Chapter 296 Going up the Mountain Again, Three Graves

The wind and snow outside were getting stronger and stronger. Fortunately, the Laiqu Inn was very solid. Except for the sound of the cold wind whistling outside the window, the building did not shake at all. →

Indoors.

The fireplace was burning.

"Three pairs!"

The proprietress stood up and slammed the wooden sign in her hand on the table.

Her delicate body trembled.

She glared at the two men, not believing that they still had pairs. Then, the cook's king bomb instantly killed her spirit.

The proprietress was so angry that she almost went to strangle the cook. This time she was the landlord. She just shouted that she didn't know how she would lose this time, but she was beaten by the two men together and felt very frustrated.

There is no doubt.

In the end, she lost.

"No."

"I want to sleep."

After this round, Li Changxiao didn't say anything, and he lay on the ground and fell asleep.

"Get up!"

Mei Sanniang was unwilling. This guy won the most. If she didn't win back, she would be depressed for a long time.

The cook was still full of energy.

However, Li Changxiao didn't care about anything and fell asleep and snored.

It wasn't that he didn't enjoy it, but that the battle had lasted for two days and two nights.

He was a little regretful.

Mei Sanniang saw that she couldn't persuade him, and she was a little sleepy, so she yawned and glanced at Li Changxiao hatefully.

I'll let you go this time.

I'll squeeze you dry next time!

She immediately thought of something and turned back to glare at the cook, her eyes seemed to say: And you, you can't escape either!

The cook sneered repeatedly, this woman didn't know who she was against.

After a few seconds of eye contact.

The three of them lay on their sides and fell asleep.

...

Time passed.

A week passed.

Today the wind and snow finally stopped, but there were still no customers. It is said that Mei Sanniang and the cook have been completely addicted to this game since they lost money that day.

As they gradually got the hang of it, their operations became more and more advanced, and it was not so easy for Li Changxiao to control them.

In a small game of Landlord, Li Changxiao saw the shadow of the Thirty-Six Stratagems. Psychological warfare is the most basic. It can be said that there are wins and losses. Winning makes you happy all day long, and losing secretly accumulates strength and swears to win back next time.

In this case, life is no longer boring, time flies, and another few days pass.

Seeing that everyone is becoming more and more decadent and losing their ambition, Li Changxiao suddenly wakes up and swears that he can only play cards at night!

You still have to do business during the day.

So, during the day, the three of them put away the wooden signs, put them under the counter, took the tools, and went outside to shovel snow and clear the way.

This is a hard job. The snow that has been piled up for seven or eight days is almost as high as a person, and even the door to the inn is blocked. No wonder there have been no guests.

The cook took a kitchen knife and used the knife's intention to shovel the snow. The speed was very fast. With the joint efforts of the three people, they quickly opened up a smooth road.

Sure enough, in the afternoon.

There were mortals passing by here and staying in the inn. They were three young people who traveled around the world. They waved their hands and ordered three meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes. The cook lit the fire and cooked. After a while, Li Changxiao brought the dishes up.

It can be seen that these three young people came from wealthy families and their clothes were extremely extraordinary.

Mei Sanniang and the cook suddenly looked at each other.

Or... win some money from these three guys?

Li Changxiao shook his head and denied it. He saw that although these three people were dressed luxuriously, they had calluses on their fingers. They were not calluses from practicing martial arts, but calluses from hanging around in casinos for many years.

This kind of people have an unparalleled talent for cards. If you play rashly, you may capsize in the ditch.

Mei Sanniang sneered, her arrogance soaring to the sky, thinking that Li Changxiao was boosting others' ambitions and destroying her own prestige. She took out her favorite brand from under the counter and communicated with the three people in a charming voice.

Soon, Mei Sanniang started a game with two of them. Mei Sanniang won three games in a row, earning more than 300 red copper coins. She laughed so hard that her branches trembled, and looked at Li Changxiao provocatively.

After seeing this, the cook was a little itchy for a while. Although he felt that winning money from Li Changxiao and Mei Sanniang was the most interesting, but... the premise of winning money is that you have to have capital!

Recently, he has lost for several days in a row, and his capital is almost gone. If he can get some money back from the other party, why not?

Thinking about it, he couldn't sit still.

But at this moment, a man on the other side suddenly showed his power, and a set of combos killed the boss lady, stunned and knocked her down.

Helplessly, he took out a string of copper coins from his chest and gave them to them.

"Just let them go... Hateful!" Mei Sanniang used her usual trick, the beauty trap.

This trick didn't work on Li Changxiao and the cook.

But it might not work on others.

However, once the gambler started gambling, he only had money in his eyes, and he blocked out this sentence in his mind.

Relying on his talent of being the best.

Mei Sanniang lost four games in a row and couldn't play anymore. She lost all the revenue of the inn today.

Under the condemning eyes of Li Changxiao and the cook, Mei Sanniang was defeated in disgrace, and the cook, who was eager to try just now, was secretly relieved. It was a close call.

The next day.

When the three people left, they squatted at the door with melancholy and took a puff of dry tobacco.

Life is not easy.

Mei Sanniang took a snowflake and counted the days.

The plum blossoms in the back mountain are about to bloom, and we can go up the mountain to pick plum blossoms tomorrow.

Winter plums and spring wine.

This is the tradition of the inn.

This night.

Mei Sanniang went to bed unusually early, and even skipped the most anticipated Landlord game on weekdays.

The cook was the same. He went to the cellar by himself, stole a jar of wine, and drank with Li Changxiao without talking.

The snow gradually stopped.

The sun rose.

A new day came, and the plum blossoms on the back mountain were blooming all over the field. The fragrance of flowers floated from the mountain, and the petals were mixed with snowflakes, which was really beautiful.

Mei Sanniang smoked a dry pipe again, with an indescribable sense of dusk. The three of them, like before, first climbed to the top of Plum Blossom Mountain to see the wonders of the plum blossoms in full bloom.

But on the small slope at the top of the mountain.

I saw three small graves.

I walked closer and took a look.

On the three small graves, it was written: Waiter, Young Master, and Second in Command.

Li Changxiao didn't know what to feel for a moment. There was even a tombstone for himself. He thought that he hadn't appeared for hundreds of years, and they thought he was dead, so they specially erected a tombstone.

"Do you want to chisel it away?" Mei Sanniang asked teasingly.

"No." Li Changxiao shook his head, "It's good here."

The three of them sat aside. Before going up the mountain, the cook specially brought three incense sticks, which were very thick and large, and lit one for each small grave.

Watch the incense burn quietly.

Otherwise, the wind and snow will easily blow out the incense.

"Did you win?" Li Changxiao asked suddenly.