Chapter 1990 Life is like wine

It was late at night. At this time, most izakayas had no customers and were about to close.

This izakaya was no exception.

When I took Xiaoqi's hand and entered the izakaya, I saw a beautiful woman with her hair tied with floral cloth and wearing a floral dress cleaning up the dishes left by the previous diners. After seeing me coming, she immediately stepped forward and saluted me.

"Kong Ni Xiwa!"

The woman stepped forward and said with a smile.

"What is she saying?" I frowned and asked Xiaoqi.

Xiaoqi tilted his head, "It seems to mean welcome."

I nodded and then walked to the bar.

The izakaya is not big, with only three tables and a bar. Sitting at the bar, you can have a panoramic view of the kitchen and a wine cabinet in the kitchen.

"Sir, are you Chinese?" The woman smiled and walked behind the bar, saying, "I studied abroad in China, and have been to Xishuangbanna in China and Xuexiang in the northeast, which are all beautiful places."

"Have you studied in China?" I immediately became interested and said, "What is your impression of China?"

"It is a... very beautiful, very good country. I like it there very much. There, women can also be respected and can do whatever they want!"

She smiled embarrassedly at this. Obviously, people who have been to China will feel helpless about the current situation of male superiority and female inferiority in the island country.

However, this is the reality.

"What would you like to eat? Tonight we have tempura, eel nigiri, and lanterns, two of which are left. Here's your oolong tea, enjoy it!"

The woman said with a smile as she skillfully poured me a glass of iced oolong tea.

I took the oolong tea and casually said while scanning the wine cabinet, "An old friend recommended me here. He said he had stored a few bottles of wine here and wanted me to taste them."

"Old friend?" The smile on her face suddenly faded, and her expression became a little strange. Then she asked tentatively, "Is it... that adult?"

"I don't know who the adult you are talking about is!" I shook my head, "But the old friend who recommended me here is Wu De..."

Before I finished my sentence, I heard a loud noise, and the woman also screamed.

But a plate fell to the ground and shattered in an instant.

The woman covered her mouth, looking frightened, and then tears flowed from her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Huizi, Huizi didn't mean it." She squatted down and cleaned up quickly, but the tears in the corners of her eyes kept pouring out.

"Hey, why do I feel that her relationship with that Emperor Wude is unusual!" Xiao Qi tapped her chin with her finger and said in a low voice: "Are they lovers?"

I was slightly startled.

A big man like Emperor Wude should not come to this kind of pub, but he not only came, but also seemed to be a regular customer, and he also stored wine here.

I moved my eyes down and fixed on the woman.

Her long hair was casually wrapped behind her head with floral cloth, and the floral dress made her look particularly bright and attractive.

This is a woman who gives people a very gentle feeling at first sight.

"Do you know each other well?" I suddenly asked.

Huizi, who was packing, froze, then forced a smile and nodded vigorously.

"That adult is my sponsor. I am an orphan, and it was that adult who sponsored me, allowed me to enter the school, and even let me study in China." At this point, Huizi smiled knowingly, but as she smiled, tears flowed again.

"There are very few outsiders here. That gentleman once told me that one day in the future, he might die, and then a stranger would come here to drink the wine he saved. By then, he might no longer be in this world!"

She slowly raised her head, looked at me and asked, "That gentleman..."

"No longer here!" I said.

The woman opened her mouth slightly, as if something was stuck in her throat. She just opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn't say a word.

"He, he...did he suffer during his last time?" The woman finally spit out the words that were stuck in her throat, and tears flowed down her cheeks and into her mouth.

"Very peaceful!" I told a lie, a white lie.

However...

Emperor Wude's death was only a moment, so he probably didn't feel too much pain, right?

What really made him feel painful was perhaps watching his own dragon blood eroding him, but he was powerless and could only sink deeper and deeper.

"Arigato!" Keiko slowly stood up, put her hands in front of her, and bowed deeply to me.

Then, she wiped her tears and said, "I'll prepare the ingredients for you now."

As she said that, she began to work swiftly.

But I fixed my eyes on the wine cabinet.

There are all kinds of wines in the wine cabinet, most of which are brewed by themselves, and at the highest point, I saw a wine jar. The wine jar is transparent, the wine is pink, and it is full of cherry blossoms.

"Please give me a glass of cherry blossom wine, thank you!" I said.

"Two cups!" Xiao Qi suddenly added.

"Okay." Huizi smiled, then turned around and took two cups of cherry blossom wine.

"This is what the adult left here. It is called Phantom Flying Flower. It is brewed by the adult himself. The wine is slightly sweet and the aftertaste is slightly sour."

Two cups of pink wine with a faint cherry blossom fragrance were placed in front of me. One cup is mine, and the other cup is still mine.

"Hey, why are you occupying them all!" Xiao Qi said a little dissatisfied.

"You are still young and it is not suitable for drinking!" I said expressionlessly.

"Haha, sir, Phantom Flying Flower can be given to girls. The alcohol content is not high, but the aftertaste is very strong." As she said that, Huizi pushed the cup that I occupied to Xiao Qi.

"Thank you, sister!" Xiao Qi said with a cute face, but turned around and made a face at me: "Not much!"

"Did he only leave wine?" I took a sip of Phantom Flying Flower, and only felt the fragrance of cherry blossoms in my mouth, as if I was under a cherry tree, watching cherry blossoms falling all over the sky.

"That adult said... life is like wine, the ups and downs of life are all in the wine, so that adult only left a few jars of wine here, but I think these few jars of wine should represent... that adult's life!"