pig auspicious

Double-headed red lacquer cabinet, refined iron big abacus.

The proprietress leaning on the counter half-raised her eyes and glanced at the noisy door, then immediately raised her eyebrows.

She has been in the shop for so many years, and she thinks she has met many people, but she has never seen such a combination - a boy with handsome eyebrows and a nondescript mustache, holding a kid in one hand.

The two little boys are unusual in appearance, and they don't look like they will go out alone.If it weren't for that little mustache with clear eyes, the proprietress would have almost thought him a kidnapper.

Seeing a guest come to the door, Xiao Er, who had been idle for a long time, picked up the big teapot sitting on the stove and greeted him. He was only fourteen years old, but he was neatly dressed, but he was young, and he looked childish.

Jiubaijiu took one in each hand, trying to put on a serious yet cunning old-fashioned face.It's a pity that it's okay if there is only Ao Bai by my side, but this auspiciousness is really born by a caterpillar. No matter if it is hugged, dragged, or dragged, it must be twisted and drilled non-stop. No matter how good the image is, it will be destroyed. Get it spotless.

Xiao Er naturally didn't feel Jiubaijiu's prestige, and led them to the seat with a smile.

"No private room?" Jiubaijiu was picky.Although the store is a bit small, the furnishings are exquisite.

The hero of Tianjizi always analyzes specific problems. If he bakes a steamed bun and catches a sparrow in the wild, it will be over, but if he comes to the city, he should be extravagant, wasteful, and enjoy it as he pleases.

"The upstairs of the store is full of guest rooms, and the downstairs is clean enough." Xiaoer said quickly.

Not high enough.Jiu Baijiu finished the calculation in his heart, and put on a show: "I'm not used to it!"

As I said that, I wanted to go outside.

Unexpectedly, Jixiang sat down on a stool beside him before waiting for Xiaoer to stay.

"Auspicious, let's find a good family..." Jiubaijiu coaxed him.

"I don't want to ride in a carriage anymore, I want to eat." Xiaozhu felt tired a long time ago. The ride in the carriage was very bumpy, and he didn't snore at all, or driving in a cloud was comfortable, and it took a lot of energy.

Ao Bai silently took a cup from the Eight Immortals table by himself, stretched it out to Xiao Er for tea.

The prince of Xihai is also tired.

Nine hundred and nine: "..."

Only then did the proprietress slowly speak from behind the counter: "At this time, only my Fengqing Building is still doing this business. If you don't dislike it, you can just deal with it. If you leave this door, it doesn't matter which restaurant you go to. It's hard to find a good cook..."

Jixiang: "Eat, eat!"

Tianjizi was lost: "You help me lead the carriage at the door in first..."

"Okay! I'll find someone to feed your horse now!" Xiaoer smiled and narrowed his small mung bean eyes, yelled towards the back hall, and then moved the stools.

"Where's the menu?" Jiubaijiu gulped down half a pot of chrysanthemum tea with a look of disgust.

"Steamed old pumpkin, braised tofu in soy sauce, boiled river greens, scrambled egg flowers." The child quickly reported the name of the dish.

"...Where's the menu?"

"Guest officer, the shop only has these few dishes now..."

"...Huh?" Jiubaijiu was stunned.

"Ah, there is one more! Shredded mustard!" Xiaoer added.

The proprietress Tingting came over, smiled at Jiubaijiu, and then slapped Xiaoer on the forehead: "Things that only eat and don't work! Who told you the name of the dish?!"

"Today, Fengqinglou serves the featured top dishes: Fulu Gold Bricks, White Jade Agate, Qinglong Rolling, Gold Inlaid Jade." The proprietress withdrew her hand, with a natural flair in her brows. "There are also three-color emeralds."

"Oh!" Ji Xiang cheered, "It sounds like these dishes are worth a lot!"

"...Boss, those should be pumpkin tofu shredded mustard." Jiubaijiu said.

The proprietress covered her lips and smiled.

"What kind of shop are you guys?! I don't want all kinds of delicacies, but at least I have decent dishes! Why are they all vegetables and tofu!" Jiubaijiu was very sad and angry: "I have money!"

"Guest officer, it's not about money." The proprietress smiled unabated: "You have seen what the city looks like now. There are no people who can use it, and now there are only a few boys' home-cooked dishes that can be used." Served at the table."

"What do you mean—oh, auspicious, let me go!" Jiubaijiu cried out in pain.

"Auspicious is hungry, let's serve food first." Ao Bai replaced Jiubaijiu and said to Xiaoer: "Serve whatever you have."

Jiubaijiu opened Jixiang's mouth with great difficulty, and raised his sleeves, and the two rows of small teeth marks were extremely clear.

"Are you dizzy from hunger!" Jiubaijiu jumped up and pinched Ji Xiang's face: "You even eat human flesh!"

"Eat, eat!" Ji Xiang's eyes glowed green.He was very dissatisfied with Jiubaijiuguang's refusal to eat.

Nine hundred and nine had no choice but to surrender.Judging by Jixiang's appearance, if he doesn't compromise, he may have to suffer another blow. "Serve the food first, or this kid will eat people!"

Originally, I just thought that walking was boring, and I had two more children who were fine and could still pinch and play. I didn’t expect that I actually provoked two small oil bottles, and I couldn’t even pretend to be a show—to be precise, it was [one] drag lecythus.Ao Bai is the future brother-in-law... well, the future brother-in-law, he should take good care of him.However, in just two days of getting along, Ji Xiang has already exposed his nature of being difficult to serve, and no matter what happens, Ji Xiang has a way to make Jiubaijiu have to give in with grievances.

But now that he accepted the fact that he was going to eat at this restaurant, Jiubaijiu began to comfort himself: Although the restaurant is not big enough or luxurious enough to reflect his status as an extraterrestrial expert, although the sparrow is small and complete, there is still a It's the proprietress of the Merry Widow—this is a classic venue for major martial arts events!

...Although, the food is surprisingly simple.

……

Jiubaijiu originally thought that the waiter who entertained them was young enough, but he didn't expect a younger one to come out when the dishes were served.

"What's going on with this store?" Jiubaijiu muttered.Seeing the look of anticipation and fear of being hurt on the face of the child who helped bring out the dishes, could it be that this child made these dishes?

The older waiter held up the teapot to refill them with tea: "The cook is not here, Xiaodong is the chef's apprentice, and the dishes he has learned to cook for so long are not bad..."

The child named Xiaodong was still holding the tray, his face was flushed, he turned and ran away.

But Jixiang gave him face very much, and pulled all the dishes in front of him before moving his chopsticks.

"Where did your cooks go?" Jiubaijiu wondered, "Are all the guys in your shop so young?"

Xiao Er smiled slightly: "Hey, we also know that it looks a bit shabby, but it's just like this in the city now, there's no way..."

Jiubaijiu felt very strange.I didn't notice it before. When I entered the city, at most I felt that the city was a little deserted than I imagined, and there were no people walking around on the streets.Now when I sit down and think about it, I feel something is wrong.

What about the people in the city?How come this is so rare?It is said that the general will pass through this half of the city for a while, why is there no sign of celebrating and triumphant at all?

"They're all going out of the city." There were no other customers in the shop except them, and Xiaoer happily chatted with them. "All the strong laborers in the city have now gone to the embankment, and the rest are women, children and the elderly."

"What's going on?" Jiubaijiu and Jixiang grabbed the pumpkin puree.I didn't like it before, but once a few home-cooked dishes were served, the three mouths never stopped.

The steamed old pumpkin that is ripe enough is soft and rotten, sweet, and has a soft taste. When you scoop it up with white rice, you can't stop chewing it.In particular, Ji Xiang likes it very much, and eats it all over his mouth.

"It's summer this year, and for some reason, half of the city suddenly flooded." Xiaoer's expression was a little mysterious.All mistresses in the world have one advantage, that is, they can speak well.If it was a veteran, he might not be willing to open his mouth without squeezing some oil from Jiubaijiu's body.It’s just that this mistress is obviously young and inexperienced, so he started chattering when asked: “We have lived in Bancheng for four generations, and my grandma has never seen Bancheng being flooded. Tsk tsk , I was still sleeping at that time, and suddenly I was woken up, and the water almost flooded the bed..."

Nine hundred and ninety-nine thought about it. "Half outside the city...is the Li River?"

"That's not it!" Xiao Er patted his thigh: "The weather has been so good for a hundred years, and no one thought that there would be an accident. After half a month of repairing the embankment, at least when the water receded, it rose again at the beginning of the month. It didn't just happen that the general came here at that time Well, I turned around and took the military master to protect the embankment. But thanks to the general, otherwise many people would have died of exhaustion on the embankment."

"The old people say that the Dragon Lord of Lihe River is gone, and without the Dragon Lord, there will be no one to take care of the Lihe River..."

Ji Xiang was very interested when he heard that, "Where did the Dragon King go?"

"Who knows!" Xiao Er also felt that Ji Xiang was cute, and the more he talked, the more expressive he became: "Anyway, everyone said that the Li River is no longer owned, and a few nights before I heard that it was going to flood, many people dreamed A white light flew out of the river..."

"Then the white light is the Dragon Lord? Where did he fly to?"

"I don't know, I just flew away anyway." Xiaoer smiled and said, "Are you here to see the general? The news is too late. Now there are only half of the city from outsiders, and there is nothing when they come. That is our Fengqing Building It’s still open, but the Shuangxi Restaurant on the opposite street and the Dayuan Restaurant on the South Street are simply closed. They even went to the embankment to cut firewood and make fire.”

Jiu Baijiu was full, and his mind gradually came to his senses: "That's not right. Although half the city is not big, it is not small. The whole city has gone, plus an army, how many levees have been built in the past few days. gone."

"Unless you are using people to build the embankment," Jiubaijiu stopped touching the mustache, "otherwise, what's the use of so many people crowding by the river?"

"That's the way it is supposed to be. But I don't know what happened. The embankment just couldn't be repaired. It was built the night before, but it got low again at dawn. I can't hold back the water anyway." Xiaoer's voice lowered: "What do you mean it's not evil? The Li River is also strange. It's a river that isn't very deep, and there's no sign at all. It rises when it says it's going to rise. It's obviously not raining or torrents. I don't know where the water comes from— —The floods are endless. If it weren’t for rushing to build dikes, the floods would have flooded half the city.”