Xiao Huadong smiled faintly: "If you are in trouble, the special envoy will not be in trouble?"
"They, they are high-ranking officials. How can we compare with them." Pu Yi shook his head and sighed heavily.
Xiao Huadong looked at Pu Yi disdainfully: "The little saint is people-oriented. No matter you are a high-ranking official or an ordinary citizen, there is no place where he has not tried his best to protect you."
"Let me think about this." Pu Yi thought about it while drinking tea.
Xiao Huadong took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Don't miss this opportunity, it will never come back."
"Did the little saint really do this?" After hearing this, Pu Yi was still a little hesitant, "Besides, the climate there is harsh, and it is not comparable to that of Xi County."
"The security team under the little saint can defeat the Hu people and Tubo at a very small cost. Only by cherishing the lives of the soldiers can they bring victory one after another." Xiao Huadong looked at Pu Yi and felt that this person was a bit like a mother-in-law.
"I heard that people there have extremely dark skin." Pu Yi still shook his head and continued to talk about the difficulties, "I'm afraid that I will also tan like a black man and look like a Kunlun slave."
Sure enough, he is the son of a businessman and he cares about every detail, Xiao Huadong thought.
"The reason why the Tubo people are dark is that they have not worn clothes since they were young and have been exposed to the sun. Hours are the key, and it is difficult to change the tanned skin." Xiao Huadong explained patiently, taking a look at Pu Yi, "You are now an adult. Fair skin cannot be tanned.”
Pu Yi scratched his head and felt a little embarrassed: "I'm just afraid that my fair skin will be tanned and I'll be disliked by my wife."
"Being rejected by the wife at home? This excuse is too clumsy. I think you want to find more wives." Xiao Huadong looked at Pu Yi with a sneer.
Pu Yi looked at Xiao Huadong and felt a little unhappy: "I'm not like you. I have a beautiful appearance. My only advantage is that my skin is whiter. If these advantages are gone, then life won't be much fun."
"What is a man doing for nothing?" Xiao Huadong asked impatiently, "If you don't want to, then I will go to Tibet alone."
Pu Yi has average facial features but fair skin; Xiao Huadong has fair skin, but has a straight nose and pointed eyebrows.
"Just go, what are you afraid of? If I don't become a county magistrate, I won't come back." Pu Yi patted his chest, "Lest my wife nag me every day that I have no future."
"Don't keep talking about your wife," Xiao Huadong glanced at Pu Yi with disdain, "If you want to take a concubine, you also want to find a wife as an excuse. Be careful that your wife knows about it and won't let you take a concubine."
"She dares?" Pu Yi almost jumped up when he heard this and said angrily.
Xiao Huadong smiled slightly, glanced at the Jingyuan Restaurant opposite, pointed at the restaurant and said: "If you want me to tell my sister-in-law, that's easy. Treat me to the Jingyuan Restaurant."
"What a return to the west (characterized by Xiao Huadong). It turns out that you have been talking for a long time just to break the bamboo and carry it." Pu Yi gave him a dissatisfied look and lowered his head to drink tea.
Xiao Huadong smiled faintly and asked while drinking tea: "Rongda (Pu Yizi), do you want to treat me?"
"A treat, a treat. Just wish us a good future." After hearing Xiao Huadong's words, Pu Yi was still afraid that Xiao Huadong would sue, so he had to agree.
Xiao Huadong smiled slightly. Although Pu Yi's family was a businessman, he was not generous.
To put it nicely, it sounds smart, but to say it poorly, it sounds stingy.
Now that he had this opportunity to kill him, Xiao Huadong couldn't be happy.
When I came to Jingyuan Restaurant, there were not only waiters but also ladies.
"Two guests, our restaurant has just invented a new dish called Spicy Tofu. Are you interested?" As soon as they sat down at the table, a young woman with a voice like a bell asked while opening the water for him.
"I have eaten tofu, but I have never tried spicy tofu. What does it taste like?" Xiao Huadong looked at the young lady, blinked and asked.
Seeing Xiao Huadong dressed as a scholar winking at him, the young lady couldn't help but blush.
Most restaurants only have male waiters, but only high-end restaurants like Jingyuan have waitresses.
Although they are all young ladies, the ladies in these restaurants are also divided into several levels.
The lowest level is like a waiter in a shop, serving tea, water, menus, and meals to guests.
However, there is no waitress in the ordinary lobby, only the waiter. Only in the private rooms can you enjoy the service of the waiter.
Intermediate ladies can play and sing, but their singing skills are average, allowing guests to enjoy the music while eating.
The high-end young ladies are excellent at singing and playing, and are as good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting as the number one in the brothel.
Although they are both buildings, restaurants and brothels are still different.
The bodies of brothel ladies do not belong to themselves, they belong to the brothel, and they are sold to the brothel.
But the lady in the wine glass belongs entirely to herself, and she has a cooperative relationship with the restaurant.
Restaurants are mainly about wine and food, supplemented by sounds and colors; brothels are mainly about sounds and colors, supplemented by wine and food.
There may be prostitution in brothels, but prostitution is absolutely not allowed in restaurants.
If there are still people selling their bodies in restaurants, what is the difference between them and brothels?
At Jingyuan Restaurant, Xiao Huadong was drinking and tasting spicy tofu.
While he and Pu Yi were eating, they kept wiping the sweat from their foreheads with hand towels.
Even though it was winter, it still made him sweat.
"It's so spicy, so numb." Xiao Huadong and Pu Yi exclaimed while eating, "It's delicious, it's delicious. I've never tasted this kind of taste before, it's so delicious."
"Yes, this is the authentic Sichuan cuisine. Even Jingyuan Restaurant in Beijing is not as authentic as here." Pu Yi kept wiping the sweat from his forehead while picking up famous dishes such as braised pork belly, steamed pork with rice flour, and twice-cooked pork.
Xiao Huadong nodded: "Although Jingyuan Restaurant in the capital also has these signature dishes, Jingyuan Restaurant caters to the tastes of the people in the capital, so how can they be as authentic as here."
There was a tinkling sound, and a little lady was playing the music between mountains and rivers here.
Hearing this sound, Xiao Huadong and Pu Yi suddenly felt a lot cooler in their hearts, because the little lady was playing nothing else but "Between Mountains and Rivers".
After listening, Xiao Huadong suddenly waved to the little lady: "Stop, stop."
Hearing Xiao Huadong's words, the little lady just stopped playing.
"Little lady, I remember there is no music, how come there is "Between Mountains and Rivers"?" Xiao Huadong was quick to think. This little lady is a high-class lady. She can't play a piece of music without a consistent delivery card or above. .
The pick-up card is the most valuable money today, more valuable than silver and copper coins, and is basically equivalent to ten guan.
You know, a ninth-grade court official only lasts for more than ten sessions in a month.
The two of them are just petty officials, the kind who don't have salaries in the capital.
Since it was Zhaojiazhuang who asked them to come to Xixian County from the capital, they would naturally not be treated badly.
Zhaojiazhuang issued 20 pick-up cards for travel expenses, which was more than enough for consumption on the road.
Since the two of them had never received a salary, they were more frugal along the way and basically lived frugally.
However, when they arrived in Xixian County, the two of them had less than five pick-up cards each.
The meal the two of them had was in the private room of Jingyuan Restaurant, and all they ordered were Jingyuan Restaurant's signature dishes.
Calculated in this way, the Wuguan Pickup Card can basically be used up.
Pu Yi turned pale when he heard the price.
However, he had already agreed to the treat, so he had no choice but to endure it.
Unexpectedly, now there is another young lady playing the piano.
I heard the playing skills of these young ladies, they are not ordinary young ladies.
Thinking of this, sweat started to flow from his forehead again.
This sweat included both spicy sweat and sweat that made him uncomfortable.
Xiao Huadong ostensibly asked Pu Yi to treat him, but after hearing the price, he still planned to pay half of it himself.
If the other party wants to treat you, you can't take out all the money you have pocketed.
After all, Xiao Huadong is a scholar, and he still has principles for being a human being.
But even if the two of them spent together, including the cost of playing the music, there would be little left.
The young lady in pink clothes slowly stood up from her seat and smiled at the two of them.
She saluted with ten thousand blessings and made a voice like an oriole to the two of them: "I dare to ask these two talented people, but Xiao Huixi and Pu Rongda from the capital?"
"Exactly, how do you know my name, little lady?" The two looked at each other and asked in surprise while returning the courtesy.
The young lady gave another blessing and said with a slight smile: "Zhaojiazhuang knew that these two talented people were going to work in Tubo, so they specially asked the servants to come and play for the two gentlemen. In addition, the food and drinks are free."
"Young lady can make the decision?" Xiao Huadong couldn't believe it.
After all, the young lady could only represent herself, and at most she would be exempted from the cost of playing, which made Xiao Huadong unable to help but wonder.
He couldn't help but look at Pu Yi. Pu Yi shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
Pu Yi's mood was extremely complicated. Of course he hoped to be exempted from the fee, but he was even more worried that it was a fake.
Thinking of this, his heart almost jumped out of his chest, and he stared at the little lady intently.
When the young lady saw Pu Yi staring at her, she felt a little embarrassed and had to lower her head.
Seeing the young lady lowering her head, Pu Yi couldn't help but feel anxious. Could it be a fake?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn pale.
At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as an official opened the curtain and came to the private room.
With a smile on his face, he saluted Xiao Huadong and Pu Yi: "I dare to ask these two talented people, but Xiao Huixi and Pu Rongda? I am the shopkeeper here."
When they heard that the shopkeeper was coming, the two of them didn't dare to neglect.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, although merchants have the lowest status, Zhaojiazhuang is different.
Isn't it? Liu Quan, the shopkeeper of Jianfang in Zhaojiazhuang, the capital, was personally appointed as a ninth-grade official by an official order.
There is no need to worry about whether the official is an official or an official. Generally, it is recommended by the Ministry of Personnel. As long as there are no major problems, the official will agree.
The reason why the officials personally intervened in this matter was not because of Zhaojiazhuang.
"Don't dare, don't dare, that's right." Facing this restaurant, which is also related to Zhaojiazhuang, the two of them immediately stopped their contempt and hurriedly returned the favor.
"She is my niece and the lady in charge, so of course she means what she says." Faced with Xiao Huadong's question, the shopkeeper let her answer while stroking her beard.
It turns out that this woman is not only the lady's manager, but also the niece of the shopkeeper, so she speaks naturally.
Xiao Huadong couldn't help but blush at this time. This misunderstanding was huge.
He was kind enough to give him a free bill, but he actually doubted this little lady.
He let his eyes keep moving between Xiao Huadong and Miss Ren, and the more he looked at them, the happier he became.
He bowed his hands to Xiao Huadong and asked casually: "The old man also wants to have a drink with these two talented people. Is that okay?"
"It's rare that the shopkeeper is in a good mood, please." The two of them bowed their hands to Ren Qi in a gesture of invitation.
Let him nod and sit on the upper table, with the two sitting on his left and right respectively.
When the shopkeeper came up, not only was the atmosphere warm, the good wine and food just now were served again.
Miss Ren made a ding-dong sound and continued to play.
But instead of "Between Mountains and Rivers", she changed the song to "Half City of Smoke" which Xiao Huadong and the two had not heard yet.
Despite being deliberately persuaded to drink, the two of them turned red from drinking.
After hearing "Half City Smoke", which they had never heard before, Xiao Huadong and the two shook their heads and gently followed Miss Ren's beat with their fingers.
He nodded and suddenly asked casually: "Back to the West, how old is Ruguigeng?"
"It's only twenty-one this year." Xiao Huadong didn't understand why Ren Qi asked about this, so he had to answer.
"You are such a young man at a young age." Ren Qi nodded and said while stroking his beard.
He looked at Xiao Huadong and suddenly asked: "Do you have any arrangements for returning to the West?"
"The Xiongnu are not extinct, why do we call home?" Xiao Huadong didn't understand the meaning of Ren Qi's words, so he borrowed the words of the champion Hou Huo Qubing to answer.
Ren Qi was even more satisfied, with a smile on his face.
He looked at Xiao Huadong and asked calmly: "Look, how is my niece doing?"
Xiao Huadong couldn't help but look at Miss Ren and saw that she was about twenty-eight years old.
She has fair skin, an oval face, willow eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes.
In terms of appearance alone, this woman is indeed not bad.
But she is a singer, okay?
"Back to the West, my niece rarely comes out to play the piano. Today I heard that two talented people were away on business in Tubo, so I came out to play." Ren Qi said calmly as if he knew what Xiao Huadong meant.
His talent is not bad, and his playing is even better, but what about his character?
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