As soon as Xia Qing's roar ended, a lean and black figure suddenly emerged from the kitchen.

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 the bun of his hair, a rag and a wooden basin in his hand, and he was taking a sip of small

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, work quickly! 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 seat.

Arriving in front of Grandpa 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 talked non-stop.

After all, Xia Qing is a businessman who puts profit first in everything. Dongfang Chunsheng has just finished reading the book. Although the people in the audience are still very interested, they are already drunk and have no intention of listening. It is better to leave the second half and do it again the next day.

If you make a lot of money, you can give Dongfang Grandpa and grandson more rewards, and it won't be a waste of time for them to come 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 do as we please. Shopkeeper Xia

You don’t think my grandson is despicable, but it’s too late to say thank you for helping my grandson to make a living, so why don’t you say thank you quickly? My granddaughter is just trying to catch up, how can she afford such praise from shopkeeper Xia!”

Dongfang Chunsheng, who has experienced ups and downs in officialdom and traveled across 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 what 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 his grandfather's words, 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 he was humble towards his grandfather.

Feeling dissatisfied, 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. 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 by the light of the lamp.

He wolfed down the extra food.

"Little Liu Yi, you came to me for a job 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, ambiguous.

"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 south-facing 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 stand up 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 some errands every time there is a gathering is considered as 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 becoming 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 neither natural disasters nor military disasters. How could there be so many pie in the sky? Ju Xiaolian was controlled by a wealthy family every year, and he did not rely on the noble family. The poor thought

In the early days, the sun and moon want to change the sky, how can it be so easy!"

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, but 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 always 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 father 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 mistress 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, and he felt a little annoyed in his heart. He suddenly felt helpless, so he simply walked into the T-shaped guest room on the third floor alone, leaned on the window sill, supported his chin with his arm, and looked far away.

Looking at the moon, I feel so lost.

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 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 steps pulled Liu Yi back from her dream. When she took a closer look, she saw that the person coming was 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 is an ignorant boy, looking into each other's eyes, his cheeks are slightly red, and his mood is waning. On weekdays, apart from being kept at home by his father to study, he jumps up and down with a group of neighborhood kids such as Li Erniu, Wang Sanbao, Huangfu Lu, etc.

, even when he came to Wangbei Tower, he was just shouting and drinking in the back kitchen. It was the first time that someone of the same age looked at him like this, which made Liu Yi feel something special in his heart.

Hmm..., how should I put it? Is this a feeling that I can't stop? 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 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 those 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 glutinous rice 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, perhaps feeling disgraced. His dark face instantly turned red, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in.

"Oh my, come on, come on, how can you not drink wine! Come on, come on, it will be familiar again. Come on, come on!" Dongfang Yu knelt down on the rabbit fur soft 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! He wasn't doing anything harmful to nature!

So, he plucked up the courage and said loudly, "Come on, let us two get drunk before we stop!"

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, you've been drinking since you were young? Xiaojiu Mengzi!" Liu Yi drank it all in one gulp, some of it choked his throat, but for the sake of face, he swallowed it down.

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. Since I was a child, I have traveled with my grandfather all over the world, traveling around the world. How boring would it be to be in the world without swords and wine! 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 longing look 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 that the wine is 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 Naozhou and Bozhou? A 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, 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.

The poor man with the 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?"

"If Liu Yi is dead, why should I pay so much to 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 waving.

"Okay! Okay! We will become friends over a glass of wine. From now on, we will be brothers. 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.

I drank half a bottle of wine and there was 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, 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, my 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 good man will not 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.


Chapter completed!