Chapter 24 Door-to-door
Treading the snow to find plum blossoms and breaking branches in the wind seems to be an elegant and beautiful thing, but when you really do it, you can't feel the beauty. www.biquge.info Zhen Wanyi looked at her red fingers and called to Yingyue, who was constantly busy: "Yingyue, we won't break it, it's so cold." ”
Yingyue looked down at the basket on the ground, there were only five or six branches, which was just enough for a house, "Miss Nine, you rest first, the slave will be fine for a while." ”
"No, we'll just send it to my mother, it's too cold to freeze. Zhen Wanyi was so cold that she stomped her feet.
"How can it be, you just said that every yard should send some, how can these be. Yingyue is tall and fast, and it takes a few words to put more than a dozen branches into the basket.
Zhen Wanyi looked at Yingyue apologetically, swore that she would never have cramps again in the future, and thought about sending flowers to the courtyards.
Although the process was a bit difficult, the ending was beautiful. Carrying the basket and walking around the courtyard, in exchange for a pair of novel silk reeling silver bracelets from the old lady, a cup of lily and lotus seed white fungus soup from the eldest lady, a plate of pastries from the second wife, and a pair of peony head flowers from the eldest grandmother, the fourth wife received a series of compliments.
Walking around the backyard and getting warmed up, Zhen Wanyi remembered the two brothers who were still studying hard in the study, so she went back to fold a few red plums, and went to the study with the eldest wife's lily lotus seed white fungus soup and the second wife's pastries.
As soon as I approached the door, I heard Zhen Xiujie's voice from inside, "Tomorrow is finally the New Year, I really look forward to it." ”
"Starling just wants to be lazy and don't study to look forward to the New Year. Zhen Wanyi pushed the door in as she spoke, and who knew that there were three people gathered on the stove inside. secretly blamed himself for his recklessness, "Brother Mu, you are also there." After speaking, he felt that it was a little inappropriate for him to say this, as if he wanted to drive people, so he hurriedly handed the basket in his hand forward, and said: "I passed by the garden, and saw that the red plums in the garden were in full bloom, so I sent a few branches to add fragrance to my brothers." ”
Zhen Xiujie hurriedly greeted him, "This red plum blossom is so good, every day I am detained in the room by the sixth brother to study, I almost forget the grand scene when the plum blossoms bloom." ”
"Didn't I bring it to you? and a cup of lily and lotus seed white fungus soup and a plate of pastries, you all can try it." ”
After Zhen Wanyi finished speaking, she asked Yingyue to put things on the table next to the fire, "Then, sixth brother, starling brother, Brother Mu, you talk, I'll go back first." ”
Zhen Mingjie shouted, "Ninth sister, wait, Brother Mu just sent a few books, this one is for you, but it's too valuable." As she spoke, she walked to the bookcase and picked up the top book and handed it to Zhen Wanyi, Zhen Wanyi looked down at the "Travels of the Great Zhou", and looked up at Mu Zigui in surprise in her arms, "Ah, Brother Mu, thank you, I have seen this book with my father, but I have not been able to come over, and I am planning to copy a copy after the New Year, it seems that this time God also thinks I am pitiful, and I can't bear to let me suffer that sin, so I will let Brother Mu send such a big gift." ”
Zhen Wanyi's pretense this time was indeed exaggerated, and Zhen Mingjie, who originally wanted her to refuse in person, was embarrassed to speak, shook her head helplessly, and watched Zhen Wanyi run away as if she was running for her life.
Zhen Wanyi could guess what he meant just by looking at Zhen Mingjie's expression and the last sentence, he should have wanted him to reject Mu Zigui. However, this is the "Travels of the Great Zhou", which is also known as the most complete geographical diary of the Great Zhou, recording the customs and customs of various states and counties, which is not easy to obtain. It's just that the book is too long, it's relatively unpopular, and it's not printed, so it's hard to buy it outside, otherwise the fourth master wouldn't be reluctant to give up a book in front of his beloved daughter. Such a book was sent to Zhen Wanyi, how could she refuse.
During the Chinese New Year, Zhen Wanyi was very busy, Zhen Wanyi followed her mother and grandmother to the east and west, and recognized several family friends, especially her uncle and grandfather's house in Xintao Town in the second year of junior high school.
On the carriage back, the fourth lady asked, "Wan'er, what do you think of the cousins of my uncle's family?"
Zhen Wanyi tilted her head to look at her mother, dozing off with a somewhat chaotic head, so she said directly: "Those cousins are not afraid of the cold. ”
The fourth wife was stunned, and Mama Huang next to her laughed out loud, and hurriedly added: "Miss is really a cool person." ”
The fourth wife nodded her daughter's forehead angrily, "You, you, you'll be eight years old after the New Year, and you should understand some human accidents." You stayed with those cousins today, didn't you hear something?"
Zhen Wanyi cheered up and tried hard to recall the people and things she met that day, there were too many cousins, and what made her have the impression was that there were a few who looked like they were more out of line, and the ranking seemed to be from seven to eleven, these five cousins.
The reason why I pay attention is also because they have been with her, taking out all the delicious food and drink to coax, and giving her a bunch of purses, all of which are embroidered by themselves, among which the seventh cousin also wrote a poem to her, saying that she was teaching her to write poems, but Zhen Wanyi couldn't be mentally upset when she saw it, and the writing was really too comprehensible, and the words were very ordinary.
"The seventh cousin, the eighth cousin, the ninth cousin, the tenth cousin, and the eleventh cousin have been with their daughters, and they didn't leave even when they took a nap at noon, and each of them gave me a purse, all of which were there in Yingyue. ”
After hearing this, the fourth lady snorted straightly, "Let's just say that this year, why did the old lady want to take us to my uncle's house alone to pay New Year's greetings, it turned out that she had this idea." ”
The word gossip flashed in Zhen Wanyi's mind, and she hurriedly pricked up her ears and looked at the fourth lady with a bright eye.
When the fourth wife saw her youngest daughter's innocent appearance, she sighed secretly, and deliberately broke it, "Your cousins are all between thirteen and ten years old, and your sixth brother is fourteen years old this year, and he has just won Xiucai." ”
Zhen Wanyi's eyes widened violently, and she hurriedly pulled up the sleeves of the fourth wife, and said, "Mother, the sixth brother is still so young." ”
The fourth wife patted the back of her daughter's hand soothingly, "Of course I know, and besides, I don't plan to marry Brother Ming here." Even if you want to marry, it can't be your uncle and grandfather's family, they really dare to think about it, and they don't look at what their background is. ”
Mama Huang hurriedly said "um", "Mrs. be cautious." ”
The fourth wife was so angry that her chest fell together, and she said after a while: "I won't let them succeed, Brother Ming is the expectation of me and the master, and they don't want to ruin Brother Ming." ”
Mama Huang hurriedly poured a bowl of tea and came out, "Don't worry, madam, there is no shadow of this matter, and the matter of the sixth master has to go through the old lady and the fourth master, they can't agree." It's just that I have to think of a way, the sixth master is going to go to school in the New Year, but I can't bother him for this. ”
The fourth wife's eyes narrowed slightly, hiding a hint of fierceness, "On the eighth day of the new year, we will go to the White Horse Temple to ask Brother Ming for a sign, and Mama Huang will arrange it first." ”
Mama Huang agreed.