"Grandpa, grandpa, we're back!"

Outside the door of the Yizhai dining hall, several of us who returned shouted loudly.

Everyone in the house heard the sound, and they swarmed out with their grandfather, standing on the steps of the dining hall, smiling faces like heroes welcoming their triumphant return.

"Oh my God! Buddha bless! You're finally back! It's been a big two days! Ha ha! But the snow outside is waist-deep, and there is no way to get out of the mountain! ”

Uncle Su happily greeted us and gave each of us a big bear hug, and then I noticed Miss Shangguan Yanxi who came with us.

"Who is this girl?"

"Shangguan Yanxi, Miss Yanxi, the guy from the Los Angeles Post House who exchanged horses with us at the foot of the Heavenly Mountain! This is Uncle Sudersu, the head of my caravan! ”

I hurriedly introduced the two of them.

"Haha, there's an impression! The old man of the young master! Welcome! Uncle Su laughed, and the elder's kindness was overflowing.

"The little girl has seen Uncle Su!" Miss Yanxi bowed and saluted, and the gaze of so many people made her very uneasy.

"Sir! Captain! We're here for guests! The girl who changed horses at the foot of the Heavenly Mountain! Uncle Su shouted happily to the grandfather on the verandah.

"Good! Ruixue is coming to the door, and there are delicate guests coming from afar, and they are very happy! Come in, girl, and stand outside without the cold! Grandpa sneered.

"Girl, this cold and snowy can send a few cold babies back, what kind of spell did you use? The art of Babel? The art of soaring clouds? Hahaha! Grandpa came to the snow and asked curiously as he inspected each wooden skateboard.

I have heard that Zhuge Kongming once built wooden oxen and flowing horses to transport military rations, but this skill has long been lost, and there are no wooden planks with axles.

"Master Wei, Miss Shangguan is a disciple of the immortals on Taihua Mountain, she taught us the art of transcending clouds and mist, and those black dots in the air just now are us!" Qin Chong grinned.

"Oh! I see! Grandpa replied suspiciously, which caused a burst of laughter from several of us.

"Master Wei, don't believe Qin Chong's nonsense, this is called the art of ice play, a very popular ice and snow game in the area of Guanzhong in the Northland, please take a look!"

While speaking, Shangguan Yanxi stepped on a skateboard and glided lightly back and forth on the snow surface of the field in front of the village, attracting a cheer from everyone.

"And this kind of ice and snow technique, Cai! Let's all go back to the house! Re-stock the wine and welcome our guests! Ha ha! ”

Because it was a female guest, the four of us were accompanied by our grandfather and uncle Su at lunchtime, chatting about some strange things in Chang'an City, and drinking was just up to the point.

"Grandpa, Grandpa! Miss Yanxi also brought you New Year's gifts! ”

After the meal, I couldn't wait to tell my grandfather, I was very curious about what kind of new things were in the cloth bag brought by Shangguan Yanxi.

"And a gift for the old man? Hehe. Grandpa whiskered.

"It can't really be some kind of mystical technique! This kind of skill is so useful! Ha ha! ”

Maybe the end of the year is approaching, and my grandfather, who has always been unsmiling, made an unprecedented joke.

"No, no, hehe, it's just some red lanterns and hole lights. Since a few years ago, the people of Chang'an and Luoyang have been popular for hanging lanterns on Chinese New Year's Eve and sky lanterns on Shangyuan night to increase the festive atmosphere during the Spring Festival. Hehe, grandfather, you have lived in Hudi in the Western Regions for a long time, and you must have never seen these things, so when I purchased New Year's goods for the Los Angeles Post Station, I made my own decision and bought some for you Yizhai, hoping that grandpa and grandfather you can like it. ”

Shangguan Yanxi replied eloquently, while instructing Qin Chong to bring them the cloth bag, and asked people to find the ladder frame. Under her guidance, ten bamboo-weaved, red-silk-covered red lanterns hung on the gates of each exit of Yizhai the day before Chinese New Year's Eve.

After lighting the mutton fat lamp oil inside, the hazy light passed through the red silk cloth, and the red and fiery New Year's atmosphere suddenly came to the face.

"The things of the original court have finally entered the homes of ordinary people! Miss Shangguan has a heart, the old man thanked me here in advance! Hehe! ”

Grandpa bowed his head and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

"Grandpa has killed the little girl, how much trouble is it to raise his hands!" Shangguan Yanxi hurriedly bowed and returned the salute.

"Brother Yi, it's not early, it's time for me to go back to Chang'an. During the Shangyuan Festival, I will come to Yizhai again, to you to practice, we will put the sky lantern together, climb high and overlook the grand scene of the sea of lights in Chang'an City! ”

After instructing the men to hang up the lanterns, Shangguan Yanxi smiled at me and said.

It's already afternoon, and Miss Yanxi is really going to spend Chinese New Year's Eve in my house Yizhai.

I had to give up if I wanted to keep the guest and think about it.

Grandpa has already arranged for Uncle Su to prepare a return gift, a jade Buddha is given to Shangguan Yanxi's mother, Mrs. Shangguan, and the other ten gold is the money given by the elders to the younger generations.

Han people pay attention to etiquette and exchanges, people respect me a foot, I respect people.

Miss Yanxi sent a red light for hundreds of miles, the gift was light and affectionate, and the grandfather said with emotion afterwards that this was the heaviest New Year's gift he had received in decades when he passed through Chang'an.

After repeated pushbacks, Shangguan Yanxi finally accepted the return gift given to her by her grandfather.

Qin Chong, Liu Zhen'er, and Sha Mihan and I insisted on sending Miss Yanxi out of the village, and we went down the ice surface of Fengshui and sent it to the estuary area of Fengshui Weishui before saying goodbye and meeting again after the year.

By the time we returned to Yizhai the way we came, night had fallen.

In the depths of the snow-capped valley, the orange lights in the red lanterns are so dazzling that people have the illusion of coming to the mansion of the gods.

"Jincheng, Miss Shangguan is gone!"

Yizhai's dinner has ended, and grandpa, grandfather and others are admiring the fireball-like lanterns hanging high one by one with great interest.

I didn't expect that the same lighting guide thing could produce such a festive and peaceful effect just by changing the red skin.

"Old Su, old lieutenant! From next year, we will have to spend the Spring Festival at home every year, and the seasonal route to Middle-earth will also be changed! We took the northern road of Wusun and Qiuzi, set off in early spring, and returned to Khotan at the end of the year! Ay! After going out to do business for so many years, if you think about it, I haven't spent a New Year with my old wife and grandchildren at Qingfengze's house! ”

The older people are, the more homesick they are, and looking at the festive red lanterns, grandpa can't help but sigh.

"Master, who said it wasn't! The three little babies in the family were born, and I have never been by my side, and I can't help myself! Uncle Su also smiled bitterly.

The businessmen who are chic in appearance and spend money like dirt, it seems that everyone has a handful of bitter tears!

As soon as we stepped on the sliding board, the guys came up to us laughing and asked Qin Chong, Guo Helmet Liu, and Sha Mihan to teach them this ice trick of coming and going freely on the snow.

The field in front of the village suddenly became lively, and the sound of clanging and clanging on the ground came and went, but it did not reduce everyone's interest at all.

"Shangguan Yanxi, this woman is good, smart and courteous, beautiful and virtuous, and at first glance, she knows that she is the daughter of a big family! Oh, young master! The girl is good to you, do you want Uncle Su to be an old man under the moon after the year, and go to the Shangguan Mansion to hire and propose marriage? ”

Uncle Su happily patted my shoulder and asked with a smile.

"Uncle Su, don't laugh at me, Miss Shangguan and I are just ordinary friends." After hearing Uncle Su's suggestion, I hurriedly gave up my hand.

"Ordinary friends! You kid still has few confidants! Amica of Rome and Kuzhina of Loulan have now befriended this Yanxi girl again! Passing by Luoyang and Jiankang in the spring of tomorrow, I don't know whose daughter's girl I will like! Jincheng, if you continue to be so promiscuous, we will see how you end up in the future! ”

Hearing me say that Miss Shangguan Yanxi and Miss Shangguan are just ordinary old friends who are having fun together, my grandfather couldn't help but scold him.

"Yes, Jincheng, Shangguan Yanxi is really a good woman, grandpa, I have always had the skill of knowing people. If you are interested in her, we will hurry to the door to propose. Chang'an is not comparable to Khotan, and wealthy families and suave sons of wealthy families abound. As the saying goes, a good woman in a cloud family begs for a thousand families, and there will be no such store in this village after that, so don't regret it! ”

"Sun Er understands that he is just an old friend of the opposite sex, and that's all, and there will be no more contact after leaving Chang'an. My grandson was tired, so I went back to the house and went to sleep! ”

I bowed deeply to my grandfather, grandfather, and Uncle Su, and went back to the cave in the backyard.

"A bastard who doesn't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings! The angry old man is also! Grandpa gasped and scolded.

"Marriage is destined, you can't force it, Master Wei, don't be too angry!" It was Uncle Su's voice of persuasion.

As my grandfather said, I might be a real asshole.

Along the way, I fell in love with every beautiful woman who floated by, but I never thought of getting married.

The despair and lingering longing that I felt when I parted with Yamika eight years ago has long since become a kind of magic obstacle in my heart, which cannot be removed.

Maybe my relationship with Kuzhina and Shangguan Yanxi is simply to treat them as the shadow of Yamika, looking for a kind of excitement and pleasure in the boring and empty business journey, and there is no other extravagance.

Of course, all of this is my inner subconscious, and I can't recognize people.

Otherwise, not only Qin Chong and his loyal followers would scold me for being a hypocrite.

Miss Shangguan Yanxi can't say for sure, but Kurina will definitely kill me, and she gave me all her true feelings and expectations to the "negative man" who walks the rivers and lakes.

I went back to the cave to get some change of underwear, and I went straight to the soup pool in the canyon.

I soaked comfortably there for a long time, filtered all the distractions in my brain, and then stepped on the snow and returned to the cave to fall asleep, and when I woke up again, it was the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve.

The feast has been prepared, and you can smell the strong fragrance from the dining hall in front of you on the kang in the cave.

It is the aroma of roasted whole camels, and it is a delicious delicacy unique to the homeland of the distant country of Khotan.

I began to feel homesick, missing my mother, Mrs. Khotan, my little sister Gulando, my beloved grandmother and cousin Langol, as well as my third brother Chang'an who was far away in Luoyang and my second brother Yi Wuwei, a student in Jiankang.

With such a wealthy family, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, when the old and the new are welcomed, the relatives are completely separated by the end of the world and cannot be reunited.

Thinking of this, I can't help but cry with sadness, this may be the fate of our merchant family!