Man is iron and food is steel. If you don't eat for a meal, you will feel hungry. When you are on the road and passing through a big city, you naturally have to enjoy yourself.
Of course, it’s not about going to Dabaojian, but about having a meal.
Uncle Jiu took Russell and the little zombie to a random restaurant. The place to eat at that time was almost the same as in later generations.
Here is a little trick when eating out: don’t look at the decoration of the restaurant or the grade of the restaurant. Just look at the number of people eating inside and how lively the restaurant is.
The luxuriously decorated restaurants are not necessarily the best or most affordable. The places with the most people and locals usually have very suitable food and prices.
Normal people would make this choice, but Uncle Jiu is different.
Because there was a row of restaurants right in front of him, there were two restaurants serving staple meals and a bunch of restaurants serving snacks.
Coincidentally, the one eating the staple food was just across the street, which seemed like a competition.
One business is booming and people come and go; the other business is bleak and no one is around.
It is easy to tell which restaurant has delicious food and reasonable prices.
Russell subconsciously raised his foot and walked towards the restaurant with more people, but was pulled by Uncle Jiu and went towards the restaurant with fewer people.
What is this for
He looked around and noticed something unusual at a glance.
There was a row of lanterns at the entrance of the restaurant which was not doing good business. The lanterns were not important. There was a mirror hanging above the door, a tattered Bagua mirror.
It's so dilapidated that it's covered with dust. I guess the owner of the store doesn't even know about it, or has forgotten about it.
The sunlight shone slightly, reflecting a strange light. Russell couldn't help but be a little surprised. It turned out to be a magical weapon.
He looked up at Uncle Jiu and became more and more confused.
It's just a magical weapon. There are many people practicing Taoism in this world, so naturally there are many magical weapons they have created.
Moreover, this Bagua Mirror is not a top-grade product. It is not even as good as the one made by Uncle Jiu. So what is there to pay attention to
Or is the master looking at something else
"You are still too inexperienced, kid!"
Uncle Jiu smiled without saying anything. He placed his left hand on his chest and walked towards the restaurant. A waiter was standing at the door, yawning out of boredom.
He looked at Uncle Nine and Russell walking towards the restaurant, and even blinked in disbelief.
This crappy hotel actually has guests coming today?
"Gentlemen, please come in!"
He was very enthusiastic and even shouted inside, "Boss, guests are coming, gentlemen."
"Here I come!"
A middle-aged man wearing glasses and dressed very simply walked over with a very kind face.
People who look fierce are not suitable for opening a restaurant.
The shopkeeper looked at the two of them, his expression obviously tensed, and his face looked a little unnatural, "Gentlemen, please come and sit over here."
Russell looked at him strangely, feeling very unfamiliar, and then went straight ahead.
The shopkeeper was a little uneasy. Uncle Jiu and Russell didn't know him, but he knew the two people in front of him.
Just now he went out to buy groceries and joined in the fun on the street, and happened to see Russell showing off his power.
That ferocity!
He's a ruthless person, the kind you don't want to mess with!
He had just returned to the restaurant and gossiped about the matter with his waiter, when Uncle Nine came with Russell right after, scaring him into becoming suspicious.
This is too stingy. I just saw her on the street, but she came straight to my house.
hiss!
The shopkeeper lowered his head more and more, not daring to breathe, for fear that he would be slapped to death by the two narrow-minded people in front of him if he was not careful.
Fortunately, the two men were in a good mood. They ordered some dishes casually and let him go.
Russell took a sip of the free tea and looked at his master who was sitting there as steady as a rock, his mind full of questions.
"Master, you really don't care?"
He was talking about the misunderstanding between the woman and the young man about Uncle Jiu.
If a normal person encounters someone who treats his kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, he will definitely ignore it and may even watch the joke with cold eyes.
If Russell encountered this situation, he would not bother to care if the person didn't listen even after being advised once. It is difficult to persuade a damned ghost with good words.
But it happened to be Uncle Nine.
Based on Russell's understanding of Uncle Nine, he would not watch five people die, so he would at least save one or two.
Uncle Jiu smiled without saying anything. He placed the teacup on the table, put a few copper coins on it, and tapped it lightly with his fingers.
The copper coin began to swing involuntarily, emitting a faint light and spinning. The shopkeeper and his clerk stared with their eyes wide open.
If the restaurant wasn't so crowded, there would inevitably be a large crowd of people coming over to watch the fun.
"Have you seen the fate of that young man?"
Uncle Jiu tapped the table lightly, and a rotating copper coin rolled down and slowly fell into the palm of his hand.
He used the art of divination, but he knew in his heart that his little apprentice Russell had achieved greater success in this area.
"I have no interest in caring about him."
Russell lay back, half leaning on the chair, "I am thinking, in a week or two, when we reach Longhu Mountain, how can we run faster, hehe."
He gave a wicked smile, he hadn't seen his younger brother Zhang Huaiyi for a long time, so he went to see if anyone was bullying him so he could go over and "uphold justice".
Zhang Huaiyi, he has Russell’s protection!
One person below me? Under me!
"You, you..."
Uncle Jiu shook his head, fumbled for the coin with his fingers, and slowly closed his eyes.
"That young man's surname is Han, and his name is Han Li. His family is very poor, and both his parents are from poor families."
Russell's eyelids twitched slightly.
"I have a younger sister."
Russell's eyelids twitched again.
"I have been stubborn and honest since I was a child. I have a group of friends around me, so my life is pretty stable, but I have encountered many small disasters and troubles."
Yes, poor people have many worries. As long as they are poor, they will hardly have happy days.
Have you ever heard that the most sincere prayer in the world is not in a temple or a Taoist temple, but outside the hospital gate.
"Recently, we suffered a bloody disaster. My father was seriously ill. My mother took all the family's money and went to seek medical treatment everywhere but to no avail. Then, she listened to the words of a villain and was cheated of the family's hopes."
"My father became desperate and didn't want to be a burden to his family anymore, so he jumped into a well and died."
"The next day, my mother also jumped into a well and died."
"The young man was furious and wanted to seek revenge, but he was kidnapped on the way, his legs were broken, and he became a beggar."
“A lifetime of displacement.”
"Seven days later, I lost my sister."
"A year later, he was filled with resentment and strayed into evil ways. He killed people wantonly and committed all kinds of evil. More than a hundred of his men died. He was later killed by a passing Taoist priest. His resentment lingered for a long time and he turned into a fierce ghost. He was beaten to death."
Uncle Jiu mentioned the Taoist priest and glanced at Russell, watching him in deep thought.
laughed.
"Okay, don't think too much, I'm just talking, eat, eat."
Apart from a fortune teller, who would know that an unintentional act could save a family
Perhaps, only God knows.