Chapter 33 Half Moon 5
◎I’m famous! ! ! ◎
Nan Qing returned home with Yan Yue and Chu Zhi, and Chu Zhi went to help Nan Qing clean up the house.
Yan Yue explained quietly to Mr. Jiang, Zhou Lin and Mr. Shen Erye, telling them that Nan Qing would temporarily live in the courtyard and asked them to be careful in their actions and not to scare others.
Chu Zhi helped Nan Qing spread out the bedding. Seeing Nan Qing laughing while putting clothes into the closet, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister Nan Qing, what are you laughing at?"
Nan Qing smiled and said to her, "Nice to meet you."
Chu Zhi said happily: "I am happy too! I thought you were so cold before, and you didn't like to laugh or talk to people! I didn't expect that you are as easy to get along with as our boss!"
The two chatted and cleaned up, and then they heard Yan Yue calling outside: "Are you two done? Come to eat!"
Chu Zhi walked out of Nan Qing's room first and introduced: "There are three rooms in the west wing. The kitchen and dining room are here, and the innermost room is for bathing. Do you want to take a bath? I'll boil water for you!"
As she spoke, she pulled Nan Qing's hand and exclaimed, "Why is it so cold? You are wearing too few clothes. It's almost winter now. You will freeze to death!"
Nan Qing retracted his hand somewhat uncomfortably and said, "It's okay, I'm not afraid of the cold, my hands and feet are always this cold, I'm used to it."
“I discovered it this morning.”
Yan Yue handed Nan Qing a bowl of white rice and said casually, "You are just a dishwasher. How can you bear to have your hands and feet soaked in cold water all the time? Drink more hot tea and soak your feet in hot water more often in the future, and you will get better slowly."
Nan Qing took the steaming bowl, a strange feeling rising in his heart, and nodded, "Thank you, sir."
"Wow!" Chu Zhi's eyes sparkled, "Boss, you ordered so many delicious dishes again. You really don't know how to live!" She looked at Nan Qing and said, "Sister Nan Qing, you have to take care of our boss in the future. She's not making any money to begin with. Be careful that she eats up our teahouse and bankrupts it!"
Nan Qing looked at the fish and meat on the table and couldn't help asking, "Is it always like this?"
Yan Yue quickly explained: "No, no. I just ordered two more dishes just to welcome you!"
Chu Zhi exposed her mercilessly: "Usually there are three dishes and one soup, but no matter whether it is chicken, duck, fish or meat, there must be a meat dish. Our boss is very greedy!"
Yan Yue tapped her head with chopsticks: "When were you not the one who enjoyed the meal the most?"
Chu Zhi chuckled and asked, "Have they all eaten?"
Yan Yue's expression froze, and Chu Zhi realized that he had said too much, so he quickly added, "I mean, did Dahei eat it?"
Yan Yue quickly followed up the conversation and said, "I just gave it some, and it has already eaten. I guess it has gone back to sleep. Dahei is old and sleeps a lot."
In fact, it was she who drove the three ghosts back to the back room and forbade them to come out, lest they accidentally scare Nan Qing. Only Dahei was really full and went back to sleep.
After eating and drinking, Nan Qing rolled up his sleeves to wash the dishes.
Yan Yue scolded Chu Zhi: "Look at him, and then look at you! You have to play rock-paper-scissors with me every day, and you only go to brush if you lose!"
Chu Zhi curled her lips: "You always win." Then she chased after Nan Qing and said, "Sister Nan Qing, let me do it! This bowl is greasy, you need to use hot water to wash it."
Chu Zhi finished washing the dishes and wiped her hands. Seeing Nan Qing staring at the three dark rooms in the back building, she explained according to what she had discussed with Yan Yue: "That's Dahei's doghouse*, and there are tablets for Sister Yan Yue's family. Don't go in if you have nothing to do! She will be angry."
Nan Qing retracted his gaze and nodded, "I'll go get a basin of hot water."
Chu Zhi had just finished washing her face when she heard a "bang" outside and hurried out to see what was going on.
Yan Yue had already opened the door and helped Nan Qing up after she fell in front of the main door. "What happened?"
Nan Qing rubbed his arm and was helped up by Yan Yue. He looked at the door inquiringly and said, "It's okay. I want to bring a basin of water for the boss to wash his feet. You accompanied me everywhere today, and I can sleep comfortably after soaking my feet."
"Oh, you little girl! You're carrying so many bags, and you won't let me help you carry them! Compared to you, my hard work is nothing. Come on, I'll help you go back to your room to rest!"
Yan Yue helped Nan Qing back to the room and asked again and again: "Where did you hit yourself? Let me see! I have some medicinal wine for bruises and injuries, I'll apply it on you!"
Nan Qing insisted that it was fine and thanked Chu Zhi for bringing her the foot washing water.
After seeing the two off, Nan Qing slowly rolled up his sleeves, revealing a patch of blood on his elbow. She covered the blood-red area with her hand, a suspicious look in her eyes.
*
The store is entering a renovation phase.
The original waiter was a man. Nan Qing said that in order to create a weird atmosphere in the teahouse, it would be best if the entire teahouse was staffed by women.
Fortunately, the waiter was originally hired by the Zheng family. When he learned of Yan Yue's needs, he replaced her with a woman named Qiao'er.
Mother Zheng said to Yan Yue with some concern: "There are only a few beautiful girls like you in that huge shop. If someone makes trouble, how will you girls deal with it?"
Nan Qing said calmly: "Don't worry, Madam Zheng, we can handle it."
Zheng Yi also patted his chest and said, "I will protect Sister Yue!"
Zheng's mother had no choice but to let them go.
Chu Zhi recorded the two kinds of stories, the strange legends and the folk anecdotes, in two different notebooks and memorized them silently.
Nan Qing used the red and black fabrics he bought to simply decorate the store, and it really looked like that - people were afraid to go in.
"Is this...really possible?"
Yan Yue felt that the teahouse might be closed down completely.
On the first day of reopening, more than half of the dozen or so customers who entered the store were scared away by the eerie atmosphere, and another few were scared away by Chu Zhi's startling storytelling style.
The second day had even fewer guests.
Yan Yue's heart was like the howling north wind outside the teahouse, swirling through her chest, making her feel cold.
Unexpectedly, on the third day, there were more guests, and two of them asked Chu Zhi to tell again the story that they didn't finish listening to on the first day.
On the fourth day, after Chu Zhi finished telling a touching love story between a fox demon and a scholar, a generous customer actually gave her a tip.
In the following days, the number of customers gradually began to stabilize, and the seats downstairs were always half occupied.
Nan Qing only allowed Yan Yue to listen upstairs and did not allow her to go downstairs to greet guests or do tasks like serving tea and water. I just let her sit by the handrail upstairs, listening to stories, reading storybooks, eating snacks and cracking melon seeds.
Half a month later, the first snow fell.
Nan Qing asked Yan Yue to go to the riverside in the wind and snow to buy a freshly caught live fish and then put the fish back into the river.
Yan Yue didn't understand why, but went as she was told.
She stood at the dock for a long time holding a black umbrella, but there were no live fish in the two fishing boats that returned.
It was freezing cold, so the fishermen didn't have a good harvest and packed up their boats early.
Just as Yan Yue was looking at the darkening sky and thought that there would be no more live fish that day, another boat finally returned. There was a lively shad on the boat, weighing about six or seven pounds, which was just caught by a fisherman.
The shad is delicious and is a famous river delicacy. This shad is huge in size and rare, so naturally it is very expensive.
Yan Yue endured the pain and bought the big shad. In front of everyone, she carefully put the fish back into the river, her heart bleeding. I regret that I should have waited a little longer. What if the next boat had some small live fish?
Just two or three days after this incident, the teahouse suddenly began to welcome a new wave of customers, and the lobby on the first floor was packed!
Only when Madam Zheng and Madam Feng arrived at the same time did Yan Yue realize that the news had spread among the people.
It is said that the owner of the Banzhan Mingyue Teahouse can travel between the Yin and Yang worlds. Not only can he communicate with ghosts and gods, but he can also ward off demons and evil spirits! So no matter winter or summer, she always wore black clothes and held a black umbrella. That black umbrella was what she used to block the breath of the living when she went to the underworld!
Yan Yue's eyes widened in shock: "Why didn't I know I had this ability?!"
Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Feng don't think so.
Madam Zheng said, "Miss Yue, why should you be so modest? I know you keep a low profile, but you don't have to hide it from others, but you don't have to hide it from me! I have seen your ability with my own eyes!"
"that is!"
Madam Feng said unwillingly, "Others may not know, but don't we? Even Master Qi from Qingxu Temple had a hard time dealing with it that day, but you just gave an order and the evil ghost retreated obediently. Moreover, Master Qi's life was hanging by a thread, and even the doctor said there was no hope, but you insisted on using magic to snatch him back from the hands of the King of Hell!"
practice?
Yan Yue was confused, but after thinking about it, she suddenly realized that they thought her sinking Qi Zhaoyang into the pond was some kind of ritual?
Madam Feng added, "That day you saved a thousand-year-old fish monster from fishermen and released it back into the river. The story spread like wildfire! Many people saw it with their own eyes. You were dressed in black and holding a black umbrella, standing still in the white snow, like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea between heaven and earth!"
Mrs. Zheng added, "After this story spread, many fishermen agreed that if they catch such a large aquatic creature again, they must release it. These creatures that have lived for a long time have already become monsters. They must not be provoked and killed indiscriminately, otherwise they will bear the sin!"
Yan Yue was speechless. After sending the two ladies away, he called Nan Qing upstairs and asked, "Why did you ask me to buy a live fish and release it that day?"
Nan Qing looked around and said, "I just want to do a good deed every day! Hey, why did Madam Zheng leave? I need her to help me hire two more waiters!"
Yan Yue held her back and didn't let her leave: "It's all spread out now! They say I can communicate with ghosts and gods and ward off evil spirits, that's why there are so many customers in the store!"
Nan Qing asked back: "So what? Let them pass it on! Our goal is to have a prosperous business!"
"You can't spread it!" Yan Yue didn't dare to tell her the truth, and was so anxious that she was at a loss: "Well, I... I'm afraid of causing trouble!"
Nan Qing smiled calmly: "No. The more popular the news is, the better our business will be. Boss, you can just bear this reputation and eat snacks and watch the fun here. Nan Qing will take care of everything."
"I..." Yan Yue was in agony and could only watch Nan Qing go downstairs to greet the guests.
Chu Zhi took a break and quietly came up to him, saying excitedly, "Boss, have you heard? The other day you released the fish and it was spread all over the place! They heard that the shopkeeper was mysterious, so they came to see you!"
Yan Yue was about to cry: "You are still joining in the fun! They say I can communicate with ghosts and gods and ward off evil spirits!"
Chu Zhi said: "You are already familiar with ghosts and gods!"
Yan Yue hurriedly corrected him: "There are only ghosts, no gods! And how can I resist demons and evil spirits? You don't know that there are really demons in this world!"
She stared at Chu Zhi and didn't notice that Nan Qing downstairs suddenly stopped moving.
Yan Yue continued, "I have really seen a demon before! That demon is different from a ghost. It can transform into a human form, has a shadow, has body temperature, eats and sleeps just like a normal person!"
"Ah!" Chu Zhi came closer with a surprised look on his face: "Have you seen a monster? Did it haunt you?"
Yan Yue said with a bitter face: "He wants to eat me! If he didn't think I'm skinny and wanted to fatten me up before eating me, you wouldn't see me standing in front of you alive!"
Chu Zhi was not afraid at all, but even more excited: "What kind of monster is it? A fox spirit? Is it pretty?"
Yan Yue said: "How would I know? If I saw his true form, would I still be alive? I had to put in a lot of effort to get rid of him. If I spread the news, how many ghosts and monsters will I attract?"
【Author’s words】
Bai Chen: It’s a pure false accusation! Report to the central government! I will report it to the central government!
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