In this small town to the west of Luzhou, one of the cleanest and neatest shops is the Changchun Inn across the street from the Guanyin Temple. The wine in the inn is good, the side dishes are complete and fresh, and the shopkeeper is very particular because he is good at interacting with others. His temperament makes the business very good. There are not many inns in the small town, only two or three, all of which are owned by this innkeeper for many years. However, the inn across the street from Guanyin Temple is the most prosperous, even if it is People who have lived in the city for a long time do not need to stay in a hotel, but they always come and go around. They only need a small dish and two taels of wine to warm themselves up in the cold weather and the beautiful scenery, but they can still chat in the house for several hours. .
But everyone knows that spring in the Great Yuan Dynasty is short, and just here in Luzhou, the spring breeze only has a slight break, so it is necessary to add some restlessness to the spring breeze. Spring and summer are short, but autumn and winter are long, so it happens that this person can get along with everyone. The thin shopkeeper, when he first chose the name of the inn, insisted on choosing the word "Changchun". Many people made fun of him, saying that since he used such a rather frivolous name that concealed its deep meaning, it would be better to have a brothel where people just go out and have fun. Well, there is no reason to name Dayuan’s inn Changchun. Whenever this matter is mentioned, the tall and thin shopkeeper always rolls his eyes, laughs and curses a few times, but he never explains it to others. When the reputation of Changchun Inn becomes more and more famous, many men in the city spend their free time. , they are all joking with their friends to ask if they can have sex today. As long as they bypass the ears of their good wives, it is not harmful. I am afraid that if they show up one day, they may be reprimanded.
The shopkeeper's ancestors are also from the Yuan Dynasty. It is said that their fathers followed the late Hehan in the northern and southern battles. They may not have made great military exploits, but they also managed to save their lives in successive years of battles. Returning home in fine clothes is quite important, at least. He lived and worked in peace and contentment for more than a few years. Unfortunately, he still suffered from many injuries and illnesses during his early years of fighting. He died peacefully before enjoying a few years of peace and quiet, leaving some wealth for the shopkeeper. It was precisely with this wealth that he slowly built up the inn business. It is becoming more and more prosperous. Although it is only in one city, it has plenty of money.
In peaceful and stable years, the business of the inn is naturally good, but if it comes to a time of war and turmoil, and it is difficult for everyone to protect themselves, it will be difficult to survive, let alone business. From the beginning of the war between the two places, the manpower in the inn He became more and more ridiculed. Whether it was the waiter who had always had a good relationship with the shopkeeper, or the cook who had been making a stable living in the Changchun Inn for more than ten years, they all hesitated for a long time until the Xu Meng Mansion attacked the city in succession and was almost beaten. While outside Luzhou, he said goodbye to the shopkeeper one after another, and fled with his family to the northern areas that had not been affected by the war. Naturally, everyone has to persuade the innkeeper to give up some corners of the inn in the city to others, and it is best to escape first. After all, Qingshan is still full of firewood, so leave here and go to a place where there is no war, until the war stops. After that, we can just plan to open the store, but the thin shopkeeper, who has always had a good temper, just added some more money to a few people and refused to leave no matter what.
There is no cook, so the shopkeeper just cooks the dishes on his own, relying on the skills he has learned from watching for many years. There is no waiter, so the shopkeeper is wearing a long faded gown, greeting the guests, and drinks are taken from the brewery area in the city. He was always running around alone, often having to rest several times before he could get the drinks and then go back and forth again. Chinese website
There were people in the city who couldn't escape. Seeing the hard work of the innkeeper of Changchun Inn, they often came to help. People who knew how to cook and take care of the inn often came around. In less than a few months, the innkeeper's cooking skills were reduced. There’s no need to run around to get drinks when the food is delicious. The people outside are in chaos, the smoke is driving away the clouds, and the sound of iron hoofs and swords is deafening. However, the old people in the city who are unable to escape, and the ordinary people who are unwilling to leave their homes due to lack of money, still go to the Changchun Inn to get a few drinks, whether they are drunk or drunk. Drunk to relieve worries, I still hope that the strong head of wine can suppress my fear and be able to take a few breaths. They all come to the inn by chance.
They have been friends for many years and do not talk about business. Even if they push a little money to the shopkeeper, they will still be sent back to their door or courtyard the next day.
After all, Luzhou didn't last long. Huang Fuchao's troops were heading towards Luzhou, and Luzhou was quickly flooded with iron cavalry. In the land of water and swamps, wars raged all over the sky. After the soldiers and horses of the royal court were killed and injured, the water in several places was stained with vermilion, and for several days However, they still couldn't stop the Xu Meng Mansion's sharpness, so they had to give up the flat land of Luzhou and retreat to Guzhou to recharge their batteries and not come into contact with the Xu Meng Mansion and the tribes' soldiers and horses. Fortunately, the army was defeated like a mountain, and the defense of Luzhou did not last long. The iron hoofs of the Xumeng Mansion did not encounter such a deadly obstruction. Even though they were still arrogant and arrogant, they did not do anything like massacre of the city. Dingding
Unfortunately, it happened that when Huang Fuchao's old illness recurred, people from Xumeng Mansion came to supervise the army, so although they robbed money and food, they were slightly restrained.
Ever since the troops from Xumeng Mansion entered the city, there has been very little business in the Changchun Inn. The shopkeeper was beaten twice by the soldiers and handed over most of the valuables, money and food. This saved him from the physical pain, but the business could not be done. , the wine shop has long been occupied by soldiers and horses of Xumeng Mansion. If you want to survive, you need to provide all the wine to the soldiers. When you rob women for fun, you naturally need some wine. However, every household in the city does not have much food left, so they have to They relied on wild vegetables and tree bark outside the city to satisfy their hunger. The people in Xumeng's mansion controlled the granary. Even though they saw that most of the people in the city were about to starve to death, they provided food twice, but it could only save people's lives. The strong people could not As for starving to death, it would be convenient to be sent to the army later.
The strong winds passing by and the lingering clouds have always been the way for scholars to march and advance to chess. All that is taken care of when conquering a place is the money, food and manpower. A strong man with some skills can join the army to make up for the shortage of soldiers and horses, and the money and food are gathered to supply most of the soldiers and horses. With the sound of the golden drum, Huang Fuchao's extremely skillful army formation and ability to attack cities and states were overwhelming, forcing the royal court to rely on the three states for support. , to fight to the death or to rely on delay, the winner lies in the hands of the Xu Meng Mansion, like a wave of hundreds of feet high and low building sweeping across all directions, for the sake of military speed, so most of the people in the states who fell into the hands of the Xu Meng Mansion suffered worse consequences die.
Thirty percent of the people who were acquainted with the innkeeper were dead, and there was no one who could come to the inn to help. However, the soldiers of Xumeng Mansion felt that such an inn was useless, and few people came, so they did not take them in, but let the innkeeper do it. Living here, it doesn't matter when you starve to death or when you contradict a soldier and have your head chopped off.
Therefore, the already thin shopkeeper sat at the table closest to the door every day, his eyes slightly closed, and his figure became thinner and thinner day by day. However, the number of times he went out to the city to find things to satisfy his hunger became increasingly rare. Everyone knows who or what the shopkeeper is waiting for, but every time a regular customer comes, the shopkeeper will put up his pen, lightly trace two strokes on the rice paper, and then hand over his little food to the shopkeeper. The opponent often excuses himself by saying that one person has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry.
There are several girls in the city who usually don't like women's red weaving clothes. They often come to the inn. Although they are not strong enough to drink, they still want to take advantage of the wine to make them say some cheerful words that are difficult to say at home. There seems to be no shortage of fresh clothes and horses in Dayuan. Girls who have no leisure all day long are no different from men. They catch eagles, fight dogs, dance with knives and guns. Wherever these girls are found in stalls, they all have a headache, but they are also It adds some scenery to Dayuan everywhere. The strange thing is that there are obviously young and promising young men in the city, and there is no shortage of skilled young men. The shopkeeper has always been dull, and his face is barely handsome, but he is always favored by these women, and some even The girl once asked the shopkeeper if she had a sweetheart under the pretense of being drunk, but she was avoided by the shopkeeper lightly, and everything was fine all the time.
It rained outside yesterday and scattered a lot of leaves.
The shopkeeper often said that across the street is the Guanyin Temple. Whether he believed it or not, he had to show some respect, so he would go out to clean in the early mornings no matter in winter or summer. But when the shopkeeper stepped out at dawn today, he saw people lying on the street. The girl with bruises all over her body had long since died in the cold rain, her face was pale and green.
The shopkeeper recognized this girl. When he was drunk and asked if she had a sweetheart, the shopkeeper noticed that this girl had a red hemorrhoid at the corner of her eyebrow. Now, looking at the scars all over her face, it was obvious that there was a red hemorrhoid at the corner of her eyebrow.
The girl was naked, her blood had been washed away by the rain, her wounds were white, and most of her bones had been broken. The shopkeeper didn't mind it, so he wiped the girl clean and applied concealing medicine. , put on clean clothes, carried the girl on his back outside the city, picked a hillside with lush vegetation to bury, and dragged a long stone with his thin body, carved the girl's family name, and then walked away slowly I returned to the Changchun Inn and sat down where I was, but I still felt that the sun was a bit dazzling today.
"Shopkeeper, what food and drinks do you have?"
A young man dressed as a soldier of Xumeng Mansion walked in outside the door and sat down opposite the shopkeeper without any explanation.
"The wild vegetables are given to others. Most of the bark of the trees inside and outside the city has been chewed onto the branches. There is no trace left. There is no wine head and no wine. You can't use your mouth to cook vegetables."
The shopkeeper gave a wry smile.
, shook his head.
"It is said that coming early is worse than coming wisely. Unfortunately, it is unlucky to come, let alone not early. But no matter what, it is coming, and it cannot be said to be a bad thing. I have never been afraid of big-bellied men when opening a store. The shopkeeper must not take offense. ” These words were quite strange and abrupt, completely inconsistent with what the shopkeeper said. However, the shopkeeper sitting across from him raised his sunken eye sockets, opened his eyes and looked at the soldier of the Xumeng Mansion sitting in front of him, but he did not look at it. Without any clues, I just felt that this man had a strong murderous aura.
"There are no intact eggs when the nest is overturned, but the people of Yuan Dynasty suffered a sudden disaster." The young man did not stay long, only looked deeply at the shopkeeper, picked up the long knife and stood up, "In a few days, I think Try the shopkeeper's craftsmanship, it can take as little as one day or as long as three days, and you will naturally have enough food, rice and fresh vegetables by then."
"Thanks in advance."
