Approaching the end of the year, although the weather is cold, it can't stop the smell of the New Year from getting heavier and heavier.

Ever since he was caught and pulled by Zhuang Ding to learn the hellish course of 'how the big family mother is refined', He Xiaoqiao has not been crazy for a day.

Every day, from opening his eyes to closing his eyes, he is busy solving all kinds of problems thrown by Liu Yidao, and his personal time is completely gone, and he has no time to step out of the door for half a step, because he has been looking through the roster of people in the house for too long, resulting in the dream of Zhang San, Li Si, Liu Wu, Wang Liu, and Liu every night......

She was so entangled that she wanted to take the burden and run away at night-

In fact, she really tried twice, but each time she was caught just out of Fengzhu Yayuan, and then in the face of Liu Yidao's smiling expression and the puzzled eyes of the people in the house, she crawled back with tears streaming down her face and trembling face.

Devil training like this lasted for nearly ten days, and Liu Yidao, who realized it later, finally gave her a day off with kindness, and He Xiaoqiao, who felt that she was about to schizophrenia, was so teary-eyed that she wanted to buy a pig's head and put it on the incense case to thank God for opening her eyes.

In the evening, Steward Liao sent someone to say that the things He Xiaoqiao explained by He Xiaoqiao at the Double Happiness Carpenter Shop had been done, and He Xiaoqiao, who finally remembered that he still had something to get back, hurriedly asked Bai Shou to go to Master Zheng to pay off the final payment, and by the way, he took back the six decks of playing cards.

Bai Shou traveled quickly, and he came back in less than half an hour. Holding a large square box in his hand, he said that it was given by Master Zheng to facilitate the use of playing cards.

He Xiaoqiao opened it and looked at it, the wooden box was divided into six small grids, each grid was just the size of a deck of playing cards, and there was a wooden bar above the grid that could move freely to stop things from falling, although the design was not particularly exquisite, but it was indeed very practical.

The pattern on each card is completely made in accordance with her requirements, the varnish on the card is bright, and the back is uniformly polished and smooth and then carved with clusters of flowers, in order to prevent someone from recognizing the card from the lines on the back of the card.

The six decks of cards were tested, He Xiaoqiao said that he was very satisfied, and immediately decided that next time there is something to play or hand over to the Double Happiness carpenter shop to do, this mind is indeed worthy of long-term cooperation.

Cai Lian brought hot milk tea from the kitchen, and with Hong Fang's white head, she held a large cup in her hand and nested in the house to keep warm.

Waiting for the lock to turn on the light, He Xiaoqiao also happened to be interested, so he drew a deck of cards and set up a posture to teach them to fight the landlord.

Several people have never seen this kind of thing, and they are still confused after listening to He Xiaoqiao's dry mouth for a long time. Bai Shou and Suo'er are good students, Bai Shou is calm enough, Suo'er is young and has a good memory, and he generally remembers it after listening to He Xiaoqiao say it twice.

As for Cailian and Hong Fang, the two who can make a pair, they can't recognize the Arabic numerals from one to nine, two and five can barely be recognized, and when it is the turn of six and nine, they begin to reverse in various ways.

After tossing for a long time, I finally barely remembered some, and when it was their turn to play the cards, there were all kinds of mistakes - He Xiaoqiao played a pair of 2 here, and Hong Fang over there immediately smashed down two 4s with pride, Cai Lian considered for a long time and finally counted three 6 out in an attempt to win by quantity, and the lock watching next to her was anxious to let her take back the cards and replace them with three 5s.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, He Xiaoqiao sat on the side with his cloak and watched a few of them play cards with no rules, and finally could only cover his face and announce that he would give up, planning to explain it to them again when he was particularly free one day.

After the others left in turn, He Xiaoqiao yawned, threw his hair loose and threw himself on the bed, rolled up the quilt and slept directly in the dark.

Naturally, there are also arrangements for the next day.

In addition to going to the Fugui Gambling House for a routine look, He Xiaoqiao, who had been locked up for a long time and finally escaped, also planned to go to the long-lost East Street to eat and celebrate.

This time, in addition to Cailian, Suo'er was also allowed to go out together, but except for He Xiaoqiao, the two of them were still dressed up in women's clothes.

Every winter, someone takes the lead in shoveling snow to ensure that the entire street is passable – not all of them are cleaned up, and sometimes they leave a small piece of the street untouched, which is a place for children to build snowmen.

Because of the upcoming New Year, the street is full of crowded people regardless of time, and the stalls selling couplets, window grilles and door gods have been set up for a long time, and the business is very hot.

Even the industry that sells food, drink, housing and transportation has delayed the time to close the stalls, and everyone is rushing to make a good profit before the year, and then go home for a good year.

When I passed by Dongdajie, there was a long queue in front of several stalls selling cooked food, noodle soup and fire in fixed locations, and the fragrant smell went straight to people's noses.

However, everyone came out after eating in the house, and they didn't feel greedy.

When I arrived at the Nirvana Gambling House, I happened to meet someone who brought a good goblet to me.

He Xiaoqiao looked left and right with great interest, and shook it with water, always feeling that this wine glass was like a small bowl used to drink miso soup, but fortunately, the wood used to make the wine glass has a beautiful texture, which can be regarded as making up for the lack of logs.

Confessing to Steward Liao that he wanted to put away the wooden Gaojiao cup first, He Xiaoqiao pondered for a while, thinking that next time he would try to make a silver wine glass, or burn it into translucent thin porcelain to look better, although it is not resistant to falling, it should be more suitable to use it to hold wine.

Because the gambling table is relatively large, it will probably take a few days to get it all ready, so He Xiaoqiao didn't go out of his way to see it.

A few people sat in the gambling house for a while and then went out shopping.

All the clothes in the palace are provided by the designated embroidery village, so He Xiaoqiao rarely goes to the ready-to-wear shop, only occasionally passes back to have a look, and other shops such as selling head flowers and jewelry and jade are not much interested, most of the time she will only go to places where there is food - under her influence, the string of zongzi behind her also inherits the physique of a foodie.

A group of five people swept all the way from the street to the end of the street, and saw that what to eat was a copy of each person, in addition to eating on the road, but also to pack another one to take back, some were for Liu Yidao, and some were going to keep it for two days to eat, after all, it was not possible to come out every day, it was better to stock up on some goods first than to not be able to eat all kinds of scratching the lungs when you wanted to eat.

After eating fried stinky tofu and fried noodle fish, the five of them found a small restaurant and sat down, He Xiaoqiao looked at the menu and ordered a steaming wine-stuffed meatball for everyone to eat with donkey meat.

Considering Bai Shou's special hobby, I added a large portion of sweet rice sausage that was so sweet that it could greasy ants.

The shopkeeper quickly sent the things up, He Xiaoqiao sniffed, and put his palm on the hot bowl wall to keep warm.

Cailian is the same as Suo'er, Bai Shou's all his attention is on the sweet rice sausage and he hasn't seen anywhere else, Hong Fang finished eating the wine-stuffed meatballs in two or three bites, turned his head and asked the guy to get a bowl of it.

“…… Why did the gang of girls start playing tricks as soon as the festival arrived, last time it was a parade, and this time they did something to throw hydrangeas. ”

At this moment, it was lunch time, and the people around him were not quiet, but because the two tables were quite close, He Xiaoqiao still heard the conversation of the people at the table with their backs to him.

Seeing that they mentioned the parade and the throwing of hydrangeas, they immediately came to their senses, pricked up their ears and focused all their attention on receiving gossip news.

And apparently the people at that table didn't disappoint her.

"Brother Li, you don't understand this, you have to be able to play before someone can cheer for it." Another young voice took over and said with a very lewd smile, "If the girls on Zhilan Street don't want to please men with some tricks, how do you think they live?" ”

"Yes, yes! That's it! Brother Zigui said well! ”

As soon as these words came out, the other men in the same seat immediately laughed in unison.

"Sister Cailian, why do have to please men in order to live?" Suo'er obviously heard this, blinked with big eyes, and was very puzzled to Cailian's ear, lowered her voice and asked curiously, "What are?" ”

"Children, don't listen to some things." Cai Lian's face flushed, she reached out to cover Suo'er's ears, and hurriedly looked at He Xiaoqiao, "Xiao...... Childe, let's hurry up and finish eating and go back. ”

These filthy words are not to be heard by the young lady.

"It's okay, we'll eat ours." He Xiaoqiao shrugged her shoulders and said that she had long been invulnerable, and this content was not even framed on the yellow edges, and she didn't look at it at all, "Or Cailian, you take the lock back first, and I'll go buy something else later." ”

"Childe ......" Cailian was a little embarrassed, and as for the lock that was covering her ears, she looked left and right curiously, confused.

"It's settled," knowing that Cai Lian was relieved that she was out alone, He Xiaoqiao waved his hand and gave an order without beak, "Later, the two of you will go back to the house after eating, I have Hong Fang here and they are here, don't worry." ”

Usually He Xiaoqiao will not change once he has made a decision, Cai Lian thought about it and didn't speak again, finished eating quietly, and left with a lot of worries.

And He Xiaoqiao had already adjusted the channel back to the gossip of the people at the table just now, but fortunately, he processed it quickly and didn't miss too much.

"Look at your news, you haven't listened to the words, you're just shouting and screaming here!" A man with a big black mole on his chin picked up his wine glass and took a sip of scalded rice wine, and after a long sigh of relief, he continued to say disdainfully, "Let me tell you, not all girls on Zhilan Street will participate in the hydrangea throwing show, it is specially held for the girls of Lanxin." ”

"Miss Lanxin? Which is the first Oiran in the capital? As soon as these words came out, someone immediately answered with surprise, "At this time, throwing hydrangeas, is it because you have saved enough money to redeem yourself and want to be good?" ”

This was clearly sarcastic, and of course drew a burst of laughter.

"How can you!" The big black mole who spoke just now put his hands into his sleeve, sniffed and said, "If there is such a good thing, I am afraid that the whole city will crowd to grab the hydrangea and marry her home." ”

"That's right," the man who started talking before nodded and said, "Think about it, that girl looks like a first-class sultry person, she won't suffer a loss just because of her appearance, and she has been rolling in the Qinglou for so many years, and she must have a lot of belongings, if anyone marries her, it is not equivalent to marrying a treasure cave!" ”

"Hahaha, yes, that's right!" The whole table laughed, "If that's the case, then we have to squeeze in desperately to snatch the hydrangea back, you must know that it's all white silver!" ”

"!" The big black mole snorted, "What are you to yourself!" Haven't you ever seen the notice? Those who have the opportunity to grab hydrangeas are all nobles, how can we poor farmers have that life! As he spoke, he exaggerated three fingers, "You don't know, on the day of throwing the hydrangea, if you want to enter Yihong Courtyard, everyone has to pay three hundred taels or three hundred taels first!" ”

"What?!"

As soon as these words came out, even He Xiaoqiao couldn't control his desire to spray rice, let alone the few men who were discussing it with relish.

People who eat in this kind of small restaurant can earn at most ten taels of silver a year, who would be so stupid to spend thirty years of savings to watch a Rausch throwing hydrangea to recruit a husband who doesn't even have a chance to play?

That's definitely a loss, and I don't have to say it!