A few spectators spoke in an official tone that was not very fluent, and you chattered endlessly, Gongsun Jian smiled angrily, feeling that these people are not natives of the capital, and they even help others to exclude outsiders.

Yu Youjun took a sip of tea, he looked back at the shopkeeper with a blank face, to be honest, he is really a little angry now, and now the xenophobia in the capital is even worse than ten years ago, and he dares to say it blatantly.

Gongsun Jian was tired of hearing these people's chatter, so he stood up directly and slammed the big knife he was wearing on the table, "Outsiders are not people?" Do you want the people in the capital to be superior? ”

"Okay Gongsun, let's go into the city, don't pay attention to this group of dogs who look down on people."

Gongsun Jian frowned, General Yu was the official envoy of the second rank of the feudal officials, when did he receive this kind of group attack, he still struggled a little in his eyes, Yu Youjun shook his head lightly, got up and walked out of the tea shop.

Gongsun Jian turned his head and pointed at the shopkeeper with an angry face, picked up the saber and followed.

"Running with your tail between your legs."

The shopkeeper shouted unscrupulously, and bursts of laughter came from the tea shop.

Gongsun Jian caught up with Yu Youjun and asked dissatisfiedly: "General Yu, are you just letting them insult you?" ”

Yu Youjun smiled, "Boy, I see that your heart is still messed up, let me teach you another truth, if you and I are also a cloth cloth, you can only go with the flow and only accept this scene, only because I am a high-ranking official and you are a general, I will have that arrogance in my heart, and I always feel that my majesty has been challenged." You must temper your own character, from the small to the big, the grass people are ignorant, are you also stupid? And...... A dog barking can annoy a tiger. ”

After an insignificant episode in the tea shop, Gongsun Jian and Yu Youjun entered the capital under the eyes of the guards of the city, Gongsun Jian was very emotional for no reason, in the largest city in the world, whether it was the people or the soldiers, there were some emotions that looked down on outsiders.

Gongsun Jian gradually got used to the anger from the beginning, and from the time he stepped into the north gate of the capital, he felt why the people of Pingjiang City were so mean, and also understood why the carriage had to be handed over to the post station before entering the city.

Because the road in the capital is too narrow, at most two carriages can pass on both sides of the road, all occupied by shops along the street, even through a carriage is a little difficult, if there is a carriage in each direction, then the road may be impassable today.

Listening to Yu Youjun's explanation, this Pingjiang City covers an area equivalent to two Dongzhou, and the size of the urban area is nearly 100 miles in total, and the urban area alone probably accounts for the entire area of the ordinary state city, not counting the surrounding mountains and places outside the city that have not yet been developed by officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Although the territory of Pingjiang City is vast, but the population in the city is huge, according to the population of the Ministry of Household every five years, Pingjiang City has exceeded one million households a few years ago, comparable to the rich population of Guangling Province.

Therefore, Pingjiang City is almost crowded, and the land in the capital is no longer enough, and outsiders will be welcomed there.

Gongsun Jian followed Yu Youjun to a small shop in Beicheng, where a piece of tofu baked in porcelain was placed above the shop, which looked very beautiful.

"This is the cold tofu I told you about."

Yu Youjun pulled Gongsun Jian and sat down, this shopkeeper was a young man in his early twenties, he greeted the two of them with a smile, came up with a pot of free tea, said wait a minute, and was busy serving tofu.

Gongsun Jian fiddled with his chopsticks and said, "This shop can do it." ”

"The capital is vast, and all kinds of people are different, some people will be as open-mouthed as Xiao Er of the tea shop just now, and some people will be like this shop and make money."

"Two, listen to the accent, aren't you from the capital, from outside?"

There were only two customers in the store, Gongsun Jian and Yu Youjun, and the store was also idle, so after a while, two bowls of crystal clear tofu were served, and they sat aside and ate peanuts and asked.

Yu Youjun took out two pairs of chopsticks, "The two of us are from Zhongzhou." ”

"Yo, that's really coming from afar, did you come to the capital to play?"

The young shopkeeper looked very hospitable, and added a few spoonfuls of peanuts to the plate in his hand and put it on the table, "Come and try my own fried snacks, worthless knick-knacks, no money, and good taste." ”

Gongsun Jian's impression of this shop is getting better and better, since everyone has spoken, he didn't pretend to be polite, reached out and pinched one, nodded and praised: "Fragrant!" ”

The shopkeeper laughed twice, "Now this business is getting more and more difficult to do, there are not a few people in the business every day, if it weren't for the fact that this small shop was handed down by the ancestors, now even the money for rent is gone, and the two of them are the first batch of customers these days." ”

Yu Youjun nodded, "Indeed, now that the capital is developing to the south, there are fewer and fewer people in the north, and the old diners were reluctant to cross the entire capital to eat a bowl of cold tofu." ”

The shopkeeper said "yo hey", "This guest officer has been to the capital before, this kind of thing is not a local in Pingjiang City, and no one really knows about it." ”

"I came here once ten years ago, when this cold tofu shop was very popular, I and Lao Ma are old acquaintances, I don't know who you are?"

The shopkeeper looked sluggish after hearing this, he rubbed his eyes and carefully observed Yu Youjun, then he scratched his head, pointed at Yu Youjun and said, "Uncle Yu? ”

Yu Youjun also looked puzzled, "Are you?" ”

The shopkeeper immediately became happy, and hurriedly filled a big bowl of tofu for the two, and put two more spoonfuls of rock candy, and then he moved a chair to sit opposite the two, and said happily: "Uncle Yu, I'm Ma Miao!" ”

"Ma Miao? The son of the old horse? ”

"yes!"

Yu Youjun's eyes widened, "Good boy, you've grown so tall!" How's it going? Have you ever gained fame? Where's your dad? Why didn't I see it, I was still strange just now. ”

The shopkeeper named Ma Miao was happy and then had a sad face, "Uncle Yu hasn't been here for ten years, and a lot of things have happened in the middle, first I failed in the imperial examination, and then my father was sick because of long-term fatigue, and almost spent all the money that the family had accumulated over the years. ”

Yu Youjun sighed deeply, "The old horse has worked hard all his life, and at that time I saw that he had a sallow complexion, so I asked him to pay attention to his body, but he still couldn't get through it, and he suffered the old horse." ”

Ma Miao nodded, "Uncle Yu, don't blame me for saying some disrespectful words, in this capital where every inch of land is valuable, it is not a bad thing to die, and you don't have to work for me in the future, you will live so tired all your life, I am only my father is liberated, I am alive, I am too tired for those few taels of silver all my life, so I simply guard this small shop, and save a bowl of money if I can sell a bowl, and marry a daughter-in-law when I have money in the future, and add incense to Lao Ma's family." ”

"It's good that you can see it."

Ma Miao smiled, looked at Gongsun Jian and said, "Uncle Yu, is this your son?" ”

"Poof!"

Gongsun Jian, who was chewing slowly and eating delicious cold tofu, didn't come up in one breath, almost choked to death, he hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, I'm Yu Jiang...... Under the hands of the old man. ”

Yu Youjun slapped Gongsun Jian's head, "Stinky boy, I wronged you very much when I was your father?" ”

Gongsun Jian sneered and continued to eat tofu.

Ma Miao also laughed twice, and added a bowl of tofu to Gongsun Jian, "This brother, eat slowly, it's enough today!" ”

"His name is Gongsun Jian, what kind of brother is he, he is younger than you, just call your younger brother."

Gongsun Jian pointed at himself and said, "I, I'm just a younger brother." ”

Yu Youjun was about to fight again, but Gongsun Jian didn't dare to make a sound.

"Ma Miao, what are your plans in the future, I'm not bad in Zhongzhou, why don't you go back to Zhongzhou with me, business in the capital is not good, if your cold tofu is paired with Zhongzhou ice and snow, it will definitely be more delicious."

Unexpectedly, Ma Miao shook his head, "Thank you Uncle Yu for your kindness, my nephew and ancestor have always been in the capital, if I go to such a far place, no one will take care of the ancestral tomb of Chongyang in Qingming Dynasty." After all, Pingjiang City is the root, my father always talked about not forgetting his roots, I can't leave the roots of the capital to go outside, and when I see my father below in the future, a beating is indispensable, so forget it. ”

Yu Youjun heard Ma Miao's refusal, and felt that he didn't insist on what he said, but Gongsun Jian wiped his mouth, burped, pinched the peanuts one by one without any birth, and said vaguely: "Brother Miao, our master Yu is powerful now, if you follow him, you will have a prosperous and splendid future in the future, and it is not a trouble to sweep the tomb, and it is not a trouble to rush back before the festival, if it is really not good, please ask the Taoist to do it, and move the ancestral tomb to Zhongzhou, I know a little fairy who is very clever, Can be referred to you. ”

Yu Youjun didn't say much, just looked at Ma Miao to see how he decided, this tomb sweeping and moving the grave is not a big problem, and when the time comes, sending more people over can also be completed very neatly.

Who would have thought that Ma Miao shook his head, "Thanks to the kindness of Uncle Yu and the little brother Gongsun, my ancestors have been in the capital for generations, but when they came to me, they moved out of the capital and abandoned their foundations, and when the time comes, I will not be able to see my relatives again." ”

Gongsun Jian sighed, "The capital is no longer suitable for the survival of small people, if you set up this small tofu shop here, it will decline sooner or later." ”

Ma Miao's expression was solemn, and he could see that he was struggling, but he still rejected the two, he was slightly sorry that he didn't say a word, and after seeing that the bowl of the two was empty, he was about to add another bowl, but was stopped by Yu Youjun.

"Okay, don't get it, it's all three bowls, even if you don't want money, I don't have the cheekiness to eat bowl after bowl."

Ma Miao touched his head, "I don't have any good things here, the only thing I can do is that the skills passed on to me by my father are quite right, I can't snub Uncle Yu, if my father knows about it, I guess he will beat me with a dream." ”

Gongsun Jian was a little helpless, this kid couldn't do without his father in three sentences, his father was here and his father at every turn, and it seemed that he was also educated by his father to be an obedient child before.

"Don't worry, your father won't trouble you, we really can't eat this belly, if you want us to have cold tofu for a while, it's better to go to Zhongzhou with us."

Ma Miao's face was slightly red, he heard that Gongsun Jian's words had words, but he smiled innocently, and changed the topic: "What are Uncle Yu's plans to come to the capital this time, is it to play or do business, if the little nephew can't help you with business, if you play, the little nephew can close the shop for a few days, take the two of you to see the good scenery of the capital, and then catch up with the Shangyuan Festival in a few days, it is a rare lively scene in the capital all year round, then you can go to the market to guess the lantern riddles, put lanterns, so lively." ”

"Won't this delay you too much, after all, if you don't open for a few days, you won't be able to save money to marry a daughter-in-law without guests."

Yu Youjun seemed to be joking, but in fact, every word is reasonable, and now Ma Miao's life is not easy, and if he closes for a few more days, I am afraid that some regular customers will also lose a lot.

"I'm fine, I don't have a few guests anyway......"

"Bang!"

"There aren't a few guests who won't pay back the money?"

Before Ma Miao could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a loud bang outside the door, and then a cold voice shouted and walked in.

Gongsun Jian looked sideways, the stove of steamed tofu in front of the store was overturned, the tofu was scattered all over the ground, and a large vat of rock sugar was also scattered on the ground, and three fierce people stood at the door, still holding knives in their hands, and said viciously: "Ma Miao, when will you pay back the silver?" How many years have it been? Your father has been dead for so long, and the money hasn't come up, so what's the use of this shop you want, it's better to give it to me. ”