Depressed little landlord

The road conditions outside are relatively smooth, mainly because all the villages basically come out in time to repair the section near them, and the closer to the town, the better the repairs. It is also because the terrain is gentler as you go out, and there are few collapses, so Xu Yang and the others were able to survive in the sky. Arrived in town at dark.

Seeing that her children had returned safely, San Aunt Qi finally felt at ease, and she didn't care about the rules and regulations, so she kept Xiang Qing together and received the two children in her small courtyard. Master Qi didn't say anything when he knew about it. What, anyway, a matchmaker was invited to make a kiss, and half of the family was counted. It was only when Xiang Qing was about to say goodbye and go home that someone invited the two of them over to ask some questions.

Xu Yang didn't follow, but went directly to the restaurant. Behind him was where Xiang Qing lived, and there were still rooms.It was not too early to arrive in the town, so he planned to rest for one night, and then go out to inquire about the news early tomorrow morning. These days, the staff in the restaurant are basically familiar with him, Lin Xuan and the others, so there is no need for the shopkeeper and owner to explain. After they settled the matter, Xu Yang didn't wait for Xiang Qing to come back, he washed himself first and fell asleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I found that the weather today was the same as yesterday, and it was like noon when the sun was not up. Not to mention the animals and plants, even people were all sunburned, and I just wanted to soak in the water when I got up early in the morning.

In the past, the whole street could not be said to be crowded with people, but it is not like it is now. There are only three or two. If it is not for business, even the shoppers do not want to go out, but early in the morning can be regarded as excusable.

"Hey! I don't know if this God is really going to be bad. The weather in the past two months has been a bit horrible. If it goes on like this, I don't see it..."

Xu Yang was helping to put a table by the door, and the shopkeeper next door was squatting at the gate, looking at the quiet street, sighing as if talking to himself or to Xu Yang.

Xu Yang casually pulled off the cloth towel on his shoulders and wiped the table, then smiled and said, "No, but no matter what, it will only make the people suffer even more."

Probably the shopkeeper didn't expect him to answer the conversation, so he was taken aback for a moment, and then nodded in agreement: "That's right, after half a year of hard work, the harvest is about to be harvested, and the result is not beautiful! Eh? Big brother remember Isn’t your home also from the village? How about it?”

Because he walked around a lot, he also knew the shopkeepers of the shops next door to some extent, and knew a little bit about them, so Xu Yang was not surprised when he asked this question, "It's not very good."

The man nodded after hearing this, and thought to himself that it was basically the same. It is not that he has no relatives in the village, but he has no guests, and he just wants to find someone to chat with when he is free, so he just looks for topics at random.However, he should be more or less careful about this matter. After all, if he really got some definite information in advance, he would better prepare early.

The shopkeeper moved, and his feet felt a little numb when he was squatting like this, and he moved a little further in. The sun had already shone in front of his shop, so he quickly took out his handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and did a few The shopkeeper in [-], his body is somewhat fatter, and in addition to the hot weather, he can sweat spontaneously just by staying like this.

He raised his head and was about to say something, but suddenly his small eyes widened. There was no way, the eyes were originally single eyelids, and with the addition of fat, the eyes became even smaller. Even if they stared to the maximum, they were still a little small compared to other people.

"West... West... watermelon!!?"

Before the words were finished, a ball had already rushed over from the next door. The speed really didn't tell that it belonged to the fat old man.

"Brother Boss, come one...ah, no! Two, give me two melons for the old man!"

Before he could see who was coming, a familiar voice came from over there, and the small-eyed shopkeeper couldn't care less, and rushed over from squatting, shouting loudly: "And me and me, big brother, for the sake of our neighbors, give me one more?"

"Why give you two more? I was the one who came first!" The original bluntness opened up.

"Don't worry about me! Fatty got up, I was the one who saw it first, and I was the one who talked to people first."

The two were still confronting each other. When they heard the noise, a group of people rushed out from various shops and asked, "Where is the watermelon? Is there another watermelon?" Clearly, he rushed directly towards a restaurant, and squeezed the two of them out in no time.

The fat shopkeeper glared at the 'old friend' bitterly, "What are you yelling about? Yelling...see if you made all those blood-sucking people yelling here?"

The small-eyed shopkeeper was also annoyed to death at the moment, knowing that he was wronged, he didn't argue with him anymore, because they were all similar, they didn't like each other more, and they always liked to quarrel with each other, but now they fell into the position of sympathy Go up—the two were squeezed outside together.

He said dejectedly: "Oh, I should have thought of it a long time ago. I forgot for a while that the big brother was the one with the younger brother. I... I was too surprised to accidentally call it a leak."

The fat old man glared at him again very unceremoniously: "As long as you have a good brain, you are lucky, otherwise you would not be able to drive on this street. What do you want me to say about you? You don't know how clever you are when you see that brother "It's a pity that he was still implicated. As soon as he saw the little brother Xu Yang, he rushed over. He didn't expect that the big mouth next door would provoke the pack of wolves.

It's just that it's hard to come here now!

If it weren't for the guys in the store who came out to stop them desperately, and those people were more or less sensible, knowing that if they just squeezed in to grab melons regardless, they probably wouldn't be able to buy melons, so although they were crowded, they were just squeezing Get ahead of the queue, so that you will be the first to buy.

With the help of two guys, Xu Yang didn't care about the people who were crowded at the door. He held the knife and raised it steadily, and the watermelon was cut into pieces by him, which looked almost the same size. , Kungfu is pretty good.

And one of the guys got his signal, stood in front and raised his voice: "Everyone, be quiet, our shopkeeper said that there are indeed melons, but now each person is limited to one piece."

The crowd was in an uproar.

The buddy didn't bother with them either, and continued to say loudly with a smile on his face: "There really aren't many melons, so there's no way to let everyone buy too much. Everyone knows that the boss was able to keep the watermelons that were saved when it rained so much before." The number is not large, so please be considerate.”

When the person at the door heard it, he was still a little reluctant, but it was similar to the one he bought before.

"One piece is one piece, come and give me one piece, the price is still the same as before?"

"No, it's a two-prong increase. Those who want to line up and come one by one. There are not many melons. First come, first served."

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and give me a piece!"

"I'll take a piece too!"

"And me and me!"

……

Of course one piece is not enough, not enough to satisfy the hunger, but it seems that there are not many. After people in this circle bought a round, they finally found that there was still some left, so they wanted to start to grab the next round, but unfortunately, they were blocked by the staff and wanted to get angry. The clerk smiled and reminded that "one person is only allowed one piece", and then he had to go back to his shop unwillingly, and some of the quick responders had already sent their clerks to line up to buy.

How is one piece enough?Are the family members waiting too?

So the people who got the news one after another came and found that today's melons had been sold out.

The clerk still smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, everyone, my boss also wants to do business. Isn't it true that there are not many melons? There is no way, I have to make a bad plan, but the few are not more disappointed. Now that the rain has stopped, my shopkeeper got the news , if there are no accidents, there will still be watermelons for sale in the future, please hurry up tomorrow morning, maybe you can grab them."

"Is it still one piece per person?" Obviously, this is knowing the market.

The waiter still smiled and answered, as if he didn't care that he had already answered this question hundreds of times: "It depends on the situation. I know tomorrow morning. There are new dishes in the restaurant today. How many of you want to come in and try?"

"But the fried watermelon rind?"

"This master is really well-informed. That's right, it's the dish you mentioned. Would you like a portion for the master? It's not expensive, it only costs five cents a dish."

"Boss Xiang really knows how to do business. Look at this melon, it's not wasted at all from the inside out!"

"That's right. Forget it. I don't have melons to eat. It's not bad to try the melon rind. It is said that there is something mixed with it, sour and sweet."

"Tsk, that's called cold salad! I think it's the layer of green skin. Brother Xiang, what's left? Let's go in and have a look. If it's okay, bring some back for our grandson to taste. It can be very painful for a few days, and I will have to hurry up tomorrow."

"That's right!"

***

"Master, there is a young master named Xu who is asking to see you outside, can you let him in?"

The old master couldn't help being stunned when he heard the old housekeeper's request, "Master Xu?"

"Yes." The old housekeeper seemed to be about the same age as him, but his spirit was still good, but it was probably because of the weather problems in the past two days that he was worse than before.

The old master pondered for a while, put down the book in his hand, and motioned for him to invite people in. Today, he took a rest, and taking advantage of the fact that the sun was not too harsh in the early morning, he asked people to move tables and chairs and put them under the big tree in the courtyard. Enjoy the cool, read a book by the way and wait for the watermelon to come back.It was yesterday that I told my son to get up early to queue up, but I didn't expect that there would be guests coming to the door this time.

Not long after, I saw someone coming from outside. I squinted my eyes and looked up and down for a while before I remembered the person, "It's you. I was still wondering who it was before. Please sit down."

"Xiaomin came to disturb without authorization, if you offend me, please ask your lord..."

"It's okay, this is not a yamen, so there is no need to be polite." The old master waved his hand to make him not be too cautious, but when he looked down unexpectedly, he saw that the other party did not come empty-handed, and he was actually carrying something in his hand. yes?"

Xu Yang lifted the straw bag in his hand slightly calmly, and replied casually: "Watermelon."

Of course I knew it was a watermelon!

"My lord specially brought this here. Just be careful, and I hope the old man will not see you. The house was rained before, and there are not many melons left. This is for the old man to cool off the heat. In the past, your parents took care of you. Now we I just came and hope you don’t mind.”

The old master frowned first, then stroked his beard and nodded, "Haha, since Young Master Lin brought it here on purpose, the old man took advantage of everyone with his old face, so he accepted it. Old man, Take it down and open it, and share some with the wives and young masters."

"Yes, master." The old housekeeper had already discovered it before, and this was something that the master's family was thinking about recently, but he thought of his master's identity, but for the sake of this young man's identity and other things, he Only then did he come in to ask the master for instructions, and now that he saw the master's order, he naturally quickly agreed.

The old master secretly glanced at the old butler, but he thought that this was also an old man in the family, so he didn't say anything else. If the old butler hadn't said it himself, he might not have agreed to meet him before.

But what the adults said before, it doesn't matter to see now.Hey, I got a watermelon... "Wait, just cut it in half and send the rest to the yamen. My lord is busy with work, so you should rest more."

The old butler first looked at the young man standing still, and then respectfully responded.

"Wait." Under the watchful eyes of the two elders, Xu Yang said unhurriedly: "My lord, if you don't mind, the younger one will bring another one. Why don't you let the butler grandpa take that one to the yamen? Today Great reward, the top three can buy a whole melon, and your son is in the top three this morning."

When the old man heard that he couldn't control the smile on his face, he almost said goodbye. When he realized it, he quickly controlled it, then cleared his throat and raised his face slightly: "If that's the case, then follow Mr. Xu's words. Do it, send it over as soon as possible."

"Yes." The old butler couldn't help but smile, looking at Xu Yang with admiration.

With such a person, it's no wonder that old Hua Anfuna values ​​him so much, and it's no wonder that Young Master Lin falls in love with him.

When the old housekeeper went down, there were only the two of them in the courtyard, and after a while of silence, the old master said slowly: "I know what you are here for today."

Xu Yang clasped his fists and saluted: "I hope you can clear up your doubts."

"It's okay to talk about it. It just so happens that you came today, which saves the old man a trip. Although I really want to visit your place, I heard that it is very good there, is it true?"

"Fortunately."

"You guys—" the old man shook his head and smiled, without pointing it out, "That's good too, you guys can make Brother Lin and his younger siblings feel at ease when they know Quanxia."

Xu Yang continued to be modest: "Father and mother bless you."

The old man laughed again and shook his head, flipped through the books on the table, then randomly pulled out one and pushed it in front of him, then closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, holding the teacup and sipping it in small sips. I've poured a pot of tea, let's save some to eat melons later.

Xu Yang was stunned for a moment, then respectfully opened the book in front of him, the next second, his eyes flashed, he narrowed his eyes slightly, closed the book after a few breaths, raised his head to look at the opposite side, stood up and looked straight at the old man I saluted.

"Thank you."

"Things are good, but things also have rules. Every business has its documents and documents. This is just an old man who occasionally finds out. As for the others, you should look for them yourself. I am also old. I only hope that my children and grandchildren can live well in the future." All right, nothing more to ask for."

"My lord's great kindness and virtue, Mr. Lang and I will never forget it."

The old man waved his hand, "Forget it, go, there are still things waiting for you to deal with later, the old man will not stay, just walk slowly."

"Farewell." Xu Yang stopped procrastinating and saluted the other party again, then turned and left.

Now that I have almost definite news, I should go back and tell Xiaoxuan first, so as not to worry him. As for those who are hiding in the dark...