When he arrived at Yankang Fang, Li Yu paid for the journey and walked towards the workshop with Jixiang. After passing through several horizontal and vertical streets, you will come to a small intersection with a laneway on the left and right. There are two large trees planted at the entrance of the alley, and the shade of the trees is all over the ground.

Under the shade of the trees at the entrance of the alley on the right, several dolls are squatting there and playing, most of them are children who are still wearing open crotch pants, combing their pigtails, squatting there and playing with mud. The alley on the left is silent.

Ji Xiang pulled Li Yu and said, "This way!" ”

Li Yu was about to follow her into the left alley, when she suddenly saw a young man in a short brown and a hat running out of the alley, and when he got under the tree, he picked up a child who was playing with mud and ran into the alley.

"Traffickers!" Li Yu was taken aback, and without thinking about it, he immediately chased after him.

"Lang Jun!" Ji Xiang called out in surprise, and saw Li Yu walking like flying, chasing after the young man wearing a hat off, and hurriedly followed.

The hatless boy hurriedly ran through the two alleys with the baby in his arms, put him down at the mouth of a small alley, pressed his shoulder, and probed his brain outward, as if he was observing the pedestrians in the alley. Li Yu was even more sure of his identity and immediately pounced.

In the Tang Dynasty, if women went out, they often liked to wear Hufeng men's robes, a narrow-sleeved tight-fitting lapel robe, long trousers, high-waisted boots, and a hat, which did not affect their beauty, and was convenient to move. Of course, this hat is men's, and men can wear it as well.

This young man wears such a playful little hat, melon seed face, pointed chin, fair complexion, and delicate facial features, it is really difficult to judge whether he is a man or a woman dressed as a man. He stood there, pressed the baby's shoulder, looked out with his head probed, and said to the doll, "Is Brother Xiaolin usually good to you?" ”

The five or six-year-old baby said, "Okay! ”

The young man said, "Okay, then you do Brother Xiaolin a favor and go beat that kid." ”

At the door of a house in the alley outside, a bear child about three years old was pushing and shoving a little girl about two years old, and pulling her hair, making the girl doll cry.

The little baby with braids raised her head with a cute face: "Brother Xiaolin, why don't you go." ”

Brother Xiaolin said: "I'm an adult, it's hard to start." You go, beat him and cry, Brother Xiaolin will buy you meat to eat. ”

"Good!" As soon as she heard that there was meat to eat, the little baby's saliva was about to flow down, and she was about to rush out.

At this time, Li Yu rushed in, stretched out his hand, stretched out his five fingers like eagle claws, grabbed Xiao Lin Ge's collar, and shouted: "Vertical son dare!" ”

Brother Xiaolin turned his head blankly, but as soon as he turned his head, the collar was grabbed by Li Yu, Li Yu pulled back hard, stumbled under his feet, pulled, pushed, and let go, poor Brother Xiaolin was thrown out, fell to the ground with a bang, and slid forward more than a foot away, just stopping in front of the chasing auspicious.

Brother Xiaolin was smashed to the ground, Li Yu had already pounced, rushed to him again, and as soon as he leaned over, he grabbed him by the collar, clenched his right hand into a fist like a bowl, and hit him hard at the bridge of his nose.

"Ahh Brother Xiaolin screamed, closed his eyes, and felt that the fist was blowing in his face, and when Li Yu's fist was about to reach the bridge of his nose, it stopped abruptly.

"Hua Lin?" Li Yu screamed in surprise.

Brother Xiaolin heard that people called him famous, he opened his eyes in astonishment and looked at Li Yu, but when he ate it, Venus still flashed in front of him, and Li Yu's head also turned into three, and he couldn't see Li Yu's appearance clearly for a while.

Li Yu recognized him, this person was one of his seven cellmates, at that time, the eight of them lived in the same prison, with different appearances, among them, only this Hualin had a slender skeleton, eyebrows and willow shoulders, and facial features and eyebrows were more delicate than many women, so Li Yu remembered it quite clearly, and recognized it at a glance. Li Yu still remembered that he had an affair with one of his father's concubines, so he was sentenced to death.

Li Yu recognized Hua Lin, and the punch didn't go down, but he still said angrily: "It turned out to be you!" You kid, why are you so unproductive? The Son of Heaven is merciful and allows you to prolong your life and get out of prison, but you are so depraved! ”

Hua Lin finally came to his senses at this time and said in surprise: "Brother Li Yu? Hearing Li Yu's scolding again, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Me? How did I fall, why did you hit people when you saw me? ”

Li Yu pointed to the little baby who was standing aside, and said angrily: "You still ask me?" It is really unconscionable to commit the abduction and trafficking of children! ”

When Hua Lin heard this, he couldn't help but scream: "Brother Li Yu, you really wronged me, how can I abduct and sell children." I'm very familiar with this baby, I just want him to do me a favor. ”

Li Yu sneered: "You still have to lie to me, this little baby, what can I help you?" ”

Seeing that the two knew each other, the little baby was timid, and only thought that if she helped, she would have meat to eat, so she hurriedly rolled up her sleeves and asked, "Brother Xiaolin, do I still want to fight?" ”

Hua Lin turned his head to look at him, and said viciously: "Hit, hit immediately!" Beat me up and blame that kid! ”

When the little baby heard this, she immediately happily agreed, and then turned around and rushed out.

The three-year-old bear child was pulling the little girl's hair, grabbed a handful of dirt and stuffed it into her mouth, and rushed to the child, who was worried about the meat to eat, and screamed, and slammed a straight fist into the baby's forehead.

The baby was caught off guard, fell to the ground on her back, and immediately burst into tears.

The doll who was struggling to eat meat kicked him twice again, shaking his little fist and shouting: "Who asked you to bully Sister Xiaoying, let me tell you, dare to bully Sister Yingying again, Lao Tzu will see you once, beat you once!" ”

The little baby got up from the ground, cried and wiped away tears: "You hit me, you wait, I'll tell my father to go!" ”

The little baby who beat people crossed his waist and proudly yelled at his back: "You go! I have the ability to call your father to beat me, hum! ”

After the little baby who beat the person finished speaking, he looked at the little girl on the side, with tears on her face, and was looking at him blankly. The little baby who beat people touched her head and said very proudly: "Yingying, don't cry, he will dare to bully you in the future, Brother Rong will help you beat him!" ”

Li Yu stood at the entrance of the alley, looked at this scene in amazement, and said strangely: "This ...... What is it? ”

Hua Lin held his waist and said weakly: "That's my sister, the kid next door, always bullying him, I'm an adult, and it's not good to beat him, so ...... Just ask Xiaorong for help. ”

Li Yu suddenly realized, and couldn't help crying and laughing.

At this time, Hua Lin said, "Brother Li Yu, why are you back now?" We're still a few months away. ”

Li Yu said: "It's hard to say, I ......"

For a while, Li Yu didn't know what to say to him. Looking at his outfit, it was a little tattered, and I couldn't help but be surprised: "If I'm not mistaken, your family is very rich, why are you dressed like this?" ”

Hua Lin smiled gloomily and said, "Hey! It's hard to put into words! I...... If you do something like that, how can you still have the face to go home? Since he was released from prison, he has only been a helper and has a bite to eat. Recently, you are helping Mr. Yang in the workshop, what about you? ”

Li Yu sighed: "It's hard for me to say anything!" Yes! Let's go back, I just arrived in Chang'an, so I'll go to see my mother in the alley first! Since you live in the city, come to my mother's dwelling to find me. ”

Li Yu turned his head to look at Ji Xiang: "By the way, where do we live?" ”

As soon as Ji Xiang said the address, Hua Lin exclaimed: "Lingtang lives in Mr. Yang's house? Could it be Aunt Pan? I'm just doing things for Mr. Yang! ”

Hua Lin told Li Yu in detail, it turned out that after he was released from prison, he felt that what he had done was too embarrassing, and he had no face to go back to his home, but he had nowhere to go, and he couldn't give up his family, so he still lived in Yankangfang, only avoiding his own family and doing something to help make a living.

He has a bad reputation, and there are not many people who are willing to ask him for help, so he is hungry and full, and his life is very hard. Later, he met Yang Siqi. Yang Siqi is a master of research institutions, and is said to be a disciple of the Mo family.

This master only buries himself in research on weekdays, does not ask about foreign affairs, and does not understand human feelings. He studied the art of mechanics, and often had to buy all kinds of materials, including some semi-finished products, which he could not do himself, so he had to go to the market to buy them, or have other craftsmen do it.

Then the person who helps with the errand must be literate and understand some of his explanations, so that he can buy suitable things and explain things clearly to the blacksmiths, carpenters, and painters. And these things, it is difficult for those illiterate helpers to do well, so Hualin has become Yang Siqi's special servant.

It's just that when he comes to the door every day, most of them are when Jixiang goes out to work and make money, so Pan has known him in the past few days, but Jixiang and him are also seeing him for the first time.

The two talked all the way, walked all the way, and unconsciously arrived at Yang Siqi's home. Entering the courtyard, Jixiang immediately raised his voice and called: "Auntie, auntie!" ”

Pan Shi wore an apron and walked out of the hall with a feather duster, and said as he walked: "Why did you come back so early today......

Speaking of this, she had already seen Li Yu, and the feather duster in her hand suddenly fell to the ground: "Son! ”

Pan suddenly burst into tears, jumped up and hugged Li Yu tightly in his arms, Li Yu couldn't help but show his true feelings and hugged her tightly. There is a mother who cares about you, loves you, and values you more than her life, and her heart is warm.

The mother and son hugged each other, Pan's tears were in his eyes, Li Yu's eyes couldn't help but moisten, Jixiang wiped his tears, and said with a smile: "Auntie, let's talk slowly in the house, there are still others here." ”

"Okay, let's go inside."

Pan hurriedly pulled Li Yu and pulled it into the living room like a baby. Hua Lin saw that his relatives met for the first time, and he was also interested, so he said: "Brother Li Yu, you talk to Aunt Pan first, I'll ask Mr. Yang if there is anything I need to procure, and we'll talk later." ”

Before Li Yu could speak, Aunt Pan agreed one after another, just pulled her son into the living room, pressed him to the seat, and went to make a pot of good tea, looking at her son's fat and thin, seeing that he seemed to be a little stronger than before, and her heart became more and more happy.

Pan slapped his face and said, "Ah! Seeing that it's noon, the kitchen is stewed with chicken and mushrooms, I'll make a few more good dishes, son, you eat first, and then tell your mother about your situation these days. Auspicious, go and move a jar of Xinfeng wine. ”

Li Yu was entertained by his mother, sitting in the main hall, drinking good tea, and now he has to cook and prepare good sake, almost thinking that this is his own home, and suddenly remembered that this is a family surnamed Yang, and his mother is now like a dove occupying the magpie's nest, is this appropriate?

Li Yu hurriedly reminded: "Mother, this is not appropriate, otherwise, let's go to the side room, go outside and order a few dishes by ourselves, my son is rich, don't displease the master here." ”

Pan said: "Hi! O master here, you ignore him. That's a wooden weirdo, he's never been to this hall. Let's talk about eating, a bowl of rice, spread a layer of vegetables, don't starve him to death, if you really want seven plates and eight bowls, he is troublesome.

You drink this tea is indeed a good tea, the palace rewards, but it is a waste if we don't drink it, the strange man can't be good, make him some leaves, he can drink all day. Pan Shi said with his eyebrows fluttering, covering his mouth, and whispered: "I think he is sloppy, and he kindly prepared a lot of dishes and made him dislike it, and he was angry, so he deliberately tricked him, yesterday I really got some jujube leaves to make water for him, but he didn't drink it, hahahaha......"

Li Yu was dumbfounded when he heard it, and before he met, Li Yu had already deeply sympathized with that Yang Siqi.

Pan's work is very fast, and Jixiang also went to the kitchen to help, and after a while, he cleaned up a table of banquets. Pan Shi brought out two large bowls, with rice on the bottom, and a thick layer of dishes on the top, and there were also vegetables and meat, which tasted like a rice bowl.

Pan said: "Son, my mother will come after bringing food to that strange man." ”

Seeing that she used two large bowls, she should have brought out Hualin's share.

In the blink of an eye, Pan came out again in a hurry, pulling his son and Jixiang to sit down at the table.

Generally speaking, the Tang Dynasty still had a separate meal system, but at such times, it was naturally more intimate to sit around a table. But in this way, the dishes are stacked on top of each other, and a dining table is full. Pan smiled and said, "Eat and eat, son, you eat more." ”

"Hey!" Li Yu agreed, he was really hungry, and there were dishes on the plate that the old lady and Jixiang were rushing to fill him, so he picked up the chopsticks in a hurry.

Pan didn't eat either, but just looked at his son blankly: "Son, after leaving Lizhou, where did you go, these days, you haven't suffered any crime, right?" ”

Li Yu had just picked up a mouthful of chicken, and when he heard this, he immediately remembered that unspeakable topic. Although I have thought about how to talk about this topic after seeing my mother and auspiciousness countless times before, I am still timid when it comes to the end.

Seeing that Ji Xiang didn't eat either, he just held his chin with one hand, smiled with happiness and joy on his face, and looked at him sweetly, how could he say what the dragon was doing?

The table is full of delicacies, and it cannot be exported. Full of worries, unable to confide.

Li Yu looked at the old lady, and then looked at the auspiciousness, and truly experienced the taste of being in a dilemma and being in a dilemma.