Chapter 3 Red Oil Paper Umbrella

Shifang once asked me, why the world is full of women amorous, but I don't see me say how I have ever met a woman with a "thought", but they are all men? Although I was very surprised that a little monk could ask such a profound question in terms of emotion, I still thought about this question carefully, although I don't know much about the seven emotions and six desires of mortals, but I think: "Probably men have clear ideas, clear goals, and strong willpower, and most of them chase after the black in one way." And women are more vague goals, often whoever is good to them will go with whom! Do you see that the cat raised by Xiao Xiang, who sells flowers, does not have it? Xiao Xiang holds it in her arms every day, and is a babyYes, but every time I feed it with a sweet cake, it will go with me, it is the same reason. ”

When we talk about this topic, it is in an afternoon, the sky is overcast and terrible, there are few pedestrians on the road, because of the cold weather, most of us gather in the restaurant to drink wine and eat the hot pot, the warm pot in Baiyue City is very distinctive, especially the Taihe Building is the most famous, that is, each table is a square stove, there is a charcoal fire in the stove, the charcoal fire is placed on top of a high amphora bronze big cooker, the ingredients are poured into it and cooked, while cooking and eating, with rice wine and the store's secret sauce, warm and lively, very popular. It's a pity that although I don't feel hungry, I can taste it, so I eat more when I encounter delicious food, and I am different from those brothers and sisters who can transform the skin, so that when I saw that my waist was plump, I had to pull Shifang to drink tea dryly. Therefore, since ancient times, whether it is a mortal or an alien, but any female, for the sake of beauty, can endure any pain and suffering, this is really an eternal truth.

But the woman is such a species that can't help but be tempted, firstly, the teahouse in this off-season is really sluggish, and secondly, Shifang stared at me with a pair of innocent big eyes and looked at me aggrievedly, making me seem to have committed some unforgivable crime, and thirdly, the smell of the hot pot of the restaurant next door drifted through the dark and cold street, drifting to the deserted teahouse, such as countless small hooks hooking the taste buds of me and Shifang, I can still sit safely, but Shifang seems to be unable to hold it anymore, and looked at each other relatively wordlessly for a long time, and finally threw down the teapot and ran to Taihelou.

But maybe this late when the sky is snowing, everyone generally loves this place more, so that the two floors of Taihe upstairs are full of diners, plus the guys who come and go to serve food, sell sweet wine on the table, sell wine snacks, and the blind old man pulls the huqin and his daughter to sing and so on, it is quite difficult to squeeze in to find a seat, but fortunately, I don't spare the money, and throw it to the guy on weekdays several times the reward, the guy really quickly found a table with us, it is still a relatively quiet corner, and it is really good to use the money!

I love the sweet wine here, the seller of sweet wine is a seventeen-year-old girl, named Mei Niang, her sweet wine has a variety of floral flavors, this season is placed in the courtyard for a few hours or simply buried in the snow, ice and sweet, with a warm pot is no better, so Mei Niang almost every day to peddle here. I love a kind of floral sweet wine called Zhangxin Sakura for ten minutes, according to Mei Niang, this kind of flower only grows in the inaccessible deep valley, and grows in the stone crevices that do not see the sun all year round, and there must be a monster with a human face and a snake body within ten steps.

Mei Niang quickly put a pot of cold sweet wine on the table, and said with a smile: "So, if you want to drink this sweet wine with the taste of palm letter cherry, there is only Mei Niang's family, and there is no semicolon!"

The diners at the table on the side sneered when they heard this: "In this way, how did you pick this flower, a delicate little girl?

After that, the people at the table laughed and agreed: "Where did the little girl go to the mountain......?

Mei Niang didn't care much, only smiled a little meaningfully: "Mei Niang has her own magic method, the guest officer just drinks it in his mouth is serious, no matter what he picks!"

Everyone laughed for a long time, the sweet wine was sold quickly, Mei Niang walked to me with an empty basket, and put a azure plum bottle on the table with her sleeves, the bottle body was a little dark, and the bottle mouth was sealed with yellow mud, which looked like it had been stored for many years. Mei Niang smiled and said to me: "I guess I will meet the girl today, so I specially took this bottle of wine, this is thirty years ago in the valley of the letter cherry blossom king flowering, I tried my best to get a little flower, only brewed two bottles buried in the soil under the flowers, has been reluctant to dig out, these months the girl every time to take care of my business, can see that I really like this sweet wine, simply take a bottle to the girl, also count us fate." ”

I was overjoyed, thinking that it is rare to have such a polite bridge between this alien and alien, this Mei Niang was a small flower fairy in the deep valley, I already knew it when I first met, she naturally knew a charm of mine, everyone met and smiled, but also tacitly understood. I groped for something to return the gift, but I don't bother to wear half of the jewelry on weekdays, and there is no incense fan pendant, except for a shirt and money bag, I was at a loss for embarrassment when I suddenly caught a glimpse of the ten sides who entered the state of eating, through the steaming mist of the hot pot, I can only see a small half of the shiny bald head, and sometimes a pair of chopsticks quickly pick up the food that has been cooked in the warm pot, the exposed half of the bald head will move with the chewing, his wrist wrapped around a string of Buddha, I vaguely remember that it is the string that the abbot often carries, and then grabbed the hand of the ten parties and took it off and stuffed it into Mei Niang's hand, and the ten directions who were still chewing were still at a loss, I have returned a salute like Mei Niang: "This is a monk's belongings, it's nothing, Mei Niang and accept it, the right to be my gift in return"

Mei Niang raised a smile on her face, raised the beads to take a closer look, and said with a smile: "This master is not ordinary, Mei Niang thanked the girl first!"

As he spoke, he picked up the empty basket and bowed to us, and left with a smile.

Shifang Mu sent Mei Niang out of the door, and tilted his head to think about it for a long time, and then Ai Ai asked: "...... Ah Jiu, did you snatch the beads that Master left me just now?"

"Shifang, imagine it, if I ask you for that string of beads generously, will you give it or not?"

Shi Fangfu tilted his head and thought about it again, then nodded: "...... Giving"

"So, since in the end the bead must be mine, what difference is there between me snatching it and you giving it voluntarily? It's just a difference in the intermediate process, and the end result is the same!

Shi Fang was still tilting his little bald head blankly, obviously still thinking.

I sighed and continued, "Is there a saying in your Buddhist family that different paths lead to the same destination? If you think carefully about the Buddhist teachings taught by your master, you only have to recite the things in those Buddhist scriptures but don't understand the meaning of them at all, and I will show you them myself, and if you think about it carefully, is this the truth?"

I crackled and talked nonsense, thinking that I would work harder and strive to dizzy the ten directions as soon as possible, yes!

At this time, I only heard a light laugh at the table, and then laughed one after another as if I couldn't bear it anymore, I was a little annoyed, and looked at the voice, through the layers of fog in the room, I saw a man in indigo brocade sitting with his back to us, looking at the posture of the jade tree in the wind, but now the shoulder shake is obviously a joke, immediately no matter what the style, just staring at him.

I wanted to endure it, but the man smiled and never stopped, and then he couldn't even hold the wine glass steadily, clenched his fists against the table, and didn't dare to laugh too loudly, otherwise it looked like a crazy person, about him also took care of this, but it was really hard to endure, the jade belt around his waist was tied with the jade pendant and the long spike swayed with his body, and I was really uncomfortable to watch.

Shifang no longer thought about the beads at this time, and was busy fishing for a kind of yellow fungus that he liked very much from the warm pot to eat, and the juice splashed, and I moved the bench a little farther, but it could still splash me, and then moved the bench farther away, and moved again and again, and finally moved behind the man. I exhaled deeply, adjusted my facial expression, put on a look that I thought was relaxed, turned around and patted him gently.

The man was smiling with joy, and suddenly paused his shoulders, which were constantly shrugging, stiffened for a moment, and finally turned around slowly. At that time, how to say it, in winter, the sky was nearly dusk, and there were few pedestrians on the road, only this small shop in the mortal world

There are fireworks in the world, lively and real, delicious food and aromatic wine to fill this lonely winter day with the breath of life, in this small shop, just a little flower fairy sent a bottle of favorite sweet wine to me, and then saw a man in blue with a "thought", I wanted to use a way to practice into a delusional pill, but the boy turned his head, but I suddenly seemed to be involved with the world, déjà vu bridge, déjà vu face, déjà vu slightly provoked chuckling eyebrows.

So I don't blame that I was stunned, because it was the first time I had such a vivid feeling after being a charmer.

Later, I asked Shifang about this, what would he think if it was him?

This cute little monk finally sobered up, he said, Amitabha, it couldn't be simpler, everything in the world is involved, then the existence of this involvement is eternal, and that Shi Ding is the person next to you in your previous life.

Yes, I thought so at the time, so from the very beginning, I assumed that he knew me before he became a charmer, and he knew me very well, and it was difficult to say that he had a relationship. Once I know this kind of involvement in my heart, then any details of him have a deep meaning in my eyes, I heard Master say that after death, people condense into charm, and their appearance does not change, this person pretends not to know each other, although he hides it well, but there is an indescribable look in his eyes, which is fleeting.

I'm worried that I don't know if this person is good or bad with me, and I can see that he has worked so hard to find the charm and become a charm, but I pretend not to know it, and it can be seen that his obsession is probably related to me, because if it is a person with an average relationship, he can be frightened generously, pointing at me and asking you incredibly...... But he didn't, so it can be seen that the relationship in the previous life was really remarkable, but I can't be generous and frank and ask, Hey brother, did we know each other before? If I have a bad relationship with him, such as the hatred of killing my father and taking my wife, this person can't wait for the opportunity to move at first glance, everyone draws their swords on the spot, with the strength of me and the ten parties, wouldn't it be self-defeating? So I immediately decided, everyone will be polite and polite first.

The blue-clothed brother didn't know my inner monologue for a long time, adjusted his stiff expression, hooked the corners of his mouth, and even bent his eyebrows and eyes together, but his originally cold facial contours made such a strong expression, which was obviously not done often, so that he couldn't control the strength well, and it looked weird.

"What's the matter, girl?" I could tell that he deliberately softened his voice, for fear of abrupt me. I immediately panicked even more, a good-looking boy, according to my aesthetics, is three points more handsome than my master who is such a stinky beauty called Feng Bojun who is dressed in the skin of a good son, and even I have always thought that a cute child like Shifang who is harmless to humans and animals can have clear eyes, but I don't want this brother to be like a starry eye, Zhilan Yushu.

I swallowed hard, and suddenly became expectant: "This ...... Brother, brother, we have here, um, there are yellow and brown mushrooms, do you want to eat them together?"

The boy in blue: "......"

Shifang: "......!!!"

I must have been sleepy, well, it must be! Otherwise, how could I have been completely unaware of the words that came out of my mouth! In such an embarrassing situation, I could still distract myself from Shifang's reaction, and sure enough, when he heard that I was going to invite someone to eat his favorite fungus, he immediately showed the anxiety of a monk's undeserved greed, and I immediately reassured Shifang with my eyes, telling him to rest assured that no one would rob him of his fungus.

When I met the young man in blue again, he was looking at me thoughtfully, for a while, his eyebrows and eyes were bent again, and he laughed very lightly: "But it's disrespectful, under it, Fuhua, bother the girl!"

Fuhua, what a good name.

So, Fuhua sat down at our table, and I saw that there were two companions sitting at the same table with expressionless faces, and they were just about to beckon to sit together, when Fuhua glanced over, and the two of them suddenly stiffened, and their heads hung lower. Fuhua smiled: "That's the attendant at home, I'll be more comfortable when I'm not there, don't pay attention to them", Fu turned around and ordered the guy to add some ingredients, carefully for me and Shifang to spread vegetables, Shifang stopped chewing the little bald head, stared at Fuhua for a long time, and said: "Donor, good, good......"

Fuhua returned the salute and smiled silently.

That meal was very enjoyable, such a handsome boy poured wine and cloth dishes on the side, he really enjoyed it, and the key was to settle the bill in Fuhua, which made people even more happy.

During the banquet, he secretly recalled the skills he learned in the backyard of Xue's Mansion, and thought about how to have a back edge after meeting with a young man, and finally decided to put the bottle of sweet wine given by Mei Niang into his arms for the time being. When out of the Taihe Building, the sky has snowed, the falling snowflakes are silent, the street of the house is already white, the sky is half dark at this time, the red lantern at the door of the Taihe Building reflects a small dim red light in the snow, occasionally the people who eat and drink all the time go out, they have wrapped their clothes tightly, and they hurriedly go home. I sighed at the white mist, I felt that this moment was so beautiful, because I didn't feel the cold, I had always worn thin, that day I only wore a light goose yellow dress, in the snow a few circles, smiled and held a few handfuls of snow to play.

Shifang took out my red oil-paper umbrella from his bag and handed it to me, I touched his little bald head to express approval, Shifang replied to me with a "Hurry up if there is something!" look, paced Xiao Fang away first.

Fuhua has been following me, although there is a smile on the corner of his mouth, there are some indescribable complex emotions in his eyes. I stretched out the red oil-paper umbrella to cover the snow, this red was really eye-catching in the white sky, Fuhua was shocked, and the emotion in his eyes seemed to overflow.

"I have a bottle of sweet wine with the taste of palm letters, it is very rare, it was specially left to me by Mei Niang, who sells wine, I like it very much, next time, do you want to try it together?"

I roughly made up the picture in my head, a fairly handsome woman, holding a red oil-paper umbrella alone in the snow, and asked if she could make another appointment next time, I think, but any man will not refuse.

Sure enough, Fuhua smiled even deeper, raised his hand and motioned for the attendant to bring the big feat, came to put it on with me, carefully tied the belt, put the hood with the white fox fur trim on the big flicker, and said: "Okay, I will live in the Guangyuan Inn in Hexi Lane, and the girl can come and drink with me at any time."

The hood was too big, and the raw edge was very heavy, and I struggled to show my face, "That's it?"

Fuhua helped me tidy up my clothes again, smiled and nodded, "It's decided!"

I really wanted to tell him that I wasn't cold, but I didn't want to brush off the kindness of others, so I finally gave a shallow salute, took the umbrella and left, walked for a long time, and suddenly remembered my name that had not yet been told me, so I turned around and saw Fuhua standing with his hands in his hands, still moving in the same place, the snow was getting bigger and bigger, and I couldn't see my face clearly through the falling snow, I shouted to him: "My name is Hongyi, don't forget!"

Fuhua raised his hand and waved it to show that he understood, and I turned around with relief and chased Shifang home.