Originally, according to Doudou's idea, if there was still no news of Tangyuan's cousin coming to Hangzhou Mansion before Chinese New Year's Eve, let the little fat man help send a few family members to his grandmother's Zhuangzi to inquire about it to see if there were any guests who came to visit recently, and then make plans according to the situation.

However, a sudden heavy snowfall hinders Yuan Xiao's itinerary and also disrupts Doudou's plans.

Snow is very common in the south of the Yangtze River, but this year's heavy snowfall is so heavy and long-lasting that even the elderly who have lived in the area for decades have never seen it.

At the beginning of the lunar month, Yuanxiao and his entourage set off from Fuzhou Mansion, and it took only six days to enter the boundary of Zhejiang, but the weather changed from the sixteenth day of the lunar month, and the whistling north wind blew the pain on the face, and it didn't take long for the snowflakes to flutter one after another, and the world soon became a white expanse.

The guards didn't think it was too difficult, this bit of suffering was nothing compared to the one qiē they had experienced when they followed the three old men to fight Mobei. The two little guys can't stand it, although they are subordinates, they can follow the master when they are children, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation are not much better than those of ordinary rich sons.

Speaking of which, everyone is a northerner, and there are many goose feathers and heavy snow, but at that time they were all in the house, the fire kang burned in a charcoal basin, and the interest came to warm up a few pots of wine to serve a few plates of side dishes, and there were also the sons and ladies who loved vassal elegance, stepping on the snow to find plum and chanting poems against each other, and the dark fragrance floated around Ding Dong, which was really beautiful.

But at this time, Shumo Shuyan would rather brave the wind and snow like this than dare to tell Yuan Xiao half a bitter word, they remember very clearly what the master said a few days ago, Fuzhou is warm and moist, and the food is delicious and delicious, it is they who pull the master on the road, the master can endure the hardship, how dare to be hypocritical as a slave.

Five days later, the group rushed to Jinhua Mansion with difficulty, the weather was not as good as they wished, but worse, the heavy snow along the way has already shown signs of disaster, the official road to Hangzhou Mansion was temporarily blocked because of the heavy snow, they can only stop in the post station of Jinhua Mansion to rest.

This waited until the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the snow finally stopped, and the weather gradually began to clear, but Xiao Xiaoye plunged into the house of a famous lantern craftsman in Jinhua Mansion, and the guards refused to leave, so they stayed in Jinhua Mansion until the sixth day of the first month, which was also regarded as the New Year in Zhejiang, but it had nothing to do with the Yuan Mansion in Hangzhou.

Yuan Zheng's life is even more difficult here, he should have been sealed and waited for the New Year's political envoy Yamen, but because of a sudden snowstorm, he was very busy, and the snow was reported from all over the country, Yuan Zheng and his colleagues ate and lived in the yamen for several days, and the excitement arranged for the New Year and the celebration of the canonization of the prince was left behind.

Fortunately, although the snow fell heavily this time, the disaster caused was not very strict, and everyone was able to live in peace after the arrangement.

Doudou's enthusiasm for the New Year was also completely extinguished by this heavy snowfall, although she was young and a little arrogant, she was not conceited enough to think that Dabai Tangyuan would brave the goose feather snow to accompany her for the New Year for a word that was not a promise, but it was ...... If he doesn't come, when will her two golden beans be reunited?

In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu. Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one. With a little abruptness, Doudou ushered in this year's Chinese New Year's Eve.

The master of the Yuan Mansion is already few, and even a slap is not enough to make up a slap after walking a Yuan Xiang, but the hundreds of people in the mansion are enough to make the Chinese New Year's Eve not look deserted.

"Father, father...... It's time to write about Brother Xiaofei's house, I promise to give him four couplets and eight blessing characters, you are not allowed to write those people's first!" came the little girl's tender voice from the study in the inner courtyard of the Yuan Mansion.

"The little fat boy is so greedy that he can only give him half of it!" the grown man's deep and gentle voice sounded, but it was clear that he was in a very happy mood.

"No, no, don't break your word and get fat, don't be a big fat man!"

"Yuan'er is talking nonsense again, and it means ...... to break his word and get fat"

Early in the morning, Doudou accompanied his father to write Spring Festival couplets in the inner courtyard study to write the word Fu, who does not want to get a pair of Spring Festival couplets written by Lord Yuan himself, but it is also very good to have a blessing word in the Spring Festival couplets in the inner courtyard.

In previous years, these things would never be delayed until the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, but this year, because of a heavy snowfall, his Chinese New Year's Eve became busy and full of "New Year's flavor".

After writing the Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters sent to the mansions, Doudou pulled his father to paste the main courtyard gates in the mansion again. Especially in Yuanxiang's Xiangyi Courtyard, Doudou also deliberately pasted the window flowers that he and Zhujun learned to cut on the window, although they are not as good as those cut by Zhujun, a few are somewhat deformed, and even have suspicious raw edges, but how she looks at it and how satisfied, she thinks her sister will like it.

It was easy to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the father and daughter were tired enough and hungry to panic, but they had a rare appetite.

Doudou stared at the fat chicken leg on the table like a little gluttonous cat, and smiled the old lady so much that she couldn't even close her mouth, the New Year pays attention to the festive and peaceful atmosphere, and it is rare that Gu Chao did not say anything bad about the scenery.

Doudou stood up and picked up the flask, filling the three glasses in front of him with fine wine.

"Yuan'er wishes grandmother a long and blessed life and a healthy body!"

The old lady nodded kindly.

"Yuan'er wishes his father good luck and wealth!"

Yuan Zheng almost didn't laugh.

"Yuan'er wishes her mother eternal beauty and gives birth to a younger brother!"

Gu Chaoqiao's face was flushed and she didn't squeak.

The old lady liked to hear these words the most, and smiled at her son and daughter-in-law with a wine glass: "Borrow our Sister Yuan's good mouth, you will definitely be able to give me a big fat grandson this year!"

Yuan Zheng and Gu Chao didn't dare to save the old lady's face, and quickly raised their wine glasses together, Doudou was not allowed to drink, and could only watch the three adults drink the wine in one go.

"Yuan'er, eat chicken legs. Gu Chao didn't know which way to smoke, and suddenly sandwiched the chicken leg that Doudou had just fancied into the small bowl in front of her, with a warm smile on his face, which was even more glamorous.

Doudou was a little flattered, although her mother never felt sorry for herself after her sister left, and all kinds of good things were constantly sent to Doudouju, but it was the first time that she had such sincere concern.

She felt that her little heart was warm all over, and her eyes were also hot, "Yuan'er...... Thank you Mother. She easily held back her tears and insisted on finishing her sentence.

The old lady and Yuan Zheng were also quite surprised by Gu Chao's behavior, but they didn't think much about it, it was not a bad thing for Gu Chao to put down the shelf and be good for Doudou.

Seeing that his grandmother and father and mother were all eating with their baskets, Doudou, who was already hungry, moved the small bowl closer and aimed it at the oily chicken leg for a bite.

"Woo......" A sudden muffled scream interrupted the pleasant atmosphere at the dinner table.