Coming out of Tao Yin's house, She Yilong looked up at the sky, turned his head to An Xiaodao and said, "Miss, it's not early, we have to return to Longjiang Town soon." ”

An Xiaodao said nonchalantly: "Brother Long, what are you afraid of, Longjiang Town is not far away, I remember that it only took half an hour for us to come over on horseback." ”

She Yilong said: "It's better to take advantage of it!"

An Xiaodao shook his hand and said: "Let's ride faster for a while, it just so happens that I am also a little hungry, and there is nothing to eat in this poor mountain and bad water." ”

At this time, She Qilong looked in the direction where Chen Suisui was walking, and just saw a young man's figure turning towards a family.

She Yilong's brows furrowed, how could it be him? He was sure he was not mistaken.

An Xiaodao was puzzled: "Brother Long, what are you looking at? Let's go, Mr. Tao won't leave us to eat, with his old man's weird temper, I think if it weren't for my father's face, we would have been kicked out a long time ago." ”

She Yilong shook his head and said, "It's nothing, let's go quickly." ”

An Xiaodao turned his head to look, but he didn't see anything, so he walked towards the outside of the village with She Yilong.

When Chen Suisui saw the two of them coming out of Mr. Tao's house, his heart flashed, and he turned aside with his things, but he was sure that the person must have seen him.

The fort is not big, but it is just dozens of houses, there are roads in front of and behind the house, and Chen Suisui, who turned into someone else's house and made a detour for a while, walked slowly, but he was thinking about why these two people came to look for Mr. Tao.

When they came to the door of Mr. Tao's house, the two had disappeared, Chen Suisui did not knock on the door, and pushed the door directly.

Mr. Tao's house never intervenes, but he doesn't need to knock on the door to enter, in this Taojia Fort, he is the only one who has this honor.

In Mr. Tao's words, who have you ever seen knock on the door when they come home?

After entering the courtyard, Mr. Tao's voice came from inside the house, "You kid is finally back, come into the house!"

Mr. Tao was in the bedroom, the oil lamp in the room had been lit, and Mr. Tao's figure was reflected in the window, Chen Suisui answered and walked into the house quickly, saw Tao Yin sitting at the table, put down the things in his hand, bowed respectfully, and said, "I've seen Mr. Tao!"

Tao Yin's eyes lit up, he stood up and waved his hand and said, "What are you doing with these false gifts? Quickly bring the wine!"

Chen Suisui gently put the wine on the table, opened the food box again, took out the meat cooked by his mother, and said with a smile: "I just came back from outside today, cut some meat, and after my mother made it, I sent some to my husband, and this wine was specially bought for my husband to drink." ”

Glanced at the table, half a plate of saltwater peanuts, chopsticks on the plate, but the wine glass on the table was empty, Chen Suisui picked up the wine jug and shook it gently, there was no sound.

Tao Yin stroked his beard and smiled: "Suisui, it's really time for you to come, sir, this wine just happened to be gone, if you didn't bring the wine, I'm afraid the old man will be sleepless tonight!"

After speaking, Tao Yin, who had already sat down, pulled the bowl containing the meat, smelled it, grabbed the chopsticks and put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and nodded incessantly.

"Your mother's craftsmanship is still so good, Sui Sui, go and find the wine!"

Chen Suisui smiled when he saw this, and hurriedly turned around to look for it, Tao Yin had already uncovered the sealing mud of the wine jar at this time, sniffed deeply, closed his eyes slightly, and then pinched a peanut and put it in his mouth.

Holding the wine jar and wanting to take a sip, but worried about spilling it, Tao Yin shouted outside: "Haven't you found it yet?

"Found it!"

In response, Chen Suisui had already pushed the door into the house and came to the table to help Mr. make a drink.

Tao Yin took the wine and said, "This wine costs a lot of silver, Mr. Yi is now a little bit of money, and he is reluctant to buy this kind of wine now!"

Chen Suisui smiled shyly and said: "Sui Sui works hard to make money, just buy it for Mr. to drink." ”

Tao Yin took the white porcelain wine jug, put the wine into the wine jar and poured it into the wine jug, thought about it and half mentioned it, smiled and said to Chen Suisui: "You are happy to come back today, and you have this good dish, so drink more!"

After speaking, Tao Yin lifted the wine on the wine jar and controlled it a few times, and when there was no more wine dripping, he turned the wine upside down and aimed it at himself, and controlled it a few more times.

After the remaining wine in the wine was dripping into his mouth, Tao Yin put it on the table and took the wine glass to pour himself wine.

Tao Yin never asked Chen Suisui to pour wine for him.

It doesn't hurt to pour your own wine and spill it on the table and lick it, but if someone else spills it, it's really a waste.

Chen Suisui helped Mr. reseal the wine jar, Tao Yin took the chopsticks and pointed to a corner of the room and said: "Just put it there, it will be more convenient for me to drink in the future, this jar of wine is drunk, and the loose wine that will be called in the future will be put in this jar, and it will also be fragrant." ”

Chen Suisui scratched his head and said, "Sir, this wine has been drunk, just buy a jar for Mr. Suisui." ”

Tao Yin didn't raise his head, he was lying on the table by the faint light to see if there was any wine spilled, seeing that the table was clean, he nodded with satisfaction, picked up the glass that only poured half a glass of wine, put it to his nose and sniffed it for a while, and drank it all.

After a short aftertaste, Tao Yin sighed: "Good wine, good wine! The old man hasn't drunk such a good wine for some years!"

After speaking, he looked up at Chen Suisui, put a piece of meat in his mouth and said while chewing: "Sui Sui, don't buy such an expensive wine next time, buy a jar for Mr. to try it, it's enough to satisfy your cravings, and when you can drink such a good wine, it's not too late to buy it for Mr." ”

Chen Suisui's mouth opened, but he didn't know what to say.

Tao Yin said while pouring wine: "I know that you earned the money for buying wine by your own ability, and Mr. didn't ask you what you did, but you came back so soon, you must not have soared yet, you are old, this person, there is nothing wrong with wanting to eat and drink well, but you must recognize yourself, this meal is fragrant, this wine is mixed with water or wine, take your father as an example, he has never drunk good wine several times in his life, if you put this jar of wine in front of him, then he will drink the cheapest wine in the future, what is the taste?"

After Tao Yin drank it all again, he ate another mouthful of meat and said: "Years old, anyone can do it for a while, who is not more than a year old?" But the days are long-lasting, child, Mr. can no longer live that rich life, this wine, can drink a jar is enough!"

Speaking of this, Tao Yin smiled at Chen Suisui, who had an embarrassed look on his face, and said, "Sir's words can be kept in mind, and your filial piety Mr. has also accepted it, by the way, your father, did you buy wine?"

Chen Suisui nodded and said, "Sir, I made some good loose wine for my father." ”

Tao Yin nodded and said, "This is very good, the son can be taught! It seems that Mr. Fang Cai thinks too much!"

Chen Suisui said: "Sir, my mother is still waiting for me to eat, I will come to visit Mr. tomorrow, there is a question that Mr. needs to explain to Suisui." ”

Tao Yin waved his hand and said, "Go back quickly, don't let your father and mother wait in a hurry!"

After Chen Suisui left, Tao Yin shook his head gently, the two of them could come to the door, but I was afraid that their peaceful days would come to an end.

Chen Suisui walked briskly towards the house, and the gentleman did not say a word to the two of them, and it seemed that he would have to take the initiative to ask the gentleman tomorrow.

There is also Che Sanqian in Wuling City, who seems to have seen that he is a disciple of Mr. Tao, could it be that he also knows Mr. Tao?

When she arrived at home, Chen's mother hurriedly greeted her and said, "Is Mr. Tao okay?"

Chen Suisui nodded and said, "Mr. is fine, but he is getting thinner and thinner." ”

Mother Chen sighed: "Mr. Tao is a person who asks questions, in the early years, the patriarch of the Tao clan wanted to tell Mr. a family matter, but Mr. insisted on refusing, and almost turned his face with the patriarch, and then the matter was stopped, we don't understand a woman's family, maybe Mr. Tao doesn't look down on this village woman, but now he has no knees, but he is very pitiful." ”

Chen Suisui said: "Mother, I will work hard to take care of you and my father, and I can also take care of my husband." ”

At this time, Father Chen beckoned: "If you have anything to say at the dinner table, come and eat!"

Chen Suisui said "hey" and went to the backyard with his mother.

As soon as the sky was dark, the house was much darker than the courtyard, and in order to save fuel, the average peasant family would eat dinner in the courtyard and then take a cool meal, if they were not in a hurry to do some needlework, the oil lamp would not be lit.

There was a small pot of meat in the small square table, Chen's mother fried two more green vegetables, and a few steamed buns were held in the wooden pot.

Chen Suisui sat down and put a steamed bun into the bowl, but Chen's father said, "Grab the steamed bun, and Dad will pour you a bowl of wine." ”

In Chen Suisui's stunned effort, Chen's father had already brought Chen Suisui's bowl to him and put it side by side with his own bowl, but did not take out the gourd for wine, but took out the small pottery wine jug used to hold wine from under the small square table, and poured most of each bowl into half a bowl.

Chen Suisui brought his bowl back and said to Chen's father: "Dad, you can keep this wine and drink it, I won't drink it." ”

Chen's mother, who had cleaned up, sat down and said, "I really don't understand you men, what's so good about this wine?"

Chen Suisui said to Chen's mother: "Mother, if you don't drink this bowl of wine, you can taste it too!"

Mother Chen smiled and said, "My mother has drunk once in her life, and I have never drunk it again, and my mother doesn't like to drink it very much." ”

Father Chen had already picked up the bowl, took a sip, smashed it and said to Chen Suisui: "Niu Niu, drink quickly, drink more with your father." ”

Chen Suisui picked up the bowl and took a sip, his brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at Chen's father with some puzzlement.

Father Chen smiled and said: "Dad mixed some water, I tasted it at that time, Dad was also content, and the rest, Dad mixed it with water to drink, although the taste of this wine is lighter, but the fragrance is still there, and you can drink two more meals." ”

Chen Suisui remembered what his husband had said.

The wine he bought was originally much worse than the wine he had drunk in Wuling City, and now that he mixed it with water, in his old opinion, it was really not very delicious.

But Father Chen's expression was very satisfied, not deliberately pretended, this was a kind of satisfaction from the heart.

Chen Suisui drained the wine in the bowl.

Father Chen patted his thigh and said regretfully: "You kid, how can you drink wine like this? What kind of taste can you drink? You drink it slowly and taste it carefully." ”

Chen Suisui grinned and said, "Daddy, I'm afraid of spicy, that's why I drank it!"

Father Chen glared at him and said, "How can this wine be spicy?

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it, Dad will pour you another bowl!"

Chen's mother glared at Chen's father and said, "My son only drinks alcohol, so you let him drink less!"

After speaking, he said to Chen Suisui: "Niu Niu, eat the meat quickly, how about tasting this meat? By the way, Mr. Tao has tasted it? What did he say?"

Chen Suisui put a piece of meat in his mouth, or the taste he is most familiar with and look forward to, only during the New Year's festival can you eat two mouthfuls of roast meat, that is, he has eaten all kinds of delicacies in Wuling City, and still thinks that this roast meat made by his mother is the most fragrant!

Taking a big bite, he nodded and said, "Mr. Tao ate it, and praised his mother's craftsmanship is really good!"

Chen's mother smiled knowingly.

Thinking of this, she picked up a bun and broke it open, sandwiched two pieces of meat and put it in it, handed it to Chen's father, who had already poured another bowl of wine for Chen Suisui, and glared at him.

Father Chen took the bun, took a big bite, and couldn't help nodding.

The baby's mother's craftsmanship, I really don't have to say it, that is, there are only some coarse grains at home, and she also changes flowers to make some food, unlike some people's homes, where they eat the same thing.

picked up his bowl, but he didn't drink it, handed it to Chen's mother and said, "Mother, you can also taste it, the wine that my son bought is fragrant, and the strength in the gourd is big, you drink this just right!"

Mother Chen glanced at the smiling Chen Suisui, glanced at Chen's father, but took the bowl and took a shallow sip, then nodded and said, "Hmm~ It's really delicious, it's better than the wine when we got married!"

Father Chen did not take the bowl handed back by Chen's mother, but persuaded: "Take another sip, I still have a lot in this wine jug!"

Mother Chen held the bowl in both hands, took another sip slowly, put the bowl back on the table in front of Chen's father, gently wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and said, "If you don't drink it, you will drink more!"

Father Chen looked at Mother Chen, who was a little red, and smiled: "This woman, she really doesn't have a lot of alcohol!"

After speaking, he looked at Chen Suisui and said: "Son, you drink more, my father heard that anyone with the ability can drink it, look at Mr. Tao's wine, how can it ever be broken?"

Chen Suisui smiled and nodded, and drank the wine in the bowl.

After the meal, the family chatted in the shade in the backyard, and Chen Suisui told his mother about his experience these days, and finally took out the money bag and handed it to Chen's mother.

After thinking about it, Chen Suisui still handed over all the silver to his mother.

Heavy in the hand, I thought that the bag was filled with copper coins, Chen's mother was shocked when she opened it, and was speechless, Chen's father leaned over and took a look, but because it was dark, he couldn't see clearly, so he wanted to reach out to dig it, but was hit by Chen's mother on the back of his hand.

Father Chen smiled and said in a low voice: "Look at you, I won't take it, and I won't be allowed to see it?"

Chen's mother looked at Chen Suisui and asked, "Niu Niu, you tell your mother the truth, where did you get so much silver?"

"Silver?"

Mother Chen gently kicked Chen's father and said in a low voice: "You be quiet, don't let people listen!"

After speaking, he handed over the money bag in his hand.

Reaching out and touching the bag, Chen's father gasped, and also looked at Chen Suisui and said: "Son, although you have done this errand dangerously, I heard you say, along the way, you have not made any great efforts, although that Zhang Gongzi is generous, but after all, he is a businessman, it is impossible to spend so much money to hire people!"

Chen Suisui knew that he couldn't hide it from his father, so he said to the two parents: "Father, mother, this silver is indeed the salary paid by Zhang Gongzi, and the child is indeed a guard, but it is more powerful than ordinary guards." ”

Chen's mother glanced at Chen's father.

Father Chen asked softly, "Son, are you hiding something from your father?"

Chen Suisui didn't know how to answer.

Chen's mother got up and said, "It's not early, my son has been running around for so long, he has to rest early, and he will talk about it tomorrow." ”

Father Chen stood up, thumped his waist and said, "Don't talk about my son, I've been busy all day and I'm tired, Niuniu, you should go to bed early!"

Chen Suisui nodded, got up and went back to his room.

Lying on the wooden bed, Chen Suisui is sleepless, it seems that when he sees Mr. tomorrow, he has to ask Mr., can he tell his father, if he can't even say his father, what can he do if he learns these martial arts?

The rooster crows in the morning, the day is just dawn, the farmers who are accustomed to getting up early start the busy day, Chen's father carries a sickle out of the house, and Chen's mother listens to it in front of Chen's house, and also takes the farm tools to the field.

Chen Suisui had already woken up.

After his father and mother walked out of the house, he got up and went to the kitchen to take a look, Chen's mother had already scooped up the rice and put it in the pot, and would come back early to cook the rice later, and then send it to the field.

During the busy farming season, the morning food is generally eaten in the field.

There was a piece of meat hanging from the kitchen beam, which was the piece of meat he had cut, and Chen's mother had only made half of it, and the other half had been slapped with some salt, smoked it, hung it up, and kept it for the holidays to eat.

Chen Suisui scooped up a scoop of cold water, and after washing his face, he also went out of the house and walked towards Mr. Tao's house.

Pushing open the door, Tao Yin was boxing in the courtyard, and when he saw Chen Suisui walking in, he withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "You kid, do you think about Mr. like that?

Chen Suisui closed the door, sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, and took out his sword from his calf and placed it on the stone table.

Tao Yin grabbed the sword, drew the sword out of its sheath, looked at it carefully, and said casually: "It's stronger than an ordinary sword, but it's a lot shorter, but it's quite suitable for me to teach you kung fu, where did you get this sword?"

Chen Suisui said: "A friend sent it!"

Tao Yin put the sword into the sheath, sat opposite Chen Suisui, put the sword on the table and said: "Although this sword is not a fine product, it will cost a lot of silver, and it can be exchanged for dozens of jars of wine you bought for me, when did you make such a rich friend?"

Chen Suisui replied: "That's it, sir, I went out this time with the money you gave me to earn money, but I don't know how to tell my father and mother." ”

When Tao Yin heard this, he was silent for a moment and said: "Then you tell your father and mother, it was Mr. who taught you some kung fu, as for what kind of kung fu Mr. taught you, presumably even if you elaborate, they may not understand, in addition, tell your father, this is my family kung fu, the old man has no children under his knees, and he does not want to have no successor to what he has learned, so he taught you." ”

Chen Suisui nodded and said, "Sir, you still have me!"

Tao Yin stroked his beard and smiled: "I know!"

Chen Suisui remembered the two people he saw yesterday, so he asked, "Sir, when I came yesterday, I saw a man and a woman walking out of the house, are they Mr.'s guests?"

Tao Yin frowned and said, "How can there be a guest who comes to the door empty-handed? I didn't even carry wine, and said that I came to visit the old man, if it weren't for the face of the elders in their family, the old man would have kicked them out long ago!"

Chen Suisui was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Mr. knows them?"

Tao Yin sighed and said: "Hide and hide, you can't hide in the end, I'm afraid that Mr.'s clean days are coming to an end!"

Chen Suisui was puzzled and looked at Tao Yin suspiciously.

Tao Yin shook his head and said: "Years old, there are some old stories, Mr. won't tell you to listen, as for the kung fu that Mr. taught you, you can use it, as long as you are upright and bright, there is nothing to hide, as for your teacher's background, you just don't say it, and it's okay, there are many people in the world, just one nonsense." ”

Chen Suisui hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, I have seen the two people who came to your house yesterday, and they should remember me. ”

"What?"

Tao Yin was shocked when he heard this.