When the first rays of the morning sun shone on the white walls of Uwa, ships of all sizes had already gathered under the stone bridges in Mingshui Town, and most of the river was densely crowded.

Although it was not yet dawn, the morning markets on both sides of the river were bustling with people. Roadside stalls are baskets, maters, bowls, pork, smoked fish, brooms, and so on. The shouts were long and short, one after another, and one of them was the clearest voice, mixed with a bit of young people's youth.

"Sell fish, the fish you just caught this morning—"

Follow the sound and walk along the bluestone road, where there are fish stalls on both sides.

When I got to the end, I saw a half-old child standing in front of the fish stall, beckoning people to come and go.

The other families are all young and strong men, or women with big shoulders and thick waists, and there are also thin old men, but they are all adults watching the stalls. It's just that this family is a tiger-headed teenager, with dark skin and a scar on the bridge of his nose, and he looks only eleven or twelve years old.

On the ground in front of him lay a home-woven straw mat, on which were dozens of large fish strung with straw ropes with their mouths open. In a few large wooden barrels filled with water nearby, there were more than a dozen black crucian carp swimming flexibly.

The visitor stood in front of the stall, and the big fish on the straw mat suddenly flicked its tail, and the splashing water droplets frightened the people next to them.

"Yo, it's still alive. ”

Husheng recognized that the person in front of him was a regular customer, and hurriedly asked, "You are old, which fish do you want today?"

"Is this one?"

"No, no, it's this one. ”

Following the direction of the familiar customer's fingers, Hu Sheng quickly grabbed the fish with his hands and feet, held it down on the cutting board, and drew the knife with his other hand, ready to break the belly of the fish and remove the scales.

While waiting for the tiger to kill the fish, the regular customer looked around and asked casually, "Why didn't your little sister come today?"

While cutting the fish, Hu Sheng replied: "She is here, she just went over there to buy a head rope, and left me here to watch the stall." ”

The regular customer watched him kill fish from the side, and suddenly said: "You can't do this skill, you don't have the strength of your little sister to kill fish." ”

Husheng has heard a lot of people say this, he is stupid, and he can't say anything nice, so he can only scratch his head and say: "Don't worry, this fish will be shaved clean for you." If you don't shave cleanly, I'll shave you again. ”

He said, picking up the speed of his hand.

Mingshui Town is surrounded by water on three sides, but there are not many fish in this river in the town.

The people of the town ate fish, but they had to buy it from people from neighboring villages. The townspeople are picky and exquisite, and are reluctant to kill fish and scrape scales by themselves. Husheng and his little sister urinated and learned to kill fish, and then sold a fish to people, and the craftsmanship was quite praised, and it also attracted a lot of business.

The regular customer could see that although the movements of his hands were fast, and at first glance they were cooked, but they were still a little bit less meaningful.

What is the difference, the regular customer can't say, but as long as he has seen his little sister kill a fish once, no one can forget it.

When he passed by here for the first time, he saw this six- or seven-year-old girl, who was engrossed in killing fish and cutting her abdomen, removing her gills and scraping scales, and a whole set of movements were like flowing water, clean and neat, without dragging mud and water. The wrist flew up and down, but in a few moments, a fish was cut dry and scraped clean.

The regular customer runs a sesame oil shop in this town, and he also has a young daughter at home. There are three male babies on it, and there is only such a girl, who is as pampered as a pearl in the palm of her hand. Now that she is eight years old, it will take a long time for her to go to the street to make soy sauce, let alone let her kill any fish. Therefore, the girls of the Ming family inevitably love and pity in their hearts, and often come to take care of their business.

After a while, Husheng processed the fish, tied it with a straw rope, and handed it over to the regular customer.

"You go slowly, come back next time. ”

After the regular customers left, several old customers came one after another.

Husheng didn't stop when he was busy, he didn't feel anything with the help of his little sister on weekdays, but now Husheng was busy weighing catties and pounds, killing fish and scraping scales, and after a while, he was already busy sweating.

Finally, a group of people left, and Husheng was able to sit down and take a breath, while wiping his sweat, he said in his heart that the little sister didn't go over to buy a head rope, why didn't she come back yet.

As he thought so, there was a sudden silence around him.

Husheng didn't know what was going on, and subconsciously looked up.

As soon as I turned my head, I saw four black-clothed men with big shoulders and round waists not far away, hugging a woman, swaying towards here.

The woman looked young, only twenty-five or sixteen, and her hair was permed with the most fashionable wavy curls in the big city at the moment. There is a natural laziness between the eyebrows, and the bright red lips contrast with the snow-white complexion, which makes people dare not look at it directly.

She wore a very precious pure black mink coat, without a single stray hair on it, and it was as smooth as black satin. An emerald brooch was pinned to his chest, and a cold glow shone in the early autumn morning sun.

Inside, he wore a sleeveless cheongsam with a chicken heart collar, and a section was pinched out of the waist, outlining his slender body. With every step of the heels under his feet, the heel taps against the bluestone slab, making a crisp sound. As she walked, her slender and white legs were even faintly visible at the slit on the side swing.

Such a good-looking and foreign woman can never be seen only in Western paintings on soap boxes. It's rare to appear in a dilapidated place like Mingshui Town, let alone in this fishy bazaar.

Hu Sheng almost looked straight, until the man in black beside the woman glanced sideways, and then retracted his gaze.

The black-clothed man led by him walked to the Husheng stall, looked left and right, and didn't see the person he was looking for, so he shouted: "Boy, where is the fish stall of the Ming family in Pingqiao Village?"

Husheng scratched his head and said: "There are several families surnamed Ming in Pingqiao Village, but we are the only one who sells fish here. ”

The man in black exchanged glances with the person next to him, and then asked, "Where is your adult?"

Hu Sheng said without the slightest warning: "They went to sell ducks on the other side." ”

"I heard that you have a little sister, where is she?"

Hu Sheng glanced at the woman among them before looking behind them and said, "It's right behind you." ”

A group of people turned their heads, only to find that a six or seven-year-old girl was standing at some point, watching them talk, and holding a red head rope in her hand. Seeing Mei Shan looking over, he subconsciously hid the red head rope behind him and looked at her vigilantly.

Her demeanor was defensive, but she didn't flinch.

Husheng shouted at her, "Ah Kan, it seems that I came to look for you." ”

The men in black glanced at each other.

was about to step forward to ask, when he suddenly heard a woman behind him say in a manful voice: "Ah Da, you get out of the way." ”

They immediately walked a few steps away, making room for the woman to walk over.

The girl named Ah Kan is thin and small, her face is quite black by the wind and sun, and she wears a short jacket that is obviously smaller.

The young woman who was surrounded and walked towards Ah Kan was called Mei Shan, and she was also a character mixed up in the Fengyue Field in her early years. She naturally knew how rare these eyes were, and the hand holding the handkerchief stretched out to reach Asu's little face, but she jerked back and dodged.

"What do you want to do?"

Asuga looked warily at the luxurious young woman in front of her.

Mei Shan put down her hand and smiled softly.

Before she could speak, the two men in black next to her went up and grabbed the girl's arms left and right without saying anything, and set her up. That strength may not even be able to break free for an adult man, let alone just a little girl who hasn't grown any hair.

Ah Kan's feet kicked and kicked in the air, and he shouted, "What are you doing! Help! The kidnapper is going to snatch the child!"

At this time, even Husheng was in a hurry, rushed up and tried to push them, but before he could get close, one of the men in black grabbed the back collar, and could only kick and beat in mid-air, shouting angrily: "What are you going to do! Let go of my sister!"

A man who was familiar with the brothers and sisters of the Ming family at the fish stall next to him put down his knife with a bang, and was about to rush forward with an arrow to fight the grievances, but his own woman grabbed the corner of his clothes behind him: "What are you going to do? I don't see those people who are fierce and vicious! That's what you can afford to provoke!"

"Quick, go and call the two members of the Ming family!"

Although the surrounding onlookers did not dare to step forward, they could only look at the group of men in black with a hostile expression, but they had already rushed to the other side of the market to find the adults of the Ming family.

Mei Shan ignored everyone's angry eyes, put a handkerchief on her fingertips, held Ah Kan's chin and looked at it carefully for a while, and then said: "The facial features are still a little bit the same, but this skin is too tanned, and I don't know how much time it will take to raise it back." Her voice was soft and long, like a long sigh after the people in the play had finished singing.

Ah Kan instinctively felt Mei Shan's contempt for her, because Mei Shan's eyes looked at her like a fish on a chopping board, and a box of foreign fire in the grocery store just didn't look like she was looking at a person. She was only three points of vigilance in her heart, but now it has risen to ten points of hostility.

Mei Shan asked in a voice: "Little girl, let me ask you, your mother's name is Mingzhen." ”

Ah Kan stared at a pair of round apricot eyes: "What if it's what, what's not it." ”

"That's it. ”

Mei Shan chuckled, and her fingers, painted with bright red Kodan, touched the corner of Fang Cai's handkerchief, shook off a cloud of snow white, and suddenly let go, and the handkerchief swirled lightly, falling on the dirty ground.

"I am from your father's family, and I specially came to pick you and your mother back to enjoy the blessings. ”

Ah Kan frowned, and said in a crisp and firm voice: "My mother died two years ago. ”

Mei Shan didn't care about this, and said casually: "Oh, that's right. Even if you are the only one who has this blessing. ”

Asuga pursed her lips and didn't make a sound.

Mei Shan thought that she would not react anymore, and was about to open her eyes, but she suddenly asked: "My father's family you are talking about, but the famous Wen family." ”

Mei Shan glanced at Ah Kan with interest: "It seems that I really didn't find the wrong person, that's right, it's the Wen family." ”

Ah Kan sneered: "Is it the Wen family who robbed men and prostitutes?"

Mei Shan raised her eyebrows, and became a little interested: "Where did you learn this, it was your mother who taught you." ”

Ah Kan said calmly: "I don't need anyone to teach, the reputation of the Wen family has long been stinky, more stinky than the most stinky smoked fish." ”

Hu Sheng echoed beside him: "Yes, it stinks worse than the most smelly smoked fish!"

After saying this, Husheng himself muttered. Which Wen family is this Ah Kan talking about, why hasn't he heard of a big family surnamed Wen in Mingshui Town, but for some reason, this is vaguely familiar.

The man in black next to him raised his hand and was about to fan it down: "Little rabbit!

"Forget it, what are you talking about with the two little ghosts, we'll just wait here for his family. ”

Seeing that the man in black's hand was about to fall, Mei Shan next to him called, and the man in black put down his hand, turned his head and said respectfully: "Fourth aunt and grandmother, why don't we go back with these two little rabbit cubs?"

"Catch it back?" Although Mei Shan was still smiling lazily, she flew a charming roll of the eyes to him: "Mingzhen only gave birth to a worthless girl, but you have to take two back, when will our Wen family do that loss-making deal." What's more, if you look at the people around you, as if they are going to eat us, if you can take them away, then you won't accompany me on this trip. Let's wait here for a while, anyway, someone has already gone to report the news, and when their adults come, we'll talk about it again. ”

Sure enough, as Mei Shan said, after a while, a middle-aged couple hurried here with a burden.

Ah Kan's eyes were sharp, and he hurriedly waved at him: "Uncle, we are here!"

Husheng also came to his senses, shouting at the top of his voice: "Mother, come here! We have been arrested by the bad guys!"

A man and a woman who squeezed through the crowd looked at them in their forties, the man was tall, with a rickety waist and a simple and wooden face, looking old, and the fine lines in the corners of his eyes revealed the sorrow of life. He is Mingsu's uncle and Husheng's father Minggui.

The woman has a bun on the back of her head and is dressed plainly, which is a little different from the temperament of an ordinary peasant woman.

She is Suga's maternal uncle, Ming Li.

Ming Li couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this noble Mei Shan, and a trace of understanding flashed in his eyes.

Mei Shan glanced at them, and said proudly: "You are the one who can say the final word in the Ming family, right?"

Ming Li said in a low voice: "There are many people here, and it is inconvenient to speak. If this lady doesn't mind, she might as well get on our boat and come to our house. Let's sit down and talk openly. ”

As she spoke, she beckoned to Husheng: "Quickly pack up your things, let's go home." ”

Hu Sheng said, "But we haven't sold a few fish yet." ”

"Don't sell it, let's talk about it when we go home. ”

Mei Shan didn't want to just stand here and let others watch as a monkey show, so after a little thought, she agreed.

When the group reached the river, Mei Shan glanced at the Ming family's dilapidated boat, and pulled down her face.

Not to mention that the cabin was cramped and cramped, and the two small ones sat in it, and there were piles of miscellaneous items, and there were two live ducks tied to it, and if she wanted to sit in such a boat, she might as well jump into the river to be clean.

Mei Shan directly sent the black-clothed Ah Da to rent another boat over, and then went up with dignity.

As soon as the penny struck the shore rock, the boat was pushed away. The two boats went forward and backward with the waves.