Chentan's Memories

No.20 Four rounds of caring people also give sweetness and ruthlessness to tease bitterness by mistake

Because Tang Yushu's sprained leg hadn't healed completely, he just walked around the hot spring inn a few times during the day when he was undisciplined in Jinling.

When staying in a toy store, Tang Yushu looked at an exquisite glazed doll: the size of a palm, a sleeveless gold silk crimson gown, and a plain white dress; It was as if Tang Yushu's appearance when he first met Lin Lang was reproduced.

Taking out a pile of scattered silver, Tang Yushu was determined to buy it, but was told by the old craftsman at the checkout: "Do you want to write? This doll is hollow—you just write your own mind, roll up the paper , stuff it through the small hole on the bottom of the doll, and I will seal it for you again——it makes sense to buy this doll.”

Tang Yushu was excited, nodding his head like pounding garlic.After picking up the pen for a while, I realized that I couldn't read.

Lin Lang laughed at him stupidly: "I'll come—what do you want to write?"

However, Tang Yushu wrapped the pen and paper around his arm to protect it tightly, and stammered to coax Lin Lang away: "I can't show it to you—the master said it won't work if I show it to others—"

In the end, I spent a quarter of an hour there in a daze, waiting for the idiot to inquire in the shops next door, and then pieced together the words to be written on the paper, watching the old craftsman seal the "pretend" with satisfaction. hidden".

Departure back to Chentan in the afternoon of the next day.

When Lin Lang came out from the counter after paying the bill, Tang Yushu was already waiting for him in front of the inn on his horse.

After getting on the horse, he walked out of the alley with him, attracting the attention of passers-by—the awe-inspiring demeanor burnt by the flames of war is very different from the boy who grew up in the gentle hometown of Jinling.

When he was about to leave the city gate, Tang Yushu turned back to the horse's head and ran to a tailor's shop to buy some gold thread and red wool.When Lin Lang asked him what he bought these for, Tang Yushu smiled "hehe"—watching him smile from the back of his neck, his sharp side face would be drawn into soft lines due to emotions—"Go back to Uncle Wang, let He saves the balls for you."

"Qiaoqiu?" After thinking for a long time, I realized that he was talking about the velvet hairpin, really... so simple and calm.

After leaving the city, the horse picked up speed, so there was a reason to wrap his arms around his waist.

When the forehead was pressed against his back, the rhythm in his chest could be heard, determined and down-to-earth.

"Why... do you always miss me?" Half puzzled half clear question, the voice was so weak that even he could not hear it due to embarrassment.

But in exchange for his answer - "I... have no one else."

The sweetness cannot be mentioned enough (…).

It is said that the winter rain faded this day, and the restaurant reopened.

Chen Tan, who had been holding back his mouth for several days, gnawed the two shopkeepers so hard that they couldn't get their hands together.

There were only twelve tables in the store, but there were no less than twenty groups of customers crowded in the seats under the eaves, making Lin Lang overwhelmed by the noise.

The family from the previous poisoning incident also came, and this time they also brought their children. They just ran up and down the yard and frolicked, holding Lin Lang by the cuff and yelling, "Where is Brother Chen Ni?"

The dish in Lin Lang's hand was almost overturned by the unprovoked force, he quickly regained his balance, bent down and whispered in the child's ear: "If you dare to take and finish the mud Little Dirty Hand pulls my sleeve, and I will ask Tang Yushu to throw you into the hot pot." Then he straightened up and continued to do business with a smile, leaving the bear boy in deep thought.

After greeting and settling down a group of guests, he beat his back shoulder blades and hid in the back kitchen for a while.

"That thief, you clearly said you would be back in the morning—it's past the end of the day now... this kid, nothing will happen..." He muttered and cursed, but he went away after a while He crossed his feet in front of the door and looked around a few times.

Tang Yushu sneaked a glimpse of these little tricks, thinking that Lin Lang was amusing—he hated Chen Ni all day long, but he was also worried about his safety in his heart; he said he would not pay Chen Ni, but when Chen Ni left on leave, But gave him a tael of silver.

He comforted him and said: "He has good physical skills, something really happened to him, ordinary people can't do anything to him."

"...What's the use of being good at it?!" Lin Lang disagreed with Tang Yushu's statement: "Can a body of flesh be worth a good head?"

"It's not worth it." Tang Yushu smiled: "I'll go to Dongshi to order some more wood later—add a few more tables and chairs."

"Okay..." Lin Lang nodded: "Speaking of it - the most important thing is that we clean up the main hall in the past few days - add tables, chairs and benches inside, so that even if it rains or snows in the future, there is no need to close the door .”

"If you want it, you want it."

After planning the recent work plan in a few words, Lin Lang sighed: "It's so annoying... The business is so good, I'm so busy."

Tang Yushu raised his eyes to look at him silently, but saw that the corners of his mouth were clearly hanging high.

Not long after Chen Ni was mentioned just now, the kid finally came back in a full body.

"—Master Lin, shopkeeper Tang!" He bowed to each other while taking off his bamboo hat.

Lin Lang stood up from the seat, put on a posture and scolded: "Why is it so late?! The world is big, who will find you if you lose it?"

"...Then what... Benefactor Lin..." The smile on Chen Ni's face was forced, and his eyes were erratic due to guilt. Say it!" After that, she blushed, "I... I picked up a girl who can sing... the little girl is back."

One of Lin Lang's eyebrows was raised high.

It was the expected surprised reaction, and Chen Ni hurriedly knelt down with a "plop": "Little one has made her own decision—but! But I'm afraid that if I don't pick her up, she will starve to death...or be ruined by bad guys... ...If you want to keep her, she can sing a little song for the guests—I heard that in the big restaurants in Jinling City, there are some songs for the guests—besides, she is...and pretty— — But I can't let her sell herself... just... I'm begging you to give her a pair of chopsticks... In the future, I will double the work in the store, and I will do as much as I have, and I will never complain about being tired or tired , I have sold my whole life to you!"

Lin Lang's eyebrows on both sides were raised high.

Frightened by Chen Ni's reaction for a moment, he turned back secretly to exchange a look with Tang Yushu, and then turned back slowly: "You little brat who hasn't even grown a hair yet, you really want to pick him up." A daughter-in-law back?"

Chen Ni knelt down and refused to get up, he just defended himself and said: "It's all grown..."

"What a mess." Lin Lang held his painful forehead.

If it's really a homeless little girl, it's okay to take it in - pick a dish and serve it on a plate, after all, the little girl's family is more careful, and she is expected to do things better than these three rough people - no, two A rough man and a refined young master—much more reliable.But...Lin Lang pinched the root of the mountain trying to relieve the swollen mind: "You call me to see first—"

Seeing that Lin Lang's attitude eased, Chen Ni quickly stood up, bowed three times in a row, and then ran out of the back kitchen.

When calling the little girl, the voice was so gentle that Lin Lang had goosebumps all over his body: "Come... come with brother, our shopkeeper is very nice, don't be afraid."

Being held by Chen Ni and walking into the back kitchen, Lin Lang frowned and glanced at the child—two eyes were swollen from crying, staring at Lin Lang; , only the face seemed to have been scribbled and looked less dirty.

But after taking a closer look, Lin Lang suddenly took a step back, hesitantly checked again and again, and then rushed forward to hold the child's hand: "Shun'er!"

"Eh...?" Chen Ni was bewildered.

Obviously - it took a long time for Shun'er to recognize Lin Lang.

Reconfirmed again and again that the man in front of him who is much taller and the bones on his face are much sharper is the young master he has been thinking about day and night; the bitterness of these dozens of days suddenly rushed to his nose, and he stabbed him "Wow——" cried out.Regardless of the mud on his body, he hugged Lin Lang's neck and cried hoarsely.

While weeping, she also shouted distressedly: "Master—you...how...how...you have become...like this..."

Lin Lang wanted to say: "What do you mean by 'living like this' - you should explain how you 'lived like this'..." But Shun'er was so strangled that he couldn't breathe, and he couldn't let go of this The child could only hug Shun'er comfortingly and pat him on the back, to help Shun'er who was crying until his voice became hoarse.

Chen Ni's blank eyes moved away from the master and servant who were hugging tightly in front of him, and turned to Tang Yushu.

Tang Yushu explained: "Shun'er...is Lin Lang's close servant...boy."

Before Chen Ni could get over the messy relationship lines in his mind, Tang Yushu added another sentence: "He's just like you - he's also a kid."

After taking a hot bath and changing into Lin Lang's clothes, the setting of that coquettish bitch in memory will be restored.

Lin Lang also roughly figured out the ins and outs of this idiot's escape from the Lin Mansion, and thought that it would be okay to keep this real treasure, but he could see the back kitchen through the window—Tang Yushu patted Chen Ni's back, and Chen Ni cried out in pain. Holding his head——I couldn't help but want to laugh at the picture.

"You bastard...how did you get people to be so devoted to you in one day? - You heard it too, when he begged me just now, he said that he was willing to sell his whole life to me."

"I didn't." Shun'er denied it categorically: "He thought I was a girl so he treated me well and gave me something to eat——if I admit it, he won't want me anymore, or I won't be able to get you back, young master." Well!"

...It does have its own set of straightforward logic.Lin Lang thought: Although this logic does not sound particularly smooth.

"Then what do you plan to do? Live a hard life in Chentan with me in the future?"

Shun'er nodded: "That's right! Anyway, I won't go back to Jinling!"

"Then...you have to look up and down with Chen Ni. Think about it yourself, how to explain to others."

"...I don't care, he is afraid of you, I can see that - if he dares to bully me, the young master will definitely not let him go."

"I don't care - you are here, you are just a small running hall, I am just your shopkeeper - the matter between you and Chen Ni is a conflict between colleagues in the workplace - I will not interfere, you can solve it yourself." Lin Lang With an expression of looking forward to the show, he continued to add fuel and jealousy: "He can use knives--I'm really annoyed, I can't beat him."

Now Shun'er frowned and became frightened: "...I caused trouble... didn't I?"

Lin Lang shrugged his shoulders, pouted his lips and raised his eyebrows, and made a whole set of movements to show "you can figure it out yourself", then turned to greet the guests: "Hey—here it is, do you want the wine warm or cold?"

Shun'er was nervous for a long time, looking at the back kitchen through the window.

——Chen Ni seems to have packed up his mood, helping Tang Yushu over there; then the young master went into the back kitchen, stood next to Tang Yushu and secretly said something in Tang Yushu's ear—what did he say? It's not important—what's important is: after the young master finished speaking and walked away, Tang Yushu blushed and repeatedly raised his eyelids to peek at the young master, looking restless and out of his wits...

——Tang Yushu is a bigger official than Chen Ni, he has fought in wars, and he is much taller than Chen Ni—he is expected to be stronger than Chen Ni...Since the young master is unwilling to make decisions for himself, he should be smart and ask for it Tang Yushu's favorite, he can always help himself.

——Have it!

So, on the first day of Dianjiangchun, the clever child has already seen the distribution of power and planned his own way of survival.