The sky is getting dark, and in the winter of the Arctic Continent, the days always seem to be extraordinarily short, and it is too late to sigh, and the day is about to pass in the blink of an eye.

Su Luo sorted out the information he had collected recently, and finally decided to go and see if he could meet the old woman again, in fact, on the other hand, he was not sure, was it really Shen Shaoshuai's grandmother? At least for now, there isn't much reason to confirm this.

He can't conclude all this based on just one sentence, but the old woman is indeed the only clue now, and he naturally can't give up.

He thought a lot along the way, but it was all based on the fact that he was able to meet the old woman who sold pastries and get some useful information from her.

Heaven did not disappoint him, it was still as simple as the humble stalls in other places, the half-awake and half-sleeping old woman, calculating her age, the news that Su Luo got Shen Shaoshuai's grandmother should be in the year of the sixtieth birthday now, is she really still alive?

“…… Old woman. Su Luo is not a sweet-mouthed person, he used to live in the deep palace most of the time, and he didn't say much, let alone call outsiders, and he said it in a word.

But the old woman, who was sleepy there, did not know whether she heard or not, but still squinted her eyes, and muttered words that she could not hear or understand.

Standing there for a while, Su Luo was patient, slowed down his voice and continued to call: "Old woman." ”

After pausing for a while, the old woman opened her eyes slightly, her brows seemed to be a little difficult to wrinkle, and asked, "Are you calling me?" ”

"Yes." has always been talkative, but Su Luo can only respond to it now.

The old woman seemed to understand, nodded slowly, opened her mouth slightly, and said, "What do you want?" ”

“…… Rhombus cake bar. Su Luo knew that this was a unique cake in Nanzhou, and at the same time, when he accompanied Yun Tian last time, he vaguely felt that this rhombic flour cake seemed to have some special meaning to the old woman.

was slightly stunned, and then the old woman still nodded, several times in succession, and then moved slowly: "Lingfen cake, good ......"

After thinking about it for a while, Su Luo finally opened his mouth and asked, "Grandma seems to be a person with a story. ”

"Huh?" The old woman smiled, and did not deny it, her voice was like the sound of dry trees rubbing, a little dumb, those who are also over half a hundred years old, Nanzhou is not nothing, and their children and grandchildren are full of leisure all day long, usually still ruddy, at most they are inconvenient.

Suddenly, the old woman's brows furrowed again, and she condensed into a ball, and then asked, "Have I seen you?" ”

“…… I came here with a girl the other day to buy pastries. Su Luo thought about it and said truthfully.

The old woman understood and seemed to have an impression, but she opened her eyes with great effort, shook her head, and finally simply did not mention it.

"Last time I heard from you, Grandma, your husband and son seem to be the father and son of the Shen family?" Su Luo asked.

"Where is it?" The old woman waved her hand, but this answer made Su Luo puzzled, and then she heard the old woman say: "I broke off the relationship twenty years ago......

Su Luo squinted inadvertently, looked at the old woman, and later remembered that at that time...... Mrs. Shen should have been divorced, and she has indeed severed the relationship, and with a sigh of relief, it seems that this is the only one that can explain all this.

Su Luo then asked, "Can you tell me about the situation back then?" ”

"Young man, why did you suddenly remember to ask this?" The old woman didn't quite understand, perhaps because she didn't want to mention it more.

"I've only heard about some legendary events at the beginning, but in the end, they are vague and curious."

"That's right...... So tell you, which one do you want to hear? The old woman asked again, Su Luo breathed a sigh of relief, if she really didn't want to mention it, then he could only run in vain this time, and he couldn't force others to say it.

After thinking about it, Su Luo didn't have much clue about what happened back then, so he said, "Old woman, you can talk about it at will." ”

"Uh-oh." In response to two sounds, the old woman looked up at the sky, gray, she had long been dizzy, and she didn't know if there were any stars, so she said: "Old woman, I was still a yellow flower girl, at that time, Nanzhou was unified, although it was not rich now, but it was also Ansheng, and the ancestral pastry shop has always been located in the imperial city, and it is not worrying about eating and drinking." ”

Su Luo silently wrote it down, and heard that Mrs. Shen was from a poor family back then, and these two points were barely right.

Xu is a person is old, he often mutters as soon as he opens his mouth, and he can't finish the long story, and after listening to it for a while, the old woman intermittently talks about the things she heard last time, and even some trivial things.

"To be able to enter the General's Mansion, I thought at the time, it was definitely the luckiest thing for me, at that time he should really have me in his heart, and my best friends when I was down also helped to carry them to the mansion to be a nurse. That's the case, in fact, how could I not understand, that is simply selling my face, otherwise where will it be my turn......"

Su Luo opened his mouth, wanting to ask some questions directly, but finally he couldn't bear to interrupt, thinking that although the sky was getting dark, the hour was still early, so he continued to let the old woman talk.

After that, Shen Shaoshuai was mentioned, but unfortunately there was very little useful information to get, until the old woman's voice suddenly stopped, and there were a few light coughs, as if she was tired.

The old woman took the water with her hands a little shaky, Su Luo could see some water spilled with the naked eye, and then looked at the delicately made pastries, it was hard to imagine that this was actually made by an old woman who was unstable in holding things.

Taking advantage of this gap, Su Luo hurriedly asked: "The news of the year only rumored that the Shen family's father and son were killed, what about the little son?" Although he knew that the old woman and the Shen family should have broken off contact with each other a long time ago, Su Luo still asked tentatively.

"Who knows? Ay...... Adults don't have a way to live, so what can the eldest grandson do. The old woman said that this smile is also a little bleak, the original happiness, in the end are all shattered, that a battle that lasted for several years, and finally the Arctic Kingdom won, so the equality agreement was signed, but did it really win?

How could the old woman's heart not be lonely, this victory was exchanged for the lives of the people hidden in her heart, what kind of victory was it for her?

"That'...... Didn't you think he's still alive? Su Luo asked.

"Think...... Hope, of course. The old woman shook her head and sighed, "But what are the chances of this?" ”

Frowning slightly, if you ask like this, how can you get useful information? Suppressing the emotions in his heart, Su Luo asked calmly: "Then the situation at that time, is it possible to escape?" ”

"Huh?" The old woman seemed to think that Su Luo asked a little too much, she used to be the mother of a family, and she was somewhat sensitive, and finally stared at Su Luo and looked at it, but she didn't have a name, but she was really curious, and said: "If you really say that you can escape, it's not impossible." ”

"How?"

The old woman let out a long sigh, and then said: "In that battle back then, it was supposed to be another general to defend, but in the end, by mistake, their father and son led the troops to arrive overnight, and finally ......"

"That young child naturally won't be carried with the army overnight, presumably it should be settled in advance, but unfortunately, it's a pity that until now, no clues have been broken......" She also rarely saw her grandson again.

Su Luo quickly thought that if he settled down in advance and could let both father and son rush there, there must be someone who they could entrust with all their hearts, his mind turned around, and he quickly asked: "Then who is the most likely to replace the child?" Maybe you can still find it by following this clue. ”

The old woman didn't give an answer this time, but said, "I didn't know everything in the army back then. ”

Su Luo sighed, thinking that what he could get today was probably so much news, but according to the inference of the old woman just now, then Shen Shaoshuai means that if nothing happens, he should really be alive?

"Then I hope that somewhere in the Southern State or the Arctic Country, he can live a stable life." Su Luo said.

The old woman seemed to be much more downset, and when she heard this, she only nodded slightly, which was regarded as leaving an expectation for herself, and then opened her mouth to look at the pastries, and said, "Do you want to take these away?" Why don't you eat it? He let out another heavy sigh, and then said to himself: "Today's people, how can they still eat this." ”

People's hearts are beating, and after Su Luo heard the second half of the sentence, he couldn't say that he intended to take it away, and said, "Eat and leave." ”

Then he quickly changed the topic and asked, "Did you do all this?" ”

"yes, yes." The old woman mentioned this with a little smile on her face, and then said: "It's a pity that the old woman is old, her eyes are trembling, and I am afraid that she will lose this craft in a few days." ”

"Where." This pastry is so exquisite, no one will think that the person who made it will be dizzy, but he is also roughly clear about the situation of the old woman, and now ...... Most of the body has already been buried in the ground, and you can imagine how deeply some things are engraved in the mind, so that they can be accurate even if they can't see clearly.

"It's getting late, so go home as soon as possible." After saying so much, the old woman was also tired, half lying on the chair, her already thin body looked even more fragile, her eyes were slightly closed, everything was like when Su Luo first came, it was distressing to look at.

Su Luo subconsciously added the unfinished half sentence: Don't worry about it.

That's what it means, right? Maybe...... It's just that here, it's not his home, so how can anyone worry.

Breathing steadily but there seems to be no ups and downs, probably because he really has no nostalgia for this world, in order to have such a serene demeanor, Su Luo looked at this scene, feeling like a thriller who was about to end his life.

The sigh was another sound, shallow from the old woman's mouth, half-awake and half-dreaming softly, the sound was intermittent, coming and going, and finally turning into nothingness, and gradually only breathing.

Su Luo got up, stood quietly, his face was as expressionless as ever, and quietly put something in the box where the old woman put the copper coin, Su Luo turned around and left.

【Happy Reading】