Chinese New Year's Eve is a busy day with a lot of complicated etiquette. Nalan Jinxiu watched the people in Jinyuan busy, and she had nothing to do alone, and she began to miss the third brother a little.

The third brother said that he would come over to eat dumplings with everyone in the evening, and she looked forward to the dark. Finally, it was night, and people had begun to set off fireworks one after another, but the third brother had not arrived for a long time.

"The old lady asked the girl to come and make a plaque. Ruyi greeted her who was still distracted.

On this day, Ningguo has the custom of making plaques with the whole family, that is, making dumplings, and Nalan Jinxiu has also made many of them.

She put on her cloak and walked all the way to her grandmother's yard with good luck. The huge courtyard is brightly lit, and the people who come and go have changed their new clothes, and the taste of the festival is quite strong.

Nalan Jinxiu suddenly remembered that in the past, there was always a lot of entertainment for Daddy on this day, and there were always a lot of subordinates and colleagues and the palace that needed to be handled by him personally. But even if Daddy had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner outside, he would come back to make plaques with her and Auntie.

Daddy's dumplings are very handsome, and he often says that in this way, he can get a handsome wife. Whenever that time, A-Niang always smiled lightly, looking at A-Dad and her with gentle eyes. In her childhood impression, the Chinese New Year was probably like this.

Every festive season, she misses her relatives, because she remembers the past, and because she and the daughters of the Ji family are not so harmonious, so she has been immersed in making dumplings and refuses to say a word.

Ji Yunxi was not a big talker, and when she saw Nalan Jinxiu's appearance, she felt very sorry in her heart. Thinking that she was going to marry Lu Yuanan in the next year, she didn't have anyone in the house who could speak considerately.

"When will the third brother come over?" Ji Yunxi approached Nalan Jinxiu and asked in a low voice.

Nalan Jinxiu shook his head and continued to fight with the dumplings in his hand. Ji Yunxi sighed silently, thinking to herself, she doesn't look very happy now, maybe there is an awkward quarrel between the little couple, and when the third brother comes back, it will be good to coax.

As soon as Ji Hongye arrived at Ji's mansion, he asked someone where Nalan Jinxiu was at this time, and when he heard that it was in his grandmother's yard, he asked his father to go over directly.

As soon as the ladies saw the third young master coming, they all thought that they could get close to him and say a few more words. You must know that this young master in a high position, although he is now living in another courtyard, one day the Ji family will be decided by him.

Ji Hongye's usual greetings were still as usual, and a gentle smile could be regarded as a reply. looked at the girl who was making dumplings, he sighed helplessly, he didn't hear anything he wanted to hear, but what he didn't want to hear came with a basket.

Ji Hongye walked towards Nalan Jinxiu and whispered behind her, "Come with me." ”

Nalan Jinxiu raised her head, she had been in a daze, and she didn't know when the third brother came. Ji Hongye saw that she couldn't react for a while, so he bent his fingers and knocked on her head, and said, "Don't wrap it, come out with me, I have something to show you." ”

Nalan Jinxiu found that the room full of people were looking at her, she frowned, and said in a low voice, "I haven't finished making dumplings yet." ”

Ji Hongye said hello to Mrs. Ji as if he hadn't heard her, and pulled her over to wash his hands. After washing her hands and putting on her cloak, he took her out.

The people in the room looked at each other, and finally cast their inquiring eyes on Mrs. Ji's face. Who doesn't know that the old lady has the heart to marry Xu Jinsheng to the third young master, but the third young master has always been respectful and distant from this county lord, when did he become so close?

Aunt Su has always been the most observant, and looking at the old lady's appearance, she is confident about this matter. She put on a smiling face and said, "Old lady, when did Brother Ye and Jin'er get so close, we didn't see it before." ”

Old Madam Ji glanced at her and explained lightly: "They are cousins, and they should be closer than outsiders. ”

The old lady was obviously reluctant to answer, and Aunt Su didn't dare to ask again, so as not to anger her, and it was herself who suffered. She smiled again and said, "It's natural." ”

The faces of the aunts and concubines in the room are not very good-looking. Now that the third young master is in the limelight, and he values this girl so much, they can't escape the eyes of the third young master because of their actions of squeezing her openly and secretly, and I am afraid that they will be jealous of them for this. So where will they have a good life in the future?

They used to think that only the old lady spoiled Xu Jinsheng, but after all, the old lady is old, and there is always a time when she can't take care of it. It's good now, this Xu Jinsheng hugged the third young master as soon as he turned his head, and his back was against the big tree to enjoy the shade. Don't they want to be weak-hearted?

One by one, they all remembered how to break the ice of the current relationship. After all, a little girl has a limit to holding grudges, and giving small profits will definitely make her get closer to them again.

Nalan Jinxiu didn't expect that she was being remembered by so many women. She was dragged back to Jinyuan by Ji Hongye, and saw Long Yi and Ji Xiaobai busy moving things, and boxes after boxes were neatly stacked in the yard.

She stepped forward curiously, thinking about how the third brother had given her so many gifts. She looked at it for a moment and asked uncertainly, "Is this ...... Fireworks?"

The corners of Ji Hongye's lips curled, and she didn't reply to her, Ji Xiaobai and Long Yi had already taken out the fire fold and started to burn. Suddenly, fireworks rose one after another, and it was beautiful. Fireworks are short-lived, but the beauty of them is something that girls can't dislike.

Nalan Jinxiu has lived for two lives, and the experience of the previous life has made her mature and much harder, but in fact, many things can't move her. But at this time, looking at the fireworks in the sky and the gentle-looking man beside her, she was silently thinking: That's it, the earth will last forever.

"Do you like it?" Ji Hongye looked down at her and asked softly.

"It's too much, when was it made?"

"You just say like it or you don't like it. ”

"Nature is liked, it's just ...... Master Ji, so many fireworks are a lot of money and waste!"

Her eyes were shining, with a smile hidden, and her hands were rubbing together in the cold wind to keep warm. Ji Hongye couldn't help frowning when he saw it, reached out and pulled her to his side, and shook her two cold hands in the palms of his hands.

Warmth spread from his fingers to his chest, and Nalan Jinxiu looked at him half-tilting his head. She was already pretty, but now she looks more and more picturesque against the backdrop of fireworks.

Ji Hongye lowered her head, and a shallow kiss fell on the corner of her lips. A faint fragrance lingered in his nose, and he thought that she must have used rose-made lipstick today.

Nalan Jinxiu tiptoed back and kissed him, with the endless excitement of this complicated world in his ears, and his heart was only full of tenderness for the person in front of him. Something stuck in her hair, and she stared at him in a daze, motionless.

The two of them were forehead to forehead at this time, nose to nose, Ji Hongye looked at her stupid appearance, and couldn't help but laugh lowly.

Nalan Jinxiu reached out to touch it, her tentacles were cold, it should be a hosta, she took it out and put it in the palm of her hand to look at it. The jade is warm and delicate, it is a piece of high-quality mutton fat white jade, and the pattern is a flower and a butterfly, which is very intimate and harmonious.

"It's ...... Butterflies love flowers?"

Ji Hongye coughed clearly, his expression was a little unnatural. Nalan Jinxiu felt that the third brother might be shy, she blinked her eyes, pretended to be puzzled, and asked, "Why did you give me a hairpin?"

Ji Hongye was a little unhappy, this girl is really. Since he gave it to him, just accept it, what is her reaction? Deliberately teasing him? Ji Hongye calmed his eyes, and his face was clearly written, and if he asked again, Lord Shangshu would be angry.

Nalan Jinxiu smiled, why did he get married, and the golden thin painting scratched his head. How could she not understand the third brother's intentions? She raised her cheeks to look at the indifferent man, and said crisply: "Thank you, third brother, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and I also prepared a gift for the third brother." ”

Ji Hongye turned his eyes to her, and naturally stretched out his left hand. He was born tall and had a loose posture, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt a little like he looked at her.

Nalan Jinxiu suddenly had an illusion that this gift was not something she wanted to give, but a third brother who forced it. After thinking about it, in the end, he obediently took out the embroidered purse from his sleeve and gave it to him.

The style of the purse is very simple, the water green bottom, embroidered with a few emerald green bamboos, although the stitches are larger, but also elegant. Ji Hongye smiled and asked in a low voice, "You embroidered it yourself?"

"Uh-huh. Nalan Jinxiu nodded like pounding garlic.

"No wonder ......"

"What?"

"The stitches are so big. ”

"You...... Since you don't like it, then give it back to me. She reached for it, but he held it high in one hand. He was already much taller than her, and Nalan Jinxiu couldn't reach it.

"If it was given to me, how can there be any reason to take it back?"

Nalan Jinxiu took a deep breath and controlled the urge to bite him: "It's you who dislike the big stitches." ”

"I only said that the stitches are big, but I didn't say that I dislike them. ”

"You ......" Well, no matter what he says, he has a reason, and she is so angry that she can't say anything.

Ji Hongye saw her aggrieved appearance, so he had to coax her: "Okay, tease you." ”

Nalan Jinxiu snorted, her face twisted, and she didn't plan to look at him. Ji Hongye put away the purse, took her hand, and said softly: "I like it very much." ”

Nalan Jinxiu didn't get angry, she just deliberately scared him, seeing that he said soft words, where can she keep a straight face? She pulled his arm and hugged him, poured a bean and said: "Actually, I originally wanted to make you a sachet, you can put some mosquito repellent herbs, you can use it when you read at night." But now it's winter, and there are no mosquitoes at all, so I thought it would be good to put some spices to help you wake up. But I thought of the third brother, you don't like those bells and whistles, so I embroidered the purse. Actually, purses are more practical than sachets, right?"

"Well, practical. ”

"What do you think you like it or not?"

"Liked, loved it. This sentence is from the bottom of my heart.

Nalan Jinxiu was overjoyed when she heard this, squinted her eyes with a smile, and said sweetly: "If you like it, I will embroider it for you next year." ”

Next year, Ji Hongye's eyes are getting deeper, and next year she will be in time and can get married. If it goes well, she should be his wife on Chinese New Year's Eve.