Yang Huairen said that he missed his mouth, and he didn't plan to stay, waved goodbye to Xiaoshi, and said something meaningful to him before leaving.

"Child, you are reduced to begging for food on the streets, you must feel that your life is unfortunate and unfair. But not all of the people in this world are resigned to fate.

Whether the past is miserable or depressed, you are still young, and there is still a long way to go in the future, as long as you are willing, you will never continue like this.

And there are indeed bad people in this world, but there are more people who have benevolence in their hearts, even if they are not for the common people in the world, just for yourself, you must be a good person. ”

With that, the old man brushed his sleeves away. Xiao Shi looked at the back of the old gentleman walking out of the alley, and recalled this passage, which sounded very simple, but the truth contained in it was indeed very profound.

He felt that he was still young, and he did have a long way to go in life, but reality forced him to have no way out, and he wanted to take revenge, even if he fought for his young life, otherwise, he would be a man of the world.

It was getting dark, and the shops on the street began to be lit up. Xiao Shi was full of food and drink, moved his muscles and bones in place, and prepared to go to Yanyulou for an appointment.

He didn't walk down the street, but walked through the winding alley and came to the back alley where the back door of the Yanyu Building was located.

Xiao Shi didn't knock on the door directly, but first hid to the side to observe the movement of the back door, while waiting for the sky to completely darken, if he felt that something was wrong, he could escape smoothly while it was night.

Half an hour passed, and there was no movement in this alley, and the back door of the Yanyu Building was never opened.

It's just that the small stone is hiding here, and you can hear the soft words of Wu Nong that make people feel numb when they listen to it, as well as the beautiful sound of the piano.

The song is quite good, Xiao Shi thinks that at least after listening to these tactful rhythms, people can feel relaxed, but unfortunately he can't understand the words sung by the singer.

In other words, he couldn't hear the artistic conception inside, and he didn't understand why these women were obviously dressed in fine clothes and food, and they were dressed up in fancy clothes, but they always had so many incomprehensible sorrows.

The sky was completely dark, and the lights were bright upstairs, and the backyard was a little darker, because there were only a few dim yellow palace lights.

It was overcast, and the early autumn drizzle came quietly, and the rain was pouring on the back of the small stone's neck, so cool that he couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Only then did he make up his mind to walk to the small door in the backyard of the Yanyu Building, raised his hand and gently knocked on them three times, and then waited for a while, but did not hear any response, and there was not even the sound of footsteps when someone came out to open the door for him.

Xiaoshi hesitated, then knocked three more times.

With some effort, he knocked on it for the third time, and found that the door was exposed, and then in the dim light, he found that the back door was not bolted, it was originally open, but closed.

Xiaoshi thought for a while, but pushed open the door and walked in, and quickly looked at the whole courtyard, as if there was nothing special.

It's just that the child-like person at noon today, let him hold the lamp tonight and find a gentleman surnamed Ren at the back door of the Yanyu Building, why, I made an appointment to come, but he didn't show up, making it so mysterious, is it a trick?

Just when he was hesitating whether to leave, he heard a voice above his head, "Little stone, you are really a mother-in-law, you will come if you want to come, and you are willing to come after nesting in the alley for so long, are you afraid that the old bustard of Yanyulou will arrest you and become a turtle father?" Ha ha! ”

Xiaoshi rushed forward a few steps, and then hurriedly looked back, and found that there was a person sitting on the door beam of the back door in the dark, that person was petite, and listening to the voice, it should be the child he met at noon today.

Xiao Shi strengthened his courage and said with a smile, "Aren't I coming, what do you care about before I come?" Turtle Gong? Haha, I think you're the turtle of this Yanyu Building, right? ”

Xiao Qi was not angry, he jumped down from the door beam and landed in front of the small stone, "You kid has a hard tone, I'll see Mr. Ren later, don't be like this." ”

Xiaoshi deliberately put on a disapproving look, "You care about me." ”

Xiao Qi walked ahead, and Xiao Shi followed, and swaggered without fear.

Xiao Qi smiled, didn't say anything, took him into an independent small courtyard, and pointed to a north room, "Mr. Ren is in the house, you go and knock on the door yourself." ”

After that, Xiao Qi walked to another room and ignored Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shi was a little surprised, and said that he was still playing mysteriously at this time, and these people were really full and had nothing to do.

He looked at the door of the north room again, the lights were on in the room, and some voices were faintly heard, thinking that there should not be a person in the house.

He cheered himself up again, and his heart said that he had come, what were he afraid of? Only then did he walk to the north room, and said through the door, "I'm here to find Mr. Ren!" ”

Immediately, a muffled reply came from inside, "Come in." ”

Xiao Shi felt even more strange, in his expectation, this Mr. Ren should be an old man, or a middle-aged man like some big official.

But that answer, the voice was a little muffled, and it sounded like the other party should be very young. He slowly pushed the door open, and saw a group table set up in the room, the table was full of wine and food, and a huge young man was sitting at the table drinking.

Xiao Shi deliberately didn't close the door, just left a way for himself to escape, and then he walked to the table of the regiment, and was stunned at that time-

The group table is full of all kinds of delicacies, all of which are several famous local dishes in Yangzhou, such as braised lion's head, boiled dried shreds, salted duck and steamed buns with crab roe powder, etc., just looking at it, people who are hungry have to drool.

Xiao Shi had heard about these famous dishes before, so at a glance, he knew what kind of famous dishes they were, but he had never really tasted them.

The big man who sat there looked fierce, but there was no evil in his eyes, but it made him feel very kind, like a long-lost friend.

Brother Tianba glanced at a large number of small stones, nodded, and said in his heart that it was the same as what Little Seventh Brother and Brother Ren described, half-grown children, but very sensitive, as if he was always on guard against everything around him.

Brother Tianba pointed to the wine and food on the table, and then pointed to a cage stool beside him and said, "Little stone, come on, come on, sit down and taste Mr. Ren's craftsmanship first." ”

Xiao Shi was stunned for a moment, and even though he felt that it was reasonable, although the big man was very scary, he was very young, and he seemed to be far from the title of Mr. Ren.

And when he said this, it made Xiao Shi feel even more strange, this Mr. Ren, is he a cook?