Chapter 106: A Meal of Friendship(1/2)
Chapter 106 Friendship over a meal
Author: It’s so hard to get an ID
Chapter 106 Friendship over a meal
Piaoxiang Tower.
It is called Piaoxianglou, but in fact it only has one storey.
This term is often mentioned together by people, and it generally refers to various types of business establishments. In fact, this is the prescribed name of a certain industry.
Lou: Eat.
Tang: Medicine, medicine related.
Pub: A place for socializing, the most common ones are pubs and teahouses.
Place: a place to live.
Of course, Piaoxiang Building has more than one floor, and there is a lower half-floor upstairs where people live.
This structure of living in a hotel and staying in a hotel was very common until later generations.
As soon as the waiter saw Huang Xiaoshi entering the store, he quickly nodded and bowed to greet him. Who didn't know that Uncle Huang never looked at the price when eating.
Later, the waiter saw the smelly beggar following Huang Xiaoshi.
Well, restaurants hate beggars the most.
Once the dirty and smelly beggar enters the restaurant, he will not let the guests eat.
Normally, the waiter in the shop would just hold a stick to prevent thieves and call the beggar out with one blow.
However, this waiter was obviously not an ordinary one. At that moment, he could see from the expressions on the faces of Huang Xiaoshi and the beggar that they were both customers.
The question is, how can the waiter offend such a big benefactor as Huang Xiaoshi?
The second question came again. It was dinner time, and there were still three tables of customers eating in the restaurant. As soon as this stinky beggar sat down, all three tables of customers might be gone.
The clever waiter had an idea and said politely to Huang Xiaoshi: "Master Huang, please come inside. There is a private room upstairs."
Later, the waiter arranged Huang Xiaoshi and Xiao Yao into the shop owner's bedroom.
This room is not bad, clean and tidy, and it is spacious except for being a little low. There is just a bed in the corner next to the table, which makes it feel a bit strange.
"Master Huang, what do you want to eat?" the waiter asked, nodding and bowing to Huang Xiaoshi while flexibly throwing all the sundries on the table onto the bed.
"Brother Xiao, what do you want to eat?" Huang Xiaoshi asked Xiao Yao.
"Haha." Xiao Yao rolled up the book in his hand, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Dongpo elbow, beggar's chicken, mapo tofu, braised pork, I want to eat every one of them!"
Huang Xiaoshi turned to the waiter and said: "Besides these four items, please give me some hot and cold meat and vegetables. Let's set the table first.
Bring me two jars of wine.
By the way, I like to be quiet when eating, so I knock on the door before coming in."
"Okay, Mr. Huang, sit down for a moment." The waiter hurriedly went downstairs after clearing the table.
Without the outsider, Xiao Yao's expression suddenly changed. His expression was extremely gloomy, and the free and easy smile on his face just now was just a shell.
"Brother Huang, our disciples of the Beggar Clan died so unjustly!!!"
After just one sentence, Xiao Yao burst into tears.
In the city of Hangzhou, dozens of beggars’ corpses are taken to mass graves and discarded every day, regardless of gender, age or child. They can’t even be described as covered in bruises.
Xiao Yao felt that his blood was poured onto the grave.
"Tell me, why is there such a court?" Xiao Yao sat on a stool, staring at the empty table and said absently: "I have been familiar with the books of Confucius and Mencius since I was a child, and after going through many twists and turns as an adult, I have fully understood the truth in the books.
Little inspiration.
Mencius said: 'The people are the most noble, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. Therefore, the people of Qiu are the emperor.'
The so-called emperor is the emperor who was promoted by the common people.
Mencius said: 'If a king treats his ministers like dirt, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit.'
Such a cruel king, he does not deserve to be the emperor!!"
When Xiao Yao couldn't help shouting something, he remembered that he was not very familiar with Huang Xiaoshi.
These words were enough to make Xiao Yao commit the crime of "disrespect".
You must know that since ancient times, there have been "heinous crimes". "Great disrespect" ranks sixth, even higher than "unfilial piety".
Xiao Yao, who realized that he had lost his temper again, raised his head, stood up and saluted Huang Xiaoshi, and said apologetically: "Master Huang, just pretend you didn't hear this. I'm sorry."
Among the ten evils, there are several sins that are listed together by default.
For example, if someone knows about these serious crimes, such as treason, treason, treason, and disrespect, they must report it. If not, they will also be counted as supporters.
After arriving in this dynasty, because Emperor Zu was extremely strict in supervising this area, as long as he did not report it on the spot, it would be equivalent to acquiescence, and acquiescence would be the same crime.
Huang Xiaoshi pressed his hand on Xiao Yao and asked him to sit down again.
Huang Xiaoshi could see that Xiao Yao's mood was not yet stable.
I'm afraid it will be difficult for anyone to be emotionally stable if this kind of thing happens to them.
Huang Xiaoshi said to Xiao Yao kindly: "What's the rush? I haven't eaten yet. I ordered so many dishes and you left. How can I finish it by myself?"
Seeing Xiao Yao crying with tears all over his face, Huang Xiaoshi saw a basin and towels next to him. Although the water in the basin and the towels on the shelf were not clean, they were still dirty no matter how dirty they were.
It couldn't be more dirty than Xiao Yao's face.
Huang Xiaoshi walked over and put the towel in the basin, then wring out a wet towel, turned around and handed it to Xiao Yao.
"Here, wipe your face."
Xiao Yao felt a little embarrassed. He wiped his face with a towel and wiped his hands. After wiping for a while, he felt that they were still not very clean, so he washed them with dirty water in the basin.
After Xiao Yao turned around, Huang Xiaoshi was a little shocked. He didn't expect Xiao Yao to look so white. Even if he was wearing a beggar's outfit, some people would believe him when he said he was a noble man in trouble.
Huang Xiaoshi was depressed.
You said that everyone has been a beggar, so why is there such a big gap?
After Xiao Yao sat down again, Huang Xiaoshi sighed to Xiao Yao and said: "Brother Xiao, what you said is not wrong, but what can be done about it?
That crazy emperor, can you rush into the palace and kill him?
Okay, even if you can kill him, who can replace him?
Can you guarantee that this person will be better than him?"
"Yes!" Xiao Yao suddenly said decisively: "King Cheng!"
As soon as Xiao Yao said this, the two of them fell into silence again. Fortunately, the waiter at the shop came with the food at this time.
After the food and drinks were served, the two of them dealt with each other without saying a word.
When Xiao Yao said that he had not eaten for three days and three nights, he was not lying.
Of course, it is too easy to get something with Xiao Yao's skills, but he is not suitable for begging.
With his bad behavior of shaking his head and reading a book while begging for food, it would be strange if he could get food.
After drinking and eating, Huang Xiaoshi said to Xiao Yao: "Brother Xiao Yao, I, Shennong Baicaomen, have a few buckets of leftover food every day. Just come and get it every afternoon."
When Xiao Yao heard this, he naturally thanked him profusely.
Here, after leaving the restaurant, the two of them parted ways.
In the afternoon, Xiao Yao came to the door of Shennong Baicao Gate and shouted loudly: "Uncles, please be kind and enjoy the leftovers!"
As soon as he shouted, the gatekeeper glanced at him and asked, "Are you Xiao Yao?"
Xiao Yao nodded.
The disciple said: "Master Huang has already given instructions. The leftovers have been prepared. Come and get them yourself."
Xiao Yao followed him in and saw two large wooden barrels behind the door. Inside the barrels were a clean bucket of white rice and a bucket of meat and vegetable soup.
Seeing these two buckets of leftovers, Xiao Yao burst into tears.
Huang Xiaoshi has always had a reputation for integrity and trustworthiness in the world, but today it seems that this reputation is not true.
Among all the martial arts disciples today, I, Xiao Yao, only obey Huang Xiaoshi.
Xiao Yao carried two large buckets of heavy food back to the beggar's den where he had lived for a few days. A group of beggars who were orphans (both parents died) crawled out of the shack.
"Come on, come on, let's eat, let's eat. Today there is white rice and meat!" Xiao Yao shouted loudly, and then he was surrounded by a group of happy little beggars.
Looking at the group of skinny little beggars in front of him, Xiao Yao felt powerless in his heart.
How long can I feed them if I beg for food every day?
Xiao Yao thought of what the man said to him.
"You are smart, talented, and ambitious, and more importantly, you know what is right and what is wrong.
After you figure it out, come find me.
To be continued...