On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the boy who watched the door swept the snow in front of the door, looked up at the sky that had cleared, and the clouds floated slowly in the air, and he said to himself: "This year is going to pass again......"

Jiaojiao led two teenagers who looked exactly the same out of the house, and the two teenagers each carried a bench in their hands and placed them in front of the two doorposts. Then they took the couplet from Jiaojiao's hand.

Jiaojiao crossed her waist with one hand, while the other hand pointed over the heads of the two teenagers.

"Ah Fu sticks to the left, Ah Gui sticks to the right, but don't paste the couplet backwards, this is a couplet written by the eldest lady herself, you have to give me a little leisure, the first one to take you two to ask!"

"Sister Jiaojiao, do you think this height is successful?" The young man who was called Ah Fu turned his head and gestured to Jiaojiao not far away.

"Hmm...... It could be even higher...... Yes, yes, yes, that's this height, Ah Gui, you look at the dot sticker, you have to be at a height with Ah Fu! ”

"Sister Jiaojiao, from your point of view, is it a height? I still have a bad look at Afuna. ”

"Almost, that's it...... Post it, yes, good. ”

After pasting, Ah Fu and Ah Gui also slapped the couplet twice at the same time, saying that it was to paste it more firmly.

"Akang, you're going to post this?"

The janitor boy standing on the side looked at the horizontal batch in Jiaojiao's hand and pointed at himself in shock: "Me? ”

"Is there anyone else here named Akang?" Jiaojiao snatched the broom from Akang's hand and threw it aside, then spread his hand out and carefully placed the horizontal batch on his hand, "You are taller than the two of them, you go and paste the horizontal batch, hurry up." ”

"Okay."

"You take it for me! If you break it, you'll have to figure out the consequences for me. ”

Ah Gui hurriedly took the first step and placed his bench in the middle of the door, so that Ah Kang could easily step on it: "Brother Ah Kang, please come here." ”

The two mischievously made a "please" gesture on the left and right, which made Jiaojiao and Ah Kang laugh for a while, how could there be such two living treasures.

"In the middle, isn't it?"

"The right side is higher, and then lower."

"So what?"

"It's okay, let's post it!"

Ah Fu and Ah Gui picked up the bench again, followed Jiaojiao, and walked into the general's mansion. Outside the house again, Ah Kang was left alone, and he picked up a broom and swept the snow out of the door a little more.

"Hasn't the Song Mansion been inhabited for a long time...... I don't know what happened to the kid who lived in it for a while. ”

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"Madam, I'll just come here, you better go and rest." Jiaojiao had just walked into the back kitchen, when she saw Mrs. Wen rolling up her sleeves and kneading a dough, she hurriedly walked over, rolled up her sleeves, and kneaded the dough with Mrs. Wen, "How do you guys work?" How can you let Madame do such a thing, what if this smoke gets Madame? ”

The cooks who were reprimanded by Jiaojiao looked at each other: "This ...... We can't beat Madame......"

"Jiaojiao, don't talk about them, I insisted on coming to help, Ah Lan will come back in the evening, I can't think about it." The temperature in the back kitchen itself was much higher than outside the house, and coupled with the constant exertion of her hands, a thin layer of sweat had oozed from Mrs. Wen's forehead, and a few silver threads were faintly visible between her black hair. In order not to hinder the work, the ring and jade bracelet on her hand had already been taken off by her and placed on the clean table beside her, making it clear that she would not leave, no matter how Jiaojiao persuaded her, she was unwilling to stop the work in her hand.

"Madame, don't tire yourself up."

"It's just these things, how can you be tired, but you've been busy since early in the morning, and you don't know how to rest and rest."

"These are all things I should do, and Madame is the one who should go and rest now."

"Mother? Why are you here? I've been looking for you for a long time. The mandarin duck's voice interjected into the conversation between the two.

"Ah Duck?" Mrs. Wen turned her head in the direction of the voice, only to see the mandarin duck pulled at the door, looking in with her head exposed.

Jiaojiao hurriedly glanced at the mandarin duck, the eldest lady quickly took Mrs. out of the back kitchen!

The moment the mandarin duck met Jiaojiao's gaze, he instantly understood: "Mother, can you come out for a while?" ”

Mrs. Wen pulled her hand out of the dough, walked to the water tank on the side, scooped up a bowl of water, washed her hands, put the ring and jade bracelet back on her hand, and walked out along the mandarin duck's line of sight.

"What's wrong, Ah Duck?"

The mandarin duck pulled Mrs. Wen to the side, and Mrs. Wen followed the mandarin duck out of the back kitchen in confusion.

"Mother, the tailor has sent new clothes, can you go and try to see if it fits?" The mandarin duck didn't stop until he was a little farther away and said to Mrs. Wen.

"Ah Yang just thinks it's appropriate."

"The king wants you to go by name, and he said, if he can't see you wearing, then there is no point in him coming here in person."

"The king is here in person?"

"Isn't it, he's chatting with his dad in the antechamber right now."

"Oh, then let's go over quickly, don't let the king wait for a long time."

The tailor's tailor shop of the king is famous in the whole Central Plains, how many people spend a lot of money can not buy a piece of clothing in their shop, the first emperor reigned, he spent a lot of money to invite him into the palace, but was politely refused. But anyone who wore the clothes he made, and no one ever said that the clothes were not, were full of praise for him.

However, no one would have thought that it was such a tailor Wang, who was a good brother who grew up with General Wen since childhood, but General Wen had already fought on the battlefield when he was fifteen years old and became the youngest general in the history of the Xia Dynasty. Although more than ten years have passed, the friendship between the two who met again has not diminished at all, and Tailor Wang even made a promise to General Wen that all the new clothes in the general's mansion in the future will be wrapped by him.

Now, even if he is more and more famous, no matter how busy he is, he will give priority to making new clothes for General Wen's family, although most of the time it is sent by someone, but there are also a few days when it is delivered in person like today. He made so many new clothes for the General's Mansion, but he never received a penny of silver from the Wen family, which made every time he came to attract the special attention of General Wen's family.

"I heard that a colorful snow lotus has recently bloomed on the Kaolin Snow Mountain."

"Oh? Is it? There will be colorful snow lotus in this world? ”

"I told you that you have to go out for a walk more, what is it to be bored at home."

"What's so good about crowding people outside, it's not as comfortable as basking in the sun at home."

Before the mandarin duck and Mrs. Wen entered the house, they had heard Tailor Wang talking to General Wen about some strange things that they had heard from outside.

"Ah, ma'am, we've waited for you." Tailor Wang noticed Mrs. Wen and hurriedly stood up.

"Master Wang, it's rare for you to come to the mansion once, don't say that, hurry up and sit down first." Mrs. Wen walked in quickly, "Ah Yang, the guest's tea is cold, go make a pot hot for the guest." ”

"Hehe, then there's Miss Lao." Tailor Wang smiled and patted the big box on the table and sat down again.

"How can it be, the king is a distinguished guest!" The mandarin duck, who had not yet entered the house, simply stood at the door after hearing Mrs. Wen's dispatch, saluted a few people, and turned to leave.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, the eldest lady is really more and more exquisite."

"Alas, what's the use of being good-looking, she's such a big person, and she can't get out of her childhood sweetheart." As soon as Mrs. Wen mentioned this, she couldn't help but feel a heartache for the mandarin duck, other girls were full of joy at this age to wear the red wedding dress, but only the mandarin duck was awakened by nightmares countless times at night. During the day, just like an ordinary lady, she hides her emotions very well, and she looks smiling when she sees everyone. Mrs. Wen thought several times that after so many years, the mandarin duck should also come out of this matter, but she accidentally saw her holding the portrait of Xia Yuan silently crying at night.

"The eldest lady is still so dedicated after so many years." Tailor Wang couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the empty courtyard outside the house.

I always feel a little sad about this atmosphere......

Just when Tailor Wang was thinking about how to change the topic and liven up the atmosphere, General Wen took the lead in speaking: "Didn't Brother Wang just say that he wanted Madame to try your new clothes, what?" Now that the lady came, she completely forgot about it? ”

"Hahaha, thank you General Wen for reminding me, look at my memory, Madame hurry up and try if this batch of clothes made of new materials is comfortable to wear?" Tailor Wang quickly stood up, opened the large box on the table, and carefully shook out a dress that was more bright than ordinary materials from inside, and compared it to Mrs. Wen's body from a distance, "This color matches Madame perfectly." ”

As soon as Tailor Wang finished speaking, two maids took the clothes from his hands and walked behind the screen with Mrs. Wen.

It was only during this leisure time that Tailor Wang chatted with General Wen about the joys and stories of the past few years.

"General Wen, you are really lucky, the two daughters are so iconic, and they are both very good."

"Brother Wang, you have won the award, what is the girl's family, what can you talk about?" Having said that, General Wen's face was a pride that could not be concealed.

"Madame has not changed at all after so many years, and even you are the same as six years ago, there has been no change at all."

"Hahaha, you can just praise it, the nasolabial folds have not grown in the past few years." General Wen was in a good mood when Tailor Wang said, so he couldn't help but pick up the tea cup in front of him and take a sip, frowning, this tea is indeed a little cold.

"Speaking of which, the Imperial City was really lively not long ago! The emperor got married, but he married your family's 2,000 gold? ”

"Isn't it, you know it, so why bother asking?"

"Alas, speaking of this, it's really a trick, when everyone thought that the emperor would marry the eldest lady of the childhood sweetheart, but he canonized the second miss as the queen ......"

Before Tailor Wang finished speaking, the sound of the ceramic teapot breaking came from the door, and the two turned their heads at the same time, facing the mandarin duck with a shocked face, she still maintained the movement when holding the teapot, and the teatray in her hand had already fallen to the ground together with the teapot.

General Wen glanced at the tailor Wang and told you not to ask, you still have to say.

Miserable!

Tailor Wang realized for a moment that she had said something she shouldn't have said, and just wanted to get up and apologize to the mandarin duck to help her clean up the debris, but the mandarin duck reacted, quickly hid the lost emotion on her face, and returned to her usual smile, she squatted down, and before Tailor Wang came over, she had already picked up all the pieces into the tea tray.

"I ...... I'll go make another pot. Before the king could reply, the mandarin duck had already hurriedly ran out with the tea tray in his hand.

"This ......" Tailor Wang turned his eyes to General Wen for help, what can I do!

General Wen shrugged his shoulders and motioned for him to settle it himself.

"What's wrong? I think I heard something shattering, but none of you were hurt, were you? Mrs. Wen had put on her new clothes and stepped out from behind the screen.

"Ah, this dress suits you, ma'am." Tailor Wang's eyes lit up, as if admiring a perfect work of art.

"This material is also very comfortable, and there is no usual heaviness when wearing it, which makes people a little unaccustomed to it for a while." Mrs. Wen opened her hand and looked left and right, full of curiosity about the fabric of the dress.

"This fabric is made of fine silk, which is naturally much lighter than the average one."

"Mother, you look so good in this dress." The mandarin duck walked in with the freshly brewed tea, and she placed three clean tea cups on the table and poured the still smoking tea into them.

When Tailor Wang saw the mandarin duck approaching, he remembered what he had just offended, and suddenly felt a little at a loss: "That...... Miss...... What happened just now...... I'm so sorry. ”

"It's okay, Wang Dangjia, I didn't take it to heart." The mandarin duck showed a harmless smile at the king tailor, signaling that the king tailor did not need to take this matter to heart.

It's just that this smile makes Tailor Wang even more worried about whether he has touched the "reverse scales" of the mandarin duck.

"Father, mother, and tailor Wang, let's talk, I won't bother you, go back to the study first." The mandarin duck picked up the tea tray and saluted the three of them, and then withdrew from the door, her hand holding the tea tray was very hard.

You have to try to hold back! She casually put the tea tray into the hands of the passing maid, and trotted all the way into the study.

After a cup of hot tea, Tailor Wang put the backpack on his back, bowed to General Wen and Mrs. Wen, and said, "Since the things have been delivered, then I won't stay for long, so I'll take my leave first." ”

"Why don't you stay and have a meal together?" General Wen sent Tailor Wang outside the gate of the General's Palace.

"This is your family's reunion dinner, how can I lick my face and stay?" Tailor Wang looked up at the couplet posted outside the door again, and couldn't help but sigh, "The eldest lady's handwriting is really beautiful." ”

"Then I'll thank Brother Wang for Ah Yang first." General Wen looked at Tailor Wang, who turned back in three steps, and suddenly felt a little helpless, "Pay attention to the slippery ground on the way back." ”

"Got it, you can get in quickly!" Tailor Wang finally waved his hand at General Wen and disappeared from General Wen's sight.

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