Old man Dutao's cooking skills are not very good, but the Yangtze River saury he makes is still very delicious. Of all the freshwater fish, this fish should be the tastiest.

The old man said that every day on the Yangtze River, if someone wants to cross the river, he ferries, and when no one crosses the river, he fishes when he is idle. The spring flood is coming, and the river is full of Yangtze River saury. You can catch a dozen or twenty catties a day. I can't finish it for a while, so I dry it into dried fish and eat it slowly.

Such a good thing, I get tired of eating it often. Fan Li took out some cooked meat in his bag, and Xiaobo only ate meat, not fish.

The wine is not good, cloudy, low in degree, and has no aroma. But the old man was squeaking and relishing. He haunts the Yangtze River all day long, relying on this cup of turbid wine to support his aging body.

After a few bowls of wine, the old man's eyes became misty, and his tongue was a little bigger. He said, "My lord, I heard a piece of news on the river, and I don't know if it's true or not. Don't be angry when you ask adults. ”

Fan Li said: "Old man, let's say, it's okay, I'm not so easy to get angry." ”

The old man said, "I heard that you and King Wu are at odds, is it true?" ”

Fan Li said: "It's not that it's a discord, it's a complete falling out." Now I am enemies with Wu Wangfucha. ”

The old man picked up the wine bowl and signaled, Fan Li also picked up the wine bowl, touched it, and drank the wine inside. The old man hiccuped and said, "My lord, there is an old saying that a companion is like a companion tiger. The tiger is inhumane, and it will eat people when its face is turned upside down. Look at those civil and military generals, they were very proud for a while, but they didn't know that the king's face turned over, and he had to go to the guillotine. Boring. It's boring. ”

The old man has been ferrying on the Yangtze River all his life, and he has almost come into contact with all kinds of people in the world, so his knowledge is naturally much higher than that of ordinary people. His words just went to Fan Li's heart.

Fan Li said: "Old man, you are right, there is no good thing for the kings of the world. Fan Li was full of emotion in his heart, it doesn't matter if King Wu treats him badly, they have always been enemies. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, also made him sad and sad, he was loyal to restore the country for him, and he still had resentment.

The old man said: "My lord has left King Wu, so I will say this, those civil and military ministers, greedy for glory and wealth, were finally cleaned up by the king, that is looking for death, is death." But it is also difficult to be a common man, these years of war, all the men in the world are going to be defeated, and there are orphans and widows everywhere. There is no way for the poor to live! ”

When the old man said that he was angry, tears glistened in his eyes, and the effect of alcohol made him vent the grievances in his heart. He is a wise man who lives at the bottom of the life that Fan Li has met, Fan Li is also a little drunk, and he vomits in his heart.

He told the old man Du Tao the reason why he fell out with King Wu, and when he talked about Luo Jiang's tragic death, he choked up several times.

The old man poured another bowl of wine and shouted, "Brother Fan Li, you are a hero!" When you saw King Wu's unrighteous deeds, you pointed your sword at King Wu and denounced King Wu's despicability. Joyfully! You're the number one hero I've ever seen! ”

Bob was full, and fell asleep on the table. The old man got up, carried his grandson to the bed and fell asleep, then returned to the dining table and sat down, picked up the wine jar, poured wine for Fan Li, and said, "Come, brother, I respect you, hero!" ”

Outside, the horses were grazing and snorting, and the night wind was whistling over the leafless treetops, and then over the ridges of the roofs and running into the distance. Under the dark night, there is an inexplicable danger. In the wasteland of slaughter, sorrow is brewing.

The Yangtze River behind the village has flowed for hundreds of millions of years and is still flowing. In Fan Li's heart, there was an indescribable pain. He looked at the old man and said, "Old man, I saw your grandson Xiaobo, reasoning, you should still have a son and a daughter-in-law, why don't you see them?" ”

The old man was drunk, and looked at Fan Li fixedly. With his tongue wide open, he said, "I knew you were going to ask that." I thought you were asking in the first place, but you didn't bring it up until now. I don't want to talk about it, I want to cry when I think about it. ”

The old man lay on the table and really cried. His thin shoulders fluttered. His hair was almost gone, and it was only tied into a small bun, and it was still unkempt, and the unkempt bun was shaking in crying.

Fan Li regretted a little, he shouldn't have touched the old man's pain points.

"Old man, I'm sorry, I'm ......" He couldn't think of a word that could comfort the old man.

The old man didn't look up, but raised his hand and waved it, and said vaguely, "You let me ...... Cry yes, I haven't cried in a long time. ”

I don't know if it was the effect of alcohol that magnified the pain of the old man Dutao, and he couldn't stop crying. Fan Li regretted it in his heart, if he didn't ask about that common saying, the old man might not be so miserable. The old man's son and daughter-in-law must have a sad story.

Finally, the old man Du Tao stopped crying, raised his head, looked at Fan Li and said, "My son is dead, and my daughter-in-law doesn't know whether she is dead or alive now." It's been ten years, and my grandson Xiaobo was just two years old at that time. ”

The old man's voice was dry and hoarse, and he slowly talked about the sad past.

His son's name is Tao Zhou, and his daughter-in-law's name is Shao Jiang, who is two years younger than Tao Zhou. The son got married at the age of eighteen, and a year later gave birth to a boy, Xiaobo.

At that time, his wife was still alive, a family of five, farming a little land, and a ferry boat at home, not rich, but life was still passable.

But within a few years of the good days, disaster struck, and the reason may be that the daughter-in-law was too beautiful and was remembered. That day, he was ferrying by the river, and suddenly his wife ran crying and said, "Come home and see, something happened at home." ”

The old man was frightened and hurried home, only to see that his twenty-year-old son's neck had been cut and he was lying in a pool of blood, and he had long since lost his breath. The daughter-in-law is gone, and only the two-year-old grandson is crying for his mother.

His wife told him that his daughter-in-law Shaojiang was doing needlework, and suddenly more than a dozen robbers came, picked up Shaojiang and left. Just when his son Tao Zhou came back from the field, he saw that someone robbed him of his woman, and waved a hoe to save him, but he was cut down by a bearded man.

The old man said: "My wife died of pain because she loved her son. Three of the five were removed at once. I almost went with my wife. But when I saw my two-year-old grandson, I couldn't bear it. If I die, my grandson won't survive, and our family will disappear completely, and I will grit my teeth and survive for my grandson. ”。

The old man was silent. Fan Li was also shocked, this family is really miserable. He said, "Old man, do you know where this fire robber is?" ”

The old man said: "I ferryed all day long, and when I met people, I inquired, and after a few years, I finally got the news that this gang of robbers turned out to be from Jiangbei. The boss is called Liu Zhanxiong, entrenched in Heilongkou, Jiangbei. ”