Chapter Twenty-Three: The Drinker in Bluestone Lane

Thank you for the reward of the alliance leader of the big fan, who is currently in debt (2/58) (>_<)

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Xu Buling galloped his horse and came to Daye Fang, and the sky was already dark.

Snowflakes are falling on the long street, pedestrians are on their way home, and laughter is non-stop in the Goolan wine shops along the street, and a few words can be heard from time to time:

"The wind lives in the dust and the fragrant flowers are exhausted, and the day and night are tired of combing ...... hair"

"Xu Shizi is really a tender man, I heard that he looks better than the immortals......"

"Xu Shizi doesn't admit that he wrote it......"

"Alas~ This is called gentlemanly bearing, I don't like to be famous, it's different from those secular literati......"

Judging by the appearance, the news of the Dragon Yin Pavilion last night has already spread.

Xu Buling had nothing to say, dismounted at the entrance of the alley, walked to the Sun family wine shop, and prepared to make a pot of broken jade and then go to Zhu Manzhi.

Leading the wind-chasing horse through the narrow bluestone alley, I saw the wine flags swaying in the cold wind under the dim lanterns of the wine shop.

It wasn't too late, and the three tables in the shop were rarely without customers.

Shopkeeper Sun moved a small bench and sat at the door of the wine shop that had been open for decades, holding a wine jug in his hand but not drinking, his eyes were cloudy and he had no energy, just looking at the end of the bluestone alley.

Xu Buling led the horse closer, and the sound of the horse's hooves was very crisp in the wind and snow.

Before the shopkeeper Sun turned his head, the sorrow on his face had already been put away, replaced with his usual kind smile, and stood up with his knees propped up:

"Childe is here, or is it the old rule?"

"Well, make a jug of wine."

Xu Buling took off the wine gourd, handed it to the shopkeeper Sun Lao, who had already walked behind the wine tank, and looked at the shop left and right. The benches were all placed upside down on the table, and the plates that had been used to hold the food were empty, apparently not open. He was slightly puzzled:

"Shopkeeper Sun, didn't do business today?"

Shopkeeper Sun's face was still smiling, and he used a wine spoon to smash wine in the wine-rich vat, and sighed lightly: "Something happened at home, so I didn't do business today...... Lao Qian, who often drinks in the shop, is an old wine worm, and he ran to the door to ask the reason, and by the way, when the son was in the morning, he waited at the door for an hour...... Alas~ It's the little old man who carelessly forgot about this stubble, and he really can't stand the son. ”

Xu Buling frowned slightly, and after thinking about the reason, he laughed:

"So Shopkeeper Sun came over and waited for me here for a day?"

"Hehe......" Shopkeeper Sun smiled, and drank seriously: "Honesty in business, the son can't move a pot of broken jade every day, and he doesn't let his subordinates come over if he comes over by himself." Being able to wait for the little old man at the door for an hour is to see the little old man's craftsmanship, how can I let the son wait for a while. ”

"There is more than one wine shop, if you wait for an hour for ordinary people, you will definitely not come, how does Uncle Sun know that I will come over?"

Shopkeeper Sun shook his head: "I have opened a wine shop all my life, and I have seen a lot of heroes on the rivers and lakes, adults in the court, and splashes in the market, and even the first emperor and the current saint, I have seen it a few times." People live for a long time, they can naturally see people clearly, Childe is a person who talks about rules, and if he returns disappointed in the morning, he will definitely come over at night to see what happened. How could the little old man let Gongzi run for nothing again. While speaking, Shopkeeper Sun filled a pot of wine and handed it to Xu Buling.

Xu Buling took the wine jug, thought about it, walked into the wine shop for the first time, turned the bench down and put it away, and sat down at the wine table leaning against the alley: "Uncle Sun is also a person who talks about rules, it's still early, it's not interesting to drink alone, why don't you sit down and drink two bowls?" ”

Shopkeeper Sun wiped his hands with a white towel, glanced at Xu Buling, but did not refuse, walked into the back room and loaded a plate of peanuts, took two wine bowls, and put them on the wine table.

The long road is unlit, and the wind and snow are shaky.

Shopkeeper Sun sat down at the wine table next to the fence, as polite as ever:

"Childe should have other uses for drinking, right? You are such a persistent drinker, old man, I have bought wine for decades, and this is the first time I have met it. ”

"If you have a little illness, you have to use wine as a medicine primer."

Xu Buling picked up the wine gourd and poured two bowls of wine, one of which was placed in front of the shopkeeper Sun. Regardless of the identity at the wine table, the older one is the elder brother, the younger one is the younger brother, and the rules of the three teachings and nine circulations are used.

Shopkeeper Sun took the wine bowl and looked at Xu Buling carefully: "Xiao Lao'er has been selling wine in the alley for so many years, but I have met a person who is somewhat similar to the son before, it is a girl, I heard that she is the daughter of the Lu family in the East China Sea, and she is also a peerless person, so I remember it more clearly." The girl was later abducted by a prince's son and went to Xiliang. ”

"That's my mother."

Xu Buling was a little surprised and thought for a while: "I got sick a few years ago and couldn't be cured...... Very good to me as a child. ”

Old man Lu showed a little embarrassment, put down the wine bowl he had just picked up, and finally picked it up again, touched it with Xu Buling, and sighed: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, joy, anger and sorrow, all human things have to be experienced once." It's good if Childe can see it. ”

Xu Buling picked up the wine bowl and drank it all: "Yes." Uncle Sun knows this truth for the elderly, so what can't he see? ”

Shopkeeper Sun also drank the wine bowl with it, wiped his mouth, and smiled helplessly:

"Childe has good eyesight...... Alas, the little old man has lived all his life, and he thought he could see through people, but he never wanted to grow old, but he was still pecked by an eagle and raised a white-eyed wolf......"

Since Xu Buling comes here every day to drink, the background of the shop is naturally clear. Shopkeeper Sun has only one son, who has been an official in the field for several years and does not come back once, and there is no one else around him except for apprentices.

Thinking of this, Xu Buling frowned slightly:

"Last time, I heard that Sancai was a good bet, and something happened?"

Shopkeeper Sun took a peanut with chopsticks and nodded:

"Sancai lives in the opposite door of my house, when I was a child, I was lazy and addicted to gambling, every time I lost my essence, the people in the gambling house came to ask for debts, and they were all cleared by the old couple. Sancai, this baby, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to admit his mistakes again and again, but he refused to change his teachings repeatedly......

…… Later, the house and property were gone, the daughter-in-law also ran away, the old couple died of illness one after another, and his mother was holding Sancai's hand before she died, begging him not to gamble anymore......

…… Since then, the three have changed, and they have been working hard as a coachman. They were all neighbors, so I asked him to come to the shop to help with wine and food to learn a craft, but he was also diligent......"

"Life settles down, and with spare money, can't help it?"

"Yes, the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change...... I didn't know what I was doing the other day, but when I came back, I knelt before me and wept, and asked me to borrow money...... I couldn't borrow him, so I persuaded him a few words, and he left. I thought that Sancai was angry, and he only regarded it as confiscating this apprentice, but he never wanted to go back at night...... Alas~That's it...... Ran and ran. ”

Xu Buling frowned: "Sancai stole your savings? ”

Shopkeeper Sun tapped his fingers on the table, a bowl of wine went down, his face covered with folds was a little more bloody, he was silent for a moment, and sighed loudly:

"Two hundred taels of silver, it's not too much, I can't keep it, I can't use it, as long as Sancai doesn't take it to gamble anymore...... Alas, it is estimated that it is impossible to ......"

"Dogs can't change their."

Xu Buling picked up the wine bowl and drank it all: "I'll go and say hello to the government, the whole world is not the king's land......"

Shopkeeper Sun raised his hand: "Little Lao'er, I said this to my son, but I just said a few words from my heart through wine." If it bothers Childe, this wine will have no taste...... The third is that I watched grow up, and if I report to the official, I will be exiled to the army according to the law, forget it......"

While talking, a half-old woman came over from the liquor shop and came over to drink.

Old man Sun regained his old warm smile, got up and drank seriously, and said a few polite greetings:

"Master Zhang's old problem on his waist has been committed again?"

"Alas~ Don't say it, I taught people kung fu since I was a child, and I was ......sick when I got old."

The old woman looked very luxuriously dressed, wearing a bird's-tail hairpin on her head, which was thought to be a token of love given by her lover when she was young. The old woman was very kind, and took the flask and said a few gossips before leaving slowly.

Old man Sun sat down at the wine table again, shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"This old sister's man is a martial arts master, his son was killed by the wolf guard a few years ago, and there are only two old people left, Master Zhang's temper has not become very good, this old sister's son is not distressed to death, and he has to persuade the man to want to open it, alas! Compared with her, the old man and I live a fairy life, and people still have to look at the good place. ”

Xu Buling was silent for a moment, didn't say anything more, and after putting the wine money on the table, he went out and turned over his horse and disappeared into the alley......