The atmosphere of Chengdu is indeed more open and tolerant than that of Chang'an, from time to time you can see couples holding hands and strolling on the street, compared to Chengdu 1,300 years later, the prosperity of Chengdu in the Tang Dynasty is not inferior, all kinds of shops are like cattle hair, caravans can be seen everywhere.

The bulk goods of the states and counties of the east and west rivers are integrated into the cloud and then wholesaled to various places, making Chengdu's commercial and shipping industry extremely developed.

Guo Song and Xue Tao held hands and came to Nanshi, which is one of the two major commercial centers in Chengdu, equivalent to the West Market of Chang'an, which is extremely popular and surrounded by various snack bars.

"Guo Lang, am I hungry?" When Xue Tao saw the snack shops all over the street, he couldn't help but be coquettish.

"Let's see what's delicious?" Guo Song took her hand and walked towards the snack street.

Of course, the snack street is the name given to it by Guo Song, in fact, it is almost the same, a street is full of all kinds of food stalls, the business is booming, almost every food stall is full of guests, the guys shout loudly to attract guests, at this time the sky is almost dark, the food stalls are full of lanterns, the lights are bright, and they shine like day.

There are all kinds of delicacies, Xue Tao didn't know what to eat all of a sudden, and there were too many customers in the store with good business, everyone was crowded together, sitting at the small square table, she didn't like it very much.

When walking through an alley, Xue Tao suddenly found that there was also a food stall in the alley, which was placed there alone, with almost no customers, only to see a white-haired old lady beckoning to this side, but the light was too dark, and her voice was too small, and no one could see her.

Xue Tao couldn't help but feel compassion, she pulled Guo Song and said with a smile: "There is a stall over there that seems to have few people, let's go and have a look." ”

She pulled Guo Song through the gap between the two stalls and ran towards the alley, and when the old lady saw that she had finally called a guest, she immediately smiled, and hurriedly turned around and shouted: "Old man, hurry up and boil water!" ”

Only then did Guo Song discover that there was actually a food stall in the alley, with two small square tables, and there was not a single guest in front of the small square table, only a pair of gray-haired old men.

"You two sit down!"

The old lady smiled and took the two small stools, wiped them, and beckoned them to sit down, "It's too cold, I'll pour you a bowl of hot water to drink." ”

She put two bowls of hot water in front of the two of them, Guo Song bowed to express her gratitude, looked around and said, "Auntie, it's mainly too dark here, it would be better to light a few lanterns." ”

The old lady sighed, "We can only earn more than a dozen dollars for one night, not enough to buy candles, and we can't afford to light them!" ”

"Then you can lean a little closer to the side of the road so people can see it." Xue Tao also suggested.

"We also put it in the past, but we had to pay the money to the city office, and we couldn't pay it three times a month on the road, so we had to return it."

Xue Tao was full of sympathy for the white-haired old couple, and she whispered to Guo Song: "Let's buy more candles for them later!" Let them light lanterns too. ”

Guo Song nodded, and at this time, the old man asked: "We only have meat soup noodles, crispy whistle soup noodles, five miscellaneous soup noodles and egg soup noodles here, what do you two want to eat?" ”

Guo Song smiled at Xue Tao and said, "I'll have a bowl of crispy noodle soup, what about you?" ”

Xue Tao thought for a while and asked, "Uncle, is there any vegetable noodle soup?" ”

"You can do it, do you want to add another egg, little lady?"

Xue Tao smiled and nodded, "Then add it!" ”

The so-called noodle soup, also known as soup cake, is a bit like this year's knife-cut noodles, which are kneaded and cut into thin strips, and then stirred into a batter when rough, and become gnocchi after cooking.

Although the old couple is very old, they are very serious in their work, and they actually cut the noodles into thin strips, Guo Song saw that the old man was struggling to cut, and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, don't you have any children at home to help?" ”

The old couple's expressions immediately became gloomy, Xue Tao realized that the lover had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly kicked him, Guo Song sat up straight and didn't ask any more questions.

The old man sighed, "Two sons were killed in the battle with Tubo, and there is a daughter, but her family is also poor and can't take care of us, so we can only set up a small stall to make ends meet, and live one day at a time!" ”

The eldest lady wiped her tears with the placket of her clothes and said, "Old man, don't talk about this, it will affect other people's eating!" ”

"Don't say it! Don't say it! We'll cook noodle soup for you. ”

Xue Tao hugged her lover's arm and wiped her tears on his shoulder, she said with teary eyes: "Guo Lang, help them!" ”

Guo Song nodded lightly........

The two sat opposite each other and ate noodles, and the old couple sat on the side and watched them silently.

After eating the noodles, Guo Song smiled and asked, "How much?" ”

"Ten cents!"

Guo Song grabbed a handful of money and put it on the table, and then took out the little golden Buddha given to him by Wei Gao from the bag, and stuffed it into the old lady's hand, "Auntie, this is for you!" ”

"Young baby, what is this?" The old lady asked anxiously.

"It's a good thing, exchange it for silver, and you won't use it to set up a stall here in the future."

Guo Song dragged Xue Tao and quickly disappeared in the crowd.

The old lady panicked and hurriedly said, "Old man, take a look, he gave me a heavy iron lump, I don't know what it is?" ”

The old man was picking up a copper coin on the table, glanced at the little golden Buddha and said, "It's a little iron Buddha.......

He suddenly realized that something was wrong, picked up the golden Buddha and looked at it carefully, and his eyes widened suddenly, "Old woman, hurry.... Stop them, this is ..... Something amazing! ”

Guo Song and the others have long disappeared without a trace, where can they still be found.

"Old man, did he take the wrong thing?"

"Probably not!"

The old man shook his head and sighed, "We have met a good person. ”

........

"Guo Lang, what did you give them?" Xue Tao took his lover's hand and asked curiously.

Guo Song said with a smile: "I happen to have a little golden Buddha, weighing thirty taels, I touched it out and gave it to them directly." ”

"Ahh

Xue Tao exclaimed in a low voice, she thought that her lover had given twenty or thirty taels of silver, but she didn't expect it to be thirty taels of gold, worth three hundred taels of silver! That's a lot of money.

"If you are reluctant, I will go and come back, and I will say that I have taken it by mistake." Guo Song joked with a smile.

"you!"

Xue Tao stabbed him in the waist, and said angrily: "I can't bear it, I still want to praise you!" ”

"How can you compliment me, did you give me a bronze medal with the words 'Guo Dashanren' engraved on it?"

Xue Tao'poof! "I can make one for you if you want, but the little woman is very poor and can't afford to buy a bronze medal, so she can only carve a plaque out of a wooden board, do you want it?" ”

Guo Song grinned, "Of course I want to, it's best to wait for me when we spend candle night in the cave room." ”

Xue Tao's pretty face turned red, and he pinched him the arm, "You dream!" Who is the candle in the cave room with you? ”

"Alright then!"

Guo Song pretended to be sad and said: "If you don't want to, then I can only go to someone else." ”

"Go find it! It's as if someone is rare about you. ”

That being said, Xue Tao pinched his arm even harder, "If you dare to find it, I will strangle you." ”

Guo Song laughed, grabbed her waist, and kissed her on the pretty face, "Find someone else to do, it's enough to have you in this life!" ”

Xue Tao exclaimed, she saw that there was no one in front of her, so she breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the little pink fist and slapped him on the shoulder, "You want to die!" This is the street, if someone sees me, what do they think I am? ”

Guo Song is also a little apologetic, only swingers and prostitutes will openly kiss and kiss on the street, he is a bit Meng Lang, it is indeed easy to misunderstand.

He sneered: "I couldn't help it just now, I promise not next time." ”

Xue Tao glared at him fiercely and held his hand, "You promise yourself, you are not allowed to kiss me outside the room in the future, wouldn't it be good to hold hands!" ”

That being said, when the two went back in the ox cart, she put her arms around her lover's neck and kissed each other affectionately.

..........

Back at the house, Xue Xun had already returned, he was obviously a little worried, and slowly paced back and forth on the inner hall with his hands in his hands.

"What troubles did Uncle Shi encounter?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Xue Xun sighed and said, "Tomorrow is Cui Ning's mother's seventieth birthday, and he made up an invitation to me today and invited our family to the banquet together." ”

"Uncle Shi is worried that there will be no congratulatory gifts?"

Xue Xun smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone knows that Cui Ning is taking the opportunity to make money, not preparing a birthday gift is on the one hand, Cui Ning's reputation is not good on the other hand, it is said that the wives and daughters of his subordinates who are favored by him can't escape his clutches, although it is just a rumor, but there is no wind and no waves!" ”

"Then don't go to Uncle and Tao'er."

"But I had already agreed to bring my wife and daughter to attend, and I only remembered that rumor afterwards, and I regret it now!"

"Find an excuse to shirk!"

"When someone came to deliver the invitation just now, your aunt had already agreed to go, and it would be to offend people if you made excuses, especially if he was the emperor of Shu Zhongtu, offended him, and it would be sad in the future."

In history, Xue Xun offended Cui Ning and was sent to Yunnan, where he died of illness soon after, and Xue Tao's mother and daughter were helpless and unable to make a living.

Guo Song could understand Xue Xun's worries, after all, he still had to continue to stay in Bashu.

Guo Song thought for a while and said: "Actually, don't worry, since tomorrow is his mother's birthday, he doesn't dare to mess around, and I estimate that there are a lot of guests, where can he take care of it."

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he takes a fancy to Tao'er, but the day after tomorrow, I will take Tao'er and my uncle back to Chang'an, he has no choice, if my uncle is really not at ease, then I will go with me tomorrow, with me, Tao'er will be fine. ”

Guo Song was not worried, if Cui Ning really dared to be lustful for Xue Tao, he would slaughter this fang tomorrow night.

Xue Xun nodded, "It's okay, you go with me, I'll tell him clearly, you are my son-in-law, I think he still dares to do anything." ”

Guo Song shook his head secretly, Xue Xun is really a nerd, which woman does a hero like Cui Ning fancy to, what kind of morality will he care about you?

He smiled and said, "I'll write a gift list when I go back, and when Uncle Shi enters Cui's Mansion, I will hand it over to the host of ceremonies, and I will ask Chengdu Jubao Pavilion to send this gift over." ”

Xue Xun was grateful in his heart, "This time it's really thanks to the virtuous nephew." ”