Yuanjiang County from Dayan Capital to Dayong is naturally a long way, as far as the vast majority of ordinary people are concerned, if they are so far apart, they may not be able to live in their lifetime, and there is no suitable way to come.

But for Yi Shuyuan, it is naturally not difficult to return.

However, before returning to Yuanjiang County, Yi Shuyuan drove the cloud to Dengzhou first.

"Master, aren't we going to Yuanjiang County immediately?"

Shi Sheng asked in the clouds, and Yi Shuyuan glanced in the direction of Cangnan.

"You can't go empty-handed, just go where you want."

Yi Shuyuan said, the cloud head has fallen, and it has drifted to Dengzhou City.

The streets of Dengzhou are full of people, and in an alley in the north of the city, there is a time-honored tavern, called "Liu Ji Liquor Shop", which is also the earliest merchant to make shoulder wine.

Now that the shoulder wine has become famous, Liu Ji's liquor shop business is naturally endless, but this is only a small head, and more profits lie in expanding the scale of winemaking, supplying the whole city and the whole state, supplying the entire Lingdong and even the whole country, and there are many cooperative wineries.

And this Liu Ji liquor shop has also been retained, and there is the oldest earthen shochu shop behind it, for local individual customers to come to drink, and only sell one kind of wine, although the road is off, but it can be much cheaper than other restaurants.

When Yi Shuyuan took Shi Sheng to find this alley, he could faintly smell the aroma of wine when he stood at the mouth of the alley, and there were diners coming and going in the alley from time to time.

Walking down the alley to the edge of the wine shop, the aroma of the wine is already very strong, and what Yi Shuyuan smells is not only the fragrance of the wine itself, but also the process of wine brewing under synaesthesia.

Along the way, Yi Shuyuan held the wine gourd in his hand, and even opened the mouth of the gourd, as if this wisp of special wine was included in the gourd, or this is not just the wine gas.

"Master, the wine here smells so strong, I don't like it very much."

Shi Sheng covered his nose, he felt that the smell of wine here was too strong and too strong, and he was naturally not willing to inhale the wine and feel the feelings.

Yi Shuyuan hadn't spoken yet, but the shopkeeper of the wine shop over there stretched out his head to look outside, and saw a gray-haired Confucian and a child coming over, and immediately said with a smile.

"You kid don't understand it yet, when you grow up, you'll know how good this taste is, this guest officer looked at the eyes, do you come to drink or order wine?"

Yi Shuyuan looked at the simple appearance of the wine shop, in a relatively crowded room at the end of the alley, the counter was directly connected to the outer wall, and there was not even a table or stool inside, and there were all large and small wine jars.

The drinkers who came to the restaurant also bought wine from outside, and handed it out at the counter and took it away.

"Drink and bring your own wine containers."

The shopkeeper nodded, not a big customer and not disgusted, and said while preparing the bucket.

"You've just finished using up a jar of old wine, and where is your drinking utensils?"

Yi Shuyuan hurriedly took the wine gourd from behind and put it on the counter, and the shopkeeper was immediately happy when he saw the wine gourd.

"This gourd looks really good, people who don't love wine won't have it, well, it should be able to hold five catties."

The wine gourd looks like the outside has long been pulped, not only the shape looks very comfortable, but also has a moist luster, and the gourd mouth is a vine wrapped in a soft stopper, when closed, it is like a complete gourd that has just been taken off the vine, which looks very gratifying.

Shake the gourd, play with it again, and the shopkeeper opened the gourd mouth and sniffed, there was a faint and thick fragrance.

The funnel and the bucket cooperated together, and in the shopkeeper's feeling, soon the wine gourd was almost full, and before the gourd mouth was plugged and placed on the counter, he couldn't help but play with it again.

"Give more than five catties, just count it as five catties, fifty cents."

"Sure enough, it's more affordable than other places, and the aroma of the wine seems to be stronger."

"Hah, that's not it! The shoulder wine outside is not so good, not to mention, at least three percent more expensive, if it is out of Dengzhou, it will be fifty percent more expensive, and it will be difficult to buy it in Lingdong, and it is more expensive than the other, and it depends on the conscience of the local shopkeeper! ”

The shopkeeper always had a smile on his face when he spoke, and he was obviously very proud that his wine had become a famous wine in the world.

Yi Shuyuan put down the copper coin and took the wine jug, nodded with a smile, and left with Shi Sheng in the direction of the middle alley.

"Alas, guest officer, can you cut your love with that wine gourd, I will give two taels of silver!"

The shopkeeper's voice came from the end of the alley, Yi Shuyuan turned around and said "no" and left again, Shi Sheng kept laughing on the side, and Gray Mian also grinned.

"This man is really knowledgeable!"

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The streets of Yuanjiang County cannot be compared with the rebuilt Dengzhou City, but it is also very fireworks, and there are many more mountain people and farmers who come to the city to sell goods in this season.

The shouting and selling sound comes and goes here, and many people in the small place actually know each other, so it is inevitable that they will say hello.

However, Yi Shuyuan, who had not appeared here for many years, and Yi Shuyuan, who used to be relatively homely, walked on the street, and no one could recognize him.

Ash Mian lay on Shi Sheng's head and said.

"Sir, most of your acquaintances in Yuanjiang County, except for those in your own family, are from the county yamen, but now that the officials have been promoted and the old man has left office, there are few of them, right?"

"There are still some of them, and there may not be many in another ten years."

I walked along the street to the famous Tongxin Building in Yuanjiang County, but now the shopkeeper sitting at the counter has changed, and the guys in the building have not met each other, and the shopkeeper of Zuibinlou is still there, but he doesn't recognize Yi Shuyuan.

After buying wine and food with a wine jug, a three-room courtyard in the west of the city is the end of Yi Shuyuan.

This small courtyard is the home where Lu Lao has lived for half his life, and he has been living here since he retired to Yuanjiang County to become the head of the Yamen stick sect, and he is still the same after retiring.

The morning sun swayed down obliquely, shining on most of the small courtyard.

The seventy-nine-year-old old head sat on a chair with a small table beside him, on which there was a wine jug and a cup, and the side dish that accompanied the wine was a small stack of peanuts.

Late autumn and winter make the old man feel cold, even the old leader, especially in the last few days, he is sitting in a chair with an old coat on his body.

There are stone locks, stone burdens, stone grinders, and big knives and guns in the courtyard, the old man looked at everything in his eyes, took a small sip of the wine in the cup and drank it, and when he picked up the wine jug again, he found that there was no wine, and a few drops came out after shaking it twice and pouring it.

"Master, don't let me drink for you, the doctor said, I want you to drink less!"

In the kitchen over there, a young man was busy preparing to boil water for cooking, and when he glanced outside, he knew that Master had drunk it again.

"Hey, I think when I broke into the rivers and lakes, I could drink a jar of wine at a meal, and this small pot of wine couldn't even moisten my throat!"

The young man came out to hold firewood, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but ask again.

"Master, you always say that my martial arts are not yet in the rivers and lakes, but the people who come to see you in the yamen are not my opponents, when can I go out to explore the rivers and lakes?"

The old sect leader looked at himself, a disciple in the true sense of the word, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Hurry, hurry"

"Really? When? ”

"If you get me another pot of wine, I'll tell you!"

The young man was in high spirits all of a sudden, but when he heard the old man say this with a smile, he immediately pursed his lips.

"You're lying to me, don't give me a beating!"

At this time, a hearty voice came from outside.

"The old sect leader is out of wine? I've got more! ”

This voice.

This sound!

The old man looked for prestige, and there were two people, one big and one small, standing at the gate of the courtyard, and the adult was a Confucian scholar, wearing a Confucian scarf and wearing a deep coat, which was Yi Shuyuan, who was dressed almost the same as in the county government back then.

At this glance, Yi Shuyuan seemed to have walked from the memory of the old sect leader to reality, and he couldn't help but rub his eyes.

"Mr. Yi? It's really you! ”

Yi Shuyuan smiled.

"Can there be a fake?"

The young man holding the firewood in the courtyard looked at the courtyard gate in a daze and muttered.

"This is the Mr. Yi that Master and Uncle Yamen often mention?"

However, the young man's eyes glanced at him, and he was suddenly startled, and the old man with his clothes on the seat actually stood up.

"Master, don't be in such a hurry to get up!"

The old sect leader didn't care so much, his legs trembled slightly and walked into the courtyard.

"Quick, sir, please come in, come in, where have you been all these years, I haven't heard from you for a long time! This is the one who is."

Shi Sheng immediately ran to the old sect leader and supported him, and then raised his head and showed a smile.

"Old sect leader, my name is Mo Shisheng, and I am a disciple of the master!"

At the moment when the old sect leader nodded, Yi Shuyuan had already walked to his side, holding a gourd in one hand and supporting the old man with the other, and walked to the chair at the cornice step by step.

At this time, the young man reacted and hurriedly saluted Yi Shuyuan.

"Junior, Xiao Yuzhi, meet Mr. Yi!"

"Well, I'm tired of moving another chair out."

"Oops!"

When Yi Shuyuan helped the old sect leader to sit down again, the young man also ran out with a chair, and hurriedly greeted him as soon as he put the chair down.

"Sir, please take a seat, I'll boil water for you to make tea."

"No need, I want to have some drink with the old leader!"

Yi Shuyuan said, put the oil paper bag and wine gourd in his other hand on the small table, the old sect leader's eyes suddenly lit up, and when he saw this wine gourd, he seemed to think of the wine in his early years, and the saliva in his mouth kept secreting out.

"Uh, Mr. Yi, my master's body."

"Bunny! I haven't seen Mr. Yi for more than ten years, how can I not have a few drinks? ”

"Don't worry, Yi also knows a little about medical skills, your master's situation, drinking a little wine will not have much effect."

The young man frowned suspiciously.

"Is that so?"

"Bunny, get out of here and boil the water!"

"Alas"

The young man shrunk his neck, hurriedly picked up the firewood he had just put down and went to the kitchen, and Shi Sheng jumped up and said "I'll help" and followed.

Yi Shuyuan sat down on the other side of the small table and looked at the old sect leader who was still very excited.

"It seems that the old sect leader has finally found the heir he likes!"

"Hahaha, it's all thanks to Mr. and Long Daxia, this stinky boy has long wanted to wander the rivers and lakes, but I'm still reluctant to let him go."

As he spoke, the old sect leader looked at the wine gourd again.

"Do you still have this wine gourd? I wonder what kind of wine is inside? ”

Looking at this gluttonous appearance, there is no time at all, and Yi Shuyuan also has a smile on his face.

"Dengzhou's shoulder wine, I don't know if the old head has heard of it?"

"Shoulder wine? This is a famous liquor, only smell its name but not taste it, hahahaha, Mr. who knows me, this is just what I want! ”

Yi Shuyuan's smile did not change.

"If you don't bring something good, how can you come to the old people for a while!"

(End of chapter)