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Chapter 15 Wine
"They?" Zhu Yu sensitively grasped the key point in the boy's words, "Who are they?"

The young man grinned and said, "This kind of thing is considered taboo and unlucky by the nobles. But people like us have a dull life, so we just hope to have some topics to talk about to relieve our boredom..."

Zhu Yu laughed when he heard him say that: "What a coincidence! I have no taboos, but I just hate being bored!

So you said that some people died while others made fortunes when praying for wealth at the Ghost Fairy Temple. But the ones who made fortunes were from Qingshui County, right?

"I don't know, it's all word of mouth. I don't know who he is, but they say he's not only very kind, but he also got a lot of money out of nowhere!" The clerk didn't seem to have much sympathy for the old shopkeeper who died suddenly. He said lightly, "Otherwise, how could I say that the old shopkeeper didn't have that kind of luck?
Luckily, I was greeting customers in the shop that day. I heard that someone ran out of town to see how he died. After returning, he had nightmares for several nights in a row. I guess it was quite scary..."

As he was speaking, the new shopkeeper who was fiddling with abacus beads behind the counter suddenly waved to the clerk.

The young man quickly gave Zhu Yu a smile and ran back.

The new shopkeeper also smiled at this side attentively, turned to the waiter and asked: "Don't just stand there and disturb our guests' meal so early in the morning!

Why hasn’t the wine delivery guy from Lu Ji Winery arrived yet?
They've been delaying delivering this wine to us for several days! If they delay any further, we won't have any wine to sell in our store!

While there's no one in the store right now, I'll be here to help, so hurry up and go to Lu Ji to urge them to come!"

Who would be willing to go out and run errands when you can chat with customers in the store with tips?

When the waiter heard this, his face immediately turned bitter, but he could not disobey the owner's order, so he nodded reluctantly and trotted out of the restaurant.

Not long after the waiter left, two more people came into the restaurant. They had sleepy eyes and were obviously drunkards. They were also regular customers of the restaurant and were very familiar with the new owner.

"Boss, serve the wine and food! Let's do it the old way!" One of them started shouting before his butt even touched the stool.

The shopkeeper did not dare to neglect him and hurriedly greeted him with a smile. He went to the kitchen and ordered the "usual" dishes. He went to the back again and after a while brought out a small jar and a dish of braised meat.

"Gentlemen, the wine is here, and I'll bring up one dish first. You two can enjoy your meal first, and I'll bring the rest later!" The shopkeeper placed the wine and food on the table and said these words.

The two regular customers looked surprised when they saw him carrying up the old, dull-looking wine jar. "What is this? This wine jar doesn't look like something from Lu's!"

"Here's what's going on. Lu Ji hasn't delivered anything to our store in a few days, and most of the items they delivered before have already been sold out.

You came early enough. There is not much wine left in our store, but at least we still have some. If Lu Ji doesn't deliver the goods, I'm afraid that tomorrow not only our restaurant but all the restaurants in the county will have no wine to sell!

These are the last two jars!" the shopkeeper explained to them with a sigh.

When the two heard this, they didn't say anything else. What Jiumengzi cared about most was wine. As long as he could drink it, he didn't care where the wine came from.

But the wine jar looked a little old and was covered with some dust. One of them pulled the small wine jar over, blew off the dust with some disgust, and tore off the paper sealing the jar.

The aroma of wine immediately wafted out, not only the two drinkers could smell it, but also Lu Qing and Zhu Yu who were sitting not far away.

Zhu Yu sniffed. She was not a drinker, but she could still smell the pleasant aroma of the wine.

However, the aroma of the wine seemed to be mixed with some other fragrance, very faint and vague, but inexplicably familiar.

Zhu Yu frowned slightly and tried hard to find the smell in his memory.

The two drinkers probably hadn't expected the wine to smell so good. Their initial dissatisfaction with the dirty, old jars instantly vanished. They quickly poured two glasses and gulped them down, letting out a sigh of satisfaction. They had originally planned to wait for the appetizers, but now, their thirst for wine was so strong that they couldn't wait any longer and started drinking without waiting for the food.

The two of them were marveling at how smooth the wine tasted and how soft it went down their throats. They hadn't finished the whole jar of wine yet, so they hurriedly asked the shopkeeper to save the rest for them.

Zhu Yu retracted his gaze, looked at Lu Qing, and then looked at Fu Lu who was sitting opposite him: "Would you like to have a drink?"

Fu Lu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Qing. Seeing that Lu Qing didn't say anything, he nodded and said, "Of course I do!"

At this moment, the rabbit that the waiter had taken to the kitchen earlier was also cooked. It was brought up by the shopkeeper along with other side dishes. He heard them say, "Do you gentlemen need anything else?"

"We also want a jar of that wine." Zhu Yu said to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked embarrassed. He had heard the two regular customers ask him to leave the remaining wine for them. Now that two families wanted the same jar of wine, he felt a little embarrassed.

Lu Qing pinched a small silver cake and handed it to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and my mouth is really dry."

The shopkeeper took one look at the silver cake and immediately all his worries disappeared. He stuffed it into his sleeve and said with a smile, "Please wait a moment, sir. I'll get it for you right away!"

After a while, the wine was brought and placed on the table.

Zhu Yu brought the wine jar over and got closer. The fragrance that was so faint just now became more and more obvious.

She nodded to Lu Qing and handed over the jar of wine.

Lu Qing reached out to take it. Sure enough, there was a faint fragrance lingering on the wine jar, which was very similar to the one in the dilapidated temple before.

He placed the jar of wine on the table without touching it, and the three of them continued to eat as if nothing had happened.

The guests at the other table became more and more excited as they drank, and in a short while they had finished the entire small jar of wine. Both of them had red faces from drinking, and they still felt unsatisfied.

"Boss! Bring us some more wine! I want the same kind!" One of them, with a red face and a rough voice, called out to the boss, obviously drunk.

The shopkeeper was startled by his shout and stepped forward with an apologetic smile: "You two are really in a good mood today!
But unfortunately, the last jar of wine in our store was just bought by the distinguished guests at that table over there, and there is no more wine in the store now.

But don't worry, my guys have already gone to Lu Ji to urge them. Who knows, maybe Lu Ji's wine delivery car is already halfway there!
Please eat slowly, wait a moment..."

"No, no, I don't want Lu's today! I usually drink Lu's wine, and I didn't expect to taste something this good!" The red-faced drinker picked up the wine jar on the table, hugged it in his arms, and patted it. "I want this! Not Lu's!"

"Sir, sir..." the shopkeeper negotiated with a bitter face, "How about this, I'll ask the chef to add another side dish for you, you can eat something first, and then you can drink more wine when Lu Ji brings it over?
We really don’t have this kind of wine in our store anymore…”

"I already said I don't want Lu Ji..." the drinker muttered unhappily, glancing at the table of Lu Qing and the others next to him, "Hey! Don't they still have a jar over there? I see the envelope isn't even opened yet, why not just sell it to me!"

Why don't you just wait for Lu Ji to deliver the wine and then sell it to them?"

　Thanks to Coco He Miaomeng for the monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)