"Auntie, you're so good-looking." Xiao Yue'er's praise came from the side, I turned my head to look, and saw Yuan'er and Yue'er one holding a bun and chewing, and the other was licking with pastry crumbs on his hands, which shows that the praise is really not very attentive and perfunctory.

It turned out that the atmosphere was gone after being interrupted by them, anyway, Ah Ping didn't mean to sensationalize, and I was at ease when I received this gift. After beckoning the children to come and clean up the table and wipe the stove clean, I offered to boil water to bathe the children, but Ah Ping said that he would wash it later and go to the courtyard with him first.

When I came to the courtyard, I first saw Yan Qi putting something on the ground, and when I looked at it, I found that it seemed to be ...... Firework? But were there fireworks in this era of the Ming Dynasty? After thinking about it, it seems that there was a record in the early Tang Dynasty that fireworks and firecrackers were invented, and people were frightened at first, but then gradually became a symbol of festivities.

Yan Qi placed a circle of fireworks in the courtyard, and then lit a few sticks of incense and handed them to Ah Ping, I don't know if this fireworks are similar to the kind of firecrackers that explode loudly or pure flash sparks, but I am afraid that the two children have not seen it before, and they will suddenly be frightened by the loud noise. wanted to pull Yue'er and Yuan'er back into the door, but was stopped by Ah Ping, "It's okay, it won't scare them, I've played it many times before." ”

…… I have a feeling of powerlessness, when did their father and son start secretly doing many things that I didn't know about?

As soon as Yuan'er heard his father's words, he immediately ran over, "Uncle Yan, give me one, I'll get some." Not to be outdone, Yue'er followed behind her, and was about to reach out to ask for it, but was beaten by Yuan'er, and taught her an old-fashioned lesson: "You are not allowed to light a fire." Yue'er's mouth was deflated, and she looked aggrieved at her brother, who couldn't care about him, and excitedly went to light fireworks.

I hurriedly brought Yue'er back to my side, why is he so restless at such a young age, can he run back after lighting the fireworks with his little broken leg? However, Yue'er's grievances disappeared immediately when the fireworks were lit up and bloomed one by one, leaving only excited cheers, and restless hands dancing in my arms.

When the fireworks were about to turn into a circle, Ah Ping suddenly pulled me into the center of the field, and then he bent down and lit the last two, so it became a family of four standing in the center, and the colorful fireworks bloomed around us, reflecting the smiles of the children, and also reflecting the eyebrows of Ah Ping and me.

The words and sentences describing fireworks in memory have a sense of poignancy, and people always feel that fireworks are easy to dissipate for a while, but in fact, even if it is just a moment of brilliance, it remains in people's memory. Later, when I recalled this Chinese New Year's Eve countless times, the corners of my mouth couldn't help but bend and smile, what a beautiful night, a family, no one is absent.

After a mad commotion, the children were also tired, so they boiled bath water and arranged baths for them. Yuan'er is a boy, and when he grew up, he didn't let me help wash it anymore and handed it over to his father. And Yue'er was still a little bit, so she was assigned to me.

I drew a curtain in the middle of the bath room, and used two tubs, and the children always wanted to pull the curtain. I can't remember how it was derived to the two children splashing water and playing, but I knew that I was already soaked after helping Yue'er take a bath.

Ah Ping took the two children to the room first, and when I freshened up and changed my clothes, I went in and found that he had fallen asleep leaning on the bedpost, but Yuan'er and Yue'er were still secretly playing in the bed. I shushed my fingers at the two children, walked to the side of the bed, gently lifted Ah Ping's legs onto the bed, and then pulled the quilt to cover him.

Looking at his angular face, I felt distressed inexplicably, and I am afraid that the war in front of him had exhausted him during this time. No matter from which angle or standpoint, he must have wanted to win this battle, but the established situation has long been beyond his power to reverse. His failure was not his fault alone, but the imperial court system left by Zhu Yuanzhang was destined to fail on the day when Zhu Di really raised his army.

I know the outcome of this game, but I can't share his worries, so I can only wait quietly for that day to come.

Later, the children also fell asleep, and I was left alone by the bedside to watch the New Year, but I didn't feel sleepy, thinking about some unreasonable things, and unconsciously guarded the three of them until dawn.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ah Ping didn't have to go to the morning court, so I quietly went to the stove room to boil porridge, and cleaned the yard again. When I raised my head to meet the sun, I suddenly had the illusion of returning to Ginkgo Village. How nice would it be if there were really not so many troubles, and our family of four was in that humble home in Ginkgo Village?

Suddenly felt a warm heat in his chest, lowered his head and couldn't help but be stunned, the white orchid turned blue in the sun, is it the diamond inside that is revealed? I held it in my hand, and it did feel a little warm, and when I looked up, I found that the sunlight had penetrated the white stone, and the blue diamond inside was clearly discerning. Ah Ping said that this is a Buddha stone, and I don't know what material it is, but it will become transparent when it meets sunlight.

I love this white orchid more and more, probably because there is an orchid in my name, Ah Ping likes to buy me an orchid skirt, and I also prefer some orchid jewelry. Suddenly stunned, once upon a time, I never integrated myself into the role of Xu Lan, and deep down I always regarded myself as Zhang Yue, just playing like a drama in front of people, but now I am used to the name Xu Lan, and I also integrate all emotions.

Something flashed in front of my eyes, and when I came back to my senses, I only felt that the sun was dazzling, so I quickly lowered my head and closed my eyes, and when I opened it again, I looked up and looked for it, and I didn't see anything unusual, it was I was dazzled just now.

I thought about it as I put it down, and tucked it inside my collar.

I turned around and went into the house to see if the father and son were awake, and when I entered the door, I saw Yuan'er and Xiao Yue'er tiptoeing over his father's feet and trying to get out of bed secretly.

Ah Ping's eyebrows frowned, and he didn't open his eyes and scolded: "What are you two secretly doing?" ”

Yuan'er had already slid out of bed, pulled her legs and ran towards me, shouting as she ran: "Father, I'll go and see what breakfast A-Niang has made." "He struck me on the leg and smiled happily at me, not feeling guilty at all about leaving his brother there.

I pinched his cheek, tapped his forehead and let him out of the house. I don't know how this kid learned to be such a thief, there are a lot of ghost ideas, and they all have to bring Xiao Yue'er to ruin, and the root cause is all learned from his black-bellied father.

Here I turned my eyes and met Ah Ping's gaze, Xiao Yue'er had already been lifted by him and hugged her. I leaned against the door and whispered, "Breakfast is ready, get up and eat." He refused to get up, and muttered, "Don't be hungry, come and sleep with me." ”

"Both children are awake, you are not hungry, they are hungry."

He became more and more unhappy: "You have the two of them in your heart now." I reluctantly walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed, picked Xiao Yue'er up from him, and pushed him, "Are you still jealous with the two children?" ”

As a result, Xiao Yue'er heard the word "eat" before she understood, so she shouted: "Auntie, I want to be jealous too." ”

I was amused at once, and Ah Ping couldn't help but pinch his nose and say, "You know how to eat." Xiao Yue'er touched her belly innocently, "I'm hungry." ”

put him down on the ground, patted his little head and ordered: "You go to your brother first to help you freshen up, and A-Niang will come out to feed you in a while." Xiao Yue'er ran out obediently, and immediately heard the two brothers whispering, it turned out that Yuan'er didn't really have no conscience to leave his brother alone, and wait outside for the situation.

couldn't help but complain to Ah Ping: "I said, why are your two sons so different?" The older Yuan'er gets, the more thief he becomes, Xiao Yue'er is so silly and stupid, she is always led by his brother's nose. ”

saw him raise his eyebrows and asked, "You think so?" ”

I looked at him in amazement: "What? "Is there anything I don't know? He pursed the corners of his mouth and said: "The son I gave birth to is not stupid, you look at Xiao Yue'er as if he was being taken away by Yuan'er, in fact, Yuan'er is only good on the surface, do you carefully recall which time Xiao Yue'er suffered?" ”

I was stunned, thought about it carefully, and found that it was really like that, just like making dumplings yesterday, just now Yuan'er was waiting for Xiao Yue'er outside, it seems that Yuan'er is leading, but in fact, Xiao Yue'er is not passive. But I still wondered: "Xiao Yue'er can't have so many thoughts at such a young age." But I heard Ah Ping say: "Is it small? After yesterday, he was two years old, and when he was older, Yuan'er would be led by his nose in turn. ”

The corners of my mouth twitched, his judgment was more accurate in judging and cognition of children, but I couldn't figure it out: "Why are the two children so black-bellied like you?" He blinked, "What do you mean by a black belly?" ”

Well, he didn't understand the word, so I explained to him bluntly: "It's just that I learned to always pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger like you." ”

This time he finally smiled, but came to scold me, "Daughter-in-law, are you comparing yourself to a tigress?" ”

I choked, "No, I compared you to pig spirit." I got up and was about to leave, but he grabbed my waist and fell back on him, and when I saw that the black eyes locked on me, I couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?" ”

"Daughter-in-law, if one day I am no longer the emperor, are you happy or sad?"

I was silent for a moment, and asked softly, "Did you ever see me sad when I knew you?" He smiled when he heard this, "Everyone in the world thinks it's good to be an emperor, but you don't like it." I couldn't tell whether there was self-deprecation or other negativity in his tone, and I didn't want to say so many bad things on the first day of the fourth year of Jianwen, so I leaned my head on his heart, and listened to the powerful heartbeat in it, and I whispered: "The person I love is you, and it has nothing to do with your identity or status." I remember that you once said that the four books and five classics, the three palaces and six courtyards are not as good as me, in my this is a clear tea is not as good as you, and the two or two Tu Su are not as good as you, I will marry you in ten miles of spring breeze, but the ten miles of spring breeze is not as good as you. ”

Like and love are two realms, if you like it, you may change, but if you love, you will never move forward and never look back. Even if they do separate one day, the imprint of love will always be engraved in the heart.