Chapter 69
69, the charm of the peach
The dispute between Han and Lu was talked about for a while, and gradually calmed down, there was less talk in the palace and outside the palace, and everyone felt a little boring, but fortunately, the year was over, and everyone was busy, and they had no time to take care of other people's affairs.
Twenty-ninth of the lunar month.
"Xianggong help me hang the lantern."
A ladder was erected under the eaves, and Miao Fan climbed up to sweep away the dust, and then hung up the silk lantern. Qianqian stood at the bottom and looked up at him, her eyes full of love.
"A little to the left, it's too much, crooked! Move to the right, okay, that's all. She leaned on the leg of the ladder and advised, "Watch your step." โ
Miao Fan landed steadily and asked her, "What else do you want to do?" โ
"It's too much, change the door god wall clock, nail the peach charm, and paste the spring card...... You write well, you can write this year's peach charm! Qianqian assigned him a task to go to the study to cut paper and grind ink.
Miao Fan finished writing and took it out, and Qianqian smiled angrily when he saw it.
I saw what he wrote: The five aggregates are empty and suffering; Everything is like a fantasy and a great silence. Horizontal batch is "Prajna Constant".
She stomped her foot and said, "I asked you to write a peach talisman, what is this you wrote?" This one doesn't work! โ
Miao Fan wondered and explained to her: "The peach charm is also known as the fairy wood, feared by a hundred ghosts, and in the past, it was necessary to engrave the names of the two gods of Shen Tu and Yu Lei, and then it was simplified and turned into some words of blessing. The one I wrote can not only deter all the ghosts, but also have a blessing implication, why can't you? โ
"I can't tell you clearly!" Qianqian didn't bother to discuss Zen with him, "Anyway, I want to change it." โ
He asked tentatively, "Then it will be replaced by 'The wonderful way endures forever, spotless; How about being free and free, and all realms are empty'? โ
Qianqian was angry and said to him: "Is there still no Amitabha Buddha in the south!" โ
"You can use it if you like. However, I think the 'Raft Purdue' seems to be a little better. He looked dumbfounded.
"Oops, dumb monk!" Qianqian was so annoyed that he twisted him, "This is not a temple, where do these look like the New Year, and it is almost the same to persuade others to become monks and cut off six roots!" I'll say a pair, you write it! โ
Miao Fan didn't have a problem with her, sighed and said okay.
So the most plastered post is "Huitong Neighborhood, the door welcomes spring, summer, autumn and winter; Treat the sages with sincerity, accept the wealth of the southeast and northwest", and criticize the "auspicious stars".
Qianqian smiled and held Miao Fan's arm: "What do you think of this?" Isn't it much better than just now? โ
"Huna, Southeast, Northwest and Northwest ......," he smiled helplessly, "it is indeed what you like." โ
Qianqian was not convinced: "What's wrong with having a lot of money, having money can make ghosts grind, and the little ghosts still don't dare to mess with me." โ
He touched the top of her head and smiled: "If you like it, money-grubber." As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and asked her, "Have you been cheating on people again lately?" โ
Qianqian was a little weak-hearted, and bowed her head and denied: "No." โ
He didn't speak, just looked at her blindly with a suspicious look in his eyes.
"I said no, I don't believe it!" She shook her hand and ran away, pretending to be angry and ignoring him, but in fact, she was at a loss in her heart.
He looked at her angry back, shook his head and said to himself: "If you cheat, you cheat, I didn't say I wanted to be angry......"
Chinese New Year's Eve arrived, Xiaohe made a table full of dishes, the family sat around the New Year, this meal from the palm lamp into the table, to eat until late at night, near the end of the day to set off fireworks, to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. This is called "staying up for the year".
Looking at the dazzling array of chicken, duck and fish, Miao Fan's face was reluctant after he sat down, and Xiaohe took a piece of goose meat to him, so frightened that he waved his hand vigorously, and he was almost about to recite the scriptures and repent.
"It's vegetarian! Believe it or not! Xiaohe couldn't help but stuff the meat into his bowl, pointed to the table full of dishes and said, "Usually you can separate meals, but today is the New Year, and I don't want to divide the table like this." You don't eat meat, so that's why I made a vegetarian feast, using tofu and radishes, you can try it. โ
Sure enough, the roast goose is stuffed with tofu, and the skin on the outside is fried yuba, which is colored with sauce and can't be seen at all. There are also elbows that are radish pieces, and crispy pork ribs are actually lotus root strips wrapped in batter and fried, which is just similar in shape.
Qianqian poured wine for everyone, Miao Fan replaced the wine with tea, and the two of them wished everyone all the best in the coming year.
Xiaohe's cooking skills are outstanding, the family eats happily, frequently raises glasses, laughs and laughs until late at night, and Xiaohe cooks wine-stuffed meatballs and serves them.
"Come, one bowl per person to relieve the greasy taste."
Miao Fan didn't care, he happened to be thirsty in his mouth, and quickly ate a bowl of meatballs, and even drank the soup, reminiscing about the sweet and sour taste, and then he felt a little dizzy in his head.
Qianqian saw that his cheeks were red and his eyes were slightly misty, and asked him, "Xianggong, what's wrong with you?" โ
Miao Fan pointed to the bowl: "What's in it......"
"Oops, it's broken! I put the mash wine! Xiaohe patted his head, "I forgot that Tan Gongzi doesn't drink." โ
"Walk with me out of the city." Miao Fan grabbed Qianqian's hand, and the two went out together.
Xiaohe waved his hand behind him and shouted: "Come back early - wait for you to set off firecrackers!" โ
As soon as the two left, Xiaohe hurriedly brought out the roast chicken and white wine and gave them to Master Lu and Ah Piao to satisfy their hunger.
Ah Piao bit the roast chicken thigh, wrapped the meat in his mouth, and asked vaguely: "Little fat girl, you shouldn't have done it on purpose, right...... Let the little monk get drunk and leave the table, of course Qianqian will follow to serve, and then we will hide and drink and eat alone? โ
Master Lu did not participate in the discussion, took small sips of wine and smacked his lips, stroked his beard and looked comfortable.
"I didn't mean it, the girl did it." Xiaohe ripped off the chicken wings and gave them to Ah Piao, "She said that she hadn't seen Tan Gongzi get drunk, so let me help, so in his bowl of wine-stuffed meatballs, I also deliberately added an extra spoonful of soju." โ
"Tsk, you believe her nonsense." Ah Piao shook her head again and again, "Where does she just want to see the little monk get drunk, this is obviously trying to use wine to commit murder!" โ
Xiao He wondered: "What kind of murder?" โ
"Hehe, I can only understand it, but I can't say it." Ah Piao refused to speak, his slender eyes narrowed, and he was a thief.
Walking out of the alley is sparsely populated, at this time the lights of thousands of homes are bright, others are reunited at home for the New Year, few people come out to walk around, occasionally a few passers-by with bags and dust, looking like they are rushing home for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. From time to time, fireworks burst into the sky in the distance, crackling and bursting with firecrackers.
Walking all the way through the snow, his big palm gripped her hand tightly, warm and ironed.
"Where are you going?" She obediently followed him, her cloak pulled up to cover her forehead, revealing only two sparkling eyes.
"I don't know what to do." He looked back and smiled, the breath he exhaled was all the smell of wine, and he couldn't find the north with his grin, "I don't know what to do, I just want to walk with you, and keep walking...... Maybe to the ends of the earth. โ
It was rare for him to have such a sober time, Qianqian felt that he would be too sorry for the bowl of wine if he didn't take the opportunity to do something, so he pulled down his cloak and pouted at him: "Then you have to kiss me first." โ
Although there was no one on the street, according to Miao Fan's previous character, he would never make love in public, but now that he was drunk, he seemed to have become a different person.
"Okay."
He readily agreed, without a trace of hesitation, picked up her face and bent down, opened his mouth to hold her lips, and kissed her wantonly before standing up: "Okay?" โ
Qianqian pursed her lips, tasted the long taste of wine in his mouth, and shook her head with a smile: "It's not enough, I still have to kiss." โ
He smiled and leaned down again.
The two men stood in the middle of the long street, and only then did they pant and parted until their mouths were numb from each other.
He staggered and asked with a smile, "Do you want to kiss?" โ
She touched her swollen lips, shook her head and nodded, "No...... I'll kiss again. โ
The two men held hands again and walked forward.
"Mandarin Duck Bridge!"
Looking at the ancient bridge in front of her, Qianqian walked up in surprise and touched the stone with the name engraved on the side of the bridge.
Miao Fan drunkenly followed, hugged her from behind, rested his chin on her shoulder, and followed her and muttered: "Mandarin Duck Bridge...... Are there mandarin ducks here? โ
Qianqian laughed and slapped his face with his backhand: "I'm really drunk." The Mandarin Duck Bridge does not mean that there are mandarin ducks under the bridge, but that men and women who have a heart can walk across the bridge together, and they can be a pair of lovers who only envy the mandarin ducks and do not envy the immortals, understand? โ
"Be a mandarin duck......" He barely stood up straight, grabbed her hand and walked towards the bridge.
She was surprised: "What do you do?" โ
He said as a matter of course: "Aren't you and I mandarin ducks?" We're going to cross the bridge. โ
Qianqian couldn't cry or laugh, so she had to let him lead him to the bridge.
"Lady." He stopped suddenly, turned around and took her hand, and said solemnly, "We'll live together every year from now on." โ
When midnight falls, fireworks explode all over the city.
Her face was illuminated by fireworks, so bright and moving, so vivid, her pupils were colorful fireworks, and she opened her mouth with a smile: "Okay, Xianggong." โ
He also laughed and said something, but there was a deafening sound of artillery around her, and she couldn't hear it clearly, and shouted at him to say it again, but he couldn't hear it.
The last two had to look at each other and smile, shut up and stand on the bridge, looking up at the fireworks in the sky.
She curled up in his arms, covered her ears with her hands, and the laughter giggled for a long distance to the other end of the Mandarin Duck Bridge.
Zhan Liantai stood under the willow tree by the bridge, the inky color made him almost merge with the night, and only when the fireworks burst into the air, falling for a moment of light, did it illuminate a gloomy jade face.
In a trance, he seemed to feel that he was standing on the bridge, and he was holding his beloved in his arms.
There seemed to be some kind of fireworks falling into his eyes, which made his eyes painful, so he could only close them tightly, and his face was distorted and painful. Seeing this, Ruan Qi, who was following him like a shadow, asked, "My lord, you have nothing to do, right?" โ
Zhan Liantai waved his hand, opened his eyes for a moment, and looked at the two people who walked off the bridge wistfully: "How fortunate I am to accompany her to see all the flowers bloom year after year." Ruan Qi, are you right when you say I was wrong? โ
Ruan Qi was always calm and self-controlled, and paused and said: "You can't have both fish and bear's paws, my lord, you have already made your choice, and there is no room for regret." โ
"Fish and Bear's Paws...... You're right, I gave up Yu'er. Zhan Liantai raised his hand and stroked the trunk of the willow tree, talking to himself, as if he was whispering to someone, his expression was gentle, "It will sprout soon, โกโก green willow, it must be very beautiful." โ
Suddenly, he let go, turned and strode away, not showing a hint of nostalgia.
"Ruan Qi, how is our bureau going?"
"According to the instructions of Qianqian girl, I used several gambling games as bait to send them news respectively, and now several people are convinced of Zhibanxian, among which Kong Xiang is the most."
"That's not enough." Zhan Liantai shook his head, "We need a bigger gamble to convince them completely." โ
He smiled: "The spring will try, why don't we gamble, and bet on who will be the champion?" โ
The author has something to say: the end of sending red envelopes! Don't be depressed if you don't get it, next time you have a chance to come again~~~
Uncle had a heat stroke yesterday, and the weather was too hot, 40 degrees!!
It's earlier today, and I'm trying my best to do it again in the evening, please send a kiss to Uncle Wine โญ(โฏ3โฐ)โฎ