Every year to this Shangyuan Lantern Festival, most of the artists who come to make a living in the villages and counties will live in the old store of the Hu family, not to mention that the shop is cheap, the old shopkeeper is over fifty years old, and he is even more bold and tight when he starts business.

The old man is also a talkative temper, whether it is three teachings and nine streams or Mr. Shi, to this old shop can talk with the old man quite happily, treat people honestly and not stingy, that big bowl of rice wine has to be sent out more than ten bowls every day, compared to other big stores Although it is shabby, but extremely clean, there is no dampness in the bed after the winter, and the old shop of the Hu family has accumulated a lot of reputation scattered outside for many years.

This is the subsistence of Jianghu artists, and most of the people who come to Jianyang Mansion go straight to this place, but this year is different, and the three or five waves of Jianghu artists who come back and forth are full of joy and go away in frustration.

As soon as he stepped into the old store with enthusiasm in his arms and exchanged a few words with the old man Hu, the old man blushed his face, said a few words on the road that there was no vacancy, and repeatedly added a few large bowls of tea before going out to send off the guests in person.

Although the politeness and face were enough, the patron was still a little dissatisfied, seeing that there was not even a figure before and after the stairs, how could there be the slightest fullness, and the out-tempered main adviser said a few words, but when they were all full of bitter smiles and repeated reparations.

One morning's work, the shopkeeper Hu Laohan and his buddy Mancang spent their time in such a bitter smile and apologies, ushering in three or five waves of Jianghu people with large bags and small wraps, sending away eight or nine slightly unhappy faces, and saying more than ten words of accusation before and after, including hundreds of bitter smiles.

Hu Laohan is over fifty years old, not a crop man and not a strong martial artist, he has been a shopkeeper in this old store for more than 30 years, except for the inventory of customers, the rest are not stretched out on weekdays, and the body looks burly, but most of them are full of wine and food, and the legs and feet of half a hundred old people are naturally not as young as young, and this morning has more than ten trips back and forth, which makes the old man somewhat tired.

Leaning in front of the counter, the pain in his legs couldn't help it, he really had no strength, and he didn't forget to add a sentence of 'the guest officer is leaving' when he looked at the back of the guy sending off the guest.

The young man nodded and sent the patron out of the store, turned his head with a bitter face, looked at Hu Laohan, and said, "Shopkeeper, let's close the door, no one will open it." ”

Hu Laohan raised his eyebrows and scolded, "Fart." ”

Hu Laohan said bitterly: "How can there be a reason to turn people away during the New Year's Festival, there is no room to talk to people for a few words, the weather is cold, and it is good to take a few cups of hot tea for people to warm up." ”

The bitterness on the face of the shopkeeper Mancang was even heavier, "Three or two cups of tea can't stop making people not angry and angry." ”

Hu Laohan said arrogantly: "Damn, angry and annoyed, no matter what he is, this inn has been open for thirty years now, this New Year's Festival has never stopped, this year is also a rest of your legs, don't you want to go back to meet your old lady?"

Man Cang was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "The shopkeeper is finally willing to let me visit my relatives!?"

"My brother is a good drinker and a gambler, and my mother doesn't know how hard it is, and I haven't seen the tightness in my heart for two months. ”

The shopkeeper Mancang grinned and asked, "When did you become so kind-hearted?"

Hu Laohan slapped the counter and said angrily: "Lazy person with no conscience, when did Lao Tzu treat you badly on weekdays?

"No, no, no. The shopkeeper grinned, slapped himself lightly, and said with a smile, "The shopkeeper's heart is like a bodhisattva coming to the world, and the little one said the wrong thing, said the wrong thing." ”

The burly man who was over half a hundred years old glanced at the flattering little two, and said with annoyance: "Go and go, don't this disgusting old man, there should be guests who come to stay in the hotel during the day, so you can wait, go out of the city in the afternoon, and come back before noon tomorrow, don't delay, can you understand?"

The shopkeeper Mancang seems to have a thousand flowers blooming in his heart, and the reading population is not a joke about thinking about his relatives every festival, but when it comes to the New Year, the inn is also a busy day, and the little guy on Chinese New Year's Eve must not be able to accompany the old lady to keep the New Year, and his heart is regretful, this old man from a poor family is not as long as the old lady of the dignitary.

It is not uncommon for the parents of the noble family to be old and old, but the people of this poor family, when they were young, their bodies were basically mottled, and some diseases were reluctant to be treated.

Now the old mother has just passed the sixtieth birthday, I don't know how many spring and autumn seasons I can live, it can be regarded as a glance and a little glance, for the poor people, thirty-five miles apart are considered to be the moat, not even a willing to send a letter to the person, maybe one day home, the old mother on the bed is no longer there, turned into a lonely grave in the field.

Originally, this full warehouse could be by his mother's side and serve his mother's family happiness, but the brother at home was a drunkard and gambler. forced his younger brother to do some work in this Jianyang Mansion, which was good for his old mother, so he had no choice but to obey.

To stay in this old Hu family store is three years, weekdays in March and May can only go back, go back to bring some food for the old mother, but most of them have become the elder brother's drinking, while the brother is not paying attention to secretly stuff the mother with some copper coins, so as not to let the wine gambling brother to give a disadvantage, these two months full warehouse and save a hundred copper coins, home to send a trip is also excellent.

The young man nodded again and again: "Naturally, naturally." ”

A sound of footsteps sounded, the white-clothed man with a long box on his back slowly went downstairs, Hu Laohan thought that it was the laughter and angry scolding of the two of them that disturbed the rest of the guests, although after that day, the old man was not too afraid of these martial artists, but it was an inn business, how could there be a reason to disturb the guests.

The burly man hurriedly got up and apologized: "The two of us didn't mean to be noisy, don't blame the guest officer, don't blame it." ”

The young man with a happy face was almost smiling like this, but as soon as he looked up and looked at the man in white, the young man was inevitably stunned.

When the guest came, he was dressed in white and covered with blood and mud, his face was pale and extremely embarrassed, although he said that he had spirit when he spoke yesterday, but the traces of embarrassment on his face were still there, and now the man in white changed into a plain and elegant white clothes, but his gas state has changed dramatically.

The white robe is not a precious silk, but ordinary white satin can set off the child's figure is extremely long, which has a faint plain cloud map, the cuffs and leggings are neat, the body under the oblique robe is strong, and the original hair crown has been replaced by a sword belt, which floats slightly behind the bun, which is extremely chic.

The traces of embarrassment on the face have also been washed away, the face is like a crown jade and does not have the feminine spirit of the scholar, it is extremely resolute, there seems to be a light flowing among the sword eyebrows and stars, and there is no ferocity in the face of the child, but it always makes people dare not look at each other in their hearts.

I don't know why, looking from afar, I can always feel that the boy has a faint cold breath, which is a little cooler than the weather at the turn of spring and winter.

"It doesn't matter. ”

The man in white slowly went downstairs and asked, "Shopkeeper, which doctor in the city is the doctor who treated my brothers' injuries that day?"

"The doctor's surname is Hua, and he walked a hundred and ten steps to the east, and he saw a dilapidated medical hall with no license and no plaque. ”

"Thank you. ”

Chen Changge bowed slightly, and was about to go out, when he saw the man in white leaving, the young man stopped Chen Changge with a full warehouse.

"Wait, officer. ”

The young man searched for a long time in his arms, took out a few pieces of loose silver, and handed it to the man in white, "Guest officer, this is the silver money left over from the clothes you sent yesterday, and the four clothes spent a total of seven hundred and sixty wen, and the small one yesterday sent the remaining silver money and clothes to your room together, presumably the son was negligent and did not take it away, and was seen by the villain when he went to collect the food plate last night, and he did not make a sound for fear of disturbing the rest of the guest officers." ”

This night, the little man with the broken silver in his arms was tumbling in his heart, and there was no stability all night, no one knew about the money, the guest officer didn't want it, the shopkeeper didn't know, only the young man could hear the subtle sound of the silver money rubbing.

These silver coins are exchanged for at least three or five hundred copper plates, and the young man's salary for a month is only two hundred copper coins, which is to save a hundred and ten copper coins for a month, and now these are enough for the young man to accumulate for half a year, if these three or five hundred copper plates are handed over to the old mother, even if the brother does not care whether his mother lives or dies, it is enough for the old mother to live for half a year, and the young man's heart is turbulent.

Countless voices fell back and forth in his mind, his mother's old demeanor, and his brother's heartbroken appearance rose in Mancang's heart all the time, and the young man tossed and turned, whether he wanted to be at peace or happy with his mother, Mancang didn't know where to go.

Originally, the scattered silver money fell into the young man's arms, and it was like a sparrow stuck in the mire, no matter how hard he struggled, he could no longer take off and leave.

'One time is nothing, and when you develop later, you can make up for it by doing more good deeds. ’

The words of persuasion quietly resounded in the hearts of the guys, and they wanted to make the old mother stable, and they would make a mistake, but for some reason, when I saw the man in white today, the sentence that the boy in white said that day, 'So, what is the reason?' inexplicably appeared in the man's heart.

Originally, Mancang, who had calculated what kind of things to buy for his mother, seemed to be possessed by ghosts and gods, and stopped the boy and sent the money, but there was no trace of regret in his heart, but he was much more stable, his nervous mind was not there, and the fatigue around him was surging a lot, and the young man who had not slept all night did not have to fight his spirit.

"This is a thank you gift, how can there be a reason to recycle. ”

Chen Changge shook his head slightly and walked out of the inn, not wanting to shirk the two of them because of this matter.

People can be wrong, but they can't be wrong again and again, and they will be wrong.

Leaving a master and a servant looking at each other, the old man of the shopkeeper looked at the tired child and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Watching people after drinking, watching people in ignorance, watching people in wealth and color.

Xiao Mancang's face was calm, he didn't seem to want to have any explanation, he was wrong, he was wrong, and he didn't regret revealing this seamless thing, thus losing this job.

How can there be so many people in this world who don't understand the mind, a move can attract a stomach of knowing, some things don't need to be explained, people know that their hands and feet are not clean, it is the taboo of this running hall handyman, the young man handed the money to the counter, and said indifferently: "Shopkeeper, I want to go back early, it is not convenient to carry luggage after nightfall." ”

Shopkeeper Hu didn't pay attention to it, but just spread out the account and added a sum to the money.

Mancang thought that the shopkeeper had made a mistake, and reminded him loudly: "The shopkeeper will be rewarded with silver." ”

The burly man glanced at the young child with calm eyes and asked, "How many rooms does this inn have?"

"There are three bunks, six guest rooms and two upper rooms. ”

Hu Laohan asked again: "Let me ask you again, do you know how many copper coins a piece?"

In the past three years, Man Cang can recite these words very clearly, "Ten copper coins are paved, fifteen are in the guest room, and twenty-five are in the upper room." ”

The burly man snorted coldly, "In this case, you know how much your room weighs, and if someone says a word, you can take all the money in your pocket? ”

The burly man asked again, "Also, what did you just say?"

Mancang muttered, "I said I wanted to leave early." ”

Hu Laohan glared and scolded: "You fucking left early, let my shopkeeper go upstairs and downstairs to serve the guests?"

The young man was stunned for a moment and hesitated, "Which ......?"

The shopkeeper Lao Han waved his hand and scolded angrily: "What, this, this, stop working, why the hell are there so many problems?"

Mancang stayed in this old shop for three years, and when he understood that the shopkeeper had not withdrawn his job because of the money he had stolen, his eyes were full of joy, and he turned around to wipe the boundary that the boy had stepped on.

Hu Laohan's voice rose again, "But this is only once." ”

The old man paused, "Before leaving, go hire a carriage and take your old lady to Jianyang, saving you from tossing back and forth, and also saving your bastard brother from mistaking your old lady." ”

Plop.

The young man fell to his knees, tears in his eyes, his body trembling like chaff, and he could not say a word.

Qingjitang.

The old man of the doctor Hua is old and young, the drum of the five watches has not yet sounded, the old doctor woke up, today is Shangyuan, there are many people on the road is very lively, the old doctor opened the door early, warmed the pot and poured into the rocking chair and hummed the song leisurely.

But this year, this Shangyuan is a little bit less meaningful, there are almost no people this morning, so that the old doctor feels extremely bored, holding the pot and falling asleep, sleeping for most of the hour, there is a little sound on the street, the old doctor sleepy did not stop and wanted to continue to sleep, but was disturbed by the sound of the dream.

"Hua Yigong, have you ever seen my father?"

The old doctor was dazed, had lived here for more than 20 years, and was naturally familiar with the old neighbors and friends around him.

After a while, the noise on the street gradually became harsh, and the old doctor's sleepiness was completely dissipated, and the rocking chair was pulled out a little bit, so as to better see the noisy flow of people on the street.

The old man is a good person, as soon as he heard that the old man lost this area in the east of the city, it was like a fried pot, and when he went out, he wanted to open a few more pairs of eyes, so that he could carry it to find the traces of the old man, and the most worried person around here was the cripple who opened the tea shop.

According to the tea guest, the cripple learned that the old man was lost in the mouth, and immediately panicked, regardless of the patrons on the tea stall and the crowded flow of people, he took out the tea silk and several large clay pots of hot water, and threw a sentence to drink tea to bother you to add it yourself.

Familiar guests all secretly raised their thumbs, praised a sentence of the cripple to know the kindness, not in vain the old man took care of the cripple in every way, this old man also accumulated good fortune, can make a person with a foreign surname so worried, sighed, this person is still kind-hearted, there is a good reward.

The sound of this street is noisy, all kinds of voices are endless, some people are noisy, some women are weeping and speechless, there are sighs that have nothing to do with others, there are also the voices of the lame who are blessed, all kinds of sounds gather in this cold wind and suddenly rise, wandering between this heaven and earth, wandering in this Jianyang Mansion, and also wandering between two large bowls of coarse mud in a dilapidated courtyard, on the side of a heavy wine jar.

The Chinese doctor is lying on the rocking chair, the mud pot in his hand is weaker, but fortunately, it is better than nothing, the old doctor is lazy and does not like to add water, just lying in the bustling world, there is also a different meaning, it is extremely comfortable.

But the old doctor feels that the most comfortable thing in this world is to listen to some Qinglian Guan songs, this Jianyang Mansion loves to listen to the green clothes of the Xian and Liu Xian girls, but they don't know that the Guan song of Changchun Garden is even more unique, and the mourning is tactful and poignant, which is a rare meaning in the world.

The old woman is too stubborn, how can she shamelessly covet the beauty of other people's girls at such an age? If you talk about greed, which one is not more attractive than the beauty of the girl?

Since the day of the beating, the money was given to the poor widow, and the Chinese doctor was getting farther and farther away from listening to the music.

Let's not talk about the money of this teahouse, now seeing the old doctor in this theater is like seeing a ghost, and the fierce name of the doctor's wife is well known to everyone in Jianyang Mansion.

If she broke into the theater, even if the gongs, drums and cymbals on the stage were lively, they couldn't stop the mother-in-law's scolding, so down, the enthusiasm that was finally mobilized completely dissipated, and the guests didn't like it in every way.

The old doctor was tired of seeing, so he wanted to close his eyes and take a rest, and just closed his eyes, a warm voice slowly sounded.

"Thank you. ”

The old doctor opened his eyes and looked over, and saw a man standing in front of him, bowing to the ground, the old doctor thought for a while, suddenly realized, and couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "If the injury is serious, it will be fine in three days?"

Chen Changge smiled kindly, "Thanks to Mr. Mister's skillful hands, rejuvenation of flesh and blood." ”

The old doctor suddenly got up and entered the medical hall, and snorted coldly, "The young man will give the old man this big hat, come in, and the old man will cut all the pulses for this freak again." ”

The old doctor clasped his wrist with three fingers, and couldn't help but be stunned, this young posterity pulse was stable and powerful, faintly a little bit of a secret loss but weak to nothing, so that the old doctor couldn't help but think, his medical skills have come to this?

As soon as the two entered Qingji Hall, a young couple walked on the street together, and the wife seemed to be unable to suppress the sadness in her heart, and she cried out loud without caring about how many people there were.

Chen Changge couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the woman's crying, and asked, "Sir, why is this sister-in-law crying like this?"

The old doctor sighed: "The old father at home is lost, and he has been looking for it for a morning, and I am afraid that he has already returned to the west." ”

The man in white couldn't help but be stunned, "Why don't you go to the official mansion for such a big thing?"

The old doctor glanced at the man, snorted coldly and did not speak.

Chen Changge was surprised: "The government doesn't care?"

The old doctor snorted coldly, "If the government is in charge, how can the four of you enter the city so blatantly?"