Li Tianmu asked Chen Zhenshi, "Uncle Second Master, what do you always want to eat?" Chen Zhenshi glanced at the menu posted on the wall. Meat dishes cost thirty or forty yuan, and vegetarian dishes were not cheap, costing more than ten yuan.
Twenty Wen. He thought to himself: "Kaifeng Mansion is indeed the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, and prices are really high." He hesitated for a moment and said, "My stomach is still full, so let's have a bowl of plain noodles."
Li Tianmu was born into a poor family and was not picky about food and drink. He was very satisfied with having enough to eat, so he also ordered a bowl of plain noodles.
Dong Qing is a very sensible girl and knows that everyone is poor, so she also ordered a bowl of plain noodles.
Chen Maohong was 16 years old and was growing tall. He was very greedy and wanted to eat meat and teeth as a sacrifice, but he had no money. Seeing that the other three were all eating plain noodles, he was too embarrassed to ask for anything else.
The waiter said: "Guys, there are so many of you, why don't you come here to take care of the business of our store?"
Li Tianmu said: "Next time."
The waiter yelled "Four bowls of plain noodles" to the stove, then walked away with a rag, muttering: "What the hell are four people not ordering?" There was a bit of contempt in his tone.
Li Tianmu hates such people very much. He looks down on others. What’s wrong with eating vegetarian noodles? Does eating vegetarian noodles mean that he is inferior to others and is looked down upon? He opens the door to do business. Although a bowl of vegetarian noodles is not much money, he is sitting here.
Even if you spend a copper coin, you are still a customer. You should not be snobbish and make irresponsible remarks. Although he is angry, he does not want to argue with such people.
The young man Chen Maohong was thin-skinned and young and energetic. He couldn't see the shopkeeper being so contemptuous, so he shouted at him: "Waiter, what's your attitude? Keep your mouth clean. Who are you talking about? What if you don't do it again?"
Jing, my fists are going to speak for themselves." He clenched his old fist and shook it.
Even though the shopkeeper is not as strong as Chen Maohong, he has been fooling around on the street every day and is used to meeting all kinds of people, so Chen Maohong cannot scare him at all.
The shopkeeper sneered: "Where did you come from, you little bumpkin? What's wrong? You still want to hit someone. You can touch me with your finger and try. This is Kaifeng Mansion. It is a place where heaven, earth and kings have laws. How can you be allowed to act wild here?"
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Chen Maohong suddenly stood up as soon as he slapped the table, pointed at the waiter, and said: "Who the hell are you talking about for acting wild? I have to teach you a lesson today." He rolled up his arms and sleeves and was about to step forward to take action.
"Hong'er, sit down!" Chen Zhenshi said majestically, "Why are you arguing with a shop assistant? It depends on your potential."
Li Tianmu was also unhappy, thinking: "Why is this boy Mao Hong so restless? It is beneath his status to argue with a clerk." With Chen Zhenshi present, he couldn't say anything.
Chen Maohong saw that his uncle was very unhappy, and when he saw his master looking at him with a dark face, he did not dare to do anything wrong again, so he sat down angrily.
Seeing that Chen Maohong didn't dare to make a move, the waiter sneered: "What's wrong? Why did you come over to hit me when I sat down? Maybe you're scared. Hey, you only have so much ability, how dare you, a country bumpkin, pretend to be in front of me?"
Big guy, I've never seen anyone before, so you want to scare me and make you blind."
The waiter's words became increasingly unpleasant, and Chen Maohong's veins were bulging with anger, but he did not dare to have an attack due to the presence of his master and uncle.
Li Tianmu thought to himself: "This guy is really hateful." He looked at the clerk coldly and said: "Second brother, just say a few words, don't go on forever."
When the waiter heard Li Tianmu's quarrel, he also wanted to make some remarks, but he found that Li Tianmu was very different. There were thousands of evil spirits hidden between the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, which ordinary people couldn't see. The waiter welcomed Li Tianmu all day long.
He was sent to see countless people, and he could tell at a glance that Li Tianmu was a master who was not easy to mess with.
So he didn't dare to say anything more and tried to smooth things over for himself: "Hey, forget it, forget it, I'm just the one who's going to be offended. You guys are waiting, and I'll serve you some noodles."
The shopkeeper's eyesight is good, better than that of the two Taihang Three Owls. If he really dares to insult Li Tianmu and make Li Tianmu lose face in front of Dong Qing, Li Tianmu's big slap is not a vegetarian. This slap
If we go down there, the shopkeeper will probably not be able to save even one of his teeth.
In fact, Li Tianmu has already begun to educate the store clerk. Although he had previously secretly complained that Chen Maohong should not be on the same level as the store clerk, he may not be able to hold on to the fire when the matter comes. Most people are like this, and they are rational when watching.
Emotional in person.
The waiter came out of the back kitchen with a tray. When he saw no one around, he spat into the four bowls of noodles. Then he smiled and put them on the table, saying: "Four gentlemen, your noodles are all ready."
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The noodles were served, but no one wanted to eat them. Chen Zhenshi took out a silver needle and inserted it into the four bowls of noodles one by one. Seeing that the silver needles were not black, he invited everyone to eat the noodles.
Silver needles are a very good tool to detect whether food is poisonous. Most people in Jianghu have enemies. In order to prevent their enemies from poisoning and plotting, they will be very careful when walking in Jianghu.
Although the silver needle can detect poison, it cannot detect saliva. Seeing the four people eating with gusto, the waiter hid and snickered proudly. But he was also frightened. When he saw Chen Zhenshi taking out the silver needle to test the poison, he found out who these four people were.
He is a Jianghu person. As for whether he is right or wrong, he has no idea.
If he had angered these people just now, he would inevitably get a good beating. The gangsters would come and go without a trace, and the yamen's police officers could do nothing to them. If they were beaten, the shopkeeper would have no choice but to consider himself unlucky.
After eating the noodles and settling the bill, the four of them left the restaurant and returned to the small inn. They booked two rooms in total. Dong Qing lived in one room, and the older brother and the younger brother lived in another room. The conditions of the small inn were simple, with dirty bedding and wall coverings.
It was covered with phlegm stains and the blood of killed mosquitoes, which was unsightly and disgusting.
Chen Maohong was angry, so as soon as he got back, he lay down on the kang, closed his eyes and fell asleep. Li Tianmu said: "Maohong, you went to bed so early, why don't you practice kung fu for a while?"
Chen Maohong said: "Master, I'm a little tired and want to go to bed early."
Li Tianmu knew that Chen Maohong was still angry about the restaurant matter, so he didn't force it. He said to Chen Zhenshi: "Uncle Second Master, I will go out and practice kung fu for a while, and I will not accompany you until old age."
Chen Zhenshi knew that Li Tianmu had to practice external skills for an hour and internal skills for an hour most nights, so he said: "You go ahead."
As soon as Li Tianmu opened the door, he saw the innkeeper and a middle-aged man walking over side by side. Seeing Li Tianmu, the innkeeper said: "Sixth Master, this is Guest Officer Li you are looking for."
The middle-aged man cupped his fists and said, "Is this Li Daxia Li Tianmu?"
Li Tianmu said: "Exactly, who are you?"
The middle-aged man said: "The young one is Sun Liu, the manager of the Kaifeng Mansion Inn. There is a man who has booked a room at Tianzihao in my place. He specially ordered me to invite Daxia Li and your friends to stay here."
Li Tianmu said: "Who is this man you are talking about? Why is he doing this?"
Sun Liu smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Master Li. I have nothing to say about that man's identity. When the time comes, he will naturally show up."
Li Tianmu said: "Thank you for your kindness. We live very well here. If we don't want to move, you can leave."
Sun Liu smiled and said, "I'm afraid it won't work if we don't move."
Li Tianmu raised his eyebrows and said, "Why not? Are you still going to be violent?"
Sun Liu said with a smile: "You don't dare to do that. It's just that I have a lot of friends and have friendships with all the inns in Kaifeng Mansion. If Hero Li doesn't want to stay here, I'm afraid no inn in Kaifeng Mansion will take him in."
How many."
The shopkeeper also said: "I don't want a penny of your store money, so please leave as soon as possible."
Li Tianmu thought to himself: "What kind of medicine are they selling in this gourd? Is the man in this guy's mouth an enemy or a friend?" He then thought again, "Who cares? If I don't go, I will call them.
Don’t underestimate me, why not go, why should you be afraid of mountains of swords and seas of fire?”
Li Tianmu said to Sun Liu, "Wait a minute, I'll ask our uncle what he means." He closed the door and asked Chen Zhenshi.
The room was not big. Chen Zhenshi was meditating on the kang and heard clearly what Li Tianmu and Sun Liu said at the door.
Chen Zhenshi said: "Then go. If you don't go, you will think that we are afraid and people will underestimate us. If anything happens, you take Qing'er and Maohong away, and I will cut off the heir apparent."
Li Tianmu said: "How can that be done? If we encounter danger, our Tianmu will be cut off."
Chen Zhenshi said: "Let's not argue about this first. Let's find out whether the other party is an enemy or a friend."
At this time, Chen Maohong got up from the kang and said bitterly: "If the other party has bad intentions, we, old and young, will join forces and beat them to death." He had not slept at all, and he could not sleep because of the anger in his chest.
I'm looking forward to finding someone to fight with.
Chen Zhenshi said to Chen Maohong: "Pack it up, let's move."
Sun Liu had been waiting outside. When he saw Li Tianmu opening the door, he asked eagerly: "Master Li, how are you? Have we discussed it yet?"
Li Tianmu said: "Our second uncle agreed."
Sun Liu said happily: "This is very good, then let's move."
Li Tianmu went to the next room to call Dong Qing, and Chen Maohong went to the backyard stable to fetch the old horse and hitch it to the cart. Everyone drove the cart and followed Sun Liu to the Kaifeng Mansion Inn on a moonlit night.
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