Chapter 88 Why did you only give me money for two bowls of noodles?
"Sister, do you know how to get to Qinglu Village?" Seeing that the two people had not finished eating, Lin Du was too lazy to sit down, so he stood and asked the proprietress who was resting at the door.
The lady boss was already quite old, not very tall, with a round face and big eyes, and she looked a bit girlish. When she heard the boy call her sister, she smiled a little, rubbed her hands on her apron, and then spoke, "Qinglu Village? What are you doing in Qinglu Village, young master?"
"I heard that in this season, there are Lingcong trees to eat in the village."
As soon as the words came out, the lady boss laughed and turned to ask the busy person, "Lao Miao, do you recognize Qinglu Village? I can't quite remember it."
The man was cooking noodles and scooped them out neatly. The white rice noodles shook elastically in the air twice and were neatly put into the porcelain bowl. Without even raising his head, he responded to the woman's words in a hoarse voice in the noisy shop.
"You, woman, Qinglu Village is that Zhaiqian Village. Didn't your great-grandfather come from there? Before she died, she asked her children and grandchildren to bury her in Zhaiqian Village. We searched for a long time and found out that it was renamed Qinglu Village five hundred years ago."
The lady boss suddenly realized, "I know this, young master, go west from the city, the mountain closest to the city, at the foot of the mountain, that's it."
"This Zhaiqian Village is a village in front of many Gu villages and mountain villages in the mountains. It is a beautiful place surrounded by mountains and rivers."
Lin Du thanked him and turned around to see Tao Xian arguing with someone.
"You ate 14 bowls of noodles, why did you only pay for two bowls?"
Lin Du: ... Bullies everywhere have to slander people for eating a few more bowls of noodles, right?
"Don't try to quibble, boss, I'm telling you, I saw it clearly, they only put two bowls of money on the table!"
The lady boss was about to say something when she saw Tao Xian shouting, "I only ate one bowl of noodles! She also only ate one bowl of noodles, so of course she only paid for two bowls."
The boss pointed the tip of his knife at the table. It was a knife for cutting halved meat. The back of the knife was black and the blade was gleaming. "There are fourteen empty bowls on the table. And you said you only had one bowl of noodles?"
"I really only ate one bowl of noodles. You don't believe me? If you don't believe me, then I'll spit it out now and let you see?" Tao Xian was obviously also indignant about being slandered.
Lin Du and his two companions ate quickly and were now standing at the door. Twelve coarse porcelain bowls were divided into three piles and neatly stacked on the table. Tao Xian was a step slow because he had ordered everything and had to finish it all.
Someone on the side was fanning the flames, "He looks like he's still wearing the uniform of a Feixing Sect disciple, but he's eating without paying."
"Don't be afraid, boss. We are here to stop him. If he dares to escape, we will not be pushovers!"
Tao Xian became even more anxious after hearing this. "No, how could a woman and I eat more than ten bowls of noodles? Do I look like someone with such a big appetite? It's obviously her..."
He pointed outside the crowd. Mo Lin and Tian Wu were waiting at the door. Only Lin Du was still inside, with the proprietress standing next to him. She was extremely thin and had a pale face.
The boss turned around and looked at him, his face full of "Do you think I believe it?"
The proprietress knew immediately that the boss had made a mistake and tried to squeeze in, but the group of people who were deliberately causing trouble formed a human wall and she couldn't squeeze in no matter how hard she tried.
"I'll do it."
The proprietress heard this and turned to look at the sickly young master beside her.
She held a gloomy folding fan in her hand, and with her aura she gently pushed aside the crowd. People along the way felt the biting cold air and subconsciously made way for her.
Lin Du didn't leave first, "Sister, come in, I think the boss has misunderstood."
The boss lady was busy collecting money, and it was obvious that because she was holding the boss lady hostage, the busybody went to call the boss.
The people at that table clearly entered the restaurant at the same time as them, so it was impossible for them not to know that those twelve bowls were not for them at all.
The proprietress hurried in to talk to the boss, while the people surrounding Tao Xian were still chattering.
Tao Xian's face turned red and his neck became thick. Like a rooster, he explained face to face to the local man who was deliberately adding fuel to the fire. He was about to come into a fight with the man when a heavy iron folding fan suddenly appeared between the two of them.
Lin Du's voice was a little hoarse after finishing the spicy meal, and he interrupted, "How can you prove that you saw my fellow Taoist eat fourteen bowls of noodles?"
"I saw it with both my eyes!" The man stared at the person who barged in. Seeing that it was a pale-faced child, he immediately regained his confidence and said, "Why? I was just kindly reminding the boss!"
Lin Du smiled suddenly, "You saw it with both eyes? It seems that you can't see it clearly. How about I personally give your two eyeballs to my fellow Taoist and put them into his stomach to see how many bowls of noodles he has eaten?"
Her vocal cords were hoarse from the spicy food. The sun was about to set and the candles in the store had not yet been lit, so it was a little dark. She raised her eyes to look at the people, and her expression was a little cold and fierce.
Noticing that the man was staring at her fiercely and a group of people were gathering around him, she raised her eyebrows provocatively.
Mo Lin was holding a sword at the door. When he turned around, he saw that his junior master who was not far from the door was gone. He was shocked and said, "Junior master!"
Xia Tianwu also quickly turned around and responded, "Junior Master!"
She raised her hand and pushed the crowd away with her domineering aura. The proprietress had already finished scolding the boss and came to apologize, grabbing the boss's ear.
Mo Lin was tall, taller than anyone else in the store, and he found Lin Du's location at a glance.
Everyone saw a tall young man in a red robe, holding a sword and staff, frowning slightly, pursing his lips, with a bad look on his face. He then pushed through the crowd and stood in front of the young boy, and said, "Uncle Junior Master, what happened?"
The boss apologized honestly and did not dare to offend the person who had first reported to him that Tao Xianshao had given him money. He just thought it was his own carelessness.
Lin Du took a closer look at the group. The cloth they were wearing was typical blue-green printed cloth that was produced in abundance in the western part of southern Yunnan. Beside them were straw raincoats, brow-raising sticks, steel knives, and javelins, many of which had dark marks of rust.
One blow will at least cause tetanus and enchantment damage.
Lin Du is now certain that this group of people definitely did it on purpose.
"Why are you staring at us? We mean well. You disciples of a big sect are so great! If you have the guts, go out and compete!"
"Especially you, you don't look like a good person! You actually put handcuffs on a woman. Are you a fake disciple of the Seven Star Sect?"
As the man spoke, he was about to pull Shao Fei, who had been sitting silently at the table, from behind, but a long black gold stick blocked his arm.
"I am Mo Lin, the 100th generation disciple of the Supreme Sect. I was ordered by the Sect Master to escort the evildoer who hurt people. I would like to ask, fellow Taoist, did you see clearly that the emblem of our Supreme Sect was on the forbidden soul buckle?"
Mo Lin held the side of the sword stick in one hand and said loudly, "The Supreme Sect only eliminates evil spirits and does not harm good people."
His bright black eyes stared straight at the man, not even hinting at the frail look of someone who had been poisoned by a snake and was unable to use his spiritual power. He stared at him until the man put down his hand in disappointment.
Lin Du looked at the group thoughtfully, and turned the fan in his hand into a short blade. "May I ask you, fellow Taoist, you clearly knew that the twelve bowls of noodles were for the three of us, but you deliberately misled the boss and said that he didn't pay, in order to keep the two of us. Why?"
Her gaze shifted from Shao Bin to the group of people behind her.
"The mutton noodles today don't taste good. Let's not eat them. Let's go." Another one had been hiding in the back, holding a bamboo pipe.
Lin Dufu was so excited that he asked with a smile, "Do you want to keep sheep?"
She wondered why these people suddenly started trouble without giving her money, and it turned out that they were bandits from the western part of southern Yunnan.
The book said that Phoenix City had loose regulations and that fighting, extortion and blackmail were common in the city. She had always thought that the book was exaggerated, but now she saw that it was true.
Shao Fei used to be a forest bandit, so he was naturally familiar with the jargon. I'm afraid he took advantage of the fact that they were guarding the door and not paying attention to her movements, and used jargon or gestures.
When the gang saw that the kid also understood their jargon and even directly exposed their deliberate picky eating in order to stir up trouble and then rob, their faces all changed at once.
Lin Du looked at the group with a smile, "Everyone, would you like to ask our disciples of the Supreme Sect for advice?"
That group of people shook their heads in unison. They thought that the three were not in the same group as them and were just ordinary children from noble families. Who would have thought that they were from the Supreme Sect.
No matter how ignorant the bandits are, they would know the Supreme Sect, and they don't want to provoke such a huge Buddha.
A female voice suddenly interrupted, "Masters, don't fight here, go outside, go to the martial arts gym!"