Earlier, it was said that the Great Sui Kingdom was in full swing, and even the people of the Great Sui Kingdom were also hardened, not to mention that the small people in the market were also living much more nourished than before under the governance of the Great Sui Kingdom!

Lao Yang didn't have much ability in his life, just relying on a small shop handed down by his ancestors to live happily, several children also had a chance, the eldest entered the national hospital, the second child entered the army a few years ago, and even made a lot of fame in the army by virtue of the opportunity to sweep away the rogue, leaving a third child to be in the boudoir, and also read books for five or six years, self-esteem is not much inferior to the daughter of a rich family, and people are still smart, but they have not been able to bury her mother's appearance, presumably they can marry into a rich lintel later!

Lao Yang Tou naturally thinks that the family is happy, and even when he takes a group of old friends to eat wine and fart, he is a little more interested than before. It's just that the old friends are gone one by one, and the rest of the three or three have also had a big illness, but I'm afraid it's difficult to have the pleasure when we drank together before.

Thinking of this, Lao Yang couldn't help sighing, and estimated that if he saw his youngest daughter get married one day, he would have enough time to go down to accompany his wife.

It was very cold on this day, and it was difficult to see such a spring cold in the small town of Jiangnan in the spring, and the pedestrians on the streets were only in twos and threes, most of them were wrapped in clothes and walked in a hurry, and few people came to the wine shop to eat a bowl of wine.

It is said that the old man is sad in autumn, but it is just a cold spring and the old Yang's head is so injured that he can't even hear a few guests calling for wine.

After shouting three or four times in a row, Lao Yang Tou turned around, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that there was an old man and a little girl about the same age as himself sitting on a table, and apologized again and again, and hurriedly sent a pot of warm tea to the two guests to warm their bellies, and then asked the two guest officers what they wanted.

The old man only ordered a pot of warm wine, and didn't say anything to the little girl, which made Lao Yang Tou inevitably have some complaints, but he couldn't show it. Whether it's because of the reason that the guests are big or because of the fact that they have not been able to entertain thoughtfully, it is not good after all. Lao Yang Tou has been taking care of this small shop for almost a lifetime, and he always has some eyesight, but he can't guess that the weather is so cold at this time, and these two people are from a small shop just to eat a bowl of warm wine?

If you have doubts in your heart, you will inevitably pay some attention to these two guests.

The old man looked like an ordinary man, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, except that the goatee on his chin was really exquisitely groomed. The little girl looked like she was about ten years old, and she didn't look much at it at first, and then after a closer look, she found that this girl was really handsome, but unfortunately she was covered by the rough cloth clothes on her body, and she was almost the same as the little girl next door when she walked on the road.

I didn't find anything out of the ordinary, and Lao Yang didn't pay attention to it anymore. But at this time, the old man spoke, "The business of the store is not very good today. ”

It's just an ordinary homely thing.

Lao Yang said with a smile: "Although it is said that the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, but my small shop is only in the most remote and remote place, where can there be many customers, but I rely on the saint's shrewd efforts to collect some silver." Not to mention that at this time, it was cold in spring, and there were not many pedestrians outside, so wouldn't the business be bleak? ”

The old man ate and ate slowly, and after the old Yang Tou finished speaking, he only drank half a glass of wine, and he also laughed happily, "I don't know what's going on, I haven't had this bad problem before, but the older I get, the more greedy this mouth is! I really can't bear it anymore and come out to buy a glass of wine to eat, I haven't found a wine shop yet, and my granddaughter also said that at this time, where is the restaurant open? persuade me to go home! But I'm a tough person, saying that if I go through this corner, if there is no wine shop, I will go home, and I didn't expect to really let me meet!"

He lowered his head and ate another glass of wine, and before the old man could speak, the old man said: "If there are no customers in the store, why don't you close the shop early and go home and lie on the kang? That is much more comfortable than this!"

Lao Yang Tou replied: "It's not, it's just that I've been a shopkeeper for about forty or fifty years, and it's just a New Year's Day, and at other times, if it doesn't open for a day, it will inevitably be a little uncomfortable, for fear that because I didn't open the door today, people who want to eat tea and wine will be unhappy." Hehe, this is an old problem, don't be surprised by the guest officer!"

The old man was stunned for a while, finished his glass of wine, and poured himself another glass, "What the shopkeeper said is really reasonable! I can't compare!" When the old Yang Tou was about to say a few words of humility, the old man said again: "Don't call me a guest officer, you look at my humble appearance, where can I be called an official? Besides, I am about the same age as the shopkeeper, if you don't dislike it, call me an old brother." ”

Old Yang smiled, rubbed his hands and didn't speak.

The old man didn't speak, just ate wine, and from time to time took his fingers and dipped his fingers in wine to write and draw on the table, and saw that Lao Yang was a little stunned, "Brother, are you writing calligraphy?"

The old man who was eating wine was also stunned, and said with a smile: "Where is there any calligraphy, but it's just some poems!"

Lao Yang was a little envious, "Brother is also a literati who has read?"

The old man smiled, "Where can you be called a literati? It's just that when I was young, I read some books, but I didn't learn any skills, so I just got contaminated with the stinky problem of poor and sour literati." That year, a rich daughter took a fancy to me and sent someone to say goodbye to me. At that time, I only knew the spirit of the scholarly business, and I thought how could I fall in love with such a copper-smelling girl? Now that I think about it, I really want to slap myself, otherwise I wouldn't have ended up where I am today! Tell me, brother, what's the use of studying?"

"That's amazing!"

The old man laughed twice, and suddenly dipped his finger in a trace of wine and put it into the little girl's mouth. The little girl couldn't eat or drink, so she immediately frowned and snorted twice, and then stared at her big eyes full of annoyance.

The old man laughed.

Lao Yang Tou was also happy and said, "Your granddaughter was really good, is it really your granddaughter?"

The old man was stunned, "Are you saying that I look stumbling! Don't say this, I was also a romantic when I was young, otherwise that rich daughter wouldn't have taken a fancy to me!"

Old Yang nodded.

The old man smiled indifferently, "Actually, it's not a big deal, and it doesn't hurt to tell you." In fact, I have no children or daughters in my life, and I picked up this girl. A few years ago, there was no war in the war, and it hit our town, and after the army roared past that day, I wondered if I could go and drink some wine. As soon as I left, I walked into the house of the richest person in the town, and the wine of the rich and noble people is good, this is all common sense. But I didn't walk a few steps and found that there was a girl hiding in a wooden box, about one or two years old, crying! There's no way, after eating other people's wine, it's not good to say that you don't take care of other people's children, so you keep it by your side and take it with you.

At this point, the old man's face was full of smiles.

Lao Yang Tou now worships this old man in his heart, and he can raise this girl so well by himself, he can't compare.

The old man sighed again, "Speaking of luck, you see that this girl is born with a good spirit, if that rich family is still there, she must be a daughter now, how can she suffer so much with me like now?"

Old Yang Tou originally wanted to nod, but when he thought that his second son still relied on the army to get ahead, he didn't know what to say for a while.

The old man who ate and drank saw this person's concerns, so he smiled and said, "Presumably you can also hear that I am not from the Great Sui, so don't say it if I can say this, lest neither of us be happy." “

Lao Yang nodded at this time, "Although I can't say a few comments on major national events, I can still say a thing or two about this family-raising job." Speaking of which, I really can't compare to my brother, when I was young, I didn't even go to a private school, and I have always relied on the shop left by my father to make a living, and I don't have any ability, let alone the love affair of my brother who refused to be rich and noble when he was young, I really admire it!"

The old man laughed, "What do the people who have stepped into the coffin with one foot in the coffin say to admire it? But it's not when I'm young! Besides, it's a blessing to be stable and stable all my life, you only know that I had a little bit of success when I was young, but don't you want to think about how I can be down to this field now?"

Old Yang scratched his head and didn't speak.

Just eat and drink.

Half an hour passed, and the old man was a little drunk, and put one hand on the girl's shoulder, which made the girl unhappy for a while, "How much is the store?"

Lao Yang said: "It's not easy for my brother, it's not money!"

The old man smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that what I told you is a lie?"

Old Yang Tou laughed, "It's okay!"

The old man put away his smiling face, "Since the store said so, I don't bother to excuse myself, I wish the store a prosperous business!"

The old man tilted his body and stepped out of the door, and Lao Yang suddenly shouted, "Where is my brother going at this time?"

The old man laughed, looked up at the sky outside, smoked, "I have been begging for a living in the Southern Dynasty for ten years, some time ago I heard that Cheng'an of the Great Sui was very prosperous, so I took my little granddaughter to Cheng'an for another three or four years of work, now people are old, there is no strength, while their own family can still live for a few years, and also take advantage of the money they have saved in the first ten years, I thought about whether I can take my granddaughter to look around, and also have a long experience, so as not to be called shallow and unheard of by others when they are older, and it is difficult to even get married!"

Lao Yang pursed his lips and said, "Your granddaughter was born with a good spirit, and she will definitely be able to marry a good family!"

Speaking of this, the old man squinted at Old Yang's head, "Actually, I didn't do anything when I was young, and I want to see this beautiful scenery at this time!"