Arrived in Wuzhou is already the twentieth day of the lunar month, Wuzhou has finished a snow, the frozen silver white has not faded, the streets and alleys are because of the end of the year, as early as in a plain wrap, hung bright red lanterns, showing the flavor of the year.

The main street is similar to that of Jingli, and it is also a full zhang wider than the street in Qianzhou County, which can accommodate more than three carriages in parallel; selling flowers, sugar, paper and paintings on the street; Steamed bun shops, pulp shops, rouge shops, tailor shops, etc., there are everything, and there are several more streets than in Deqianzhou.

And the plum in Wuzhou, walk a few steps away, you will see a few plums planted at the door of some shops, Yayun can be seen everywhere, and the humanistic charm is completely outstanding.

In the end, it is the thousand-year-old Gusu Wucheng, which is poetic and picturesque, beautiful and colorful, even like the veil on the dancer's body, delicate, smart, ethereal......

The house that Shi Ran placed was in Yuqianfang, West Street, west of the main road of Wuzhou City, and a small mansion at the end of Yuqianfang was placed here purely because Wei Xuan's identity could not be too revealed.

However, this place is not remote, nor complicated, and there are not many neighbors, Chu Jiaoniang has a slow temperament and does not like to make noise, and there are not many people coming and going here, which is suitable for her.

The house surrounded by the front and back yards has two floors, the first floor is the hall, and the back compartment has a study, a private room, a main room, and several guest rooms; On the second floor, there is also a private room, a study, and a bedroom for the main family.

There is a well in the front yard, which is convenient for drafting; The backyard opens the back door, which is the river through the city of Wuzhou City, and there are often painting boats singing songs in the river; There are also many ladies in this river, washing, and humming a small tune, and the whole Jiangnan water town has a strong atmosphere.

It is indeed the place that Chu Jianniang once wanted to go.

Wei Xuan asked the little maid to move the luggage in one by one, Chu Jiaoniang originally thought that after entering the new home, she would definitely clean it back and forth, but later found out that the house had already been cleaned inside and out to a clean floor.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: In the end, it was deliberately placed, and if it wasn't cleaned up, how could it be worthy of them?

Old man Wei didn't know why, and said to himself, is this looking for someone to clean up in advance?

Wei Xuan smiled and nodded.

It was getting late, Chu Jianniang and Old Man Wei were packing their bags and belongings in the house, while Wei Xuan went out to buy some food and came back.

After the master bedroom and the second bedroom were settled, the three of them ate on the table of eight immortals in the side hall.

After eating, Chu Jianniang and Wei Xuan went to the kitchen to boil a few pots of water, let the old man bathe himself first, and then go back to the master bedroom in the back compartment on the first floor to rest.

Chu Jianniang and Wei Xuan didn't want to delay too much, so they fetched water and bathed in the same basin in the bathroom on the second floor.

The two of them were tired, even if they exposed everything, their skin rubbed and touched, they still had no idea of hugging each other, and after returning to the room, they fell asleep one after another.

When I woke up again, it was already three poles of the sun.

At the end of the year, Wei Xuan did not go to the government office to fill in the report, and stayed in his new home to help pick up the items, books, and shelves that were not packed in a hurry yesterday.

Finally, take out the incense burner, light a wisp of incense, brew a pot of tea, and put a few cold plums on the window pavilion, and hang them on the wall of the private room. Calligraphy and painting (fortunately, there is no Guanyin), and there is a warm image of human rhyme in the house.

Completely packed up, Chu Jiaoniang poured a cup of tea and sent it to their father and son, and then the three of them sat in the hall, you looked at me, I looked at you, and I couldn't help laughing.

It's really a bit incredible, they were still in Qianzhou two months ago, and now they have settled in Wuzhou, and they have lived in such a good house, and they have become people in the community.

It was like a dream, and I was suddenly surprised......

"Okay, okay, I worked all morning, I only ate a few naan cakes, and my stomach was already hungry. Jiao Niang, hurry up and cook, if you go down, you won't be able to stand it. After the old man Wei drank the tea, he raised his voice and knocked on the words.

Chu Jianniang's stomach followed with a sound of harmony, came back to her senses, and hurriedly responded. But suddenly remembered that few households in the market had vegetable gardens, and the fruits and vegetables they ate had to be bought in the market, so the little eyes rolled and looked at Wei Xuan.

Wei Xuan stretched out his hand to her, "Come on, lady, let's go to the bazaar and have a look, buy some vegetables and come back, and cook for Dad." ”

Chu Jiaoniang smiled warmly, went over to take Wei Xuan's hand, and after greeting Old Man Wei, the two went out.

During this period of time, there were more New Year's goods sold on the street, no matter how many streets she walked, she could always see couplets selling New Year's paintings, and then some flowers, paper-cuts, candy figures, etc., Chu Jianniang had no thoughts in her heart except for seeing and appreciating them.

It's just that when I saw a stall selling silk silk handkerchiefs later, Chu Jianniang suddenly couldn't walk.

In the end, Wei Xuan forcibly pulled the reluctant Chu Jianniang, and after the stalemate, Wei Xuan bought her a red plum embroidered handkerchief in the snow, coaxing a child, and then coaxed Chu Jianniang away.

After that, the two found a nearby vegetable stall and bought a few handfuls of green vegetables; two-two pork belly; I bought another perch that I heard was from the river; I bought another bottle of wine when I passed by the tavern, and then I went back.

The two of them entered the house with their front feet, and someone knocked on the door with their back feet.

When Chu Jianniang and Wei Xuan heard this, they turned their heads one after another to see that a woman who was nearly half a hundred years old and dressed in maroon satin was holding a dustpan and leaned out half of her body through the crack in the door.

When the woman saw that there were people in the courtyard, she immediately smiled, entered the courtyard uninvited, and said very familiarly:

"I heard the movement yesterday, but I didn't expect that this house, which had been empty for so long, was really here. Hello to you, I am from the Bai family next door, and I have lived in this workshop for more than ten years, and everyone calls me Aunt Bai! You also call me Aunt Bai'er, and it will be done. This is the plum blossom cake that my family uses to entertain guests, you newcomers, give you some. ”

Aunt Bai of the Bai family said in a hurry, reported to the door, and handed the dustpan to Chu Jianniang.

Chu Jianniang looked a little unfamiliar with the politeness, thanked Wei Xuan and the others, and then took the things.

Turning around, Wei Xuan took the things to the kitchen together, and Chu Jianniang entertained this person.

Let's say that this white aunt's mouth is really neat, like an eight-hundred-mile expedited fast horse "Da Da Da" non-stop for a moment.

Chu Jiao's mother invited people into the house, before the tea was poured, this white aunt was like being isolated from the world for a long time, and after finally seeing the vivid world, she looked curious and fresh to inquire about the gossip, and "da-da-da" stumbled Chu Jianniang and asked.

Where did they come from? How to rush over at the head of the New Year? I guessed to myself, did something happen to my hometown, so I moved? I asked again what kind of work to do in Wuzhou to make a living?

Chu Jianniang picked up some good words, which was regarded as politeness, and gave a little answer.

Later, he asked them if they were newlyweds or old husbands and wives? Since you are an old husband and wife, why don't you have any children?

Seeing that Old Man Wei was leaving the house with inconvenient legs and feet, this white aunt sighed and asked the old man, why are your legs lame? The voice was still loud.

Old man Wei snorted coldly.

Chu Jianniang's good smile was a little unbearable, and she slandered in her heart: This Bai Aunt is a straight knife, and she killed her family neatly.

To say that Chu Jianniang has also seen all kinds of extraordinary people, such as Wang Xian'er, such as Jiao Chunniang, and Liu Sun Caihe, they are all in seven shapes.

This white aunt...... Chu Jiaoniang sighed, thinking that people are so good that they are enthusiastic neighbors, seeing that they are new, they came over to say hello, and also gave gifts to the family, just forget it, maybe this person is like this.

At the end, Chu Jianniang also bent her eyebrows, smiled quite naively, and answered Aunt Bai one by one.

Aunt Bai asked about Chu Jian'er's family affairs, and the courtesies were still exchanged, and Chu Jianniang also visited Aunt Bai's family affairs.

But it was said that Aunt Bai'er's wife was on an errand in a certain palace, and when she heard this, Chu Jiaoniang's hairs stood on end. That's a good errand.

Aunt Bai loves to be upright, and when she saw that Chu Jiaoniang seemed to be frightened, her proud aura was even more sufficient, and she raised her tone and said: If the little lady encounters anything in the future, she can't do it, although I told my aunt that I will do it for you.

Chu Jiaoniang responded happily on her lips, and said in her heart: There is no way to be fine, you can rest assured. I'm most afraid that it would have been fine, but after entrusting this person, things will come.

Aunt Bai has a son and a daughter, the daughter married out of Jiangzhou, the son and daughter-in-law entrusted the blessing of the old man Bai who was on an errand in the palace, rented a shop in the prosperous place in the east of the city, and the two of them did a small business, selling all kinds of pastries, and the days were prosperous.

But she said that there was only an hour's distance between the east and west of the city, and it was convenient to go back and forth, but her son and daughter-in-law had never returned. At most, I only come back to see it during the New Year's holidays, and I don't stay overnight, and I go back on the same day.

After listening to Aunt Bai'er's tone, the daughter-in-law there didn't like her mother-in-law.

Chu Jianniang wanted to say that she might not be very happy with this kind of mother-in-law.

After that, this white aunt said straightforwardly how she raised her son and daughter, and her daughter wanted to go to Jiangzhou with the negative man, not her mother's house; When the son has a daughter-in-law, he forgets his mother and teaches her how to be cold; The old man was on an errand in the palace, and he couldn't come back at any time, and he didn't even have anyone to talk to in the house alone, so he felt sad.

Chu Jianniang listened and was also very sad. She was hungry and sleepy, and she had no interest in what this man said, and she listened with interest.

But on the whole, this white aunt should not have a bad heart, she is purely straight, her mouth is broken, and she says both good and bad; The virtual shelf is a little more sufficient, and the love is big; And also...... A little sentimental. After all, who can talk about the sadness in their hearts and cry in front of a newcomer who is not yet familiar with it?

Chu Jianniang persuaded each other a few words, drank tea, and took a sip herself.

Wei Xuan looked at the door of the side hall at the back for a while, and saw that the little lady was so tripped that she couldn't stop making noise, but she still took the trouble to deal with it, and he watched it for a while.

Chu Jianniang noticed that there was something unusual, and when she looked at Wei Xuan who was smiling, she secretly looked at her.

Wei Xuan was extremely eye-catching, and he was busy clearing the siege, and said, "Aunt Bai, your family seems to be here." I don't know what to do. ”

Aunt Bai suddenly closed her momentum, wiped away her tears, and hurriedly ran back.