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

Chapter 184

It's only been over half a month since I last saw him, but Uncle Feiming has become like a completely different person.

It’s not that his temperament has changed, but his dress and appearance have changed.

The word "noble" is radiant from head to toe.

The hair crown, jade pendant, fan pendant, and ring are all shining, and even the belt is inlaid with gold and jade.

It feels like a combination of hardness and softness.

His words were still gentle: "You are here. What have you been busy with these days? Why haven't I seen you come here?"

He spoke to the child familiarly.

But… the suspicious child no longer liked him very much. He said straight to the point with a bit of caution, "Fan Dou and his mother are delivering the meal. I have other work to do. I heard that you had something important to tell me, so I came here. I wonder what it is?"

Feiming's smile faded a little, and he looked at Candou and said, "You go out first."

The tone was an order that could not be disobeyed.

Candou looked at the child with a bit of worry, but still lowered his head and said, "Yes."

He said one word and left.

Feiming winked at the two brothers Huang Ti and Huang Zhao in the room, and they ran out as well, closing the door behind them.

Seeing this, the child became more alert and subconsciously avoided Feiming's outstretched hand.

Feiming, who just wanted to pat the child's head: ...

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person. Sit down and talk. I remember you like talking very much."

The child did not sit down: "What do you want to say? If not, I will leave. I still have things to do."

If the child is really busy, then going back to take a nap is also a serious matter.

At this moment, she would rather talk to Yundou than to the weird Feiming.

"Well... okay, I'll tell you straight away, but don't panic. What I said is true, kid. Actually..."

Feiming knew this was a bit scary, so he gritted his teeth and said directly,

"I am your father."

"I'm your father!" The child was not panicked at all, and the words came out of her mouth without thinking. She felt a little embarrassed and very angry, and said angrily,

"Speaking nicely, why are you taking advantage of me? How can you act like someone's father just by opening your mouth?!"

Feiming was speechless and choked: ...

Was she in this temper recently?

"No, you misunderstood, I really am your father!"

The child wanted to hit him, but knew he couldn't. So he pressed his lips into a line and turned to leave, but was stopped by two words -

"Godfather!"

Feiming explained anxiously, "Even though you don't recognize me, you should know that you have an uncle who's away from home all year round. Oh, and when you were born, I bought you a silver bracelet with a bell. I sent it to you. Did you receive it?"

The child hesitated, took out a silver bracelet from his bosom and asked him, "Are you talking about this? Lingling asked me to take it off."

Feiming took a look and shook his head, "No, it's not that thick. I didn't have much money at that time, so I could only buy a very thin bracelet. The quality was not very good, and the circumference could not be adjusted. You probably can't wear it now.

Your bracelet... Could it be that I recognized the wrong person?"

Feiming began to doubt himself.

The child deflated and said, "You're not mistaken. This was bought for me later by someone else. I was testing you. The one you bought is at home."

Of the set of silver jewelry that the Liu family bought for her, only this bracelet is left. She sometimes wears it, so she keeps it on her body.

Zhang Fengci said that one must be on guard against others. She thought that those people in the kitchen were all nice to her because Lord An and Eunuch Zhang were nice to her, so there was no guarantee that others would not try to get close to her for this reason.

So I took it out specifically to test whether what he said was true or not.

Well, the most important thing is that she hopes he is lying.

Godfather and godmother are all things of the past.

Now that the children are doing well, I really don’t want to have anything to do with them anymore.

If you eat someone's food, you owe them something. She has done so many favors, but who knows how she is going to repay them?

The debt of more than one thousand taels is already bad enough, and now here comes this godfather uncle who bought her a silver bracelet. Who knows what he wants her to do?

The children now have no time to work for him and listen to him scolding others.

Just thinking about it made him anxious, and his expression became serious and heavy:

"Aren't you called Pei Lao Er? Why do people call you Fei Ming? And... why are you in Suicheng? I heard people say you were performing in Xiacheng and making a clay figurine called Rabbit Lord."

"Clay doll..."

Pei Feiming's face froze, as if he thought of something, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Originally in the capital city..."

He sighed and told the whole story.

The capital city he was talking about was Xiacheng, which was the closest to Peijia Town.

He left home at a young age and followed his master to learn the craft. At first, he wandered around the surrounding counties and towns, and occasionally went home to visit. But later his master died, and the group had no work to do. They were also squeezed out by their peers, and some left and some scattered. Because of his good looks and good figure, he was noticed by the owner of the Yuquan troupe, and after that he joined the Yuquan troupe.

He was soon taken to Xiacheng and never returned.

The year he went to Xiacheng was the year his child was born.

So the children had never seen him, but the people in the town knew him, so it was not surprising that they recognized him.

He stayed in Xiacheng for a long time. Singing opera was real, and being a Rabbit God was also real. However, the so-called Rabbit God was not what the child imagined.

But it means...he is on good terms with men.

The reason why the Pei family became rich was not because of how well they sang opera. People in Xiacheng liked their heroic singing style, but the opera troupes over there all sang in that way. People who listened to opera often would naturally go to listen to the opera troupe they were familiar with.

So they stayed there for more than half a year but were still not very successful, barely able to fill their stomachs. They should have moved to another place.

But the troupe owner came here with the intention of establishing himself on his own feet, and all his savings were invested in costumes and the opera house. Now, things were looking bleak and he became seriously ill.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the people in the troupe started to make a fuss and wanted to leave. All those who could support the troupe left, leaving only a group of half-grown children and Pei Feiming.

He originally wanted to leave, but the troupe owner treated him very well. When he couldn't perform a play, he would sing songs and dance for people, hoping to earn some money to keep everyone from starving to death.

But who would have thought that this would actually make him famous.

It was a theater that was once a good theater, but was turned into a teahouse.

The boss got up and took a look, and found that he was even sicker. It was probably because he was desperate, or maybe it was because he didn't take the medicine properly. The prescription written by the doctor was full of precious medicinal materials, which they really couldn't afford.

If you buy a prescription and boil it until its color is almost gone before you are willing to throw it away, you can imagine how effective the medicine is.

Pei Feiming made some money, but he had to save his boss's life, feed these children, and pay all sorts of taxes. He also received a letter from home saying that life was very difficult and he had no choice but to give his children away...

In short, at this time a group of dandy young men came and were willing to spend money to support him, so he reluctantly agreed.

It became the Rabbit God that children have heard of.

Thanks to this, they were able to gain a firm foothold and the Pei family became wealthy.

He is lucky and has lived a good life for so many years, but as the saying goes, no flower can stay in bloom forever, and no one can be happy forever.

Those playboys naturally stopped paying attention to him now that they had new loves.

The theater's business gradually became deserted.

The troupe owner simply took another big gamble and sold the theater before it fell into decline. He brought them to Suicheng and, relying on his previous fame, entered the palace.

Then he met the child.

As for why he was called Fei Ming instead of Pei Lao Er...

Isn't this obvious?

That name before wasn't really a name at all.

He himself felt that it was not worthy of being performed in a formal setting, so he changed it. Now this is the name given to him by the troupe owner.

He thought it was a good idea, so he always announced to others that his name was Feiming.

After all, singing opera is a low-class profession, and he usually doesn't want to talk about his last name or where he is from.

If the child had not felt a sense of familiarity with him as soon as he saw him and had not babble a lot of words, they might not have been able to recognize each other.

Pei Feiming's face was full of relief and joy.

I am very happy to be able to reunite with my relatives in a foreign land.

The child regretted it deeply:

If I had known this, I wouldn’t have said anything more.