In the evening, Guobei County, Mr. Wei's house

After seeing Han Qiufen come in, the scholar's mouth smacked, and he blinked his eyes and said, "Why are you holding a piece of wood." ”

Cut vertically into slices, cut horizontally into three layers, and the tofu under Mr. Wei's knife dried into thin strips. Mr. Wei picked up a few small pieces of crumbs from the cutting board and threw them at the scholar's head, "You have a lot of care." ”

At noon today, when Han Qiufen passed by Zuifang Building to go to work at the mutton wine shop, he saw this piece of wood lying on the side of the road, and when he got off work, he found that this piece of wood was still there. He saw that the piece of wood was not small, and no one had picked it up, so he took it back.

In the afternoon, Guobei County, mutton wine shop

Guobei County is very small, and a little thing will spread quickly.

"A few beggars are making a fuss about drunken Fanglou today, have you heard?" said a drinker with a steaming leg of lamb dripping with grease in his left hand.

The people around him were rummaging for meat in the pot in front of him with chopsticks, and after hearing the words of the people around him, he stopped his chopsticks and answered with a puzzled face: "Can the beggar go in?"

"It's not that beggar Liu who has shit luck. Taking advantage of the gap between dipping the leg of lamb in the water, the drinker swallowed the food in his mouth and continued to speak.

At noon, Guobei County, Zuifang Building

The beggar Liu and a few belated beggars entered the Zuifang Building together, and they ordered a few side dishes.

"Shall we have a drink?" suggested a beggar.

The beggar Liu heard this, and shouted to the few handymen who were pointing at his table from time to time at the counter: "Come on a pot and burn the knife." ”

"Wait, come to the pot Du Kang. The beggar shouted and changed his wine.

When it came to the drink, a few beggars were fist-fighting, shouting, and making a lot of noise, which made the Zuifanglou have a lot fewer guests today.

Several people played until the evening.

"Hey, hey, have you been up to the second floor?" said a beggar with envy on his face as he pinched his wine glass and looked at the people.

When the beggars present heard the words, they all shook their heads, and at the same time turned to look at the staircase corridor leading to the second floor, and they all showed their fascination.

"Let's go, we're all people, why can't we go up and have a look?" Zeng beggar stood up arrogantly, raised his head violently and swallowed the wine glass in his hand, stepped on the round stool chair under him, and drank.

A few splashes dropped their chopsticks and went to the stairs on the second floor with beggar Liu in their arms.

The small workers in several restaurants were too bad to stop people, so they had to notify the Zhou family steward who was checking the accounts in the back.

A cup of tea.

The smiling steward walked briskly under the tuk of a handyman.

"A few guest officers, we have a minimum consumption on the second and third floors, and I hope you know this in advance. Bending slightly, the steward said in a kind tone.

The beggar Liu's face changed slightly, and he retreated in his heart.

"You think we can't afford to eat?" someone coaxed.

"Brother Liu, let them see!" I don't know who shouted, pushing the beggar Liu to the cusp of the storm, and he couldn't get down.

The beggar Liu had no choice but to take out the silver in his arms and put it on the table.

Looking at the little broken silver on the table and a few copper strings, the steward was silent and still smiling, but his body and footsteps stopped in front of the staircase leading to the second floor, blocked the passage, and said, "Let's eat downstairs, everyone." ”

The faces of several beggars suddenly turned unpleasant.

Zeng beggar, who was standing on the left side of the beggar Liu, glanced left and right at the expressions of these beggars, the corners of his mouth hooked up, and quickly disappeared, and shouted indignantly: "Don't look down on people." ”

The steward's smile also disappeared: "Okay, everyone, since you want to eat, you can sign a piece of paper." ”

"What paper?" asked the beggar Liu curiously.

"If you can't afford to pay for food, how about taking your job to pay for it?" said the steward with a smile.

"Sign with them. After hearing the steward's words, the beggar Zeng, who had drunk a lot of wine, shouted with red eyes and a mouth full of wine.

The beggars did not hesitate, but they could not write, so the steward had red clay brought them and put their handprints on it. and took all the money that the beggar Liu had taken out.

Liu, a beggar with a painful and angry face, pressed his handprint, and several beggars around him were full of excitement. Zeng beggar did not press his handprint, he asked for a pen and signed his name.

When everyone had finished, the steward put away the rolls, raised his fingers, and said:

"Two more requirements,

First, there should be no more than ten dishes on the table, and no more than five in the wine jar.

Second, I can't go up now, I have to go up later, and I can't go up until there are fewer guests upstairs. ”

"Why didn't you just say that?!" several beggars got angry and forced their faces up the stairs.

Liu, a beggar with a depressed face, broke out, "Shut up!" Everything he had was taken away by the steward, and if he was kicked out of the door at this time because of this group of idiots, he would really lose a lot.

"Okay, let's wait!" the beggar Liu walked back to his place with the beggars.

"Brother Liu, you said this paper is signed, what kind of work do we have to do?" Back in his seat, a beggar saw that Brother Liu's face was not good, picked up the wine jug and gave the beggar Liu a full glass, and asked cautiously.

Looking at the wine glass in front of him, beggar Liu's expression improved slightly, picked up the wine glass with one hand, took a sip on the side of his mouth, licked his lips and said, "What are you afraid of, I have done it, at most I am doing some dirty work, and I still get paid." When the time comes, when the overseer is not there, we will bask in the sun and have fun drinking. ”

"What are you afraid of?"

"Let's drink!"

When several beggars heard this, they immediately shouted with joy on their faces and stood up one after another.

Zeng beggar's eyes looked at everyone, and he smiled inexplicably before he stood up last.

"Hey, let's drink!"