But next to the bean curd stall, Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan were quietly waiting for a vacant seat among the bustling street crowd.
"Hey, two guests are here. Please wait a moment. There will be room available soon."
Old man Liu from the bean curd stall has become very familiar with Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan after these days. After seeing the two of them, he quickly shouted.
Zhao Junchen looked polite, showing no official authority. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Old Master Liu, please be busy. Don't worry about us. Don't be in a hurry."
There were many customers at the bean curd stall today, and Mr. Liu was really in a hurry. After hearing what Zhao Junchen said, he just raised his head and smiled, and continued to make bean curd to greet the customers.
In the eyes of Mr. Liu, Zhao Junchen, who had always been gentle and polite, was just an ordinary scholar, and he was a regular customer and there was no need to go out of his way to fawn over him.
Xu Qingyan, on the other hand, looked unhappy when he saw that he was still waiting. He didn't know what he was mumbling.
The tofu pudding was made quickly and eaten quickly. In fact, it didn’t take long before there were already two empty seats.
"Old Zhang Liu, as per the old rules, two bowls of tofu and half a pound of fried dough sticks."
After seeing an empty seat appear, Zhao Junchen greeted Mr. Liu and walked towards the empty seat with Xu Qingyan.
However, in this era, there are not so many rules. No matter what it is, it is all done with quick hands and slow hands.
Zhao Junchen had just walked to the empty seat when he saw a figure flickering and someone had already taken a seat in the empty seat.
Zhao Junchen was stunned when he saw that the person grabbing the seat was actually a girl, not very old, in her twenties, dressed simply, holding a large package in her hand.
Perhaps because she felt uneasy about taking the position, the girl lowered her head and hugged the package tightly, not daring to raise her head to look at Zhao Junchen.
Seeing someone vying for the position, Zhao Junchen hadn't expressed his position yet, but Xu Qingyan had an angry look on his face and shouted: "Get up, my young master has chosen this position."
Hearing Xu Qingyan's shout, the girl's petite body trembled slightly, she raised her head slightly and glanced at Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan, then quickly lowered her head, not daring to look again.
However, even though it was just a glimpse, it still gave Zhao Junchen a little surprise. His bright eyes and willowy eyebrows, gentle temperament and delicious beauty. Although he was plain and undressed, it gave people a sense of natural beauty.
"Judging a book by its appearance" is a derogatory term, but it is always one of the common problems of human nature. Seeing this girl's appearance and temperament, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but think to himself: "This woman doesn't look like the kind of person with no rules, so why would she take my place?
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Looking at the woman's guilty look, not daring to look at anyone, wanting to leave but not daring to leave, Zhao Junchen confirmed this point again.
However, Xu Qingyan was not as easy to talk to as Zhao Junchen. Although he saw that the person grabbing the seat was a beautiful girl, he was embarrassed to scold him, but he turned to Old Man Liu at the bean curd stall and shouted: "Old Man Liu, someone is snatching my young master's seat."
Don’t you care about the seats?”
Xu Qingyan's voice was loud, and as he shouted, the customers on the left and right sides of the bean curd stall focused their attention here, and most of them had expressions of anticipation to see a good show.
When the girl saw everyone's eyes focused on her, her face turned red with embarrassment, straight to her neck, and her body was trembling slightly, but she still looked like she wanted to leave but didn't dare to leave.
On the other side, when Liu Laozhang heard Xu Qingyan’s shout, he hurried to his seat and said to the girl: “Little girl, these two guests took a fancy to your seat first, and they have already ordered bean curd fried dough sticks.
Now, why don't you wait a little longer?"
Hearing what Mr. Liu said, the girl hesitated for a moment and finally prepared to stand up.
However, just as the girl was about to leave, she heard a young man's voice coming from behind everyone.
"Whoever sees it first belongs to whom? Isn't this too unreasonable? If I had come earlier and taken a look at your place when there were no customers, would all the empty seats in this stall belong to me? Wouldn't it be here?
Have all the guests taken my seat? As the saying goes, 'the quickest gets there first', so naturally whoever sits down first will get the empty seat."
As the words fell, a young man Shi Shiran appeared. He was dressed in luxurious clothes. He seemed to be a scholar. He also held a book in his hand. His face was handsome, but he was obviously in a bad mood at this time. After appearing, he was fierce
He glared at the girl.
When the girl saw the man appear, she looked a little flustered and even more delicate. She quickly stood up and gave up her position to the man.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Junchen suddenly understood. It was obvious that this little girl was the young man's maid, and the reason why he wanted to seize the vacant position was because of the instructions of the young man.
However, the strange thing is that the facial features of the young man and the girl are somewhat similar.
"you……"
Seeing such a scene, Xu Qingyan was naturally furious. He pointed at the man and began to accuse and scold him.
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was stopped by Zhao Junchen, who smiled and said: "That's all, there's no need to get angry over such a thing."
While speaking, Zhao Junchen said to Mr. Liu who looked embarrassed: "Old Mr. Liu, I will wait here for a while. When there is a free seat, you can serve the bean curd fried dough sticks."
Not to mention that Mr. Liu went to prepare bean curd fried dough sticks with a grateful look on his face, but the young man was looking at Zhao Junchen with a proud expression on his face that said, "You know what you are doing."
However, just as he was about to walk to the empty seat, the expression on the young man's face suddenly froze.
It turned out that although Zhao Junchen had changed out of his official robe in the sedan chair just now, he had not changed out his official boots. In addition, although Zhao Junchen's outfit seemed ordinary, it was actually made of Shu brocade. You know, Shu brocade is here
In that era, they were mostly tributes to the palace, and it was difficult for ordinary people to find them.
And these were all seen by the young man.
After a moment's change in the young man's expression, he actually walked up to the little girl, his attitude suddenly changed, and he loudly accused: "Even so, since they have already ordered food, the situation is different. How can you rob someone else's food?"
Seats? Where have all the tutors gone over the years?”
Upon hearing the young man's accusation, the girl's face turned pale, but she lowered her head and did not dare to refute.
Zhao Junchen was stunned when he saw such a scene. Thinking of the young man's change of attitude, he looked down at the official boots on his feet and couldn't help but laugh. He thought to himself: "I was negligent. This young man is...
He has good eyesight and an exquisite temperament, but if he puts the blame on others, he will lose his responsibility."
While Zhao Junchen was thinking secretly, the young man walked up to Zhao Junchen, bowed and saluted: "This servant has broken the rules, I hope that I won't blame you, I'd better take this empty seat."
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Zhao Junchen was just about to refuse, but when he saw two more diners leaving next to him, he said, "That's not necessary, isn't it? There is room again, let's all come together."
While talking, Zhao Junchen casually sat down at an empty seat, and the young man sat next to Zhao Junchen.
"Huh?"
The young man was about to say something when Zhao Junchen suddenly looked surprised when he saw the book in the young man's hand.
It turned out that the manual in the hands of this young man was the "Record of Locust Extermination in Lu'an Prefecture" that Shanxi merchants praised Zhao Junchen!