Peach and plum spring breeze and a glass of wine

The cock crows three times and the sky becomes dim.

Shopkeeper Liu of Yuelai Inn in Luting County yawned sleepily and walked slowly from the backyard to the front hall.

Before he entered the door, he heard a noise coming from the front hall. He stepped into the front hall in confusion and saw a tall figure in the hall, holding a piece of linen cloth and wiping the tables and chairs with his head down.

Twelve tables and chairs arranged neatly, each one glowing with water...

Good morning, shopkeeper!

When the tall figure heard the footsteps, he raised his handsome face, which looked like he was no older than his twenties, and greeted Shopkeeper Liu with a smile on his face.

Facing his energetic smiling face, Shopkeeper Liu's thin old face couldn't help but smile. He nodded warmly and said, Good morning, little brother!

After a pause, he asked in confusion: Aren't you going to the countryside to visit relatives today? Where is Wang Dali's lazy thing?

The tall figure kept wiping the tables and chairs and replied with a smile: There are so many people coming to the city these days and the passenger flow is heavy. Brother Wang can't handle it all by himself...

When Shopkeeper Liu heard this, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he interrupted angrily: Don't say anything nice for that lazy thing. If he has even a third of his eyesight, we will burn the incense. Yesterday, If you hadn't come to his rescue, there might have been a lot of trouble. In other words, his father and I are old acquaintances...

The tall figure just smiled and continued wiping the tables and chairs without answering his words.

Shopkeeper Liu, who was chattering endlessly, became more and more satisfied with the way he worked hard. He was literate, had a sharp eye, was quick in his hands and feet, and was meticulous and generous in dealing with people...

She is also sincere and down-to-earth, without any youthful impatience or restlessness!

Where can I find such young people?

Good intentions really pay off!

After wandering around the front hall with satisfaction for two times, Shopkeeper Liu suddenly slapped his thigh and said, I almost forgot to tell you that we met Li Zheng yesterday and he said that your household registration has been registered in the county. Forget it. The date should be within the next month or two!

The tall figure was startled, then regained consciousness and pursed his lips vigorously. He put down the broom in his hand and walked up to Shopkeeper Liu in three steps. He gave an unusually solemn bow and said, You are so kind and kind to me, Shopkeeper. Yang Ge will remember it in his heart, and he will not dare to forget it. Even if his body is broken into pieces in the future, he will still repay the shopkeeper for his life-saving grace!

He is not an innocent young man who is inexperienced in the world, and his view of the customs and customs here is no longer what he used to be when he first arrived.

He knew that although the household registration system in Wei Dynasty had been loosened due to the increasing number of fleeing gangsters in recent years.

But it is definitely not a small thing that Sheng Dou Xiaomin can easily change with just his words.

At least a foreigner like him with no relatives, no property, and no understanding of customs and customs would never be able to obtain a household registration even if he went to the Yamen and knocked out his brains.

For the sake of his household registration, shopkeeper Liu must have spent a lot of money and a lot of favors...

Not to mention, if shopkeeper Liu hadn't picked him up and brought him back to Yuelai Inn, he would have died of starvation or freezing to death on the street.

No one would give Da Wei a bowl of hot rice for the sake of his college diploma...

Shopkeeper Liu happily helped Yang Ge up, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: People who have read books are good at speaking, unlike Wang Dali, who only knows how to say, 'He is my father'!

After a pause, he sighed again and said with seriousness: You said that you are not that reckless young man who wants to be as high as the sky. Do you have household registration? How can our family still lack a meal from you? Take ten thousand steps back. , even if in the future the government’s investigation of runaway households turns up on you, with a little money, it will be over...

Now that you have settled down, you will have to pay taxes, pay miscellaneous taxes, and perform labor services. Now the world seems to be unstable again. The officials may not be sure when they will be drafted again. For a young and powerful person like you, A strong, ungrateful and independent man is the favorite of the official family. If you really want to have three good things and two bad things, you will even save money on mats!

Why do you think you're doing this?

From his own perspective, he really couldn't understand Yang Ge's choice.

But the household registration matter was the only thing that Yang Ge had asked for help with since he entered the Yuelai Inn for more than half a year, and he couldn't bear to refuse.

Yang Ge smiled and said softly: I want to have a family...

Shopkeeper Liu glanced at him and said helplessly: Okay, it's getting late. You should leave the city quickly!

Yang Ge has to go to the countryside every month, and he has long been used to it.

Yang Ge nodded: Then I'll put you through trouble today. I'll rush back before the city gate is locked.

Shopkeeper Liu shook his head: There's no need to rush. As long as we can be back before sunset tomorrow.

Yang Ge also shook his head slightly, but without saying any more, he pushed a wheelbarrow out of the corner of the front hall, kowtowed to shopkeeper Liu and went straight out.

Shopkeeper Liu followed the sacks piled up on the wheelbarrow and watched Yang Ge leave quickly. He muttered in his heart with emotion: 'The wages given to this boy in the past few days were all spent here...'

After Yang Ge's back disappeared at the end of the long street, a young man covering half of his swollen cheeks casually dressed in clothes walked into the front hall from the backyard and said vaguely: Shopkeeper, it's time for breakfast.

Shopkeeper Liu immediately became furious, picked up a broom and beat him: I'll let you eat, I'll let you eat...

…

Yang Ge pushed the wheelbarrow and followed the people out of the county.

After leaving the county town, he walked southeast along the relatively flat horse road. After a while, he saw a wide river that looked like a jade belt in the distance.

This big river is called Bianhe River, and it is an important section of the North-South Grand Canal of the Wei Dynasty.

Through the Bianhe River, one can go directly to Luoyang, Shangjing in the west, Yanyun and Beiping in the north, and turn to Yuhang in the south of the Yangtze River. It can be called one of the political, military and economic arteries of the Wei Dynasty.

At this moment, there were several cargo ships traveling upstream on the Bian River. The whistles of trackers pulling the boats on both sides of the river were loud and loud, attracting many passers-by to stop and watch.

Yang Ge also slowed down and stared intently at the sparkling river. He took his eyes back for a long time and continued pushing the wheelbarrow.

He walked along the river bank, along the river, all the way to the lower reaches of the Bianhe River...

After turning several forks in the road, the road became increasingly rugged, but Yang Ge's footsteps became more brisk, and the heavy wheelbarrow was as light as a lamp grass in his hand.

When the pedestrians on the road became sparse, he pushed the wheelbarrow and started running wildly, until the cast iron parts connecting the wheels and axles were worn out with sparks!

As the sun approached noon, Yang Ge finally arrived at the destination of his trip.

Squeak.

He gently pushed open the simple courtyard door made of small wooden sticks, and just as he was about to speak out, he saw a lean old man with sparse beard and hair, wearing a neatly patched shorts, sitting cross-legged on the ground in the courtyard, skillfully doing Mending an old fishing net with a shuttle.

When Yang Ge saw the old man, a heartfelt smile slowly appeared on his face.

When the old man saw Yang Ge, he sighed heavily.

You idiot, why are you here again?

The old man stood up slowly while holding on to the ground, picked up a dusty sweat towel from the bench beside him, and came forward with complaints and distress: Didn't I tell you not to come again? I, the old man, have a handful of loess. It’s almost buried up to the neck. How much food and clothing can you afford? With the extra money, it would be great to save up for a mother-in-law and a home in the future...

Yang Ge took the sweat towel from the old man's hand, wiped the sweat, and unloaded the sack on the wheelbarrow. He smiled very relaxedly and said: Look what you said, how much food and clothing can I have on my own?

When the old man heard Yang Ge's words, he stopped fetching water and couldn't help but sigh.

Yang Ge ignored the old man's sad eyes and quickly carried the heavy sacks into the low house. He untied the bags and poured the yellow and orange wheat grains into the grain bucket.

After placing the food, he took out a broken hatchet that was almost rusty from the familiar kitchen house. With the old man's persuasion of Don't worry about it and Take a rest first, he went out. Dragging the wheelbarrow and striding away,

It wasn't until the sun began to move westward that he returned to the small courtyard again with a cart of neatly stacked firewood that was much taller than the others.

The inn is very busy these days. I have to go back early today. You can burn these firewood first. I will come back in half a month...

When I entered the village, Zhang Laoshuan and Ma Gou saw me coming. If someone comes to beat the autumn wind, don't worry about the food. Give them some. If they dare to bite their noses, don't argue with them. Wait. I'll deal with them when I get back next time...

As I said, if you have any headaches, just send someone to look for me at the Yuelai Inn in Luting County. Just say that I will give them money for running errands. Don't worry about no one coming...

While Yang Ge was placing firewood, he was nagging at the old man's instructions.

The old man kept wandering around him, opening his mouth several times without being able to get a word in. It wasn't until Yang Ge was about to finish placing the firewood that he seemed to suddenly remember something, took Yang Ge's hand and said, You first Stop working so hard, wait a minute, I’ll show you something!”

After saying that, he hurriedly went into the back room.

Yang Ge didn't know why, but he still waited where he was told.

After a while, the old man came out and stood inside the door, hiding one hand behind his back and waving to him with the other. His eyes kept looking around the yard as if he was a thief with a guilty conscience.

Yang Ge couldn't help but laugh when he saw this: Let's talk about it first, if it's some heirloom or something like that, I don't want it!

The old man stared and waved to him eagerly: Don't talk nonsense, come here quickly!

Yang Ge clapped his hands in confusion and approached.

After making sure that there was no one around the yard, the old man mysteriously took out the object behind his back... but it was a cloth bag as big as a fist and wrapped in many layers.

Yang Ge glanced at the old man doubtfully, and then looked down at the cloth bag.

The old man carefully opened the cloth bag layer by layer, and a ray of sunlight slanted in from the eaves, reflecting a ray of yellow-orange golden light, which dazzled Yang Ge's eyes.

This is……

Yang Ge's eyes suddenly widened, and a large amount of mist suddenly rose from his eyes.

The old man untied the last layer of fabric, revealing the two objects wrapped in the middle.

A string of pure gold necklaces with a strong social atmosphere, weighing less than two ounces, with a Buddha pendant in the middle.

A Casio Big Mud King dial covered with layers of rust, as if it had been ravaged by countless years.

Looking at these two objects, Yang Ge was stunned for a second, then came to his senses and suddenly took the cloth bag, clutching it tightly to his heart, tears bursting out of his eyes.

This necklace was a birthday gift from his mother when he was thirty-three years old. She said that he was light and weak, so wearing some precious metal would help him weigh himself down.

This watch was a birthday gift from his girlfriend when he was thirty-four years old. She hoped that no matter where he went wild, he would remember to come home early.

pity……

The golden Buddha necklace failed to hold down his body.

The Big Ni King’s watch can’t tell the way home.

Seeing his appearance, the old man let out a sigh of relief and sighed: I knew this must be your thing.

Yang Ge was crying, stretched out a hand to hold the old man's rough and thin hand tightly, and hissed: You...you don't want your life!

He went to that backwater many times and never found these two things.

You can imagine how many times this old man, who had to walk on crutches, drilled into the backwater repeatedly to help him find these two objects!

But the old man proudly bared his sparse teeth and said with a hehe smile: I have been worshiping the Dragon King for most of my life, so going into the water will be like going home!

After a pause, he shook his head with some regret and said: Unfortunately, I still can't find the iron box you mentioned that is bigger than the carriage. Maybe it was too big and was washed away by the undercurrent...

Yang Ge waved his hands repeatedly, wanting to say No need to search anymore, but couldn't utter a single word.

The old man sighed, put one hand along his vest, supported him with the other, and sat down.

I happened to be sitting next to... a broken fishing net.

Seeing the broken fishing net, the old man thought of something and asked softly along Yang Ge's vest: Yazi, do you still want to die now?

Sensing the old man's gaze, Yang Ge also turned his head and glanced at the broken fishing net beside him.

Eight months ago, the old man used this broken fishing net to fish him out of the Bian River... twice!

He was silent for a long time, then finally shook his head and said hoarsely: I don't want to die.

I just haven't figured out how to live...

PS1: Is it surprising? Surprised or not?

PS2: Happy Double Holidays, gentlemen! !