Out of Aquarius Lane, the old man took Yan Bailu directly to Danyang Street.

In order to resist the cold, the old man also changed into a gray cotton coat, and Yan Bailu was wearing a small red cotton jacket, which matched the atmosphere of this New Year, and it was very festive.

Yan Bailu let out a sigh gently, that breath immediately turned into white mist, Yan Bailu just wanted to reach out to grab it, it dissipated in the air, Yan Bailu raised his head and smirked at the old man, revealing a missing front tooth. The old man touched her head and led her into a dim sum shop called Xin Taozhai, and the shopkeeper saw the old man, smiled and said, "Old man, come to buy snacks for your granddaughter again?" ”

"yes, yes." The old man smiled rarely.

"What do you want this time?"

"Ask her." The old man lowered his head and looked at Yan Bailu with a smile, he was very kind, he couldn't see him like this on weekdays, he seemed to regard this little girl doll who had only been with him for a few months and had no blood relationship with him as his real granddaughter.

"Then I want this!" Yan Bailu tried to stand on tiptoe and pointed to the store's signature pastry, Peach Blossom Cake.

"Okay, it's all in one box, right?" The shopkeeper asked.

"Yes, I want a box, just this little guy eats more."

Yan Bailu stood obediently outside the counter, took the dim sum packed by the shopkeeper and held it in her hand, but she watched it for a long time and swallowed saliva several times, but she was reluctant to eat it.

"Don't you eat it?" The old man asked.

"I have to keep it for my brother!" Yan Bailu grinned.

The old man touched her head and said, "Then let's see if we want anything else." ”

"Can I buy it again?!" Yan Bailu had an excited smile on his face, "How many boxes can I buy?" ”

"You can buy as many boxes as you want, but only if you finish them."

"Good, good! Grandpa is the best! Yan Bailu shook his head happily, then turned his head and stood on tiptoe, pointing to the various snacks on the container and said, "Then I still want a box of osmanthus cakes!" And then a box of Gyokuro balls! ”

"And another box of peach blossom cakes!" After thinking for a while, she said again.

"Wow, that's so much, are you done eating?" The shopkeeper deliberately teased her.

"Finish eating! I'm done! Yan Bailu hurriedly said, while looking at the old man's face, as if he was afraid that the old man would not buy it for her when he heard this.

"Just finish eating." The old man touched her head again, and suddenly remembered his granddaughter who was wandering with her parents for no reason, she was also so clingy when she was a child, and now she is about the same age as Lou Qi, right? I don't know if I'm doing now, do I still like to eat osmanthus cake as before?

The shopkeeper packed all the things Yan Bailu wanted, and handed her a piece of rose cake separately, "Oh, this is for you." ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper!" Yan Bailu happily took it, and went out with the old man, this time she did not hesitate, and immediately put the rose crisp into her mouth and took a bite, which was full of aroma.

"It's delicious!" Yan Bailu said vaguely.

The street is steaming everywhere, it is a small stall selling steamed buns, roasted sweet potatoes, and all kinds of noodle stalls, in the cold winter, you can hold a hot thing in your hand, that is the most comfortable thing, many people are like this, buy a roasted sweet potato in their hands, and some people are probably from the village outside the city, sitting in front of the small table of the noodle stall and eating noodles, and more people choose to buy two steamed buns, while walking around, they buy what they like when they see it.

"Ah, what is this?" Yan Bailu put down the rose crisp that was put to her mouth again, she had just eaten a hard object, and she almost knocked her teeth.

"I'll see." The old man frowned, took the rose cake in Yan Bailu's hand, smiled, and returned the rose cake to her, "It's the New Year's money given to you by the shopkeeper of Xintaozhai, take it." ”

"Really?" Yan Bailu took out the hard object, it was a newly cast silver leaf, which was almost more expensive than the dim sum they had just bought, but Yan Bailu didn't know, she just thought it looked good, she wiped the silver leaf and put it in her pocket, "It's so good-looking." ”

At a noodle stall, a man who was eating noodles suddenly put down the bowl, he wiped his mouth, put down a few copper leaves, turned his head to look at the direction where the old man and Yan Bailu left, his eyes gradually became cold, revealing murderous intentions.

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With a flick of his fingers, it was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

After a few days of practice, Lou Qi has made some progress, at least when he wields the long knife, he no longer looks like a monkey show. On this day, the old man did not ask Lou Qi to continue practicing, so he returned home early and picked up his mother for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

A room full of people were busy, Su Jingchen and Yan Bailu were posting Spring Festival couplets, this matter was originally handed over to Xiaomei and Su Jingchen, but Yan Bailu just didn't want to, almost crying nose, where did the old man see, so he had to hurriedly agree.

Lou Qi was about to go out of the city gate, suddenly patted his head, and remembered something - to buy Spring Festival couplets, so he hurriedly turned back and went to Danyang Street to find a shop selling Spring Festival couplets. Lou Qi probed his brain on the road, strolling around, in addition to the big shop, there are a few small stalls, in a three-foot square stall, a thinly dressed young man is bending down to write the Spring Festival couplets, looking at his appearance, probably a poor sour talent, next to a few couplets that have been written, red paper and black letters, very festive, but compared to other stalls or shops, his business is relatively bleak. Every time he writes a couplet, he will stand up straight and sigh at his hands, while stomping his feet slightly, then looking around from time to time, occasionally sighing, and then continue to bury his head in writing the couplet.

Lou Qi walked into his stall, the scholar did not look up, or wrote by himself, Lou Qi looked left and right, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he took a fancy to a couplet: The wind and rain are happy to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and peace and good luck inside and outside are coming, which is very in line with the requirements of the mother. He was just about to ask how much it was, when someone next to him suddenly spoke, "No wonder the business is not good, the handwriting is indeed good, but the writing is not good." ”

Sound like this sound, it sounds familiar?

The scholar raised his head and wanted to refute two sentences, but suddenly his face turned red, and he hurriedly lowered his head and wanted to continue writing, but he couldn't move the pen. Lou Qi turned his head, helped the scholar to say a few words, and was just about to speak, when the girl who spoke also turned her head.

"It's you?!" The two spoke in unison.

"What are you doing here?" Yuan asked in the heart.

"Buy Spring Festival couplets." Lou Qi pursed his lips, not afraid to look at Yuan Feixin, "What are you doing here?" ”

"We're also here to buy Spring Festival couplets." Yu Yu behind Yuan Yuxin beckoned to Lou Qi, Yuan Yuxin glanced at Yu Yu and didn't say anything.

"Oh." Lou Qi agreed lightly, then turned his head and pointed to the Spring Festival couplets just now and asked the scholar, "How much is this Spring Festival couplet?" ”

The scholar hurriedly raised his head and secretly glanced at Yuan Feixin, before stretching out five fingers, "Five copper leaves." ”

"Okay, then I want it." Lou Qi grinned, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth, Yuan Yuxin glanced at him, in fact, she also took a fancy to the Spring Festival couplets, because Yuan Yuxin's request was not too fancy, a little bland...... Because this Spring Festival couplet was just pasted on a dilapidated small house in their original mansion, Yuan Zhuxin remembered that the house seemed to be the house where he had been living with his mother before Yuan Yuxin developed.

Lou Qi paid the money, wrapped the Spring Festival couplets, and was about to leave, when the scholar suddenly stopped him, "Wait, there's a horizontal batch." As he spoke, he took out a much shorter piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote down the words "Mintai An", then picked up the horizontal batch and blew it gently, handed it to Lou Qi, and said with a smile, "Okay, the ink I used dries quickly, you can rest assured that it will be wrapped together with the Spring Festival couplets." ”

Lou Qi was stunned for a moment, when Yan Bailu was learning to read and write, he remembered that the old man said that the price of this kind of quick-drying ink seemed to be a few points more expensive, so he took out two copper leaves and handed them to the scholar, turned his head to look at Yuan Zhuxin and Yu Yu, and said, "Then I'll go first, you guys walk slowly." ”

"Hmm." Yuan Tripping Heart actually agreed.

"Goodbye, goodbye!" Yu Yu seemed very enthusiastic, and waved at Lou Qi with a smile, and Lou Qi also waved his hand and turned to leave.

As soon as he took a few steps, Yuan Yuan's voice suddenly came from behind him, "Wait." ”

"What's wrong?" Lou Qi turned his head.

"You...... What is it called? Yuan Zhuxin opened his mouth a few times, and finally asked.

"Lou Qi!" Lou Qi smiled.

"Oh."

"Well, then I'll go first?" Lou Qi asked tentatively.

"Well, let's go." Yuan stumbling heart replied.

But Yu Yu was holding her forehead on the side, her face was full of black lines, and she said in her heart What kind of conversation is this between these two? Don't you two find this conversation awkward?!

When Lou Qi finally left, Yuan Zhuxin withdrew his eyes and said to the scholar, "Just now he wrote a pair of Spring Festival couplets as they were." ”

"Good! Right away! The scholar took out a piece of red paper in the best color from the bookcase behind him, opened the couplets written on the small table, and spread the red paper again, and wrote every word very seriously.

After all the writing was done, he put a whole pair of Spring Festival couplets neatly, this time he stared at the face of the original stumbling heart openly, with an intoxicated face, like an infatuated lover, and like a ...... The students in the school are waiting to be praised by the husband.

"Hmm." Yuan Tripping Heart said a word, turned around and left, Yu Yu stepped forward to wrap the Spring Festival couplets and held them in his hand, put down the two silver leaves, and turned around to keep up with Yuan Trip's pace.

The scholar was stunned in place, he looked at the figure of Yuan Shuxin gradually moving away, and muttered: "She talked to me, Miss Yuan, she talked to me!" He suddenly jumped up in place regardless of the etiquette of a scholar, and then he put away the stall and squeezed the two silver leaves tightly in his hand, only feeling that he could talk to Yuan Zhuxin, and the cold suffered today seemed to be worth it.