Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 457 Autumn Fu (Thirteen)

There are two restaurants in Dongmen City. One is a commercial restaurant, which is a "semi-official" restaurant dedicated to the Transit Group. The little people in the village don't dare to care about it.

The other one is the "Welfare Society Restaurant" which is more approachable and has more gimmicks. It is said that this restaurant is opened by a female Australian, and the food and drinks are also very good. There are all kinds of people who go there.Zhou Qi had been yearning for this place for a long time, because he was too shy to pay any attention to it—he didn’t have the guts to go to an Australian restaurant to eat Bawang’s meal.

This time I have quite a bit of money in my hand, so I naturally want to drive some money.

When I went to the restaurant on Saturday, some waiters came to entertain me.He was drunk alone and didn't need a private room. He chose a seat by the window and ordered a few famous dishes. In fact, they were nothing more than scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried broccoli. He ordered a bottle to be opened. Sugar cane wine, pour yourself and drink it.

I was happily eating and drinking, when I suddenly heard someone singing downstairs. This kind of popular song is often found in the market. Some are dressed as Taoists or monks, but in fact they are neither Taoists nor monks. Stories and the like, as well as various popular songs.From time to time, various news on the market are compiled into songs and sung.

Zhou Qi didn't take it seriously at first, drank a few glasses of wine, and heard the singers below talking and talking, and the surrounding people laughed lewdly and made noises from time to time, it was really lively.Gradually, he listened carefully, but he almost smoked when he heard a few lines. It turned out that this was about Qiu Hong.

Although there is no blatantly named "Qiu Hong" in the song, it is called "Red Girl". The affair of the servant of "little seven sons" came.Not only are the voices and emotions rich, but the story is full of branches and leaves.What little seven sons climbed the wall into the boudoir in the middle of the night, hid under the bed, etc., as for the various content that the masses liked to hear and see, there were so many tricks, and the audience all crooked their mouths and salivated.

Zhou Qi was so furious that he wished he could fly the flagon down and smash the place, no, not only did he want to smash the place, but he also asked the people from the fast class to catch the singers and go to the yamen to clean it up!But this is Dongmen City, people in the yamen don’t dare not give money for drinking a glass of water here, so there is no way to talk about arresting people, if I drop a wine pot, I will immediately go to the labor camp to throw stones and sieve sand. whip.

Zhou Qi's dismay was not because he was slandered as a prostitute, but because Qiu Hong was involved in this matter.Master has long suspected that Qiu Hong and herself are unclean, and there are many rumors outside, and now there is a vivid "little seven sons meeting with the master's concubine at night, and the red girl making a fuss on the grape arbor", and it is almost impossible to spread it to the master's ears. It's just unimaginable.Zhou Qi knows his master very well - he is a very mean and shrewd person, but he is especially easy to get confused when it comes to women's affairs.If he gets mad and wants to look good for himself, his apprenticeship for decades will be in vain!

It's a pity that this will be on someone else's land, and I dare not use it if I have the strength.Zhou Qi is like an ant on a hot pot, drinking one glass of wine after another, only hoping that the crowd will disperse early so that he can rush down to give a warning to the singer, and then give him some money to let him leave early.

The singer was not in a hurry. After singing the story of "Red Girl", he changed another section. Listening carefully on Zhou Qi had nothing to do with him. It turned out that it was composed and sung about current affairs news about the Liaodong War. The people here were vaguely He knew that the imperial court was at war with wildlings in the far north, but he knew nothing about the specifics, so many people were listening.Zhou Qi was not interested in the important affairs of the court, so he was relieved to hear that it had nothing to do with him.Just waiting in the restaurant to finish.

This small episode made Zhou Qi's relaxed mood a lot worse. Thinking of his relationship with Master and his future, it looked really gloomy.

When you're in a bad mood, drinking alcohol seems to be a way to drown your sorrows.After a while, a bottle of sugar cane wine was eaten.This rum is distilled alcohol, although it has a little sweetness and is easy to drink, the alcohol content is around forty degrees, and it is already a little drunk on Saturday.

When the wine is full of sorrow, it is full of complaints.Zhou Qi thought that he was a teacher at the age of 13, and he followed Chen Minggang for almost 20 years. He has always been loyal and loyal.

While drinking, he suddenly heard a greeting:

"Hey! Isn't this Brother Seven?"

Zhou Qi looked up and saw that the visitor was in his forties, black and fat, with two black mustaches, an oil-stained net towel on his head, and a jacket of unknown color. In the long gown, he doesn't look like a decent person, but a small businessman.He blinked his blurry eyes for a long time before he remembered:

"Isn't this Goubly!"

Goubli used to be the cook in the small stove in the outside kitchen of Goujiazhuang. Every time Chen Minggang went to Goujiazhuang, he cooked and entertained the master. He often went in and out of the kitchen and met Gouburi.

"Exactly!" Goubli smiled all over his face, "Seventh brother! Why are you drinking alone here? I am also alone, let's build a table together, I treat you!"

Seeing that there is free food to eat on Zhou Qi, he naturally does not refuse.Just followed Goubli in the past.But Goubli occupied a single room, and there were seven or eight dishes on the round table, all of which were famous dishes of the restaurant—especially a roast suckling pig among them, which made Zhou Qi's eyelids swell even more.In the past, this roast suckling pig was only available at important banquets of wealthy families. It is said that in Guangzhou, one would sell for one tael of silver!

The waiter came over to remove the food and wine, and rearranged the dishes and chopsticks.The two exchanged cups and drank again.Zhou Qi said through the drunkenness: "Old Gou! You are well-developed now! Drinking alone and eating roast suckling pig, in the past you only roasted suckling pig for others to eat."

Goubli said with a smile: "Isn't it thanks to the Australians! Dongmen City is such a good market place, I can't even dream of it. There are so many people here, and they are willing to spend money. I run a small hotel, and it is very convenient." Get by!"

Zhou Qiyi heard that he was "very passable", according to his old temper, he would open his mouth to "beat the autumn wind", but he still had some sense in his heart, knowing that the prestige of the yamen could not be tolerated here in Dongmen City, he opened his mouth again and again. swallowed.only sighed:

"You all are doing well! Oh!"

The meaning of complaining in the words was fully revealed, and Goubli saw that he was half or half drunk.Knowing that the time had come, he took the opportunity to ask:

"Seventh brother! Aren't you helping your master to collect autumn grain recently? After this season, there will naturally be a lot of benefits..."

"Although there are many benefits, they are not mine—" Zhou Qi and Goubli were actually nodding acquaintances.But right now he was in a depressed mood and drank a few more drinks. Someone to talk to was exactly what he wished for.I couldn't help but take out all the words in my heart.

Talking about his master being mean and unkind, talking about his feeling hopeless about his future, talking about his master's suspicion of him... Zhou Qi's grievances and dissatisfaction poured out all at once.Goubli just listened attentively, instead of echoing a few words, and poured wine and food for him from time to time.It made Zhou Qi feel very happy, and he couldn't help but become more and more explicit.

"...Dongmen City is still singing the song of the red girl," Zhou Qida grumbled, "Is this kind of thing randomly arranged? My master, for this idea, has no roots and no bottom. Don't wait to see me!"

"As long as you hold it upright and sit up straight, the dirty water won't splash on—"

"The idea is easy to pinch, but not easy to do. If the muddy water splashes on you, it's quite difficult to avoid." Zhou Qi said angrily, "I don't know which one, I have nothing to do when I'm full!"

"I always have a grudge against you, or I have a feud with your master..."

After much deliberation, this incident was probably caused by the Zhang family brothers.They hated Qiu Hong deeply, only they could do this kind of dirty water thing, and only they had the ability to make a mess of things in the city.It's just that it's useless even if you know it - of course I have nothing to do with the Zhang family brothers

He sighed annoyedly: "...Now I'm just messing around day after day, taking advantage of how much money I can save for retirement. Otherwise, those little bastards of the Chen family might be so mean!"

"Your juniors, of course, cannot be counted on." Goubli's small eyes rolled around, "But Zhang Wu, he is ruthless in doing things, and you have to be more careful, Brother Seven. He is looking for you." Master's bad luck is not dared, and there is no guarantee that I will not vent my anger on you..."

Zhou Qiyi Lin, that's true!That bastard Zhang Wu dared to follow his sister to catch and beat Qiuhong, but it was not easy to beat himself.After all, Chen Minggang was his brother-in-law and also the secretary of the house, so he didn't dare to do anything about it.Do yourself a fart!Even if he was beaten to death by him, since his brother Zhang Shi is the secretary of the punishment room, he can still give up the matter.I'm afraid Master may not stand up for himself...

"Ah!" Zhou Qi sighed again, "It's just bad luck! I just focus on doing things for Master, I didn't expect other people's housework to be troubled by me!"

"This kind of thing, you can only see it for yourself, don't get too deep—"

Although Zhou Qi was a little dizzy, but he heard these words clearly, it seemed that there was intention in the words, so he hurriedly asked: "Brother Gou?"

"Your master's pool of water," Goubli said pretending to be mysterious, "don't sink too deep."

Zhou Qi half-understood, he understood what Goubli meant, it was nothing more than telling him not to be so determined to do things for Master, but there seemed to be another meaning in these words.

"After all, we are masters and apprentices," Zhou Qi said, "Can I not do the things he took care of? If I do, it's not flattering! Difficult!"

Goubli said: "Seventh brother, you still have to think of a way out as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)