As soon as Xia Qing's roar ended, a lean and black figure suddenly emerged from the kitchen.
I saw that the boy was six feet tall, with a bronze complexion, thick eyebrows raised, clear eyes, an oval face with a high nose, a small wooden chopstick stuck in his bun, a rag and a wooden basin in his hand, and he was sipping a small mouthful. White Fang smiled innocently at Xia Qing.
Seeing Liu Yi's humorous and naive expression, Xia Qing couldn't help but laugh. She quickly stepped forward and patted his butt lightly, "You kid, you're laughing so hard, get to work! Be careful when you work, otherwise the object will be broken." Come on, let’s see if I don’t break your legs!”
"Okay, Boss Xia, look, I can keep these legs!"
Liu Yi moved his hands together and answered Xia Qing's joke casually.
Xia Qing, who was over 40 years old, gave Liu Yi a fond look, retracted her hands into her coarse robe, and brought out half a chicken with peony sauce, two grilled fish, two biscuits and three plates of pickles from the back kitchen. Shaking his big head, he walked straight towards Master Dongfang who was resting in the guest room.
Arriving in front of Master Dongfang, Xia Qing's face was filled with smiles.
"Oh! Mr. Dongfang, you and this smart girl are really a blessing to me today! Especially this Dongfang girl's sheng, it is really refreshing and refreshing. With a little practice in the future, it will definitely be as good as fantasy. He is a great talent among the top five music officials in Yuefu! I hope you will forgive me for interrupting today. Come on, come on, eat food, eat food!" Xia Qing opened her chatterbox and kept talking.
After all, Xia Qing is a businessman who puts profit first in everything. Just now Dongfang Chunsheng was halfway through his recitation. Although the people in the audience were still very interested, they were already drunk and had no intention of listening. It would be better to save the second half and make a lot of money the next day. Then, give more to Mr. Dongfang The reward is not worth the trip all the way.
When Dongfang Chunsheng heard Shopkeeper Xia's praise for his granddaughter, his original complaint about Shopkeeper Xia's unreasonable interruption disappeared. He laughed loudly and said, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Our grandfather and grandson have traveled here, and we should treat guests as they please. Shopkeeper Xia You don’t think my grandson is despicable, but it’s too late to thank him for helping him make a living, so why don’t you express your gratitude quickly? My granddaughter is just trying to catch up, how can she afford such praise from shopkeeper Xia!”
Dongfang Chunsheng, who has been in high and low officialdom and has traveled widely in the world, is familiar with people's past events. When faced with praise, he naturally shows the elegance of famous scholars and the humility rooted in the bones of Chinese people.
In fact, Dongfang Chunsheng and Xia Qing did not meet by chance, and his friendship with Xia Qing was by no means as simple as everyone saw on the surface. However, this is all a story for another day.
On the contrary, Dongfang Yu, with his childish nature, pursed his lips after hearing what his grandfather said, and seemed a little unhappy. He didn't know whether it was because he was dissatisfied with Xia Qing for suddenly interrupting his grandfather's reading, or because of his modest words. Feeling displeased, the little girl never felt good about Xia Qing.
After the meal, the two parties exchanged some polite greetings. Xia Qing took the opportunity to leave and arranged a place for her grandfather and grandson to live in the restaurant, and then she and Liu Yi took care of the mess together.
After about an hour, the toad climbed up the tree and the stars were on the branches.
Xia Qing and Liu Yi, with stains on their chests and soaked clothes, finally got rid of the mess in the building after a lot of back and forth. At this moment, the two of them were sitting at the stairs on the third floor, eating the extra food by the light of the lamp, and devouring it.
"Xiao Liu Yi, you came to work for me when you were eight years old, and it has been three years and four months now! You are not very old, but you can still be considered an old man in this store!" Xia Qing said with her mouth full. Dish, vague.
"Of course, we have been in the industry for many years! Boss Xia, I know all your tricks to fool the drinkers! If we get rich in the future, we will open a Wangnan Tower in Taihao City, the capital of Quzhou, and we will definitely do business. Much more prosperous than you!" Liu Yi was also eating a big meal and said vaguely to Xia Qing.
As Xia Qing spoke, she stretched out her right hand and gave Liu Yi a hard chestnut. She taught him a lesson like an elder, "Bah, how can a gentleman establish himself if he is not determined? Are you so ambitious? Your drunkard father has been since he was six years old. I put you on the desk to study, just to let you do these eight jobs when you grow up? I have a close relationship with your alcoholic father, which can be said to be irreconcilable. Asking you to come to do errands every time is a favor. Old friend, I am definitely not asking you to do this job of chef after being crowned. You have to learn more about the past and understand the present. In the future, instead of being a minister of the Central Government, you can at least become a state shepherd or a general. Do you hear me?"
Liu Yi rubbed his head and complained aggrievedly, "In this peaceful and prosperous age, there were no natural disasters and no military disasters. Where did so many pies from the sky come from? Ju Xiaolian was controlled by a wealthy family every year and did not rely on the family. The poor wanted to It’s not that easy to change the world if you want to get ahead and change the sun and the moon!”
Xia Qing quickly swallowed the food in her mouth, covered Liu Yi's mouth, and made a silencing gesture, "Shh, kid, just talk to me about this, but don't use these words to make fun of us, Lingyuan It’s not like you don’t know what the weather is like, if you don’t do it right, your life could easily be lost!”
Xia Qing and Liu Yi's father were brothers and sisters, and they were very helpful to their father and son. Liu Yi respected Xia Qing as if he were his biological father. Although he did not agree with Xia Qing's attitude of being groveling towards the powerful, he did not refute in the end, and just snorted slightly. , then bowed their heads and remained silent. The two of them just opened their mouths to eat and were silent for a long time!
"Are you still staying here tonight?" Xia Qing started talking again.
Liu Yi was a little annoyed that Xia Qing asked questions knowingly, and said impatiently, "Yes, except for New Year's Eve, I'm here with you, Boss Xia, on every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year!"
"On the first day of every month, your drunkard dad really turns into a ghost. He never comes or goes without a trace. I don't know whether he got drunk alone or had a secret meeting with his lover under the moon, leaving a little guy like you alone and helpless. He’s really relieved! That’s all, go get some rest early! You’ll still be busy tomorrow!”
After saying that, Xia Qing stood up, stretched her waist, and walked slowly into the accounting room.
After Liu Yi cleaned up the leftovers, he thought of the world where wolves eat meat and dogs eat shit. He felt a little annoyed in his heart. He suddenly felt helpless and simply walked into the T-shaped guest room on the third floor alone. He leaned on the window sill with his chin on his arm and looked far away. Looking at the moon, I wandered too far away.
Will there be a fairy as beautiful as my mother on the moon?
Why does my father only say that my mother is beautiful, but never tell me about my mother's past?
Well...Boss Xia told me to seek meritorious service, but actually what he said was wrong.
My father asked me to read so many books. I know that the officialdom is like a battlefield. I wander around temples and rivers and lakes. I don't know when I will be killed. It is not as happy as ordinary people in the city who sleep in the morning and sleep at night!
Liu Yi looked intently at the bright moon in the sky and murmured to himself: What's wrong with being a summer cicada? It's so cold in winter, why do you have to be a cicada?
As she was thinking about it, a burst of tiny footsteps pulled Liu Yi back from her dream. When she took a closer look, she saw a pair of tiger-head shoes and a floral cloth. It was Dongfang Yu. At this moment, she was staring at a pair of incomparably beautiful Rui. Feng Yan looked himself up and down.
Liu Yi, an ignorant boy, looked into each other's eyes, his cheeks were reddish and his mood was waning. On weekdays, apart from being kept at home by my father to study, I would jump up and down with a group of neighborhood kids such as Li Erniu, Wang Sanbao, Huangfu Lu, etc. Even when I came to Wangbei Tower, I would just shout and drink in the back kitchen. , it was the first time someone of the same age looked at him like this, Liu Yi felt something special in his heart.
Well..., what should I say? Is this an overwhelming feeling? No, maybe it's the beginning of love.
After rubbing his hands and scratching his head for a while, Liu Yi laughed, followed Xia Qing's example, cupped his hands and fists towards Dongfang Yu, and said in a dignified manner, "Miss Dongfang, I'm Liu Yi. I've heard about her reputation for a long time. When I see her today, she's really different. Extraordinary!"
Dongfang Yu's 'tiger head and tiger brain', with his hands behind his back, swayed towards Liu Yi, "Brother, you really have a good eye. Seeing that you are so discerning, you will definitely be a dragon or a phoenix among people in the future. Don't forget each other even if you are rich and noble. Brother, in the future As you prosper, don’t forget me!”
The two of them stood on either side of the window sill, talking to each other and complimenting each other, looking like little adults.
When Liu Yi got excited about the conversation, he pretended to be bold and said, "What the girl said is true. If I have wine in hand, I will have a drink with the girl..."
"Ah! What a coincidence. What is this?"
Dongfang Yu took out half a bottle of Jiangmi wine from the hand behind his back. It seemed that he had sneaked it out from the kitchen.
"This...this, this, this, brother Dongfang, I...have never drank!"
Liu Yi, who had never drank before, suddenly felt embarrassed, and perhaps felt humiliated. His dark face instantly turned red, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
"Oh, come on, come on, you sons and daughters of the world, how can you not drink? Come on, come on, it will be like this once, then it will be familiar again. Come on, let's get it together!" Dongfang Yu knelt down on the soft rabbit fur couch and put the pottery bowl in the pottery bowl skillfully. After filling it up, he greeted Liu Yi with his little hand.
When Liu Yi saw that Dongfang Yu was so "heroic", he no longer hesitated. He was just drinking! It’s not like he’s doing anything outrageous!
So, he mustered up his courage and said loudly, "Come on, let us two get drunk before we stop!"
The two children, imitating their youth, sipped at each other under the moonlight.
"I said Liu Yi, is this really your first time drinking? The first time I drank it, it was so spicy that I shed tears."
"That's the first time you can lie to someone? How about you, how old are you when you drink? Xiaojiu Mengzi!" Liu Yi drank it all in one gulp, some of it choked his throat, but he swallowed it for the sake of face, Wiped the corners of his mouth.
"I'm ten years old! What's more, my grandfather said that reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. I have traveled with my grandfather since I was a child. The world without swords and wine would be so boring! Look at the heroes and righteous men in the world. , I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk at all times, how fun it is!" Dongfang Yu's cheeks were flushed, with a look of yearning on his face.
"Traveling thousands of miles may wear out the soles of your feet, and if you don't get drunk after a thousand cups, it may be because the wine has been mixed with water. It's better to stay in a small restaurant, eat three meals a day, and have no worries all year round." Liu Yi chuckled.
Dongfang Yufeng raised his eyes and rolled his eyes at Liu Yi, "You are really a piece of wood. You have never been out of Huaxing County. Have you been to Aozhou and Bozhou? A high cold day is approaching, and a winter snow is pressing down on the mountains. In Life there is impossible without wine to keep away the cold!”
After two bowls of water, the two of them leaned on the couch and looked at the moon. As soon as Wu Shi arrived, the lively and bustling market during the day had long disappeared. There were only a few people on the street, and only lonely tents were left. A poor man with a broken lamp.
Liu Yi's face was red, he was drunk and a little drowsy, "The farthest place I have ever been is when I visit Uncle Deng Yan with my father every year. Oriental girl, you, Gui Geng?"
"Liu Yi is dead, but you still value Geng? Have you read too many books or haven't read them yet? This heroine is only ten years old. Didn't I just tell you?" Dongfang Yu, who was full of energy, said to Liu Yi with his teeth and claws.
"Okay! Okay! We will see each other over a glass of wine. We will be brothers from now on. One day I will save enough money and open the Wangnan Tower. I will ask you to recite books every day. Then..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Yi started snoring.
Dongfang Yu rolled his eyes at Liu Yi again, "Grandpa said that words spoken after drinking are most untrue, huh."
So Dongfang Yu turned his back on Liu Yi and fell asleep peacefully.
After drinking half a bottle of wine, there is still half a bottle left.
...
In the middle of the night, the thin Xia Qing finally finished her day's accounts.
He walked to the small window, narrowed his small eyes to a slit, glanced out the window, touched the white jade five-baht at his waist, sighed softly, and said to himself, "Brother, brother, I want to Back then, our two brothers were all-powerful figures, but now one is a restaurant manager and the other is a teacher. It’s a pity that things have changed so much. That’s all, a hero doesn’t mention his bravery in the past. I don’t have such a big idea of being loyal to the king and serving the country. I will stay with you for the rest of my life. It's enough to just look at the Wangbei Tower. You're already over 10 years old, so why bother with it? If you don't go back to your home in Lingyuan, then you won't go back. It's not your home anyway, hey. Go to sleep. , sleep!"
On the first day of September, I lean on the building to watch the bright moon and enjoy the autumn rewards with my family.
