Chapter 217

As the New Year approaches, the Song family is also busy, Song Nan is going to have a good year this year, he is nineteen years old after the New Year, and he has been here for almost three years unconsciously, from the beginning of the dazed, to today's high position, from the dilapidated courtyard in Ulzhou to today's mansion Huayu, the changes in the past three years can not be described as a 'great change'.

What makes Song Nan even more proud is that the mother and son took Xiao Ping'er and Uncle Zhong to live a difficult life, but now there are nearly 30 people in their house, more than a dozen maids in the inner house, and more than a dozen servants and mothers-in-law outside, which is already an out-and-out big family.

Of course, the more people, the bigger the family, and the higher the official position, the greater the pressure Song Nan feels, but Song Nan doesn't care about this, could it be that he can't eat because of choking? Regardless of his difficulties and obstacles, in short, the soldiers will block the water and come to the earth.

Early in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the sound of firecrackers entered the ears, many people stayed awake all night, just after the time of the child burned incense to open the door to welcome the God of Wealth, the Song family also got up early, they were surprised to find that there was a heavy snow last night, the roof ridge in the yard was full of thick snow, full of silver, it was really gratifying.

Song Nan finished washing, and under the service of Lu Qingli, he changed into a new cluster of three-grade military attache uniforms of the Zhenfu Division and went to the early morning of the Yuan Dynasty to congratulate him, which is the rule of the Ming Dynasty, although the officials took annual leave, but the important officials in Beijing wanted to go to the court early in the morning of the Yuan Day, and the officials outside Beijing also had to look at the door to worship.

Fortunately, such a pilgrimage was just a formality, and under the leadership of Zhengde, the civil and military officials knelt down to worship heaven and earth, and then congratulated each other, and then went back to their respective yamen to congratulate their subordinates and colleagues on duty; After working from early morning to midnight, Song Nan had time to return to his home.

The old and young in the house are already wearing new clothes and waiting for Song Nan to come back, sticking door gods, sticking Spring Festival couplets, worshipping ancestors, burning incense and candles, and they are very busy.

After Uncle Zhong sent Song Nan's New Year's greeting card along the street, he summoned more than 30 members of the family to come to the back house to pay New Year's greetings to Song Mother and Song Nan and Aunt Lu Qingli.

Then Lu Qingli ordered someone to bring out the dishes and fruit plates and put them on the table, Song Nan who could be seen at this time was dazzled, he didn't touch the family affairs, he didn't expect that the family had prepared so much food for the New Year, and the food just in the morning tea was already full of dazzling.

Mother Song is a maidservant girl from a large family, she is familiar with these things, she used to get these things under every condition, but now she has a big business, and she is happy, so she naturally used all the means in the Song Mansion in the past, and under her command, she prepared a large number of pastries and fruits. Dim sum includes pork steamed buns, Jiang rice cakes, yellow millet dumplings, and rice cake strips; Wine and food include marinated chicken bacon, bad wind fish, pheasant feet, deer and rabbit breast; Fruits include pine hazelnut, lotus qing, peach apricot, melon kernel, chestnut jujube, branch round, hawthorn cake, Geng cake, green branch grape, Baizigang pomegranate, Qiubo pear, Pingpo fruit, lion orange, phoenix, orange slices, bayberry and so on.

There are two tables in the outer hall, one table is for the servants and maids to enjoy, the other table is to entertain the guests who come to visit the New Year at any time, and a table is also placed in the inner hall of the three entrances, which is for the mother and son of the Song family and Ye Fanggu, Lu Qingli, Xiaopinger, Li Xiaomei and others.

Song Nan had been tossing all morning, dizzy from hunger, eating a lot of cakes and fruits, and drinking two cups of hot tea, then he was in a good mood, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "Why didn't you invite Miss Dai to have morning tea?" Is it in the Frontrooms? ”

Ye Fanggu peeled off a kernel and put it in front of Song Nan, glanced at him and said, "Did you just remember to ask Miss Dai at this time?" I asked people to come back, but they didn't care, and no one knew what to do if they starved to death. ”

Lu Qingli smiled and said: "Brother Song, I have already asked my little sister to call her, but Miss Dai seems to be unhappy and unwilling to come, Sister Ping'er sent some fruit refreshments to her yard, don't worry." ”

Mother Song sighed: "It's no wonder that she is a lonely woman who has been transformed under the New Year's Festival, and she is naturally in a bad mood, maybe she misses her relatives, it's pitiful." ”

Ye Fanggu glanced at Song Nan and said, "Why don't you go and see her?" ”

Song Nan hurriedly shook his head and said: "I won't go, if you want to go, you will go, she doesn't have a good impression of me, I went to make her unhappy." ”

Ye Fanggu smiled: "The bell must be tied to the bell, Miss Dai has a misunderstanding with you, don't you plan to explain?" Besides, you brought people back, who will go if you don't go? ”

Song Nan said: "Qingli went to greet me for me, isn't Qingli quite familiar with Miss Dai these days?" ”

Lu Qingli said with a smile: "I will accompany my mother-in-law with my sister to Longqing Temple to burn incense." ”

Song Nan thought for a while and stood up and said, "I'll take a look, every festive season, her father's new funeral, and great changes, it is indeed pitiful." ”

The small courtyard where Dai Su'er lives is in the back garden of Sijin, Song's mother lives in the east, and the small courtyard in the west is Dai Suer's residence across the small garden carefully built by Fan Heng.

Song Nan walked along the swept stone path to the back garden, and hesitated at the weeping flower gate of the small courtyard in the west, rubbing his hands and pacing a few steps; In the courtyard, a maidservant who arranged to serve Dai Su'er came out to pour water, saw Song Nan wandering at the gate of the courtyard, and hurriedly saluted: "Young master." ”

Song Nan walked in hard, looked into the room, and asked, "Is Miss Dai here?" ”

The maidservant said: "Miss Dai went out, it seems to have gone to the garden, we want to follow, but she won't let me." ”

Song Nan sighed and said, "Then I'll take a look." He turned around and walked out of the weeping flower gate and walked along the path to the garden, where the rockery was covered with thick snow, and the green bamboo was white, and there was silence all around; On the path on the ground, a line of small footprints stretched forward, leading to a deep place, presumably the footprints left by Dai Su'er passing through here.

Song Nan slowly followed the footprints forward, a tall rockery in front of him, the footprints turned along the side of the rockery, Song Nan came to the garden several times, and knew that there was an open field in front of the road, bypassing the side of the rockery or seeing Dai Suer's figure, he was hesitating whether to disturb her, and suddenly heard a whimpering sound in his ears.

Song Nan's body shook and he recognized that it was not a crying whimper, but the sound of a hole flute, which must be Dai Su'er blowing the flute, so he stopped and stood beside the rockery to listen; But hearing the sorrow of Dong Xiao, lingering and compassionate, as if crying blood from a person, sighing that his life experience was drifting, and the contract between life and death was broad, which made Song Nan frown tightly and his heart tightened.

The sound of this cave flute is naturally Dai Suer's self-grieving life experience, and she is also missing her deceased relatives, but listening to Song Nan's ears, it also resonates with Song Nan. Busy and noisy on weekdays, intrigues, sometimes forget who you are, and forget the world you once lived in, you come here alone and inexplicably, and your relatives and friends in that life are gone, and you will never go back. Although I don't know if they are okay in that space, even if they are still alive, for Song Nan, it is tantamount to life and death.

The sound of the flute was tactful and lingering, and after the song was played, Song Nan actually had tears in the corners of his eyes, and he sighed softly.

"Who...... Who's there? Dai Suer's trembling voice came from the side of the rockery.

Song Nan hurriedly tidied up, walked out, and arched his hand: "It's me, Miss Dai." ”

Dai Su'er was standing in the open space on the side of the rockery in a moon-white hood, and a plum tree around her was blooming brilliantly, and under the background of the red plum, she became more and more beautiful and charming, but her white face was indifferent.

"What are you doing here? Sneaky. Dai Su'er turned her head and looked at the buds on the plum tree, her tone cold.

Song Nan said: "I saw that Miss Dai didn't go to dinner, nor did she go to play with everyone, so I came to take a look, you need to know that today is the first day of the Lunar New Year." ”

Dai Su'er said lightly: "What about people whose families are ruined and who have died? This is the day of family reunion, but where are the relatives of the slave family? ”

Song Nan sighed: "Yes, but people can't always indulge in pain, life always has to go on, always be quiet here, what's the benefit?" ”

Dai Su'er turned her head and said coldly: "What you said is easy, my father died tragically, buried in a thin coffin, my mother died of illness a month ago, I originally had parents who loved me, a warm home, and suddenly fell apart, do you want me to accompany your Song family to celebrate the New Year?" You also have a share in all this, don't think that you saved me, so you consider yourself the master, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and one day you will have retribution. ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "I don't want to explain this matter, some things are not measured by right and wrong, your father's death is a victim of power, Ling Zun is a direct minister, with a strong personality, he was humiliated by Liu Jin, and he chose that path is also iron-clad, although he died, he was admired; My official position is low, and I can't save it if I want to, so you can ask Li Dongyang University in the future; I saved you at the behest of him, and I don't want your Dai family to suffer, but it's not any intention. ”

Dai Su'er said lightly: "What's the use of talking about this now?" My father died, and I didn't know where his bones were. The sky has no eyes, why did it teach me to be born in this world and suffer so much. ”

Song Nan was surprised: "What? You don't know where your father is buried? ”

Dai Su'er gritted her silver teeth, tears flowed from her eyes, and she said sadly: "After my father died, the family house was blocked, they said that my father's crime was a disaster for the family, and we were not allowed to go out, so we waited for punishment in the house, and sent soldiers into the house to monitor; Mother...... The mother was frightened, and she was already suffering from a stubborn illness, but this time she couldn't survive it, and she died soon after; I wanted to die, but I didn't believe that my father would have the great sin of storming the emperor's bedroom, and I also believed that the heavens would be clear that one day he would be wronged and comfort the souls of his parents; But will that day come? It's to let me be crushed, and I'm willing, but unfortunately I'm willing to be crushed, but what's the point? ”

Song Nan looked at Dai Su'er's painful appearance, and felt sorry for herself in her heart, and thought for a while: "Miss Dai, I don't know how to comfort you, and I'm not good at comforting people, but please take care of your body; It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, if you want to take revenge, you can't burn your body, and if you keep your life, there will be hope; Song may not be able to help much, but I will remove the slave for you, and when the time comes, you can go wherever you like, and Song will never force you to stay; How I am Song Nan, time will tell. ”