"Thank you, my father-in-law, often visits the shop. Even if this cold dish is a gift from the shop, it is even more refreshing with fried dough sticks!" Li Zhang smiled and delivered a cold dish to the old man in the shop, while also looking at the other person carefully.

I saw that the old man looked ordinary in clothes, but the hairpin on his head and the jade pendant on his waist were not ordinary things. In addition, there were not many tables in the store, and the other guests sat on the table, but there were two strong servants standing beside the old man, blocking the guests who wanted to play the table back, which seemed quite domineering. Even when Li Zhang approached, the two strong men showed a look of vigilance.

"Thank you, brother, did you open this store?" The old man asked with a kind smile when he saw Li Zhang again, but he obviously had nothing to say. After all, he came to eat every day during this period, so it was impossible not to know who the store belonged to.

"Yes, I don't think my father-in-law's accent looks like a Tokyoite?" Li Zhang smiled again. In ancient times, communication was inconvenient. Almost every region had its own dialect. The old man obviously spoke with an accent from other places. He knew that he was not Tokyoite at first.

In addition, there is another very interesting thing about the dialect of the Song Dynasty. Although Kaifeng is the capital of the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng dialect is not the official language of the Song Dynasty. The real official language of the Song Dynasty is actually Luoyang dialect. Although the two are somewhat similar, they still have some differences. Therefore, if you listen to someone speaking Luoyang dialect in Tokyo, you can probably conclude that the other party should be a person who is a traitor in the officialdom, either an official or an official.

"Haha~, I used to be from Shu, and only came to Tokyo to make a living after adulthood. Although I have been in Tokyo for most of my life, my local accent is hard to change, which makes me laugh!" The old man laughed loudly.

"So that's it. My ancestors were originally from Hangzhou. Later, my ancestors came to Tokyo City like father-in-law to make a living. In other words, we are all southerners!" Li Zhang also smiled.

The regional disputes in the Song Dynasty were very fierce, mainly between the north and the south. For example, when Zhao Kuangyin looked down on the southerners, and even established rules that the southerners should not be prime ministers. Back then, Kou Zhun even despised the southerners, thinking that Tiaozuxun attacked his political enemy Wang Qinruo, and when he was in power, he also suppressed the southern scholars, which further exacerbated the struggle between the north and the south.

"No wonder your breakfast is so exquisite. When I was young, I also went to Hangzhou. The diet there was small and refined, and the taste was relatively light. In contrast, the northern diet was quite heavy. I still didn't get used to it after eating it for so many years, but the soup dumpling in your house is quite suitable for my appetite!" The old man smiled again at this time. Every time he came, he asked for a bowl of eight-treasure porridge, a basket of buns and two fried dough sticks. It was already a very good appetite for an elderly person.

"It's good if my father likes it. If you have any other needs, just give me instructions!" Li Zhang smiled immediately and said, he bowed back to do his own business, and the other party did not try to keep him. However, they both knew it was their first time to come into contact, and it was not a good thing to behave too much.

In the next few days, the old man still came every day. Li Zhang often took the opportunity to send things to chat with the other party, and slowly collected some information about the old man. The other party claimed his surname was Liu, and the place where he lived was not far from here, so he would come here to have breakfast every morning and take a walk. His life was quite leisurely.

Early that morning, Mr. Liu came to the breakfast shop for dinner again. Li Zhang also delivered a cold dish of vegetables as usual. Then he chatted for a few words and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, Mr. Liu called him and said, "Brother Li, stay!"

"There is something else to do when my father-in-law?" Li Zhang turned around in surprise when he heard this.

"If the guy is not busy, why not sit down and chat with me?" Mr. Liu smiled again.

Li Zhang laughed in his heart when he heard this. Mr. Liu had been here for so long, and he finally couldn't help but showdown today. So he nodded immediately and asked the Douzi and his brother to call for business. Then he sat opposite Mr. Liu and said, "I wonder what my father-in-law wants to talk about?"

"Actually, it's nothing. I think you are so young, you have to open a store to support your family. I heard that the braised meat shop next to you is yours. It must be very hard to support two stores at a young age, right?" The father-in-law looked at Li Zhang with compassion at this time.

"It's not hard. Compared to the time I was hungry before, I am actually quite satisfied with my current life." Li Zhang replied with a smile.

"It's really terrible to be hungry, but it's really surprising that you can support two stores at a young age. I once heard that there are many prodigy in the Song Dynasty, who can write literature at the age of three and five, but in my opinion, they can do business so vigorously at a young age. In my opinion, they are not inferior to those so-called prodigy!" The old man said again at this time.

"My father-in-law is a joke. I am just a small businessman, how can I compare with those scholars?" Li Zhang smiled again and said modestly, but this Mr. Liu kept praising him. Although it was the truth, Li Zhang always felt something was wrong.

"So what about scholars? They can't carry their shoulders and can't lift them. When they come to the battlefield, they can't help but uselessness!" Mr. Liu said at this time, and said with a smile, as if he was very disdainful of scholars.

"Oh? My father-in-law has been on the battlefield?" Li Zhang couldn't help but ask even more interested when he heard this.

"That's of course. When I was in Jiazhou, I personally led my soldiers to fight against the Tubo people in the west several times. Although I can't say that I have made any military achievements, I did not lose the face of our Song Dynasty!" Mr. Liu said again with a proud look on his face.

Li Zhang was shocked when he heard this. This father-in-law Liu actually led the army to fight. In this way, the other party should have been an official, but he didn't know if he was a civil servant or a general. After all, civil servants in the Song Dynasty could also lead troops to fight?

"I didn't expect that Mr. Liu was also a general. I was so disrespectful!" Li Zhang deliberately called the other party a general at this time. If the other party was really a military general, he would not say that. If he was a civil servant, he would definitely argue for himself. After all, the status of the military general was too low, and the civil servants always disdained to be with them.

"I'm not a military general!" Sure enough, Mr. Liu shook his head immediately when he heard Li Zhang's words, but when he said this, he suddenly thought of something, and laughed dryly again, "Forget it, I won't talk about the past. I think Brother Li, you are also a rare talent. I don't know if you can get married?"

"Ah?" Li Zhang opened his mouth wide in surprise when he heard this. He didn't expect the other party to change the topic so quickly, and he asked his marriage questions. Could it be that he was another person who said he was a relative?

"Brother Li, what's wrong with you? Do you say you've been engaged?" Mr. Liu frowned and asked, "As far as he knew, Li Zhang was a poor boy before, so he shouldn't have been engaged?"

"There is no engagement. Do you mean you are planning to marry my granddaughter to me?" Li Zhang was depressed for a while before asking. His peach blossoms were too prosperous during this period, so why are they all here to tell him to marry him?

"I have granddaughter, but I don't have a good age, but I have a youngest daughter who is about the same age as you. I am old and they have no support for them. I am worried that after I die, their mother and daughter will be bullied by my incompetent sons, so I want to find her a good husband's house before she dies. I think Brother Li is a good person, so I want to get you and your daughter together!" Mr. Liu said with a smile.

"Daughter?" Li Zhang couldn't help but look at Mr. Liu when he heard this. He looked at him. He had to be at least sixty, but his daughter was almost the same age as him. In other words, he was almost fifty when his daughter was born, and he was really strong!

"This..." Li Zhang hesitated for a moment, then said with an apology, "To be honest, I don't have the intention to get married yet, and there are young girls in my family to take care of. Before she grows up, I don't plan to consider my marriage!"

"Brother Li, don't rush to refuse. My little girl is not only talented and beautiful, but also gentle. Many young talents in Tokyo want to be my husband's son-in-law, so I think you should think carefully!" Mr. Liu advised again at this time.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I really don't want to get married, so I won't delay Ling Ai!" Li Zhang refused again. The old man's origin was suspicious. Li Zhang has not figured out the other party's identity now, so naturally he will not accept the other party's daughter in a confused manner.

Seeing Li Zhang's attitude so firm, Liu Zhang couldn't help but frown. With his identity, his requests were rarely rejected, let alone marrying his daughter. The fact is just like he said, there are many people in Tokyo who lined up to marry his daughter, but Li Zhang in front of him refused him ungrateful, which made him feel a little unhappy.

"Forget it, since you don't want to, I won't force it!" Finally, Mr. Liu frowned and said, "After saying that he didn't even eat breakfast." He stood up and left the breakfast shop.

Looking at the other party's back as he left, Li Zhang shook his head helplessly. In the next few days, Mr. Liu did not come again. It seemed that he was really angry, which made Li Zhang secretly regretful. After all, there was a single regular customer in the store, but that was good, because he always felt that Mr. Liu's purpose was not that simple.
Chapter completed!