Looking in the direction of Lei Wanchun's gaze, Ma Fang's throat immediately made a slight "dong" sound. Two more scholars came in at the door, both wearing well-cut Su silk green shirts and looking very clean.
Neat. The Ma Fang on the right has been seen in the cockfighting house before. She is Mrs. Guo Guo's personal maid Xiang Yin. Even if she is wearing men's clothes, she cannot hide her charming appearance. The older one on the left is even more beautiful.
As soon as I saw him, I felt the urge to go up and hold him in my arms.
Mrs. Guo Guo, why did she come to such a tavern? Trying to look away, Ma Fang heard his heart pounding. A roadside restaurant like this could only provide a few low-quality side dishes.
In a tavern, the customers are usually off-duty clerks from various shops, porters selling coolies, rough guys driving carts, or impoverished nerds who have repeatedly failed in the imperial examination. If Lei Wanchun hadn't rented an inn that happened to be in the tavern,
Nearby, Ma Fang believed that he would never walk into such a place in his life.
But Mrs. Guo Guo came here in disguise, and didn’t care at all that the silk suede gown she was wearing was incompatible with the oil-stained benches in the hotel. Not only that, she also ignored the astonished looks of the bartenders and guests, and wore the same men’s clothes.
The maid Xiangyin walked gracefully to the opposite side of Lei Wanchun and Ma Fang, sat down, and said with a smile: "This seat is by the window, it must be cooler. I guess you two don't mind sharing a table with us, right?"
The bronze-faced man was so lucky. Immediately, the few remaining guests in the hotel were all filled with envy, wishing they could change their seats with Lei Wanchun. In the envious eyes of everyone, Mrs. Guo Guo held up her lotus root.
She waved her fair arm slightly, "Waiter, serve two signature dishes, and warm up a jar of old wine for me!"
"Here you go -!" One look and he knew that the other party was a big customer who could afford the money. Jia Wu, a local snake who held the positions of hotel manager, accountant and waiter, happily agreed. Without even touching the ground, he ran straight to the back hall.
go.
"Master!" Ma Fang, who had become helpless, stepped lightly on Lei Wanchun's feet under the table. He hoped that the other party would open his mouth and take back the initiative, and not let Mrs. Guo Guo keep pushing forward. Unexpectedly, Master, who was always upright in his eyes, would
Today, he suddenly seemed like a different person, sitting there in shock, refusing to say a word from the beginning to now.
"I'm really hungry after walking such a long way!" Seeing that Lei Wanchun refused to accept the move, Mrs. Guo Guo stretched her body slightly, causing the eyes of the surrounding drinkers to drop. Who would have expected more?
The enviable thing was still to come. She seemed to be so hungry that she didn't even wait for the food and drinks she ordered to be delivered. She took out a pair of chopsticks from the bamboo tube in the center of the table and ate them from Lei Wanchun and Ma Fang.
I picked a piece of spiced donkey meat from the remaining plate and ate it gracefully.
At this time, Ma Fang couldn't stand it any longer. He didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to eat at the same table with Mrs. Guo Guo, who was famous in Chang'an, in an inconspicuous roadside tavern. He didn't expect that the other party would not care.
The two of them salivated over the pieces of donkey meat.
According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, those who slaughtered cattle for no reason were sentenced to one and a half years in prison. Therefore, there were no street taverns in the background, and they usually could only provide customers with dog meat, horse meat and donkey meat to go with wine. Horse meat was too rough, and dog meat was too much to eat in the summer.
It is hot, so donkey meat has become the first choice of drinkers.
But these are all for the homes of ordinary people such as Lei Wanchun. If Ma Fang and Wang Xun were replaced, they could have beef, mutton or venison at home at any time. As for Guo, whose status and background are still higher than Ma Fang's
Madam Guo, I’m afraid I’ve eaten so many newborn cows, how could I be so eager for a few pieces of donkey meat?
Could it be that she really has feelings for her master? Suddenly remembering Wang Xun's insidious words to her in private, a flash of lightning lit up in Ma Fang's heart. Then today's chance encounter can be easily explained. It was not a chance encounter at all, but Mrs. Guo Guo's.
I deliberately searched for him! It's a pity that I was so late in thinking that I still stayed by Master's side as a candle and didn't escape out the door immediately.
It would definitely be too contrived to make excuses to leave now. That would make the atmosphere even more awkward, and would also leave the impression on Master and Mrs. Guo that he had not grown up yet. After thinking hard, he could not find a way out, so Xiao Ma became anxious.
His head was covered with sweat. The force under his feet was getting stronger and stronger unknowingly, and Lei Wanchun couldn't help but shout softly, "Little guy, what are you going to do? Take your feet off me!"
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After drinking it, Lei Wanchun knew that he could no longer pretend. He sighed and ordered in a low voice: "That's it for today's sword skills. You go home first and understand what I taught you today."
Another day, I will come back to your home to give you some tricks!"
"Hey! Hey!" Ma Fang, who had already guessed the full truth, stood up, lightly hugged his fists towards the other side, and walked out. He bumped three tables and kicked over two along the way.
Hu Shi, but he didn't realize it.
Seeing Ma Fang's embarrassed appearance, Mrs. Guo Guo smiled, which immediately lit up the dark Smile Tavern. She turned her head and ordered to her maid, "I saw a time-honored shop selling pastries on the road.
, you go and buy me a package of sweet-scented osmanthus cake. I want it freshly baked, don’t be too hard!”
"Yes!" The little maid Xiangyin smiled slightly, and she was also as shy as a flower shining in the water. Now, the drinkers who had always been envious all understood that the brawny man with a bronze face in Dare's lover's family was not blessed, and that brother-in-law was his.
Old acquaintance. That’s right, a guy like this who is prettier than a woman is said to like strong men the most... (Note 1)
Just as he was thinking obscenely, he suddenly saw the strong man with a bronze face raised his eyes and stared at him. Immediately, all the intestines in his belly were gone. He lowered his head, looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose. He didn't dare to do it anymore.
Looking around.
Not caring about being serious with these busybodies, Lei Wanchun sighed softly, looked at Mrs. Guo Guo, and asked in a low voice: "Why are you here in a place like this? Do you need my help with anything?"
"If you have nothing to do and need help, don't you want to see me?" Mrs. Guo Guo also sighed softly and put down her chopsticks.
"Of course not!" Lei Wanchun shook his head and denied it, his voice obviously full of guilt. In fact, ever since he left the other party's mansion that day, the shadow of Mrs. Guo Guo has been lingering in his mind. Although he knew that the two of them were
There is no possibility of being together forever in this life, but I still can't help but want to find a chance to see each other again.
Even if he takes a look from a distance, without speaking or smiling, he feels very peaceful in his heart. Lei Wanchun is no longer young, but the impulse that he never had when he was young sprouts from the bottom of his heart when he shouldn't be ignited.
Strong as wine, fiery as fire.
"Then, brother, have you always wanted to see me?" Mrs. Guo Guo bit her tongue tightly and raised an expectant face.
"This..." Lei Wanchun was speechless. He neither dared to admit nor deny it. For a moment, his face turned red.
Neither of them spoke in a very high voice, but they couldn't bear the fact that the tavern was only as big as a palm. In an instant, the few drinkers who had just been prepared to watch the surprise couldn't stand it anymore, and the food and wine in their stomachs surged up. Hurry up.
He put the money he needed to pay for food and drinks on the corner of the table and scrambled to escape.
Two grown men. One of them was so muscular that he actually flirted with each other in public. The waiter who just ran in from the back hall with the wine and food was also disgusted and threw the wine and food ordered by Mrs. Guo Guo on the table.
, turned around and walked away.
"Brother, if you don't tell me, I'll just take it as such!" Seeing Lei Wanchun looking so embarrassed, Mrs. Guo Guo's heart tightened for no reason, and she sighed quietly.
"No. No!" Lei Wanchun shook his head again, but didn't know where to start. The reason why he stayed in Chang'an and did not continue to follow Zhang Xun was because he wanted to meet Mrs. Guo Guo again. But it was also very important.
What's more, he found that Ma Fang's personality and qualifications were suitable for him to be his successor, so he did not hesitate to spend a period of time guiding him. As for which of these two factors is more important, I'm afraid Lei Wanchun himself can't tell clearly. Let alone
He said that he responded to Mrs. Guo Guo’s questioning in person.
"Brother, do you think I'm annoying?" Mrs. Guo Guo's face suddenly darkened, and she lowered her head with tears in her eyes.
"No, that's not what I meant!" He couldn't see a woman crying, let alone a woman he cared about crying. In an instant, Lei Wanchun was in chaos. He gestured with his big hands for a long time, but finally he didn't dare to wipe away the other's tears and slapped himself hard.
With a slap in the face, he responded in a low voice, "I mean, you wear men's clothes, no, you might as well look better in women's clothes!"
"Puch!" Mrs. Guo Guo burst into tears and smiled, like spring flowers blooming in the sun, "Big brother said it doesn't look good, so I won't wear it. This shabby hat is very hot on my head!"
After saying that, he casually took off the Confucian crown on his head, and his hair slowly fell down like a waterfall.
The shopkeeper here, accountant and waiter Jia Wu, was so disgusted that he grabbed a broom from the corner of the room and prepared to scatter the ashes. After hearing these words, he quickly turned around and was stunned, as if he had been struck by lightning.
That Xiangxiong is actually a woman! The waiter in the shop couldn't believe his eyes. After a few breaths, his eyes started to shine again. A man as burly as a mountain and a woman as pretty as a flower. No wonder the bronze-faced man has been drinking here almost every day for half a year.
, it turns out that he has been waiting for today. No wonder a woman wearing high-quality silk is willing to enter a roadside shop. It turns out that the person she is looking for is here.
He was the only one who could be worthy of her. The second brother once again cast a blessing glance at the two customers in the store, picked up the broom that had fallen from his hands at some point, and quietly walked out of the front door.
The sign tree was placed at the door. As a hotel owner who provides food to the lowest level people in Chang'an City, he usually hears and sees too many depressing facts. It is rare to find a ray of warmth in the dark. He does not mind losing a few copper coins.
