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Chapter 16 Recalling the Heyday of Kaiyuan

"Eat!" "Eat!" The few people first raised the bowl of cheese like they were eating wine and touched it. They drank half a bowl of cheese with big mouthfuls, and then smiled and talked a few words. Of course, congratulations to Liu Qi were indispensable.

After the official start of eating, Liu Qi stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a bite of fish into his mouth, and looked at Zhang Hu with some gratitude. After all, Liu Qi was young and wanted to become an official, but the people in Tonghuo did not respect him for the moment. Instead, he used this excuse to ask him to pay more money to treat him. Liu Qi was also willing to treat him for happy things. But the problem is that he had no money and had spent a long time in Suoye City during this period and could not afford enough money to treat him at a high-end restaurant. This statement was considered by Tonghuo as a ruling statement, and his defense was useless.

Fortunately, Zhang Hu stood up at this time. He was Huo Chang and the oldest person in Huo. Others listened to him, so he helped Liu Qi to relieve the siege and finally came to this small restaurant.

Well, it is indeed a small restaurant. This restaurant is located in a residential area in the south of the city. People living here are ordinary people who have no family members to serve as soldiers and generals in the army. Everyone relies on selling hard work, working as friends, and making small business to make a living. There is not a single store on the bustling main street. It is a plain (poor) residential area.

Since it is a civilian area, there are naturally no high-end restaurants. Most people eat at home, and a few people who eat outside also pursue affordability. The restaurant is not very profitable and only cooks home-cooked dishes.

But this does not mean that the dishes in this restaurant are not delicious. The fried yellow-curd knife fish, rosy, fat but not greasy pork head meat, and shiny mutton soup with non-odor and fishy mutton soup, served one by one with Hu cakes, was also very delicious, which attracted everyone's praise.

"It's still the boss Zhang who chooses a place. Whether it's a luxury store or a small street shop, the shops that boss Zhang likes are delicious and not too expensive." Someone said with a smile while eating.

"Liu San, you have been to Suye Town like me for twenty times, and you will find different shops to eat and drink, and you can also pick up good places." Zhang Hu was chatting with the owner of this shop, Su Zhan and his wife. He turned his head and smiled and responded: "You guys don't want to go around. Every time you eat wine, you will go to eat unless your acquaintance introduces you to other shops. How can you know a few restaurants?"

"When I go back to Luzhou, I will definitely look for shops like you, Boss Zhang, to find good restaurants and good wines everywhere." The person named Liu San said firmly.

"Looking for a place to eat, it was like a swearing." Another person laughed and scolded.

"And your wife is so strict with her. Do you have the money to search for restaurants and restaurants everywhere?" someone teased her again.

The previous person laughed and scolded him but he didn't care, but after hearing this person's joke, he suddenly became like a big tree that was about to wither. Although he was still trying to say something like "Wife is not responsible for money,..., how about money,..., can the affairs of two male and female, be responsible for it?", but it was already empty inside. Everyone knew his virtues and burst into laughter, and the dining table was filled with joy.

Liu Qi followed him with a few laughs and looked out the store. It was early autumn now, and the weather was quite hot. The elderly sitting on both sides of the streets and alleys were shaking their palm-shaped fans. From time to time, people who had gotten off work passed by, and they smiled and greeted the elderly who were enjoying the cold, and walked and chatted with the acquaintances they met.

Some people also teased the big girl and daughter-in-law who were taking out the clothes and bedding that they took out in the morning to dry. The big girl was shy, at least pretending to be shy, and she didn't speak much with a blushing face; but most of the young wives were very arrogant. People said she had ten words to wait, and in the end, most of the men who were teasing rushed into their house in a mess amid the laughter of neighbors.

The children were playing in groups in the alley, and they couldn't understand what they were doing, but they just smiled when they saw them; occasionally they would bump into passing adults and scold them, but the children didn't care and jumped away with a smile.

After watching this for a while, Liu Qi suddenly envied these people. Although their lives were not rich, they were not poor, and were full of positive and optimistic. Moreover, as ordinary people, they did not have to worry about dying on the battlefield, living a dull and happy life.

"Why, do you miss your hometown?" Zhang Hu said in his ear: "This is also because I come here to eat and drink. When I see them, I think of the wives and children in Luzhou. The wives are now collecting clothes and chatting with their neighbors; the children are also playing with these children."

"Yeah." Liu Qi agreed casually, and was about to speak when suddenly a sound of footsteps and a sentence came from the door of the store. "Brother-in-law, let's disturb you."

"Huh? Isn't this the Turkic man who runs a restaurant on the long street?" One of Liu Qi's comrades-in-law also raised his head when he heard the voice and couldn't help but say.

"Yes, it's the Turkic people who opened a wine shop with the surname Shari Tuli. Why did they appear here now?" Hearing the man's words, the others raised their heads. Each of them had gone to the wine shop and had eaten wine more than once. They were very familiar with the owner's family and shouted in surprise.

"Haha, it's really a place where we meet in life." Bart smiled and said, "I didn't expect to see a few soldiers here."

"Bart, why are you here if you don't run your own restaurant at this time?" Zhang Hu asked.

"Tonight, all generals have ordered a ban on drinking. According to previous years' experience, there will be no few guests. It's better to keep a long day and a night and we will also rest." Bart said.

"Then you walked so far and found such a cheap and affordable restaurant to eat? You don't know how much you earn on weekdays, but you even specialize in finding such a small restaurant, which is really stingy." Liu San said with a smile.

"I'm not so stingy. If I had a good meal, my family would have been to the best restaurant in the city. The reason why my family came here tonight was because Su Zhan was my brother-in-law and talked to him." Bart said with a smile.

"You entered the door and called out to my brother-in-law. I thought which customer you were calling for was Su Zhan? So, Su Zhan's wife is your sister, and her surname is Sharituli?" Zhang Hu shouted in surprise.

"My sister is not named Shari Tuli, what's her surname?" Bart looked at Zhang Hu with an idiot expression on his face.

"You have never told anyone before!" Zhang Hu said.

"What should I tell others casually?" Bart thought Zhang Hu was more like an idiot.

"Okay." Zhang Hu slapped his face, stopped asking idiot questions, and even stopped talking to them, and turned around to continue eating. Well, in this misjudgment, only half of the plate of sauce meat he had just served, and he talked to Bart for a while and couldn't even have a trace of meat star left! You have to grab it quickly!

Bart was also happy that he went to grab the meat and went over to talk to his sister and brother-in-law. After Dimarsh saluted his aunt and uncle, he stood by the counter and did not talk much to others. He probably started to think about the music again.

While talking to his brother-in-law and wife, Su Zhan and his wife greeted the guests. After talking for a while, Su Zhan suddenly remembered that there was another niece who had not seen him and asked, "Where is Dan Mother, didn't you bring her here today?"

"Uncle, I'm here." As soon as he finished speaking, Dania pulled another little girl who was slightly older than her and said to Su Zhan with a smile: "As soon as my niece arrived at the restaurant, she saw that Sister Junwen was having fun, so she started playing together."

"Then why don't you continue playing?" Su Zhan smiled.

"It's dark, everyone is going home, how can I play?" Dania responded with a smile.

As they were talking, Zhang Hu and his men had already finished all the newly served dishes. Since they were eating in a cheap and affordable restaurant, Liu Qi could no longer pick them up. He ordered eight meat dishes, six vegetarian dishes, two soups, and twenty Hu cakes, which were full. At this time, facing the empty plate, everyone patted their stomachs to digest food with satisfaction.

Liu Qi was eating when he turned his head and saw Dania and another little girl who was slightly older than her, and asked Zhang Hu: "Is that Dania? The little girl next to her is the daughter of the owner of this store?"

"Why, I fell in love with you." Zhang Hu smiled and said, "Everyone said she is a beauty, and she must be very beautiful when she grows up. Are you falling in love with you now?"

"Go and go!" Liu Qi said. Even if he is shameless, he will not fall in love with a girl of seven or eight years old now. He just asked casually.

Zhang Hu is actually a joke. Even if we get married early in ancient times, we must be at least thirteen or fourteen years old. There are many people who get married at the age of seven or eight, and girls who like seven or eight years old are also regarded as beasts in this era. "She is Su Zhan's youngest daughter, named Wenniang, who is eight years old this year, one year older than Dania."

Liu Qi nodded and did not ask any more questions. Zhang Huben had other words about Wen Niang, but when he saw that he didn't ask, he suddenly lost interest in introducing the food and sat on a chair to digest food.

Everyone had a meal for a while, looked at the moonlight, and felt that they could not go back before the start of the day. They stood up and returned to the military camp, and Liu Qi went to pay the bill. Su Zhan left his brother, took out his abacus and made a quick calculation, and found a price to tell Liu Qi.

After paying the bill, Liu Qi felt a little painful. ‘Made completely emptied me this time. Before returning to Yuluzhou, he had no big son before he got his first month's salary.’

"We can't spend money like this again in the future."

"How can you spend money?" someone suddenly said.

"You can't eat delicious drinks and wine every day like this time in Suiye Town, and spend no money left, even..." Liu Qi replied subconsciously, looking up at the same time; but when he saw the person talking to him, he immediately stopped and stood attentively like a binary reflection and said, "I have seen Judge Feng!"
Chapter completed!
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