After the old man sat down, he gave Jin'an, the red umbrella girl Zhizharen, Aping and Shishi the spiritual tablets and refilled a glass of rice wine.
Then he raised his glass with a sincere look and said, "You must have many questions in your mind right now. Before you ask questions, let me represent the entire inn and propose a toast to you."
"You are all good boys. We all see everything you have done for the inn. Thank you for bringing old friends with familiar faces to reunite with me again. We are grateful. Let's do it first." .”
After the old man finished speaking, he raised his head and took a sip of rice wine from his cup.
There was obviously only one seat for the old man.
Under the lighting of the lamp that Jin An placed on the table, it was revealed that there were many people standing behind the old man. These people had kind faces and grateful eyes, and they made toasts and drinks in sync with the old man's movements.
Shadowy.
Most of the guest room was filled.
Everyone's face is filled with happiness and kind smiles.
He looked gratefully at Jin An, the red umbrella girl Zhi Zha Ren, A Ping, the fifteenth spirit tablet, and the Gray Immortal.
These people were all tenants who were burned to death in the fire. The reason why they didn't show up was not because they didn't trust Jin An and the others, but because they were all preparing a thank you banquet for Jin An and the others in guest room No. 16.
They do not resent the world because of their suffering.
Not blinded by hatred, only full of hostility and resentment, and no longer trusting others.
Quite the opposite.
They held on to the kind thoughts in their hearts. The little girl sleeping on the bed was their obsession with holding on to their kind thoughts.
In fact, as early as the beginning, Jin An had already seen that the person sleeping on the bed was a little girl. As for the identity of this little girl, it has already been revealed.
Jin An was moved by this scene. He was really moved. He originally thought the room was quite empty, but he didn't expect that there were so many people packed in an invisible place. The room was so lively. How could he not be moved? .
The person who felt the most empathy was A Ping. He was touched by the kindness and obsession of these tenants, and was so moved that he did not dare to move.
When Jin An and A Ping didn't dare to move, only one person remained indifferent and started eating and drinking.
I saw the rice wine in the wine glass placed in front of the Fifteen Spirit Tablets quickly turning into water.
Moreover, the roasted pork and stuffed vegetables placed in front of the fifteen spirit tablets caused the heat to drift into the spirit tablets, and then they became moldy and spoiled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
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Jin An and A Ping, who were still holding their glasses but not drinking, stared blankly at Shi Fifteen, who was eating and drinking as if no one was watching.
Fifteen's eating speed was much more than that. After he quickly "eated" the roasted pork and stuffed vegetables, he also sucked up the fried pork with sour bamboo shoots and fried eggs with sour bamboo shoots. Two more plates of hot dishes were quickly rotting. Green mildew develops.
This is a bamboo shoot!
Before anyone else could use their chopsticks to pick up the food, Fifteen had already finished four plates of food.
Jin An raised his eyebrows at first, then helplessly clasped his fists at the old man and said, "This friend of mine has a big appetite, which makes the old man laugh."
In fact, Jin An also understood that Fifteen did not intentionally eat alone. Fifteen had no consciousness. He just relied on primitive instinct to eat subconsciously.
Since it was an unintentional mistake, Jin An apologized to the old man on behalf of Shi Shi.
Who could tell that he was the one who took the initiative to put the Fifteen Spirit Tablets on the dinner table.
What a sin, what a sin.
Although Jin An muttered in his heart, he did not slow down in apologizing at all.
Hahaha, the old man laughed heartily: "It's a blessing to be able to eat. It seems that my skills have not deteriorated since I haven't cooked for so many years. Just eat as much as you like."
There is an illusion that the old man thinks you are hungry and cold, especially if your cooking skills are recognized, which makes the old man smile from ear to ear, and then he keeps picking up the food for the Fifteen Ling Pai.
The scene of serving food to the Dead Man's Tablet and talking to himself about the Dead Man's Tablet is as weird as it gets.
Fifteen has a primitive eating instinct, and will not refuse anyone who comes, taking big gulps.
Jin An was still a little restrained at first. He didn't dare to let go in this lively room, but as he got to know him better, he gradually let go. He took the initiative to pick up the chopsticks to pick up the food, and toasted the old man. The four old men drank. Let's have a drink and have a good time.
Men's friendship is actually very simple. You can build a friendship that lasts for ten or twenty years just by drinking.
One of these four great men is considered fifteen.
On the contrary, the girl in the red umbrella was wearing a paper prick on her body. She didn't like the pungent smell of the rice wine. From time to time, she quietly took a bite of food to herself and Hui Daxian, and listened quietly to the four men drinking and bragging.
This dinner was a great time for both the guests and the host. Perhaps it was because it had been so long since I had had such a good time drinking with others. When it came to the end, the old man seemed to be drunk and suddenly started crying.
"Taoist Master Jin'an, thank you for being willing to chat with such a bad old man like me. I hold so many things in my heart that I want to find someone to talk to, but I can't find anyone to talk to. I hold back a lot of things that I want to say. But when the words came to my lips, I didn’t know what to say... The most worthwhile thing I have done in my life is to take in Xi'er. The thing I am most worried about in this life is Xi'er. Taoist Jin'an, Xi'er is our only concern. , there are too many sins and evils in this place, Xi'er is as clean as a piece of rice paper, I have always protected her, I have never dared to let her see too much evil in the world, I just want her to continue to be carefree She grew up healthy and healthy... We have always wanted to take her out of here, but we have been unable to escape, and the new tenants who come from outside every year are becoming more and more difficult to deal with. It is becoming more and more difficult for so many of us to deal with it, no We stopped to change places for Xi'er, but we know that this is not an option after all. We gradually can no longer protect Xi'er... She must leave here to have a way to survive. If she stays here, one day she will be killed by those outsiders. turn up……"
The old man cried drunkenly for a long time, said many drunken words pretending to be drunk, and told many secrets about this inn.
