After driving the carriage for more than an hour, we happened to encounter a tea stall built on the roadside, and there were some shopping stalls around it. It must be that the surrounding people spontaneously gathered beside the official road in order to make a little money.
Qiu Jun looked around and saw that this place had entered the mountainous area. Both sides of the official road were not as open as before, and were all covered with dense woods.
The tea stall happened to be built at the foot of the mountain, covered with greenery, making it a good place to rest on the road.
Qiu Jun stopped the carriage on the side of the road. Immediately, a young man ran up, reached out to take the reins, and greeted with a smile: "Guest sir, please come in. I will help you to secure the carriage. Just go in and rest and drink tea."
Or eat, we have it all here.”
"Bring me a pot of tea first, my throat is filled with smoke from running all the way." Qiu Jun looked around as he walked in, "Your place is really well chosen. I'll watch it from a long distance."
It's shady and cool here, so go to this place, and you have to come down and rest your feet."
"What your guest said is indeed true. My landlord's ancestors bought this place with the foresight. They planted many trees on both sides. After decades of operation, how many people want to buy this Feng Shui treasure land?"
, but the owner refused to sell it, and now the business is booming!"
"It's indeed a good place." Qiu Jun said as he walked toward the innermost part. "I have to find a place with the most shade. It's already extremely hot even before the beginning of summer. Everyone gets sunburned when I go out. It's really miserable.
"
With that said, he walked straight into the innermost area and sat down closest to the woods.
"First bring me a pot of herbal tea, two side dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, a bowl of cold noodles, and add more vinegar and chili pepper." Qiu Jun said, grabbing a few copper plates and stuffing them to the waiter.
The waiter was immediately happy and said: "Okay, just wait a moment, I will prepare it for you."
Not long after, herbal tea was served first.
Qiu Jun seemed to be really thirsty. He drank two large glasses of wine before gradually slowing down.
After a while, cold noodles and side dishes were brought to the table one after another.
The slightly yellowed cold noodles are drizzled with balsamic vinegar, and are sprinkled with red oil chili peppers and dark green pickled beans. Before you even eat it, the smell that hits your face makes you salivate.
One dish is five-spice crispy fish, and the other dish is smoked dried tofu.
Perhaps because he got the reward, the waiter specially gave him a small plate of cold salad and said: "Sir, this is a small wild vegetable mixed by my chef. It can't be served on the table, but it tastes really good. Mix it with noodles.
It’s even more amazing, I’ll give you a plate to try.”
"Thank you a lot, brother!" Qiu Jun also listened to the advice, put the side dishes directly into the noodle bowl, picked up the chopsticks and mixed well, took a big mouthful, then chewed the noodles in his mouth, and raised his eyebrows at the waiter.
A thumbs up.
He was eating happily, but he didn't know that the people in the carriage following him were watching him swallow his saliva.
"Brother, that man's food tastes really good! I want to eat cold noodles too." A little skinny monkey with dark skin stared at Qiu Jun, swallowing his saliva.
The man he called eldest brother was a tall, round-waisted man with a black face. He was sitting on the side of the car with his eyes closed.
Money. Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about his carriage. It is custom-made with high-quality materials at first glance, and it is not something bought casually from outside.
"Although he was dressed inconspicuously, he didn't miss out on eating or drinking along the way, and he was willing to stay in hotels when he needed it. This shows that he is not a poor handlebar type.
"I think this person is either a manager of a big family or a small businessman. The car should be full of goods. You won't lose money if you grab a handful..."
"Hey, brother." The thin monkey suddenly interrupted the black-faced man, "Why did that man leave? He went into the forest. Could it be that he found us and ran away?"
The dark-faced man quickly straightened up and looked over. He saw that the food on the table had not yet been finished, and the riding whip was still lying nearby. In the woods, one could vaguely see the back of Qiu Jun untying his belt as he walked in.
"What are you calling for? He drank so much herbal tea just now. Naturally, he went to drink some water now." The black-faced man snorted lightly.
A man came out of the carriage, raised his hand and slapped the thin monkey on the head and said: "You kid, stop talking so much, read more and talk less, there are still many things you don't understand!"
The thin monkey was not annoyed even after being slapped. He raised his hand and touched his head and said with a silly smile: "That's right, I'm still far from the big brother!"
"Don't talk about big brother, you are far behind us!" "That's right, if you didn't have such good eyesight, who would have brought you out!"
Several people in the carriage were talking to each other, laughing and joking.
Several people had a conversation, and then sent Shouhou to buy a pot of herbal tea and come back to share it to quench his thirst, but Qiu Jun hadn't come back yet.
Only now did the dark-faced man realize that something was wrong. Could it be that this man was really frightened and ran away?
"Xiaosi, go over and inquire about the situation." The black-faced man ordered.
"Yes, brother, I'll go right away." A young man in his twenties emerged from the carriage. After getting off and settling in the station, he took out a fan with his backhand, spread it out in front of his chest, and fanned twice.
He looks like a gentle scholar.
He adjusted his posture and walked towards the tea stall unhurriedly.
Xiao Si walked to the table where Qiu Jun was eating just now. He carefully looked at the food on the table and the things next to it. Then he called out to the waiter and said, "Come here, buddy, you clean up this place. I want to sit here."
The waiter came over and took a look and said: "Oh, this guest officer is really sorry, the guests at this table haven't finished eating yet!
"Look, isn't the table next to me empty? How about you sit here?"
"It's cool here, I just want to sit here." Xiaosi said deliberately when he saw this, "I just looked in the car for a long time, and no one was at this table for a long time. Are you trying to trick me?"
"Sir, look at what you said, how could I deceive you!
"This guest officer went to the woods for a convenience. Before leaving, he told me not to collect his things by mistake!
"If you don't believe me, look, this guest officer has only taken two bites of the bacon he ordered. The riding crop and luggage are still here. How come there's no one there!"
The clerk was deeply impressed by Qiu Jun who had given him a reward, so he added: "This guest officer's carriage is still parked behind him, so he must not have left!"
"Okay, I'll eat at the table next to you. If you don't come back in a while, I'll ask you for an explanation!" Xiaosi saw that he really couldn't ask anything, so he sat down next to him, ordered a pot of tea, and prepared
Sit back and wait for Qiu Jun to come back.
But what none of them expected was that Qiu Jun had already run out into the forest for an unknown distance with the prescription.