Chapter 70: New Year's Pass (Forgotten Dance and Change)
Oh, yes! No matter how melancholy Mu Hongshang was, the days still passed day by day, and soon the New Year came to an end, and soon the New Year passed. This year looks no different from usual, and the house has been very lively since the eighth day of the lunar month.
Before the new year, the messenger from the border gate arrived, bringing the letters of the men of the Mu family, as well as several carts full of things. Mu Zhengyi found the best leather merchants in the north, bought a lot of good skins and brought them home, and spent half a year's salary.
Each piece of leather was wrapped separately, and there was a handwritten name tag on it. He bought a sable for Mrs. Mu, a fire fox for his mother Mu Er, a Xuanhu for Duchess Anguo, a silver mouse skin for the third and fourth ladies of Mu, and the rest of the brothers were purple lamb skins with a bucket of beads, and his sister Mu Hongshang received a snow fox with excellent fur.
The Duchess of Anguo sent the skins to the sewing room and cut new clothes for the children in a hurry before the year. Mu Hongshang's snow fox, the Duchess of An Guo asked the sewing room to be equipped with a cloud brocade with a big red woven gold tuan pattern, and made a hooded cloak, which was very beautiful, but Mu Hongshang was not too happy when she got her new clothes.
She noticed that the purple lambskins of the other brothers were made into sheepskin coats by their mothers with Song Jin, just like the Mu brothers wore every day in winter.
The purple lambskin of Mu Tieyi and Mu Chiyi is made into the style of a cloak, thick and with some silk cotton, the inside is a precious and luxurious bead, but the cloak is not made of brocade, but a strong and wear-resistant green fine cloth. Mu Hongshang knew that this was used by her mother to take her brothers to the border. In the Northern Army, it is not suitable to wear delicate brocade.
The New Year is still lively, but there is always a bit of sadness that cannot be dissipated, lingering in Mu Hongsheng's heart, just like when he sent off his eldest brother. Actually, she should have gotten used to it, didn't she? Since the eldest brother became an adult, in the future, the elder brothers, as well as Jinyi, will leave home one after another and go to the northern battlefield.
The second and third brothers were followed by the fourth brother, followed by the fifth brother and Jinyi. In fact, there is still her, even her, one day she will leave home and go to a distant place, living with a group of strangers, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to return to the capital.
Thinking of this, it was difficult for Mu Hongshang to be happy, even seeing the fluffy rabbit sent by Xie Shurou and the handmade four-color Ruyi dim sum box sent by Gu Yilan didn't make her happy.
Since the birthday banquet at the end of September, Gu Yilan and Mu Hongshang have not seen each other again, she hasn't gone out much recently, so she stayed at home quietly, the last time she met Zheng Chongjing, she realized that she thought too highly of herself, and it was not so easy to get rid of the influence of the past.
After being heartbroken in her previous life, she does no longer love Zheng Chongjing, but this does not mean that she can face the past calmly. Gu Yilan knew that what she couldn't face was actually not Zheng Chongjing, that person didn't matter to her now, what she couldn't face was actually her own failure in life, her own stupidity and cowardice, her own regret and uneasiness.
When she was first reborn, she really wanted to change everything, and now that she thinks about it, it's just an escape, but can changing everything smooth the past, as if nothing happened? Apparently not.
For two whole months, Gu Yilan stayed at home quietly, it seemed that she was seriously doing the appearance of a female celebrity, but in fact, she was taking the time to reorganize everything about herself.
She began to stop running away, taking a hard look at her past, and facing the unbearable memories that she had not dared to face. Over and over again, she suddenly realized that in fact, those wounds had begun to heal, and in fact, it was not so difficult to accept the past and admit defeat.
Everything started again, the old shadow could no longer be her shackles, Gu Yilan felt that she was not really reborn until this moment began. She's reborn, how lucky! She has another chance to do it all over again......
"Miss is so pretty." Gu Yilan, who was suddenly in a cheerful mood, seemed to be even more dazzling, so that Fangxin couldn't help but sigh.
"Amitabha!" Fang Zhi patted her chest with a scared look: "It's a smile." These days, the young lady doesn't like to talk much, and she doesn't seem to be in a good mood, and she doesn't even go out of the door, and the slaves and maids are worried. ”
"What can I do, it's not good." Gu Yilan put the newly made silk flowers into the box, stuffed a purse into it, and then carefully wrapped the box and handed it to Fang Xin: "Put it in one place with the ones made before, and send a proper mother-in-law to Sister Mu in two days."
"Miss," Fang Zhi couldn't help but sigh: "Still sent to the Mu family?" You have made so many things these days, all for Miss Mu, and those silk flowers are afraid that they will be enough for Miss Mu to wear until next year. I want the slave to say, you also keep two to wear, Miss, you are so beautiful, you should also dress up and go out for a walk. ”
"Silk flowers are already fragile and perishable," Gu Yilan pursed her lips and laughed: "Make more and send it to Sister Mu, so that she can change her belt." Besides, I don't know what style she likes, so make some of each and let her choose. ”
"These silk flowers of yours are all delicate and ingenious," Fang Zhi was naturally full of praise: "What style do you send to Miss Mu, she must like them all, and they are all beautiful to wear."
"That's Sister Mu, who looks good." Gu Yilan seemed to be a little more cheerful than before, she gently patted Fang Zhi's arm, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be poor, go and put it away."
"No matter how good-looking you are, can you have a young lady?" Fang Zhi is looking at her Western European sister everywhere: "Let the slaves and maids come to see, the ladies in Manjing, no one can compare to my young lady."
"Miss Mu," Fang Xin, who had always been steady, suddenly burst out laughing: "Miss, don't you think she looks like a New Year's doll?" With round eyes and a red mouth, he is particularly pleasing when he smiles. ”
Gu Yilan was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.
From this day on, Gu Yilan no longer locked herself in the house, but took the initiative to go out, visit the garden, walk around with her sisters, and go to Mrs. Gu's house to say goodbye. Mrs. Gu was very happy to see Gu Yilan's spirit now.
In a blink of an eye, the New Year is over, and in the first month, the Yongping Marquis Mansion sent an invitation to invite Mrs. Gu to the mansion for a banquet, and Mrs. Gu took Gu Yilan and Miss Gu Jiaba to the Yongping Marquis Mansion together.
This time, Gu Yilan saw Zheng Chongjing again. But this time, Gu Yilan really did not have any waves. Zheng Chongjing, for Gu Yilan, who really broke free from the shackles of the past, is no longer worth mentioning, just like the dust and mud on the roadside, which is not worthy of her attention.