Nine Thoughts

Shopkeeper Li, who is also in the Yingbin Building, is lucky today.

Yingbinlou is a restaurant in Jiusi County, which has been open for more than [-] years.

Its dishes are not very good, and the service is quite average. The only advantage is that the place is big.

There are three floors, upper, middle and lower, and each floor can accommodate ten large tables, accommodating a total of three hundred guests.

If you want to squeeze and set up a few more tables, four to five hundred people will do.

Just for this, residents of Jiusi County agree that Yingbinlou is the best place to hold wine. Whether it is a wedding banquet, birthday banquet or hair-shaving wine, the first thing locals consider is Yingbinlou.

Today, shopkeeper Li led his people to rush around early in the morning, hanging red silk, setting up tables and chairs, and the ingredients ordered from foreign markets and ports earlier arrived on time, and the kitchen was very busy.

Just because the son of Qian Xiucai's family is getting married today, and the one he is marrying is the daughter of Mr. Confucian Sun's family, Dahong of the capital.Unexpectedly, after half a morning's work, the guests for the wine hadn't arrived yet, so Qian Xiucai and Mr. Sun approached the door with a bitter face, saying that they wanted to unsubscribe.

Let's talk about this matter, it's another karma.

Qian Xiucai and Mr. Sun were classmates in the early years. Later, Mr. Sun became an official and then retired bravely. Although he did not achieve prosperity and wealth, he was respected in the capital because of his outstanding talents.

Qian Xiucai's official career was not going well. He failed to be admitted to Jinshi for more than ten years, and then he gave up. He went back to his hometown in Jiusi County to teach and collect rent. He lived a modest life.

The two families have known each other for decades, and their sons and daughters have already engaged in child marriage. Now that the son of the Qian family and the daughter of the Sun family have reached the age to marry, the two families together feel that marriage should be on the agenda .

That's where the accident happened.

Previously Mr. Qian and Ms. Sun were crying at home and saying that they would not marry or not. The elders only thought that young people were ignorant and had a temper tantrum.

Unexpectedly, the wedding date was fixed, and Sun Daru couldn't wait for his daughter to come out for breakfast one day, so he opened the door of her boudoir to have a look, okay, left a letter, it turned out that he ran away with his cousin.

Sun Daru paid attention to propriety, righteousness, loyalty and trust all his life. He searched for his daughter for more than a month but failed to find him. He knew that he had no face to see his former classmate, so he had no choice but to take a carriage from the capital all the way from the capital with his shirt on and a root of wattle on his back. He drove for more than ten days without sleep. Jiusi County took the blame.

Qian Xiucai hadn't gone to the gate of the city to welcome the family this morning, but when he opened the door, he saw Sun Daru, who was shirtless, rushing to welcome them into the house. Call your son out to discuss it, okay, Mr. Qian also ran away with the book boy.

This is really an inexplicable confusion.

The wedding ceremony couldn't be done, and the two brothers felt that they had never been so embarrassed in their life. They cried a lot, but finally they had to face the reality and solve the problems first, especially the economic problems.

Qian Xiucai sent his family to send a letter to the guest who had sent the invitation before, saying that the wedding banquet was cancelled, and he dragged Sun Daru to the Yingbin Building in a hurry. He just wanted to cancel the engagement banquet.

"How can this work? You didn't say it earlier!" Shopkeeper Li was a hundred times unwilling, sweating profusely, "Look, I've arranged everything, and the ingredients are in the pot. Now you can refund the money I sold to you." Who is going!"

"Sell it, sell it to me!" Yan Xiaoqi ran here at this time, but he was very happy.

Just now, he looked at the red silk fluttering in the Yingbin Building from a distance as if he was about to hold a wedding, and he still had a headache where to find another big enough restaurant. Return it, just in time to take over!Shopkeeper Li looked at him, and wondered: "Catcher Yan, do you want a wedding?" Yan Xiaoqi ran all the way out of breath: "No, it's not me, it's my eldest brother." My eldest brother wants a treat!Shopkeeper Li asked: "Who is your elder brother?"

"Anle."

Yan Xiaoqi wiped the sweat off his face, "That's all, I'll wrap it all up. There will be about a hundred people. The man has a big appetite. It's calculated according to the food intake of 200 people. Later, my elder brother will pay you .”

"An Xiaole is back? When did this happen?" Shopkeeper Li is an old resident here. He is a neighbor in the neighborhood. When he heard that An Le, who he watched and grew up, went out for a few years and now came back to get married, he said happily, "What's wrong with An Butou, you don't tell me about such a big happy event!" Yan Xiaoqi replied, "I just came back last month, and I was busy with business, so I didn't tell anyone."

When Qian Xiucai and Sun Daru heard that someone took over the stall, they were also overjoyed.

"Congratulations!" Sun Daru said, "I don't know how to write the names of the newcomers? The old man is eager to send them a happy couplet. I hope you don't dislike them."

Sun Daru spoke with an accent from his hometown, but Yan Xiaoqi didn't quite understand: "What about almonds? What about washing your face?"

"Mr. Sun asks you, how do you write the names of the two protagonists today?" Qian Xiucai explained while pinching his beard.

Yan Xiaoqi thought: The protagonist?That's right, Master always said that I am a supporting role, so who is the protagonist?I know, the one who pays for the treat must be the main character! "An Le."

Yan Xiaoqi said, took the pen and paper and wrote his elder brother's name.

"What about the other one?" Sun Daru asked.

Yan Xiaoqi thought that there was another one?Understood, probably because I was afraid that my elder brother didn't have enough money, so let's write about Ling Daxia, he saw that he had a lot of money.

"I'll go back to the Yamen to report the letter first."

Yan Xiaoqi finished writing the names of the two, put down the pen, and ran away again, "Master Li, you can serve good food and wine, you don't need to save money for my elder brother!"

"Good!" Shopkeeper Li said cheerfully, "It's great that An Xiaole has made a fortune and has a family."

Yan Xiaoqi went back to the yamen, told him about his arrangement, and mentioned that An Le also invited everyone in the yamen to have a meal together. Just serve the food'? How much is your elder brother's monthly salary!" Yan Xiaoqi rubbed his forehead aggrievedly: "Isn't there still Ling Daxia here?"

"immature."

An Dahai dragged Yan Xiaoqi away, "Go and make it clear, just follow the minimum standard, one bowl of Yangchun noodles per person, if not, add an egg."

That's what he said, but when An Dahai saw the red decoration of the Yingbin Building and the festive couplets drawn by golden hooks and irons at the door, he immediately changed his mind.

The first couplet: I have a good relationship, the same place, the second couplet: A century-old couple, a long-lasting couple. Horizontal comment: Congratulations to the bridegroom, Anle, and the bride, Ling Ping, who tied the knot. An Dahai was shocked: "What's going on? Xiao Le is going to marry Ling Daxia?" I can't wait to stick to Xiaole all day long! "Huh?!" Yan Xiaoqi was also shocked, thinking that this is not the case, the shopkeeper Li must have made a mistake.

But he didn't dare to speak, for fear that his master would flick him on the head again, so he could only laugh awkwardly aside.

"Xiaoqi, have you bought the firecrackers? Come on, find another band, don't waste money."

An Dahai patted Yan Xiaoqi's shoulder heavily, turned his head and ran away.

"Master, where are you going?"

"Go home and change into new clothes," An Dahai beamed with joy, "If you get some more money, my son will get married today!"