Chapter 264: Complete Merit

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather finally started to warm up a bit.

"Brother, is the sun shining outside?"

The old shopkeeper lay on the bed and called softly.

Yang Ge stopped what he was doing, glanced out the window, and said with a smile: "The weather has finally opened up. If it continues to be so cloudy, people will almost get moldy..."

"Isn't it?"

The old shopkeeper also smiled and said: "We all feel like mushrooms are about to grow on our bodies... It's rare that the weather is good, please help us go out to bask in the sun for a while."

Yang Ge looked hesitant and said nothing.

When the old shopkeeper saw this, he puffed up his skinny chest and got out of bed: "We are all ready. If you don't believe it, I will get up and take a few steps for you!"

"Okay, okay, let me take a look first before you talk..."

Yang Ge verbally perfunctory the old man, stepped forward and clasped the old man's wrist with one hand to carefully check the old man's pulse.

The old man's pulse was very stable, but his hands were as cold as ice and there was no warmth at all.

He felt a little heavy and put his hand into the quilt to explore, but there was only a little bit of heat in the quilt.

He immediately pushed the old man back into bed again: "It's windy outside, so we won't go out, eh? I'll open the doors and windows later to let some air and see the light. Let's rest for a few more days and wait. After a few days, we have finally passed this test..."

The old man glanced at the transparent window paper unwillingly, but he still lay down on the bed obediently and whispered: "Brother, I haven't eaten the hot waistband you made in a few days..."

Yang Ge lowered his head to take care of his bed. Hearing that the old man wanted to eat meat, he smiled happily and said, "No problem. I'll let Brother Fu go to his father-in-law's house to get some pork kidneys. It just so happens that I made some bubbles last year." Jiao, let me try some authentic hot kidneys tonight!”

The old man smiled happily: "That's a good feeling!"

After a pause, he murmured in a low voice: "This year is over, right? Why hasn't Miaomiao come back yet?"

"The New Year is over, but the snow on the road hasn't melted yet..."

Yang Ge replied without thinking, and finally replied helplessly: "Okay, I will pick up Miaomiao later!"

The old man was so happy that he smiled "hehehehe" with his only remaining front tooth.

Yang Ge also laughed, there was nothing he could do against the old man.

"Brother, sister-in-law..."

He turned towards the door and shouted loudly.

"Hey...here he comes!"

Liu Mang responded loudly and quickly moved from far to near. Finally, he opened the door and poked his head in: "What's the matter?"

Yang Ge: "Has your father-in-law's house opened?"

Liu Mang: "It opened on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. What happened?"

Yang Ge: "The old man wants to eat kidney flowers. You ask your sister-in-law to go back to her parents' house to see if there are any more, and bring her back with you to cut some fresh meat. I'll make some good ones tonight for a tooth ceremony!"

At the right time, Mrs. Liu Deng poked her head out from behind Liu Mang with Xiao Guangzong in her arms. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back right now. Dad, do you want to eat some mutton or beef? I'll let my dad get it." …”

The old shopkeeper waved his hands grandly: "You can buy whatever you want to eat. We will treat you to a reunion tonight. We have money, so feel free to eat!"

Liu Mang smiled "hehe" and looked back at his mother-in-law: "Did you hear that, the old man has a lot of money!"

Mrs. Liu Deng slapped him, and finally she couldn't help laughing and said: "Just keep your money for yourself. We still have money. When we have no money, we will ask you again." take……"

The couple laughed "hey hey hey" together, very much like a couple.

Yang Ge also laughed: "Brother Mang, look after the old man for a while, and I'll go pick up Miaomiao."

"Are you going to pick him up?"

Liu Mang was startled, then came back to his senses and looked at Yang Ge with envy, jealousy and hatred: "It's good if you are good at martial arts. You can go wherever you want with a 'whoosh', unlike us who are so miserable and have to go wherever we go." Tired of traveling and traveling..."

Yang Ge chuckled, stretched out his hand to tuck the old shopkeeper's quilt, strolled out of the bedroom, jumped up into the sky with a "whoosh", and turned into a golden light and flew towards Luoyang.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Liu Mang shook his head, lowered his head and entered the house.

About an hour later.

Yang Ge hugged Zhao Miao and fell from the sky

"Godfather..."

Zhao Miao carried the small bundle and rushed into the bedroom.

Liu Mang walked out of the bedroom and saw Yang Ge in the yard, whose hairstyle was exactly the same as when he left. He said speechlessly: "You are back from the capital now?"

"Yup."

Yang Ge rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the kitchen: "Where is sister-in-law?"

Liu Mang became more and more speechless: "I haven't come back yet..."

Yang Ge: "Here... you urge my sister-in-law to go, I'm waiting for the meat to be put into the pot!"

Liu Mang: "Is it true that what you are practicing is martial arts?"

Yang Ge squatted behind the stove, grabbed a handful of firewood and stuffed it into the stove: "What else?"

As he spoke, he pointed a little deeper into the stove, and the red firelight immediately illuminated his cheeks.

Liu Mang took one look, covered his face, turned around and walked quickly out of the yard.

The north wind blew the good-smelling smoke into the courtyard. The old shopkeeper and Zhao Miao chatting in the bedroom heard bursts of laughter from time to time. Xiao Huang also got out of the doghouse excitedly and chased the smoke in the yard. Run away, run away...

It seems that the snow has stopped and the sky has cleared up.

…

At night, the old shopkeeper's bedroom was illuminated by orange-red light.

The old shopkeeper, who had been lingering on the hospital bed for nearly two months, sat on the main seat, his pale and thin face illuminated by the orange light.

He looked at Mr. Liu Mang on his right, who was holding Xiao Guangzong in one hand and teasing him with a rattle in the other, and then at his left hand, Liu Deng and his sister-in-law Zhao Miao, who were eating crispy pork and talking about homely things. His old eyes are full of warm light.

"Here comes the hot waist flower!"

Wearing an apron, Yang Ge quickly walked into the bedroom and placed a large plate of red and hot kidney flowers firmly on the center of the table. A fresh aroma with a hint of sour and spicy aroma immediately filled the bedroom. .

"Wow……"

Zhao Miao applauded with bright eyes.

Mrs. Liu Deng also praised with a smile on her face: "My second uncle's craftsmanship is really nothing to say. Then the royal meal that the emperor eats is nothing more than this, right?"

Yang Ge smiled "hehe".

Zhao Miao also smiled along with "hehe".

Yang Ge pulled off the apron from his waist: "Pick up your chopsticks, why are you standing there in a daze?"

Liu Mang patted the empty space beside him: "Isn't this waiting for you?"

"What are you waiting for me to do? Have you ever heard of cooks going hungry?"

Yang Ge moved a chair and sat opposite the old shopkeeper. He picked up a piece of waist flower that had been modified with a cross knife to make it even and fine, and put it into the old man's bowl: "Try it quickly. Have you seen how my skills have deteriorated?"

The old shopkeeper nodded with a smile, picked up the kidney flowers in the bowl with his chopsticks, brought it to his mouth and chewed it carefully. After eating the bland liquid food for too long, his taste buds suddenly tasted the appetizing sour and spicy taste, which turned out to be sour. Tears filled the eyes of the old shopkeeper De.

He gave Yang Ge a thumbs up: "No need to say, I did even better than you did before!"

Yang Ge breathed a sigh of relief and put a piece of kidney flower into Zhao Miao's bowl: "Don't look at it, eat it all..."

"Eat, eat, eat..."

Liu Mang couldn't wait any longer. Hearing this, he couldn't wait to pick up a piece of kidney flower with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He closed his eyes and tasted it carefully: "This taste is amazing..."

"Wow!"

Xiao Guangzong spoke at the right time, interrupting his father's gourmet style.

Liu Mang quickly picked up a piece of kidney flower and was about to feed it to little Guangzong, but Yang Ge held him down with a chopstick: "Brother, Guangzong is still young, eat less heavy-flavored food..."

He put down his chopsticks, used a spoon to pick up a large chicken leg from the chicken soup basin, which was almost falling apart, and put it into Liu Mang's bowl: "Eat slowly, feed less at a time, be careful not to get stuck..."

Liu Mang: "Oh oh oh!"

Seeing this, Mrs. Liu Deng on the other side pointed at Liu Mang with her chopsticks in disgust and said to Zhao Miao: "Look, look, this dad is not as careful as his second uncle... Miao Miao, hurry up too Give birth to a child, I will tell you..."

The more she spoke, the softer her voice became. It was obvious at first glance that she was talking about something intimate between sisters-in-law.

Zhao Miao blushed and nodded like garlic. While nodding and picking up vegetables, Zhao Miao glanced at Yang Ge beside him, looking very sneaky like a little squirrel stealing nuts.

While Yang Ge was holding dishes for the old shopkeeper opposite, he was chatting with Liu Mang next to him about the market conditions in the grain market: "Has the grain market improved in the past two days? It's warm here. The way should have been cleared.”

Liu Mang ate a large piece of oily twice-cooked pork and replied: "It's not improving. In the entire grain market, our family is still the only one open for business. Other grain accounts are either out of stock or have too little stock and dare not open for business." …”

Yang Ge picked up the thumb cup and touched it with him: "Didn't you hear any news?"

Liu Mang picked up the thumb cup: "Anyway, we haven't heard anything. How about I go and inquire for you tomorrow?"

Yang Ge raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll see if I can take the time to go to the Lianlian dock tomorrow to see if there is any news from Fang Ke..."

Liu Mang: "You can go if you want. I'm at home. The old man has been feeling much better these past two days..."

As he spoke, he looked at his father beside him, only to find that his father was sitting on the Taishi chair with his hands on the armrests, his eyes half-closed as if he was taking a nap, and there seemed to be a somewhat satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Mang nudged the old man with his elbow in confusion: "What's going on? You're making a fuss about eating hot kidneys, but you dozed off after cooking such a big table..."

The old man remained motionless...

Liu Mang stared at his father blankly, feeling at a loss for a moment.

"clang."

The chopsticks in Yang Ge's hand fell silently on the dishes, his lips trembled and his eyelids drooped, tears streaming down his face.

"father!"

Liu Mang was awakened by Liu Deng's panicked and sad cry.

He looked at his mother-in-law opposite who was shaking his old father vigorously, hugged Xiao Guangzong tightly, and said in a low voice in a rare soft tone: "Don't disturb Dad, he is tired, let him have a good rest, we Please accompany him to finish this meal..."

He lowered his head and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, but his tears made the dishes clatter.

…

In the first year of Zhaode's reign, it was the seventeenth night of the first lunar month.

Liu Degui, the old shopkeeper of Yuelai Inn, who has been doing good deeds throughout his life, smiled and closed his eyes, accompanied by a room full of relatives, and never opened them again...