Chapter 29 Drink a Bowl and Watch a Bowl
the next day.
Early in the morning.
Su Xian woke up leisurely, rubbed his face and carefully checked the house, but found no signs of anyone breaking in.
He took a detour to the restaurant's kitchen last night, took out some wood ash, and sprinkled it under the doors and windows. If anyone broke in in the middle of the night, they would definitely leave footprints.
"Did I really think too much about what happened last night?" Su Xian frowned in thought.
"But it was too much of a coincidence that I ran into that girl on the way back from the toilet!"
At least he was safe.
He changed his clothes and asked the waiter to fetch him some water to wash.
While busy with all this, Su Xian summarized what happened last night in his mind:
"First of all, the identities of the girl and the man in black are not simple. They are either bandits outside the city or a certain princess."
"Among the things they discussed, such as the murder case on the city wall and the Plum Blossom Guards, you can skip them."
"There are two important points. First, they mentioned me and Madam Liu in their conversation and said that my home is the safest! What does that mean?"
"The second is the Liao people. They are secretly colluding with the Liao people in the north! The secret meeting with the Liao people will be tomorrow night, and the location is next to my house... Do you want to eavesdrop on their conversation?"
After Su Xian finished washing up, he walked down the wooden stairs to the lobby of the restaurant. He was still struggling with whether or not to eavesdrop.
"I am just a nobody, I really shouldn't get involved in this kind of thing." Su Xian shook his head, but then he thought: "But since it involves the Liao people, I can't just look at it from a personal perspective."
"If the Liao people go south to invade the border, they are very likely to plunder the county seat of Leshou County, and then we won't be able to escape... Oh, this problem is really troublesome."
Feeling conflicted, Su Xian walked to the counter in the lobby and said to the shopkeeper with a smile, "Uncle Lin, the room has been cleaned up. I'm leaving now. Bye."
"Mr. Su, take care."
Shopkeeper Lin bowed to the "freeloader" and smiled.
Su Xian is Lin Chuan's good friend and classmate. He often eats and drinks for free at Zuixianlou. Not only does Manager Lin not dare to ask for rent, he also has to respond with a smile.
Su Xian returned the greeting and strode out the door.
At this moment, he thought to himself, "Never mind! Right now, I have some money in my pocket, so I'm not worried. Hehe, well, I haven't been to the steamed bun shop on Jiaolou Street for a long time. I'm going to buy ten steamed buns this time!"
" Mr. Su, please wait a moment." Shopkeeper Lin suddenly called him.
"Shopkeeper?"
"The young master has specifically instructed to prepare a sumptuous breakfast for Young Master Su. Lai Fu, take Young Master Su over." Manager Lin waved his hand and called a waiter over.
Then, Shopkeeper Lin looked at Su Xian, waiting for him to take the initiative to refuse.
Every time Su Xian went to Zuixianlou for free, Lin Chuan would order a sumptuous breakfast to be prepared, but Su Xian knew his place and never went to eat, always actively declining.
"A hearty breakfast!" Su Xian was stunned for a moment, touched the purse with more than a hundred coins lying quietly, and declined politely: "How can I accept this."
"You're welcome, Mr. Su..." Shopkeeper Lin nodded with a smile, but still had to say some polite words.
"In that case, I will be disrespectful to refuse." Su Xian suddenly changed his tone and said to the waiter, "Lead the way!"
Shopkeeper Lin was stunned, staring blankly at Su Xian's back as he walked away with the waiter.
He didn't refuse this time!
It was just breakfast after all, not a big deal. Shopkeeper Lin shook his head and ignored it, concentrating on his own business.
Su Xian followed the waiter to an independent private room. The table was filled with various breakfasts, including cakes, meat porridge, pies, etc. There were many varieties and the aroma was fragrant.
"Brother Lin is indeed a righteous man." Su Xian praised.
"Mr. Su, please enjoy your meal." The waiter said and turned to leave.
"etc."
"Mr. Su?"
"Thank Brother Lin for me. I have things to do, so I won't eat." Su Xian said this and left quickly.
The clerk was stunned for a while and went back to tell Shopkeeper Lin. Shopkeeper Lin was even more confused and wondered what Su Xian meant by this?
…
Corner Tower Street.
It was still early and the streets were deserted, with only the breakfast shops open for business.
Su Xian came to the steamed cake shop carrying his purse. The stacked steamers were several feet high, with white mist rising and the fragrant aroma of steamed cakes filling the air.
"Mr. Su...Mr. Su?" The owner of the steamed cake shop was a little surprised, because Su Xian had not patronized his business for a long time. "Mr. Su wants to buy steamed cakes?"
"Hmm." Su Xian held the purse in his hand, and the copper coins inside made a clattering sound, which was really pleasant to the ear.
"Okay!" The shopkeeper was happy. He moved the steamer on the top layer, holding a long green leaf for packaging steamed buns in one hand, and looked at Su Xian and asked, "Is it another one?"
In the past, Su Xian used to be a regular customer of the steamed bun shop, but he only sold one steamed bun at a time.
Later, the family fell into poverty and they didn't even have money to buy steamed buns... But the shopkeeper still remembered the habit of Su Xian, an old customer, and only sold him one steamed bun at a time.
Su Xian frowned. If it weren't for the fact that the shopkeeper was an old acquaintance, he would have been ready to scold him. Buying a steamed bun? Who are you looking down on?
Crash!
Crash!
Su Xian was holding the purse in his hand. The sound of copper coins colliding attracted the attention of the shopkeeper, but his eyes were full of confusion.
"I want ten steamed buns!" Su Xian said slowly.
"Oh... ten... ten?!" the shopkeeper was surprised.
Su Xian did not answer, but put the purse on the stall of the steamed cake shop, opened it with both hands, counted out ten big golden coins from it, placed them on the stall, and stacked them neatly.
The shopkeeper was blinded by the money and smiled as he wrapped ten steamed buns with long green leaves and handed them to Su Xian.
Su Xian took it, picked up the straw rope used for packing, walked to the middle of the street, and walked past slowly.
There were a few pedestrians on the street, and they all looked at Su Xian a few more times...
A few steps later, there was a porridge shop on the street. In front of the door was a bamboo pole with a sign with the word "Porridge" written on it.
Su Xian paused, turned around and walked towards the porridge shop. Under the blank gaze of the porridge shop owner, he sat down in the middle of the shop and placed ten steamed buns on the table.
There were already several customers in the porridge shop. Their eyes fell on the long green leaf wrapping and they knew that it was a steamed bun because they had some on their table too.
But, there are only two or three at most.
It is really eye-catching for someone like Su Xian to get ten of them at once.
"Mr. Su, would you still like a bowl of porridge?" The porridge shop owner, wearing a blue cloth apron, came over with a smile, wiping the apron with both hands.
"Thick porridge, ten bowls first!"
Su Xian waved his hand and untied the long green leaves that wrapped the steamed buns in public.
Sure enough, there were ten steamed buns... The diners looked at them strangely.
They were all neighbors nearby, and they soon understood why Su Xian was so...extravagant today.
Because of stinky tofu!
"Ten bowls!?" The porridge shop owner looked stunned.
"Can't I drink one bowl and watch another?" Su Xian looked a little unhappy, and with a clang, he put his purse on the table to show that he had money.
