Chapter Ninety-Six: Happy New Year
After the two of them cleaned up, Lin Yao took the red brocade bag and red envelope that she had made a few days ago and prepared to go out, but suddenly remembered Xiao Moyao's group of secret guards, although she got along with those secret guards less on weekdays, but those secret guards helped her a lot on weekdays, and she should also thank them.
So Lin Yao asked Xiao Moyao to call them all out.
Hearing the command, all the dark guards instantly appeared in unison, calling in unison, "Young Master, Young Lady", and then respectfully bowed their heads and knelt on the ground waiting for orders.
"Eh, this is the New Year, how can you do such a big ceremony, hurry up." Lin Yao hurriedly called them up with a smile, and carefully counted the number of people by the way.
Well, eleven people.
Lin Yao took out eleven red envelopes from his arms and said to the secret guards who were still bowing their heads with a smile, "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I know that most of you are orphans, it is not easy for you to follow your young master to the north and south over the years, and there are no relatives to reunite in this big New Year, since our master and servant are one, then we are also a family, come, I will give each of you a red envelope, everyone is happy, happy, happy New Year." ”
As she spoke, she smiled as she slipped the red envelope into the hands of the somewhat flattered guards.
The dark guards, who had long been unfazed in everything, looked at each other with red envelopes, and couldn't help but have a warm current in their hearts, and their eyes flashed with joy and gratitude.
Lin Yao looked at their appearance carefully, it was not the first time she had seen them, but it was the first time she looked at them so seriously, knowing that they were all young people, but after a closer look today, she found that they seemed to be about the same age as her.
Most of them are young people with red lips and white teeth, and all of them have tender skin that can pinch out the water.
Thinking of Lin Yao, she couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in her heart, watching their eyes become softer and softer, and then she saw the more familiar Ah Rin on the side, smiled at him and asked, "Your name is Ah Rin, right?" It looks like you're the biggest here, how old are you? ”
Ah Rin hurriedly lowered his head slightly and replied respectfully, "Mrs. Hui, my subordinates are orphans, I don't remember my age, but I should be in his twenties." ”
"In your twenties? That's time to think about marriage, do you have a favorite girl? You young masters are dull and don't know how to think about the affairs of your children, but I am very talkative, and you, if there is someone in the picture, you can tell me, and I will be the master for you. Lin Yao smiled and waved his paws at them and said.
Rin-rin was instantly petrified in place, ma'am, you seem to be a few years younger than me, right? Are you sure you want to talk about my marriage in such a serious way?
All the dark guards also fluttered towards Xiao Moyao with trembling eyes, as if to say, "Young master, take care of Mrs. Quickly, we are all flowers and bones of the motherland, and we don't want to get married yet." ”
Xiao Moyao looked at Lin Yao's excited eyes and the panicked looks of the dark guards, and finally couldn't help but chuckle, walked to Lin Yao's side and took her in his arms, and whispered in her ear, "Yaoyao, it's not too early, it's time for us to go down the mountain to pay New Year's greetings to our mother." ”
"Oh, okay." They were too late, and now they should have set off.
Lin Yao had no choice but to reluctantly glance at the dark guards, and then pulled Xiao Shen and Xiao Moyao down the mountain together.
Lin Yao overlooked Peach Blossom Village on the mountainside, and from a distance, every household in the village was smoking, and at first glance he was happily preparing for the New Year's food, which was the first time in Peach Blossom Village, and it could also be seen that the villagers of Peach Blossom Village had indeed made a lot of money this year, and they had a lot of money on hand.
As soon as they got off the mountain, a group of festive children dressed in bells and whistles frolicked towards them, arching their hands and shaking their heads and shouting in unison, "Sister Yao! Uncle Xiao! Happy Chinese New Year! Happy New Year!"
"Poof!" Lin Yao couldn't help laughing, calling her sister was already pretending to be tender, but they called Uncle Xiao Moyao, Lin Yao covered her lips and looked at Xiao Moyao on the side, and also shouted, "Uncle Xiao, have a good New Year, bring the red envelope." ”
Thinking that today was a happy festival, Xiao Moyao couldn't bear it, stiffly hooked his lips and glanced at Lin Yao with a smile, and then took out a few brocade bags from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Lin Yao.
Lin Yao hurriedly smiled and took the handing to the children, bent down and touched their little heads with a smile, "You guys also have a good New Year, have fun." ”
"Thank you, Sister Yao, goodbye, Uncle Xiao!" Each of the children got a bulging brocade bag, and immediately thanked them with joy, and then left with a bouncing and joyful ride.
"Xiao, uncle, uncle, huh? Yaoyao thinks I'm old? Xiao Moyao reached out and clasped Lin Yao's slender waist to pull her closer to him, looked at her gloomily, and gritted his teeth and said.
"Hehe...... how can there be, my family is fair and straightforward, handsome and chic, unparalleled in the world, where is the age, it is all children who are ignorant and nonsense." Lin Yao hurriedly said to him with a mouthful of small white teeth.
Knowing that she was just perfunctory, Xiao Moyao's heart was still very useful, and he snorted arrogantly and hugged her and continued to walk.
Along the way, the two met many children who came to pay New Year's greetings, Lin Yao smiled and gave them a brocade bag, and also met some villagers who came out to pay New Year's greetings and wandered around, everyone smiled and chatted with each other and left.
Coming to the Lin family, Yao's mother was busy in front of the stove around a small apron, she was wearing a new purple and pink satin dress today, and a purple jade lotus hairpin was pinned to her head.
"Mother, happy New Year, hehe, bring the red envelope!" Lin Yao smiled and leaned over to Yao's mother, stretched out her hands and said.
"Whoa......" Ash also wagged his tail happily around the two.
"You, how old are you and embarrassed to ask for a red envelope, oh, give it to you!" Yao's mother looked at her dotingly, then took out a red envelope from her pocket and handed it to her, "Take it, come, Xiaomo has it too." ”
"Thank you, mother, I wish you a happy new year, all the best, and good health." Xiao Moyao smiled and accepted the red envelope, and seriously put it in his arms and put it away.
"Haha, okay, my mother borrowed your auspicious words, and you are also happy." Yao's mother said with a smile while stir-frying.
"Huh? Mother, where is Xiaobao? He just went out to play crazy again after he took a vacation? Lin Yao originally wanted to give Xiaobao a red envelope, but he didn't see his little figure in the room.
"Yes, your grandmother Wang's puppy came to knock on the door to pay New Year's greetings, Xiaobao went out with him to play and didn't come back until now, hurry, the kitchen is smoky, you two go in and sit, the meal will be ready soon." Yao's mother was in a hurry to cook and hurriedly drove the two away.
Lin Yao and Xiao Moyao couldn't stay idle, so they greeted her and went out for a stroll.
The two walked on the country road, Xiao Moyao lowered his head from time to time and muttered something in Lin Yao's ear, Lin Yao was suddenly amused by Xiao Moyao to cover his mouth and squint and smile, with a happy look.
From a distance, I saw Liu Xiaohua and Liu Meng walking side by side, although the two did not get too close to each other, but the ambiguous looks on their faces and the affectionate look at each other from time to time suddenly revealed the ambiguous relationship between the two.
Lin Yao had already heard about Xiaohua and Mengzi being together in the village, and heard that both parents agreed, so they waited for the next spring to be married.
Lin Yao smiled and waved his hand from them, and shouted loudly, "Xiaohua, Brother Mengzi, you have a good New Year!"
"Yaoyao, Brother Xiao, you also have a good New Year!" Liu Xiaohua saw that it was Lin Yao, so she hurriedly trotted towards Lin Yao and hugged her.
"Ah, Yaoyao, your new clothes are so beautiful! It's made of silk, isn't it? It's still shining! This embroiderer looks like Aunt Yao's. Liu Xiaohua touched Lin Yao's cuffs and boasted with a hint of envy.
Lin Yao was attracted by a small pendant in the shape of a purple jade lotus flower on her neck, "Wow, Xiaohua, your little pendant is really beautiful, the carving is very exquisite, and the jade color is also very clean and clear, it's not cheap." ”
Hearing this, Liu Xiaohua glanced at Liu Meng behind her with a little twist, blushed slightly and whispered, "This was given by Brother Mengzi, and I don't know." ”
"Oh~" Lin Yao glanced at her and Liu Meng with ambiguous eyes, "Hehe, I'm so happy to see the two of you so good, let's go, let's take a walk, we haven't talked together for a long time." Lin Yao happily grabbed Liu Xiaohua's arm, Liu Xiaohua also held her hand affectionately and happily, and the two little girls chatted together like this, leaving Xiao Moyao and Liu Meng, two strong men, speechless.
Lin Yao and Liu Xiaohua chatted a lot together, they were very happy, and seeing that they were going back to eat, the two reluctantly separated.
At noon, Yao's mother made a very hearty lunch, and thanks to the fresh fruits and vegetables in Lin Yao's warm shed, Yao's mother was also very handy in cooking, plus Yao's mother's cooking skills were already very good, but it was just covered up because the Lin family was poor and had no ingredients before.
"Wow, mother, what kind of pastry do you make is actually seven colors, well, sweet and glutinous is not greasy, delicious!" Lin Yao picked up a piece of colorful peach-shaped pastry in the middle of the table and said in amazement.
"Well, I like it too." Xiao Douding also pouted happily with a small mouth stained with pastry crumbs.
Seeing that the two liked it, Yao's mother was also so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, "This is made by my mother with the juice and noodles of your melons, fruits and vegetables, and the milk and honey you bought are added to it, so it tastes very sweet, my mother has made a lot, and you can take some back and eat it slowly with Xiaomo later." ”
"Well, is so nice!" Lin Yao ate the pastry, smiled indistinctly and nodded.
"You two don't just eat pastries, eat vegetables first, come, Xiaomo, this is a cucumber cold dish I made, add some pig ear strips and chili oil to it, it is very fragrant and crispy, fresh and spicy, you should eat it with wine!" Saying that, Yao's mother seemed to remember something and patted her head, "Look at me, I forgot to take the wine." ”
Thanks to the "Gao Leng Da Mi", "Jinmi Phoenix", "Sun Xin TY43", and "Lu Luoluo" for the rewards of several little fairies, Mo Mo Da~