Teng cloud like surging smoke, dense rain like scattered silk.
Because of the continuous rain, the county trunk road pedestrians sparse, many shops on both sides of the street are closed, even if open shops are also cold and quiet, few pedestrians, business is naturally cold, as if forgotten. At this time, the vast majority of people are wives and children hot bed, at home cat.
Suddenly, a line of seven figures appeared on the street, which made the shopkeepers and fellows in business all excited.
They hadn’t seen a single figure on the street for more than half an hour, and now seven people suddenly appeared, how could they not be excited.
“Guest, guest, inside please grin where are you.”
The mate who had been doing nothing for half a day, excitedly stood in front of the restaurant and enthusiastically yelled up.
Pedestrians are not to shop is not important, the important thing is not want to take the blame, save the shopkeeper will be bad business pot, buckle on their head.
God has been raining for five consecutive days, young and old people are at home cat, no one goes out, the shop business is naturally bad. This is the God does not reward food, and what has to do with me, the shopkeeper’s this also want to blame me, I just sat down for a while, the shopkeeper gave me several blank stares.
So, far from seeing the street pedestrians, or a line of seven people, the shopkeeper rushed out to show.
To the shopkeeper’s excitement, as soon as he yelled, the seven pedestrians really ran towards their shop.
“Guest inside please, it’s raining outside, quickly enter the shop to take shelter and rest your feet.”The shop chap greeted excitedly.
Into the shop, the shopkeeper to see clearly, the leader is a teenager, wearing a straw raincoat, wearing a hat, smiled and nodded to himself, first in the doorway will straw raincoat hat rain shake off, Fang into the shop.
The young man walked into the shop, took off the hat, smiled slightly, and said to the shop assistant, “Little brother, is there any pancakes in the shop, if there is, give us thirty of them, and wrap them up in waterproof greaseproof paper for us. Oh yes, if there are pickle lumps, give me half a catty of them as well, shred them and wrap them up together with oil paper.”
Daming’s flapjacks were full of ingredients, and thirty flapjacks were enough for two meals for seven people. Half a catty of shredded pickle lumps was also enough to accompany the pancakes.
“There, there, there. Please take a seat, the pancakes and shredded pickles will be delivered later.”The shopkeeper replied in a loud voice.
When the shopkeeper went to the back kitchen to send word to prepare the pancakes and pickled vegetables, he felt in his heart that this line of customers was strange, even asking for thirty pancakes and pickled vegetables, as if they were going on a long journey.
It’s raining outside right now, and you want to go out?
The shopkeeper couldn’t help but shake his head.
Because there wasn’t much business in the eatery shop, the back kitchen made the pancakes very quickly, and after a group of seven people waited for a tea time, the pancakes and shredded pickled vegetables were already ready. As ordered by the teenager, they were wrapped in greaseproof paper.
“Flapjacks three wen a piece, half a catty of shredded pickles ten wen, Cheng Hui one hundred wen. Because the customer asked for more pancakes, our shop gave the customer two extra oil pancakes.”The shopkeeper handed over the pancakes and shredded pickles to the teenager.
“Many thanks.”The teenager smiled and arched his hand, taking out a penny of broken silver from his sleeve and handing it to the shopkeeper.
“Thank you, customer. Guest eat well and come back.”
Having made a business deal, the shopkeeper smiled like a flower, now he didn’t have to worry about being stared at by the shopkeeper anymore.
As he thought, the shopkeeper quietly glanced at the shopkeeper, and was shocked to find that the shopkeeper was looking straight at his side, and his eyes were as excited as if he had been starving for three days and finally saw food, and his eyeballs were about to bulge out.
Not just a penny of silver well, you to see the money eye open to this? This money-grubbing Zhou Pickpocket!
The shopkeeper was instantly speechless.
The next second, he saw the shopkeeper, who hadn’t moved for half a day, with an agile speed that didn’t match his fat body, ran out from in front of the counter, and ran straight towards himself, with an excited look on his face.
Not it? The shopkeeper’s ……Also really, I can still covet this one penny of broken silver not?
The shop chap was even more speechless.
Then the next second, the shop chap was stunned to find that the shopkeeper even ran past his own heels, not even looking at himself, nor looking at the broken silver in his own hand, jogging all the way to stop in front of the teenage guest.
“County Honour, you are County Honour, right?”The shopkeeper asked excitedly, when the teenager just entered the door, he swept a glance, not too much attention, the shopkeeper collects silver, he habitually stared, save the shopkeeper’s private stash, it does not matter how to look at, shocked to find that this teenage guest how to look like the county honourable ah, the more you look at it, the more it looks like.
Then look at the six people behind him, a glance recognised one of them, that is not the head constable Liu Dazhou? At once, I was sure that the teenager was the county magistrate. The Governor’s Grand Master came to my shop to buy flapjacks, how can the shopkeeper not be excited.
What? The Prefectural Governor?
The shopkeeper could not help but open his mouth wide in surprise and turned his head to look at the teenage guest who had already walked to the door.
After being recognised for his identity, Zhu Pingan did not deny it, and with a slight smile, he arched his hand towards the eatery shopkeeper.
“You money-grubbing simpleton, even accepting silver from the county honours.”
The shopkeeper twisted his head and cursed the shop mate, snatching the broken silver with one hand to hand it back to Zhu Pingan.
The shopkeeper who was so greedy for money that he couldn’t wait to withhold all the grains of rice carried by passing ants, but he didn’t even accept the silver? Is this still the same Zhou Pickpocket?
The shopkeeper opened his mouth wide in surprise, as if he didn’t recognise the shopkeeper.
“Oh, does the shopkeeper want to bribe in public?”Zhu Pingan stubbornly refused to accept the offer and smiled and joked.
“County Honour, you saved all of our people in Jingnan at the hands of the Japanese invaders, and you also pleaded for our common people to have their taxes reduced, this is a small token of my appreciation.”
The shopkeeper explained.
“I am merely performing my duty.”Zhu Pingan shook his head and insisted on not receiving it.
The shopkeeper made several more efforts, but ultimately failed, and had no choice but to put the silver away.
“Prefect, it’s still raining outside, are you going on a long journey?”The shopkeeper asked curiously.
“It has been raining continuously for the past few days, the rainfall is not small, our Duke is worried about waterlogging hazards, and has taken us to the townships and villages below to survey the large and small rivers and reservoirs, to check for hidden dangers.”Liu Dazhou replied back for Zhu Pingan.
When Zhu Pingan and his party disappeared into the wind and rain, the shopkeeper stood in the doorway and lamented to the shop boy, “See, this is our Grand Master Zhixian. I let you come to the shop, the wind doesn’t blow, the rain doesn’t fall, how nice, but you’re still so slow. Look at our county governor, what a precious person, just with pancakes and pickles, braving the rain to go outside to survey rivers and reservoirs, checking for hidden dangers, what a suffering.”
The shop boy had been scolded by the shopkeeper too many times, and this was the first time he had been scolded without complaining in his heart.
Yes, outside the dense rain like silk, the county magistrate with pancakes and pickles, braving the rain to go out in the middle of nowhere to investigate the water situation, and what right do I have to complain.
