I am old in the Han Dynasty

Xie Lang instantly felt the surrounding air freeze.

When I came back to my senses, I saw the man named Zhongqing.

Zhongqing also looked at him with an embarrassed face.

"What's the matter with you two?" The woman was very strange, she looked at Xie Lang, then at her son, didn't this young man named Xie Lang come to ask her son to borrow money, worried that her son would not lend it to him, so he simply lied to the rabbit. They brought things like skins and duck eggs.

Zhongqing coughed lightly: "Mother doesn't know something, my little brother knows that my son is now an official in the court, and he is still—"

"Auntie, it's like this." Xie Lang used his toes to figure out what he was going to say next, "I still have something to do at home, I want to go back early, so I won't go in."

"There's no one who never enters the house. Did Zhongqing not let you in? Forced you to say that." The more she talked, the more she felt that she didn't want to help others.Glancing at Zhongqing, "It's not his turn to make decisions in this family. Come in with me. It's already noon, so I have to eat before leaving." Worrying that he would be embarrassed, he took Xie Lang's arm.

Xie Lang habitually wanted to struggle, but when he saw the jade hairpin on the woman's head, he suddenly remembered what Zhongqing said just now that he was an official in the court, and ordinary people could not afford to offend him.

Stop struggling, just wink at Zhongqing, don't stand there stupidly, speak human words quickly.

"Mother, here, Saburo..." Said that Xie Lang has to sell deer, then if he invites Xie Lang to his house in the future, his mother will be ashamed to face others.If you don't tell the truth, this incident looks like something his mother and son conspired against Xie Lang.

Plotting his things?

When Zhongqing saw the deer in the car, his heart suddenly moved, as if he could keep Xie Lang behind by following his mother's advice, and even asked him openly if he was a descendant of an expert hermit.

If not, he has nothing to lose, just a regular meal.

After the meal, while his mother wasn't paying attention, he gave Xie Lang the deer's money.

The more Zhongqing thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was really good, it was the best of both worlds.

"His what? I can't tell."

"You can say it, you can say it." Zhongqing hurriedly said, "I want to say that what mother taught me is wrong. Brother Sanlang, please come in."

Xie Lang frowned, what nonsense are you talking about?

"Sanlang, can I call you that?" Without allowing Xie Lang to answer, he said to himself, "Sanlang, no matter what Zhongqing told you before, don't take it to heart. If you are not happy, let's go inside I'll teach him a lesson."

"No, Auntie." Xie Lang looked at Zhongqing as he spoke, do you know what you are doing?

Zhongqing smiled and said: "Brother Sanlang, I was wrong. Just forgive me once. I know I didn't help you last time. You are angry with me. I will never dare again."

"Last time?" the woman asked curiously, "When was the last time?"

Zhongqing: "A few days ago. There was a thief who wanted to steal Saburo's money. When I saw it, I didn't help him, and even made fun of him."

"What did you say?" The woman suddenly turned to Zhongqing, is this her own son?

Xie Lang frowned, what exactly does this Zhongqing want to do?

Seeing the woman raising her arm to hit Zhongqing, Xie Lang subconsciously stretched out his hand, "Auntie—" and then wanted to let go, letting the woman hit hard.Noticing that they were at the door again, Xie Lang exerted force on his hands, "Auntie, I was very angry with Brother Zhongqing at the time. But I stopped being angry later. Because Brother Zhongqing understands me and knows that the thief is not my opponent."

"Then you are not injured?" the woman asked hurriedly.

Xie Lang: "No, no."

"Then let's go in."

"Yes, Saburo, go in first." Zhongqing said with a smile, "Standing at the door, people who don't know the truth think something happened to our house."

Who is our family with you?

Xie Lang couldn't help squinting his eyes, you give me enough time.

"Sanlang, let's talk about it after dinner." Zhongqing said.

After dinner?

This is not to give up until you trick him in.

Xie Lang sneered in his heart, and said to the woman, "Auntie, I really can't go in."

"Why? Worried that Zhongqing will look the same in front of me, but will look the same behind my back?" The woman turned to her son, "He dare not!"

Xie Lang sighed, pretending to be embarrassed, "It has nothing to do with Brother Zhongqing. It's me, it's me who is obsessed with filial piety, so it's not good to go to a friend's house."

"Is your relative gone?" The smile on the woman's face disappeared.

Xie Lang nodded, "He left last September."

"September?" The woman calculated, "Half a year, the filial piety period has passed. It's okay, it's okay. It made me think that Zhongqing didn't want to recognize you as a friend and wouldn't let you go home. I said that my Zhongqing is not like this How many people are there in your family?"

Xie Lang: "Two bites."

"Two?" Zhongqing exclaimed.

The woman turned to Zhongqing and asked strangely, "You don't know?" How did her son become a friend of others.

"I—" Zhongqing opened her mouth, thinking that I wouldn't know.Before I met you, I didn't even know his last name.

Xie Lang suddenly wanted to laugh, telling you not to let me go.Wait a minute for you to cry.

"Brother Zhongqing didn't know. After my parents left, he thought I was the only one left in the family."

"What?!" The woman's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.

No wonder the child is covered in patches all over his body, and the straw sandals on his feet are all scattered.Looking at Xie Lang's hands again, it is obvious that a child in his teens is rougher than a person who has worked rough jobs for half his life.

The woman couldn't help but think of the scene many years ago, her nose turned sore, she grabbed Xie Lang's arm, "Poor child."

Xie Lang's whole body froze, what happened?Turn around and look for Zhongqing, is your mother sick, or is she bewitched?

Zhongqing, who recovered from the shock, couldn't help sighing when he saw his mother's tears falling on the ground one after another.

In the early years, his mother and father had an affair and gave birth to him. Because of the hardship of life, they sent him to his father.His half-brother abused him like a slave.

Zhongqing couldn't take it anymore, and when he grew up a little, he returned to his mother.On the day his mother saw him, his appearance was the same as that of Xie Lang now.

Mother must have thought of him at that time.

Zhongqing didn't want to think about those days, and he didn't want to mention them to others, after all, they were all in the past.It's meaningless to say more.

"I forgot to tell mother that your parents are gone." Zhongqing said, unable to imagine how he lived these days, "No, who is that child?" Zhongqing looked at Xie Lang, at most 16 years old, "Could it be your son? I never heard that you have a son."

Xie Lang: "No."

Zhong Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's my grandson."

"Grandson?!" Zhongqing and his mother exclaimed at the same time.

Seeing this, Xie Lang suppressed a smile and said, "To be precise, it's a child I adopted. I haven't had time to tell Brother Zhongqing about what happened a few days ago."

The woman opened her mouth to say, you are so poor.When the words came to his lips, he quickly turned a corner, "You are still a child yourself, how can you raise a child."

"I don't want to either." Xie Lang lowered his head, pretending to be helpless, "That child is from our village, so he should be called my grandfather according to his seniority. His two uncles are very heartless. I worry that the child will become a slave in the future. So, I, alas..."

The rest of the words were reduced to this one sigh.

The woman's complexion changed suddenly, and she looked at her son Zhongqing.

Zhongqing's expression was extremely complicated.

Xie Lang saw that the hand on his arm tightened, and he was secretly happy. It seemed that he didn't have to worry that his deer would be taken advantage of by this Zhongqing.

Rest assured, Xie Lang lowered his head even lower, concealed the smile on his lips, showed his excellent acting skills when dealing with enemies in his previous life, and said half-truth, "It just so happens that the house at home was built when my parents got married. The walls were all cracked, and I was worried about collapsing. I wanted to take advantage of the good weather recently to tear down and build new ones.

"I originally wanted to borrow some money from Brother Zhongqing, but he didn't help me last time, so I didn't plan to ask him again. I didn't expect to come to the city today

Li selling deer was hit by him.Brother Zhongqing is going to buy my deer.Although I was angry that he didn't help me, I was very happy when I heard that he wanted to buy my deer with the usual money. "

"Usually money?!" The mother and son exclaimed at the same time.

Xie Lang raised his head, not surprised at all, but anxious, "Auntie, don't worry, don't worry, I don't want Brother Zhongqing's money."

"I'm not, I—" The woman looked at her son, you give him money for such a big deer, when did you become so, so dishonest.

Zhongqing, who had come to his senses, sighed, "Mother, Brother Sanlang hasn't finished yet." Looking at Xie Lang, make up, continue to make up.

Xie Lang frowned, then you should be optimistic and listen carefully.

"Yes, Auntie. I can't ask Brother Zhongqing for money. I told Brother Zhongqing to give him something, and asked him to lend me five pennies. I will pay him back when I have money." Xie Lang said Just look at Zhongqing, seeing his frown slightly, he took a step back, as if he opened his mouth like a lion and made Zhongqing embarrassed.Cautiously said, "Isn't five puns too much? Then four, no, three puns are also fine."

"no!"

Xie Lang was taken aback, even borrowing money?This woman's performance just now was all pretending.

"Scared you?" The woman pulled Xie Lang's arm to make him get closer to her, then turned her head and glanced at Zhongqing, Sanlang left, and the old lady will clean up you again.Then facing Xie Lang, "You are Zhongqing's friend, so you shouldn't say borrow it. I'll take the things, and I'll ask Zhongqing to give you ten pennies later. What is three pennies enough for? It's not enough to buy tiles."

Xie Lang opened his mouth, she was so excited not to borrow, but to give away! ?

"No, it's not very good..." Xie Lang said and moved towards Zhongqing, which has nothing to do with me.

Zhongqing saw him like this, his brows parted, and the smile reappeared on his face, "What mother said is true. I also think it is too little. I want to give him three or five guan, but I am worried that Brother Sanlang will not want it. Brother Sanlang asked for it." If I borrow money, I lie to him that the money is at home and ask him to come and get it. In fact, I want to give him more."

"This is just like my son." The woman smiled. "Sanlang, you are Zhongqing's friend. If you don't have the money to build a house, he should help you. If you borrow it, you will be out of the way."

"See, see outside?"

This is too out of the ordinary.

Xie Lang looked at Zhongqing, then at the woman holding his arm, this mother and son are Bodhisattvas or Buddhas.

Seeing this, the woman said with a smile, "Although I am a woman, I can't read half a pocket of Chinese characters, and I have heard stories about high mountains and flowing water."

If it were someone else, the woman would not speak like this.

Zhongqing never cared whether the other party was superior or inferior when making friends.In the past, some people came to Zhongqing to borrow money, so when she saw Xie Lang, she guessed that he was here to borrow money.

In the past, people who came to borrow money usually brought a small gift, but Xie Lang brought a deer, which made the woman very embarrassed, so she was so enthusiastic about Xie Lang.

Xie Lang was dressed in shabby clothes, his house was about to collapse, and he had adopted a child. From the woman's point of view, Xie Lang was a noble character.

Zhongqing bought Xie Lang's deer with the usual money, but Xie Lang gave it away instead of selling it.This makes the woman feel that he is a real person.

When she mentioned the ten pennies, Xie Lang's obviously unexpected reaction made the woman finally confirm that this friend of her son's was a person worthy of deep friendship.

But these are not what Xie Lang wants.

Seeing the sincerity in the woman's eyes, Xie Lang wanted to slap himself to death and start over again.

"Auntie, I'm just a farmer, and I hunt occasionally to subsidize the family." Xie Lang pretended to be embarrassed, "It's not worth it for Auntie and Brother Zhongqing to be like this, so—"

"You are worth it." The woman patted Xie Lang's arm.

Xie Lang took a deep breath and persuaded himself to calm down, "Auntie, brother Zhongqing is now an official of the imperial court. No matter how nice my aunt is to me, I can't help him. I'm afraid I will do it again and again in the future. Please, brother Zhongqing."

The woman thought to herself, if you can say these words, it is impossible to cause trouble to my son.

"You can't say it like this. A person is not happy for a thousand days, and a flower is not red for a hundred days. No one can tell what will happen to someone in the future." She didn't forget that Xie Lang said just now that when he met a thief, Zhongqing didn't help him. Knowing that the thief is no match for him.

With good skills, he can also hunt deer and fast-legged rabbits, the woman feels that within three months, Xie Lang will be able to pay off Zhongqing's money.There is no money for the time being, probably because it was used up when burying his parents.

Besides, she is not short of money now, and ten pennies can exchange her son for a close friend, which is not a bad deal.

Seeing that Xie Lang was still embarrassed, the woman simply asked, "What are you calling me?"

"Aunt." Xie Lang subconsciously said.

The woman said: "Then I am your elder. This money will be considered as a gift from me as an elder. Zhongqing, what do you think?"

"What mother said is true." Zhongqing said with a smile, "Sanlang, don't refuse my mother's kindness." Seeing Xie Lang's irritated face, he felt a chill in his heart, and blurted out, "Don't do it for the sake of it." Reject my mother, saying you don't know me well."

Xie Lang choked for breath, this damn it!

"You really want to say that?" Zhongqing turned pale with shock, "Sanlang, I will never make fun of you again." Not allowing Xie Lang to speak, she turned to his mother, "Mother, I really didn't mean it. I know Sanlang's skills Come on, if you act rashly, it will cause trouble for Saburo, so, just watch the joke." He pursed his mouth as he spoke, and he looked very wronged.

The woman is most worried that her son will turn bad, such as being intimidating, wolf-hearted, unfaithful and unrighteous.Seeing that her son hasn't changed now, the woman can't blame him, but she also feels sorry for Xie Lang who has no father or mother and still needs to raise a child.

The woman simply stared at Zhongqing, "If there is another time, I will not recognize your son. Sanlang, if you don't vent your anger, I will beat him right now to vent your anger."

"I haven't." Xie Lang said hastily.

"Then let's go in." Without waiting for Xie Lang to speak, he added, "If you don't go in, you will be angry with Zhong Qing."

Xie Lang gritted his teeth, really wanted to say, you are right!

But when Zhongqing was in his twenties, he was able to set up a real estate in Chang'an, where he lived in a big place, and he had servants at home. According to his mother, he was not a young official, and such a person would have a bright future.

He took off his face today, there is no guarantee that Zhongqing will be unhappy one day and clean up the people in the silkworm farm.

"But I can't accept the ten pennies." The most difficult thing in the world to repay is a debt of favor.Xie Lang didn't intend to have a deep friendship with him, and he never dared to owe him a favor, "People in our village use adobe to build houses, and five pennies is enough."

The woman smiled and said, "You don't know something, child. The things in your cart can be sold for five guan. , you don’t intend to recognize me as an aunt, and you don’t want to recognize Zhongqing as a friend.”

Xie Lang really wanted to nod, you've got the truth.

Seeing that Xie Lang hesitated to speak, Zhongqing was worried that he would tell the truth with his bald mouth, so he went to his mother and whispered something.

The woman's eyes fluttered, and she said to Xie Lang, "Okay, if you say five puns, it will be five puns."

Xie Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then can we go in?" the woman asked again.

Xie Lang nodded, "I'll listen to my aunt." When he turned around, he looked at Zhongqing.

Zhongqing turned his face away, and called the servant in the mansion, "Go and push Sanlang's cart in. Clean up the deer and rabbit skins. Mother, do you want to try Sanlang's deer?"

"Yes." The woman smiled, "I haven't eaten venison this year. There are duck eggs in it, right? Let the chef make some."

Zhongqing continued: "San Lang likes to eat boiled with the shell on, or with the shell removed?"

Xie Lang knew that if he didn't want to turn against Zhongqing, he couldn't escape today's meal, so he stopped struggling and made himself feel better, "I like to eat steamed food, when steamed, put a little yellow wine and some sauce. "

"Why is that?" asked the woman.

Xie Lang said: "Duck eggs are more fishy than eggs, and the wine can remove the fishy smell. The sauce enhances the taste and is salty, so there is no need to add salt."

"You are right." The woman then ordered the servant to do as Xie Lang said.

There was a hint of a smile on Zhongqing's lips, a farmer as old as Xie Lang probably had never drunk, yet he actually used wine for cooking.This Xie Languo was really not an ordinary farmer.

"Mother, it's windy outside, let's go inside." Seeing Xie Lang looking at him, Zhongqing immediately suppressed her smile and gestured for him to ask first.

Xie Lang frowned, feeling that Zhongqing's expression just now was not right, "Auntie, I have something to do with Brother Zhongqing, so Auntie will go in first."

"Do you want to tell Zhongqing that you will lend him the five pennies? Sanlang, if you do this again, I will see you off." The woman pretended to be angry.

Xie Lang was tired, "No. Auntie, I'll go in with you."

"That's right." The woman went in with a smile.

Seeing the dust on the straw sandals, Xie Lang wanted to take off the shoes, but there were no slippers for a change in the door, bare feet must be indecent.

Seeing this, Zhongqing grabbed his arm, "Go straight in. Treat this as your own home."

The woman turned around, "What's wrong?"

"Brother Sanlang is afraid that his shoes will dirty our land." Zhongqing said, "My good friend is good at everything, but he is too far away from me."

Xie Lang raised his head and turned to him, it must be because you are too oblivious.

Zhongqing pretended not to understand, and turned to order the servants to serve tea.

Xie Lang just wanted to sigh, this life in the Han Dynasty is really humiliating.If it comes to future generations, even doing "direct selling" can become a "direct selling" boss.

Seeing this, the woman thought that Zhongqing was right, "Sanlang, there is no need to be too polite. Don't think Zhongqing and I are dressed so well, we were not as good as you before."

"Mother, Saburo knows." Zhongqing didn't give Xie Lang a chance to speak, "You forgot, he is my friend. He knows what my son was like before." Worried that Xie Lang would disrupt the situation, the hand on his arm was fierce. Use your strength.

Xie Lang almost cried out, mother, this guy looks gentle, why is his hand so strong?Almost catching up with him in his previous life.

"I see." Xie Lang squeezed out a smile, then turned to Zhongqing, and let me go.

Zhongqing let go and patted Xie Lang on the shoulder, "Please sit down."

Xie Lang sat down helplessly, and saw the black thick soup in front of him, is this tea?

"What's wrong? Saburo." The woman sitting in the main seat said.

Xie Lang suddenly thought that the tea in the Western Han Dynasty was tea soup. "My family can only afford tea leaves. I usually drink tea with boiled water and drink clear soup. I have never drunk this kind of tea, so I am not used to it."

"That's it." The woman turned to her son, asking him to cook a bowl of clear soup for him?

Zhongqing knew that Xie Lang was not short of money, but he didn't believe Xie Lang's words, most likely thought his tea was not to his taste, "I used to drink with Sanlang, forget that he doesn't drink this." Then he ordered the servant to make a bowl broth.

When the clear soup was served, Zhongqing stared at Xie Lang, I'll see how you swallow it.

Seeing that the tea was really clear, Xie Lang took a sip when he picked it up.

Zhongqing frowned slightly, really?

Zhongqing didn't believe it, and when the food was served, he poured wine for Xie Lang himself.Seeing that his teacup was clean, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said in a low voice, "Brother Sanlang is really different."

"Brother Zhongqing is also an extraordinary person." Xie Lang said in a low voice, "What is the purpose of tricking me into the mansion by all means?"

Zhongqing smiled and said, "You guess."

"I only have twenty coins, and the house at home is about to collapse. I'm skinny, and you don't like it. I'm sorry for my incompetence, I really can't guess."

Zhongqing handed him the wine bottle, "I said I've fallen in love with you, brother?"