The cold wind of spring squeezed into the cracks of the window lattice, the lights were swaying, sitting in front of the bronze mirror was Cai Yan, who was already in her twenties, her body was much richer than before, she got up early, combed her hair in a bun, and the morning light outside the window reflected the budding branches on the window and swayed slightly.

"Mother-"

The crisp children's voice came from outside the door, the door squeaked open, Zheng'er, who had turned seven years old last month, struggled to hold the wooden basin, stumbled across the threshold and came in, the warm water shook and splashed out a lot, followed by the Xianglian maid, who had become a Tingting girl, looking handsome and beautiful, but at this time she was frowning and distressed and following behind the eldest son, wanting to help bring it over, but she was stubbornly squeezed away.

"Daddy said that he would personally fetch water for his mother in the New Year......

said, "Ha! With a bang, he blushed on tiptoe before he put the wooden basin full of water on the wooden shelf, wrung out the towel and handed it to his mother. Cai Yan inserted a step shake and took it in his hand with a smile: "Zheng'er is becoming more and more sensible, let's say, what are you going to ask for today?" ”

"Ah...... Mother can see it......" Zheng'er blinked and watched the woman wipe her face, her eyes rolled, "Dad said that the New Year is over, and people will be happy...... Zheng'er wants to be happy...... That...... Is that okay...... Don't read the morning class...... Zheng'er wants to play with his brother......"

"Stand in the way of your dad for everything."

"Oh, but I'm really going to hang out!!"

"Since...... Zheng'er has made up his own mind, so let's go, but you have to make up for your homework in the evening, your father said, Zheng'er must learn to be reasonable, debate right and wrong, the most ...... The most important thing is to learn to write your own name. Cai Yan stretched out a finger and tapped his son's forehead, "Got it?" ”

"Hmmm! Zheng'er knows. ”

The little boy nodded solemnly and hurriedly, there was a little resemblance between the eyebrows, and after getting his mother's consent, the little body turned around and walked out of the room, and the seriousness gradually dissolved, and then turned the door away from his mother's sight for a moment, turned into joy and spread his feet, and ran quickly under the eaves.

There are only two children in the mansion, although there is a gap in age and personality is also very different, but in this innocent age group, they can still play together. Dongfang Yu has always been taciturn, in the years after the death of his father-in-law, it has become more so, most of them are in the room to read bamboo slips, and sometimes they will say hello to Cai Yan or Gongsun Zhi and go back to the original home to give Dongfang Sheng pillar incense, even if he doesn't like to talk, but others also know that this child actually understands things better than anyone else.

And Zheng'er's temperament is more childlike and naïve, and occasionally there is a cunning side, but for Dongfang Yu, who has been playing together since childhood, he often gives half of his things to the other party, and when someone jokingly asked, he replied: "My brother's father-in-law has paid a lot for the family, and Zheng'er naturally has to be grateful." ”

Gongsun Zhi silently hugged his son, and took him to the barracks for a whole day for the first time, Cai Yan was very happy after knowing this, such as Li Ru and others also laughed, some things don't need to be broken, they already understand in their hearts.

At this moment, the little man who plays with his mind and occupies reason quickly left the backyard, and when he went to the side yard to find Dongfang Yu, the sky was already bright, and not far away, the fourteen-year-old Dongfang Yu was sitting under the tree with a roll of bamboo slips twitching tender green branches, frowning and thinking about understanding the content of the book, and was suddenly startled by the figure that pounced, and then, the two children jumped and played together.

In the quiet morning, the whole city also woke up in the morning light on the day of the New Year's Pass, row upon row of houses, between the newly built buildings, the voices of pedestrians, people, and vendors gradually became lively and noisy, and the streets and alleys could also see children running happily in groups of three or five from time to time, playing and playing happily, mixed with the noise of everyone, driving away the cold air of the New Year's Pass, making people feel the rich taste of the New Year.

The New Year has arrived, the big and small officials in the city also swept away the seriousness of the past, taking advantage of the atmosphere of the solar term to carry gifts and good friends to visit, among which there are many new officials, all of whom have taught in Xianbei and the Huns, and have suffered greatly, so they naturally cherish the hard-won errands.

On the Gongsun Mansion, the voices of people gradually became lively, the maids and servants in the mansion got up early and began to decorate the mansion up and down, inside and out, the big red lanterns rose in every corner, the festive cuts pasted the doors and windows, and the various potted plants originally placed in the middle of the front yard were also moved to other places, and dozens of large round tables were put down, which is also the reason why Gongsun Zhi was not used to kneeling and sitting, and he wanted to let the army and the city Chinese and martial arts get together and come up with a solution.

Early in the morning, there were people who were given gifts in front of the mansion who stepped through the threshold, most of them were low-level officials or some businessmen, and they went back after hanging the gift list and leaving their lives, and this situation lasted until dusk in the afternoon, and the middle-level and high-level generals of the army began to come one after another, and the person who walked in front had a big waist and a round waist, a red and festive body, and saw everyone under the thick beard with a smiling and groaning expression, and met Li Ke who was helping to arrange the banquet halfway, and the other party was stunned for a moment.

"Lao Pan, for the New Year, how do you dress like the groom's officer."

Pan Feng pushed over with a jar of wine and patted his chest: "What do you know, this is called joy, and blessing is coming, is it the same as you, wearing a black mess?" I don't know! ”

"I don't see where you are blessed, except that you have almost flesh again." Li Ke is also tall now, with a bun, a belt wrapped around his forehead, and a short black beard on his chin, which looks fierce. He placed the jar on the table, "....... People are recruiting, and now there are two babies. ”

After being told about the New Year, Pan Feng held his breath, and there was a commotion at the door of the house, and when he looked back, he saw that it was the trick that brought his wife into the door, and sat down with an indignant ass, "My mother said, blessings will come by yourself, and you can't force it...... Lao Lian is the mother-in-law who robbed the unlucky guy surnamed Qin, and she also brought a cheap son, I can't do this. ”

Li Ke glanced at him, just ignored it, went to the front to greet people, the carriages coming from the door became more and more, Li Ru also came in with a group of officials in the yamen, and bowed his hand with a smile to Li Ke, who greeted the people, and said hello to the familiar generals in the army who were sitting in the courtyard one after another, and found a few tables to sit with the civil officials around him, quietly around the big round table, whispering words, taking a small peck with a wine cup, and occasionally laughing when it came to the place where he was interested.

At this time, Gongsun Zhi has not yet come, the banquet has not yet begun, dozens of tables are basically full of people, familiar and unfamiliar also greet each other, the posture of the military general is more bold, the banquet has not opened, the table has several jars of wine empty, Dian Wei directly abandoned the big bowl, holding the jar and pulling Pan Feng: "Come!" Do you dare? ”

At the table, a little head turned around, looking like a tiger's head, staring at the jar of wine in his father's hand: "Dad, can Man'er take a sip?" ”

"I won't drink with you!" Pan Feng turned his head and whispered, "....... Look at you, you're a liar...... turned out to be a wife for a long time. ”

"Hey...... You didn't ask, why should I tell you! ”

Dian Weichao shouted a few words, put down the wine jar and sat down, and pulled the son next to him: "If you don't drink with me, then I will drink with my son-"

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In the courtyard, on the noisy New Year's Banquet, Gongsun Zhi walked through the eaves of the corridor in full costume, someone made a loud noise, and everyone present put down the wine bowl in their hands, and stood up and arched their hands.

Long Ting walked through everyone's field of vision, Gongsun Zhi walked to the tiger skin chair under the eaves, sat down with a golden knife, and the white wolf who followed him also squatted, and then ...... Yawned and fell down boredly, and the atmosphere of the whole courtyard was completely different from before.