The waiter at the restaurant who came out to greet me looked honest and had a simple and honest smile. It was difficult to associate him with a bandit for a while.
Chai Yan smiled and took the reins from Yuan's hand, and handed them over to the man who came out, carefully instructing him to feed the horse the best fodder.
After giving the instructions, Chai Yan said to Yuanyuan: "Madam, let's go in."
Yuan Yuan just happened to take down the black iron sword from the side of the horse's back. He nodded while holding the sword, and they walked into the restaurant side by side.
When he opened the door and entered the restaurant, he immediately felt a warm breath blowing over him. At the same time, the air was filled with the aroma of wine and food, which immediately aroused the greed in Chaiyan's stomach.
Chai Yan looked around. The restaurant was much more spacious than he had imagined. There were seven or eight tables. Among them, there were four men eating and drinking at the table in the corner of the room. Judging from their attire, they should all be martial artists.
People, but no weapons were seen beside them.
When the four of them noticed someone coming in, they turned around to look at each other. However, after looking at them twice, they turned back and continued eating, drinking and talking.
"You two gentlemen, you must be tired from your journey. Come on, come on, please sit inside..."
When I was thinking about taking a table, a woman came out of the counter and greeted me warmly.
Chai Yan turned around and saw that the woman in front of him was about thirty years old. She had a beautiful face and a graceful figure. Her whole body exuded the charm of a mature woman.
It seems that this woman is probably the proprietress of this restaurant.
Yuan Yuan glanced at the woman through the gauze, then quickly found a table and sat down, placing the black iron sword on the table.
Chai Yan followed suit and sat down next to Yuan Yuan, and said to the woman: "Madam boss, serve some hot dishes and boil a pot of good wine."
"Okay, gentlemen, please wait a moment." The landlady immediately responded with a smile.
As soon as they responded, one of the four people at the table in the corner turned around and shouted: "Li Sanniang, where are the meat buns? They have been steaming for so long, why haven't they come yet? We brothers have been waiting for a long time!"
"Why bother? You guys are not in a hurry. The meat buns must be steamed before they can be eaten."
After Li Sanniang responded familiarly, she asked Chai Yan and Yuan: "Two guests, the shop has freshly steamed meat buns. Would you like to try two?"
Chai Yan was stunned for a moment and was hesitating when Yuan Yuan responded: "Then let's have two..."
"Okay."
Then, Li Sanniang turned around and left the table, swaying towards the kitchen.
When passing a table of four people, Li Sanniang did not forget to slow down her pace and chat with them for a few words, and finally she opened the door curtain with a smile and covered her mouth and entered the kitchen.
Yuan Yuan turned to look at Chai Yan and saw that his eyes were still on the swinging kitchen curtain, so he asked coldly with displeasure: "Does it look good?"
Chai Yan immediately shook his head and said seriously: "It's not good-looking. It's far worse than my wife..."
"Hey! Stop saying nice things. Why are you staring at me if it doesn't look good?" Yuan retorted.
When Chai Yan saw that Yuan Yuan was unhappy, he leaned close to his head and secretly smiled and said, "Madam, don't misunderstand me. I just saw the landlady suddenly remembering a character in the story..."
"Who is that?" Yuan asked curiously.
"Yaksha, Sun Erniang!"
Then, Chai Yan told Yuanyuan the story of Sun Erniang in a low voice.
Just when Sun Erniang was talking about how she was good at making steamed buns with human flesh, Li Sanniang walked out of the kitchen with two plates of meat buns in her hand.
The extra plate was first sent to the table of four, and then Li Sanniang came to Chai Yan's table with the smaller plate.
"Two guests, please try my steamed buns, you will be satisfied with the taste!" As she spoke, Li Sanniang placed a hot plate of steamed buns in the center of the table.
Before hearing what Chai Yan said about Sun Erniang, Yuan Yuan had quite an appetite for meat buns, but after hearing this, Yuan Yuan changed his mind.
Li Sanniang saw that the two of them were still not taking the buns to eat, so she said: "You two, the meat buns must be eaten while they are hot. They will not taste good when they are cold."
Lu Yuan still didn't make a move, the words "human meat buns" were spinning in her mind.
On the contrary, Chai Yan picked up one first, put it to his mouth and nibbled: "It's delicious... Madam, try one quickly, it tastes great!"
Li Sanniang immediately smiled and said: "Take it easy, you two, I will boil the wine for you right now..."
After Li Sanniang walked away, Chai Yan smiled and said: "Madam, I was just telling a story. Don't take it seriously. Eat one, these buns are really good!"
Yuan Yuan gave Chai Yan a hard look and whispered: "Aren't you afraid that this is a shady store?"
Chai Yan chewed the meat buns and whispered: "Eat with confidence, the buns are fine!"
If there is a problem with the buns, Shangguan Peining will know immediately.
Seeing that people at the other table were also munching on the steamed buns, and Chai Yan was also eating them deliciously, Yuanyuan finally couldn't help but reached out and picked up one, then put it to his mouth and took a bite.
It wasn't until Yuan ate the meat filling that she felt relieved that the filling was indeed pork.
While the two were eating steamed buns, Li Sanniang brought boiled water and wine, and the waiter who had taken the horses to feed them also brought food and told them that the horses had been fed with fodder and were eating happily.
After the waiter walked away, Chai Yan tried the wine and food one by one before agreeing to use his chopsticks.
This scene was also quietly watched by Li Sanniang at the counter, thinking secretly.
While they were eating, Li Sanniang came to their table with a smile on her face and briefly introduced herself.
According to Li Sanniang herself, she was a widow. After her husband died, she opened a wine shop in a nearby village. But when the business got better, the women in the village could no longer accommodate her, so she had no choice but to move here and open a wine shop.
Yuan Yuan understood it as soon as he heard it, and thought to himself that you are a woman who dances coquettishly, and it is strange that the women in the village can tolerate you!
Thinking of this, Yuanyuan took another look at Chai Yan, but this time she was quite satisfied. Chai Yan was drinking and eating food with his head slightly lowered, and his eyes did not linger on Li Sanniang.
After introducing herself, Li Sanniang said: "Young Master, young lady, you are going to Yaozhou..."
If you don't say a word, what does your thoughts have to do with you?
Chai Yan didn't want the situation to be too embarrassing, so he smiled politely and nodded lightly.
In fact, there is nothing to hide, everyone who passes Xingyangang is going to Yaozhou.
Li Sanniang sighed with emotion: "Oh, you two have to travel on this New Year's Eve. It's really hard..."
"It's okay, it's okay..." Chai Yan replied politely.
Li Sanniang paused for a moment, then continued: "Don't blame Sanniang for being nosy. Sanniang just wants to remind you that it's not appropriate for you and your wife to go out like this!"
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PS: The Spring Festival will be in February, so the time will be complicated, and the coding time will be relatively unstable, but I will still try my best and say hello to my book friends in advance. I hope you can forgive me, and I'm sorry!