Chapter 177: Treat guests with courtesy
On the streets of Mingzhou City, pedestrians come and go, and the market is prosperous. A swordsman walked in the middle of the road, but he looked out of place with the people on both sides.
For Dugu Bufu, he didn't know what Li Si was thinking.
Originally, at the end of this year, he was going to prepare for next year's World Sword Alliance at home, but a letter that suddenly arrived broke his original plan.
Li Si asked him to go to Mingzhou City to take care of business.
Business, Dugu no longer understands, Li Si is not a thief, when will he become a businessman again?
But now that the letter had already been delivered, he didn't mind going out for a walk. So here he came, one man and one sword, as before.
As for what Li Si's business is, I heard that it seems to be a restaurant, called Qianjialou. He hadn't heard of this name, but this Mingzhou City was not big, so he should be able to find it if he looked for it.
"Whew. Spit out a mouthful of white mist from his mouth, Dugu no longer glanced at the blue-gray sky, tightened the velvet coat on his body, and walked into the crowd with a sword.
In his opinion, this winter is a little colder again. He doesn't like to go out in the winter, and always has been.
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For the women of Mingzhou City, their husbands have become more and more unseemly lately.
Soaking in that Qianjialou all day long, I was fascinated by the two little goblins, I didn't do anything serious, and I didn't go back to my home. If this continues, their lives will not be over.
So some women began to decide to go to Qianjialou to make trouble, so that this harmful restaurant could no longer continue to do business.
No, there's another one right now.
It was a woman of about forty years old, and her figure was not bad, but her face could not hide the traces left by the years. She stood on the side of the street, wearing an emerald green dress, with her hands on her waist, holding a silk handkerchief in her hand, staring at the signboard of Qianjialou, half-ringing, twisting her waist, and walking into the store menacingly.
"This guest officer, what do you want?" In the lobby, Li Si was still greeting the guests.
For half a month, he has been following Zhang Susu's arrangement, pretending to be a woman to pull business for the store, and he doesn't know when he will change back to his original appearance.
However, the effect of this is indeed good, and the business in the store has really improved a lot these days, or rather, it is a bit too prosperous.
Zhang Susu sat in the corner every day counting the money and giggling, Lao Luo's abacus never stopped day and night, and Chef Hao was busy before and after, doing the work of six people by himself. In his own words, if he continues like this, he will die young.
"Hehe, listen to the red girl, whatever the red girl says, is what the red girl says. The person who came was a middle-aged man, and when he saw Li Si, he didn't go back with a rippling smile on his face.
It's not the first time Li Si has seen this kind of situation where he has ordered, and he said directly.
"Then a plate of fennel beans and a pot of pear blossom wine. ”
He didn't give much to people, after all, this time was not the time to eat, not to mention that she had to greet other guests.
"Hey, good, what the Red Girl ordered must be good. The middle-aged man smiled again, took out a few taels of silver from his arms and put them in Li Si's hand, and when he was dying, he didn't forget to touch it and said, "Don't look for it." ”
Li Si's brows trembled slightly, even if he was good-tempered, he almost didn't resist the urge to do this kind of thing.
But in the end, he endured it, smiled at the man, and continued to greet the other guests.
There's no way, it's not easy to come out and beg for a living.
"Which one is the Red Girl here?"
At this time, the woman in the green dress finally walked into the door, pinched the handkerchief in her hand, and asked with a cold expression.
But she was probably angry in her head and didn't notice what was happening under her feet. Even as soon as he entered the door, he tripped on the threshold and fell straight to the ground.
This sudden situation frightened her into a pale face, and suddenly, a red figure appeared beside her, holding her body steadily.
The store was quiet, and in the center of the lobby, Li Si asked politely with his arms around the fallen woman.
"Guest officer, are you okay, I should be the red girl you are looking for, do you have anything to say to me?"
The woman fell into Li Si's arms, but she was stunned.
I saw her put her hands in front of her, clutching the handkerchief tightly, watching Li Si's eyes gradually change from anger to confusion, her teeth gently pursed her lips, and her body slowly lost strength.
But the next moment, she suddenly stood up from Li Si's arms, covered her face and said in a panic.
"No, I'm already a married woman. ”
With that, she ran out red-faced and disappeared into the alley.
Only Li Si was left standing alone in the hall, not knowing why.
"Tut-tut. Behind the counter, Zhang Susu and Cao Wenxuan sat together, spit out the melon seed skin in their mouths, squinted their eyes and shook their heads.
"Men and women are killed. ”
"Woe to the country and the people. ”
Although they were all dressed up carefully, because Li Si and Ning Caihe were there, they basically had nothing to do, so they sat on the side and ate melon seeds with peace of mind.
The one just now was the sixth woman in this time. But unsurprisingly, none of them could find trouble with Li Si in the end. I believe that in the future, it will not become a threat.
Li Si stood in the hall and came back to his senses, sighed, walked back to the back kitchen and continued to pick up the wine and food. If he can't figure it out, he doesn't want to, and now he can't be idle at all, and he doesn't have time to think about it so much.
It was only after the tea was finished that another guest walked in, sat down at a table, and placed a sword in his hand on the table.
Li Si was already busy at this time, and he didn't care much about his appearance, so he walked over and prepared to order food for him.
Dugu no longer sat in the hall, looked around the noisy restaurant, and couldn't help but have some doubts.
Didn't Li Si say that there are many people here, but the appearance in front of him doesn't match these four words at all, did he come to the wrong place?
Before he could go out to check again, a red figure had already appeared next to him and asked.
"Guest, what do you want?"
"Ah, let's have a few side dishes first, and serve them casually. Dugu replied lightly, raised his head, and looked at the person in front of him.
"A few side dishes, I see. Li Si also nodded, and looked sideways at the guest in front of him.
The eyes of the two men met for a moment, and then both of them froze.
This moment is a long, long time for Dugu Bufu, long enough for him to go through an extremely complicated mental journey.
From surprise, to astonishment, to doubt, then to confusion, and finally relief. His expression changed several times in a row, but finally calmed down.
This moment was also very long for Li Si, long enough for him to stretch out his hand, grab Dugu's collar, and lift him from the table directly outside the door······
(End of chapter)