"Second brother, sit down and I'll tell him." Qiao Lifu stood up and motioned for Xu Erlong to sit down. He himself went to the kitchen and told the boss that the two hot dishes stir-fried at the back should be put in more chili pepper.
"I know." The owner and chef responded loudly, shaking his spoon.
Qiao Lifu turned around and ate with Xu Erlong.
He had already had dinner before.
But now, Xu Erlong is eating and drinking alone without company, which is not decent.
"Second brother, let me have a drink with you." Qiao Lifu poured a bowl of beer into the bowl in front of him.
"Don't drink." Xu Erlong reminded seriously: "Tomorrow, you have to go out to participate in the competition. You can't eat randomly. You have to be in the best condition to greet it."
Qiao Lifu said with a smile: "I just drank two bowls of beer. How could I eat randomly?"
“What to do if you have a bad stomach?”
"Second brother, how is this possible?" Qiao Lifu said loudly: "In your words, I will never show off my bowels. If I go to the competition by myself and I really lose, I can only blame myself for not being good at studying. How can I blame the company?
You have eaten."
Xu Erlong poured wine into the bowl in front of him with a smile: "I am a man, upright, so you can drink a little with me, it will be nice."
The two held the wine bowls and touched them lightly.
"I wish you success and immediate success," Xu Erlong said.
"I will definitely do it," Qiao Lifu replied.
Xu Erlong was so full of food and wine that the two of them swayed back together.
The next day, Qiao Lifu packed his luggage and went out to meet his master and fellow apprentices.
"Second brother, I can't accompany you anymore." Qiao Lifu said goodbye to Xu Erlong: "How about you go with me to see me participate in the competition?"
"No, I have another friend here. He came here to collect goods this time, so I followed him. Later he will go to Jincheng to collect goods, and I will take his car." Xu Erlong replied.
Xu Erlong waved goodbye to Qiao Lifu, and then went to meet Xiong Yawei.
"Have you arranged the car?" Xu Erlong asked.
Xiong Yawei replied: "It's arranged."
Qiao Lifu and several others took a bus to the provincial capital.
Nowadays, there is no such thing as chartering a bus. We all go together on the passenger shuttle bus.
Two or three hours after the car drove out, the driver stopped the bus at a roadside water refill point.
Drivers who have driven long-distance buses have a rule of "locking hands" with a restaurant on the roadside.
When it's almost time for dinner, they can bring a carload of passengers over and eat here.
Drivers can enjoy various benefits in private rooms.
This is a rule that has been established for a long time.
Now, this bus is parked at the restaurant next to the highway, where water is added and meals are taken care of.
"Let's have something to eat too," said one of Qiao Lifu's senior brothers.
"eat."
After all, those who practice martial arts work hard on their muscles and bones, which consumes a lot of physical energy, so there is no way they can go without eating.
Besides, carrying a few steamed buns on the road is not consistent with their martial arts training.
Several people followed other passengers and entered the hotel in twos and threes.
I looked at the menu and prices hanging on the wall. They were quite fair. They were not overpriced. They were very different from the prices at other restaurants in the county.
Qiao Lifu and others sat at a table alone, ordered a few home-cooked dishes, and waited silently for their meal.
Amidst the urging, the proprietress smiled and served everyone the food, and kept saying: "Your food will be here soon."
This is because there are too many customers coming, so we can't win in a short while, so we can only serve intermittently, and serve one dish to each table first to stabilize the guests.
Qiao Lifu waited for almost twenty minutes and finally could eat his food.
Several people were eating with bowls in their hands, and soon the whole table of food was finished like a storm.
The drivers also had a good meal in the small private room inside, picking toothpicks and sitting on the driver's seat.
As the car horn honks, the driver urges everyone to get ready and hit the road.
Qiao Lifu was about to get into the car with everyone when he suddenly felt a bowel movement in his stomach, and then he felt something was wrong.
"Wait, let me go to the toilet first." Qiao Lifu said.
"Go back quickly, the car will leave soon." The driver said loudly.
Qiao Lifu's younger brother asked Qiao Lifu with some confusion: "Didn't you go to the toilet just now?"
"I feel a little uncomfortable now." Qiao Lifu said as he quickly ran towards the toilet.
Needless to say, the scene inside the aqua toilet is as bad as it is.
What's more, it's a temporary hut built at a long-distance bus stop.
Enduring all the discomfort in the dry toilet, Qiao Lifu squatted in the pit and solved the problem happily.
When he came out with his pants lifted, he saw most people getting on the bus. It seemed that everyone in the bus was waiting for him.
As soon as he got in the car door, he felt sick in his stomach again. He was worried that he would have to find a hut again within a few minutes of getting in the car and driving out.
"Well, wait for me..." Qiao Lifu said.
Everyone got on the bus and waited, and no one had any complaints. After all, the serving time in this restaurant is inconsistent, and the time everyone finishes eating is also inconsistent. It is normal to wait for people.
But now, seeing Qiao Lifu waiting again, some people couldn't help it.
"Are you still waiting? I've been waiting for you for a while."
"Yes, we still have to hurry."
"My child is still waiting for me at home."
Everyone murmured quietly.
Qiao Lifu's master stood up and looked around at everyone: "What's wrong? It's just a two-minute delay. What's there to complain about?"
He has a strong aura and a voice like a bell. Looking at everyone, everyone knows that this kind of person cannot be offended.
The people on the passenger shuttle collectively shut up and waited patiently for Qiao Lifu.
Qiao Lifu ran to the latrine again and thought to himself, this is really fucking weird. He just had a meal here and why did he have to go to the toilet twice in a row.
When he came out of the hut, he still felt uncomfortable in his stomach.
"Are you leaving or not?"
"How long do we have to wait?"
"It's been so long."
The passengers in the car were all a little restless.
Qiao Lifu's master also got out of the car and asked Qiao Lifu: "What's wrong with you? Are you okay? How many times have you gone to the hut?"
"I don't know what I ate just now," Qiao Lifu said.
His master was also very surprised: "Everyone eats together..."
Qiao Lifu couldn't figure out the reason. He waved his hand towards the master and said, "I'll go to the hut again."
At this moment, all the passengers in the car couldn't bear it anymore.
No one was afraid of his master's physique at all, and they all said: "You are sick yourself, why do you want the whole car to wait for you?"
"I have to rush to the provincial capital in a hurry. I have been delayed for so long just waiting for you here."
"Driver, you drive, don't worry about him."
"Refund him the ticket and let him catch the next bus. Don't delay us."