Chapter 81: The Wonder of the New Year
It was too depressing to accompany the two ladies to pass the time with backgammon and wait for dawn. In the Tang Dynasty, I was accustomed to the regular life of resting at sunset and rising at sunrise, and I have long lost the majestic posture of staying up all night and going to KTV to sing a lot.
Ying and the second daughter are also sleepy-eyed, sleepy, and the chess path has gradually become weird.
It's not a way to go on like this, and if you can't wait for the housekeeper to come out and release the explosive rod, you'll have to do it all. As the head of the family, you have to liven up the atmosphere, and finally celebrate the New Year, you can't watch it so lifeless.
"Ying, second daughter, stop, the chess is all outside the chessboard. Sit down and tell you both stories. "Ancient people were superstitious, and telling ghost stories at midnight on New Year's Day should have more atmosphere, this idea couldn't help but make my spirits suddenly lift, and the squeaky and screaming of girls who can scare is more true," all sit next to me. Come, sit in the middle of the kang, and don't lean against the wall. The second daughter, go and blow the oil lamp. "To tell a ghost story, you have to create an atmosphere, sit in the middle of the kang, and be helpless around in the dark, so that the feeling of horror can be brought into full play.
Cultivate the atmosphere first, and let's have a low fear coefficient, "Painted Skin".
"Sit down, sit down. Second girl, sit down, no one of the three is allowed to suffer anyone! "I pushed my second daughter out of the way, and as soon as the little girl's light went out, she rubbed me with oil, which made it difficult for me to get into the role." I paused for a moment to give the listener a sense of the darkness and silence, and began to narrate in a low and hoarse tone: "This is what has happened in the last two days, it may be a real thing, someone has seen it." There is a scholar named Cao Xianhuan in Chang'an City, with a general family scene, there is a small courtyard....... when he came in quietly, he saw the woman facing the mirror, "At the critical moment, I paused for a moment, and said gloomily in the dark: "Ying, you just made sure that the door is plugged in?" How do I feel like something is coming in, as if I'm climbing onto the kang......."
"Yikes! In the darkness, the two female listeners screamed and pounced on me, as if two high-speed locomotives had crashed into my body at the same time, almost squeezing out the snack I had just eaten. Ying hugged my neck vigorously, trying to strangle me to death, the second daughter's little head pierced my flesh like a pencil, and my ribs were about to break...... "It's okay, it's okay, there's a husband, it's safe." I took them in my arms and comforted them. Heart-wrenching, manly, no! Full of heroism, it seems that no one dares to sleep before dawn, wahaha....
The two ladies snuggled up to me and listened to the story, from "Painted Skin" to "The Ghost Road Trilogy", in the middle of the night, their mouths were dry, and they also blended into the terrifying atmosphere and couldn't extricate themselves. Ying also deliberately pulled a large bunk to wrap herself, only exposing her ears to listen, and the second daughter climbed on top of me and remained motionless until the crisp explosion of the blast came. Finally relieved, I let out a long sigh and fumbled with the oil lamp, "You two go out to see the blast rod, won't you?"
Ying and the second daughter shook their heads in refusal.
"Good! Drink water, undress, sleep! I can't hold it anymore, my brain is groggy, "New Year's Eve, come, everyone squeeze together to sleep, the second daughter also comes, check to see if you have grown up ......"
The second girl jumped over, and Ying helplessly poked me on the waist a few times, pulled my arm and fell asleep.
In the second year of junior high school, the family began to give congratulatory gifts to the elders of their relatives and relatives according to the custom, wishing them good life and good health. Ying carefully listed a gift list, all the elders who had dealings with the Wang family had to give gifts one by one, a little negligence or omission would cause misunderstanding, and it must not be taken lightly.
"Husband, the gift list has been prepared, can you see if there are any mistakes?" Ying carefully dried the ink and handed over the list.
"Okay, I'll take a look." I took the list as a dog to look at the stars, and I was dazzled by the dense names of people, fortunately, most of them know, but some of them have never even heard of their names, it may be the old relationship of Wang Xiu's father, and if you have the opportunity, you have to visit, don't break the contact, after all, it is the Tang Dynasty, and the favor is greater than the sky.
Yes? I was surprised to see that the words 'Princess Lanling' appeared in the list unusually eye-catchingly, when did she grow up, I can't accept it! It's just inexplicable.
"Ying," I pointed to Lan Ling's name, "Is this a mistake?" Look at this ......... "Could it be that the next time I see her, I have to add an honorific title to the back, such as Aunt Princess? Psychologically unacceptable!
Ying looked at me with a strange smile for a while, lifted the brush and pulled Lanling's name off, and said with a smile: "It's wrong." Princess Lanling often comes and goes to our house, she is the daughter of the first emperor, and her husband is a generation lower than others, so it stands to reason that she should also send a gift to us, but since her husband is unwilling to bow his head, then he will be exempted. The concubine thought, let's really send this gift over, I don't know what kind of mood the princess is in, hehe....."
"Hey, it's nothing....." Ying deliberately, she could only smirk, what else could she do?
"It's all gone, what else can I do with the concubine?" Ying glanced at me with a smile, "Agreeable, right?" Then follow this list. β
"Wait a minute," I suddenly remembered the Cao family, since Cao Xianhuan and Cheng Chu have a good relationship, and I also know him, I might as well send a copy to the Cao family, how to say that his father is also a secretary of the Ministry of Industry, multiple relationships and multiple roads, "Send a copy to Cao Shangshu, I and the fifth child of his family are now colleagues, and the relationship is good. β
"This is natural," Ying nodded, adding the Cao family to the list, "I still admire my husband very much, since you recovered from your illness, many people with status are willing to deal with our family." In the Chinese New Year alone, there are more than a dozen cars of gifts, all of which are from families in the capital. β
"That's it!" Listening to Ying's words, I couldn't help but feel proud. At the root of the wall, he turned over the pu fan out to make a wise appearance, and said proudly: "The mountain is not high, and there are immortals in the name." The water is not deep, and if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual. Si is a burrow, but Wu Dexin. The moss marks are green, and the grass is green. There is a lot of talk and laughter, and there is no white ding. β
"Oops! , it's not too dirty, a fan is full of dust, hurry up and throw it away! Ying waved her hand to scatter the flying ash around her, snatched the fan and threw it out, "Just two words of praise came up, and the people were disgraced." β
"Lady, how about the few words you just chanted for your husband?" I want to show off my knowledge at home.
"I'm busy, I have to go to the front to count, the husband will read it to the second daughter first, and the concubine won't be able to take care of it." Ying didn't give face directly, patted the dust on her body, took the gift list and walked towards the front yard.
Ay! The pearl is dark, and it is not at the right time! Just as she was sighing, Ying ran back again. Could it be that she remembered the elegance of the little word I had just recited? Hurry up and put a proud POSS out, and wait for her to come and ask me for advice.
"Husband!" Ying called me with a happy face.
"Oh, what does Madame have to say?" His eyes are deep, his posture is elegant, and his expression is calm, like Zhuge Kongming. I don't have a furry fan in front of me, but it's a pity.
"The courtyard in the villa has been renovated, and Steward Yan has just sent someone to ask when we will go, and she is so prepared." Ying looked at me expectantly, waiting for me to come up with an idea.
"Oh?" Listening to Ying's words, I was overjoyed, and I had already left Zhuge Zhiliang behind, "The fish pond has also been repaired?" "The last time I left, I saw that the clear stream water flowed out in vain and wasted, and I planned to bring a stream to build a pond with some fish and shrimp king or something, and I could eat fresh river food when I had time. With the addition of the flavor of grilled fresh fish, you will become a fairy with a beer.
"Alright, it's all done!" Ying said excitedly. "Husband set a date, let's go over and live for a while. The messenger said that they were still wearing jackets, and they were freezing in the concierge to bake the fire, hehe. β
"Good, good! It's uncomfortable to cover the leather jacket for a day, go, go this time! I was in a hurry, so I turned around and looked for the second daughter, shouting loudly, "The second daughter!" β
"Don't shout!" Ying pulled me, "I can't leave today, the things haven't been sent out yet." β
"Leaving tomorrow?" I asked tentatively, the key is not to understand how the Tang Dynasty celebrated the New Year, and to arrange things later, don't delay serious things in order to avoid the cold.
Ying pondered for a while, and clapped her hands happily, "You can go tomorrow, as long as you come back before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and leave early tomorrow morning." Where did the second daughter go? Child! Ying Xue shouted, and the penetrating power of the female voice was super strong.
It's strange, the second daughter usually comes over as soon as she shouts, why hasn't there been any movement today? "You go to the front to prepare gifts first, I'll look for her, don't get down to business." I sent Ying away first, and I don't know what tricks the second daughter does, and I just got up in the morning and saw her sneaky.
I searched all over the yard, and I didn't see the shadow of the second daughter, and I asked all the maids around the second daughter one by one, but I didn't know what to ask, and I wanted to beat people when I was angry. This palace is also built big, it's so troublesome to find someone, tossing for more than half an hour, all the backyard houses have turned around, no. Will it be in the garden? Go over and take a look, what is the stinky girl making trouble, and she won't say hello.
The garden is still snowy, and as soon as I come in, I see footprints on the snow, yes, it's the second daughter! Girl, see that I don't give your ass a shit, so I looked for footprints and stepped on it all the way in anger. The snow looks fluffy, in fact, the upper layer has been frozen hard, stepping on it rattling, and when I saw the second daughter, she had already found me, and was busy covering the ground with snow.
The second girl's face was drenched, and her two big eyes were red and swollen, as if she was crying when she found me coming, took the snow on the ground and wiped her face, trying to cover it up.
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