Chai Yan shrugged and said, "Uncle, you heard what my wife said, why don't you go to the inn first and have a look."
The uncle grinned in amusement, shook his head to suppress his smile and said: "You two, it's okay to go to the inn first, but if your couplets are very ordinary later, don't blame our National People's Congress for being unkind during the Chinese New Year!"
The uncle's words were very clear. If he was not satisfied with the couplet, Chai Yan would not be allowed to stay at the inn.
Chai Yan said confidently: "Don't worry, my couplet is definitely a good couplet. Just take us to the inn!"
When the uncle saw this, he said cheerfully: "You two, come with me!"
After saying that, the uncle strode forward in front of the two of them.
"Madam, let's go..."
Chai Yan said hello and walked side by side with Yuan, following behind his uncle.
After walking a short distance, there were several groups of people on the street paying New Year greetings to my uncle, and they all called him "a good person".
Yuan Yuan, who was walking behind, whispered to Chai Yan: "Looking at it like this, there might be an inn where we know each other."
Chai Yan nodded and said: "That's the best, and it saves us trouble."
Yuanyuan paused and suddenly said: "How about you tell me the couplet first, and I'll take a look..."
"Madam!" Chai Yan pretended to be displeased and said, "Don't you even believe what my husband said?"
Yuan murmured in a low voice: "It's a letter, but it doesn't matter..."
Chai Yan suddenly rolled his eyes speechlessly.
At this time, the uncle who was walking in front suddenly slowed down and walked side by side with Chai Yan: "By the way, my surname is Gao, and my name is only Heng. I don't know what I call my little brother..."
Chai Yan thought for a moment and said: "Oh, my surname is Mu, uncle can call me Mu Mu or Xiao Mu..."
The surname Mu is derived from the lower part of the character "Chai".
Hearing that Chai Yan changed her name to Mu Mu, Yuan Yuan couldn't help but want to laugh, but she couldn't laugh in front of Gao Heng.
Gao Heng thought for a while and said: "Brother Mu, I wonder if you are coming to Yaozhou City to visit relatives or friends?"
Yuan Yuan wanted to reply, "None of your business," but after thinking about it, he finally didn't say it.
Chai Yan said: "I was asked to deliver a letter."
Gao Heng then asked: "Is the recipient of the letter a clerk from Rende Pharmacy?"
It's not surprising that Gao Heng would ask Chai Yan this. He had been calling for a while in front of Rende Pharmacy just now, and Gao Heng should have seen him.
Chai Yan replied: "Yes, it's a pity that Rende Pharmacy is empty, so we have to find a place to stay first."
Gao Heng asked again: "Brother Mu, who are you looking for? Tell me, maybe I can help you..."
"Oh?" Chai Yan was more curious.
Gao Heng nodded and said: "Brother Mu, I am not boasting. I am very familiar with Rende Pharmacy. As long as you can name it, I can help you find the person!"
Chai Yan smiled and politely declined: "We appreciate the kindness. I won't trouble you because I'm so kind and noble, and I won't bother you because I'm busy. We'll just go there again when Rende Medicine Store opens its doors."
Gao Heng didn't say anything after hearing this, he just smiled and continued to lead the two of them to the inn.
When the sky started to get dark, Gao Heng finally brought Chai Yan and Yuan outside an inn.
"Brother Mu, the manager of this inn is familiar with me. I will talk to him later and he will definitely let you stay here."
After Gao Heng finished speaking, he stepped forward and knocked on the door.
However, after calling the door for a while, there was no answer at the inn, which was exactly the same situation as in those previous inns.
Yuan Yuan looked at Chai Yan and said, "There seems to be no one inside..."
Chai Yan nodded and said nothing for the time being.
"Shopkeeper Shen, are you there? Shopkeeper Shen..."
Gao Heng was still calling the door loudly, but now there was a trace of embarrassment on his face.
Gao Heng was secretly worried, where had Shopkeeper Shen gone? He always stayed with his mother-in-law in the inn during the Chinese New Year!
Seeing that Gao Heng couldn't open the door, he turned around and said, "Brother Mu, wait a minute, I'll ask the neighbor..."
Before Chai Yan could respond, Gao Heng ran to the house next door and knocked on the door.
Someone came to the shop next door very quickly. After asking, Gao Heng found out that shopkeeper Shen and his wife went to the countryside to celebrate the New Year this year and would not be back for a few days. There was no one in the inn now.
Chai Yan and Yuan Yuan heard what the people in the shop next door said, and they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Gao Heng came over with an embarrassed look on his face, raised his hands and apologized: "Brother Mu, I'm really sorry. I don't know why Shopkeeper Shen went to the countryside to celebrate the New Year. He was always there in previous years. This is an accident... ....”
"It's okay, we'll just go to another house and check it out." Chai Yan replied with his hands in hand.
But Yuan suddenly said: "It's a good thing I didn't tell him the couplet first..."
Gao Heng became anxious when he heard this. Wasn't this just saying that he was lying to others?
"Mrs. Mu, you misunderstood. I really know the manager of this inn, Shen. I'm very familiar with him!" Gao Heng defended.
Yuan Yuan was not polite and asked: "Since we are familiar with each other, how come you didn't know at all that he went to the countryside to celebrate the New Year?"
Yuan Yuan took advantage of the situation and said: "Or, you knew that their family had gone to the countryside, so you wanted to use this cover to trick my husband into telling you the couplet, and then you brought us here to make a fuss. In this way, you I didn’t break my promise, and I got a good couplet for free!”
Gao Heng shook his head in denial and asked: "Madam of the Mu family, if I had known that Shopkeeper Shen was not at the inn, why would I have brought you here for this trip?"
Yuan Yuan turned his head and said lightly: "Are you deliberately trying to show off the lack of guarantees? Taking us on this trip during the Chinese New Year has no merit but hard work. Maybe my husband, in a moment of soft-heartedness, told you the couplet?"
Chai Yan clapped his hands and said, "Yes, what you said makes sense!"
"No, no, no, it's not!" Gao Heng suddenly became anxious and blurted out: "Listen to my explanation, shopkeeper Shen and his family often come to my shop to get medicine. We are indeed very familiar with each other!"
"Going to your shop to get medicine?" Chai Yan immediately grasped an important point.
Yuan asked: "Are you a pharmacy owner?"
When Gao Heng saw that the words had reached this point, he confessed: "I won't hide it from you two. The Rende Pharmacy you saw just now is owned by my family!"
"So you are the owner of Rende Pharmacy!" Chai Yan couldn't help but laugh.
No wonder Gao Heng said that he is very familiar with Rende Pharmacy. You are the owner of Rende Pharmacy. How can you not be familiar with it?
Gao Heng said with an apology on his face: "Brother Mu, I'm really sorry for missing the time for you to check in. Why don't you just stay at my house tonight!"
"Live at your house?" Chai Yan looked at Yuyuan in surprise, thinking that he heard wrongly.
Gao Heng said: "Aren't you two here to deliver a message to my shop assistant? It's the Chinese New Year, so you should live in my house!"
Chai Yan thought for a while and asked softly: "Madam, it's already so late, why don't you go to his place and stay for one night..."
Yuan looked up at the sky and said softly: "You make up your mind, I will listen to you."
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