The days can only move forward, clockwise in one direction, the wind is still blowing from the original direction, and the rain is still falling in the original place. The end of the year is approaching, and the embarrassing situation of the Lin family has not changed in the slightest, although there are cotton clothes, but the remaining silver money is used on Zhao Gan's decoction, and there is no leftover. Lin Wan'er would take out the copper plate at home every day, counting it again and again, as if most of the copper plates would increase a little.

Zhao Qian grew up in the palace, and he was never anxious about food and clothing, and lived in the small courtyard for a while, following Lin Wan'er every day without heart or lungs, not knowing the taste of sorrow.

The surrounding neighbors began to prepare New Year's goods, firecrackers, curtains, red candles, hairtail, and pork were all ready, only the Lin family was still calm as usual. The second child's military salary was mailed back from the Zhenbei military camp, but it was only enough for everyone to eat and wear, the third and fourth children went to school on time every day, and the fifth child let people bring a few sausages.

Baoyu and Yubao didn't feel anything, they ran out every day to pick up the firecrackers left by others, and then went home and lit them with a firecracker, and the two ran away from the smoke, hiding behind the door and waiting for the firecrackers to explode, but most of the firecrackers were dumb, occasionally one or two sounded, and the two children cheered as if they had eaten dates.

Everyone seems to be full of care, each day is over, only Lin Wan'er is anxious, New Year's goods, New Year's goods, New Year's goods...... New Year's goods have become the most frequent words in Lin Wan'er's mind, as soon as people are in a hurry, their mouths are also on fire, and there is a big chickenpox under their chins. Zhao Qian also laughed at Lin Wan'er and said: "I have a beautiful mole, and I am also in good spirits, haha." ”

At noon, Lin Wan'er coaxed Baoyu and Yubao to sleep, and Lin Wan'er used the old method in order to save some silver taels, letting the children sleep at noon, which was worth a meal. At first, Lin Wan'er thought that the rich and noble brother Zhao Qian would cry and shout disagree, but she didn't expect the other party to nod and agree, and said a witty remark of "guests do as they please, and follow the customs of the locals", wanting to fight Lin Wan'er. But the corners of Lin Wan'er's mouth curled, life was so embarrassing, she didn't laugh.

Seeing the two children sleeping soundly, Lin Wan'er felt at ease, and her fatigue also came up, and she fell asleep on the bed. Lin Wan'er seemed to be asleep in the season, and had that dream again, the dream was colorful and bizarre, lying in a room, the room was very large, beautiful, and very warm, there seemed to be a figure swaying in front of her, and the figure was facing away from Lin Wan'er, and she couldn't see her face clearly.

At this time, Zhao Qian walked into the house, his steps were very light, he slowly walked to the bed, put his hands behind his back, and stood quietly in front of Lin Wan'er, looking at Lin Wan'er with clear eyes, the expression on his face was relieved, mixed with a little joy.

Lin Wan'er fell asleep quietly, breathing softly, her thin body fell together, and her hair was close to both sides of her cheeks, like willow leaves after rain.

The sunlight outside the window slowly moved westward, Zhao Qian stood quietly, Lin Wan'er fell asleep quietly, and the scene was harmonious.

Lin Wan'er, who was asleep, suddenly frowned, her stomach rumbled twice, obviously hungry.

Zhao Qian laughed silently, his smile spread, then he shook his head, turned around and left the room to come to the kitchen, and made a fire to cook.

Zhao Qian grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he never worried about food and clothing, watching Lin Wan'er cut like the wind every day, a radish instantly became a diced radish, thinking that he also had this level, but after working for a long time, the radish was still the original radish, and the knife was still the original knife, but he was already sweating profusely, so he simply chopped it violently, and then took out all the sausages and poured them into the pot with the noodles.

Zhao Gan sat next to the stove, lit a fire, and put the firewood under the stove one by one, although the cooking was average, but Zhao Gan's fire was not bad, there was no sign of burning the Lin family's courtyard, who in the iron pot began to boil, and the heat spread.

Zhao Gan suddenly frowned, stared at the corner of the stove, reached over and pulled out a stack of papers, spread it out and looked at it, there were some ghost drawings on it. Zhao Gan couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, obviously the person who wrote was not good, this person who was not good at writing was obviously Lin Wan'er, and there were three words written crookedly on the first page.

Zhao Qian flipped through a few pages randomly, and the expression on his face became very exciting, especially when he read "Tears add nine songs to the Yellow River, hate to suppress the three peaks of Huayue", his eyes lit up obviously, and then he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Lin Wan'er, Lin Wan'er, what are you talking about!" ”

Zhao Gan stuffed it into his arms, took a handful of soil in the small courtyard and scattered it under the stove to prevent the flames from jumping out and causing a fire, and then panicked out of the small courtyard, ran to Chen Xiaoxiao's painting boat with a smoke, and lifted the curtain and entered.

Chen Xiaoxiao saw Zhao Qian come to the painting boat alone, full of suspicion, this Zhao Gongzi has extraordinary demeanor, obviously not an ordinary person, but sometimes it is a little ridiculous, such as recklessly breaking into the painting boat today, and I don't know how to knock on the door. Chen Xiaoxiao speculated in private, Sister Wan'er often behaves out of line, and the same is true for Zhao Gongzi, thinking that the old saying "things gather by like, people by groups" is not unreasonable.

Zhao Gan, who was self-cooked, didn't care whether he was polite or not, sat on the chair, picked up the teapot and poured it violently, then took a smooth breath, and said to Chen Xiaoxiao: "Miss Chen, Zhao has something to ask for." ”

So straight to the point, Chen Xiaoxiao was a little unaccustomed to it, and she didn't know anything, so she could only reply: "Zhao Gongzi has something to say, if Xiaoxiao can help." Speaking of this, Chen Xiaoxiao paused, and then said: "Sister Wan'er is in front, she will definitely help." The implication is that the help can't harm Lin Wan'er.

Zhao Qian grinned and said, "I can help, I can help." Then he took out a roll of paper from his arms, handed it over, and said, "Please take a look at Miss Chen." ”

Chen Xiaoxiao took the paper suspiciously, and looked at it, there were three words arranged horizontally and crookedly on the title page, and the font was really a little ugly. Chen Xiaoxiao wanted to laugh, but in front of outsiders, he couldn't make too much of it, and resisted the urge to laugh, raising his eyebrows upwards on one side, bending down on the other side, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned unnaturally.

Zhao Qian explained: "This is made by Lin Wan'er, but this font is really a little, cough cough, a little different, even if it is brought to the bookstore, there will be no bookseller to publish it." Zhao also bothered Miss Chen to transcribe it. ”

"Sister Wan'er wrote it?" Chen Xiaoxiao was surprised in her heart, although she knew that Lin Wan'er could make poems, and there was a small order on the small essay list, but this writing romance and writing poems and lyrics are completely two things, the latter has a small number of words, as long as it can express feelings and feelings, but this romance requires the author to have enough knowledge reserves, although there is no need to pay attention to word by word, but it is more tiring. Lin Wan'er said to Chen Xiaoxiao that there was an old Taoist who passed by the Lin family's courtyard and said to herself, Chen Xiaoxiao knew that those Taoist monks who traveled the world were not ordinary people, so she believed it. Now it seems that Sister Wan'er is prevaricating herself.

Chen Xiaoxiao gently turned the first page, read two or three paragraphs, and indulged in the period, although some place names and names had not been heard, but the words were filled with a sympathetic emotion, and before he knew it, he was intoxicated, and even Zhao Qian did not notice when he left the painting boat.

Zhao Gan left the painting boat and did not go back to the Lin family's courtyard directly, but turned around and went to the city of Lanzhou, walked around the city a few times, and then stood down at a pawnshop, reached out and took out a jade pendant from his arms, and the jade pendant dangled in front of Zhao Gan's eyes. Zhao Qian couldn't help but sigh and said to Yu Pei: "Brother Yu Pei, I'm really sorry. Lin Wan'er's family is surrounded by four walls, and we can't eat white rice all day and night when we live there, so we have to contribute. Recently, I have wronged you first, stay in this pawnshop for a while, and then I will redeem you after a while. Ha, that's it, no refutation. ”

Talking to himself, Zhao Qian lifted his cheongsam and strode into the pawnshop.

There are many merchants in Lanzhou, and businessmen have multiple profits, so the pawnshop is also different from other places in Dawei, and they are all shopkeepers who personally entertain customers, for fear that the small servants will offend the big customers and lose the business. When the pawnshop shopkeeper saw a guest coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward, and looked at Zhao Qian from a distance, his demeanor was extraordinary, but his clothes were really shabby. The shopkeeper believed in his vicious eyes, and decided that Zhao Qian was a down-and-out young master from a down-and-out family, and he inevitably looked down on him a little in his heart, and there was a lot of arrogance between his words, so he gave Zhao Gan a seat, but he didn't serve tea, and said: "I don't know what the son wants to be?" ”

Zhao Qian didn't care about the shopkeeper's negligence, and handed over the jade pendant in his hand at will.

The shopkeeper glanced at his eyes, was surprised in his heart, and reached out to take the jade pendant, but the moment his fingers touched the jade pendant, his heart was already turbulent. The shopkeeper has been immersed in antique calligraphy and painting since he was a child, his eyes are aim, and his fingers are touched, and he knows that this jade pendant is definitely the best color, the color is bright, there is no variegation, the stripes are clear, and the hand is round, not like the turbid jade is cold, but slightly warm.

No matter how turbulent the waves in his heart were, the shopkeeper's face was calm as usual, and he turned his head to the backyard and shouted, "What about people? What about people? Where have all the people died? Didn't you see a distinguished guest coming to the door, why are you so eyeless, and you are too lazy to die. Tea, tea, the big red robe bought from southern Xinjiang, quick, fast! Then he turned his head, his face immediately softened a lot, and he said to Zhao Gan: "Let Gongzi laugh, everyone is clumsy, and I hope Gongzi will forgive me." As soon as Gongzi entered the door, I felt that Gongzi's heavenly court was full, and there was purple qi coming from the east, and he must be a rich and noble person. "Don't talk about business first, talk about feelings first, the shopkeeper is really a businessman.

Zhao Qian has been used to being beaten and scolded by Lin Wan'er recently, and after listening to the flattery of the shopkeeper, he was a little unaccustomed to it, so he couldn't help but touch his nose with his hand, and said: "Shopkeeper, you don't need to drink tea, you can tell me how many taels of silver this jade pendant can be." ”

The shopkeeper knew that this jade pendant was genuine and valuable, but he still looked at the jade pendant over and over again on the grounds of breaking the authenticity, and speculated about the price in his heart.

Zhao Qian looked at the shopkeeper's appearance, and he was already impatient in his heart, and said: "Shopkeeper, don't look at it, you can see that this year is going to pass, I think you can give a New Year's money." ”

When the shopkeeper heard Zhao Gan's words, he looked up at Zhao Gan, his face was full of incredulity, and asked, "Is the son serious?" ”

Zhao Qian and Lin Wan'er stayed together for a long time, rolled his eyes like Lin Wan'er, took the jade pendant back from the shopkeeper's hand, and said, "If you don't want to be a pawnbroker, I'll go to other pawnshops." ”

The shopkeeper didn't care about the instrument, and immediately grabbed Zhao Gan, even said Dangdang, and then personally wrote the note, signed and drew the pledge, handed the silver money and the note to Zhao Gan respectfully, and then instructed the little guy, you must keep it well, if there is a little bit of difference, it will cost your life.

Zhao Qian left the pawnshop and went to the vegetable market to buy New Year's goods. Zhao Qian didn't have any concept of New Year's goods, he just bought what was good and expensive when he saw it, and those silver coins disappeared in an instant. The neck is wrapped around the Spring Festival couplets, the right shoulder is carrying a firecracker, the left shoulder is hanging with a hairtail, the back is also carrying a big winter melon, the right hand is holding a few pieces of steaming sweet potatoes and a few strings of rock sugar gourds, the left hand is also stuffed with things, and finally in front of a small stall, I also bought a small mirror, which is not expensive, but small and exquisite, which makes people look happy. Zhao Qian really had no place to put a small mirror, so he could only hold it in his mouth and walk towards the Lin family's courtyard excitedly.

It seems that the small courtyard is his home, and the splendid and extravagant palace is just a post station in his life, and he doesn't need to go to the post house to live when he gets home.