Wushun went to step on the point before, and the county order's house was in Xizhi Hutong, and I saw it at a glance. The house is embedded in the private house, and the three brick houses form a courtyard, which is simple and simple.

The two walked around the yard, and Yingyun asked, "Who lives in his house?" ”

Wu Shun said: "There is only one old mother." ”

Yingyun was suspicious: "Doesn't he have a wife and children?" ”

Wushun said: "I heard that the county commander married a wife and had two sons, but they were infected and died one after another, and now there is only a septuagenarian mother left to live in the house." ”

In this way, this Wang County Commander is quite pitiful, he is a single person, and he has to support his elderly mother.

Ying Yun asked: "Although there are not many people in the county order, but it is a local parent official, so you shouldn't worry about finding a partner, why didn't the county order continue to be continued?" ”

Wushun was asked, shook his head and said: "This slave doesn't know, maybe the county commander has feelings for his deceased wife and doesn't want to renew the string." ”

Yingyun was bold, and when she saw that the door of the house was half-hidden, she pushed the door and entered, saying, "Let's go, let's go in and have a look." ”

There was a creak from the door of the house, and an old woman sitting in the courtyard heard the voice and asked, "Desheng, are you back so early today?" ”

Yingyun was stunned, and saw that the old woman's eyes were unclear and her legs and feet were not good, so she said: "Mother-in-law, we are passing merchants, I don't know that there is a disaster in the county, and the restaurants on the street are closed, can I borrow you here to ask for a bowl of water to drink?" ”

The old woman's face flashed with loneliness, perhaps she was looking forward to her son's return, but then she smiled politely and said, "Yes, hot water has just been boiled on the stove, old woman, my eyes are not good, you can pour it yourself." "000 Literature

Yingyun looked sideways at Wushun, who was silent, and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law, how do you know that we are two people?" ”

The old woman laughed and said, "If the eyes are not good, the ears are used as eyes, and I can still hear a few footsteps." ”

Yingyun smiled, followed the direction pointed by the old woman, walked to the stove, and said, "Thank you, Granny Xie." ”

Wushun followed Yingyun to the kitchen, looking at the gray walls around him, it should have not been repaired for many years, all around were blackened by firewood, and there were traces of mottled falling in a few places.

"Master," Wushun sighed: "The kitchen of a county commander's house is dilapidated like this, which shows that he is an honest official." ”

Yingyun didn't say anything, Gu Zi poured water, brought it to the courtyard, and sat with the old woman for a while.

The old woman smiled and said, "Have you come from far away?" Just here to rest, my son usually goes out early and returns late, and I don't have anyone to talk to. ”

Yingyun looked around the courtyard, simple and simple, two or three rooms with open doors, you could see the furnishings inside at a glance, and there were almost no valuable belongings.

But in the corner of the courtyard, there are large and small wine jars, stacked up to two people high, enough to reach a wall.

Yingyun asked, "Mother-in-law, is your son making wine?" Why are there so many wine jars? ”

The old woman shook her head and said, "My son is working in the yamen, and these wine jars are all left over from old age. In the past, there were many people in the family, and they drank a little wine during the New Year's holidays, but later, the people in the family disappeared one after another, and they also quit drinking. My son misses the old days, and these things have been reluctant to throw away, so they are piled up together. ”

Yingyun exclaimed: "It turns out that mother-in-law, you are still the wife of the official family?" ”