Chunying was stared at by him a few times, feeling a little hairy, and wondered if she had said the wrong thing?

The mustache smiled and asked, "Little girl, have you ever read?" ”

Of course I did! Chunying was about to answer, but suddenly remembered her current identity, and hurriedly changed her words: "What does this have to do with you?" "Turn around and go.

The mustache stopped her with a smile: "Come on, since you have guessed it, and you came before me, this lamp will be yours." With that, he stuffed the carp lamp into Chunying's hand.

Chunying was stunned: "But this is what you guessed back?" ”

"I can guess again, this is just my friend who collided with you as an apology." The mustache waved his hand absently, and looked up at the other lanterns. Chunying felt that something was wrong: "Your friend hit me, what does it have to do with you?" Why should you pay? Besides, I don't need you to pay for it. She was going to give the lamp back.

The mustache smiled slightly, pointed to a marquee with the word "spring and autumn" and said to the stall owner: "A year and a half, no winter and no summer." ”

Before Chun Ying understood what he meant, the stall owner had already put on the lamp with a smile: "You guessed again." The mustache took the lamp and looked at it, turned back to Chunying and smiled: "I want to give this lantern to my little nephew, although your carp lamp is good, but it is not as delicate as this one, but it is a pity to lose it." Can you please help me deal with it? ”

Chunying couldn't refuse anymore, glanced at him a few times, learned the etiquette of her mother's Protestantism, and blessed her: "Then I'll thank you." ”

The mustache smiled and nodded, and went with the lantern Shi Shiran. Chun Ying looked at his back, looked down at the lamp in his hand, and was a little happy in his heart.

Lu's mother saw her lamp and heard that her daughter had guessed it back from a riddle, and her face was full of joy. Ziyu covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Your second daughter is really sweet, Tete came back with a lamp, and at a glance, she knew that it was for you." Lu's mother nudged her and handed the lamp to her husband: "Take it back and put it away, Ming'er will play with her son, be careful not to break." ”

Lu Yougui took the lamp and sighed: "Why didn't my daughter get me one back?" ”

Chunying was a little panicked: "I only had time to guess this ......" Ziyu smiled and pulled her away: "What are you afraid of?" Your father is talking to you about having fun, come, let's eat Lantern Festival. ”

Chun Ying followed her tremblingly, and when she looked back and saw that there was really no displeasure on her father's face, she was relieved, and at the same time she was a little depressed, if it was her biological parents, where would she have to worry about this?

A group of them bustled to a small food stall on the corner of the street, where there were eight or nine kinds of fillings for the hot and fragrant Lantern Festival. The boss is a small couple, who seems to be familiar with the daughter-in-law of the Yu family, and several daughters-in-law in the team are also recognized.

Each child was divided into a bowl of four Lantern Festival, Chunying was divided into sesame seeds, mung beans, candied osmanthus and salted meat four kinds of filling, glutinous rice snow white and sweet, Lantern Festival skin thin filling fragrant, there is a faint wine fragrance in the soup, a bowl of eating, the whole body is warm. Mother Lu specially scooped a large spoonful of balls into her husband and daughter's bowls with a spoon, but when it was her turn, the balls had been divided.

Chunying scooped a few back for her, and then sat aside to eat while listening to people whispering about the boss and his wife. This couple seems to be the descendants of the Hou Mansion, the man didn't know what he did wrong, he was beaten and driven out, the woman was the girl in front of the eldest young master, and she was promised to the man by the family before, and she desperately begged the master to let her redeem herself with her savings for many years, and came out to marry the man. The woman's family was angry that she had taken matters into her own hands and wanted to cut off relations with her, and the young couple now only earn a few dollars by selling food on the streets.

Yu's whisper asked the little daughter-in-law if there were any gangsters who had come to make trouble recently. The little daughter-in-law lowered her head and whispered: "There were two troubles in Layue, and Brother Deng almost didn't fight with anyone, so I had to stuff a few dollars before sending those people away." ”

Yu Jia sighed: "Hasn't your father and mother been angry yet?" If they were willing to reach out, where would it get to this? After all, it is his own flesh and blood, even if he is angry, after two years, it should be gone. ”

The little daughter-in-law stood aside with her hands down, but she didn't speak. Seeing this, the Yu family hurriedly pushed her: "What did I say last time?" Since your old son and mother refuse to help, why don't you ask the eldest young master? He has always been kind-hearted, and you have served him since childhood, how could he not agree? As long as the eldest young master says to the yamen, are you still afraid that someone will come to the door to make trouble? ”

The little daughter-in-law whispered, "It's troublesome...... It's not easy for the eldest young master...... Now he's married to his grandmother......"

Xiao Wu, who was eating balls at the adjacent table, heard it, so he turned to her and said, "Sister-in-law Nandeng, our grandmother is the most amiable and very good to us people, if you don't dare to go, how about I help you say it?" ”

"Don't!" The little daughter-in-law hurriedly stopped him, hesitated for a while, and then sighed, "You don't know what the situation is like at home for the eldest young master." Why bother him? Our brother Deng...... You know why he was kicked out......"

Hearing her words, the Yu family stopped talking, Xiao Wu pursed his lips, and was about to say something, but paused, gave up again, and just buried himself in eating balls.

Chunying listened to it without a beginning or an end, and she couldn't understand what was going on, she wanted to ask clearly, but she didn't know who to ask, and she was worried that it would attract attention, so she had to hold back her curiosity. She was so angry that she was really unhappy.

Fortunately, Lu's mother and Sister-in-law Lu's Ziyu were also discussing this matter, and they obviously knew more about it.

Ziyu asked softly, "How do I remember that this little daughter-in-law seems to be the red jade girl in the eldest young master's house?" When was she released? ”

Mother Lu replied in a low voice: "It was two years ago." Her man was the south lamp in front of the second young master, and he was kicked out because he annoyed the second young master. Hongyuyuan had a marriage contract with him, so he asked for the grace of the eldest young master, redeemed himself and became a relative. He and his wife have been doing business on the street for some time, and they are always moving around. It turned out that it was still at the end of the back street, and the second young master spoke, so he moved elsewhere. ”

"Brother Nandeng? I remember that he was used by the Hou Ye, how did he come to this point? ”

"Who knows? His Lao Tzu died of a sudden illness a few years ago, and his mother and sister were sent out to the village again, and the Hou Ye has always been ignorant of internal affairs, and his wife is always indifferent to their families. But if someone helps to say something good, the second young master will not ...... In the past, the little brother of Nandeng was also a majestic figure, but now he has a stall on the corner of the street, and there are gangsters to bully him, tsk...... I'm afraid that Hongyu has also suffered a lot! ”

The old sisters turned their heads together to look at the little daughter-in-law, Hongyu, and both sighed when they saw each other's thin cheeks and white and smooth hands.

Mother Lu lowered her voice and said: "It's also that she is confused, if she hadn't redeemed herself, she would at least be a housekeeper in the house now, and she won't worry about food and clothing." If you really want to come out, when the eldest young master marries, there will be grace from above. She insisted on leaving the house, not only the old lady and his wife were unhappy, but the dignity of the family was gone. Little Brother Nandeng offended the second young master again, how could they live well? ”

Ziyu shook his head: "Even if it's not like that, life outside is not easy." The two of them have no roots and no jobs, Nandeng only read some half-understood books, Hongyu only knows how to serve people, neither of them has suffered hardships, it would be good to have today. After all, the life of the little people is not so easy. ”

Both of them were feeling sorry for the little daughter-in-law, and Chunying listened to it next to her and kept an eye on it.

It turns out that there is a way for the family to redeem their children, and they want to meet "grace"? But when does this "grace" usually come in? Is there a limit to who can give?

If you get a free body and become a little common person, will life really be so sad? She is a little unbeliever. In any case, it is better to be free than to be a slave.

After eating the Lantern Festival, everyone paid one after another. Chunying noticed that both the Yu family and the purple fish gave a few more words. Nan Deng returned it without saying a word, and then went back to the pot to work. Hongyu smiled and blessed the Yu family and Ziyu, and when she saw that someone was coming to eat the Lantern Festival, she hurriedly greeted the guests. Chunying walked far away before she looked back and saw her carefully wiping her husband's sweat.

After looking at the lights, it was already late. A large group of men wanted to go back first, and perhaps find a place to have a drink or two in private, and their respective wives told them a lot of words before letting them go.

Chunying said goodbye to her father and younger brother, and participated in the disease walking activity with her mother with a group of daughters-in-law and little girls. Because of the strong wind at night, many people have added cloaks or clips, and most of them are white or close to white, and some people take out hairpin rings from their sleeve pockets and put them on, and some people borrow the light from the lamp market and take out small hand mirrors to touch up their makeup. Chunying saw Daqi and thought to herself that she would go for a walk and dress up beautifully?

Seeing that everyone was almost ready, the Yu family lit a stick of incense, walked in the front to lead the way, and everyone followed hand in hand. Chunying followed closely behind her mother, and then in front of her was Ziyu, followed by a somewhat familiar little girl, who vaguely remembered that it seemed to be someone from the yard next door. The little girl smirked at her: "I'm Shi'er, do you remember?" I heard you forgot about everyone? ”

Chun Ying laughed dryly, and then pretended to look at the lights on the side of the road, which attracted Shi'er's attention.

When they crossed the bridge, some people chanted something like "the ghost ran away, the illness is gone", and some people closed their eyes and whispered a prayer that they would not get sick this year. Along the way, they also met other women who were sick, and they looked critically at the clothes, needles and threads and jewelry they wore, and then walked away, and when they met men gathered on the side of the road to watch and discuss, they didn't care, but walked over with their heads held high.

Shi'er didn't dare to look up all the way, and his face was red, but he secretly raised his eyes and smiled on both sides. Chunying felt that this kind of activity was a little interesting, just like when shopping, others looked at themselves and looked at others, and she also learned a lot of popular ancient clothes and hairstyles by the way.

The moon slowly rose up in the middle of the sky, and the moonlight sprinkled all over the ground like mercury. Most of them passed through the downtown area, but occasionally there was a quiet place, watching the shadows of the trees on both sides of the road quietly reflected on the walls and ground, the cold wind blowing, the trees and shadows shook slightly, there was a different taste.

When the number of bridges crossed reached three, the gate was not far in front of them. The little girls didn't go over, and the married daughters-in-law joked with each other and lined up to walk to the city gate hole to touch the nails. The gates of the city had long been closed, there was no light in the doorway, it was pitch black, and occasionally someone exclaimed, saying that if they had touched it, everyone would congratulate her. Because touching the door nail means that a boy will be born. When an older woman touches it, others congratulate her on good luck.

Everyone went home happy. Chunying also felt in a happy mood, and even her steps became brisk. On the way, some companions exclaimed that they had lost their hairpins, some people lost an earring, others comforted them, and still smiled and pushed them away, although the owner was distressed, but did not say anything. Chunying was a little strange, so she asked her mother. Mother Lu smiled: "It's naturally a good thing to lose the calamity." But looking at her expression, she clearly didn't mean to envy others.

Chunying wanted to ask again, but she heard Shi'er behind her scream and pounced on her, and said in a trembling voice: "There is a ghost ...... behind" Chunying hurriedly looked back, and sure enough, she saw a few yellow dots flying in the darkness in the distance, so she stammered: "This...... It's a graveyard over there, right? Don't be afraid, it's not a ghost. ”

Mother Lu slapped her on the head: "Of course it's not a ghost!" Don't talk nonsense! She glanced at the lights, "Greedy ghosts at most." Then he took the hands of the two little girls and left. Chun Ying staggered a few steps, turned around, but saw those points of light getting closer and closer to them, and could already see that they were actually several figures with small lanterns, lying on the ground and touching something. She shuddered and turned back to look again.

Back in the back street, it was already midnight. The Yu family forbade everyone to make noise, and let them carefully go back to their respective courtyards. Chunying looked back at the unextinguished lights in the distance and stepped into the courtyard gate.

After the Lantern Festival, the people in the back streets of Houfu returned to normal life. Those who have offices in the government have returned to the house, and the new people are ready to enter the house.

Chunying was sweating profusely in the house dealing with a simple "butterfly love flower" embroidery, and was suddenly startled by the sound of her mother opening the door, and saw that her face was flushed with excitement, so she asked, "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

Mother Lu rushed to the side of the kang and said, "Someone from the house has come to pick up Cui Ya, not Mrs. Fang!" ”

Mrs. Fang? Chunying blinked: "So what?" ”

"How's that?!" Mother Lu patted her on the head, "Of course, I went to find the housekeeper and begged her to get your errand back from Cui Yatou!" ”

Ay? Before Chunying could react, she had been dragged off the kang by her mother and hurried out of the house.

There was a chair with a back in the courtyard, and an old woman sat on it, with her legs crossed, and behind her stood a younger mother-in-law, looking left and right. At the door of Cui's house, Miss Cui had already gone out with her baggage, and Widow Cui was crying behind her and telling her words.

Mother Lu pulled her daughter and rushed to the middle-aged woman, and said, "Aunt Guan, the name of my daughter is written on the roster, and it was originally changed to that Cui girl because my daughter was sick, and now that my daughter is well, still let her go, right?" ”

As soon as her words fell, Chunying was already dumbfounded. And Miss Cui also stared at them in a daze, her face pale.