Wonderful Tavern

Xiao Xiaoxue: I envy those artists who can express their emotions through concrete things without leaking any color, making people think about it endlessly. Only the creators themselves know exactly what they mean. . In ancient times, Cao Zhi's poems about Luo Shen and Tang Yin's Peach Blossom Spring were filled with sighs about the rise and fall of the country or a feeling of lovesickness. It is not clear whether Ji Kang's Guangling San and Boya's Mountains and Flowing Waters spread a thousand sufferings are even more unfathomable, as are painters, singers, and craftsmen. Coincidentally, its wonder lies in its accuracy that hits people's hearts and its mysterious vagueness.

The Wonderful Tavern is a small bar on Zhixin Road. It is crowded on weekends. Most of the visitors are regular customers. Because the bartender Wang Qi in the pub is very hospitable, everyone comes to buy his favor. , he entertains guests authentically, provides considerate service, and never cheats customers. The most important thing is his bartending skills, which can be said to capture the hearts of boys and girls. Sad people will feel gentle after drinking, and happy people will feel the universe after drinking. The feeling of traveling, people who are in love will keep checking their eyes after drinking it, people who are numb will be rejuvenated after drinking it, and people who are desperate will be reborn after drinking it. According to Wang Qi himself, "I just added what you want to the wine." Every time I asked him what it was, he said seriously, "I added a little bit of the world." The specific thing is unknown. No one knows what is going on in the world in his heart.

The owner of this tavern is a person who personally calls him Brother Niu. Because Wang Qi has a unique bartending technique and is kind and hospitable, he has always taken good care of him. Brother Niu is a retired soldier. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he joined the 318th Army. In peacetime, the army no longer allows family members to join the army. Brother Niu had just gotten married and had a child at that time. His wife and children were all in his hometown. He lived alone in the army. Due to strict discipline, it was difficult for him to live in the army. I could only visit home once a month, and I only sent home a few hundred yuan for living expenses every month. My wife was unable to find a formal job due to her low education level. Party organizations were popular at that time, so my wife had always been on the periphery of the party organization. Month by month, I relied on doing small jobs and a few hundred dollars sent back by Brother Niu to maintain my livelihood. At that time, orphans and widows were not members of the organization, so they often caused trouble and were bullied. Brother Niu was far away and there was nothing he could do. I stayed there for 8 years. Later, I changed my career and returned to my hometown to work as an office director in a local steel factory. Only then did I take care of my wife and children. Then the family lived happily together.

Brother Niu’s experience of disappearing from the world for 8 years has to be brought up every time he quarrels with his wife. Brother Niu’s wife is not well-educated, and she also has many years of experience of raising children alone. Let this woman be naturally domineering and unreasonable, and she will criticize Brother Bull whenever she feels the slightest bit unhappy, calling him a lackey of class capitalism. . . . Wang Qi takes care of the store most of the time. Brother Niu goes home earlier because he is older, but sometimes he will help out for a while if there are more people. Every time I stay late, my wife will come to the store and curse, "Where have you been in those eight years? Now that you are back, you don't care about us. Is there someone outside? Which female Bodhisattva? Take it out and have a look. You know." How did my son and I spend those eight years?" Brother Niu would not talk back every time. He just stood in front of him and accepted the scolding. He was like a child, with no words to refute, and also like a man, clenching his fists. I endured it silently, and it was over every time I was scolded. Then I went home with my wife, and when I left the house, I included a greeting, "You should wear more clothes when you are out so late." The people in the tavern were all regular customers, and they gradually got used to it over time. At first, they would persuade Brother Niu to divorce this shrew as soon as possible. Brother Niu just laughed, and later no one tried to persuade him. Brother Niu didn't talk much. When I spend time with everyone, I always say "very good, very good" and laugh to myself.

"You heartless person, you don't go home every day, why is your heart so dark? Men in other countries take care of their children, but you can't even get me a relationship with an organization..." .

"Brother Niu's wife ran into the store to make a fuss again. Others were still doing what they were supposed to do. Wang Qi couldn't intervene. He always felt that the matter between Brother Niu and his wife was beyond his understanding, so he also adjusted it. There is no cocktail suitable for a sister-in-law. Add some mint leaves, watermelon juice, a few green bamboo leaves to rum, a few drops of lime juice and ice. This "Xiaoxiaole", which is usually the best way to calm down the rage mode, seems redundant. Why can't he I don’t know what my sister-in-law likes to drink, because it’s no longer for sale. Naturally, Wang Qi doesn’t know about it and has never seen it.

“Hey, my sister-in-law is mentioning the past events of adulthood again. It’s all over. Isn’t it great that it’s over? Many people can’t get through it.”;

At this time, a man walked in from outside the door and said loudly. This man was holding a folding fan.

“Yo yo yo. , My sister-in-law was mentioning the past events of adulthood again. It’s all over. Isn’t it better now that it’s over? Many people can’t live with it.”;

At this time, a person walked in from outside the door and said loudly, The man is holding a folding fan. On the front is written the word "Bu Liu", and on the back is "The rest of the place is dark and the sky will never be seen, the road." The back is obviously an unfinished poem, written after the word "路". There is no more, obviously a half-finished product. This person is also a regular customer here, and the people here call him Liu Ge.

"Liu Zi, I just can't swallow it." This tone, you tell me, it has been 8 years, you know how we got here," the sister-in-law said

"Yes, yes, of course I know, Brother Niu's life has not been easy in the past 8 years." Brother Six said

"Okay, of course I know. If it weren't for me, his little life would have been taken away by the little red soldier. Let's stop talking and go home." After the sister-in-law finished speaking, Brother Niu said He followed me obediently.

This sixth brother was a good brother of Brother Niu when he was young. He once worked as a knife for Brother Niu. Brother Niu always remembered this love and never asked for money when he came to Wonderful. , that is, Brother Niu said this and chatted for a few words when they were drunk. No one knows what other things they did together when they were young.

"Same old thing," Brother Six said to Wang Qi.

"Okay, Sixth Brother, please sit down first, we will be there soon" Wang Qi said

Sixth Brother sat in his familiar position, others were indifferent, holding the worn-out He fanned himself back and forth, silently waiting for his own drink.

"Brother Six, use your Chaos slowly," Wang Qi said

Brother Six was cracking melon seeds. While tasting his chaos, I was thoughtful. Every time I came, he looked the same. He had no sense of existence like air. No one cared about him. Except for the weekly poker tournament, everyone would think of that person. A strange man fanning himself and occasionally ordering cheese and sweet potatoes

Wang Qi recalled the scene when Brother Six came to Wonderland for the first time

"Brother, you have all this. What bartending? "Sixth Brother said

"I can make it for you at all times and in all countries. Do you want something sour and sweet, sober or strong? Do you want to look back on the past or look forward? In the future, do you want a green grasshopper with gum cream or a black Russian with pain and joy. . . "Wang Qi said

"I want to have a cup of Chaos," said Sixth Brother.

"Brother, we are in a bar here and there are no wontons. To eat wontons, you can go to the opposite side," Wang Qi said

"It's chaos," Brother Six said

"Oh, but what is this chaos? I've never heard of it, and if you mix all these wines and seasonings, it's... It’s disrespectful to my bartender, that’s why you drink like this,” Wang Qi said

“Hahaha, little brother, let me tell you, mix it as I say. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Brother Six told Wang Qi how to make it

"Huh? Are you kidding me, you just drink this? We are a tavern here, you don’t even have alcohol in this." Wang Qi complained, feeling insulted as a bartender, thinking that this person was a scumbag.

"It's not up to people to decide whether there is alcohol in the cup or not. The wine doesn't count," Brother Six said.

"Just do it," Brother Niu said from the side.

"Okay, the Chaos you want." Wang Qi quickly finished making it and handed it to Sixth Brother. Sixth Brother took it away with satisfaction, and at the same time ordered a plate of melon seeds and started to eat them.

Wang Qi recalled this and looked at the chaos on the wine list. The only drink without a description of the ingredients was worth 10 yuan a cup. No one except Brother Six ordered more, because People who are angry will curse, what kind of JB stuff.

Tonight is the poker tournament at Wonderful Tavern. There are a lot of people coming. The usual veterans Liu Ge, Wang Qi and others are waiting for the start of the evening tournament. Everyone can participate, but everyone You can only buy up to 1,000 chips, and you will leave the table after losing. A maximum of 8 people can participate at a time. Brother Six also sat on the table early, and the two characters "Bu Liu" stood out;

"Brother, how can you win money if you don't make six? No matter what, you have to make six," the person next to you said

"No matter how six you do, you still can't make six after all, or you can't make six" It’s good not to play six at the beginning,” Brother Liu said

Everyone is familiar with Brother Liu’s card playing routine, and it’s the same tonight. Brother Liu is very steady, and he will play with good cards and fall with bad cards. Let's do a little blaughing and wait for a good hand to harvest directly. Everyone knows that this is the most capital-saving way of playing poker. You won't lose much. It's just a matter of winning more and less. After a while, Brother Six has 500 more chips. Wang Qi was not to be outdone. The young man was very good at acting. He acted so hard that he didn’t dare to call, so he fell. He doubled his win and won more than 3,000. Wang Qi was very happy;

Looking at the time This is the last round. At this time, there are 8 players on the field, Liu Ge and Wang Qi. They all have 2000 and 3500 chips respectively. This hand is opened. Liu Ge has two hearts, K and A. In the first round, he added The bet is over, everyone is 10 fast, and the hole cards are 3, a heart, 1 spade, and a diamond. The diamond is an A. Brother Liu's cards are very good, with a pair of AA and a flush. Continue to raise, online. 500, to scare others, Wang Qi was scared away. At this time, there were 5 players on the field, and they continued to draw the fourth card, Heart 2. Ah, Brother Six was excited in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface. This was very important to him. It seems that he is very good at it. At this time, the sixth brother has 4 hearts. If the fifth card is a heart, it is a flush. The sixth brother turns on the performance mode and adds 100. The next 5 people follow the cards and start the final round. , it turned out to be a heart. The sixth brother turned on the show-off mode and went all in. Because at the opening of the second round, the sixth brother had already asked the other five players to score 500. At this time, it would be a big loss if he folded. Sixth brother allin directly pushed 1,000. Well, someone quit, leaving 4 people. The entire pool is worth nearly 10,000 yuan. If Brother Six wins, it will all be his. The battle begins. Brother Six is ??very excited and feels like he is going to win. Let's open the cards. Sixth Brother has a flush, a straight, and a trip. . . It's a gourd, ah, awesome, everyone around is applauding, Sixth Brother lost, lost to the gourd, sparks hit the earth, haha. With a long sigh, Brother Six stepped down and the rest continued. Sitting in the corner, he drank Chaos to relieve the tension and excitement just now. This has basically become his fixed script every Friday. He will allin every time and lose everything every time. He only remembers that he won once, and that time he was the king. Qi was there to guide him on how to operate;

Wang Qi is also a master. Basically, he won tens of thousands in the end. I don’t know if it was because of the bartender’s secret operation or because he was really good. Anyway, He will win every bet.

He told Brother Six that if the cards in the early stage are certain, wait until the last hole card is turned over. How can you win big cards when big cards come out? Wang Qi’s new gravity hold’em method was applied to Brother Six, and it really worked. Brother Six was 78910. In the end, he came back with a 6 and made a straight, but the pool The pool is 30,000, and the sixth brother is allin 1w. The pressure is also huge. If he didn't believe it, he would have run away. Fortunately, he believed it and killed everyone in an instant.

But it didn't work for some reason, and Brother Six stopped using this trick. For Wang Qi, this trick was still very effective, and he would hit many times.

Brother Six was sitting there very unhappy, and he lost again. At this time, a lady came over;

"Brother Six, I lost again, don't be unhappy, let's have a drink. , don’t mess around with that bastard like you,” said Montage

Montage is also a frequent visitor here. Sometimes he comes here with his boyfriend to have a sweet drink, and sometimes he comes to Haipi with his colleagues. I don’t know what his real name is. Everyone. They all call her Montage. I wasn’t with my boyfriend today, so I came to chat with Brother Six. Since Brother Six is ??a strange and boring person, few girls take the initiative to come over to chat. However, there are a few girls who are frequent chatters with her. They don’t know Brother Six. He just listened to what he was saying and thought it was fun. Brother Six actually didn't want to chat with them because they didn't know what he was talking about and they pretended to understand.

"Although I like wine, I have no limit to it. I don’t know how to be happy when I am happy, and I don’t know how to be sad when I am sad. It is boring. You should go to Wang Qi to drink." Everyone is accustomed to Sixth Brother’s inexplicable dialogue, and it is also a montage. I didn’t continue;

“Let me light a cigarette for you, see how you are suffering” said the montage

“Without feeling and soul, how can you suffer, quit, quit.” "Brother Six took a sip of his Chaos, his face showing a myriad of emotions.

Although "sb" Montage said this, he picked up Sixth Brother's Chaos and took a sip

"You actually like to drink this kind of thing?" Montage said

"If I want to like it, I will like it. Even if this cup of chaos is just a cup of plain water, you must not be able to taste the countless flavors in it," Liu Ge said

"I tasted pretentiousness "The taste is gone." Montage tried another sip and said this sentence

Brother Six drank the rest, thought about it for a while, then turned around and left. The fun in the Wonderful Tavern continued, and Wang Qi began to order for the guests. Song, I haven’t been there for a long time after Brother Six left. The poker tournament every Friday is held as usual, and there is no trace of him;

After a few busy working days, Wonderful Tavern The feasting was once again, and Wang Qi continued to mix drinks and order songs for the guests. The song he ordered today was "Beyond Lover". Many of the guests were fans of Beyond. They sang this classic song together in the audience, including many couples. There is also a montage of him and his boyfriend Leoric, who have a great time singing. Wang Qi still used his skillful wrist to flick and flick, he wanted to shake the whole ice cube into ice slag. He mixed a glass of wine for himself. This was something he came up with recently. He remembered Sixth Brother's cup of Chaos. , and made a cup in the exact opposite direction. This time he used gin and tonic, Red Belle, rum, vodka, and whiskey. . . Wait, the bartending is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower, and he chose a different base liquor for each level. It is almost the fifth level. The bottom one uses agave water and papaya syrup, and the top one uses The recipe is gin, black tea water, a little rose petals, rum, lime mint soda, a little cola, a little salt on top, a layer of cheese on top, and finally a bottle of rum from the top. Pour a little down, and by the way, I forgot to add honey. This time I will use honey made from Sophora japonica flowers. Wang Qi mixed 3 cups and gave them to Brother Niu to taste. He almost spit out the first mouthful because of the cheese. Fortunately, there was soup water down the throat. Each layer had a different feeling.

"It's so cool" Brother Niu shouted

"How did you come up with it?" Brother Niu asked

"I've been staying in this wonderful tavern for a long time. I've seen it. "There are so many, so I figured it out," Wang Qi said

"What's your name?" asked Brother Niu.

"I don't know. Brother Niu, please pick one," Wang Qi said.

"Well, the ingredients of this wine are complex, and each layer is full of sexy and endless aftertaste. Why not just call it the world's various forms" Brother Niu said

"enen... I haven’t tasted it yet.” After Wang Qi finished speaking, he picked it up and drank a cup.

Are the things in this world something we can tune out and taste? No, no, let’s change it." Wang Qi said

"Then tell me," Brother Niu said

Wang Qi took the last cup, covered the entire mouth of the cup with his palm, lifted it up hard, and then pressed it down. The bottom of the cup hit the table, causing the contents in the cup to mix, and the various colors were glued together and surrounded. It looked soft and silky, then I wiped the cheese on my hands and took a sip in my mouth;

"Astringent" Wang Qi said

"Just call it 'pretentious'" Wang Qi Said

"Brother Niu, take a sip quickly. This wine must be drunk before the fusion is completed. Every sip depends on fate. Whatever you drink is what you drink." Wang Qi was as anxious as if he had discovered a new world. Brother drinks

"Ah, this wine feels similar to your Sixth Brother's Chaos. I don't know what I'm drinking with every sip, hahaha" Brother Niu laughed

"Xiao Qi, this wine is really successful, and the ingredients are quite rich. The price may be a little more expensive," Brother Niu said

"Well, it doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive. It'll be good if everyone can drink it. Come on." Isn’t this the feeling that our Wonderful Tavern is here to seek?" Wang Qi said

"Then it costs 181 yuan a cup to be pretentious. By the way, what feeling are you looking for?" Brother Niu asked

"Isn't it worth spending 181 yuan to buy a feeling of nothingness?" said Wang Qi.

"You're sister of nothingness, but your sixth brother is awesome. You can drink it for 10 yuan and get a real feeling." , sing well." Brother Niu said slightly unhappy when he heard the word "emptiness".

Wang Qi continued to study his bartending at the front desk. After the pretentious launch of 181 last time, many people would try it and order a little. Those who ordered said it tasted good, and those who drank said it was exciting. This cocktail has become a hit. Due to the complexity of the production, it usually takes a long time to drink it. Today, Montage and his boyfriend Leoric came to drink. They had already tasted the pretentious one last time. This time Wang Qi recommended it. His new varieties were godturn and Busihua grains. Leorick chose Godturn, and Montage chose Godturn and Busihua grains. The two of them tasted them slowly. Wang Qi also gave them a piece of French fries while drinking. While they were drinking, the two started to quarrel. From a distance, it sounded like Montage complained that Leoric was not good to her. Leoric was speechless. In short, they suddenly started arguing. Montage even cried, and Li was at a loss. Where to smoke, as if speechless at the unreasonableness of the montage, Wang Qi hurriedly went up to adjust, indicating that it was a misunderstanding between the two parties. This is completely different from what he did in front of Brother Niu's wife. Maybe he knows better about the affairs of these two young men. Well, finally under Wang Qi's adjustment, the two young lovers started talking again, and Wang Qi even played his favorite Rehe song for them.

During the montage, he suddenly took out a stone and said to Leoric, "Have you forgotten this?" Li tried to recall, "Isn't this just an ordinary stone? You can pick it up everywhere on the road, oh, passing by" After a long time of reminiscing, he remembered that it was when they first started to be together, walking on the roadside

"If I lose my temper at you one day in the future, will you lose your temper at me too" montage Asked him at that time

"We won't quarrel, it's impossible" Leoric replied

"I mean what if, if I do something very excessive, you Will you forgive me?" Montage asked

"What's the matter?" Li asked

"I don't know, I mean just in case, if" Montage replied

"Of course I would be angry if it was something really outrageous," said Li I picked up a small stone and said: "This stone represents my mood at this moment. If we really have a serious quarrel in the future, I hope this stone can remind us of our mood at this moment, so that we can There won’t be any more noise, so everyone can calm down.”

“Okay,” Li replied, but what he was thinking at the time seemed to have been forgotten

At this time, Li Suddenly came to his senses,

?To be continued