Chapter 18: Chinese New Year's Eve
"If you like it, I will come to accompany you every year in the future, as long as you don't get annoyed." Wen Ruyan smiled with tears in her eyes, she may not have had no selfish intentions to help Ling Ruoting Doctor at the beginning, but now she really treats Ling Ruo as a sister.
"No, never." Ling Ruo held her hand and said solemnly, as if making a promise for the next life.
The two looked at each other and smiled, on the Chinese New Year's Eve of Kangxi's forty-third year, Ling Ruo spent the first time without a family, but she was not lonely, because Wen Ruyan and Mo Yu accompanied her.
After lunch that day, Mo Yu and Su Yun were in charge of rolling the skin and stuffing on the side, Ling Ruo and Wen Ruyan made a lot of dumplings together, and when it was time for dinner, they were taken to the kitchen to cook in the pot, and they were still hot when they came back.
Mo Yu carefully poured a small dish of Zhenjiang Chen vinegar, then took the bamboo chopsticks and handed them to Ling Ruo and the others, "How about the girl and Wengege taste it?" ”
"You've been busy all day, so let's sit down and eat together." Ling Ruohan said with a smile.
Mo Yu hurriedly shook her head, "The slaves and maids should wait for the girls to finish eating before eating." Su Yun also echoed on the side, "If someone sees it, it should be said that the slaves and maids have no rules." ”
"Let you sit down and sit down where to talk a lot, besides, who will come here for the New Year, the dumplings will not taste good when they are cold later." Seeing that Mo Yu and the two were still rubbing there, Ling Ruo pretended to be displeased and said, "I'm going to be angry if I do this again." ”
Wen Ruyan also persuaded: "Yes, if you insist on doing this, it will seem to be raw, not to mention that eating dumplings is originally to be lively when there are more people, and the two of us are inevitably lonely." In a few moments, fireworks will be set off in this house, just in time to watch while eating. ”
Mo Yu and the two had to sit down according to their words, in fact, the two of them were already hungry, and they couldn't bear to smell the fragrant dumplings at this moment, so they immediately buried their heads in the bitter food.
"Whew!" A multicolored flame exploded in the night sky, turning into a beautiful and dazzling flower, and then disappeared in the night, but soon more fireworks rose into the sky, blooming one after another, decorating the night sky like day, sometimes like golden chrysanthemums blooming, sometimes like peonies blooming, sometimes like rainbows, dragons soaring, flawless.
But this is just the beginning, following the four Baylor Mansion, the five Baylor Mansion, the Eight Baylor Mansion, the Ten Baylor Mansion, the Thirteen Baylor Mansion and so on have begun to set off fireworks, lighting up every corner of the capital, no matter where you are, as long as you look up, you can see the sky full of fire trees and silver flowers.
Mo Yu didn't know when he stopped eating, looked up at the dazzling fireworks, and muttered for a long time: "It's so beautiful, even better than the last time Babel got married." ”
Su Yun pursed her lips and said disdainfully, "Are you seeing you for the first time?" It's like this every year, it's not really a lively time, it's really good to look at it when it's a child, first fireworks are set off in the palace, and then all the houses and courtyards will follow, and the entire capital is full of fireworks, but it's lively. ”
"Really? My family lives on the outskirts of Beijing, and although there are also fireworks, they are far less lively than here. Mo Yu's eyes narrowed into a line, and he clapped his hands excitedly: "Then I must wait until I am over before going to sleep." ”
"You can sleep whenever you like, as long as you don't get up tomorrow." Ling Ruo said with a smile, got up and walked hand in hand with Wen Ruyan to the courtyard, although it was far away, the courtyard was still filled with the smell of gunsmoke.
Wen Ruyan glanced around at the incomparably bright night sky and sighed: "It's so fast, a year has passed in a blink of an eye, and it has been more than three years since Kangxi entered the palace in the forty years, people, just getting old unconsciously." ”
"My sister is in the prime of her youth, why do you say the old word." The long wind swept around, blowing the pair of glazed silk earrings under the ears swaying, people want to be quiet, but the wind is not stopped.
"Now it can be said that it is young, then in another three years, people will always have a day of aging, even if the face is still delicate, and the family sent me to my house in the hope that I can bring them glory and wealth, but unfortunately, they made a mistake in their wishful thinking." Wen Ruyan rolled up her sleeves and looked at the brilliant fireworks from afar, she didn't miss much when she talked about her family, but showed a kind of irony.
Ling Ruo was gloomy, and only after a long time did he gaze at her pale and jade-like side face and said softly: "The Ye family is flamboyant and superficial, in fact, it is far inferior to my sister, but my sister needs time to understand it carefully. ”
"But Lord Belle doesn't have the time and the mind to do so." She looked back and smiled, her ice-blue clothes fluttered like butterflies in the night wind, she wanted to fly but couldn't fly, it seemed to be firmly bound by an invisible silk thread, and there was an inexplicable sadness in it, "Lord Belle's heart has already been promised to a person, who is not a heartless person and has the heart to carefully appreciate the beauty and goodness of other women, and now he can only see superficial things, such as family history, such as beauty." ”
Surprise appeared between Ling Ruo's eyebrows, "Who told my sister these words?" ”
Wen Ruyan smiled astringently: "Why do you need someone to tell, just think about it and understand, don't look at Lord Belle who spoils the Ye family at the moment, in fact, she is nothing in Lord Belle's heart, she is just a pet, and she is ruthless." ”
"Ruo'er." This is the first time she called her name, gentle as still water flowing through her ears, "I may not have been selfish for your court doctor at the beginning, but now it doesn't matter, whether you believe it or not, I just hope you are well." Ruo'er, you have amazing beauty, it's a pity to live in Lanyue all the time, when you have a more wonderful life. Speaking of this, she sighed again, like a falling flower to the ground, and the water drifted away, "What's more...... Your beauty is destined to be an extreme in your life, either the ultimate glory or the ultimate sorrow, and there will be too many people in this palace who can't tolerate you. ”
The night sky gradually returns to tranquility after the ultimate brilliance, and occasionally sporadic fireworks rise into the sky, leaving a beautiful and momentary eternity.
"I understand." After a long silence, Ling Ruo broke the silence, and at this moment there was no more hesitation in her eyes, and said word by word: "I said that I will spend Chinese New Year's Eve with my sister every year in the future, and Ling Ruo will never break her word." ”
"That's good." Wen Ruyan was finally relieved, that sentence was already Ling Ruo's best guarantee to her, "It's late, I should go back, and you should rest early." ”
"Well, I got it." Seeing Wen Ruyan leave, Ling Ruo turned around and went back to the house, Mo Yu, who had eaten a mouthful of soup, smiled embarrassedly when she saw her come in, wiped her hands and got up and said, "The slave maid will take the things and serve the girl to sleep." ”
"No hurry, I want to sit a little longer." Ling Ruo pityingly wiped the juice from the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, "If you are tired, go down and rest first, and keep your things to clean up tomorrow." ”
"Slaves are not tired." Mo Yu's head shook like a rattle, and quickly put away the dishes and chopsticks, but she was in trouble when she saw the plate of dumplings left on the table, and she didn't know how to dispose of it, so after thinking about it for a long time, she decided to keep it and wait for it to be hot tomorrow before eating, which would save waste.
Mo Yu was bent on waiting to see the fireworks festival when she saw the child, but Ling Ruo didn't feel sleepy, so she simply waited with her, she also wanted to see the grand scene of fireworks in Manjing.