Chapter Ninety-Three: The New Year

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, also known as the Chinese New Year's Eve, the day of the end of the year, both the royal and folk rivers and lakes attach great importance to it, every household is busy or cleaning the house, removing the old cloth and the new, putting up lanterns, welcoming the ancestors home for the New Year, and offering rice cakes, three animal meals, three teas and five wines. Since ancient times, Chinese New Year's Eve has had customs such as ancestor worship, New Year's observance, reunion dinner, New Year's red, and hanging lanterns, which have been passed down to this day and have endured.

On this day, everyone is ready to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and have a reunion dinner, that is, to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, which is also the most lively and happy time for every family in the New Year. On Chinese New Year's Eve, a table full of sumptuous New Year's dishes is placed, the family is reunited, sitting around the table, and there are big dishes, cold pots, hot stir-frying, and snacks on the reunion dinner table, generally two things are indispensable, one is hot pot, and the other is fish. The hot pot is boiling, steaming, warm and sultry, indicating that it is prosperous; "Fish" and "Yu" are homophonic, which symbolizes "auspicious celebrations" and also means "more than every year"; There is also a radish commonly known as a cabbage head, wishing a good fortune.

When she got up in the morning, Ling'er changed into a red dragon-patterned brocade robe, and when she went out to practice her sword, she saw that Ah Jue was also wearing the same clothes, and the master smiled when he saw it: "You two are going to get married today?" ”

"Master!" Ling'er stomped her feet!

"Haha, just kidding, why take it seriously!" Shigong said with a smile: "Shigong hasn't been out of the valley for a long time, it's been decades, Ling'er, when you get married, how about Shigong go to ask for a cup of wine to drink?" ”

"Master, then I have to send someone to pick you up two months in advance." Ling'er clapped happily.

"Okay, Shigong must go, go early!" Shi Gong happily played the most difficult swordsmanship, and everyone present was dumbfounded.

Yiyi, Sheng'er, Ling'er, Ah Jue, Shi Mi, Zuo Zuo, who had just learned for a long time, all widened their eyes and said together: "Master (master), you are so amazing!" ”

"I've been practicing for the teacher all my life, you little hairy heads!" Shi Gong was also out of breath after playing, and stood still for a handsome finish.

"Master, you are such a handsome person, why don't you have a master?" Ling'er came to take revenge, and her heart blossomed.

"Hmph, yellow-haired girl! I won't tell you! "Shi Gongshuai only lasted three seconds, and his temper came up.

"Wait for Ling'er to get married, and ask Ling'er to give Shigong family affairs in the imperial city." Sheng'er also arranged it.

"Okay, what the big brother said is a really good idea." Ling'er answered.

"Do you want to try Shigong's swordsmanship? Dare to arrange the master! "Shigong pretended to come to beat Ling'er and Sheng'er.

Ling'er was so frightened that she ran away, and Sheng'er did stand there smiling.

"Why isn't the stinky boy afraid?" Shigong asked.

"Master loves us, how can we really fight, and Ling'er will be naughty." Sheng'er replied.

"You, it's not fun at all! It's still my little girl who makes people happy. Hahaha. Shigong walked back to the front with a smile: "Okay, let's start today's practice." Ling'er, you won't be on Mr. Wang today, there will be a lot of things to do, this year it is rare that there are so many people in the valley, everyone has a lively New Year. ”

"Yes, it's all up to the master (master)'s arrangement!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"Clouds to rain, snow to wind, evening to clear sky. Laihong is against the swallow, and the bird is against the songworm. Three-foot sword, six-jun bow, Lingbei to Jiangdong. The summer palace in the world, the wide cold palace in the sky. On both sides of the strait, the smoke and willows are green, and the spring rain in a garden is red. The two temples are windy and frosty, and the guests who travel early on the way; A cloud of smoke and rain, a night fishing by the stream. Zuozuo practiced his sword over and over again, singing at the same time.

"Zuo'er, what are you doing here?" Ling'er Zama walked and asked curiously.

"The master said that there was a show at night, and no sword dancing was allowed, and I was singing a rhythmic song." Zuo Zuo replied while holding his sword.

"You sing while martial arts like this, and you still listen to good sounds, it's a show." Yiyi looked at Zuo Zuo and said with a smile.

"Yiyi, what are you going to perform?" Ling'er asked, because she didn't know what she would perform.

"It's going to be a game for the night, and if it wasn't my turn, I wouldn't need to perform." Yiyi didn't think about this either.

"Not everyone has to perform?" Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief. "Master, is there a problem with your wine, I used to drink fruit wine often in the Imperial City, and every time I drank it, I was not so drunk. Get drunk when you drink it. ”

"Fruit wine, that's also called wine?! That's called fruit tea, juice! Shi Gong said disdainfully about the fruit wine.

"Master, next time I go to the Imperial City, let you drink the fruit wine in the palace, it's delicious." Ling'er wants to rehabilitate the fruit wine.

"I've been drinking it! Unpleasant! "Shigong is like a child, sticking out his tongue.

"......" Ling'er didn't answer for a long time, and then thought for a long time and said, "Have you ever been to the Imperial City Palace?" ”

"I've been." Shi Gong said with a disdainful face: "It's really not as good as my valley!" ”

"......" Ling'er held back for a long time and said, "That's my home!" Next time you go to the imperial city, take you to live in the palace, when will I let you go when I say that the palace is good! ”

"Haha, then I guess the master doesn't dare to say it, just because he won't leave." Sheng'er also chimed in.

"I don't live in your palace, I live outside, I have a place to live!" The little old man really screamed.

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What did the Bao Fu say to King Qi Murong Qingyang is unknown, anyway, King Qi will not tell him, after a long time, His Majesty the Emperor gave King Qi and Ding Zhenzhen a marriage, and Master Ding also came back from outside and was promoted to Shangshu.

The second time Murong Qingyang saw Zhen Zhen was on the day of the wedding, when he met Her Royal Highness Princess Qi in the palace, and the box of rouge was still in his package. I haven't been able to send it out.,The wish I made in Xiangguo Temple was to see that girl again.,It's really goodbye.,I don't dare to admit it.。

One day, Qingyang followed King Qi from the main gate of the front yard and just came in, and the princess came to welcome the prince.

"Lord Wang." The princess stood at the door of the study.

"Zhenzhen, why did you come to the front yard, I'm going to look for you in the backyard later." King Qi saw the smile on the princess's face.

"I'll come to the study to see my painting, I haven't been to the study in the backyard, I'm idle today, come and see, don't hinder your business, right?" Zhen Zhen glanced at the person behind the prince, Murong Qingyang, "This son, I have seen it." ”

"Oh, Zhen Zhen has seen Qingyang Gongzi?" The prince asked suspiciously.

"Qingyang Gongzi must have never seen me, in Xiangguo Temple, Qingyang Gongzi touched my painting." Zhen Zhen smiled softly and said, "I always wear a veil when I go out, so I don't know Childe." ”

"It turned out to be the princess, and I don't know what I see below, looking at the princess and princess Haihan." Murong Qingyang bowed his hand, as if to make amends.

"Qingyang, don't be so restrained, Zhen Zhen is not an ordinary cautious woman, she is very generous. Don't do that, we're all friends. After King Qi picked up Qingyang, he took Zhen Zhen's hand and entered the study, "Zhen Zhen, you see, I didn't lie to you, the painting is here, you don't want to look forward in the backyard every day." ”

"My clumsy work, the prince also framed it and hung it here, and I didn't have to make people laugh when I came back!" Zhen Zhen looked at the painting and smiled, "However, if you ask me to paint now, you can't draw such words, and I don't have the state of mind at that time." ”

"The princess's genius pen, who dares to laugh at it, everyone who has seen it says that this mood and artistic conception are not ordinary people, I will say that it is, of course my princess is not an ordinary person."

"The prince will laugh at me!" Zhen Zhen smiled.

Murong Qingyang saw that the two of them were in love, and his heart was extremely lost, "Lord Wang, the minister will go back to the room first, and come back later." ”

"No need, I'll leave now, don't delay your business, I've seen the painting, I should go." Zhen Zhen said that she wanted to go out.

"Okay, I'll go to your place for dinner later." The prince estimated that there were still some things, so he didn't keep Zhenzhen, and he didn't want her to think too much, as long as he was a good princess.

Until the King of Qi fought for the world, Murong Qingyang returned to the valley, the master also went back, the young Niu Che became the commander, where did the box of rouge go, Murong Qingyang was thinking, he should look for it, I don't know if I can find it after decades, even if I find it, it is good to have a box left, and then the king of Qi, that is, the current emperor, also asked him, who did the box of rouge go, Murong Qingyang said that it was given to the girl in Goolan Courtyard, King Qi also had an expression of disbelief, thinking about when Qingyang had been to Goolan Courtyard, but it was someone else's private matter, King Qi still doesn't like to inquire, King Qi became the emperor, the palace of King Qi was empty, and it became a hidden residence, the emperor asked Murong Qingyang to return to the capital in the future and live in the palace of King Qi, he would be cleaned by someone, so Murong Qingyang just said that he had a place to live in the imperial city.

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"Master!" Ling'er had already shouted for the third time, "Why are you like this again!" ”

"Huh? Which? "Shigong just came back to God." You're not right, you're not in the right position. ”

"I've called you three times, it's not the first time you've been like this recently, don't you find a doctor."

"What nonsense! I'm a doctor myself! No problem! Shigong was angry.

"Master, doctors can also get sick, don't shy away from doctors!" Ling'er patiently persuaded.

"Got it, got it." Shi Gong perfunctory: "After breakfast, you and Ah Jue sweep the room, Zuo Zuo and I write Spring Festival couplets, Sheng'er and Yiyi and Shi Mi are all cleaning windows and doors, as well as tables and benches. I won't arrange the older apprentices, what should I do. ”

"Yes, the apprentice (apprentice) understands!" Everyone replied in unison.

"There is a New Year's money at night!" Shi Gong smiled happily.

"Master Xie (Shigong)"

After everyone practiced, they all went to breakfast, and Ling'er walked in the wrong direction, she walked to her own house, not to the restaurant.

"Ling'er, what are you going to do?" Ah Jue called her.

"I'm going to change my clothes, I'm going to clean my room after a good meal, how to dress at night when I'm dirty, and I'm going to wear this to keep the New Year." Ling'er looked back at Ah Jue and said.

"Okay, then I'll change it too, and I'll change it in the evening." Ah Jue was so happy that she ran away.

When Ling'er changed her clothes and went to eat, everyone had eaten, and sat there chatting and eating.

"Why are you so fast?" When Ling'er went in, she saw that only she and Ah Jue had breakfast in front of their seats, and everyone else's was already clean.

"Eat quickly, it's cooler in winter." Yiyi beckoned her to come over quickly.

"Ah Jue is so slow to change clothes, I have changed them all." Ling'er swept around and didn't see Ah Jue.

Ah Jue was still combing her hair in the house at this time, and she had messed up her hair bun just now, but now Ah Jue can pay attention to her image, and the man is also a person who pleases himself, looking left and right in the mirror, thinking to himself, is it handsome enough, does Ling'er like it?! When Ah Jue arrived at the restaurant, even Ling'er had eaten.

"Why are you so slow?" Ling'er wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks she had eaten.

"Why are you so fast?" Ah Jue was surprised to find that only his seat had food in front of him.

"Eat it, it's going to be cold." Shigong glared at him.

"Yes." Ah Jue sat down and ate a big gulp, everyone didn't leave, all the tables were staring at Ah Jue eating, this meal was uncomfortable!

After Ah Jue finished eating, the teacher said openly: "What did you do just now, Ling'er has changed her clothes and finished eating, and you only came." ”

"Go to the toilet in vain..."Ah Jue made up a reason and replied in a whisper!

"You too!" Shigong wants to scold him, think about today's Chinese New Year's Eve, forget it. "Everyone is almost here, it's time to get to work, Ah Jue and Ling'er will rest for a while." After saying that, he got up and left left.

"Ah Jue" Ling'er waited for everyone to leave, walked to Ah Jue and sat down, "You have a new bun here?" ”

"How do you know?" Ah Jue asked curiously.

"Didn't you have this bun when you practiced martial arts and swords just now." Ling'er looked at him and said.

"You can see it." Ah Jue is an acknowledgement.

"You've been so stinky lately." Ling'er laughed at him.

"Isn't it that you can see it, I'm afraid you think my hair and clothes are a little unsightly......" Ah Jue was a little embarrassed.

"Men will also be pleasing to the child." Ling'er covered her mouth and snickered.

"What about you?" Ah Jue turned to look at Ling'er's eyes.

"I love it when you see my beautiful side." Ling'er replied seriously, "But you've seen how ugly I am, hey!" ”

"No, you've always been beautiful." Ah Jue's eyes looked at her affectionately like talking.

"Uh-huh!" Someone at the door wanted to come in, and he was a little embarrassed to see this scene, and snorted.

"What's wrong?" Ling'er turned her head to see him.

"I came to Ah Jue to get the key, and I left the key in the room." Shi Mi was a little embarrassed to come in at the scene he had just seen.

"Here, give." Ah Jue got up and sent him to the door.

"Are you two in love here?" Shi Mi looked at Ah Jue and said with a smile.

"Just make small talk, why don't you come along?" Ah Jue was sloppy.

"No, I still don't bother her, go back and change clothes and wipe the table." Shi Mi took the key and left, holding his hands tightly, for fear that he would not be able to bear it.

Ah Jue walked back to the bench, looked at Ling'er and said, "You said he..."

"What is he?" Ling'er said puzzled.

"I like how you can give up so easily, he's just putting up with it." Ah Jue said it clearly.

"What about you? Didn't you give up when you liked Miss Cao before? Ling'er's eyes widened.

"Ling'er! I didn't like it! I have nothing but for you! That's nothing! Ah Jue was angry.

"Hmph, when I return to the imperial city and return to the palace, I will definitely announce her into the palace to show me what she looks like!" Ling'er was indignant.

"Vexatious!" Ah Jue came to pull her ears.

"Oops! You are still bullying me for the sake of Miss Cao's family, and there is no heavenly gift! Ling'er pretended to cry, "Woo woo! ”

"Teasing you, why are you crying?" Ah Jue saw it and hugged it into his arms: "Who is in my heart, you are not as important as you, fool!" He bowed his head and kissed her on the door of the brain, "Let's go, I'll take you to work." ”

"Nope." Ling'er pursed her lips and looked at Ah Jue.

Ah Jue saw her coquettish and cute appearance, she liked it very much, and kissed her on the mouth: "It's okay now, right?" ”

"Well, let's go!" Ling'er got up with a smile.