The rules of survival of the magic stick

The gray-haired old lady put the gourd away in her hand, and said to Tang Su, "I specially burned it for you."

Tang Su was stunned for a while, then the old lady continued, "Do you like drinking tea?"

Tang Su was still immersed in the surprised mood just now and did not recover. This old woman actually made him feel a little scary. How did she know that he and Gongyifu were going to visit her today?And before they came here, they deliberately boiled the water in advance?

It's amazing, isn't it?

The old lady saw that Tang Su and Gongyifu were not talking, so she said to herself: "It's useless if you don't like it. My old lady only has this little stuff in my house. I don't have any other good things. I can only feel sorry for you."

Only then did Tang Su come to his senses, and said to the old woman, "It's okay, it's okay, we...we like drinking tea."

After Tang Su finished speaking, the old lady turned around and went to do her own business, leaving Tang Su and Gong Yifu in place, with bewildered faces, Tang Su went over and asked her: "Old lady, you... …Aren’t you going to ask why we came to you all of a sudden?”

The old woman stopped the broom she was holding, stared at Tang Su for a while, then pointed to the stove burning in the yard, and said, "The water hasn't boiled yet, and the tea hasn't even been brewed yet." Come on, how can we chat?"

After the old lady finished saying this, she continued to sweep the floor on her own. Tang Su and Gong Yifu looked at each other, and they walked to a stone table in the yard and sat down.

Tang Su did not expect that the appearance of this old woman was so different from what he had imagined. This old woman looked like an optimistic old man, not at all the paranoid look he thought because she was too lonely.

The two of them didn't know how long they had been working in this place. Smoke finally rose from the pot, and it seemed that the water was boiling.

Sure enough, the old lady stopped what she was doing, put the broom in her hand aside, and then took out a few cups from her house.

She placed the cups on the table one by one, and then went to fetch the pot of water.

Tang Su was a little puzzled, there were only three people including this old woman, wouldn't it be a waste for her to bring so many cups out to make tea?

The old woman seemed to have seen through Tang Su's doubts, so she began to say to herself again: "It will look lively if you soak more."

After waiting for the tea to be brewed, the old woman also sat down at the table.

This set of teacups looks very exquisite, no matter from the material, the processing technology, or the place where it is produced, it should be of great value. If it is sold, it should be able to make her life less difficult. It's right to be so desolate, but I don't know why this old woman lives in such a poor environment, but still keeps this set of tea sets.

The old woman was holding one of the cups tremblingly in her hand, the smoke rising from the teacup was lingering in front of her eyes, obscuring her vision, but Tang Su could still vaguely see it, as if the old woman's eyes were moist.

This tea is not very good, it is the kind of low-quality tea that is casually sold by small vendors on the street. It is a pity to brew it in such a good cup. Originally, my own life was already difficult enough, so I didn't show it on my face.

The old woman stared at the cup in her hand and said: "I am an old woman who has lived alone in Huxi Town for more than ten years. No one has come to talk to me in these ten years. You are still the first or second to come to my yard..."

Tang Su knew that this feeling was not good. For so many years, no one cared about her, and no one even talked to her. This feeling was devastating to a person.That feeling of loneliness is something no one can ever know.

Tang Su recalled his previous events, his eyes were a little red, and he suddenly said something in his heart: "I am always alone, I have had this feeling before, when encountering things, I can only bear it myself , I can’t share my joy, as time goes by, I don’t know what is happy and what is unhappy, and I feel like my life is just like this, I can’t see the future, I can’t see the way back.”

The old woman's hand trembled, and the scalding hot water poured out of the teacup and touched her hand. Tang Su put down the teacup in his hand, and immediately asked, "Are you okay? It's very hot!"

The old woman, as if she couldn't feel the heat, held Tang Su's palm with her backhand, and there was steam in her eyes. Tang Su was frightened at first, but then saw that it was the old woman holding his hand, and he He didn't take his hand out either.

Maybe it was because what Tang Su said just now reached her heart, Tang Su only felt that this old woman was a poor person just like them, and also a person with a weak heart.

Gong Yifu stared at the old woman holding Tang Su's hand, feeling a little uncomfortable, but seeing that Tang Su didn't seem to care, so he didn't say anything.

It's just that small talk is small talk, and there is business to be done. Just because the old lady made them a cup of tea, this business should not be left behind.

Then Gongyi Fu asked the old lady: "Excuse me, do you know the lady from the Zhao family?"

When the old woman heard Gongyifu's words, the expression on her face changed slightly, then she withdrew her hand from Tang Su's, and said solemnly, "I don't know you."

Obviously he was pretending to be stupid. Although Tang Su didn't know what medicine was sold in the old woman's gourd, judging from their performance just now, he always felt that the old woman would not do anything to hurt others.

Tang Su continued: "Since you know we will come today, I think you should also be clear about our purpose today?"

The old woman closed her eyes without making a sound.

Seeing this, Tang Su said, "Actually, we came from Daming Temple. A few days ago, a servant from the Zhao family from a wealthy family in Huxi Town appeared in our Daming Temple. He said that the young lady from the Zhao family Something happened, let us come over to help. We are also investigating everywhere, and only then did we find out that the lady of the Zhao residence seemed to have met you once before she became like this."

After hearing this, the old woman snorted.