But if we don't come today, I don't know when we will meet again.

Shen Shi smiled and said: "You come here with something, you don't feel anything from so far, and it is only a matter of a few steps when Mingqiao Courtyard comes over." Ning Xiang, go and take a look. ”

Shen said to Gu Yan: "Mingqiao, this kid is spoiled by me, so you should take care of it more." ”

Just didn't wait for Ning Xiang to go out, Yan Mingqiao came in.

Yan Mingqiao heard it from the outside, "Mother, what are you talking about me again?" ”

Yan Mingqiao was a little embarrassed, her mother always said this, saying that she was squeamish and couldn't do anything, saying that she was spoiled, but obviously not.

Later, when I asked my mother, my mother said, that's right, Gu Yan knows that she is very delicate, and she will cherish it even more in the future, and the daughter from Yan'an Hou's Mansion should be like this.

The two families are much worse, and after they can't get married, they rely on the Gu family and suffer with Gu Yan.

Yan Mingqiao felt that her mother was reasonable.

Gu Yan glanced at Yan Mingqiao, then took his gaze back, he took a sip of tea uncomfortably, even if it had been a year, he was still uncomfortable in front of Aunt Shen.

The two said hello, and listened to Shen's words: "Mingqiao, haven't you been clamoring to go to enjoy the snow, it just so happens that no one at home is going with you, so you can go out with Gu Gongzi to have a look, and the roast duck, I have been thinking about eating." ”

Chapter 137: The Ning Clan Returns to Shengjing

Coming out of Yan'anhou's Mansion, Yan Mingqiao looked at Gu Yan, "Then let's go eat roast duck?" ”

Mother said everything, and besides, she wanted to eat, and Gu Yan was even happier to eat.

Gu Yan said: "I also just want to eat, when I pass by the street, I buy something delicious when I see it." ”

Yan Mingqiao got into the carriage first, there was a stove in the car, it was warmer than outside, she took off the hat from her cloak and put it softly behind her shoulders.

Gu Yan stretched out his hand to get the snow on his fur collar, and looked at Yan Mingqiao with a smile in his eyes, "It's good that I came here today, otherwise I wouldn't have seen you."

Yan Mingqiao lowered her head, "With such a big snowfall, I shouldn't have come here in the first place."

And I only saw it during the New Year, won't the snow melt when the snow is on the Yuan Festival, where to use it to make a special trip. She occasionally went to Gu Mian, and besides, the Gu family not only gave gifts during the New Year's holidays, she and Gu Yan saw a lot.

On days like Shangyuan Festival, when there is no need to give gifts, Gu Yan will also come, and on the birthdays of his father and mother, Gu Yan will come.

My mother is 40 years old this year, but she doesn't live until she celebrates her birthday, saying that she is not too old now, and she will not live until she is 50.

Father too, but after the beginning of spring this year, the mother will come back, although the hometown is in Xiaoyang, but after all, Yan'an Hou Mansion is the grandmother's home, and Yan'an Hou Mansion should also support the grandmother.

She misses her grandmother a lot.

Thinking about the fact that her grandmother was not there when Brother Yan was born, she was going to get married, and her grandmother would return to Shengjing, so it was strange that Yan Mingqiao was unhappy.

Her relatives are here, and after so long, she is looking forward to getting married.

Yan Mingqiao glanced at Gu Yan, Gu Yan was also looking at her, her eyes didn't even blink, as if she didn't hear what she was saying, Yan Mingqiao didn't start, "I said, you shouldn't come over with such a big snow." ”

Gu Yan would be like this occasionally, looking at her, he didn't know what was going on in his head.

Gu Yan blinked his eyes and pressed his forehead uncomfortably, "I'm sorry, I was distracted just now." Actually, it's okay, there were still people who went to the bamboo forest outside the city to enjoy the snow yesterday. It's not cold when it's snowing, and I'm here to see if it's still raining today, otherwise I won't let you come out. ”

Gu Yan felt that it was not cold today, but the snow was heavy, but the scenery was good. Even if you sit in the carriage and lift the curtain to look out, you can see a thick pile of snow on the eaves and a thin path swept out in front of the shop.

There were children dressed in brightly colored clothes, running in the streets and having snowball fights, and building snowmen.

It's not like usual at all, and it adds a lot of artistic conception.

That's why Gu Yan came over, otherwise the weather would be too cold, and he would be afraid of freezing the buckwheat.

Yan Mingqiao said: "Aren't I also afraid that you will freeze." ”

Gu Yan went out to work very early every day, and it was cold at that time, the official uniform was not so thick, and so were the shoes. In the Yue Dynasty, the officials' clothes should be neat, not too bloated, and she was afraid of Gu Yan being cold in the wind and snow.

Gu Yan smiled, "I'm fine, I'm hot, I'm very warm from head to toe, and my hands are also very hot." ”

After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that it was not appropriate for him to say this.

He and Ming Qiao were in love, and stopped at the ceremony, his hands were hot, but there was a charcoal stove in the carriage, and he didn't need him, and the two were still married.

In fact, if you ask Gu Yan if he wants to, then he naturally thinks about it, who ...... Who doesn't want to be close to someone they like? This year has passed, and he and Ming Qiao are still the same as last year, going out to have a meal together, and watching the lantern festival during the festival.

Although the relationship has become closer, it seems that nothing has changed.

Gu Yan felt that before the day they got married, the two were still like this, so instead of looking forward to going out, it was better to look forward to getting married as soon as possible.

Moreover, Aunt Shen was so relieved of him, he couldn't live up to Aunt Shen's trust.

A year has passed, and eight months is not even faster.

Gu Yan pondered so, and the carriage arrived at the roast duck shop.

You can smell the aroma of roast duck from the door, people come and go, although it is snowing, but there are many guests, eating roast duck and drinking wine, very happy.

Yan Mingqiao is the owner here, and went directly to the private room on the second floor.

It also came according to the previous habit, a duck, a few plates of stir-fried vegetables, and two boxes of cakes.

The golden and crispy roast duck, between the skin and flesh is roasted transparent grease, originally the duck meat was sliced by the master, loaded and served, but with Gu Yan, he seemed to know a little bit of everything, so Gu Yan took a knife, got it off piece by piece, and then carefully dipped the sauce cucumber shreds and green onion shreds, wrapped it and put it on Yan Mingqiao's plate.

Yanming buckwheat can be eaten directly.

In the past, when Yan Mingqiao first came out to eat with Gu Yan, he didn't eat those with too many bones, too spicy, and didn't eat those with strong flavors, for fear that they wouldn't look good.

The first time she ate roast duck, she didn't eat shredded green onions, in fact, she likes to eat burritos sandwiched with shredded green onions, roast duck and shredded cucumbers, two bites can be one, but I'm afraid that the shredded green onions are not easy to bite off, and the shredded green onions will still hang on half of the cake, how ugly.

And there's a taste of it.

Later, the two of them slowly got acquainted with each other, and they came out a lot of times, once when they saw Gu Yan like this, Yan Mingqiao didn't care about it, they all ate whatever they wanted.

The first few times she came out like that, it didn't matter, the two were going to get married, and she didn't eat anything since she got married. Gu Yan was like that, and Yan Mingqiao slowly let go.

Yan Ming has a lot of buckwheat, but it's not much, it all depends on how the cook cooks, she eats the delicious ones, and doesn't eat the bad ones.

In fact, her mother was right, she was squeamish, and Gu Yan didn't think she was squeamish.

With a thin crust and a sweet and salty sauce, the duck meat is tender and juicy, and the outermost layer has a searing aroma.

Cucumber shreds are refreshing and greasy, and you don't have to roll them yourself, so you can eat them naturally and comfortably.

Yan Mingqiao is also used to being served by maids, so Gu Yan rolled up, such an adult, he would never starve.

Slice the duck meat above, and the remaining duck rack can be used in the kitchen to make duck rack soup and fried duck rack, Yan Mingqiao prefers spicy flavor, but there is also a salt and pepper flavor, and the taste is also very good.

Go back and pack a few roast ducks and bring them back, take two for the Gu family, and Yan Mingqiao take back two to the Yan'an Hou Mansion.

Yan Mingqiao Shangyuan came out, and he could go out with Gu Yan in February, but he definitely had to go and come back on the same day, and he was busy with farming in March, so it was not very easy to go out, so he went to Taifu Mansion to see Gu Mian and Yinwu.

Gu Mian, a little girl, has also grown up, embroidering wedding dresses in the house, sometimes Yan Mingqiao feels a little funny, the little girl who watched pairs of beauties coming and going at the Qixi Lantern Festival was a few years ago.

March is followed by April, and Grandmother is coming.

So, hurry up and let the spring flowers bloom, and when you get married, you can go to Vientiane Temple to repay your vows.

Yan Mingqiao felt that everything was going well, her family was good, her business was good, and the Yue Dynasty had a good year in the past two years, and the year before last, it rained heavily in Zhaozhou, and the crop harvest was not good, but the imperial court disaster relief was timely, and now if you go to Zhaozhou again, it is estimated that it should be spring, and she is preparing to turn the ground.

She hopes that it will always be like this, that her mother is fine, that her second sister is good, that her grandmother is good, and that everyone is fine.

Back to Yan'an Hou's Mansion, the roast duck sent one to the main courtyard, and a Zhiyuantang sent one, Yan Mingqiao only returned to the courtyard for a while, and there was a maid from Zhiyuantang to send food, saying that it was a newly made snack, let Yan Mingqiao taste it.

Xu Jingshu is a good person, because the shops she takes from Yan Mingqiao are divided into a lot every year, so she buys a lot of things for Yan Mingqiao. But no matter how much she buys, she can get a lot of silver.

Now, Zhang Xinyuan is not in the mansion, Xu Jingshu estimates that the Yan'an Hou Mansion will be separated, at least five or six years later, and the younger brothers and sisters in the mansion will be married.

Xu Jingshu doesn't care, anyway, there are few things in Yan'anhou's mansion, there is a mother-in-law who presides over the overall situation, the father-in-law doesn't care about things, and the concubines of the father-in-law in the house are also self-conscious, at this time, Xu Jingshu is willing to be a good sister-in-law, take care of this family, and the family is also lively.

Moreover, Mingyuan and they are very sensible and take good care of Xiyi.

But for Yan Mingqiao, Xu Jingshu really took it as her sister, and it was also fate, when she got married, Mingqiao pressed her bed, and when Mingqiao got married, not only the groom was the little son who pressed the bed at the beginning, but her daughter would also go to press the bed for Mingqiao.

Why doesn't it count fate?

Just wait for the old lady to come over and prepare for marriage, and they Yan'an Hou Mansion will also prepare a dowry for Ming Qiao. Xu Jingshu thinks that the more there is, the better it looks, as for whether it will make the Gu family's sister-in-law unhappy...... Anyway, it's in the box, and others can't see what it is, the more the better.

She and her mother-in-law have prepared a lot, and when Mingye's daughter-in-law comes back after a while, she will also add it, as well as her grandfather's family, other good wives and little ladies, the dowry is not a lot at all, the more the merrier, that's the truth.

Xu Jingshu felt that her grandmother came back from the beginning of spring, and the weather was warm at that time, even if Shengjing was hotter than Xiaoyang, but there was no shortage of silver in Yan'anhou's Mansion, where would ice be used.

In April, Zhang Xinyuan came back with Brother Yan and Ning's family, but one came back in the early part and the other in the second half of the year.

Zhang Xinyuan has not changed much, with her son, she is still hearty and smiling. But Ning's has changed a lot, his hair is all white, he is fatter than in previous years, and his back is bent a little, but he looks energetic and his body is hard.

There was also Yu's family, she accompanied the old lady over, took care of her on the way, and she liked Ming Qiao very much, and came to Shengjing several times, Ming Qiao took care of her food, clothing, housing and transportation, so she came over to send her niece out by the way.

She also has a daughter-in-law, and she doesn't need to take care of family affairs, she can go back whenever she wants.

Yan Mingqiao stayed in Shou'an Hall for half a morning and an afternoon today, and she had a lot to say to her grandmother.

Eat with my grandmother and pinch my shoulders to relieve my fatigue, after all, I am sixty-four years old, my health is not as good as before, and I will definitely be tired after a long journey.

She was on the couch when she slept, and then she also stayed at Shou'an Hall for dinner at night.

Ning couldn't help but sigh, this granddaughter has really grown up, and she is becoming more and more beautiful, much taller and brighter than two or three years ago. I heard that Gu Yan of the Gu family is also good, she is an old bone, and she is already satisfied to watch her granddaughter get married.

"When will Gu Yan step down, let my grandmother look at him, although my grandmother's eyes are spent, her heart is like a mirror, and she can see people accurately." Ning wanted to see if Gu Yan was enough to be Ming Qiao's husband, and it was not her who entrusted her to make it difficult because of her age.

No matter how she said it, she is also an elder, and when she came, shouldn't Gu Yan come to visit.

When the time comes, it shouldn't be a big deal to look at the world, after all, the daughter-in-law has seen it, and she still praises it when she eats at noon.

The grandfather and grandson were eating, and the maid came to report that Gu Yan was coming.

Chapter 138: Grandmother

Today, Gu Yan took office, Yan Mingqiao didn't think that he would come over in the evening, and thought that he would have to wait until the end of the month. However, if you have to wait for a break, it will take a few days, and it is good to come to visit today, and my grandmother is in good health, and she is not visiting a patient, so she does not have to come in the morning.

However, whether you come here or not depends on your grandmother's will, and it is not something that Gu Yan can see if she wants to come.

If Grandmother doesn't want to see her in the evening, then let's talk about it another day.

Yan Mingqiao asked the maid: "Where is Gu Gongzi now?" ”

The maid said, "Gu Gongzi is now in the main courtyard, talking to the old lady." I thought about asking the old lady if she was asleep, and if she didn't, I wanted to come over and have a look at it in a while. ”

Yan Mingqiao said to the Ning family: "Grandmother, you are also tired today, do you want to see you another day?" ”