Chapter 29(1/2)
It was almost Mid-Autumn Festival, and the King of Liao gave his confidants around him a festive ceremony. What Xiao Zhen got was two jars of good wine and two boxes of mooncakes.
Xiao Zhen took the good wine and asked Xu Wen to send the mooncakes to the backyard.
Mooncakes are made of date paste, which is particularly sweet. Archer and Aman both like sweets. The brother and sister sit face to face and eat. The brother is gentle and the mooncake foam is covered with the face of the sister.
Su Jin sat aside and watched, thinking about the Mid-Autumn Festival two years ago. Because he had not yet given filial piety at that time, his family had not done a big deal, so Xiao Zhen stayed alone in the front yard. The three of them ate a few mooncakes and even celebrated the festival. This year, the three of them had given filial piety. In addition to the bun shop, they also set up a pig house. Xiao Zhen also turned bad luck into good fortune and was relied on by the King of Liao. It was a happy event and worth having a good time.
Bring the gift list prepared in advance, Su Jin went to the front yard to find Xiao Zhen.
Xiao Zhen was standing in front of the main hall and talking to Xu Wen. When he saw a red dress in the corner, Xiao Zhen felt nervous, as if he was facing a great enemy.
Xu Wen retreated aside.
Xiao Zhen turned to Su Jin.
Su Jin raised the gift list in his hand and said with a smile: "I have prepared all the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts that should be given out. Please see if there is anything wrong with it."
Xiao Zhen nodded and did not invite Su Jin to sit in the main hall. He just stood there and browsed it briefly.
"My brother and sister are very thoughtful, so just follow this order to give it to her." Xiao Zhen returned the gift list to her without looking sideways.
It was not yet dark and the sunset was shining brightly, which clearly reflected his expression of keeping people from thousands of miles away. Su Jin was surprised. After taking the order, she tilted her head slightly and asked in wonder if she was unwilling to look at her cold-faced commander: "Sir, it seems that he doesn't like me very much recently. I accidentally did something wrong and angered him?"
She lives in a yard, and Su Jin doesn't want to have a dispute with Xiao Zhen. She has any knots to tell her, and she changes everything she should change.
Xiao Zhen had a dream that he shouldn't have, and blamed himself for being ashamed of, for fear that he would be confused by Su Jin's appearance and sink deeper. Second, he was guilty and afraid that he would reveal his clues and be noticed by the shrewd little woman. Therefore, every time he met Su Jin, he would conceal his solemn and majestic attitude, but Xiao Zhen did not expect that she would have a misunderstanding.
"Your brother and sister are worried too much, you have nothing to offend me." Xiao Zhen calmed down slightly, said calmly, and even glanced at her.
It would be fine if he didn't look at it, but the more he looked, the more he looked, and wanted to fool him.
Su Jin frowned and said seriously: "Why are you dissatisfied with me? Just say it straight, how can I let go if you are so perfunctory?"
Xiao Zhen was not good at verbal disputes, so he had to look at her and said, "I am really satisfied with my younger brother and sister."
This is the truth. Su Jin looked at the black eyes under his sword eyebrows and saw the seriousness and helplessness inside, as if she was making trouble.
After looking at each other for a moment, Xiao Zhen lowered his eyes again, as if he was afraid of something. The tall and strong man made such a gesture, which was inexplicably ridiculous.
Su Jin didn't understand what Xiao Zhen was thinking, but she was sure that Xiao Zhen was really not angry.
So Su Jin stopped asking and patted the gift list in her hand. She whispered: "Sir, you have been taking care of us three years. We are not related by blood, but we are better than relatives. Mid-Autumn Festival is a good day for family reunion. I want to hold a banquet. At night, we have four people eating vegetables and enjoying the moon. What do you think? "
Better than relatives...
Xiao Zhen kept circling these four words in his heart. It turned out that she had already regarded him as a relative?
Since he is a relative, how could he refuse her kindness?
Facing Su Jin's inquiring eyes, Xiao Zhen nodded and said, "The brother and sister-in-law are bothering."
"It's just a banquet, it's no problem." Su Jin smiled at him, his watery eyes shining brightly in the golden sunset.
Xiao Zhen fell again uncontrollably.
When he came back to his senses, Su Jin had already walked away a few steps and led Ruyi back to the backyard.
Xiao Zhen closed his eyes and stood there for a moment. He took a deep breath and forced himself to throw Su Jin's smile just now out of his mind.
It was Mid-Autumn Festival in a blink of an eye, and every household was in high spirits.
In the evening, Xiao Zhen and Ache played with Aman, and Su Jin cooked and cooked. Su Jin was born with good cooking skills, and she also liked cooking and was very busy. When she prepared a basin, Chuntao would take a plate. When the square table in the yard was almost full, Su Jin finally stopped and stepped out of the kitchen with the last steamed crab.
Crabs in the north are rare. When you see the long-lost crabs, Archer secretly swallows his saliva.
Xiao Zhen and Aman stared blankly at the big crab on the plate. Xiao Zhen knew him but had never eaten it. The three-year-old Aman had never even seen him.
"Mom, what's this? It's so ugly." Aman poked the crab shell with his chopsticks, and said quite disgusted.
Su Jin smiled: "This is called a crab, it smells so good. I'll peel it for Aman later."
Aman nodded half-believingly.
There were four chairs placed next to the square table, but at this time Aman was in his godfather's arms.
"Come here, mom, please carry it. Godfather wants to drink." Su Jin put the crabs, wiped his hands with a veil, and walked around Xiao Zhen.
Aman likes to ask his mother to feed her, and he obediently stretches his arms to her.
Because of Su Jin's approaching, Xiao Zhen's whole body was stiff and his eyes were drooping, as if he was fighting against Buddha.
Su Jin had only his daughter in his eyes, and he didn't pay attention to his strangeness. He stepped forward, bent down and gently pinched his daughter's armpits with both hands. Xiao Zhen was very tall, and Aman was completely covered by him. When Su Jin leaned over, his temples were exactly the same as Xiao Zhen's face. So close, Xiao Zhen smelled the fragrance of the little woman's hair, which was very clean, but turned into a magic weapon for the fairy to seduce people, accurately hooking his heart.
He glanced at her face as he took his own initiative, and then he saw a hint of whiteness. Xiao Zhen left.
No, no, he warned himself again.
Su Jin mentioned his daughter and sat down at Xiao Zhen's lower left head, opposite Archer.
"Eat it, it's all a family, so don't be polite to each other." After sitting down, seeing that Xiao Zhen and his son were still still frozen, Su Jin said familiarly.
Xiao Zhen urgently needed something to forget her approach just now. Hearing this, he picked up the wine pot and poured a full bowl for himself.
"Godfather is drinking." Aman stared at his godfather's wine bowl and murmured.
Just as the girl was watching in shock, Xiao Zhen raised the wine bowl and drank all the food in one sip.
Su Jin had known his alcohol tolerance, so he was not surprised. While skillfully peeling crabs, he teased Archer: "When Archer grows up, he will drink with the adults."
Archer glanced at the wine pot on the table and couldn't imagine the smell of the wine.
Su Jin peeled a crab leg for her daughter. Aman opened his mouth to catch it, chewed it tentatively for a few bites, and raised his head to smile at his mother: "It's delicious! You still want it!"
Su Jin kissed the little girl and then distributed it to Archer, Xiao Zhen and a big crab.
Archer likes to eat crabs and peels them down.
Su Jin focused on feeding his daughter and felt that it was almost enough. Su Jin realized that Xiao Zhen had never touched the crabs and only picked other dishes to eat.
Su Jin suddenly remembered that yesterday she told Aunt Liu to buy crabs. Aunt Liu smiled and said that she had never eaten that thing. Perhaps Xiao Zhen had never eaten it either. People who had never eaten it may not peel it, right?
Su Jin didn't think much about it, put a freshly peeled crab leg into Xiao Zhen's bowl and said enthusiastically: "Sir, it's pretty delicious."
Xiao Zhen's heart trembled, and he lowered his head, and saw a piece of white and crystal clear crab meat in the bowl, which was a bit like her.
The little woman was still looking at him earnestly. Xiao Zhen stiffly picked up the crab meat and put it in his mouth, chewing it randomly and swallowing it.
"How is it?" Su Jin asked.
Xiao Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not used to this taste. My brother and sister will eat it by themselves, don't worry about me."
Since he said that, Su Jin really didn't care about him.
As we were eating, the sky gradually darkened, and a full red moon rose in the sky to the east, so close to the ground, as if it was reaching out to touch. The courtyard was quiet, but there was a faint voice from the street in the distance. There was a lantern festival in the city tonight, and the people went out to watch the lights.
Archer looked outside several times.
Su Jin noticed and guessed that her son wanted to see the lights. She asked her daughter softly: "The street is full of lanterns. Do you want to see it?"
"Yes!" Aman likes to go out the house the most.
Su Jin then made the decision, and the three of them went to see the lights after dinner.
"Godfather is also gone!" Aman patted the table on his godfather's side with his little hand, and said for granted.
Xiao Zhen was drinking, but suddenly he choked and coughed with his fist against his lips.
With such a big reaction, Su Jin suddenly realized that even if Xiao Zhen was her eldest uncle, how could he accompany his younger brother and sister to enjoy the lanterns?
Xiao Zhen is the most serious and must think so.
In order to avoid embarrassment of explanation, Su Jin coaxed his daughter in time: "The adults are drunk and will have to go to bed later."
Aman looked at his godfather suspiciously.
Xiao Zhen cooperated with Su Jin and pretended to yawn.
Aman believed it and arranged seriously: "Then the godfather goes to bed, we will go to see the lights."
Su Jin touched his daughter's head.
After the meal, the maids packed the tables and Su Jin came home to act and reminded Xiao Zhen: "Sir, go and rest."
Xiao Zhen nodded and looked at Aman reminding her: "I will send Xu Wen and Xu Wen to protect my younger brother and sister, and I will go and return early."
Su Jin smiled and said, "Okay."
Xiao Zhen turned back to the room, Su Jin went back to the backyard to change his clothes. At night, the wind was cold, and she took out three newly made cloaks, one for each of the three women and one for each.
A quarter of an hour later, the three of them were accompanied by Ruyi and the Xu brothers and set off. Xiao Mansion and Liao Wang Mansion were not far from the main street, and they were just walking there.
Shortly after they left, Xiao Zhen sat in the quiet inner room, becoming more and more irritable. The street was mixed with fish and dragons, Su Jin was beautiful, and Ache was too young. What if the Xu brothers neglected and asked the three of them to be snatched one or two of them, or even snatched them together?
Xiao Zhen couldn't bear it, and his fists were clenched and then loosened. Xiao Zhen suddenly stood up and left the mansion alone. Su Jin and his party went to play, and walked slowly in the garden. Xiao Zhen walked quickly and quickly caught up with them, then hid in the distance and protected them secretly.
The market is like daylight, and pedestrians on the street are endless. To be cautious, Xu Wen held Archer's hand, and Xu Wu and Ruyi were guarding Su Jin and his daughter from left to right. Archer didn't like being led by others. He wanted to throw Xu Wen away, but saw that his mother walked a few steps like Lord Xiao in front and looked back at him. Archer pursed his lips and acquiesced to Xu Wen's approach.
He didn't want to worry his mother.
The three of them slowly followed the crowd. With Xu Wen and Xu Wu's strict protection, even if there were sluts, they would not dare to get close to them.
But human disasters can be avoided, and natural disasters can be prevented.
There are lamp shops on both sides of the street. After autumn begins, it is windy in the north. It is still fine tonight. Then at some point, a strong wind suddenly erupts from the flat ground. The wind blows yellow sand, making pedestrians bow their heads and close their eyes, and also makes the lanterns hanging high on the pole shaking. Among them, the lamp shop sets the racks for hanging lamps very high. When the strong wind comes, the lamp stands and falls "crash" and falls.
To be continued...