jdhmnovel Chapter 194 The stinky Taoist priest who eats and drinks for free
Chapter 194 The stinky Taoist priest who eats and drinks for free
When he returned to the town, it was already noon. When passing by Lao Zhao's Noodle House, Li Yuer saw a sneaky figure burning paper in the ruins.
The man was wearing a black suit, a white hat on his head, and a scarf covering his mouth and nose. He was hiding in the corner in the windward area and burning paper. He clasped his hands together and seemed to be muttering something.
Li Erlang also saw it and whispered to Li Yuer, "Could it be Uncle Zhao's relatives? They thought they were dead and were burning paper money for them?"
Li Yuer shook her head. "I don't know. But even if they are relatives, they should be burned openly. Why are they being so sneaky? People who don't dare to show their true faces usually have secrets that cannot be revealed."
Li Erlang agreed with this and asked, "Should I mention this when I send something to Uncle Zhao tomorrow?"
Li Yuer frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "No, it won't make them worry."
When the ox cart was almost out of sight, the man suddenly stood up and sneaked into the side door of Xin Zhaoji Noodle House in a covert manner.
"This?" Li Erlang and Li Yu'er looked at each other. "Yu Bao'er, could he have done something to let the Zhao family down?"
Li Yu'er still shook her head, "Then you should mention it to Uncle Zhao in a subtle way."
Li Erlang nodded in agreement.
Li Yuer suggested that everyone go out for a quick meal, and they found a wonton stand that they had eaten at before, which was delicious and affordable.
In order to thank Xiao Jiang for introducing good buyers, Li Yuer treated him to a meal, and Xiao Jiang did not refuse.
Just when they were enjoying their meal, a Taoist priest came. He was wearing a green robe with wide sleeves and had a goatee. He looked young but not very old. He held a banner in his hand and looked like an immortal.
"Can I have a seat?" the Taoist priest asked in a familiar manner.
Li Erlang glanced around and saw that there were a few empty seats elsewhere, but seeing that the other person was kind and a monk, he remembered the fortune teller Ma from before and did not refuse, thinking that having a decent monk in charge would be able to dispel the bad luck.
The Taoist ordered a bowl of meat-filled wontons and a pot of wine, and started eating.
Li Erlang poked Li Dalang with his arm and said, "Hey, do you think Taoist priests can eat meat and drink alcohol?"
Li Dalang shook his head and continued to fight with the wonton.
During the banquet, the Taoist priest did not speak to Li Yuer and the others. He ate quickly, said hello to them after he was done, poured the remaining wine into the gourd around his waist, and left carrying the banner.
No one paid much attention to it. When paying the bill, Li Yuer suddenly found that there was some extra money.
"Boss, is the account wrong?"
The boss smiled and picked up the abacus to calculate again, "Sir, that's right."
Li Yuer calculated the same as him, and when she finished, the boss said, "Sir, you forgot a bowl of meat wontons and a pot of Lao Shaodao."
"We didn't order these?" Li Erlang said with certainty.
The boss didn't get angry, and said with a smile: "You didn't order it, but your friend did."
Well, what's there to understand? I'm being taken advantage of.
Li Erlang was so angry that his teeth were itching, but Li Yuer thought it was nothing. The underworld is complicated and they should blame them for not being alert enough. Just pay the money honestly.
As soon as he went out, Li Erlang looked around, looking for the figure of the stinky Taoist priest.
"He ran away a long time ago." Dalang said sullenly, "I'm really unlucky today. I just met an old witch pretending to be a ghost, and then I met a stinky Taoist priest who was begging for money. None of these charlatans are good."
Xiao Jiang was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to comfort them.
Li Yuer said nonchalantly: "What's this little setback? Is it worth getting so upset over such a small storm?"
"Who is angry?" Li Erlang denied it and waved the whip in his hand to untie the ox cart tied to a big tree not far away.
Before eating, they also put some grass for Dahuang and Dahei. Now they were full and were wagging their tails leisurely under the tree.
Thinking of the business, Xiao Jiang said, "There are big black cows, but the price is quite high. The cows are also quite old, and the woman in charge is not easy to talk to."
Li Erlang frowned, "Is there no other home?" He prefers Big Black Bull.
Xiao Jiang said truthfully: "Winter is not the season to buy livestock. Few families sell livestock. If the family is not in urgent need of money or the livestock is not in good condition, they generally will not sell it.
I do have a nice donkey, a rare white one, but it’s a bit expensive, so I’ve been holding on to it until now.”
"How much is it?" Li Yuer asked.
Xiao Jiang gestured and said, "It's three taels of silver more expensive than an ordinary donkey."
Li Dalang was surprised and said, "Three taels, it's really expensive."
Li Yuer liked it very much, she was not short of money, and she had a lot of clothes and bags in her previous life, but the prices of different colors were different. As the saying goes: Money can’t buy what you love.
"Why don't we go take a look?"
The family selling the donkey was in the town, and they were entertained by the owner, Old Man Mao.
"I'm not exaggerating. My donkey is bigger than an ordinary donkey, clean and smarter than an ordinary donkey."
Li Erlang couldn't help laughing, "Old man, no matter how smart this donkey is, how smart can it be?"
I thought to myself: This old man is really good at bragging, isn’t he just trying to get more money?
The old man refused to accept it, and said with his neck stiff, "If I say it's smart, it's smart!"
"Okay, okay!" Li Erlang said perfunctorily, "Whatever you say, that's what I'll do."
The old man was very dissatisfied with Li Erlang's perfunctory response and said, "My donkey can understand the bell."
"Is it true?" Li Erlang didn't believe it. The old man became more and more excited as he boasted.
The old man took out a bell from his pocket and shook it a few times. Sure enough, the white donkey responded and walked towards the old man.
"My donkey will come over as soon as it hears the bell." The old man said proudly, "If you let the donkey go, you don't have to go to the meadow by yourself. Tie a long rope and let it go to the meadow to eat grass. When it is full, you just need to ring the bell and it will come out by itself."
There is usually stagnant water and mud in the meadows, and people can easily get their clothes and shoes dirty when they go in, so it is indeed convenient to release the donkeys this way.
"Oh, this is really amazing." Li Erlang looked at the bell in the old man Mao's hand curiously. The old man Mao smiled proudly, "I have raised livestock for many years, and I know their habits best."
Once you've chosen an animal, it's time to bargain. Old Man Mao stuck his neck out and refused to lower the price. Li Yuer really liked the white donkey, so in the end he bought it at a price three taels higher than the market price.
After leaving Mao's house, the remaining step is to go back to the dental clinic to handle the formalities.
Xiao Jiang asked: "Do you need a broker to help you get the red deed?"
The red deed is a government deed. Since the whereabouts of Magistrate Wu and his son are unknown, according to the laws of the court, in the absence of the county magistrate, the second-in-command, County Magistrate Wei, will temporarily manage all the affairs of the county government.
Wei County Magistrate was a local official who had a good relationship with the previous county magistrate. He usually handled cases fairly and never treated the people harshly, so the people naturally would not cause trouble for him.
County Magistrate Wei had a very good relationship with the clerk, so Li Yuer planned to get the red deed himself and save the agency fee.
When they walked into the dental clinic, the other dental workers pretended not to see them. The old dental worker even sipped his tea and snorted at them.
Li Yuer naturally ignored such a villain. She followed Xiao Jiang to his seat and started to settle the agency fee.
When the old broker saw that the couple had really made a deal, and thought of Manager Huang's instructions, he could no longer sit still and walked over.
"Xiao Jiang, you actually cheated and let your relatives do insider trading! I'm going to report you to my boss!" He came up and put a big hat on Xiao Jiang.