Dinner was eaten slowly.

The mother and son ate in silence, until they were almost finished, and then Li Xiangrong said: "When you come back, go and see Master Tao, he has never married in his life, and he has no heirs under his knees, so he used to love you the most." ”

"Well, I was going to see Master Tao too. Yu Yanke finished pulling the last bite of rice, chewed it, and said.

Li Xiangrong was about to go back to the kitchen when she was about to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "How many days do you want to stay?"

Although she didn't understand very well, Yu Yanke understood what she meant and responded: "It's quite free in time. ”

Li Xiangrong nodded and entered the kitchen.

Yu Yanke originally wanted to help her wash the dishes, but she kicked her out and asked him to go see Master Tao.

Yu Yanke had to go out.

On weekdays, at night in Pingyang City, there is no one on the road, and everyone sits around the house and laughs.

Master Tao's blacksmith shop is still open, but there is not much business.

He lit an oil lamp and lay in a rocking chair humming a little tune, like he had spent countless nights of one person over the years.

Yu Yanke's arrival didn't make him behave in the slightest, he just heard footsteps, raised his head slightly and looked at it, and when he saw that it was Yu Yanke, he lay down again.

Master Tao looked casual, but Yu Yanke was stunned in place.

After a few years of farewell, when they said goodbye, Master Tao was a little old, Yu Yanke looked at Master Tao's loose hair that was as firm and free as weeds, and they had turned gray at some point.

"Master Tao ......."

Yu Yanke opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, just called him softly.

"Manly man, so cowardly, find a bench to sit on. Master Tao's tone was still as strong as ever, but it diluted the sour mood in Yu Yanke's heart.

He obediently found a small wooden stool and sat on it.

Master Tao didn't have any extra words, just propped himself up slightly with his elbows, and then took the clay pottery teacup and took a big sip, after drinking, he handed the cup to Yu Yanke, and called: "Go and pour some water." ”

Yu Yanke hurriedly took the clay cup, followed his memory, and found the kettle, which was still warm on the stove as before, and it was easy to find.

After pouring the water and putting the clay cup in the place where the pottery master had put it before, Yu Yanke sat back down.

Silent.

"What's the matter with coming back this time?"

After a while, Master Tao asked casually.

Yu Yanke shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing special, I just want to come back and see." ”

Master Tao frowned when he heard this: "Nonsense! I have also heard of your husband, that is the real capable man in the school palace who has to treat each other with courtesy, if you don't follow him to learn his skills well, what is it to run around? The earthly bond is the most inhumane heart, you kid is a little talented, but you can't slack off!"

Yu Yanke knew that Master Tao would blame him, but he was not dissatisfied in the slightest, but listened very carefully.

Master Tao talked for a while, but didn't hear him respond, but saw him looking at himself with a big smile, and immediately stopped talking, and said angrily: "What's the matter?

"Nope. Yu Yanke said with a smile.

"You kid........" Master Tao sighed helplessly.

After a while, Master Tao said again: "Since I am back, I will accompany your mother more, she is a woman, it is not easy." ”

Yu Yanke nodded, indicating that he knew.

"If you know, get out of here, Lao Tzu is alive and well, and you don't need to visit, if you die one day, it's enough to remember Shangzhuxiang, after all, an outsider, you kid don't put the cart before the horse, your mother is really worthy of your concern." ”

Master Tao didn't have anything to say, he just told Yu Yanke to get out, and his style still hasn't changed at all.

It seems that Yu Yanke is really unbearable in his eyes.

But Yu Yanke knew Master Tao's consistent duplicity, so he didn't leave, but sat still with a smile.

"Stinky Boy ........"

When Master Tao saw Yu Yanke's appearance, he was only slightly stunned, and then he was made to laugh.

"After so many years, it's time to come out, and now they're all little old men. ”

Yu Yanke saw him laughing, but there was a trace of sourness in his heart, he looked at Master Tao's gray hair, and couldn't help but say.

When Master Tao heard this, he didn't blame him for being big or small, he just nodded and said, "This person, there is always a little thought in life, this is my own choice, you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Uh-huh......."

Yu Yanke could only nod, he never knew how to comfort others, so he seemed very stupid.

"Okay, it's not early, you're going to close the door and sleep, you go back, oh, by the way, the little guy from Yu Ning also came back a few days ago, looking at his appearance, he was tossed badly enough, it just so happened that you were also back, you can find him to catch up." Master Tao said, and one of them sat up straight, then stood up and made a gesture to close the door.

Yu Yanke had to stand up and said helplessly: "Then I'll go back first." ”

"No, I won't send it. ”

Master Tao turned around, not knowing what he was busy with, Yu Yanke glanced at him, only hesitated slightly, and then turned to leave.

It wasn't until the footsteps faded away that Master Tao slowly turned around, and under the dim light, his face looked extraordinarily gentle.

"This little guy is growing up much faster than his dad back then, faster than me, that's faster........"

The door of the blacksmith shop was slowly closed, and the murmur of the master Tao disappeared with the flickering lights, and it was no longer audible.

..................

Master Tao's name is Tao Zhi, Gou Chenren, when he was young, he committed a bloody crime and was chased and killed, and he escaped by luck all the way to the west of Yunlang, and then found the shelter of the Yu family, befriended Yu Yanke's father, and became a confidant.

I never married in my life, and I had a fiancée in my hometown, but she was ruined to death by a ruffian, so Master Tao committed a bloody crime, but he didn't want to beat the dog and provoke the master, and was chased and killed all the way.

After befriending Yu Chengxuan, he got acquainted with his lieutenant general, a female general known as a cold-faced woman in the Iron Guard.

The two were going to get married, but the female general finally fought to the death with Yu Yanke's father, Yu Chengxuan.

After that, Master Tao no longer had any thoughts, just guarded the blacksmith shop empty, and grew old.

Yu Yanke kept thinking about Master Tao's past on the way home, and gradually felt a sense of heroic twilight in his heart.

When he was young, Master Tao was also a bold man who dared to fight and kill, but unfortunately, the edges and corners were gradually smoothed out by the years.

Thinking about it, Yu Yanke returned home all the way.

Seeing that Yu Yanke came back so soon, Li Xiangrong was still a little surprised, although she knew that Master Tao had never been a person of many words, but this was too fast.

She put down the housework in her hand and asked Yu Yanke, "Have you seen Master Tao?"

"Well, after two or three sentences, Master Tao asked me to come back. Yu Yanke nodded in response.

"Hmm........ Then rest early......." Li Xiangrong nodded, she didn't know what to say, but she thought about it for a while and asked again: "Is there any arrangement for tomorrow?"

Yu Yanke shook his head.

"Then accompany me to the outside of the city to put incense on the pillar and help me carry tribute. Li Xiangrong said.

Yu Yanke had no objections, although he had never been to incense before, and he had always thought that these frivolous things were useless work.

It's just that after a few years, he seems to have become more patient with these things.

"Make your own bed, I'll sleep first, and remember to get up early tomorrow. After Li Xiangrong finished speaking, she went straight back to the back room.

Yu Yanke shrugged, and was quite uncomfortable with Li Xiangrong's style of doing whatever she said and doing now, not dragging her feet at all, maybe Li Xiangrong thought that he knew everything when he grew up, so he stopped telling everything carefully.

After washing, Yu Yanke returned to his house.

Probably uninhabited for a long time, the air in this room was filled with a faint smell of dust.

Of course, Li Xiangrong has always kept the house very clean, and she knows that Yu Yanke will come back.

On weekdays, Yu Yanke's room is actually very well ventilated, but the room where no one lives is a little less popular after all.

It is worth mentioning that when Yu Yanke picked up the quilt, he accidentally smelled the fragrance of flowers and the warmth of the sun.

Yu Yanke's mind involuntarily appeared that Li Xiangrong was holding a sheet and washing the quilt and drying the quilt alone.

Shaking his head, a smile curled into his lips.

Then he laid out the bed, and the whole person threw himself on the bed, rubbing the soft bed like a cat, and a deep satisfaction rose in his heart.

Gradually, sleepiness hit, and Yu Yanke fell asleep.

The next morning, before dawn, Yu Yanke woke up, but what he didn't expect was that Li Xiangrong got up earlier than him and had already prepared a meal and warmed it on the stove.

Seeing that Yu Yanke got up, she said softly: "The rice is in the pot, it has been cooked for a while, it is suitable to drink porridge to nourish the stomach in the morning, go wash up and eat, and set off after eating, I will prepare the tribute to be taken." ”

"Uh-huh........"

Yu Yanke nodded, knowing what he should do, so he did it one by one.

After eating, Yu Yanke helped Li Xiangrong carry the tribute tied with red rope and followed Li Xiangrong out of the door.

It was indeed early, and most of the people in Pingyang City were still asleep except for the businessmen who began to get busy.

There are few people on the street, and it is very quiet.

Li Xiangrong walked and said: "The temple I want to go to is newly built, and I heard that it is quite effective to make a wish there, so I will take you to see it." ”

New?

Yu Yanke didn't expect that when the Yu family would be so generous, they would actually allow others to take a piece of their feng shui treasure.

He didn't understand what luck used to be, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand it now, luck is really not a joke! It is real and has a sense of existence, and the sense of existence will be extremely strong.

And those temples, those temples, as long as someone pays tribute to incense, it will definitely form the power of luck.

And the power of luck between heaven and earth is conserved, it has increased here, and the others have decreased, which is why the Yu clan has always not allowed others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch.