To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 132 Return to old business

  In the broken house, the bearded man stared straight at his eyes: "What do you plan to do in the future, brother?"

  At first, I thought that my good brothers would live a good life with food and shelter, but I never thought that Brother Lu would be no better than them.

  It is not easy to live in the imperial capital.

  The strong man's expression turned fierce: "I'm going to go back to my old job, and I happen to have a brother to help me!"

   "Return to the old business? Brother means—" The bearded man's heart was pounding, feeling the long-lost joy.

  To be honest, he is also reluctant to cut off his ancestral inheritance.

  The strong man lowered his voice unconsciously: "I'm going to rob that restaurant."

  The corner of the bearded man's mouth twitched: "Brother, why don't we change our target, such as Yinlou or something."

  The strong man shook his head: "The silver building still needs to be stepped on, and the rice in the house is gone, so I really can't wait. And I even thought about everything—"

   "Jie what?" The bearded man was even more confused.

   Isn't it robbing money, is it possible to rob people?

   "It's enough to rob a pot of braised beef!" The strong man thought about the price of that thin plate of braised beef, and said harshly.

   "Wait." The bearded man couldn't help it anymore, "Brother, since we have already robbed, why did we rob a pot of stewed beef? Isn't it better to just rob the money?"

  The robbers in the capital are so tactful?

  Brother Lu has changed!

  The strong man shook his head again and again: "Those who can't rob money. That wine shop is expensive, and the drinkers keep accounts."

   "But a pot of stewed beef is enough for the three of us to eat, isn't it a bit worthless?" For a pot of stewed beef, the bearded man really couldn't get up the determination to return to his old business.

   Robbers also have dignity.

  The strong man took a deep look at the bearded beard, and gestured with his hands: "This is a plate with at most twenty thin slices of stewed beef. Do you know how much a plate is?"

"How many?"

   "Twenty taels!"

"How many??"

  The strong man stretched out two fingers, and said heavily: "Twenty taels, I won't sell it for a penny less! I wonder how a pot of stewed beef can be cut into thirty or fifty plates, brother, calculate how much it costs!"

  The bearded man hurriedly counted with his fingers.

  Twenty taels a dish, a pot has thirty or fifty dishes, this, this is worth at least six hundred taels of silver!

   "Brother, do you think this business can be done?"

  The bearded man's eyes flashed: "It's done!"

  Six hundred taels of silver, if you share half with Big Brother Lu, you can also share three hundred taels. With these three hundred taels, you can buy a small house in the capital, and even use it for Xiao Qi to study.

  The bearded man suddenly fell into a beautiful longing for the future life.

"So that my brothers know that there is a waiter in that restaurant who is very skilled, and he is the biggest obstacle to our robbery this time. This is my plan. We will pretend to be alcoholic customers to drink when the closing time is about to close, and wait for the other customers to leave. The two of us entangled the shop waiter, and then Xiao Hei rushed to the back kitchen..."

  The strong man dipped his hands in clean water, and drew a simple layout of the restaurant on the dusty table.

   Soon the sky darkened, and it began to rain lightly.

  Looking at the fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, the strong man is in a good mood.

   "God help us."

  It’s raining, and there will be fewer people when it rains.

   "Brother, is this the restaurant?" The bearded man stopped at the door of the restaurant and asked.

   "That's right, it's this one. I can find it by smelling the fragrance with my eyes closed."

  The black-faced boy following the two sniffed: "It smells so good."

   It reminded him of the scent of beggar's elbow that he once smelled when lying in ambush in the grass.

   It's a pity that the robbery failed, and I still don't know what the delicious beggar's elbow tastes like.

   "The guest officer is here again." A cute and cute waiter looked out and greeted with a smile.

  The strong man hesitated a little.

  Yesterday he was thrown out by that tall waiter. Although he didn't notice it for a while, his heart was a little nervous.

  Hongdou hurriedly comforted: "Guest officer, don't be afraid, those who come to drink are all distinguished guests, and the waiter who threw you out yesterday has already been punished."

  The strong man felt relieved, and walked in with his head held high.

  The bearded man walked in, and was pulled hard by the black-faced boy.

   "Brother, why do I think this little lady looks familiar?"

  The bearded man took a closer look at Hongdou, and nodded: "It looks a little familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere—"

  His heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly remembered.

   Isn't this the maid who robbed a brother until he never got close to women?

  The strong man walking in front turned his head: "Why don't you come in?"

  Hong Dou also recognized the bearded and black-faced boy.

  No way, how could she forget the beggar's elbow that dared to rob the girl.

  But the girl said yesterday that the restaurant is open for business, so you can't let your temper go.

  So the little servant girl didn't change her face, and smiled at the two: "That's right, why don't the two guests come in?"

  The black-faced boy blinked and couldn't help but look at the bearded man.

  The bearded man was in a state of surprise, but he was relieved when he saw that the little maid was fine.

   I don't seem to recognize it!

   It’s true, it’s normal if you can’t recognize them just once, after all, not everyone has such good eyesight as their robbers.

  The bearded boy patted the black-faced boy's hand as a signal to calm down, and strode in.

   Entering the lobby, the bearded man saw Sheng Saburo at a glance.

  First reaction: nothing to worry about.

   Taking another look, I saw the girl in plain clothes sitting lazily by the counter.

  A chill suddenly climbed up the back of the bearded man.

  God, isn’t this the devil who took Xiaoqi hostage and turned against them in the end!

  The black-faced boy was too frightened to walk, and stared straight at Luo Sheng.

  The strong man who sat down was puzzled: "Why are you so dazed?"

  How can I be so impatient.

  Luo Sheng recognized the two with a quick scan.

   Could it be that the bandit nest was taken over by the officers and soldiers, and the fish that slipped through the net came to the capital to beg for a living?

  Luo Sheng didn't take this kind of incompetent robber to heart, and took a quick glance before turning his gaze away.

  The bearded man is confused.

  The devil didn't recognize them either?

   It shouldn’t be, he and Xiao Qi are not popular faces, why can’t they recognize the two?

  The bearded man couldn't help but look at Sheng Saburo's reaction.

  Of course Sheng Saburo recognized him, he robbed his elbow.

  But when he thought about Shi Yan eating one less fried chicken than them yesterday because of impulse, he didn't want to be impulsive at all.

   You are a guest when you enter the door, so he doesn't meddle in other people's business.

  Whiskered man sat down with chuckle and doubt.

  Hongdou smiled and asked: "What do you guys eat? Today there is a new dish, crystal meat, and it only costs ten taels of silver."

   "Then come ten dishes of crystal meat, ten dishes of stewed beef, eight dishes of fried chicken..."

  After listening to the brawny man read a string, Hong Dou raised his eyebrows: "The guest officer is a regular customer, do you know the price?"

   I shouldn’t have said such things, but people are divided into groups. This person brought two bandits to drink, wouldn’t he want to eat the overlord’s meal?

   "Of course I know. Today I invite a friend, and it will be served." The strong man said with pride.

  Anyway, I'm going to rob later, so I don't have to pay the bill.

   "Wait...wait!" The bearded man hurriedly stopped the red bean who was about to pass the food.

Good morning.

  (end of this chapter)