Chapter 5: The Old Man is Joyful to See Each Other
Xiao Liu served the wine and waited on the side.
Chen Changsheng tasted it, and after tasting it carefully, he tasted something different.
This wine is indeed made in the autumn moon, but the charm is a little worse.
He asked, "Isn't this wine made by your shopkeeper?" ”
Xiao Liu stepped forward and replied, "Mr. Hui's words were brewed by the shopkeeper." ”
"That's what you brewed, huh?"
"Sort it out."
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng said, "You are the apprentice of Old Man Zhang?" ”
Xiaoliu shook his head and said: "The shopkeeper confiscated me as an apprentice, I was picked up by the shopkeeper, and I usually do chores in the wine shop, and the shopkeeper takes care of me to eat." ”
Chen Changsheng understood in his heart, it turned out that this old man was quite thoughtful.
"I see."
It's no wonder that Old Man Zhang would keep such a hand.
Xiao Liu asked: "Listening to Mr., it seems that you are old acquaintances with our shopkeeper?" ”
Chen Changsheng took a sip of wine and said, "Sort of, I used to come to drink a lot." ”
Xiao Liu nodded, and then said, "Mr. shouldn't be from Qiuyuefang, right?" ”
"Is it obvious?"
"It's not obvious, the little one has been in Qiuyuefang since he was born, up to the county magistrate, down to the beggars on the street, big and small, but I have never seen a person with an extraordinary temperament like you, sir, so I said that Mr. is not from Qiuyuefang."
Chen Changsheng laughed self-deprecatingly: "Temperament? At most, it's a ruffian. ”
Xiao Liu blinked and said, "But Mr. is really different." ”
Chen Changsheng raised his hand and was about to speak.
But I heard an old voice outside.
"Little Liu! Come and get some oil! ”
"It's coming!"
Xiao Liu agreed, and said to Chen Changsheng, "Sir, wait a while." ”
Chen Changsheng nodded and stopped talking.
He looked back and saw an old man with gray hair walking with a limp at the door of the liquor store, apparently hurting his right foot.
"Shopkeeper, I'll come."
Xiaoliu took the oil jar in the shopkeeper's hand and was about to hug it.
Old man Zhang handed over the oil jar, and when he looked up, he saw a familiar gourd on the table of the wine shop.
He was slightly stunned, and his body trembled.
Xiaoliu said: "By the way, the shopkeeper, a gentleman said that it was your old acquaintance. ”
Old man Zhang became more and more uneasy when he heard this, and as soon as he looked away, he saw Chen Changsheng sitting in the wine shop drinking.
Old man Zhang suddenly felt a little weak in his legs, he couldn't walk, and Venus appeared in his eyes.
Chen Changsheng looked at the old man Zhang at the door and said, "Why is your leg still lame?" ”
Old man Zhang opened his mouth, and he took a step.
Xiao Liu didn't know what the situation was, so he hurriedly put the oil jar on the table and stepped forward to help the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, be careful."
Old man Zhang, with the support of Xiao Liu, came to Chen Changsheng.
“…… Mr. Chen. ”
"Sit down first." Chen Changsheng said.
Old man Zhang looked at Chen Changsheng in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then sat down.
After Old Man Zhang sat down, he didn't feel so scared, and there was even a rare joy in Chen Changsheng's eyes.
He replied, "There was a heavy snowfall the year before last, and this leg was sick with cold, and if it was not cured, it was lame." ”
Chen Changsheng glanced down and said, "You are old. ”
Old man Zhang nodded and said, "I'm a mortal, I'm definitely not as good as Mr." ”
"That's not what I meant."
Chen Changsheng smiled, glanced at the wine on the table, and said, "I asked you to prepare wine last time I left, did you forget?" ”
Old man Zhang said: "I haven't forgotten, I specially kept it for you, sir." ”
As he spoke, he beckoned to Xiao Liu beside him: "Xiao Liu, you go and take out the jar of Qiuyue Brew in the cellar." ”
Xiao Liu paused for a moment and said, "Shopkeeper, didn't you mean ......"
Old man Zhang said: "This gentleman is the person I am talking about. ”
Xiaoliu glanced at Mr. and couldn't help but be in a trance.
There is such an old friend in charge?
"Why are you stunned?" Old man Zhang said.
"I'll go."
Xiao Liu came back to his senses, and then turned around and went to get the wine.
Chen Changsheng looked at Xiao Liu's departing figure and said, "You have a pretty good eye." ”
Old man Zhang grinned and said, "I hit it by mistake." ”
Chen Changsheng said, "How long has he been with you?" ”
"It's been more than two years."
"It's been so long."
"Well, I learned seven, seven, eight, eight."
Chen Changsheng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Did he learn seven-seven-eighty-eight, or did you deliberately keep a hand?" ”
Old man Zhang didn't hide it, and admitted: "I can't hide it from Mr. ”
"After all, it's not my own son, and it's normal for people to keep a hand."
Old man Zhang felt a little surprised, and said, "I thought sir, what you said I did was wrong." ”
"What's wrong?"
Chen Changsheng said: "If I were you, I would also keep a hand, it is not easy to live to this age, if there is a matter of the apprentice starving to death of the master, he will have to be angry to death before he starves to death." ”
Old man Zhang's heart felt a lot more comfortable after hearing this, in fact, he has always been worried about this matter, he feels that he is getting old, and he is more stingy, but in fact, this is just human nature, he can't figure it out.
Xiao Liu brought out the wine that had been sealed for a long time.
"Shopkeeper."
"Hit a pot and serve it first."
Old man Zhang said: "Remember to fill Mr.'s gourd." ”
Xiao Liu nodded in agreement, and then began to make wine on the sealed paper of the hangover altar.
Soon a pot of autumn moon brew was served on the table.
Chen Changsheng took a sip and said with satisfaction: "This is the right taste." ”
Xiaoliu said: "The shopkeeper will brew a jar by himself every year, sell it after the time, and then make a new one." ”
"Mouthy!"
Old man Zhang gave him a cold look and said, "Beat your wine!" ”
Xiao Liu shook a little, and hurriedly walked away to drink.
Chen Changsheng said: "It's not that there is nothing that can't be said. ”
Old man Zhang pouted and said, "I'm afraid that Mr. will find out, and he won't come to drink in the future." ”
Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "Originally, I didn't have to come, but as soon as you said this, I had to come." ”
Old man Zhang grinned and said, "I wish Mr. came to drink." ”
Chen Changsheng poured a sip of wine into his mouth, put down the wine jug, raised his eyes to look at Old Man Zhang and said, "You are really not afraid of me at all now." ”
Old man Zhang said bluntly: "I was a little scared when I saw Mr. Chen when I entered the door just now, I guess I was afraid to get used to it a few years ago, but after sitting down, I felt that there was nothing to be afraid of." ”
"The older you get, the more courageous you are, that's true."
"Not really."
Old man Zhang took a deep breath and said: "I am seventy this year, and now in this world, if you can live past sixty, it is considered a long life, what about this person, once you live for a long time, you will feel bored, because those old people at the beginning have walked in front of them one by one, and now, only Mr. Chen is left." ”
"In the past, I was scared, but now when I look at it, I have a kind of joy to see each other."
Chen Changsheng felt quite uncomfortable when he heard this.
When loneliness fills a person's heart, the timidity and fear of the past are all let go at this moment.
Just as old people meet each other......
Joyful.