The nurse grew up watching Mei Jiqin, and relied on each other for so many years, the two of them are called master and servant, but they are actually mother and daughter, watching their own girl stumble so far, the nurse feels sad in her heart, and feels that she has failed the old lady's dying entrustment.

She thinks that only by marrying a good family and relying on her life, this life can be considered complete, and when she is old, she can also have children who are filial, so that the evening will not be bleak.

However, Mei Jiqin didn't think so, she felt that her current life was enough to be complete.

But she also knew that the nurse was for her own good, so she couldn't bear to brush her mind, so she said: "Nurse, if I can find someone in the family who has enlightened parents, no concubines, and valuable character, I am willing to marry her." ”

Mei Jiqin doesn't really refuse to marry, but she's worried that she is not a person, so it's better not to marry and live happily by herself, but if she can really find someone who meets her conditions, she is naturally willing.

It's just that such a person is afraid that it will be difficult to find in the world, even if she finds it, where will the other party look at her?

So she released this condition, but it was just a disguised refusal.

It's a pity that the nurse didn't know, and thought that she was really moved by what she said, and she was very happy, "Okay, the nurse will ask the matchmaker to inquire when the time comes, and she will find a wishful husband for our girl." ”

Shanghe Village, Dr. He's house.

In the hall, He Shen and Feng Xian, two old friends, sat together, drinking wine and eating delicious food.

Most of the dishes on the table were sent by the Xue family.

Feng Xian came over early this morning, thinking that He Shen was also alone anyway, and the two of them happened to get together with each other.

For his arrival, He Shen was disgusted, but he was happy in his heart.

On weekdays, a person feels pure, but on this day of lively reunion, listening to the sound of firecrackers from other families in the village, and then looking at himself alone, I feel a little lonely and desolate.

But with one more person, the mood immediately dissipated.

"Come, Lao He." Feng Xian picked up his wine glass.

He Shen was already a little drunk, and waved his hand, "Don't drink, eat vegetables, eat vegetables." ”

The Xue family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner lasted until more than seven o'clock, and it was eight o'clock after cleaning up.

But tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is a vigil, so it's never too late.

The family cleaned up the hall and kitchen, lit lamps in each room, and lit red lanterns under the eaves, so that the inside and outside of the house were lit up.

The door gods and couplets pasted on the door are very brightly illuminated.

It is said that there is a fierce beast called "Xi", which will run to the world to eat people every New Year, and even the king of the stove who protects the safety of the house has no way to take "Xi", so he went to heaven to invite foreign aid - a fairy named "Nian".

This immortal has a strong mana, and he has two magic weapons, one like red silk and one like a bamboo pole. The former will shine brightly and be blazing with fire when it is used. When the latter is cast, there will be a loud noise and crackling.

"Nian" used these two magic weapons to destroy the night beast, this day happened to be the last day of the wax moon, and the people in order to thank and commemorate the year to get rid of the eve on this day, so they called this day "Chinese New Year's Eve", and the first day of the new year was called the New Year.

Because they worship and appreciate the New Year, the common people use red silk and firecrackers to commemorate the New Year, which is also a kind of deterrent to the night beasts.

Later, the red silk gradually evolved into the red couplets that every household has to post during the New Year, and the firecrackers are still firecrackers.

The lighting of lamps everywhere in the house is also evolved from the scene when the red silk magic vessel is performed.

Chinese New Year's Eve vigil, just sitting is naturally difficult, and you have to play some games.

Xue Wu proposed to fight the horse hanging, there were exactly five people in the family, four people played first, and when one of them lost, he would be replaced by the last person.

So the sound of rubbing hemp tags sounded in the room.

As soon as you play, everyone is in good spirits.

Pei Lin didn't play in the first game, sitting next to Xue Wan, with his arm on the back of her chair, looking like he was hugging her.

He hasn't played horse hanging, but he can watch a few rounds on the side.

"Hahaha, I'm nonsense, give money to money." Xue pushed her cards down and happily stretched out her hand to the others.

It's a family, but it's not fun if you don't play with money, so it's real.

But now that everyone in the family is not short of money, Xue Mu will not talk about it, as the boss of the golden threaded clothes, the daily income is hundreds of thousands of taels. Xue Wu is not to mention.

There are three small ones left, Pei Lian, Xue Yao and Xue Jun all have pocket money, and they are not the ones who will spend money indiscriminately, they have saved up for most of the year, and they also have a lot of money in their hands.

It was Xue Yao's gun just now (the gun was eaten, which means that the card he played was eaten by others, causing that person to lose the card), so it was time for him to go down, and Pei Lin took his place.

Xue Yao sat next to Xue Jun.

All the players here are luck-type players, not technical flow, feng shui takes turns, at the beginning Xue Wu won a few games in a row, but in the back, she kept losing.

After letting go of the firecracker, she asked, "Do you eat baked sweet potatoes?" ”

Xue Yao: "Eat!" ”

The brazier kept burning, and Xue Wu went to the kitchen cellar to bring a few sweet potatoes that were not too big, put them in the charcoal basin and roasted them slowly.

It takes a lot of time to bake sweet potatoes, so she made two fruit plates, a plate of melon seed pastry, and put them on the high table, if she is thirsty and hungry when playing cards, she can pick them up and eat them at any time.

Xue Yao forked the fruit with a bamboo skewer and fed a piece of each to Xue Mu and Xue Jun, Xue Yao opened her mouth, "Sister, I want it too." ”

Pei Lin also looked over.

Xue Wu: "Both, both." ”

was munching on melon seeds, Xue Wu suddenly remembered, the little Bodhi of Lingyun Temple!

Today, every family has a festival, and after a reunion dinner, Lingyun Temple must be more lively than usual, but Xiao Shuling is lonely, and she can't bear it when she thinks about it.

She excused herself to go to the toilet, packed a large food box to eat, released the pangolin, hung the food box on its tail, and asked it to help deliver it to Little Bodhi.

When the pangolin came back, it also brought a return gift from the little Bodhi, which was its main body, the Bodhi fruit that grew on the hundreds of years old Bodhi tree.

As soon as midnight passed, the sleepiness of the people came up.

Mother Xue was reluctant to let a few children stay until dawn, so she said, "You all go to sleep, just have me to guard it." ”

It's nothing if Xue Yao doesn't sleep all night, but Xue Yao and Xue Jun are still growing up, and children can't stay up late, so they follow them to sleep.

"Mother, you go to sleep too, with me and Akang guarding it, we are young and can bear it."

She was so good at talking that she persuaded Xue Mu into the room.

In this way, there were only two people left in the hall, Xue Wu and Pei Lian. Oh, and there are the big black and the three small ones of Tai Chi.

The vigil is not just about sitting, the main thing is to ensure that the incense in the incense burner is not extinguished, and once the incense is almost finished, it must be inserted immediately.