Hypocrites

Mu Jihe invited Shen Yu to drink at an unknown wine shop in Dongshi City.When I walked to that street, I saw that the wine flag was narrow on the narrow side, shrinking into a ball, shivering in the wind, not at all dignified.

The storefront is small and deep, with several reed-made banquets lined up side by side, with mottled stains.

There were not many customers in the store, so Xiao Er politely invited them to sit down.Muji looked east and west, and picked a barely clean place.When he entered the table, he smelled sour wine, Shen Yu lowered his head, and saw that it was the wine poured on the banquet under his crotch, he was shocked, so he changed the mat quietly.

"Guest officers, what would you like to drink? The shop's signature features are Nanzhou Pitong wine and Zhangshanlu wine. The former is like pear juice and cane syrup, light and sweet, and you don't feel the wine when you drink it. The latter is spicy and cuts your throat. , pour it in three cups, it is real shochu without any fake!"

"Shanglu Wine," Mu Jihe didn't even need to think about it, and then asked again, "Where's your Gujiu lady who is famous in Dongxiang?"

Maybe there were too many people asking, Xiaoer took it for granted, and smiled apologetically, "Hey, don't worry, Sister Ding is busy in the backyard, so I'll call you here."

Mu Jihe picked up a rag by himself and wiped the inside and outside of the wine case, seeing Shen Yu looking at him.

"What?"

"I said, why did you suddenly ask me to come out for a drink and dare to wait here?"

Mu Jihe grinned: "We are both Yan'er's senior brothers, so I asked you to come and have a look."

Shen Yu thought, my senior brother is different from your brother, right?At this time, the curtain of the backyard was moved, and no one was seen. First, there was a clear fragrance, not rouge, but the smell of alcohol was intoxicating.Then came a pair of clean plain cloth shoes with yellow flowers and a soft and neat skirt.

The girl held the jug, knelt down beside the banquet, and placed two pottery cups for Mu Jihe and Shen Yu.She lowered her eyes and made no expression at all, but her eyebrows were thin and her tone was very soft.

"Please use."

She is a beauty without powder.

After pouring the wine, he went back behind the counter.

"It's pretty." Shen Yu whispered.

Mu Jihe also replied in a low voice: "It's nothing. The important thing is that she is very good at managing life. I heard that she was separated from her family in a certain year and has been living alone. Yan'er likes such a sister. She was brought up by her mother, and she has absolutely no resistance to older women."

Shen Yudao: "Are you mistaken? That's not what Yan Ran told me."

The two covered their mouths with their hands and whispered to each other, looking furtive.The girl Qingqing Lingling cast a glance.

After a while, guests came to the wine shop, all of them were big and three rough men, dripping with sweat, probably just finished their labor and came to find wine to quench their thirst.

There were six or seven people in total, occupying the entire mat, and when they were seated, they shouted, "Come on his grandfather's five jars!"

The two young ones handed over an altar, and they brought it up diligently, but they were suddenly kicked by the man.

"Damn who called you, bring your Kou Niang!"

Kou Niang?Shen Yu and Mu Jihe looked at each other.

Xiao Er always smiles when she meets everyone: "The wine jar is heavy, and women struggle to carry it."

The man slapped his face with a big slap and pushed him back: "Are you playing? Anyone who doesn't look at women comes to your dilapidated shop."

Xiaoer's buttocks fell to the ground, and the cloth shoes embroidered with small yellow flowers passed in front of him. Ding Ko carried the last jar, went to the side of the table, opened the mud seal, and the refreshing smell of wine wafted into his nostrils.Her complexion remained the same, and she poured wine for several big men one by one, as if serving a young master like Shen Yumu Jihe was no different from serving these vulgar and reckless men.

"It's still Kou Niang who knows how to be a human being," the man became interested, "Yesterday my grandpa also came here, do you still remember me?"

Ding Kou just poured wine and didn't answer.

"Don't remember? Then you have to punish one. Come on, I will use the bowl of the master."

After the man took a sip, the side of the bowl was smeared with oily smell, and it came to Ding Kou's mouth, but she ignored it.Turning a blind eye to this two times, the man's temper came up, and when the wine case was filed, Xiaoer hurriedly stepped forward to make amends: "Guest officer, please don't, we still have to do business! Men drink soju, it's always three cups down." , let alone a woman, how can you let our sister work?"

The man spat out a mouthful of phlegm and cursed: "Isn't that what you're doing to accompany the wine?!"

"Stop talking nonsense! If you don't drink enough, even if you don't serve well today, you won't waste your money in vain!"

Seeing the quarrel, the other customers in the store avoided it and left quickly.Xiao Er suddenly complained, and his face collapsed.

The wine girl named Ding Kou seemed like nothing had happened, she still went behind the counter, and the man grabbed her waistband and pulled her. Seeing that the knot of her skirt was about to fall apart, suddenly a huge force grabbed the man's hand , The man snapped with all his strength, the man yelled and loosened his belt.

Shen Yu withdrew his hands, and when he smelled them, his hands were stained with sweat that gave off a strange smell.

Mu Jihe shouted: "I said the shopkeeper, how do you do business? You've run out of wine, why don't you pour it?"

One wave was not settled, and another wave rose again, Xiaoer was stunned, but still smiled shyly: "This is going to happen, this is going to go down."

"Wait," Mu Jihe said again, "Is it you? My name is Kou Niang!"

Xiao Er: "..."

Hearing this, the man became displeased: "Where did the skinny boy come from, and he still drinks like adults, go home and eat milk!"

Several people in the same industry burst into laughter.

Mu Jihe reclined on his back, unmoved, and lazily said: "Maybe people who can't find a place to grow their spring come to the wine shop to drink, but people who just want to drink are not allowed to come to drink? There is such a truth in the world."

These words are tantamount to lighting up a firecracker, a few men don't care whether they drink or not, women or not, they will fight if they rush forward.

"Okay," Mu Jihe wished so much, "Come to another place, and if you smash something in someone's store, I don't think you will pay for it."

Shen Yu had no choice but to help his forehead. He had only returned to his hometown for a few days, and he got into trouble again.

Several people were furious and were about to leave the restaurant when suddenly a female voice said, "Stand."

Looking back, Ding Kou was kneeling and sitting beside the messy wine table, with the Kaifeng wine jar in hand. She found a new bowl at some point, filled it up, and drank the wine with a shake of her head.

For a moment no one said anything.

In the silence, I saw the woman pour another bowl, drink it up, and pour another bowl.Sitting still, with unruly hair on the sideburns, it seems that he is drinking plain water instead of spicy wine that burns the throat and pierces the stomach.

Lift the wine jar again, there is not a drop left in it.Ding Kou sat firmly at the banquet, and his voice was as thin as ice, crisp and cold: "I've finished the pot, and I'll leave after paying the money."

It was dusk, the restaurant was closed at the usual time, the flags were put away, a few staff said goodbye in front of the door, and went home.

Ding Kou left Dongshi slowly, dragging her fishtail-like skirt.Behind him, two shadows fell not too far away, whispering from time to time——

"Are you drunk? That's a whole jar!"

"It's not like that, you can see that she walks quite steadily..."

Shen Yu and Mu Jihe looked at each other.

"It's not safe for a girl to walk at night, let's send her home."

Shen Yu was helpless, and hurriedly followed: "Do you want to send the girl home, or visit her neighbors?"

In Zhuojingfang, Ding Kou lived deep in the alley.Every household lit up night lanterns, but her house was dark and deserted.

She walked back to the front of the house in a smooth and steady way, touched her sleeve pockets, took out the key and opened the brass lock, and pushed the door, the threshold was so high that her ankles were blocked.

The two followers hid under the opposite door, and Mujihe said solemnly: "Okay, I'm home safely. Well, I'm here, I'll stop by the next door to have a look." One foot, did not cross the threshold, tripped and fell to the ground, and could not afford to fall.

Shen Yu: "..."

Muzihe: "..."

There was nothing wrong with it, and there was still an innocent girl on the other side. Shen Yu hesitated a little, and shouted from a long distance: "Miss Ding, are you alright?"

Mu Jihe slapped him forward, "You hypocrite! Why are you pretending when everyone is like this!"

The two hurried forward, and they smelled alcohol all over Ding Kou's body before they got close.

When she fell to the ground, her chin was knocking on the threshold, and it hurt to look at it.Mujihe lifted her up on her shoulders. The girl was so light and weightless, she was as thin as a reed.

"Where are you going? The bedroom?" Muzihe asked.

Shen Yu said tactfully: "Send it to the hall, it's not good for you to enter a girl's bedroom."

Mujihe didn't care at all, half-supporting and half-embracing, he said frankly, "What am I afraid of? I am not afraid of the slanting shadow."

"Good good."

The two of them passed through the small front yard and stepped into the hallway. Shen Yu pushed open the door for him. The room was quiet and pitch black, and it was impossible to see anything clearly.Shen Yu followed the wall to the table, found the candlestick and lit it.The lights came on to illuminate the modest house.

The room where one person lives alone is not very particular about the layout. There is an arhat bed next to the desk for sitting and sleeping.At this time, there was already one person lying on the couch, sleeping soundly under a thin blanket, with thick black eyelashes adorning the eyelids so thin that blue veins could be seen.It was Ding Kou's little neighbor.

Muzihe: "..."

The sound of entering the room woke up Yan Ran, he opened his eyes in a daze, first saw Muji River, then Ding Kou who was unconscious in his arms.

Things happened too fast, in a split second, Ding Kou was on Shen Yu's shoulder when he focused his eyes again.

"It's Yan'er! What a coincidence, haha!" Mu Jihe said enthusiastically, "Well, Brother Yu picked up a drunk on the road, and I accompanied him to bring him back. I didn't expect it to be your neighbor!"

With a blank expression on his face, Shen Yu placed Ding Kou behind the table.Yan Ran on the other side had come to his senses, and was furious immediately, picked up the pillow and threw it towards Muji River: "Bold madman! How dare you molest a woman from a good family in broad daylight! You've even stunned me!"

"Hey! I told you that Shen Yu picked it up! Don't screw it up, don't screw it up my good brother!"

Ding Kou leaned against the table, let out a mouthful of alcohol, and slowly opened his eyes.

None of the three had any experience in taking care of drunks. In the end, it was Ding Kou who lit a fire and cooked a pot of hangover soup for himself, and shared some rice with the three of them. In the middle of the night, they sat around and drank together, explaining some misunderstandings.

"There are a lot of guests today, and they drank too much. It has nothing to do with these two."

Yan Ran said, "Sister, why are you drinking so much again?"

Mu Jihe said: "You see Kou Niang said that it has nothing to do with me, Yan'er, I did a good deed."

Ding Kou smiled peacefully, and put the soup bowl upside down on Mu Jihe's head: "Who are you calling Kou Niang? My old lady, Sister Ding!"

The hangover soup trickled down the sideburns of the Muji River, and Yan Ran and Shen Yu lost their ability to speak at the same time.

Mujihe was quiet for a moment, then said weakly: "Are you really sober? You are still drunk..."