Fighting with fire shadow

Ximen Cheng followed the sound and saw at the door of the inn not far away, two people dressed as waiters, angrily surrounding a thin young man in ragged clothes.

The young man was about fifteen or sixteen years old. He wore a black and worn-out leather cap crookedly on his head. His face and hands were covered with black coal, and his true appearance had long been lost. He was holding a steamed bun in his hand, smiling and showing The two rows of sparkling white teeth were extremely out of proportion to his whole body.

"Stingy, I'll give it back to you."

A cunning look flashed in the bright eyes of the boy with the broken hat, and he put the steamed bun back in his hand, but there were five more black fingerprints on the white steamed bun.

"Are you looking for a fight?"

Seeing this, the taller guy angrily raised his fist and hit the boy with the broken hat.

"stop!"

"Don't hit anyone!"

The moment the boy with the broken hat bent down to avoid the man's fist, two blocking sounds sounded almost at the same time, making the two boys and the boy with the broken hat stunned at the same time.

Ximen Cheng turned his head and looked around, and saw that the person who spoke at the same time as him was a simple-looking young man with dark skin and wearing a black mink fur.

The mink fur coat on the honest boy's body was completely black without a single hair. It was obviously an extremely valuable mink fur coat.

Combined with the honest boy's clothes and the naughty behavior of the boy with the torn hat just now, Ximen Cheng has confirmed his guess.

"Okay, it's just a bun. I'll pay for it for this little brother."

Although Ximen Cheng had already guessed the identity of the two people, on the surface he stepped forward to protect the boy with the shabby hat calmly, took out a gold coin and threw it to the short waiter and said: "Give me another table of food! "

After the short boy took the gold coin, he took a bite with his mouth first. After confirming that it was pure gold, he quickly made a gesture to Ximen Cheng to invite him in, and said with a flattering smile: "Guest officer, please come in~"

"Brother, let me borrow it for a moment."

"oh oh."

The honest young man standing at the door heard this and subconsciously stepped aside.

Upon seeing this, the boy with the broken hat blinked his big, watery eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and followed Ximen Cheng's footsteps into the inn.

When Ximen Cheng saw the boy with the broken hat coming in, he made a sit-down gesture towards him and said, "Little brother, if you are free, why not sit down and have a meal with me? It just so happens that I am bored eating alone. "

"Okay~ I'm bored by myself, and I'm just looking for a companion."

Hearing this, the boy with the broken hat didn't show any politeness to Ximen Cheng and sat down directly on the stool to his left.

"Waiter, please add another pair of bowls and chopsticks!"

Ximen Cheng called out to the waiter in the store, and then said to the boy in the torn hat: "Little brother, you can order whatever you like, right?"

"Really? Are you going to serve me as much as I want?"

The boy with the broken hat seemed to have seen something interesting?A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Ximen Cheng with a smile.

"Of course."

"Then I'm welcome."

After the boy with the broken hat finished speaking, he turned to the tall waiter who was about to beat him up and shouted: "Silly man, come here quickly, I want to order some food."

The tall waiter in the shop looked at the shabby-hat boy's "dog fighting" appearance, curled his lips speechlessly, but asked with a smile on the surface: "Master, what do you want to order?"

The boy with the broken hat said with a smile: "Let's eat the fruits first. Give me four dried fruits, four fresh fruits, two salty and sour fruits, and four candied fruits."

When the waiter in the tall shop heard this, he thought that the boy with the broken hat was pretending to understand, so he sneered and said, "I wonder what kind of candied fruit the uncle wants to eat?"

The boy with the broken hat felt the disdain in the waiter's tone, wrinkled his nose and said: "You guys who drink wine probably can't make anything good, so just make something simple! The four kinds of dried fruits are lychee, longan, steamed Jujube, ginkgo. You pick fresh fruits when they are new. For salty and sour fruits, pick fragrant cherries and ginger plums. Candied fruits? They are rose kumquats, fragrant grapes, candied peach strips, and pear pulp."

"Master!"

When the waiter heard this, he secretly thought in his heart and stopped looking down on him.

Although this boy with a broken hat looks like a beggar, judging from what he just said, he should be an expert when it comes to eating.

The waiter asked: "I wonder what you two would like to go with the wine?"

"You don't have fresh fish and shrimp here, so here are eight so-so dishes to go with the wine! They are quail cooked with flowers, fried duck feet, chicken tongue soup, deer tripe stuffed with Jiangyao, fried mandarin duck and beef tendon, shredded rabbit with chrysanthemums, and fried deer legs. , ginger, vinegar, gold and silver hooves, I only choose the ones you can make here, but I don’t need those expensive dishes, which you can’t make even if I order them.”

The waiter's face changed slightly and he said, "These eight dishes are quite expensive. Just the fried duck feet and chicken tongue soup require dozens of chickens and ducks."

The waiter was not a fool. He knew that Ximen Cheng was the one who paid the bill, so he subconsciously cast an inquiring look at Ximen Cheng.

Ximen Cheng smiled and nodded: "Just do what he said!"

When the waiter heard what Ximen Cheng said, he asked the boy in the torn hat, "Sir, do you want to order any more dishes?"

"With twelve dishes for dinner and eight snacks, it's about the same."

"What kind of wine do you two want to drink? The shop has ten-year-old Sanbai Fen wine. Can you pay me two cents first?"

"Okay, let's just have a drink!"

After the boy with the broken hat finished ordering the food and drinks, the waiter quickly took the menu and asked the chef to start preparing it.

Soon the existing cold dishes such as fruit preserves were brought to the table one by one, and Ximen Cheng also tasted them one by one with some curiosity.

In terms of pure taste, these delicacies are not as good as the delicacies of modern society that Ximen Cheng has eaten before, but these dishes are very fresh and healthy, and they have a different taste.

After Ximen Cheng tasted the candied fruit on the table, he smiled and cupped his hands towards the boy in the torn hat and said, "By the way, my surname is Ximen, and my last name is Cheng. Have you asked me for your name?"

The boy with the broken hat smiled slightly and said, "My surname is Huang, and my last name is Rong."

"It turns out to be Brother Huang. Brother Huang's accent seems to be from the south. I heard that there are many interesting places in Jiangnan, but I have never had the chance to visit them. Why don't Brother Huang tell me about them?"

"Okay~"

Huang Rong took a sip of wine to moisten her throat and introduced Ximen Cheng to the scenery and people of Jiangnan with a smile.

Although Huang Rong did not go to school seriously, her father, Huang Yaoshi, was a master who was proficient in astronomy and geography. She grew up next to Huang Yaoshi, so she was naturally knowledgeable and elegant in conversation.

Not only was Ximen Cheng listening to Huang Rong's talk with gusto, but even the honest young man sitting not far away eating also showed an interested expression.