“...... You're welcome, let's try it first. ”

The old man smiled and greeted again,

Lian Ge looked at the old man again, didn't say anything more, turned his gaze, took the chopsticks, picked up a steaming noodle with chopsticks, and tasted it.

Next to him, the old man looked at Lian Ge, bent his waist again, turned around, looked in the room, and walked towards the table next to him with some books.

“...... Excuse me, young man, the conditions are poor, you sit. ”

Moving the faded stool, taking it over, and placing it behind Lian Ge, the old man said out loud with some embarrassment,

"Thank you, old man. ”

After thanking him again, Lian Ge glanced at the old man who was a little embarrassed, did not refuse his kindness, moved the stool, and sat down in front of the cabinet with noodles and bowls.

Next to him, the old man saw Lian Ge sitting down, and a smile appeared on his face,

“...... How does the noodles taste, there is still some vinegar in the kitchen, do you want to add some more vinegar, I'll go and get it for you. ”

Smiling, the old man asked, greeted and said.

"It tastes good. ”

Sitting on this stool and eating some more noodles, Lian Ge responded with a smile.

"It's good, it's good......"

The old man nodded and smiled in response.

At this time, the little girl next to her saw this, first looked at the old man again, followed by her, put down the chopsticks she had just picked up, and ran towards the backyard again.

......

“...... Teacher, Mr. Xun, you also sit. ”

It seems that the little girl imitated the old man, and moved out of the backyard a small stool with some lacquer, a little short, but with a chair back, and then ran out of the backyard, and said crisply,

“...... Teacher, you sit. ”

“...... Okay, I'll sit. ”

The old man looked at the little girl, smiled on his face, and quickly reached out and took the stool from the little girl's hand and placed it behind him.

“...... Let's go eat the noodles, eat more slowly, and don't let the noodles cool down for a while. ”

"Good. ”

The old man smiled and said to the little girl again.

The little girl responded crisply, and then returned to the cabinet, and stood, just a head taller than the cabinet surface.

Stretched out his hand, moved the noodle bowl in front of him, picked up the chopsticks again, turned his head again, and looked at the old man, as if to see if the old man had sat down.

When the old man saw the little girl turn around, he smiled at the little girl's face again, took it to the cupboard, had not finished eating before, took some stewed radishes from a plate on the cabinet in the bowl, bent his waist, took two steps back, slowly squatted down, and sat down on the small stool.

It's just that the stool is a little short, and the old man sits on the stool, tucking his legs, and his figure looks more and more rickety and thin.

When the little girl saw the old man sitting down, she turned her head, stood on tiptoe, stretched out her hand to hold the chopsticks, and grabbed the noodles on the cupboard, and began to eat.

The old man bent his waist, holding a chopstick of rice with chopsticks, and put it in his mouth, chewing and swallowing with some effort.

Lian Ge turned his gaze, glanced at the old man, paused again, didn't say anything, turned his gaze back, picked up the noodles, and took another bite.

......

“...... Ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem......"

“...... Teacher, teacher, are you alright......"

Holding the bowl, sitting on the stool with his waist bent, under the action of Lian Ge's mana, the old man who had not coughed for a long time bent his waist again and coughed hard,

The rice in his mouth was choked out mixed with some other things, and the rice on the chopsticks couldn't help but spill on the ground under the trembling hands of the old man.

Next to her, the little girl hurriedly put down her chopsticks and ran towards the old man, squatting beside the old man, a little flustered, looking at the old man at a loss.

“...... All right...... Ahem, it's okay...... The teacher just choked ......"

The old man coughed again, as if he had put all the little rice he had eaten into his mouth again, and barely showed a smile on his face, comforting the little girl.

"Sir, if you don't feel hungry, you don't have to eat. ”

Lian Ge turned his gaze, looked at the old man, and then looked at the old man's body, some of the things that the old man coughed up on the ground, in addition to rice, were mixed with some pus, dried blood, and small rotten meat.

Retracting his gaze and looking at the old man, Lian Ge said in a calm tone.

Hearing the sound, the little girl who stretched out her hand and carefully patted the old man's back turned her head, with some doubts in her eyes,

And the old man, who gradually stopped coughing, first turned his head and looked at Lian Ge, then lowered his head and looked at the bowl he was holding in his hand trembling slightly.

Looking at the rice in the bowl, the old man fell silent for a while.

“...... Teacher, are you alright?"

Seeing that the old man did not speak, the girl spoke up a little nervously.

“...... All right...... It's all right......"

The old man turned his head, smiled at the little girl, said something out loud, and then held the bowl with one hand and pinched the chopsticks, and supported the back of the stool with the other, and stood up again.

The little girl also stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to hold the old man,

“...... Thanks, lad. ”

Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, smiling, the old man said to Lian Ge,

Still a little nervous, the little girl who looked at the old man heard the sound, was a little puzzled, turned her head, and then looked at Lian Ge.

Lian Ge smiled at the old man, didn't say anything more, turned his gaze, and then took the noodles in the bowl and ate them.

The old man propped up the edge of the cabinet with both hands, stood a little more firm, turned his gaze, looked down at the little girl and smiled again, and said in a loud voice,

“...... Let's go and eat the noodles again, and the noodles will be cold for a while. ”

“...... Hmmm!"

Nodding heavily, a little nervous, and carefully letting go of her hand, the little girl walked back to her noodle bowl, picked up the chopsticks, and turned to look at the old man,

“...... Teacher, if you can't eat, why don't you eat noodles too...... I haven't eaten this poached egg yet, so I'll give it to you......"

The little girl looked at the old man and said aloud.

“...... It's okay, Xiaoya, you eat, the teacher is not hungry. ”

The old man smiled and said again to the little girl,

The little girl looked at the old man again, then turned around and took the chopsticks, picked up the noodles again, and ate them.

“...... Boy, where are you from? ”

The old man turned around again, his hand was on the edge of the cabinet again, he withdrew his hand, leaned over, turned his head, and asked Lian Ge in a loud voice,

"Sichuan and Shu Province. ”

Lian Ge's tone was calm and responded.

“...... Sichuan and Shu Province. ”

The old man bent his waist, turned around slowly, raised his head, and looked into the distance outside the house, his eyes were a little dazed and muttered,

Raised his trembling hand again, touched it gently, the bruise on his neck, scratched the folds that had not faded before, and then put down his hand again, and the old man was a little silent.

......

“...... Xiaoya, do you still want to eat...... If you want to eat it, I'll give you some more. ”

“...... Would you like to eat some more, young man?"

The old man didn't go to serve the rice bowl or move the chopsticks, but just stood aside, silent, as if thinking about something.

Lian Ge finished eating the noodles in the bowl and put down the chopsticks,

Seeing this, the little girl next to her, who was about to bury her head in the noodle bowl, devoured the noodles in the noodle bowl, and quickly finished eating the noodles and put down the chopsticks.

Seeing this, the old man turned around, smiled and said to Lian Ge again, and the little girl asked out loud.

"Thank you, old man, a bowl of noodles is enough. ”

Lian Ge stood up from the stool and thanked the old man.

“...... I don't need to, I'm full......"

The little girl also hurried and said crisply.

“...... Okay...... Young man, you sit down first, and I'll put away these dishes and chopsticks. ”

The old man smiled, said loudly, stretched out his hand, picked up a few pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the cabinet, and was about to walk to the backyard.

“...... Knock knock, knock......"

At that moment, there was a knock on the wooden door of the hall.

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