Chentan's Memories

No.13 Returning to Tang Junye, the shopkeeper Lin met the swordsman and met the benefactor again

Besides, Lin Lang was splashed with alcohol in the face, which is nothing less than the greatest humiliation in his life.Right now, he was too hot to open his eyes because of the hot drink, so he was about to yell and curse.

All kinds of insulting words full of firepower have already tightened the strings in the throat, and when they were about to come out, Tang Yushu, who ran up from behind, blocked his mouth with his sleeve, and instantly wiped a bunch of dirty words into a ball. Cloud murmurs.

The anger that was stuffed back into his stomach became more and more intense. At this moment, Lin Lang was almost like a firecracker that had burned out its fuse, and it was about to reach the critical point of explosion.After Tang Yushu wiped away the spicy wine around his eyes with his sleeve, Lin Lang opened his eyes. In an instant, he saw a bright blade of a knife by the lights in the courtyard.

Only then did Lin Lang understand Tang Yushu's intention to stop himself from getting mad.

The firecrackers were soaked in water, and the firepower evaporated in an instant and disappeared.

The night wind passing under the eaves chilled the cold sweat on his back, and Lin Lang didn't even dare to breathe.

Tang Yushu, who stood in front of him, said, "What are you doing?"

Looking over Tang Yushu's shoulders, he landed on the sultry-faced guest and his companions.Lin Lang guessed that the other party must be someone with some kind of background, and those who walked with him seemed to be his private thugs.

The big belly customer sneered, and asked the young man who suddenly came to the door: "Are you the shopkeeper?"

"That's right." Tang Yushu was not stage-frightened, as he really came out on the battlefield.

"Where did you get that man-dump my rhino horn wrench into the slop bucket."

"He's also the shopkeeper!" Tang Yushu clarified Lin Lang's identity, and then said, "I'll just find out for you, what are you doing with him?"

The customer raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Two shopkeepers?"

"That's right. I cook hot pot, and he...keeps the accounts!"

I saw that the guest seemed to have heard some joke: "Bookkeeping? Why don't you just hire a bookkeeper and give him half of the restaurant? Obviously you should be the shopkeeper! You have to know: in Jiangnan, you can do There are not many hot pots."

"...Why do you care so much!" Tang Yushu ignored the guest's words, only wanted to solve the matter quickly, and closed the door after seeing the guest off: "Do you want to pull the finger?"

"Yes." The guest nodded, raised his chin, and shifted his gaze from Tang Yushu's face to Lin Lang's face behind him: "I want him--fish him out of the swill bucket for me personally."

Tang Yushu turned his head to look at Lin Lang, only to see that Lin Lang had already lost his mind with fright, but still pretended to be calm with a stern face.

I am really familiar with Lin Lang's temperament, so it is very difficult for him to greet guests like a waiter.From being splashed with wine just now, to the moment when this guest deliberately humiliated Lin Lang, the self-respecting and stubborn Lin Lang might choose to die rather than obey.

Tang Yushu turned around and looked at the guest's face: "I'll come."

"Are you coming?" The guest snorted coldly.

I saw a thug on the side stepping forward, gestured at Tang Yushu's face with a knife in his hand, and slapped Tang Yushu's face contemptuously: "Our master said to let him fish it, and he will fish it. Believe it or not... ..."

Before the next words could be said, Tang Yushu twisted the man's arm with one hand, broke his wrist forcefully, stretched out his foot, and kicked the man's knee hard (fucking son, I want to save my father for the villain's lines) .The man fell back a few steps, and the knife fell under Tang Yushu's feet, but was kicked back by Tang Yushu to show that he didn't intend to take the blade and start fighting.

Then he raised his head and continued to look at the guest's face: "I said: I'll come."

The guest laughed when he saw this scene, and raised his hand to signal the thugs to put down their knives: "Okay, then you come."

Tang Yushu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party had let go of his hostility.

He ran to the slop bucket next to him, knelt down and rolled up his sleeves and grabbed the wrench for a long time before he pulled out the wrench, washed it in the well, and handed it back to the guest: "I'll give it back to you, and I won't owe you anything."

The guest took the finger puller back to his hand, took out a 20 taels of silver from his pocket, and knocked it on the table: "Your reward."

"Thanks."

"Come with me—I'll give you 2 taels for you to open a restaurant. If you make money, you'll get three to seven cents—I'll pay you seven, do you?"

"No." Tang Yushu refused decisively.

"I am two and you are eight?"

"Don't do it." Tang Yushu was still not moved at all: "He is much richer than you - his family is one of the richest people in Jinling City!"

"Oh?" The customer said with a smile: "One of the richest people in Jinling City opened a shop here?"

"We...start small and stop losses in time!" Following Lin Lang's usual tone, Tang Yushu almost emptied his stomach before saying these words.

"Insightful." The customer nodded: "It seems that this shopkeeper has great ambitions."

"Of course, he has walked the Silk Road!" Tang Yushu unconsciously puffed up his chest as if showing off.

"Okay. I just advise you to think about it in the end." The guest straightened his clothes: "Have you heard of being a wolf? A wolf is a wolf, and it should look down on the world. Why do you need to carry a burden?"

Tang Yushu couldn't understand the idiom, and only vaguely felt that the person was scolding Lin Lang, so he shook his head like a rattle: "Don't do it, don't do it! Let's go if you have nothing to do. We apologize for what happened today, and we will apologize in the future. The two don't owe each other!"

"Okay, be loyal." The guest looked over Tang Yushu's shoulder and looked at Lin Lang: "It's quite capable."

After all, he turned and walked away.

Finally sent the group away, Tang Yushu locked the door and checked it several times, muttering "I don't know if this guy is a bandit" and walked towards the direction where Lin Lang was standing.

But seeing Lin Lang seemed to be angry, he turned around and went back to his room with a beating.

I thought it was because he was wronged and not in a high mood, so the dull Tang Yushu didn't think much about it.

After watching Lin Lang lock himself back into the house, Tang Yushu went back to the back kitchen and continued to clean up the rest of the dishes. He was so busy that he was about to finish all the trivial matters, and then he yawned and went back to sleep in his own room went.

The next morning, he was woken up by noises in the yard.

Climbing out of the bed, Tang Yushu rubbed his eyes and opened the window a crack, followed by the sound to look out: Lin Lang was trying to push the wooden ox cart clumsily by himself, it seemed that he was planning to go out to buy something for today ingredients.

"Why didn't you come and call me?" Tang Yushu speculated privately, "How could he do such a strenuous work with his small body?"

The wooden ox cart was bought by the two of them from the West Market a few days before Dianjiang Lip's opening. When they bought it, a large part of the push handle was broken, and the axle also had some problems.It was cleaned by Tang Yushu, and it was beaten and beaten a lot; now when I go shopping in the morning, I can push it, which can save a lot of effort.

Tang Yushu blushed suddenly when he put the clothes on his body, "Could it be that you think I'm too busy and want me to sleep more?"

He thought he was being cared for, so he couldn't help but walk out of the yard with a look of joy.Tang Yushu stepped forward while wearing a turban: "I'll come! You little arms and legs..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Lang gave him a cold roll of his eyes and a cold "I'll do it!".

This cold reaction really dispelled the inexplicable warmth in Tang Yushu's heart, and Tang Yushu shivered in fright.

Lin Lang lowered his head and competed with the motionless wooden ox cart.

Although he didn't know what he did wrong to offend Lin Lang, but at this juncture, "sharing the burden for Lin Lang without hesitation" should be the correct way; so Tang Yushu stretched out his arms quickly to grab the push hand.

But before touching the wooden ox cart, Lin Lang slapped it away with a "slap--".

Five darker marks appeared on the dark arms.

He raised his head again—Lin Lang held back his energy, his fair face was flushed red at the moment, muffled noises came from his throat, his teeth were clenched tightly, and he almost put all his strength on the car.

Tang Yushu didn't know what to do. He always felt that if he touched Lin Lang again, his clenched teeth would suddenly open and bite him with a roar.

And the wooden ox cart was more stubborn than a real ox, and it didn't move at all, as if it was fighting Lin Lang.

Tang Yushu looked down, only to find that the reason why the wooden ox cart could not be pushed was that the brake rod was still stuck in the rear wheel and could not be pulled out.When he was timidly thinking whether to remind Lin Lang, he only heard a crisp "click—" Lin Lang, who was holding the push hand tightly, fell forward heavily together with the push hand, while the wooden bullock cart remained motionless... …

Tang Yushu came back to his senses when he hurried forward to help Lin Lang get up and was pushed away again:

—Are you mad at me?

--should be……

— But...why are you mad at me?

While repairing the wooden bullock cart, Tang Yushu repeatedly asked himself these three questions.

But I never figured out the answer.

The business at noon was not bad, and the two were busy until halfway through the application time.

According to the experience of the past few days, the guests for the evening meal will come one after another at Youshi; therefore, the dishes left by the lunch guests and the ingredients for the evening meal are packed in just half an hour.

At this time of weekdays, Lin Lang was supposed to settle accounts and wash the dishes by himself; based on the experience of the past few days, Lin Lang should have enthusiastically asked Tang Yushu to tell some "war stories" today, and then he didn't know what to do while chatting and laughing. Unknowingly finish the work in hand.

But Lin Lang didn't have it today.

The temperature in the direction where Lin Lang was located was extremely low, and Tang Yushu was so frightened that he didn't even dare to make too much noise while washing the dishes, so he was tied up and didn't know what to do with himself.

Fortunately, within a short while of such a terrifyingly quiet scene, Ah Ci's shout sounded from the yard: "Brother Yushu! Do you want more wine?"

The drinks in Dianjiang Lip restaurant are all served by A Ci.Tang Yushu was grateful for A Ci's arrival and finally broke the weird atmosphere, and hurriedly wiped his hands with a rag to get up and go out to greet A Ci, but saw Lin Lang striding first into the yard: "I'll come!"

"You? Where's Brother Yushu?" A Ci didn't want to talk to Lin Lang.

Lin Lang continued to insist: "I'll do it!"

"..." Ah Ci lost his voice for a long while, turned his eyes around Lin Lang, met Tang Yushu's expression of "I don't know what's wrong with him today", and then turned his eyes back to Lin Lang's face full of "paranoia" Face: "Okay, how many jars do you want?"

Lin Lang gave the answer resolutely: "Whatever!"

Ah Ci frowned, and turned his gaze away from Lin Lang again, only to see Tang Yushu quietly making a "five" behind him.

"Okay, Wutan." A Ci nodded at Tang Yushu.

At the same time, Lin Lang turned his head and cast a blank stare at Tang Yushu who quickly sat upright and pretended nothing happened.

Suddenly, the sound of wine jars breaking came from the yard.

And Ah Ci's roar: "What can you do!"

Tang Yushu ran out of the yard, hurriedly smoothed things over, and settled the money for Ah Ci by the way.Lin Lang silently returned to the back kitchen.

"What's wrong with this young master today?"

"I don't know either!" Tang Yushu said with a frowning face, "It seems that he is angry with me...but he won't tell me."

After sending A Ci away, Tang Yushu returned to the back kitchen, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw Lin Lang washing dishes there with a stinky face.

Tang Yushu walked over, a little nervous: "I'll just wash it..."

Lin Lang said coldly, "I'll do it!"

Tang Yushu had no choice but to: "Then you wash...you wash..."

As soon as the words were finished, Lin Lang slipped his hand, and the plate fell to the ground and broke.

Tang Yushu frowned: "Look at you... I just said I'll come..."

Lin Lang said coldly, "Shut up!"

Tang Yushu had no choice but to: "Let's not say...don't say..."

Turning around, he was looking for a broom to clean up the debris, when Lin Lang reached out to pick it up.Before Tang Yushu could speak to stop it, Lin Lang's hand was cut.

Tang Yushu felt powerless: "How can I use my hands..."

Lin Lang said coldly: "Enough!"

Tang Yushu had no choice but to: "I was wrong... I was wrong..."

Here Tang Yushu was looking around for medicinal wine for bandaging, but Lin Lang angrily walked to the accounting table with his body together, picked up a piece of rice paper, wiped his bloody fingers indiscriminately, turned around and left the kitchen. the wing room.

Tang Yushu stood there blankly, thinking for a long time but couldn't figure out what happened to Lin Lang.

"What's wrong?" Uncle Wang shook his head and looked at Tang Yushu with concern: "Are you really stupid or fake?"

"Stupid." Tang Yushu replied, and felt inappropriate after a while: "...No, no, I mean, I really don't know what's wrong with him."

"Lin Lang has a thin skin. Think about it, why does he keep saying 'I'm coming!' before you?"

"for what?"

"To prove that he can do a lot of things!"

"Why prove it?"

"Because that guest, Ah Ci, and even you... all intentionally or unintentionally said that he 'can't do many things'!"

"... Oh." Tang Yushu still didn't quite understand: "But he knows how to settle accounts. Last night when I got up to pee, I saw him clearing accounts with the light on in his room."

"He can't do anything except settle accounts."

"I don't care."

"Don't you care if he gives you half of the money?"

"I don't care!" Tang Yushu hurriedly defended Lin Lang to Uncle Wang: "He has a business mind, has seen the world, and... anyway, he can do a lot of things; without him, this restaurant would not be open. ——Uncle Wang, I didn’t know how I would live in the future. If Lin Lang didn’t show up, I would just muddle along, how can I have hope like now?”

"But Lin Lang doesn't know what you're thinking - he's just afraid that after hearing what others say, you feel that you've lost money, that Lin Lang has become your drag...isn't it?"

"Of course not!" Tang Yushu blushed with anxiety.

Uncle Wang suddenly raised his voice: "Do you understand?"

"Understand what?" Tang Yushu was puzzled, and after a moment of reaction, he felt that Uncle Wang didn't seem to be speaking to himself.Following Uncle Wang's raised gaze, Tang Yushu turned his head to look back and up, only to see Lin Lang standing on the high roof looking down.

The thin lady at the stall next door also saw Lin Lang at this moment, and shouted courteously: "Little official Lin!"

With a pale face, Lin Lang forced a smile to respond.

Although the situation was calm on the surface, Tang Yushu could still see Lin Lang's timid mood: "What are you doing climbing so high?"

Hearing the whole conversation between Tang Yushu and Uncle Wang just now, Lin Lang, who is no longer sullen, is finally willing to speak: "The sausage is gone, I'll come up and cut some strings..."

Tang Yushu knew that Lin Lang had a fear of heights: "You can just tell me, how could you do it..." The rest of the complaints that hadn't had time to say were automatically uttered under Lin Lang's roar of "Tang Yushu——!" Silenced.

"What do you mean!" Lin Lang's fear of heights was mostly dispelled under his anger: "Are you implying that I can't do anything?"

"No, no!" Tang Yushu quickly denied.

"That's obviously what you mean—" Lin Lang couldn't stand still, his legs softened and he lost his center of gravity, and fell from the eaves.

"--think!"

The hustle and bustle at the market in the God of Wealth Mansion fell silent for an instant with Lin Lang's fall.

Tang Yushu jumped forward a few steps, kicked off the wall and turned around to catch Lin Lang, but he deviated from the trajectory of Lin Lang's fall, and then fell heavily to the ground and rolled a few times.

Lin Lang originally thought that "Old Dreams of Chen Tan" was about to end, but when he closed his eyes in despair, he fell heavily into a soft embrace?

Lin Lang, who survived the catastrophe, opened his eyes amidst the exclamation, and looked up—only to see a face whose cheeks had not lost the baby fat due to his youth, but the expression between his brows had a firmness different from his age.

"Ah... thank you, thank you!" Lin Lang said, trying to get out of the boy's arms to check if Tang Yushu was okay.

But he found that the other party didn't seem to want to let go.

"?" Lin Lang looked at the boy holding him again with doubts, and felt a little familiar for a moment: "...Thank you, little brother, can you let me down first?"

"Oh... sorry!" The boy obediently let Lin Lang go to the ground.

I saw Tang Yushu sitting on the ground not far away and looking at this side, it seemed that there was no serious problem; the sausages he had worked so hard to pick had long been dirty.In remorse, he pointed to Tang Yushu who was not far away: "Look at your skill, it will be useless at the critical moment!"

After a false alarm, Uncle Wang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "I can let Yushu do it in the future, look at you stupid! Did you get injured?"

Lin Lang straightened his chest: "It's not like I can't do it!"

"Be brave and do it!" Uncle Wang scolded, and turned to thank the young man beside him who caught the falling Lin Lang: "I can't repay you for saving your life!"

"You're being polite..." The young man politely returned Uncle Wang's bow.Then he walked away to help Tang Yushu who was sitting on the ground.

Tang Yushu pushed away the young man's hand, stood up, ignored Lin Lang, and limped back into the restaurant.

"What's wrong with him?" Lin Lang looked at Tang Yushu's back without knowing it, and turned to look at the boy: "——Hey, why do I think you... look familiar?"

Uncle Wang nodded: "I also think it looks familiar..."

The young man seemed to be deliberately avoiding Uncle Wang's sight, he only gave half of his side face, and his eyes didn't know where to fall: "Little man... little man from Yantang, surnamed Chen Mingni."