Soon after returning to Shanghai, it was another Spring Festival.

On the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the lights in the Bai Mansion were bright, and Mrs. Bai took the maid in the kitchen to wrap dumplings with large fillings, and picked out one or two wrapped copper coins, red dates, and gold bills. After a while, the hot dumplings were served on the table, placed outside all kinds of New Year's dishes, and inside was a carp fried to golden brown and crispy, which means "more than every year".

Hua Ting greeted Ah Shuang, who is more clever on weekdays, and Ah Cai sat around the round table to eat together, a meal was lively and festive, and occasionally someone screamed with dumplings and knocked his teeth, and took it out to see that it was a lucky color, and he smiled and bent his eyes.

Jian Yi sandwiched two large pieces of carp meat for Hua Ting, and did not forget to urge her in her ear, "Hurry up and eat, there is more than enough every year!" ”

"What do you have more to do every year?"

"What do you say?"

She smiled lightly and watched the maids say auspicious words, occasionally taking a sip of the red wine in her hand.

Although she couldn't see her white father in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, this Spring Festival was also very warm.

Bai Qihong is wearing a plain robe today, without a horse coat, and without even a gold watch chain, just like an ordinary old man, it is indeed not much different from the majestic momentum that is not angry and self-righteous on weekdays, he seems to be a little old.

Even he himself joked: "Everyone in Shanghai says that my daughter is better than blue, and I believe that it won't be long before I, the father, can retire from the rivers and lakes." He laughed to himself.

Hua didn't answer, but subconsciously glanced at Jian Yi.

The time is ripe.

Just wait for Lao Jiang's instructions.

After the meal, the servants cleaned up the table, and Jian Yi went to the front yard to set off fireworks, the metal powder burned in the dark night, and then transformed into dazzling colors, falling all over the world, grand and gorgeous.

Hua Ting has never loved those flowers and powder, but he loves fireworks.

Because they will only scatter, not thank.

It's a little pretentious.

Jian Yi stared sideways at this delicate side face shrouded in the night, and suddenly sighed a little sentimentally: "Sister Hua, I don't know how many more years you can spend with me like this." ”

"Let it be," Hua Ting turned and looked into his eyes, "maybe a year, two years, three years, maybe ......"

Colorful fireworks suddenly bloomed in the air, and the grand light and shadow penetrated in, opening between the illusory eyebrows of Hua Ting, she raised her wine glass, touched the red wine in Jian Yi's hand gently, and said softly with a smile: "Maybe it is, forever." ”

Jian was stunned for a moment, and the sparkling red wine gently swayed in his crystal clear goblet.

***

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Hua Tingtong also went to Jane's house.

The Jane family, which has always been lively and constantly playing cards, is dead dead in the New Year.

The difference is that Madame Jane has become less smiling and has lost even the strength to speak.

But Nan Xiangyu is living a good life like a young grandmother comfortably.

She was already thin, and she did not show any signs of joy until April and May, but she was lazy and sleepy. She sat embroidering flowers under the plum tree in the front yard of Jane's house, and the warm sunlight shone down, making this always energetic face rarely reveal a little lazy tiredness; Hua Ting stood in front of the door frame of the lobby of Jian's house and looked at it lightly, if you didn't guess Nan Xiangyu's city government and scheming, this daylight, plum trees, and pretty women would also be a good scene.

Hua listened to a maid and took a bowl of fetal medicine from the hand of a maid and served it to her personally.

Nan Xiangyu has stopped wearing makeup since she became pregnant, and her face is even paler as if transparent. Fortunately, the face is plump, a little less sharp, more warm, and it looks less annoying.

Jian Maosheng was unexpectedly excited about the arrival of his second child, the coldness in his eyes on weekdays had all faded, and he had a pair of peach blossom eyes like petals (Jian Yi's peach blossom luck was inherited from him), and the ice was broken at that moment, and there was a sense of spring blossoming.

Nan Xiangyu became the most favored woman in the Jian family.

"Drink it while it's hot." Hua Ting gently placed the bowl of tocosphetic pills on the marble round table she was leaning on.

She looked up in surprise and was a little stunned when she saw the light in Hua Ting's eyes.

was about to speak, but he heard a harsh mockery from Hua Ting's mouth: "This is the New Year, the Jian family is so lifeless." ”

Nan Xiangyu is a smart person, she knows that except for Jian Maosheng, no one else in the Jian family is willing to treat her, just like his precious son Jian Yi, who has never said a word to her, and is not even too lazy to look at her.

"Miss Bai, I don't care what the atmosphere of the Jane family is like at all," this vivid tone formed a sharp and mysterious contrast with her bloodless face, "I just need to please the male owner of this house." ”

"But," Hua Ting, looking at Nan Xiangyu with a pair of big eyes, "I also have to leave a way for the other women in this room to live." ”

Nan Xiangyu squinted her eyes slightly, gradually opened them, doubts appeared from the bottom of her eyes, and she hid her look, before she gradually condensed into a thick incredulity, "Why should I give other women a way to live?" All I want is to take the place of the mistress of the house. ”

I confess it.

The sunlight was more intense than Fang Cai, and the light and shadow jumped between Hua Ting's eyebrows, she shrank her pupils a little uncomfortably, looked at Nan Xiangyu condescendingly, and smiled, "Do you have this ability?" ”

Nan Xiangyu's eyelids jumped heavily and looked up at her.

The woman Lu Yu likes is really different from ordinary women.

She only wears a light-colored tweed coat, a vertical striped shirt as an inner lining, and navy blue plaid trousers underneath, which can be said to be an inconspicuous combination of colors; But her smile seemed to be gathered and shining in her eyes.

"Whether you have this ability or not, Miss Bai looks at it." She picked up the half-cooled fetal pill on the stone table, raised her head and drank it all.

Although the snow fell early this year, it was not heavy, only a few small drops of salt were slanted on the edges, and melted as soon as the wind blew and the sun did. Some fine pieces of ice slag were condensed in the cracks of the fingers, and the sun was shining on them, but it was also a little chilly.

"Miss Nan is a smart person, why bother?"

"I can only say that every woman's fate is different," Nan Xiangyu smiled, "and my fate is to fight for it on my own." ”

"Fate......" Hua Tingyan sneered.

"That's right, it's fate."

Nan Xiangyu wore a long-sleeved cheongsam, put on a coat and sat in the front yard, since the flush was obedient and not speculative, she bowed her head and continued to embroider.

The tooth-colored begonia gradually took shape between her fluttering fingers, and Hua Tingzhi suddenly spoke: "What about Lu Yu?" Not your fate? ”

Nan Xiangyu's hand trembled slightly, and the tip of the needle almost poked into her finger.

She raised her eyes and looked at her, her eyes were a little dazed, she lowered her head again, put the sewing box away, and sneered: "Miss Bai told me this, did you want to show off something?" ”

"No wonder Lu Yu doesn't like you." Hua Ting dropped such a sentence, he didn't bother to talk nonsense with her anymore, and turned around and walked towards the back room.

Nan Xiangyu was stunned for a long time, only looking at a certain point of the void in front of her, but the corners of her mouth curved up very slowly, and a long-lost, faint smile that could almost be ignored appeared on her face. She smiled so truly, but gradually locked her eyebrows, pursed her sour lips, her nose was slightly red, and her eyes were full of tears.

Jane and Mrs. Jane were drinking tea in the back room, and when they saw her coming, they had a pair of smiling eyes, raised their hands and scratched the tip of her nose dotingly, and said, "My mother wants to hold her grandson, do you think we should have one?" ”

Hua listened to this with a blank eye.

But the kid continued uninterestingly: "You see that we have been married for so long, and it is time to add some villains to the family. ”

"No way." She leaned into his ear and said in a lively and sly manner.

"Yes, Hua Ting," Mrs. Jane, who was split by her husband and took the position of the junior, was obviously a little less domineering in her tone, and now she was focusing on Hua Ting's belly, "It's time for you to have a child." ”

Hua Tingzhen wanted to roll her eyes again, "Besides, it's not ready yet." ”

Think about it in the Republic of China era, at her age, she has not yet given birth, and she can already be regarded as an advanced maternal age.

It's scary.

Mrs. Jane misunderstood what she meant, "It's okay, you can move me here," the heat was rushing to her head, "I'll help you hire a doctor to take care of your body, and you can ...... in less than three months."

"Huh!? Let's talk about it again......" Hua Tinglian waved his hand and shook his head, and glanced at Jian, "There are still a lot of things to do in the casino, let's go first......"

Jian Yi looked doting with a look of "I know you", and obediently took the coat on the sofa, "Let's go, I'll accompany you." ”

Mrs. Jian still had something to say, but when she saw Nan Xiangyu outside being helped in by the maids, she frowned and stopped talking. (To be continued.) )