Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 139
Gu Qinghua and Su Jun only took a glance, and saw a person sitting in the far left corner, with a curly beard, bulbous nose, square face, purple skin, red phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, about fifty years old, brown-gray clothes Bunt, sitting upright with a long body, pouring himself a drink, with four or five plates in front of him, the most conspicuous of course is a large plate of steaming dog meat that is almost as wide as the bottom of a washbasin.

This person is Xia Zhongshu, his conspicuous beard and deep facial features are almost exactly the same as the portrait presented on the ancient Qinghua imperial case.

The two exchanged a glance quietly.

"The shop is small, and the two of you will just settle in." The proprietress, who was wearing a light blue floral cloth headband, graciously led them to a table, and wiped the side of the table vacated by the guests who had just left with a towel. Lead them to sit down.

There were already four people sitting face to face on the table. Seeing them coming, they subconsciously moved over there.

There were too many people and few tables, except for Xia Zhongshu who occupied the entire table by himself, the rest could be seen as shared tables.

Gu Qinghua pouted at Xia Zhongshu, and smiled at the proprietress: "Isn't there a vacancy there? Let's go over there and join us!"

The proprietress hurriedly stood in front of Gu Qinghua with a cry of "Ouch", and said with a smile on her face: "It's impossible, this Mr. Xia is a frequent visitor to our place. He likes to be quiet and doesn't like to be disturbed by others. He has wrapped that piece of paper for many years." The table is fine when he doesn't come every month. When he comes, he wants to sit alone! Hehe, the two of you are in a hurry today! Let's just sit here for a while! Wait for this table The guests are gone, so I won't add more people to this table!"

Gu Qinghua couldn't help sighing in his heart: businessmen really have sharp eyesight, and are good at seeing the essence through phenomena!Both of them are dressed like this, and they still get special attention!
Unexpectedly, just as the proprietress finished speaking, a lukewarm voice came from Xia Zhongshu's side: "Sister-in-law Liu, if they insist on coming, let them come!"

Gu Qinghua and Su Jun looked over, but Xia Zhongshu didn't raise his eyelids, and unhurriedly stretched out his chopsticks to put spiced tofu into his mouth, as if he wasn't the one who spoke just now.

The proprietress was also a little puzzled, but she was used to Xia Zhongshu's voice, so she would not be so obsessed, so she smiled at Gu Qinghua Su Jun, and raised her hand towards Xia Zhongshu: "Since Master Xia said so, Let's go, you two! Good luck, you two, Master Xia has been coming to my house to eat dog meat for five or six years, and I have never seen him greet anyone!"

The proprietress brought them over while chattering, she graciously opened a stool for them, brushed it with her sleeve, and invited them to sit down.Xia Zhongshu raised his eyes and glanced at her when he heard her babbling, the landlady's expression froze and she immediately closed her mouth, and smiled at Gu Qinghua and Su Jun.

Su Jun glanced at Xia Zhongshu, as if he was a little embarrassed.Gu Qinghua said to the proprietress: "Bring the same portion as this Lord Xia's. What kind of wine is this? Also have a jug!"

The proprietress agreed, turned around and left quickly.

Xia Zhongshu put down his chopsticks and raised his head, staring at Gu Qinghua for two to three minutes. Gu Qinghua lowered his eyes to look at himself, not feeling anything wrong, then looked back at him calmly, his eyes were calm Quiet, neither showing weakness nor probing, let alone being aggressive.

Xia Zhongshu suddenly smiled, and said lightly: "This wine may not be suitable for you, and the food here may not be suitable for your stomach, and the people here are even more out of tune with you."

Gu Qinghua suddenly had a competitive heart, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he glanced at Xia Zhongshu and said with a leisurely smile: "Really? Master Xia's words are quite arbitrary, you have to try whether it is suitable or not. Just known!"

Xia Zhongshu let out a "ha" laugh, staring at Gu Qinghua, his cold eyes gave birth to a strong sense of inquiry, then, with a blink of his eyes, he lowered his head, picked up his chopsticks, and resumed eating and drinking on his own Drinking in a leisurely manner, he ignored Gu Qinghua and Su Jun.

Gu Qinghua felt a lump in his chest, and was suddenly stunned.It's not that she has never seen an arrogant guy before, but it's the first time she has encountered someone like Xia Zhongshu who is happy or not, completely treating others as empty.

When his hands became hot, it was Su Jun who pinched her under the table.

Gu Qinghua unconsciously turned her head and smiled slightly at him, she did not forget the purpose of coming here today.Naturally, he wouldn't get angry with Xia Zhongshu so easily.

After a while, the proprietress brought up a large wooden tray and put the dishes they ordered one by one. It was exactly the same as the one in front of Xia Zhongshu, a large plate of dog meat, a small plate of spiced dried tofu, stir-fried white lotus root slices, diced shallot tofu, wrapped Small broad beans with salt grains, even the size of the plate pattern is not bad.Plus two wide mouth wine bowls and a jar of wine more than a foot high.

That's all, seeing the wine bowl and jar, Gu Qinghua's expression changed slightly, and Su Jun unconsciously glanced sideways at her.

After the proprietress arranged the dishes, she moved the wine jar to the edge of the table away from the dishes, and quickly took out an awl-like thing to pry open the mud-sealed black pottery wine jar, while the proprietress gently pried the mud , rustled down with the plaster of rice husks, and praised his own wine: "You two young masters are very lucky. Our wine is sorghum wine brewed by our father himself. It is not adulterated at all, it is pure." The neighbors in the neighborhood say it’s good after drinking it!”

While speaking, the proprietress has already opened the lid of the altar swiftly, gently wiped off a little dirt that fell on the table, and poured two large bowls of wine for Su Jun and Gu Qinghua attentively. In front of the two of them, he smiled and said: "You two guests, please take it easy!" After finishing speaking, he smiled and nodded attentively, then retreated to another table to greet the guests.

Gu Qinghua glanced at Xia Zhongshu who was pouring down a bowl of wine with his neck up as if nothing had happened, gritted his teeth, picked up the wine bowl and said to Su Jun, "Come on, let's do it!"

Su Jun's body trembled, his lips moved, and when he wanted to say something, Gu Qinghua stared at him with wide-open almond eyes, and sighed inwardly, so he could only raise the wine bowl in front of him, and said, "Okay, it's done!"

The aroma of the wine is strong, the mouth is strong, the taste of the wine is pungent, like a knife cutting the throat, the wine slowly enters the lower abdomen of the throat, and quickly brings a hot stimulus in the abdomen, burning all the way from the throat to the abdomen, as if The blood in the whole body was ignited.

I didn't expect this wine to be so powerful, and even Su Jun had to use his internal strength to guide him slowly after drinking the bowl in one go, so as not to make a fool of himself in front of Xia Zhongshu, but when Gu Qinghua drank a bowl, it turned out to be face-to-face. Without changing color, a pair of pupils are extraordinarily bright.

At this time, as soon as she put the bowl on the table, she stared at Xia Zhongshu with a pair of extremely bright eyes.

Unconcealable surprise flashed in Xia Zhongshu's eyes, and then he smiled with interest, filled the empty bowl in front of him, raised the bowl and gestured to Gu Qinghua and Su Jun, raised his neck and drank it in a sip, proudly, without changing his face.

Gu Qinghua smiled slightly, his mouth moved and was about to speak. Su Jun had already picked up the wine jar and poured wine into his own bowl, and he smiled first calmly: "Master Xia is so generous, he is really a hero in wine, Su is so admired, Today, Su gave up his life to accompany the gentleman, if there is any disrespect, Master Xia will not blame him!" In one sentence, Gu Qinghua was left aside.

After finishing speaking, Su Jun picked up the bowl, raised his neck, and the same wine drank up the bowl.

Gu Qinghua couldn't help but give Su Jun a blank look: I can't drink enough, so why pretend to be a hero!

Xia Zhongshu laughed loudly, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, Mr. Su is really straightforward, Xia admires it! Come on, let's do it again!"

After finishing speaking, the strong wine was poured into the bowl like water, and in a blink of an eye it was full again.

Su Jun's face was faintly flushed, and even the smeared sallow skin could not cover up the blush of drunkenness. Hearing what Xia Zhongshu said, he just smiled, nodded and said "Please!" Fill the empty bowl before you.

The two picked up the wine bowls and touched each other, and drank it down again in one gulp.

You come and go, the wine is dry, and the two of them drank three or four more bowls in a blink of an eye, still smiling as you ask me to let me go, and there is no sign of stopping.

At some point, the surrounding area was already crowded with spectators, chattering excitedly, applauding, pointing and commenting, the noise was unbearable.

Gu Qinghua couldn't help frowning secretly, life has been monotonous for a long time, who would not want to watch it if it finally got a little lively?These onlookers can't be driven away, and it's inconvenient to drive away.But like this, no matter what she wanted to say, how could she have the chance to tell Xia Zhongshu?

Gu Qinghua was thinking wildly, wondering how to think of a way to send everyone away, but he was startled back to his senses by the high-pitched and heroic voices of "Bring the wine!" and "Boss, wine!" .

Unconsciously, she looked at the table, and the wine jars in front of the two of them were all drunk!Gu Qinghua's heart twitched, and he subconsciously looked at Su Jun with concern. Although Su Jun still smiled slightly and behaved modestly, his eyes were slightly blurred.

"Su Jun..." Gu Qinghua couldn't help calling in a low voice, motioning to get up and leave.Even if she misses today's opportunity and can't ask anything, she can't just watch Su Jun become like this because of her.Su Jun didn't drink much, she knew it very well.

She knows better how uncomfortable it is to be drunk.

Especially, this is not an ordinary strong liquor...

"Qing...Brother Qing, I, Master Xia and I haven't had a good drink yet, have you, Master Xia?" Although Su Jun's tongue was a little thick when speaking, although his reaction was a bit slow, his mind was still clear, and he said a word to Xia Zhongshu Literally.

Xia Zhongshu couldn't help being angry and funny, his eyes flashed back and forth between Gu Qinghua and him a few times, and he said with a half-smile: "Let's forget it, if you drink it, your brother Qing will become angry!"

Gu Qinghua was annoyed in his heart, but followed Xia Zhongshu's words with a faint smile and said: "Master Xia is serious, but my brother's house is far away from this place, if the elder brother is really drunk, it will be troublesome if he can't go back! How about, Ming Let me ask Master Xia to drink somewhere else, what does Master Xia think?"

Xia Zhongshu glanced at her inquisitively, and said with a smile: "Drinking is all about following fate. Today's fate may not last until tomorrow. If you can't drink today, you don't need to drink tomorrow! Besides, we changed the place and the scene. , After changing the wine, you may not still have this state of mind! Wouldn’t it be free and easy to get together and leave at the same time, this young master, why are you so persistent!”

(End of this chapter)