It can only be said that Longkongxuan is indeed one of the signature restaurants in the imperial capital. It is a place where workers live, and the style is high-end and elegant.
Every room is very tidy, with all the beds, tables and chairs, and even a reading screen and a bathtub. It is much better than ordinary luxury inns. The more important thing is that there is one worker for each room, and
The sound insulation is very good. If there is a flaw, it is that there are no windows and no light. But there is nothing we can do because it is underground.
In general, Zhuo Yifan is very satisfied with his temporary residence. Now that he has ten taels of silver, he doesn't have to worry about the lack of money for the time being. Next, he will just wait for his injury to fully recover before going to Prince Jiang's Mansion to get it.
Just return the remaining half of the Blood Puppet Jade.
Of course, all this must be done in a low-key manner. Because Zhuo Yifan doesn't know whether there are eyes and ears of "Xintiandi" in the imperial city. Although he is not afraid of trouble, he still lacks understanding of Xintiandi. If he is accidentally provoked, he will be a big boss.
trouble.
Zhuo Yifan cleaned up for a while and had just put on his work clothes when there was a knock on the door.
"Sister He?" He glanced out the door with his mental energy, and Zhuo Yifan immediately knew who was coming. He found that the restaurant manager paid too much attention to him.
If you have nothing to show your courtesy, you will either annihilate or steal! Let's see what tricks you are going to play. Zhuo Yifan cursed in his heart, but a smile filled his face. He opened the door and asked: "Who is it?"
"Of course it's you, Sister He..." After opening the door, Sister He was stunned by Zhuo Yifan's new appearance. The previously unkempt and dirty person now looked gentle and polite after some cleaning.
That little face has clear features, is delicate and handsome, and is completely different from before.
"Sister He...are you okay?" Zhuo Yifan looked at her innocently.
"We need someone to light the fire in the fire room. Go and help. Follow me." After leaving these words, He Xinlan turned around and left.
Zhuo Yifan raised his eyebrows strangely, unable to guess what the other party's intention was. Anyway, he came here just to deceive others, no matter what kind of job he did.
The two of them arrived at the fire room one after another. He Xinlan pointed to a brick house with a beautiful appearance and said: "This is the fire room. The hot water for the guests in the restaurant depends entirely on this fire room. After entering, all the
The arrangement, including work and rest time, all depends on the fire room manager. If he says to stop, you will stop, do you understand?"
"I understand, Sister He." Zhuo Yifan nodded.
"Go in and help, and work hard. If you need anything, I'll be at the counter." After saying that, He Xinlan walked away.
When you walk into the fire room, you are greeted by the tangy heat, which makes you feel a little warm.
There were not many people in the fire room, and only a few people were sitting quietly at the fire, doing their own things. Adding firewood, and then turning the firewood with tongs, which was very boring. It seemed that they heard footsteps, and some people looked up and glanced.
The handsome-looking young man with a bookish air had a trace of doubt in his eyes, and then he continued to do his own thing with his head lowered.
It’s not surprising that they looked like this, because the people who worked in the fire room were, without exception, big muscular men. These big men couldn’t figure out what a young man with thin arms and legs was doing here.
The fire room is a hot, tiring, and boring place. Although the treatment is very good, many people are still deterred by the heat they have to endure at the end of the day.
Standing in the hot fire room, Zhuo Yifan shook his head helplessly. Just as he was about to find someone to ask who was in charge, a muscular man suddenly walked towards Zhuo Yifan. He was rough and arrogant.
And a confused voice sounded: "Little brother, you may have gone to the wrong place. This is the fire room."
Zhuo Yifan shook his head and said with a smile: "You're right, Sister He asked me to come."
Hearing this, the big man sighed and said: "Although the treatment here is good, there are very few people who are willing to come. Last time, a few people finally came, but they fainted from the heat before they were even halfway through the work. The little brother still went to greet him.
Sister, please tell me to change my job."
"No, it's nice here." Zhuo Yifan quickly refused.
"Hey, okay. You can try it first." The big man knew that he had no right to interfere, so he pointed at a fire outlet and said, "My name is Huo Cun. The manager has gone out to do something. Now I am in charge of it for the time being. You can
Work at this fire vent, if the heat makes you uncomfortable, you can go outside and rest for a while."
"Thank you, brother." Zhuo Yifan still had a harmless smile.
The big man sighed again, but after all he didn't say anything. He knew that even if he said it, it would be useless. It would be better to let the young man retreat from the difficulties, because the fire house is really not a place for people.
Ignoring everyone's strange looks, Zhuo Yifan squatted directly beside the fire and started working.
The heat here is overwhelming, not to mention ordinary people, even monks have a hard time enduring it. But in Zhuo Yifan's opinion, this is not a loss of practice.
Practitioners should keep their minds pure and have few desires. The hotter the place, the more they can exercise their state of mind. At the same time, this kind of exercise can also help to resolve the demonic nature after being possessed.
Zhuo Yifan looked at the flames dancing in the mouth of the fire, and gradually became silent in his work.
In the fire house, at first many people were not optimistic about this young man who had just arrived. Because young people are impatient, and no matter how good they are on weekdays, in this hot environment, they will lose their temper and become restless.
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However, as a few hours passed, the people in the fire room gradually changed their views on the boy.
"This guy is quite interesting." A big man said.
"Yes, in the past few and a half hours, I either ran away crying, or clamored to change jobs. How did this kid persist for so long?"
"We didn't talk to him for several hours, but it was really surprising that he could endure it."
Several big men were chirping and talking around, but Zhuo Yifan seemed to have heard nothing. He was in his own world, enjoying the passion, the loneliness, and the blazing temperature brought by the fire room.
As quiet as water.
Until the evening that day, the fire room manager still did not show up. Finally, Huo Cun announced the end of the day's work.
When they left the fire room, everyone was soaked with sweat. However, they were surprised to find that the young man who had been wearing work clothes while working had not only a dirty face, but also a drop of sweat all over his body.
Not even sweat.
"Little brother!" someone shouted in surprise: "What's your name?"
Me? Zhuo Yifan pointed at himself, smiled slightly, and left two words: "Lin Fan."
"Are you Lin Fan?" Huo Cun suddenly squeezed up from behind.
Zhuo Yifan nodded without knowing the situation.
"So you are Lin Fan. The manager told me before he left a few days ago that a man named Lin Fan will come to Longkongxuan to work today. I planned to go find you after finishing my work, but I didn't expect you to come to the fire.
Room?" Huo Cun looked at Lin Fan and said: "Brother Lin, the general manager said that if he finds you, please go to the general manager's public house and wait for him."
Did you know I was coming a few days ago? Could it be that you had calculated it? Could this manager be a monk? Zhuo Yifan suddenly felt alarmed.
"Brother Lin, don't be nervous. I have a token here. The manager said that you will understand as soon as you see it." Upon seeing this, Huo Cun hurriedly took out a piece of black cloth from his arms, opened it layer by layer, and then opened a dark
He handed the thing to Zhuo Yifan and said, "This is it..."
Zhuo Yifan took the thing strangely and found that it was actually a pine cone.
After holding it in his hand and looking at it for a long time, Zhuo Yifan couldn't see anything strange. Finally, he used his mental power to sweep it away, and he was surprised! This was no ordinary pine cone. If he saw it right, this pine cone came from the snow feather pine.
!
If anyone other than himself could be related to that snowy pine, Zhuo Yifan could only think of one person!
He was extremely surprised that the other party had already known that he was coming. He actually left a pine cone as a token in advance. That old woodcutter was really a strange person! (To be continued.)