"Burp..." After eating and drinking, the greasy fat man picked his teeth with a toothpick in satisfaction and burped more than once.
"Brother Hu, have you finished your meal?" Zhu Ping'an asked enthusiastically, "Do you want to order a few more dishes?"
"It's just so-so... burp..." the greasy fat man said while picking his teeth, the food was neither salty nor bland. As he spoke, he could not help but burped again. If he was not so full, he really wanted to order a few more dishes.
"Come on, you're like a starving ghost at the table, and you're still so sloppy. I think you're as fierce as a wolf..." Liu Dadao couldn't help but sarcastically said after hearing the fat man's bland words, and then said to Zhu Ping'an, "Sir, there are still so many dishes left on the table, so we need to order more."
"I can't eat any more food, but you can have another jar of wine. It's good to rinse your mouth and remove the grease." After hearing what Liu Dadao said, the greasy fat man grinned at Liu Dadao with his eight big white teeth, shaking his head and speaking with a carefree manner, which made Liu Dadao very angry.
"Waiter, give me another jar of Shaoxing rice wine." Zhu Ping'an readily called the waiter and added another jar of Shaoxing rice wine.
The greasy fat man did as he said, rinsed his mouth with the wine and then swallowed it into his stomach.
Liu Dadao was completely speechless about the greasy fat man. He didn't understand why the young master was so warm and courteous to this good-for-nothing.
After the greasy fat man had eaten and drunk his fill, Zhu Ping'an called the waiter to settle the bill.
"Master, there is still some money left from your money. Here is what's left." The waiter gave Zhu Ping'an the remaining money. After giving the change, the waiter looked at the remaining dishes on the table and couldn't help but said, "Master, I've already said that our restaurant serves a lot of food. You can order less. Look, there are still quite a few dishes left."
"It's okay. We can take these leftovers away. Please pack them up."
Zhu Pingan said with a smile.
Zhu Ping'an has lived two lives and was born in poverty. He knows the truth that "every grain of rice on the plate is hard-earned". He has always been frugal and naturally will not waste leftovers. In modern times, people are used to packing food, and in ancient times, this habit was brought over. As for other people's eyes, Zhu Ping'an does not care.
"Ahem, I have a guard dog at home, why don't you let it take these leftovers back?"
At this time the greasy fat man spoke, stretched out his greasy paws, stroked his mustache, looked at Zhu Ping'an and said.
The dog you are talking about is 1.8 meters tall, weighs 180 grams, has a greasy mustache, and...
Zhu Pingan smiled and nodded, "Good."
"Do you have a guard dog at home? Why didn't we hear the dog barking when we knocked on the door?" Liu Dadao questioned.
"Oh, my dog is playful and wild, so he went out to play, so you didn't meet him."
After being questioned by Liu Dadao, the greasy fat man remained calm and gave a reason casually.
Then, the greasy fat man began to instruct the waiter to pack up the leftovers, and even the jar of Shaoxing rice wine that had just been opened was not left out.
"Hey, aren't you bringing food for the guard dog? Why are you also packing wine? Does your dog drink alcohol?"
Seeing this, Liu Dadao couldn't help but call out to the fat man and questioned him again.
"Oh, think about it, why do I raise a guard dog? Of course, I raise it to guard the house. I can't treat it as a master. You say it is so playful, going out to the wild and not coming home. Isn't it unbecoming?! When I go back, I will teach it a lesson and break its legs to make it remember..."
The greasy fat man explained casually.
"What does that have to do with you packing rice wine?" Liu Dadao asked, shaking his head after listening to the fat man's explanation.
"I broke its leg, so of course I had to use rice wine to disinfect and bandage the wound. After all, I am a caring dog lover. I can beat it or scold it, but I still have to take care of it."
The greasy fat man talked a lot.
"You still call yourself a dog lover?" Liu Dadao was successfully diverted from the topic by the greasy fat man.
"Of course, beating is love and scolding is care. I love my dog like my own son, so of course I have to educate it well like a filial son is born under the stick..." The greasy fat man started talking nonsense again, making Liu Dadao dizzy.
"Brother Hu, do you know where our roommate Mr. Xu Wei is going today? Why isn't he at home?"
Before leaving, Zhu Ping'an asked with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, you mean the fat guy next door. He went out for something today. As for what he went to do, I don't know, and he didn't tell me." The greasy fat man replied without blinking.
"Oh, Brother Hu, do you know when he will return?" Zhu Ping'an asked again.
"Maybe he'll come back today, or tomorrow, or in three or five days, or maybe... I don't know about that." The greasy fat man shrugged and spread out his hands, indicating that he didn't know.
Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao followed the greasy fat man back to the house he rented, but the house was empty and no one else was there.
Zhu Ping'an made an appointment to visit Xu Wei again tomorrow.
The next day, the day off was over, and Zhu Ping'an took advantage of the noon time to bring Liu Dadao to the house rented by Xu Wei again. Just like yesterday, the house's door was still closed and bolted from the inside.
"Knock, knock, knock..." Zhu Ping'an went forward and knocked on the door, "Is Mr. Xu home? Is Brother Hu home?"
The house was very quiet, with no crowing of chickens or barking of dogs, and no one responding, as if no one lived there.
"Knock knock knock..." Zhu Ping'an had no choice but to go forward and knock on the door again.
This time someone finally responded. A complaint like the cry of an angry crane came from the yard, "Who is it? Knocking on the door so early in the morning, disturbing people's sweet dreams. Do you have any sense of public morality..."
Uh, this sounds familiar. Wasn’t this what the greasy fat guy complained about when I knocked on the door yesterday
This time it was also a complaint, but when Zhu Ping'an listened, he seemed to be excited. Yes, that's right, excitement.
"Fatty, it's still early in the morning, but it's already noon and you're still dreaming. You are a pig, how can you sleep so well?" Hearing the greasy fat man's complaints, Liu Dadao couldn't help but start to retort.
"Oh, it's you. You're here to look for the fat guy next door again. Ah... I was having a sweet dream. In my dream, I passed the imperial examination and was enjoying a Luming Banquet. The wine and food were so delicious..."
After the door creaked open, the greasy fat man appeared at the door with bare thighs, wrapped in a bed sheet and a messy hair. His appearance was almost exactly the same as yesterday.
While the greasy fat man was complaining, he squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Ping'an, with excitement flashing in his eyes.
"You've passed the imperial examination, but you slept until noon, so you can only dream about it."
Liu Dadao couldn't stand the greasy fat man's decadent look, and when he heard what he said, he couldn't help but retort.
"Haha, I'm sorry to have disturbed Brother Hu's sweet dream again. As it happens, we haven't eaten yet. If Brother Hu doesn't mind..."
Zhu Ping'an smiled and bowed.
After hearing what Zhu Ping'an said, the greasy fat man's narrowed eyes suddenly brightened up, and he interrupted Zhu Ping'an excitedly and said, "No, no, I'm just too soft-hearted and I won't refuse anyone..."