The ancient life of a master craftsman

On New Year's Eve, Li Enbai and Yunli watched the year together, saying "Happy New Year" to each other the first time of the new year.

On the first day of the new year, they went to pay New Year's greetings in the morning, and enjoyed a leisurely and comfortable life at home in the afternoon. On the second day of the new year, Yunli and Li Enbai returned to Yun's house. Aman grew up a lot, and now he is running and jumping It's very agile, and it's a lot more courageous.

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On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, they went around the town together. During the Chinese New Year, the town is much less popular than before. Many shops are closed, and the few open shops have three or two cats as customers , but the whole town is full of festive New Year flavor.

Red lanterns are hung along the street and every shop is full of the whole street, and colorful flags are hung in the sky above the street, and the firecracker paper clothes let off on the ground are layer by layer, almost covering the entire ground.

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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Enbai and Yunli went to the town again. This time they took the whole family together. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival was held, and the curfew in the town was cancelled. There was a lantern show at night, which was beautiful and lively.

Old man Yun was also pulled out by brothers Yunhe and Yunli.It was also the first time for Aman to come to the town, with a pair of black bead-like eyes looking around, and pulling Li Enbai to ask questions from time to time.

Now he is articulate, speaks very clearly, and has a lot of questions. He is obviously a little baby less than three years old. He is very curious, and his head is spinning fast. Yunhe has been asked a hundred thousand questions by him. I'm scared.

On the contrary, Li Enbai was very patient and didn't deal with him. He answered what he knew, and said to those who didn't know: "Uncle doesn't know either. When Aman knows the answer, tell uncle, okay?"

Aman would be very happy, and he would show a row of neat little white teeth with a smile, "Okay."

There were a lot of people at the Lantern Festival, and it wasn't too much to squeeze shoulder to shoulder. Yunhe and Mu Xiaolian followed Old Man Yun, and the three adults were almost scattered by the crowd. Li Enbai and Yunli were blocked by Shuangzhong and Zhang Jiu, so they didn't get caught by the crowd. Squeeze away.

Li Enbai picked up Aman, who was a little scared when he saw the dense crowd. He was tall and strong, and it was very obvious when he picked up Aman, but in the crowd where many fathers put their children on their necks, It also seems commonplace.

The other arm is half around Yunli, the posture is not comfortable, but I feel that I will not be squeezed by the crowd.

"Zhang Jiu, you and Shuang Zhong go aside, be careful not to be scattered by the crowd." Li Enbai warned.

Li Enbai actually regretted coming to the Lantern Festival. There are too many people, accidents are easy to happen, and such a dense crowd will be a natural umbrella for human traffickers.

Whose child was stolen, but no one could be found.

His worries were not unreasonable, but obviously the mayor also made careful planning. After they walked for a while, the crowd became less dense, and there were two people in government uniforms standing by the side of the road after a while, Scan the crowd.

There were also many soldiers with long knives clearing the way in the middle of the road. The crowd went from disorder to order, but it took only two cups of tea.

Li Enbai couldn't believe it when he saw it. The mayor can be regarded as a capable person if he can do this, but it's a pity that his intentions are not right.

After the crowd became orderly and less dense, Li Enbai and Yunli interlocked their fingers instead. While walking, he looked at the stalls on the side of the road. Each stall had lanterns for the occasion, and there were also stalls selling lanterns.

Of course, the Shangyuan Festival is also indispensable for the good talk of talented scholars and beautiful ladies.

According to Li Enbai's understanding, in ancient times, the Lantern Festival was actually a festival similar to Valentine's Day in later generations. On this day, girls who were confined in the boudoir could also go out to the streets.

If you meet a man you like, you can use lanterns, sachets, handkerchiefs, etc. to convey your feelings. The same is true for men. On this day, you can go to the lantern festival with your favorite girl and guess the lantern fans.

Both parties are interested. After the Lantern Festival, the two families will move around. If it is suitable, they will make a marriage. It doesn’t matter if it is not suitable. The rules of men and women will reduce many restrictions on the day of the Lantern Festival. It is one of the few freedoms for women. one day.

However, there is still a difference in the history of the Song Dynasty and Li Enbai. Because there are third-gender people like the younger brother, male and female defense, and male brother defense still exist, but they are more relaxed than the harsh era in history. few.

As they walked and watched, they couldn't feel the passage of time. In the end, they not only bought a lot of lanterns, but also bought a few masks.

Aman likes little foxes, and he won't take them off after he puts them on. He is shaking his head in Li Enbai's arms, happily.

Li Enbai took a jade-faced fox mask similar to Aman's mask. This style is a pair, one is a male fox and the other is a female fox.

Just as Yunli was about to reach out to pick up the mask of the female fox, another person snatched the mask over, "Boss, I want this mask."

It was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, wearing a red dress, which was a new product from Qianxiu Clothing Hall. There was a circle of white fur around her neck and cuffs, and the cut of the clothes was more suitable, showing her lines perfectly. The place is convex, and the place that should be warped is warped.

She is a very attractive woman, and there are many men waiting around, but she smiled at Li Enbai, "Master, do you also like this jade-faced fox mask?"

Li Enbai ignored her, but asked the boss if there was another mask of a female fox. Unfortunately, most of the masks at the Lantern Festival are a pair, or a parent-child mask like a fox. The boss does not have the same mask here. Set up.

Yunli turned to the girl and asked very politely, "Miss, can you give me the mask? Our family really wants to wear the same mask, and we originally wanted to buy it, but unfortunately, Miss The movement is faster... why don't I pay twice as much money and give the lady another style?"

The girl in red didn't seem to understand what Yunli said, and paid the money to the boss, "My little brother, I'm so sorry, I like it, and it's me who pays first, or you choose later." One other."

The girl in red smiled politely, but her words were a little aggressive, and she looked at Li Enbai restlessly.Li Enbai frowned, and just about to say something, Yunli took the mask away from his hand.

"Since the girl likes it, let's change a couple. After all, twisted melons won't be sweet." Yunli put down the mask, carefully looked at the mask that the boss hung on the shelf, and planned to pick another one. Others come out.

The girl in red didn't seem to understand his sarcasm, but instead said, "It's just a mask, why care about whether it's a couple? Could it be that you even care about such a trivial matter?"

"It's not about caring, it's just that I don't like dubious people always staring at my husband-in-law, so I don't have to lose my identity." Yunli smiled back.

Aman was very happy to shake his head with the mask on, waiting for his uncle and uncle to take him to the next stall, he saw it all, it was a trap!

But this sister is so annoying, she keeps talking to my uncle, snatches his mask, and secretly looks at my uncle...

"I don't want foxes anymore!" Aman angrily took off the mask and threw it on the stall, his mouth pouted in anger.

"Aman, what's the matter? Why did you suddenly lose your temper?" Li Enbai was admiring Fulang's sharp-tongued cute appearance, but he didn't expect that Aman would lose his temper. Aman is naughty, but he rarely loses his temper .

Aman pointed to the fox mask and said, "The vixen is not good. The vixen wants to seduce uncle, bad! I don't want the vixen!"

Both Yunli and Li Enbai couldn't help but want to laugh, Li Enbai pinched his little face, "Then what do you want?"

Aman glanced at the shelf, and finally designated a mask for a family of three, "I want that! I want all three! One for me, one for my uncle, and one for my uncle!"

Yunli and Li Enbai saw that it was a set of tiger masks. Although it was not as exquisite as a fox's mask, it was still charmingly naive.

Yunli took out the money and asked the boss to hand him all three masks, and the little tiger's to Aman, and Aman took it by himself, "Aww——Aman is a little tiger, he can protect uncle, beat him away You're a vixen! Aww—"

"Hahahahaha, Ah Man is doing well." Li Enbai buckled the big tiger on his head, without covering his face, just hung it obliquely on his head.

Yunli also imitated him, hanging the mask on her head and wearing it at a slant, pinched Aman's face, "Okay, the mask is finished, let's go to the next place."

The red-clothed girl's face was dull and she wanted to lose her temper, but with so many people watching, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing, and Li Enbai didn't even look at her, how could this be possible? !

She looked around, and thought of a plan, put on the fox mask casually, got into the crowd, shuttled around for a while, and then disappeared, leaving only those men who were interested in her sighing in vain.