"This is just a story!"
With a wry smile, Xiao Han pulled the old man back to his seat. During this period, Xiao Han did not forget to take a moment to look at the door and glance at the man who was so frightened that he broke the porcelain bowl.
As expected, the honest man was looking at a loss. Opposite him, the waiter had his left hand on his hips and his right hand pointing at someone, assuming a standard teapot posture. He was ready to scold him!
"Go and have a rest, go and have a rest!"
The still aggrieved old man also noticed Xiao Han's gaze, frowned and glanced at the door. After seeing the waiter's behavior clearly, he waved his hand impatiently and said: "This bowl was broken because of me, it has nothing to do with him. Just keep the accounts with me!"
After that, the old gentleman didn't wait for the waiter to respond, and turned back to stare at Xiao Han and asked, "What's the sequel to this story? It won't end here, right?"
"That doesn't mean..."
When Xiao Han saw that the old man had settled the matter with one sentence, he also looked back and continued with a wry smile: "Later, another official discovered this, but he just had an idea and came up with a way! Although, this way It seems a little unethical, but it works!"
"Oh? What method? Does he want to find those scoundrels, punish them severely, and kill them to scare the monkeys?" When the old man heard this, his eyebrows trembled and he asked.
However, Xiao Han shook his head: "Hey, in the year of great disaster, how can the government have so many people? Besides, those scoundrels won't write on their heads that I am a scoundrel! Then they will find someone in rags. It's not easy for the government to separate them if they wear the same clothes and blend in with the victims. "
"That's right!" When the old man heard this, his brows suddenly tightened: "What should we do?"
Xiao Han smiled and said, "It's simple! Just mix it with sand!"
"Added sand?" The old man didn't understand the meaning of these three words for a moment, so he looked up at Xiao Han in surprise.
Xiao Han tapped the tea bowl in front of him with his fingers: "Yes! Add sand to the porridge!"
"this……"
As soon as these words came out, the old gentleman was suddenly stunned! It wasn't until a while later that he suddenly stroked his beard and laughed out of breath: "This method is indeed... indeed, it is quite immoral! In this way, the scoundrel disliked the sand in the porridge and became terrified after drinking it. Naturally, I won’t drink anymore! And those real victims of the disaster are almost starving to death. They don’t care about sand or not. As long as it’s food, they won’t dislike it! I just don’t know who this genius can come up with. This method?"
"Who? Of course it's the most corrupt officials in the Qing Dynasty, Heshen and Zhongtang!"
Xiao Han looked at the laughing old man and added something strange in his heart, but what he said was: "Haha, this is just a story. As long as the old man knows: there is not much relationship between life and work. , sometimes, good people may not always do good things! And evil people may not necessarily do bad things!”
"Well, I would like to learn from you!"
Hearing these seemingly profound words, the old gentleman was moved in his heart, suppressed his smile, and nodded thoughtfully.
He believed that Xiao Han would not be too bored and just tell him a story, and there must be his thoughts in it.
"Old sir, thank you very much for your help."
The old gentleman was still frowning, lowering his head and thinking about something. Without realizing it, his vision suddenly went dark, and then a sturdy figure stood in front of him, bowing his hands to him in a restrained manner.
"you……"
Subconsciously, he raised his head and followed the figure. When he saw that this man was the man who had just broken the bowl, the old man realized it. He frowned slightly and said, "What kind of help? It's just a bowl." That’s all, besides, this bowl was indeed broken because of me, so you don’t have to keep it in mind!”
The honest man looked like a talkative person at first glance. Seeing that the old gentleman didn't seem to want to be polite to him, he didn't know what to say for a moment, so he had to cup his hands again, turned around, and was about to pick up the burden and go out of the teahouse. Go.
"Brother, stay!"
Unexpectedly, before the man's hand could touch the pole, Xiao Han, who was sitting at the table with the old gentleman behind him, called out to him.
"It's raining so hard, brothers, why not sit here for a while and wait for the rain to lighten up before going out." Xiao Han said to the man with a smile.
"Ahem, no, no need." The man paused, looked back at Xiao Han, and then looked guiltily at the waiter at the door.
It was raining so hard outside, and he didn't want to leave at this time. But he had soiled the ground and smashed the bowl for others. At this time, he was really embarrassed to stay here any longer.
"Hey, we are destined to meet each other! Come on, come on, sit down, waiter, and bring a pot of hot tea and some snacks!" Behind him, Xiao Han saw the man's embarrassment, chuckled, and turned to the waiter. shouted.
"Okay! Sir, please take a seat! Tea and snacks will be here soon!"
The waiter who had just finished cleaning up the broken bowls heard the sound and immediately responded with a smile. He was no longer as disgusted with the man as before. He hurriedly stepped forward to help the man pull out a stool and motioned for him to sit down. Then he went to the backyard. The kitchen started to get busy.
I don’t blame the waiter for changing his attitude faster than the weather. In fact, in this store today, only the young and old customers are the most generous!
Now seeing that they want tea and snacks, how can the waiter not be so excited? After all, his reputation lies in these good teas and snacks!
"Is this also one mixed with sand?"
Looking at the waiter who changed his face, the old man was stunned for a moment, then seemed to understand something, and then looked at Xiao Han's eyes with a little more admiration.
The man who carried the load finally sat down on the bench cautiously under the frequent glances from the waiter, but he refused to reach out for the tea and snacks in front of him.
"Haha, brother, why are you still busy working when it rains so heavily? Can't you wait until it stops raining tomorrow?" Xiao Han laughed when he saw the man's behavior. He was not in a hurry to give in, and just chatted about some common things. stand up.
"No...can't!" The man lowered his head and replied with some embarrassment: "The boss is urging me hard, saying that everything must be delivered to the ship today! If not delivered, wages will be deducted!"
"Oh? We must arrive today, why are you in such a hurry? Then what is in your load?"
"Well, I don't know why my boss is so anxious, but I heard from other people that the sea has been much calmer recently, and those thieves have disappeared, so my boss wants to take this opportunity to quickly go to sea to do some business. As for my burden, There are some fresh vegetables in it, so that the people on the ship can eat them at sea!"
