The old man looked at the fourth son quietly for a long time, and closed his eyes: "Little four, Xiaofan said, you made trouble outside, offended the guests, and kept saying that our peach blossom cake is gone?" Peach Blossom Cake is a signboard, since a hundred years ago, the ancestors have not disappointed any of the guests, the reputation of the ancestors for generations, you are so bad? ”

The old man was furious.

The fourth son's face changed, he lowered his head and didn't speak, still a little unconvinced.

When the old man saw his appearance, he was even more angry in his heart: "You still don't know what is wrong? What do you think about all day, I still have a stable temperament on weekdays, among all grandchildren, you are the best one, now it seems that you can't even compare to your third brother, your third brother can cause trouble again, and he can be regarded as obedient at home, what about you? ”

The fourth son's face was even more ugly.

The girl's eyes rolled, then she walked over and grabbed the old man's arm, and said softly: "Grandpa, don't be angry with the fourth brother, the fourth brother is wholeheartedly, all for our original family, even if he is young and vigorous, where is wrong, you can persuade it well, why be angry?" Anger is not good for the body......"

The girl persuaded her, and the fourth prince was even more awkward in his heart, and said angrily: "Isn't it just a restaurant, what's the big deal, I don't think it's a bad reputation, it's best to close it, just because grandfather, you are here every day, nesting in the kitchen to cook and serve people, I go out, others think I'm a businessman, my father has done three products, what kind of dim sum do you make for the old man?" You just eat dim sum as a meal every day, and our family can afford to eat it, so what's the matter with money? It's not impossible to enjoy making snacks. Who is it just looking for? What a good opportunity this time, the grandmaster and his old man's 120th birthday, he actually went back to Beijing to do it, and asked you to go and handle the dim sum, just for a bite of freshly baked peach blossom cake, such an opportunity, not to mention us, is to let a prince and county king cook for his old man, and his old man can afford it! You have to hesitate to come, hesitate to go. I just can't make up my mind! ”

"You. You loser, idiot! ”

The old man listened to his words so eloquently, and how to listen to how reasonable he was, his face turned green with anger. Hear it too. The boy was resentful. It's not just to mess up the peach blossom cake business, in that case. Directly put up a sign and say that it is sold out, it has been made, so what does it matter if it is sold to customers?

He just deliberately provoked others and made the guests angry, so that he would never patronize them again.

What this kid did was to cut off the lifeblood of the original family.

The old man took a deep breath and his face was gloomy: "You don't like your grandfather anymore?" Think your grandfather was a cook and disgraced you? So you're also a cook's grandson? It was also your grandfather's hard work in running this small restaurant that allowed your father to study, get ahead, and let you have a good life now. ”

The old man reluctantly suppressed the anger, and his eyes showed a little excitement: "How many times have I said that our original family can have today, it is not the credit of our original family, the ancestors of our original family grew up eating hundreds of family meals, and learning the craft is also the master's wholehearted care and free teaching, even this restaurant is a shop that the villagers pooled money to rent......

"The guests are kind, see our ancestors are lonely, they will take more care, everyone goes to the restaurant every day to eat a piece of peach blossom cake, there are more and more people, the restaurant is getting bigger and bigger, the life of the original family is getting better and better, the ancestors have taught us, the guests are the parents of my original family, and they can never let the guests down."

The fourth prince of Yuan took the following words by himself, with an impatient face: "These words, I have heard them all backwards, how about you are an ancestor, how about your ancestors, and your ancestors can't survive, you can't think about it for future generations, do our children and grandchildren have to be cooks for a lifetime, just because our ancestors are cooks?" ”

"You!"

The old man was so angry that his face turned red, and he couldn't help but raise his hand, snapped, and gave him a slap.

The fourth prince also felt that he had lost his words and regretted it a little, but with this slap, his face immediately turned blue and he rushed out of the door.

The girl bit her lip, stepped forward to help the old man, and whispered to reassure: "The fourth brother doesn't choose to speak, don't be angry with him, in fact, he knows that you love the children the most, not at all what he thinks, otherwise, you wouldn't work hard for your uncle to study." ”

The old man took a few breaths and shook his head, the older this child is, the more difficult it is to discipline, he doesn't understand anything at all, this stupid boy, he refuses to take the errand in Grandmaster Yao's mansion, and he refuses to let go of the business in the store.

"He doesn't understand, the hidden dragon and crouching tiger in the capital these days, especially my shop, is not very peaceful, he offends people like this, don't suffer a loss."

I don't know why, the old man's face showed a little fear and worry, and his hands and feet trembled.

At this time, there was a dispute in the small restaurant, Hongchen didn't know, she came out, although she didn't buy peach blossom cake, but she always had to go shopping, and by the way buy some pen, ink, paper and inkstone back.

Because I didn't want anything precious, I turned around in Santong Hutong and saw two houses, Hongchen didn't go in, Luo Niang and Xiao Yan walked around, shopping around, the last one bought paper and inkstones, and the other bought pen and ink.

I always bought a bunch of them, and I still asked the store guys to help deliver them to the car.

Hongchen stood in front of the car door, looked around, and felt that it was a small alley, but it was very lively, and the literary style was quite prosperous, just selling calligraphy and paintings, writing letters for people, and fortune-telling stalls, there were seven or eight.

"No, I won't sell it, I won't sell it."

As he was watching, a terrible cry suddenly came from not far ahead.

Hongchen looked up and saw a middle-aged man about thirty years old, holding an eleven or twelve-year-old girl in his arms, crying, snorting and crying, whimpering, "Give it back to you, the money will be given to you, I won't sell it." ”

He desperately took out a handful of broken silver from his arms, which added up to a lot, at least more than ten taels, and knelt down and held it to a shriveled old man in front of him, "Give it to you, give it to you, I can't sell my daughter." ”

The shriveled old man standing in front of this man was not dressed in flashy clothes. The sleeves were greasy, and a pair of cloth shoes were stained with mud, but for some reason, the moment everyone saw him, they didn't despise him at all, as if there was something terrifying hidden in this old man's not tall body, which made people unconsciously retreat.

He stared coldly at the two people kneeling on the ground, and only after a long time did he hoarse his voice and said word by word: "You dare to play me." ”

He said declarative sentences.

The middle-aged man's face was bitter: "...... I don't sell my daughter anymore. ”

That's all he said. Hold the child tightly and refuse to let go.

An old man next to him who sells words for a living sighed: "It's the Luo family's boy, hey, he's also pitiful, the old lady is sick." Spent all your savings. In the end, I didn't get through. The wife is sick again, and now the family is surrounded by walls, and only a pair of children remain. In order to treat his wife, he could only sell his daughter, and now it seems that he regrets it. ”

Xiao Yan's eyes flickered, and suddenly there was a hint of crystal.

Luo Niang was also secretly vigilant, she felt that the shriveled old man was not a good thing, although he spent a dozen taels of silver to buy a yellow-haired girl, it was quite stupid to look at.

When everyone thought the old man was going to be angry, the man just sneered three times, turned around and left.

Luo Niang breathed a sigh of relief.

The middle-aged man also breathed a sigh of relief, hugged his daughter, staggered to his feet, and touched the girl's withered yellow hair: "Good girl, Dad won't sell you, we are a family of four, and we will die together, so we don't have to suffer from the separation of flesh and blood." ”

The girl whimpered and cried: "Dad, Dad, you sell me, treat my mother, Yaya doesn't want her mother to die!" ”

The middle-aged man showed a trace of sadness on his face, even if he sold his daughter, that little money may not be able to cure his wife.

His wife's illness requires good ginseng to match, and it takes a long time to eat, and a little ginseng is so expensive that poor families like them can't afford it.

The old man walked farther and farther, Hongchen suddenly frowned, and said coldly: "What a ruthless method." ”

Before the words fell, the middle-aged man suddenly fell on his back, plopped up, and smashed on the road, and the pedestrians were startled.

"Daddy?"

The little girl was taken aback, and then her face turned white with fright.

I saw her father fall to the ground, his eyes widened, his stomach suddenly rose a little bit, and a gurgling roar sounded.

"Ahh

The onlookers around were also startled, the stomach squirmed, the more it swelled, as if something was about to get out, along with the back of the hand, the green tendons on the arm, and the whole body shook non-stop.

"This, this ......"

A few pedestrians watching from the side were creepy.

The little girl was even more frightened and helpless, and she didn't even dare to touch her father.

Hongchen strode over, kicked the middle-aged man over, leaned down and broke the man's mouth, and took out a yellow talisman and stuffed it in.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

In just a few moments, the man was desperately clutching his throat and vomiting.

"Something!"

Black, bug-like things spewed out of his mouth, and everyone dodged in unison, disgusting.

Hongchen also frowned, a little disgusting, took out the fire fold and directly lit a piece of rune paper and threw it on the ground, and for a while all the black insects hurled into the fire, and it turned into flying ashes after a while.

Not far ahead, the shriveled old man, who had been walking easily, suddenly turned around, his face turned red and turned white, his eyes were extremely cruel, and he only stayed for a moment before disappearing into the crowd.

Hongchen wanted to chase after her, but she only took Luo Niang and Xiao Yan with her when she went out, and there was also a coachman, who had strange methods, and she was afraid that she would not be an opponent if she caught up.

There was chaos around, and I don't know how many people were scared to run around when they saw the puddle of things on the ground.

But in just a moment, the face of the man who fell to the ground gradually recovered, and he was panting heavily, but his eyes were dull and confused, as if he didn't know what was going on.

The girl knew that it was Hongchen who saved her father, so she jumped over and knelt down and kowtowed twice, looking at her appearance, she knew the rules very well, even if she was so flustered, she didn't cry, which made people bored.

Hongchen had a good impression in his heart, took off the straw mark on her head, smoothed her hair for her, gathered her clothes, and said softly: "The world is difficult, but you are very lucky." ”

After speaking, Luo Niang took a dozen taels of broken silver, stuffed it into the little girl, and took a pen and paper to ask her to write an IOU.

"Since you are fated to meet, our young lady will help you with a kind heart, and there is no need for interest. This money is lent to you, and you will pay it back slowly in the future as you make it. ”

These silver, for ordinary people, do not know how long it will take to pay back, the money earned every year, I am afraid that it is only enough to chew, something happens in the family, there is a person who is sick, and if he wants to be cured, he may go bankrupt.

The middle-aged man on the ground burst into tears. Struggling to shout, "Me." I will pay it back, and I will definitely pay it back! ”

Hongchen had already led the two girls into the car slowly.

The shriveled old man just now, looking at him, was not an ordinary person, and suddenly came to the capital. I don't know why!

In the original family's small restaurant. It's still like a cloud.

Their old man was standing on the railing on the second floor. Looking down, the worry on his face has not diminished.

"Master, the ninth master is here."

The old man heard this. His face showed a little joy, and he was also slightly relieved, and said with a smile: "Xiao Jiu, I haven't seen you for some days, how are your ancestors and masters now?" ”

"The master is busy in the capital, and the master has been in retreat for more than two years, and he can't compare to the old man."

Yan Jiu saluted with a smile, standing there with a long jade body, wearing a red robe, but he was not frivolous at all.

The old man stroked his beard and looked at him very happily: "It's still our little Jiu'er who is obedient, your master and ancestor are very worry-free, my junior family, when will I learn half a point from you, I will be able to relax when I enter the ghost gate in the future!" ”

Yan Jiu laughed: "If Xiao Si hears this, he should make trouble with me!" ”

The two of them chatted for a few words, then went into the house and sat down, and the old man exhaled and said solemnly: "How is it?" Thirty years is coming, has your master thought of a countermeasure? ”

Yan Jiu Meiyu also brought out a little worry, but still smiled: "Although the old man can rest assured, the spirit turtle that Mr. Guigu personally domesticated back then was still well enshrined, and it will definitely be able to bless the original family in distress and be safe, Granny Kun is hands and eyes are all over the sky, thirty years ago it was not a failure, thirty years later, don't want to take advantage!" ”

While he was talking, suddenly a short young man dressed as a small guy rushed into the door, "Old man, something happened to the fourth son!" ”

“……”

The old man was shocked, and his face suddenly darkened.

Something did happen, and the fourth prince was carried back, with his eyes open, but he couldn't speak or move.

When he saw the old man, he suddenly moved his hand, slapped the old man in the face.

The faces of the others changed.

The eyes of the fourth prince himself also showed a little panic, his mouth whined, but his hands did not obey the call, he struggled to stretch out his paws and scratch and scratch, if Yan Jiu didn't see it well and stopped him, it is estimated that the old man would have asked him to grab it.

"How so?"

The old man was shocked, he didn't think that his grandson would be rude to him.

Even if Xiao Si has a weird temperament, he has read poetry and books since he was a child, and he will never do anything to beat his grandfather.

If this were the case, his reputation would have been over a long time ago, what kind of book would he read? A serious academy can't afford such students.

"Could it be that Granny Kun has broken our family's spirit turtle protection?"

The old man stood up suddenly, exclaimed, and then eased his strength, shook his head, and sat down slowly, "Impossible, impossible, I just went to check, even if Granny Kun can break the feng shui array, it is impossible to be so silent." ”

He struggled to compose.

Yan Jiu also breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead emptily, helped the old man to the side and sat down, only to stare at the fourth son who had been tied up by several small men and tied to the bed desperately, at first he looked at it for a long time, and he didn't see anything wrong, and when his eyes swept over his hand, he frowned, grabbed his arm, and opened his palm.

There was actually a crack in the palm, blood seeped out, and the wound was not big, but it was cracked along the palm lines.

The old man was stunned.

Yan Jiu's eyes narrowed, and he wondered: "Xiao Jiu's protection has been lifted?" I really can't see the influence of external forces below, I'm afraid it's ...... Lift it yourself! ”

"How is that possible?"

The old man and Yan Jiu looked at each other.

"The spirit turtle that Mr. Guigu handed over to us for worship has never made any mistakes!"

When it comes to Mr. Guigu, no one dares to disrespect, the original old man and Mr. Guigu have nothing to do with each other, but there was an incident thirty years ago, the original old man offended Nanyu Kun's mother-in-law, Kun's mother-in-law has always been small-minded, moody, and will destroy people at every turn, and that time will also destroy the original family, but it is also the luck of the original family, just let Mr. Guigu bump into him, his old man was already famous all over the world at that time, and he was a respected predecessor. shouldn't have interfered in the grievances of the juniors, but when she saw that Granny Kun was too fierce, she came forward to make a peace.

Granny Kun didn't dare not give Mr. Guigu face, but she didn't want to let go of the original family, so she responded and stopped shooting, in fact, she still gave Gu poison and wanted to cut off the heirs of the original family.

But Granny Kun was not reconciled. It's just about Mr. Guiya. only sneered three times, and said: "For the sake of the face of the Ghost Valley, I wish your original family thirty years of peace!" ”

Then it vanished.

After all, Mr. Guigu couldn't stay and protect all the time, so he discussed it with the old man. Leave a domesticated spirit turtle behind. Handed over to the original family for support. As long as the offering continues, the original family members can be protected from any Gu worms.

The children and grandchildren of the original family, both male and female, after birth. They are all bled and fed every year, especially the fourth son, he is the grandson of the grandson, the old man attaches the most importance to his affairs, and takes him to worship the spirit turtle every time.

It can be said that it is a bit possible for others in the family to have problems, and it is really puzzling that the fourth son had an accident.

Yan Jiu racked his brains, suddenly remembered something, frowned, and said, "Is the fourth prince disrespectful to the people of Guigumen?" I remember that the ancestor said that the spirit turtle fought back, cracked the protection, only for the old master, unless the Guigumen people, and the descendants of the descendants and the little four conflicted, otherwise the spirit turtle will only protect the little four. Well, it should be today, I saw him yesterday, he is fine, although the spirit turtle is a spiritual creature, but it will not write down the feud first, and if there is a feud, it will be avenged immediately, and it will not be delayed for too long. ”

Before he finished speaking, the old man turned his head and glared at the fourth son, and then looked at the few little guys waiting beside him: "You have been following the little four, who has he quarreled with recently?" ”

The little guys all shook their heads and said in unison: "The son is kind and never grudges with others, how is it possible?" ”

"That's too fake."

The old man shook his head.

What is the temper of his grandson, he still knows that his temperament is a little arrogant, not to cause a big disaster, but he is not a good temper, I really don't know when he offended people because of his temper.

The old man sighed, thought about it, and carefully interrogated the little guys, less than half a day has passed today, and the time is still short, the few people who are waiting hesitated: "The fourth prince came to the restaurant early this morning, and he didn't go anywhere else, if you want to offend people, you can only ...... Guests. ”

Only then did the old man remember that he had lost his temper just now and blamed Xiao Si for offending the guests at will.

Yan Jiu was stunned: "Impossible." ”

The old man also felt impossible: "The three disciples of Mr. Guigu are all in the capital, but the fourth child must know each other, how could Tai Sui break ground on his head?" ”

His little four is not stupid!

"No, it's good to find out, you guys go and check it out quickly, and see who the guests who were pouted back by Xiao Si today are!"

Those who can afford to buy his snacks have many rich and noble people, and although there are many customers, most of them are regular customers, and it should not be difficult to figure it out.

"Oh, old man, ninth master, where is the time to think about this now, hurry up and find a way to save the fourth son."

The young man dressed as a servant said hurriedly.

The young girl who was talking to the old man just now also hurried over when she heard the news, and hurriedly interjected when she heard the words: "Exactly, no matter what, it is important to save the fourth brother." ”

The old man thought about it, and hurriedly took his post and asked people to bring it to invite people, and Yan Jiu was also busy informing the elders in the family to come over.

A group of people tossed around for a long time, and they have used any method, but they are still helpless!

The old man couldn't help but cry.

The fourth prince couldn't even speak, his eyes were anxious, and two lines of tears rolled down, wishing that he would die immediately, and he didn't want to suffer such humiliation.

Everyone circled around the four sons, the old man was desperate, the housekeeper outside came, sweating profusely, and said when he entered the door: "Old man, there's a new thing outside!" ”

The girl was annoyed: "Don't make trouble, when is it, who is impatient to listen to your story." ”

This Simber is the son of the original family, and later became a housekeeper, the biggest advantage is that he loves to listen to gossip, and he can often make the old man happy with the rumors in the market, but now is not the time for him to play treasure.

Simber shook his head: "Oh, this matter has something to do with the old man's heart and mind." ”

The old man immediately raised his head and frowned.

Simber didn't care what the girl said, and said softly: "Just now, something happened in Santong Hutong. ”

He vividly described how the man suddenly suffered from a strange disease, his belly was as big as a drum, and there were worms wriggling inside, everyone was frightened, and a girl suddenly came, and instantly drove out the Gu worms, and burned all the fire!

"How is that possible?"

The old man was taken aback, "Is it really as big as a drum?" The Gu worm burned to death, didn't the patient die? ”

He had been worried about the scourge of Gu poison for thirty years, so he was naturally quite concerned about this aspect and knew those methods very well.

Not to mention that when Gu worms enter the human body, they become one with the human body, and they cannot be expelled at all, even if they can be driven out in time, they are not at all like the legend, they can be saved if they are burned casually.

It's really that simple, the unscrupulous person of Granny Kun has long been besieged by the group and died. (To be continued.) )