Zhao Hanjing doesn't like the New Year.

At least I didn't like it before.

Perhaps he lived alone for too long when he was a child, for him, "Nian" is just a pair of new peach charms on the door, a cup of Tusu wine to ward off the plague on New Year's Day, the sound of firecrackers crackling early in the morning, the winning money hanging around the necks of children, and a few meaningless auspicious words that people have to say when they meet. After his father passed away, he didn't even have a peach talisman, so he could only close the courtyard door, pick a white cloth to cover the plaque of the "Sanqitang", steam salted fish in front of a few plates of boiled vegetables in white water, and drink the medicinal wine that dispelled the wind and cold alone.

As for this year......

"Master, Master!" The junior apprentice was choked by the smell of wine and inhaled, but he still diligently poured a cup of Tusu wine and stuffed it into his hand, "After drinking this cup of wine, I wish Master another year older, and one step closer to becoming a great doctor of the famous Jingjiang Mansion!" ”

"......" Zhao Langzhong couldn't help but ask himself, is it because he usually sighs too much about seniority, what kind of unlucky apprentice is this during the New Year???

This unlucky apprentice's surname is Xiao, his big name is Xiao Haishan, and everyone calls him Xiao Haishan, and he is only five years old after the New Year. If you ask him why he started accepting apprentices at the age of eighteen, this reason must be attributed to Feng Ayan.

"Uncle Shi taught me to say that." Xiao Haishan fluttered around his master, and his words were crisp and clear, "Uncle said that Master's greatest wish is to be a well-known miracle doctor and support the signboard of our family's medical hall!" Uncle Shi also said that as long as I said so, Master would be able to reward me with another ten cents of money! ”

I'm sorry, Weishi is really not as ambitious as your uncle said, Weishi just wants to make some money while he can catch his breath and eat a few more plates of meat. But Zhao Langzhong couldn't pour cold water on the young apprentice, let alone reveal his uncle's true face to the apprentice, so he had to take out ten cents and stuff it into the small purse pinned to Xiao Haishan's clothes: "Go to the kitchen and ask your uncle when the meal will start." ”

Speaking of which, the apprentice who received such a package of food and accommodation was just because he and Feng Ayan were lonely and widowed, and in the future, they lived under the same roof, so they always had to avoid suspicion; But what a way to avoid suspicion, but it made Xiao Langzhong worried.

Call Senior Brother Cui to come back and live? Square peg.

Hire a guy to help? He was afraid that he was not reliable enough.

After thinking about it, Zhao Lang found that if he wanted to achieve his goal without exposing Ah Yan's identity, he still had to find a young doll and accept her as an apprentice. When the time comes, Ah Yan will only prepare for the medical department in March of the next year, and she will tie the little apprentice to her every day to endorse the book to see who can say anything gossip.

So, when he squatted on the ground and touched it for an afternoon, but only touched back 499 copper plates, Zhao Hanjing finally remembered that he had to tell Ah Yan that "he plans to accept an apprentice, and it just so happens that Xiao Xiucai's family is going to give up his second son as an apprentice".

"Take in an apprentice?" Feng Ayan saw him standing up straight, and hurriedly helped him, "The second son of Xiao Xiucai's family? ”

Zhao Langzhong squatted for too long, stood up suddenly, his feet were numb, and his eyes were also dark, and he didn't fall down because of her support. He had a clear heart, and he didn't tell Ah Yan about accepting apprentices, so he decided on it himself, which belonged to the first cut and then the prelude, so he explained with a little weakness: "We can't just live in one family, and we have to be gossiped...... I inquired about it, there are three boys in his family, Xiao Xiucai has to spend money on his own exams, and the biggest school has to spend money; The youngest is still breastfeeding, and it costs money to stew soup for his daughter-in-law, but he can't afford to raise so much, so he has to give up the middle one to be an apprentice, and his net worth is very innocent...... Anyway, if it's negotiated, I'll take this doll with me, so I won't bother you. ”

"Where does Xiao Xiucai live? Far away? "Her little brother is not unreasonable, as long as the child's origin is clear enough, it doesn't hurt to let him take in an apprentice.

"Xiaojiaba, five miles outside the city of Jingjiang Mansion." Seeing that she was a little looser, Zhao Langzhong got up again, and planned excitedly, "I don't have clothes and objects for women in my house, you get together for the night first, and we will go to Jingjiang Mansion tomorrow to buy it." It just so happened that when I came back, I turned a corner and Xiaojiaba, and I could pick up the child by the way. ”

When they were in Jingnan Mountain, the two agreed that he would return to Qinghao County first after worshipping his father, and Ah Yan would negotiate with Feng Yan before going down the mountain. But after Zhao Hanjing arrived home, not only did she not feel any joy for the rest of her life, but she couldn't sleep for five or six nights in a row, for fear that she wouldn't be able to make Feng Yan. This time he finally waited for the person, and he beat the money and got angry, Xiao Langzhong rarely slept well, and the next morning he set up a donkey cart and drove Ah Yan to Fucheng.

"As you can see, the medical hall has not been doing well this year, so ......" he took the reins in a decent manner, trying to negotiate with her, "Oops, so it's, it's ...... I don't have much money right now, so you have to save some money. ”

Feng Ayan stammered a little when she heard him embarrassment, but she only felt that this person was really funny, and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Okay, I know." ”

She agreed happily, but Xiao Langzhong still felt uncomfortable. This unhappiness is not a lack of heart, but a trace of indescribable feeling around the tip of the heart, which cannot be dispersed. He had never experienced such emotions before, let alone understood what it was, so he had to let it go: "Is it really okay? You used to be so wide, but now you have to live in this kind of small county. ”

"It's better than not having a good life, right?" She didn't think there was anything here, she only secretly calculated the next step, "When you enter the city, you take me to the east of the city to find a Li Ji pawnshop, I will take this hairpin as a pawnshop." ”

…… Zhao Lang Center is becoming more and more unpleasant.

It's almost to the point where Ah Yan pawns old things?

Feng Ayan successfully connected with the pawnshop shopkeeper on the code, and made sure that the secret line had not yet turned back, so she handed over the hairpin with the key hidden to the shopkeeper, and asked the shopkeeper to play for herself to lurk on the spot to continue the investigation. When she came out of Li Ji's pawnshop, she found that Zhao Langzhong's donkey cart was not waiting outside the pawnshop, but stopped at the door of a fat powder shop across the street.

After inspecting the so-called best incense powder in Quanjing River, Zhao Hanjing resisted the anger of being donkeyed and hooked his hand at the guy. He leaned his elbows on the counter, leaned over and lowered his voice: "You deceived me into not knowing the goods?" This incense powder is ground by pearls, and it is clearly a mussel shell. ”

After all, Fucheng is Fucheng, and most of the people who choose incense powder and lipstick in the shop at this time are the wives and young ladies accompanied by some maids, all of whom are from rich and powerful families in the city. The fellow looked at him suspiciously, very suspicious that he was a colleague who had come to smash the field: "Where did the gentleman get rich?" ”

"You misunderstood, I don't sell incense powder, I'm just a Langzhong who treats people." Coincidentally, he heard the movement of his donkey starting to chew candy, and knew that Ah Yan was feeding the donkey, so he pointed out the door, "See, that's my junior sister." My junior sister's temper is better than mine, her pharmacology is better than mine, and she has practiced some knife techniques and mixed with the docks. If she knew, I bought a fake and went back to her just to be greedy for such a few cheap, and I would be able to smash the door of your store tomorrow, shouting that the whole Jingjiang Mansion knew that your house was shoddy. ”

Xiao Langzhong mended the knife with a smile on his face: "When the time comes, will your shop still be open?" Even if you can open it, the shopkeeper will have to quit you. ”

The guy looked out the door, just met the "junior sister's" pair of white eyes, and stood there with both feet, poking at the donkey cart like a tigress.

Dude: "......"

Go away, don't look at this guy who is poorly dressed and drives a broken donkey cart and looks like a starving ghost, he is a Jianghu guest who plays big knives and mixes with the dock.

Just when Feng Ayan was waiting a little anxiously, Zhao Hanjing finally got out of the shop and stuffed her with a big paper bag. She opened the paper bag and saw that it was round and square, lacquered and luodian, and seven or eight wooden boxes were piled up inside, all of which were pasted with the name of the company, all of which were used by girls.

"Rouge gouache, count it as if I gave it to you, and no money will be deducted." Zhao Langzhong had just experienced the happiness of a fox fake tiger, and even his sallow face was a little more lively, "Will you use it?" But I won't, you can try to put it on your face. ”

Feng Ayan carried the paper bag, oh, it was quite heavy.

Who said that the income in the hospital has not been good this year, but it has to be saved?

Seeing that she was puzzled, he explained quite proudly: "I originally wanted to buy a box of incense powder for you, where can the girl's family not use powder?" But the guy at that house was also snobbish, and actually showed me a box of mussel shell powder, and said that it was ground with pearls, and taught me to puncture it. He was afraid that I would shout out loud, so he gave me a big bag for nothing—you see, this fat is the most fashionable in town lately, and the color is so good-looking. ”

It's a wonderful bargain, and her senior brother is quite clever. Feng Ayan knows very well that the shops that dare to bully customers have backers, and this time he is willing to admit to Xiaolangzhong, most of them are because he relies on his fierce sister to amplify his words and bluff people. She felt a little pity, now she is just a tiger woman who "knows how to smash people's shops with fists and feet", and there is nothing more for her senior brother to rely on.

After receiving the fat powder, the two of them happily went to see the clothes. Although Zhao Langzhong only bought Ge cloth fine cotton, his vision for buying things is very good, and now he has the support of his sister and dares to bargain with the store, but he spends a lot less money than the budget. After buying autumn and winter dresses, he deliberately went to buy a few suitable head rope purses, and then imitated her appearance of the agarwood hairpin to find a silver, and his heart was completely secure, and he took his sister to Xiaojiaba to pick up his apprentice.

Unlike the students in the school, the apprentice is considered half an employee, and he is also paid according to the market price. Zhao Langzhong calculated the three-year job, paid Xiao Xiucai eight times, and then hugged a little boy with snot on the donkey cart. Xu is Xiao Xiucai only knows how to make a fuss all day long, this doll is not close to his father at all, but likes to drill into Zhao Hanjing's arms, and ask him for the maltose he just bought with his little face.

After three months, Xiao Haishan completely forgot which his father was, and circled around Zhao Lang every day, full of "Uncle Shi said" and "Uncle Shi said".

What kind of ecstasy soup did his uncle pour him?

From time to time, there was a burst of firecrackers outside, and Xiao Langzhong lazily nestled on the kang, peeling the sunflower seeds while waiting for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. When the small plate was full of melon seeds like a bird's tongue, he suddenly understood why everyone in the world likes to celebrate the New Year.

You can eat what you want to eat during the New Year, and you can see the people you want to see during the New Year.

"Come, I just learned elbow picking from Aunt Six yesterday, how about it." Feng Ayan brought a large porcelain basin to the kang table. Her hair in a bun today is much more complicated and beautiful than usual, with the silver hairpin that Xiao Langzhong bought for her, and the snow willow tied out of fine silk and the moth made out of silver foil are pinned out of the scene.

"Elbow!" Zhao Hanjing's eyes lit up, but he still pursed his lips, and pretended to be reserved and pushed the small plate to her, "It's been a busy morning, eat some snacks." ”

He remembered that she liked melon seeds.

She didn't eat it, but took out a vermilion camellia like a trick, put it on the side of Xiaolangzhong's head, and said with a smile: "Like the moon is constant, like the sun rises; Such as the longevity of Nanshan, it does not collapse; Such as the pine and cypress, such as Buer or Cheng - senior brother, you are really handsome when you wear this flower. ”

Zhao Hanjing blinked, only feeling that his head was covered with the spring color of Qingyang, so heavy that he didn't dare to move his neck.

It turns out that auspicious words are not all meaningless.

It depends on who speaks from it.