With so many people staying in the inn at once, it was quite lively. When we had dinner, everyone gathered in the lobby. There were about ten tables filled to the brim, and there wasn’t even enough space to seat them, so the inn set up a large tent outside.
I don’t mind exposing a few tables to the outside.
The meals in the inn are all the same, including mutton, beef, and various wines, but vegetables are rare.
The steward who came back from ordering food said to several young masters: "It's said that vegetables here are more expensive than beef."
Man Bao asked: "Can the cattle here be killed at will?"
"Kill as you like," the steward said: "The cows here are not farm cows. They only eat grass and grow meat. By the way, they also have milk. They can make milk. Miss Man, do you want to have some of their milk tea? I heard that it is.
It is cooked with fresh milk and tea leaves, and some green onion and ginger are added to it. It tastes very good and can keep away the cold."
Manbao came excitedly and said, "Okay, let me try it."
Bai Erlang and the others had never tasted milk tea like this before, and they all expressed that they wanted to try it.
The steward went down and brought them several bowls of milk tea, and a plate with some salt. He said: "The shopkeeper said that some people are not used to drinking it, so you can add some salt to taste."
Man Bao took a bowl and smelled it. He only smelled the fragrance of milk and ginger slices, so he took a sip. The taste... was quite magical.
Man Bao said: "It might taste better if you remove the onions."
Bai Shan also thought, "Just add tea leaves and ginger slices. Why add green onions?"
Even so, they drank all the milk tea and sat in the room waiting for the food to be served.
The inn was very fast. When they arrived, the kitchen started to prepare sheep and cattle. Because there were only a few dishes, I knew with my toes that they would all order them. It was just a few differences.
The dishes were served quickly, including stewed mutton, cold beef, and a small plate of vegetables. The rest were pancakes and steamed buns.
Changshou also brought up the medicinal diet that Manbao gave to Yin You. It was actually a jar of porridge, made of chicken and several medicinal herbs stewed carefully.
Of course, Yin or Yin couldn't finish the whole chicken, so everyone had a share.
Bai Shan didn't eat, but he filled a bowl for Man Bao, then looked at Daji and said, "Send a bowl to Mr. and the two pedestrians, and give a bowl to Nie Canjun as well."
Man Bao pointed to the still intact chicken and said, "Nie Canjun likes to eat meat. Give him this chicken and we can just eat porridge."
The essence is all in the porridge.
Changshou responded with a smile, filled a bowl of porridge, brought the whole chicken over and sent it down.
Man Bao took a bite of the porridge. It only had a faint medicinal taste, which was not very strong. It was just a little salty.
Yin You also thought it was good, so he didn't touch the cake and only ate the porridge with the vegetables on the table.
His spleen and stomach were strong, but the appetites of the others were very good. After eating a bowl of porridge, it was as if they had eaten nothing, so they all reached for the steamed buns. Man Bao took a piece of cake, took a bite, and nodded: "Not bad.
It’s crispy, crispy and delicious.”
Bai Shan ordered the beef plate and said, "Beef is also delicious."
Several people ate with gusto. They did not eat fast, but not slowly either. They were very serious when eating. After two quarters of an hour, several people slowly stopped using their chopsticks, but the downstairs was just starting to get lively.
When Man Bao heard a loud shout from below, he immediately dropped his chopsticks and ran out the door to look down. He saw people in the lobby crowding to the door to take a look. He paused for a moment, then turned around and ran back, and said to the person who followed him:
"Outside."
So I opened the window and looked down, and saw two people hugging each other and wrestling in the open space outside, but they were stuck in a stalemate. People on both sides were surrounding them and cheering them on.
Bai Shan pulled Bai Erlang aside and squeezed in to take a look down. When he saw that not only Nie Canjun but also Mr. Zhuang were standing aside and watching, he said: "It's okay, they are competing."
Man Bao also recognized that one of them was one of their soldiers, but he didn't recognize the other one. He should be from another group.
When the people below raised their heads, she withdrew her head, gave the space to Bai Shan and the others, and asked, "Didn't you say that you had a conflict with them today and almost got into a fight?"
Bai Shan met the raised gaze of the person above him. He smiled at him, nodded slightly, and replied to Man Bao's words, "Isn't there a fight? Don't worry, Nie Canjun has experience in fighting. He can do it."
When making friends, they don’t deliberately make enemies.”
The man below glanced around and didn't see the person he wanted to see, so he smiled at Bai Shan and withdrew his gaze.
Bai Shan also left the window, leaving the space to Liu Huan and Zhou Liru.
Yin You couldn't squeeze through them, so he only glanced at them. At this time, he had already sat back at the table. He gave Man Bao a chopstick of beef and asked Bai Shan, who came over, "What's wrong?"
His eyes swept across the frowning brows of the two people and asked: "Is there any problem?"
Bai Shan shook his head and said, "I just don't feel very well. Don't eat too much. I'll eat for a while and go to bed. We'll leave early tomorrow morning."
Yin You and Bai Shan looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
Bai Erlang and the three of them were crowding by the window and watching with great interest. Bai Erlang turned around and said: "We won a game."
Bai Shan tore up the cake and ate it while asking, "Again?"
"Well, it was the second game. They provoked Nie Canjun and wanted him to die."
It was very lively outside, but Man Bao and the others never went downstairs. After dinner, they sat in the room to rest. Occasionally they went to the window and took a look down. When it got dark, Man Bao and Zhou Liru went back to the room to prepare for bed.
Manbao lay on the bed, exhaled, closed his eyes and said to Keke: "I'll pay the points. You can help me check the situation inside and outside the inn. If there is anything unusual, let me know."
Keke responded, deducted a certain amount of points and then continued silently. Because of the large number of points deducted, he even recorded the screen for her very considerately.
Manbao felt relieved, yawned and fell asleep holding the quilt.
Zhou Liru, whoever was inside, was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes.
The aunt and nephew slowly fell asleep, but the people downstairs were still drinking and guessing. Mr. Zhuang looked at the time, nodded with Nie Canjun, and went upstairs to rest with the two pedestrians.
Although Nie Canjun did not stop his men from drinking, he did not allow them to drink more. When they saw that it was almost done, he drove them back to bed. He picked up his knife and wanted to go back to the house. One of them held a glass of wine in front of him, "Brother
, these brothers of mine were ignorant and offended a few people in the bathhouse today, I will make amends for them and you."
Nie Canjun raised his eyebrows, glanced at the wine in the bowl, reached out to take it, drank it all, and said with a hearty smile: "You're welcome, brother is bold, and I won't be shy. From now on, brothers should still be optimistic about their brothers' tricks, don't look around.
, some people are not ours to look at randomly."
The other party smiled, nodded and said, "That's what my brother said.