Chapter 128: Background
Tang Yu looked the guest up and down, and shouted, "Who is my Dao, it turns out to be you, Uncle Ma...... When did you come back from Huguang to dart?"
The horse dart master nodded and said, "It's only been two days since I didn't come back." I heard that you didn't come home, so I looked around and asked for news of you. As a result, you became a tolerance in Yingtianfu. ”
Tang Yu gave up his seat: "You sit, I'll make you a pot of tea." ”
The horse master sat on the stool and excused himself, "Don't be busy, I'm not thirsty." I'm here to talk to you, I have to go back, I'll leave tonight, this time I'll go further. Go to Yungui's side......"
Straightened up, and asked again: "What kind of swordsmanship competition, did you participate?" Come, tell your uncle quickly, how did you get into the public gate?"
Tang Yu also sat down on the chair next to him, from the high fees of the competition, he was disheartened, to the Xuanwu Lake with the autumn white clouds, and the wife of Lord Yin Wu accidentally lost the Shuangyan Zijin hairpin in the water, and helped salvage it herself, and politely refused the bounty of twenty taels of silver. As for the later handling of cases and how to come to Chuzhou, they all talked about it one by one.
The horse master was happy to hear this, slapped his thigh, and praised him: "Good boy, it seems that the uncle really did not misunderstand you." This time I came to the capital to bring you the right one. Otherwise, what can we do if we live in our small riverside fishing village for the rest of our lives?"
"Uncle Ma, don't say that. Tang Yu turned to the horse dart master, shook his head, and said, "This is just a small catch, and there are not many monthly salaries, so it is not a good deal." ”
"No matter how you say it, it is also a person who wears official clothes, eats official meals, and mixes in the yamen. ”
The horse dart master glared and smiled: "In the future, I will walk on the rivers and lakes, and I will have capital to brag with those rough people." Look at it, the eldest nephew I brought out is now working for the official family!"
Tang Yu also smiled: "Uncle, have you been home for a while, how is my father-in-law's health? It's really weird. ”
The horse dart master shook his head again and again, and said, "I can't take care of it, but this time the dart comes down, and I have to go back no matter what." Your father-in-law is fine, no matter how he is, he is also a person who has practiced the style, and that old bone is resistant to tossing. ”
He paused and said, "I just wanted to come and have a look, and I was relieved to know that you were okay." Uncle, this is going back to the dart game......"
As soon as he said that, he was about to get up, but unexpectedly Tang Yu waved his hand, intercepted his words, and suddenly said, "Uncle, slow down, sit down for a while." Can I ask you something?"
The horse dart master was stunned for a moment, and said bluntly: "If you have anything to say, you don't have to be polite." You kid, when did you learn to be polite to your uncle? ”
Tang Yu blinked his eyes and said softly, "Can you tell me about my childhood, for example, how did my stepfather and his old man bring me back?"
The horse dart master was slightly stunned, and said, "Why did you remember to ask this, did someone say anything to you?"
"No, uncle. I'm just asking. ”
"I'm relieved. You know, although Lao Guo is not your biological father, he has raised you all these years and treated you well. Now that he is old, you will repay him for his nurturing kindness. ”
"I know that I have always regarded him as my own family over the years. ”
"It was eighteen years ago, we went to Linzi, Shandong Province to take darts with us, and when we came back, it was already late autumn. The horse master touched his chin and raised his voice unconsciously, "When you enter the city from the north gate, you often have to pass by a barren meadow. A few of us were on horseback that day, and in the wind, we could faintly hear the cry of children in the grass. Everyone didn't believe it at first, and they joked with each other, saying that how could there be children in such a desolate place, didn't they meet a ginseng doll on Changbai Mountain......"
"What happened later?" Tang Yu bit his lip.
The horse master frowned and replied, "Later, we talked nonsense, and some people said that we would go down and see what was going on? Some said that in the wilderness, it is better to cause less trouble, and more is better than less. Among us, Lao Guo, who is your father-in-law, is the oldest, honest and kind-hearted, so let him have an idea. The old Guo didn't say a word, jumped off the horse, and got into the waist-deep wild grass alone. After a while, I turned back, and there was a white and chubby baby in my arms!"
Tang Yu put down his hand and asked, "That kid is me, isn't it?"
"Not really. Seriously, Lao Guo is really good to you, in order not to let you go hungry, he spent his own money in Qixiang Hutong to hire a wet nurse to feed you. Every time he came back from a dart, he didn't do anything, the first thing he had to do was to run to see the kid......"
Tang Yu sighed lightly and smiled bitterly: "Uncle Ma, my father-in-law's surname is Guo, since he adopted me, why don't you ask me to follow his surname and take the surname Tang?"