hard work

Hearing this, the man called Mr. Gao was so frightened that his whole body trembled and his face turned pale with shock. Even though his hands were completely twisted and dislocated by Wen Huaizhou, he still had to roll and crawl on his knees at this moment. He kowtowed to apologize, and said: "Mr. Wen forgives the villain's blindness, and I hope that the third master will be magnanimous and spare the villain's life..."

Ku Tong was also surprised, the lustful and wretched look just now was gone, now he didn't even dare to look at Ku Tong any more.

The guests at the side should just watch the show, Mr. Gao has always molested the maids in his courtyard regardless of the occasion, and this person is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry that he can't afford to offend, so he can only send these people off in a good manner. If you go to another mansion, you will either never come back, or you will become insane after you come back... It's really harmful.

People were secretly grinding, but they were quite relieved. Gao Yang made a big mess at this meeting, and the one he reached out to touch was Kun Ze, the third son of the Wen family, Xinna. Can people not be angry?

Wen Huaizhou looked condescendingly at the kowtowing man kneeling in front of him, but just stared at him angrily without saying a word.

On the contrary, Wen Zhengting and Xu Ningmei rushed over after hearing the sound, looked at each other at this scene, and looked at Wen Huaizhou with reproach in their eyes.Mrs. Wen was even more direct, her eyes seemed to be questioning what Wen Huaizhou was doing with this trouble?

Wen Huaizhou saw that his mother was still angry, and ran to the backyard with Kutong in full view.Wen Zhengting frowned slightly, and quickly helped Gao Yang up as if nothing had happened, and after explaining to the guests, he took Xu Ningmei, who was about to have an attack, away.

Wen Huaizhou took Kutong all the way back to the side courtyard, passing by the new house in the main courtyard, a few girls thought that this young man couldn't hold back anymore, and went to find the bride Chen Yue first, but they didn't expect that they didn't even look here While watching, he dragged a servant who looked very much like a servant into the courtyard in a hurry.

Each of these maids is good, and within a moment, a maid came in to report the news.

After Ku Tong was dragged into the side courtyard, he was still out of breath.But Wen Huaizhou was uncertain at the moment, he really didn't know what this person was thinking in his heart, so he kept silent and listened carefully to Wen Huaizhou's words.

As expected, Wen Huaizhou sat in the main seat, and began to scold Kutong with his brows tightly furrowed: "Why did you go to help in the back kitchen again? Have you ever seen a master who lives like you? Don't do rough work for a day. Can't live in peace?"

Ku Tong lost his voice, and could only nod obediently, and could only endure Wen Huaizhou's words in silence.

Wen Huaizhou didn't get angry when he saw his stupid look of letting go, he just saw this man only wearing a single piece, jumping up and down to pour water for the guests at each table, some of them are famous for their lust The old man stared at Kutong for a long time, and then Gao Yang had the courage to do something... Thinking of the scene he happened to see, Wen Huaizhou was so angry that his teeth itch again.

If he didn't arrive in time, wouldn't he be eaten up by Chai Gu?

Wen Huaizhou knew that Ku Tong had listened to what he had heard, but he had to go to the back kitchen again, so he emphasized again and again, don't run to the back kitchen.

Ku Tong was silent for a moment, but he still had the courage to ask Wen Huaizhou, "Master, can I go out tonight?"

Wen Huaizhou was really surprised, this was the first time that Ku Tong made a request for himself, but after trying to figure out the word "tonight", he frowned and was ready to refuse.

But Ku Tong was very determined, and further said: "Master, please, I have very important things to do tonight."

After speaking, he bowed deeply.

Seeing this appearance, Wen Huaizhou really couldn't say the words to refuse, and suddenly seemed to think of something, he waved his hand to show his consent, and told him to go back to the house early before leaving.Kutong was overjoyed and hurried to thank him.

Today is Wen Huailan's birthday.

If Huailan was still alive, he would be as old as him after today.

Although he knew that his old friend had passed away, he still wanted to hold a lamp and pray for Wen Huailan who was far away in the sky, and hoped that she would be reborn into a good family as soon as possible.

Secondly, tonight is Wen Huaizhou's wedding night... Although he didn't have any "unreasonable thoughts" about Wen Huaizhou, he was still a little awkward and wanted to take advantage of this time to go out to avoid suspicion.

Thinking of this, he began to change his clothes, Ah Yun was still too busy to get away, so he had to sneak out to the gate of the mansion alone.

At this moment, the two gatekeepers were not surprised when they saw him coming, but instead respectfully invited him out. Gu Tong expected that Wen Huaizhou was probably ready, so he went out with peace of mind.

However, the two corners are a bustling scene.

It was a rare sunny day, the neighbors all came out of their stalls one after another, there was a scent in the air, and there were different shouts, there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and women of all colors walked together, smiling very sweetly.

This is the world Kutong knows.

Seeing that it was still early in the day, Ku Tong took his time to wander around.Although the old man who sells wontons is white-haired, but kind-hearted, his body is quite strong. Ku Tong couldn't help but think of Master Jing Kong who was far away in Fenglan Mountain, and felt a little emotional for a while.The uncle who was cleaning the wooden table seemed to notice something, and looked up at Kutong with a smile.

Seeing this smile, Ku Tong was quite ashamed, so he sat aside and asked the old man to order a bowl of wontons. The old man was taken aback when he saw this, but he laughed even deeper.After a while, a bowl of wontons was brought to the table.

The thin-skinned and thick-fleshed wontons look crystal clear, about the size of a copper plate, seaweed and oil float on the surface of the soup, and some chopped green onions are sprinkled on top.Ku Tong happened to be busy at noon and forgot to eat, so he couldn't help moving his index finger, scooped up a spoonful of steaming wontons and blew it before putting it in his mouth.

The moment he bit it open, the smell of meat and fat exploded in his mouth, and it was even more delicious than any delicacy that Kutong ate in Wen's house.Ku Tong lowered his head and began to eat earnestly. After a while, there was only a little oily soup left in his eyes.

Kutong counted some money and put a few copper coins on the table. When he was about to leave, he found that the people at the table around him ran away in a panic before they had finished eating.Quite amazed for a while, Ku Tong suddenly found that three men with sharp mouths and monkey cheeks appeared in front of the uncle.

Neighbors in the neighborhood knew that these people were well-known local snakes on the street, and because of their family connections in the Yamen, they withheld a lot of money from ordinary people.The old man who sells wontons is simple and kind-hearted, and the wontons are delicious and generous, so he is well-known in this area.These people seized the opportunity to ask him to collect land rent, but the share he proposed was worth a month's income, not to mention that he had a grandson to raise by himself, this old man couldn't afford such an expensive land price no matter how good his business was.

I saw these people laughing terribly around the uncle, holding a mallet in their hands, and knocking on the table one after another.This old man was not afraid of being surrounded by several young and strong men, holding the old wooden box in his hand tightly.

Seeing the movement, Ku Tong naturally understood what they were doing, so he jumped up immediately, and knocked down the two people beside him with two three-legged cat kung fu, but he didn't want another person to hold the mallet and was about to point at him A blow to the head...

When it was too late, a person suddenly caught the stick with his bare hands, pushed and kneaded it a few times, and threw the person to the ground.

Ku Tong turned around to look, and couldn't help whispering in surprise: "Feng Qinghe? Why are you here!"

Feng Qinghe withdrew his hands, scratched his head and smiled, as if a little embarrassed: "It happens that there is not much going on in the mansion right now, so I came out to wander around..." In fact, he just saw Ku Tong leave the mansion He wanted to wait until the work was done and go out to try his luck, but he didn't expect to come quite in time.

Ku Tong didn't ask much, but saw those people grinning in pain on the ground, and begged Feng Qinghe, "Hero, spare your life, hero, spare your life." Seeing this, Ku Tong smiled unkindly, and Feng Qinghe Seeing that Kutong smiled, Qinghe also smirked, and took out a bag of silver from his bosom, telling these people not to come again.

Naturally, they were not stupid, they didn't care about the beating just now when they had money, they hurriedly thanked them and ran away.Surrounded by many ordinary people, they unconsciously applauded the two young heroes.

Both of them were a little ashamed, the uncle hooked his back, his eyes became moist, he said a lot of thanks, and he almost knelt down for the two of them.The two thought it was a trivial effort, but the old man asked them to go to his humble house for a cup of tea.

The old man's house is really not far away, but this place is extremely remote, and the weather is so good that no sunlight can come in, but it is clean and tidy.

There was a child sitting in the courtyard, playing with something.Seeing the movement, I realized that it was Grandpa who came back, so I rushed over and pretended to be full.This child is thick-headed and thick-headed, about the age of six years old, his skin is fair but reddened by the winter wind, his smile looks like a crescent moon, very cute.

The old man introduced himself as Zou, and the child was his grandson named Yan'er.The child moved timidly around the two of them, but also called "brother" very obediently.

That voice was extremely soft and glutinous, and it happened to hit Kutong's weakness, and he was just happy to see the child.The uncle asked the two to sit in the house.This house is quite simple, but it is also considered complete.He went to the kitchen and filled two bowls of white fungus soup for the two of them, saying that it was specially boiled before leaving the stall.

This old man is really good at cooking. The tremella soup is dry and sweet, and he also brought some sweet dates. After drinking it, his body becomes warmer.

The uncle talked about the child with the two of them. The parents of this child are the rare Qianyuan and Kunze.But because Yan'er's mother lost too much blood when she gave birth to him, she couldn't hold on anymore and left.But the old man's son Qianyuan is also an infatuated kind, and he couldn't stand the death of his beloved, so he went to accompany her.

For a while, the two were quite embarrassed, but Kutong not only grieved for the experience of the two, but also thought of his own future in the near future.

He didn't know that Qianyuan and Kunze were supposed to be a match made in heaven, but he knew that Wen Huaizhou had always been indifferent to him, and the second wife was sad because of Kunze's identity, which made Kutong once think that Qianyuan and Kunze Ze can't do it together.But at this moment, he became confused, remembering that the sky was getting dark at this moment, that Wen Huaizhou might be with that...

"Ku Tong? Ku Tong?" Feng Qinghe's caring voice interrupted his train of thought, he looked at Ku Tong worriedly, and asked if he felt unwell.

Ku Tong quickly shook his head, the old man hurriedly got up to prepare dinner for the two of them, the two could not shirk, so they had to agree.

After coming out of the old man's house, the sky really became pitch black.But the night in Haoping County is the most noisy. When the lights are dimmed, faithful women and good men walk to the temple fair in twos and threes.

Ku Tong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked enviously at the few people in front of him.Feng Qinghe chuckled, naturally taking in all these movements, he took Kutong's wrist and walked over there: "Let's go, little friend Kutong."

Ku Tong immediately laughed out loud, fearing that he would use up all the joy of the past few months.

They passed Qingling Lane, where gongs and drums were beating, singing and dancing, the opera troupe was at one end, and the crosstalk performers were at the other end with a folding fan. side.

Feng Qinghe on the side went somewhere, and after a while, he took an extremely beautiful sugar figurine and stuffed it into Kutong's hand.The candy figurine is the fairy Chang'e in the painting book, with fluttering clothes, as if she was flying to the moon and returning home, her eyebrows are slightly drawn, lifelike, Kutong is so happy that she doesn't want to eat it when she holds it in her hand.

Feng Qinghe smiled helplessly, shook his head and just let him go.

After another Qirui stone arch bridge, the end is the Wolong Temple.A towering tree stood beside it, and the red silk that was full of trees was blown into chaos by the wind. The two of them entered the temple with the crowd.There are really many rare things in it, earthenware pots from the Western Regions, small animals made of bamboo, colorful oil-paper umbrellas...all of which dazzled Kutong.

Of course, he couldn't forget the real purpose of going out today.

Feng Qinghe was always by his side to protect him, and he found the shop selling lotus lanterns in a short while. Feng Qinghe knew that Kutong was going to do something serious, so he bought another Kongming lantern while Kutong was paying.

The two of them came out of the lake all the way, the surface of the lake was shimmering, and a round of bright moon reflected in the water turned into ripples.Many men and women on the bank carefully lit a lotus lantern, and let it float under the Qirui Bridge.

The same is true for Kutong. After lighting the lamp, he closed his eyes and prayed for Huailan.

Forget the world of mortals today, and the next life will be safe every year.

A wisp of wind carried away this longing, not only the long hair of the bitter boy, but also the lotus lantern that could be seen on and off.

Feng Qinghe stayed by his side the whole time, until Ku Tong opened his eyes, and then helped him to an open space.He borrowed a pen and asked Ku Tong to write a few words on it that he wanted to say to her.Ku Tong thought for a long time and wrote four words.

Goodbye bye.

Afterwards, the two of them held the Kongming Lantern and let it slowly merge into the galaxy, shining with an eternal brilliance in the dark night.