To the east of Chang'an, Lantian County.
The weather outside was already getting warmer, so the tavern clerk in the city yawned and slowly opened the door of his shop.
Now, the Chinese New Year is coming soon!
In previous years, at this time of year, the business in the tavern would be deserted. After all, the guests are busy during the New Year, so where can they have free time to eat out?
In addition, their store is located near the city gate. On weekdays, it mainly deals with customers and merchants. Now that there are no customers outside, how can anyone come to visit them again?
"Hey, so is the shopkeeper! There are no customers outside, and we didn't rush to start the holiday so that I could go home and play!"
I couldn't help but murmur to myself, but the waiter kept working on it. First, he fixed the horizontal bar brackets against the doors and windows one by one, and then hung up the lanterns.
After all this work was done, the man stretched himself and prepared to go back to find a corner to continue dozing off.
However, what he didn't expect was that before he walked into the store, four men with disheveled hair and messy clothes suddenly appeared in front of him, like beggars!
"You...you..."
I was shocked by the four people who suddenly appeared! The shop clerk was stunned for a moment, and then he got angry. He picked up a broom at hand, pointed at the four people, compared them, and yelled angrily: "You stinky beggar from there! How dare you come to the uncle's shop to cause trouble?" ! Get out! Get out quickly? If you don’t get out quickly, grandpa won’t let you go!”
"Snapped……"
Before the boy finished speaking, his eyes suddenly blurred. When he realized what he was doing and hurriedly lowered his head to look again, the broom in his hand had already been in the hands of a big man on the opposite side.
Watching helplessly, this hard broom made of old bamboo from the mountains was crushed bit by bit like clay in the hands of the big man, and the man's throat immediately made a strange sound. , the whole person took a few steps back, until they were against the wall, unable to retreat, and then they stopped.
"You, what are you going to do! This is Lantian County, the fiefdom of Princess Lantian..."
After swallowing hard, the man's hand still kept grabbing the broom, but his heart was already cold!
"Aren't these people the thieves from the Qinling Mountains? I heard a passerby say a while ago that those thieves are so fierce! Now it's possible that they have no money to celebrate the New Year and are ready to go to the city to do something big?!
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I felt. After a while, the waiter's legs began to shake involuntarily, and he almost peed on the spot.
"Go and get some meat for the uncle quickly. If there are vegetables, stir-fry some more!"
Fortunately, the thieves in front of him didn't immediately take out a knife, put it on his neck, and say "Money or death!" Instead, they rushed into the tavern and sat down, then beat the table and shouted loudly. Urging the food to be served, it feels like a starving ghost reincarnated!
"Who! What's the fuss about!" On the second floor of the tavern, the shopkeeper, who was wearing only one layer of underwear, opened the door impatiently and shouted downstairs with drowsiness!
It was approaching the end of the year, and he could finally rest for a while. Unexpectedly, he would encounter such a situation so early in the morning. God, he would not let her rest!
"The shopkeeper's!"
Downstairs, the waiter also saw the shopkeeper at this time. He immediately felt like he had found the backbone and rushed to the stairs. He raised his hands and said, "Look, shopkeeper! These few beggars are asking for money." My son came to our house early in the morning, not only did he say auspicious words, but he also wanted us to serve him delicious food and drinks! He really treated himself like an uncle!"
"Begging for money?" When the shopkeeper heard this, he frowned slightly and looked downstairs with squinted eyes. As expected, he saw a few unkempt guys sitting around the table in the hall.
"It's just a few beggars, what are you yelling about! It's almost the Chinese New Year, and it's really not easy for the beggars to come out to beg at this time! So, you go to the kitchen and give them some steamed buns from last night! Let them go Find a place to eat outside, don’t delay our business!”
Staring at the waiter with dissatisfaction, the shopkeeper shook off his sleeves and was about to turn around and go back to his room when he heard the bald man below suddenly yell angrily:
"You waiter and old man are so indifferent, who is the beggar? The uncle is obviously a distinguished guest! Why don't you quickly bring me all the good food in the store and boil two pots of wine? Are you afraid that the uncle won't pay? "
"Uncle?" After hearing the bald man's words, the shopkeeper couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth a few times. At the same time, he looked Liu Hongji up and down. Only then did he believe what the waiter said at the beginning, and his face couldn't help but darken.
"That's unreasonable. Where did your bold beggars come from! Get out of here! If you don't get out, I'm going to call the street police to arrest people!"
As the galloping scolded him, the shopkeeper quietly winked at the sad and indignant clerk below. When the clerk looked at it, he immediately understood and quickly shrank his neck and quietly moved out of the door.
"Tear..."
And just when the waiter quietly stepped out of the door, he was about to rush to the county government to complain.
Suddenly, a younger man sitting at the table stood up, reached out and tore off the hem of his clothes. Suddenly, dozens of golden, yellow-orange leaves scattered from it, spread out on the ground in various directions, and were shot in. When the sun shines, it's so bright that you can't even open your eyes.
"Gold?"
Ever since he saw the golden leaves falling to the ground, the shopkeeper on the second floor immediately felt as if he had been hit in the chest with a heavy hammer. His whole waist bent down, and even his breathing became much faster.
Although he was a little far away from the guests downstairs at this time, the charming golden light could not be faked. The beggar in front of him actually went out with this much gold? No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t feel right!
“Could it be that these people are planning to come out to sell the stolen goods?
The shopkeeper was still thinking wildly, but down below, the young man had already banged the table!
"Enough! If it's enough, serve me the food quickly, and give me a jug of the best wine. If you dare to mix it with water, I'll blow up your stall!"
"okay!"
Seeing that his waiter was completely stunned at this time and didn't even blink, the shopkeeper had no choice but to run downstairs himself, came to a few people and asked diligently.
"Uncle, the shop is approaching the New Year's Eve and we don't have enough stock! But today the butcher Zhang next door said that the New Year pig was stupid. How about I ask the waiter to buy some bones and make a pot of fresh soup? What do you think?"
"Broth?" Several beggar-looking people almost drooled after hearing this, and nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay! Hurry, hurry, hurry! Go buy it quickly, we are going to starve to death!"
