There are two restaurants in Dongmen City. One is a commercial restaurant, which is "semi-official". It is a reception restaurant exclusively used by the Travel Group. It is also open to the public on weekdays. However, because most of the visitors are Australian "chief ministers", ordinary locals
The common people don't dare to ask about it.
The other one is the "Welfare Club Restaurant", which is relatively approachable and has a lot of gimmicks. It is said that this restaurant is run by an Australian woman. The food and wine are very good, and there are all kinds of people who go there. Zhou Qi has longed for this place because
He didn't dare to ask because he was too short of money - he didn't have the guts to go to an Australian restaurant for a meal.
This time I had quite a bit of money, so I naturally wanted to buy some foreign food.
I went to a restaurant on a Saturday, and a waiter had already come over to entertain me. He was drunk alone, and he didn’t need a private room. He chose a seat by the window and ordered a few famous dishes. In fact, they were just scrambled eggs and tomatoes.
Broccoli and other things, and ordered a bottle of sugar cane wine to be opened, and started drinking by himself.
I was happily eating and drinking when I suddenly heard someone singing downstairs. This kind of folk songs are often found in the market. Some of them dress up as Taoists or monks, but in fact they are neither Taoists nor monks. What they sing is not only about persuading people to be kind and religious.
Stories, etc., as well as various folk songs. Occasionally, various news in the market are compiled into songs and sung.
Zhou Qi didn't take it seriously at first. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he heard the singer below talking and talking, and the people watching around him made obscene laughter and noises from time to time. It was really lively. Then he gradually listened carefully and didn't realize that
Thinking of hearing a few words, I almost burst into tears. It turns out that this song is about Qiu Hong.
Although the song does not blatantly specify the name "Qiu Hong", it is called "Red Girl". As for the beating by Chen Minggang's wife that day, it is even more vivid. That's all. Next, we will arrange "Red Girl" and her husband's family name.
The erotic story of the servant of the "Little Seventh Son" is not only rich in emotion, but also the story has many branches and leaves. The story of the Little Seventh Son climbing the wall into the boudoir in the middle of the night, hiding under the bed, etc., and the various contents that the public likes to see are even more complicated.
There were so many people in the audience that their mouths were twisted and their mouths were watering.
Zhou Qi was so angry that he wanted to just fly the wine bottle down and destroy the place. No, not only did he want to destroy the place, he also asked the people on the fast shift to catch the singers and go to the Yamen to clean it up! But this is Dongmen City.
People in the yamen wouldn't even dare to come here to drink a glass of water without giving them money. There's no way to talk about arresting anyone. If they hit a bottle of wine, they would immediately have to go to the labor camp to smash stones and sift sand and be whipped.
Zhou Qi was so angry not because he was slandered as a nymphomaniac, but because Qiu Hong was involved in the matter. Master had long suspected that Qiu Hong and himself were unclean, and there were a lot of rumors outside, and now there was another vivid "
"Xiao Qizi's night party, the master's concubine, the red girl is making a big fuss in the grape rack", it is simply unimaginable to spread it to the master's ears. Zhou Qi knows his master very well - he is a very mean and shrewd person, but he is special when it comes to women.
It's easy to be stupid. If he gets so angry that he wants to look good, his apprenticeship for decades will be in vain!
It's a pity that this is on someone's land, so I don't dare to use my strength. Zhou Qi is like an ant on a hot pot, drinking glass after glass of wine, just hoping that the crowd will disperse early so that he can rush down to sing.
He gave him a warning and gave him some money to get out early.
The singer was not in a hurry. After singing about the deeds of the "Red Girl", he changed another verse. Zhou Qi listened carefully and it had nothing to do with him. It turned out to be the current affairs news about the Liaodong war, and the people here were vaguely aware of it.
He knew that the imperial court was fighting with the barbarians in the far north, but he knew nothing about the specific matters, so many people were listening. Zhou Qi was not interested in the important affairs of the imperial court, and was relieved when he heard that it had nothing to do with him. Only in
Waiting for the party to end at the restaurant.
This small episode made Zhou Qi's originally relaxed mood a lot worse. Thinking of his relationship with his master, his future looked really gloomy.
When my mood is bad, drinking seems to be a way to drown my sorrows. After a while, I drank a bottle of sugar cane wine. This rum is distilled wine. Although it has a slight sweetness and is easy to drink, the alcohol content is about forty.
Du, Zhou Qi is already a little tipsy.
The wine made me sad, and I was even more dissatisfied. Zhou Qi thought about how he had become a disciple at the age of thirteen and followed Chen Minggang for almost twenty years. He had always been loyal and loyal, but it was no good at all. Now he was jealous of his master for being a prostitute. He couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
The master became resentful.
I was drinking wine when I suddenly heard a greeting:
"Hey! Isn't this seventh brother?"
Zhou Qi raised his eyes and saw that the person who came was in his forties, dark and fat, with two jet-black mustaches, a greasy net scarf on his head, and an unknown color.
He looked like a small businessman in his long gown. He blinked his blurry eyes for a long time before he remembered:
"Isn't this Goubli!"
Gou Bri worked as a cook on the small stove in Goujiazhuang's kitchen. Every time Chen Minggang went to Goujiazhuang, he would cook and entertain. He would serve his master on weekdays and would often come in and out of the kitchen, where he got to know Gou Bri.
"Exactly!" Gou Bri said with a smile on his face, "Brother Qi! Why are you drinking alone here? I'm alone too, let's share a table together, I'll treat you!"
When Zhou Qi saw that there was free food to be had, he naturally did not refuse. He followed Gou Bri. However, Gou Bri occupied a single room, and seven or eight dishes were placed on the round table, all of which were the restaurant's signature dishes - special
One of the roasted suckling pigs made Zhou Qi's eyelids swell. This roasted suckling pig was only served at important banquets of wealthy families in the past. It is said that in Guangzhou, one would be sold for one tael of silver!
The waiter came over, moved the food and wine, and rearranged the bowls and chopsticks. The two of them exchanged glasses and started drinking again. Zhou Qi took advantage of the drunkenness and said, "Old Gou! You are rich now! You drink wine alone and eat roasted suckling pig.
In the past, you could only bake it for people to eat."
Goubli said with a smile: "Isn't this a blessing to the Australians! Dongmen City is such a good city, I never dreamed of it. There are many people here, and they are willing to spend money. I opened a small hotel, and it is also very convenient."
It’s passable!”
Zhou Qiyi heard that he was "very passable". According to his old temper, he was about to "beat the autumn wind" when he opened his mouth. However, he still had some sense in his heart and knew that the prestige of the yamen could not be tolerated here in Dongmen City. He opened his mouth and then
He swallowed it and sighed:
"You all are doing well! Alas!"
The grumbling in his words was clearly revealed. Goubli saw that he was already half drunk. Knowing that the time had come, he took the opportunity to ask:
"Brother Qi! Haven't you been helping your master collect autumn grain recently? There will naturally be many benefits after this season..."
"Although there are many benefits, they are not mine -" Zhou Qi and Gou Bri were actually just acquaintances. But now he was in a depressed mood and drank a few more drinks. It was just what he wanted to have someone to talk to. He couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
I took out all the words in it.
Talking about his master being mean and ungrateful, talking about his feeling hopeless about his future, talking about his master's suspicion of himself... Zhou Qi was filled with grievances and dissatisfaction. Gou Bri just listened attentively, instead of echoing a few words and saying something.
From time to time, she would serve him wine and add food, which made Zhou Qi feel very happy, and he couldn't help but speak more and more openly.
"...What red girl songs are still being sung here in Dongmen City?" Zhou Qida complained, "Is this kind of thing arranged casually? My master has done a lot for this baseless thing.
Don’t wait to see me anymore!”
"As long as you hold it upright and sit upright, you won't be able to splash dirty water on it -"
"The idea is easy to figure out, but not easy to implement. If the muddy water is poured on you, it is quite difficult to escape." Zhou Qi said angrily, "I don't know which one, I have nothing to do when I'm full!"
"There's always someone who has a grudge against you, or someone who has a beef with your master..."
After thinking about it, this matter was probably caused by the Zhang brothers. They hate Qiu Hong deeply. Only they can do such dirty things, and only they have the ability to make the matter a problem in the city. But
Even if he knew it, it would be useless - of course there was nothing he could do about the Zhang brothers
He sighed in annoyance: "... Nowadays, I am just living my life day by day, hoping that I can still make some money to save for retirement. Otherwise, those little bastards from the Chen family might not be so mean!"
"Of course you can't count on your junior brothers." Gou Bri's small eyes wandered around, "Zhang Wu, on the other hand, is very ruthless in what he does. Brother Qi, you have to be more careful in the future. He is looking for you.
I don’t dare to show my bad luck to Master, so I can’t guarantee that I won’t vent my anger on you..."
Zhou Qiyi was shocked, that's true! That bastard Zhang Wu dared to follow his sister to arrest and beat Qiu Hong, so he didn't do it casually. Chen Minggang was his brother-in-law after all, and he was also the secretary of the household. He didn't
How dare you do it? You are nothing! Even if he beats him to death, with his brother Zhang Shi's status as the secretary of the execution room, he can still get rid of this matter. I'm afraid the master may not stand up for him...
"Alas!" Zhou Qi sighed again, "It's just bad luck! I just focused on doing things for Master. I didn't expect that other people's housework could also cause trouble for me!"
"In this kind of thing, you just have to see the opportunity yourself, don't get into too deep-"
Although Zhou Qi was a little dizzy, he heard the words clearly. It seemed that there was meaning in the words, so he hurriedly asked: "Brother Gou?"
"Your master's pool," Gou Buri pretended to be mysterious, "don't sink too deep into it."
Zhou Qi seemed to understand, but he understood a little bit what Gou Bri meant. It was just telling him not to be too dedicated to serving his master, but there seemed to be something else in his words.
"After all, we are master and disciple," Zhou Qi said, "How can I not do the things he took care of? If I do, it won't be pleasing to me! It's difficult!"
Goubli said: "Brother Qi, you still have to find a way out as soon as possible."