butcher's little man

The two left their horses and walked towards Dongdajie.Because cooked food is only available on East Street.

"Seed cake, sesame cake, fragrant and crispy sesame seed cake!"

"Ice ~ sugar ~ gourd ~ le!"

"Spicy big meat buns!"

Before entering the East Street, I heard the noisy hawking, and I could already smell the aroma of food from a distance.Tian Xiaoman, who only ate three eggs, could not help but growl in his stomach.

"Xiaoman, what would you like to eat?" Li Wenxuan looked down at Tian Xiaoman.

"Hmm..." Tian Xiaoman rolled his eyes, looking around from time to time, as if he was thinking about what to eat first.

"Let's go eat Chen Ji noodle soup!" After Tian Xiaoman made up his mind, he felt relieved. Among the many delicacies, it is simply too difficult to make a choice!

"Okay, I'll listen to you!" Li Wenxuan followed Tian Xiaoman, and soon came to a shop with Chen Ji Soup Noodles written on the flag, which seemed to be quite old.The shop is not big, there are about four or five tables inside, and the rest of the tables are placed in the open space at the door.

Speaking of Chen Ji noodle soup, everyone in Anyang County knows it, everyone knows it!I don’t know when this restaurant came into existence. Anyway, all the 40- and [-]-year-old men in the county say that they grew up eating noodles from this restaurant.

Fortunately, the rush hour for breakfast has passed, otherwise there would be absolutely no seats for a while. Tian Xiaoman and Li Wenxuan looked at it for a while, and finally found that the table at the far end was still empty, so they hurried over to sit down.

"Xiaoman, you sit here, I'll order noodles, what kind of noodles do you eat?" There are several kinds of noodles here, all of which are delicious, Li Wenxuan asked Tian Xiaoman's opinion, and learned Tian Xiaoman's taste by the way.

"I want to eat potato noodles!" Now Tian Xiaoman didn't hesitate, and made a decision very simply.

"That's good!" Li Wenxuan walked into the shop and said to the shop owner, "Shopkeeper, two bowls of noodles made with potatoes!"

Hearing this, the boss turned his head and shouted at the kitchen, "Two bowls of noodles with potato noodles!" He turned his head back again, "Guest officer, do you want some side dishes?"

Li Wenxuan looked at the sign on the wall, "Let's have peanuts soaked in vinegar, dried bean curd, eggplant with mashed garlic, and sweet and sour pickled cucumber!"

"Okay, wait a moment, guest officer, I'll get someone to take it out right away!" The shop owner was very happy, he just asked casually, but he didn't expect this guest officer to be so generous.

Li Wenxuan went to sit next to Tian Xiaoman, Tian Xiaoman frowned, "Why so long?" Just ordering noodles, does it take so long?Could it be. . .

Tian Xiaoman sat on his seat and looked into the store, but he didn't seem to find any pretty boys? "Xiao Man, what are you looking at?" Li Wenxuan was very strange, could it be that Xiao Man is too hungry?

"Just take a look!" Tian Xiaoman didn't find anything, and was a little embarrassed to be asked by Li Wenxuan.

"Guest officer, have you seen all your potato noodles and side dishes?" The shop waiter was a boy with a baby face, and he looked very pleasing.

"It's all ready, go get busy!" Li Wenxuan put a few pennies on the tray as a reward for this little guy. He was only eleven or twelve years old, and he came out to do things at a young age.

"Thank you, guest officer! Please use it slowly, guest officer!" The man smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and stepped back with the tray in his hand.

"You still ordered so many side dishes? I love them all!" Tian Xiaoman smiled sweetly at Li Wenxuan, because of these side dishes, and because of the little thoughts that he couldn't say just now.

"Really? Then eat more!" Li Wenxuan was very happy that Tian Xiaoman liked what he ordered.The two buried their heads in eating, and ate some side dishes from time to time.Li Wenxuan discovered that Tian Xiaoman had a habit of frowning and eating the ingredients he didn't like first, and then slowly eating the things he liked.Judging from his order, he should like the red sausage in the noodles the most, so Li Wenxuan put all the red sausage in Tian Xiaoman's bowl, and Tian Xiaoman gave another big smile.

Li Wenxuan understands, it seems that we need to focus more on food!

"Phew... so full!" Tian Xiaoman ate a big bowl of noodles and a lot of side dishes, his stomach was so full that he couldn't move in an instant, and he looked swollen.

Li Wenxuan sat here with him to digest the food. Seeing that he was feeling better, he stood up and prepared to pay the bill.Tian Xiaoman stopped him, took out a purse from his body, and handed it to Li Wenxuan, "No, this is given to me by my mother, use the money in it!"

Li Wenxuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Xiaoman, how can I use your money? Don't worry, I have plenty of money for your husband!" As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Xiaoman twisted him, "I told you to talk nonsense! Stop bragging! I let you use it!" Just use it, will you listen to me?"

"Listen, listen, how dare I not listen!" Li Wenxuan took the purse, saying that he said so, he didn't know if he needed it or not.

Tian Xiaoman nodded in satisfaction. Sure enough, my brother should be more aggressive, and men will be obedient. I learned this from his mother.

After paying the bill, the two wandered casually on the street. Li Wenxuan saw a candied haws seller, and bought a bunch of candied haws for Tian Xiaoman, and pretended to ask him for it.

"Clang clang clang!" Suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums under the big tree on the street. Tian Xiaoman, who likes to join in the fun, rushed over when he heard the sound.Seeing this, Li Wenxuan also started to follow his pace.

The two came to the bottom of the tree and saw that it was a man who was preparing to perform, and there was a little monkey locked in the luggage.Tian Xiaoman became excited all of a sudden, and stared at the man curiously with wide eyes.

"Fathers and folks, when I first arrived in Guibao Land, I didn't have enough money on my body, so I made a fool of myself here. Please give money to those who have money, and give money to those who don't!" The man saw that there were many people around. Yes, he started talking, and after he finished speaking, he waved a red-tasseled gun leaning against the luggage.

He danced vigorously, and the onlookers applauded loudly. Tian Xiaoman was also dumbfounded, and shouted along with them.Li Wenxuan looked at Tian Xiaoman staring at this strong man without blinking, and couldn't help feeling a little jealous, "Xiaoman, I dance much better than him, I can also play swords and shoot arrows, how about I go back and dance for you?" ?”

Tian Xiaoman impatiently pushed away Li Wenxuan's big face in front of him, he was still looking at the little monkey!What to stop?

After playing for a while, the man stopped, walked to the side of the luggage, untied the little monkey, and wanted the little monkey to perform a bit too.But I don't know if it was a novice or what, the monkey didn't cooperate with him at all, it just squatted on the luggage and didn't move.

The man blushed, but the little monkey still didn't respond to him, and the crowd also let out a "tss" and slowly dispersed.The man's face fell, and he felt that he couldn't make any money today.

Seeing that the crowd gradually dispersed, Tian Xiaoman seemed to have given up on letting the monkey perform, so he couldn't help being anxious, he hasn't seen juggling for a long time!Li Wenxuan saw that Tian Xiaoman seemed very disappointed, and his heart softened again. He stepped forward and asked, "Brother, can you let your monkey perform a performance? My husband wants to see it very much. Of course, we will give you money." Will give it."

The man smiled wryly, "To tell you the truth, I don't know how to train monkeys. It's because of my livelihood. I saw people playing monkeys and performing arts, so I wanted to earn some traveling expenses. I caught a little monkey, but whoever thought I couldn't call this one?" The little monkey obeyed me, and might disappoint Fulang, ashamed!"

Li Wenxuan heard this person's extraordinary conversation, and he didn't seem to be the kind who used to go to the rivers and lakes to perform, so he started to get acquainted, and cupped his hands and said, "Brother, I think you seem to have something to hide. It is better to meet by chance than to invite each other. Let's go there Let's go to the teahouse and have a sit, and see what I can do to help you?"

When Li Wenxuan was working as a guard, he also made friends with some Jianghu people, so he naturally knew how to say it better. Sure enough, the man heard it and saw his sincerity, so he agreed.Tian Xiaoman heard a lot of them coming and going, and he grasped one important point, this person can't play monkeys!However, it would be nice to be able to play with this cute little monkey up close!Thinking of this, Tian Xiaoman became happy again, and followed them to the teahouse.

During Li Wenxuan's conversation with that person, he learned that his name was Tan Shan, and he came from a remote place. He was planning to go to the capital to take the martial arts examination, but his family was poor, and he could not make enough money by saving food and clothing along the way, so in desperation Only performing arts to make money.But relying on one person to do art alone can't make much money at all. In desperation, he had to imitate others to catch a little monkey, but he didn't have the skills of others to train monkeys.

Li Wenxuan lamented that people in the world say that the poor are rich in martial arts, but if there are elders in their families who know martial arts, it is impossible to practice martial arts.He saw that this person had clear eyebrows and upright eyes, and he didn't think he was the kind of person who was full of lies.Li Wenxuan took out all the silver on his body, which looked like more than 20 taels, except for the purse Tian Xiaoman gave, the rest were put on the table, and pushed towards Tan Shan, "Brother Tan, take these silver taels. The little brother doesn't have much energy, so he can only relieve you of your difficulties for a while."

Tan Shan was moved, but he still refused, "It's not appropriate, I understand Li Xiandi's kindness, but it's too much, you and I are not from the rich and powerful family, and want to spend so much money at once, wanting to come to the house You must be nervous, my brother is kind enough to accept it!"

Seeing his firm attitude, Li Wenxuan couldn't think of anything to persuade him for a while, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Tian Xiaoman teasing the little monkey with the peanuts on the table, he said with a smile, "Brother Tan, my husband likes this monkey very much." Little monkey, if brother Tan can give up his love and transfer this little monkey to my husband, I will be very grateful, and these silver taels can be regarded as compensation for taking away brother Tan's livelihood!"

Seeing Li Wenxuan's persistence, Tan Shan knew in his heart that today's kindness must be received, and he really needed this silver tael very much, because the martial arts test was imminent, and if he couldn't arrive in time, he might be disqualified.

He stood up and clasped his fists, "Brother Tan has the audacity to accept the kindness of my brother, and the kindness of dripping water must be remembered in my heart!"

Seeing that he accepted it, Li Wenxuan was also relieved. He believed in his own standard of judging people, if he could save people in crisis, why not do it?Money is something outside the body, and it will come again when it is gone. For some people, there is only one chance.

Tian Xiaoman was having fun teasing the monkey. I don't know what they talked about, but Li Wenxuan said goodbye to the man and told him that the little monkey would be his from now on, which made him very happy.

"Let's go buy something for the little monkey to eat!" Tian Xiaoman was very generous to his new friend, Li Wenxuan smiled wryly, and now he really wanted to use the purse that Tian Amu gave him.