Chapter Ninety-One: The Village Wine Shop
A wine shop suddenly appeared in front of him, with blue bricks and red tiles, and dilapidated lanterns hung high and swayed in the wind. The wine shop under the towering tree appeared strangely in front of everyone's eyes, and it was still some distance away from the densely populated village, and it seemed a little out of place with the ordinary village houses with earthen walls and blue tiles.
This should be the entrance to the fall, and it can be seen that there is a stone monument under the towering tree. The stele stands tall on the muddy avenue of about one person, and the stele is engraved with three big characters of "Shuangzhong Village", and it turns out that this material is called Shuangzhong Village. It may be related to the two stone bell mountains in the middle of the lake, and it is the name of the village taken from the scenery.
It was already completely dark, and there was silence all around. There was not even a single barking dog in the village, and it was eerily quiet.
Li Congjia took the lead and walked towards the wine shop where the lantern was hung high. The four of them have been walking for an hour or two today, Li Congjia is not a person who practices martial arts, and although the scenery is good, others are already exhausted. There was a liquor shop in front of him, which made him overjoyed, and one of them quickened his pace, moving his fat figure quickly.
And the old man in cloth, the personal guard of the king of Anding County, also quickened his pace and kept following him closely, Ye Yinfeng and the little fat Taoist priest glanced at each other, smiled helplessly, and also followed, and he was followed by an old yellow dog.
Li Congjia walked to the door of the wine shop, and was about to reach out and knock on the door, but found that the door was hidden, so he casually pushed open the hidden door and was about to step in.
The old man behind him took the lead, and dodged into this gate long before he could take a step, and then Li Congjia also walked into this gate. Ye Yinfeng and Li Xiaoyao also followed him into this big fan, and there was an old yellow dog behind him.
When they entered the gate, they realized that this was not a small courtyard, but a bottomless well in the courtyard, and the side of the well was covered with thick residual snow. In the courtyard, several bamboo farming tools are placed at random, and the farm tools are also covered with residual snow, which seems to have not been used for a long time.
This courtyard is not big, just a few zhang square, a few unknown small trees in the courtyard, the leaves have already fallen, and some of the residual snow can be seen between the branches that have not melted. In the courtyard, a row of bluestone slabs paved along the path leads straight to the houses in front of it, and the path is lined with muddy snow and flowing mud.
At this moment, there was a "creak", and the door of the house in front of me opened, and a child jumped out of the door. The boy was less than four feet tall, dressed in a bright red cotton jacket, with a thick rouge foundation on his face, big eyes like two black grapes, and two horns on his head. A pair of eyebrows were depicted as thick, hard and a strange feeling, the child was a boy.
What makes people feel even more strange is that the boy's head is very large, and it seems to be out of harmony with his body, as if he has become a puppet with a big head. The feeling flickered in everyone's hearts, and then disappeared again.
When the boy saw someone enter the courtyard, he looked at the four people and the dog curiously, and his face was covered with a thick rouge foundation, but he couldn't see any expression. It's just that this boy is not afraid when he sees him, a pair of big black eyes are constantly turning, and he looks naughty and cute.
"Do you want to eat or stay at my house?"
When the boy saw that the crowd was looking at him, he was not afraid, and asked in a milky voice.
Li Congjia saw this cute three-foot boy, couldn't help but squat down, and said to him kindly: "Isn't your family a hotel, we are hungry and want to eat something, I don't know if there is." ”
After saying that, he took out a copper coin from his bosom and handed it to the boy, and the boy looked at the copper coin but did not reach out to take it.
The boy held a small pink lotus hand in his mouth and sucked it, but his eyes were fixed on the copper coin, he longed for his copper coin, but he was too embarrassed to reach for it.
"Your father, tell your father and mother to come out, this copper coin is yours." Li Congjia looked at the boy's eager eyes and couldn't help but say.
The boy nodded, and scurried into the room again, as if to call the adults of his own house to come out and receive them. Looking at his red padded jacket, it seemed like a red flame was running.
After a while, a woman came out of the house, and the woman took the boy's hand in an affectionate manner, apparently the child's mother.
The woman was also dressed in a red cotton jacket, with a wooden hairpin stuck in a high bun. The woman's face was white and red, and there was a pair of red phoenix eyes embedded under a pair of thin willow eyebrows, which was really enchanting and moving. The slender neck reveals skin like snow-white jade.
"Mother, these people want to eat." The boy was led by the woman with one hand, and pointed to Li Congjia with the other and said to her, with endless intimacy in his tone.
The woman let go of the hand that was holding the boy, gave everyone a blessing, and then said, "Do you want to be a guest or do you want to stay in a hotel?" ”
Li Congjia hurriedly arched his hand and said: "There is Lao, this little lady, I want to find something to fill my stomach, if your store has a place to stay, it would be great." ”
The crowd didn't look at the woman closely, and it would be rude to keep staring at them.
"In that case, please follow the slave into the house." Then the woman gave another blessing, and turned and led the people into the house. And the boy looked at Li Congjia with blank eyes, how could the little fat man not know what he meant, he gently stuffed the copper coin in his hand into his hand. Pity touched the back of the boy's head on the head, but the boy obediently let him touch it, and then gave the other party a big grimace and ran away.
The four of them followed the woman into the room, and the old man was the first to enter, followed by the little fat man. Ye Yinfeng followed behind the fat Taoist, and he frowned before entering the door. Because the boy he found was playing with the yellow dog in some way. The other party is just a boy who is only a few years old, and it seems that he is too worried. He shook his head, and at last went into the room, and left the yellow dog alone.
As soon as they entered the room, they saw that there were already a few candles lit in the room, and the dim light could barely see the whole room. The room was decorated with the decoration of an ordinary wine shop, and it was not spacious, so there were only four or five sets of tables and chairs. There is a narrow wooden ladder on the right hand side of the door, and there must be a small attic in the house.
The tables and chairs in the room are still relatively clean, and there is no dust on them, and the whole house looks relatively neat and clean.
They found a random table and sat down, and everyone was already hungry, and it was hard to find a place to eat, which could not help but surprise people.
At this time, the woman came up and gave everyone a blessing and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, there is not much food in the small shop now, and the slave family can only get some home-cooked food, I hope you will not be surprised." ”
The woman was always humble and courteous, and it was very strange to see such a knowledgeable woman in this remote village, and I wonder why such a woman would come to this small village to open such a small wine shop.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you can fill your belly, it's hard work."
Since people are polite, of course the little fat man can't lose his courtesy, he said to the other party.
The woman turned to prepare the meal, her body twisting like a water snake, her round buttocks shaking under her tight cotton robe.
Looking at the woman's departing figure, Li Congjia couldn't help but look stupid. He is the only one in the crowd who is simple-minded and just wants to fill his stomach, while the others have different thoughts.
Everyone sat quietly and waited for a while.
"Uncle Fatty, you peek at my mother's ass".
A milky sound suddenly broke the silence, but it was the boy who appeared at their table at some point, looking at the little fat man Li Congjia with a pair of big black eyes like grapes.
"Ahh Li Congjia was a spirit, he didn't expect this boy to say it so directly, and what he said was very reasonable. His voice was so loud that it was heard by all, including the woman who had gone away, and the child's voice was heard, and there was a marked pause in her steps.
Li Congjia's fat face turned red and he felt embarrassed, and he couldn't find a crack to drill down. With a shy face and a helpless hand, he pulled the boy over, and covered the boy's mouth with a fat hand.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh, especially the fat Taoist Li Xiaoyao almost squirted out the tea in his mouth, he couldn't help but laugh and held back. A fat face was also as red as Li Congjia, and it was not easy to swallow the tea.
"Hahahaha??????", Li Xiaoyao still couldn't help laughing, leaning forward and leaning back with laughter.
The boy struggled uncontrollably in Li Congjia's hands, and after a while, he broke free from the other party's fat hands, and he twisted his body and escaped.
"Giggles, fat uncle is still shy, wait for my dad to come back and won't break your hands and feet." The boy fled to a safe place, grimacing at the little fat man, and said with a smug expression.
The little fat man took out a copper coin from his bosom again, and said to the boy who was a foot away from him: "Don't talk nonsense, where did uncle peek, where did your father go, why hasn't he come back yet." ”
When the boy saw that the other party had taken out a copper coin, his eyes shone with a glimmer of blazing brilliance, but he still did not come. He put a chubby little finger into his mouth and sucked it.
Li Congjia didn't know what the other party was thinking, he hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, uncle said to give this to you, okay." ”
"Yes, but don't peek at my mother's ass in the future." The boy agreed, he stepped forward and took the copper coin in the palm of the other party's hand, but he jumped away.
"I didn't expect Xiao Liuzi to be shy." The fat Taoist priest was still laughing, and he joked as he laughed.
Li Congjia looked annoyed, stared at his uncle fiercely, and then looked around to hide his embarrassment.
At this moment, the door of the house was opened, and I saw a man dressed as a peasant walking through the door. As soon as he entered the door, a stream of cold air rushed straight into the room, blowing the candles in the room for a while.
The man was dressed in coarse cloth, and the appearance of his face was not very accurate because the candlelight was too dim, and there was no expression on his face. He was carrying two grass carp about two catties or so alive in his hand, which should have been caught in the lake.
As soon as the man entered the room, he found Li Congjia and the four people sitting at the table, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, so he walked towards the four people. Walking in front of them, his true face of Lushan was revealed, and he saw the man's emaciated face and a pair of blazing tiger eyes. He was barefoot, and his trousers were pulled high.
"A few guest officers, the small shop didn't have any decent dishes, and the small one caught two fish from the lake and came back. Please forgive me for the inconsiderate hospitality, I don't know where a few people came from. ”
This man is obviously a person who has seen the world, and he is not restrained in front of everyone, and he is also polite in conversation, which inadvertently makes people full of good feelings for him.
"This strong man, I'm reasonable, I'm sorry, I'm waiting here to play in the water and unconsciously miss the food and lodging, just find your store, coarse tea and light rice can fill your stomach, don't have too much trouble."
The little fat man hurriedly said politely to the peasant man. He swept away the embarrassed look on his face. Ye Yinfeng and the fat Taoist priest also got up to salute the man, only the old man beside Li Congjia had an expressionless face and did not move.
Seeing this, the man also bowed to Ye Yinfeng and Li Xiaoyao. He saw that the old man was motionless, and there was no change in his face, and he still gave the old man a big salute, and the old man just nodded in return. The man was not annoyed and beckoned them to wait a moment, then turned and walked aside, and disappeared into the house in a moment.
After the man left, at some point, the boy appeared beside everyone like a ghost, and he looked at the little fat man with a blank face. Maybe he was playing outside, his whole body was covered with muddy water, his red cotton jacket was covered with a little muddy water, and the thick rouge gouache on his face was a mess, east and west.
"Your yellow dog bullied me." He muttered with a red little mouth, with a distorted look, which made people feel pity and pity.
Li Congjia was taken aback when he saw the appearance of this boy, and the scene just now made him feel palpitations, so he hurriedly took out another copper coin and handed it to him.
When the boy saw that his goal had been achieved, a cheerful smile suddenly broke into his face, and he turned and ran out again.