Chapter 10: Dinner
After practicing the sword, Xu Changshou rushed back to the Azure Dart Bureau non-stop...... Catch up with Li Moran's dinner.
It's easy to overturn the case, not to mention escaping death, at least there is no danger, and the brothers must be invited to have a good meal.
As the hero of this incident and his own life-saving benefactor, Xu Changshou was fortunate to receive an invitation from Li Moran.
It happens that Mu Xiu is resting today, which is indeed suitable for celebration.
In the memory of the original owner, the owner of the dart game did not look like he would take the initiative to invite someone to dinner, and Xu Changshou felt a little flattered.
I'm a crane tail dart master, but I can also be favored by big coffee?
Xu Changshou led the horse and walked on the bustling Changping Street, passing by the merchant selling sugar gourds, and then stopped and rummaged in his pocket to find ......
The merchant had a slumped face and looked at Xu Changshou.
After a moment, Xu Changshou grinned at the merchant, and finally took out something from his pocket, which turned out to be half a penny.
"Uh...... Uncle, can you sell this sugar gourd cheaply? ”
Xu Changshou tentatively stared at the merchant and asked.
The merchant smiled, pointed to his sugar gourd, and said:
"Childe, my sugar gourd is a bunch of money, how can you buy this half penny?"
Xu Changshou looked at the sugar gourd in the merchant's hand.
After looking at it for a moment, he smiled slightly:
"Why don't you sell me half a bunch?"
The merchant glanced at the young man in front of him who couldn't afford a penny, and shook his head very reluctantly.
"Uncle, look, you have a bunch of money, so can I buy half a bunch with half a penny, otherwise, if you sell the other half bunch at half price, is it still the original price?"
Xu Changshou explained for a moment, and the merchant felt justified and nodded.
That's right.
He immediately folded the original intact sugar gourd in half, sold half of it to Xu Changshou, and inserted the other half back into the grass target.
Oh, Xu Changshou bit half a string of sugar gourds and walked through the crowd of cars and horses.
Xu Changshou couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, no matter what era, he couldn't escape the setting of wasting his life in a hurry, and he suddenly recalled the embarrassment of being trapped on the highway in his previous life.
Although he is the dart master of the Azure Dart Bureau, or the kind of crane tail, but he can get four or two months of money from the dart board every month, although it is a fixed income, but it is better than nothing, but most of his silver goes into his aunt's treasury.
Not for anything else, just to subsidize the family, because Xu Xin's eye disease often attacks, and sometimes the pain is unbearable, like a steel needle pricking, eye medicine costs a lot of money to a certain extent, and my aunt often has nothing to do with herself, counting on her to pay, I might as well beg for money along the street.
Accustomed to being poor, Xu Changshou sometimes thinks that it seems good to be a penniless moonlight clan, at least he doesn't have to worry about being cheated.
Suddenly, Xu Changshou led the fast horse to the Zhu Gate of the Azure Dart Bureau.
Unlike in the past, Xu Darthead was working on the miscellaneous servants of Zhang Luo, but this time, the huge plaque of the Azure Dart Bureau was reinstalled on the door beam.
"Boss, what's the deal?"
Xu Changshou looked up at Xu Dart, who was busy.
Xu Dart, who was vaguely startled by the familiar tone, turned around and saw Xu Changshou standing in front of the Zhu Gate.
"Yo, longevity!"
Xu Darttou stepped forward and patted Xu Changshou on the shoulder.
"Let me tell you, you are now famous in our Yongle County! The county magistrate specially posted a notice in front of the city gate to commend your glorious deeds. ”
Xu Darttou laughed.
Happiness came too suddenly, so that the overwhelmed Xu Changshou didn't have time to react.
Didn't expect to become an enthusiastic citizen one day?
Xu Changshou looked around, obviously, the dart game had been cleaned clean, and even the vermilion lacquer gate that had fallen off the paint had been repainted.
"Uh...... What about the head? ”
Xu Dart praised twice, and Xu Changshou subconsciously changed the topic.
"Where's the corner tower fuqin!"
"Playing the piano?"
As far as the original owner knows, his boss doesn't seem to know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting!
Xu Changshou glanced at Xu Darttou suspiciously. Xu Dart pointed to the room.
After that, Xu Changshou tied the horses to the stable, walked through the front yard, and walked towards the dart training ground.
The dart masters were practicing martial arts in the training field, and through the noisy crowd, Xu Changshou then walked into the main room.
This is the core location of the Azure Dart Bureau, sitting in the north and facing south, and it is also the office place where the dart heads and dart masters usually discuss dart matters.
At that time, the main room was empty, but the shopkeeper Han was sorting out the accounts in the room.
Xu Changshou habitually greeted the shopkeeper Han, but the shopkeeper Han did not deliberately reply, but simply agreed, and then took care of the abacus in his hand, and sketched on a piece of paper with a red pen from time to time.
I have to admit that this shopkeeper Han is still so dedicated, at least the original owner thinks so.
Vaguely, Xu Changshou occasionally heard a few piano sounds.
Through the small corridor outside the door of the main house, I came to the east of the dart training ground, a relatively hidden building, where several rockeries were placed, and they were planted with green bamboo.
A young man who looked like a scholar was stroking the piano in the pavilion in front of the corner tower at this time, and the sound of the piano was graceful and melodious, as if it could penetrate the white walls on all sides and spread out of the city.
Xu Changshou walked towards the small building very carefully, trying not to make any noise.
Unfortunately, being too cautious tends to be noticed, or exposed.
"You're here?"
In the corner tower, Li Moran, who was originally playing the qin, asked, and the sound of the qin stopped abruptly.
Xu Changshou smiled deliberately, looking very unnatural.
"Boss!"
Xu Changshou nodded, and then at a glance, he saw a handsome man in his twenties looking at him in the pavilion next to the corner tower.
The appearance of a man is a scholar, his body is thin, the bridge of his nose is slightly high, his lips are very thin, his skin is extremely white, his complexion is comparable to that of a woman, he is wearing plain clothes, holding a folding fan in his hand, a little cold but crepe.
Li Moran is the master and chief dart head of the Azure Dart Bureau, but this kind of dress is really something Xu Changshou didn't expect, aren't the dart masters all greasy uncles?
There will be ...... Little fresh meat? But excluding him, this exception, to be precise, he is not in the dart master system, and he has never even received a dart, at most he is a miscellaneous servant.
Xu Changshou walked towards the pavilion, and then respectfully hugged his fists.
"Xu Changshou has seen the head of the dart!"
Li Moran hummed, and then sat on a bench and took care of his guzheng.
He then arranged for Xu Changshou to sit aside, and then a pawn brought tea and sat in front of Xu Changshou.
Xu Changshou was about to raise the teacup, and then glanced at the pawn.
The pawn playfully put the tray in front of Li Moran first.
After the master of the dart game took the tea first, Xu Changshou started to drink tea.
This is called sophistication!
There is a sense of immediate vision when a subordinate sees a leader in a previous life.
After drinking tea slightly, Li Moran straightened out his clothes, arranged for the pawn to take away the piano, and then looked at Xu Changshou seriously.
"Uh...... Longevity, thank you, I thank you for the Azure Dart Bureau! ”
Li Moran was about to bow and salute, but was helped up by Xu Changshou.
"Boss, aren't you embarrassed!"
Looking at Xu Changshou who was smiling, Li Moran's originally tense face suddenly relaxed a lot.
"Well, you are now the great hero of my Azure Dart Bureau, and you are also the life-saving benefactor below, say it! What do you want? ”
Li Moran went straight to the point and expressed his thoughts.
Xu Changshou paused,
"Boss, it's really unnecessary, as a member of the dart game, it's natural to be a subordinate to make some efforts, don't say thank you or thank you."
Xu Changshou chose to reply euphemistically to Li Moran's question.
Looking at the scholar in front of him, Xu Changshou really couldn't think of what to say.
The biggest drawback of readers is that they are more serious, especially Confucian students like Li Moran, who have a top IQ and EQ sewer.
As far as sympathy is concerned, Xu Changshou is an orphan, but he is still raised by his aunt, but the man in front of him has been an orphan since he was a child and has been a beggar.
Once, Li Moran participated in the imperial examination, and was fortunate to become a lifter, but he was born to hate officialdom, and he got his name but did not do anything, and later entered the Azure Dart Bureau like Xu Changshou.
On weekdays, he is also responsible for assigning dart tasks to his subordinates and negotiating with Party A.
Isn't that the case for all leaders?
"You've been here for a long time!"
Li Moran then asked Xu Changshou.
Xu Changshou immediately came back to his senses.
"It's been three years!"
"Indeed, three years ago, the old dart head was still there, and I occasionally saw a pawn, so it must be you!"
Listening to Li Moran reminiscing about the past, Xu Changshou nodded kindly.
"Since you have helped the dart bureau so much, it is inevitable to be condescending only in the labor service, why don't you be promoted to the head of the dart, responsible for the daily dart affairs, and it will be easy to take care of in the future, what do you think?"
Li Moran asked, Xu Changshou looked incredulous.
I'm getting promoted?
Regarding the promotion and fortune, Xu Changshou has only seen it in novels, or he has seen too much of Chicken Tangwen, otherwise he never thought that he could counterattack.
If the dart board is compared to a company, the dart master represents the lowest level of employees, and the dart head is more like the department manager, and the chief dart head is obviously the president or company CEO.
The dart master only has a fixed four taels of silver every month, but he can get six taels when he is promoted to the head of the dart, which is not a small amount, at least there is no need to worry about starvation.
Another advantage is that you don't have to hand over all your income to your aunt, which means that you have an extra part of the prostitution in addition to the medical expenses left for Xu Xin......
Amount, entertainment funds? But in fact, it is not enough, the price of goods in Kyoto has risen, and the consumption level has to spend a lot more money than the original price to a certain extent, which can explain why Xu Changshou still receives bounties and earns extra money at Liule Fang from time to time.
Regarding Li Moran's previous promotion, Xu Changshou nodded knowingly, but he still tried his best to hide the joy in his heart, showing an unreal modesty.
Looking at Li Moran, who often wore a scholarly face, Xu Changshou looked very uncomfortable.
After bidding farewell to his boss, Xu Changshou returned to the training ground, and the dart masters were setting up Zhuo chairs in the courtyard.
Raise the wine and set the table, and talk about it with relish.
As a big celebrity in Yongle County, Xu Changshou was fortunate to sit at the same table with all the darts heads.
Xu Darthead and other colleagues stepped forward to toast, one asked Xu Changshou how he solved the case, and the other congratulated him on becoming the new darthead.
Even Li Moran, who doesn't drink alcohol every day, raised his wine glass one after another and drank it all, compared to the rough crowd under the seat, he seemed a little unsociable, drinking too politely, revealing a scholarly temperament.
"Longevity, there is really you, now our Azure Dart Bureau can be described as a famous county!"
Xu Dart head praised.
Xu Changshou drank wine and smiled.
"That's a good thing!"
In ancient times, as a kind of civil security group, the most important thing in the dart game was not force, but reputation. After all, no matter how superb the martial arts are, if you don't have a good reputation, it is really difficult for the employer to rest assured that the business will be handed over to you, let alone make money.
Everyone was drunk in the smoke of the lights and enjoyed the joy of celebration.
Attachment to wine is often the easiest thing to forget and not want to remember.