Old locust tree, Chenghuang Temple, small wine shop...
"That's weird, where did he go?" Bai Gu searched the places where the old beggar usually went, but he couldn't find him.
Bai Gu stood on the side of the road, thinking about where else he had missed, but didn't look for it.
"Oh, by the way! Yaojiu Hall! The old guy might have gone there to drink with that drunkard."
Bai Gu suddenly remembered that day he went to the old beggar to ask him to lead the way, and he found him in front of the Yaojiu Hall.
At that time, the drunkard fell to the ground drunk, and the old beggar kicked him but remained silent.
That kick looked pretty cruel.
Looking at the endless crowds of people in the Yaojiu Pavilion, Bai Gu secretly smacked his lips. The pub business in this city is so good. Business is so good every day, isn't it a huge profit!
Find some time and see if you can work here to make some extra money.
Bai Gu waited at the door for a long time, but did not see the old beggar. "Is this old guy really drinking here?"
After waiting for a short while, Bai Gu decided to sneak into the Yaojiu Pavilion to check the situation, and then withdraw if there was nothing there.
You can't waste your time just waiting here.
Bai Gu saw the right opportunity, followed quietly behind a group of big men, and slipped in.
After entering the Yaojiu Pavilion, Bai Gu realized that the pub was quite big.
The wine tables in the lobby on the first floor are placed in an enclosed manner, surrounding the counter in the middle. Hundreds of wine tables and chairs are arranged neatly, and the material is not very good. It looks like just ordinary pine wood.
The counter in the middle is different from ordinary stores. It is a "back"-shaped counter to facilitate entertaining customers. There is also an "I"-shaped wooden shelf set up in the middle, where various drinks and food are placed so that guests from all directions can see and order.
There is also a staircase next to the left hall. I think there is a place for business upstairs.
Bai Gu walked around the lobby, but still didn't find the old beggar, "Where did this old guy go?"
Could it be, on the second floor?
But judging from the costumes of the guests on the second floor, they all have money bags. There should be private rooms upstairs, so the consumption is not much lower.
Can the old beggar afford it? I'm afraid I won't be detained here washing dishes to pay off debts.
When Bai Gu thought of this, even though he still didn't believe it, he still planned to go upstairs and have a look.
At this moment, a man wearing a long coarse cloth walked in at the door. He had a light brown complexion, messy hair, and an unkempt beard, looking unkempt.
But a pair of eyes are extremely clear.
The man found a table by the window and ordered two bottles of wine and a plate of peanuts.
Bai Gu frowned and recognized the man.
He was the drunkard that day!
He should know the old guy and know where he is!
Bai Gu walked over and Shi Shiran sat opposite the man.
The drunkard didn't even raise his eyes and just drank and ate peanuts.
Bai Gu tentatively knocked on the table, trying to attract the drunkard's attention, "Hello, hello."
The drunkard still ignored him.
Bai Gu cleared his throat, "Do you know the old guy? I had a drink with you here a few days ago. Do you know where he is? I have something to do with him."
The drunkard finally raised his eyes and glanced at Bai Gu, then lowered his eyes again, "Do you know the old weirdo?"
The drunkard's voice is surprisingly nice, gentle and kind, which is far from his appearance.
"Anyway, I saw him standing next to you that day. You were lying on the ground, smelling of alcohol, and you couldn't wake up." Bai Gu thought for a while, "He was thin and short, with a slight hunched back, yellow teeth, and wrinkles. A bit too much, a bit short of hair. She looks very vulgar and likes to talk in a pornographic manner."
The drunkard nodded slightly.
He was right.
"That should be the same person, but the old monster left two days ago."
"Dead? So sudden?" Bai Gu was shocked, and then felt a little empty in his heart, "He was very lucky, why did he die?"
Too many things have happened in the past few days, and the changes have been so drastic that Bai Gu can't breathe. I originally thought about asking the old beggar to lead the way, and joke with each other to relax. As a result, now that he heard that the old beggar had died, Bai Gu felt a little disappointed.
From now on, it will be difficult to find someone like the old beggar who can talk, argue, tease, and help each other.
Although it was mostly old beggars who helped him.
Such people are actually considered good friends in Bai Gu's heart.
The book says that this is called the friendship of the year.
Now that he heard that his friend had died and he lost someone he could usually talk to and laugh about, Bai Gu was still very sad.
The corner of the drunkard's mouth twitched, "He just left here, not dead."
"Oh, that's it." Bai Lingma put away his sad expression.
Really, can't you make it clearer? It makes me feel high in vain, ah no, I feel sad in vain!
"Then where did he go? It's so good, why did he leave?" He was still thinking of asking him to lead the way and treat him to a meal after exchanging the snake scales for money.
After all, he always asked the old beggar to help him and treat him to meals many times. Although Bai Gu didn't say it on the surface, he still felt bad in his heart.
If you owe a favor, you have to pay it back. If you don't pay it back, it won't be justified.
"A place far away. I can't come back for the time being. Why, do you have anything to do with him?"
"Yeah, but there's no need for it now. With him or without him, it's not much different." It's just that with the old beggar, it will be much more convenient to go to Cheung Chau Pharmacy to meet Mr. Wu.
After drinking a bottle of wine, the drunkard suddenly raised his head and stared at Bai Gu, "What's your name?"
"Bai Gu, Bai Jianshuang's Bai, Dugu Zang's Gu."
Bai Gu heard both names from the Storytelling Hall. The former was a magnificent empress of the generation, and the latter was a carefree and carefree swordsman.
Both have one thing in common, they are both strong!
Strong enough to knock down a city with one palm and split the sea with one sword.
It's just that Bai Gu only regards them as fictional characters. How can there be such exaggerated people in reality.
The city is so strong and the sea is so wide, how could anyone knock them over and split them open?
But this does not prevent Bai Gu from treating them as idols.
Who doesn’t have a few people in mind that they want to be?
Bai Gu's thought was very simple. If he could become as strong as them, he would not have to worry about food, clothing, or housing. You can also act chivalrously and travel around, how great it is!
Unfortunately this is just imagination.
"Bai Jianshuang, Dugu Zang? Interesting." The drunkard took out a piece of stuff from his arms and threw it to Bai Gu, "This is what the old monster asked me to give to you when he left. He said that you would definitely find me, and you will definitely do the same with this thing." It comes in handy.”
Bai Gu took a closer look and saw that it was a locust wood sign. The old beggar took him to find the piece that Mr. Wu showed that day!
The old beggar is really good.
"Thank you very much. I have something else to do. You drink slowly while I take the first step." Bai Gu happily took the locust tree sign, thanked him, got up and left.
The drunkard was still immersed in drinking and eating peanuts, as if Bai Gu had never been here.
Not long after, a man in a green shirt slowly walked over and sat down where Bai Gu had just been.
With a smile on his lips, he is elegant and easy-going.
The drunkard raised his head and glanced at the visitor, "Who are you?"
"You don't need to care who I am, you just need to know that I'm happy today, and I invited you to have this drink."
"Aren't you afraid that I'll place a big order later?"
"I said, I'll treat you to a drink today." The man in green shirt smiled, his eyes fell on the drunkard's waist, and then back again, his tone was somewhat meaningful, "Drink slowly, it will take a long time, here You can’t finish the wine.”
After saying that, the man in green shirt left.
The drunkard stared in the direction in which the man in green shirt left, silently, but a peanut in his fingers quietly shattered.
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Bai Gu asked around and ran around, and finally arrived in front of Changzhou Pharmacy three hours later.
Without the old guy, this place would be really hard to find.
Bai Gu cursed secretly and walked in directly.
Just like the old beggar last time, Bai Gu handed the sophora wood sign to a small hall and said, "I'll look for you, Dr. Wu."
This small hallway was obviously not the same one as last time. He was not smart enough. He didn’t know Bai Gu or the locust wooden sign. He just threw the wooden sign back and threw it to the ground. "Go, go, where did you come from, poor boy? Get out of here." Go aside, don’t come here to act like a fool!”
Bai Gu was stunned for a moment. Although there was anger in his heart, he was suppressing it so as not to explode. Bai Gu silently picked up the sophora wood sign and handed it out again, "Go to your shopkeeper and have a look. He knows this wooden sign."
"Are you addicted to pretending to be big? Get out of here now, or I'll ask someone to throw you out!" The small hallway threw the locust sign again, this time directly to the door, hitting the threshold. superior.
The sophora wood sign is fine, but the threshold is cracked.
The small hall was startled and began to panic.
The front door, also known as the facade, is the face of a store. A person who is disfigured and walking on the road always looks bad. The same goes for doing business. The facade is damaged and people come and go every day. If the facade is rotten, isn't this the same as stepping on mud before letting people in?
What's more, it's a big pharmacy like Cheung Chau Pharmacy?
Even if the medical practitioners don't care about this, they still serve people.
This is what you think in your heart, but others may not necessarily think so.
Pharmacies are still pharmacies after all, and they are essentially merchants. Businessmen value profit over separation, and will not be able to afford it if there is no profit. A bad appearance will definitely create resentment and alienation, thus affecting the flow of customers.
Cheung Chau Pharmacy, the largest pharmacy in the city, has a daily customer flow of several thousand, if not tens of thousands.
If this affects the customer flow of Cheung Chau Pharmacy, I’m afraid I won’t be able to compensate for the small wages in the lobby!
It may even affect the family due to huge debts!
If you don’t believe it, you have to find a way. You must not let this responsibility fall on me.
The little waiter's mind was spinning. He grabbed Bai Gu's hand and shouted, "You shabby guy, how dare you break the threshold of our store! Come on, come on, catch him!"
From smashing the locust wood sign on the threshold to shouting in the small hallway, the process does not take more than three breaths.
There were hundreds of people in the entire lobby. Some of them were attracted by the sound of the locust sign falling and saw Bai Gu's hand in the small hall. The rest were attracted by the sound of the small hall.
So now everyone in the lobby unanimously believes that the threshold of Changzhou Pharmacy was damaged by Bai Gu, a shabby boy.
Looking at the looks from everyone in the small hall, he knew that Bai Gu would be the one to take the blame today!
Damn it? what's the situation? !
Bai Gu was confused, how could it be my fault?
Before Bai Gu could react, two big men came over and grabbed Bai Gu like a little chicken, dangling his feet in the air to prevent Bai Gu from running away.
"Tell me, do you want to pay for it privately, or report it to the public?" Seeing that the situation was favorable to him, Xiaotang felt confident and looked arrogant.
The villain succeeds.
Bai Gu struggled wildly in the hands of the two strong men. Seeing that he couldn't break free, he stopped struggling. He said angrily: "You obviously lost it, why do you rely on me? Can you please be reasonable?"
The waiter snorted coldly: "Obviously it was you who wanted to get credit from a poor family, but I refused. You got mad and tried to hit me with that broken wooden sign, but I blocked it and flew out. It's better for you now that you don't admit the fact and you bite back. One mouthful, slandering me. Everyone, please make the decision for me, otherwise I will be just a small prostitute, and I cannot afford such a crime!"
As he said this, he started to cry in grievance.
Bai Gu was stunned.
Why is there anyone more shameless than him? The acting is so good!
It’s true that if a tree doesn’t need its bark, it will definitely die, but if a person has no shame, it will be invincible in the world.
At this time, a middle-aged man in a blue robe walked over. He had a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows, and a face full of flesh. He was not easy to mess with at first glance.
He looked at the small corridor, then at Bai Gu, frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on?"
Xiao Zhongtang immediately told what happened, but it was his own adapted version.
The man in blue robe frowned, "Is that wooden sign yours?"
"Yes." The old beggar asked the drunkard to give the wooden sign to him. That thing is his.
"Manager Song, look, it's over now." The waiter immediately spoke up, fearing that Bai Gu wouldn't be able to take the blame.
The man in blue robe, who was called Manager Song, ignored the small hall. He just stretched out his hand and pressed it downwards. His voice was lowered and he said, "Put him down and send him to the backyard first. I will go there later. This will have a bad impact." !”
He glared at the small hall, "Today is your first day in the hall, and this kind of thing happened, so you should come with me!"
Then he turned around and bowed to the guests watching the excitement in the lobby. At the same time, he put on a smile that was barely kind and said, "I have surprised you all. Today, all medicinal materials in Cheung Chau Pharmacy are 20% off. Please forgive me."
Finally, he did not forget to instruct his replacement to go to the hall and ask his men to repair the threshold quickly so as not to delay the transaction.
Manager Song glanced at the locust wood sign that fell by the threshold, thought for a moment, and walked over to pick it up.
After doing all this, Manager Song walked to the backyard.
