In a house in the southern urban area of Daxing City, there is an elderly man living here.

The old man has been living here for many years, and on weekdays, the old man doesn't do much work, doesn't go out much, and stays at home alone all day to bask in the sun.

Because he rarely communicates with people, the old man's neighbors don't know what his name is, they only know that he has the same surname as today, so his neighbors call him Old Man Zhao.

Old man Zhao has a son, who is middle-aged, and he is also the master who is not at home all the year round, and he doesn't know what his son is busy with all day, so he left a little grandson to Old Man Zhao, two grandchildren, and they depend on each other in this house.

However, although Old Man Zhao doesn't like to communicate with people very much, he still has a lot of friends, and almost every two or three days, there will be all kinds of people coming to visit the door with wine and food.

There are burly big men, and there are also people with thief eyebrows and rat eyes, who are not good things when they look at them.

After a long time, everyone slowly accepted it, and if there was any delicious food, they would also bring it over and invite Old Man Zhao's ancestors and grandchildren to taste it together.

The old man was also stubborn, originally just a polite walk between neighbors, the old man had to take it seriously, every time he received other people's food, he had to ask his grandson to give away something from home.

Like calligraphy, painting, porcelain, paperweights, teapots, etc., Old Man Zhao never spoke politely to people.

Over time, everyone also acquiesced to the fact that they should send less things to Old Man Zhao's house, you give it, he still has to return things to you, and he will stare if he doesn't accept it.

If you don't give it, you can't get by on face, they are all neighbors, so that these people who live on the same street can only give less.

But on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, something seemed to have happened in Daxing City, even if you slept in the middle of the night, you could hear the shouting and killing sound in the city, and the day of worry, finally opened your eyes the next day, the neighbors went out to ask each other for warmth, and in the crowd, someone said that Old Man Zhao was sick.

Moreover, the illness is not light.

They are all good-hearted people, and the neighbors consciously organized condolences, but the old man Zhao seemed to be lost, and he was a little confused, but now it was good, lying on the hospital bed, pointing in the direction of the east, gritting his teeth and shouting something rebellious from his throat, how could there be such a foolish thing.

Everyone is an ordinary person, who can understand this? After a few discussions, he felt that Old Man Zhao might be getting worse, so he joined forces and invited Old Man Zhao to Langzhong.

But how good can ordinary people afford to invite Langzhong? After seeing Old Man Zhao's illness, Na Langzhong pretended to pinch his goatee and said that it was okay, but he was dizzy and recuperated.

Hearing this, Old Man Zhao's neighbors almost didn't make a move, you are angry and vomiting blood.

Fortunately, Old Man Zhao knew the general situation and stopped the people.

However, after the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Old Man Zhao became obsessed with the art of ambiguity, and held a bamboo skewer in his backyard all day long, shaking and muttering with words.

Originally, the neighbors were worried about whether Old Man Zhao was crazy, and at the beginning, there were people who came to comfort and accompany the old man to relieve his boredom, but later, the situation in Daxing City became increasingly tense, and people did not dare to visit the door indiscriminately.

"Grandpa, how is today's sign?"

In the quiet courtyard, the naughty boy with yellow temples played with the mud on the ground, and looked up and asked the old man sitting on the chaise longue.

Old man Zhao opened his blurred eyes, looked at the content of the bamboo stick in his hand seriously, and laughed: "Okay, good, it's a good sign, it seems that God bless me Sui Yang, this month, there will be good things coming." ”

The child didn't understand this, so he understood that it was enough to accompany his grandfather to relieve his boredom, and at that moment, he threw away the mud ball in his hand, and ran a few steps to Dao The old man Zhao sat on his lap, hugged the old man's neck with his hand, and said: "Grandpa, what good things do you see?" It's also calculated for Qi'er, when will my father and mother come back? ”

The old man didn't care about his grandson's dirty and muddy hands, and touched his withered palm on his grandson's head, and said, "Didn't you count it two days ago, your father and your mother are busy, and they're coming back, coming back." ”

The little doll pouted: "But you've been saying these things for almost two years, and you still haven't seen your father and mother come back." ”

Hearing the child's words, the old man couldn't help but have a sour nose, patted the child's shoulder and sighed, and didn't say anything else.

The child is also sensible, and when he saw his grandfather's appearance, he didn't continue to ask, but changed the topic: "Grandpa, these days, I haven't seen Uncle Zhang and them coming, when will they come?" ”

Old man Zhao was stunned when he heard this, and then looked up to the north, that was the direction of the grassland, where was the old friend who was sitting on the northern line of Suiyang.

"Little glutton, are you guilty of gluttony in your stomach again? Do you want Uncle Zhang and them to bring you something delicious? ”

At a glance, he saw what his grandson was thinking, and the old man broke it without concealment.

The child's face turned red when he heard this, but his mouth was still stubborn: "How can there be." ”

The old man smiled: "Don't worry, kid, your Uncle Zhang and they have something to do, so I'll come to see you with delicious food after a while." ”

The child's eyes instantly zoomed in: "Really! ”

The old man nodded: "When did Grandpa lie to you?" ”

"Uncle Zhang, what delicious food will they bring here?" The child asked.

The old man snorted, tilted his head and thought for a while, "Have you ever heard of mare's milk wine and wolf food?" ”

The child was surprised: "Isn't that what the grassland people love to eat?" ”

The old man nodded: "That's right, this time your Uncle Zhang and them brought us this." ”

Naughty childlike nature, he was interested in eating, and after listening to it, he jumped off the old man's knees and ran around the old man several times.

Seeing his grandson like this, the old man couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and between laughing, he felt the crazy teasing of the eyebrows in his right eye, and was taken aback at the moment, and hurriedly shook the bamboo stick in his hand a few times, and then picked up a bamboo stick that fell on the ground, and after looking at it twice, he sighed long: "Qi'er." ”

The child, who was running around the old man's chaise longue, stopped when he heard this, turned his head and asked puzzledly, "Grandpa, what's wrong?" ”

"We're here, go, open the door, and welcome the guests in."

The child was a little puzzled, why did grandpa know that he was coming to have a guest?

But thinking that his grandfather never told him nonsense, the child listened, so he walked towards the door, and when he came to him, he opened the door, and saw two people standing outside the door.

The first one is about the same age as his grandfather, and the other is dressed as a servant, but looking at the servant's temperament, how to look at it, how to carve it out of the same mold as his father.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

The child asked weakly.

Liu Maolin, who was raising his hand and preparing to knock on the door, saw this, smiled, and then squatted down and asked, "You are Zhao Qi, right?" Is your grandfather at home? ”

The child didn't know Liu Maolin either, so he nodded at the time: "It's me, grandpa is inside." ”

Liu Maolin laughed: "I'm an old friend of your grandfather, and I came to find your grandfather for something." ”

When the child heard this, he obediently let go of his body: "Then grandpa, please come inside." ”

Only then did Liu Maolin stand up and command the man behind him, "You wait here." ”

"Yes."

Stepping into the courtyard, Liu Maolin saw the old man sitting on the recliner, and clenched his fists at that time: "Brother Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Old Man Zhao coughed violently twice.

Seeing this, the child ran to him, picked up the medicine bowl that was at Old Man Zhao's feet, and went to the kitchen to fill the medicine for his grandfather.

Seeing this, the expression on Liu Maolin's face couldn't help but change a few times.

"It's old, it's old, don't be weird, brother." Old man Zhao shook his head and said helplessly.

Liu Maolin sighed, looked around, and didn't find a stool or anything, so he stood like this and said, "What did Brother Zhao say, when you were young, you slept in the ice and snow for Sui Yang, and you fell into this problem, but now, it ends like this." Speaking of which, it should be my brother, for the current Zhao Wangjun, it is not right to compensate you. ”

Old man Zhao smiled when he heard this: "Those are in the past, and the little old man is also short-tempered, when the palace angers Long Yan and is punished, it is a deserved thing, what is your majesty?" Besides, it's not your majesty who punishes me now, is it? ”