Chapter 19 Disputes arose upstairs in the rivers and lakes
Only ten feet away, on the side of the alley facing the lake, there is a three-story building with pointed double eaves. The cornices are upturned and it is quite impressive. Under the eaves of the third floor, extending diagonally downwards, is a shop sign with three words written in vermilion lacquer cursive.
The word: Jianghu Tower was floating in the wind. Qi Zhou looked up and said with a smile: "This hero is here." After saying that, he led his horse forward quickly. In the distance of more than ten feet, there was another building like the one just now.
The building has tall walls and a small doorway. The difference is that the painting on the wall inside the doorway is a God of Wealth. Opposite the Jianghu Tower and the two strange buildings is a corridor, and dozens of horse stakes are erected under the corridor.
Two or three young men were taking care of a dozen horses.
Qi Zhou and the two tied up their horses under the corridor and went to the Jianghu downstairs. They looked at a cursive couplet at the entrance of the building: "The osmanthus in the Osmanthus Alley is fragrant, and the Jianghu people are upstairs in the Jianghu." Qi Zhou smiled at Lin Chuan proudly and said: "
Let's go and drink osmanthus wine." The waiter in the store felt happy when he saw two young men coming in with bows and swords on their backs, thinking that two rich kids were here to fulfill their dream of becoming a worldly man. If they serve well, they would be rewarded with silver.
The waiter asked: "Do you two guests want to eat in the lobby on the ground floor or drink on the third floor?"
After Lin Chuan entered the door, he was looking at the menus hanging behind the counter. He was dumbfounded by the high prices of the wine and food. He was about to pull Qi Zhou out of the hotel, but He Qizhou didn't think about it and said, "Brother, please find a place on the third floor."
Seat facing the lake.”
The waiter said: "Okay, the two guests arrived early. After two sticks of incense, there will be no seats on the second floor, not to mention the third floor."
Going up to the third floor, you can have a panoramic view of Yangzhou Lake. Not far away, the mansion next to Yangzhou Avenue is surrounded by rockery mountains and deep woods. He and Lin, who have lived next to the mansion since they were young, feel quite luxurious. There are small boats in twos and threes on Yangzhou Lake.
When cruising around, the misty lake reflects the distant mountains, which is quite picturesque. The third floor is about half the size of the ground floor, but there are about a dozen tables of various sizes lined up, and there are two tables separated by bead curtains near the south.
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At this time, there were basically seven or eight tables sitting upstairs. Qi Zhou and his wife just got a small table for two. They could enjoy the scenery of the lake through the carved ridged windows. There were four tables facing the lake, and they were all occupied.
The table next to the two of them has seats for four. There are three people sitting there, all dressed as scholars. Two are wearing white shirts, one is wearing green shirts, and they all have the same black silk scarf tied on their heads.
He looks like he is less than twenty years old. The man in green is holding a folding fan. The other two have swords lying across the empty bench. There are also three people at the table to the south, one is a middle-aged man in his fifties.
The people are gorgeously dressed, with a rich figure and a kind face. One is a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in brocade clothes and with a handsome face. The other is dressed like a book boy of thirteen or fourteen years old.
The two people at the far south seemed to have just sat down and were still ordering. When He Qizhou saw that they were the master and disciple Li Jichen whom he had met in Yuantong Temple, he immediately stood up, waved to them, and said "Hi" loudly, which annoyed everyone.
The people dining upstairs glared at each other, especially the three people who were talking by the window and looked at Qi Zhou with hatred.
Li Jichen nodded in greeting, and the young man next to him rolled his eyes disdainfully. He Qizhou didn't mind, took the exquisite menu from the waiter, looked over it twice, and signaled the waiter and the others to order later, and Lin Chuan also joined in
When he came over to look at it, his jaw seemed to drop all of a sudden, and he said softly: "Master, why is it so much more expensive than the one on the ground floor? How about we go to the ground floor, or find another place?"
Qizhou said: "I think so too, but you see there are acquaintances here, how shameless is it to leave like this?" He Qizhou calmed down his distorted face, called the waiter to his side, and asked: "Brother,
How much does a jar of osmanthus wine weigh? How much does a Gu weigh?"
"Back to the guest officer, a large jar is five kilograms, a small jar is two kilograms, and a cup is two taels. Our store has two types: five-year-old and three-year-old. I think a small jar should be about the same. Five
The old one costs five taels of silver per jar, and the three-year-old one costs three taels of silver per jar. However, the five-year-old one has greater stamina. If you two are on the road in the afternoon, you might as well try the three-year-old one. The taste is still great.
"The waiter replied.
Qi Zhou asked again: "What's the price of a cup of three-year-old food?"
"Three coins, how about a few cups first?"
"We have to ride horses after the meal, so just drink less and have a cup first. Then help us cut two ounces of beef with soy sauce and serve two bowls of white rice."
"Sir, a plate of beef with soy sauce here is at least half a catty." The waiter raised his voice a little.
"Okay, just half a catty. Also, are you going to get braised peanuts to go with the wine when you order the wine? Please, brother, don't forget to give us more, and the tea hasn't been served to us yet?" He Qizhou lowered his voice, almost
Only he and the waiter could hear it.
The waiter looked at the well-dressed Qi Zhou and the two, and felt bitter in his heart. He thought that there were only a few good seats, waiting for rewards from high-rollers. How could he meet these two shameless poor people?
He said loudly: "Two guests, you ordered a cup of osmanthus wine, a small plate of soy beef, two bowls of white rice, more peanuts for the free wine, and a pot of free tea. If you are right, go here.
The food is served." He especially emphasized the words "one cup, one small plate, free, no charge" and other words, which made Lin Chuan feel as if he had drank enough osmanthus wine, his face turned red, and he wanted to jump into Yangzhou Lake.
The two of them looked at the scenery outside the window, and Qi Zhou replied calmly: "Then I'll trouble you, brother."
After hearing the waiter's cry, the young man in Tsing Yi next door who was sipping a mouthful of osmanthus wine couldn't help but spray out the window, then burst out laughing and said while laughing: "Where did this come from, waiter?"
You gallant? A table of wine and food is worth half a plate of fried rice cakes." After saying that, the other two people on the table also burst out laughing.
Qi Zhou didn't care about the ridicule of the people next to him. He stamped his feet and said loudly to Lin Chuan: "If I had known that side dishes would be served, why would we have ordered beef?"
The three young men were speechless for a moment after hearing this. A slightly taller man in white was stunned for a moment and forced a smile and said: "I have seen a lot of poor people, but this is the first time I have seen such a thick-skinned poor person."
The two people at the table laughed again.
Qi Zhou glanced at Lin Chuan, who was clenching his fists and his face was flushed. He pressed his hand secretly to signal him not to be angry, and then said: "The things in this state capital are really expensive. I just bought them in the alley shop."
Toilet paper costs twenty cents a knife, and wood, how much does it cost in our village?"
Lin Chuan said: "Ten articles."
Qi Zhou added: "One tael of silver can buy ten thousand pieces of toilet paper. Look at the yellow soup on the chopsticks. It is worth hundreds of pieces of toilet paper at least. How many times can you wipe your butt? I can't bear to think about it.
Put it in your mouth."
With a "pop" sound, the man in Tsing Yi dropped the mouthful of rice paste he was putting into his mouth, including his chopsticks, causing everyone in the building to burst into laughter.
The man in green stood up slowly, looked at Qi Zhou and the two of them, and said in a dark voice: "Where did these two poor boys come from? Are they looking for death?"
Lin Chuan couldn't help it anymore, so he stood up, stared at the man and said, "We are from Jiangjun Village, what do you want?"
The man in green was stunned by Lin Chuan's aura. He thought that he really couldn't afford to be offended if he were the legitimate son of the Liu family. However, those two brothers and sisters had already arrived in the capital. Could they be other nephews of the Liu family? But the Liu family is a big family here.
It's not so shabby, most of them are the Yang family who are holding on to their arrogance. If they are the Yang family, Chen Gong is really not afraid. He calmed down a little and asked: "Hey, you are still angry, who are you two?"
Is your surname Liu or Yang?"
Qi Zhou just wanted to be careless and say that he didn't want to tell him, but Lin Chuan had already blurted out, "None of them."
The man in Tsing Yi suddenly felt confident. He looked at the two people beside him and said, "Two poor boys from the countryside have come to the state capital to run wild. Do they still want to go to Jinling to take the martial arts test? Brother Feng, Brother Yu, let me see.
Why don't we do a good deed and teach these two ignorant guys a lesson and let them go home directly, so as to save the trouble of traveling back and forth to Jinling?"
The two men in white were about to agree when they heard a word coming from the stairs: "Hey, Mr. Chen has improved his kung fu again. Has his fourth pulse been broken? Are he bullying people again?" It turned out to be two young girls, Xu.
Slowly walked up to the third floor. The speaker was wearing emerald green clothes and carrying a short sword at his waist. He was petite and exquisite, with a round face and thick eyebrows. His eyes were small but bright, and his complexion was white and rosy. Upon closer inspection, he looked very beautiful.
, the whole body exudes a trace of heroism. The other person is slightly taller, has a face with oval seeds, willow eyebrows and almond eyes, fair and tender complexion, and is wearing a beige dress. He is quite handsome. At first glance, he is a famous celebrity.
When the man in Tsing Yi saw these two women, he immediately changed his smile and said: "Hey, sister Qingrou, are you taking Miss Liu Er to travel around the world again? Look, there are no window seats anymore. It's up to us if you can give me a favor.
How about a squeeze here?"
The girl named Qingrou rolled her eyes at the man and said: "Go away, Chen Qi, you know how to bully men and women, bully and dominate the market, and you have the same virtue as your father."
The man in green said with a bitter face: "Oh, that's too flattering to me. I'm not as bad as my father. Do you know who these two are? Someone has fought against Young Master Xiao."
The eyes of the two women suddenly shone with light. The woman in the beige dress quietly pulled Qingrou's sleeves. Qingrou stopped, glanced at the two men in white, and then said to the man in green: "Hey,
You have grown up, come on, tell me what's going on?"
The man in green was overjoyed and asked the waiter to bring a stool and said to the two women: "Come on, come on, the two heroines sit down and talk. This is Jianghu Tower. I don't have to worry about anything when I talk. Let me introduce you first.
These two are my cousins, Chen Zhifeng and Chen Zhiyu of the Yangzhou Chen family. Half of Yangzhou Street and Guihua Lane are the property of the Yangzhou Chen family."
Qingrou said to the woman next to her: "Oh, it turns out he is the famous "Yangzhou Fengyu", a master on the martial arts examination list. I have admired him for a long time." Then she raised her hands to the two people, and the woman in beige clothes looked at her with a smile on her face.
The faces of the two men in white were very similar. They were quite handsome, but a little more feminine. They stood up and kept saying they were ashamed, but they looked complacent. Chen Qi continued to introduce to Brother Chen Zhifeng: "This
The dashing beauty is the daughter of my immediate boss, the prefect Zhang Luyao. She is ranked 91st on the latest martial arts examination list. She is truly the number one genius girl in South Zhili, the heroine Zhang Qingrou." Chen Qi continued to point to the beige skirt.
The woman said: "This great beauty is Liu Zhen, the daughter of the second son of Liu Yushi and Liu Qingtian. She and Zhang Nuxia are the most beautiful twins in our Jiangling Mansion."
Zhang Qingrou said angrily: "Fuck you", but she felt complacent in her heart.
Chen Qi glanced at Lin Chuan, who was still stunned, and said: "You two poor guys, I guess you're just out of luck. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you go. After you finish eating, get out of here."
Lin Chuan said angrily: "Dogs look down on people."
He Qizhou hurriedly pulled Lin Chuan down and said: "Be brave when you go out. Being looked down upon doesn't necessarily mean you are low. People say we stepped on dog poop. Could it be that you still want to take revenge on the dog that pooped on you?"
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"Pfft", Zhang Qingrou couldn't help laughing, secretly winked at Qi Zhou, and secretly gave a thumbs up. Liu Zhen also covered her mouth and smiled.
Chen Qi slapped the table and was about to have a fit. Zhang Zhifeng, who was slightly taller, immediately patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, why do you need to be familiar with them and lose your identity? Since everyone has to go to the martial arts competition, see you then.