Tongzhuang

The words behind me stuck in my throat, and I clearly felt cold sweat seeping out of my back.

He won't come... Several thoughts flashed through my mind, each of which made me nervous.

Qi Feng didn't speak, but the people behind Qi Feng said bluntly: "What are you doing in the way, kid?"

I hurriedly regained my senses, stepped aside, and led them in: "Guys, this way please..."

My heart kept beating, and I didn't know how to coax them into their seats; as soon as they sat down, I sneaked to the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper..."

"Didn't I tell you to greet the guests?" He shifted his abacus without raising his eyelids.

I was extremely anxious, pressed down on the abacus, and lowered my voice, "The guests at that table...they..."

The shopkeeper finally raised his eyes, and then there was a light of excitement in his eyes. "There's money on that table! Tsk tsk, look at that dress, that shoes, the jade pendant..." His eyes gradually became straight.

My eyes were darkened, and I managed to lower my voice a bit: "Shopkeeper, you can see clearly, they are from Tongzhuang, do you think they came to..."

Hearing the word "Tongzhuang", he finally reacted, and his smile disappeared.Then he stared at that side again, grabbed my arm suddenly, and whispered to me seriously: "Han Chun, I will leave the people at that table to you, and take good care of them... Remember, you must ask them to eat after eating." Bill, please!"

I was shocked. "The shopkeeper! You..." Before I could finish speaking, someone at the table in Tongzhuang yelled, "What's the matter? You and I have been sitting for a long time, and there is not even a waiter!"

"Here we come!" I greeted the shopkeeper with a wink, and hurriedly squeezed out a smile, "What do you guys want to eat?"

"Choose some dishes that you can get your hands on." It was the same person who yelled just now. He had a big beard and sat next to Qi Feng, looking at me with disdain.

"The special dishes of this small shop are..." I tried to name a few dishes, but my voice hesitated a little, and was quickly overshadowed by Ah Fu's skillful greeting from the next seat: "Come here, sit here Oh, this man looks blessed, he must be lucky recently... This is the first time to visit our Zhongyi Building, right? You are surprised when you see it! Just in time for our name change, dishes below one or two silver per table Give one, you can choose..."

Qi Feng's expression suddenly moved slightly, and he snorted coldly: "Loyalty Building."

My face suddenly became hot, and I could hardly lift my head.I also understand how boastful the name is.

The bearded man next to him immediately answered with a loud voice: "Exactly! A small restaurant dares to call Zhongyilou, what a big tone! Where is Zhongyi? Why didn't I see it?"

"Brother, loyalty is here," another voice sneered, pointing at me, "it's this kid. If you have the ability to run errands, set up a monument of chastity for yourself, and you won't be afraid that the wind will flash your tongue!"

"This kid... Zhongyi? Hahaha!" They looked at me and laughed.

I just felt that all the eyes in the building were fixed on me, wishing I could find a crack in the ground and get down.It's all because of the shopkeeper's ostentatious name, which makes people laugh.I complained in my heart, took a deep breath, wrote down a few signature dishes on the list and handed them over: "Guest officer, take a look, are these okay?"

The bearded man glanced at Qi Feng, Qi Feng nodded slightly, and the bearded man took the form with a proud face, and said critically, "Hmph, you can count... yo, the handwriting is not ugly..." He Looking at the list, he blurted out.

But he immediately fell silent—Qi Feng glared at him, and then spoke coldly.

"That's all, and a jug of good wine."

I hurried to get the wine.The bearded man's words reminded me of my mother. My father died early. I have been with my mother since I was sensible. The family is poor. She is busy from morning to night, and hardly stops, but she even sends me to a private school. Years of books.It's a pity that she died when I was 15 years old. After all, I failed to be filial to her...

My heart was sour, the hand pouring the wine was a little unsteady, and I spilled a few drops.

"Whether you have eyes or not, you won't pour wine!"

"Loyalty means clumsy?"

A series of ridicules immediately took the opportunity to emerge from the table.

I apologized, "I'm sorry, guest officer, please forgive me!" I quickly concentrated on pouring the wine.They're here to find fault, and I can't be careless.

I waited carefully, pouring wine and setting bowls. When the dishes were served one after another, I thought I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.But before I finished thinking about it, the questioning sounded again.

"Has this fish been dead for three days?" The bearded man was staring at me with a piece of fish in his hands.

"Impossible, our fish are all freshly killed..."

"How dare you make excuses!"

I had to be careful and said: "Then... I'll take it for a change, guest officer, wait a moment..."

Just after changing the fish, another person yelled: "This chicken is too old, is it for people to eat? Change it!"

After changing the chicken, another voice said: "What's wrong with this eggplant, it's so salty! Take it down and redo it!"

In short, the dishes were either salty or bland, old or tender. I was dizzy and ran in and out five or six times, almost changing half of the dishes on the table, and the table became a little quieter.

Seeing that I ate half of it, I was having a headache about how to check out smoothly. With a ding, something fell to the ground. It turned out that it was Qi Feng's accessories that fell to the ground.

I was standing next to it, so I picked it up casually: "Master Qi, you lost something."

He looked at me with slightly squinted eyes, nodded his head in approval, took it and fastened it again.

At this time, there was a "pop", and a silver pendant on the bearded man's clothes fell to the ground. He smiled and said to me: "Little brother, pick it up for me!"

I picked it up and gave it to him.

But before I could straighten my waist, there was another sound of metal landing, and someone's scabbard slipped to the ground. "Little man, I dropped something." I had to pick it up again.

Next, "ding dong" and "crack" sounded one after another, and almost everyone dropped their things on the ground, some were ornaments, some were silver coins, some were chopsticks...

My face was hot and my breath was short of breath.I knew they were humiliating me, and let everyone in the building know that I, Han Chun, was just a low-class person who let them shout at will, and they didn't take me seriously at all.Everyone in the building was looking this way, but no one made a sound.I quickly glanced around, people's eyes were sympathetic, some were mocking, and some were watching the show.

I took a deep breath, everyone who comes is a guest, and the people in Tongzhuang are no exception, they have to wait on them.I circle under the table until I pick up the last person's belongings.

After tossing around for a while, I guess they were probably bored, anyway they were going to leave.This is when I'm most nervous!I was thinking about the checkout, so I asked with a smile, "How many guests have eaten?"

Qi Feng gestured for me to go over with her eyes.

I was beating my heart, and I caught a glimpse of the shopkeeper's gaze from the corner of my eyes, so I had to smile and said, "Master Qi, do you have any orders?"

A smile flitted across his lips. "The service is good." I threw a copper coin on the table without knowing what it meant, my arm hurt, and I was clamped vigorously, and a bearded voice sounded in my ear: "Boy, I don't want to thank you! "

Staring at the copper coin, I finally realized that... it was a bounty for me?There was a sharp pain in my elbow, and my beard twisted even harder. I broke out in cold sweat, and I was almost pressed against the table by him.I suddenly held my breath in my chest, and I refused to bow my head no matter what, so I kept silent.After a stalemate for a while, I was pressed a little lower again, my face was already pressed against the table, and my arm was about to break.It's not worth it to lose an arm like this, so I had to grit my teeth and said reluctantly: "Thank... Thank you, the owner..." My voice was very weak, but it was very clear, because the upstairs full of guests was surprisingly quiet at this time.I know that everyone is staring at me, and the humiliation is even deeper.

They were satisfied, and my arms finally let go.Today is the first day when the signboard of "Zhongyi Building" was put up, and it was also the day when I was ridiculed.The only thing that comforts me is that they settled the meal money.

After clearing away the leftover soup on the table, I gave the shopkeeper a hard look. Maybe my eyes were too fierce, the shopkeeper shook his head, smiled at me and hurriedly lowered his head to make a plan.

I held my breath until closing time.After the last customer left, I went straight to the shopkeeper, told him that I was no longer a waiter, and continued to go back to the kitchen to light the fire!

"How can I do that? As soon as you leave..."

"I quit! You find someone else!" I interrupted him full of resentment.

The shopkeeper didn't dare to persuade him any more, so he laughed dryly and said twice, "Then... the wages..."

"You can just pay the salary according to the big guy!" I stopped talking nonsense, and strode downstairs in anger.

"What! You..."