It was getting late, and the meal at the end of the year was much earlier than usual, and the subordinates of each door and courtyard finished their work early, waiting for the arrival of the New Year with bulging red envelopes.

All kinds of dried fruit snacks are on the kang table, according to Ying's instructions, the kang is warm, the tea is boiling, and the strong tea is strong. Ying was happy tonight, Lanling brought a souvenir, the fourth child was recognized at the banquet, in view of the love for the fourth child, Lanling invited her to go back to the house for the New Year's Pass, and she would not send it back in the evening, so that Ying could rest assured.

"It's a good thing, a great thing." Ying sent someone to report to her parents on the one hand, and arranged a vigil on the other hand. The second daughter dragged her pet to run to the garden for training, and the fine dog needs to be carefully trained to become a good rabbit picker, and has to arrange for it to run every day to improve its speed and flexibility.

I took a book I don't know what it was, and leaned back in the soft chair in a daze. Being in a daze is enjoyment, and it is something that ordinary people don't have time to do but yearn for. The mind was blank, there was no distraction, time stood still, and I entered a state of cerebral palsy, far beyond the realm of meditation, and went straight to the colorless and aspectless that Buddhism admires. It seems that enlightened people, the six impure roots have more potential to become Buddhas, especially if they are full of food and drink, have a happy family, and have no shortage of money, that is a Buddha, such as a Buddha who comes to the Buddha and is a Buddha.

At this time, Ying never interfered with me, and always put the temperature of the tea just at my hand, she knew that I couldn't tell the difference between hot and cold at this time.

Done! Yes, after each daze, I am full of energy and energy. "Bring me my coat!"

"It's so late, and my husband is going out?" Ying was puzzled and took the big coat and draped it over me.

"Yes, I'm going to go out!" Nodding firmly, the pace of the God of Gamblers, wearing a fur coat. Let his sleeves hang in the air, open the door of the house, enter the depths of the winter night, and go straight to the latrine.

The second daughter has a harvest, and in the cold winter, she can also catch prey in her own garden, admire.

Ying angrily slapped the second girl's ass a few times, and shouted, "Don't hurry up and throw it out!" I bared my teeth and nodded in agreement. Recently, the sun is good, a little warmer, people rats go out to do some New Year's goods to recruit who to provoke whom, after the twenty-third day of the lunar month, it is not allowed to kill all the wind, and the most important thing is that it should not be taken back to show off, in case there is an infectious disease will be troublesome.

The second daughter and her pet were forcibly disinfected by me once, and the high degree of wine was dipped in a damp burlap on people's hands. The dog's mouth and paws were wiped three times, and the thin dog had the potential to be a drunkard, so he couldn't stop sticking out his tongue and licking it, and after a while, he ran all over the yard excitedly, and then fell asleep. Good wine.

"Don't suffer me, swagger, sit away." Ying frowned and pushed the second girl away from her, and concentrated on playing backgammon with me.

"Good. Okay, you're down. "The second daughter pestered Ying to no avail, and ran to snuggle up to me. Anyway, it's already a lack of skills, and it's just a matter of losing the color head. I gave up my place to my second daughter and started watching the game.

"This spring, our family will be busy." I leaned on the edge of the kang and watched the chess and gossip, "I can't rest on that big slope alone, at least I have to toss for half a year." ”

"Big slopes are all small things. The key is still the cotton on Fenghe, "Since the change of opponents, Ying has not had a good luck in chess, and the little copper that just won me was quickly piled up in front of the second daughter, and she has begun to withdraw money from her cash box." "The planning is good, but when it comes to the front of me, after all, it is the first time to plant this thing, and it will be time for spring sowing as soon as this year is over. I don't have enough confidence at all. ”

"What are you afraid of?" Took a few walnuts and cracked them off. One left and one right towards the mouths of the two ladies. "Even if it's a famine, it's not our family's money, and the court is fat. Don't worry. ”

"After all, that's also our thing, and we still hope to make quilts." Ying chewed the walnut kernels, lost another plate, and reluctantly gave the second daughter three copper plates, and said dissatisfiedly: "Thief and thief, if you win again, you will be allowed to go over there to see cotton next year." ”

The second daughter happily put the copper plates in a pile and counted them from time to time.

"The fourth child accompanied Lanling to keep the New Year today, and the old man has no opinion, right?" The Chinese New Year is a day of reunion, although I am also happy to have someone accompany Lanling, I am afraid that Ying's mother's family will complain, which is not humane.

"How can you have an opinion?" Ying lost in a hurry and messed up the chessboard, "Do it again, do it again!" ”

"Don't be in a hurry, you lost tonight, and you probably won't be able to keep your box of money tomorrow morning." I gloated on the side, the second daughter's IQ was a little higher than Ying's, maybe a little higher than me, so ......, "Don't underestimate our second daughter, under this thing, the fourth may not be an opponent." ”

Ying poked the second daughter's finger hatefully, "I don't know how long this thought is." "Saying that, he hugged the second daughter and looked at it for a while, "The second daughter followed the concubine for a while, and she was almost deceived by her pretending to be stupid," said and smiled and pinched the second daughter's little face, "How was the little fox's tail caught, eh?" ”

The second daughter was embarrassed and closed her eyes and did not move.

"How did you catch it?" I suddenly became more gossipy, and leaned over to inquire about the second daughter**.

"Back then, for her stupid appearance, she was beaten by concubines. Unlike other girls, I don't know how many times I cry, and the more stupid I look. Ying probably remembered the destruction of the second daughter's land affairs back then, and tightened her floor with an apologetic face, "The concubine practices calligraphy every day, and she stands next to her to serve, study ink, and wash a pen." The clever maid is clumsy at this time, but the second daughter is easy to use. As for how to use it, I couldn't say it at the time. If you lose your temper, you will call the second daughter to come over to vent your anger, practice writing and practicing calligraphy, and ask her to serve beside her, and she will come over one day after another. ”

"Oh, the second daughter suffered a lot of grievances back then," I touched the second daughter's head lovingly, and said softly: "In the future, you can be better to the second daughter, and make up for it." ”

The concubine thought the same thing. At that time, he was young and ignorant, and the family kept the concubine at home all the year round, so it was inevitable that he would lose his temper and have evil fire, and he often complained that he was not cultivated, but he couldn't control the action when he was angry. So at that time, I also regarded the second daughter as different from other maids, and always took it with me. Ying casually picked up a sweet almond and stuffed it into the second daughter's mouth, "Do you know how the concubine found out that the second daughter was wrong?" patted the second girl on the cheek and smiled: "When to paint, what pen is used when to write, what kind of ink is used on what paper, thick or thin." Whether it is strong or light, it needs to be carefully chosen. These things are usually in the hands of the concubine, but since the second daughter followed her, the concubine has gradually found that she is handy, and when there must be a suitable pen and ink handed over, she has never cared. It wasn't until the second daughter contracted an illness that she temporarily changed to a maid, and the maid was much more clever than the second daughter on weekdays. But as soon as I entered the study, I became a stupid eldest sister, and for a while, the painting was not like a painting, and the words were not like words, so I remembered the benefits of the second daughter. Thinking about it, the more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, no matter how well-behaved a girl under the age of ten was, she must have been able to do the land, but the family bought it was all children from poor families. I didn't have the opportunity to see these things since I was a child. Brushing the second daughter's hair, "How could you?" I haven't figured it out yet. If you don't say anything after a few fights, forget it. ”

Of course, Ying didn't know how the second daughter could be, I knew. Fang Xuanling is a famous person who likes Danqing, and his grandfather paints. The four- or five-year-old granddaughter is studying ink and handing over the pen on the side, and she is happy. It's a pity that the second daughter, if it weren't for Princess Gaoyang, the identity of the second daughter. It's not something that a declining little nobleman like me can climb, let alone a concubine.

"If you don't say it, don't say it, who doesn't have a snack yet." I took my second daughter from Ying's arms and asked her to climb into my arms. I vaguely saw the second daughter's eyes red, and knew that it involved her heart, "I'll leave this matter behind in the future, and don't mention it again." It's better to live this life safely than anything else. ”

"Yes." Ying clapped her hands, poured a glass of wine and drank herself. "I often can't figure it out, and I've been wary, but this time, if you look at what happened after the abolition of this time, the fate of the Liu family will be understood. The origin of the second daughter..."Shook his head sympathetically, "It is right that the husband does not participate in the government affairs of the court, no matter how big the family business is, he can't afford to toss it like this." ”

"Well, I know in my heart that there is no need to say it." Eyes hinted at Ying. "It's all family now. Home and everything is prosperous, relying on working together. throughout the year. The lady is a good housekeeper, the second daughter is well-run, this full grain depot, full of money cabinets, and a piece of new houses on the Zhuangzi are all the credit of the two wives. ”

"That's what my husband said." Ying leaned over with a smile, "Without your pillar, there is so much money and food." The concubine went out this time, and she was stained with the benefits of her husband, and she was beautiful wherever she went. Chang'an is small, and now the husband is full of fame. ”

"It's over, there's a limit to mutual praise, stop." It was a little disgusting for the husband and wife to say this, Ying probably had a revenge mentality, and saw that I hugged the second daughter and didn't build her. Deliberately looked around cautiously, lowered his voice and said hoarsely, "Do you listen to ghost stories?" ”

"Eun," as she did last year, Ying excitedly hugged the quilt and sat over, ready to drill into it at any time.

The second daughter in my arms also came alive, struggled out and leaned against the back of my back, and was hugged by me to listen to ghost stories not exciting, to brew the atmosphere.

Blowing the lamp and pulling out the wax, the Spring Festival ghost story gala with the characteristics of the Wang family began. In the dark, Wangcai's slamming of the door catalyzed the terrifying atmosphere, and this time even I was scared, so Wangcai was flattened.

Unfortunately, the ghost story still failed to overwhelm the sleepiness of the three, and the annual New Year's celebration ended successfully in the sound of the money housekeeper's land.

When I was dying, I faintly felt that the sound of this year's explosion was different from last year, and Steward Qian had made improvements again, it was not easy. looked at the sleeping second daughter in her arms, she didn't know when she got back again...... Lanling is sleeping now, right......

Dr. Chow was the first to come and protest against the money steward's explosive rod. Although I was still in a dream at the time and missed the protest process, Steward Qian later complained to Dr. Zhou in front of me, saying that Dr. Zhou was dissatisfied with the gunpowder I had invented, and thought that the group of poles led by me had disturbed the sleep of the animals.

"No matter how expensive the livestock is, how can it be compared with the festive New Year in our house?" Steward Qian pursed his lips disdainfully, "Doctor Zhou is a good person, but he doesn't know the priorities all the time, as if the livestock belongs to him alone." ”

"Hehe," I glanced at the money housekeeper, the old man was a little excited to receive a lot of dividends during the New Year, and it is estimated that the explosive rod will be released endlessly. "Let's talk about this, but don't ask Dr. Zhou to listen to it. Be careful to prescribe veterinary medicine next time. ”

"Yes, yes." The housekeeper realized the seriousness of the matter, "No, no, Doctor Zhou is a good person, how can he prescribe veterinary medicine to the old man." The medical ethics are well-known far and wide, and he also said that he wanted to give a New Year's gift to Dr. Zhou, why did he forget. Gotta send it quickly. The butler patted his head, arched his hand at me, and slipped away.

The old slippery head, seeing that the complaint had no effect, went down the stairs quickly. Anyway, it's okay in the new year, so I went to see Dr. Zhou at the livestock shed, and since the livestock at home was brought back, he threw himself on it. Rarely seen at home. Even the annual order was called by a messenger, and I didn't want to pay the housekeeper and the shopkeeper Hu, so I waited happily for a long time in the morning.

The livestock shed is magnificent, the oversized courtyard building, three of which are facing the sun for livestock, the backlit side is stacked with forage and farm tools, and there are a few large stone troughs in the middle of the yard that have not been dug to feed the forage. The six handymen who had made their hands had pulled the hay with large knives early in the morning, and the steaming heat was rising from the stove by the wall, and the smell of hot bran spread through the compound, and the cattle that smelled the fragrance were screaming excitedly in the shed.

Dr. Chow was squatting in front of a donkey and fiddling, and the donkey was very cooperative. There was no usual stubbornness at all, and he snorted meekly, and when he saw me approaching, he called a few times arrogantly. Very sensitive to the living.

"The little marquis is here." Dr. Zhou saw me after being reminded by the donkey, greeted me indiscriminately and continued to get busy.

A doctor is a doctor, and in his eyes, the patient comes first, even if the head of the family comes in person, he has to wait until the treatment is over. For Dr. Zhou, I definitely admire this, this is dedication. When I was lying in the hospital with a broken bone, the nurse came early in the morning to change the dressing. Halfway through the removal of the clamp, a ward round leader came, and the nurse directly threw me down and ran to greet the leader, completely ignoring my life and death. Compared with Dr. Zhou, the nurse should be dragged to labor camp. For those who practice medicine, malfeasance means murder, and going to a hospital is like going to a murderer's club, sick or not. Kill for a while.

I stood in a safe position and waited for Dr. Zhou to kill the donkey. Donkeys are the most feared creatures of all animals. Don't look small, but have a bad temper at home. If you don't like people, you will be angry, and you can't pull it, I have been chased and killed by a donkey with a big hair, and I had nightmares in my childhood, so be careful.

"In the morning, Lao Qian startled the cattle by putting the explosive rod, and the donkey was frightened and kicked the trough and injured his leg," Dr. Zhou finished his work, pulled the donkey to a pile of hay and lay down before running to receive me, without a word of greeting, directly complained. "Fortunately, last night's New Year's Celebration, everyone didn't sleep, or they would have understood the chaos."

"Well," I nodded thoughtfully, "Steward Qian admitted his mistake to me in the morning, and I also criticized him severely, Doctor Zhou should not take it to heart." I pointed to the little porter and said, "Why do you sleep here at night?" Your mother-in-law and baby are not here? For the New Year, they will be handed over to the next person to greet them, and no matter how busy they are, they will spend the New Year with their families. ”

"I was going to go back for the New Year, but I had a few words with my mother-in-law, and I fell asleep when I was annoyed." Dr. Zhou pouted his hands embarrassedly, "It's a trivial matter, it's nothing, my mouth is just a broken mouth." I'm glad I came, but I don't know if something happens. ”

I have heard that Dr. Zhou's mother-in-law is humble, but from the position of other women, you are a good person everywhere every day, and you take the money from your family to catch medicine and practice medicine for outsiders, and no one is willing to let go. "Don't take it to heart, your mother-in-law is your own," I pretended to be a good person and comforted: "It's not about worrying about the family, it's over with a smile, don't worry too much." ”

"The reason is also clear," Dr. Zhou pointed to the shed where the livestock were raised, "Little Hou Ye will go in and take a look?" They are all brought back in winter, and the ability of the farmers is limited, and many of the livestock are not hung up in the autumn, and they are recuperating these days. He shook his head regretfully, as if to blame me for bringing it back too late, "After all, there is no fresh grass to make after all the bran mixed with hay, so I will carefully condition it for a year before the next day, and keep it so that our livestock can live and grow." ”

"Have you tried feeding some maggots?" I remembered that when it was hot in Lanling, she said that the housekeeper of her family fed the animals from time to time and ate some meat dishes as snacks. "I've heard it works."

"It doesn't work in winter, the animals don't move much, and they can't be fed and restrained. It's just a lack of fat, and it spoils your appetite. Dr. Zhou pointed around the yard, "Our yard is still a bit small, and now it looks just right, but in a year or two, as soon as the cubs are added, it will be crowded." Especially the little cub who was nursing in the first half of the year had to be fed alone with his mother, which was a bit unbearable. ”

I just said this now, I called you to supervise the work at the time, who is to blame if you can't get out? It is estimated that there is no way, the painted land is not enough for Dr. Zhou to toss, it seems that the Wang family Zhuangzi is too crowded. "Why don't you wait for the discussion later, draw a special place to raise small animals, and put it here strongly."

"This is a big deal, but you have to do it quickly, it doesn't matter if you are far from the ground on both sides, you don't care about walking a few more steps." Dr. Zhou knew that he wanted to have no play in the nearest circle, so he had to move towards the back.

It seems that it was not planned in advance, and the Zhuangzi was patched with a messy building in the east and west, and now the buildings are showing harm, and many places are ruined. If Ying can take down the Yunjia Zhuangzi, it will solve a big problem, and the territory over there is big...... It's too evil, how can I have this kind of thought, Miss Yun is lonely, and it's too unreasonable for me to think about it. Failure, don't blame me, I fell into the evil spirit, and being nagged by Ying became a habit, and it has nothing to do with me.

。 Three Heads M.