He took two stout northern men and asked for a table by the window in the lobby of the restaurant.

Before the food and drinks were delivered, several people were talking in whispers, as if they were considering the menu in their hands.

"Xiaoyu, you go to the backyard to find the eighth sister first, and I'll go over and say hello."

Yang Ruoqing said to Xiaoyu, handed over the purchased New Year's goods to her, and walked towards the window over there.

"Uncle Yan!"

Yang Ruoqing walked over and stood at the table with a smile.

Yan Huai'an was stunned when he saw the little girl in front of him, and then remembered it.

"I didn't expect to meet you here, girl, it's such a coincidence, sit down quickly."

Yan Huai'an pointed to the stool beside him and greeted with a smile.

Yang Ruoqing thanked him, smiled and nodded to the other two men at his table, and sat down next to him.

The two men also recognized the girl in front of them, who was the one who helped them break the siege on the day they entered Wanghai County.

The two rugged men also smiled politely at Yang Ruoqing.

After Yang Ruoqing sat down, her gaze retracted and fell on the menu in Yan Huai'an's hand.

"Uncle, the dishes of this house almost cover different dishes and tastes in the north, south, east and west of Daqi."

"It's all the ups and downs. If there is something that the old man does not understand, I can answer it for me. She chuckled.

Hearing this, Yan Huai'an smiled and said, "It seems that the girl is a frequent visitor here?" ”

Yang Ruoqing smiled but said nothing.

Not only are you a regular customer, but I can open this restaurant well?

Yan Huai'an then pointed to the names of several dishes on the menu and asked Yang Ruoqing: "The names of the dishes in this restaurant are very interesting." ”

"I have been traveling from south to north for decades, and I have eaten countless restaurants, but this is the first time I have seen a dish that I can't guess the ingredients."

"Girl, help me see, what kind of dish is this 'whisper'?" He asked curiously.

Yang Ruoqing walked over to take a look and smiled.

"It's fried pork mouth heart with pig ears, with the addition of our unique Jianshan pepper and fennel, which is a very good appetizer." She said.

Yan Huai'an was stunned.

"This name, if it really suits the situation, the person who takes this name must also be a person with a seven-trick heart!" He sighed.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and nodded.

Aren't you sitting in front of you?

Under Yang Ruoqing's explanation, Yan Huai'an ordered six dishes in one go.

While waiting for the food to be served, Yan Huai'an drank tea and said to Yang Ruoqing: "If the old man is not mistaken, the girl seems to have said that she is from Changping Village, right?" ”

"Well, yes." She said.

Yan Huai'an said: "Yesterday, the old man went to your village. ”

"Because I was in a hurry to do a business, I only stayed in your village for a while and left."

"It was daylight, so I didn't ask where the girl's house lived, nor did I visit."

"Originally, I planned to enter the village in two days and visit the girl's house again."

Yan Huai'an said truthfully.

Yang Ruoqing listened with a smile, feeling that this old man was speaking very truthfully.

No rhetoric.

She said: "Uncle, you are polite, you have come from afar, and you are a guest." ”

"When will the old man go to our village again, remember to go to my house for tea."

"My family's surname is Yang, and it's in the new courtyard on the side of the road into the village."

Hearing Yang Ruoqing report to her home, Yan Huaian smiled and nodded again and again.

"That new yard, I saw it when I entered the village yesterday, and it was really good." He said.

"Wait a minute...... Girl, what did you just say about your last name? ”

"My surname is Yang!"

"Surname Yang? Then, what kind of relationship do you have with the eldest Yang Tou and the little Yang Tou in your village? Yan Huai'an asked again.

Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled: "The eldest Yang Tou is my own father, and the little old Yang Tou is our Yang family's relatives, and he is my grandfather and cousins." ”

"I see!"

Yan Huai'an raised his hand to stroke the gray beard on his chin.

Looking at Yang Ruoqing's gaze again, it was no longer the gratitude of Fang Cai, but more cordial.

"Uncle Yan, dare to ask if you recognize my master?"

Yang Ruoqing then asked.

Yesterday, when he entered the village, he was looking for several clan elders in the village, as well as all the old Yang Tou.

For lunch, Lao Yang Tou and they all ate at Lizheng's house.

There must be something wrong with this.

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's question, Yan Huai'an laughed heartily.

"I don't know you and them, but child, I have a relationship with your old Yang family!"

"Oh?"

"It's a long story, if you want to hear it, I can tell you."

"Okay, then the junior will listen to you."

Yang Ruoqing hurriedly straightened her sitting posture and listened to Yan Huai'an talk about the past.

"This has to be said decades ago......"

"I am a citizen of Daliao, and in that year, there was a famine in our land, and many people died of hunger."

"At that time, I was about the same age as you, a teenager, and fled to the Central Plains with the people of our village."

"Later, after several bumps, I got separated from them, and I ended up alone in Qingshui Town, where I worked as a beggar."

"That year's wax moon, it's about to be the New Year like this."

"It was freezing cold, I was dying of hunger on the side of the road, my whole body was covered with chilblains, and my feet were frozen and rotten......"

"Later, a young woman came, and she saw that I was pitiful, so she took me to a small hospital for treatment."

"She gave the doctor at the infirmary a sum of money to help take care of me."

"She came to the town every day to see me and bring me food."

"That year, I spent time in the hospital, and after the beginning of spring, my illness was all cured, and I was able to walk on the ground."

"I kowtow to her and beg her to take me in, and I will use him as a cow and a horse."

"She didn't, but gave me a token and asked me to go back to a town in the north of Daqi to find a big family."

"She told me that she wasn't from this area and that she was from the north."

"She said that she would stay here in the future, stay in Changping Village, live a good life, and never go back to the north again."

"She told me to take the token and look for it where she said, and someone would take care of me."

"I did go, and with that token I got a sum of money."

"Later, with that money, I started a small business."

"God has mercy, my business is getting bigger and bigger, and more than ten years have passed."

"I think of her who was kind to me at the beginning, and I want to come back to her and repay her."

"At this time, the two countries are at war, the border is blocked, and there is no way in."

"But I still sent someone to find out about her in every possible way."

"I learned that just four or five years after I left, she died, supposedly by hanging."

"I was so sad that I dreamed of her for several nights, in the ice and snow, she saved me......"

"Before I could repay this kindness, she left......"

When Yan Huai'an said this, there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

When it comes to the events of that year, the past seems to be vivid.

Just at this time, the wine and food came up, and he picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip.

Looking out the window, it is the vicissitudes of time.