Chapter Eighty-Five: New Year

It was too cold, and I took a dip in the water. Many soldiers have frostbite of varying degrees, chilblains are large and large, and even pus is leaking everywhere, which is quite shocking to watch. Su Mu was in a hurry to carry out the project, but He Jinbao resolutely refused to let his soldiers go into the water to work in such bad weather, and the two of them were in a stalemate for a while.

In a hurry, He Jinbao's bad temper was committed, and when he was angry, he directly grabbed Su Mu's collar and threw him in the middle of the soldiers, letting him see for himself: "If you continue like this, you will get a life, these are all for the sake of this country, not for you to receive merit and reward!" ”

This time, it seemed to frighten Su Mu, Tie blushed face, and went directly into his tent without speaking for a long time.

Of course, Hegong has to do it, but He Jinbao can't do it Seeing the soldiers going to die, seeing Su Mu being angry alone, He Jinbao is also a little anxious, this project really can't be delayed.

After discussing with Su Mu for several days, both of them had red eyes and gray faces, but they finally came up with a solution. Replace stones with earth mixed with straw and wheat stalks.

Although the embankment is not as reliable as the stone, Su Mu also found a place to try it, and it is okay to look at it, and it can also be made of local materials, which saves a lot of money compared to the original project.

"It's too curved here, and if you can change it, the river will be smoother." Su Mu pointed to the map with great pity, but in this way, the movement was much bigger, and it was no longer something that Su Mu or He Jinbao could call the shots.

Having said that, Su Mu still tried his best to slow down the bend of the Feifeng River without being too noticeable, and removed stones from the original embankment to cast a new embankment, so that he didn't have to work in the cold river water in the cold winter years for a long time.

No matter how unwilling, this project still has to be delayed for the New Year, He Jinbao only took the time to come back home and live for a few days, and hurried back to the construction site.

He Jinbao is busy here, Chen Shuangchuan at home is not idle, this half a year, Shunxinfang's business has finally gradually improved, but the sales of side dishes are still not large, only a few regular customers come to patronize from time to time, Chen Shuangchuan accidentally let those dim sum put on it sell quite well, at the end of the month, it is also a very good profit.

It's just that dim sum is different from side dishes, and it is quite cumbersome to make. Although Chen Shuangchuan hired the two mothers-in-law to be honest and diligent, they couldn't do it well no matter how they taught, and Chen Shuangchuan could only do it himself, and often couldn't be empty all day.

Because Chen Shuangchuan is often busy in Shunxinfang, Mrs. He has been empty in He's house several times, and when she heard about Shunxinfang, she came to see that the business here is very good, and she couldn't help but think again, and said to Chen Shuangchuan embarrassedly that she was quite idle at home, so it was better for her to come to the store to help.

After all, Shunxinfang is open for business, and Chen Shuangchuan can't directly drive Mrs. He away, so he can only watch her stay in the store and refuse to leave. Chen Shuang sighed and sighed for a while, and suddenly thought of a way, and rarely went over to talk to Mrs. He, and didn't say anything else, just saying that He Ruyu had grown so big, it was time to start preparing a dowry for her, what did Mrs. He plan.

Mrs. He has always been a little stingy about silver money, Chen Shuangchuan said. It seemed that it had just hit her weakness, and Mrs. He immediately couldn't get up, so she responded a few times resignedly, almost running away, and didn't dare to appear in front of Chen Shuangchuan for several days.

Although it seems to have solved the trouble of Mrs. He, but the affairs of Shunxinfang still made Chen Shuangchuan too busy, and after entering December, the family ran at both ends of the store, and Chen Shuangchuan was a little unbearable.

After thinking about it, I still called Ren Yazi to bring a few clever girls to pick, one of them is very familiar, and it is actually five or six points similar to Chunyan, and Chen Shuang was a little stunned for a while. Chunyan and Chen Shuangchuan for five or six years, but at the end of the day, they abandoned Chen Shuangchuan and left, it has been a long time since I thought about it, this suddenly thought of it, Chen Shuangchuan will still feel a cold heart, and it is difficult to tell whether it will miss or resent, but it will never forget.

"Your name?" Chen Shuang beckoned the girl to come up, so that she could take a closer look.

Looking closer, this appearance is really similar to Chunyan, but her courage seems to be a little small, and she didn't dare to raise her head when she heard Chen Shuangchuan speak, she kept staring at her own instep, and rubbed her right instep with her left foot very uneasily.

The woman is used to looking at people's faces, so she hurriedly introduced that this girl's name is Qiulan, and she is the most smart and clever. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't get through the war, her family would be reluctant to sell her.

The reasons for selling her daughter are all the same, and Chen Shuangchuan didn't feel it when she heard it, she only said that she must sign a death deed here, left Qiulan, and picked another one called Xiao Tao.

I took these two girls by my side and watched them for a while, and I felt that it was okay, and the dim sum method was also learned quickly, so I let them live in Shunxin Fang, specializing in making dim sum, and two more people helped, Chen Shuangchuan was finally able to free up his hands to busy with family affairs, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

By the time He Jinbao came back at the end of December, he was almost unrecognizable, but in a month or two, he was thin and dark, just like those refugees who had been affected by the flood.

He Ruyu stared at He Jinbao for a while, and then threw herself into Chen Shuangchuan's arms and complained: "If it's night, you can only see a mouthful of white teeth, my brother is weird and scary." ”

He Jinbao was a little embarrassed to say it, only holding He Jue and arching desperately, the stubble on that face made Xiao He Jue feel painful, and he cried as soon as his mouth was flattened. He Ruyu listened. hurriedly got out of Chen Shuang's arms, almost hugged He Jue with a snatch, and glared at He Jinbao hatefully, "You know how to bully children." ”

He Jinbao was not annoyed, he laughed for a while, and provoked He Ruyu to be as angry as a kitten, Chen Shuangchuan couldn't look at it, pushed He Jinbao out and threw it into the bathtub and washed it fiercely, and stuffed his stomach with a table of good food and vegetables, He Jinbao was finally able to lie on the bed covered with a warm quilt, and lazily sighed: "It's better to be at home." ”

"You." Chen Shuangchuan smiled and slapped him. Pushed He Jinbao up, took out a new dress, and asked him to try it on, "You are not here, you are only made according to the size of the original old clothes, hurry up and wear it, it is easy to change if it is not suitable." ”

"I don't have time to wear new clothes, but the river workers are all muddy and dirty." Having said that, He Jinbao still couldn't resist Chen Shuangchuan, so he reluctantly got up and put it on and turned around for two or three circles, so that Chen Shuangchuan could take a closer look.

"I always have to visit relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year."

"There are only a few days off, the fourth day of junior high school will go over there, where is there time to play, and this year even the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is exempt."

Speaking of the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the last time, it was presided over by Sima Hongwen, the emperor of Qianning, when there was a very famous coup d'état of the New Dynasty, He Jinbao followed Sima Zixia and was chased and killed by Sima Ziyu, and had to hide for a long time before he fought hard to turn defeat into victory and get the situation he is today.

Whether it is for Chen Shuangxia or for a group of officials below Sima Zixia, the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is really not a very good memory, and perhaps it is for this reason that Sima Zixia will directly cancel this custom.

Looking at the clothes, it's okay, but He Jinbao has lost too much weight recently, and his waist is a little too wide, Chen Shuangchuan took the needle and made some marks in the place to be changed, and said with a smile: "Without the emperor's banquet, then I can only be wronged by the old man to eat at home, don't dislike me for not being as good as the imperial chef's skills." ”

He Jinbao naturally smiled and said no.

He Jinbao led a few pillars of incense, burned some gold and silver paper drapes, and the family sat together and happily ate Chinese New Year's Eve.

During the New Year, Chen Shuangchuan did not ask his subordinates to serve on the side. After distributing the red envelopes, let them each go down to eat, and it's not too late to clean up when this side is ready.

The dishes on this whole table are made by Chen Shuangchuan, because they are all from their own family, so they are all small dishes in the southern hometown, just because of the geographical restrictions of the capital, there is no seafood, Chen Shuangchuan specially found some small fish in the river that people in the capital rarely eat, a small half sprinkled with shallots and steamed, and the rest was carefully removed from the bones, and made into snow-white meatballs and burned into soup.

"It's better to be so comfortable." This poor dish was very popular with He Jinbao, poured a small wine and tasted it slowly with Mrs. He, while also dipping some wine with chopsticks, trying to send it to the restless He Jue's mouth.

Chen Shuangchuan couldn't look at it, so he could only hug He Jue over, picked a green vegetable and stuffed it for him, He Ruyu sat quietly on the side, holding the bowl, drinking the soup in small sips, and saying a few words to Chen Shuangchuan from time to time.

In such a harmonious environment, Aunt Wang, who was sitting on the side, seemed very lonely.

In such a family banquet, there was no preparation for Aunt Wang's position, but just when she was about to eat, Aunt Wang suddenly appeared pitifully, even if Chen Shuangchuan was unwilling, it was not good to rush people like this, just say sit casually, her eyes were a little faint.

The family chatted happily, almost no one remembered to take care of Aunt Wang, so sat down all night, Aunt Wang was able to endure loneliness, kept smiling, only when leaving the table, he glanced at He Jinbao with some sadness, but He Jinbao was stunned, and felt a little pity.

Chen Shuangchuan saw it from behind, and stabbed He Jinbao's back with a smile and said, "Look, master, do you want me to order people to be washed and whitened, wrapped in a quilt and carried over for the lord to enjoy?" ”

He Jinbao suddenly cried and laughed, and retorted: "What about Hun said? It's just that people have been with me for so many years, and there is no credit and some hard work, and I can't bear to look at it. ”

"Since the lord feels distressed, it's good to give up my position to others, after all, after so many years with the master, it can be regarded as a lot of hard work, and people like me who are in the way should go back to the countryside with my son."

He Jinbao just thought about saying to Chen Shuangchuan that he shouldn't say these frustrating words in the jokes of the New Year, but Chen Shuangchuan said very seriously: "You also said it a few days ago, I don't say that you can't guess that I'm thinking, since I want to live a good life with you, I will tell the eldest young master bluntly, I am the kind of cautious eye that can't tolerate others." The matter of green beads, since you have done it, there is no way, you can't really drive her and cut off her way of life, so I nodded and gave her a name, but this matter ends here, if there is another green bead in the future, I will never allow it! ”

"My lord had a hard time when he was a child, and I can see this, because I know, I don't want He Jue to live such a life in the future, Aunt Wang can stay, but it can only end here, otherwise I would rather take He Jue away with him, and I would not let him stay in this house and be bullied."

He Jinbao grabbed Chen Shuangchuan's hand, pulled her to sit down together, and said with a wry smile: "You woman, you told me these unlucky words during the New Year, and your temper became like this, and you don't know Su ...... Since you don't like green beads, when the New Year is over, it's good to find someone to send them out, and save yourself from putting them at home to make you look at them. ”

"I just said that people have worked hard, and this will say such desperate words, where do you send her, and where are you going to sell it?" Chen Shuangchuan glanced at He Jinbao with horizontal eyes, and twitched his hand, seeing that it was not too early, and he would have to prepare to receive the order early tomorrow morning, and he couldn't sleep for long, Chen Shuangchuan simply took the account book out to read, calculating how much he had spent and how much he had earned this year, and He Jinbao muttered a few times.

However, leaning on the bed and closing his eyes slightly, Chen Shuangchuan was awakened by the sound of firecrackers outside, pushed He Jinbao to wake him up, lit incense, set off firecrackers, took over the land lord, and then offered red dates and longan sugar water, and bowed three times, and the year really began.

When He Jinbao worshiped God and changed his clothes, Chen Shuangchuan specially hung a new purse for him, which contained two small golden buns engraved with auspicious words, and saw that He Jue and He Ruyu also had the same small purse, He Jinbao smiled and said, "I'm like a child." ”

"That is, to ask for an auspicious lottery, you can't use it to reward people if you put it well."

He Jinbao responded, and specially hung this purse close to his body.

When it was dawn, sure enough, there were eunuchs who came to pass the will, it was nothing more than some scenes, and some rewards from the palace, He Jinbao and Chen Shuangchuan both changed their court clothes, held the incense burner and received the decree, kowtowed and thanked him, and sent the eunuch away.

On the first day of the first lunar month, there was nothing else, and the eunuch who sent the decree away, it seemed that there was nothing to be busy with, Chen Shuangchuan tilted on the bed, and did not feel tired, He Ruyu jumped in again and chatted with Chen Shuangchuan.

Chen Shuangchuan came to the spirit, and seeing that He Jinbao was also a little idle, he said: "It's rare to be idle, let's go to Xishan to play." ”

When I was in the countryside, I could still run around, there were many rules in the capital, and it was difficult for even Chen Shuangchuan to go out, but He Ruyu was stuffy for a long time, and I was immediately happy when I heard that I was going out, but I still remembered the usual rules, jumped up and said: "I'm going to get a hat, walking, taking a car?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

This is the most familiar with Mama Fang's capital city, Chen Shuangchuan naturally called her over to ask, Mama Fang also nodded and said: "The plum blossoms there should still be blooming, just go and see, Qingfeng Guan also sells talismans every year, but it is lively." ”

"Let's pick a clean place, find a box with some favorite food, and bring it over to eat."

As soon as Chen Shuangchuan said this, even He Jinbao was interested and sat up, but Mrs. He said that his spirit was a little sluggish, young man, let's go.

Quickly getting ready, the family rode the carriage to the West Mountain.

There is a very large plum blossom forest behind the Xishan Qingfeng View, the flowers and trees are handsome, the fragrance is elegant, it is the famous beauty of the capital, there are enough people who usually come and go, this is the New Year's leisure time, and when I arrived in the West Mountain, I found that this person is simply the same as the temple fair, and there is almost no place to settle down side by side.

"It turns out that there are so many people in the capital." Feeling that the car had been parked for a long time, Chen Shuangchuan opened the curtain and looked out, only to feel surprised, all blocked in the middle of the road.

He Jinbao came on horseback, stepped forward to take a look, and only said: "I didn't know that the nobles came, and they wrapped up the entire Qingfeng Temple and didn't let people in." ”

Ten people and nine officials, the most important thing in the capital is the so-called dignitaries, all of them are arrogant, and the family that chartered the venue refused to reveal their identities, only saying that it was inconvenient for women to let people in, and the people waiting outside were naturally dissatisfied, and those with a bad temper blocked the road and began to theorize.

The carriage of the He family was far away, and he couldn't hear what they were talking about, and he couldn't wait impatiently after waiting for a while, so He Jinbao said: "It doesn't have to be inside the Qingfeng Temple, this West Mountain is so big, there is always another quiet place." ”

Drove around on the west mountain, found a vacant lot near the top of the mountain, there happened to be a flat big stone, and there was no wind in the sun, and you can vaguely see the scenery under the mountain, it is a good place, but you can't see the famous plum blossom forest, the pine trees are very lush, full of faint rosin, it makes people feel refreshing and pleasant.

"This is it." Chen Shuangchuan felt very satisfied, took the things down, and let the subordinates spread out to play by themselves, He Jinbao ordered solemnly: "Don't let the idle people come over casually." Then he let him go.

"I've never seen you so imposing."

Chen Shuangchuan asked a little curiously, but He Jinbao reached out and took off the hat on her head, saying, "Anyway, there is no one else, and I don't feel bored when I wear these." ”

"Yes." Chen Shuangchuan smiled, said to He Ruyu to take it off, then handed He Jue to He Jinbao to hold, took out a small blanket from the carriage and spread it on the stone, and took out the snacks brought over one by one and put them away.

He Ruyu liked that big pine tree very much, and kept running around with interest, tiptoeing up and picking a few pine needles from time to time, putting them in the palm of his hand and rubbing them slowly, as if he was very happy.

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