CHAPTER XVII
Letting go of the burden in his heart, Zhong Yun also stepped up the speed of taking a bath, and washed a bucket of water clean in a short time.
After washing away the fatigue of his whole body and changing into new clothes sold in the city during the day, Zhong Yun's whole person was completely new and his appearance was more energetic.
After taking a shower and wearing wet hair, Zhong Yun came to the wine shed and waited for dinner, after all, after so long, he hadn't eaten anything else except for a bowl of tea, and now he was really hungry and panicked.
After a while, Old Man Liu walked out with a large bowl of broth, and in an instant, the wine shed was filled with the smell of meat, causing Zhong Yun's stomach to growl.
Looking at the greedy Zhong Yun, Old Man Liu also smiled, beckoned to Zhong Yun, and said, "Xiao Yun'er, come and go with me to bring out the rice in the kitchen cauldron, and you can eat." ”
Zhong Yun reluctantly glanced at the broth, and followed Old Man Liu into the kitchen, in addition to a small half pot of white rice, there was also a plate of steaming green vegetables and a plate of fried peanuts on the kitchen counter.
The two of them were busy for a while, and finally brought the food up, Zhong Yun also sat at the dining table with joy, holding chopsticks in his hand, but seeing that Old Man Liu didn't move the chopsticks, he was embarrassed to eat first.
Seeing his appearance, Old Man Liu naturally knew what Zhong Yun was thinking, and couldn't help but smile slightly and said, "Eat first when you're hungry, don't wait for me, I'll go get a pot of wine, I'll be happy today, I'll drink a few glasses too." ”
When Zhong Yun heard Old Man Liu's words, he was not hypocritical, he was busy scooping a bowl of broth and sending it to his mouth, so impatient, it was naturally the result of his mouth being burned, but Zhong Yun's heart didn't care much, but he felt warm all over his body, and he felt comfortable for a while.
As soon as he took a bite of the broth, Old Man Liu came over with a small pot of wine, sat on the bench with his buttocks, and pressed the stool to squeak.
Slowly poured himself a small cup, put it in his mouth and took a sip, and took a long breath of satisfaction, then picked up the chopsticks on the table and ate the food.
Old man Liu picked up a small piece of fat meat and put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, swallowed it, and then seemed to think of something, looking at Zhong Yun, who was eating happily, he suddenly asked: "Xiao Yun'er, when you settle down, what are your plans in the future?"
Zhong Yun was stunned by Old Man Liu's question, he really didn't expect Old Man Liu to ask him this question, this question seemed to be like a care between friends, and he couldn't help but react.
After all, he is an eight-year-old child in the eyes of others, and he has always been treated as a child on Wudang Mountain, and now he is suddenly treated as an adult by others, which is quite unaccustomed.
Zhong Yun couldn't help but stop the chopsticks in his hand, thought for a while and replied, "Grandpa, Yun'er will naturally be here to accompany you in the future." ”
When Old Man Liu heard this, he smiled, patted Zhong Yun's still wet hair, and said softly: "You don't have to fool grandpa, the first time I saw you, I knew that you were not an ordinary child, I could see the maturity in my eyes at a glance, don't look at me I have only spent decades in this small wine shed, but I have also seen all kinds of characters coming and going here, I am still a little confident in terms of people's eyes." ”
Speaking of this, Old Man Liu paused for a moment and continued: "I won't ask you anything else, you are a child with your own ideas, now settle down with me first, and when you have any ideas, just tell grandpa, grandpa will not stop you, I just hope you can come back often in the future to see my old bones." ”
Zhong Yun listened to Old Man Liu's words, and his heart was very moved, after all, they had only met for a day, and it was not easy for Old Man Liu to take him in, not to mention that he believed in him so much, for a while, Zhong Yun's nose was a little pantothenic.
Snorting, Zhong Yun said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Don't worry, grandpa, I will remember to come back to see you wherever I go in the future." After that, he raised his head and looked at Old Man Liu firmly.
When Old Man Liu heard this, he looked at Zhong Yun's firm eyes, and he was also very relieved, so he stopped with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, you're hungry too, hurry up and eat." ”
As he spoke, he put a glass of liquor into his mouth with satisfaction, and then picked up a peanut with chopsticks in one hand, threw it into his mouth, and chewed it quite tastefully.
When Zhong Yun saw it, his heart warmed again, knowing that Old Man Liu was good to him, but he didn't continue to speak, raised his chopsticks and continued to eat.
It didn't take long for the two of them to eat the dishes on the table, and even the soup was swept away, Old Man Liu burped comfortably, with a little drunkenness, and Zhong Yun packed up all the things, and prepared to sleep in the house behind the wine shed.
Zhong Yun naturally followed behind, the bed in Old Man Liu's room was still quite big, and there was no problem sleeping with two people, and it was already midnight when the two of them fell asleep with clothes.
Old man Liu drank some wine, but he fell asleep quickly, but Zhong Yun next to him was a little unaccustomed to it, and he couldn't fall asleep for a long time, but after all, he couldn't help his body's protest, and as time passed, he also fell asleep deeply.
Early morning.
It was still dark, and Old Man Liu had already gotten up early, looked at Zhong Yun who was still asleep, and didn't wake him up, so he put on a thin dress and walked out.
Although the temperature in the air was still a little low at this time, Old Man Liu didn't care too much about preparing today's wine and food.
After preparing some of the ingredients needed today, as well as sake and wine, and then cooking a small pot of porridge, Old Man Liu returned to the room and asked Zhong Yun to get up and wash up and drink porridge.
Zhong Yun was in a daze, feeling that someone was calling him, and before he could react for a while, he muttered unhappily: "Senior brother, let me sleep for a while." ”
When Old Man Liu saw this, he couldn't help but smile, and he didn't care about his resistance, and then pushed his body.
Zhong Yun finally opened his eyes, subconsciously wiped his eyes with his hands, and saw the old man Liu standing in front of him who was laughing slightly, and then he remembered that this was no longer Wudang Mountain, and suddenly sobered up, and couldn't help but sit up embarrassedly and touched his little head.
When Old Man Liu saw that he was awake, he didn't laugh at him, and said softly: "Xiao Yun'er, get up and drink porridge, and the wine shed should be opened later." ”
When Zhong Yun heard this, he smiled, got up from the bed busily, put on his clothes and shoes, and walked out of the room after Old Man Liu.
It didn't take long for the two of them to solve the small pot of porridge and open the door of the wine shed, Zhong Yun couldn't practice "Wudang Changquan" because he got up late, so he could only adjust his state before making plans.
After about half an hour, there are people in front of the small wine shed, and from time to time they also go into the wine shed to rest, or drink a small glass of wine, drink some porridge to flush the hunger, or just because of thirst to get a pot of tea, said here, the old man Liu opened the wine shed is still quite a lot, because it has been open here for some years, and I have a general understanding of what the people who pass here, and naturally it has gradually improved.
After a while, there was a sound of horses' hooves from the east side of the wine shed, and it was obvious that there were many people.
Then, I saw a middle-aged man in a blue robe, led by twenty or thirty people, all dressed in gray shorts with patterns printed, because the sun came out, the sun shone, people could not see the pattern clearly, they either rode horses or pulled carts to the small wine shed.
A group of people arrived in front of the wine shed, got off the horse, and held the horse rope, among them, next to the middle-aged man in blue, a big man who looked quite strong also shouted in a timely and rough voice: "Is the boss there? Come out and help us tie these horses, the dart cart will not be needed, we will watch by ourselves, and by the way, there will be a few jars of wine, and some snacks, we will have a good rest for a while." ”
Old man Liu in the wine shed saw such a big battle of a group of people, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went out to greet him, Zhong Yun naturally followed, Old man Liu walked in front of everyone, looked at it, and knew that the leader of this group of people was the man in blue, took two steps forward, bowed in front of the man, and said: "The old man is the owner of this wine shed, a few guest officers can call me Old Liu Tou, I don't know what a few people need, I'll go and prepare." ”
The man in blue didn't put up any shelf at this time, and said with a gentle smile: "You can help us set up these horses, and just serve a few more tables of wine and food, and it won't be too troublesome." ”
Zhong Yun, who was following Old Man Liu, heard the man's words, and only then did he carefully observe the man and the people behind him, the middle-aged man was dressed in a blue robe, with a resolute face, a wisp of mustache, thick finger bones, and a thick layer of calluses on the tiger's mouth, obviously a practitioner, but with Zhong Yun's current realm, he couldn't see the man's strength clearly.
Looking at the people behind the man, dressed in gray shorts, his expression was quite scrappy, and then looking down, Zhong Yun couldn't help but shrink his eyes, and everyone's clothes were printed with a pattern, and the logo in the pattern was the word "Fuwei", obviously this group of people was from the Fuwei Dart Bureau.
At this moment, the middle-aged man seemed to feel something, and looked at Zhong Yun's direction suspiciously, Zhong Yun couldn't help but shrink his head when he saw it, and the man saw that Zhong Yun was just an eight-year-old boy, thinking that the child was curious, and looked at himself twice, so he didn't care.
Old man Liu hurriedly replied, "Okay, everyone, please go to the wine shed and sit down first, wait a while, the wine and food will arrive soon." ”
After that, he invited everyone to sit down in the wine shed, and he asked Zhong Yun to help him tie the horse together, and by the way, he instructed Zhong Yun to serve a few jars of wine to everyone first, and then ran to the kitchen to get busy.
Zhong Yun here had to hold a jar of wine to send to everyone, walked to the middle-aged man's table, and laboriously put the wine jar on the table, Zhong Yun then said: "Guest officer, your wine." ”
Seeing that Zhong Yun was cute and so sensible, the man smiled knowingly and nodded.