Peach and plum spring breeze and a glass of wine

"Little brother, little brother..."

Yang Ge drowsily tried to open his eyelids, and saw a wrinkled face dimly illuminated by an oil lamp, shaking in front of his eyes. The strange perspective made him wake up from his drowsiness.

But after he opened his eyes and took a closer look, he relaxed again. He leaned back on the table and yawned, saying, "Shopkeeper, it's so early."

Shopkeeper Liu looked at the disheveled tabletop with dinner plates: "How many days did you drink and eat last night?"

Yang Ge vaguely replied: "It seems to be the fourth watch. By the way, the shopkeeper, all the mutton left last night has been reimbursed. There are four bottles of incense in total. You can calculate the account... Hey, where is Jiang Kui? ?”

He stood up suddenly and looked around.

Shopkeeper Liu: "Stop looking, you are the only one in the store!"

Yang Ge's eyelids drooped again: "It's really cool to leave without even saying hello..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a book with a gray and black cover on the chimney of the copper pot.

He grabbed it and took a look in surprise, and saw the six characters "Eighteen-way Lingshuang Knife" written on the cover. The words were so powerful that they penetrated the back of the paper, and each horizontal and vertical line looked like a blade!

Seeing these six words, Shen Fa's fox-like smile with squinting eyes suddenly appeared in Yang Ge's mind: 'I'm really impressed by you, you idiot! ’

"Brother, this..."

Shopkeeper Liu saw the six words on the secret book clearly, his heart thumped, and his face changed.

Yang Ge quickly explained: "Don't worry, even I don't know he kept this, so naturally no one else will know, and there will be no sequelae in keeping it!"

Shopkeeper Liu breathed a sigh of relief, then patted him on the back angrily and said, "Okay, we'll settle the score later. It's snowy and freezing, and I stayed up all night. Let’s go back and rest first.”

"Snowing?"

Yang Ge suddenly stood up, ran to the window, pushed open the grated window, and saw snowflakes like grains of salt floating all over the window sill. Looking around, the sky and the earth were completely white.

Behind him, shopkeeper Liu was clearing away the dishes quickly while muttering happily: "I'll have to ask my in-laws to prepare a few more sheep later. It will be better to designate the business later..."

Yang Ge stared out the window for a long time, and suddenly said: "Shopkeeper, I have to take a leave of absence today."

Shopkeeper Liu: "Is something wrong?"

Yang Ge nodded: "It's snowing. I have to go back to the countryside. I'm worried about the old man living alone."

When shopkeeper Liu heard this, he quickly put down the dishes, wiped his hands and walked to the window to look out at the snow on the street. He nodded and said, "Let me borrow an ox cart for you so you can walk out."

Yang Ge: "Thank you, but don't bother me. Didn't you listen to what Brother Fu said? I'm practicing legging, so this little bit of snow won't bother me!"

Shopkeeper Liu: "You can't see us outside!"

Yang Ge: "When did I meet you?"

Shopkeeper Liu smiled comfortably and said, "Then go ahead. We'll ask your wealthy brother and his wife to come to the store later to help. We'll be busy, so you don't have to come back in a hurry."

Yang Ge shook his head: "It's okay. I have fast legs and feet. I can come back in front of the city gate. I'm just busy with the evening trip."

After a pause, he added: "You can settle last night's account as you wish, and keep the remaining money in the account... With the money saved, he might be able to come back for another meal!"

Shopkeeper Liu was startled: "What? Then the black guy is coming again?"

Yang Ge couldn't help but laugh and said: "He is a serious official now and eats royal food. What are you afraid of him doing?"

"Look what you said!"

Shopkeeper Liu felt much relieved, but he still scolded angrily: "He is an official's family, so we shouldn't be afraid? Haven't you heard that 'the people do not fight with the officials'?"

Yang Ge shook his head: "This guy is different..."

Shopkeeper Liu sneered and turned around to clear the dishes: "What's the difference? The world is as dark as crows!"

Yang Gemo stroked the sword manual in his arms and murmured in his heart: 'But this guy is really different! ’

…

"Woof woof woof..."

Xiao Huang jumped up and down with joy, pulling at the firewood leaf.

"Come on, come on!"

The old man's loud voice with a laugh came from the low wooden house.

Yang Ge straightened up and saw the old man walking out wrapped in a straw coat, and his heart suddenly felt more at ease.

The old man opened the firewood door, and Xiao Huang rushed up with a grin on his face, wandering around him and wagging his tail.

The old man opened his big hand to measure its waist, and laughed loudly: "It's fat again, enough for a pot of stew!"

"Woof woof woof..."

Xiao Huang ran away, like a gust of wind, to the old place behind the courtyard gate, raised his legs and peed.

Yang Ge pulled the wheelbarrow into the yard and said with a smile, "Why are you trying to scare it when it's fine?"

The old man said with a tigerish face: "You think everyone is like you, don't think about finding a mother-in-law to have a baby, or getting a dog as a son... What a good dog, come and pet him."

Yang Ge rolled his eyes, grabbed the sack on the wheelbarrow and entered the house: "Did you set off the net last night?"

Old man: "What's wrong? Do you want to eat fish? I'll get it right away!"

Yang Ge: "The shopkeeper brought you some mutton. Let's make a pot of fish and mutton for lunch!"

Old man: "Oh, thank you so much shopkeeper Liu Renyi..."

Yang Ge: "Just stay calm and I'll go fishing. Is this the same place?"

As soon as the old man heard that he was going, he immediately raised his dog's head with peace of mind, and replied without raising his head after hearing this: "Yes, return that place."

Yang Ge, a familiar man, took out the bamboo basket from the woodshed and strode out.

…

Two pounds of lamb chops.

Three large silver carp

Make a big pot of fresh fish and mutton.

The old man eats mutton.

Yang Ge eats river fish.

Xiao Huang gnawed on the bones.

The three of them squatted outside the kitchen house, huffing and puffing for a good meal.

Old man: "Hiccup."

Yang Ge: "Hiccup."

Xiao Huang raised his head, looked left and right, and opened his mouth: "Hiccup."

The old man's stomach was almost full, but he still held on to a large bowl of broth. He leaned on the pile of firewood with satisfaction and recalled the past: "I felt so comfortable. The last time I tasted the mutton, it seemed like I was still a kid when I was a kid. Zhang Laoshuan's father and Ma Gou's grandfather secretly stole the sheep from Wang Da's family, took them into the mountains, slaughtered them, roasted them over the fire and ate them... There was no seasoning at that time, and the smell of sheep made him feel uncomfortable It’s the best food in the world, and I can eat more than half of the sheep in one meal!”

Yang Ge looked at the old man's belly and reached out to grab his bowl: "Please take it easy, you will accumulate food after eating too much!"

The old man refused to give it, but he couldn't resist him. He just watched eagerly as he poured the broth back into the pot.

Yang Ge looked at his child-like greedy expression and wanted to laugh: "I won't compete with you. This pot belongs to you. You can keep it for tonight or tomorrow to reheat it, and you can take care of it!"

The old man sighed and muttered something nonsensical like "I won't even do it to the point where I'm so full", but Yang Gequan pretended he didn't hear it.

After a while, the old man's attention shifted from the broth to Yang Ge: "How are you doing lately?"

Yang Ge immediately sounded the alarm: "Just, just like that."

The old man looked at him sideways: "Have you never met a woman who meets your eye?"

Yang Ge couldn't hold it anymore: "If we don't mention this, we can still have a good chat!"

I've traveled through time, why can't I escape the urge to get married?

The old man took a fish bone from somewhere and used it as a toothpick, and he picked a few sparse teeth comfortably: "Don't mention it now, save it for later when I can entrust you with your dream?"

Yang Ge turned his head and looked him up and down, and said angrily: "With your old body and bones, it's just a trivial matter to live to be a hundred years old. Don't always think about whether you have these things or not!"

The old man said casually: "Who can say for sure? At my age, God will reward me with my life. If God refuses to reward me, I might fall down and die with a bang!"

Yang Ge: "Don't say that, I'm still going to show you how filial I will be for you in a few years to repay your life-saving grace!"

The old man shaved his teeth for a while and suddenly asked: "Has it been a year?"

Yang Ge was stunned and nodded with emotion: "It's been a year."

The old man chuckled, and every wrinkle on his face was filled with warmth and kindness: "That's enough, it's time to make plans for yourself..."

(Volume 1: Alone in a Foreign Land as a Stranger·End)