The prosperous Xichengfang City is full of restaurants.
Seven or eight flower girls were walking around cautiously, fearing that they might accidentally offend the people present.
But even so, he was still hated by people.
"Not very good-looking!" A middle-aged thin man coldly pushed the flower girl in front of him over.
The flower girl let out a cry of pain, raised her face full of tears, and relied on her beauty to show mercy to her benefactor, who wanted to make her angry.
Unexpectedly, he was slapped twice again, hard.
At this moment, Hua Niang, whose face was swollen from the whipping, bowed tremblingly and retreated in embarrassment.
"Third uncle is still angry." Opposite the thin man is another young man with a fair complexion. His hair is tied up with a jade hairpin, his eyebrows are shaved, and the bridge of his nose is straightened. Just sitting there for a moment, he has the elegance of "Lonely Snow and Snow"
feeling.
"You don't understand. The new owner of Xiaodukou is the person I hate the most." Lu Yuan kept chattering and drank two glasses of wine in a row before he calmed down a little.
"He was the one who robbed my wine shop business in Wangzhou before. Now his ghost is still there, and he followed me to Tangjiang City."
"Zizhong, you have to help Third Uncle."
The young master smiled and said, "Third uncle, don't be anxious. If you explain it in detail, I will naturally find a way."
Lu Yuan looked overjoyed when he heard this. The Lu Zizhong in front of him was the next head of the Lu family in Tangjiang. His reputation for talent and learning spread throughout the inner city. It is said that even the city officials came to visit him in person and wanted to hire him.
Official staff.
"Zizhong, my third uncle is relying on you. Please know that if the owner of this small ferry becomes powerful, my Tangjiang and Lu family will also be affected."
"Third uncle, please tell me."
…
The early morning light shone from the river behind the winery. Xu Mu stood on the bank of the river for a long time before slowly turning around and walking towards the village.
"Master, the wooden house is also ready."
The wooden house is the house used for distillation. This is the most critical step. If outsiders steal the technology and hand it over to the four major households, the distillery will basically be closed.
"well done."
In the past two days, Chen Sheng and his gang worked tirelessly and organized the winery and village in a short period of time.
"Where's Si Hu?"
"Brother Tiger went to buy a wine jar, but he hasn't come back yet."
"Chen Sheng, take the two of you to hitch up the cart and go out with me to collect grain from the city."
Everything is ready and we can't waste it any longer. What's even more helpless is that in more than ten days, there will be a monthly wine market.
If you miss the time and miss the wine selections from the restaurant owners, I'm afraid it will become more and more difficult in the future.
Even if you want to collect grain, you have to go far away. The grain farm near Tangjiang City is probably owned.
"Caiwei, when Si Hu came back, he told him not to go out and wander around again these days."
It's not that Xu Mu is too cautious, but that in the seemingly peaceful Tangjiang City, Master Lu will attack them sooner or later.
This is considered a big feud no matter what.
"Xu Lang, the slave family knows." Jiang Caiwei stood at the gate of the village and added another sentence at the end.
"Xu Lang, if you encounter trouble, run away first."
Xu Mu nodded, and after Chen Sheng hitched the carriage, a group of four people, including two horses, took their simple knives and iron bows and hurried towards the east gate.
"Master, where should I go to collect grain?"
"If not, how about going to Chengcheng? Li Xiaowan is an official lady and can be considered a friend. I will go there and she will naturally help."
"I'm not going." Sitting on the carriage, Xu Mu spoke concisely and to the point. He finally got rid of the three ancestors, and he didn't want to get involved again.
Furthermore, Chengcheng is not a place where grain is produced. At most, there are a few grain stores. What are you going to do there?
"Go to Fengcheng."
The carriage made a big turn and continued forward along the flat official road. When they arrived near Fengcheng, it was already dark.
Not long after, there was another torrential rain that had just begun in summer, falling all over the world like a village woman sifting beans.
Tangjiang City West Square.
Si Hu poked his head out of a small wine shop and said a few words with a smile, as if he had found a reason to come home late. He happily picked up the wine bowl in front of him, touched one with the person at the opposite table, and then drank. All.
"As I said, you and I hit it off as soon as we met. On this day, I will never get drunk and never come home."
Twisting a peanut, Si Hu spoke angrily.
Opposite him, there was also a giant man with a beard. He smiled boldly twice and then raised the wine bowl again.
The two met at noon today. They encountered bullies bullying passers-by in Xifang, so they both took action. Heroes cherish heroes, and this is how they met and had a banquet.
"Like Brother Tiger, I rarely see bullies in my life. Whenever I see them again, I will fight them again until there is peace in the world."
Si Hu's face turned red. Hearing the words "until there is peace in the world", he filled up the wine bowl again and raised his hands in respect.
It wasn't until the rain stopped that Si Hu stood up unsteadily, made an appointment with Beard, and then staggered back to the wine shop.
Si Hu, who walked into the rain, did not see that behind him, four or five people walked into the wine shop, hugging a young man.
"how?"
"Master Lu, he is indeed a reckless man, capable of forcing someone to death." A ferocious look appeared on the face of the bearded man.
"Will it be successful within two days?"
The giant man lowered his head and thought for a while before uttering one word coldly.
"able."
…
Fengcheng Inn, the sound of rain falling all night made people more and more anxious.
"Master, the horse was stabbed." Chen Sheng's voice came urgently from outside.
Xu Mu was startled, quickly put on his clothes, braved the rain, and hurried to the stable of the inn.
The two horses fell into a pool of blood.
The boy at the inn was crying, and the grease lantern in his hand was so frightened that it fell to the ground. It was swept away by the wind and rain, dragging the wet water with it, and blew it into the distance with a "clang".
Xu Mu looked coldly and quickly checked the injuries of the two horses.
At first, after finally killing the Beidi people, they brought five Di horses back to the inner city with the intention of reproducing them. But now, two of them were stabbed.
"My boss, that colorful mare is dead, dead." Chen Sheng's eyes were red, blaming himself, "I only walked a little further before, but as soon as I came back, the horse was stabbed."
"Go get the veterinarian first."
"Master, I'll go right away." A young man said and ran forward in the rain.
Xu Mu's hands trembled and he caressed the colorful mare. From Wangzhou to the inner city, many battlers did not die, but died in such a miserable way.
"This little boss, my shopkeeper has said that I will compensate you half of your silver, five taels."
"Get lost." Xu Mu gritted his teeth and stood up in the wind and rain.
The inn boy was so frightened that he ran away.
"My boss, if we know who it is, we will kill him." Chen Sheng wiped his face and held the knife to his chest.
Another young man behind him also approached with an angry face and took off the iron bow on his back.
After several rounds of life and death at the border, they no longer bother to say anything like "reporting to the official". The knife in the hand of a hero who hangs his eggs is the most just principle.
Xu Mu closed his eyes and shook his head seriously.
It's not that he is cowardly. If he really wanted revenge, the best result would be that he could only lead this group of villagers to kill the enemy.
He doesn't want this.
Even a dog in troubled times has to work hard to survive.