This winter in the second year of Jian'an is particularly cold!

In October, there have been four heavy snowfalls in Xiangyang, the snow on the flat land is three feet deep, the ice in the wells of Lumen, Da Xian Mountain, and Longzhong is as thick as a foot, and most of the birds and beasts have died.

In the west of Xiangyang City, at noon, in front of the Zuoxing Wine House.

The chubby boy in fur rubbed his white hands desperately as he hurried into the hall.

"Yuan Zhi, why did you meet today? The snow was beginning to melt, and it was too cold. ”

There are several large charcoal stoves with copper skins in the four corners of the winery, and the chimneys lead to the roof, and there is no smell of carbon fire in the room, but the heat is steaming.

Opposite the guest was a young man in his twenties, dressed in a spring and autumn single coat, with a face as usual.

"Haha, aren't you called the young phoenix, the phoenix is in full swing, what are you afraid of rain and snow?"

Pang Tong was so smoked by the heat in the room that his eyebrows and eyelashes were slightly dripping, and he wiped it on his face casually.

"What a chick, phoenix, phoenix! Besides, it's just a teacher's joke, Yuanzhi, you have to be jealous too? ”

Xu Shu took a sip and smiled: "Feng Xiao, that's the little chick, do I need to be jealous?" ”

Pang Tong laughed: "According to your analogy, then Kong Ming's name is Fulong, which is a little earthworm in the soil?" Roar, it's wonderful! ”

Xu Shu shook his head and said in a low voice: "Wang Fu just came back from the north yesterday, and Dong Yun is also here, you can go and talk to them first." ”

"Oh, is Kuniyama back? I'll go. As he spoke, Pang Tong walked straight to a private room on the left side of the winery.

They booked the largest private room in the wine store, Luoyang Pavilion, and Pang Tong had already been notified.

Xu Shu shook his head, turned around and walked to the door of the wine shop. Many of his friends had not yet arrived, and he had to continue to greet him at the door.

After waiting for a while, Meng Jian and Shi Tao came together, and were laughing with Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang led his younger brother Zhuge Jun to step in.

Xu Shu hurriedly said: "Let's go to Luoyang Pavilion to sit down for a while, don't crowd at the door, Brother Zuo still has to welcome guests." ”

The middle-aged man behind the counter smiled and said, "Brother Yuan doesn't have to be polite, Ruixue stopped for a while today, where will there be many guests?" ”

Meng Jian and Shi Tao are both extremely outgoing and informal, it is rare to have such a large-scale gathering with the same family, and when they hear the tavern owner say this, they are naturally even more polite and noisy.

At that moment, a smiling face flashed outside the door.

Xu Shu turned his head, only to see a tall young man no less than himself breaking in, but his face was a little immature, it didn't seem to be more than sixteen years old, dressed in blue-gray cloth, with a thin stick like grass and wood in his mouth, and kept moving around.

"Uncle Zuo, fight for wine."

Boss Zuo hurriedly turned out from behind the counter and said with a smile: "Xiao Yu, come so early today?" ”

"Yes, Uncle Zuo, Uncle said that he wanted to have a treat at night, and he liked to drink your wine here, so let Xiao Yu make a pot. Others, cooked mutton, come for ten catties. The tall boy took the straw stick from his mouth with his left hand, and with his right hand, he took a huge gourd from his waist and handed it over.

Boss Zuo smiled and narrowed his eyes: "That's all Xiao Yu's care, otherwise there are so many guests." ”

"Uncle Zuo, you're polite." The boy casually put the straw stick in his mouth and sucked it for a while.

Zhuge Jun glanced at the gourd, and his two shiny little eyes stared at the grass stick moving at the root of the tail in the young man's mouth, and when he saw that he was sucking happily, he couldn't help but be curious, and asked: "This brother, why are you chewing the grass stick so much, is it delicious?" ”

The young man tilted his head to look at him, pulled out the straw stick, and said with a smile: "It's not that the straw stick is delicious, it's the sugar sweetness wrapped in my stick!" ”

Zhuge Jun took a look, and sure enough, at the end of the straw stick, there was a small bulge, yellow-brown, and he vaguely smelled a sweet fragrance.

"Brother, what is this?"

"This ...... It's called a lollipop. ”

"Brother, is that honey?" Zhuge licked his lips. After walking dozens of miles of mountain roads, he also felt hungry. Lollipops, the name sounds so delicious.

"No, it's sucrose."

"Brother, what is sucrose? Isn't it sweet? ”

The young man looked at Zhuge Jun about seven or eight years old, his eyebrows were clear, his eyes were beautiful, he spoke politely, but he was very impressed, he stuffed the straw stick in his hand into his mouth, and took out three or four similar short sticks from his arms.

"Well, you'll know if you taste it yourself."

Zhuge Jun didn't expect people to be so generous, so he rushed over, took it with both hands, and shouted: "Thank you, brother, thank you, brother!" I couldn't wait to take out one, peel off the lotus leaf under the guidance of the young man, and stuff it into my mouth.

The young man smiled and asked, "Is it sweet?" ”

"Hmm...... Sweet, so sweet! Zhuge Jun's mouth was full, and the happiness index in his heart was also full, face to face with the young man, one lollipop per person, and he was very happy.

"This brother ......" Zhuge Liang saw his younger brother's bear-like, angry and funny, arched his hand, and was about to greet the young man with a common name, politely, when he heard a fierce quarrel suddenly erupt in the box room on the left. The next moment, the angry Pang Tong dragged a tall and thin young man out of the private room, and another round-faced young man persuaded him in the middle.

Xu Shu hurriedly asked: "Shiyuan, Guoshan, Xiu Zhao, why did you all come out?" ”

"Yuan Zhi, Kong Ming, come and persuade Shi Yuan and Guoshan." The round-faced young man was Dong Yun and Dong Xiuzhao, and shouted from afar, "They are going to fight." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Shiyuan, why is he so anxious?" Let go of the country first, what kind of system do you have like this? ”

Pang Tong let go and shouted: "Guoshan said that Cao Cao might fight Nanyang, and he was so scared that he wanted to hide in the poor ravine of Xichuan, don't you say that this is groundless?" ”

The tall and thin Wang Fu was already red-faced, and when he heard his unbridled mouth, he was even more furious: "Shiyuan nonsense, how can I be a poor mountain and remote land in the country of Xichuan Tianfu?" ”

Zhuge Liang, Shi Tao, Meng Jian and others were taken aback, and Xu Shu asked: "Guoshan, Cao Mengde is going to fight Nanyang again, is this true?" ”

Wang Fu looked around and saw that there were no customers in the wine shop, so he said directly: "I am in Nanyang, and I have heard that many people say so. ”

Everyone is discolored. Cao Cao since last year to welcome the Son of Heaven into Xu, hard work, Tuntian training, at the beginning of this year south to Wancheng, Xiangyang's ally Zhang Xiu first surrendered and then rebelled, driving it back to Xuchang. Although Cao Cao suffered great damage in this battle, and his eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin were killed unexpectedly, he was strong after all, and it was not impossible for him to make a comeback.

Zhuge Liang took a look and said to Boss Zuo: "Mr. Zuo, I see that it is warmer than the private room outside today, there are many of us, so we will charter a big table in the lobby, and the private room fee will be paid, can you see it?" ”

Boss Zuo said with a smile: "Make it, there are no guests today, you little gentlemen are free to sit wide, and later, let Humble Jing stroke two small songs for you, lively and lively." ”

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed: "I'm so tired of Mr. Zuo." "The guqin of the lady of the Zuo family is the treasure of the town store of Zuoxing Liquor Store, and it is rarely revealed.

Zhuge Liang turned his head and waved to the tall young man who was biting the lollipop: "This brother, the younger brother is ignorant and has a lot of disturbances, and the meeting is fate, can you sit at the same table and be a little warm?" ”

He spoke in a screeching manner, and the tall young man looked at Pang Tong and Wang Fu who were arguing in a low voice, and couldn't help frowning slightly, before he could speak, Zhuge Jun had already taken his sleeve, and shouted vaguely: "Brother Xiaoyu...... If you're hungry, come and eat eunuchs. ”

Zhuge Liang thought to himself, this kid knows people's names before me.

The tall young man was stirred up by Zhuge Jun, but it was inconvenient to leave, so he had to say: "I feel your Excellency's hospitality." So, it's disrespectful! ”

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed and hurriedly beckoned everyone to come over to salute.

After calling each other, the young man's face changed slightly, and the muscles under his cheeks seemed to twitch a few times, but he said calmly: "Little brother Qin Yu, I have seen all the virtuous brothers. ”