As the sun sets, the city that never sleeps is brilliantly lit.

However, the street called Chaoyang is not so bright.

Lin Ke walked behind Butcher Zhang, and could ask about the strong smell of blood wafting over him.

And so the two of them came out of the cellar.

"Little brother, have a good trip!" Butcher Zhang grinned and patted Lin Ke on the shoulder.

"Okay!" Lin Ke nodded, walked out of the cellar, and walked towards the store with a lump of meat wrapped in paper.

After taking two steps, Lin Ke suddenly realized something and turned his head sharply.

In an instant, a smiling face came into view, not too far apart, and the four eyes were facing each other.

A delicate and fair woman's face!

"What's wrong, little brother?" The woman covered her mouth and smiled gently.

"Nothing." Lin Ke scratched his head, turned around again and continued walking.

Halfway through, Lin Ke turned back again, and the woman was snuggling up to Butcher Zhang, and the two nodded to this side, their faces full of warm smiles.

After walking a few more steps, when Lin Ke turned back, the woman was gone.

And when he walked to the door of the restaurant, he looked back and saw that there was no one behind the butcher's shop, empty, as if it had been like this for eternity.

"What are you looking at?" The shopkeeper walked out and followed Lin Ke to look over there: "Nothing, what are you looking at?" ”

"Nothing."

Lin Ke pulled the clothes that were close to his skin because of the cold sweat, and walked into the restaurant with the shopkeeper.

……

When he returned to the restaurant, Lin Ke saw Bai Qitang who was filling tea for guests in the hall.

"Hurry up, bring it to me!" Shopkeeper Tong couldn't wait to take the meat wrapped in Lin Ke's hand.

"The shopkeeper cooks himself?" Lin Ke raised an eyebrow.

"Is there anyone else in my big restaurant?" The shopkeeper glanced at Lin Ke angrily, and then hurried to the kitchen.

Lin Ke smiled dumbly.

Also.

Just like what fairyland painting workshop, although Tongfu Restaurant is called a "big" restaurant, it is actually not big.

It's like some people always say that I'm big, you bear with me.

The size of Tongfu Restaurant may be reflected in the large profits, the big belly of the shopkeeper, or the big rules of not drinking.

But it just doesn't reflect the big in the storefront.

There are two floors in total, the second floor is a house, and the first floor is a drinking and meat-eating ...... No, the first floor is a place to drink milk and tea!

There is also very little meat, and the surrounding residents rarely come here to eat meat, after all, all of them are poor, who has the money to eat meat at any time!

Even today's meat, because there are guests coming, the shopkeeper specially asked Lin Ke to buy it, no, go on credit.

Therefore, on weekdays, the most people here are people who eat side dishes.

Stir-fry two side dishes or something, they are all fried in vain, Lin Ke didn't know that the shopkeeper was actually a cook!

"How's the shopkeeper's craftsmanship?" Lin Ke asked curiously about Bai Shutang, who was walking over.

"You can help Lin Ke." Bai Qitang wiped his sweat, handed the teapot to Lin Ke, and looked in the direction of the kitchen: "The shopkeeper's craftsmanship is a must!" ”

"Oh?" Lin Ke raised his eyebrows: "A must? I've heard that the shopkeeper isn't pardoned? The words of the cook should be a middle-class miscellaneous book, right? ”

The shopkeeper Tong is forgive!

What is forgiveness?

To put it simply, it was originally a crime, but later because of the Holy Emperor's birthday, happiness, great joy and the like, and then released a group of criminals who did not commit serious crimes.

And although these criminals have come out of prison, they have been saddled with the lowly status of forgiveness.

The cook, on the other hand, is one of the middle and sixth-rate miscellaneous, and belongs to a good citizen who can do anything, not a pariah.

"That's because...... The shopkeeper Tong himself is a lowly person. Bai Qitang looked cautiously at the kitchen, and then whispered in Lin Ke's ear.

Shopkeeper Tong himself is a lowly member?

Wrong......

Shopkeeper Tong himself is a lowly member?!

Lin Ke was taken aback.

Generally speaking, this nationality is related to the mother, and the origin of the mother is the origin of the child.

But in most cases, the mother can also get out of the country with the help of the father.

For example, Lin Shangshu's other wives and concubines are all respected by Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and no matter how poor they are, they are also the six middle-class books, but only Lin Ke is a lowly member.

It was because Lin Shangshu hated prostitutes in his life that he didn't give Lin Ke's mother a naturalization!

And what about the shopkeeper?

The shopkeeper himself is a lowly ......

It means that the shopkeeper is not because his mother is a lowly person, but because he has committed a crime and entered a prison cell, he has become a lowly "forgiveness"!

Good guy, I'm working under criminals...... Lin Ke couldn't laugh or cry.

The dignified Qi Shangshu actually mixed up with all kinds of three religions and nine streams on this street, if it spread, I am afraid that he will be attacked to death.

"As long as you know this thing, I will only tell you this secret, and you are not allowed to tell others." Bai Qitang whispered to Lin Ke.

Lin Ke suddenly glanced at him, and immediately put a label on Bai Shutang in his heart.

Bai Shutang, male, running hall, leaking air in his mouth, which is commonly known as a big mouth!

Can't hide the secret!

"No problem, I will never tell anyone." Lin Ke nodded suddenly.

"Good, good." After saying that, Bai Qitang continued to get busy.

Lin Ke began to look at the situation of the customers in the store, and prepared to add tea or milk to the customers.

Two tables? It's a good business.

At one table are the three people at the beginning, who seem to be some petty officials in this area.

And there was only one person at the other table, and it was the handsome boy that Lin Ke met when he first went out.

It's just that these people glanced at it a few times, and Lin Ke felt a little strange.

Two tables of people, one table is more gorgeous than the other.

Such gorgeous clothing should not have appeared in the ghetto.

After all, this is not the afterlife, even if it is Sicong in the future, he will go to some fly restaurants in the alleys to eat.

Here, Chaoyang Street, a place like where sewage flows, dirty and messy, and materials are scarce, is rarely visited by dignitaries.

And there are no time-honored brands, specialty stores, etc.

At this time, the boy was holding a folding fan in his hand, which was being opened at this time, looking at the words on the folding fan.

It's almost like writing on the face, "I'm here to experience life."

The young man's face was ruddy and radiant, although he was looking at the fan, his eyes wandered and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The other three people didn't speak at this time, they just drank their own milk there, but their eyes were sharp.

At this time, Lin Ke paid more attention to the three middle-aged people with different body types.

It can be seen that these three people should be officials who are not very high-ranking officials.

But as the saying goes, Hades is easy to see, but imps are difficult.

This kind of petty official is the most difficult to serve.

At this moment, the young man at the other table spoke softly: "Little Er, go to milk!" ”

"It's coming!" Lin Ke answered, turned around and took the milk jug over, and added milk to the young boy.

He's been chopping wood and fetching water or cleaning for so long, like it's the first time to serve someone today, and he's a little unaccustomed to it, but it's harmless.

came to Brother Gongzi with a milk jug, and shouted in Bai Qitang: "Hey, guest officer, milk is coming!" ”

The young boy smiled and nodded with Lin Ke, as if he wanted to show his gentleness and elegance.

But with that childish face, it only makes people feel nondescript, a bit like the kind of child who pretends to be an adult.

After the milk, the hall is much quieter.

It's just that the table of the three of them is not urging the dishes, and then the young boy calls for milk from time to time.

It didn't take long for the dish to be ready!

"Lin Ke, Bai Chop, serve!"

"Come on!"

"It's coming!"

Bai Qitang's voice sounded from the backyard, it turned out that he had gone to the toilet before, and he had squatted until now.

Lin Ke and Bai Qitang, who didn't wash their hands, finished the dishes, and the dishes on the two tables were the same, saying that there were not a few dishes in this Tongfu Restaurant, and there were all on the menu on both sides.

"Guest officer, the dishes are ready, please use them slowly!"

Bai Qitang said hello, and then the two of them set up the dishes and walked to the kitchen together.

"Lin Ke, why did you say that the meat tonight seems to be very fragrant, did the shopkeeper keep his hands before?"

As Bai Qitang left, he asked quietly: "The previous ones weren't so fragrant!" Could it be that the shopkeeper said that the best dish he had ever made was fake? ”

Isn't that nonsense...... Lin Ke smiled, the shopkeeper is so picky, how can the best dishes be made for you to eat?

Then he replied: "Probably not, the shopkeeper treats you as a brother and a son, and the best dishes must be made for you to eat...... Today, it may be that the meat quality is different. ”

"Brother is brother, you are the son......" Bai Qitang rolled his eyes.

"You say I'm the shopkeeper's son?" Lin Ke rolled his eyes even more: "My father is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, don't make trouble." ”

"You? Just you? Then my father is still the Holy Emperor! ”