The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the New Year of the third year of Qingfeng had arrived. The New Year of the Zhou Dynasty was the most solemn festival of the year. From Yuan Day to the Lantern Festival for half a month, the court had a big holiday, and the people celebrated.
To celebrate, various activities emerge in endlessly. In the capital, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty will also worship the heaven and earth and tour the long streets to enjoy the people with it, which can be said to be a lot of trouble. In various state capitals outside the capital, although there are no people in the capital to celebrate with the emperor and the royal family
Fortunately, there are also various festive activities to celebrate the prosperous period of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Hangzhou City is the largest and most prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, so New Year's celebrations are also indispensable. Temple fairs and lake tours everywhere are booming and lively. What's even more fitting is that since the second day of the Lunar New Year, Hangzhou has not had snow in several years.
There was a heavy snowfall. This time, the winter snow fell, and the red makeup brought the New Year atmosphere to its climax.
The New Year atmosphere of the Lin family is also very strong. On the first day of the new year, Lin Boyong took the children of the Lin family to worship their ancestors and pray for a prosperous business in the coming year. After that, they went to Taoist temples to give alms and do good deeds, and set up porridge sheds designated by the government to help the people. These are all belonging to wealthy families.
Tradition. During the New Year, they always have to do something eye-catching. Accumulating virtue and doing good deeds is their favorite show. Lin Jue also had to get involved in it, following Lin Boyong and others running around busy. In his memory, he used to be
There is no need to participate in these activities, but this year, Lin Boyong is obviously not willing to treat him coldly and slowly. Lin Jue naturally will not refuse, after all, he still has to take the face given, and all of this is earned by himself.
After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, everything finally calmed down a little. Lin Boyong, Lin Ke and others were busy visiting wealthy families and related officials. The New Year period is also the best time to make connections and promote relationships. Although Lin Boyong also said that he wanted Lin Jue
They went together, but Lin Jue politely declined. He was really not used to those situations where cooperation and exchange of interests were discussed openly, and he was not interested in business, so he did not want to suffer.
Starting from the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the Grand Theater, which had been closed for five days, reopened. Lin Jue took Lu Wu to the Grand Theater to watch the premiere of the new drama "Save the Fengchen". Afterwards, he met with Xie Danhong, Xie Yingying and dozens of Grand Theater guests
The ladies had a reunion dinner together and personally gave them red envelopes of money. After lingering for a while, it was almost the second watch. The two of them walked home on the snowy road.
There are still lights on the long street, but because it is already the second watch at night, the lanterns in front of many shops have been extinguished. There are only scattered lights, making the street dim and obscure. There are almost no people on the street, only one or two people occasionally.
I hurriedly walked by with my head shrunk. The surroundings became very quiet.
Green Dance held the candied haws and candy figures in her hands, and skipped ahead with colorful ribbons in her bun. She hummed a little tune and was in a very happy mood.
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Lv Wu, why are you so happy?"
Lu Wu turned around and fanned her big eyes and said, "Of course I'm happy. This year's Chinese New Year is the happiest. I feel like I'm back when I was a kid. Look, sugar figures and candied haws, my favorite thing to eat when I was a kid."
Lin Jue's heart moved when he heard this. Lu Wu had never mentioned anything about her childhood. She had never asked where she was from or where her home was.
"Lvwu, do you miss home?"
"Missing home?" Lu Wu was stunned and said, "Isn't this my home? What do you mean by this, Master?"
"I mean, do you still remember what happened when you were a child? There should be people in your family. Where is your hometown?" Lin Jue said with a smile.
"I don't remember. I was bought into the house by my mistress when I was very young. I was about seven or eight years old at that time, and my memory is very blurry. I only remember that it was very cold at the time, and my mother took us to Shilanqiao.
I cried when I was hungry, my mother also cried, my sister also cried, and my brother also cried. Then my mistress passed by, and my mother begged her, and then I was taken back to the house by her mistress. After so many years, I have almost forgotten what my mother looked like.
." Lu Wu said softly.
Lin Jue felt that he was a little careless. He was the most caring person around him, but he didn't always care about her or pay attention to what she was thinking. This was really wrong.
"So, you have younger brothers and sisters at home? Do you remember where your hometown is?"
"I have two younger sisters and one younger brother. I can't remember where my home is. I only remember that my home was very nice when I was a child. The house was big. My father was very kind and so was my mother. But for some reason, my father died. There are
It was very dark at night, so my mother took us on a carriage ride. We walked for an unknown number of days, and then we arrived in Hangzhou. My mother cried every day, and so did I. I don’t know if they are still alive." Green Dance
He lowered his head and said.
Lin Jue suddenly felt that he shouldn't ask these things. It was really embarrassing to ask these things when Lu Wu was happy. But he hoped that he could help Lu Wu by asking clearly. Since Lu Wu remembered these things, he remembered what happened when he was a child.
She should actually have some thoughts about some things in her heart. But she is very well-behaved and never talks about these thoughts to herself.
"Lvwu, don't be sad. In the spring, we will send people to check and find your family. Maybe we can find your family. After all, we are blood relatives, so we always need to find them. If your life is good, you can rest assured. If your life is good,
Even if the situation is not good, we can still provide some relief."
"Thank you, Master. You are very kind to Lu Wu. However, even if you find her, Lu Wu will not leave. Master, please don't let me leave."
"Who said I want you to leave? You belong to me, Lin Jue. Even if your family spends money to redeem it, I still have to agree to it. I won't nod. I just want you to get rid of some worries. A person always
You have to find the root, otherwise your heart will be unsteady, just like the rootless duck."
"Young master is right, if you can find it, that would be the best." Lu Wu became happy.
Lin Jue joked: "You could afford to eat candy figures and candied haws when you were a child. Maybe your family is a wealthy one. Maybe you are a government official."
Lu Wu giggled and said, "Young master, please stop making fun of me. Is there any official lady like me? I would rather be the little maid next to you."
Lin Jue was moved and pulled Lu Wu into a small alley nearby, holding her cold little face and kissing her. Lu Wu suddenly fell into love, and the two kissed passionately for a long time before they separated. Only then did Lu Wu realize that the candy in her hand was
Both the man'er and the candied haws fell into the snow, muttering incessantly.
Lin Jue comforted her in a low voice, and pulled her back to the street. Suddenly, there were rapid footsteps on the dim street, and someone stepped on the melted snow on the street and rushed over. Lin Jue was startled.
, hurriedly protected Lu Wu and stood in the shadow of the alley to hide. He was worried that the road was slippery in the snow and would not be hit by these people who rushed over recklessly.
Several black shadows rushed past the entrance of the alley. Several people were wrapped tightly in black robes. Lin Jue, who was hiding in the shadows, could see clearly. These people even covered their faces with black cloths.
He looked like a nocturnal thief. Unconsciously, his heart tightened and he frowned.
Several figures rushed through the alley and headed towards the street ahead. Lu Wu also saw the strange costumes of these people, leaned on Lin Jue's chest and whispered: "Sir, these people don't look good, why are they here?
Are you still dressed like this in the city?"
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "I don't understand either. However, no matter how good the public security is in Hangzhou, there are still roosters, dogs, and thieves. These guys are a bit like thieves. I don't care about them. They don't do our business anyway. This is Hangzhou Prefecture.
As for the government affairs, the closer the New Year is, the more they need to strengthen public security."
Lu Wu nodded nervously and said: "Let's go back home quickly. The city has not been peaceful recently. I heard from Sister Hongye that robbers broke into the Tian family's mansion on the Shiyao River a few days ago and robbed a lot.
Where is the thing? Everyone in the Tian family was scared to death, but fortunately no one was hurt."
Lin Jue nodded and said, "That's right, let's go back quickly."
Lin Jue pulled Lu Wu and just stuck his head out, when suddenly the sound of footsteps came again, and the men in black who had just rushed over seemed to turn back. Lin Jue hurriedly grabbed Lu Wu,
The two of them huddled behind the stone pillars at the entrance of the alley and hid. After all, they did not want to face these suspicious people.
"Where are the people? I saw them on the street just now, how come they disappeared in the blink of an eye?"
"What a fucking ghost. I saw them coming out of the Grand Theater with my own eyes. The two of them walked very slowly. Why did they disappear in the blink of an eye? Did they fly up to the sky?"
"What the hell did your mother-in-law do to escape? She must have gotten into some alley. Damn it, you should have done it earlier, but you refused."
"Zhao Laosan, what the hell are you talking about? Do you think we don't want to? There was a ship unloading goods at the dock just now, and there were pedestrians on the street. How could we do anything? Hangzhou City has been heavily guarded these two days. You don't want to get out alive.
I still want to leave alive."
"Ma Laoliu, if you are capable, tell me, what should we do now? Where can we find that boy? Is he blocking the door of his house? If someone finds us during the day, we will definitely not be able to leave. If we can't do anything tonight, we will leave the city.
Avoid it, what do you think we should do?"
"What else can we do? Let's search along the alley. He can't run far."
"Are you fucking crazy? Do you know how many alleys there are in this section of Xihe Street? Do you want to search them? It's just crazy."
"...Then what do you think we should do?"
"What should we do? He is lucky, let him live a few more days. There is always a chance to make a move. Just now someone stuck his head out of a store and saw us. I think we should quickly find a place to change our clothes and leave the city to avoid trouble.
Trouble, don’t fucking steal the chicken but lose the rice.”
"Yes, yes, what Lao Liu said is that we have to get out quickly, for fear of arousing people's suspicion."
Several men in black were chatting in low voices outside the alley. Lin Jue and Lu Wu, who were just a few feet away, heard every word accurately. Lu Wu obviously recognized that this was a group of gangsters, and was so frightened that he trembled and died.
Biting Lin Jue's chest and clothes, Lin Jue hugged her body and squeezed her into a corner, giving her a sense of security. The two of them did not dare to show their anger, and huddled together like clay sculptures and wood sculptures.
