Chapter 30: A Pot of Wine (Happy New Year)
In Yilan City, the kitchen of Lao Mo Tavern was busy, with rows of vegetable cutting helpers here, the master of dough scones over there, and the helpers washing vegetables and dishes, each of them was busy with the work in hand in an orderly manner.
Song Lanjiang sat in the corner of the wall, with a row of buckets full of knives in front of him, he didn't think about it now, his hands were grinding the kitchen knife steadily, grinding left and right, picking up the kitchen knife, Song Lanjiang looked at the blade carefully, shook his head, flushed the water and wiped it dry, and put it in the wooden barrel next to the sharpened kitchen knife.
After being busy all afternoon, Song Bajiang was immersed in the process of sharpening the knife, but not to mention the blade of Lida, even the speed of sharpening the knife, don't think about it compared to Lao Xu, who sharpened a kitchen knife in a few easy clicks next to him.
Taking a breath, Song Lanjiang felt that sharpening the knife was not a day's work, and he had to slowly realize it, he grabbed a kitchen knife to be sharpened from the wooden barrel containing the knife, held the handle in his right hand, held the knife in his left hand, held the knife in both hands, and the blade steadily pushed forward on the whetstone.
While sharpening the knife, Song Lanjiang carefully felt the feedback from the blade on the whetstone, and he completely forgot about himself and started working again.
On the stool next to Song Lanjiang, Lao Xu, who was also sharpening the knife, looked at Song Lanjiang's movements, nodded with satisfaction, he could concentrate on sharpening the knife for the first time, did not let the blade curl, did not grind the knife surface, and quickly mastered the method of sharpening the knife in an afternoon.
This made Lao Xu look at this newcomer with admiration, you must know that it is not easy to calm down and get started quickly, I have to say that this young man is full of spirituality for knives.
Time flies very quickly in people's minds, and in front of Song Lanjiang, someone keeps bringing a wooden barrel full of knives to be sharpened, and someone will take away the barrels that have been sharpened.
Song Lanjiang has a slight feel, he is now trying how to control the power from the feet to the whole body in his hands, he sharpens the knife over and over again to be familiar with the use of this power, although people are not smart, but Song Lanjiang is always diligent in his hands and feet.
"Song Lanjiang, you're done with the kitchen today, go to the tavern. ”
Master Xiliang didn't know when he was already standing in front of Song Lanjiang, watching him sharpen his knife seriously and said.
"Oh, good. Song Lanjiang replied, sharpened the knife in his hand a few times, and then sharpened the kitchen knife in his hand and wiped it clean.
Standing up, Song Lanjiang suddenly felt a soreness from his arms to his back, and hurriedly shook his body to let the blood flow, he nodded to Master Xiliang, nodded to Lao Xu on the side, and walked out of the back kitchen silently.
"This kid is good. Lao Xu said to Master Xiliang.
"Hmm. Master Kira nodded in response.
Song Lanjiang went out of the back kitchen, found the sink in the courtyard, washed his hands in the cold water, looked up and saw that the sky was dark, the front yard and the backyard had red lights, the red lights swayed left and right in the cold wind, and the people who illuminated were dark and unknown.
Taking a deep breath of cold wind, Song Lanjiang exhaled a large mouthful of white gas, his body trembled, and he immediately became energetic.
When he entered the door, Song Lanjiang remembered the way he came, and the tavern was very familiar, and after a few steps through the corridor, he heard the lively and lively, and the sound of shouting five and six came over.
Song Lanjiang flinched a little when he heard the voice, thought about it again, and entered the tavern through the side door.
When I entered the tavern, Song Lanjiang saw that the originally spacious store was already full of friends, and as Lao Mo said, the majority of the guests in the tavern were from the Central Plains, and occasionally some outsiders were also well-dressed rich families.
Xiao Er Drew shuttled quickly with wine and food, and the tavern was full of people, some tables came from the sound of guessing fists, some tables were talking, and some tables were pushing glasses and changing lamps......
Drew is clever, seeing Song Lanjiang standing stupidly in the middle at a loss, he waved his hand and beckoned Song Lanjiang, and said to Mr. Wu Nunu at the counter, signaling Song Lanjiang to go over, and only when he saw that Song Lanjiang understood did he go to serve the food again.
After Drew's guidance, Song Lanjiang walked from the empty block of the wine table to the counter of the tavern, and he saw Mr. Wu looking at the account book while moving the abacus in his hand, and he didn't listen.
"Mr. Wu. Song Lanjiang saluted Mr. Wu, who was behind the counter.
"Brother Song is here. Mr. Wu stopped the abacus in his hand and looked up and saluted back.
"Hmm. ”
"Brother Song came just in time, one day at the beginning of next month, the Eagle Palace of the Ethereal Peak selected a son-in-law, and the New Year was approaching, and the tavern was running out of manpower. ”
"Hmm. ”
"Brother Song is happy, I will call Drew in a while, and Brother Song will give Drew a hand. ”
"Hmm. ”
"Brother Song, our tavern has a rule, you must know that you must not do a business that loses money. ”
"Hmm. Song Lanjiang felt that this was a matter of course.
"Brother Song, then you have to work hard to help each other. ”
"Good. ”
Mr. Wu beckoned to Drew and called Drew over.
"Brother Drew, Brother Song will give you a hand in a while, and you will take care of it. Mr. Wu said to Drew.
"Mr. Wu, you don't feel at ease with my Drew. After speaking, he patted Song Lanjiang on his chest.
"Hmm. Seeing that the two of them finished speaking, Song Lanjiang nodded in agreement.
Drew saw Song Lanjiang nodding, and left the counter as soon as Song Lanjiang pulled it.
Seeing Song Lanjiang's dress, Drew magically took out an apron and a long rag from the cabinet next to him and handed them to Song Lanjiang.
"Wear an apron, put a rag on your shoulders to look like a tavern guy, I'll order food and serve it in a while, stubborn boy, you just take the pot and put the table, send the plates and bowls to the door of the back kitchen, remember to be a guy must be diligent with your hands and feet. ”
"Good. ”
"If you have a spare time, help me pass a dish, and remember not to provoke guests. ”
"Hmm. ”
"Take this basin, there is a table over there to finish eating, you go and clean up, I will continue to serve the food, you can call me if there is something." ”
Drew handed Song Lanjiang a wooden basin, divided the work with Song Lanjiang, and trotted all the way to serve the food like a Ling Yan.
Song Lanjiang couldn't learn Drew's steps, but he also walked quickly to the wine table with leftovers.
Put the dishes and chopsticks into the wooden basin, take off the rag on the shoulder with one hand and wipe the wine table vigorously, at this moment, a person walked beside him.
"Little brother, is there anyone else at this table?"
Song Lanjiang's hand to wipe the table did not stop, and he turned his head to see a handsome scholar wearing a white robe, wearing a treasure jade on his waist, and a handsome face.
The scholar hugged his fist at Song Lanjiang, and Song Lanjiang also replied with a fist, "No." ”
After speaking, Song Lanjiang bent down and wiped the bench on the side of the wine table, waved his hand and invited the scholar to sit down, turned around and left with a wooden basin.
"Guest, what are you going to do? We have the best grape wine here, the burning knife outside the plug, and the rice wine ..... from the south of the Yangtze River."
As soon as Song Lanjiang turned around, he was about to walk to the other table where he had finished settling the accounts to clean up, when Drew ran over and stood in front of the white-clothed scholar's desk.
Soon became a skilled man, running around wiping the table, cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and the words of these people in the rivers and lakes came from time to time in Song Lanjiang's ears, which brought a little spice to Song Lanjiang.
"In one month, the year will end, and the new world list will be released, I think Brother Zhang will definitely be on the list, and this time if he can be on the beauty of the ethereal peak......"
"Brother Jiang Xian praised it, there are many people in this world, and there are hundreds of people on the list, it's not and it is not so good, besides, this marriage depends on fate......"
ps: Zhongda, the prime minister in Yong'an City, picked up the new world list, opened it and looked at it, his face was happy, and the housekeeper on the side saw the prime minister like this, he was curious, and he was busy peeking at it, and he saw a few big words on the list, "I wish book friends a happy new year!!