Youzhou City, New City District.

"Uncle, why don't you continue to explain the situation in Liaodong? We still want to continue listening. That Goguryeo is really hateful."

"I won't talk anymore, I won't talk about it for the time being. The Goguryeo people cannot be finished in just one word. The task in front of you is to watch this new urban area. I don't see many houses."

"Uncle, are these small sheds also considered houses?"

"Small and short!"

"I just saw an old lady who wanted to go into the house to get things. She bent over and tried hard to slap her back, but she still touched her forehead and a big bag was swollen..."

"That's what a pity."

"But uncle, why didn't that old lady cry?"

"What I saw that she kept smiling was the kind of smile from the bottom of her heart. They obviously had such a bad residence, why didn't they feel uncomfortable or sad?"

"Uncle, can you tell us the reason?"

...

This is a food stall.

A big pot was emitting hot water vapor.

Gu Tianya squatted down, reached out to pinch a little guy's face, and replied in a warm voice: "All your questions just now can be answered in one word. What is it? It's home!"

"Home?"

The little guy blinked in confusion.

Gu Tianya slowly stood up, pointed to the small sheds not far away, and said, "The fireworks in the world are the most pleasing to the hearts of ordinary people. Look at the people, there is an inexplicable longing on their faces. Although their houses are extremely simple, there is a gloriousness in their eyes...

"Do you know what this means? It means they have hope in their hearts."

"And hope is the greatest motivation for people."

"Although their current residence is extremely simple and is just a small shed made of wooden boards, they are full of hope for the future, because this will be their home..."

"Home is not just a residence."

"It is synonymous with all warmth, it is the place to accommodate a better life. Houses are not afraid of being broken, they are temporarily settled in the shed. As long as people keep working hard, they will eventually make their home better and better."

"This principle is very simple, almost every ordinary person understands it. Look carefully at those people. Are they all working hard? Busy is life..."

The little guys seem to understand it.

But it does not prevent them from trying to remember these statements.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and an old man came with a stack of big bowls. The old man smiled very kindly and distributed bowls and chopsticks to the children one by one.

Another young man was holding a huge wooden basin with large pieces of meat in it, steaming hot and just out of the pot.

Another young wife, who was quick to put up a table, wiped it carefully with a rag, and placed a thick round wooden cutting board.

With a clang.

The young man put a large pot of meat in front of the cutting board.

The old man gave the order with great vigor and said to the young couple: "I chopped all the meat and I want to treat Xiao Gu to a meal today. Our family was too poor back then, so I could only give him four cakes. Now our family is well, so I have to treat him to a meal... Hahahaha, what are you doing when you stand up, sit down quickly, Uncle Liu invites you to a meat."

In the loud voice of Old Man Liu, Gu Tianya bowed respectfully.

The children were a little surprised and couldn't understand why their uncle saluted an old man. At this moment, the mothers' low urgings suddenly came to their ears.

Whether it was Prince Yin's Concubine Zheng Guanyin, Prince Qi's Concubine Yang, or even Zhaoning, the aunt, spoke almost at the same time.

He urged the children in a low voice, "This is your uncle's life-saving benefactor, and you can't salute the old man quickly..."

Wow, my uncle's life-saving benefactor?

The children were shocked and all stood up.

After all, they are children of the royal family and their rules are stricter than ordinary children. Even if they are very curious, the first thing they do is to salute respectfully.

After saluting, Fang Dan asked a question. Both of them raised their heads and looked at the old man curiously and said, "Grandpa, have you really saved our uncle? Our uncle is so powerful, why do you need you to save him?"

Old Man Liu smiled very happily and nodded repeatedly, "Dear nobles, you heard right. Old Man, I did save your uncle, this was something he admitted in person... That year, your uncle was as big as you, and in the cold weather of ninety-nine days, he fell hungry in the snow."

A past story is told in a leisurely manner.

The children were stunned and turned to look at their uncle from time to time.

Uncle him?

Was it so pitiful when I was a child?

Gu Tianya smiled happily and joked like a family chat: "Uncle Liu, you are rich now. You are willing to treat me to meat. Don't blame me for being rude. You saw that, I will bring my whole family to eat you hard today, which will make you feel distressed for three days."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Old Man Liu laughed loudly, waved his hand in great magnanimity, and said, "Eat even if you eat, eat openly."

The young wife was very skillful and quickly chopped a large pot of meat. The young man picked up the wooden basin again and added meat to everyone's bowls one by one.

The movements are solid and willing to let go.

In the blink of an eye, a large pot of meat was distributed cleanly.

At this time, Old Man Liu straightened his waist proudly, picked up a large spoon and walked to the big pot. He first greeted the children, "Come on, come on, we all serve mutton soup. Although the meat is a good thing, it is dry and boring to eat..."

It turned out to be mutton soup.

Half a bowl of cooked meat, served with mutton soup, and then made a pancake and soaked it in the soup. The children all had a sweet meal.

Royal children are not short of meat, they eat mainly freshness.

Gu Tianya and Li Jiancheng squatted on the ground and ate in a scattered manner.

One is the current Lord of Youyun, and the other is the former Prince of the Tang Dynasty. He wants to be imaginative and demeanorless. Zhaoning, Zheng Guanyin and others have red faces, but no one persuades him to pay attention to his identity.

Old Man Liu squatted beside Gu Tianya, as if he was very satisfied with Gu Tianya's eating habits. He suddenly sighed and said tremblingly: "What a great thing, this kind of life is really good."

Gu Tianya was sweating heavily when he heard this. He looked up at the old man and asked with a smile: "Uncle, are you thinking of the past?"

Old Man Liu nodded and said, "I remembered the past, it was really hard at that time. Not to mention eating meat, ordinary people may not be able to eat pancakes..."

Gu Tianya quickly ate up a bowl of mutton soup, suddenly raised his hand and handed it to the young man, and smiled and said, "Put some more soup and make another pancake."

The young man was stunned for a moment and quickly took his bowl, but his face was a little strange, obviously surprised Gu Tianya's appetite.

On the contrary, Old Man Liu glared at him and scolded, "Why don't you hurry up? You're so lazy. You can serve you Uncle Gu. This is not a qualification that anyone can have."

The young man smiled honestly and hurried to the big pot.

Gu Tianya glanced at him from afar, then asked with a smile, and said to Old Man Liu: "You asked him to call me uncle? Could it be that this is your grandchildren."

"Yes, it's a grandchild."

Old Man Liu let out a sigh of relief and looked at Gu Tianya and said, "You should still remember that the old uncle's son died early, leaving only a son and a daughter. It was the old uncle who pulled the child up by selling cakes."

As he said that, he pointed to the young man and said, "Seven or eight years have passed, and this kid has grown up. At the beginning of spring this year, a matchmaker from the officials came to ask about his relatives, saying that there was a camp of Han girls outside the city, and there were many thrifty women in it..."

Old Man Liu didn't continue to say it, but Gu Tianya already understood it.

He nodded slowly, suddenly reached out and made a move at the young man, smiled hesitantly, and waved to the young wife who was cutting meat.

The young couple was a little restrained and walked up to the front and stood there. Gu Tianya smiled warmly, and first said to the young man with a gentle voice: "Why don't you call me uncle?"

The young man was obviously a stupid person and said at a loss: "You, you are a noble person. I, I dare not..."

Gu Tianya sighed and said, "Remember, my name is Gu Tianya. I was thirteen years old that year and ate four cakes from your grandfather. If there were no those four cakes, there would be no Gu Tianya today. So I am not a noble person, and you don't need to be timid. If we discuss it, it should be considered a good situation for the Tong family. You have to call me uncle, this is the rule for being a junior."

The young man finally plucked up the courage and whispered: "Uncle."

Gu Tianya immediately laughed out loud, his face full of relief.

He turned his eyes to the young wife, and said in a gentle tone: "I just saw you working smoothly, why didn't you work in the textile workshop? Instead, he married my nephew, why didn't he even shout Uncle Ju?"

The young wife is much smarter than the young man. She bent down and saluted respectfully. Not only for some reason, she actually had a crying voice in her voice, saying, "Mr. Gu, it turns out that you are Mr. Gu. I didn't expect that I am qualified to call you uncle."

The Han girl was once plundered by the Turks and suffered torture and humiliation. It was Gu Tianya who rescued them and prevented them from living like slaves.

This kind of great kindness will be unforgettable for the Han women.

Gu Tianya saw that the young wife's eyes were red, and she didn't know how to speak for a moment. He turned to Zhaoning and asked with hint: "I went out in a hurry today and didn't bring any gifts. What about you? Have you brought them?"

What a person like Zhaoning, how could he not understand Gu Tianya’s meaning? He quickly took something from his waist and handed it over with a smile: “You are hasty when you go out, aren’t I in a hurry? Fortunately, I have a jade pendant on my body, otherwise I would have nothing to take out today.”

There is a gift, but unfortunately the couple dare not accept it.

In desperation, Gu Tianya could only look dark and pretend to be displeased, saying, "Don't you want to treat me as an elder?"

The young couple then carefully handed over Yudeng.

This scene fell into the eyes of many people in the distance.

...

Gu Tianya did not stay here for too long, but took the whole family to say goodbye quickly.

Before leaving, he did not make any promises. He just took Old Man Liu's hand and carefully advised him to cook the mutton soup and never turn off the fire and stop the stall, because he often came to have a meal, and even came here to have a meal when he was seventy and eighty years old.

This reminder seemed to be a chat, but soon came to the ears of the aristocratic families. Those people immediately remembered one thing in their hearts, that is, Gu Tianya cared about this mutton soup stall very much.
To be continued...