It's not the first time that the young man has followed Lao Liu Tou here, and he is already familiar with what Lao Liu Tou is going to do next, watching Lao Liu Tou ignite the candlestick, he rubbed his hands and went forward to wipe the decorations in front of the table.

The bell is in disrepair for a long time, and it has long been unable to make a sound, and the bronze mirror on one side is only half of the residual mirror, even the face is not clear, and the past is a black shadow, only the porcelain bottle, which is cherished by the old Liu Tou, is indeed from the kiln factory in the south of the Yangtze River, and the bottom of the bottle still has the words of Fengtian 22 years.

After the young man wiped the mirror and wiped the bell, he was about to grab the porcelain vase, but Lao Liu stopped him, snatched the rag and muttered: "There is no light or heavy in the hand, or I come, if it breaks, I want your kid's life!" ”

The young man snorted disdainfully, and said, "How much silver is this broken porcelain bottle worth?" When I enter the Eagle Yang Mansion, I will bring you ten every year! ”

Old Liu Tou was silent, the texture of this porcelain vase is indeed not worth a few dollars, when he saw it in the bazaar, he just fell in love with the small bridge and flowing water painted on it, the green mountains of the boat, and the scene of his hometown is exactly the same.

It is precisely like this, even if he knows that the businessman lion who runs from the north and south opens his mouth, Lao Liu Tou still ruthlessly gives away all the last silver, if not for anything else, even if he is old one day, so old that he can't even remember what his hometown looks like.

After so many years, Lao Liutou's memory of his hometown is like the Jiangnan in the rainy season every year.

Now recalling the eagerness when he left his hometown, he didn't look back for the last time when he was leaving, and the corners of Lao Liu's mouth couldn't help but rise.

Young!

Now that I think about it, the memory of my hometown is intermittent, it seems that only the alley at the entrance of the alley, and the bluestone arch bridge in front of my house still remember what it looks like, and the rest, even if Lao Liu Tou wants to break his head, he can't remember.

Profound! Right!

Old Liu Tou slapped his head suddenly, and the frightened young man shuddered and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Old Liu Tou ignored it, just closed his eyes and looked at her who was selling butter cakes with a flower umbrella on the bluestone bridge.

The butter cake of five cents is like the key to the memory of the old Liu Tou, after opening, the first thing that catches the eye is a smile that makes his heart pound, subtle and introverted, and the smile does not leak teeth, every time she smiles, two shallow pear vortices will be born on her cheeks, which makes people blush and dare not look directly.

"I'm going to eat butter cakes."

Old Liu Tou opened his eyes, and his eyes were a little moist.

"Ghee cakes? What's that? Is it delicious? ”

The young man poked his head curiously and asked three times in a row, and Lao Liu turned his head behind his back and scolded softly: "Go and go, you little fart doesn't understand." ”

Lao Liu grabbed a reed pole from the corner, picked it up into the length of an incense stick, lit it in front of the candlestick, solemnly bowed three times, and inserted it into the incense burner wrapped in mud and sand in front of the desk.

The iron fort lacked everything, water, food, not to mention incense, so Lao Liu Tou could only retreat and replace it with a reed pole. There is incense sold in the bazaar in the nine-sided city, but the last time Lao Liu paid his military salary was three years ago, and their group of Fengsui troops stationed outside the Daning border seemed to be not in Daning, so they were not Daning's soldiers.

The reason why it has been difficult to survive all these years is because of the relief of the Eagle Yang Mansion, and every once in a while, the light cavalry of the Eagle Yang Mansion will come with water and food.

The last time Lao Liu heard the soldiers of the Yingyang Mansion say that General Yingyang gave them an excerpt to the imperial court, hoping to make up for them all these years, but after the excerpt was handed over, there was no news from the sea.

In fact, this is nothing, others don't recognize them, and they know in their hearts that they are the soldiers of Daning.

After the incense, the two returned to the beacon platform, the young man looked at the old Liu Tou with blank eyes, this time the old Liu Tou did not refuse, leaned on the earthen wall to enjoy the warm sunlight and asked: "Say, what do you want to hear?" ”

The young man rolled his eyes and said, "Old Liu, which is the biggest general you have ever seen?" ”

"The biggest general? How can you say that, back then, it was the Son of Heaven who personally conquered, and no matter how big a general was, could he be as big as an emperor? ”

"Have you seen the Emperor? What does he look like? Do you have to be two taller than me? ”

Old Liu Tou laughed at himself: "I'm a soldier, can I see the emperor?" But the emperor is also a human being, so it's impossible to have two heads, right? ”

If his hometown Jiangnan is the weakness of Lao Liu's heart, the Northern Expedition he personally experienced is his most high-spirited memory.

Lao Liu Tou paused and said: "At the beginning, the formation of our Daning military horses, I really regretted it for a lifetime if I didn't see it with my own eyes, hundreds of thousands of troops went out of the jam in three ways, the front team just rose in the morning and set off, and the rear team had to line up until the sun set before moving." ”

Old Liu Tou looked outside, and said with his hand: "At that time, dozens of miles around the Iron Fortress were the camps of our army. Little kid, have you ever seen the scene of thousands of horses galloping? The earth shakes and the mountains shake! You can't stand on your feet if you can shake it! When the red armor on our Daning Iron Rider swept across the grassland, it was like a flame burning, and the Huns knelt on the ground in fright and begged for mercy just by looking at it! ”

The young man nodded ignorantly, glanced at the rusty yellow armor on Lao Liu's body, and couldn't help laughing.

Old Liu's ears were red, and he scolded: "Laugh at a fart!" Lao Tzu hacked to death seven or eight Huns with his own hands, and I don't understand what I told you, a little brat, and you will know when you go to the battlefield one day, just shouting can deafen your ears! Have you ever seen tens of thousands of strong bows fired at once? Like the rain, I'm afraid that your kid will have a chance to see it, and I'll be scared to pee my pants. ”

The old Liu Tou chattered endlessly, but the young man was a little interested. He had heard these words dozens of times, and each time it was almost the same, and there were no new tricks.

"Old Liu Tou, didn't you say last time that you hacked more than a dozen Huns, why did you become seven or eight this time?"

"Nonsense, how many can you count yourself to kill in a real fight? The Huns' scimitar is no slower than a bow and arrow, and as soon as the horse's hooves pass by you, you may die. That's how my brothers didn't ......."

One old and one young, like this, there is no sentence to talk about dusk and twilight. After that, the young man yawned and got off the high platform, leaving only the lonely figure of Lao Liu, looking at the unchanged grassland sunset with empty eyes.

As the night deepened, Lao Liu's head seemed to be waiting for something, and sparks suddenly appeared in the distance of the night when he couldn't see his five fingers, which was particularly eye-catching.

The night sky was like a veil, a bright moon hung high among the stars, and Lao Liu Tou skillfully lit the hay on the beacon platform, and a huge flame illuminated the entire iron fortress.

Soon, seven or eight flames flickered around the Iron Fortress, like heavenly fires hanging in mid-air.

Old Liu Tou was lying on the wall, looking south, and in the direction of the nine-sided city fortress in the distance, a flame also rose.

He smiled with relief, and look, there are still people who remember them.