Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 472 472. Seventeen
"Come here, move the ladder, and my wife and I will exchange it for new peach charms!" Zhu Xiuyuan waved his hand.

The two boys obeyed the order and left. In fact, the ladder had already been prepared and they could move it immediately as soon as Zhu Xiuyuan ordered it.

"Hey husband, hang up a small peach charm. No need for a ladder. Just the two of us can do it!"

Dong Shuzhen is relatively short, two heads shorter than Zhu Xiuyuan. She is jumping up and down, eager to try, pointing sideways at the old peach charms on both sides of the door, and then looking up at Zhu Xiuyuan, her two big eyes are very bright.

"What nonsense are you talking about? This wall is so high that even my husband can't reach it..."

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled and was very patient. In his opinion, when he climbed up the ladder to change the peach charms, he could at most let Dong Shuzhen hold the ladder below and have a sense of participation.

"Husband, have you forgotten how I climbed onto the big wine vat in that wine cellar a few days ago? Husband, can we do it again?"

Zhu Xiuyuan twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

A few days ago in the wine cellar, he had asked Dong Shuzhen to sit on his shoulders, lifting her up so that he could see what was going on inside the huge wine tank.

But there are so many people here...

Zhu Xiuyuan turned his head slightly and looked around, and saw that everyone was staring at them, including his father-in-law Dong Cheng, Dong Shuyu, and all the servants and maids in the mansion.

By the way, more and more people gathered on Xufu Street. They stopped and watched the excitement.

There were so many people and so many pairs of eyes, allowing him to carry her on his shoulders again... There seemed to be nothing wrong with it!
At least that's what Zhu Xiuyuan thinks.

After becoming the "nemesis" in the hearts of most civil and military officials in Beijing, Zhu Xiuyuan neglected to maintain his own image. It was like that anyway, no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be any worse.

"Okay, then we don't need a ladder. Madam, you have to be careful not to fall."

Zhu Xiuyuan nodded, slowly squatted down, and gently patted his own shoulder.

"Don't worry, husband, I am a martial arts practitioner, I won't fall..."

The smile on Dong Shuzhen's face could no longer be kept. She turned around quickly, held her long skirt in her hands, lifted it up slightly, moved it closer, and sat down on Zhu Xiuyuan's shoulder.

Of the two of them, one doesn't care about worldly opinions and lets his wife do whatever she wants.The other one, neither big nor small, doesn't care about the occasion. He dares to do something so intimate with so many people watching...

Not to mention the servants and maids in the mansion and the passers-by on the street, Dong Cheng alone was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and his eyes almost bulged out.

His little daughter... is so naughty!
Dong Cheng suddenly felt his face dull.

The mistress of the house is acting so recklessly that she has lost not only the face of the uncle's house, but also the face of her parents' family!

Dong Cheng's face turned green, the corners of his mouth twitched, and the goat's whiskers under his jaw trembled.

He was so angry that he couldn't help but step forward. He wanted to catch his naughty little daughter and teach her a lesson!
However, as soon as Dong Cheng took half a step out, someone grabbed his hand.

But it turned out to be Dong Shuyu next to Dong Cheng. She shook her head at Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng reacted immediately and took half a step forward before immediately withdrawing.

It is New Year's Eve now, which is an annual festival. It is not appropriate to teach people today.Besides, there are too many people here, including servants from the mansion and passers-by on the street.

If Dong Cheng rushes to teach Dong Shuzhen a lesson at this time, I'm afraid it will be even more embarrassing!
So he secretly took a deep breath and stared at his little daughter and his virtuous son-in-law, as if they were about to breathe fire!

He was also thinking about how he should preach to them well after the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day holidays...

Dong Cheng was angry, while the rest of the onlookers were stunned.

The servants and maids in the mansion, as well as passers-by on the street, all opened their mouths, a little dumbfounded... Uncle Jiang Cheng and Mrs. Uncle Jiang Cheng, what are you doing?
The servants and maids in the mansion are actually okay. They have stayed in the uncle's mansion for a long time and have long understood the temperament of Uncle Jiang Cheng and his wife.

To put it bluntly, Uncle Jiang Cheng and his wife are not very interesting!
However, they are the two people who have the most say in the uncle's house... Even the uncle's father-in-law, aunt, etc. can't say anything, let alone them?
Ever since, they have long been used to it!
But every time they see his uncle and his wife doing something out of character, they still feel shocked.

However, for the passers-by gathered on the street, this was a bit... their jaws almost dropped to the ground!
Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen were in the "epicenter" and were constantly baptized by all kinds of eyes.

However, the two of them seemed unaware and still went their own way!
Zhu Xiuyuan really didn't care. He thought about how many strange looks he had received in the court, but it was much worse than what he was seeing now. Even so, he was not afraid.

Besides, Zhu Xiuyuan is now wearing the "disaster" hat tighter and tighter on his head, as if it was cast by iron... He doesn't care anymore. Whatever he is afraid of, he can just do whatever he wants.

As for Dong Shuzhen, she was so happy that her eyes were full of husbands and she could no longer look at anyone else.So...she didn't notice the stunned looks of the onlookers at all.

"Are you seated, madam?"

Zhu Xiuyuan squatted down and tilted his neck slightly. The skin between his neck was rubbing against the material of Dong Shuzhen's long skirt. It was made of silk. When it rubbed between his neck, it felt a little slippery and itchy.

Dong Shuzhen sat on his shoulders, her two little feet dangling at his heart. Zhu Xiuyuan held them with both hands, giving her a fixed point of support to prevent her from becoming unstable and falling.

"Sit tight!"

Dong Shuzhen's voice came from above. She was still holding Zhu Xiuyuan's head in her hands to use her strength to maintain balance.

"Okay! I'm standing up for my husband..."

With that said, Zhu Xiuyuan slowly stood up and lifted Dong Shuzhen on his shoulders little by little.

Although Dong Shuzhen was small, she was quite heavy, but Zhu Xiuyuan could still withstand it. As he slowly stood up, Dong Shuzhen on his shoulders was still screaming and letting out bursts of laughter like silver bells.

Seeing this, the onlookers turned to stone one after another, and their eyes widened...

Dong Cheng's face turned from green to livid, and the veins on his forehead were twitching.

However, Dong Cheng did not move and only watched quietly. On the surface, Dong Cheng was quite calm, but Dong Shuyu beside him found that his father's hands and feet were trembling slightly...

Dong Shuyu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly.

While smiling bitterly, she couldn't help but think of Dong Cheng's instructions to her a few days ago: let her directly teach Dong Shuzhen to become a qualified countess!

Now, seeing this, Dong Shuyu could only smile bitterly and shake his head again.

Difficult!

The most important point is that Zhu Xiuyuan also followed her in the mischief, which makes it even harder...

Under everyone's gaze, Zhu Xiuyuan carried Dong Shuzhen on his shoulders and walked slowly, step by step, to the left side of the door and under the old peach charm.

At the same time, the boy who had just been ordered to move the ladder had returned, carrying a wooden ladder.But when they saw this scene, they knew that the ladder would no longer be used, but they did not move it back.

In addition, beside Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen, a group of helpers also came. They were ready to take the old peach charms picked by the mistress and hand over the new peach charms...

"Husband, stand firm, I am about to start picking old peach charms!"

"it is good!"

Dong Shuzhen loosened her hand holding his head, leaned her upper body forward slightly, put her hands on the wall beside the mansion door, groped for a while, took down the old peach charm that had been hanging for a whole year, and handed it down.

The boys who had been waiting here immediately caught him.

Another boy presented the new peach charm.

Dong Shuzhen took out the new peach charm, with a serious face, sat on Zhu Xiuyuan's shoulder, and hung up the new peach charm with both hands.

"Miss is great! Miss is great! It's done! It's done!" The two girls, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen, clapped and cheered nearby.

"Madam is great..."

"Master is great..."

……

At the beginning of Xia Wu and Qiu Wen's speech, the servants and maids who were watching also agreed.

Suddenly, there was a burst of noise at the gate of Jiangcheng Uncle's Mansion, which was more lively than the other side.

"Husband, you must be tired. How about I come down first, rest for a while, and then go hang the one on the right?"

"Alright!"

So, Dong Shuzhen adjusted her sitting posture slightly, jumped down gently with a whoosh sound, and landed firmly on the ground.After landing, Dong Shuzhen immediately turned around and faced Zhu Xiuyuan, her face full of joy.

He took out a snow-white handkerchief from his pocket and wiped Zhu Xiuyuan's sweat with a very gentle movement.

In fact, there was no sweat on Zhu Xiuyuan's forehead at all.

But when he looked at the lady with a serious face and her gentle movements, he couldn't help but be touched in his heart and forgot to stop her.

He looked intently at Dong Shuzhen's chubby face, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth gradually widened.

"Miss Guye, here comes the tea... You must be tired from hanging the peach charms. Let's drink some tea to relieve your fatigue..."

Suddenly, Qiu Wen and Xia Wu ran over, each carrying a cup of tea.

After resting for a while and drinking tea, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen went to change the peach charms on the right again, the same way as before...

After replacing the two peach charms, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen completed their mission.

The two of them walked towards Dong Cheng together, preparing to meet everyone and return home together.

"Father-in-law, we've changed it!" Zhu Xiuyuan cupped his hand.

"Um……"

Dong Cheng nodded slightly, then turned his eyes and landed on Dong Shuzhen. His face immediately darkened, his eyes widened, and his hands trembled slightly.

To be honest, Dong Cheng wanted to give his little daughter a severe lesson.

Just can't do it now.

Dong Shuzhen has been scared since she was a child. When she saw her father looking like this, he stared at her with a dark face. Dong Shuzhen immediately realized that she might have done something wrong to make her father angry. Happy.

Then, Dong Shuzhen moved her steps and ducked behind Zhu Xiuyuan.

After hiding, she stuck out half of her head and peeked at Dong Cheng, as if she was playing hide and seek with him.

Dong Cheng's face darkened again. The corners of his mouth twitched, causing his beard to tremble. He almost went into a rage and even said the word "you".

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Dong Shuyu next to him gave him a hand again.

Dong Cheng immediately suppressed his anger and only glared at Dong Shuzhen without saying anything else.

This sight frightened Dong Shuzhen. She completely hid behind Zhu Xiuyuan and held his hand. On the way back home, she always hid behind Zhu Xiuyuan and was always in Dong Cheng's blind spot...

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't know what to say, so he could only smile bitterly.

After hanging the peach charms, the next activity is "ancestral worship".

During this event, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Cheng were separated.

Zhu Xiuyuan offered sacrifices to the ancestors of the Zhu family in the main house, while Dong Cheng offered sacrifices to the ancestors of the Dong family in his courtyard, each offering his own sacrifice.

In the main house, there is a mourning hall that was hastily arranged.

Zhu Xiuyuan lit two memorial candles and inserted them into an incense burner. He then lit three incense sticks and inserted them into them.

On the table of the incense burner, there are piles of sacrifices, various meats and fruits, etc. on the left and right sides.

Behind the incense burner is a spiritual tablet with the words "birthday wishes" written on it.

"Wish you birthday" is Zhu Xiuyuan's cheap dad.

Zhu Xiuyuan lit the incense candle, took two steps back, knelt down on the futon in front of the case, kowtowed and bowed, which was very polite.

On the futon next to him, Dong Shuzhen was there.

When she saw Zhu Xiuyuan kowtow, she also kowtowed and followed his example.

However, there was a faint suppressed excitement on her little face, and her two big eyes turned around, looking at everything strangely.

It stands to reason that when worshiping ancestors on New Year's Eve, female relatives cannot be present. This has been a long-standing rule.

However, these rules are completely useless in Zhu Xiuyuan's case.

What are the rules? Rules are meant to be broken.

Therefore, when Dong Shuzhen said that she had never worshiped ancestors before and didn't know what it was like to worship ancestors, Zhu Xiuyuan took her in personally.

In this mourning hall, there are only two people, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen, which can be said to be sparsely populated.

After Zhu Xiuyuan kowtowed, he stood up and stared at the spiritual tablet. He could see the word "birthday" on it, and he was fascinated.

He had never met this cheap daddy at all.

Thinking back to the day he just traveled through time, his cheap dad had already been buried for three days!

There are only some fragmentary memory fragments of him... Zhu Xiuyuan looked very strange to this spiritual tablet and the words on it!

This mourning hall is too spacious and quiet, and the layout and atmosphere make it easy to make people sad.

Zhu Xiuyuan thought about the memory fragments of birthday wishes. As he thought about it, he couldn't help but think of some things from his previous life...

Eh……

He had no time to prepare for the sudden time travel, and it was inevitable that he would leave many regrets in that world.

Thinking about these questions in his mind, Zhu Xiuyuan's mood suddenly became unattractive, which was manifested externally by frowning and turning blue.

Dong Shuzhen immediately noticed the change in Zhu Xiuyuan's spirit. She opened her eyes wide and looked at her husband blankly. She thought to herself that her husband might be in a bad mood because he missed his ancestors...

Ever since, the suppressed excitement on Dong Shuzhen's face completely disappeared, she stopped looking around, and gradually got closer to Zhu Xiuyuan, and finally, she hugged Zhu Xiuyuan's hand.

"Husband, today is New Year's Eve, the most rare holiday of the year. Husband, please don't be unhappy."

Dong Shuzhen held his hand with both hands and leaned her head against him. She felt so calm and intimate, like a little bird leaning against him.

Zhu Xiuyuan came back from his thoughts, looked at her sideways, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised, and gently stroked the bun on her head, which was silky and smooth, and the light was discernible.

Dong Shuzhen had dressed up carefully today, and her hair was black, but her little face was white, one black and one white, the contrast was sharp... This is really a rare beauty!

"Well... Madam, when this year is over, you will be 17 years old, right?" Zhu Xiuyuan asked suddenly.

"Yes, I will be 17 years old tomorrow! My husband has also grown a year older and will be 19 years old!" Dong Shuzhen said with a smile.

"Why did your husband suddenly ask this?" Dong Shuzhen asked again, raising her little face with an innocent smile.

"Uh……"

Zhu Xiuyuan's hand stroking her bun suddenly froze and stopped there, his expression slightly unnatural.

"It's nothing, I am my husband... I just lament that my husband has passed away like this. Time flies so fast. It has been so long since we got married..."

"Oh……"

Dong Shuzhen nodded blankly, her big eyes rolling around, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Let's go, we've finished worshiping our ancestors. Let's go wait for my father-in-law and the others in the flower hall."

Zhu Xiuyuan patted her back gently and stood up from the futon first.

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(End of this chapter)