When the waiter Wang San sat in front of Li Ye, it was almost midnight.
Li Ye had finished the corn pancakes in front of him, so he asked the waiter to bring another pot of tea and ordered a large bowl of beef noodles for the waiter Wang San.
Wang San is less than twenty and has a cute round face. At first glance, he looks like a simple and honest guy. Standing five feet taller, he sat across from Li Ye and said with a smile, "Young master, I don't know why you asked me to come here."
Li Ye looked at him and suddenly laughed. The originally dull atmosphere suddenly became relaxed because of this rare smile. Especially the sincere look in Li Ye's eyes made Wang San feel warm and safe.
"My name is Wuchen, and I am from Fengyun City in Dongxuan Region. Seeing how perfectly you control the blame, I feel jealous, so I invite you to come over and have a chat."
The clerk Wang San touched his head and smiled, and said: "To tell you the truth, little master, I used to move down from the second floor one by one, but one day a guest who also stayed in this inn taught me a method to let I practiced throwing the pots from above and stacking them on top of each other with the force of rotation..."
Li Ye smiled, thinking that the passing guest was naturally an expert in spiritual practice, otherwise how could the guy in this small town have thought of this method.
He smiled, poured him hot tea, and said, "How long have you been practicing? Have you ever broken a pot?"
"How can I not break it? I broke more than a dozen iron pots one after another, which made shopkeeper Huang deduct two months of my wages. I practiced for two months before and after, and then basically used the broken pots to practice. ."
Li Ye looked at Wang San's smiling face with a smile and said with infinite emotion, "I'm afraid you can't afford more than a dozen large iron pots with just two months' wages."
After Wang Sansi paid for a while, he said: "It's definitely not enough. It's our shopkeeper who only let me pay part of the money. At first, he said it was to punish me. Later, when I finished practicing, he returned the wages to me. It's just that I didn’t ask for it, so if I break the pot, I have to bear the responsibility.”
Li Ye heard that Wang San was almost childish, but when he thought about it carefully, he was actually somewhat respectable. Just for the advice of passing guests, Wang San practiced hard, even if he broke more than a dozen large iron pots, even if he got buckled by the shopkeeper. Two months' wages.
Looking at the fresh dimples on his round face, I suddenly felt that the guy in front of me was a responsible and cute person.
While the two were chatting, the waiter brought the beef noodles, placed them on the table, said hello to Li Ye and went downstairs.
Li Ye pushed the beef noodles in front of Wang San and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you to a bowl of beef noodles. You're welcome."
Wang San looked at Li Ye and smiled, saying, "I see that the young master is a real person, so I won't be polite."
After saying that, he lowered his head and picked up the chopsticks to pick up the sauced beef in the bowl.
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Wang San chatted with Li Ye for a while and then went back to the shop to work. In his words, he couldn't be lazy because his brothers were all busy making ends meet.
Li Ye smiled and said we would chat when we have time.
After paying the bill, he got up and returned to the guest room upstairs. Mumu was already sleeping like a little pig, snoring gently.
Li Ye walked to the bed, pulled the quilt for her, took off her shoes, and leaned on the other bed. He recalled in his mind the moment when Wang San threw the iron pot in his hand downstairs.
The old monk in the Great Buddha Temple once said: The dharma of transcending the world and the dharma of entering the world are the same. As long as you understand the truth, all dharma can be understood.
Judging from the blame today, Wang San, the guy who practiced swordsmanship on Tianshan Mountain and practiced archery on the boat, both practiced hard. Through repeated training, he found the method, and then he mastered a kung fu to a certain level. Complete.
Wang San's method of deflecting blame cannot kill people.
If you think about it carefully, if the guests who passed by had taught Wang San the method of killing, he would have been able to develop a clever method of killing after months or years of hard practice.
At this time, Mu Mu was grinding his teeth in his sleep. After grinding his teeth for a while, he turned over and talked in his sleep, saying, "Brother, your hands are too soft, but Mu Mu's arrows are more powerful."
Li Ye looked at her quietly, smiling and listening to her grinding her teeth and talking in her sleep over and over again.
He wondered if Li Xiaoxue would grind his teeth in his sleep and talk in his sleep over and over again when he returned to Fengyun City from practicing cultivation in Fangcun Mountain.
Just as he was about to close his eyes and rest for a while, he saw a book with several pages turned on the table. He thought Mu Mu had taken it from the inn to read it, and after reading it, he felt sleepy and went to bed.
He stood up and walked to the table. He picked up the book on the table and opened it. It was "The Night of the Characters of the Central Region". Unexpectedly, this town was also included in the book biography of the Central Region. Li Ye couldn't help but open it. Take a closer look.
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Liexi is a small town along the Fuchun River. The entire ancient town was built on the mountains, forming a complete commercial tribe.
The structure of the town is "three axes of one mountain and one river". "One mountain" refers to the continuous mountains surrounding the town on three sides: west, north and east; "one river" refers to the Fuchun River on the surface; "three axes" refers to the columns spanning the east and west. Xilao Street, the main alley running from north to south, and West Commercial Exchange Street.
It is a high-altitude platform-shaped settlement with a dangerous terrain and a wide view. It is surrounded by mountains, ravines, rivers and other natural barriers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. It can absorb the essence of heaven and earth, and the semi-open space formed by the mountains plays a "hiding" role.
Because it is located on the Fuchun River in the commercial and logistics trading area, every household in Liexi's ten-mile long street is engaged in business. There are more than a dozen inns in the town alone, and more than a hundred mules and horses shuttle between the dock and the town every day to transport goods.
The town has a history of thousands of years. The main goods collected are salt, cloth, silk, porcelain, tung oil, alkali, mugwort, animal skins, etc. The merchants in the town operate with integrity and abide by the agreement that grains and rice can be transferred to the world. It is an important town for the transfer and circulation of materials in the Central Region.
The surnames Chen, Dong, Yao, Huang, and Hu in Liexi are mostly from the same clan. The Dong family has a strong fist and runs a "bodyguard business"; the Chen family owns a lot of land and mainly deals in "grain"; the Hu family has strong capital and runs a "bank"; Huang family Since Huang Hanzhang ranked first in the scientific examination in Wanxiang City, he has gained fame every year and served as many local officials, so he is called "Yuansheng". Each surname is involved in trade and transportation, and each has its own business name and fleet.
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Before he finished reading the book in his hand, it was already half past midnight. There was a knock on the door from his husband. Li Ye went over to open the door. Li Hongxiu came in, looked at Mu Mu who was still snoring, patted her gently and said: "Little lazy pig, wake up!"
Li Ye looked at his husband and smiled and said, "The shopkeeper of Huangji Shop opposite the inn asked us to have dinner, and I have already agreed."
The husband nodded and said, "When you go out, you want to meet more different people. It would be nice to have a chance to eat together." After that, he walked downstairs.
Mu Mu asked Li Hongxiu to grab it, rubbed his eyes and shouted, "Mu Mu is not a lazy pig."
Li Ye looked at Li Hongxiu, smiled, and said, "Master, please go downstairs first, and I will comb my sister's hair.
Li Hongxiu stood up holding Luo Qun, patted Li Ye on the shoulder and said, "Hurry up and come down, Master's wife is very hungry."
"Brother Mumu still wants to sleep." She looked at Li Ye and said, "Can you let me sleep for a while, just for a while."
Li Yeye sighed and said: "Shopkeeper Huang across the street said he wanted to treat us to a big dinner. I thought there would be something my sister would like to eat, so I woke you up. Since you don't want to eat, I'll leave and you can go back to sleep."
After speaking, he stood up.
When Mu Mu heard this, she jumped down, hugged Li Ye and said, "Brother, hurry up and comb Mu Mu's hair. I'm going to starve to death."
Li Ye took out the comb, pulled up her hair, looked at her and said, "You are not only a lazy pig. You are also a foodie. As long as there is delicious food, you will be indispensable."
Mu Mu pouted and said, "Brother, you don't like Mu Mu anymore. You would never have said that to me on Tianshan Mountain before."
Li Ye pinched the combed braid and said with a smile: "You are not so sleepy in Tianshan."
After saying that, he took her hand and left the room, heading downstairs.
When the two of them walked downstairs, Shopkeeper Huang and Boss Xie from Huangji Store, Mr. Li Hongxiu and Li Hongxiu were already sitting around a table on the first floor. The food and drinks had been set, waiting for Li Ye and Mu Mu to come down.
Boss Xie pointed at Shopkeeper Huang, looked at Li Ye and said, "Master, let me introduce it to you. This is Shopkeeper Heng of Huangji Shop across the street. Shopkeeper Huang is Mr. Mo's disciple, Master Wuchen."
Li Ye put his hands together for Shopkeeper Heng, saluted, pointed at Mu Mu and said, "I've seen Shopkeeper Huang, this is my sister."
Mu Mu obediently gave Shopkeeper Huang a blessing and said, "Hello, old uncle, I am Bai Mumu."
Shopkeeper Huang looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "I just met the young master downstairs. My assistant chatted with the young master for a while and said that the young master is a real person. Now that we meet him, it is true."
The gentleman pointed to the empty seat next to him and said calmly: "Hurry up and sit down, these elders have been waiting for a long time."
Li Ye sat down next to Mu Mu and leaned against Li Hongxiu. He cupped hands with Shopkeeper Huang and Boss Xie again and said, "I'm causing trouble for you two."
Boss Xie stood up and opened a jar of wine. He looked at his husband and said, "This is not the Shaodaozi from Fengyun City. This is the red glutinous rice wine brewed by the Liexi people themselves. It has been stored for ten years. Give it a try."
Before he finished speaking, the aroma of wine wafted from the table, with the sweetness of glutinous rice.
Shopkeeper Huang said with emotion: "It's hard to find wine from the past ten years. Most of the wine sold in the town was brewed in one or two years."
Boss Xie went around and poured a bowl for everyone, and said with a smile: "In the past, when I came here, the shopkeeper would treat me with two or three years' worth of wine. Today, Mr. Mo's luck has been delayed."
Shopkeeper Huang said with a smile: "Old Xie, you have drank many bottles of my wine for ten years. Mr. Mo is a guest from afar, so he should entertain you with fine wine."
The gentleman looked at the wine bowl in his hand, at the light red thick silk rice wine in the bowl, and was silent for a while.
He smiled and said: "It's really a blessing in life to be able to drink such fine wine because Shopkeeper Huang spent so much money! I hope we can get together again in the future!"
Shopkeeper Huang said: "There will definitely be a chance to see you again. Then I will treat you to a drink of wine."
Boss Xie said: "As long as you continue to walk on the Fuchun River, you will naturally meet Shopkeeper Huang and me again."
Mu Mu stood up with the wine and said in a sweet voice: "My brother once said that there is no place in life where we don't meet again."
