Chapter 223: Chinese New Year
Mrs. Wen San had long known that there was an extra puppy in Ah Yu's yard, and she also knew that Xie Huai'an gave a gift to Ah Yu, and the last time she went out was to meet Mrs. Xie, and the ladies of the two families had a tacit understanding, so no one would delve into whether Xie Huai'an's approach was appropriate.
As for the puppy that was sent all the way, it naturally fell into the ranks of those who didn't need to care.
Only Ah Yu is still very ignorant, and every day after waking up and hearing the dog barking, he has to worry about Mrs. Wen's attitude.
Before the arrival of the new year, Ah Yu had already ruled out climbing the wall from anomalous events.
It wasn't because she got the opportunity to experiment during this period, but when she remembered the courtyard wall, she realized that Mrs. Wen had sent someone to dig out the tree under the corner, and the place where the tree originally grew became a hole, and finally dug out a small pond.
The small pond is not living water, and it needs to be replaced by someone every once in a while, otherwise it will stink.
Although Mrs. Wen didn't say it directly in front of Ah Yu, looking at the small pond that had taken a lot of effort to dig, Ah Yu also knew that she would never be able to climb out of that wall in the future, unless she wanted to take a day trip to the pond.
This matter can be said to be a mixed bag!
If destiny was hers, the small pond in the corner was a successful elimination of the wrong option for her.
On the contrary, it is just to restore the original appearance of the future with some changes, and there is no need to take it too seriously.
After all, the moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have good and bad luck, so bear it.
The thing that made Ah Yu feel happiest a few years ago was probably the letter sent back by Wen Huan from afar.
It was said in the letter that their group was originally an aimless study tour, but they happened to meet Mrs. Wen and his party halfway, and the two groups of people walked together for a while, and his friend surnamed Fang inexplicably wanted to open, so the ultimate goal of their trip was so easily achieved.
Wen Huan and the others got together to discuss it, and finally decided to continue to travel to the two state capitals, so that they could prepare for the return trip.
If all goes well, they should be able to return to Kyoto in the summer of next year, when the wedding date of Wen Huan and the Song family girl can be set in late autumn and early winter, which is a good time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.
Although Chinese New Year's Eve is a time for the family to reunite, but this year is very unfortunate, Old Mrs. Wen took some students from the academy to exchange and study in other state capitals, and Wen Huan also went out to study because of himself and his friends, and the Chinese New Year's Eve of these two people was spent in other places.
Approaching the end of the year, there is also a lot of New Year's flavor in the Wen Mansion.
Chang Mama always thinks that Ah Shen is not in good health, and after winter, they rarely let Ah Shen go out to blow the cold wind, even when the window needs to be opened indoors, they will persuade Ah Shen to stay away from the window, and try not to let Ah Yu blow the wind if they can.
Let Ah Yu say for herself, she doesn't think there is anything wrong with her body.
It's just that the skin is fairer, the lip color is always light, and it often shows a sleepy look, but it is normal for people to show listlessness when they have nothing to do. As for the skin color and lip color, it is all with Mrs. Wen, she is born with white skin and beauty, and there is something wrong.
It's a pity that there is no way to persuade Chang Mama and the others around her with these statements.
In winter, she can only stay indoors with a stove and watch the snow in the yard from afar.
Geographically, Kyoto is located in the north, so it's not uncommon for snow to fall in winter.
The snow in the winter of the sixteenth year of Yong'an was extraordinarily heavy, and it was not much more panic than four years later.
Ah Shen moved his feet, the sound of the plush quilt lying on the ground was alarmed, it looked up and looked around, the ears hanging on both sides were slightly erect, and it didn't find anything wrong, it cautiously crawled forward some distance, the two front paws were on Ah Yu's upper, and it grunted twice in its throat, and its head was also lying down, and the upper of the shoe quickly warmed up.
Aoba came over with tea and snacks, she looked down at the tea on the tray, and asked Ah Yu: "The girl drank too much strong tea during the day two days ago, and she couldn't sleep at night, do you see if you changed the tea to honey today?" ”
Ah Yu shook her head, she couldn't sleep because she drank two more cups of tea.
"My mother always said that I couldn't wake up during the day, if I didn't drink some strong tea to wake up, if I really accidentally fell asleep, I am afraid that I will really not be able to sleep at night."
She took a piece of dim sum from the plate, and after taking a small bite, she felt that it was too sweet, and reached out and picked up the teacup again, the strong tea was indeed extremely bitter, just a little sip, and all the sweetness in her mouth was washed away, and the rest was all bitter.
Aoba saw that Ah Yu refused, so he didn't say anything more.
When I looked down, I saw the plush lying at Ah Su's feet, thought about it, and said: "Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, Mrs. previously said that the old lady was in a foreign country for Chinese New Year's Eve, and she was going to take the girl and the young master out to see the lights this year, although the Lantern Festival is a good time to put flower lanterns, but the lights on Chinese New Year's Eve are also very beautiful, the girl should prepare things to go out tomorrow in advance?" ”
Ah Yu subconsciously touched her cheek, although to outsiders, her face was probably pale, but if she was asked to look in the mirror by herself, she should see a big red face.
According to Wen Rugu's memory, she was having a high fever at this moment, and then she had to drink bitter decoction medicine in the small courtyard for more than a month, and this illness could be regarded as a cure, and it was precisely because of this illness that her body would become so bad later, and if she blew a little wind, she would have a serious illness.
When she was in the twentieth year of Yong'an, the doctor Wen Ning specially invited for her said that she was dying.
In fact, even if there is no doctor to explain her physical condition carefully, she knows it in her heart.
The doctor's words just made her worry a little less.
The fire that year was exceptionally hot, but even without that fire, there was a chance that Wen Ru would not be able to see the next spring.
Thinking of this, Ah Su is also a little less looking forward to tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve.
She waved her hand and said, "On Chinese New Year's Eve, you should wear some bright clothes, even if you accidentally get separated from the people around you, you can be very conspicuous in the crowd." ”
"Last month, when the embroidery lady came to say that she wanted to make a new dress, I seemed to have chosen a red one, and I will wear that one tomorrow night. Speaking of which, it looks like I haven't worn red in a long time......"
The last muttering sentence was in Aoba's ears, but it made her inexplicably frightened, and she always felt that the girl had hidden something unlucky.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, after everyone gathered for a meal, Mrs. Wen really sent someone to find Ah Su to go out together.
As I said yesterday, Ah Yu changed into a red dress, which looked very good from a distance.
The subordinates who stayed in the courtyard to watch the house, and the attendants who went out with them had already been arranged, but Ah Yu was stuck on the stall that went out.
With a rope around his neck, the plush that was tied next to the kennel whimpered twice, and looked pitifully at Ah Yu by the door, obviously reluctant to let Ah Yu leave.
Ah Yu listened to Fubao's cry, and inexplicably couldn't walk, she turned her head to look at Qingrui behind her: "Why don't we bring Fubao with you!" ”
"The people in the yard are all in shifts, and they can go out to play when it's time to change shifts, but if we don't bring Fubao, it can only stay in the kennel and wait for us to come back, and I feel very pitiful when I think about it......"
What she wants to do, as long as it doesn't endanger her own safety, how can Aoba and Qingrui stop her.
What's more, Fu Bao has been raised for several months, and it can already be described as a different from what it used to be, a small ball of plush in the past, and now it falls at Ah Yu's feet, looking like a large piece of fur mat from a distance. The most important thing is that Fu Bao has been taught many times that unless someone does something to Ah Yu, it will not take the initiative to hurt people.
Having said that, Qingrui still dutifully persuaded her.
"The streets must be crowded at night, and if you want to take Fu Bao out of the door, you have to put on a strong chain for it, otherwise it will be difficult to find it if it breaks free from the rope for a while and runs into the crowd."
The people who were originally going out were delayed in the yard for a long time because of this incident.
Who let the dog leash used to contain Fu Bao really hard to find!
Ah Yu originally wanted to hold the rope by herself, but Qingrui said that she would go out with Mrs. Wen and the others later, if Fubao suddenly made a fuss, wouldn't it make her lose face in front of Mrs. Wen and the others.
Although Ah Yu doesn't care about this, but Qingrui doesn't know where these girls come from, Ah Yu has to live a life now, and naturally he doesn't restrain them much, and in the end he still follows their will.
When Mrs. Wen saw Ah Yu, she was rarely stunned.
Since Ah Shen suffered a catastrophe of life and death that year, every time she saw Ah Yu, the little girl was wearing plain clothes, obviously she had already instructed the embroidery lady in the house to make a few more brightly colored clothes for Ah Yu, but those clothes were ready and sent to Ah Yu's yard, and Ah Yu was never seen to take them out and wear them.
is such a flowery little girl, and the clothes she usually wears are even more elemental than those of an elderly woman.
Ah Yu rarely wore a set of brightly colored clothes, still bright red, standing at the door of the mansion and smiling slightly, it actually gave people the illusion of a hundred flowers in full bloom.
Mrs. Wen looked at Ah Yu carefully, and said with a smile: "You little girls, you really should still wear some brightly colored clothes, I think Ah Yu's clothes are very good today, and you should wear them like this in the future!" ”
Ah Yu smiled.
Wen Ru used to like to wear a red dress and go out with her brother, when her brother goes out to participate in poetry meetings or visit friends, she always has to go with her, on the surface to see what her brother's friends are like, but in fact, she secretly ran to find Duan Yuzhi.
Later, Wen Rugu lost his brother and father, so he couldn't think of wearing red and green anymore.
Ah Yu, who got the memory of Wen Ruguo, unconsciously, his style of acting became closer and closer to Wen Ruguo, and even the habit of dressing up followed Wen Rugu many years later.
It's just that now Ah Yu has finally thought about it.
A person's life is only so long, if she has been living in the shadow of warmth, then what is the difference between the rest of her life and death!
It's better to get rid of the sentence that life is too short and try to live the next day.
Most people's Chinese New Year's Eve is celebrated at home, and few people on the streets of Kyoto are children of a family, let alone backyard people like Mrs. Wen and Asu.
Ah Su was still behind Mrs. Wen San at the beginning, but after walking a few steps, Master Wen San took Mrs. Wen San to the tea house on the side to listen to the commentary, Ah Su usually likes to listen to the commentary, but does not want to use the commentary to pass the time on Chinese New Year's Eve.
If you have this extra time, it is better to walk around the street twice more and see more fireworks in the world.
Qingrui led Fu Bao to walk on Ah Yu's side, and the people on the street saw their group, especially Fu Bao who was attached to Ah Yu's legs, and they all unconsciously made a wide road for Ah Yu and the others, for fear that the big dog on her leg would suddenly come out and bite people.
Walking aimlessly is actually very soothing.
At least when walking, Ah Yu doesn't need to worry about the future.
"It's snowing......"
Ah Yu suddenly stopped, and caught the snowflakes falling from the sky with his palm upward, and the snowflakes fell in the warm palm, and instantly melted into a small pool of water.
"The girl wants ......"
Qingrui's words were only halfway through, and the window on the second floor of the restaurant on the street suddenly opened, and Fan Ximao poked his head out of it, and beckoned to Ah Yu on the street excitedly: "Sister, sister, look at me, I'm here, come and find me!" ”
Ah Yu followed the familiar voice and looked up, not only saw Fan Ximao holding the window, but also saw Wen Ning standing next to him.
She paused: "Shouldn't Ning'er listen to the book review with her father and mother at this time?" How did it end up here? ”
Knowing that Qingrui and the others who followed her couldn't answer her questions, Ah Yu led people to the restaurant.
The little guy in the restaurant was obviously greeted by someone, and after seeing Ah Yu and the others enter the door, he led them to the box where Fan Ximao was.
Before entering the door, Ah Yu thought that there were only Wen Ning and Fan Ximao in the box, and she also thought about whether to go out with the two children for a while, knowing that the energy of children is always endless, and she is not good at letting the two children go out by themselves.
Although Kyoto is at the foot of the Imperial City, there is no shortage of dangers.
But when she entered the door, she realized that her imagination was so barren.
In the center of the box was a round table, and one person sat in each of the four directions, Wen Ning, Fan Ximao, Pei Yin and Su Mingzhe.
She was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "Ning'er and Maomao got together, I can still understand, but Brother Pei, how did you and Ning'er get together?" ”
If nothing else, the age gap alone is very problematic.