[Ancient Dan] Meet the Lord

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I won’t say anything in this article, it’s just a short story anyway, please read the article directly~

Withered Leaf Town is far away from official roads, the whole town is deserted and depressed, and the only inn in the town is also suffering from poor business.

When it rains in winter, the weather becomes even colder.

When it was time to light the lamps, the iron bells under the eaves were rattling by the wind, and the shopkeeper brought an oil lamp to the counter, opened the book and prepared to reconcile the accounts, when the half-closed door was suddenly thrown open from the outside, and a A girl in a purple quilted cotton dress and a brocade cape of the same color rushed in quickly.

The girl angrily threw the bundle she was holding in her arms onto a square dining table in the living room, and yelled loudly: "Shopkeeper, open a room for me!"

The shopkeeper was stunned, and before he could go up to greet him, he saw a man anxiously chasing him in from outside.

The man was about [-] years old, tall and tall, with a handsome face. He walked into the inn and glanced awkwardly at the shopkeeper standing behind the counter and the waiter who was wiping the table in the corner of the hall. Half of his face blushed instantly. He lowered his head and approached the purple-clothed man. The girl gently tugged at her sleeve: "Let's stop making trouble, shall we? Stay here for one night and go home tomorrow..."

"Return it yourself!" The girl pushed him hard.

The man's face became even redder. He hesitated for a long time, and then coaxed: "You can lose your temper if you lose your temper. You can't run away from home. This has been closed in recent years. Why don't you go home?"

The girl sneered: "Wouldn't it be better if I didn't go back? It's done for you and Widow Zhang next door!"

Hearing this, the man's face turned cold, and he immediately retorted angrily: "I've explained it to you a hundred times, it's not like that, it's not like that! Auntie Zhang's potter's wheel is broken. I'll help her fix it. She sees that I fixed it." For a long time, I wanted to go back to the house and pour hot tea for me. I accidentally tripped over the rope and wanted to fall. I rushed to help her, but she just happened to fall into my arms. The two of us were innocent and nothing happened. But, don't speculate any more!"

"I believe you when you say it? Will a thief admit that he is a thief?"

"Xiao Yu, don't speak so harshly!"

"Why do I speak badly? Facts are facts, are you still afraid of me speaking?"

"What kind of bullshit facts are simply fabricated out of nothing! Why don't you dare to confront Mrs. Zhang with me? Is it interesting to think wildly by yourself!"

"You have an affair with her, of course she will speak for you!"

"Zheng Yu, you are so unreasonable! We have been married for more than ten years and have lived under the same roof for so long. Don't you know what kind of person I am? Auntie Zhang's 12-year-old son was still in the house that day. No matter how shameless and shameless I am, I won't do it in front of other people's children..."

The more the man spoke, the angrier he got, and when he said the last sentence, he was always in front of outsiders, and he couldn't hold back his face, so he stopped talking abruptly.

The woman named Zheng Yu was thoughtful when she heard this, and she was not as quick as to insist on her words.

It turned out that there was a quarrel between the couple, the woman ran away in anger, the man chased after him, and tried to persuade them all the way, and coincidentally, they came to this remote town today——

The corner of the shopkeeper's eyes was slightly raised, and he thought it was a bit ridiculous. He came out from behind the counter with a smile, and enthusiastically stepped forward to persuade him: "Oh, what a big deal? I dare say that the young couple quarreled, as the saying goes' Husband and wife do not have overnight feuds, quarreling at the head of the bed and "he" at the end of the bed, I heard it clearly just now, this is actually a misunderstanding. Girl, listen to my advice, stop being angry, you husband, if you really want to Without you, how can I go all the way with you like this, begging you to go back regardless of this man's face?"

Guessing that he wanted to understand something at first, and after being mentioned by others, most of his anger disappeared, and Zheng Yudan just stood there without saying a word.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "It's dark, and it's raining outside again, you two will temporarily stay in our store tonight? I'll go and prepare a room for you. Oh, I don't know what the name of this young man is? "

"The shopkeeper is polite. My surname is Sun. You can call me Sun Chu."

"Don't dare, dare not. Then Mr. Sun and his wife will stay here for a while."

The shopkeeper walked away, and Sun Chu looked at his wife Zheng Yu's slightly haggard face, feeling distressed, and said to the busy waiter in the shop: "Second brother, I'm a little hungry after walking for a long time, please help us husband and wife How about three or two good dishes? It’s best to have a bowl of braised pork, my wife likes this the most.”

The shop waiter looked up, smiled at them, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, but our cook has a temper, cooking depends on his mood, and we invite guests to eat whatever they want."

Sun Chu was very surprised, but then he thought about the bleak and shabby appearance of Withered Leaf Town, so he couldn't force anything.

"There is no good food, but there is no shortage of good wine. 20-year-old Huadiao, do you want it?" When the waiter in the shop ran to the kitchen, the shopkeeper took a small wine jar from the cabinet behind him, walked over, and put the wine jar on the table. On the table, he smiled and said to the two of them, "Turn left on the second floor and take the first room, Tianzi No. [-]. Our Xiaochonger just cleaned it this morning, it is very clean, please rest assured to stay."

"It smells so good!" Zheng Yu smelled the mellow fragrance of Hua Diao, and happily reached out and moved the wine jar in front of her.

"Okay, shopkeeper, we want a vase of flower carvings." Sun Chu said.

After a while, the waiter at the inn brought up three dishes, a bowl of boiled vegetables, a plate of fried bacon with dried radish, and a plate of pickled bamboo shoots, two hot and one cold. It can be regarded as meaty and vegetarian, which is barely a appearance.

"Do you want to add a plate of peanuts to the guest's drink?" The shopkeeper leaned over the counter and asked.

"Then trouble the shopkeeper." Sun Chu turned sideways and responded.

The shopkeeper asked Xiao Er to add a plate of peanuts.

The door of the inn hadn't been bolted yet, and the cold wind blew through the crack of the door and poured into the hall, causing the lights to flicker violently, making it very disturbing to flicker on and off.

The shopkeeper looked away from the account book, protected the flame of the oil lamp on the counter, stopped the shop waiter who had just finished serving wine and food for Sun Zheng and said: "Xiao Chonger, you go and close the door. It's so late, you probably won't come again." Someone has come to stay."

Xiao Chonger replied, wiped his hands with a cloth towel, and went to lock the door.

"Oh, hell!"

The door was not bolted, but Xiao Chong'er turned pale with fright, and fell backwards.

The Sun couple, who were drinking and eating, turned their eyes to the door.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly ran to the door: "What's the matter?"

"I'm not a ghost." A thin, black figure came timidly through the door, "I'm a human, not a ghost."

The shopkeeper supported Xiao Chonger who was trembling, and looked up at the unexpected visitor standing at the door. It was a little girl in ragged clothes. Her face was dirty and she couldn't tell what she looked like, but her eyes were clear. She wore a cloth hat with unthreaded threads, and a pair of broken straw sandals on her feet in such cold weather.

Xiao Chonger looked her up and down and was very angry: "Little beggar, you are squatting at the door of our inn to scare people to death!"

The little beggar flinched and lowered his head, not daring to make a sound.

The shopkeeper helped Xiao Chong'er up from the ground. Xiao Chong'er was perplexed and opened his mouth to scold again. The shopkeeper saw that the little beggar was pitiful, so he hurriedly stopped Xiao Chong'er. He took two steps forward and asked the little beggar softly, "Are you Are you hungry?"

The little beggar nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Then I'll go to the kitchen and get you two steamed buns. You wait here." The shopkeeper said, turning around and going to the back kitchen.

"Big brother!" The little beggar shouted timidly. She originally wanted to hold him back, but she was afraid that he would think she was dirty, so she didn't dare. , "I... you, are you recruiting people here? I can do any job, and I can endure hardship..."

The shopkeeper was surprised: "Do you want to stay with us?"

The little beggar nodded repeatedly: "Yeah!"

The shopkeeper was very embarrassed, he glanced at Xiao Chonger, and said: "Little girl, our inn rarely has a few guests in a year, and life is already tight. A big inn plus the waiter, the cook and There are only three of me, if there is one more you, I'm afraid..."

The little beggar hurriedly said: "I don't want wages! I just want to have food to eat and a place to sleep!"

The shopkeeper continued to be in a dilemma while thinking about it: "Usually Xiaochong'er would say that I'm stingy, but if you don't get paid, he will definitely scold me even more in private."

Xiaochong'er's face darkened at the side, and he mocked in a low voice: "Hey, do you think you will have a conscience to find out and give us processing money after scolding you? You should be very happy that such free labor is delivered to your door!"

Zheng Yu, who was on the sidelines, couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud with a "puchi".

The shopkeeper twitched the corners of his mouth, and gave a dry laugh with embarrassment: "Isn't this poor... Forget it, it's so cold outside, so you can stay for now. Xiao Chonger, you take her to Chunlai, let Chunlai Boil some hot water and find her a set of clean clothes, and from tomorrow onwards, she will stay in the inn to do chores."

The little beggar was very grateful, and made a dozen bows to the shopkeeper with great gratitude.

When Xiao Chonger took the little beggar down, the shopkeeper remembered that he didn't ask her name: "Hey, what's your name?"

"My name is Xiaowan." The little beggar replied.

"Xiaowan, Xiaowan...that's a nice name." Zheng Yu said with a smile.

"Thank you, guest officer!" Xiao Wan happily stopped to thank Zheng Yu when she heard someone praise her name.

There is an extra unpaid laborer in the inn, the shopkeeper seems to be in a good mood, even humming a cheerful little tune when he is crackling the abacus beads to settle the accounts under the dim light.