Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

It was still cold, and the wind made everything look cold. Even the white-walled and green-tiled houses in the town were chilly.

There are quite a few people in the town. After being cooped up for a whole winter, no matter how cold it is, it can't stop everyone from going out.

Those who have no food at home will come to the town to sell some things in exchange for food. Businessmen will also take advantage of the fact that there are many people to make money. When there are many people, they can get together in a lively atmosphere and gather the warmth of others.

Little Pei followed his master all the way to the market, watching the fun along the way. When he passed by Qian's Liquor Store on Tongfang Street, he saw that the doors and windows facing the street were closed, and even the peach charms were still old and had not been replaced. He felt a little puzzled, and his heart, which was about to jump out of his chest with joy, suddenly sank.

He slowed down his pace involuntarily and looked towards the side door in the alley.

Jinghui also saw it. Compared with Pei Xiaohai, she saw more. For example, the sign of the wine shop was very dirty and hung high on the pole. There was no one to clean up the dead branches and leaves in front of the door. It seemed that it had not been opened for a long time.

Why is that?

Business may be worse in winter, but it will still be there and we will definitely not be closed.

Jinghui: "Child, do you want to go see your eldest sister from the Pei family?"

"This one……"

Pei Xiaohai couldn't explain it either. The two of them were not very familiar with each other. Every time she went to Pei's house, she seemed very busy. She either asked her to play in the yard or in the house. But there was nothing fun in the house or in the yard of Pei's house. There were sisters she didn't know everywhere, and they were all working. She didn't know why there was always so much work to do.

Pei Xiaohai stared at the alley but couldn't see the door. Cheng Tianbao was annoyed by her delay and said, "I'll go and help you check."

Then he quickly slipped through the wall and came back a little later and said angrily:

"They were all here, but I didn't see the old man. Then I remembered they promised to offer me a tablet, but I went in and looked for it several times and couldn't find anything. What liars!"

Since everyone is here, then everything is fine...right? Perhaps Mr. Qian is visiting someone.

Little Pei told his master what he had said, and then, remembering what happened last year, he whispered to him, "Never mind the old man. Have you seen the eldest sister of the Pei family's child?"

"Child?" Cheng Tianbao scratched his head. "I haven't seen him. He must have gone out to play with the old man."

Oh, then she doesn't want to go even more.

"The kids are not here, it's not fun at all," Pei Xiaohai muttered, pulling Jinghui's hand, "Master, let's go."

"Okay." Jinghui pulled her up and walked into the alley.

Pei Xiaohai didn't want to leave like this at all, but Jinghui had already pulled the copper ring and knocked on the door.

The person who answered the door came very quickly and asked quietly, "Who is it?"

It was a girl, and Pei Xiaohai felt that the name sounded familiar.

"Poor nun Jinghui."

"It's the nun here!" The girl was a little surprised. There was a sound from inside the door as if it was opening, but then it suddenly stopped. "Nun, wait a moment. I, I'll go ask the master and then come back to open the door."

master?

"Didn't you say that Mr. Qian was not here?" Little Pei looked at Cheng Tianbao suspiciously.

Cheng Tianbao was a little dumbfounded: "No, he's not here. I looked around twice and there's no one there. I even checked the cellar."

Both the man and the ghost were a little confused.

At this time, the master inside spoke, and the voice came from a little further away:

"Where did this bald donkey come from? What kind of a bastard nun is this? If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have remembered her. Tell her to get out of here. No one is allowed to let these messy people in from now on. If she dares to enter the house, I'll slap her and kick her out!"

Pei Xiaohai's anger suddenly rose.

Cheng Tianbao: "If he's not allowed in, then he's not allowed in. Why is he still cursing at me?"

Someone came running over from inside the door and said through the door: "Excuse me, Master, I have something going on at home and it's not convenient for me to entertain guests. Master, Master, please go somewhere else..."

It was difficult to say this, but Pei Xiaohai couldn't hear a thing. She was so angry that she wanted to die.

Almost everyone in the neighborhood knew that there were a few nuns in the temple on the mountain. There were families who refused to give them alms or let them in when they went to beg for alms, but Pei Xiaohai had never seen anyone scolding her like this in her life!

Everyone knows each other, and the old nuns never force anyone to buy or sell anything, or tell lies to deceive people, and they won't come to your door every few days to ask for things. If they just don't want you to come, just say it nicely and they will avoid you next time.

What does swearing mean?

"Master, Master Jinghui..." someone called softly.

Jinghui and Pei Xiaohai turned around and saw Aunt Fang, who lived across from Pei's house, leaning out half of her body and waving at them.

"Come sit with me, don't go near their house, that kid from the Qian family is crazy..."

Pei Xiaohai was furious: "I think he's crazy too, all he knows how to do is yell!"

Cheng Tianbao added: "That's right, he was like a mad dog. Fortunately I didn't go in, otherwise he would have bitten people."

"Child." Jinghui pulled her disapprovingly.

"Hmph!" Little Pei stomped his feet, becoming even angrier.

She spoke up for her master, but her master still scolded her. How unreasonable!

When the master and the apprentice entered Aunt Fang's house, she was as warm as ever. She asked them to sit in the house, boiled water and made tea, and asked them if they had eaten. If not, there was some food at home, all vegetarian, which could be heated up and eaten.

Pei Xiaohai and Jinghui had both eaten their fill before coming down the mountain, so they were not hungry at the moment. They thanked her for her kindness and declined.

Sitting on the warm kang in the Fang family's house, Aunt Fang couldn't wait to find a topic to talk about before they asked, and she deliberately lowered her loud voice and said:

"From now on, if you come to town with your children and feel thirsty or hungry, just come to my place and don't go to their house.

You are in the mountains and don't know what's going on in this town. Ever since that incident with the mandrill, the Qian family has become very evil.

I don't know what's wrong with the kid from the Qian family. He loves eating raw meat, and it has to be alive. After destroying the chickens, ducks and geese bought by his own family, he now starts to target other people's cats and dogs. At first, no one thought of him as a thief in town.

It just so happened that one night, when he was biting a cat's neck and drinking its blood, he was seen by his wife, who scared her and killed her child. The six-month-old boy could already be seen to be pregnant. What a pity.

The two elders of the Qian family are considered to be very kind-hearted people. When something like this happened in their family, they still remembered to compensate the family whose things were lost. But few people would have the nerve to ask them for money.

My family lost two chickens. We had raised them for two or three years. Their combs were red and they were so beautiful. But they lived next door and they helped me a lot. I didn't have the nerve to ask them to pay for it. And the kid from the Qian family kept calling me "Auntie" and was always saying sorry, so I thought forget it, it's not worth it.

He also advised them to find someone to check on the boy and see what was wrong with him.

It’s my fault for being too talkative! "

Aunt Fang gulped down a bowl of broken leaf tea, wiped her mouth, and said regretfully and angrily:

"Because of this, that kid even hated his parents.

You said we didn't do anything to him. Here we just sing and dance, smear some chicken blood and black dog blood, and drink two talismans. That's all. It was snowing heavily at the time, so it was hard to find someone. Someone recommended a Taoist priest who was passing by, but he didn't do anything fancy.

But it worked. After drinking a bowl of the talisman water, he had diarrhea and vomited, and his intestines were about to come out. He passed out and woke up again. The problem was cured. But since then, this person has been like a madman. Today he looks honest, but tomorrow he may attack his own parents and make the old man angry to death.

And from then on, no matter if they were fortune tellers or fortune tellers, he would scold everyone he met, and when he got angry, he would even destroy other people's business.

His mother can't control him, and his wife has been bullied by him. The shop has closed down, and he can't make a living. He just hangs around every day. I think that when he squanders all the family fortune, this family will be finished.

I've watched him grow up. He used to be such a loyal and honest young man, but now he seems like a completely different person..."

Aunt Fang's eyes turned red as she spoke.

What is this thing called?

Both the master and the disciple were stunned.

It's like he has become a different person.

Little Pei recalled the day he saw the mandrill...it was a bit of a double image.