The eldest grandson Wuji took a carriage out of Chang'an City, but before he reached Li Xiu's house, he found that the wind outside had become stronger, and the dark clouds in the sky were extremely low, and it seemed that the first snow of the year was coming.

When the carriage of the eldest grandson Wuji came to the door of Li Xiu's house, he didn't expect Li Xiu to be standing at the door waiting, which made him a little surprised, and he just wanted to get off the car, but he didn't expect Li Xiu to wave his hand at him and said: "Brother eldest grandson doesn't have to get off, let's go to another place!" ”

"Another place?" Eldest Sun Wuji couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Li Xiu's words, after all, today's weather looks like it is about to snow, if it weren't for Li Xiu's invitation, I'm afraid he wouldn't be willing to go out of the city.

Li Xiu didn't explain too much, and immediately stepped into the carriage of the eldest grandson Wuji, and then instructed the coachman to continue to go south, and the eldest grandson Wuji had to follow the host, but after a while, the carriage actually came to Nanshan, and it was not far from the two academies, which made the eldest grandson Wuji even more puzzled, could it be that Li Xiu wanted to take himself to the academy?

However, the eldest grandson Wuji soon knew that he had guessed wrong, because after the carriage passed the Nanshan Academy, it soon passed the Zhongnan Academy, and finally came to a grand courtyard along a mountain road, and there were already people waiting here, Li Xiu jumped out of the carriage, and then led the eldest grandson Wuji into this courtyard.

"This ...... This seems to be Pei Gong's other courtyard, right? The eldest grandson Wuji entered the courtyard and looked at it for a while, and then said with some surprise, he hadn't been to Nanshan for a long time, and his memory of this place was a little vague, but Pei Lian's courtyard was very famous, so he vaguely remembered.

"Yes, this is Pei Gong's courtyard, Emperor Gaozu was very fond of Pei Gong, this was originally the royal palace, but was rewarded to Pei Gong to make another courtyard, and later Pei Gong resigned for retirement, once lived here for a long time, and then he returned to his hometown, he entrusted this courtyard to me to take care of." Li Xiu also smiled at this time and introduced that there are many stories that have happened in this courtyard, and today Li Xiu has added another story to this courtyard.

"Pei Gong?" When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he suddenly glanced at Li Xiu with a sense of awareness, and seemed to understand Li Xiu's intention of bringing him here, while Li Xiu smiled, and immediately took the eldest grandson Wuji to a small garden behind the courtyard.

This garden is very peculiar, because the courtyard is built on the mountain, this garden is actually a flat land on the top of the mountain, with cliffs on three sides, and a small building is built on the edge of the cliff.

However, Li Xiu didn't invite the eldest grandson Wuji to taste tea today, and he didn't even invite the eldest grandson Wuji to go upstairs, but asked the subordinates to retreat after coming here, and in addition to the two of them in the garden, there was also a slaughtered sheep and a large iron pot on the fire.

"Brother Li, you won't invite me to eat mutton, will you?" Eldest Sun Wuji looked at these shelves in the garden, and couldn't help but ask in surprise at the moment.

"Haha~, Brother Eldest Sun guessed well, but do you remember where we first met?" Li Xiu laughed out loud at this time, then rolled up his sleeves and came to the stove, reached out and picked up the knife and began to cut the mutton.

"Of course I remember, when I went to Gyeongju with the emperor to resist Jieli's army, and you went to treat Princess Pingyang's injuries, it was in Gyeongju City that we met for the first time, if I remember correctly, it was the mutton you cooked yourself." Eldest Sun Wuji couldn't help but laugh when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"Yes, I was just a small lieutenant at that time, and I was forced by Uncle Ma to the army to treat Xiuning's injuries, I wanted to have a meal with Uncle Ma that day, but I didn't expect the emperor to break in with you and Qin Qiong, and there were also several generals in the Niangzi Army, but unfortunately the people who ate with me that day are all dead now, except for you and me." When Li Xiu said the end, he couldn't help but show a lonely expression on his face, at his age, seeing his friends pass away one by one, which made him feel a little sad.

The eldest grandson Wuji also sighed when he heard Li Xiu's words, and also thought of the deceased Li Shimin in his heart, although he had a wide range of friends, but he regarded himself very highly, and he could be regarded as a friend, except for Li Xiu, there was only the deceased Li Shimin.

Li Xiu didn't speak again at this time, but cut and washed the mutton, threw it directly into the boiling cauldron, and then skimmed off the foam on it with a spoon, and then threw a few spices into the pot to increase the smell, but the salt was not put in.

"I don't put salt when boiling mutton, I still remember this secret recipe." The eldest grandson Wuji saw that Li Xiu was busy working, and even rolled up his sleeves to help burn firewood, this stove was built temporarily, and coal could not be burned, and although coal is now popular, some people think that the food cooked with firewood tastes the best, which is similar to that of later generations.

After boiling for more than half an hour, the mutton in it was already boiled, Li Xiu sprinkled a handful of salt, and then put the mutton into a large basin, and the two carried it up to the small building, sitting in front of the windowsill where Pei Lin was tasting tea, chatting while eating mutton.

"Why is this mutton not as good as the taste of the year, is it that the sheep in Chang'an is not as good as the sheep in Gyeongju?" The eldest grandson Wuji ate a few bites of mutton, but suddenly frowned and said, the first time he ate the mutton made by Li Xiu in Gyeongju, he only felt delicious, even now he remembers the taste, but now it is made by the same person, but the taste is not as delicious as he remembers.

"Hehe, this is the sheep I asked people to bring from Gyeongju, and even the seasoning is the same as the one used back then, but even if it is the same taste, we can't taste the freshness of the year, because we are old, and our sense of taste is dull, and we don't have the appetite to eat back then." Li Xiu smiled at this time, people are older, and their taste buds are not as sharp as when they were young, and no matter how good the delicacy is, it will be greatly reduced in the mouth.

"I see, it seems that we are really old!" The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but sigh when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then couldn't help but look at Li Xiu, only to find that the other party's face also had some wrinkles, and there were strands of silver between his hair, and Li Xiu was a few years younger than him, and it was estimated that his appearance would only be older than Li Xiu.

"Yes, we are all old, people of the same generation are dying and retreating, I'm afraid in a few years, it will be difficult for us to find someone who wants to catch up with the past." Li Xiu also sighed at this time, but when he said this, he suddenly looked at the few white stars floating outside the window in surprise, "It's snowing, this year's snow came so early!" ”