Chapter Ninety-Eight: Happy New Year
After the first snowfall, the sky seemed to have opened a seal, and it snowed for a while, and it was overcast and gloomy all day, and the snow continued to fall.
Zhou Jingrong became more and more lazy, she didn't like to go out, and Fu Yunshen didn't have anything to do, so she stayed at home with her.
Zhou Jingrong was bored in the room with nothing to do, and had a lot of time to save comic sketches.
After the year, she had to accompany Fu Yunshen to Beijing to catch the exam, Puhe County was half a month away from Beijing, and she had to set off in advance in order to avoid accidents, and she didn't know how long she would be delayed in Beijing, so she had to save some sketches in advance.
With Fu Yunshen's company and his occasional opinions, Zhou Jingrong's creative inspiration was stimulated, and her boring days became lively and interesting.
It snowed heavily for a few days, and finally the sky cleared, and a thick layer of snow accumulated in the yard.
Fu Raohua came to play with Zhou Jingrong, she was wearing a peach-colored jacket skirt, which was particularly conspicuous and vibrant in a monotonous plain white.
She said to Zhou Jingrong excitedly: "Second sister-in-law, there is a lot of snow outside, let's go out and build a snowman!" ”
Zhou Jingrong smiled slightly, although Fu Raohua is engaged, she is still young, she is really still a child, she has long stopped playing the game of building a snowman, okay.
Zhou Jingrong politely refused: "I'm not going, you can go." ”
Fu Raohua refused to let her go, grabbed her arm affectionately, and begged: "Good second sister-in-law, you can go with me, otherwise I will be alone for fun, how embarrassing!" ”
Zhou Jingrong was helpless, it turned out that Fu Raohua was afraid that she would be laughed at by herself, so she pulled her back.
She couldn't stand Fu Raohua's repeated begging, so she had to agree, and wrapped herself in three layers inside and three layers outside tightly to go out.
As a result, Zhou Jingrong stood aside as a bystander, watching Fu Raohua, the eldest child, leading the two children, Brother Zhen and Sister Zhu, with the help of a group of subordinates, rolling snowballs all over the garden in the small garden, laughing.
When Fu Yunshen came over, he saw Zhou Jingrong, who was wrapped in a silver fox light coat, standing alone in the pavilion and watching from afar.
He walked over briskly and asked, "Why don't you go with them?" ”
In Fu Yunshen's impression, Zhou Jingrong is similar to Fu Raohua, because she is young and has a child's heart.
In addition to painting, she usually can't sit still, and she wants to go out of the house for a while, and she can always play tricks, which is quirky.
But lately, she has been a lot quieter, let alone going out to play, and she doesn't even like to go out.
Zhou Jingrong felt that her neck was a little cold, she shrunk her neck into her clothes, hid her hands in the sleeves of her robe, held the stove in her hands, and spit out a word squeamishly: "Cold." ”
Fu Yunshen put his hand into his clothes, held her hand, and helped warm her hands.
Fu Yunshen's palms were thick and dry, Zhou Jingrong felt warmer than the stove, and was full of gratitude, when he heard him say: "I'm so afraid of the cold, I still use cold water to bathe in summer." ”
Zhou Jingrong was dissatisfied with Fu Yunshen's always mentioning this matter to teach her a lesson, and snorted: "It's hot in summer." ”
Fu Yun smiled deeply, his eyes were full of helplessness and doting. He really married a beautiful wife, he was afraid of melting in his mouth, and he was afraid of falling in his hand.
Zhou Jingrong and Fu Yunshen are you and me here, and Fu Raohua is also having fun over there.
Suddenly, someone came to report: "Second master, second grandmother, second girl, Young Master Wu Jiayue has come to the house to deliver New Year's goods!" ”
Fu Raohua was stunned, straightened her waist suddenly, was stunned for a few seconds, and ran to her yard with a happy face and no greeting.
Thinking that Fu Raohua heard Wu Mingyue's visit, she hurriedly went back to tidy up her appearance. She's a big girl, how can she let her lover see her playful look.
Zhou Jingrong pursed her lips and chuckled, the Wu family is also half a day's journey from Puhe County, and it is nothing if you don't come to deliver New Year's goods. Wu Mingyue was about to brave the heavy snow to come, but it was obvious that the drunkard did not mean to drink!
After Fu Raohua left, Fu Yunshen and Zhou Jingrong were left to play with Brother Zhen and Sister Zhu.
Zhou Jingrong dislikes frozen hands, so naturally he won't play with them in the snow. Fu Yunshen had no choice but to go down in person and build snowmen for the two children.
At first, Brother Zhen was a little unable to let go, after all, the second uncle was very strict with him. But when he rolled in the snow a few times and was not blamed by the second uncle, he returned to his liberated nature just now.
Zhou Jingrong looked at the big and small people happily, with a smile in her eyes, as if she saw Fu Yunshen's childhood through the naughty Brother Zhen.
Wu Mingyue couldn't return in one day, so he naturally stayed overnight.
In the evening, due to Wu Mingyue's visit, the family had dinner together. After dinner, Zhou Jingrong and Fu Yunshen went back to the room together.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Fu Yunshen suddenly covered Zhou Jingrong's eyes.
Zhou Jingrong's eyes suddenly darkened, startled, reached out to cover Fu Yunshen's hand, and asked, "What are you doing?" ”
Fu Yunshen chuckled: "Show you something." ”
Zhou Jingrong couldn't help but feel nervous for a while, and was very curious, and walked forward slowly under Fu Yunshen's guidance.
When Fu Yunshen took his hand away, Zhou Jingrong saw the light again, and saw a circle of lanterns placed on the snow in front of him, and the one surrounded by the lanterns in the middle was a snowman half as tall as her.
Zhou Jingrong's eyes widened in surprise, she saw Fu Yunshen build a snowman for Brother Zhen and Sister Zhu, but when did he build one for himself?
However, this is all children's play, and she doesn't like it very much!
Zhou Jingrong was caught off guard by this unexpected gift, and didn't know what expression to use to express her inner feelings for a while.
Fu Yunshen grabbed Zhou Jingrong from behind, put his chin on the top of her head, and asked softly, "Do you like it?" ”
Can Zhou Jingrong say that he doesn't like it? Of course not!
She said very sincerely, "Well, I like it, thank you." ”
She paused, and then couldn't help asking, "But how did you think of building me a snowman too?" ”
Fu Yunshen laughed lowly, and said dotingly: "What other children have, you also have to have." ”
So, did he raise her like a child?
Zhou Jingrong covered her face and screamed in her heart, where did Fu Yunshen learn this kind of meaty flirting routine? !
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On Chinese New Year's Eve, the atmosphere was very warm, and everyone's faces were filled with a cheerful smile to welcome the new year, no matter up or down.
Early in the morning, people are busy sprinkling water and sweeping, pasting couplets, hanging lanterns, and processing ingredients to prepare for the big meal of Chinese New Year's Eve.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the highlight of Chinese New Year's Eve, representing the reunion of the family, and the dishes are naturally different from usual.
The dishes served on this day are not only full of novelty, but even the name is extraordinary. What three yang open Tai, five blessings are coming, flowers bloom rich, good luck is the head, all for the meaning of good omen.
Of course, in order for Fu Yunshen's examination to go smoothly after the year, there is also the title of the gold list, which is the first to dominate, Dapeng spreads its wings, and has a bright future. In fact, it is a golden roll, soft-shelled turtle soup, roast pigeon, and a very delicate and beautiful pastry platter.
Zhou Jingrong watched the cook introduce these dishes to everyone in a serious manner, as well as the beautiful meaning of the name of the dish, and held back her stomach ache with a smile.
The family had a lively Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it was late at night, and the next year was to be celebrated. Everyone gathered in Songtao Courtyard, accompanied Mrs. Fu to talk and relieve boredom, and waited for the arrival of the New Year together.
Fu Raohua and Lin Shutong cut paper, played a rope, passed the time, obviously not doing the same thing, they can also compete to see who has the fastest hand.
Brother Zhen and Sister Zhu were running around the house, with grandma and maids watching, Gan Tang and Fu Chunhua were idle and joined them.
Zhou Jingrong naturally couldn't do these things, so she just quietly unfolded the drawing paper on the side, carved down such a warm reunion, and made a picture of the New Year.
Brother Zhen and Sister Zhu, two little buns, are big ghosts, cooperate with each other, and the appearance of secretly eating candy under the noses of many adults was also captured by Zhou Jingrong, and it was expressed in the exaggerated way of comics, which made everyone cute.
The New Year came quietly, the sound of firecrackers sounded, and everyone said "Happy New Year" to each other, and then yawned and went back to their rooms to rest.
Zhou Jingrong and Fu Yunshen were walking on the road, and they could faintly hear the sound of firecrackers coming from all directions.
Back in the room, Zhou Jingrong suddenly turned around and hugged Fu Yunshen, tiptoed to his ear and said, "Fu Yunshen, Happy New Year!" ”
Fu Yunshen hugged her back, smiled with his eyebrows and eyes, and said affectionately: "Rongrong, Happy New Year!" ”
Zhou Jingrong let go of Fu Yunshen, took out something like a trick and shook it in front of his eyes, and said proudly: "Oh, a New Year's gift, for you!" ”
Fu Yunshen first looked at Zhou Jingrong in surprise and emotion, and then went to look at the gift: "This is ...... Wrench? ”
It is a mutton fat white jade wrench, warm to the touch, without any pattern decoration, it looks ordinary, but in fact it contains a mystery.
Zhou Jingrong took out another small mutton fat white jade ring, which was a full circle smaller than the wrench, carved into the shape of a flowing cloud hugging the moon, which happened to fit the hollow pattern inside Fu Yunshen's wrench, which could be embedded in it and merged into one.
Zhou Jingrong said to Fu Yunshen: "These two rings are for couples, representing our love tokens." Actually, I originally wanted to make a ring so that you can wear it on your ring finger like I do. But I was afraid that people would laugh at you for being feminine, so I made a wrench. This is both decorative and practical, I hope you will like it. ”
Fu Yunshen was hit by the words "love token", as if a key opened the floodgates in his heart, and surging and intense love surged and gushed out. He couldn't help but pick up Zhou Jingrong's face and wanted to kiss her.
Suddenly there was a "bang" outside, and then the whole sky was as bright as day, and the brilliant colors reflected on the window, leaving colorful silhouettes.
Zhou Jingrong was pleasantly surprised: "It's fireworks!" ”
As she spoke, she pushed Fu Yunshen away and ran out to watch the fireworks.
Fu Yun is deeply depressed, are the fireworks even more beautiful than him? He chased after him unwillingly, and continued the kiss that had not been completed just now.
Fu Yunshen's kiss came fiercely and quickly, and Zhou Jingrong didn't have time to close his eyes, watching a large number of fireworks explode above their heads, reflecting his handsome and resolute face, like a dream.