In the quiet of the night, the moonlight rises, and the heavens and the earth return to the dark.

But in the city of Pingshui County, there are still two brightly lit places.

One is the Manyan Courtyard where the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the other is the Hongli Pavilion, which is famous for its fragrance and the dragon gate.

And these two are the only two gold-lettered signboards in this small Pingshui County - although in recent days, the 'pond in the pond' of Liu Lu Liu's shopkeeper in the south of the city has also gained a good reputation, and it is quite a bit of a desire to catch up with the rainbow carp pavilion...... But in the end, the qualifications are still shallow, and they are not as good as the vast number of customers of the Rainbow Carp Restaurant, and there is no famous dish that is as delicious and auspicious as 'Leaping Dragon Gate', and there are some stories behind it.

However, the fundamental reason may be because the shopkeeper Liu in the pond is not as good as the shopkeeper of the rainbow carp pavilion. The shopkeeper is nearly forty years old, but he is still smiling like a peach blossom, and the charm still exists; but although this shopkeeper Liu is also nearly forty years old, he can only be regarded as average, at most he is upright, and he just rubs a little handsome edge. It is said that when he was young, he traveled to the rivers and lakes with Emperor Yonghua and was known as the 'Pingshui Heroes'; but this shopkeeper Liu has been staying in Pingshui County since he was a child, and there is nothing else except for the nickname of 'Liu Da Trick-or-treating'.

Alas, there is really no way, the shopkeeper is the shopkeeper and the Kanban mother, but this shopkeeper Liu is just a shopkeeper.

Having said that, late at night now, there are two brightly lit houses in the city - but this rainbow carp hall is not as good as the Manyan Courtyard, and it is still open so late. I remember that about a month ago, this rainbow carp restaurant was still closed as soon as it arrived. But these days, the closing time of the rainbow carp restaurant is half an hour late, and the lights will not be turned off until there is really no one on the street.

That's weird...... It stands to reason that winter is about to begin, and there should be fewer and fewer customers who come to eat in the middle of the night...... Delaying the closing time at this time will only outweigh the gains.

It's not just weird.

These days, the neighbors who often go to the rainbow carp restaurant to eat will be surprised to find that the shopkeeper You, who is always holding a thin fan, with a graceful posture and a smile on his face, is sitting quietly behind the counter, playing abacus in one hand and flipping through the account book in the other, concentrating on the livelihood of the restaurant. Although she sometimes gets up to greet guests, the smile on her face always feels a little reluctant - no, not reluctantly, but a little unnatural.

Witnessing the abnormality of the first shopkeeper in the city, many idlers came to speculate.

And the most credible statement is that Chef Wang, who sells pastries, pointed it out first. He said, the reason why this shopkeeper doesn't look very happy is probably because Bai Xiu has returned to his hometown.

Everyone suddenly patted their heads and exclaimed, "That's right! They calculated the time when Bai Xiucai left Pingshui County for a while, and found that it also matched the time when the Hongli Pavilion was delayed.

Everyone started chatting again, talking about what Bai Xiucai had done, which would make Shopkeeper You so unforgettable.

The pork seller Liu Laotou smiled, saying that it must be because Bai Xiucai secretly took several months' extra wages when he left, and the shopkeeper was distressed at this time...... As soon as this remark came out, everyone immediately scoffed at him twice, saying, "Go! It's not like you who fell into the eyes of money," and immediately refuted it.

Seeing that Liu Laotou's statement was refuted, Kong Juren, who sold some elegant tea sets, straightened his clothes and said: "Xiaosheng thought that the shopkeeper You was sad because he felt that there were no famous literati and ink writers in the store. ”...... But as soon as these words came out, everyone shook their heads one after another, and scolded Kong Juren, saying that not everyone is a rotten Confucian like him—what is the use of a literati and ink writer who can only settle accounts in this restaurant that drinks wine and eats meat? Not the storyteller who talks about the world!

In the end, it was the girl Peng who sold rouge, and said shyly: According to her, this shopkeeper is not sincere to Bai Xiucai.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Let's not mention whether the rumors of the shopkeeper and the first emperor are true or not, and no matter if the first emperor Zhuyu is in front of him, how can he fall in love with this ordinary Bai Xiucai...... Let's just say that this tour shopkeeper, but there is a full twenty years of difference between him and Bai Xiucai! This and this, twenty years of life, is really a little inappropriate, right?

But after the surprise of surprise, everyone calmed down and pondered, and some felt that there was really such a thing - not a few days ago, I saw Shopkeeper You and Bai Xiucai, and the little carp girl, if a family of three went to the pond to eat, went to Fenglin Street to play?

Well......

Everyone looks at me, I look at you, but they don't speak, and it's not easy to make a conclusion.

I don't know who patted his head and came up with an idea.

"Alas, everyone, let's let Xiao Er help us knock on the side a little, how about probing the wind?"

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly said yes, and hurriedly went to drag the restaurant Xiaoer and asked him to help him.

When Xiao Er heard this, he first laughed and scolded everyone, 'You are really idle!', and then readily agreed.

Yes, it's refreshing.

is so refreshing that even if everyone doesn't ask, Xiao Er himself is already ready to ask the shopkeeper.

......

Under the bright lanterns, there are few diners in the rainbow carp restaurant, and only one table is still drinking and talking.

It's not because the restaurant has lost its reputation, but now in the golden autumn of October, there are really few diners who are willing to come to eat at this point in time.

Xiao Er, who had a long rag hanging on his shoulder, lifted the wooden stool and laid it upside down on the table.

Then, he took the rag from his lower shoulder, pinched both ends, put it on one leg of the wooden stool, and wiped it back and forth.

While wiping the wooden stool, he raised his eyebrows and secretly glanced towards the account desk in the restaurant.

I saw that behind the account desk with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and in front of the shelf with a pile of yellow and white wine jars, there was a magenta chest-length skirt, and he was looking down at the account book on the table.

There are jet-black hair flowing lightly, covering the gently undulating snow-white mountains, the scenery is beautiful and alluring.

Xiao Er couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

But he immediately scolded himself in his heart for being a 'frivolous thing', and hurriedly shook his head away from the non-trivial thoughts.

Then, raising his eyebrows, he looked back at the skirt.

But it's not a pair of bright moons.

Just look at her heavy makeup.

Well......

In fact, in this Yonghua country, where almost everyone wears some powder, it is not a heavy makeup - just an eyeliner and some rouge that is slightly heavier than usual.

However, then again, these rouge eyeliners can also be regarded as glamorous for the shopkeeper who used to only wear light makeup.

After about half a cup of tea, Xiao Er wiped one of the wooden legs of the wooden stool, then put the rag on the other wooden leg, and slowly wiped it up - a stool has four legs, and a table has at least four stools.

But he clearly didn't care.

The drunkard doesn't mean to drink.

Xiao Er grinned.

Since she has been instructed by the neighbors, she has to find a way to ask her from the shopkeeper...... Hey, according to my observation in the past few days, although the shopkeeper has a smile on his face, he is not as much as before, but in general, she is still quite energetic - you see, she is still dressed up!

Hey, that Peng girl is really blind, what kind of shopkeeper is Bai Xiucai...... I've been working in this rainbow carp hall for many years, and I've known Bai Xiucai for many years, so I know that he goes to the Manyan Courtyard every night, and he's a good style...... How can you make eye contact with the shopkeeper!

It's impossible, it's impossible.

Xiao Er shook his head, and he didn't know who he was convincing, anyway, he kept muttering in his heart, muttering for a while, 'How could Bai Xiucai like the shopkeeper who was more than ten years older than him!', and muttering, 'How could the shopkeeper fall in love with a thin scholar like Bai Xiucai!'.

It wasn't until he rubbed the leg of the stool until it was shiny and waxy that he finally stopped talking.

He didn't say anything, he slowly raised his head, looked at the shopkeeper behind the ledger, looked at her makeup that she didn't know who was wearing for someone, looked at the smile on her face that she didn't know where to go, and looked at the wolf brush in her hand, stunned.

Xiao Er couldn't convince anyone in the end.