The two accompanied Mr. Fan to drink wine and talk, and when they saw that they were about to have a child, Mr. Fan was already drunk for seven or eight minutes, waved his hand and said: "Go back, don't eat dumplings by mistake, I'm old, I can't stay up late, I want to rest, this year, I'll stay here!" Wei Shuisheng hurriedly got up and helped Mr. Fan into the inner room, and waited for Mr. Fan to rest with Lao Chang before he came out to carry the lantern, and Li Xiaoqi and Li Xiaoqi passed through the corner door and returned to Li's house.

It didn't take long for the drums to sound outside, Chef Zhang came in with a few people with a few large plates of steaming dumplings, Mama Zhang commanded the mothers-in-law to just place them neatly, and there was a dense sound of firecrackers like a thick cloud in the streets and alleys outside, and the sound of firecrackers in the courtyard of the Li family also sounded crisply, inside and out, and the thick smell of gunpowder smoke spread in the air, and the new year came in this festive firecracker. Li Xiaoqi stood under the eaves corridor wrapped in a cloak, looked at the crackling firecrackers in the courtyard with a smile, and took a deep breath.

Guarding until the first ray of dawn broke through the night, Li Xiaoqi stood up, yawned and waved his hand, ready to turn back to the half-acre garden to sleep, Li Zonggui said with a smile: "How lively is the first day of the new year, why don't you hurry up and wear new clothes and hats to go shopping on the street and go back to sleep?" ”

"I'm sleepy, what's there to see in the daytime, it's lively at night, I'm going to see the excitement at night, so I'll go back and rest my spirits first." Li Xiaoqi covered his mouth with his hand and yawned a few more, Wei Shuisheng patted Li Zonggui and said with a smile: "It's still early, even if you go out for a walk, you have to wait for the day to get bright, let Xiaoqi go back to sleep, it's too late for us to go out for a walk at the end of the morning, I and Xiaoqi went to see Mr. Fan last night, let people see if Mr. is up, you accompany the eldest brother to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. first." While speaking, Li Xiaoqi had already yawned all the way back to half an acre of garden.

Li Xiaoqi slept very deeply, and slept until after Sizheng, only to be woken up by Wisteria, who saw that Li Xiaoqi was awake, and said with a smile: "The fifth master is awake?" Nanning was outside, saying that the prince had just dispersed the New Year's Day court meeting, and happened to pass by us, and asked if the fifth master was not there, if he was, please go out and talk. Li Xiaoqi sat in his arms and frowned, what happened? He doesn't have to pass by this willow alley to go out and have a look.

Wisteria and Qingcheng took a few little girls, waiting for Li Xiaoqi to wash and comb quickly, changed into bright new clothes, Begonia took a bowl of lotus seed tea and waited aside, Li Xiaoqi cleaned up, took the lotus seed tea and drank it, rinsed his mouth indiscriminately, put on a cloak, and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard gate, followed Nanning who was waiting at the gate of the courtyard out of the gate, turned out of the willow alley, Su Zicheng's car was quietly parked on the side of the road, Beiqing was stretching his neck to guard the car, seeing Li Xiaoqi coming, he smiled and greeted the salute, lifted the curtain, and Li Xiaoqi jumped into the car neatly.

Su Zicheng leaned on the pillow with a tired face, looking at the book absentmindedly, and when he saw Li Xiaoqi coming in, he straightened up, put the book on the table, looked Li Xiaoqi up and down, pulled the corners of his mouth but didn't laugh, and asked in a low voice: "Did you keep the New Year yesterday?" ”

"Well, I stayed until dawn, and I couldn't stand the sleepiness, so I went back to sleep and just got up." Li Xiaoqi explained his delay with a smile, Su Zicheng glanced at 'um', not looking at Li Xiaoyi, was silent for a moment, and said abruptly: "If it's okay, accompany me to see this year's lanterns." ”

"Okay." Li Xiaoyi's smile was as bright as the rising sun, and he simply agreed, the smile on the corner of Su Zicheng's mouth came out, and he said 'um' again, but he still looked at Li Xiaoqi and said in a low voice: "Today is New Year's Day, in front of new clothes." Li Xiaoqi looked down at his clothes strangely, new clothes? This is a new coat! Oh! Li Xiaoqi bent his eyes with a smile, looked at Su Zicheng and said, "It's a new clothes!" Inside and out! The smile on the corner of Su Zicheng's mouth disappeared, he frowned and looked at Li Xiaoyi, pursed his lips tightly and was silent for a moment before opening his mouth again: "Didn't I ask people to send you a few sets of new clothes a year ago?" ”

"Oh! That, that dress is so delicate, I don't want to wear it, or I'll go back and change it? Li Xiaoyi's eyes were bent into crescents, and he said kindly, and Su Zicheng said 'um' again.

"Then you wait, I'll go back and change my clothes." Li Xiaoqi said, lifted the curtain and jumped out of the car, and just after walking a few steps, Nanning followed, smiled and whispered: "Master ordered me to follow." ”

Li Xiaoqi returned to the half-acre garden, Wisteria just and the girls in the half-acre garden set up tables and chairs to play cards, and when they saw Li Xiaoqi coming in, they were startled, and hurriedly greeted them and asked, "Why did you go out and come back?" Li Xiaoqi couldn't stop laughing, waved his hand and ordered: "The clothes that the prince sent a year ago, change that!" Wisteria was stunned, blinked his eyes, and hurriedly called out to the light moon, begonia, green orange and others, opened the box to get clothes, a bunch of skirts that seemed to be shining with a glimmer were piled on the kang, and several people were busy picking out a begonia red satin pleated skirt, a thin silk cotton jacket with a light pine color full of embroidered begonias, wisteria held the clothes, and said with a smile: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, always wear festive, although this skirt and jacket are delicate but not dazzling, this is good?" ”

"Hmm." Li Xiaoqi stretched out his hand to hold the plain satin skirt that hung down heavily, nodded, Wisteria was full of smiles, and hurriedly signaled to Qingcheng, Qingcheng was busy opening the makeup box, and combed Li Xiaoyi's hair again, Begonia picked a red gold hairpin with red treasure stacked flowers, compared it, and saw that Wisteria and Danyue both nodded, before handing it to Qingcheng, and carefully inserted it into Li Xiaoyi's head, Wisteria thought about it, picked a pair of single ruby earrings, and said with a smile: "Look at this pair of earrings, try it?" Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at the earrings, and said with a smile: "Forget it, if you wear this, you have to occupy your lips, it's annoying." ”

"What's so annoying about lip nods? It's just a pursed lip. Seeing that there was room for negotiation, Wisteria hurriedly handed the earrings to Qingcheng, and Qingcheng gave Li Xiaoqi a very neat hand and foot to wear between his ears, Wisteria took out the rouge, and kept talking: "The fifth master's eyebrows are clear and picturesque, and the skin quality is so good, that is, the lip color is a little lighter, a little bit of rouge, and this brilliance will come out." Li Xiaoqi took the wisteria's hand, gently sipped on the rouge, Begonia took a silk cotton swab, dipped the rouge to Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi looked at himself in the mirror attentively, that little rouge, so that the person in the mirror suddenly gorgeous and charming, the woman really wants to dress up.

Wisteria came out with all kinds of bracelets, and Li Xiaoqi smiled and waved his hand: "Put on this again, and it will be a jewelry shelf, don't want it, it's enough." Wisteria put down the box with a smile, took a silver fox cloak embroidered with begonias on a white background, and said with a smile: "That's it?" Li Xiaoqi nodded, got up and changed his clothes, put on a cloak, stood in front of the big bronze mirror, looked around, pulled the cloak, and went out with a smile.

Nanning looked at Li Xiaoqi in a daze, and only reacted after a while, and hurriedly smiled and flattered: "It's like a fairy!" I can't even admit it. Li Xiaoqi smiled and didn't answer his words, the two arrived in front of the car, Beiqing hurriedly put the pedal, Li Xiaoqi had no choice but to step on the car elegantly.

Su Zicheng looked Li Xiaoqi up and down, saw his feet from his head, and then looked back from his feet, Li Xiaoqi asked with a smile, "Where are we going?" Su Zicheng stayed for a moment and asked, "Where did you say to go?" Li Xiaoqi blinked his eyes and looked at Su Zicheng, didn't he say that he wanted to see the lanterns? Why is there such an idealess look, Li Xiaoqi thought about it, and said tentatively: "Let's go to Kaibao Temple to put incense on the pillar first, although it is not the head incense, it is also to worship the Buddha and respect the ancestors." Su Zicheng knocked on the carriage and ordered, and turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, as if he didn't know what to say for a while.

The car ran forward smoothly, Li Xiaoqi took off the cloak, shook off his skirt to make himself comfortable, and asked with a smile: "You were in the palace yesterday?" ”

"Hmm."

"Is it lively?"

"Hmm."

"What's the fun? Let's be more careful. ”

"The forbidden is a big ceremony, the judge is exorcized, the New Year's banquet is kept, the fireworks are set off, the New Year's Day meeting in the early morning, the envoys of all countries celebrate the New Year, the emperor gives new clothes, and the lights are colored on the mountain when the court is withdrawn." Su Zicheng said carefully, Li Xiaoqi looked at him speechlessly, laughed out loud, laughed for a while, and then pointed at Su Zicheng and said: "If you are asked to write an article to record this New Year's Day and New Year's Day celebrations, you will write it like this, a wonderful article!" ”

Su Zicheng smiled and said: "I can't write articles, Mr. Liang's articles are well written, I remember that he wrote an article about New Year's Day, at that time his mother was still there, more lively than now, if you want to read it, look back at his article." Li Xiaoqi smiled and rubbed his eyebrows, shook his head and said, "I don't want to read it, no matter how wonderful it is, it's not as good as yours." Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoqi and didn't answer, Li Xiaoqi laughed for a while, looked at Su Zicheng and suggested: "Let's go to Kaibao Temple to incense first, and then go to Fengle Building to see the excitement, and go to Fengle Building to see the excitement, by the way, do you have anything else to do today?" ”

"Nope." Su Zicheng immediately replied,

"That's good, after watching the excitement, let's go to Nanqiao Wazi to watch the people pass off, if you have time to listen to a few songs, let's go see the lights when it's dark, I'll take you to eat crab noodles, that crab noodles are better than those in Taiping Mansion! There is also a family selling lamb's feet next to it, and the lamb's feet are glutinous and soft and delicious, which is spicy and delicious. Li Xiaoyi's eyebrows danced, and Su Zicheng was stunned when he listened.

"Is that a good arrangement?" Li Xiaoqi asked with a smile, Su Zicheng nodded hurriedly, Li Xiaoqi seemed to think of something, looked at Su Zicheng's clothes and said with a smile: "You have to add the same, go back to the palace to change clothes first after incense, you can't go shopping in this court dress!" Su Zicheng looked down at the clothes on his body, and said with a smile: "I will listen to your placement today." ”