also a craft, isn't it? ”

"You, heh, you might as well sell tofu with me." Ah Niang's face softened a lot: "Your father died early, and it is not easy to pull you so big over the years, and I just want you to be able to serve a stable job."

Although this line of work is lowly, how can there be so many corpses waiting for you to examine every day? Most of the time is free, and occasionally there is a murder, you just have to report it according to the truth, and it has nothing to do with you as for the murder investigation.

You used to say that you wanted to do it quickly, and you thought they were swaggering down the streets. You don't see that they have to patrol the streets every day, they are still exposed to the wind and the sun, and if they can't be caught, they may be punished. was scolded behind the murder of the people, and the officials and bosses could only live with their tails between their legs, just the rats in the bellows, angry at both ends.

Hey, in this world, it's easier to deal with the dead than with the living! ”

I nodded solemnly: "Listening to A-Niang's words, it's better than reading a book for ten years!" ”

"Hehe, you stinky boy, and you have a poor mouth!" A-Niang was finally amused by me, got up and poured the newly bought soybeans into the sieve, and carefully picked up the impurities inside.

In fact, A-Niang looks fierce and kind-hearted, and she and Wang Fatzi have quarreled not once or twice, no matter how fierce the quarrel is, it will be as if it is okay to meet again in less than two days. I'm a little confused sometimes, can't there be something wrong with these two people?

"What nonsense are you kidding? Am I blind? Will you fall in love with that dead fat man? Isn't your mother unable to live without a man? Ever with him? Let's wait for the next life! "Every time I knock on the side, A-Niang always pulls my ears and scolds me like this.

"That dominatrix you say? What nonsense are you talking about, girl? I'm honoring her for the sake of her breastfeeding you for a year, I'm going to like her? Hmph, unless all the women in the world are dead! Wang Jiajia said that every time she tried it, she would listen to Wang Fatzi's answer.

But I think there must be something wrong with the two of them, obviously a pair of happy enemies, why can't they get together?

Hmph, if you want to match me and Wang Jiajia into a pair, I will fulfill you first, hehe, when the time comes, we will really become a family, how can I, the eldest brother, marry my sister again?