Approaching the end of the year, a few people from the Red and White Committee on the street came to the cloth shop, handed over the money donated by the door-to-door search to Boss Hong, and asked Boss Hong to sew the line of playing dragon lanterns in the first month of the Lantern Festival, and if it was not enough, it was supplemented by Boss Hong, which was counted as the donation of Hong's cloth shop, because this was the old rule of the ancient city, Boss Hong knew that he could not refuse, so he had to agree. And this season is the time when every household is rushing to sew new clothes for the New Year, every day adults and children flock to the store to pick up the fabric and measure the size, so Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus are extremely busy, every day after going home, they continue to sew with lights until late at night, Fang Min looks very distressed.

"Ganoderma lucidum, no matter how much you live, you have to go to bed early, don't get tired." Fang Min pushed the door in and said.

"Uncle, it's okay, I'm not tired." Lingzhi said and did at the same time.

"Have you done the Lantern Festival?" Fang Min asked.

"Uncle, that's easy, you see, the dragon body is just two pieces of cloth sewn together, now there is a sewing machine, sewing is much faster, the color dragon boat and the clam shell essence are a little harder, but they are not too particular about the size, as long as they can be put on. On the contrary, these adults and children for the New Year must not be sloppy in their new clothes, and they are all going to be put on for the New Year, and they cannot be delayed. Lingzhi said.

"That's right, children look forward to wearing new clothes all year round to make money for the New Year." Fang Min said.

"Uncle, I'm glad to see people wearing the clothes I made." Lingzhi said.

"Now in the ancient city, most of the clothes they wear are not made by you, and now you have learned to make Lantern Festival outfits, I really didn't expect our Fang family to have you, a tailor master." Fang Min said with a smile.

"Uncle, you made fun of me, count me as having a good boss, and Young Master Hong taught me." Lingzhi said shyly.

"Young Master Hong is a human being, and he has studied again, and he is reasonable, what do you think of him?" Fang Min asked casually.

"Uncle, what's the matter?" Lingzhi put down the work in his hand and looked up and asked.

"What do you think of others? Are you interested in him? Fang Min said bluntly.

"Uncle, he's a young master." Lingzhi said with a red face.

"You are also the young lady of our Fang family, what's wrong?" Fang Min said.

"I won't tell you, I'm going to do my job." Lingzhi bowed his head and said.

"I think you are a good match for Young Master Hong, and I also hope you can find a good family." Fang Min said as he retreated.

Lingzhi continued to sew clothes, but what her uncle said just now always echoed in her ears, because she never thought about her life's events, and now after her uncle mentioned it, she couldn't help but think about it, every day in the store, she always dealt with more customers, and talked to Hong Shun less, but as long as she encountered a problem, Hong Shun would come over to help deal with it, but she never thought about it.

Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus finally finished all the work, the people who came to get the new clothes paid happily, picked up the new clothes and went home, Boss Hong was busy cashiering the bill, Lingzhi, osmanthus and Hong Shun were in the yard to put the sewn line on the bamboo weaving long dragon, the colorful dragon boat and the mussel shell essence, some places have to be disassembled to set, the osmanthus is responsible for dismantling, Lingzhi stands and sews, Hong Shun uses a brush to draw dragon eyes, dragon mouths, dragon scales, etc.

"Lingzhi, I didn't expect this year's dragon lantern to be made by us, we have to take a good look at it when we play with the dragon lantern." Osmanthus said happily.

"There are too many people when playing dragon lanterns, and you have to look closely, for fear that the firecrackers will blow up, and you can't see it when you are far away." Lingzhi said while sewing.

"I know a place that is best for watching the dragon lantern, and I'll take you there." Hong Shun said.

"Where?" Osmanthus asked.

"Upstairs in the theater, where the firecrackers can't be blown off, and you can see clearly." Hong Shun said.

"It's a good place, but it's all chartered by someone else, where can we get in?" Lingzhi said.

"I'll get you in as long as you want." Hong Shun said.

"Really, that's great, Lingzhi, we'll go together then." Osmanthus said happily.

"Do you really have a way?" Lingzhi turned to look at Hong Shun and said.

Hong Shun looked at Lingzhi and nodded with a smile, and continued to paint, Lingzhi thoughtfully and secretly glanced at Hong Shun, her heart was sweet, she sewed the last few stitches, pulled a few times, looked at the shape, and gently walked to Hong Shun's side to watch him draw, Hong Shun saw Lingzhi coming over, the pen in his hand trembled involuntarily, Lingzhi couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and said:

"Let me draw a picture."

Hong Shun turned around and handed the brush to Lingzhi, Lingzhi was dipped in ink, and learned Hong Shun to draw dragon scales on the dragon's body, Osmanthus followed curiously, only to see Lingzhi draw a crescent moon shape on the cloth, and couldn't help but say curiously:

"Ganoderma lucidum, let me draw it too, the old people say that this is a wealth gainer."

"This painting will add wealth, then we don't have to do work, just paint here every day." Lingzhi said with a smile.

"Think about it, how can our business last year be as good as this year, no, even the dragon lantern trick has come to the door, isn't this just adding wealth." Osmanthus said while painting.

"This is also the skill of the two of you, if the clothes are not done well, no one will come to the door." Hong Shun said.

"Young Master Hong, if you want to talk about dexterity, you can only say Lingzhi, she can learn something, it's like me being clumsy." Osmanthus said.

Hong Shun looked at Lingzhi, just as Lingzhi also turned his head to look at him, the two looked at each other, and they both hurriedly turned away shyly, and Osmanthus turned his back to them, only caring about painting.

After painting the dragon, the three of them walked to the clam shell essence, Hong Shun originally planned to draw several bars on both sides of the fan shell, but was dissuaded by Lingzhi, Lingzhi proposed to paint one side as a lotus, saying that this is a woman's play, to paint beautifully, Hong Shun listened to Lingzhi's words, and then traced a lotus flower in the center, so that Lingzhi and osmanthus couldn't help but clap their hands and praise.

On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily, snowflakes flew all over the sky, accompanied by the cold north wind falling on the treetops, roofs and stone roads, covering the ancient city with a layer of silver, the clear turquoise river melted and the snowflakes flowed slowly, the roofs of the houses were smoky, the red spring couplets were pasted in front of the doors, the foyer was for boiled pigs' heads, chickens, and fish, and the blessing characters cut out of red paper were hung on it, red wax candles were lit on the incense case, incense paper was burned in the brazier below, small wine glasses and chopsticks were placed in front of the table, and wine was poured inside, and the old people came from time to time to present a bouquet of incense, The children ran out and ran into the ground to light incense and set off firecrackers in front of the door for fun, the women poured into the kitchen to be busy, and the men moved out of the big round table, took out the good wine that they were usually reluctant to drink, and the good cigarettes they were reluctant to smoke, and played with them in their hands, waiting for the women to serve the rich dishes on the table, and when they wanted to have dinner, they would spread a long circle of firecrackers in front of their own door, which was lit by the man in charge, and with a deafening sound of firecrackers, the front of the house was full of green smoke, a red fragment, and then the whole family sat around a table, Raise a glass and drink freely, eat and chew, very lively.

Hong Shun stood up with a wine glass, respectfully toasted a glass of wine to his father and mother, wishing his parents a long and healthy life, Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong happily drank the wine in the toast, Hong Shun poured it again for the second elder, and Mrs. Hong lovingly served vegetables to her son.

"Dad, mother, this year's business in the store is better than in previous years, and my father is doing well." Hong Shun said.

"If you hadn't bought a sewing machine and an iron, you wouldn't have been able to do so much work." Boss Hong said.

"Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus also help a lot, especially Ganoderma lucidum." Hong Shun said.

"So I specially prepared two big red envelopes, and you will send them to them tomorrow." Boss Hong said.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to do it tomorrow, I won't go out for three days in the New Year, you forgot." Mrs. Hung said.

"I didn't go out for three days, and I was suffocated." Hong Shun said.

"Bah, Bah, it's a big New Year, and it's not allowed to say unlucky things." Mrs. Hong said to Hong Shun.

"What your mother said is reasonable, then wait for three days." Boss Hong said.

Hong Shun didn't want to say anything, so he picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and ate it by himself, and Mrs. Hong filled a bowl of chicken soup for his father and son and handed it to him and said:

"Our family has to wait for you to marry a daughter-in-law, and you can make it a pair, and I can be more relaxed."

"I have to wait until I finish my studies to marry a daughter-in-law." Hong Shun said while eating.

"I just want you to find something like Lingzhi." Mrs. Hung said.

"Then people have to be willing, if people are not happy, wouldn't we be hot with shaving our heads." Hong Shun said.

"You have to take the initiative, how can someone take the initiative for a girl." Mrs. Hung said.

"Lingzhi and osmanthus are good, in the past two years, I have seen them as real people, and I agree with your mother who you like." Boss Hong took a sip of wine and said.

"If you want to become a parent, I can hold my grandson for the New Year in the future." Mrs. Hung said.

Lingzhi took out the last fish and put it on the table, Fang Min lit incense, divided a few to Lingzhi, the uncle and nephew bowed three times to the niche, inserted the incense into the incense burner, Fang Min picked up the wine glass and poured the wine, and slowly sprinkled it on the table.

"Father, mother, this first cup of wine son respects you two elders to rest in the spirit of heaven; This second cup of wine is a blessing to the uncles, wives, and nephews of each room. This third cup of wine is to rest in peace, and I will take care of Lingzhi for you. I will avenge our family's vengeance. After Fang Min finished toasting, he stepped aside to burn incense paper.

Lingzhi walked over, and said in the same way as Fang Min, three glasses of wine were also saluted:

"Grandpa, grandma, Lingzhi toasts you, may you rest in peace; Uncles, aunts, sisters and sisters, Lingzhi escaped from the disaster, but all of you have left me, may you rest in peace; Father, mother, Lingzhi is taken care of by my uncle, and I haven't suffered anything, don't worry. ”

After Lingzhi finished burning the incense paper, Fang Min went to the door and lit the firecracker, Lingzhi snuggled behind the door, covered his ears with both hands, watched the firecrackle and explode, and then Fang Min walked into the house, the two sat at the table together and began to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Lingzhi poured wine for Fang Min, handed it to Fang Min with both hands, and poured it for himself.

"Uncle, Lingzhi respects you, Lingzhi treats you as a father, and Lingzhi will always honor you." Lingzhi said.

"Lingzhi, you are the only seedling of our family, you must live peacefully, and if you encounter great difficulties, your uncle will carry it for you." Fang Min said.

"Uncle, I want to live peacefully with you, Lingzhi can earn money, I want my uncle to work less in the future." Lingzhi said.

"With your heart, I am very satisfied. Here, let's have a toast. Fang Min said.

Lingzhi raised the cup and drank it all with his uncle, Lingzhi helped his uncle pour the wine again, and put a piece of fish meat into Fang Min's bowl and said:

"Uncle, try the fish I made."

"Well, it tastes good, who did you learn it from?" Fang Min asked.

"It was Osmanthus who taught me, and Osmanthus makes a good dish." Lingzhi said while eating.

"In the past, these things would have been made for you to do, now, alas!" Fang Min sighed.

"Uncle, it's nothing, I don't have to go to the cloth shop these days for the Chinese New Year, and I have nothing to do if I stay at home." Lingzhi said with a smile.

"It's rare for you to be idle, you can eat and play as much as you want." Fang Min said.

"Young Master Hong made an appointment with me and Osmanthus to take us to see the dragon lantern. Uncle, the dragon lantern, the colorful dragon boat and the clam shell essence are all made by us this year, and Young Master Hong also taught us to draw on the cloth. Lingzhi said excitedly.

"Young Master Hong is okay, I used to worry that you would go outside to do things for fear of being bullied, but now you have osmanthus as a companion, and you have someone like Young Master Hong to teach, I am also relieved." Fang Min said.

"Young Master Hong has a lot of knowledge in Shanghai, and he doesn't dislike us, although he is a young master, he is still shyer than us when he is with us." Lingzhi said.

"If you can marry someone like Young Master Hong in the future, I will be much more relieved." Fang Min said casually.

"Uncle, people are young masters, how can they look down on us." Lingzhi said with a red face.

"I've seen a few times that Young Master Hong is interested in you, so don't hide it from me." Fang Min stared at Lingzhi.

"No, uncle, come, eat the vegetables." Lingzhi hurriedly interrupted the topic, and Fang Min didn't say anything more.

On the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, the snow stopped, the sky was clear, the sun shone on the snow surface and emitted a dazzling refraction light, the ancient city was full of pink makeup and silver, Lingzhi got up and cooked some sweet wine dumplings, after sitting and eating with his uncle, he was ready to go out to Jixiang Temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and suddenly saw Hong Shun wearing a coat, a long gray scarf, and two strings of gift bags wrapped in red paper in both hands and stepping on the thick snow, and hurriedly welcomed him into the house.

"Young Master Hong, why are you here? Is there something wrong? Lingzhi asked.

"Uncle, Lingzhi, Happy New Year, this is what my father and mother asked me to bring to Lingzhi and osmanthus, and my father also prepared a red envelope for the two of you." Hong Shun said as he took out two red envelopes from his pocket.

"Osmanthus and I are both adults, how can we let Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong spend the New Year's money?" Lingzhi pushed away with both hands and refused.

"Yes, they've all been paid." Fang Min said.

"This is a little bit of my father's heart, you must accept it, otherwise I will be scolded when I go back." Hong Shun said anxiously.

"This?" Lingzhi looked back at his uncle, and then at Hong Shun, and didn't know whether to accept it for a while.

"Since that's the case, then don't embarrass Young Master Hong, you can accept Lingzhi." Fang Min relieved the siege for Hong Shun.

"That's it, I'll ask you to help bring it to the osmanthus." Hong Shun said happily.

"Osmanthus went to her relatives, and I will give it to her when she comes back. You sit down first, and I'll cook you something to eat. Lingzhi said.

"No need to cook it, I've already eaten it. I think you and your uncle look like they're going to go out, right? Hong Shun hurriedly excused himself.

Lingzhi told Hong Shun that he was going to Kichijoji to burn incense, and Hong Shun heard that he wanted to go to Kichijoji to have fun, so the three of them went out together and walked towards Kichijoji.

Fang Min wore a cotton wool hat, wore a long cotton suit, walked in front with red candle incense paper in his arm, Lingzhi wore a dark red floral jacket, surrounded by a white velvet scarf, and followed behind with Hong Shun, from time to time there were children on the street building snowmen, snowball fights, and firecrackers, Lingzhi carefully walked on the snow with a deep foot and a shallow foot, when he met a child setting off firecrackers, he quickly covered his ears with his hands, but he almost slipped by the snow, Hong Shun reached out and pulled her, and used his body to block the firecrackers that exploded, Lingzhi shyly wanted to pull out his hand, but he was afraid of falling again, had to be pulled forward by Hong Shun.

When you arrive at Kichijoji, you can see firecrackers, red candles, incense paper, and rune paper on both sides in front of the temple gate, and people come and go according to customs, regardless of the price, buy red candles, incense paper, rune paper, etc. by heart, and then take them into the temple gate, climb the steep stone ladder to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and pray for good fortune and good fortune in the New Year. The temple is crowded with people, smoky and smoky, prostrating one after another on the kneeling futon, and the elders who guard the temple are dressed in bright red robes, sitting on one side and knocking on the wooden fish, chanting sutras to the people who kneel.

Hong Shun bought some incense and talisman paper at random, accompanied Fang Min and Lingzhi into the temple, Fang Min went to kneel and worship first, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner, threw a few silver into the merit box and walked out. After lighting the incense, Lingzhi took it inside, knelt reverently on the futon, made a New Year's wish in his heart, and then threw the silver into the merit box as well. Hong Shun didn't actually want to come to Kichijoji, he just wanted to find some opportunities with Lingzhi, and it happened to be Osmanthus and he was not there, when he held Lingzhi's hand along the way just now, he felt too wonderful in his heart, but unfortunately the distance was too short. When I arrived at the temple, I was afraid of violating the temple rules, so I reluctantly let go of Lingzhi's hand, and now I saw that Lingzhi knelt down after worshipping, so I also learned to kneel and bow for a while.

Fang Min saw that the two of them were about to leave, and he already understood in his heart, so he deliberately let the two of them get along more, and left first after making an excuse at random. Hong Shun and Lingzhi walked out of the gate of Kichijoji Temple, Lingzhi saw a group of people gathered around the door, so he also walked over curiously, Hong Shun followed her, the two squeezed into the crowd to see, it turned out to be a candy man, the stall was inserted one by one to do a good variety of animals and plants sugar people, there is a turntable on the side, the turntable is painted with various patterns, let the people turn, the pointer falls to which pattern to do the same sugar man, Hong Shun asked the price, took out a piece of silver from the pocket and handed it to the vendor, and then asked Lingzhi to turn the turntable, Lingzhi gently moved with his hand, the turntable pointer rotated up, and then slowly stopped, the pointer pointed to a butterfly pattern, the vendor glanced at the turntable, and then quickly sketched a butterfly out with syrup, paused slightly, gently took it off and handed it to Lingzhi, Lingzhi took it and liked it, but was reluctant to eat, and tried against the sun, under the sunlight, the butterfly was crystal clear, lifelike, as if to fly into the air from the hand. Hong Shun saw that she couldn't put it down like this, and deliberately teased her that if she didn't eat it, it would melt, and Lingzhi was suspicious, and couldn't help but add it with his tongue.

"Let's walk along the river, there's a plum tree near the pier, I wonder how the flowers are blooming?" Hong Shun said.

"Rui Xue Lamei, it must be beautiful. How do you know? Lingzhi asked.

"I used to come to have snowball fights when I was a child, and there were few people walking there, and the snow was thick and clean." Hong Shun said.

"Okay, then you can take me to see it." Lingzhi couldn't wait.

Hong Shun stretched out his hand to pull Lingzhi to the river path, Lingzhi wanted not to let him pull, but he was worried about falling and soiling his clothes, so he followed Hong Shun half-pushed and half-walked on the spot, the two of them walked slowly towards the dock along the stone steps one after the other, the snow under their feet became deeper and deeper, every time they stepped on it, they could hear the sound of puff and puff, when they were about to reach the wharf, they saw a red plum tree born obliquely in the gap between the stones of the path, the body of the tree bent towards the river, the branches and poles escaped, the red plum blossoms on the tree were in full bloom, reflecting the turquoise river surface and the white snow, beautiful as a painting, looked at Lingzhi stunned, and the whole person was stunned.

"What a beautiful plum blossom!" Lingzhi exclaimed.

"This flower is blooming better than usual, and it really responds to this snow." Hong Shun said.

"The red flowers, the white snow, and the green river are so beautiful." Lingzhi praised from the bottom of his heart.

Hong Shun let go of Lingzhi's hand, stepped forward to the plum tree, picked up a pile of snow with both hands and kneaded it into a round ball, and then threw it into the river, and the snowball melted in the blink of an eye on the surface of the river. Hong Shun grabbed a little snow again, smiled and threw it at Lingzhi, Lingzhi was stunned at first, and then immediately dodged, and couldn't help but squat down with a smile, grabbed the snow and threw it at Hong Shun, Hong Shun didn't dodge, Ren Lingzhi threw the snow on himself, and then Hong Shun put all the snow around him in a pile and made a snowman, Lingzhi put the sugar butterfly in his hand in the snowman's hand, Hong Shun reached out and broke a red plum and inserted it on the snowman's head, and took off the scarf to wrap it around the snowman, so that Lingzhi was happy, and the two of them joked to their heart's content, An afternoon flew by.

"Lingzhi, are you happy today?" Hong Shun asked as he pulled Lingzhi back and walked back.

"Hmm." Lingzhi smiled and nodded.

"As long as you want, I will often take you out to play in the future." Hong Shun looked at Lingzhi and said.

Lingzhi's clear eyes looked at Hong Shun, his heart felt warm, and he lowered his head shyly, Hong Shun sorted out Lingzhi's scarf, blew off the tidbits on Lingzhi's head, and pulled her to turn around and walk home.

Lingzhi slept on the bed, thinking about the scene during the day, he couldn't sleep, Hong Shun's smile was always recalled in his mind, was this his first love? So natural, and so real, although the uncle has encouraged himself many times, but because of the reserve of his girl's family, he didn't dare to think forward, I didn't expect that today the two of them would show their hearts so naturally, this feeling is so sweet, and so wonderful, Lingzhi didn't want to tell Osmanthus for the time being, only secretly hid this emotion.

Hong Shun returned home, his heart was very happy, his father and mother asked him where he had run this afternoon, he didn't say, just smiled and climbed up to the attic, threw away the scarf, fell on the bed, thinking about the scene of playing with Lingzhi, couldn't help but be happy, Mrs. Hong called him to eat downstairs, his mouth responded, but he still lay on the bed and fantasized.

After Osmanthus came back, she threw down her things and ran to find Lingzhi, Lingzhi handed over the gifts and red envelopes brought by Hong Shun to her, and Osmanthus was then very happy, and praised Boss Hong for being good.

"I'm looking forward to playing the dragon lantern soon, Young Master Hong promised to take us to see it." Osmanthus said.

"I think the same way, I can't say how happy I am when I see the dragon lantern we make." Lingzhi said.

"Lingzhi, let's go to the street and buy a small lantern to play with, and hang it outside the window at night." Osmanthus proposed.

"It's better to buy it at home, let's make a Kong Ming lantern together, and put it out of the window at night, it will definitely look good." Lingzhi said.

So the two of them went to the street together to buy all kinds of items to make Kong Ming lanterns, and when they came back, they started to do it, Fang Min laughed at the two of them for the New Year, and brought pastries and candies and put them on the table, and the two of them ate and made them until the evening, and finally finished.

Lingzhi opened the window near the river, osmanthus held the lamp in both hands, after Lingzhi lit the fire under the lamp, the osmanthus moved the lamp to the window, put both hands, Kong Ming lantern on the river surface by the river breeze slowly rose, the two of them lay on the window and looked up, Osmanthus suddenly remembered that he had not made a wish, so he pulled Lingzhi together, folded his hands, looked up at Kong Ming lantern, and the two made a New Year's wish.

"What did you promise?" Osmanthus asked.

"You speak first." Lingzhi said.

"I promise good luck this year, we have both found our sweethearts." Osmanthus said with a smile.

"Not shy." Lingzhi poked the osmanthus with his hand.

"And what did you promise?" Osmanthus asked.

"Me? Don't tell you. Lingzhi twisted his face to the side.

Osmanthus blossomed, and then both hands crunched Lingzhi, the two of them laughed and fell on the bed, Lingzhi kept begging for mercy.

Hong Shun went to the theater in advance to book a place, and the owner of the theater told him that the good seats were booked, and now there is only a small elegant seat on the side, the room is small, and there is only enough to put a small table and a small stool inside, but the window is open wide, Hong Shun went in to take a look, and he will book it.

After dinner, it was not yet dark, Hong Shun greeted his father and mother and said that he wanted to go to see the dragon lantern, Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong reminded him to be careful of firecrackers, Hong Shun agreed while wrapping a scarf, ran out of the door quickly, and walked straight to Lingzhi's house.

Lingzhi and Osmanthus had been waiting for Hong Shun together for a long time, and when they saw Hong Shun coming, they were going out together, Fang Min stared at them and was careful along the way, don't stand too close when watching the dragon lantern, don't let people blow up and touch it, Lingzhi nodded his head, and then walked towards the theater with Hong Shun Osmanthus.

The private rooms of the theater are full of guests and friends, and the windows facing the street are wide open, and men and women, young and old, sit at the table eating snacks and chatting, or stand in front of the windows to watch the flow of people coming and going on the street, or light small fireworks to set off in the sky.

Hong Shun took Ganoderma lucidum osmanthus through the crowd, walked into the side door of the theater, walked up the wooden stairs to the entrance hall of the theater, and found the owner of the theater, and the boss asked an errand runner to come and take them into the small elegant seat.

"I came late this morning to book a place, and this is the only room left." Hong Shun said apologetically.

"It's okay, we just need to see the dragon lantern here." Osmanthus walked over and opened the window and said.

"This window is so big that all three of us can see it." Lingzhi also walked over and said.

"Then you watch here first, and I'll order some fruit for someone to deliver." Hong Shun said as he walked downstairs.

After a while, an errand runner brought pastries, fruits, and tea, Hong Shun asked him to bring two small chairs, let Lingzhi and Osmanthus sit down, and he sat on a small stool, and the three of them ate snacks and looked at the fireworks set off outside the window chatting and waiting for the dragon lantern to come.

About eight o'clock, only heard a burst of gongs and drums on the street, the three of them hurriedly got up and walked to the window, Lingzhi in the middle, Hong Shun on the left, osmanthus on the right, the three of them looked towards the street on their stomachs, only to see a group of people in front of the gongs and drums to open the way, followed by a group of people carrying all kinds of lanterns, followed by makeup dressed up as all kinds of legendary characters, there are Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, mermaids, etc., the most eye-catching is on a wheeled cart, with a variety of stories tied by children, pushed and swayed by several adults.

"Look, the colorful dragon boat and the clam shell spirit we made." Osmanthus pointed and shouted.

"Yes, I recognize the lotus flower painted on the shell." Lingzhi said.

Then a long dragon horizontal street bent and played over, the flow of people on both sides of the street took the initiative to dodge, the theater downstairs is more spacious, the dragon lantern followed the ingots to sweep a circle downstairs, surrounded by a circle, separated by the dragon body, the colorful dragon boat and the clam shell spirit performed in the circle successively.

"It's the New Year in the first month, I'm going home to celebrate the New Year for my parents, take my husband, hold my baby, and reunite with a smile haha." The woman in the colorful dragon boat sang and answered with the captain who was rowing on the side of the boat, which attracted the applause of the crowd. Then a boatman who fished pulled the silk belt of the mussel shell essence up and turned around, let go of his hand, threw the gunpowder in his hand on the torch, a puff of green smoke rose into the air and burned, the mussel shell essence was immediately opened, and a woman with heavy makeup showed her face, which attracted the crowd to marvel, and the boatman and the mussel shell girl performed the love between men and women one by one, especially when the mussel shell spirit used the shell to clamp the boatman's head around the field, which made the crowd laugh for a while.

Osmanthus only looked down at the funny, and danced from time to time, Hong Shun quietly turned his head to look at Lingzhi, and then touched Lingzhi with his arm, Lingzhi turned his head to look at Hong Shun knowingly, blushing and smiling.

After all the performances are finished, the gongs and drums are struck again, the people who play the dragon lantern wrap their heads with cloth, only show a pair of eyes, raise the dragon lantern, follow the dragon head to start performing the dragon show, the crowd on the side throws the lit firecrackers to the dragon lantern from time to time, the more the firecrackers explode, the more the dragon lantern is playing, in less than a few minutes, the whole dragon lantern is drowned in the billowing smoke, as if the clouds are driving the fog as lively and extraordinary.

After the fireworks burned out and the smoke dissipated, the dragon was stopped, and all the heads were full of firecracker confetti, some places on the dragon lantern were blown up holes, and some were burned out of small holes, revealing bamboo weaving, and after a few casual shots of the dragon, they were satisfied with the dragon lantern and followed the team to go back, and the flow of onlookers gradually dispersed.

Osmanthus is still unfinished, after Hong Shun finishes settling the account, he walks down the stairs with Lingzhi, walks out of the gate of the theater building, and keeps shouting that it is fun, Hong Shun protects Lingzhi, Lingzhi pulls Osmanthus, and the three of them follow the crowd of threes and threes to go home.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Boss Hong chose an auspicious day to open a cloth shop, Lingzhi and Osmanthus began to get busy again, Osmanthus helped Lingzhi sew small bags of silk while selling cloth, and from time to time let Hong Shun teach the words on the picture book, Hong Shun could not intervene in front of Lingzhi, nor could he speak, he came and went, but he got along well with Osmanthus.

One day at noon, two wives came to the store to pick up clothes, Lingzhi took out the clothes for them to see, the two wives unfolded the clothes left and right, very satisfied, Lingzhi wrapped the clothes for them, received the money and sent them out of the store, when they were about to turn back to the store, suddenly saw a handsome young man walking by, both of them couldn't help but stop, looking at each other, the young man was deeply attracted by Lingzhi's delicate appearance, and kept looking at Lingzhi intently, Lingzhi was embarrassed by him, blushing and shyly lowered his head and turned into the store, The young man did not follow the shop, but stood outside the shop and looked around, looked up at the cloth shop, and then reluctantly left.

The young man's surname is Shengchang, his father is the elder brother of the Fu official who served as a guard for the warlord commander Wu Xian, from that day after the death of his father, Shengchang fled with his uncle Fu Guard, all the way around, Fu Guard wanted to return to his hometown, but one came to his hometown in the ruins after the war, the people were not able to live, and secondly, he thought of his own murder and revenge, for fear of being plotted, and thought of his brother's advice when he was dying, so he dispelled the idea of returning to his hometown, thought about it, and came to the ancient city with Shengchang.

From the day he walked into the ancient city, Shengchang was attracted by this beautiful scenery, there was no smoke of war, and the streets were prosperous in business and people came and went, as if walking into the peach blossom spring. Fu guards took Sheng Chang to disguise themselves first in an inn, and then tried to find a vacant house, so they bought it, and Shengchang bought some household goods, Sheng Chang thought that he could live here with his uncle for a long time, who knew that after avoiding the limelight for a period of time, Fu guards forcibly sent Sheng Chang to Guangzhou to study, Sheng Chang pleaded to no avail, and separated from his uncle on the dock with tears, got on the boat, and went to Guangzhou along the eastward river.

After the guards sent Shengchang away, he settled down in the ancient city, thinking that he didn't have time to walk around when he came to the ancient city last time, so he traveled every day to play in the mountains and rivers, and made all kinds of private guests, and it didn't take long to make the ancient city clear. Fu Wei's heart is most concerned about the "square house" of the "square well", the door of the crooked door ramp, the layout of the courtyard, and the location of the house are very much in line with his mind, it is the ideal place to live and work in peace and contentment, and live in peace, so every day he is thinking about how to put the "square house" into the bag, if he is like in the past, he is afraid that it will attract everyone's attention, and it must be harmful to live in the ancient city for a long time, but if he buys it seriously, then the silver two that he brings with him must be thrown in. This will put you in a predicament for a while, and after thinking about it, you feel that it is better to only mean it on the silver taels.

One day, the guards couldn't bear it, so they deliberately slipped to the "square house" of the "square well" to investigate, and came to the door of the "square house", only to see that the door was full of dust and cobwebs, the two tiger head iron rings were rusty, and the front of the door was overgrown with weeds. In chatting with some people working on the side of the "Sifang Well", I learned that the "Fang House" has been called a murderous house by the locals, uninhabited, few people pass in front of the door during the day, and it is even more eerie and scary at night, and some are even more mysterious, saying that there will be people walking around in the house at night, and the white clothes are fluttering, and even the cries will be heard one after another.

The Fu guard stood in front of the door and thought for a while, thinking that if he wanted to open this door, he would have to find the local squire to lobby, spend a little money to make a difference, and then live in it justifiably for a long time.

Fu Wei thought that if there was still someone in the Fang family, that is, Fang Min who had escaped at that time, since he came to live in the ancient city, he had never seen Fang Min's figure appear in the ancient city, and he thought that he had already fled elsewhere, and if Fang Min found him after living in, he could just eradicate the permanent disaster, so that he could live more at ease and down-to-earth, and save himself from going to Fang Min aimlessly all over the world.

So the guards through the personal friends of the doorman, invited the local squires to the house, turned left and right to express their desire to enter the "Fang Mansion", the squires first persuaded the house is not clean, and then said that this house has been the ancient city's extinction assets, and transfer to others need to go through certain procedures. Fu guards took out the silver taels that had been prepared and gave them to everyone one by one, and everyone looked at each other after getting the silver taels and discussed them, feeling that the house was empty anyway, and no one in the ancient city dared to live in it at present. So everyone tacitly agreed to the request of the guards, and the guards agreed to take out some silver taels as the cost of the formalities, and after ten days, the guards finally got the legal formalities, and they were very proud.

Fu guards picked an auspicious day, the same squires came to the "square house" of the "square well", put two strings of firecrackers in the open space in front of the door, Fu guards personally lit it, after a burst of crackling and exploding, attracted everyone to watch, the squires helped to open the door, the weeds in the courtyard were more than one person high, dust and cobwebs were everywhere, and all kinds of family were crooked. The squires raised their voices and announced to everyone that the guards were legally staying in the "Fang Mansion", so that everyone should stop believing in the rumors of ghosts and gods in the past. Fu Weiwei also said that he was a newcomer, and he hoped that everyone would be kind and cultivate the good of the neighborhood. The onlookers expressed their surprise at the fact that the guards dared to stay in the "Fang Mansion", and some took the opportunity to sneak into the courtyard to take a look, and then they all shook their heads and walked out, thinking that living in such a house was too heavy and unlucky, and it was not good for the family business. However, the Fu guards did not think so, walked into the mansion with a confident smile, and after seeing all the rooms and courtyards under the gaze of everyone, he turned around and walked out, closed the door with his own hands, and left with the squires.

After the Fu guards put the "Fang Mansion" down, they made a new "Fu Mansion" wooden plaque to cover the stone carving "Fang Mansion" plaque, and found someone to help clean up the house, and then followed the customs, married a few aunts, added domestic servants and men, and lived at home, and the "Fang Mansion" had vitality again, and the people around them were impressed by the guards, thinking that this outsider was not simple, and some said that he was big, and the yang energy overshadowed the yin energy, and suppressed the yin spirit. Some people also say that this is only a temporary appearance, and it is necessary to look at the long term, and it is still uncertain what will happen to the family.

Spring goes to autumn, and the life of Fu Wei's family is quite peaceful, but what makes him always worried is that the aunts and wives of several rooms either give birth to girls or can't conceive, and it becomes a delusion to want a boy who will inherit the lineage, so some people began to rumor that it was a ghost practice, because there were more women who died in the house, so they began to reincarnate one by one. After the rumors reached the ears of Fu Guard, Fu Guard was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, quietly bowed to the ancestors at home, and then found a Taoist practice, and also made a special trip to Qinglong Cave to burn incense and make a wish, after tossing for a period of time, it still had no effect, Fu Guard thought that he was unlucky, so he no longer suspected God and believed in ghosts, and began to borrow wine every night to kill his sorrows.

At night, the people in the house began to go back to their rooms to sleep, the Fu guards reclined on the chairs as if they were not sleeping, there were a few crooked wine bottles on the coffee table on the side, the two plates of appetizers were pulled out a few times, a pair of chopsticks fell to the ground, a girl named Qin'er came over, thinking that the Fu guard was asleep, so he went to take off the clothes that the Fu guard was hanging on him, and then began to clean up the cups, plates, dishes and chopsticks, the Fu guard saw a figure shaking in front of him in a daze, opened his eyes, and saw a long braid clinging to Qin'er's slender waist, was lustful for a while, and while Qin'er was unprepared, he hugged Qin'er with both hands from behind and pressed her down on the chair.

"Master, you let me go." Qin'er shouted as she struggled with her hands.

"From me, I will not do you any wrong." The guard Fu said as he unbuttoned Qin'er's clothes.

"Master, let the wives know, they will kill me." Qin Er Qin shouted in fear.

"I want them to know that a bunch of goods that can't give birth to a son. If you can bear me a son, I will let you live the life of a wife. The Fu guards tore off Qin'er's pants and pressed Qin'er, Qin'er couldn't move, and she was afraid of being seen, so she had to let the Fu guards spoil it.

Soon Qin'er was overjoyed, and the guard Fu said publicly:

"If you give birth to a boy, you will be accepted as your aunt's wife, and if you give birth to a girl, you will go home and leave."

The aunts and wives looked at each other, and they all gritted their teeth with secret hatred, how could they never imagine that an inconspicuous little girl would have an affair with the master, which made them unable to hang up on their faces, so they all hoped to see Qin'er get out of the way after giving birth to her daughter, and no longer appear in front of them.

After seeing Qin'er's belly bulging day by day, the Fu guards were very happy, and instructed the family to stop letting Qin'er do housework, just eat and drink well, so that the wives of several aunts were jealous, and often took advantage of the fact that when the guards were not at home, they fiddled with some irrelevant things to anger Qin'er, and Qin'er had no choice but to swallow her anger.

Soon, Qin'er really gave birth to a boy, so that Fu Guards were overjoyed, and finally had a seedling to inherit the ancestry, and also extinguished everyone's mouth, so happy that they held a three-day wine banquet to invite the squire and neighbors, and also corrected Qin'er's identity in front of everyone, Qin'er held the baby in the swaddling clothes and felt that she had a lifelong dependence, and she couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in her heart.

However, where can a few aunts and wives tolerate a maid ring stepping on their shoulders, the eldest wife and the second wife often gather together to mutter, and the third wife gossips every day, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, Fu The guards are too lazy to step on it, and only tell Qin'er to feed the baby carefully, and the hostess of this house will be her in the future.

One day, the eldest wife and the second wife played a visit to Qin'er, while the guards were not at home, the two came to Qin'er's room together, the eldest lady brought a silver pendant to Qin'er, and personally put it around Qin'er's neck, the second wife sent a pair of silver bracelets to the little baby, and brought it to the little baby with the help of the eldest wife, after the two kept praising Qin'er's belly, and would treat her as a sister in the future. The three women chatted together for an afternoon before the two wives got up and left.

"I'm strange, you would go down to see a girl, can she afford it?" The third lady asked, standing on the side of the hallway.

"When people give birth to sons, of course they can afford it, unlike me who only give birth to daughters." The eldest lady replied.

"You still have a daughter, like me, who can't be raised, will you have to listen to her in the future? Phew. The third lady was not convinced.

"If you have the ability, go and compare with her, people are now golden, and the ones they wear are not much better than us." The second wife said jealously.

"Hmph, isn't it just that she is young and charming, and she wants to be on an equal footing with me with this kind of girl's identity, and I am irritable for her." The third lady shouted.

"You be quiet, let people hear." The eldest lady deliberately reminded.

The second wife pulled the corner of the big lady's clothes, the two hurriedly walked away, the third wife still did not understand the hatred, simply walked outside Qin'er's room, and scolded for a while, after Qin'er heard it in the room, although she was angry, but it was not good to collide with the third lady face to face, so she had to endure it, and after the Fu guard went home, she even cried and coquettishly told the Fu guard, and the Fu guard couldn't help Qin'er entanglement, and ran to the third wife's room to reprimand the third wife.

"If you dare to mess around again, get out of here. If you have the ability, you can also give birth to a son for me, and I will also provide for you. The guard scolded.

"You conscienceless, how did you beg my family when you married me, and you changed your mind in a blink of an eye." The third lady said crying.

"If you don't have a good stomach, can you complain about me?" The Fu guard said loudly.

"Don't you just want a son? Today with the girl, tomorrow with the old mother, you are a woman, you 、、、、" The third lady did not finish speaking, the guard raised his hand is a slap, and the third wife sat on the ground with a bloody mouth and nose, and slammed the door hatefully, the third lady picked up a porcelain bottle and smashed it to the door, the porcelain bottle shattered to the ground with a "clang", and the third wife cried.

After Qin'er was full moon, in addition to holding a baby out of the house to bask in the sun, it has been rarely out of the house, it turned out that it was because of the same Fu guards in the confinement room after suffering from "moon tuberculosis", the lower body has not been refreshing, and I am embarrassed to talk to the same person, only let the maid help go out to ask Lang Zhong to come back with medicine to fry and eat, but has not seen any improvement, a long time is painful, even feeding the baby can not work, Fu guards specifically looked for Lang Zhong to see, but it is already terminally ill, the wives in the courtyard learned, on the surface came to perfunctory a few times, In fact, there was already schadenfreude in her heart, and the third wife took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness to drug the baby's food, so soon, Qin'er, who had no experience in the world, died of depression with her young son, and the guards were also depressed. (To be continued.) )