"Old man, are you alright?"

Although it was not as cold as the previous days, it was also a little chilly, and as far as the eye could see, the pedestrians who came and went were wrapped in thick clothes, but the old man was thinly clothed, shrunk by the wall and shivering.

Xiao Yu took out his cloak from his bag and put it on the old man, and after a while, the old man seemed to ease up a bit, and finally spoke slowly.

"Good...... Good Samaritan...... Appreciation...... Rice...... Let's eat......"

He said word by word, as if he had exhausted all his strength, and he had not eaten for several days.

"Husband, let's take the old man to eat something, looking at his appearance, it seems that he has been on the streets for a long time."

"Okay."

The husband and wife carefully helped the old man up and slowly walked towards the stall not far away.

"A few guest officers, please sit down and have something to eat?"

"I'm tired of the store with a few things that this old man can eat, make some meat and vegetables, don't be too greasy."

"The old man seems to have not eaten for a long time, so it is better to drink a bowl of porridge to cushion his stomach first."

Xiao Er said, then went to get a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns, and put them in front of the old man.

"Thank you."

"It's just a bowl of porridge, you're welcome, by the way, my roast duck fat is not greasy, and the price is affordable, how many people can order it, how about a few people to try it?"

"Then let's have a copy, there is a Lao shop."

"Okay, wait a minute."

It is said that he is an old man, but Xu looks old because of his despondency, although his beard is a little gray, but most of it is still black, and he should not be in his sixties.

He held the bowl of hot porridge, and soon drank it, his body warmed up, and he also had some energy.

"Thank you two, you are really kind people."

The old man said excitedly, got up and made a big salute.

"What is the old man doing, please get up quickly."

The husband and wife helped the old man to the chair and comforted him for a long time before he calmed down.

"It's the New Year, why are you here alone? What about your family? ”

"Alas......"

The old man sighed deeply, as if he didn't know where to start.

"I was originally a businessman, and I often went to Jianye and Aolai to run business, and my wife took care of me at home."

It sounds that the old man's original life should have been good, business was going well, the family was harmonious, and a pair of children were also considered filial.

"My daughter has a good life, she married a good family, but she went farther away and didn't come back often. My son was also competitive, and he wanted to take the exam by reading at home all day, but he failed to pass the exam for two years. ”

Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, aspiring men want to ask for fame when they are about the same age, except for business or joining the army, they are going to take the examination.

It is not easy to take the entrance examination, but if you can enter the court as an official, you can't have endless glory and wealth in your life, and it is enough for the family to live a prosperous life.

But once you get it, it's very rare, most of them will be admitted for a few years, especially those students from poor families, who are persistent year after year, only hoping that their parents and family can live a good life in the future.

"That kid has a good temper and character, if he calms down and studies hard, he will definitely be able to become a great weapon, but he will not be aspired, and he can also follow me to run a business and inherit the family business in the future. But he got involved in gambling, and soaked in the gambling house all day long, and he lost all the money in the family, not to mention, everything that could be sold for money was also taken by him. ”

The more the old man spoke, the more excited he became, thinking that his gray hair was caused by worrying about his unfortunate son.

"Then when you go to the gambling house, you are looking for your son?"

"No, I went to the gambling house every day to look for him and asked him to go home with me, but where did he listen, and now he has lost all his money, and he doesn't know where he went."

At this time, the old man was already in tears, half of the steamed bun was eaten, and the rest had been pinched by him.

"Guest, your dish, please use it slowly."

In addition to the roast duck, Xiao Er also brought two side dishes and a soup, Xiao Zhen served a bowl of soup to the old man, and also sandwiched two pieces of roast duck.

"Old man, you dissipate your anger first."

The old man drank the bowl of soup almost with tears in his eyes, and the couple's hearts were sour.

"My wife is even more sad, now that she is sick, I can't even afford to pay for her doctor."

"Madame is sick, have you ever told your daughter?"

"I went to the letter, but I just concealed some of my illness, and my wife didn't want her to worry, let alone want her to come back and be entangled by her uncompetitive brother."

As soon as he mentioned his son, the old man was angry, and others kept persuading him, but the old man's emotions could not calm down, and as a result, he didn't eat much of those dishes, so he let it cool like that.

The old man looked at the roast duck that he barely ate, and said that his favorite food was roast duck, and that every time he came back from business, the family must have prepared roast duck for him.

"My wife also loves roast duck the most, but she doesn't eat much every time, and she leaves it for me and my children."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhen asked Xiao Er to heat up the roast duck, make a few warm dishes, and wrap them together and bring them to Mrs.

Just as he was about to pay, a young woman walked in, followed by a young man, looking at her clothes, as if she was from the Western Regions.

"Childe and slow."

I saw that the young man had paid the money and walked with the woman to the old man, and the woman saw that the old man was in rags, and for a time burst into tears.

"Daddy, I'm sorry."

"Lady, don't cry, just find it, find it."

In this way, these two are the old man's daughter and son-in-law, so that the husband and wife can also rest assured.

"Girl, Daddy didn't tell you not to come back, why didn't you listen."

After not seeing each other for many years, the father and daughter hugged each other and cried, and there was no other word. All the way back to the old man's house, the old man's daughter talked about her younger brother.

When they returned home, their mothers were alone at home, saying that their father had gone to the gambling house to look for their younger brother, so they came over, and when they went out of the alley, they saw their younger brother who was being escorted back to the government by officers and soldiers.

"It's said that he stole other people's things and injured people, and it's not the first time, and he will probably stay in prison for a few days."

"It's also worry-free, and let him reflect on it inside, after all, he is to blame."

The old man shook his head, probably completely disappointed in his son.

Xiao Zhen checked his wife's pulse, but he was depressed and overly sad, but fortunately, there was no major problem, and he would recover after a while.

"Just now my husband and I went to see him, he was injured a little, but it didn't hinder his life, I think he also has repentance, you can rest assured, take care of your body first."

The woman comforted her wife, hoping that she would be able to recuperate in peace.

"Here are some medicines to regulate qi and blood, Madame will get better after taking the prescription for a few days."

"Thank you girl, the great kindness of the girl and the son, my husband and I will repay it one day."

"The girl's words are serious, it's just a gesture, but the old man is over half a hundred, and the lady is not in good health, I don't know what to do in the future?"

"My husband and I came this time to bring the whole family to us, but my brother is in trouble again, and I'm afraid we have to think about it separately."

The woman obviously didn't want her father and mother to suffer here anymore, and hoped that her brother would wake up sooner and the family could be reunited.

"Lady, why don't we take my father and mother over first, I also have some friends in Chang'an, let them help take care of it, and when my brother's business is over, we will pick him up again."

"That's all it can be."

It was sunset when they came out of the old man's house, and in order to thank the couple, the old man's daughter insisted on letting the couple bring some special products they had brought from the Western Regions.

"If the two of you go to the Treasure Elephant Country one day, you must sit at home."

"Then thank you girl first."

The old man's matter was also successfully resolved, and the couple looked at the golden sunlight and laughed together.