Chapter 1153 New Year's Eve
As soon as the two of them saw Jiangducheng, Xia Bing told Xin Han that men and women could not kiss each other, and he was afraid that it would be bad if people saw it, so he asked him to go down to lead the donkey.
Xin Han didn't mind either, he laughed and held the rein, and headed straight for the city gate of Jiangdu.
In many novels, a master must have the bearing and reserve of a master. The so-called burden of idols, such as Ximen Chuuxue's coolness and Ye Gucheng's arrogance, Xin Han has also seen it personally.
But he doesn't have the self-consciousness of a master at all. A hundred years of traveling has made him more casual, more like those cynical immortals who play in the world of mortals, with a natural and unaffected disposition (actually, he is used to being funny).
When they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city let them go after a few simple interrogations. After all, this place is outside the Great Wall, where foreigners and Han people live together, and there are business exchanges on weekdays. If there is no war, the interrogation will not be too strict.
The bitter cold outside the Great Wall is not as prosperous as the Central Plains, but in this important frontier town, there are people coming and going, and it looks quite lively.
Xin Han stopped a passerby and asked the direction of the inn. After thanking him, he asked casually, "Is Jiangdu City usually this lively?"
The man seemed to be in a hurry to leave, so he said: "Is it New Year's Eve today? The market will be open all day, and there will be no one in the evening. By the way...you are a scholar and you call me big brother." Now, let me remind you, don't go out at night!"
The man left in a hurry after speaking, even though he was sitting on Wuyun Gaixue, Xia Bing, who was a little suspicious, didn't even look back after calling out a few times.
Xin Han asked in surprise, "Is it the New Year's Eve today?" Since he traveled, he only remembered the spring, autumn, cold and heat, and the changing seasons, and it has been a long time since the New Year's Eve.
"Hey, why don't you hold him back and ask what's going on!" Xia Bing muttered dissatisfiedly to Xin Han, who was leading the donkey and looking around, not listening at all. What is she talking about.
In front of the inn, I saw a man with a knife across his waist, and handed the horse to Xiaoer: "Feed the horse for me, and arrange a room for me!"
The guy smiled and said: "Master, please go to our shopkeeper and pay a deposit!"
The man turned his head and said, "I even left the horse, don't I have money for you!"
Xin Han also led Wu Yun Gaixue and walked over, threw the reins to the buddy: "Feed these two things for me too, and arrange a room for me!"
"Two upper rooms!" Xia Bing yelled, jumped off the donkey, and shook his fist at him: "Who do you call a donkey?"
The two went to the inn after arguing.
The man caught up from behind: "Can the two guest officials pay some deposit!"
Xin Han acted like a young master, imitating the man before him and said: "The donkeys are all left, so why are you still afraid that I will renege on you?"
Xia Bing frowned: "That's right, remember to feed that donkey more fodder and beans, otherwise we won't be responsible for causing a murder!"
After finishing speaking, disregarding the bitter look on the waiter's face, he hurriedly caught up with Xin Han who had already walked to the front, and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any money?"
Xin Han glanced at her and said in surprise, "Isn't it your treat? Where did I get the money from?"
"You're really good... I don't have any money either!" Xia Bing lowered his voice after speaking.
Xin Han chuckled: "Then we'll talk about it when the bill is paid!"
The first floor of the inn is a restaurant. There are more than a dozen low tables on both sides, with some cushions. These are the seats of this era.
Because it was New Year's Eve, there was only a pot of haggis soup left in the kitchen. In addition to the haggis, there were some vegetables and radishes in the soup.
The waiter said embarrassingly: "Excuse me, the guest officer, there is only so much food left for the Chinese New Year. The chef made soup for you, and you have gone home to celebrate the New Year. You can deal with it!"
Xin Han lost his appetite when he saw the food served, not to mention the muttony smell, but also a fishy smell, obviously the haggis was not handled meticulously, if the food is not handled well, it can taste like rice, he doesn't want to try .
Then he said to Xia Bing: "I'm not hungry, but I'm a little sleepy. I'm going to the room to rest. You can eat by yourself!"
When Xia Bing saw the food, he didn't have the time to pay attention to him, so he picked up the chopsticks and went to compete with eating and drinking.
When Xin Han returned to his room, he took out a few plates of hot fresh dumplings, a few plates of dishes, and two bottles of good wine from the space. How could he not eat some good wine to reward himself on New Year's Eve, especially the dumplings? .
He was halfway through eating when the door was kicked open suddenly, and Xia Bing hurried in with the bottle.
I saw Xia Bing pointing at the bottle: "It's on...it's on, Jiang has demons!"
Xin Han burst out laughing: "Is it that exaggerated? Look, if a firefly flew in!"
Xia Bing slapped Xin Han angrily: "Where did the fireflies come from in such a cold day!"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly saw delicious food and drink in front of Xin Han, and immediately exploded: "Well, you are a student, but you actually eat alone!"
He also forgot about the bottle, put the bottle aside, picked up a chicken leg and ate it, then snatched Xin Han's chopsticks, put a dumpling in his mouth, suddenly his eyes lit up, and then: " Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Xin Han took out another pair of chopsticks and said impatiently, "Swallow it down!"
Xia Bing swallowed the dumplings and a mouthful of chicken in two or three mouthfuls, and shouted, "What kind of cake is this, it's so delicious!"
Xin Han knew that in this era, pancakes generally refer to pasta, and even noodles are called soup pancakes, but he still didn't like it: "You big-headed pancake, do you know that it's a dumpling!"
Dumplings have not yet been invented in this era. It will be more than a hundred years later, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the genius doctor Zhang Zhongjing invented the embryonic form of dumplings "Jiao Er" in order to protect people from the cold, so Xia Bing naturally has never seen it.
She ate a few big mouthfuls in a row, and then let out a mouthful of dumpling-flavored breath, and took another mouthful from the jug on the table, and then she was even more shocked, pointing at Xin Han and said:
"You are too disrespectful, you steal the food alone!"
Xin Han cared about eating, and said disdainfully: "Yesterday you cheated on me, and today you came to grab food again, so you have the nerve to say so!"
Xia Bing blushed, then stood up with his hands on his hips and said, "Yesterday I paid for my clothes, today I paid for my horse... No, my horse has to be exchanged for ten meals like yours... ...No, twenty tons is the right thing to do, don't try to renege on your debt!"
Xin Han didn't bother to tell her that he was blind to his empress-like appearance for nothing, and it was shameless just to eat.
Putting down the chopsticks, picked up the glowing demon-seeking bottle on the table, and took a look: "Are you sure it really wasn't a firefly that flew in?"
Only then did Xia Bing think of the business, and immediately sat down and snatched the bottle: "Ying, you big-headed ghost, didn't I say that there are monsters in Jiangdu City, do you know just now..."
It turned out that the man before was Pang Yong. The city guard's wife came to Pang Yong before, and she was talking about monsters. At the same time, there was a heart-digging swordsman in the city. Xia Bing suspected that it was also a goblin.
Xin Han heard that the plot was similar to that of the movie, he immediately shook his head, got up and went to the bamboo couch beside him, thinking that he would catch Jiuxiao Meihu later!
Xia Bing saw him go to lie down, looked at the food on the table, and shouted: "Hey, you who are studying, do you want to eat or not, I will eat it all!"
Xin Han glanced at her angrily: "Eat all of it... pig! I'll sleep for a while, remember to finish eating, and close the door for me when I leave!"
Xia Bing reminded while eating: "Old rules at night, call me loudly, remember not to walk around, I will cover you!"
Xin Han turned over, turned his back to her, and muttered: "Do you think you are the sun? Still shine on me, take care of yourself!"
He thought well, but when it was midnight, he was laying on the couch and was about to close his eyes to drain his blood, when suddenly the door was knocked open, and Xia Bing, who had just left after eating and drinking, went back and forth again. Come in, pull him away!
"Come with me!"
Xin Han said angrily, "You're crazy, and you're not letting anyone sleep well!"
Xia Bing pulled him downstairs quickly, and explained in his mouth: "I'm going to catch a monster. If I leave you here alone, your little meat is not enough for the monster to eat. If you want to be fine, just be honest. Follow me!"