On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in the twenty-first year of Jiajing, the Shen family and Gao Nu gathered around the house in Xiannan Village, after a day of heavy snow, the starry sky outside the window was inky blue and black, and the bright stars were as bright as diamonds dotted on the Milky Way.

The sound of firecrackers sounded, and with the wanton and cheerful laughter of children, the Shen family sisters and brothers knelt neatly in front of their parents and kowtowed.

"Dad, mother, happy New Year." The three sisters and brothers smiled and said in unison.

Gao Nu bowed to the side and clasped his fists and saluted: "Uncle Shen, Aunt Shen, have a good New Year, I wish the second old family a happy and safe year." ”

Shen Cheng smiled and nodded, looking at Gao Nu's sturdy body, how to see how he liked it.

Shen Wang said: "Gao Gongzi's words are really good. As he spoke, he took out the prepared red envelope and handed it to the three sisters and brothers and Gao Fu.

When he handed it to Shen Ning, he said with a smile: "Mother wishes you to find a good son-in-law as soon as possible." ”

"Thank you, mother." Shen Ning hung his head and accepted the red envelope with a slightly red face.

When handing it to Shen Chang, Shen Wang said: "Mother wishes you to participate in the martial arts as soon as possible and win fame." ”

Shen Chang smiled again and again: "Mother, I'll try it for the Chinese New Year this year." ”

"Okay, okay." Shen Wang nodded and smiled, and then said to Shen Kang: "Mother wishes you success in your studies, but don't be too tired, you have not been good since you were a child, although there have been improvements in the past two years, but you can't blindly come nonsense." ”

"Yes, mother." Shen Kang accepted the red envelope.

Shen Wangshi looked at Gao Nu and said with a smile: "Master Gao, my aunt wishes you a family and a career as soon as possible." ”

Gao angrily smiled, took it with both hands, and replied, "Aunt Xie." ”

"Alright, alright." Shen Wangshi said: "This age is also kept, you young people are stubborn, and now for the New Year, I will not be restrained by you." ”

Shen Kang said: "Daddy and mother should rest early, and my son will go to Siniang's house to take her together." ”

"Go ahead."

Shen Ning got up and said to Shen Kang: "Let's go, we haven't been up the mountain for a long time." ”

"Big sister wants to go up the mountain?" Shen Chang was a little curious.

Shen Ning nodded sullenly, and Shen Wang said, "It's such a night mountain, don't step on the air." ”

Gao smiled angrily: "Aunt don't worry, I will take care of Ning Niang, them." ”

Ning Niang, how close is it?

When Shen Wang heard this, he couldn't help but smile, nodded again and again, got up and stuffed the lantern into Gao Nu's hand, pushed Gao Nu with one hand, and pushed Shen Ning with the other: "Go quickly, go to the mountains to see the moon and stars, go quickly." ”

This is too obvious, even Shen Chang chuckled, and his cheeks were red.

Shen Ning was even more ashamed that he couldn't say a word, just hung his head and went out and walked a few steps quickly.

Gao Nu carried the lamp, walked to Yang Chengli's house with a few people, knocked on the door and asked, Siniang hadn't slept yet, I heard that we were going to go up the mountain to play together, so I hurriedly put on my new clothes and ran out of the door.

Yang Chengli chased out the door and instructed: "You children, be careful, come back early!" ”

Shen Kang shouted: "Don't worry, Chief, I'll send Siniang back in a while." ”

Yang Siniang walked in front of her every step, and asked as she walked: "Second brother, third brother, is it fun in the county?" ”

Shen Chang said: "It's not interesting to live when you're used to it, if you want to come, you can come to Runing Mansion, and I'll take you to eat good things on the street." ”

Yang Siniang smiled and said, "Dad won't let me go." Then he asked, "Is the academy fun?" What's in the academy? Isn't there a gentleman with a lot of long beards? ”

Shen Kang smiled: "There are also those with long beards, there are also those with short beards, and there are those like your third brother and me, who don't grow beards." ”

Yang Siniang tilted her head and smiled, and said, "You haven't come back for a long time, and when you come back, you left in a hurry." This year, when your academy came to hold a poetry meeting in October, I saw you from afar. ”

How pitiful is that?

Shen Kang said softly: "Silly girl, you remember wrong, I also came back before, have you forgotten those sugar people?" ”

Yang Siniang stopped, stood there sullenly, pulled Shen Ning's arm, raised her head and asked, "Eldest sister, is what the third brother said true?" ”

Shen Ning raised his hand to stroke her hair, shook his head, and said, "Xiao San is the worst." ”

Yang Siniang smiled and said, "No, the third brother is very good." Dad said that the Buddha fights for a stick of incense, and people fight for a breath. said that the third brother was very competitive, and he was the most down-to-earth, smartest and most promising young man he had ever met. ”

Shen Kang frowned slightly, he found that it seemed that Siniang had grown up a little and was already a little mature mentally. He shouldn't be as close to his sister as he used to be. In this day and age, such behavior can be misunderstood.

He sighed lightly, looked sideways at Gao Nu, and found that Gao Nu was chuckling and enduring a hard time.

"Big Brother Gao!" Shen Kang shouted.

Gao was furious, and raised his eyes to look at him: "What's the matter?" Poof, haha. ”

Shen Kang rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Gao has encountered something happy, why don't you tell us about it?" ”

Gao pursed his lips angrily, then pursed his lips and said, "It's nothing, it's just that one person's little ghost meets another person's small ghost, interesting tight, interesting tight." When I return to Beijing, I'm going to tell Brother Zhou about it, hahaha. ”

Shen Kang bit his lip and sneered twice: "I'm afraid that after Brother Gao finishes speaking, he won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law." ”

As soon as Gao Fu heard this, he immediately stopped laughing.

Shen Changhu asked: "Why don't you marry a daughter-in-law?" ”

Shen Kang opened his mouth, and just as he was about to speak, Gao Fu strode over, blocking Shen Kang while handing the lantern to Shen Chang: "You guys go up first, I have something to say to Shen San." ”

Shen Chang looked at the two suspiciously, took the lantern, and took Shen Ning and Yang Siniang to the mountain first.

Shen Kang clasped his hands in front of his chest and stood in a thin-footed compass, with his feet upside down and his head raised on the other: "What do you want to say about Big Brother Gao?" ”

Gao angrily arched his hand and said: "Just when I was wrong, I shouldn't laugh at you, you have to help me say a few more good words to your eldest sister." ”

Shen Kang pretended to be surprised: "Huh? Do you have something to ask for? The attitude is wrong, isn't it appropriate to ask for a gift? ”

Gao Fu frowned slightly and asked, "What do you want?" ”

Shen Kang's eyes rolled, he returned to his normal standing posture, and whispered in Gao Fu's ear: "It's just... In your capital, is there any painter who has ever painted it..."

Gao Nu didn't understand: "What? Do you want to paint? ”

"Tsk." Shen Kang licked his lips and said, "It's all men, don't you need to say it too clearly." ”

"Men?" Gao angrily looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "Okay, barely half of it." When the words landed, he said in surprise: "Do you want a spring palace painting?" ”

The noise was so loud that even the birds in the forest flew up several times.

"Big Brother Gao!" Shen Kang shouted, "Do you want them all to hear!" ”

Gao angrily laughed out loud: "Hahaha! The dignified Runing Mansion tried the case, and he couldn't buy the Spring Palace painting if he wanted to. ”

Shen Kang pursed his lips and said, "Ah Shu, they follow all day long, and I often go out of the mountain academy behind closed doors, so how can I have the opportunity to get these things." ”