Chapter 70: Enclosure
Feng Yin remembered the appearance of the uncle in her mother-in-law's memory. At that time, he was still a little doll who couldn't even walk, and his body was thin and small, and he was depressed and restless all day long because of the pain of losing his mother, and no one was willing to take care of him, always biting his fingers and not speaking, but he was only willing to rely on his brother's side.
Feng Yin imagined that Jifeng fell into the lake, and suddenly felt distressed, and had a little resentment towards his father and mother at that time, and there was no mischievous smile on his face, and he said in a low voice: "Se Ling Zhi is dizzy, what I am talking about is probably my father." ”
Wu Jifeng nodded with a smile, and said: "I was young at the time, and I can't remember many things, but it is related to your mother, and I have been wronged by everything." ”
Feng Yin sighed a little and said, "It seems that there are really a lot of similar things. ”
Wu Jifeng nodded very sincerely, and his whole face was full of grievances.
"The time you fell into the lake, didn't grandma know?"
"How can I not know!" Wu Jifeng sighed and said, "When I was carried back by your father, I was covered in water, and there were a few strands of aquatic plants in my hair, but your mother also hugged a lotus flower behind me, and my aunt didn't even have to think about it to know what happened." ”
Feng Yin could basically imagine what happened later, and laughed, but he still couldn't help but confirm, "Then what happened later, was my father punished?"
Wu Jifeng sighed as if he hated that iron could not become steel, and said: "How can you not be punished, he is not good at playing tricks, and in order to protect your mother, he said that he was greedy and dragged us to swim in the lake, and was fined forty rulers by your grandmother, and after the beating, he was punished to kneel in the yard, and he was not allowed to get up to eat dinner." ”
Feng Yin felt that this punishment was appropriate, and he was not aggrieved at all, but he was willing to protect his mother, and he was also a kind person.
Wu Jifeng knew her thoughts when he saw her expression, shook his head with a smile, and said, "It is said that people are the most protective of their shortcomings, and I am no exception." Obviously, your mother is also at fault, but the eldest brother was all punished heavily, and I felt uncomfortable when I saw the eldest brother being punished, and I was even more angry with your mother. ”
Feng Yin looked up at him and said angrily: "The heroes of the people may be so happy to save the beauty, but you don't understand the amorous feelings, and you hate the beauty." ”
Wu Jifeng sighed lightly and said, "I was young at that time, how could I understand this!" As he said that, he leaned into Feng Yin's ear and chuckled lowly, "So, I really didn't like your mother much since I was a child." ”
Feng Yin pursed his lips and let out a long "oh", "It's obviously jealousy." ”
Wu Jifeng turned his face and stopped looking at her, and said hatefully: "It's all Wen Shuo, a stinky boy, who brought you into this temperament." ”
Feng Yin didn't refute, just looked at his side face and smiled.
At this time, a fork in the road appeared in front of him, and Feng Yin instinctively wanted to go towards the road where the aroma of food came out, but was pulled back by Wu Jifeng.
Feng Yin was puzzled and asked, "There's something delicious there, why don't you go?"
Wu Jifeng sighed with some disgust, and replied: "Anyway, Shawu Town can't find a bigger gateway than our Wu family, how can the eldest lady raise only one thing to think about in her mind, isn't there anything in this night market that attracts you more than food?"
Feng Yin glanced at the steaming steamer not far away, and said, "Didn't you and your father fill your stomachs with soup first?"
Wu Jifeng remembered that he did say that, he couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and gently pulled her face, pulled her to another path, and said as he walked: "Your father and I are both half-grown children, and we don't have any other preferences, just like to eat and drink." You're a girl, don't learn from us. ”
Feng Yin Fang wanted to emulate his uncle and father, but it was true that he was attracted by the various aromas wafting and his appetite was aroused, so he was forced to be pulled by his uncle to another road at this time, and he was also a little reluctant.
How could Wu Jifeng not see her reluctant little expression, so he leaned closer to her ear and said, "Why, uncle's gift is not as good as those that are eaten?"
Just this sentence made Feng Yin throw the fragrance lingering in his nose out of the clouds, laughed crookedly, climbed Wu Jifeng's arm with both hands, and said, "You haven't told me yet, what is the gift this time?"
Wu Jifeng smiled mysteriously, didn't look at her, and didn't let go, "You guess?"
Feng Yin blinked and said, "Bracelet?"
Wu Jifeng shook his head, "Guess again." ”
"That'...... Clothes?"
"Guess again. ”
"Gems?"
"What else can I think of?"
Feng Yin wrinkled his nose, and wanted to guess again, but suddenly Wu Jifeng grabbed his arm.
He looked at the rouge jewelry stall on the left and said, "This is it." ”
Feng Yin followed his gaze and was startled. It's not for anything else, it's just that this stall is too big and too bright.
The stalls in the night market are all made of stone slabs, which are hand-hewn and almost equal in size, with a stone surface about four feet long, and generally speaking, two stone slabs form a stall. But the stall in front of me occupies five stone slabs on the left and right, and the inside of each stone slab is set up with blazing torches, which illuminates the whole stall as bright as day.
Behind the stalls, the stall owners used fences and dark red woven cloth to enclose a large square area of the same width as the stalls, leaving only a gap in the side behind the stalls for people to enter and exit. About 10 sets of stone tables and benches were placed in the square area, and next to each set of tables and benches was placed a brazier more than one person high, and the charcoal burning in the brazier was extremely high, which could not only keep warm but also illuminate.
At this time, the girls and servants sat around the stone tables, some were raising their eyebrows and picking accessories, and some were applying yellow to the mirror, which was a lively and beautiful scene.
Wu Jifeng took off his mask, looked at Feng Yin with a smile, and said, "What, this is where the girl should come, right?"
Feng Yin turned his head to look at the rows of rouge gouache, gemstone beads, and various colors of ayara's clothes, and couldn't help but close his eyes in the colorful light, and then nodded.
At this time, a man who looked a few years older than Wu Jifeng walked out of the fenced square, looked at Wu Jifeng with a smile, and bowed his hand and said, "Second master, it's been a long time. ”
Wu Jifeng smiled and went to help him, and said, "It's been more than ten years, and I can't imagine that Boss Ma is still here." ”
The man smiled and replied, "How dare you go to the position handed down by your ancestors." ”
Feng Yin looked up at Boss Ma, then at Wu Jifeng, and asked in a low voice, "This is where you bought gifts for your grandmother back then, right?"
Wu Jifeng rubbed her hair and said with a smile: "I didn't bring you here now." ”
Boss Ma is worthy of being in business, and when he heard these two sentences, he immediately greeted Feng Yin: "It turned out to be the eldest lady, Ma didn't know it, it's really rude." ”
No one in Shawu Town has ever heard the rumor that the eldest lady of the General's Mansion is seriously ill, and this man's heart is not undoubted, but he has been in and out of business a lot, and he knows what to ask and what not to ask, so he just greets him, and doesn't say anything else, and he doesn't even look at Feng Yin.
Feng Yin nodded to him slightly, which was considered a return salute, but he still leaned sideways behind the uncle, trying to hide out of his line of sight as much as possible.
Wu Jifeng noticed it, held Feng Yin's wrist soothingly, and gently pulled her out.
Boss Ma is very good at observing words and feelings, he saw that Feng Yin was avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally, so he didn't look at her anymore, only looked at Wu Jifeng, and asked, "The second master came over, presumably to pick something for the eldest lady, right?"
Wu Jifeng glanced at the stone tables and stone benches in the square and said, "I want to borrow your place for use, I don't know if it's convenient." ”
Boss Ma immediately understood, smiled and replied: "This is Ma's honor, you wait." ”
After saying that, he turned around and summoned two fellows, whispered a few words, and the two fellows hurried to the stall to get a box of something, and ran into the square field.
After a while, the girls and servants who were sitting at the table began to slowly get up and walk out, all holding a string of beaded red bracelets in their hands, which could not be seen to be made of what material, but the beads were round and transparent, as if they were very delicate.
There was no displeasure on their faces, but they all thanked Boss Ma with a smile and left happily.
After everyone left, Boss Ma nodded to Wu Jifeng.
Wu Jifeng pushed Feng Yin and said, "You go and choose a favorite seat to sit in first, and Uncle will come later." ”
Feng Yin felt that this battle was not as simple as simply picking an object, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and he didn't want to leave his uncle's side, so he stood still. But Wu Jifeng's eyes were firm, and Feng Yin knew that there was no room for negotiation, so he still walked in slowly, and chose a stone table in the center of the venue to sit down.
As soon as Feng Yin was seated, a young man came over with a pot of hot tea. He poured two cups of tea, one was respectfully handed to Feng Yin, and the other cup was placed opposite Feng Yin, which was for Wu Jifeng.
Feng Yin took the cup and took a sip before he said, "Miss warm up first, we are outside, if you have any orders, please say hello." ”
Feng Yin nodded, and then he turned to leave, and did not forget to add some charcoal to the brazier nearby as he left.
Feng Yin looked out while drinking tea, and saw Boss Ma lead the uncle to the stall, pointing to something on the stall and saying something, as if he was introducing something. Uncle responded a few words and nodded at something.
Then, the two young men were summoned by Boss Ma, and one of them was holding a tray in his arms.
After a few words of instructions from Boss Ma, one of the guys took some small boxes to the tray, while the other picked up some things that looked like hairpins, and they looked like they had placed the things very carefully before walking towards Feng Yin.
Walking to the table and arranging the two trays, they turned and walked out without saying a word, and each went to the end of the fence on the left and right sides, and released the excess cloth tied to the fence, led it to the wooden pillar in the middle of the gap, closed the whole field, and walked out.
Feng Yin looked at this formation really strangely, and he really couldn't think of what Uncle was going to do.
At this time, Wu Jifeng lifted one side of the cloth and stood there quietly looking at Feng Yin, and then he laughed and walked towards Feng Yin, who was also smiling.