Cold dishes, dumplings, old wine.

One old and one young, talking freely about wine, Huang Jiaotou was completely reduced to a "light bulb" situation, in addition to burying his head in eating and drinking, he still buried his head in eating and drinking - in fact, he couldn't interject what Lin Yi and the old man said, and his knowledge reserve was not enough.

The old man began to be interested in Lin Yi, and began to seriously test his knowledge. Lin Yi reads books and refutes miscellaneous books, is well-read and memorized, but he also answers fluently.

The old man asked a lot of questions, I thought that Lin Yi would have a hard time answering, but I didn't expect Lin Yi to answer them all, and some places had his own unique views and opinions, which couldn't help but make the old man look at him again.

In fact, in addition to being well-read and memorable, if Lin Yi hadn't relied on his abilities to absorb the essence of knowledge from a lot of old books during this time, he would not have been able to deal with this old man's various tricky and strange questions.

Time passed slowly, and finally the old man felt that the chatter was almost over, so he asked the last question in his heart: "Lin Yi, you graduated from that university, and which major did you study?" ”

In the old man's opinion, even if Lin Yi went to a particularly bullish university, it was almost the same, otherwise he would not have such a rich knowledge and literacy.

Lin Yi replied very simply, "I graduated from high school!" ”

Flutter!

The old man almost squirted out the old wine that had been in his mouth.

No matter what aspect of the school is examined, Lin Yi's knowledge content is not only high school students. Especially the questions that the old man asked just now, but only Chinese studies students can answer, if what he said is true, how can those real college students live?

Lin Yi didn't expect that he would have such a big reaction when he said that he was a high school student, but he was used to being looked down upon, and when he used to apply, as soon as he said that he was a high school student, the college students next to him, and the recruiters would look at him with strange eyes, as if the "high school student" was a very rare beast like a "grass mud horse" in these years.

ridicule, sarcasm, contempt, Lin Yi has seen a lot. But he never regretted it, what about high school students, what if he didn't go to college, society is a university, you can study and practice here.

I'm a high school student, and I'm no worse than anyone else.

Don't be contemptuous, don't lament yourself.

I raise my head and chest, I am innocent, excuse me, where is the low?

The old man also seemed to notice that he seemed to be a little out of shape, and was about to say something to ease up, when Huang Jiaotou suddenly said, "You have said a lot, do you want to have a drink?" Take the lead in raising your glass.

There are thick and fine, and they are talking about people like Huang Jiaotou.

……

A box of liquor was quickly fluffed, and most of it went down to the stomachs of the yellow sect head and the red-nosed old man. Lin Yi drank very little, at most two taels.

In other words, Lin Yi is not counted, the old man and Huang Jiaotou drank three catties of liquor by almost one person, which is absolutely the amount of alcohol.

Historically, Liu Ling, who is the most drinkable, claims to be "one drink and one drink, five buckets to solve the wine", which is vague and difficult to convince. Moreover, ancient weights and measures were much smaller than they are today. Left Pass? The seventeenth year of Xianggong "Shuyun: "The ancients cost one hundred and twenty catties, one bucket and twelve catties", if calculated according to the current standard, one hundred and twenty catties of rice wine can be used for bathing, and Liu Ling can't drink it all at once even if the lion opens his mouth.

But those are all legends, and Lin Yi has seen someone who can really drink this time.

At this moment, the entire dumpling restaurant is basically empty, and a waitress looks at them with a sad gaze, sitting on the side, looking at the clock hanging on the wall from time to time.

It was past nine o'clock in the evening.

Lin Yi knew that his table had delayed people from getting off work.

Huang Jiaotou seemed to be a little drunk, with a red face and a thick neck, and a mouth full of wine; The old man drank more than anyone else, and he looked only slightly drunk, and he was comfortably picking his teeth.

When it was time to settle the bill, the old man put down the toothpick that was picking his teeth, touched his coat pocket, and then touched his trouser pocket, and then said to Lin Yi with an unnatural face: "I'm sorry, young man, I came out in a hurry, and I forgot to bring money." ”

The waitress waiting for the checkout next to her rolled her eyes, she has seen a lot of this kind of person, typical of eating white food, but she has never met such an old age, too old and not serious.

Lin Yi didn't care, "It's okay, count me as a treat, and we will have a chance to get together again next time." ”

The old man smiled, then looked at the empty wine bottle under the table, and said, "It's really good wine, but it's a pity it's gone-" Then he looked at Lin Yi and said, "You are also good, you invite this time, please next time you meet me." After speaking, he picked up the cut cucumber segment on the table again, took a bite of it, and walked outside humming a small song.

Lin Yi and Huang Jiaotou sent him, the old man did not ride an electric car, he rode a 28 flying pigeon bicycle, this kind of bicycle Lin Yi has seen in the thrift market, I didn't expect that there are still people riding this now, it is too antique.

The old man bit the cucumber segment, pushed the bicycle, waved goodbye to Lin Yi and them, and then slowly disappeared into the night.

Looking at the old man's back, Huang Jiaotou suddenly turned around and said to Lin Yi, "Can you please ask for something?" ”

Lin Yi: "You say—"

"Bring me another pound of dumplings."

Lin Yi: "......"

……

Huang Jiaotou's home is near Minzhu Street, not far from the dumpling restaurant, so after he and Lin Yi separated, he went home directly.

But when he arrived at the door of the house, Huang Jiaotou did not open the door and went upstairs, but came to a nearby commissary, and the aunt of the commissary said angrily when she saw him: "You are back, your mother is too difficult to serve, she is pulling and urinating, and it makes my house smelly, even if I give me a hundred yuan a day in the future, I won't do it!" ”

Huang Jiaotou didn't say anything, he had heard too much, every time he went out, he would beg someone to take care of his mother, at first it was twenty yuan a day, then it became thirty yuan, fifty yuan, and now it is almost eighty, but he is still complained.

There is no way, after the old lady is paralyzed, she has to be served by someone to eat, drink and lazar, and the work of wiping feces and urine is even more indispensable, and even sons and daughters are not willing to do this kind of dirty work, not to mention this kind of temporary central people.

Huang Jiaotou sighed, picked up the old lady who was slumped in the chair, carried the dumplings in one hand, and said, "Let's go, mother, let's go home - my son will give you dumplings to eat." ”

The old lady opened her mouth and said with great difficulty, a syllable: "Good." ”

Watching Huang Jiaotou leave with the old lady on his back, the neighbor's aunt was full of gloom, picked up a rag and wiped the place where the old lady had studied.

Carrying the old lady on his back, Huang Jiaotou walked up the stairs step by step, and above was the attic where he lived.

The old lady lay on top of him and said with difficulty, "You...... Drink...... Finish? ”

Huang Jiaotou: "Yes, mother, my son made a friend today, and he is different from those ...... before"

Old lady: "That...... That's good. ”

At this moment, Huang Jiaotou intuitively felt a heat on his back, and a stream of heat flowed down his back.

The old lady is like a child who has done something wrong: "I ...... I didn't, I couldn't hold back, I peed again. ”

Huang Jiaotou, who had long been accustomed to this situation, did not stop at all, and said in his mouth: "It's okay, mother, you can pee if you want, don't hold it, just wash your son's clothes." ”

Yes, this is the big summer, just wash it a little, unlike the big winter, often no matter how you wash it, you can't wash off the smell of urine, and there are often no dry cotton clothes to wear.

Finally went upstairs, Huang Jiaotou put the old lady on a bamboo chair on the balcony, the bamboo chair is special, people can lie on it, like a cool mat.

Around the balcony is a shelf supported by bamboo poles, planted with loofahs, and the loofah vines are wound around the bamboo frames, forming a natural shade, and the night breeze blows, accompanied by a wisp of green and astringent smell of loofah, which makes people feel very comfortable.

Next to the loofah shed, there is a wooden stake for high-level kung fu practice, the wooden stake looks very old, especially the traces on several short arms, it can be seen that some people often practice, and they are slapped smooth and shiny, revealing a faint light under the reflection of the moonlight.

The whole balcony, although the place is small, the view is very open.

Here, Huang Jiaotou had already put the dumplings in the pot, and the dumplings were tumbling in the boiling water.

When it was almost time, he took it out, put a small half bowl, and Huang Jiaotou took a balsamic vinegar dish and some vinegar water, and brought it out. He remembered clearly that the old lady used to like to eat dumplings dipped in vinegar the most.

……

"Ah, yes, that's it...... Eat slowly, don't choke. The head of the Huang Sect was like coaxing a child, and the old lady opened her mouth and laboriously ate dumplings.

Huang Jiaotou looked serious and careful, not as rude as usual, if he was usually a big man with a knife, then now he is an embroidered girl.

He is feeding his wife one dumpling after another.

The lamb kneels and the raven feeds back.

He didn't understand these big truths.

Huang Jiaotou only knew that when he was young, his wife washed his pants when he peed his pants, and when he was sick and ate, he was fed by his mother, and he was able to grow so strong because his mother pulled it with a handful of and urine - it's as simple as that.

"Mother, I'll sing you a song." Seeing that the old lady was eating happily, Huang Jiaotou was also very happy, and he needed to vent after drinking too much wine, so he sang -

Maybe I say goodbye and never come back

Do you understand, do you understand

Maybe I will not rise again when I fall

Do you want to look forward to it forever

If so, don't be sad

On the land of the motherland, there is our blood-stained demeanor

If so, don't be sad

On the land of the motherland, there is our blood-stained demeanor......

The hoarse voice, the passionate melody, rippling in the starry sky of the night.

Huang Jiaotou didn't know why he sang this song, in the past, he would only happily sing a song after he and his closest comrades-in-arms drank wine, but now, he really wanted to sing it......

A thousand cups are easy to get drunk,

Confidants are hard to find.