14. Drunken dimples

"Two guest officers, don't you want to try the signature dishes of Yuelai Restaurant?"

Tang Lanxiang asked with two drunken dimples.

"What is it?" said Kawai Liu.

"Stinky mandarin fish. ”

"Stinky or signboard?" said Akiba, confused.

"The guest officer doesn't know, this stinky mandarin fish smells stinky, it tastes fragrant, the fish is crispy, fragrant and fresh to the bones, and I want to eat it next time. Tang Lanxiang's voice sounded very much like a delicious opening soup, which was appetizing.

Seeing that He Yiliu and Qiu Yefei were puzzled, Tang Lanxiang bent down and approached He Yiliu's side, and said: "If this guest officer doesn't believe it, you can go to the back hall to visit, there are the most delicious fresh fish, and there are first-class chefs, you can visit the whole process of making stinky mandarin fish, and you can't order this dish at that time." ”

He Yiliu clearly felt Tang Lanxiang blowing Ruolan at the root of his ear.

Tang Lanxiang's posture of speaking provoked Qiu Yefei to snicker, pouted at He Yiliu, and said, "Since the boss lady recommends it so strongly, you might as well go and have a look." ”

He Yiliu Zhen stood up and followed Tang Lanxiang into the back hall.

The back hall is huge.

One, two, three, four, five, a total of five chefs stood by a row of pots and stoves, stir-frying, and the whole hall was filled with the fragrance of vegetables.

"I don't bring ordinary people into the back hall, but the guest officer must be a foreigner, so I'll give you a thorough introduction." ”

Tang Lanxiang led He Yiliu to stop by a pool of water while passing the road, and beckoned to a fat chef who had just fried a plate of dishes by the stove: "Master, come on!"

All five chefs are fat, and this one is the fattest.

I saw that his waist was like a bucket, his legs were like a pillar, and he walked over with the unique figure-eight steps of fat people all over the world.

"Catch one and let the guest officer see what a mandarin fish is. Tang Lanxiang said.

I saw that the fat chef didn't say a word, and ripped off the sleeve on his left hand, and then rolled the sleeve high, revealing a fat arm and went down to the pool to catch fish.

He Yiliu saw a thin dragon pierced on the fat cook's left upper arm, and as soon as he swiped it in the pool, he caught a crackling and struggling fish.

Tang Lanxiang said: "Look at it, this is called mandarin fish, it is a fish in the real river." ”

The fish is not too big, not too small, just enough for two people.

So, the fish went to the table of the river Yiliu and the autumn leaves.

was eating, when suddenly a burst of gongs, drums and suona sounds, and the street seemed to be very lively all of a sudden.

He Yiliu couldn't help but be curious and pushed open the window of the restaurant to look at the street, only to see a line of dance bands on the street, among the five people walking in front, four of them were beating gongs and drums vigorously, one was playing suona with his cheeks, and behind them there was a stilt performance, the performers were wearing all kinds of masks, dancing happily on stilts, slowly coming from the east end of the street, provoking a group of innocent children to run with them, shouting, and happy.

He Yiliu has seen such a scene, usually only when she marries her relatives and welcomes the newlywed, and I don't know which one in this small town is doing a happy event.

"Oh, who's doing a happy event? Akiba Fei glanced at him.

"What's the happy thing, this is the Zhao family proposing to other families. Tang Lanxiang said aside.

"Zhao Mansion, Zhao Gongzi?" He Yiliu couldn't help asking, "Which bride are you asking?"

"It's the girl of the lotus tailor at the west end of the street. Tang Lanxiang said.

He Yiliu and Qiu Ye Fei were suddenly stunned, they both remembered the cockfight at the same time, remembered Zhao Gongzi who was arrogant and played Laipi, and remembered Biwei, the daughter of the eccentric elf of the Xia Lotus family, one was dissolute and uninhibited, and the other was pungent and willful and daring, how could these two people be matched?

"But the tailor hasn't agreed. Tang Lanxiang said, "Although the Zhao family is very rich, I heard that they send things and money, but they just don't accept it or agree, and the Zhao Mansion has no choice, so they have to invite a grass platform team to go to blow and blow and beg for relatives in three days, so that everyone in the city will know that the tailor family will not come to the stage and force them to kiss." Isn't it coming again, although the lady of the tailor is kind and has a good life, she can be tough on this matter, and it is estimated that she still has to eat behind closed doors. ”

"Oh!"

He Yiliu and Autumn Leaf Fei glanced at each other, and they didn't know whether they understood or not.

When the dance band passed by Yuelai Restaurant, the sound of gongs and drums and suona was particularly loud, which shook people's eardrums.

Suddenly, a stilt man wearing the mask of the Bull Demon King entered the Yuelai Restaurant and asked the clerk for a drink, because he still had stilts tied to his legs, and he came in hunched when he entered the door.

The clerk who loved to watch the excitement brought him a bowl of water and stood with him, obviously a lot shorter than him.

The stilt walker ripped off the mask of the Bull Demon King, took the bowl and drank it with a big gulp.

Isn't this Wu Shan, the son of the head of Wu Hook Village!

Seeing Wu Mountain here, He Yiliu and Autumn Leaf Fei were a little surprised.

After drinking the water, Wu Shan also found He Yiliu and Qiu Yefei who were sitting by the window eating, and a smile suddenly appeared on his white face, and he stepped on the stilts and took the initiative condescendingly: "Ah, I didn't expect to see the two of you here again, the ghost place that lived in our village that night didn't scare the two." ”

Autumn leaves were happy and said, "Wu Shan, don't you see that we are all good." ”

Wu Shan smiled, looking very shy, and said softly: "Yes, yes, I don't believe in ghosts when I'm young, so you shouldn't believe it." ”

Suddenly, Wu Shan put the mask of the Bull Demon King on his face and said mischievously: "Look, this is a ghost!"

His childlike demeanor amused Tang Lanxiang and the clerks.

"It's time for me to go, I'm a member of our village dance band, and if I don't get back to the group in time, they'll call me lazy. Wu Shan said politely to He Yiliu and Qiu Yefei: "The two of you will have a period later." ”

Ha Yiliu smiled and joked, "Do you mean to invite us to live in a haunted house?"

"Ah, no, of course not, I hope you never go to live in that hellish place. ”

Wu Shan stepped on stilts to drive the team, and his last sentence seemed a little hurried compared to usual.

"Boss, open two good rooms, we'll rest here tonight!"

After He Yiliu finished speaking, he saw Tang Lanxiang revealing two drunken dimples.

Yuelai Restaurant has two floors, downstairs is the restaurant and eight private rooms, there are 28 rooms upstairs, from the street, the whole restaurant is higher than the left and right shops, the pink walls and tiles, very micro architectural style.

Presumably, because of the architecture, because of the food, because of the guest rooms, and because of the intoxicating hostess, Yuelai Restaurant is really a good place to please guests.

"It's really unfortunate, there are no more rooms that are connected together, so you two can live separately. ”

Since Tang Lanxiang said so, He Yiliu and Qiu Yefei had no choice but to divide their things and live.

The day seems to be very short in Shouzhou City, and the night is coming.

Darkness covered the land again.

The restaurant was empty of customers at this time, and two clerks were cleaning the store.

"Bang dang!"

The door of the store that had just been closed was suddenly slammed open by a person, and a bald and slender man broke in happily, only to see him looking up and down, left and right, and excitedly shouting:

"Haha, since it's called a restaurant, there must be wine for sale!"

He turned his head to the door and shouted, "Old man Huang, I'm sure there's wine here!"

As soon as he heard this person outside, He Yiliu in the upstairs guest room couldn't help but pouted and scolded:

"This drunken madman Gu Liangzi, why did you come here again!"

Although he was reluctant to see him, he couldn't help but quietly push open the door, walked to the staircase, and hid behind a pillar to look at the dining room downstairs.

Sure enough, in the restaurant downstairs, Gu Liangzi was taking off his huge wine gourd from his waist, shaking it vigorously at the two clerks who were cleaning the store, and said, "Hear, there's no wine, get me a pot of wine!"

"I'm sorry officer, our restaurant is closed, please go to the bar elsewhere. A young clerk said.

"Don't you sell alcohol when it's closed, do you want to starve me to death, so that there will be one more dead drunkard in this world!" Gu Liangzi looked unhappy, a little dead begging.

Huang Baisong on the side was very calm, maybe he was not surprised by Gu Liangzi's behavior, he took a handkerchief and covered his mouth and coughed dryly, so he said unhurriedly: "Lao Gu, people don't sell alcohol anymore, let's change places." ”

Gu Liangzi said: "Such a big restaurant doesn't sell alcohol, and if the lights are blind, how can there be wine sold in other places?" ”

An alcoholic maniac is a drunkard who can go without food for a day, but not without alcohol for a day.

Ha Yiliu was secretly happy.

At this time, Huang Baisong said: "Lao Gu, don't mess around, a few days ago, the second hall master Ma Changyong was secretly attacked, and his injuries are not healed, so we should go back to take care of them." ”

Gu Liangzi said meaninglessly: "Ma Changyong, this coward, so many people around him have been plotted by others, the blame is only that his skills are not as good as others, if he hadn't fired an arrow to call for help, he would have died in the wild." Besides, isn't there still the second elder Hou Yinnan by his side now, don't worry, don't worry. ”

He Yiliu remembered that the three arrows of the Qilin Gang that night he saw and heard, it must have something to do with Ma Changyong.

Instead, Gu Liangzi bluffed at the clerk again: "Give me wine! I don't believe that your huge restaurant can't sell a pot of wine!"

The young clerk was anxious: "Guest officer, we are just a small clerk who sweeps the court, and it really doesn't belong to us to sell wine, so don't make it difficult for us." ”

If you don't sell wine to Lao Tzu tonight, Lao Tzu won't leave, and you'll starve to death here!"

After finishing the road, Gu Liangzi chopped the wine gourd on the dining table, and as soon as the whole person turned over, he really sat cross-legged at the dining table.

If a person is addicted to alcohol to the point of being so messy and reckless, I am afraid that there will be only a few grains in the world.

"Isn't this guest officer just going to get a jug of wine, yes!

Suddenly, a very sweet voice came, and a fair woman appeared in the restaurant, and some dim lights illuminated her silhouette in a mysterious and enchanting manner.

It is Tang Lanxiang, the proprietress of Yuelai Restaurant.

I saw Tang Lanxiang slowly walk up to Gu Liangzi, chop a small jar of sorghum wine at the dining table where Gu Liangzi was sitting, raise her eyebrows, and say:

"No wine is not a hero, how can a man, especially a man who is arrogant, go without alcohol for a day? If the guest officer does not think my family is drunk, take it and drink it to your heart's content. ”

When Gu Liangzi saw the wine, his nose couldn't help but lean over and sniff, and said intoxicatedly: "Aha, it's still a woman with a good heart, and she knows that she feels distressed." ”

"This is the boss. The young clerk said.

As soon as he heard that it was the boss, Gu Liangzi was embarrassed to quickly get down from the dinner table, pinned the wine gourd back to his waist, took the jar of sorghum wine into his arms with one hand, and after touching his body with the other hand, he turned to Huang Baisong and said scoundrelly: "Old man Huang, I didn't bring any money, you can pay the bill for me." ”

"Friends come from afar, are you happy? Forget it, I have a treat to this jar of wine, and I will give you a drink for free. ”

Tang Lanxiang smiled, she smiled, the two drunken dimples on her face became more and more profound under the dim light of the night, like two mysterious valleys, once people walked in, they were willing to indulge in it, unable to extricate themselves.