In the past three years, Cao Fa has grown a beard, and his face has become more weathered. He is no longer as young as in the past, and the smiling face that he often looked at the world is no longer there. He is no longer a waiter.
As for why we are here, I actually heard it from Li Laoer of the wine shop. After all, Cao Fa now occasionally goes to get two ounces of wine to drink. Ever since Jin Sanye's incident, he can't get rid of this problem.
Before Cao Fa could speak, Chen Changsheng said, "Help me."
Cao Fa quickly stepped forward, helped his husband pick up the peach wood, and then picked up the wine.
Chen Changsheng unlocked the door and entered.
Cao Fa followed closely, and then he saw his husband put the peach in his pocket on the table, and then he finished his work.
Cao Fa put the peach wood and wine aside.
He shook his sleeves and then saluted Mr.
"Cao Fa, meet sir!"
Just as he was about to kneel down, he was stopped by Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng said: "What do you want to say? Chen doesn't like this, please find a chair to sit on."
Cao Fa smiled after hearing this, then stopped being polite and sat down.
He knew that his husband had never liked these etiquettes, but he never thought that they had not changed after all these years.
After sitting down, Chen Changsheng handed him a peach.
Cao Fa asked: "Are these peaches grown by Miss Aqing of Taolin?"
"Do you recognize Ah Qing?" Chen Changsheng asked.
Cao Fa said: "Last year, Miss Ah Qing set up a stall on the street to sell peaches. When she saw Xiao Xiao, she rewarded me with one. It was also because she was Mr.'s disciple that I got this blessing."
"Why do you still talk like a waiter?"
"Replying to Mr. Chen, I haven't been like this for two years. It only happened when I met Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen has always been Mr. Cao Fa has always been the waiter with Mr. Chen."
Chen Changsheng didn't say he didn't want to. He knew Cao Fa's temperament. If he wasn't allowed to do this, he would probably feel uncomfortable all over.
Then just follow along.
Then Chen Changsheng asked Cao Fa how he had been in the teahouse these years.
At the beginning, Chen Changsheng just led him in. I don't know what his abilities will be like later.
Cao Fa then talked about what happened in the past three years.
He talked about the severe drought that year, the surrender of the rebels, and the incident of Jin Sanye, and also talked about his first coming to power in the cold winter.
"Thanks to the "Liao Zhai" that my husband left behind, the business of the tea house was the most prosperous during those days, and the young man did not embarrass my husband, and everything was good."
Chen Changsheng said: "It should be better than what I said."
After hearing this, Cao Fa quickly said: "It's far worse than Mr. Chen."
Chen Changsheng smiled and said: "You have been talking about books for more than two years. Is it difficult to tell the difference between high and low? Chen was just a dabbler at the beginning and just borrowed the novelty of "Liao Zhai"."
Cao Fa shook his head and said: "Without Mr. Chen, there would be no Cao Fa today. When it comes to storytelling, the younger ones are not as good as Mr. Chen."
You can say that anyone is bad, but you can't say that about Mr. Chen. Even Cao Fa didn't want Mr. Chen to say the same thing himself.
He is truly humble, because he always remembers how he grew from a waiter to become the well-known Mr. Cao in Qingshan City.
Chen Changsheng waved his hand and said, "If you are willing to think so, then Chen will just take advantage."
After hearing this, Cao Fa laughed and said, "Will Mr. Chen go to the restaurant to tell stories when he comes back this time? Shopkeeper Zhuang also hopes that he can come on stage to speak. Some guests still remember him."
"Isn't this you?"
"Sir is here, so you can be lazy."
"Then what if I don't leave?"
"The younger one will go back to work as a waiter, eating cooking cakes and eavesdropping on the teacher's stories like before."
"You, you..."
"Please also invite Mr. Chen to come back to the teahouse to tell stories."
Cao Fa bowed his head with his hands in hand. He no longer looked playful and spoke more seriously.
Chen Changsheng shook his head and said: "No, Chen was just looking for temporary pleasure back then, and now there is no shortage of storytellers in the teahouse."
"First……"
Cao Fa barely spoke a word when he was interrupted by Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng asked: "Where is Mr. Jin? Did he come back later?"
Cao Fa sighed slightly in his heart and stopped asking his husband to go back.
Then he said: "Jin Sanye has not come back..."
"From what you said, it sounds like he came back but didn't come back."
Cao Fa breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Back then, I was afraid that Mr. Jin had committed suicide. It was probably my fault that I said some harsh words at that time, otherwise Mr. Jin might not have left."
"I felt guilty for a long time. Then at the beginning of the next spring, several people from the world came to the teahouse and brought back a letter and several notes, all written by Mr. Jin."
"I also learned from the letter that Mr. Jin followed the caravan to the coast after leaving Qingshan City."
At first, Jin Sanye just wanted to go to the coast to look for some opportunities. He heard that clam workers there were very easy to find money, so he went there. However, the road was not easy. First, he heard about some mountain ghosts and ghosts from the wanderers in the temple. , and then mistakenly entered the monster cave, and the journey was wonderful...
Later, he recorded everything he saw and heard along the way, and spent all the money he had on paper and ink.
When they were approaching the coast, Mr. Jin wrote a letter and asked a few people who were traveling along the way to bring the letter and what they had seen along the way to Qingshan City.
"Later on, every six months, a letter would be sent back. Sometimes in the beginning of spring, sometimes in the end of winter, there was no exact date."
"I also learned from the letter that Jin Sanye dug up a good clam bead on the coast and made a lot of money. Later he left there, saying that he wanted to look around, search for the immortals, and tell what he saw. Record it all.”
"Most of the books Cao talks about today are also written by Jin Sanye."
"Although there are constant letters, I haven't seen him for many years and I still haven't seen Mr. Jin back."
Chen Changsheng said: "Perhaps Mr. Jin has his ambitions in the north and south of the country?"
After hearing this, Cao Fa said: "That is naturally the best."
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng said: "Chen is very curious about what Mr. Jin has seen and heard. I will go to the teahouse another day. I must listen carefully to what you have to say."
"Sir, just come."
Cao Fa stayed in the yard until late at night, and the two of them talked happily. If it hadn't been too late, he would have been reluctant to leave.
But there are regrets, probably because Mr. Chen is unwilling to return to the stage to tell stories.
Cao Fa has been waiting for his husband to come back.
But he couldn't force his husband if he didn't want to. He was already very content to see him again.
…
The night was blurry, and the moonlight fell into the courtyard, as if covered with a layer of white clothes.
Chen Changsheng sat in the courtyard for a while and then went out again.
Taking advantage of the night, we left Qingshan City.
He only brought a pot of peach wine with him, and he planned to pay homage to his old friend.
I don’t know if anyone has worshiped him over the years.
Go over and say something so he won't be lonely.
