When he arrived at the mountain gate of Yaoguang Temple, Zhang Xi got out of the carriage, didn't let Fu Mu and his brother hug him, took the stove handed over by Hu Yue, and followed his brother into the mountain gate.

It snowed all night last night, and this morning the snow outside was knee-deep.

As far as the eye can see, it is a white expanse.

The cold wind blew, and his face ached like a knife, and the snow on the branches of the trees fell like a heavy object, and the snow on the path was swept away by the monks in the temple early in the morning.

The small leather boots under Zhang Xi's feet stepped on the bluestone slab, accompanied by a crisp sound of clicking.

Occasionally stepping on the snow, leaving a deep sole print, is the pattern of peony flowers in full bloom.

I usually don't pay attention to the soles of my shoes and don't find it, but now I find it, Zhang Xi seems to have a childlike interest, and he stepped on the snow on both sides of the road.

A quarter of an hour's road, straight let them walk for two quarters of an hour.

"Eminem, give me a hand." Zhang Xi suddenly shouted.

When everyone looked over, but saw that Zhang Xi's little short leg was completely submerged in the snow, she tried hard, but she couldn't pull it out, Cen Fumu and Hu Yue were just about to step forward to help, Zhang Xin came over, grabbed Zhang Xi's lower armpit with both hands, lifted her up, and put her on the trail, "Don't play anymore, let Fu Mu hug you if you play again." ”

"Okay." Zhang Xi nodded, and pointed to the snow marks she had imprinted along the way, "Brother, look, the peony flowers are blooming." ”

Zhang Xin looked at the masterpiece left by the little sister jumping up, and at a glance, it was really a scene on the snow, "If you like it, when you get to the nunnery, let people spread the light snow on the ground, you can step on it as you want." ”

"It's too deliberate, and it's not interesting." Zhang Xi waved his hand, Yaqu is an accidental interest, and it is done casually, which makes it seem interesting, and everything is deliberate, but it is inferior, and it is not interesting.

When the siblings arrived at the nunnery, they knocked lightly on the door, and it was opened by a bhikshuni.

"Who are you?"

"You're here."

The first sound was made by Zhang Xin, and the latter sound was made by Zhang Xi.

"Ah Yan, you know her, who is she?" Zhang Xin asked his younger sister Zhang Xi that in the more than a month since he returned to Beijing, he often came to A-Niang's nun, but he had never seen the bhikshuni in front of him.

"She's ......" Zhang Xi was just about to speak, when he suddenly remembered something, and looked at the bhikshuni with clear apricot eyes, "You came alone?" ””

"It's not." The bhikshuni shook his head.

Zhang Xi secretly said in his heart that it was not good, looked up, and saw that Brother A's eyes were full of questions when he looked at him, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, "Brother, the disgusting money that Ayeto brought to A-Niang made me fall in the car, you help me get it." ”

"When did Aya prepare the money for A-Niang, why don't I know?" Zhang Xin was a little skeptical.

"Aya told me privately and asked me to bring it here, so I didn't tell you." As he spoke, he threw the stove to Hu Yue, didn't care about the cold, and reached out to push his brother, "Go quickly, I remember when I got on the train, I put it in the first closet of the carriage, and when I got off the car, I forgot it, you go and get it." ”

Zhang Xin frowned, "Such an important thing, why don't you put it on your body." ”

"There's no place to put it on your body, brother, please, go quickly."

"Okay, don't push it, I'll go."

Seeing the eldest brother turn around, Zhang Xi couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, but before he could finish his breath, he gasped and poured it into his throat, feeling a heart-piercing coldness.

"Auntie stay, it's cold outside, don't come out."

The girl's voice was clear and transparent, and it sounded in this courtyard, which was impossible to ignore.

Zhang Xin had stepped out of the threshold's right foot, retracted it, turned around, and the incomparably familiar figure appeared in front of him, gradually approaching, his expression was frozen, and when he raised his eyes, the other party did not avoid it, and his eyes were peaceful and peaceful.

It seems that I saw him, but I didn't seem to see him.

Until you pass by.

The corners of his mouth moved, and all the words were stuck in his throat, not knowing what to say, or even how to address her.

Zhang Xi suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little strange and tense.

made her all infected, obviously about to say hello, but when the other party had already walked out of the nunnery, she came to her senses and chased her out busily, shouting: "Sister Aying, Happy New Year." ”

"Happy New Year." Zheng Ying replied and glanced at her with a smile.

Without any more words, he turned and left.

The bhikshuni from before hurriedly followed.

It was just three words, but Zhang Xi heard the panic in his tone, as well as the sparseness of the back, and when the back was gone, Zhang Xi turned around, but as soon as he looked up, he saw the eldest brother Zhang Xin standing at the door.

His face was a little pale.

"Brother." Zhang Xi shouted, looking a little sentimental and touched, the eldest brother and Sister A Ying are obviously very familiar, but now, they are strangers.

Zhang Xin looked over and asked, "Do you still need me to get that tired money?" ”

The lie was revealed, Zhang Xi lowered his head embarrassedly, "No need." ”

"Let's go in, don't make A-Niang wait for a long time."

"Brother." Zhang Xi looked up, but saw that the eldest brother Zhang Xin had turned around and walked towards the courtyard.

Walking into A-Niang's living room together, Zhang Xi hadn't eased up yet, and saw that the eldest brother had completely packed up his emotions and saluted A-Niang in a proper manner.

"Gou's one year older."

Hua Lingyi called her eldest son Zhang Xin, who knelt down to pay her New Year's greetings, looked at her handsome and dignified son, and thought of his unsatisfactory marriage, and felt a layer of sorrow in her heart.

"A-Niang will choose another famous lady for you as the bride, last night A-Niang has made a wish in front of the Buddha, praying that you will get married this year and have children in pairs next year."

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Xi was all sentimental and touched, and he went seven or eight points, and said with a smile: "A-Niang, it turns out that you secretly told the Buddha last night about this!" ”

Seeing that the eldest brother Zhang Xin glared at her uncontrollably, Zhang Xi muttered softly: "But how can it be so fast?" Besides, the Buddha doesn't care about having children, he really asks, and A-Niang should also ask for a son Guanyin. ”

In fact, she wanted to say that sending Guanyin didn't seem to work, in that life, she and Agu prayed to God and worshiped Buddha for so many years, but in the end, they still didn't have a son and a half daughter.

"Children don't understand, don't talk nonsense." Hua Lingyi hurriedly reached out and covered her little daughter's mouth and told her to shut up.

Zhang Xin listened to A-Niang's words as naturally as possible.

This is not the first time, when worshipping ancestors in the clan in the morning, whether it is an elder or a peer, the New Year's wishes sent to him are to hope that he will get married as soon as possible and give birth to a noble son as soon as possible.

It is almost foreseeable that the next place will be to pay New Year's greetings everywhere.

That's what he received.

Especially Zhang Xian, the eighth brother who is half a year younger than him, just got a son at the end of the year.

In this comparison, he has not yet become married, he has completely become an alternative, and he has become the object of everyone's concern, and even for the marriage in the palace, because the two families have not moved for a long time, let alone invited a matchmaker.

The recognition of the public is not high.

There was the one who was bold and pulled Aya and said that he would give him a matchmaker.

——*——*——

In the second year of junior high school, the eldest sister Zhang Yu and the eldest brother-in-law Cui Yang came to visit the New Year with their son Ah Fall, went to Zhang Mansion in Hehuifang in the morning, and went to Yaoguang Temple in the afternoon.

The next day, he followed Aya into the palace.

Yang Zhaoxun only returned to the Yang Mansion for one night on Chinese New Year's Eve, and returned to the palace in the early morning of Zhengdan.

"Not staying today?"

Empress Dowager Yang glanced at Yang Zhaoxun and Zhang Xi who were talking together not far away, and she now found that as long as she didn't show preference for Zhang Xi, her little niece would not make a fuss.

"Don't stay,"

As soon as Zhang Ying, who was kneeling at the bottom, finished speaking, he saw that the Empress Dowager Yang pulled down her face, so she had to explain: "In the afternoon, I have to go to Changqiu Temple to meet Master Zhu, and in the evening I promised to take Ah Yan to Hongchi to watch the lantern festival. ”

"Hongchi is outside the city, you are not afraid of freezing Concubine Qing this time." Empress Dowager Yang snorted twice.

"Ah Mu wants to go." Zhang Ying only said this, and then didn't say anything more.

Empress Dowager Yang felt depressed, but she had nowhere to go.

"I looked at the yellow calendar yesterday, the second dragon raised its head in the first month of February, it is a good day, when the time comes, I will send the iceman to the Yang Mansion to propose marriage, and the marriage of Qilang and Linping will be set down first, but the wedding date is set in the wax month, and the twelfth day of the wax month is also good."

When Empress Dowager Yang heard this, her eyes widened, and she looked at Zhang Ying in disbelief.

She also thought that even if she used water to grind, she still had to grind, just now she wanted to mention it, but she was worried about quarreling, in the first month, she really didn't want to quarrel with him about this.

If there is a quarrel in the first month, it means that the year will not be smooth.

In other things, she never believed it, but only in this matter, or Zhang Ying, she would rather believe it.

Unexpectedly, she turned over and stopped, and before she could speak, she directly gave her such a big cake, and the joy came too suddenly, and the Empress Dowager Yang didn't speak for a long time.

With a smile on his face, that trace of annoyance, he had already flown away without a trace.

"What, how stupid?"

"No, I'm just so happy." Empress Dowager Yang smiled widely, bright and dazzling, looked up at Zhang Xi and Yang Zhaoxun who were playing not far away, and suddenly felt a little annoyed, why didn't Yang Zhongshou bring these two children into the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Empress Dowager Yang promised: "Over there in the Yang Mansion, don't worry, Wulang, I will tell you." After speaking, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and glanced at Yang Zhong.

Yang Zhongshou nodded and walked towards Zhang Xi and Yang Zhaoxun.

As soon as the two children left, Empress Dowager Yang threw herself into Zhang Ying's arms almost entirely, "Is this a New Year's gift you gave me this year?" ”

"What do you say?"

"I said yes." Empress Dowager Yang raised her head and smiled, "I don't care, anyway, I thought it was, I asked you for a few years, and this time you finally gave it, I am happy in my heart." ”

"Okay, you think you're Ah Yan or Xinping, happy to be like this, like a child." Zhang Ying helped Empress Dowager Yang to sit upright.

"Of course I'm happy." Empress Dowager Yang suddenly kissed Zhang Ying's mouth, "Wulang, this is a great gift for me." ”

Zhang Ying was stunned for a moment, and soon understood the meaning of Empress Dowager Yang's words, and reached out to touch Empress Dowager Yang's sideburns, which were bright and beautiful, and enthusiastic as fire, just like back then, but with more maturity and charm in his bones.

He had vaguely guessed before, but now it had been confirmed.

"Zhen Niang, you are you, Xinping is Xinping, let the past pass, we all have to look forward."

"Listen to you." Empress Dowager Yang stretched out her hand to hug Zhang Ying's neck and lay on his shoulder, "Wulang, as long as Xinping successfully marries into Zhang's mansion, I won't ask for anything else, except for this matter, I will listen to you in the future." ”

This incident has become her obsession.

When she was young, she was obsessed with hope, which affected her life.

If there were no people in front of him, there would be no Yang Zhen now.

——*——*——

In exchange for one person to be happy and one person to like, this is what he weighed early on.

It's just that Empress Dowager Yang's joy is too huge, so huge that Zhang Ying feels a little surprised, and it makes him feel that it is worth it.

As for one person liking, Zhang Ying felt that the eldest son should like his decision.

On Ah Hua's side, he could only think of making amends from elsewhere.

If the living people of the Hua family can be pardoned and returned, maybe she can be happy.

Zhang Ying thought so.

"Are you in a good mood today?" Master Zhu's determined tone sounded, and Zhang Ying came back to his senses, not commenting on it.

I heard Master Zhu say again: "I haven't seen you smile so easily for a long time, what happy event have you encountered, or what problem has you solved?" ”

"Both." Zhang Ying fell into a white face, "But I still have to ask Master Zhu for help?" ”

Master Zhu glanced at Zhang Ying and didn't ask, it must not be a good thing to be able to ask him to come here.

"I want to ask the mage to calculate the marriage for Xiao'er."

"No, poor monks don't do this."

"Master, you are highly respected, and your nephew wants to borrow your Chrysostom, besides, Shichiro is also your grandchild, and you can't bear that he has been so unhappy in marriage, isn't it?"

"If I, Aye, have knowledge under the spring, I should be in a hurry."

"Bastard." Master Zhu blew his beard and glared at Zhang Ying, he didn't expect that he would be such a scoundrel to move out of the immortal father, and if he didn't agree, he remembered that his friend had such a son in front of him.

The Zhang family has been passed down for several generations, and he knows it.

Especially friends, as well as Zhang Ying in front of him, not to mention brothers, not even sisters, so, Qilang is okay, at least one sister and one sister.

"When it comes to divination, the poor monk can't help you." Master Zhu refused very simply, but he couldn't bear it, so he said, "However, I can recommend someone to you." ”

As soon as Zhang Ying heard that there was a play, he came to the spirit.

"Yuan Shouzi, the master of Sanqingguan, the poor monk can recommend him to you, how to do the divination, you can discuss with him, he likes money, as long as the money is enough, he is willing to say anything."

"And who still believes his words?" Zhang Ying was very skeptical.

"As long as there are one or two times in the ten times, someone will preach it for him, and the money he gets is used to build the Sanqingguan, saying that it is to worship the Taoist ancestors, and now the dojo of the Sanqingguan outside the city has become more and more spectacular."

"There are many people who go there every day to ask God for hexagrams."

"How much does that cost?"

Master Zhu gave a shot, and then raised a finger.

"A thousand?"

Master Zhu shook his head, "One hundred thousand." ”

"Why didn't he rob it?" Zhang Ying smiled, although he didn't care about this money, but he also knew that today's prices, 100,000 yuan, his annual salary, money, food, and silk combined, did not have this number.