Chapter 9 Human Affection and Warmth
Yu Sanbai had already finished washing up and sat in the hall drinking tea. Lin Yu sat down and spoke alongside.
Lin Fengsheng entered the door and said, "Uncle Yu, will you leave now?"
Yu Sanbai said with a smile: "I have explained the reason to your aunt, and I will leave for Dali later." The Mid-Autumn Festival will be in two days, so you can stay with your aunt and cousin for the holiday. ”
Lin Fengsheng said: "I want to stay and serve my aunt, my father and mother asked me to come here is what it means, so don't you need to say it." But you should also think about it for a few more days. ”
Mei Ruoxue also said: "That's right, my niece still wants to ask you for some swordsmanship." ”
Yu Sanbai said: "Uncle Yu does have something to do, if your little girl can see it, she will definitely teach you when she is free." ”
Mei Ruoxue said coquettishly: "That's good, don't cheat." ”
Yu Sanbai said with a smile: "It's not bad, it's a little turtle." ”
Mei Ruoxue was amused and giggled. Lin Fengsheng joked: "My cousin is naturally a little turtle, but if Uncle Yu is a liar, he is not." ”
Lin Yu heard the meaning, his face sank slightly, and said, "Feng Sheng, how can you talk to Uncle Yu like this, there are no rules." ”
Yu Sanbai waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, this kid and I have nothing to say." There is a way to gather like things, if I were that old turtle, you kid would not be much better. ”
Mei Ruoxue stuck out her tongue at Lin Fengsheng and said, "That's right, this is fair." I didn't cheat, how could I be a little turtle!" everyone laughed together.
Lin Yuzheng said: "Okay." Since my uncle has something to do, I can't force me to stay, so the kitchen has prepared snacks, so let's eat some before leaving. ”
After eating snacks, Yu Sanbai got up to say goodbye, and Lin Yu said to Mei Ruoxue: "You and your cousin will send Uncle Yu off, and by the way, go to Lanxi City to relax." I haven't seen you happy since your father passed away, and it's rare that you are so attached to your cousin, so let him stay with you for a few days. ”
Mei Ruoxue was overjoyed and nodded shyly. Lin Yu called Lin Fengsheng again and gave him some advice, and sent the three of them out.
Yu Sanbai said goodbye to Mrs. Mei, and Lin Fengsheng and Mei Ruoxue were sent all the way to Lanxi City. Yu Sanbai stuffed a small cloth bag into Lin Fengsheng's hand and said, "I'll come to you when I'm done with my errands, and take good care of your aunt and their mother and son." After that, he went on his own.
Lin Fengsheng was reluctant in his heart, and shouted: "Uncle Yu, take care!" Yu Sanbai waved his hand and walked farther and farther.
Lin Fengsheng opened the package and saw that it was two pairs of jade bought in Xiangyun Town, and he vaguely understood Yu Sanbai's intentions, and said in his heart: "This jewelry was originally a gift for my cousin, but Uncle Yu himself was embarrassed to take it out." He handed the hosta to Mei Ruoxue and said, "Cousin, give it to you." Think of it as a gift for the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”
Mei Ruoxue was overjoyed, her heart was sweet, and she carefully put it close to her. Seeing that Lin Fengsheng still had a pair of jade bracelets in his hand, but he didn't give it to himself, and said that he was going to keep it for other women, he said angrily: "Who is the jade bracelet for? I don't want this hairpin anymore, let's give it to others together!"
Lin Fengsheng didn't know why, so he was secretly amused, and deliberately said: "No, then I can give it to my aunt together!"
Mei Ruoxue was relieved when she heard that the jade bracelet was for her mother, her face was red and she hurriedly took the hairpin back, lowered her head and pulled Lin Fengsheng's sleeve and left.
A few days later is August 15, which is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, because the moon is full on this day, so it is also called the reunion festival. Uncle passed away, leaving his aunt and cousin lonely and lonely, and Lin Fengsheng was ordered by his parents to accompany them to spend the festival. Yu Sanbai escorted him to pay homage to the old man by the way.
Although it is not yet the festive season, the city is already filled with a festive atmosphere, all kinds of lanterns, all kinds of goods, pedestrians shoulder to shoulder, selling and bargaining along the street, and Lin Fengsheng and Mei Ruoxue are dizzying.
Mei Ruoxue took Lin Fengsheng to visit most of Lanxi City, bought some dried fruit preserves, clothes and jewelry and other things, and each had large and small packages in their hands. Mei Ruoxue looked around beside the stall, picking and choosing, still looking unsatisfied.
Lin Fengsheng was so tired that the boss was impatient, and when he saw a teahouse on the street, his throat couldn't help but feel a little thirsty, and said, "Cousin, I'm a little thirsty, let's go to the front and rest for a while before leaving." ”
Mei Ruoxue smiled: "I'm afraid you can't walk, but you're thirsty." It's not even as good as a girl's house, it's really useless. This is called useless being a scholar, Ha Luha, don't read any sage books of Lao Shizi in the future, it's better to follow me to practice martial arts. ”
Lin Fengsheng was very disapproving, took out the folding fan and shook it, and said leisurely: "Fighting, killing, moving, I don't like it." There is a way that everything is inferior, only reading is high, it can be seen that the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are the best in the world, and it is endless fun to be in it. But you don't understand the fun of this, and I won't tell you more. With that, he went straight into the teahouse.
Mei Ruoxue said angrily: "If you don't say it, don't say it, it's so rare, I don't like to hear it." Stinky scholar, dead cousin, dropped schoolbag, sour. ”
Lin Fengsheng entered the teahouse, chose a seat near the window and sat down, and asked for a pot of tea and a few side dishes. Mei Ruoxue came in angrily, threw the things in her hand on the table, and said, "Look at things here, enjoy them slowly, I still need to buy some things, go and go back." ”
Lin Fengsheng responded and asked, "Don't you drink tea?" Mei Ruoxue said: "Not thirsty" turned around and went out of the store.
Lin Fengsheng poured a cup of tea and took a sip, but felt that the bottom of his tongue was full of flavor, his lips and teeth were fragrant, and his taste was very good. When I asked the store, I knew that this tea was called "Taihua", which was produced in Shunning County, Yongchang Prefecture, and was one of the four famous local products.
The four famous teas of Shunning are: Qingming Chunjian, Yunwu Yulu, Golden Autumn Valley Flower, Silver Frost Taihua, the four kinds of tea together are called "Four Seasons Tea", according to the order of this season, this Taihua tea is winter tea.
Lin Fengsheng said in his heart: "Shunning and my house are not more than a hundred miles away, but I didn't know that such good tea was produced here, it was really unheard of." After another sip and savoring it, I couldn't help but praise: "This tea has a soft and long aftertaste, which is comparable to the famous tea of Suzhou and Hangzhou." I don't want a remote town like Shunning to have such superb tea-making technology, which is really commendable. ”
The shopkeeper is over fifty years old, his appearance is obscene, and he doesn't sound like a local with an accent, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "This tea is produced in the countryside, although the quality is good, but it is difficult to get into the elegant hall." Gongzi's family is wealthy, but I am afraid that it is the first time to drink such country tea. ”
Lin Fengsheng said: "The family is wealthy, but it can't be talked about, just because my ancestral home is Zhongzhou, and my father likes to drink Jiangnan tea, so I can't help but miss such a good product." ”
As he was talking, he heard a commotion at the door, and the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward to inquire. But it was the guy in the shop arguing with a few beggars.
There were three beggars, one old and two young, all ragged and unkempt, each holding a bamboo stick and a broken bowl. I only heard the old beggar say: "Our brothers originally ate a hundred family meals, so what's so strange about coming to your shop to beg for a bowl of cold rice to eat? The other two young beggars knocked on the broken bowl with bamboo sticks and shouted, "How can this be true?" and "What a stingy reincarnation."
The shopkeeper shouted, "What did I do to scold you? There are no leftovers in the store, so I send you three stinky Hanako, saying that if you don't have it, you don't have it!"
The shopkeeper also stepped forward and said with a look of disgust: "The small shop is a small profit, but I can't wait for you Uncle Hanako, if you want to beg for food, go elsewhere as soon as possible, don't hinder my business." ”
When the shopkeeper saw that the proprietor had come up to help, he was even more emboldened, and he raised his foot and kicked at the old beggar. scolded "get out of here", and his words and deeds were full of contempt and rudeness.
The old beggar stumbled two steps to the left, and as if he were drunk and unsteady on his feet, he avoided the kick from his shopkeeper. The bamboo stick in his hand poked into the crook of the shopkeeper's raised leg, and the shopkeeper felt a pain in his leg, and then fell to one knee on the ground.
The old beggar smiled and said, "It's okay to know your mistakes, but you don't have to kneel." ”
The shopkeeper looked annoyed and embarrassed, and got up with a snort, blushing and silent. Seeing this, the shopkeeper knew that it was the old beggar's hands and feet, and scolded: "Hanako is rude, and he came to tease my buddy after begging, if he still dies and doesn't leave, I will report to the official!"
The old beggar smiled: "You shopkeeper is not reasonable, obviously you connived at the guy to scold and commit murder, but you came to bite back." Open the door to do business, how can you treat customers like this. ”
The shopkeeper was even more angry when he heard them claiming to be customers, and he snorted and said, "What kind of customer are you, just the so-called Hanako enters the door-you have to inch in, it is really bad luck to get home!"
The two young beggars were very angry when they heard the shopkeeper scolding so badly, and one said: "Don't you look down on people, the uncle is still not begging for food today, so he will enter the store to patronize" The other also said: "Exactly, don't you have any silver on the beggar?"
Where is the store willing to believe, and a strong abuse drives away.
Lin Fengsheng felt quite unbearable in his heart, and said in his heart: "These two people just nodded to me, and in a blink of an eye, they spoke ill of these big brothers, and the fickleness was like that evil guest Wang Youzhen." The Buddha said that all beings are equal, and these people are begging along the streets, and they are already very pitiful, how can they be so despised again. ”
I was very sympathetic to a few beggars in my heart, and I couldn't help but be very disgusted with the shopkeeper, and said in a loud voice: "Shopkeeper, these people are all friends below, don't neglect it." ”
The shopkeeper saw that he was richly dressed and talked well, and that he must be a rich young master, and that he would certainly not lack money in hand, and although he was extremely reluctant, he had to bring three beggars into the shop to watch the seats. I thought to myself: Hanako has no money to account, since you claim to be a friend of these Hanako, then you will count it in your account.