those in the rivers and lakes

Chapter 5
This tavern was three miles west of the town. As soon as Qin Dun walked into the tavern, there was only an old man left among the guests in the tavern.

Qin Du smiled and said, "Why is the old man still drinking here?"

The old man said: "I'm getting old, I have to squint for a while after drinking before I can walk."

Qin Du sat at the table and said coldly, "Serve me the best wine and the most delicious meat!"

The girl in front of the counter also said coldly: "Our store has small profits, so we don't accept credit!"

With anger in Qin Du's eyes, she slammed the hatchet on the table.The girl looked at the blood stains on the hatchet and his empty right shoulder, and fear appeared on her pink face.

"The meat is sold out, but there is still some wine!"

Qin Duan smiled slightly, and put another ingot of silver on the table: "Who said I want to pay on credit."

The girl also smiled slightly, and said: "I forgot just now, there is still a piece of meat in the cabinet, I asked the guy to make it for you!"

"Are you the proprietress here?"

"I'm the boss' daughter."

What about your father? "

"My father went to the wine shop to make wine."

"You use your own wine?"

"Of course, our wine is different!"

Speaking of which, the girl had already poured Qin Du a cup, Qin Du took a sip and said with a light smile, "It's different, it's really different, it's delicious!"

"The meat will be ready in a while!"

Qin Du looked at the girl and couldn't help laughing, "You're so sarcastic, I really like it!"

The girl said shyly and angrily, "You have a sick mind!"

Qin Du was not angry at all, and asked again: "What do you plan to do if I come to your place to eat and drink in the future?"

"Hmph, shameless."

The girl walked into the back room angrily, but Qin Du couldn't help laughing.

After Qin sat ate the beef for a while, the girl asked again from inside: "Why is your arm missing?"

"It was chopped off!"

"Is it an enemy?"

"No, it's someone I can't think of!"

Qin Du frowned, and swallowed the beef in her mouth.

"Did you kill someone today?"

"That's right, if I don't kill people, I won't have anything to eat!"

"But I didn't kill anyone, and I have food to eat."

Qin Du was silent for a moment, and said: "I am a cripple, no one wants to use me, I can only rely on myself, rely on the knife in my hand!"

The girl was also silent for a moment, and said softly: "But the knife can't solve all the problems. There are some things, maybe there are other ways!"

Qin Du squinted at his right shoulder, and said sadly, "The knife really can't solve all problems!" He drank the wine in his glass, picked up the hatchet and left the tavern.

Three minutes is not drunk, but Qin Du is a little sleepy, he doesn't want to go anymore, anyway, it's the same wherever he goes, because his road has no end.

This is it, a dilapidated temple. I don’t know what is offered in the temple.Qin Du kicked and gathered three futons, which became his bed.

A smile appeared on the corner of Qin Du's mouth, he suddenly felt that life is not difficult, as long as he can eat and sleep.

This sleep was really sound, he vaguely smelled the aroma of rice and cooking, his stomach started growling again, he seemed to be very hungry recently.

He slowly opened his eyes, and then saw another pair of eyes.Those are the girl's eyes, pure and gentle.He sat up, it turned out that it was already morning, sure enough, good dreams are always easy to wake up.

But what surprised him was that this was not a dream, but a reality. There were really two big bowls of rice and a plate of vegetables in front of him.

"Hey, who are you?"

"Hey, what do you guess?" The girl couldn't help but lower her head and smile after she finished speaking.

"I, can't guess!"

"My name is Xiaolan!"

"Is it the blue of the blue sky?"

"How can a girl call that blue one, it's the orchid's orchid."

"Well! Then what are you doing here?"

"I saw you sleeping alone in the ruined temple, and thought you had nowhere to go to get sick here."

"So you brought me food?"

"Ok!"

"No need, I'm not hungry yet!"

Xiaolan frowned and said, "Why, are you worried that I'm a bad person?"

"No, it's just for no reason, how can I eat your food?"

Xiaolan remained silent, picked up the chopsticks and ate some of the rice in the two bowls, and some of the stir-fried vegetables.

"That's it!"

Qin Du smiled and said: "It seems that you are really a kind and lovely girl!"

After a while, Qin Dun had finished the fried vegetables and rice.He smiled foolishly and said, "Your craftsmanship is not bad!"

"It's good to have an appetite with you."

"Well, you live near here?"

"Well, I'm from around here."

"Are you married already?"

"No, not yet, I live with my mother."

"What about your father?"

"My father was sick last year, and now..."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!"

"nothing!"

"Then you and your mother must have a hard life, right?"

"It's okay, it's just that my father owes a lot of money due to illness, and I still have to pay it back slowly."

"How much do you owe?"

"50 taels."

Qin Du touched the silver on his chest, and said with a smile, "I don't have much, why don't you take it for emergency!"

"No, I didn't bring you food just to ask for your money! The creditor has a good temper, so don't rush!"

"I understand, I sleep in this kind of place, how can you think I have money?"

"Well, actually, I think we are all poor people, so I want to talk to you, talk heart to heart!"

"Well, yes! Anyway, I have no place to go, and I plan to live here recently. You can come if you want, as long as you don't think I'm a cripple!"

"No, I never laughed at you!"

"Thank you!"

"Then I'll bring you food every day!"

"Well, that's good too, and it saves me looking for food everywhere."

He handed the money to Xiao Lan, and said with a smile: "Use my money to buy vegetables, and buy some meat for your mother by the way!"

"But you gave me the silver, what do you do?"

"I have a solution, you can spend it at ease!"

"Thank you!"

In this way, Qin Du stayed here for two months. During this time, he would find those local ruffians to grab money every day.No matter whether he robs more or less, if he gets it or not, Xiaolan will bring him food.No matter whether he is happy or sad, angry or joyful every day, as soon as he sees Xiaolan's smile, he feels much more at ease.

Just a few days after they met, Xiaolan told him a secret, a secret deep in her heart: "Actually, I have already made a decision in my heart. Whoever can help me pay off this debt, I will agree to marry you." give him!"

There is still seven taels of silver left, and now the seven taels of silver are in the cloth bag in Qin Duan's hand.He returned to the ruined temple full of joy, but he didn't smell the aroma of the food. He looked around, but he didn't see Xiaolan.

He smiled coldly, and thought of another secret that only he and Xiaolan knew: "Xiaolan, I dug a pit under the west corner, and hid all the money there. If one day I can't come back , that money can help you!"

Qin Du went to the corner of the wall, and there was nothing in the hole, so Qin Du didn't think about it.He hated himself, hated himself for being a naive fool!

"I was fooled by a girl again, I really deserve it! How could someone like me for a cripple like me!"

He took out the jade pendant in front of his chest. On the jade pendant was a statue of a Bodhisattva, which was given to him by Xiao Lan, who said it was to bless him forever.

Qin Du pulled it hard, and said with a sneer, "I won't trust you anymore. From now on, I only trust the knife in my hand!"

He wanted to vent his emotions, but instead of going to a woman, he went to kill someone!
(End of this chapter)