Chapter 65: Joy
Mrs. Xie was a little surprised when Mrs. Xie came back for the New Year, she thought that like August 15, Mrs. Xie would insist on staying in Yushan.
"There is a big happy event at home, how can you let outsiders see jokes." While choosing tomorrow's new clothes for Mrs. Xie, the servant woman smiled and said, "Madam, old lady, this can be regarded as bowing your head first, you can't be stiff anymore." ”
"When did I freeze?" Mrs. Xie frowned, compared a dark green dress on her body, and looked in the mirror, "She has always been messing with me." ”
The servant woman handed over a dark red jacquard placket and smiled in response.
"Madame, aggrieved." She said, "The New Year's Eve is full of happy events, and since the old lady is willing to come back, she can't share it again." ”
Mrs. Xie exhaled.
"It's because of this happy event that she will come back." "It's a happy event for her," she said.
The last sentence accentuates the tone.
Her happy event, so come back and show everyone how good she is, you are all wrong.
If it was he who dug up the phoenix bloodstone, Dr. Xie would not believe that Old Madam Xie would come back.
Only the victors are entitled to magnanimity.
"Everyone's happy event, everyone's happy event." The servant woman only smiled and said if she didn't understand.
Mrs. Xie didn't say any more, compared her clothes in the mirror, and looked at the beautiful face inside.
"Am I more like my mother, or am I like my father?" She asked suddenly.
The servant woman looked in the mirror.
"More like when the old lady was young." She smiled, "The forehead and nose are like old ladies, but whether it is an old lady or an old lady, they are all very good-looking, and Mrs. is naturally very good-looking." ”
Mrs. Xie smiled and looked in the mirror.
"Then Du Gongzi or my father, which one is better-looking?" She asked suddenly.
The servant woman was holding a golden hairpin in her hand, and suddenly heard this sentence and couldn't help but be surprised, and the golden hairpin fell to the ground with a choking sound.
Mrs. Xie glanced at her, and the servant woman knelt down to make amends with a panicked expression.
"Get up, as for being scared like this." Mrs. Xie said, continuing to look in the mirror, "If it's not unsightly, why are you afraid of people saying it." ”
The servant woman bowed her head.
"No, eldest lady, the old lady had nothing to do with Du Gongzi back then." She said.
Mrs. Xie hummed.
"Okay, let's go." She turned around and said, "The dinner is about to begin." ”
Mrs. Xie's courtyard was crowded with people, and the room was as warm as spring, Mrs. Xie walked in, and Xie Rouhui, who was sitting next to Mrs. Xie and laughing, got up to give a salute.
"Some arrangements for the New Year, please take a look at my mother." Mrs. Xie said.
Old Madam Xie crooked her eyelids on the bed and didn't lift them.
"I don't look." She said.
Mrs. Xie stiffened her face and held her hand without speaking.
"It's up to you." Old Madam Xie suddenly continued, raising her hand.
Xie Rouhui on the side hurriedly brought the tea to her.
"Grandmother is trying to get out of the way." She said with a grin.
Old Madam Xie hummed.
"I'm impatient with these things." She said.
She is impatient to say a lot of things, but even more impatient to say it, usually just say a sentence that I don't read, but today I said one more sentence, as if to explain.
Since she gave the steps, shouldn't she continue as a junior?
That's it.
Mrs. Xie's face softened slightly.
"Wenxing is not at home this year, he used to manage it, I am afraid that my arrangement is not in line with my mother's wishes." She said.
Old Madam Xie hummed.
"No, there's no agreement, and I don't see any guests." She said, "Don't worry about me, you can do whatever you want, visit relatives and friends, pick up relatives and entertainers, and don't bother me." ”
She paused at this point.
"I'll just talk to a few old people in the family."
With a few elderly people in the family?
Mrs. Xie frowned.
"I'm old now, and I'm impatient with what's in front of me, but I prefer to talk and laugh with people I used to have." Mrs. Xie said, "Especially the old people who have served me, now they have also become small rich people, and their children and grandchildren are in groups, and I don't know if they are impatient to come to me." ”
The servants in the room laughed.
"Old lady, you can't afford to say this." They laughed and said, "How many people think about the old lady, but they don't dare to come, just for fear of making the old lady impatient." ”
Mrs. Xie hummed.
"Pass it on, and let them all come to the old lady to sit here during the New Year." She commanded.
The servants rejoiced.
"I'm also impatient to see people, and I'm going to follow my grandmother." Xie Rouhui said with a smile.
"You." Old Madam Xie shook her head, "Let's wait until I'm my age." ”
The atmosphere in the room became more relaxed and cheerful.
Mrs. Xie's face softened.
"There is one thing that requires my mother's permission." She also took the initiative to say.
Old Madam Xie looked at her.
"After March 3, Huihui is going to contact the mine and cinnabar, and several big shopkeepers have prepared candidates to serve them, I think Brother An's mother is very good, and I want to borrow it for Huihui." Mrs. Xie said.
Old Madam Xie was a little surprised.
"Brother An?" She said.
"I can come out of the mining disaster, and I can find the phoenix bloodstone, and I am not very old." Mrs. Xie said, "She is about the same age as Hui Hui, so it's easier for the two of them to talk to each other." ”
"He." Old Madam Xie said thoughtfully, "He doesn't want to leave the mine. ”
If you don't want to leave the mine, that's even better.
Xie Rouhui smiled even more.
"That's better." She said, with a little joy, "I heard that the mine is hard, many people want to leave, but I didn't expect him to be willing to stay in the mine, that must be very fond of the mine and must be more accomplished." ”
She grabbed Mrs. Xie's arm.
"Grandmother's vision is really good."
Hearing her say this, Mrs. Xie's heart became more stable, and the scruples she had were gone.
"It's not about getting him out of the mines, it's about exposing him to more mines." She said, "Wouldn't it be better for him to be able to go to other mines for a year, and to be able to meet people who have experience in other mines." ”
Old Madam Xie pondered for a moment and nodded.
"Okay." She said, "Shao Mingqing entrusted him to take care of the mine, and when Shao Mingqing came back, I would let him come over." ”
"Thank you, grandmother." Xie Rouhui thanked her happily.
Mrs. Xie also smiled.
"Old lady, ma'am." The servants came in with a smile and saluted, "Everyone is here, it's time to take a seat." ”
Xie Rouhui helped Mrs. Xie to stand up, the three of them walked out, the red lights in the courtyard were hanging high, the maids and servants followed in red and green, and the east and west mansions and the nearby blood relatives in the hall not far away had already arrived, watching Mrs. Xie and others arrive, men, women and children poured out to say hello, and there were small people outside who lit firecrackers and fireworks, and together they lit the sky above the Xie family's mansion with laughter.
It's a new year.
Xie Roujia stood in the courtyard and threw the bamboo into the fire, the sound of crackling echoed, and Jiang Ling hugged her.
"Stay away." She laughed.
"I'm not afraid, Jiangling, you forgot that I also set off fireworks with my fifth uncle during the Chinese New Year last year." Xie Roujia said with a smile.
When he said this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
It's been a year.
It's been so fast a year.
The sound of burning bamboo crackled in her ears, and Xie Roujia seemed to see her father and mother standing side by side, and her sister snuggling up beside her.
Under the fireworks in the sky, they laughed and waved at themselves.
It's like a dream.
It was a dream.
Xie Roujia smiled, bent down to pick up the bamboo and threw it into the fire.
"Shui Ying, go get some more." She shouted with a laugh.
Shui Ying responded loudly and turned around and ran to the kitchen to drag a few bamboos out, Jiang Ling smiled and stepped forward to help.
The sound of burning bamboo rang out one after another, spreading through the empty and quiet mountains.
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In the first month, Yushan really has cars and horses coming and going from time to time, and there are more people on foot.
Xie Roujia's daily pastime is to squat behind the rocks and watch the people, because there are more people coming, and there are some hawkers also selling near Huaiqingtai, and there are some market-like liveliness in the quiet mountains.
"Look, what is that guy selling?" Xie Roujia asked, pointing to a hawker.
An old woman is taking a small doll from the vendor to pick up an oiled paper bag.
"I don't know, but it looks delicious." Shui Ying said, smacking her lips.
Seeing the eyes of these two children shining at the wild food sold in the mountains, Jiang Ling was amused and a little sad.
In fact, they are not bad at eating and drinking, probably because of loneliness.
"We don't have any money, but we have fish, so let's exchange it with him and see if we can get it." She said with an idea.
The idea made both Xie Roujia and Shui Ying jump.
"Yes, yes!" They shouted happily, hurriedly ran home, fished the fish in the urn and came to Huaiqingtai.
Jiang Ling and Shui Ying quickly exchanged a bunch of food from the hawker, and happily held it in front of Xie Roujia, who was standing behind the rocks on the side of the road.
"Miss, you can taste it."
The three of them squatted on the ground and began to eat happily around the pile, and were eating happily when they heard someone shouting.
The three of them turned to see a carriage parked nearby, and a young woman lifted the curtain and waved at them.
"Kid." She said, pointing to the fish in the basket next to Shui Ying, "Is this a fish from that pool in the mountains?" ”
Shui Ying nodded.
"I bought it." The woman said, taking out her purse and shaking it.
But she didn't see the kid rushing over with joy.
"I'm not selling." Shui Ying shook her head and said.
The young woman was stunned, and another female voice in the car laughed.
"Cousin, they probably came out to change things behind the adult's back." She said.
As she spoke, she lifted the curtain with one hand, revealing a young face of eighteen or nineteen years old, her gaze swept over the three people in front of her, and finally landed on Xie Roujia.
"Little girl, I have some snacks here, do you want to change them?" She asked.
Xie Roujia looked at her, a little surprised.
How did she know to ask her?
Someone in the car had already asked for her.
"Nana, how do you ask her? It was the two who changed things just now. The girl asked, crackling.
The woman called Nana smiled.
"They didn't eat their own things first, but hurriedly held them to her hiding behind the rocks, which shows that everyone wants to make her happy." She smiled and looked at Xie Roujia again, "So, little girl, do you want to change some snacks to eat?" ”
Xie Roujia smiled and nodded.
Shui Ying picked up the basket and walked over, and the girl around the car hurriedly took it.
The woman in the car handed her a box of snacks.
Shui Ying came back happily.
Looking at the three people who had reunited and started to eat snacks, the woman in the carriage showed a little compassion.
"Nana, you see that she covers her face, is there something on her face that can't see people." The other woman whispered, looking at Xie Roujia.
Xie Roujia's mask was originally made of gold leaf, but as she ran around in the mountains, the wind and the sun had already covered the original gold at this time, and at first glance it looked like it was made of wood, and people wouldn't care when they saw it, all they cared about was her covered face.
Wearing a mask and deliberately hiding behind the rocks and not daring to see people, dressed simply, holding fish for food, and gobbling up those coarse food in the mountains and wilderness, they must be the children of the mountain and wild people.
"What a pitiful child in the mountains." She said.
"It's not that pitiful." The woman who was called Nana said, "You see, everyone else thinks about her and doesn't dislike her. ”
Xie Roujia couldn't help but bow her head and laugh when she heard it.
Yes, she is not pitiful, and there are many people who like her.
She looked up, her eyes lit up.
Look, here comes the man who thinks about her.
Xie Wenjun urged the horse over, and smiled when he saw the carriage here, but he was startled when he saw the three people squatting here.
"You—" he said, turning his gaze to either side.
The woman in the carriage over there had already raised her hand to greet her.
"Fifth Master Xie." She grinned and said, "What a coincidence, I met here again." ”
Cognitive?
Xie Roujia couldn't help but look at Xie Wenjun, seeing that his eyes fell on the woman in the car who was called Nana, seeing him look over, the woman smiled slightly and lowered her head and lowered the curtain.
Oh, that's the man!
Xie Roujia suddenly smiled again, with a happy face.
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Have a good time
Plus more in the evening.
It's good to babble like this.,I'm writing slowly.,Everyone looks at it slowly.,It's really a long time of quiet water (I don't know why... R1152