Chapter 166: The Joy of Chinese New Year's Eve
On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the fourteenth year of Dahuan Jingxi, many people would go to pay tribute to their deceased relatives, and after Jiang Mei was better, the first thing she did was to go to the cemetery in the eastern suburbs to visit Ruoxue and those relatives who were buried by Mu Xiao.
In a dense forest in the eastern suburbs of Jiankang, Mu Xiaohe and Hua Ying burned paper money in front of a wordless cemetery, Hua Ying has been kneeling with tears streaming down her face, but Mu Xiaohe looked at the burning flames in a daze, he kept throwing paper money into the brazier, and gradually wisps of green smoke rose above the brazier, he looked at the wisps of green smoke drifting in the wind, and the corners of his mouth pulled a wry smile, which reminded him of the thick smoke over Yunfu that year.
"Xiao He, thank you for letting my Yun family settle down!"
"Alas, by the time I arrived, many of my bodies had been burned to ashes." Mu Xiaohe sighed,
"Humph!" Hua Ying snorted coldly, but silently swore in her heart: One day she will let Su Jin's old fox show its original form.
She secretly glanced at Mu Xiaohe, and wanted to tell him what Granny Ge said in the palace, but she thought about it, he was Xiao Mocheng's good friend after all, not to mention, she didn't want him to be in danger.
"Hua Ying, how did you get that jade pendant on your body?" Mu Xiaohe looked at the weedy tomb and muttered. Although I endured it for a long time, I couldn't help but ask.
Hua Ying was stunned for a moment, and then turned her head to look at him, in fact, since she called herself "Yue'er" that night in the cave room, he had never called himself like that again, as for his jade pendant, she was very strange, Mu Xiaohe would be curious about it.
However, Hua Ying didn't think much about it, and replied directly: "When I was young." A sister carved it for me! ”
"Oh......" Mu Xiaohe suddenly understood, it was the jade pendant carved by Xiao Yueyao herself, so to speak, the jade pendant he gave her should still be in her own hands, Mu Xiaohe suddenly smiled bitterly, Hua Ying is now his wife, and he actually cares about this.
"Who is she, she is very well carved!" Mu Xiaohe asked lightly,
Speaking of Han'er. Hua Ying couldn't help but laugh again. "She's a naughty girl, she loves to follow her father to the battlefield when she was a child, and she spends more days in Xiangyang than in the capital. My mother treated her like her own daughter. So she's my sister. As she spoke, Hua Ying's eyes dimmed again, "But." She later died tragically in the Xiangyang Military Mansion. ”
But Han'er, are you really dead? Could that be you? Hua Ying looked forward to it in her heart, she gritted her teeth, thinking that one day she must ask clearly.
Mu Xiaohe's expression suddenly mourned when he heard this, he turned his head to look at Hua Ying, "So... She died in Xiangyang! ”
Hua Ying nodded slightly.
It's just why Hua Ying calls the eldest princess her mother, so who is Hua Ying, who is Han'er, is Han'er his Yueyao? Anyway, the matter of his marriage with Yue Yao was personally promised by the eldest princess and General Yun Lingbo, so when he was a child, when Uncle Yun let himself take Yue Yao out to play, it was absolutely impossible to deceive him, there was only one possibility, that is, Han'er was Yue Yao. Just, why is this happening! Mu Xiao and Bai were puzzled,
It's just that he finally knew where Yue Yao was buried, and he looked at those wordless tombs in a daze, and smiled a little desolately.
"Yue'er, it's been almost fifteen years, and I still can't forget you........."
Mu Xiaohe continued to burn the paper, and sighed silently in his heart,
Mu Xiaohe couldn't say how he felt about Hua Ying and Lan Ying, the only thing he knew was that he didn't feel his heartbeat, and even, after so many years, he didn't seem to feel his heartbeat.
But, Yue'er, I met a woman who is very similar to you, really similar, you both love to learn military books, you don't know how to ride a horse, I sometimes wonder if you will be like her if you grow up...... It's so calm and elegant... It's so beautiful...
Mu Xiaohe still secretly followed his Yue Yao in his heart.
Mu Xiaohe, who was immersed in his inner monologue, didn't notice that there was a white figure standing behind him.
Jiang Mei's heart ached like a knife, her lips trembled slightly, her eyes were sore and swollen, and tears swirled in her eyes, blurring the lonely and elegant figure. She stepped back quietly, and finally turned away with a gloomy look.
Jiang Mei leaned against the window edge of the carriage, slowly lifted the curtain, leaned her face against the window, and blocked her face with the curtain.
"Yun Yueyao" finally married him....she finally found a home for Hua Ying, but it was obviously a happy event promoted by Jiang Mei herself, and she should be happy that Hua Ying found a good place to live, but Jiang Mei was obviously not as happy as she imagined, and her heart was mixed, with joy, reassurance, pain, and helplessness......
Jiang Mei, who was tired of crying, gradually fell asleep, and Ruoyun on the side leaned her body against the small collapse, and then covered her body with a warm quilt. It's just that the tears on Jiang Mei's face didn't escape Ruoyun's eyes, Ruoyun Quan couldn't help crying when Jiang Mei was sad because of Ruoxue's matter, but she was afraid of waking Jiang Mei, she covered her lips and couldn't hold back from crying.
When Jiang Mei woke up, it was late, she was wearing a lilac robe, helped out of the house by Ruoyun, when Jiang Mei stepped into the hall, she found that the people from Pingyang Medical Center and Xiaoyue Lou had gathered in the hall, everyone was steaming dumplings around the fire, Jiang Mei saw that everyone's faces were full of festive smiles, and her heart was very warm, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, let the partners who came out of Plum Blossom Valley have a reunion night together.
"Tonight will continue the rules of previous years in Plum Blossom Valley, and the wine order will be carried out!" Jiang Mei walked over from the left side and said with a light smile.
"Miss, you're awake!"
"Miss!"
When everyone saw that Jiang Mei was awake, they all got up and saluted her, Jiang Mei looked over one by one, with a warm smile on her face, and even the corners of Jiuzhu's mouth were faintly smiling.
"Great, I like the liquor order the most!"
"Miss, let's eat the dumpling banquet first, and then drink and don't eat when we are full!" A woman walked in from the right with a plate. Smiled gently.
When Jiang Mei heard this, she immediately looked up and saw a familiar figure, and her eyes were a little hot in an instant.
"Sister Ru Hui...."Jiang Mei got up and walked towards her,
Ru Hui handed over the plate in her hand to Ruoyun, and also walked towards Jiang Mei, she immediately held Jiang Mei's hand, tightly protected her hands on her chest, her eyes were already moist and hot, and she choked up with a hint: "Miss." I don't worry about your body. I want to come to the capital to take care of you. ”
She hugged Jiang Mei in her arms as she spoke, just so that Jiang Mei would not see her tears, she learned that Ruoxue had died, and Jiang Mei's body was not as good as before. I was very anxious. What if Jiang Mei doesn't have a stable person around to take care of her daily life? So Ru Hui decided to come to the capital to take care of her in person. After settling the things in the valley, she came to the capital alone.
"So, is this your Chinese New Year's Eve surprise for me?" Jiang Mei snuggled in her arms. Feel comfortable and relaxed.
Ru Hui was a widow taken in by Jiang Mei in the early years, her husband died early, and her parents-in-law also died tragically due to a plague, but she was the only one who was rescued by Jiang Mei who was rushed there, and then Jiang Mei saw that she had nowhere to go, so she let her stay in Plum Blossom Valley. Ru Hui is a solid director and has a steady temperament, and Jiang Mei's residence in Plum Blossom Valley is taken care of by Ru Hui.
Jiang Mei got out of her arms, "Then you have arranged everything over there in Plum Blossom Valley?" Jiang Mei remembered this incident, and she was still a little relieved, after all, Plum Blossom Valley had been her home for many years.
Ru Hui nodded with a smile and said, "This is also what Chief Luo meant, he has already arranged it, and he said that he will go back often to take a look." ”
"Okay", she doesn't have to worry about Plum Blossom Valley if she has Luoxue in her, and with Ru Hui, she doesn't have to worry about Jiang Mansion, although there is tolerance here, but he is a man in the end, Ru Hui is different, she can make Jiang Mei feel like home, after Ruoxue died, she felt that she was missing something around her, and now Ru Hui is here, which is filling the loss in her heart.
Ru Hui glanced at everyone, saw that everyone was a little greedy, and said with a smile: "You guys, go and paste the couplets first, the lanterns are all hung, and the dumplings will have to wait for a while!" Then he took a little girl to the back of the house and went to get busy.
When everyone heard this, they immediately ran out excitedly as if they were released by their parents, just like in previous years in Plum Blossom Valley, looking for stone piers, brushing paste, pasting Spring Festival couplets and hanging lanterns together, and there was laughter and laughter in the yard for a while.
In the house, only Rong He and Lingshu were still standing beside Jiang Mei, Lingshu looked at the group of laughing figures outside the door and laughed, while Rong He looked at Ru Hui's direction and was slightly stunned, he felt as if he had returned to Plum Blossom Valley, Miss took them to these boys and girls just to eat, drink and have fun, and those big sisters would take care of the house well, and when they went back, there would always be hot meals and hot tea with a pleasant aroma. And the Jiang Mansion in the capital is lacking such a role, so as soon as Ru Hui comes, the entire Jiang Mansion is more like a home.
Jiang Mei glanced at the two, thinking that this year was really hard for the two of them, Rong and Lingshu are similar in nature, both are restrained and calm, they are talents who can be alone, one of them is in charge of Jiang Mansion, the other is in charge of Pingyang Medical Center and Xiaoyue Tower, although it is Chinese New Year's Eve, the two still can't play freely as in Plum Blossom Valley.
Jiang Mei shook her head helplessly, it seemed that she had to go out, so she pointed to the figure of Jiuzhu outside and said, "Look, even Jiuzhu has gone to hang lanterns, and we will also go to join in the fun." Jiang Mei strode out, a happy smile on her face. Rong and Lingshu immediately followed.
"Ronghe, come and see, am I crooked?" Ruoyun climbed a ladder and was trembling with a big word "Fu",
"You stupid girl, this word 'Fu' has to be pasted upside down, which happens to mean Futo..."Rong He followed Ruoyun's voice and looked for it, glanced at it and immediately said, he shook his head, "You come down, let me post it!" ”
"No, no, I'm going to post it myself!" Ruoyun gasped, pasting the word "Fu" was her favorite job, how could she be willing to hand it over to Rong You? After that, he turned the word "Fu" upside down, brushed some paste, and pasted it again.
Jiang Mei saw Ruoyun posted the words, so she went to look around the yard, looking for Jiuzhu's figure, although Jiuzhu does not like words on weekdays, his temperament is cold, but he actually has a childlike heart in his heart, he likes everything that children play, hanging lanterns is also Jiuzhu's must do every year, Jiang Mei didn't see Jiuzhu in the yard, thinking that he should be in the front hall, she turned her head and walked towards the front hall, and when she walked down the steps of the front hall, she saw Jiuzhu holding two lanterns, climbing on the beam of the front hall of Jiangfu like a wall, and then hung one neatly.
After he hung it up, he didn't come down, but flew out directly, carrying the other two lanterns straight to the gate of Jiangfu to hang the lanterns.
Jiang Mei pretended to be sorry and smiled: "It's really a shame to let this martial arts master hang a lantern for me!" Then he returned to the courtyard, where Su Wen and Lingshu argued over two couplets, and both of them pondered the meaning of the couplet, and wondered which door to paste.
Jiang Mei felt funny when she saw that the two of them were quite embarrassed, she looked at those cute and vigorous figures, and saw that they were as cheerful and lively as in the Plum Blossom Valley, and her heart was extremely relieved and down-to-earth. It's a pity, it's a pity, Ruoxue is no longer there...
When Jiang Mei thought of Ruoxue, her chest hurt again, she slightly suppressed the sad and sad emotions in her heart, she couldn't let herself affect them, she should have fun after a hard year.
"Miss, it's snowing! Look! Ruoyun held his head high and pointed to the snowflakes falling in the air, as if watching cute elves land on the earth.
Everyone stopped the hustle and bustle of that moment, looked up at the already dark sky, and let the snowflakes hit their faces and bodies, as if they were being baptized by God.
"Ruoxue, are you here?" Jiang Mei secretly rejoiced in her heart, only a trace of bitter smile on the corner of her mouth, and the snowflakes represented a special meaning in Jiang Mei's heart and even in the hearts of the entire Jiangfu people, that is, Ruoxue.
"The dumplings are alright, come in and eat!" Ru Hui walked under the eaves and called out loudly.
When everyone heard the noise, they immediately lit the lanterns, packed up their things, and returned to the hall in the backyard. Under the greeting of Ru Hui, everyone couldn't wait to eat, and the dumplings made by Ru Hui were the dumplings of Plum Blossom Valley, which were the dumplings at home, so everyone was smiling and eating happily.
After the dumpling feast, everyone also gathered around the stove and began to carry out the wine order, Ru Hui sat on top with Jiang Mei in her arms, and everyone else sat next to each other at will, and all of a sudden they all began to throw dice, draw wine fists, and carry out the wine order. Although Jiang Mei couldn't drink more, she was not ambiguous, and she drank a few glasses. And everyone else let go of their hands and feet one by one, and drank heavily, even Ruoyun did not show weakness,
But after a round, she was already slightly drunk. And everyone has jokes, there are anecdotes, there are couplets, and there are guessing the word and guessing the lantern riddles, in order to match the lively atmosphere in the hall, Jiuzhu volunteered to set off the firecrackers, for a while, there was a crisp sound of firecrackers outside the house, and the laughter of everyone was drowned out by the loud firecrackers, and the festive atmosphere instantly became thick again, Jiang Mei looked at the tall Jiuzhu playing with firecrackers, how funny and funny the picture was, Jiang Mei shook his head, thinking that he was really childlike.
On the last night of the fourteenth year of Dahuan Jingxi, the entire Jiangfu was bright all night, the laughter outside the house was thunderous, and the laughter in the house continued...... (To be continued......)