Yushi, just entered Sanjiu, the cold wind was cold, and the snow was falling.

At the entrance of the ancient street that began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a dark yellow light, and you could faintly see the dilapidated vicissitudes of the old city wall behind it.

There was also a tall old man wrapped in an army-green cotton jacket, standing motionless in the snow like a tall poplar tree, allowing the snow to cover his felt boots on his feet, and completely covering his gray and sparse eyebrows with a layer of white.

In the dim light, the hot breath exhaled by the old man, like a flying dragon shining with silver and white light, slammed into the air, and the snowflakes jumped up and down.

Behind the old man is a stinky tofu stall converted from a tricycle, with a steel pipe welded to it, connected to wires, and an antique yellow and black-edged flag that reads "Hao Youde Stinky Tofu".

There was a sound of a tricycle jolting in the distance, and Hao Youde shook his body, shook the snow that fell on his body, stepped hard, returned to the stinky tofu stall, and got busy.

A teenager on a tricycle came towards the light, and as soon as he came to him, he jumped off the bike with both feet raised, and the tricycle naturally went to the side, hit a dirty telephone pole, cocked his head, and then stopped.

"Young master, don't just stand, as the old saying goes, the gods can't stand the autumn rain and cold, the stinky tofu that has just come out of the pot is hot, hurry up and eat it to warm your body, your body is weak, don't catch a cold." Hao Youde said, and handed a piece of stinky tofu to the young man respectfully.

His thick body was like an untouched mountain, standing beside the young man, sheltering him from the wind and snow.

The young man took this stinky tofu and was happy, thinking that there was no such young master in the world, the wind swept his face, the snow was beating, he was cold and starving, staring at the tricycle every day to walk the streets and alleys to collect the rags, and he looked at the smooth roast chicken with no money to buy.

The young man's name is Lin Mu, living in a poor ravine 100 kilometers away from Yu City, I heard that he has no mother since he was a child, and his father is said to live in the city, but he has seen it twice, but he forgot it every time he saw it, and it was as clean as a small grain of sand under a stream.

Despite this, the people in the village did not dare to laugh at him for being a child without parents, because he had a bad temper, and when he was upset, he picked up the brick and slapped him on the head, and the villagers secretly called him a wolf cub.

Three months ago, Hao Youde entered the mountain, found Lin Mu, and shouted Lin Mu's "Young Master" vigorously, saying that he would take Lin Mu into the city and go home.

Lin Mu heard that there were too many horns in the city and he couldn't sleep, all of them were high-rise buildings, and he couldn't see the sun at all, but he felt that the mountains were steady, the loess was a kang, looking up at the white clouds, and he was chic and comfortable, so he decisively rejected Hao Youde.

Hao Youde didn't say a word, he stood at the door of Lin Mu's house for two days and two nights without moving, Lin Mu couldn't stand this formation, worried that Hao Youde was old, and he couldn't bear to toss a good one, so he gritted his teeth and followed Hao Youde into the city, just as if he had broken through the ghost gate once, it was not a big deal.

But he has been in the city for a few days, and he found that the city is not as terrible as he imagined, and the lights are quite eye-catching, but he has never seen the home that Hao Youde said.

I just heard Hao Youde reassure himself from time to time that the time to go home was coming soon, and the boss would make arrangements.

Lin Mu thought it was very strange, it was not so complicated for the people in the village to go home, where did the people in the city get so many rules, and they had to pick an auspicious day for the zodiac? Lin Mu thought that the people in the city were lazy, and the lazy people had a lot of and urine, so everything was troublesome.

But later he found that the elementary school students got up before dawn and began to crowd the bus, proving that the people in the city were not lazy, and Lin Mu became more and more curious about what kind of person his father was still alive with, whether he should get up early to squeeze the bus, or get up early and be busy like Hao Youde.

What does your home look like? Do you live in a building in a western-style house community, or is it like Hao Youde's home, which is very remote from the city center, although it is dilapidated, but there is an independent small yard where you can raise flowers and grow corn.

As for Hao Youde calling his father boss, Lin Mu didn't think much about it, because the people who came to take care of Hao Youde's business called him that, Lin Mu walked the streets and alleys every day to collect rags, and others also called him that.

A cool breeze blew on the two of them, and the more curious Lin Mu was, the more he looked forward to it, but after a long time, the gap was big, and he had the taste of falling into a dream.

Hao Youde sometimes asks Lin Mu if he feels that life is hard, and Lin Mu always smiles and shakes his head.

He doesn't feel like a little beggar who has escaped from the famine, but feels that he can support himself and is a little proud of supporting himself, after all, collecting rags in the city is a high-paying industry in the village.

Lin Mu gulped down stinky tofu and felt that it tasted extremely beautiful.

Hao Youde Linmu saw the satisfied look in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "When you see the boss in the future, don't blame the boss for hiding you in the poor ravine, if you are gold, you will shine everywhere, not bad for the 17 years, if you are the pig baby of Zhang's daughter-in-law, it will be a mountain of gold and silver for you, and you will burn your hands if you hold it, and it will be fatal to lie in it." ”

Lin Mu ate stinky tofu, smiled and nodded, he is seventeen years old this year, in his memory, it seems that he has only seen that person twice, once he was pulled to the exit of the yang world by death, the man felt that he was going to die, walked into the ravine to see him for the last time, his body was weak, his vision was blurred, he felt that someone was around, so he forcibly opened his eyes, and saw only his figure.

Another time was his twelfth birthday, the man gave him a notebook as a gift, and he stared at it in a daze, until the man left, and Lin Mu didn't see a second look.

Later, Lin Mu knew that it was a computer, used to surf the Internet, but it was not practical to put that thing in the ravine, and there was only a teaching video similar to radio gymnastics in the computer.

As for the blame, Lin Mu really didn't have it, there is no love and hate in this world, at best, he was more curious, he didn't put that person in his heart at all, for gold and silver, he felt that he had made a small achievement, and there was still some left over for clothing and eating.

At this time, a girl in a blue coat, with one hand in front of her to shield herself from the wind and snow, and a copy of "The Siege" in the other hand, suddenly appeared in front of a pennant with the three words stinky tofu written on it.

"Can the boss make me a copy before closing the stall, I'm a frequent visitor to your house, and there are few people on the street today. The girl said with a playful laugh, shuddering and stamping her feet from time to time.

Hao Youde raised his head and glanced at the girl, then at the forest trees that were eating stinky tofu, and immediately shook his head.

"Is it okay for me to pay twice the price?" The girl saw that Hao Youde didn't eat oil and salt, and she wanted to eat it even more iron, gritted her teeth, and increased the price very pragmatically, throwing out the bait, while Hao Youde sighed slightly and was indifferent.

Getting along with Hao Youde these days, Lin Mu felt that his bones were too hard, he had to suffer to save face, and he was so short of money, but he had to grit his teeth and close his eyes when the silver was in front of him.

Just because I talked to myself in advance to close the stall in advance, I missed the opportunity to make money, which seems too pedantic and doesn't have to be like this.

"Uncle Hao, this girl looks very familiar, she is designated as an old customer, let's go back so early today Aunt Lan hasn't cooked yet, so let's cook it for her again." Lin Mu saw that the girl was anxious and really wanted to eat, so he hurriedly said.

But Hao Youde still shook his head, until Lin Mu said that it was crazy not to do business, this was an order, his face suddenly turned rosy, and then he touched Lin Mu's head and laughed, revealing a yellowed front teeth, which Lin Mu called Fu Ya, which can increase the blessing of Hao Youde.

"What's the money, uncle knows you, you are my loyal customer, you can like the taste made by our villagers, uncle is happy, don't add money, a piece of five yuan, you can get it as usual." Hao Youde smiled, only then did he change his mind, and he was relieved.

He squatted down and took out a few pieces of stinky tofu from the plastic box, refilled the fryer with oil, and turned on the gas stove while humming the tune of Shajiabang, and the little mood suddenly rose.

"Hehe, thank you, uncle, I will recognize the taste of your stinky tofu in Yushi, there are few people today, and there must not be many people who come to eat, so it's okay, I want two servings, do you see it?" The girl stared at the stinky tofu and said with a smile, her aggrieved expression vanished.

"Okay, Uncle will give you an increase. You eat more. Hao Youde saw that the girl was very cute, so he took the clip and added a few pieces of stinky tofu and put it in the oil pot.

The girl saw Lin Mule looking at herself, and looked at it casually, his dirty clothes, and black whining face seemed to have a big ugly word written on it, and she wanted to say thank you, but finally swallowed it in her stomach, but she didn't have a good feeling at all, snorted coldly, avoided Lin Mu's appearance, and shifted her vision to the stinky tofu rolling in the oil pot.

A man wearing a gray hoodie with his head bowed appeared in front of Hao Youde.

"Two copies. The man's voice was cold, and after saying two words briefly, he took out two toothpicks from an iron box, one in his mouth and the other tightly in the palm of his hand.

The girl swept the man with her peripheral vision, and in the dim light of the fifteen-watt light bulb, half of the man's face was revealed, and the deep scar that hung on his face made the girl feel like vomiting.

The man squinted at the girl, and the girl jerked her gaze back, trembling instinctively.

"Girl, are you going to eat here or are you going to take it home?" Hao Youde asked with a smile as he took out the golden stinky tofu from the oil pot, filled the two cartons, and filled the two cartons.

"I pack. The girl said uncomfortably, her voice a little stiff.

Hao Youde took out a plastic bag from his side and stuffed two boxes of stinky tofu into it. The girl took it and said, "Thank you, boss." After paying the money, he left quickly, and he didn't have time to find out that the boss did not increase the price.

The scarred man raised his head slightly and stared in the direction the girl left for a long time, until Hao Youde handed over two servings of stinky tofu, and the scarred man came back to his senses.

At this moment, a dilapidated silver-white Suzuki car crossed an arc from the opposite road and quickly stopped in front of the scarred man, who held two boxes of stinky tofu in one hand, pulled the car door with the other, and quickly jumped in.

With the sound of an engine, the car quickly moved out of Hao Youde's field of vision.

"Oh yes, you haven't paid for it yet...... These two are in vain. The incident happened too quickly, Hao Youde patted his thigh and shouted for money, but it was useless, so he simply sighed, shook his head, and continued to close the stall.

However, Hao Youde's good luck finally arrived, and one after another customers stopped Hao Youde's idea of closing the stall in advance, and he began to concentrate on it, and soon forgot about this unpleasant thing.

The trees behind him disappeared.