Chapter 450: The Past of a Restaurant (3)
"Eat!" The old man took out the porridge, and then gave it to Wang Yong, "Don't dislike it, it's already very good to have food to eat this year, and no one is qualified to be picky." ”
"Indeed...... I'm the one who is least qualified to be picky...... "Wang Yong took the corn porridge, or corn porridge, fortunately, it's not the kind of kind with a few corn grains floating in a pot of water, as well as bones and radishes...... That's good!
"But the taste is like this...... "Wang Yong took a bite, it was not unpalatable, which was very important. The fragrance of corn is well highlighted, and you can faintly see some oil flowers, which are boiled out of bones. As for the turnips...... That's it......
"It seems that you are not very satisfied with what you have eaten? Why, it used to be all fine clothes and fine food? The old man drank the porridge in small sips, and he ate very slowly, mainly because he had no teeth, not a single tooth, so he could only swallow it slowly and swallow it.
is also because of this, so this porridge is actually very sloppy, the problem is that Wang Yong has no qualifications to dislike it.
"What's next for you?" The old man looked at Wang Yong, "Is there a place to stay in Zhencheng?!" ”
“………… I said I had almost forgotten a lot of things...... Do you believe it or not? Wang Yong asked.
"Don't believe it, absolutely don't believe it! Your expression and your tone reflect the word 'lying'...... In later life, lying is also a skill, and if you can't learn it, it's better to be honest. The old man replied casually.
After a pause, he continued to ask: "Speaking of which, I don't know your name yet......
"Wang Yong, Xi...... Chang'an people! Anyway, shall we? For the rest, you'd better not ask, anyway, I'll tell you the truth, I don't have a place to stay, and I don't even know how I'm going to live now. I thought about simply offering things to the officials to see if I could get some rewards...... Wang Yong simply confessed.
The other party was sick, looking like he was in his last years, and Wang Yong simply did not hide it. At most, he just concealed the core issue, and he was not sure whether the other party would accept the term 'crossing'.
"There's nowhere to go, right?" When the old man heard the other party's surname Wang, he reacted slightly, but it was not big, "Then, before you have a place to stay, or a place to go, now I'll stay here!" ”
"Is that okay?" Wang Yong was a little surprised, it is said that the two sides met for the first time, and they directly took him in like this?
"I have no children and no daughters, my wife has remarried, and the whole house is left to me, and it is uncomfortable to be empty. Besides, there is nothing valuable in the house, and the most valuable thing is probably this house. The old man replied.
"That'...... I'll help you with chores and work? You should need a helper in the store, right? "Wang Yong doesn't have an idea, he just crossed over here, and he really needs a place to stay.
"Hahaha......" Hearing Wang Yong say that, the old man smiled, "No, no...... The store is closed, not open! ”
"Didn't do business?" Wang Yong really didn't expect this result.
"My body can't cook anymore." The old man pointed to himself, "The taste of the things made is either salty or light. What used to be a first-hand master chef's skills has now degenerated to the point where even junior chefs are inferior......"
Speaking of this, he clenched his fists rarely, and seemed to care about this. Perhaps, all the glory and dignity of this old man comes from this skill. But when he was old, he couldn't cook anymore, and his skills were wasted, so the glory and dignity also left him.
Thinking of this, Wang Yong felt that this old man was actually quite pitiful.
"You really don't have a man and a woman?" Wang Yong was puzzled, who in ancient times was not a man with three wives and four concubines, and a house full of children and grandchildren.
"Yes, there is an eldest daughter with her mother's surname Zhou, and her big name is Zhou Cang. took a table word Yuanfu. It's just that now the whereabouts of the two mothers are unknown, I heard that someone had seen Zhou Cang in the Yellow Turban Thief, and he stabbed this matter, so I had to retire from the imperial chef...... It's also Your Majesty's nostalgia, otherwise, my head would not have been there a few years ago. The old man's expression was gloomy.
"Slow, slow, you said your eldest daughter is called Zhou Cang?" Wang Yong was almost choked to death, the background of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was Zhou Cang, and it was the word Yuanfu, it didn't feel like it was Zhou Cang, right?
But the problem is that Zhou Cang was originally a fictional character in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the most important thing is ...... How is it a woman?!
"What, you know?" The old man was a little excited.
"Know...... But the Zhou Cang I know is a man......" Wang Yong replied.
"In your later life, is it interesting to tease me, an old man?" The old man was immediately dissatisfied, and thought that he knew the whereabouts of his daughter, who knew that he was overjoyed, and suddenly the whole person felt a lot tired.
"But how can you talk to her...... Her mother's surname, isn't it your daughter? Or are you in the middle of it? Wang Yong asked.
"You are a descendant, why don't you understand this? Eh, have you really forgotten everything? The old man looked at Wang Yong in disbelief, he thought he was lying, this kid really seems to have something wrong with his brain.
"I, what am I supposed to know?" Wang Yong only felt that he couldn't cry or laugh.
"You don't know where you came from, tell me about it......" The old man thought for a moment and asked.
"I don't know!" Wang Yong directly spread his hands and went out on the contrary, what can you do with me? !
"You baby......," the old man shook his head, "it seems that I can't really give you a ride, otherwise God knows what kind of joke will be made...... How do you say good...... It's like when my daughter was three years old, she didn't know anything, she was curious about everything......"
"Yes, you just treat me like a giant baby when you're old." Wang Yong is completely a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.
"At my age, I'm still waiting for someone to take care of the elderly, but half of my body is in the ground, and I have to take care of a giant baby!" The old man was also amused, but it could be seen that he was not angry, "Anyway, your surname is also Wang, it sounds kind!" The old man should be ...... Recognize a godgrandson! ”
"Why isn't it a godson?" Wang Yong was puzzled, it was strange that he was not averse to this.
"For I swore that if my son were as virtuous as you, I would kill him." But if you have a grandson, you should be fine! The old man replied casually, looking as if he had taken it for granted.
"Hehe......" Wang Yong didn't know how to complain.
"Answer your question first!" The old man thought for a while, "Although the husband and wife are married, they are according to the folk conventions...... If the first child is a daughter, it is generally a mother's ...... Now you know, right? ”
"Then you don't plan to have a second child?" Wang Yong asked.
"The question is, who will marry one and come back? You kid...... It seems that I really don't know anything......" The old man sighed, how could there be such a person without common sense in this world.
"What should I know?" Wang Yong really couldn't figure it out, at least it was definitely impossible to figure it out at the time.
"There are few women!" The old man struggled for a long time, and finally sighed, "I was young, young and vigorous, and I refused to marry a girl from a bad family." What happened to the result, I was about to retire at the age of forty, I didn't get married, and finally the court crusaded against the barbarians and came back, seeing that I was so pitiful, the barbarian girl who shared one of my spoils of war gave me a child, and then according to the agreement, she went back. ”
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