Chapter 263 – There’s a Shopkeeper

When he was a child, he thought that the village with a hundred or so families was very big, with mountains and water, not? Later, when he was young, he went to the town and saw the market, and realized that the village was small, and then later, he went to the county with a wooden sword, and realized that there were bridges and restaurants in the town, and it was not that big. Then later, have seen famous mountains and rivers, have seen many people and many things, only to realize that the sky is big. But for some reason, in the end, but only thought of going home, and then he left the biggest city in the sky, silently left the jianghu. All the way south, back home.

Because of the fear of giving my brother and sister-in-law trouble, the village is small, seems to be just a dinner table to add a pair of chopsticks things, but in fact is not an easy thing, that means that my brother every year to insert more rice seedlings, to burn more charcoal, sister-in-law also need to do a lot of sewing, more mulberry leaves to pick more silkworms to raise a good deal of silk worm. And the family nephew also went to private school, he also thought of himself as an uncle, at least be able to earn money to buy some paper and pen for the child. So that broke an arm slightly crippled a leg of the young man, while still young, there is still energy, and went to the town settled down roots, I do not know if it is stupid people have stupid blessings, to him in a small building of the restaurant made the shoulders of the scarf of the shopkeeper, and even later found a daughter-in-law in the circle of hundreds of miles are counted in the honor of the town this side of the flower is called cow dung flowers, but also really in the cows on the roadside dung in the growth of the most luxuriant, in the early years in the The first time he heard people say that the flowers are stuck in cow dung, he laughed, and now he is even happier to think about it, so he is the pile of cow dung ah, quite good.

In the fall of this year, he finally put his daughter-in-law smoothly abducted to the hand, the old father-in-law and mother-in-law side, in fact, not without any twists and turns, but can not survive his daughter-in-law’s persistence, probably can not survive his face, hit not return the hand scolded not return the mouth, in any case, it is the dead skin, the two elders pinched the nose and nodded, the daughter-in-law, her two brothers-in-law, in fact, is unable to look at his, several times put to help the Restaurant to pick fruits and vegetables to pick fish and meat of his blocked in the alley, but also did not really do it, is to speak harshly, he did not goat, of course, will not be timid, although not in the outside world out of any interest, but after all, is barely seen the world, from beginning to end, are biting the green mountain does not let go of the frame, just smile at them, three times, the two great-uncle, instead of tossing temperament, although even if they are in the younger sister in the marriage day But in the end, it still did not stop, as married out of the woman splashed out of the water, or else you can really beat this guy bruised and swollen? Their sister, although gentle nature, is never anything is good to discuss, but some times stubborn up, than the blood of the young strong man more hard, really screwed back ah.

This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, her intention is to go back to the village to go with her brother and sister-in-law together, which is in line with the rules, but his idea is to go to her mother’s home this year to have a reunion festival, and brother and sister-in-law said, the big deal is that next year, together again Mid-Autumn Festival, the other side also said that this is the reasoning, they think she married into their Wen family is aggrieved, never in this kind of matter can’t be catty about it. She also wanted to say something, he used the arm that can also be used to make a big wave of the hand very proudly, said, this matter has to listen to me as the head of the family! The corners of her mouth quirked up in a smile and she nodded. Only when the young couple carried a box of moon cakes to the door, to the great-uncle stopped, said his sister can enter the door, but he surnamed Wen do not dream, said the rough man on the liver, pulled the box of moon cakes spent a small two silver to buy, and smashed hard in the door across the alleyway wall, so that he surnamed Wen get out of the way. His daughter-in-law was angry, not with her big brother to say a word, clutching his man’s arm to turn around and go, but he stood still not willing to go, laughing, said today must be daughter-in-law she went home to see her parents only, or he will not go. Looking at his unusually serious face, she did not cry out, but red eyes. He said to her softly, under the sky, a family is a family, it is a lifelong thing, there is certainly no threshold that can not be crossed. She hmmm’d, and with her head down she bumped away from her big brother’s shoulder and walked quickly into the yard. When she did not take long to walk back to the gate, suddenly saw the big brother and his shoulder to shoulder squatting in the doorway, the big brother’s feet more than the box of mooncakes picked up, see her sister, the dark-skinned man seems to be a little red in the face, carrying mooncakes stood up, as if to say a few harsh words in order not to lose face, hesitated for half a day, still not able to say out, but only ferociously said to the sister-in-law, the future by the old man! I heard that you dare to bully my sister, break your third leg!

That day by the light of the moon, walking on the way home, they slowly stepped on the green stone path, she will occasionally playfully hands behind the back of the light jumping grid, and then turned to him to smile sweetly. At that time, he only had a very simple idea, more money, let her early good life, don’t let such a good woman to follow their own together to give people a blank stare. Then he started counting how many broken silver copper plates he had saved up, counting when he could rent a bigger house, change to a small courtyard, and finally change to a big mansion. But thinking about it, he couldn’t help but sigh. It’s not that he’s tired, he just thinks that if he wants to live a practical life, every copper coin must be stained with sweat. The good thing is that his legs and feet are not sharp, but in the diligence, willing to put forth the effort, willing to give a smile, willing to get up early in the morning, after the earlier period of time often give people as a joke as a joke, now those around the town have a sword on the self-proclaimed warrior man, is not too happy to fight with him so a small fellow, with their words is no point in stepping on dog shit, in addition to the dirty shoes are not half useful, bullying a couple of stick down to beat the fart of the sound! How cheap it is to bully a store assistant who can’t make a sound with a few sticks. And as he often shouted Mr. Storyteller to the tavern to tell stories about the jianghu, even if they often say the same old stories over and over again, but the town’s small, it reflects the benefits of drinking tea and drinking tea with a story to listen to is better than no story is not it? What’s more, his small restaurant whenever there is a storyteller elsewhere in the ring, always come up with a few fresh tricks, restaurant business is probably getting better and better. The shopkeeper, regardless of how the mouth nagging broken thoughts, people in fact this is not bad, or else would not have taken him so personal, with the gradual improvement of business, every month also gave him to add a few dollars of silver, and occasionally closed the restaurant, the shopkeeper’s own drink, the wine to accidentally drink high, and will pull him together with this fellow to eat a few kinds of grease tube enough meat dishes. When he got married, the shopkeeper also wrapped a red packet, a full three taels of silver, in the town is considered very generous generous, and then he worked harder and harder, not to say that a person can top three store buddies, top two people certainly not exaggerate. This year after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the shopkeeper gritted his teeth and felt that this fellow and then good call, ultimately can not cope with more and more flourishing business, and then hired a neighboring village of the showy little girl to do wine female, seventeen or eighteen years old, the embryo is good, that is, the family is really poor, thin and black, she worked in the restaurant, dipped a few times in meat oil and water, the body immediately on the strip, and soon had a few points of the water spirit! Taste, so that the daily income of the restaurant rose again, which can be the boss of the happy bad, especially the boss of the eyes of the fire, see a few points of the little girl on the surname of the boy Wen a little bit of meaning, but also angry and funny, thinking that your daughter is really obsessed with, even if the store is good, in the end, there is a family in the end, how do you hit the lamp with moths to hit the blindly on the collision? In the future, to find a young man, it is not difficult ah. I’m not going to be able to return to Wen as a concubine. That’s the kind of thing that only those big lords in town who have a lot of money can enjoy. But what is more interesting is that according to the surname Wen, in the past quite a bright young man, replaced by other ordinary men, this initiative to jump into the arms of the little girl, mooching, touching the small hand, pinch the waist, are reasonable good thing small thing, anyway, and does not cost you a penny. But surnamed Wen froze is not enlightenment, than the town of that a hand to count over the scholar with a title is still serious, which can be a smile to see the intention to watch the shopkeeper are looking for him anxious ah.

It’s about to start winter, and the rich lords are probably starting to wait for the snowy days with their fingers crossed. They have enough charcoal at home, and they are just waiting for the time to put on those sables and furs bought from the county towns and counties.

But the poor will have to suffer a lot, snow cold, snow is even colder, add clothes to buy thick boots to money, burn the stove with charcoal is actually also burning money.

This town is quite rich, the world is also quite safe, I heard that the north side, especially after the rumor that we Liyang dynasty divided into a north and south of the Guangling River, died a lot of people, fighting a very strong war, the imperial court do not know hundreds of thousands of troops are over there, and even well-informed town officials from the county side of the word that the south side of the hand of the feudal king of the generals with 100,000 troops from the southern most to kill to the Guangling River. The south side killed to the Guangling River there, killed the blood flow into the river, said the dead are fast to the whole river to block, one by one, the town people heard, naturally scared of a shock, just begged the world is not easy to be better, don’t be the battle fought and fought no more. More vaguely heard that the northwesternmost part of Liyang called the Northern Liang place, even more suffering, the Northern Mang barbarians of the millions of troops have hit their doorsteps, the town of some of the older old man said these court events, can not help but long pouting and sighing, but it is the young students, a number of heartless, and occasionally with the old man to the top of the line a few sentences, most of them feel that the war is not a big deal, enlisted in the army, may be when the generals of life, when the time to come back from the battlefield, the hands of the generals, and the people of the town, the people of the town, the people of the town and the people of the town. When the time to come back from the sand, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers under the armored hands, sitting high on the war horse, that is called the mighty!

Today has been the restaurant for four or five days in a row without Mr. Storyteller show his head, not only is the familiar customers can not hold back, anxious, simply put their feet on the bench cursing the mother, even the shopkeeper is anxious to fire, caught the shopkeeper surnamed Wen is a splitting spittle, the latter laughed and explained that this is so Mr. Storyteller to go to the county side of the scripture to go Well, the town now a few big point of the restaurant is not only the storyteller, even the Now several big restaurants in town not only have old storytellers, even the young and beautiful women are playing the pipa on the side to cheer up, want to attract more business, we here did not show some real skills can not be! The shopkeeper rolled his eyes, the reason is this reason, but you at least hurry up and let that old man come back to shake a few hands ah, and then drag on the restaurant will run out of familiar customers! The shopkeeper finally patted the shopkeeper’s shoulders, probably conscience, stared and said, in the future, and then let the old man rubbing wine rubbing rice rubbing residence out of town, don’t sneak out of their own money, the restaurant to help you out.

Do not wait for the store two slipped, the shopkeeper has turned around and touched the mouth of the heart to go, chanting heartache, really heartache. Good people can not do, can not do ah.

The shopkeeper, who limped at a young age, looked down the street while grinning.

On that day, the old man who had been a regular storyteller in this restaurant for many years finally returned, and as word spread, the restaurant business was full on that day.

Especially when the old man fluttered to the matter, the whole restaurant are laughing, even the shopkeeper and wine seller little lady are overjoyed, everyone to the surname Wen shopkeeper looked hard, some brown man, is more hilarious, almost laughed out of the tears.

The storyteller who rushed back from the county said that the world’s top expert is no longer Wang Xianzhi of the East China Sea Wudi City, but a young feudal lord, holding 300,000 Northern Liang iron horsemen, the King of Northern Liang!

This world’s number one expert, and the North Mang that almost can be counted as the world’s second and third military god, a guy called Tuoba Bodhisattva, in the western region of the fierce fight, two of the world’s top immortals, both sides turned thousands of miles of war, the fight was called a heaven and earth, the sun and the moon are not light.

And among them, our Liyang’s king of the northern Liang, once a sword will be the northern Mang dynasty’s most powerful guy, to beat out of the city! Not thousands of steps, but at least a few hundred! The city walls were like paper mache!

And then that unusually young but powerful king who had risen to the top of the jianghu said that he had learned that sword from a Central Plains swordsman named Wen Hua.

So in the midst of the laughter, there were constantly good people yelling at the top of their voices: “Hey hey hey, Wen, when did you get close to the King of Northern Liang? Otherwise, when will you take us to the northwest to see the power of the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry?”

“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Shopkeeper, let’s take advantage of you and take us to Northern Liang tomorrow. It won’t be hard to eat and drink, right?”

“Flying swords! Flying swords come one! Wen Xiao Er, since you can make that heavenly prince admire you, you must know the flying sword skills in the novels, why don’t I give you a stool leg and you take me flying?”

The crippled young man standing in the lobby of the restaurant, carrying a jug of wine, for a moment forgot to pour wine for the guests, he always did not speak and did not answer, but also laughed out loud.

Only he was really laughing out of tears.

At this time, one of the guests who finally realized that he had waited for half a day and had not yet waited for the wine, slapped the table and roared: ”Surname Wen, where is the wine! Do you really think you’re that Central Plains swordsman in the king’s mouth? Your great lord!”

That shopkeeper snapped his head down, lifted that shoulder with the ruined arm, wiped away the tears on his face carelessly, and laughed loudly.

“Alas~ Guest, the wine is here!”