Chapter 12 Temple Fair
The temple fair in Liuzhen is the most lively day of the year except Chinese New Year's Eve, and the temple fair is organized by dozens of wealthy merchants in the town to raise funds to worship gods and burn incense to worship Buddha, in order to pray for good weather and prosperous business in the second half of the year.
In practical terms, it is a family gathering held by the upper class. Jiangfu is one of the funders, and the family members in the house are naturally carved with powdery faces and exquisite clothing.
But Ji Tianyou looked at his sloppy coarse cloth clothes, and glanced at the master Lu Ying'er beside him, and couldn't help muttering: "Everyone is dressed so decently, why did you come out casually." ”
Lu Ying'er said without thinking and without hesitation: "Flowers and branches will definitely attract bees and butterflies, I'm not in the mood." ”
Hitting the nail on the head, Ji Tianyou suddenly realized, she immediately thought of Zhao Yansu, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart Who to seduce?
Out of the house, the aunts and wives got into their respective carriages, and just after walking for a while, the horse that Ji Tianyou was riding suddenly stopped, and Jiang Yiruo couldn't help but squeeze in.
Lu Ying'er sneered and said, "Why is Auntie's car not spacious enough to drive you down?" ”
Jiang Yiruo frowned and sighed: "Don't mention my sister-in-law, I just got out of the marriage, and she immediately searched for me to go home." ”
Ji Tianyou looked at her pretending to be sad, and couldn't help but quip: "You just got divorced, but you are dressed so flamboyantly, are you planning to seduce anyone?" ”
"Okay, Xiao Nizi is making rapid progress, she knows how to seduce." Ji Tianyou was teased by her.
But Lu Ying'er was upset for Tianyou and said: "Tianyou is young, no better than us half-old, don't teach her badly." ”
Jiang Yiruo was anxious: "Who said that I am a half-old, I haven't married yet, maybe I can catch a golden beetle son-in-law today, hahaha." ”
Ji Tianyou stuck out his tongue and muttered in a low voice: "With your qualifications, you will be able to fish early, and it is all a cover-up." ”
Lu Ying'er laughed out loud, "Tianyou's little mouth is getting more and more mean, and he is pouring salt on other people's wounds." ”
Jiang Yiruo immediately made a heartbroken expression, and leaned over to Lu Ying'er's face to ask for comfort: "Do you say it's too late for me to break off relations with this girl now?" ”
Get off the carriage, what catches your eye is the four big characters of Tiande Restaurant, which is not a traditional restaurant from the outside, combined with Western architectural characteristics, this style makes Ji Tianyou look up and worship for a while.
A car was parked in front of the restaurant, and the aunts and wives also got out of the carriage and joined the crowd.
The third aunt looked at the car next to her, and couldn't help but snort disdainfully: "Cheap vixen, follow the second master to come by car, in previous years, this blessing was the eldest sister's, and that guy may not be so angry now." ”
"Okay, third child, don't mention it, and make my sister angry for no reason." The second aunt said in a rare way. This is the first time Ji Tianyou has paid attention to her, her face is kind and careful, although there are shallow fine lines at the corners of her eyes, it is difficult to hide a pair of shrewd eyes.
The aunt ignored it, led a group of people into the main gate, and greeted the other family members who had already arrived, smiling and greeting, so dignified.
The restaurant is brightly lit and the staff is mixed, and Tian Jiyou is busy feasting his eyes and losing the team. She looked left and right, and in the blink of an eye in disbelief, the dozen or so people were all gone.
When she was at a loss, a person grabbed her and walked upstairs. When I looked at it, it was Jiang Zili.
Ji Tianyou smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say.
Jiang Zili walked briskly and didn't forget to turn around and hurt her: "Are you dressed like this to embarrass our Jiang family?" ”
The apology that had just risen was suddenly held back, and he glared at it quietly, and muttered weakly: Can I still dress up as a subordinate?
"The fourth aunt is inside, let's go in." Jiang Zili stopped in the box on the second floor, turned around and left after saying this. Lu Ying'er just came out, saw the back of the hurried departure, and sighed.
Ji Tianyou turned around and asked Lu Ying'er: "How old is the second master, why is he still not married?" ”
"At the age of 24, he is going to start a family, and this family is really scattered."
"Oh, that's right." Ji Tianyou turned his head to look at the person again, and he was gone.
"Okay, come in quickly, while Jiang Yiruo hasn't killed yet, hurry up and rest for a while, and you won't be drunk tonight." When Lu Ying'er said this, Ji Tianyou couldn't help but hold her forehead, and she shuddered when she thought of the fierce female bandit in the bandit village who knocked down a room of men. Drink? With Jiang Yiruo? This is obviously looking for death.
The restaurant lobby invited a drama troupe, Peking Opera came one after another, Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng left, Yang Guifei came again, babbling, the sound of beauty lingered in the ears, Ji Tianyou shook his head with the beat, and her serious and engaged appearance amused Lu Ying'er who secretly observed her.
Ji Tianyou smiled embarrassedly and moved to the door of the box, and then, she saw Zhao Yansu in the box in the distance, the person was smiling like a flower and following Jiang Zili to toast with the passers-by, the ups and downs were charming.
Ji Tianyou thought of Su Xiaoman, he hadn't seen him for so many days, he should go home, Su Mu must be in a hurry, and it was inevitable to take a shoe. Thinking of Su Xiaoman's begging for mercy, she couldn't help laughing, but in just a moment, she woke up and patted her head helplessly.
"It's been a long time since I've been grave for my grandmother, so I'll find a place to kowtow to her old man in a while, and I should be able to receive it." Ji Tianyou muttered to himself.
Lu Ying'er also came to the door, and it was difficult not to notice Zhao Yansu, who was proud of the spring breeze, but she only lowered her eyes, and did not express her displeasure, and said to Tianyou lightly: "Do you want to go out to breathe?" ”
"Is that okay?" Ji Tianyou thought that he couldn't move when he came.
"Staggered fundraising, hypocrisy, what's not to do, go."
The two quietly went down the stairs, and Ji Tianyou followed Lu Ying'er to the back door of the inn, but it was a temple.
"Come to worship the Bodhisattva?" Ji Tianyou was happy in his heart, and he was with her heart.
Lu Ying'er didn't make a sound, walked to the Buddha statue and knelt down reverently, she never believed in this, but now she also asked for psychological comfort, the more lively the scene, the more lonely it made her heart more lonely, when she and Jiang Yihan first met, it was in this staggered fundraising, at that time she had just learned to dance in the new school, and she was loyal to participate in various ballroom balls, among so many dance partners, only this man knew humility and respect, and she liked his gentleman.
But the gentleman was a family man, and he said he didn't care about a few more concubines. The young and frivolous Lu Ying'er believes that men will be tamed, and she vows to be the conqueror.
But in the end, she could only be one of several tamed.
Just like now, she can only obediently kneel in front of the Bodhisattva, helplessly praying, she is asking for peace, for the man who has five concubines and still does not go home.
Ji Tianyou was not in a hurry to bow down, she looked around the temple, put the incense that had not been burned together, and found some scattered yellow watches, took them to the Bodhisattva, knelt down behind Lu Ying'er and began to chant: "The great mercy and compassion of Guanyin Bodhisattva, you solve problems for others, help people to overcome disasters, and bless the eternal world is really hard, today Tianyou has a lot of offense and please forgive me, you can only receive half of these incense and money, and the other half is troublesome for you to transfer to my grandmother, maybe you will see my father and my mother......" Speaking of this, Ji Tianyou's eyes turned red again, forget it, too many Bodhisattvas will forget about it, let's just mention grandma, but will the Bodhisattva know my grandma, and then Ji Tianyou described his grandmother to the Bodhisattva with a big brain.
It's about a quarter of an hour, Lu Ying'er, who has already finished the ceremony, really can't stand it, what is this little girl asking for, is she chatting with the Bodhisattva? She was impatient and kicked Ji Tianyou.
"Right away, I have to explain to the Bodhisattva what my grandmother looks like, and don't give it to the wrong person." After Ji Tianyou finished speaking, he started to read it seriously again.
Lu Ying'er didn't hold back, she burst out laughing, she looked at the Bodhisattva, and felt that this stone statue was not easy for the first time.
In the end, Ji Tianyou was dragged away by Lu Ying'er, until she went out of the temple gate, she was still talking about her grandmother's past, and when she went up the stairs of the restaurant, she was still asking Lu Ying'er: "Did you say that the Bodhisattva understood?" ”