After more than two months, I returned to my familiar home again, just over 20 days before the Chinese New Year.

Mrs. Tan was eating, drinking, and having fun, and as soon as she got home, she was busy with New Year's goods.

Tan Yin followed her mother around, making herself so busy that she didn't have time to dream.

On this day, Mrs. Tan took Tan Yin and Honeysuckle to Suzhou City.

First went to Sujin Tianyi Shop to make a new dress for Tan Yin and Honeysuckle.

I also went to the north and south goods stores to purchase ham, bacon, sausages, salted fish, wind goose and other dry goods. I went to the fruit shop and bought candied fruit shops, pastries, peanuts, melon seeds, almonds and other dried fruits.

"Mother, you buy less, be careful that you can't eat it." Tan Yin saw her mother purchasing baskets one by one, and persuaded her. I also bought a lot of them during the Chinese New Year the year before last, and later gave them away.

"The year before last, our family went out, and this year we are all at home, and we are still afraid that we won't be able to eat? Besides, there is more than every year, and you can't be tight during the New Year. Mrs. Tan pinched the bacon with her hand to see if it was dry, and asked the boss where the meat came from, and said without looking back.

Mrs. Tan was born into a wealthy family, and she has always spent money lavishly, and those women in the village have always looked down on her.

Tan Yin was born in the township, Tan Jun is strict and disciplined, but he is not very like his mother.

Mrs. Tan often taught Tan Yin not to wronged herself, anyway, the Tan family was not short of small money to spend.

Tan Yin sometimes envies her mother for living a nourishing and comfortable life.

She dresses exquisitely, wears the most fashionable clothes, and wears the most precious jewelry. Life is exquisite, eat the freshest fruits and vegetables, the most delicious food.

She is a regular customer of a famous store in Suzhou, and every time she goes, as long as the boss is there, she will personally receive her and give her the best goods.

She never treats herself badly, and she is not willing to change herself for the sake of gossip. The famous saying is that if you live a comfortable life, you know whether you are comfortable or not, and you don't care what others do.

Her life is happy and smooth, she is pampered by her parents and brothers at home, and she has a deep relationship between husband and wife after marriage, except for the regret of not having a son, there is nothing else to find fault with.

Think about how far you are from your mother. Yanya's marriage is full of twists and turns, and she is even more tortuous than Yanya.

If it is said that Li Zheng was the innocent love of his youth, it was a mountain in his heart, and now he has climbed over that mountain, stepped on the river of girlhood, and came to an endless grassland. The vastness is boundless, and there is no road in front of us, but there are roads everywhere.

……

remembered that day at the Jiaxing Inn, Zhao Xu was waiting for him by the lake.

He had always been calm, but at the moment there was a little nervousness, and the greeting was repeated over and over again. On the one hand, I hope to hear the answer soon, but I am afraid to hear what I don't want.

But Tan Yin finally said it, and after Zhao Xu heard her refusal, he asked, "I want to know why?" ”

Tan Yin said with tears in her eyes: "I'm afraid that I will let you down, I don't want you and me to become the second Yanya Gu Zhijun." ”

Zhao Xu looked at her deeply, "I'm not Zhijun, I can wait slowly, as long as I want." ”

Tan Yin shook her head, "You are very good, but I don't want us to become resentful couples in the future, I'm afraid that you will hate me in the future." You have your life path, and it's not me who accompanies you. ”

Zhao Xu looked up at the sky, sighed for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Am I late?" ”

"I don't know......" tears burst out of her eyes again, and she couldn't stop crying.

Zhao Xu finally calmed down and said, "Then what are you going to do next?" ”

"I ...... I don't know. Tan Yin opened a pair of big confused eyes.

He was humiliated like that, and he refused to leave, would he still treat her like before! He can still be counted on to continue to be committed to her!

He was far away on the frontier to lead troops to fight, three thousand miles away from him, and he would never see each other again in his life.

……

"What are you thinking?" Mrs. Tan interrupted her daughter's contemplation, Tan Yin has been so suddenly distracted recently, and people are absent-minded.

Tan Yin came back to her senses and said busily: "It's nothing, have you done it?" ”

"I'm going to go to the jewelry store to have a look, and Boss Ding said there are new goods." Mrs. Tan said happily.

"Let Honeysuckle accompany you, I want to go to the bookstore and buy a few books."

Mrs. Tam knew that her daughter was more interested in books than jewelry, so she went their separate ways.

……

Tan Yin rejected Zhao Xu, which disappointed the couple.

With Zhao Xu's family background, character and talent position, he is much better than Li Zheng, and for the Tan family, it is impossible to climb a ladder.

The couple knew from the bottom of their hearts that if it weren't for Zhao Xu's insistence, and if it wasn't for the fact that the Gao family and the Xu family were related by marriage, Zhao Xu's parents might not agree to this family business.

Missing such a good marriage, the couple understood that it could not be any better, and they spoke bitterly to Tan Yin, and Mrs. Tan wanted to serve her family in the end.

But Tan Yin, who was obedient before, resolutely refused to agree this time like an iron-hearted scale. In the end, the couple was forced to be reluctant to persecute their daughter.

Mrs. Tan was even more worried now, she didn't even think about the New Year. After Tan Jun had a long talk with his daughter, he couldn't force Mrs. Tan to be fateful, if she really became a grudge, it would really be worth the loss.

Tan Yin knew that her mother was very anxious about her marriage, but she didn't want to make mistakes again and again.

It was only after Mrs. Tan took her daughter to Suzhou Baoguo Temple to burn incense and finally asked for a marriage to be signed. Tan Yin breathed a sigh of relief, she could finally have a good year.

……

The New Year is approaching, and the bustle and joy envelop the countryside as in previous years. If you sniff deeply, you can smell the pungent smell of firecrackers and the aroma of rice crackers.

A few days ago, the house was cleaned up, inside and out.

Tan Yin sat in the room reading a book, with a hand stove in her hand and a stove at her feet. There were a few books on the table, and a plate of orchids scented.

Tan Jun walked into her daughter's room and saw her reading with relish. She picked up a pen in her right hand and was making laps, not noticing him coming in.

Tan Jun stared at her daughter silently for a long time, and during this time, she didn't seem to be as strong as she was when she first came back from Shangjing, nor was she as indifferent as she was when she was in Hangzhou.

It seems to have returned to the innocent time before, but there is a little more accumulation, a little more pain and open-mindedness.

In the end, it's still different, Tan Jun doesn't know if it's lucky or not.

After a while, Tan Yin found her father coming in.

"What kind of book to read, so good-looking and so serious." Tan Jun asked.

Tan Yin raised the book and said: "I accompanied my mother to buy New Year's goods two days ago, and went to the Xu family bookstore to shop, they said that this is the latest and best-selling book. Wen Da and Xu Fang wrote a travel account to the Western Regions, from Yingzhou to the Western Regions Huifu, and then as far as Dashi. ”

"In the past two years, more and more goods such as gold and silverware, seeds, and fine wine from Great Qin Food have come in through the Western Regions and the Hexi Corridor. Now that the Marquis of Zhenbei has captured Liangzhou, Dazhao's interest in the Western Regions has suddenly become much stronger, and it is really the right time for Wen Daxu to release this book. Tan Jun said.

Tan Yin nodded and said, "The customs and customs of those places are completely different from those of Dazhao, which is very interesting. ”

Although she had a hand stove, her hands were still red from the cold, and there were sores on the sides of her palms, which were smeared with ginger, and there was a smell of ginger in the room.

The peach blossom water floats by, the rice wine is brewed and smoked, the willow branches are brushed, the spring is verdant, the summer is scorching, the autumn whispers, the winter is clear and snowy, and the small bridge and flowing water have given birth to the delicate and beautiful Jiangnan girl.

The north is bitterly cold and desolate.

The spring water is blue in the sky, the boat is painted to listen to the rain, the people on the edge are like the moon, and the frost and snow are condensed on the wrists, how can it be cold and windy.

"It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, Your Majesty and the East Palace appreciate Wenda and Xu Fang, and they have given them official positions." Tan Jun talked about the affairs of the DPRK and China.

Tan Yin said with a smile: "You can be an official by writing a book, so can you not read books in the future?" ”

Tan Jun shook his head, "If you say that in the past, it was difficult to be a civil official if you didn't get into the jinshi, and the military attache either fought for his family background or fought for his military exploits." However, the prince is eclectic in employing people, and many people have been selected this year. ”

"Speaking of which, Wenda and Xu Fang are still scholars. This time, there are talents from all walks of life.

"There are those who know how to form eight formations, there are those who can observe the heavens, there are those who can count and calculate, there are those who can spin and weave, there are those who can farm and raise mulberry, and there are those who are especially good at doing business, and even those who are usurious.

"Then why did the prince choose these people?" Tan Yin asked.

Tan Jun wanted to speak and stopped, but after a long time, he saw that his daughter was still looking at him, and said: "It is rumored that the Marquis of Zhenbei proposed it to the prince. Rumor has it that he also said, what happened to the rooster and the dog thief? If Meng Weijun didn't have them, wouldn't he have to die in the Qin State? The old man in the middle of the court was so angry that he scolded him for corrupting the dynasty, violating the righteous path, and insulting Sven. ”

"That'...... What do you think, Dad? Tan Yin asked, with a hint of curiosity and a hint of apprehension.

Tan Jun pondered for a moment and said: "When I first knew the results of the selection, I also thought that it was not unorthodox, wouldn't it be to shake the country's foundation if it went on like this, if those who didn't learn and didn't know how to be officials could also be officials, what about those who had been suffering for ten years." ”

"But this victory in Liangzhou made me reflect. Now that I think about it, these people are all in the Ministry of Engineering, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Households, although they can't read well, but they are good at doing these jobs, and these places do need some people who know how to do things......"

"Yang Xueyuan's soldiers made risky moves and did not play cards according to common sense, which is indeed incomprehensible."

Tan Yin had mixed tastes and smiled reluctantly at her father.

......

In the first month, the emperor abdicated, and the prince inherited the unification and changed the year name to Yuanqi.

For the people, except for the change in the era name and the change in the person sitting on the throne, there is no change in the Jokhang.

As far as the imperial court is concerned, the prince has long been in control of the government, and the change and immutability are carried out at the same time, but His Majesty can govern completely according to his own will in the future.

The court has already seen the prince's intentions, and some old ministers are inevitably uneasy, while young courtiers are already eager to try.

Just after the Lantern Festival, a small group of people came unexpectedly and came to this quiet village.