Meters were completed before twelve o'clock, and it dragged on for an hour and a half, and finally got the 1W word, woo, I'm so tired~~ I went to sleep evenly, and I will continue tomorrow~~ For the sake of my two days of being so diligent, plus my bun tomorrow, it shouldn't be how old I will grow up today, cough cough, for the growth of the bun, give some recommended votes~~

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A few days after returning from Yinfeng Mountain, the old lady of Shangguan returned to Wuzhou with Qingdai.

As soon as she returned to Wuzhou, the old lady received a letter from Shangguan Hong in Qingyang to report the good news. The first happy event is that Xiao Feng is pregnant, she is pregnant in the first month, and she was diagnosed in Qingyang, the mother and child are safe, and it has been six months now. The second thing is that Shangguan Hong ordered a family affair for Qingqiang, and his Shangfeng Qingyang prefect will protect the media, and he will make it after meeting people. The man is the eldest son of Lord Meng, the official of the Central Military Governor's Mansion, and he is fourteen this year. The two families are determined to wait for Qingqiang and Xu, that is, they will marry in three years.

The old lady did not show great enthusiasm for Xiao Feng's pregnancy, but Qingqiang asked her to solve a problem, pulled Qingdai and sighed for a long time, and said that she would find a good family for her in the future.

In the autumn of July, Qingdai received letters from Jin Zhi and Wang Tao, which mentioned that her grandmother's leg pain was committed, but her grandmother kept talking, saying that when the weather warmed up next year, she must come to Wuzhou to see Qingdai. Qing Dai replied to the old lady, wrote to her grandmother to greet her, and by the way, she took the second finished embroidery that she had sewn by hand - a pair of knee pads.

Speaking of embroidery, Mama Zhu praised Qingdai for her talent, whether it is material identification or color matching, she is extremely accurate. At first, it was clumsy to get started, but within three months, the needle was already like a needle. The first finished piece was given to the old lady, a double bird-patterned sachet. The old lady also praised Qingdai when she saw it. Only Qingdai herself understands that her ancestors in her last life were embroidery families, and her grandmother did not teach her these basic skills when she was a child, although she has forgotten it after more than ten years, but the spiritual understanding of embroidery is still there, so it is much easier to get started than others.

Just into August, Wuzhou drizzle, gradually the rain became heavier, and it was ten days. Qingdai is almost moldy in the house, and she can only look at the rain and sigh every day. Fortunately, Tiangong was quite reasonable, and the rain stopped on the thirteenth day. August 15, the moon is full. In Shangguan's mansion, only the grandparents and grandchildren were left to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, eat autumn crabs, moon cakes, and worship the moon. It was night, and the old lady left Qingdai to spend the night in her house. At night, the old lady lay on the bed with Qingdai in her arms, caressing her hair while coaxing her to sleep. Qing Dai was in a daze and heard a long sigh above her head, but she didn't say a word. Later, Qing Dai inadvertently learned from Mama Fang that August 15 was the day when her mother married into Shangguan's family, and her father did not enter the cave room that night. Qing Dai listened, but sighed silently in her heart, it turned out that for herself, August 15 was not a day of reunion and beauty.

The days still passed day by day, and the unpleasant past events about the Mid-Autumn Festival did not affect Qingdai, she still did the homework assigned by the old lady, and said strange things to make the old lady happy when she had nothing to do.

In October, Qingdai received an unexpected letter. When she saw the signature on the envelope, she was stunned for a while, because it was Yu Zidu who sent the letter. In the letter, Yu Zidu told Qingdai that he had passed the township examination and would participate in the Spring Festival next year. Not long ago, his grandfather's family sent someone to pick him up, and he thought that he would participate in the Spring Festival next year, and finally agreed to follow the person to the capital. I couldn't come to see her in person, so I brought a bag of tea that he had fried himself as an apology.

Qingdai admires Yu Zidu's young age, but he is older than his eldest cousin, who has been famous for a long time, and he is really smart. She handed over the tea to Yinhong, and then looked at the carved lacquer on the table to hold the tea leaves, and brought the round wooden box of relatives and friends, and thought to herself, Yu Zi must have thought that she liked carved lacquerware, so she specially chose this to hold the tea. The tea he sent was false, but it was real to send this carved lacquered wooden box. Qing Dai fiddled with the lacquer box, and the bottom of the box still had the words "Chongming Imperial System" engraved on it, which seemed to be left by his father. However, she suddenly realized a very serious problem, she never seemed to have told Yu Zidu the address of his home in Wuzhou, where did he know?

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In the blink of an eye, at the end of November, Qingdai is about to usher in her first New Year after arriving in Dahua. Although the house was much more deserted than when she first came, the old lady still instructed Mama Zhu to buy it well and celebrate the New Year, so the rest of the people in the house began to get busy.

On the third day of December, three guests came to the Shangguan Mansion.

Early in the morning, Qingdai was dragged out of the warm quilt by Yinhong and went to the main hall. As soon as she entered the door, someone ran over and grabbed her hand, "Sister Dai-" A thunderous roar woke up Qing Dai, who was still a little confused, she was startled, and looked at the little girl in front of her who was also wearing a double beard and was stunned, and it took a while to react, "Sister Zhen, why are you here?" ”

At first glance, seeing Qi Zhen appear in her house, Qing Dai was still a little dazed, rubbed her eyes, and looked up and down at the little girl in front of her who was wearing a big red dress and a brocade short skirt with a silver and red background. That's right, round face, round eyes, round nose, cherry mouth - the facial features are very round, and indeed the sixth girl of the Qi family Qi Zhen she met in Jiangning is undoubted.

Qi Zhen's father, Qi Nian, was the only concubine he had at the age of forty, and he was considered an old woman, but the husband and wife regarded this girl as a baby, and even the name was taken according to the homonym of "Qizhen". At the beginning of the year, Qi Langzhong returned to Jiangning Province and brought Qi Zhen back, the old lady of the Qi family saw her little granddaughter, and loved her in her heart, and finally Qi Langzhong's family returned to Beijing, but Qi Zhen was left by the old lady in Jiangning Qi's house to live with her for a year, saying that she would send Qi Zhen back next year.

Qing Dai met Qi Zhen when she went to Qi's house in Jiangning. Qi Zhen heard that Qingdai's family had gone to Qingyang, leaving her alone to follow her grandmother, and suddenly felt a sense of sympathy. came and went, Qingdai coaxed Qi Zhen to be happy, and Qi Zhen also treated Qingdai closer than her sisters.

At this moment, Qi Zhen looked at Qing Dai's helpless expression, rubbing her bun face with both hands, "What, I'm not welcome to come?" What's this expression? ”

"How can it?" Qing Dai pouted and said vaguely, "Sister is here, it's too late for me to be happy!" ”

"Even if you still have a little conscience, it's not in vain that I shed so many tears when I sent you." Qi Zhen let go of her hand, and Qing Dai's face was finally liberated. However, for that farewell, the corners of Qing Dai's mouth still twitch when she thinks about it now, when she left from Jiangning, Qi Zhen stood at the gate of the Wang family and cried so much that Qing Dai couldn't go away, as if she had bullied her, and in the end, the eldest lady was forcibly carried back by the Qi family's maid.

Qing Dai laughed twice, his eyes fell behind Qi Zhen, Wang Tao also came, he couldn't rush over and pull Qing Dai like Qi Zhen did, just sat in his position and smiled at Qing Dai, Qing Dai also smiled back. Turning his head, there was a long-faced young man sitting on his grandmother's left hand, with sharp sword eyebrows, bright moon eyes, a straight nose, handsome and handsome facial features, and a black dress, which was a little more chic and uninhibited.

Just as Qing Dai looked at the strange boy suspiciously, Qi Zhen beside her tugged at Qing Dai's sleeve, "What?" You don't even know your big cousin? ”

Qingdai pouted, I hadn't seen it before. But today she finally met the legendary big cousin. Qing Dai stepped forward and saluted the old lady, and then looked at Wang Yang and Wang Taofu, "The eldest cousin is good, the little cousin is good." ”

"My cousin has grown so big, and the last time I saw you, I was so tall, and when I left, you still tugged at my clothes and cried...... It's been more than two years. Wang Yang looked at Qing Dai who greeted him with a smile on his face, his eyes were full of confidence, and he felt that the current Qing Dai was like the little girl who was pulling her clothes and crying silently two years ago.

The amiable smile is very contagious, and the dashing handsome guy is transformed into the brother next door. Wang Yang, who has such a changeable temperament, does have the capital to make the eldest sister a nymphomaniac.

"Have I ever cried?" Qing Dai blinked, "I don't remember." But the eldest cousin is more and more chic and handsome. ”

Wang Yang chuckled twice, "My sister praised it falsely." ”

Wang Tao saw that Qingdai had been talking to Wang Yang, ignored him, and interjected: "This time, my eldest brother and I came to give a New Year's gift, and I stopped by to see my sister." My grandmother also asked me to bring a message that the knee pads that my sister brought back to the trustee were very useful. Anyway, I've got a lot of stuff for you. The last time you gave a gift to your grandmother, why didn't you have my share? ”

Listening to Wang Tao's complaints, Qing Dai chuckled, "What does that little cousin want?" ”

Wang Tao's face was overjoyed, and he didn't come up with a suitable object for a long time, "Just make a fan cover, purse or something, but if you make it yourself, ......" Wang Tao deliberately added the last sentence, and felt inappropriate after speaking, "Don't favor one over the other, otherwise you won't show sincerity." ”

"You monkey cub, who is thick and who is thin? Are you still scheming with your grandmother? Wang Yang teased Wang Tao, but Wang Tao scratched his head and didn't speak. Wang Yang turned to Qingdai again, "Since you can't favor one over the other, you can't miss the eldest cousin." Are you right, cousin? ”

"They have, and I want it too!" Qi Zhen also joined the ranks of asking for gifts, and did not forget to emphasize, "You must do it yourself!" I'll look back and see which of us does it best! ”

Yes, one really wanted to, one deliberately teased her, and the other was purely coaxing. The culprit is still Wang Tao, this kid! If he hadn't had to shout that he wanted to do it himself, would he have been able to get these three jobs? Qing Dai resisted the urge to beat Wang Tao fat, forget it, one is to do two is also to do.

"If you don't dislike my slow work and rough workmanship, I will do it together." Qing Dai said tentatively, hoping that someone would change her mind temporarily, but the three in front of her nodded in unison.

Qing Dai smiled bitterly, "Okay then! "Qi Zhen is going back to Beijing at the beginning of the New Year, so let's do it for her first. The big and small cousins can be put first.

Wang Yang and the three stayed in Shangguan's mansion for one night, and returned to Jiangning early the next morning. Before leaving, Qi Zhen scavenged two favorite headdresses from Qing Dai's Duobao Pavilion, and there was no abnormal situation when she left, only telling Qing Dai to remember to make something for her. Qing Dai was speechless, waved her claws and hurriedly sent the three robbers away.

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On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Qingyang's New Year's gift also arrived, and the person in charge of escorting was Chen Dasheng, the son of Chen Steward, who stayed in Wuzhou. Qingyang's New Year's gift went to the capital, and then went south to Xingzhou, the canal did not freeze, and then changed to take the waterway back to Wuzhou.

The New Year's gift is very rich, in addition to the abundant amount of wine, meat, mountain goods, dried fruits, these food, there are two fine bear skins, three mink skins and a fox skin, in addition to a number of ingot-like gold and silver bills.

Chen Dasheng finished reporting the gift list to the old lady, and the old lady praised him a few words, and asked Mama Zhu to give a reward. Chen Dasheng thanked the reward, and solemnly took out a small red silk package and a letter from his arms, "This is when passing through the capital, the third prince of the Marquis of Zhongyi Mansion entrusted the third girl to bring it, saying that it is a New Year's gift." ”

The old lady motioned to Mama Zhu to accept the things and sent Chen Dasheng away.

"Would you like to take a look?" Mama Zhu asked, holding the package.

The old lady smiled at the corner of her lips, "Since it's for Dai Yatou, you can send someone over in a while." ”

Mama Zhu nodded, "I didn't see it before, in the past few months, the three girls have followed the old lady, and their popularity has become more prosperous than before." But it's a pity that the ninth young master of the Hua family and the Yu Gongzi of that family are both older, and only the little young master of the Wang family and the third girl are still right. ”

Mama Zhu sighed for no reason, which made the old lady laugh, "Hehe, you are too anxious." Dai girl is only a little older, this matter will be talked about later. ”

Mama Zhu smiled and said, "It's true that the slave is too talkative." The slave maid asked people to send things to the three girls. ”

East Chamber.

Qing Dai took the red silk cloth bag from Yinhong's hand, and her hand was a little heavy, "You said that it was brought back by Chen Dasheng, the third son of the Marquis of Zhongyi?" ”

"Yes, that's what Mama Zhu sent to say."

Isn't that Jiu Niangniang? is still thinking about giving himself a New Year's gift, even if he has a conscience! Qingdai opened the red silk cloth bag, and there was a layer of wrapping inside, a total of three layers. When you open to the last floor, you will see a quaint wooden box. Qing Dai lifted the lid of the box, and a dagger lay quietly on the red velvet in the box.

The scabbard and handle are gilt, and the scabbard is inlaid with various colored gemstones, which shine in the light and are dazzling. Qing Dai pulled out the scabbard, the blade had been opened, the cold light was shining, the two concave blood groove lines on the back of the knife were sharp and resolute, and compared with the gorgeous decorative appearance, it had the characteristics of a dagger inside. She weighed it carefully in her hands for a while, and the weight of her hand was still a bit heavy for her current self to hold with one hand, if she held it with both hands...... She thought for a moment, then grabbed the dagger in both hands and slashed it at the empty wooden plate on the table.

"Bang-" The wooden disc cracked in half.

"Good knives!" Qing Dai couldn't help but praise it, and gave a young girl a weapon for self-defense, this kind of weird thing can only be done by Jiu Niangniang, who does not play cards according to common sense.

Qing Dai put the knife into the sheath, put the dagger back in the box, picked up Hua Shaoyan's letter, opened the envelope, and looked at it.

Bun Girl:

See the words like meeting.

After a few months of farewell, I miss it very much! A few days ago, my grandmother promised me something, and my parents agreed. After the year, I will go to the Northwest Army for training. I may not be able to return in the past few years, and I am afraid that goodbye is far away. A month ago, I got this dagger, thinking of my sister's kindness that day, and I specially transferred it to my sister. Nian Er is weak and has no power to restrain the chicken, and if he encounters a villain again next time, he can use it for self-defense.

Paus.

Brother: Ninth brother

Qing Dai put down the letter, her face wrinkled into a bun, and she picked up the dagger and poked it twice in the void in a puff. Hum! I've met a "bad guy" in total, isn't that you? I'm embarrassed to come to my heart and say let me defend myself next time!

Qing Dai sighed, put the dagger away, glanced at the thin letter again, remembered the strange and familiar handsome face, I really didn't see it, this guy looked weak, but he was a hot-blooded militant.

"When you go to battle, it's best to learn from King Lanling to wear a mask. Don't let anyone take you away! In case of abduction, you will have to be the one below...... Tsk...... "Qing Dai's head was full of thoughts, and finally she couldn't help but shake her head, "Forget it, I don't have the same knowledge as him, for the sake of him giving such a valuable gift, let's pray that guy is safe!" ”

Qing Dai thought for a while, wrapped the dagger along with the letter as it was, and handed it to Yinhong to put away.

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Chinese New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, Qingdai sacrificed to her ancestors with the old lady and posted spring couplets to hang peach charms. At noon, Qingdai slept a lot and prepared to keep the New Year at night. At the end of the morning, the old lady instructed Mama Zhu and a few maids on duty in the house to move all the things needed to make dumplings to the side hall of Rongxi Hall, and she personally started to make dumplings for Qingdai.

Qing Dai saw on the side that although the old lady was smiling, it was difficult to hide the loneliness in her eyes. When people are old, at this age, what they want most is family reunion. For the sake of his career, Shangguan Hong had to leave the old lady's side. In the first year, it was a big family to celebrate the New Year, but now there is only a little granddaughter to accompany her, and the old people will always be a little uncomfortable.

Qing Dai taught the old lady hand in hand, and deliberately made a cat face to make a room full of laughter. was troubled by Qingdai, the atmosphere became more and more hot, and those little maids also let go a lot, laughing and laughing with the old lady.

At night, eating dumplings, everyone giggled and competed to see who could bite more copper coins. I don't know if it was Mama Zhu's dark box operation, or luck, in the end, Qingdai ranked first with biting three copper plates, and the old lady bit two and ranked second.

As soon as the sound of the stick at midnight sounded, it was quickly drowned out by a loud sound of firecrackers.

The old lady said that Qingdai was too young and didn't let her set off firecrackers. Qing Dai could only cover it tightly and watch the maids put it. Listening to the crackling sound of firecrackers and looking at the smiling faces around her, Qingdai felt that she was feeling the joy of the New Year like them, not watching the joys and sorrows of others like a bystander at the beginning.

How many years have passed, since my parents passed away unexpectedly and my grandmother raised me and died, I have been alone for many years. Looking at the reunion of other people's families, listening to the laughter of other people's families, I feel that the reunion is very far away from me, but loneliness is like a shadow.

Looking at Qingdai in a daze, the old lady gently touched her head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Qing Dai came back to her senses and looked at the old lady's kind eyebrows, "It's nothing!" Qing Dai felt very happy about this day. I have my grandmother, Mama Zhu, and many other people with me...... I'm not alone. ”

The old lady sighed lightly: "Silly child, you have never been alone, you have a grandmother, and relatives ......"

At the beginning of the new year, Qingdai leaned on the old lady's arms, feeling the warmth of the old man's body, and her mood has also changed a lot......