Chapter 37, Tong shopkeeper

After breakfast, Shangguan Fei got up and rushed to the market to drink. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is a small town that walks a few miles from Yaowang Valley, this town is called Shilipo, there are 1,800 people living in it, don't look at the sparrows although they are small but they are complete, there are taverns, inns, teahouses in the town, even if they are brothels in Qinglou, there are one or two in this town. But the most famous tavern in this town is the tavern opened by a person called "Shopkeeper Tong", and the name of the tavern is "Three Bowls but Not Gang". Because this shopkeeper is honest and honest, he never mixes wine with water, so many people come here to drink. When Shangguan Fei came out to give the medicine king a drink for the first time, the medicine king also asked him to come here. When he first heard this strange name, Shangguan Fei was still very puzzled and asked the medicine king how someone could give his tavern this strange name, shouldn't the wine seller be some winery or restaurant?

It turns out that there is about half a mile of foot from Shilipo to the south, there is a hill called Wollongong, when the shopkeeper Tong first started to sell wine, because he was not enough money to rent the lot, he couldn't afford to pay the rent, no one was willing to rent the house to him, he could only carry a burden to sell in the streets and alleys of the town, and he shouted to drink his own wine while walking, never adulterated with water, and full of stamina, no matter who drank his own three bowls of wine, he would never be drunk if he couldn't go to Wollongong, if someone didn't believe it, he could come forward for free to try. After hearing this, some people didn't believe it and came up to try, but most of them couldn't stand on their feet after only drinking one bowl and were already crumbling and fluttering, even if some drunkards who claimed to be not drunk after drinking three bowls of wine, they were all dizzy and couldn't find the north, and they didn't have to walk half a mile before they fell. Because the town is not big, it didn't take long for this matter to spread, and everyone came to buy the wine of the shopkeeper Tong, so after a few years, the shopkeeper Tong opened such a tavern, and the name of the tavern was also named "Three Bowls but Not Gang".

Shangguan Fei still clearly remembers that after telling himself this, the king of medicine still sighed and said: In fact, this person is the same as doing business and selling wine, you should abide by integrity, never confuse the truth, wine is wine is water, and you must not mix water with water in wine to be shoddy, otherwise although you get a little small profit, but you lose your entire conscience, it is really not cost-effective! It's a pity that in this world, there are fewer and fewer people like the shopkeeper Tong who understands this business! It's all calculated in every possible way, alas, that's why I don't want to be in the city!"

The shopkeeper Tong is an old man in his fifties, not very tall, and his skin is very dark because he is sunburned all day long, but he always has a sincere smile on his face. Because the town's market is at the door of the tavern, so there are more people who come to drink than in the past, at this time the shopkeeper Tong is putting a white towel on his shoulder to serve wine to the guests after being busy, because it is the hot summer, the head of the shopkeeper Tong is already sweating, and he wipes his face with a towel from time to time.

"Uncle Tong, you should hire a guy for such a good business, what do you think of me?" I saw a young man dressed in linen clothes walking towards the shopkeeper Tong with a smile, revealing two charming dimples, although the clothes he was wearing were very ordinary, but he still couldn't hide this person's demeanor. The person who came was Shangguan Fei who came out of the Medicine King Valley. It turned out that Shangguan Fei had often come here to drink in the past few years, and he had become very familiar with the shopkeeper Tong, so he joked.

After hearing the voice, Shopkeeper Tong didn't raise his head at all, but he smiled even more from ear to ear, wiped his sweat and said: " The people who come here to drink are old customers and old households, I am also very clear about the temperament after drinking, some people have a strange temper after drinking, not that they don't want to hire but I am afraid that the hired people are not very clever and can't deal with it, people are following you to make money, I am afraid that when the time comes, the people who come here to drink are some old people, and who makes trouble I don't think it looks good, and the money I earn is enough for my wife and children to live, so I will slowly open up by myself, and I am also happy to deal with these people who come here to drink every day, but if what you just said is true, I agree to let you come with both hands, but where will you come to my side if you follow your master to learn healing, don't tease me, you stinky boy. Say, how many pounds of wine will you fight this time?"

"Let's burn the knife for ten catties, I want the strongest kind I want to use in medicinal wine." Uncle Tong, why don't you let your aunt come to help?" Shangguan Fei asked, handing over the wine jug.

"When I was young, my family was poor, and she married me despite the opposition of her family, and she suffered a lot of sins and hardships with me, and now that life is better, I want her to enjoy it more, and I can do it myself, if it weren't for the reluctance to let these drunkards drink, I would have stopped opening this tavern a long time ago. Now that the children are not around, and she is bored at home alone, I am going to close the tavern after a while and spend more time with her. When I was young, I just got up early every day to make wine and sell wine, and I didn't have time to accompany her, but now that my life is very good, I want to spend more time with her, don't look at what your aunt doesn't say, but I know that she wants to go out for a walk, but I didn't say it because of my tavern. The shopkeeper Tong, who took the flask, raised his face and said with a smile. When I mentioned my daughter-in-law, my face was full of happiness and sweetness.

"Uncle Tong, my aunt must feel very happy to marry someone like you! It's just that if your tavern is not opened, it will not be easy to drink such pure burning knives in the future!" Shangguan Fei said with a little regret.

"Hehe, she herself often says this, in fact, tell you the truth! I can marry her before I think I am the happiest person, when I was a child, I have many brothers in my family, life is very poor, when someone comes to propose marriage to me, I never thought that she can take a fancy to me, the old man is not for you, your aunt was a famous woman within a radius of several miles when she was young, but she just fell in love with me, and later I learned that she had a big quarrel with her parents in order to marry me. She didn't complain after marrying me and suffering a lot, and at that time I secretly vowed to let her live happily, and now that the days are over, if I don't let her live happily, then I'm too sorry for my conscience. In fact, I still don't understand why your aunt fell in love with me in the first place, you see that I don't look good, and I had nothing at that time, and every time I ask her, she smiles and doesn't say anything. As soon as he talked about his wife, the shopkeeper Tong talked a lot.

"Uncle Tong, I know why my aunt fell in love with you in the first place. Shangguan Fei said with a smile.

"You hairy boy knows a. Shopkeeper Tong listened to Shangguan Fei's words, rolled his eyes and said.

"Really, I really know that my aunt must have taken a fancy to you because you were honest and knew that you would be successful in the future. Shangguan Fei said very firmly.

"What you stinky boy said is true, I can tell you, according to your aunt's conditions, you can find someone who is a thousand times better than me at that time, and tell you that you don't believe it, your aunt was really a beautiful woman at that time. One day I will take you to meet your aunt, she has been talking about my baby recently, but unfortunately the child is not around for school, and the food cooked by your aunt is delicious. Shopkeeper Tong said with a happy face.

"Well, even though I haven't seen my aunt yet, I know that my aunt was a very beautiful woman at the time. Shangguan Fei also said with a smile.

"Collect, thank you!"