In early winter, the wind is slightly chilly and the sky is clear and clear.
In the afternoon, a high-speed railway carriage came on the road in Lin'an County.
Before the bus even stopped at the inn, a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old jumped out of the bus carrying luggage.
In those days, there was no such thing as "getting off the bus only when you arrive at the station". As long as you were willing and not afraid of falling to your death, you could jump off the bus at any time without having to say hello to anyone.
Therefore, no one took Sun Yixie's behavior of getting off the bus early seriously.
This time he went home, but there was no "reverse high-speed rail". From Wuchang to here, he took the high-speed rail coach all the way, and when he crossed the river, he also took a big boat, so this journey was quite smooth.
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When we arrived in Lin'an County, we had already entered the territory of Hangzhou Prefecture. Sun Yixie was already familiar with this area, and there was no need to continue taking the coach.
He got out of the car at the moment, not for any other reason, but because he was a little hungry, and he happened to smell the fragrance of food wafting in the wind, so he wanted to look for it.
The source of the aroma is not far away, just on the street, just a few steps away.
But when Sun Yixie walked to the door of the restaurant, he couldn't help but stop, because he found that not only did the restaurant not have a sign on the door, but it was also in tatters inside. When he looked in again, he found that
There were only two tables in the store, and one of the small tables near the corner was already occupied by customers. The aroma of the food probably came from that table.
Ordinarily, when most people see this kind of scene, they may not want to go in anymore, but Sun Yixie's thinking is rather strange, and he feels that...the more such a store is, the more he can try it, in case he is discovered.
What kind of niche food?
So, Sun Yixie strode in, sat down at the only empty table, put his luggage on the stool next to him, and shouted at that time: "Is there anyone here to eat?"
Unexpectedly, in the next second, one of the three people sitting at the table in the corner who was eating quickly stood up, chewing rice in his mouth, and ran to him and said: "Hey, you're here.
Na."
Before the man came closer, he looked at Sun Yixie and both of them were stunned.
"Eh? It's you." Sun Yixie immediately found that the person who came looked familiar.
The "guy" here in the book is Zhang Ergui, the cook whom Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai met in the Bugui Tower in Luoyang City.
"Sun Shaoxia?" Zhang Ergui recognized him quickly, and immediately turned to the two people at the other table and said, "Boss Yuan, Mr. Xue, look who's coming."
In fact, even if he didn't shout, the two people would have heard the conversation here. In addition, Sun Yixie's voice is quite distinctive, and it would be difficult not to be recognized.
"Oh, it turns out to be Mr. Sun, a rare visitor, a rare visitor!" Xue Tui walked over and raised his hand to salute enthusiastically.
"Young Master Sun, do you still remember me?" Yuan Fangzhi was older and couldn't walk as fast as Xue Tui. He walked two steps later and said hello to Brother Sun.
"Master Yuan, Mr. Xue, and...Master Zhang." Sun Yixie also recalled the appearance of these three people again before remembering their names.
To be honest, these three are really hard to recognize right now.
The last time Sun Yixie saw them, the three of them were all well-dressed and full of energy. But now, the three of them were all wearing shabby and old clothes, their faces were as dirty as if they hadn't been washed, and their eyebrows were
His mental state was also sluggish, looking very stressed and exhausted.
"Ha, this is really fate. Why are you here?" After glancing at them, Sun Yixie still politely saluted the three of them and asked.
When the three people heard this, they looked at each other, and then they all showed a bitter expression.
"Hey... don't mention it." It was Xue Tuilai who had to tell the story. "That night, the No Return Building was burned down by a fire. The three of us managed to escape, but the next day we...
I heard that our boss and the people from the Zhengyi Sect were both traitors, and they were taken advantage of by Jin Yiwei.
"Fortunately, we are only responsible for cooking and accounting in Bugui Building, and we don't know what the boss is doing on Jianghu Road, so Jin Yiwei didn't make things difficult for us.
"It's just... we definitely can't stay in Luoyang City anymore. All the other shops in the city know that we used to be Buguilou's clerks. They are afraid that we have something to do with Zhengyi Sect and don't dare to invite us...
"We had no choice but to leave our country and come to Jiangnan to make a living."
When he said this, Sun Yixie thought with some hindsight: In this way, the jobs of these three people have been ruined, and it seems that Brother Huang and I are also somewhat responsible...
However, Brother Sun only thought about this in his heart and would not say it out loud.
"Oh... So that's it." Sun Yixie paused for a few seconds, nodded, and then put on a look of confusion, "Hey... that's not right..." He raised his head and looked around, "So...
Mr. Xue’s talent, Master Yuan’s and Master Zhang’s craftsmanship... No matter where you open a shop, it should be packed with guests..."
"Isn't it?" Xue Tui continued, "I thought so at first..." He shook his head bitterly, "I thought about it again and again before setting off... I am from Shaoxing, and my hometown is not too far away from here.
Yuan, Master Yuan and Master Zhang are both from the south. After arriving here, they will be more comfortable than in Luoyang; plus Jiangnan is a land of plenty, so I thought business would be easy here, but who knows..."
Before Xue Tui finished speaking, he heard a burst of noise outside the store door.
Immediately afterwards, three or five guys who looked like local gangsters filed in from the door and stood in the store with noisy sounds.
"Hey! You guys, it's a good day today." As soon as the fat man at the head of the group came in and saw Brother Sun sitting there, he immediately shouted loudly, "Are there any guests? What can you give me today?"
Is the money coming?"
When Sun Yixie heard this, he looked back at the group of people, then looked at Xue Tui and asked: "Mr. Xue, this is..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xue Tui had a sullen face, leaned over to Sun Yixie's ear, and said softly: "This is a bully in Lin'an County, named Zeng Erbao. He relied on his
My brother is the county's chief catcher, and he bullies the county... In fact, when our store first opened, there were many customers and the tables in the room were full. Who would have thought that within a few days, Zeng Erbao would bring
He brought his gang of gangsters here to cause trouble, not to mention that they had eaten too much here to extort money from us... When we didn't give it, they smashed our store's sign, smashed tables and chairs, and beat people...
I went to report to the police, but was beaten out by the headman Zeng Dabao. In the end, we had no choice but to give money... But after we gave it, they came every now and then. Once they came, other customers did not dare to come.
In the end, this store became like this..."
Xue Tui is a scholar, and he is still a bit noble at heart, so what he said is still a lie.
In fact, Xue Tui couldn't tell anyone about the many bad things that a lowly person like Zeng Erbao did.
In the past few months, in addition to being beaten and scolded in the store, the gangsters also had rocks thrown at Yuan Fangzhi and Zhang Ergui's residences, as well as Xue Tui's home.
Sometimes those gangsters would go outside Xue Tui's house late at night and deliberately make a fuss. In Xue Tui's house, besides his wife, he also had children. The children would often cry all night if they were frightened like this.
Stop, I can't sleep, and those gangsters are laughing outside the house.
Xue Tui had gone to the yamen gate many times. Sometimes he specifically went there when Zeng Dabao was not around, but no other yamen servant dared to offend Mr. Zeng, and no one dared to help him report the case.
Some people may ask, why didn't he go to Laos to appeal for justice?
Everyone, this matter is not that simple. The government office is not what you see in the TV series. You can knock the grievances there if you want...
As soon as this drum of injustice is sounded, the master must be summoned to court.
Therefore, there are usually government officials watching next to the grievance drum. If you want to play the drum, the government officials watching the drum must first ask you what the matter is. If you don't have a deep injustice and a major case to appeal.
, he won't let you knock at all - for example, "Zhang San next door owes me two green onions and refuses to pay back." If he lets you knock, he will have to fight with you in court.
As a "prodigy" who once had an ambition to be an official, Xue Tui knew the laws of Dashu very well, so he knew that in a small case like his where he was harassed by local ruffians, if he was forced to complain, it would definitely be a case of injustice.
Those who want to eat a meal... With his body, if he eats a meal, he will be crippled even if he is not dead, and his family will only be in more misery in the future.
However, Xue Tui could not move anywhere else.
Because when he left Luoyang, all his belongings there were sold at low prices. The little money he got in exchange for it, except for travel expenses, was basically invested in this shop. If this shop disappeared, Master Yuan and Zhang
The master might be able to find another place to work, but he, Xue Tike, would have to live on the street with his family.
Fortunately...he met Sun Yixie today.
"Hey! Shopkeeper Xue, what are you talking about sneakily?" The next second, Zeng Erbao stepped forward and stepped on the end of the bench where Sun Yixie was sitting, interrupting the conversation.
Xue Tui whispered, "What?" Zeng Erbao said, tilting his head, turning his face, and looked at Sun Yixie closely, "Is this your friend?"
"Yes." Before Xue Tui could reply, Sun Yixie responded first, "Mr. Xue, Master Yuan, Master Zhang... they are all my friends. Do you have any advice for me?"
The moment he said "friend", Xue Tui, Yuan Fangzhi and Zhang Ergui felt relieved, because they all understood that Sun Yixie said those two words, which meant that he was ready to take care of the matter at hand.
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"Drink~ You really dare to admit it." Hearing this, Zeng Erbao raised his head with a smile and exchanged glances with his group of boys; his group of boys also laughed in cooperation, and they didn't know why.
It looks very awkward.
"That's good..." After Zeng Erbao finished communicating with his younger brothers, he put his face in front of Sun Yixie, squeezed his face and said, "Your friend owes me a lot of money, you can do it for him
Just pay it back."
"Ha..." Sun Yixie laughed at that time.
This smile seemed a bit baffling to those gangsters, but in the eyes of Xue Tui and the others, it made people's scalp numb.
At this moment, Xue Tuina said in his heart: Mr. Zeng, you are going to be in bad luck...