Lanke Chess Edge

The astonishment in Sun Fu's voice was evident, if it wasn't for this wooden plaque that was always hanging, he wouldn't have been able to think of Ji Yuan all of a sudden, after all, the appearance of this former strange person from Ning'an County has long been blurred in his memory.

Hearing that Sun Fu could still call him, Ji Yuan smiled at him, swallowed the noodles in his mouth and said.

"That's right, it's Ji, brother, you still remember me!"

Sun Fu wiped his hands and his clothes with the rag on the cabinet, and hurried out from behind the cabinet, looking at Ji Yuan in surprise and complexity.

"Mr. Ji, is it really you? Me, shall I add some stew and offal for you?"

He took a closer look at Ji Yuan and wanted to go back to the cart to get something, but Ji Yuan hurriedly stopped him.

"No, no, no, these are enough, these are enough, you do your work first, if you are really not busy, sit by the side and let's chat."

Ji Yuan pointed to the empty seat beside the table with his chopsticks.

There were also other diners who asked curiously because they were familiar with Sun Fu.

"Uncle Sun, who is this gentleman?"

Sun Fu looked at the young man who spoke, and replied after recalling.

"This is Mr. Ji, your Uncle Sun used to talk about it a lot, and you said it several times when you came to our house!"

"Huh? I don't remember this..."

"How old are you at that time, besides eating and playing, what can you remember?"

Sun Fu said a few words to the man, and holding the rag in his hand, he sat down at the edge of Ji Yuan with a little restraint.

Ji Yuan looked at him, still eating the noodles in a slow manner, took some offal from the other bowl into the noodle bowl, mixed it with stewed meat and noodles, rolled it on the chopsticks and put it in the mouth, eating with relish.

"Sir, why haven't you come back after you have been away for so many years?"

Ji Yuan held his chopsticks and arched his hands apologetically.

"There are a lot of things to be busy, and there are many things that people can't help themselves when they are outside. Thank you for thinking about me."

"Oh, yes, I can't come back when I want to come back outside. My father always talked about you when he was still there. Sometimes he would ask me how long has it been since 'Mr. Ji' came to the stall to eat noodles. I almost always They all said they hadn’t been here, and occasionally lied to him that they just came here to eat, uh, sir, won’t you blame me?”

Ji Yuan nodded to him.

"How could it be? This statement is born out of filial piety. It's a great kindness, but the old grandson always remembers Ji. I'm so touched!"

Sun Fu smiled.

"That is, my father has always said at home that you are not an ordinary person and must treat you well."

"Hehe, this old grandson... did he have any unfulfilled wishes when he passed away?"

Ji Yuan smiled and asked.

"Hey, my father's wish is to let me and my elder brother's son be able to dance, write, learn articles, be admitted to fame and become a high-ranking official, but how can we ordinary people have this material, the two boys have studied in school, but I still couldn’t read it later, so what should I do? That’s fine, I’m already hugging my granddaughter now.”

Ji Yuan smiled knowingly when he heard it, but continued to eat the noodles without saying a word, and ate offal after eating up the noodles.

"Mr. Ji, I've heard people say that you may not come back again...It's good to see you!"

Ji Yuan heard the voice of Sun Fu's words. It is estimated that someone once said that someone in Ji might have died in a foreign country. This kind of thing is not uncommon, so it is not surprising to think so.

"It's also good to have Sun Kee's noodles and chop suey."

As Ji Yuan said, he put the last morsel in his mouth and chewed it carefully for a while before swallowing it. Then he turned his head to look at Sun Fu, seeing that he looked full and not worried, obviously he was doing well, but he still asked a question.

"Is there any difficulty at home? You can talk to Ji."

Sun Fu waved his hands again and again.

"No, no, Mr. Ji, don't think I'm still setting up a noodle stall here, but it's because I don't want our Lao Sun's family's craftsmanship to be lost. In fact, our family is living a good life, and we don't need anything!"

After all, he was an outsider, and Sun Fu didn't tell the story of the dog's head gold, but it also showed that his family was rich enough.

Ji Yuan understood it at a glance. The so-called poor and lowly families are poor, but there is some truth to it. After all, money can't solve everything, but it can solve most things. It is also effective in Ning'an County.

"Also, contentment is the only way to be happy."

Ji Yuan put the chopsticks on the bowl, shook off the sleeves that had been folded up because he was afraid of getting the soup, and just sat at the table chatting with Sun Fu, and waved to the little girl, but the little girl The girl shyly hid behind the cabinet car and didn't come over.

"This child, don't look like she's shy, but she's actually very strong-tempered, just like a little boy. I'm planning to send her to school too!"

"Oh? Girls can go to school now?"

Ji Yuan was a little surprised. You must know that in the past, although Dazhen did not expressly stipulate in the law that girls could not go to school, it was almost an unwritten rule, and the social status of women was still lower. No woman in sight.

Even some ladies from rich families still invite their masters to teach them how to read in their private schools.

"Hey, I really dare not think about it in the early years, but where is our Ning'an County? You can read."

"Oh, I'm afraid the resistance is quite large."

Sun Fu put away the bowl and chopsticks in front of Ji Yuan and said.

"That's not clear, but Yin Wenqu's words are still very useful in our Ning'an County. At least if I reveal his identity, no one will disagree with me."

Ji Yuan smiled and held out his thumb.

"Not bad, insightful."

After speaking, he also patted his trouser legs and stood up, taking out a few copper coins from his sleeve.

"The price hasn't changed?"

"Hey, Mr. Ji, you have been away for so many years, and you just came back to the county. This noodle is treated as my treat for you. How can I ask for your money? Put it away!"

Sun Fu's attitude was very resolute, not a fake politeness.

Ji Yuan glanced at him, actually put away the money, nodded and said.

"Okay, Ji accepts his sympathy and goes home first. If you need anything, you can come to Ju'an Xiaoge to find me. Well, you can do anything."

After saying this, Ji Yuan left his seat, strode into the gate of Tianniufang, and headed towards Ju'an Xiaoge.

After the people left, the topic of the other diners at the noodle stall who deliberately didn't leave after eating became heated up again.

"Uncle Sun, who is Mr. Big? You always say Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji, he is very famous?"

"That's right, Boss Sun, looking at this person's age, he shouldn't be too old, but after listening to you, it seems..."

The speaker couldn't describe the feeling, as if Sun Fu, who had become a grandfather, was talking to his parents.

Sun Fu watched Ji Yuan's back disappear from sight, and then approached the people at these tables and said in a low voice.

"You guys, what do you know! This is Mr. Ji Yuan Ji Da, who was well-known in our county ten or twenty years ago. Go back and ask your parents, it is best to ask your grandparents, and you will be able to remember something!"

"Ten or twenty years?"

"This person is so old!?"

Sun Fu pressed his hand to make several people silence before continuing.

"This man, it was rumored back then that he was a strange person. The previous magistrate and county lieutenant respected him a lot. By the way, you all know about Yin Wenqu, right?"

"I know!"

"Look at what you said, Uncle Sun, how can we not know about Yin Wenqu!"

"Well, Yin Wenqu's hometown was in Tianniufang back then, and he and Mr. Ji were the best neighbors. When he was the teacher of the county school, he would go to Ju'an Xiaoge almost every day. He and Mr. Ji have a very deep friendship!"

"oh!"

"That's it!"

"I see!"

The diners around were all amazed, and Sun Fu was very satisfied with their expressions, while the little girl giggled when she saw the exaggerated expressions on their faces.

Ji Yuan returned to the small pavilion of Ju'an where he had been away for a long time, and few people he met along the way recognized him. When he arrived at the door of the small pavilion, he found the key, unlocked it and opened the door to enter.

With a sound of "squeak~", a layer of ash fell on the door frame, but the ash all passed by Ji Yuan's side, even if it fell on his shoulder, it would immediately fall off.

"Woo... woo..."

There was a breeze blowing in the courtyard, and the branches and leaves of the jujube trees swayed, making light and agile sounds.

"Shushasha...shashasha..."

Sniffing, maybe because of the jujube tree, the smell in the house is very fresh.

"Thanks a lot!"

Ji Yuan knew that it was impossible for him to live in Ning'an County permanently, at least he might not stay long after returning this time, the house was completely watched by the jujube tree, even though there were not many things to steal here, it was home after all.

I opened all the doors of the house to let the air in. This time, Ji Yuan didn't skimp on spells, and just waved his hand to bring up a gust of wind, sweeping away all the dust in the house, and restoring the house to a clean and tidy state.

Looking at the kitchen again, Ji Yuan couldn't help but patted his forehead.

"Oh, it's all wasted!"

The small jar of honey in the kitchen has naturally disappeared after ten years, but Ji Yuan opened the jar and took a closer look, only to find that a layer of crystals had condensed on the bottom, and a layer of wax on the surface was slightly scraped off. sweetness.

"It seems that you can still eat it?"

At this time, the paper crane directly squeezed out the kit, flew out of Ji Yuan's arms, and circled the jujube tree continuously.

Ji Yuan came out of the kitchen, besides planning to fetch water, he also took out the "Sword Intent Tie" after thinking for a while, and put it in the yard.

The next moment, the scroll opened automatically, and there was a chattering sound on it.

"Oh! Ju'an Xiaoge!"

"Yes, yes, back to Ning'an County!"

"Ahhh, jujube tree!"

"Hahaha... finally back to Ning'an County!"

"The jujube tree can't talk yet?"

"Idiot, the jujube tree is a tree, it needs to gather elves!"

"Shhh...there are mortals around here, let's keep our voices down!"

"Yes, yes, please keep your voice down..."

A group of small characters lowered their voices, and after chatting for a while, they jumped out of the "Sword Intent Post" one by one.

The branches and leaves of the big jujube trees in the courtyard were all quiet, obviously shocked by these small characters.