Chapter 123

When Shanniang and Yuan Changqing came to the old lady's courtyard again, the widowed second and third aunts had already come. So the old lady gave an order, and everyone went to the main hall together.

In the main hall, incense cases, paper horses and other objects have already been set up. As the grandson of the eldest house, no matter how much Mrs. Yuan and Yuan Li wanted to help Yuan Changxing ascend to the throne, they had to let Yuan Changqing rank in front at this time.

After the old lady finished the incense, it was Yuan Li and his wife and the second aunt and the third aunt. After them, it was Yuan Changqing and Shanniang who were incense. After they finished the incense, it was Yuan Changxing and Yuan Yongmei's turn.

Although it is such a set of processes every year, because there is an extra Shanniang this year, Yuan Yongmei suddenly felt that there was a difference between Yuan Changqing and her family - she had felt that when she was talking and laughing with her parents, as long as Yuan Changqing came in, the atmosphere was always a little wrong, but she couldn't say what was wrong. Now that there is a more Shanniang, she realizes that the original feeling is as awkward as a stranger breaking into the house.

Sure enough, Yuan Changqing was just her cousin in the next room.

While Yuan Yongmei was thinking nonsense there, Shanniang was also silently looking at the people in front of her.

At this time, it can be seen that the Yuan family is really thin. When Shanniang was in her mother's house, the ancestors at the beginning of the year, it always took a long time to line up for incense, but the Yuan family had no one after Yuan Yongmei.

Looking at the empty lobby with just a few people, the old lady also sighed, turned back to Yuan Changqing and said, "Now that you are married, the family is counting on you." As he spoke, he took Shanniang's hand and patted it kindly.

Shanniang lowered her head, and there was an indescribable melancholy in her heart. In her previous life, she was not a good mother, but in this life, she was different from Yuan Changqing, but she was not sure that she could become a qualified mother.

Here she hung her head, but the old lady laughed as if she was shy.

The old lady gave the order to accept the incense case, and then led the family back to the warm pavilion.

As soon as they entered the door, before everyone sat down, Yuan Changxing and Yuan Yongmei glanced at each other, grabbed them out, stepped forward and kowtowed to the old lady, shouting all kinds of auspicious words for the New Year. The old lady suddenly laughed, pulled the two of them up one by one, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid I've been looking forward to this moment since yesterday, right?" As he spoke, he turned around and was about to take the New Year's red envelope, but suddenly saw Yuan Changqing and his wife standing side by side.

The old lady was stunned, and then she remembered that according to the rules, it should be orderly. So she hurriedly smiled and poked Yuan Changxing's forehead with her hand, and said, "Two monkeys, because of the New Year's money, they forgot the etiquette?" Your brother and sister-in-law haven't come to pay New Year's greetings yet, so what's your turn? ”

These words, to listen to the good, are to say that Yuan Changxing and Yuan Yongmei are naughty; At worst, Yuan Changqing and Shanniang are sluggish.

Shanniang looked at Yuan Changqing, knowing that others were used to being a stuffy gourd, so she pulled his sleeve, stepped forward with him to greet the old lady for the New Year, and looked up and smiled: "Old lady, don't blame your younger brothers and sisters, who didn't come over like this when they were young?" Children are looking forward to the New Year, aren't they looking forward to a New Year's money. ”

The old lady said that it was "children are naughty", and Shan Niang simply followed her and simply said that the two were really small. Although Yuan Changxing is now seventeen years old, Yuan Yongmei is also sixteen years old, and she can't be regarded as a "child" anymore.

People at this age are afraid of being treated as children, Yuan Yongmei was not happy when she heard it, but it was difficult to say anything - first of all, they were children, her own grandmother!

Yuan Yongmei was unhappy, but Yuan Changxing had other thoughts in her heart, looking at Shanniang with a smile and bending her eyes, she said while saluting: "Sister-in-law, good New Year......"

Before his voice fell, Shan Niang had already dodged away from his salute, and said with a smile: "Second brother is confused again, isn't he?" After worshipping the old lady, and how many elders are there, where will it be our turn? She deliberately didn't mention that he only worshiped her and didn't worship Yuan Changqing.

Even if she didn't mention it, Yuan Changqing also noticed it, so she was very unhappy in her heart.

In fact, not only Yuan Yongmei felt that Yuan Changqing was awkward in the middle of the family, but if there were no outsiders, the old lady would not want this grandson to wander around in front of her. The juniors finished their respective New Year's greetings, Yuan Yongmei and Yuan Changxing both took the New Year's money from Yuan Changqing, and when Yuan Changxing was still tired of talking to Shanniang, the old lady suddenly said: "I stayed up all night last night to keep the New Year, hurry up and go back to make up for sleep," and asked Yuan Changqing again, "Ming'er, are you going to your grandfather's house?" ”

Yuan Changqing responded, "Yes." ”

The old lady turned her head and asked the fourth lady, "Ming'er, who are we inviting in our family?" ”

The fourth lady said with a smile: "In addition to the two girls and aunts, there are a few aunts and sisters-in-law in the family who have made an appointment to come to visit the New Year. However, the outer courtyard invited outsiders. As he spoke, he looked at Yuan Li.

Yuan Li glanced at Yuan Changqing before he said: "The outer courtyard invites a few close friends and colleagues, and the other is those old people who often come and go." The so-called "old people" refer to those old people of Yuan Jiajun.

The old lady turned her head to look at Yuan Changqing, waiting for Yuan Changqing to answer, but Yuan Changqing was silent, so the old lady smiled and said, "Are you going to your grandfather's house later?" Or come back earlier? Those old people come to you every year to pay New Year's greetings, and this year is your first year of marriage, so it's not good to see you. ”

Yuan Changqing replied: "I am a junior, they are all elders, I came to pay New Year's greetings to the fourth uncle and the old lady, it doesn't matter if I don't see me." ”

The reason why the old lady and Yuan Li arranged this way was that they didn't want Yuan Changqing to see those people, but now that he finally took it, they immediately nodded with satisfaction.

Turning around, Yuan Changqing pulled Shanniang back to Hancuixuan, and as soon as he entered the door, he said to Shanniang: "In the future, if you stay away from Yuan Changxing, I don't see him looking at you right." ”

"You noticed it too?" Shanniang sneered, plucked a hairpin from her head, poked it into the air, and said indignantly: "I haven't avenged the revenge of the broken leg!" The next time he dares to look at me like that, I'll have to poke him! ”

Yuan Changqing was stunned, suddenly laughed, stepped forward to pick her up, turned around in the air, and said in her ear and smiled: "I forgot, my thirteenth son is no longer willing to suffer." ”

Shanniang originally said this sentence as a joke, but she didn't expect that at night, she really almost poked Yuan Changxing with a hairpin.

Let's say that this is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the dinner is very formal, and the old lady also ordered people to set off fireworks in the courtyard. When Shanniang came back from changing clothes, she turned to the back porch, and suddenly a person came out of the oblique thorn, which startled Shanniang. When he looked up again, it was Yuan Changxing.

"Where did my sister-in-law go?" Yuan Changxing leaned over with a hippie smile, "Don't you even look at such beautiful fireworks?" ”

Shanniang turned around to find Wufu, but found that Wufu, who was originally following behind her, had somehow disappeared. She frowned, and suddenly thought of Yuan Changqing in the previous life using Yuan Changxing to move out. And in this life, Yuan Changqing is going to participate in the imperial examination in April, but he can't be asked to do that bitter trick anymore. So in the blink of an eye, Shanniang had a plan in her heart, so she changed her smile and asked Yuan Changxing, "Why didn't you watch the fireworks?" ”

Seeing that she accosted him, Yuan Changxing was so overjoyed that he was almost scratching his ears and cheeks, so he took another step forward and said with a smile: "It's not that I didn't see my sister-in-law, I'm worried about my sister-in-law." ”

Shanniang clenched her fists, and only then resisted the urge to pull out the hairpin to poke him, then took a step sideways with a smile, and continued to walk forward, while talking to Yuan Changxing without looking back, "I haven't seen you for a few years, your mouth is still so sweet." The little girl in Beijing has been fooled by you, right? As she spoke, she tilted her head and glanced at him.

Yuan Changxing's heart moved, and he suddenly felt that this Shanniang was really on the road, and she was also a merryman, so she hurriedly stepped forward again, leaned into Shanniang's ear and said: "Sister-in-law laughs at me, in fact, I have to say it, none of the girls I have met over the years are more ...... than my sister-in-law."

"Thirteen!"

Suddenly, there was a low shout from ahead.

Yuan Changxing was startled and hurriedly took a step back.

Shanniang walked a few steps quickly, rushed to Yuan Changqing's side, looked at him and smiled: "Come to pick me up?" ”

Yuan Changqing didn't squeak, only looked at Yuan Changxing coldly.

Yuan Changxing hurriedly smiled and said, "Coincidentally, I happened to meet my sister-in-law halfway." He suddenly raised his eyebrows, looked at Yuan Changqing and said, "Big brother, you really don't worry about your sister-in-law for a moment." ”

After he turned around and left, Yuan Changqing wrinkled his eyebrows, and was just about to reproach Shanniang, when he saw Shanniang suddenly reach out to hold his arm, and stood there retching.

"What's wrong?!" Yuan Changqing was taken aback.

Shanniang shook her head, held his arm and let out a sigh, stroked her chest and said, "I'm disgusting!" How can there be such a bastard in the world! ”

Looking at her, Yuan Changqing was speechless for a while. After a pause, he said, "Then you still take care of him?" ”

Shanniang glanced at him, "It's not for you." Then he asked, "The front is scattered?" ”

"No," Yuan Changqing shook his head, "I told the old lady that I would go to my uncle's house tomorrow." After a pause, he added, "Actually, without me, they are more like a family." ”

Shanniang was silent, then reached out and pinched his muscular arm, and said, "They are not your family, I am." ”

Yuan Changqing suddenly turned his head to look at Shanniang. Although Shanniang had promised to live a good life with him for the rest of her life, at that time, she always made him feel that she was reluctant to agree, and this sentence was obviously said willingly.

"Shan'er......"

He took a step closer to her, and before he could speak, he suddenly heard an "oops" not far away.

Yuan Changqing and Shanniang turned their heads to look at the same time, only to see Wufu suddenly turn his back and cover his eyes with his hands.

Shanniang couldn't cry or laugh for a while, and shouted at Wufu: "Wufu, where did you just go?" In the blink of an eye, it's gone! ”

Wufu turned around at this time, smiled at Yuan Changqing, and complained to Shanniang: "Don't mention it, I just didn't know which daredevils stepped on my shoes, I lifted a shoe, and when I looked up, I didn't see the girl." I asked a mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law gave me directions, but I had almost turned the house around in the past few days, otherwise I was afraid that I would be pointed to the outer courtyard. ”

Shanniang and Yuan Changqing looked at each other, and immediately understood in their hearts that eight to nine times out of ten were Yuan Changxing's handiwork.

When the two returned to the room, Yuan Changqing warned Shanniang again: "You stay away from him." ”

Shanniang came to him with her hands behind her back and smiled, "You're worried about me? ”

"Of course!"

Yuan Changqing's bluntness suddenly made Shanniang's face hot, and she hurriedly took a step back, looked at Yuan Changqing, who was wiping her hands with a towel, and said, "I found something." ”

Yuan Changqing handed the towel to Sanhe, waved his hand at a few maids, and then stood there watching the maids all go out, and Mother Li also brought the door intimately, he turned around, walked slowly towards her, and asked with flashing eyes, "What?" ”

Although he had not been married for a month, the light flashing in his eyes meant something, but Shanniang had already understood enough. She couldn't help but step back as he took a step forward, and said, "I found out that you call me 'Thirteen'er' in front of people, and only 'Shan'er' behind your back......"

"Really? Don't you notice! ”

Yuan Changqing forced over step by step, and at that time, the sharp and sometimes soft gaze made Shanniang alert and itchy for a while, so she smiled and retreated step by step, but when her heel touched the couch at the head of the bed, Yuan Changqing rushed over and hugged her. In a blink of an eye, he threw her on the bed, and then pressed her over like a hungry tiger pounced, restrained her hands and said, "Don't you understand? You are my wife, mine! It's just mine. So even the name is his......

After a while, when he felt that the punishment was enough, he raised his head from Shanniang's lips, but his heart flashed by her bright red lips, and then he stroked her lips and said, "Say, what bad idea are you fighting?" ”

Shanniang was stunned, "How do you know?" ”

He hooked his finger on her chin, lowered his eyes and smiled, "You said you know me, don't I know you?" Say, what do you want to do? Then he suddenly complained, "I remember everything you said, but I found that you yourself would not do it." ”

"What's wrong with me?" Shan Niang writhed under him in disbelief, but he shivered suddenly. The trembling extended to her, causing her eyes to soften, and she raised her head and touched the shallow groove on his chin with her lips, and said, "I didn't know you had a groove here......

"Where?" Yuan Changqing kissed her neck, then suddenly raised his head, pressed her and said, "Wait, don't interrupt, can we still talk properly?" ”

Shanniang thought about it, and then realized that they seemed to be tired of it, and the topic was always off track. "Okay, you say." She laughed.

Yuan Changqing was stunned, shook his head and smiled: "What did I just ask you?" Then he asked, "What did we say before?" ”

"You have a groove in your chin." Shanniang smiled.

"This is a scar, not a ditch." Yuan Changqing said with a smile, "I was pushed down the steps by Yuan Changxing when I was a child. ”

Shanniang was silent for a while, and then deliberately learned the mantra of the old women in her hometown "Oh yo", touched his chin and smiled: "What a handsome brother, it's broken." He added, "It's not a deep loss, otherwise I'm afraid no one will ask you to be a tanhualang." ”

"What, is this looking down on me?" Yuan Changqing smiled, "I can only get a tanhua?" I think I should be a champion. ”

Shanniang blinked. In his previous life, he was a tanhua, but in this life, he didn't even participate in the same imperial examination, so he really didn't necessarily win a champion.

"Ah," she chuckled, "digression again." ”

Yuan Changqing also smiled silently on her forehead. Then he suddenly looked up and said, "I remember what I'm going to say." First, you don't allow me to hide anything from you, but you never tell me what you think......"

"Are you complaining?"

Shanniang raised her eyebrows very coldly. That pretty appearance made Yuan Changqing itch again, so he lowered his head and pecked at her tall eyebrows, and said, "Don't interrupt." Second, what do you want to do with Yuan Changxing? ”

Shanniang raised her eyebrows at him again, pulled out a hand from under his confinement, and said, "First, because you have a slate face, what you think in your heart, don't say that others can't guess it." And what I'm thinking in my heart, you can see it at a glance, so if I don't say that you know, I'll be lazy and don't say it......"

"Sophistry!"

Yuan Changqing bit her nose, but asked her to slap his face away, and then broke up the second finger, and said: "Second, when it comes to moving out, you said that you have a way, but you are the one who wants to participate in the Spring Festival, compared to them, you are just a jade bottle, and it is not cost-effective to hurt the jade bottle in order to fight mice, so I think I have to do this matter." Didn't Yuan Changxing want to die? Isn't the old lady a good face? I just found an opportunity to make such a scene in front of the old lady, either we moved out, or they kicked Yuan Changxing out. They'd rather kick us out......"

Before she finished speaking, she asked Yuan Changqing to press her hand, frowned, and said, "No!" You're risking your innocence! ”

"Cut, innocent!" Shanniang thought of the Queen Mother's words, and couldn't help but feel a burst of anger, "I'm afraid I have already lost my reputation for innocence......"

"No......"

"Listen to me!" Shanniang raised her hand to cover his mouth, "I won't be stupid enough to ruin my reputation in front of everyone, I just need to make a fuss in front of the old lady and the fourth master." It's about Yuan Changxing, and they don't dare to make a big deal out of it......"

"No way!" Yuan Changqing pushed away her hand again, pressed her and said, "Don't come nonsense!" I had a plan......"

"Through Yuan Changxing's jealousy of you, you want him to hurt you once?!" Shanniang narrowed her eyes and glared at him, "How do you know that you won't really get hurt?!" You're going to participate in the Spring Festival, and it's not appropriate to hurt a star at all......"

"That's not up to you!" Yuan Changqing said, "I am your husband, I should solve your problem, and my problem can't trouble you, didn't we agree so at that time?!" ”

Shan Niang was stunned, her heart suddenly softened, she stretched out her hand to wrap around his waist, and said, "But I also said, how can we tell each other now?" If there is a problem, it is time for us to solve it together. She knew that he was not a person who would compromise lightly, so she sighed and said, "Let's see, there is always another way." ”

Yuan Changqing also sighed and hugged her for a while. The two snuggled up to each other, Yuan Changqing thought that he had persuaded Shanniang, but Shanniang was secretly thinking in her heart, how could she not hurt herself and take revenge on Yuan Changxing, and by the way, she also asked the old lady and Yuan Li to suffer a dumb loss, and agreed to move them out......

- So, in fact, smart people have shortcomings, especially when they think they are smarter than the person in their arms, they are more likely to be fooled.