"Sister, sister, ...... is here?"

I haven't seen each other for half a year, Xiao An and Yao Mao have grown a lot taller, but their temperaments are still as lively and hearty as ever. A person also came down from the carriage behind, and although her movements were a little slower, she was relieved to see someone coming.

"Mrs. Yao is fine," it was the soft and glutinous little ball that Lu Shao was sleeping in her arms, "Sister Wei is asleep." ”

"It's okay, as long as you arrive safely and smoothly."

Hearing the chirping movement, the little girl in her arms licked her lips and turned her head, and opened her eyes half-asleep.

She first shook her head in a daze, and then cried out with a "wow", crying vigorously for Sister Ah to hug her.

Yao Yun hugged Yao Wei and comforted her, and did not forget to pull Yao Maodong to look at the west.

"Ah Mao, you told Sister Tell me truthfully, in the days when Sister Ah was away, did the people in the Zhenguo Mansion treat the two of you harshly?"

Ah Mao smiled and hugged the freshly burned hand stove, and shook his head solemnly: "Sister, the old lady is kind and kind, and specially took the two of us to live in Chu Yuyuan, and even Sister Green Peony has been accompanying the two of us." Sister, you know, in the courtyard of the sixth uncle, others don't dare to put their beaks at will......"

Yao Yun saw that he had a ruddy complexion and a tall figure, and he should not have been treated harshly when he ate and lived in the Zhenguo Mansion, and her eyes were full of relief.

"That's good, in the future, the two of you will live here with Sister A, this is the Beiting Metropolitan Protector's Mansion, and you will call the sixth uncle to protect the ...... in the future."

Yao Mao and Xiao An saw a large patch of snow in the courtyard for the first time, and the tiredness of the road was swept away, but after a long time, they began to have snowball fights in the courtyard, and the laughter was so lively.

At night, after Lu Peony coaxed Yao Wei to sleep in the side room, she crept into the house to find Yao Yun.

"Mrs. Yao."

Yao Yun had just put away a new painting scroll that had been installed, and finally sat down in front of the warm couch to roast the fire.

"Green peony, come and warm up." She waved her to sit down.

"Thank you, Mrs. Yao."

Lu Shao looked around at the room and there was no one else, lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Yao Niangzi, I have inquired clearly, twelve years ago, the old town Guogong did live in Nanzhou for a while, I heard that he was escorting the prince to seek the protection of the Hou, but unfortunately the group encountered an enemy ambush in the middle of the way, the prince was seriously injured and died, and the old town Guogong also disappeared completely for a period of time due to serious injuries. The details of this are no longer known. ”

While speaking, Yao Yun had already made a pot of tea herself, and she handed her a cup of hot tea.

"It's okay, there's good news."

Green Peony moistened her throat, raised her eyes again and looked carefully outside the door a few times, with a somewhat apprehensive look that she wanted to speak and stopped.

"Green peony, what's wrong?"

Green Peony took a deep breath and pulled a letter from her sleeve with a quick twist.

Yao Yun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took the letter and examined it carefully, but unfortunately the opening of the letter was tightly sealed, and there was no trace of marks and words outside the envelope.

Lu Shao was confused and said: "Yao Niangzi, there is, there is a letter." Just the night before departure, the slave and maid accidentally found that the letter was pressed in the corner of Sister Wei'er's suitcase, and the slave and maid immediately hid it, and no one should have seen it. ”

She pursed her lips, picked up the letter and put it between her nose and sniffed it, and there was a faint smell of white vinegar. Her eyes were clear, and she raised her hand to lightly place the bottom of the letter against the edge of the candle to bake the fire, and after a few moments, a faint sign of three hills appeared in the lower left corner.

She unsealed the letter with great gentleness, and carefully spread out the sheet of paper as if she were holding a treasure.

Farewell to the twilight, fireworks every year.

Best regards to the season, autumn and winter jubilee.

Although it is only two short lines, it is indeed Mr. Zheng's handwriting, vigorous and powerful, proud and simple.

She was as ecstatic as a deer, and she only felt that the cold wind and cold North Court no longer seemed to be so gloomy and dull. She carefully folded the letter again, and after thinking about it, put it into a small locked wooden box at the bottom of the suitcase under the bed.

In the blink of an eye, it is the annual Chinese New Year's Eve.

Yao Yun was busy in the kitchen early this morning, chopping meat filling, mixing dough, and stewing hot soup.

Bai Lu, Lu Shao and Xuan Niang were all very curious to come to help. They are all women born in the north, and they often eat soup prison pills during the Chinese New Year, but they have never seen what this soft and round white dough is.

"Yun Niang, where did you learn this soup ball, it looks very strange." Xuan Niang asked curiously.

"This is a wonton, and it was also taught to me by my aunt in the past, and I heard that this wonton is a popular broth meatball in Nanzhou during the Chinese New Year."

In the past, when my aunt was still there, every New Year's Day, my aunt would personally take them to make wonton meat filling and wonton thin skin. A few days ago, Yao Wei and Yao Mao were already clamoring to eat the wontons she made herself. Today is a good day, and she must be cooking a hometown meal by herself.

"It seems that your aunt used to be a southerner. I used to hear those merchants mention in the inn, saying that the south side is the most beautiful, the ladies are white and tender, moist and gentle, and even eat and speak much more exquisitely, it seems that this is true. ”

Yao Yun was stunned, and his eyes, which were still shining, gradually dimmed.

In the past, her aunt took her to flee all the way from Nanzhou, and finally settled incognito in a small mountain village in Liangzhou. The aunt was originally not surnamed Yao, but later changed her aunt's maternal surname, and the two became Yao Yuqin and Yao Yun.

For as long as she can remember, Yao Yun has been asking her aunt why the two of them fled all the way to the bitter cold mountain village of Liangzhou, where her aunt would only wipe her tears and hug her tightly, but never told her what had happened in the past.

However, after a while, a fairy-like and knowledgeable gentleman Qingjun happened to come to the village, and he cared for her very much, willing to teach her to read, write, play chess and paint, and even tolerate her misdeeds. She had already noticed that there was something strange about it.

Later, when my aunt was seriously ill, she was told that she must take the token to the Zhenguo Mansion to join the old lady. As long as there is this token, the old lady will definitely protect their three orphans and widows. Before her death, her aunt repeatedly told her to stay in the green mountains and not be afraid of no firewood.

Although she is not short of money, she is obsessed with her life experience, so going to the Zhenguo Mansion is only her first step, and she will definitely find out the truth of her life experience in the future.

Xuanniang realized that she had said the wrong thing for a while, and hung her head in embarrassment and scratched her face.