Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 25 Reward
"I'm not a businessman!" Yuan Xiucai seemed to admire Shopkeeper Wang's straightforwardness, but he didn't drive him away in a rage. Shopkeeper Wang secretly sighed and said, "My proprietor is not a businessman either. My proprietor said, Mr. Stone's temperament and talent are suitable, and he can barely be seen by others, so he wants to give this business to Mr.

Yuan Xiucai's face turned pale with anger, and the shopkeeper Wang didn't allow him to speak, and continued: "Mr. Xiaoqu is a masterpiece in the world. My proprietor wants to ask you to write a small zaju according to the proprietor's wishes. The proprietor said Now, if there is anyone in the world who can write down what she means, that's Mr.

Yuan Xiucai rolled his eyes up and down in anger for a while, and then listened to it very well, so he let the shopkeeper Wang say one sentence after another: "As for the remuneration, if a person like sir talks about ordinary things like gold and silver, It is really insulting to Mr. Qinger, and please move to Muji Noodle Soup Shop at the entrance of Maishao Lane outside the Gongyuan. The owner's remuneration has been placed in the shop. A man of great wisdom, Mr., will be able to see it when he goes in. I will not go with my husband, tomorrow morning, I will still wait here for my husband, and then I will elaborate on the details."

After the shopkeeper Wang finished speaking, Yuan Xiucai stood up with a slanted nose and slanted eyes, cupped his hands, turned around and went to the counter, while a large amount of money was lined up to pay the bill, he quietly pulled out a piece of silver from his sleeve, put it among the big money, and pushed it in for a laugh. Said: "Thank you, shopkeeper, for your guidance."

"No thanks, no thanks, officials take your time." The shopkeeper took the money with a smile on his face, this Yuan Xiucai was really lucky, someone was willing to spend money just to inquire about his weird temper!
Yuan Xiucai was gasping for breath, pounding the table heavily, and the shopkeeper rushed to the front of the tea bowl to persuade him: "There are too many such ignorant lunatics, what do you want to do with him?" Yuan Xiucai rolled his dead fish eyes Looking at the shopkeeper, he suddenly slammed down the table, stood up with a 'huh', snatched the Lei Cha bowl from the shopkeeper, raised his head and drank half a bowl of Lei Cha, stared at the shopkeeper and said: "I just don't know how to understand the world. What about the lunatic? I want to go and have a look!" As he said, he stuffed the bowl into the shopkeeper's arms and walked away angrily. The shopkeeper looked at him with a smile, and reached out to touch the piece of silver in his purse , he is a businessman, he pays attention to fairness in business transactions, and he has enough money, so we have to help him.

Holding back his breath, Yuan Xiucai rushed to the entrance of Maishao Alley in one breath. Standing in front of and behind the alley in a blink of an eye, he saw the dark and shiny wooden signboard. Yuan Xiucai rushed into the shop angrily. The neat Yan Zao greeted her with an amiable smile and said, "Officials, please." Yuan Xiuli ignored her, stood in the shop and walked around two or three times, but did not see where the so-called reward was.This is an extremely ordinary noodle soup shop!

"Is the official coming back to the small shop for the first time?" Yan Zao has a very good temper, and he greeted the customers next to him neatly. Seeing Yuan Xiucai standing in the middle of the shop and looking around, he still greeted with a smile: " It's bright here, let the officials sit here, drink a cup of tea from the small shop first, and then sit down, or just sit down now?" Yuan Xiucai swung his sleeves and turned around again, but he still didn't see anything. People of great wisdom will be able to see it when they go in." Yuan Xiucai felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't have the idea that shopkeeper Wang lied to him at all. Shopkeeper Wang seemed too honest and reliable.

Yuan Xiucai looked at it again, and couldn't help showing a little embarrassment. He ignored the bad instructions and sat down at the table near the door. In front of them, they turned around to greet guests, hand tea, noodles, and collect bowls.

Yuan Xiucai looked around the store inch by inch, but he didn't even see a half-payment. He was gradually becoming suspicious, wondering if he had been cheated, and the suffocation in his chest was getting worse. A thin, yellow, thin, and cold man in a long gown came in, and Yuan Xiucai recognized at a glance that he was Kong Xiucai who set up a stall in front of the Daxiangguo Temple to sell calligraphy, and sold calligraphy and sour writing in the Gongyuan and Daxiangguo Temple areas. He knew almost all poor literati.

He warmly greeted Kong Xiucai, led him to sit in a warm place near the tea stove, and handed him a cup of tea. Kong Xiucai held the cup and warmed his hands, and rushed to a row of a dozen or so drop-shaped teapots hanging on the east wall. The wooden sign said: "A bowl of water noodles, heavy noodles and green."

"Okay! Rice wine should be warmed with shredded ginger? Today, there are fresh shredded bamboo shoots in the side dishes. Do you want to try it, sir?"

"The longer the wine is hot, the better it will be mixed with shredded bamboo shoots."

"With a plate of peanuts?"

Kong Xiucai nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand to take a water drop card from the wall, and brought it in. First he brought a bowl of hot rice wine, a plate of mixed bamboo shoots, and a plate of peanuts came out. After bringing out a bowl of steaming shredded pork noodles, Kong Xiucai leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, slowly drinking rice wine and eating peanuts. Yuan Xiucai was surprisingly easy-going, and Yuan Xiucai really didn't see anything unusual, but letting Kong Xiucai interrupt him in such a way dispelled the anger in his heart a lot. Yuan Xiucai watched Kong Xiucai eating for a while, and moved Open your eyes and look at the two men wearing thick silk cotton gowns who came in. The two chose a table and sat down. , a bowl of big meat noodles, wide soup heavy green, and the other two bowls add spring water."

"It's good for the two officials to sit a little wider." Lu Zao warmly offered two cups of tea, collected the noodles money, and hung two water drop cards on the wall. After a while, he sent two bowls of noodles past.

Yuan Xiucai stared in a daze as he took down one wooden signboard and hung two more on the wall. Feeling something was wrong, he hurriedly turned his head to look at Kong Xiucai who had finished eating noodles and was holding a bowl to drink noodle soup. Kong Xiucai finished his noodles, drank the soup, ordered a cup of tea unhurriedly, stood up, and left the shop amidst the enthusiastic greetings, but he didn't even pay for the noodles!Yuan Xiucai opened his mouth slightly, stayed for a moment, stood up with a 'huh', rushed to the wall in two steps and looked up.

There are four rows of hooks nailed neatly on the wall. There are about a dozen hooks in one row. On the top row of hooks, there are a few black characters the size of walnuts: "Drip water, Yongquan Bao".Yongquan newspaper!Yongquan is my own word!Yuan Xiucai's heart skipped a beat suddenly, could this be the reward?But the kindness of a drop of water and the repayment of a fountain are too common sayings...

"Is this the first time the official has come back?" Yuan Xiucai greeted him enthusiastically, and Yuan Xiucai hurriedly nodded in response: "It's the first time, what does this mean? I think the scholar didn't pay for the noodles just now. "

"Officials sit wide, are you interested in looking at the sign on the wall? The little lady also thinks this is weird and interesting. Our shopkeeper said that this is a guest officer who often comes to the shop to eat noodles. Our shopkeeper made it. The guest officer paid twenty bowls of noodles and wine money every day, no matter how much it was, one bowl was counted as one bowl, and twenty signs were hung on the wall, and they were named Shui Mian. Yes, as long as there is a water sign on the wall, you can order a bowl of water noodles and a bowl of rice wine when you come in. If a guest official is willing to add water noodles to the wall, no matter how much, it is called adding spring water. The guest official said that this is a friend of his. His wish, he did this good deed for his friend, is this kind of good deed strange? Don’t forget to send noodles, but also give wine, how can the poor afford this wine? Well, it’s all for the rich, I You little women don’t understand! The noodles in this small shop are famous for their taste, what kind of noodles do officials want to eat? You see, there are five kinds of noodles today, and the shredded pork and sour bamboo shoot noodles are just on the market!” Refreshingly, he explained the mystery of the sign on the wall in a few words, and then recommended soup noodles. Yuan Xiucai stayed for a long time before he hurriedly greeted him: "Two bowls of noodles with shredded pork and sour bamboo shoots, and one bowl with spring water!"

After eating the noodles, Yuan Xiucai sat for a long time before coming out with her hands behind her back. After walking a dozen steps, she stopped, turned around and looked at the clean and refreshing small noodle soup restaurant, and squinted her eyes. Who is this?It's easy to know his name is Tao and Yongquan, but how does he know that he made this wish?If he has the ability and money, let the poor scholars who live in the Daxiangguo Temple and the Gongyuan be able to drink a glass of water and wine and eat a bowl of hot soup in a decent way at any time. How does he know?The steward and the proprietor are not ordinary people... Yuan Xiucai stared blankly for a long time before turning around and swaying towards Sang's house with her hands behind her back.

Early the next morning, Yuan Xiucai wandered into the gourd soup shop near Sangjia Wazi, washed his face, brushed his teeth and drank eight-treasure Leicha. On the opposite side, looking at Yuan Xiucai calmly, he smiled and said, "Are you satisfied with what you watched yesterday, sir?"

"Your boss is doing good deeds, and it's none of my business!" Yuan Xiucai squinted and said, Shopkeeper Wang squinted and didn't answer. It's over, your boss is doing good deeds, and it's none of my business!"

"Alas." Shopkeeper Wang sighed softly: "It's a pity, sir, since you are not satisfied with the reward, I have to bother you for the proprietor, so let's leave now." Shopkeeper Wang said, stood up and left.

"Come back!" Yuan Xiucai's neck became thick with anger: "Is this how you work for the boss? Just leave if you disagree?"

"Sir, I don't know. The proprietor has explained that you are not an ordinary person in the world. You must not treat him with the humble courtesy of the world. If you think it is okay, then it is natural. If you say no, then you are not allowed. Please tell me You must not treat me like ordinary people and make room for you, that would be a joke of Mr. Ture." Shopkeeper Wang explained very politely.

Yuan Xiucai rolled her eyes a few times, looked sideways at Shopkeeper Wang, grinned like a toothache and said, "Your boss...is so elegant, let me ask you, how did your boss know my wish?"

"Don't lie to me, sir." Shopkeeper Wang sat down again and smiled, "I don't know, sir and our proprietor are both elegant and noble people. Our proprietor said that you can know the elegant meaning by hearing the strings. How can the next layman understand?" this?"

(End of this chapter)