In the evening.

There was a charcoal fire burning in the room, afraid that it would be too stuffy, so half of the window was opened, and Chi Yaoyao listened to the continuous burning sound of "poof" inside.

Chu Hantang told them that the third day of December was Xie Yihuai's birthday.

Can be counted......

Her first seven days are on the second day of December.

It's only a day apart.

Even if they want to help Xie Yihuai celebrate his birthday for Chu Hantang, they can't do it, don't say whether they are in this mood or not, the important thing is Xie Yihuai.

Bai Yuan didn't know what he could do to help, "Did Gongzi Xie eat anything today?" ”

Liu Zhipei's appearance of Hang'er Langdang no longer existed, and he drooped his head and said: "After eating, I ate a plate of lotus root slices that Chu Hantang taught me to make." ”

They were relatively speechless.

The mourning hall that Chi Yaoyao ordered to set up today has been completed.

It is better to place the body in the mourning hall for seven days before being buried, which is a common practice that the deceased is rumored to return on the first seven days to see those close to them.

Liu Zhipei looked out the window.

The snow is so beautiful, he was thinking about celebrating the New Year with Chu Hantang before.

He restrained his emotions and asked the others, "By the way, Chu Hantang's body will be placed in the mourning hall for about seven days, isn't it going tonight?" ”

Chi Yaoyao nodded.

The mourning hall also put a pair of fine coffins, which Chi Yaoyao personally selected from the shop in the capital today, which was made of fine sandalwood, and the corpse was fragrant for a long time.

This coffin is worth a thousand gold.

Chi Yaoyao took part of the treasure that the emperor had given her before, and bought this coffin.

Bai Yuan asked, "Do you want to remind Gongzi Xie to take Miss Chu to the mourning hall outside." ”

Chi Yaoyao didn't speak, just motioned for them to look out the window.

They looked out one after another, only to see Xie Yihuai holding Chu Hantang, who was wearing a red dress, and walked to the hall where the mourning hall was set up.

"Jingle Bell"

It was as if there was a small bell ringing.

When I looked closely, it was the bell sound emitted by the bell jewelry worn by Chu Hantang's neck, wrists and ankles, which sounded very clear in the silent courtyard and corridor, and could also be heard.

They looked at each other.

There was no need for them to tell Xie Yihuai, he automatically took Chu Hantang to the mourning hall.

As soon as Xie Yihuai entered the mourning hall, he went directly to the sandalwood coffin, Chu Hantang nestled in his arms, his hands hanging weakly at his side, and his slender and white wrists stretched out from the blood-red sleeves.

The sandalwood coffin exudes a rich fragrance.

You can smell it just a few steps away.

Xie Ruhuai bent down, put Chu Hantang in, and then gently dropped a kiss on her lips, and her thin lips were also dyed with a trace of rouge she was wearing.

Then, he placed her hand in place.

Xie Yihuai took out a knife, sapphire silver earrings, and a crimson wooden hairpin from his waist and put them in the coffin, and placed them next to Chu Hantang.

The door of the mourning hall was wide open, and when you looked up, you could see the white snow.

He sat by the coffin and watched Chu Hantang, from the first day to the seventh day.

Chi Yaoyao and the others have taken turns to come over in the past few days, and they also came to the mourning hall early in the morning today, so let Xie Yihuai go back to rest first, and they are guarding here.

I thought that Xie Yihuai would be unwilling, and they needed to spend some words to do it.

Unexpectedly, he readily agreed.

Xie Yihuai stood up and walked out of the mourning hall.

Chi Yaoyao was still not at ease, remembering Chu Hantang's instructions, and asked Liu Zhipei to follow him secretly to see if Xie Qihuai had gone back to the room to rest.

Xie Yihuai did not go back to the room to rest, but went out of the county lord's mansion.

Liu Zhipei hurriedly followed, but found that he went to the restaurant to buy a jar of wine, which was the kind of wine that Chu Hantang liked to drink before.

Although it is said that it is not good for a woman to drink too much of this wine, it is still okay to drink a few glasses.

Xie Yihuai gave the silver money, and after thanking him, he walked away with the wine jar.

Liu Zhipei immediately came back to his senses and followed, and saw Xie Ruhuai walking to a shop selling pastries.

The owner of the pastry seller recognized him, and anyone who saw a young man covered in blood who came to buy pastries with a little girl in his arms would remember it very well, not to mention that this young man was still very good-looking.

The boss saw that Xie Yihuai was wearing a seemingly festive red dress today, and he couldn't help but talk to him.

He handed the pastry to another guest and looked at Xie Yihuai, "Little boy." ”

Xie Yihuai's face was as usual, and he bowed slightly.

The boss asked casually.

"Why did you come to buy pastries by yourself today, the little girl who came with you last time to buy pastries?"

Xie Ruhuai said: "It's dead." ”

The boss choked on his own saliva, mainly because he said these two words in a homely tone, as if he was a person without sorrow or joy.

"Ah, dead ......"

Knowing this, the boss understood that it was not good to ask again, and quickly changed the topic, "I wonder what pastries the little boy wants to buy, or is it the same as last time?" Lotus cake, osmanthus cake, rice cake? ”

Xie Yihuai blinked, "Hmm." ”

The boss immediately cleaned up a few pastries for him, and said softly: "Okay, this is the pastry you wanted, little boy." ”

Xie Yihuai also took it.

Looking at his outstretched hand, I don't know when it became skinny, the boss said bluntly: "Little boy, please mourn." ”

The sweetness of the pastry is the same as before.

Xie Ruhuai's eyelashes twitched, he didn't look at the boss, he left directly, walked to the stall where he bought sugar paintings, and raised his hand to point to a candy painting in the shape of a bird.

"I want this."

The old man gave him the candy draw.

Seeing Xie Yihuai, the old man looked around, as if he was looking for someone.

"Where's the little girl?"

This question again, Xie Yihuai gently took a bite of the sugar painting, felt the sugar melt in his mouth, and gave the same answer, "It's dead." ”

He repeated in a low voice, "She's dead." ”

The old man was stunned.

Then, his cloudy eyes rolled, and he groped for a sugar painting with two villains, "This is the sugar painting that the little girl asked the old man to make, saying that she wanted to pick it up on the third day of the twelfth month." ”

But the old man had something to do temporarily, and he was going to leave the capital in the next few days.

The sugar painting can be put on for a month in winter, so he will make this sugar painting today and prepare to send it to the other party early.

I heard that they lived in the county lord's mansion.

Easy to find.

I didn't expect to see the little boy who came to buy sugar paintings with the little girl that day, and asked more, but learned the news.

Providence makes people.

In this case, let's paint the sugar to the little boy, and one of the two little people on the painting is this little boy.

When the little girl came to the old man to make this sugar painting, she cautiously asked him if he remembered what Xie Yihuai looked like, and the old man laughed at that time.

The young man has such a face, it is difficult to forget.

The old man smiled and asked, "Why did the little girl give this sugar painting to the little boy on the third day of the twelfth month?" ”

Chu Hantang said: "Because the third day of December is his birthday. ”

She also told him secretly.

I not only prepared this sugar painting gift, but also prepared other gifts.

The old man is from the past.

He understood the thoughts of these young people, and his face was wrinkled with a smile, "It seems that the little girl likes that little boy very much." ”

This is only true for those who care about it.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have prepared so much.

Chu Hantang squatted next to the old man and watched him skillfully do sugar painting, occasionally turning his head to cover his lips and coughing a few times, "Of course, we are still married, I don't like him, who do I like?" ”

So far, I'm afraid that the other gifts that the little girl said will not be able to be given.

The old man sat in front of the stall and looked up slightly at Xie Yihuai, who was holding a lot of things at the moment.

He said, "The little girl likes you very much." ”

Xie Yihuai's eyes lifted slightly and smiled.

"I know."

The boy slowly finished eating the candy painting in the shape of a bird, and then left with the candy painting with the two little people, and the red clothes were blown up by the wind.

Xie Ruhuai carried things back to the county lord's mansion.

Chi Yaoyao and Bai Yuan, who were guarding the mourning hall, got up as soon as they saw him, and their eyes fell on the things they bought, "Gongzi Xie, you are ......?"

Liu Zhipei also arrived at the mourning hall not long after Xie Yihuai came in and shook his head at them.

It means that he didn't go to rest, but went to buy these things.

If you don't buy it, you can buy it back, Chi Yaoyao can't say anything, seeing that the sky is about to get completely dark, she still wants Xie Yihuai to rest for a while.

He didn't seem to have rested much.