"Gollum..."

Standing at the door of a restaurant, Ye Fan's stomach made a protest sound, on this day, they were only in a hurry, and they hadn't eaten yet, and now Ye Fan was really hungry.

Smelling the fragrance wafting from the restaurant, Ye Fan touched his empty pockets, and finally secretly swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then reluctantly walked away.

"Yun Xinyao, Yun Xinyao, such a big Luanzhou City, you let me go there to find you!"

Ye Fan was hungry and took a big turn on a street in front of the Su family's mansion, the reason why he didn't leave here was because he was still thinking about the strange woman in the wooden box, and he wanted to see where the strange woman would end up going.

At this moment, the carriage pulling the wooden box was still parked in front of the gate of the Su family, but there were a few more guards guarding it, looking at the situation, for a while, they would not send it out, but Ye Fan was really hungry now, and there were protests in his stomach one after another.

Touching the flute left for him by his mother in his arms, Ye Fan resolutely walked into a small shop not far from Su's house.

This is really a very small restaurant, there are only seven or eight tables in it, and those tables and chairs look a little old, and they are all polished and shiny, and they look antique and very clean.

????“ If the old man has something to eat, hurry up and get some. Ye Fan whispered to the restaurant shopkeeper.

????? The shopkeeper of the restaurant is an old man with gray hair, the years have already left marks on his face, full of wrinkles, he looks weathered, his clothes are patched a lot, and life does not seem to be very good.

Seeing a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy walk into the shop, the old man responded with a kind smile: "There is only half a roast chicken, most of the plate of beef, and some steamed buns." ”

"Okay, that's all I want. ”

"Then you wait a moment, I'll go and warm it up for you. "The restaurant is too small, and the living conditions of the old man are not very good, and he is not only the shopkeeper, but also the man and the cook.

After a while, the fragrant roast chicken and most of the dishes of beef in sauce were served, and Ye Fan's saliva was about to flow out.

He quickly took the bowl and chopsticks, bit the snow-white steamed bun, tore off a chicken leg, and began to gobble it up, at this moment, he felt that the most delicious food in the world was nothing more than that, all the delicacies of the mountains and seas stood aside, far from the few things in front of him that made him eat comfortably.

"Don't worry, eat slowly, drink soup, moisten your stomach, don't choke. The old man brought a bowl of hot soup and reminded him kindly.

"Thank you, uncle, your cooking skills have made my appetite coo. Ye Fan said slurred as he stuffed food into his mouth.

"You're so hungry that whatever you eat now feels sweet. ”

The old man rolled up his patched sleeves, picked up a piece of cloth, wiped the already clean tables and chairs beside him, and shook his head with a smile.

"Grandpa. ”

At this moment, a little girl about ten years old, with a delicate and lovely appearance, came out of the back room, her clothes were also patched, and she was dressed very plain and simple, with two pigtails, which were very cute, and her red face was like a red apple.

The shopkeeper hurriedly introduced to Ye Fan: "This is my granddaughter, our inn is small, and I can't afford to hire a shopkeeper, so I let my granddaughter help me." ”

After the words fell, the old man then said to the little girl: "Qing'er, don't be busy now, you can go back to the back room to play first!"

The little girl named Qing'er looked at the food on the table, her big eyes couldn't take her eyes off, she quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, nodded subconsciously, and agreed, "Oh." ”

After a while, Ye Fan had already swept away the food on the table and said, "Okay, uncle, I'll eat well." ”

Having said that, Ye Fan didn't mean to take out the money at all, and the expression on his face was extremely unnatural, just sitting there motionless.

"Is it inconvenient for little brother to have money?" The old man was experienced and saw Ye Fan's embarrassment at a glance.

"This... It's true that I didn't bring silver taels, but..."

"Ah, here the bad guys again. ”

Qing'er next to her widened her eyes and wanted to cry, and without waiting for Ye Fan to finish speaking, she continued: "You guys are so bad, you come to eat white food all day long, you know that bullying me and grandpa, we are almost unable to eat..."

Speaking of this, Qing'er looked at the chicken bones on the table, her big eyes suddenly turned red, and said, "Grandpa said, if there are no guests coming, he will give me a chicken leg to eat... As a result, you are eating white food, and you are also here to bully us. ”

Ten-year-old Qing'er pouted, her long eyelashes trembled, tears suddenly rolled down, her red face was covered with tears, and she kept wiping her tears with her patched sleeves.

Obviously, their living conditions are not very good, and they are often bullied on a daily basis.

"Little sister, don't cry..."Ye Fan is really embarrassed and ashamed, this old and young look very difficult, and life has already fallen into an embarrassment.

"It's okay, little brother doesn't have to blame himself, I can see it, you are different from those ruffians, you are not a person who eats white food, you must have really forgotten to bring silver taels. ”

The wrinkled old man pulled Qing'er aside and said, "Don't cry, grandpa left you a piece of chicken and half a steamed bun, which won't make you hungry." ”

"Grandpa..."

Qing'er suddenly cried aggrievedly, and said: "I'm not for myself, because grandpa hasn't eaten, we have been bullied by those bad people all day long, and we have no savings, every day like this, what should we do..."

Seeing that the clothes on the old and young man's body were patched, and hearing these words again, Ye Fan suddenly felt a sad feeling, and his heart was deeply touched, making his nose a little sour.

The life of ordinary people is full of bitterness and sweetness, and this family affection and helplessness of the old and the young make Ye Fan can't help but feel a long-lost feeling of emotion and sympathy.

"Little sister, don't cry, I'm not a bad person, although I don't have any silver now, but I have something here, which should be worth this meal, and when I return enough silver to you tomorrow, you are returning this flute to me." ”

After the words fell, Ye Fan took out the flute left by his mother and handed it to the old man with reluctance in his eyes.

"It's too expensive for me to take. ”

The old man shook his head, and then said, "When everyone is in trouble, if the little brother passes by here again in the future, just make up for the silver." ”

Ye Fan sighed for a while, the old man's life was so embarrassing, and he had such a character and character, which made him have a trace of respect, and said, "You accept it first, and wait until I have the money to pay me back." ”

"It's too precious, I really can't accept it, when you're out of the house, when everyone is in trouble, you don't have to blame yourself, little brother. The old man's hands were covered with calluses, and he pushed the flute back resolutely.

Ye Fan saw that he refused, so he had to take it back.

"Since you don't want to, I'll stay and help you with some labor. At this moment, Ye Fan found that the old man was very simple and kind, he decided to stay for the time being, while inquiring about Yun Xinyao's news, while helping the old man by the way, and more importantly, he also wanted to find out whether the strange woman in the wooden box was a human or a ghost.

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