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Chapter 248 Autumn Fu Thirteen
There are two restaurants in Dongmen City. One is a commercial restaurant, which is "semi-official". It is a hospitality restaurant exclusively used by the Travel Group. It is also open to the public on weekdays. However, because most of the visitors are Australian "chief ministers", ordinary locals The common people don't dare to ask about it.
The other one is the "Welfare Club Restaurant", which is relatively approachable and has a lot of gimmicks. It is said that this restaurant is run by an Australian woman. The food and wine are very good, and there are all kinds of people who go there. Zhou Qi has been longing for this place for a long time, but he didn't dare to pay attention because he was short of money - he didn't have the guts to go to an Australian restaurant for a meal.
This time I had quite a bit of money in my hand, so I naturally wanted to buy some foreign food.
I went to a restaurant on Saturday and a waiter came over to entertain me. He was drunk alone and didn't need a private room. He chose a seat by the window and ordered a few famous dishes. In fact, they were just scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried broccoli. He also ordered a bottle to be opened. Sugar cane wine, pour yourself and drink it.
I was happily eating and drinking when I suddenly heard someone singing downstairs. This kind of folk songs are often found in the market. Some of them dress up as Taoists or monks, but in fact they are neither Taoists nor monks. What they sing is not only to persuade people to be good and religious. Stories and other folk songs. Occasionally, he also compiles various news in the market into songs and sings them.
Zhou Qi didn't take it seriously at first. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he could hear the singer below talking and talking, and the people watching around him made obscene laughter and noises from time to time. It was really lively. Then I gradually listened carefully, and I almost burst into tears after listening to a few words. It turned out that this song was about Qiu Hong.
Although the song does not blatantly specify the name "Qiu Hong", it is called "Red Girl". As for the beating by Chen Minggang's wife that day, it is even more vivid. That's all. Next, we will arrange "Red Girl" and her husband's family name. The erotic affair of "Little Seventh Son"'s servant comes. Not only is the story full of emotion and emotion, but the story has branches and leaves. What about the little girl climbing the wall into the boudoir in the middle of the night, hiding under the bed, etc. As for the various content that the public loved to hear and see, the audience was all drooling after listening to it.
Zhou Qi was so angry that he wanted to fly the wine bottle down and destroy the place. No, not only did he want to destroy the place, he also asked the people on the fast shift to catch the singers and go to the Yamen to clean it up. But this is Dongmen City, the Yamen People here dare not go here to drink a glass of water without giving them money, and there is no way to talk about arresting people. If they drop a wine bottle, they will immediately be sent to the labor camp to smash stones and sift sand and be whipped.
Zhou Qi was so angry not because he was slandered, but because Qiu Hong was involved in the matter. Master has long suspected that Qiu Hong and himself are unclean. There are also many rumors outside. Now there is a vivid story of "Xiao Qizi's night party is the master's concubine, and Miss Hong is making a big fuss in the grape arbor". It's hard to hear it again in Master's ears. It's just unimaginable. Zhou Qi knew his master very well - he was a very mean and shrewd man, but he was particularly prone to confusion when it came to women. If he gets so angry that he wants to look good, his apprenticeship for decades will be in vain.
It's a pity that this will be done on someone else's property, so I don't dare to use my strength. Zhou Qi was like an ant on a hot pot, drinking glass after glass of wine, just hoping that the crowd would disperse early so that he could rush down to give singing a warning and give him some money to get out early.
The singer was not in a hurry. After singing about the deeds of the "Red Girl", he changed another section. Zhou Qi listened carefully and it had nothing to do with him. It turned out to be the current affairs news about the Liaodong war, and the people here were vaguely aware of it. I know that the imperial court is fighting with the savages in the far north, but I know nothing about the specific things, so many people are listening. Zhou Qi was not interested in court affairs, so he felt relieved after hearing that it had nothing to do with him. Just waiting for the show to end in the restaurant.
This small episode made Zhou Qi's originally relaxed mood sour. Thinking of his relationship with his master, his future looked really gloomy.
When you are in a bad mood, drinking seems to be like drinking to drown your sorrows. After a while, a bottle of sugar cane wine was consumed. This rum is distilled liquor. Although it has a slight sweetness and is easy to drink, the alcohol content is about 40 degrees. Zhou Qi is already a little tipsy.
The wine makes me sad and full of complaints. Zhou Qi thought about how he became a disciple at the age of thirteen and had been following Chen Minggang for almost twenty years. He had always been loyal and loyal, but there was no benefit at all. Now that he was a prostitute and was suspected by his master, he couldn't help but resent his master.
I was drinking wine when I suddenly heard a greeting:
"Hey, isn't this seventh brother?"
Zhou Qi raised his eyes and saw that the person coming was in his forties, dark and fat, with two jet-black mustaches, a greasy net scarf on his head, and an unknown color. He looks like a small businessman rather than a respectable man. He blinked his blurry eyes for a long time before he remembered:
"Isn't this Goubuli?"
Gou Bri worked as a cook on the small stove in Goujiazhuang. Every time Chen Minggang went to Goujiazhuang, he was the one who cooked and entertained. He served his master on Zhou Qi and often came in and out of the kitchen, where he met Gou Bri.
"Exactly" Gou Bri said with a smile on his face, "Brother Qi, why are you drinking alone here? I am also alone. Let's share a table together. I'll treat you."
Seeing that there was free food available on Zhou Qi, he naturally did not refuse. Goubli passed by. Gou Bri occupied a single room, and there were seven or eight dishes placed on the round table, all of which were the restaurant's specialty dishes - especially the roasted suckling pig, which made Zhou Qi's eyelids swell. This roasted suckling pig was only served at important banquets of wealthy families in the past. It is said that in Guangzhou, one would be sold for one or two taels of silver.
The waiter came over, moved the food and wine, and arranged the dishes again. The two of them exchanged cups and drank again. Zhou Qi took advantage of his drunkenness and said: "Lao Gou, now that you are rich, you can drink and eat roast suckling pig alone. In the past, you could only roast suckling pig for others."
Goubli said with a smile: "Isn't it thanks to the Australians that Dongmen City is such a good city? I never dreamed of it. There are so many people here who are willing to spend money. I open a small hotel and it's pretty good." "
Zhou Qiyi heard that he was "very passable". According to his old temper, he would "beat the autumn wind" when he opened his mouth. However, he still had some sense in his heart and knew that the prestige of the yamen could not be tolerated here in Dongmen City. He opened his mouth and then Swallowed. He just sighed and said:
"Everyone of you is doing well."
The grumbling in his words was clearly revealed, and Gou Bri saw that he was already five or six points drunk. Knowing that the time had come, he took the opportunity and asked:
"Brother Qi, haven't you been helping your master collect autumn grain recently? Naturally, there will be many benefits this season."
"Although there are many benefits, they are not mine-" Zhou Qi and Gou Bri were actually just acquaintances. But at the moment he was depressed and had had a few more drinks, so someone to talk to was just what he wanted. I couldn't help but pull out all the words in my heart.
When she talked about her master being mean and ungrateful, when she talked about how hopeless her future was, when she talked about her master being suspicious of her, Zhou Qi was filled with grievances and dissatisfaction. Gou Bri just listened attentively, instead of chiming in a few words and pouring wine and food for him from time to time. Zhou Qi felt very relaxed, and his words became more and more explicit.
"What red girl songs are still being sung here in Dongmen City?" Zhou Qida complained, "Is this kind of thing arranged casually? My master is already very disliked for this baseless thing. Me"
"As long as you hold it upright and sit upright, you won't be able to splash dirty water on it -"
"The idea is easy to come up with, but it is not easy to implement. If the muddy water is poured on you, it is quite difficult to escape." Zhou Qi said angrily, "I don't know which one, I have nothing to do when I am full."
"There's always someone who has a grudge against you, or someone who has a beef with your master."
After much deliberation, this matter was probably caused by the Zhang brothers. They hate Qiu Hong to the core. Only they can do such dirty things, and only they have the ability to make the matter a storm in the city. But even if he knew it, it would be useless - of course there was nothing he could do about the Zhang brothers
He sighed in annoyance: "Now I am just hanging out day by day, taking advantage of the fact that I can still make some money to save for retirement. Otherwise, those little bastards from the Chen family might not be so mean."
"Of course you can't count on your junior brothers." Gou Bri's small eyes wandered around, "Zhang Wu, on the other hand, is very ruthless in what he does. Brother Qi, you have to be more careful in the future. He is looking for you. I don’t dare to take advantage of Master’s bad luck, so I can’t guarantee that I won’t vent my anger on you.”
Zhou Qiyilin, this brat like Zhang Wu dared to follow his sister to arrest and beat Qiuhong, but he didn't do it casually. After all, Chen Minggang was his brother-in-law and the clerk of the household, so he didn't dare to do anything. Even if he beats him to death, he can still get away with it as his brother Zhang Shi is the secretary of the execution room. I’m afraid the master may not stand up for himself.
"Alas" Zhou Qi sighed again, "It's just bad luck. I just focused on doing things for Master. I didn't expect that other people's housework could also cause trouble for me."
"In this kind of thing, you have to see the opportunity yourself, don't get into too deep-"
Although Zhou Qi was a little dizzy, he heard the words clearly. It seemed that there was meaning in the words, so he hurriedly asked: "Brother Gou"
"Your master's pool," Gou Buri pretended to be mysterious, "don't sink too deep."
Zhou Qi seemed to understand, but he understood a little bit what Gou Bri meant, which was just to tell him not to be too dedicated to serving his master, but there seemed to be something else in his words.
"After all, we are master and disciple," Zhou Qi said. "I can do whatever he takes care of, and it's hard not to please."
Goubli said: "Brother Qi, you still have to find a way out as soon as possible."
