Seeing Li Qi's sad expression, the old shopkeeper seemed to have something to hide, and asked: "Little brother, I see you are still young, why are you so sad?"
Li Qi closed his eyes and shook his head.
It's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's just that he doesn't know where to start, and even if he says it, no one will believe it.
In fact, he traveled back in time more than 900 years ago. He is 25 years old this year. He is a top student at Tsinghua University. At a young age, he has already worked as a chief chef and administrative manager in a super five-star hotel. His annual salary is over one million. Recently, he has been holding a beautiful woman.
After returning home, his family and career have both been successful. It can be said that everything is smooth sailing and his future is bright. By the way, his boss is his father-in-law.
Unfortunately, God has unpredictable circumstances, and people have misfortunes and misfortunes.
On the night of his wedding, he was knocked unconscious by some of his best friends. When he woke up, he found that he was in the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. He almost fainted from the fright.
Although there were indeed many people in his era who yearned for time travel, he didn't want to do it. He didn't have a bridal chamber yet. He still had a family and a beautiful wife waiting for him.
, this is definitely not what he wants.
So he tried to do the same thing, wanted to get drunk again, hoping to go back. He first found a pawn shop and pawned the ancestral jade Buddha around his neck. Then he used the money to buy a jar of wine and pawned himself
He drank until he fell unconscious, but the "lucky" goddess did not favor him again. When he woke up, he was still here.
Unwilling to be reconciled, he exchanged all the remaining silver for wine, fell asleep when he was drunk, and continued drinking when he woke up. This lasted for several days, but he still failed to get what he wanted.
Seeing that Li Qi didn't want to talk, the old shopkeeper didn't ask any more questions. He took out a small sling of copper coins from his sleeve robe, handed it to Li Qi, and said: "Little brother, there are some silver coins here. You can take them as payment and go home."
Bar."
When he saw Li Qi sleeping on the street for several days without any relatives asking him to go back, and with Li Qi's unique accent, he naturally thought that Li Qi was from out of town, so he wanted to send him away with some silver coins.
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After all, he is the one who opens the door to do business, so having a drunk lying in front of the door all day long is not an option.
In fact, this old shopkeeper has a good heart. If he had encountered those evil-hearted shopkeepers, he would have had Li Qi beaten away with sticks.
"Go home? Which home? Where are you going back? I--I can't go back." Li Qi became more and more sad as he spoke, and he even started crying after he said it.
The old shopkeeper saw that he was a man and started to cry, and he cried very miserably. He didn't know what to do for a moment. But seeing him so pitiful, he couldn't help but think of the current situation of Zuixianju, and suddenly he felt a sympathy for the same disease in his heart.
He sighed and shouted softly: "Little brother, little brother, please don't cry for now. Forget it, if you don't mind the simplicity of the shop, just stay in the shop for a few days, and let's think about what happens next."
After hearing this, Li Qi stopped crying and was very moved. In his time, even if you died drunk on the roadside, I believe no one would come and take a look. He stared blankly at the old man in front of him and asked:
"Uncle, why are you so nice to me?"
The old shopkeeper smiled slightly and said: "Okay, don't ask so many questions, just go in."
At this time, Liuzi was lying on the table feeling sleepy. Suddenly he saw the old shopkeeper and the drunk man walking in together. He suddenly stood up, opened his mouth wide, and said in surprise: "Uncle——? How did you get him?"
Coming in?"
The old shopkeeper glared at Liuzi and said, "This is Mr. Li Qi. You take Mr. Li to the backyard to tidy up and change clothes. I will go to the kitchen and ask Master Zhou to prepare some side dishes."
Li Qi smiled apologetically at Liu Zi and said, "Excuse me."
What about the young master? If the young master looks like you, then I won’t become a prince, a noble, a royal relative.
Liu Zi curled his lips and said angrily: "Master Li, let's go!"
Liuzi took Li Qi to a courtyard behind Zuixianju. The courtyard was not big or small, with a total of seven or eight rooms, but they were very simple. It seemed that they were used to live in the workers who used to work in Zuixianju.
Li Qi followed Liu Zi to a small room on the far left. There were some items used for daily bathing in the room. A wooden bucket, a water ladle, a piece of linen cloth used by an unknown number of people, and a black
I don’t know what the Huhu thing is. Later, Li Qi learned from Liu Zi’s mouth that this thing was called Yizi, which was used for bathing. It must be similar to the soap of later generations.
Sweat! Can this be considered a bathroom?
Li Qi's face was full of surprise and helplessness. In his heart, this was just a miscellaneous room at best.
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After a while, Li Qi came out after taking a shower. He was wearing a gray cloth gown. This gown was left by the clerk in the previous store. It was a little short and paired with his forehead-length short hair.
, it actually seems a bit nondescript, but somewhat similar to those walk-ons in Hengdian.
When Li Qi returned to the hall, he saw the old shopkeeper, Liu Zi, and a bald and dirty old man sitting at a table chatting. There were also three bowls of side dishes on the table, a bowl of fried bamboo shoots, a bowl of fried peanuts, and a bowl of fried peanuts.
A bowl of tofu with green onions and a bowl of white rice.
When the old shopkeeper saw Li Qi coming out, he hurriedly waved and shouted: "Little brother, come and sit down, the food is almost cold."
Li Qi came forward with a smile, sat next to Liu Zi, and said gratefully to the old shopkeeper: "Uncle Wu, thank you."
Just now, Li Qi took advantage of Liuzi to boil water for him to take a bath and asked him about it. It turned out that the old shopkeeper's surname was Wu and his first name was Furong, and he was the shopkeeper of this shop.
The store clerk is also Wu Furong's nephew. In addition to the two uncles and nephews, there is also Master Zhou, the head chef of the store, who must be the old man sitting here now.
Wu Furong smiled and nodded, pointing to the bald old man next to him, and introduced: "This is the chef in our store, Master Zhou. These bowls of side dishes are all made for you by Master Zhou on a temporary basis."
Chef?
Li Qi was slightly startled. He was very sensitive to the title of 'chef'. He subconsciously glanced at Master Zhou and saw that he was at least sixty years old and had almost lost all his teeth. He was very curious about this.
At his age, he would have retired long ago.
Being a chef is a position that requires very high age requirements. At such an old age, no matter how strong your body is, your sense of taste, touch, and agility will be greatly reduced. Moreover, the 60-year-olds in this era
His physical condition cannot be compared with that of Li Qi's time. The older he gets, the taste of the dishes he cooks will naturally decrease. To put it bluntly, no hotel will hire an old man in his sixties or seventies to be a chef.
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Even so, Li Qi still thanked the old man very much and said with a smile: "Master Zhou, I am really sorry for disturbing your rest."
When Master Zhou saw Li Qi's beautiful features, polite manners, and humble manner, he felt very fond of him. He smiled cheerfully and said, "Why don't you bother me? Eat quickly. The food won't taste good when it's cold."
"Um!"
Li Qi nodded, thinking that he was not related to them, and could even be said to have never met, but they treated him so well. He felt very touched. He picked up his chopsticks, looked at the plates of side dishes in front of him, and ate them.
A feeling of hunger suddenly surged up. He then thought that he hadn't eaten anything all day. Just as he was about to start, he suddenly found that the three of them were looking at him, and there were no bowls and chopsticks in front of him. He suddenly became curious.
: "Don't you want to eat?"
When Wu Xiaoliu heard this, a flash of fear flashed in his eyes and said, "You can eat it yourself. My uncle and I have already eaten it."
Wu Furong also nodded and smiled: "Don't worry about us, just eat quickly."
"oh!"
Li Qi was so hungry that he didn't say much. He picked up the chopsticks and took a big mouthful of rice. Then he picked up a few pieces of bamboo shoots and put them in his mouth. After chewing a few mouthfuls, Li Qi frowned.
Wow! It tastes so bad!
Li Qi was born in a family of chefs. He had never eaten such an unpalatable dish in his life. If he hadn't known in advance that this was Master Zhou's kindness, he would have probably vomited it out. He lowered his head, closed his eyes tightly, and kept eating.
I put the rice in my mouth. Compared with the three dishes, this white rice is simply delicacies from the mountains and seas!
When Master Zhou saw Li Qiguang eating and not eating vegetables, he asked curiously: "What? Little brother, does this food not suit your taste?"
"Cough cough cough!"
He was really afraid of whatever he wanted. Li Qi was shocked and choked to death.
"Eat slowly, no one will fight with you. Liuzi, go and pour a cup of tea for Mr. Li." Wu Furong ordered Wu Xiaoliu who was snickering at the side.
After Li Qi took a sip of tea, he calmed down, blushed, and said to Master Zhou: "Master Zhou, are you kidding? It would be a great blessing for this junior to be able to eat the food cooked by Master Zhou himself. But now, this junior
I'm quite hungry, so I want to have a full meal first, and then taste Master Zhou's cooking skills."
This kid really knows how to talk! Master Zhou immediately smiled brightly and said, "Okay, you can eat some rice pad to fill your stomach first, but you have to eat all these dishes later."
Li Qi tilted his body and almost fell off the chair, and he suddenly cried out in pain.
Eat them all? This is not going to kill me!
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