"Who are you?" An old woman with gray temples suddenly walked into the courtyard, carrying some common vegetables in her hands, and was looking at Su Jingchen and the three of them vigilantly.

"The old man's apprentice." Lou Qi looked at the old woman and immediately stepped forward, "Do you want me to help you get it?" ”

"No," the old woman looked at Lou Qi hesitantly, and said in her heart when the master accepted the apprentice, why don't I know? She looked at Su Jingchen, who was dressed in shabby clothes, and the child named Huazi next to him, frowned, and was about to ask something more, when the old man's voice suddenly came from behind her, "Oh, I just went to buy two fish, and I made them together today, so I will feast on these boys." ”

"Master," the old woman saluted the old man and took the fish from the old man's hand, "are they really your disciples?" ”

"Yes," the old man walked straight into the yard, and then suddenly turned around, "Don't be in a hurry to cook, you first find a sensible and hard-working girl to help you share the tasks on weekdays, and I should have a maid in this yard." ”

"Yes, sir." The old woman didn't ask any more questions, and she was about to send the food to the kitchen, when Lou Qi suddenly came up and took the things in her hand, and said, "Go ahead, I'll do this." ”

"Then it's going to be troublesome." The old woman saluted again and turned away.

Lou Qi looked at the dishes he was carrying, and his mouth was not idle, "Old man, you eat so well." ”

The old man glared at Lou Qi, "This is also applauded?" It's not that I'm afraid that you won't be able to eat all the vegetarian dishes, so I went out of my way to buy two fish. ”

"Oh, listen to your words, do you want to keep us for dinner?" Lou's eyes lit up.

"Or else? How many dishes do I eat with an old man and an old woman? The old man said angrily.

"Won't I be able to eat at your place in the future?"

"You can eat here if you want," the old man didn't care, "but you have to work harder in the future." ”

"It's easy to say, isn't that just a little more effort." Lou Qi walked out of the kitchen with a smile, and then he walked up to the old man and said seriously, "Old man, I think you are a good person!" ”

The old man sneered, "Good man, it's not up to you to decide. ”

The old man turned his head to Su Jingchen and the little girl, who were standing stupidly on the side, and said, "Don't be idle, wash the vegetables for me." After saying that, he walked into the hall without looking back, and began to sit on the chair and drink tea again.

"Let's go." Su Jingchen smiled at the girl.

"Hmm!"

......

In the evening, before the sun set, the small light was scattered in the courtyard, the old man, the girl, Su Jingchen, and Lou Qi sat around a round table, and the mother-in-law who cooked the rice didn't say anything to eat with them no matter how Su Jingchen and Lou Qi persuaded her.

The old man asked the old woman to find the maid, and the first thing she did when she came in was to help the girl take a bath, and then took her to buy two clothes that fit, and after changing her clothes, the girl's whole person changed, like a noble lady from a big house, every action and every eye was so smart, so cute, and likable.

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked you what your name is, what's your name?" Su Jingchen suddenly put down his chopsticks, turned his head and asked the girl.

"Bring people home without asking their names?" The old man glanced at Su Jingchen, picked up a piece of the largest and freshest fish and put it in the girl's bowl, and did not speak.

"Yan Bailu!" The girl replied in a loud voice, and then put the fish in her mouth and munched on it, like a gourmand who had eaten all the food.

"The way you three eat really looks like it's carved out of a mold." The old man looked at the three of them, holding the bowl and not moving his chopsticks.

"Don't eat like this at the little girl's house, be elegant." The old man stared at Yan Bailu for a while and said.

Yan Bailu raised his head and asked with a serious face, "Can you eat more elegantly?" ”

"Can't ......"

"Then why should I eat more elegantly?"

"Don't listen to him, don't listen to him," Lou Qi snickered on the side, "I heard the daughter of the tavern owner in our village say that if you learn from those eldest ladies to eat, you can only taste a taste, and you can't eat enough, and sometimes you don't eat much, and when people ask you, you have to say that I'm full." ”

Su Jingchen has been silent, he lowered his head to pick up rice, but the smile on the corner of his mouth did not go away for a long time, the green tendons on the old man's forehead bulged, as if he would jump up and beat Lou Qi down in the next second, but he still held back, "I took back the previous sentence." ”

"Which one?" Lou asked.

"This trip to Huaiyang can be regarded as earned," the old man glared at Lou Qi, "The old man who came here will live for at least three years!" I'm by your kid. ”

"Yes...... Is it? Lou Qi smiled awkwardly, "I don't think I have that much skill." ”

This time, Su Jingchen finally couldn't help laughing, and the other three looked at him, not knowing why he was smiling...... So happy? Su Jingchen stood up, the smile on his face couldn't stop, he turned around and said, "I'll go out for a while." He walked out of the house alone, stood in a place out of the light, stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, he raised his head and looked at the sky where the moon and stars were scarce, and only felt that Li Yiniang and Li Yikuang's faces flashed there.

After a while, Su Jingchen walked in again, at this time the fish was almost wiped out, only the fish head and those hideous fish bones remained, Yan Bailu saw Su Jingchen walk in, and immediately put a big piece of fish meat in the bowl and put it in his bowl, and even the fish bones in the fish meat were picked out by her.

"Hey, why don't you give it to me?" Lou Qi deliberately teased her.

"I won't give it to you! I'm going to give it to my brother! Yan Bailu was righteous.

"Hey, you little white-eyed wolf, I just gave you back the meal."

"If you give me food, I won't give it to you!" Yan Bailu put down his chopsticks, didn't eat, and glared at Lou Qi fiercely.

"Okay, okay, Brother Lou Qi teases you," Su Jingchen put the fish back into Yan Bailu's bowl again, and said with a smile, "I just ate a lot and can't eat anymore, you can eat it." ”

"I ate most of the fish just now!" Yan Bailu retorted solemnly, as if he didn't notice anything wrong with this sentence at all.

Su Jingchen's hand stopped, and he looked at Yan Bailu with an embarrassed smile, "Yes...... Is it? ”

Yan Bailu looked at the fish and meat on Su Jingchen's chopsticks, then looked at Su Jingchen, and ordered in an undeniable tone: "Hurry up and eat!" ”

"When people tell you to eat, you can eat, what are you doing with so much nonsense." The old man glanced at Su Zhenchen, but sighed in his heart, and said in his heart that it would be good if my granddaughter cared about me so much......

"Okay, okay, can't I eat it?" Su Jingchen smiled helplessly, put the fish in his mouth, and did not forget to comment after eating, "It's delicious." ”

Yan Bailu smiled hesitantly, as if the fish was made by her.

When the sun disappeared from the horizon and the meal was almost finished, Lou Qi stood at the door and waved goodbye to them, "See you tomorrow." ”

"See you tomorrow." Su Jingchen said.

"No, no, no." Yan Bailu glared at Lou Qi again and said.

Su Jingchen and Yan Bailu naturally stayed in the old man's house, the old man said, it is better to be lively in such a big house, Su Jingchen did not shirk, he knew that going to Lou to start a house was to cause trouble for others, so he stayed.

Su Jingchen looked at the cute little man standing next to him, this suddenly extra sister, is it a good thing or a bad thing for him?