After a while, the old man returned to Yuntian and sat down on a stool beside him.

The old man smiled and said, "My granddaughter just woke up, and I coaxed you for a while, delaying your meal!"

"It's okay, I just took advantage of that moment to break the rest of the pancakes. I'm not idle!"

"Haha! You're really funny!" the old man smiled and handed out a bowl full of mutton soup, "Here!"

"Okay!" Yun Tian took it, first took a sip, drank the soup a little shallower, and then poured all the broken buns in the basket on the side into the soup, and then there was another snoring, and he ate it all in the end.

He still poured a bottle of wine, rinsed a few mouthfuls and swallowed it, then pushed the wine jug to the old man, and took out the only few pieces of broken silver left on his body, and put it on the table: "Although the yokan is still authentic in Chang'an." However, thanks to the good craftsmanship of the old man, Yun Tian is not confused about this meal!" He said that the old man's skills are good, so that Yun Tian is satisfied, and he recognized the authentic view of Chang'an mutton steamed buns.

"Haha, the little old man has been running hometown cuisine for thirty or forty years!" The old man was obviously a little proud, "Out of the alley, even in this city, you may not be able to eat better!"

"I believe it!" Yun Tian Zhengse, then pointed to the broken silver and wine jug on the table, and said one by one, "This is for a full meal! This is for a delicious meal!"

"That's what you said! Little old man doesn't know how to be polite!" the old man smiled, accepted it all, and put the wine jug and wine glass into his arms, as if to keep it for the future and drink it slowly.

At this time, Yun Tian seemed to be aware of it, and looked at the door of the back kitchen, where there was a little doll standing against the wall, with thin clothes and bare feet.

"Grandpa!" the doll said milkily.

The old man turned his head and looked: "Oh, cub! Why did you run out without clothes on this cold day?" said he hurriedly rushed to the doll and carried the doll into the house.

After a while, the old man carried the doll out from behind, and returned to the cloud table, the little doll was wrapped in layers of cotton clothes, and it had become a little fat baby.

The baby's face was flushed, and he was holding his fingers, staring at Yun Tian timidly, the old man held the doll, coaxed twice, and then turned his head to Yun Tian and explained: "When I woke up before, I was still crying and chirping on the bed. I just ate the porridge, and I ran out in a hurry. ”

"Children are like this, they don't want to get up when they wake up, and when they get up, they can't stay for a moment. Yun Tian understood, then smiled kindly at the doll, stretched out his finger, and touched the doll's little nose.

Yuntian's face was already intimate, and when he smiled at the moment, the doll also grinned, giggled twice, and was no longer afraid.

"How old are you?" asked Yun Tian.

The old man said, "It's almost two years old!

"Brother......" The doll was coaxed a few times by the old man before making a vague sound.

"Hey, good!" Yun Tian responded, looked at his father-in-law, and asked, "What about her parents, why are you the only one taking care of them?"

"Hey, it was also this time last year, her mother was sick and died. The old man sighed, "His father...... His father was working as an errand for the Jin people, and his affairs were particularly busy. ”

When the doll heard the old man talking about her father, she couldn't help crying again, and she couldn't stop shouting for her father. The old man hurriedly coaxed again, and it took a while to stop the doll's crying.

Yuntian said sorry, and the old man brushed his hand and said that it was okay. Immediately, as if opening the conversation, the old man began to slowly recount the past.

It turned out that the old man was a small clerk in Chang'an City in his early years, responsible for handling official documents. At that time, this side experienced several tug-of-wars between the Southern Song Dynasty army and the Jin army, and was finally captured by the Jin people. The old man was a member of the anti-Jin voice, and seeing that the Jin people finally took Chang'an, he had to hide his identity in order to save the lives of his family members.

In the following years, my father-in-law did many small businesses, barely maintaining the food rations of the family. It's just that there is no money left, if anyone is sick and has no money to buy medicine, they can basically only resist. Coupled with the previous years of war and civil decay, many times, the family could not even eat enough, and they died of illness.

In those years, the old man tasted most of his life almost at once, and when the last heir in the family died, he finally had no whereabouts. So he wandered around, doing odd jobs, and once he had spare money, he went to buy alcohol and drink. In the long run, he developed the habit of carrying a wine glass with him.

Fortunately, the middle-aged man learned from the pain and was determined to settle down, so after several tosses, he saved some money and opened this small restaurant, and the business became more and more prosperous. Soon after, he married another wife, and in a few years gave birth to a big fat boy, which is considered an old man.

My father-in-law's life is getting more and more nourishing, and the past is being hidden more deeply, but he still often drinks two sips of wine, reminiscing about the past and expressing his feelings. This is the case all year round, and I slowly drank a red wine nose, and I also paid some attention to drinking.

The son-in-law has lived under the jurisdiction of the Jin people since he was a child, so he naturally feels that this is a matter of course. In the early years, the Jin State pursued a policy of sinicization and opened the imperial examination system. The old man's son had his careful teaching, and through the response, he embarked on the official career early and worked under the hands of the Jin people. It's just that the son is very utilitarian, so he is also like his father-in-law, and he is about to reach the end of his middle age, so he got a daughter. His wife was not young and couldn't stand such a toss, and after giving birth to a child, she died within a year.

This year, the war in the north of the Jin Kingdom is tense, and it has been suppressed by the Mongols, coupled with the serious corruption within the Jin Kingdom, the trend of aristocratic comparison is prevalent, and the morale of the Jin people is generally low. Fortunately, when winter came, Temujin's offensive slowed down a little, which made the Jin Kingdom breathe a sigh of relief. It's just that many people still have some resentment in their chests, so in the past few months, the Jurchens in the court have always been angry with Han officials, either by words and deeds or by throwing a bunch of bad things at them. The old man's son was so busy that he couldn't take care of his family, leaving a girl in vain, and he had no mother, shouting for his father every day, and gradually developed a timid and cowardly character.

My father-in-law's wife died a few years ago, and his daughter-in-law passed away last year. He sometimes sighs that in his life, he has gone through all the hardships, and the people around him are competing to pass away, but he himself has lived for more than 80 years, only to feel that the world is impermanent.

And his son has been tired for many years, and he is not much better than himself at the beginning, but because of his perennial desk work, he has accumulated a lot of illness. Although it is a bit unlucky to say, there are indeed only two old people who may die at any time and a doll who has just come to the world. In the future, if the doll has not grown up, it will end up with no one to take care of it, so what should I do?

After hearing this, Yun Tian sighed at the comparison between this old man and Xu Fugui, and asked, "Aren't there any guys in the store?"

"It turned out that there were, and after a year, several people left one after another. At the end of last month, the last person also left, saying that the Jin State was afraid of civil strife and had to rush to the Song Dynasty to join relatives. The old man sighed, and when he said this, he couldn't help but take out the wine jug and glass, pour a glass of wine, and drink it all.

"In that year, it has been bitter for you grandparents and grandchildren. Yuntian said.

"After all, it is not in the way, the taxes are increasing year by year, and the ordinary people who are willing to go out to the restaurant are getting fewer and fewer. Xiao Lao'er's business is not good, but he is also idle, using the savings he saved in his early years, and the money brought back by his son, he can take care of his granddaughter. Speaking of which, you've been my only guest here for nearly half a month. ”

"Haha! One person occupies a restaurant alone, and I don't lose a few taels of silver!" Yun Tian explained.

When the old man heard this, he also laughed.

At this time, it is getting late and the sun is setting.

Snowflakes floated in the air, and the sunset in the sky and the snow outside the house were all dyed orange-red, which made people feel warm in their hearts.

When the old man told the past, he had already let the doll go to play at the door of the house by herself.

At this time, the little doll saw snowflakes falling in the sky, and made several "wow" sounds, bouncing and jumping, very happy.

"It's just that I'm still young, and when I get a few years older, I'll get used to it. Seeing Yun Tian staring at the cute figure of the doll, the old man smiled, "It's a little late, and my son hasn't come back yet." Why don't you have dinner here by the way, rest in his house for the night, and save yourself from going out to find an inn. ”

"I don't have any money. Yun Tian smiled, "I have to rush to the south." ”

"Don't worry about a night's delay, and besides, haven't you paid the money? I'm going to take advantage of this to talk to you in detail, if you go south, there are some places that you have to bypass. ”

"Oh, where does that begin?"