Chapter 231: Autumn Zero

When the "Green Bamboo Inn" was opened for the tenth year, almost all the shops around it were changed, after all, no one's business was so good, and the inn was just making a living, as for how much silver could be saved, only the bookkeeper and the shopkeeper knew.

The originally young guys in the inn have passed ten years, and they have all reached middle age, with a trace of wrinkles on their faces, and they have families one after another.

They are already very satisfied, ten years ago it was difficult for them to fill their stomachs, let alone want to marry a wife and have children, and after opening the "Qingzhu Inn", the shopkeeper was very generous to them, and the monthly salary was always paid on time, and the given was twice as much as outside.

During the New Year's holidays, the inn will also distribute the bacon, New Year's goods, etc. left to them.

So they worked in the inn for ten years, but they didn't want to leave at all, and they were afraid that when they were older, the shopkeeper wouldn't want them.

As for whether anyone tried to steal from their inn, of course it happened, but they didn't want to mention the consequences again.

Over the years, they have not seen the shopkeeper much, and sometimes they don't see anyone for a day. In addition to staying in the tea shed in the backyard of the inn, the shopkeeper went out early in the morning and came back very late.

Every day, things in the inn are carried out in an orderly manner, but as the years go by, everyone has a doubt in their hearts, that is, they have not seen the wife and children of the shopkeeper for so many years, let alone the relatives of the shopkeeper, as if they have been alone since ten years ago.

In the past ten years, it's not that no one has married with Shi Yi, think about a man in his thirties, who doesn't have any physical problems, has a good restaurant under his hands, and a group of hard-working guys, who doesn't want to marry and be a boss lady?

During this period, no less than dozens of matchmakers mentioned to Shi Yi the daughter of which family, virtuous and virtuous, diligent and thrifty, but Shi Yi! Every time he smiled, and then refused, at first many people thought that most of them were walking the rivers and lakes before, and had a relationship, but his wife was killed by the enemy, and Shi Yi came to Hailiu Town after taking revenge, planning to die alone.

As soon as this idea came out, many people felt more and more likely, so they thought that it might take a few years to forget about the relationship, and the best time to match.

It's just that after coming and going, ten years have passed, and now few people mention starting a family with Shi Yi anymore, although today's "Qingzhu Inn" business is good, but Shi Yi is now in his forties, try to ask who would marry a middle-aged man in his forties!

What's more, every time the matchmaker mentioned this, Shi Yi still had the same attitude as ten years ago, and refused with a smile.

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For the guys in the inn, there is inevitably a trace of sentimentality in their hearts, and such a good shopkeeper is lonely in the end, which really makes people feel a little sad in their hearts.

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"Old Xu, how is your old man's health lately?" said a guy from the inn with a smile to a white-haired old man who was basking in the sun in the yard,

Hearing this, the white-haired old man shook his head, but still said with a smile: "People are old, and the sauce bones made by Yu Er can't be bitten!"

Hearing this, several guys in the courtyard also laughed, speaking of this old man, he is quite related to the inn.

I remembered that when he came to the inn to beg three years ago, he accidentally knocked over the ink that was about to write on the bamboo at the door, and the guys did not embarrass him, and prepared a dry food to send him away.

But the old man is also very stubborn, he has to compensate the inn, after everyone can't help it, he also wrote a few words on the paper, when the bookkeeper Mr. looked at it, he felt that the old head was general, and he inquired to know that the old man was a scholar of a large family when he was young, and he had read books for several years, and wrote a good hand.

Later, the old man exchanged the two couplets at the door for a large portion of the ration. After telling Shi Yi about this, Shi Yi also thought that the old man's handwriting was really good, vigorous and powerful, which was very in line with the symbol of green bamboo.

Under the persuasion of Mr. Ledger, the old man stayed in the inn, and he had nowhere to go, so he planned to retire in the inn, at first many guys thought the old man was a liar, but then someone really wanted to spend money to buy the word, but the old man also knew how to be grateful, and said that the word was already in the inn, and you came to the inn to eat a few more times, maybe he would write a pair for you for free.

In this way, in addition to the delicious wine and food at the beginning, the Qingzhu Inn added such a thing as being able to let Xu Lao mention the word for free when you come to eat.

It's really useful, the literati and ink writers who have rarely seen it before, after seeing Xu Lao's words, they also came to the inn to eat, and after eating a few times, Xu Lao will also write a couplet to them without hesitation.

For them, although Xu Lao's words are not calligraphy, there is not much significance in collecting, but people's handwriting is really good, take it back and study it well, maybe their own words will make great progress.

In this way, the business of the inn has also been much better because of the arrival of Xu Lao, and the guys at the inn have also become familiar with Xu Lao in the past three years, and they often hear a lot of interesting things in Xu Lao. In addition, Xu Lao is sincere and sincere, and their own sons sometimes learn to write with Xu Lao, so the guys in the inn naturally treat Xu Lao as their own.

It's just that Xu Lao is not young after all, and this year is the third year he has been at the inn, and he is seventy-nine years old. At the beginning, Xu Lao could not only write, but also be able to play, but now he is a little trembling even when he lifts a pen

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"Elder Xu, I brought you chicken soup today, you have to drink it clean!" Yu Er walked into Elder Xu's room with a bowl of chicken soup and said with a smile. Now Yu Er is also in his thirties, and when he is middle-aged, he also has a mustache.

"Hehe, Yu Er, thank you!" Xu Lao said with a smile, after finishing speaking, he handed over a pair of words on the table to Yu Er, and said with some expectation: "I'm old, I don't know when I won't be able to write, this is my last bit of heart for the inn! Yu Er, can you tell the shopkeeper, I want to meet him!" Since Xu Lao came to the inn, he really hasn't met Shi Yi well, he heard from those guys that the shopkeeper is often a tea shed in the backyard alone, and he is generally reluctant to let people disturb him when he has nothing to do, and he will only meet Yu Er every day when he delivers food.

Hearing this, Yu Er also nodded.

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"Shopkeeper, today Xu Lao gave me a pair of words, and said that he wanted to meet you!" Yu Er poured a cup of new tea and said with a smile.

Now Shi Yi, there are a lot of wrinkles on his face, and he also leaves a little breath, of course, these are all deliberately conjured up by Shi Yi.

Shi Yi didn't answer immediately, but opened the words first, and after looking at it, he said with a smile: "It should be! Just according to Xu Lao's meaning! He wanted to go to the field east of the town to have a look. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!" Yu Er said respectfully.

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On the field east of Hailiu Town, it is autumn at this time, and the ripe wheat in the field exudes a fragrance, and the whole field is filled with the joyful laughter of the people at the time of harvest.

"Squeak, squeak!" This is the sound of the wheelchair that Mr. Xu is sitting in sliding on the field, this wheelchair is made of wood, it is very simple, so it is very noisy.

"Shopkeeper, let's do it here!" Xu Lao said with a smile, the person pushing the wheelchair behind him was naturally Shi Yi, and the two of them stopped in front of a dead tree.

"When I came here in the summer, this tree was fine, but it has withered at this time!" said Xu Lao with a sigh.

"Elder Xu, how is your health lately?" Shi Yi said with a smile, but with his divine sense, he could naturally see at a glance that Elder Xu's body did not have much time.

"Shopkeeper, if you live for a long time, you will find that everything is still good as it is!" Xu Lao said slowly, and finally his voice was so small that he was almost inaudible.

Hearing this, Shi Yi also muttered in his mouth, "Is it like autumn leaves withering!"

At this time, Xu Lao slowly closed his eyes, and Shi Yi knew that he had just fallen asleep, but it was like an autumn leaf, about to wither.

A gust of autumn wind blew, and a yellow leaf on the dead tree on the side slowly fell......

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