"There's even a Mask Pavilion here?" The little girl jumped into the Mask Pavilion and bumped into the young Mask Pavilion owner at once.

"What a strange mask you're wearing...... the girl touched the man's face with her hand.

The man pushed the woman's hand away uncomfortably.

"Coincidentally, my daddy's shop is right next to you."

Du Zi looked in the direction of the girl's finger, it was a cloth village that had been around for some years.

"You're the boss's daughter?"

Zhu'er nodded brightly, "Yes, there is no business these days, many guys in the store have been dismissed, Daddy and Auntie are fine on weekdays, just work in the store." ”

Du Zi nodded, "Are you here to see the mask?" ”

Zhu'er nodded, "Yes! I especially remember the lion dance a few years ago, where everyone was wearing masks and walking around the main square. I still remember the fireworks that year...... Wow...... It's so beautiful......"

"You've seen the fireworks that year, too? In the square? ”

"Well, yes! Were you there at the time? ”

"Hmm!"

The two of them are like Yu Boya in the Zhongzi period, stepping on the iron shoes and nowhere to find a soulmate, it takes no effort to get there!

The two chatted happily at the door, Du Zi patted Zhu'er on the shoulder, and the good brothers walked into the store side by side.

"Look at my shop, is there more than those masks on the street that day? Better-looking? ”

"yes!" Zhu'er's face was amazed, amazed at what she saw.

"You can go shopping, I will give you which one you like, as a meeting gift that we can meet! Let me tell you, I have mentioned to many people about the lion dance that year, and no one remembers the patterns of those fireworks like you and me, it is really beautiful! ”

The two raised their hands, spread their palms, and clapped together with a "snap".

"Right? I'm a like-minded person, girl. ”

The little girl picked and chose in the mask pavilion, but she was only attracted by the various masks and stopped to look at them, without the slightest intention of picking them up.

"Why not? Is there any flaw? Du Zi asked suspiciously.

"No," Pearlle said, shaking her head with some regret, "these are too pretty." I always feel ...... I shouldn't have worn it, I didn't fit it. ”

Du Zi's eyes lit up, "Then which one do you want to wear?" ”

The little girl picked left and right, looked at the masks of the Mask Pavilion one by one, and finally fixed her gaze on a corner, "...... this?" ”

The little girl picked up the gray mask on the ground, "This mask is strange, like mud. ”

Du Zi's expression was a little complicated.

The adoptive mother was poor all her life, overworked all year round, and the ashes were burned to the end in a lumpy shape, so Du Zi took the clay and made it, and finally burned it into this mask. He had fired the mask himself.

"Yes, the original meaning is that out of the mortal world, finally the root. This mask is made of clay, specially painted to the color of the sludge, which is hope...... People should not forget their roots. It's already muddy, so why bother to wash it away......"

When Du Zi spoke, Zhu'er looked at him intently, with a look of adoration.

"You're so good at learning...... Zhu'er looked envious.

"Don't you read?"

Zhu'er shook her head with a pity on her face, "My father has invited a master for me, but my mother said that studying is too hard, and she feels sorry for me, saying that inviting a master is a waste of money, so it is better to let me follow the store to learn embroidery and be an embroiderer in the future." ”

"Do you want to read and write?"

"Of course I want to......" Speaking of the word reading, Zhu'er is very yearning.

"Ah, are you really your mother? Do you think it's a waste of money to invite a master? Even if you die of barrenness, you can't be without pen and ink! How sad is it that people live in the world and cannot even understand the words handed down by their ancestors? Your mother is a foolish woman. What's more, your cloth village is large-scale, and it is still the only cloth village in Pansi City, and its business is naturally better than that of other shops. ”

Zhu'er's tears were about to come out when Du Zi said, "Don't you talk about my mother's ...... like that"

"What mother would think that her child's education is a waste of money?"

Zhu'er cried directly.

"Little girl, don't cry......" Du Zi was a little at a loss, "I'm just telling the truth, you ......"

"Yes, what you said makes some sense, but A-Niang...... A-Niang...... Belch...... Belch...... A-Niang is not that kind of person......"

"Don't cry, don't cry......"

"Woo woo woo woo ......" The more people care about her, the more she will inadvertently reveal the weak side of her heart. The more she cried, the more fierce she became.

Hearing the girl crying, Du Zi's scalp was numb, he stood cramped in front of Zhu'er, and thought for a long time before saying, "That's it, you can take that mask directly, right?" All right? Not only that mask, you can come to the pavilion at will, and you can choose from a new style, even if it is a limited edition, as long as you want, I will give it to you, right? ”

The girl's crying stopped, and the girl "fluttered" and smiled, "Okay! You said it, let's make a decision! ”

"It's really you, you cried so fiercely just now, and you ...... so soon"

"Actually, what you said is also right, my aunt is indeed not my mother...... My dear mother...... I can't even remember her anymore. ”

Du Zi took Zhu'er to a table in the Mask Pavilion, and the two sat facing each other and drank tea.

Du Zi held his chin and looked at Zhu'er, with a look of envy, "I envy you, I have seen my mother, and my mother, and I know the story of my mother, and I ......"

Zhu'er sighed when she saw Du Zi, and her mood was also a lot lower.

Zhu'er said: "I hope that there is no mother, my mother will only bring sadness to Daddy, every time Daddy cries late at night, and gets drunk on the street, it is because of my mother, my mother said, it is my mother who brings Daddy grief!" It's all to blame! If it weren't for my mother, Daddy wouldn't be so miserable......"

Du Zi supported his cheeks with both hands, and when Zhu'er spoke, he buried his head the whole time and looked at the table.

After Zhu'er finished speaking, Du Zicai raised his head slowly, and he looked at Zhu'er: "You still have a mother to evaluate, and I, what my mother is, whether it is a human or a ghost, whether it is round or flat, I don't know at all." Even Daddy...... Father? I haven't seen it a few times. What kind of creature is Dad? ”

Zhu'er had some sympathy for Du Zi, "I didn't expect you to be so pitiful......"

Du Zi suddenly smiled, "I'm not pitiful, although I don't know what they are like, but I know what I look like, and it's already good." ”

"Hmm!" Zhu'er felt that whatever Du Zi said was very reasonable, Zhu'er nodded, echoed what Du Zi said, and reached out to hold Du Zi's hand and said, "And! You've got me as a friend now! ”

"Friends?"

Pearls nodded.

The boy and the girl became acquainted, and the girl secretly put her heart on the boy.

The two families slowly learned about the boy and the girl.

Prison Yi didn't want to care about Du Zi, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Abu also thinks that it doesn't matter who Pearl's likes to play with.

But it's a different story.

After Rourou succeeded in getting Abu to marry her, at first she started from Zhu'er because of Abu's indifference to her, caring for Zhu'er and being good to Zhu'er in every way, but over time, Abu had changed his attitude towards her, and Abu began to care about her. Abu began to replace the place of Ti Ji in his heart with drunken softness......

Step by step, she got drunk and soft, she felt more and more that Zhu'er was redundant, she felt that Zhu'er was really in the way, she would only hang around at home all day, she wanted to get Zhu'er out as soon as possible.

Zhu'er is no longer of use to her.

If you have a plan, why don't you marry Zhu'er early?

"Pearl, you have to deal more with that mask seller so that you can be more cheerful."

"Auntie, am I not cheerful enough?"

Drunk Rou touched Zhu'er's head, "We still have a little bit of pearl missing." Zhu'er is often in the house and rarely comes into contact with people outside, right? Listen to A-Niang, okay? ”

"Okay, Zhu'er listens to A-Niang."

"Is it okay for Zhu'er to marry the mask boss?"

Pearl's heart was moved.

Rou began to instruct in the store to make a wedding dress for Zhu'er, but the wedding dress was too hurried, and the workmanship was a little rough.

Zhu'er wants Du Zi to see her most beautiful appearance, and she wants the embroidery girl to make the best wedding dress in the world. But in this way, the time is naturally not able to catch up.

It's just the past few days that Pansi City, which has been stable for many years, has been lively-

There was a woman in a wedding dress who entered the city, and since the slave hall was built, there were fewer and fewer natives in Pansi City, and it was easy for outsiders to tell the difference.

This woman's wedding dress is very delicate and luxurious, and hairpins and other hairpins are all hard to find, which makes people look straight and red.

Of course, some people covet her flesh, and some people covet her wealth.

The woman walked on the street in embarrassment, looking weak with every step.

She meets Pearl.

Zhu'er was attracted by the wedding dress at first, and at the second glance, the woman's appearance was really good-looking. She was determined to make friends with this foreign woman.

"Hello, my name is Zhu'er, what about you?" Zhu'er came to the woman in high spirits.

The woman's godless eyes looked at Zhu'er.

"It's okay." Zhu'er shook her head and said with a smile, "You don't want to say it, I don't force you, you're from outside, right?" Then you will come home with me? It's dangerous outside, and the people in the Slave Hall haven't spotted you yet. ”

Zhu'er pulled the woman, and when she saw that she didn't resist, Zhu'er took the woman to her house.

In the house, the woman let Zhu'er groom and dress herself, like a puppet.

Pearls kept talking to the woman, but the woman didn't answer, and when Pearls stripped off the woman's wedding dress, she finally moved......

The woman's hand tightly tugged at the corner of the wedding dress, and there was emotion in her cold and godless eyes, very complicated emotions.

"I'm Xu Ri, do you know me?"

Zhu'er shook her head, she thought Xu Ri was angry, "My name is Zhu'er, hello, you can make a friend." ”

Xu Ri smiled, "Those people all said that my soul was not complete, and they still said ...... I have a soul that has been lost here......"

The smile on the corner of her mouth was a bit sarcastic and a little self-deprecating.

Zhu'er nodded, "Then are you here to retrieve your soul?" Zhu'er asked as if she didn't understand.