Chapter Seventy-Six: The Gift
Chinese New Year, it is a very important and common thing to go to relatives to give gifts, these days Xie has been taking Chen Zhiyi to the homes of several of his friends as guests, Chen Zhiyi is also rare obedient, with her.
Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the palace is lively, and the people are even more lively.
Chen Zhiyi was called by Xie Enran to Yuxiang Building, at this time, the second chefs of Yuxiang Building were too busy, and the wing room Xie Enran chose was still set a few days ago.
In addition to Xie Enran, Liu Ye also came.
There is some commotion outside, and you can still hear the loud shouts of the guests when the door is closed, but how can it not be lively during the New Year?
Chen Zhiyi was wearing a flower dress that Xie bought for her, and put on a plum blossom embroidered cloak, and there was a stove in the house.
Liu Ye is still blue, and even the crown is coral blue. Xie Lenran wore a black gown with a simple embroidered pattern on it.
"Chen Zhiyi, it's rare to see you stay in the capital for the New Year." After Liu Ye saw Chen Zhiyu sit down, he laughed at her.
"Didn't I run this time?" Chen Zhiyi drank tea and warmed up his body.
Liu Ye couldn't help laughing when he heard her words, Xie Enran grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and threw them at Liu Ye, "What about the dishes you want to serve?" ”
Liu Ye hurriedly raised his hand to block it with his sleeve, and then he grabbed a handful of metamorphosis and threw it at Xie Lenran, "Didn't you let you order?" ”
Chen Zhiyi watched the two of them messing around and grinned.
Xie and Liu made trouble for a while, and finally Liu Ye recognized it and asked Xiao Er to come in and order.
After ordering some dishes, Xie Phenoran looked at Chen Zhiyi and smiled, "Zhiyi, you used to celebrate the New Year like this outside?" Is it also a family reunion dinner together? ”
Liu Ye has always known that Xie Enran likes Chen Zhiyi, but he has always hidden it in the past, and he is also the kind of person who hangs Chen Zhiyi, but ......
It's different now.
Not only Chen Zhiyi has this feeling, but Liu Ye also has it.
The current Xie Eran is very good to Chen Zhiyi, he will no longer make all kinds of jokes with Chen Zhiyi, nor will he talk nonsense in front of Chen Zhiyi.
Liu Ye was happy for his brother.
Hearing Xie Enran ask, Chen Zhiyan nodded, and shook his head again, "It's not a family, many people who don't have sects on the rivers and lakes will occasionally get together, and only during the New Year will they gather in the designated place, the New Year...... There are all kinds of people, but not a family. ”
Chen Zhiyi said twice, 'It's not a family'.
Maybe it was because of sympathy for those people who wandered the rivers and lakes that Chen Zhiyi left the capital to go to the rivers and lakes to celebrate the New Year with those people, right?
That's what Xie Eran thought.
Liu Ye was also curious, sat down and moved forward, "Tell me, is there anything interesting." ”
As a child of a rich family, Liu Ye has been tied to the capital all his life, and he, like Xie Enran, rarely has the opportunity to leave the capital and go to other places to take a look.
Sometimes he is quite envious of Chen Zhiyi.
Although Chen Zhiyi is just a girl, Liu Ye thinks that Chen Zhiyi, a little woman who travels from south to north, knows more strange things than a big man like him.
Chen Zhiyi also moved forward, and when she talked about the rivers and lakes, her eyes were always shining, "Let me tell you, I have a very good friend, her name is Feng Niang." ”
When Qiu Hunt was chased by the man in black to a mysterious forest, Xie Eran heard Chen Zhiyan talk about this person.
"Feng Niang is very good, not only the person is beautiful, but the heart is also beautiful......"
How can the heart be beautiful? Chen Zhiyi's meaning Xie Lenran understands, Feng Niang is very good.
As he spoke, Xiao Erduan came in to eat a lot, and said 'slow use of the guest officer' and went out.
However, Xie Eran and Liu Ye listened attentively, and Chen Zhiyan spoke attentively, and they didn't see them move a few bites when the food was cold.
If you want to talk about things on the rivers and lakes, Chen Zhiyi can't finish talking about three days and three nights, after all, she has been in the rivers and lakes for more than three days and three nights. She chose some interesting things to tell Xie Ran and Liu Ye.
Xie Enran heard Chen Zhiyi mention a place called 'Sanshi Spring', and Chen Zhiyi said that there was a large hot spring here, and she had been there several times. In the summer, the hot springs are cooler, and in the winter, they are hotter.
Miraculously, the stones around the hot springs 'sing' and make a regular sound whenever water hits the stones.
Crisp.
Good.
Chen Zhiyi talked for a long time, and it wasn't until her stomach protested for a long time that she found that the dishes on the table were cold.
She was so hungry that she didn't bother to ask Xiao Er to heat up the meal, so she took the chopsticks and mixed it with braised beef and ate it.
Xie Ran saw that she was happy to eat, and also dispelled the idea of calling Xiao Er a hot dish.
Seeing that Chen Zhiyi had almost eaten, Xie Enran picked up a big box from his side, got up and walked in front of Chen Zhiyi, sat down anywhere, and put the big box in front of Chen Zhiyi.
Chen Zhiyi was planing rice, and a big guy suddenly appeared in front of her, she paused with her chopsticks, and slowly raised her head, "What is this?" ”
Liu Ye knew what was in it, it was the gift he bought for Chen Zhiyi after accompanying Xie Enran for a day yesterday.
Xie Ran straightened his sitting posture and said with a smile: "Gift! How can I not buy you a gift for the New Year? ”
Xie Eran didn't know what Chen Zhiyi particularly liked, it wasn't that he didn't pay attention, but that Chen Zhiyan seemed to like everything, and as if he didn't like anything.
Chen Zhiyan looked up at Xie Enran while lowering his head and opening the box.
She guessed what was in the box, and guessed what gifts Xie Enran would buy her.
The box was very large, and Chen Zhiyi threw the lid aside after dismantling it.
There were a lot of things in it, a garment, a delicate sword, and some other bits and pieces.
Chen Zhiyan picked up the sword and looked at it carefully, "This sword looks so good, it's a fight with Brother Jin's Green Dragon Sword!" ”
"This sword is called the Jade Jin Sword, I heard that it is the sword of a princess in the previous dynasty, that princess has been on the battlefield and fought with General Xia Lingsheng!" Xie Eran said.
Liu Ye was eating on the side, silently staring at the two of them fiddling with gifts, and suddenly found that the white rice looked like a stone.
It's hard to chew.
Liu Ye thought to himself, he would not have come if he had known.
Chen Zhiyu liked this sword very much, no matter how she looked at it, she smiled very happily, revealing two rows of white but not neat teeth.
"I've been using that sword for a long time, but I haven't found a sword I like, so I haven't changed it," Chen Zhiyi opened one eye and closed one eye, gesturing at the jade brocade sword, "Now it's okay, you gave me this sword, I have a new sword." ”
The jade brocade sword glowed with silver light, and Chen Zhiyi gestured, accidentally being illuminated by the candle flame, and his eyes flashed.
Chen Zhiyi's hand paused, and he hurriedly put down the sword, "I'll use this sword in the future!" ”
There is also that dress, the workmanship is very fine, Chen Zhiyi didn't look at it carefully, but decided to wear it to his sister during the Yuan Festival.
There are a lot of gadgets in it, but they are all folk small things, and the workmanship is relatively rough.
But Chen Zhiyi likes it.
She is the second lady of the Chen family, her father is a big businessman in Nanyu, and her mother is the daughter of the prime minister, she doesn't want any good things, Xie Enran gave her these gadgets with bad texture but interesting, but she likes them more.
Among them, there are 12 zodiac puppets, Chen Zhiyi is a pig, and the pig puppet is round and fat, which is very cute.
Chen Zhiyan looked at all the things in the box, and Xie Eran packed it up for her and prepared to send her home.
Liu Ye went back by himself, and Xie Ran went to Chen's Mansion with the box.
When she went back to the room, she happened to run into Xie Shi, she looked at Xie Enran, and then at her daughter, and couldn't help laughing, "Are you going out to play again?" ”
In the past few days, Chen Zhiyan has followed Xie Shi everywhere in the morning, and he has taken Xie Eran and Murong Jin out to play in the evening.
Murong Jin didn't come today, because he said that he had a clue about the black market and needed to investigate, so Xie Ran called Liu Ye.
Chen Zhiyi was holding the sword in his hand, and when he saw Xie Shi, he excitedly pulled out the sword and pointed at Xie Shi, "Mother, what do you think of this sword?" ”
The jade brocade sword glowed with silver light, and was suddenly pulled out by Chen Zhiyi and pointed at him, Xie Shi was frightened, took two steps back, and the maid behind him supported her in time.
Xie Eran hurriedly rubbed her with his arm, "What are you doing?" ”
Chen Zhiyan swallowed his saliva, "Mother, I was wrong......"
A moment of excitement, a moment of excitement.
Chen Zhiyi made excuses for himself, and then put away his sword.
Xie Shi came back to his senses and reprimanded her, but she knew that her daughter had always been messing around, so she didn't plan to be angry with her, "It's cold standing outside, go back to the house." Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there are still a few houses in the capital that need to be visited, and your Uncle Zhang will also come to the capital. ”
Chen Zhiyi and Murong Jin went to Lianchuan once in April, but it was because Zhang Dongwei's business had problems, and now that it is the Chinese New Year, it is normal for Zhang Dongwei to come to the capital.
Chen Zhiyute was happy.
When she is happy, she likes to be lively, and when she is lively, she is even happier.
"When is Uncle Zhang coming?" Chen Zhiyi wanted to know the exact time.
"It's been a few days, and you don't have to worry. In addition, tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there is a banquet in the palace, so come with me. Xie Shi said again.
"There's another banquet...... Chen Zhiyan's smile stiffened suddenly.
She suddenly didn't want to be lively.
Seeing his daughter's expression of almost crying, Xie shook his head helplessly.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Standing in the capital, no matter where you look at it, no matter which street it is, at a glance, it is red and red.
Look at the lantern, it's red.
Look at the unexploded firecrackers hanging at the door, red.
Look at the couplet in front of the door, red.
When the sky was slightly dark in the afternoon, Xie urged Chen Zhiyi to hurry up and prepare to enter the palace.
Xie knew that his daughter didn't like banquets, so he obeyed her wishes this time, telling her to wear whatever she liked, but she must go to the banquet.
The set of clothes that Xie Ran gave to Chen Zhiyan was ready for her to wear during the Yuan Festival, and today she asked the maid to pick out a lemon yellow embroidered skirt and put it on orange shoulders.