If you don't go to the house, you are not a gentleman

Autumn, leaves fall, cool breeze.

It was just a peaceful and quiet morning in Ding'an County.

"Don't sleep here early in the morning!" A shrill female voice entered An Le's ears.

Euthanasia hugged the wine jar and snored on the table, saliva dripping all over the table.

"Get up quickly, I still have to do business!"

An Le felt someone lift his collar.

After dying for a while, An Le reluctantly got up.

He vaguely saw a fat proprietress with a fierce face.

"Pay the money and go away! Don't occupy the seat!" The fat proprietress shouted.

An Le closed her eyes, felt in her tattered sleeves, and took out a piece of silver.

Snapped.

The silver was knocked heavily on the table, and the wine glass on the table shook three times.

The fat proprietress's face froze.

But she quickly realized that a flattering smile filled her face, "This guest officer, do you want some more food?"

An Le opened his eyes, he looked at the fat proprietress and smiled, "Didn't you just drive me away?"

The fat proprietress didn't have any embarrassment on her face, she stammered: "Just now..."

An Le continued to smile, "Forget it, I'll just have two more bowls of wine."

The fat proprietress glanced at the silver on the table, and quickly called Xiao Er loudly.

An Le caught sight of the fat proprietress's expression, and muttered inwardly: "Stick to the miser!"

After listening to the order, Xiao Er quickly came up with a jar of wine.

"Is this enough?" The fat proprietress smiled obsequiously.

An Le waved his hand impatiently, "Enough." Then he proudly pushed out all the money in front of him.

"You don't need to look for it," An Le said.

The fat proprietress was surprised at first, and then happily carried the ingot of silver back to the counter to count.

Xiao Er glanced at the money-hungry proprietress, and at An Le, who was soon left out in the cold. He seemed apologetic and said with a smile, "Is this guest officer's first visit? Please don't take offense."

An Le held the wine, looked up at Xiao Er, he showed a bright smile, "No wonder, no wonder."

Xiao Er stared at An Le's face for a long time, until someone called Xiao Er to serve, then he came back to his senses and left in a hurry.

As noon approached, the number of people gradually increased.

One of the drunken men started singing at the top of his voice.

An Le was holding the wine, and the man wobbled around the store, knocking An Le's wine over.

An Le didn't care, she pulled the man to sit down, and drank cups with him.

"Brother, why are you getting drunk here?" An Le smiled, with a hint of drunkenness floating on his face.

The man poured another glass of wine into his stomach, and said sadly: "After five years of imperial examinations, I have never had a title on the gold list, so I just borrowed wine to relieve my worries."

An Le smiled so hard that she narrowed her eyes, "Brother, you can't drink this liquor anymore."

The man asked, "Why?"

An Le said solemnly: "Baijiu is only drunk on great joy."

The man was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly, "Then what kind of wine do you think you should drink?"

An Le took out another ingot of silver, and said loudly, "Xiao Er! Here's a jar of Du Kang!"

The waiter from earlier brought the wine neatly.

An Le's heroic self finished a cup first, and said loudly: "The only way to relieve your worries is Du Kang!"

An Le said while pouring wine into the man's mouth.

The man waved his hand and declined a few times, An Le said with a smile: "Wait a minute—"

I don't know if the man heard it clearly, so An Le poured it first, and knocked over a wine glass on the corner of the table by the way.

When the bright moon was in the sky, An Le was woken up by Xiaoer.

"Guest officer, we are closing."

An Le got up, looked at the empty wine jar, wiped the corner of his mouth, and suddenly said, "Where's that young master from before?"

Xiaoer wiped the table and said, "Let's go, just as he left, he left some money for you, saying it's for you."

An Le was taken aback for a moment, and then saw Xiao Er really took out a few coins and handed them to him.

"Originally there were a little more, but the proprietress stole a few." Xiaoer said in a low voice, with a wry smile on his pretty face.

An Le grabbed the silver and put it directly into his sleeve without counting it. After thinking about it, he took out two more and put them in the small second hand.

Xiao Er blinked.

An Le raised the corner of her mouth and said, "Master, I'm in a good mood, I'll reward you."

As soon as Xiaoer opened his mouth, he heard the piercing voice of the proprietress, "Where are the workers? Come in quickly!"

Xiao Er had no choice but to shut up, and smiled apologetically, An Le pushed him smoothly, and Xiao Er was pushed into the room by him.

An Le also stood up, stepped out of the threshold, and the moonlight shone straight on the ground.

An Le stretched her waist.

"I didn't expect to sleep here for a whole day."

An Le hummed a little tune and left along the bluestone path.

The moonlight shines on that path, and An Le faces the moonlight, and he can clearly see the outline of the cloud beside the moon.

"Who should I call today?" An Le thought while grinning, he hadn't caught a fat sheep for a few days, and if he did that, he might not even be able to afford wine.

This time I must find a fat and watery one——

He smiled and narrowed his eyes, the black eyes shone with a shrewd and sly light, and his whole face looked more beautiful.

An Le stopped suddenly.

"How about just that noisy proprietress? She embezzled my money." An Le rubbed her chin and said to herself.

With the black clouds pressing down on the moonlight, An Le pursed her lips and started to walk back.

After walking to the front of the store, Anle realized that the waiter in the store was actually squatting at the door.

An Le thought about it, and finally pushed him.

Xiao Er sniffed and raised his head, and when he found An Le, he stood there in a daze.

An Le smiled and said, "Why are you sitting here? Looking at the moon?"

Xiao Er was still in a daze, and he said after a long time, "I have no money, and I was kicked out by the landlord. But why is the young master here?"

An Le sat on the ground next to him, with his legs crossed, his hands on his legs and his cheeks propped up.

He asked out of context, "Who is your landlord?"

Xiaoer was dizzy, and he lowered his head, "It's the proprietress of this store."

An Le shook her head, "Then why do you have no money?"

Xiaoer sighed, "My family is very poor, so my mother had no choice but to sell me to the proprietress of this store. I could have worked here to make money before, but the proprietress' son died young, and it cost a lot of money to do it. The funeral was held, and not long ago, she also bought the nearby teahouse, so she has been struggling recently, and her temper has become even more irritable, and she deducted my wages for a few days."

"And then there's no money?" An Le yawned. "Can't find another place to work?"

Xiao Er smiled wryly, "How easy is it to find a place with all meals and lodging now?"

An Le stood up, the moonlight was dim, but his face was more beautiful, "Although I'm not a good person—but it doesn't mean I'm a bad person."

Xiaoer was stunned.

An Le chuckled, took out a few coins from her sleeve, and threw them into Xiao Er's arms gracefully.

Xiao Er didn't react for a while, and dropped two on the ground.

"You are this?"

An Le smiled and said, "This is my last silver, and I will give it to you."

"Why?" Xiao Er finally came to his senses and jumped up in shock, "I can't take it."

An Le curled her lips, "I'm happy to send you off, if I tell you to accept it, you can accept it, what are you doing?"

Xiao Er hurriedly stuffed the money into An Le's arms.

An Le said helplessly, "Why didn't you accept it?"

Xiao Er said, "I have no reason to accept it."

"Just treat it like I'm feeding the dog." An Le said with a smile.

Xiao Er was at a loss.

An Le patted him on the shoulder, "It's just a favor."

"I'm afraid I can't repay you."

An Le still had a smile on his face, and said earnestly: "Life is long, and it will always be paid off." Then he muttered again, "Anyway, I will come to ask you for it."

Xiao Er frowned and wanted to say something else.

An Le jumped up, landed on the eaves silently, and mouthed to him, "Remember this favor."

Xiao Er chased after him for a few steps, but An Le was nowhere to be seen.

After recovering, Xiaoer said: "What a powerful Qinggong—"

In fact, An Le just rolled into the house.

The proprietress of the tavern lives on the upper floor of the teahouse next to this tavern——As a thief, An Le is the best at inquiring about such things...

An Le took off her shoes and swayed slowly on the clean floor with her bare feet.

Since this proprietress is so annoying, then take her a few more coins.

An Le happily planned to get up.

After looking around, An Le found that despite the sloppy shops below, the proprietress actually lived a luxurious life. There were beautiful screens everywhere, and there were several paintings hanging on the walls. An Le recognized one of them as an authentic one.

When he sneaked into the proprietress' room, the oil lamp on the table hadn't burned out.

The gray and dark environment is the place Anle is most comfortable with, and it is inconvenient to have a little light.

An Le quietly put the shoes by the window, and fumbled for things like jewelry boxes.

The proprietress was not a shrewd and cautious person, and the jewelry box full of her dowry was opened and placed on the stage not far from the door.

Open the drawer, there are dozens of silver coins inside, and a few letters from home.

An Le was a little curious. After putting the silver and jewelry into her sleeves, she took a letter from home.

When he was about to close the drawer, the proprietress turned over.

An Le was a little frightened. He closed the drawer carefully, and when he turned to look at the proprietress, he found that her cheeks were a little wet—was she crying in her sleep?

An Le raised her eyebrows, put the jewelry and silver in her sleeve without any guilt, stood there and thought for a while, finally walked to the window, and jumped out of the window with her shoes.

"I didn't expect this proprietress to have so many good things." An Le smiled and walked home with her sleeves in her arms.

He sneaked into a hole not far from the city gate, which was not too big or small for An Le, who was slender.

Before the cock crowed, he sneaked to a wooden house outside the city.

Pushing open the creaking wooden door, he couldn't wait to pour everything on the tattered quilt.

Jade bracelets and gold hairpins with phoenix patterns and the like.

An Le counted how much silver taels they could exchange with her fingers, gritted her teeth after the calculation, and thought about how many good meals they could eat.

It was only after dawn that An Le took out the letter from home.

He picked the wick and began to read.

This family letter was probably sent by the proprietress's only son who has passed away. The handwriting is very good, it is a beautiful cursive script, and it also has its own habit of writing.

And this family letter talked about some trivial things about the parents, told the old mother to take care of her health, and the wife's happiness, and finally asked the old mother what she wanted to name her grandson.

An Le touched the paper and found that it was a little wet and the characters were blurred.

Probably the proprietress often shed tears while reading letters after the death of her only son.

An Le casually folded the letter and stuffed it into his sleeve. His rude behavior made the family letter, which was carefully kept by the proprietress, crumpled.

After reading this letter from home, An Le calmly put away one sheet of jewelry and stuffed it into the other sleeve. As usual, he lay on the bed humming an unknown song, and began to wait for the complete dawn.