Wanqingsi

Chapter 167 New Year's Eve
These two days have been extremely uncomfortable.The old man has returned home, and it is no longer easy for Yun Zheng and I to stay in our own room for meals. We have to eat every meal with the old man in the living room. Of course, An Yuanxi must be there.So eating these two days made me feel particularly awkward. An Yuanxi's attitude towards everyone was extremely indifferent, completely out of tune with his previous nerd personality, with a gloomy face all day long, as if everyone owed him money Yes, it made me feel extremely uncomfortable too.Fortunately, except for meals, I basically don't meet him, but An Sheng always runs to my yard when he has nothing to do, like a torturer. Get in touch with Fusheng and Jinsha, maybe under his leadership, Fusheng can recover from that huge blow as soon as possible.But for An Sheng to study with Fu Sheng and the others, he had to obtain An Yuanxi's consent first. I didn't want to go to him, so I never had the right opportunity to tell him.

Then came the New Year’s Eve. I remember when I was a child, on New Year’s Eve, people had to watch the night. The whole family gathered together, had a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner, and watched the Spring Festival Gala. Fireworks and firecrackers, the New Year is the most fascinating and fun festival in childhood.And in this country of Tianzhao, Chinese New Year cannot be ambiguous, not to mention a big family like the Hou Mansion. bless.

The three deacons of the Yun family also rushed back to the Houfu in the capital, mainly to participate in tomorrow's ceremony for An Yuanxi to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan.The old man and Yun Zheng finished offering incense and kowtow to the ancestors in turn, and then said to An Yuanxi who was standing aside: "Yuanxi, come and offer incense to the ancestors."

An Yuanxi raised his eyes and glanced at the densely packed tablets on Shenxi, and walked forward without saying a word. I lit a stick of incense and handed it to him. According to the rules of the Hou Mansion, the men have to finish worshiping first. Only the ancestors are women's turn, and men follow the rule that the eldest house comes first, so the three deacons have to be ranked after An Yuanxi.When he was offering sacrifices to his ancestors, the old man said to the ancestral tablet very emotionally: "Bless the ancestors, let Chongshan find Yi'er's flesh and blood, and Yi'er should also smile at Jiuquan..."

An Yuanxi finished the incense in silence, kowtowed, and did not respond to the old man's nasty words.After the three deacons finished worshiping, it was my turn to offer incense to the ancestors. When I supported my waist and knelt down, the old man said again, "Yunmen No. 17 eldest daughter-in-law Ye, who is virtuous and filial, has been conceived by the Yun family." If you have flesh and blood, I hope your ancestors will bless you" and so on.Yun Zheng helped me get up, and the old man took the lead in burning paper money and ingots for the ancestors, and after finishing the long ritual activities, he took us to the main hall for the New Year's Eve dinner.

The New Year’s Eve dinner has been prepared long ago, and a large round table was set up in a dazzling array. We sat around the table, and even Jinsha, Fusheng, and Ansheng were able to sit at the same table with us. There was also a long-lost smile on his face.Yun Zheng's mother was not present, and there was a pair of empty bowls and chopsticks on the table. It seemed that the Yun family attached great importance to this reunion feast.The old man laughed and said: "It has been many years since so many people in the family celebrated the festival together. As the saying goes, 'beat one thousand, scold ten thousand, and have dinner at thirty nights', there is nothing more joyful than a family reunion It's gone, isn't it?"

"Brother is very right." Tang uncle Yun Chongling nodded quickly, and Uncle Chang and Uncle Hai also quickly echoed.I smiled wryly in my heart, the old man was probably the only one who enjoyed this meal happily.Although the old man tried his best to liven up the atmosphere, there was still some silence at the table.Fortunately, the three deacons of Yun's family are all good at observing words and deacons, trying their best to help the old man, telling some interesting stories in the business field, and Jinsha and Ansheng are two little ghosts grabbing food on the table, making people feel not too deserted Otherwise, this New Year's Eve dinner would really be like sitting on pins and needles.

After finally finishing the meal, Yunyi ran in and said to the old man: "Master Hou, the dragon dance team is here to pay New Year's greetings, Master Hou wants to go out and reward the happy money in person?" Hearing this, the old man happily said: "Okay , of course I want to go, for good luck!" An Sheng and the others couldn't hold back and ran out when they heard this, and I got a little excited too. I don’t know when it was canceled. There will be no dragon and lion dances, float parades, and Lantern Festival during the Chinese New Year. Firecrackers will also be banned.

The whole family followed the old man to watch the dragon dance outside the gate.As soon as I went out, I realized that it was really lively. Although it was already dark, there was a group of brightly dressed children holding long bamboo poles and carrying big red lanterns, illuminating the front of the door brightly.First there was a colorful dragon dance, and after a while of commotion, a group of fireworks exploded in the sky. I looked up in surprise, only to find that it was not a firework, but an iron flower.There is melted molten iron in the red-hot iron pot across the street. The person who beats the flower throws the ladle into the air, and the golden molten iron spreads out like fireworks rushing into the sky. Thin iron marbles condensed into hard bindings fell from the air.Before the first bunch of iron flowers disappeared, another bunch was thrown into the air with a "bang", and a new iron flower popped up again, one bunch after another without interruption.At this time, the fire dragon appeared. The fire dragon belonged to Buza. It was not as colorful as the colorful dragon, but it had an indescribable majesty and momentum than the colorful dragon.The men who danced the dragon were all bare-chested, covered with tung oil to prevent burns, and their heads were covered with sweat.

The old man was very satisfied with the dragon dance team's hard work, and asked Yunyi to reward the team leader with a big red envelope, and the dragon dance team withdrew bustlingly.The children couldn't bear it for a long time, and said they were going to set off fireworks, but they didn't know where they went in a blink of an eye.We went with the old man to watch juggling in the garden. It is said that the Yun family invites a juggling troupe to perform in the garden every thirty nights.The garden has been set up long ago, and the performances such as singing, dancing, taming animals, breathing fire and piercing fire circles took turns. I barely made it to Xu time, but I felt exhausted, and it was difficult to leave early, which would ruin the New Year's Eve Rules and the old man's interest.Leaning softly on Yun Zheng's shoulder, Yun Zheng immediately noticed my strangeness, lowered his head and said in concern: "Ye'er, are you tired?"

"Hmm..." I closed my eyes and hummed lazily. Even in my previous life, I never stayed up until the next morning. After three o'clock in the morning, my eyelids must have fought. Now I am pregnant. This body became more and more unbearable.Before he recovered, he heard Yun Zheng say to the old man: "Grandfather, Ye Er is tired, grandson wants to accompany her back to the room to rest."

I quickly opened my eyes, and saw that everyone was looking over. The old man cared about the great-grandson in my belly, and he didn't want to keep us, and said: "Go, Ye girl is inconvenient, and you don't have to watch the new year with us today. You can just stay in the room with her."

I saluted Yun Zheng and went back to the room. After entering the room, I took off my coat, crawled straight to the bed, pulled off the quilt, and prepared to fall asleep with my head covered.In the past two days, I have prepared for the New Year’s Eve dinner and activities and Anyuan Xi’s first-year ancestral recognition ceremony. Although I don’t have to do it myself, there are still bits and pieces to arrange and explain, and my stomach is full again, because Due to pregnancy, both legs are a little swollen, and I feel that it is too much to stand or sit for a while.

Yun Zheng sat on the head of the bed, I grabbed his clothes and acted like a baby: "Yun Zheng, can you come up and sleep with me?"

He smiled, took off his shoes and curled up under the quilt. I leaned against him, but couldn't find a suitable position after searching. Somewhat annoyed.Seeing my distraught look, Yun Zheng chuckled and let me lie on the inside of the bed. He hugged me tenderly behind me, feeling his body against my back without gaps, not too warm The body temperature was transmitted intimately through the clothes, so I closed my eyes with peace of mind, and fell asleep after a while.

Then I began to dream, dreaming that I gave birth to the baby safely, and the baby's afterbirth was also detoxified from Yun Zheng's Gu poison.The baby is very beautiful, his eyes are like mine, and everything else is like Yunzheng.Yun Zheng and I took him to flutter butterflies among the flowers all over the mountain. When we were having fun, a snake crawled out from nowhere. Its prismatic snake head had a pair of small, sinister eyes. The baby's foot bites away.Yun Zheng quickly grabbed the poisonous snake and threw it out, but the snake quickly turned its head and took a bite on the back of Yun Zheng's hand. The snake's venom ran quickly under his skin like a sandworm, and Yun Zheng collapsed in pain among the flowers , moaning and twitching with my eyes tightly closed, I was scared out of my wits: "Yun Zheng..."

"Yunzheng, Yunzheng..." I just felt dizzy, and in a daze, I felt someone patting my face: "Ye'er? Ye'er? Wake up..."

I opened my eyes suddenly, sweating.Yun Zheng's anxious face was close at hand, I hugged his neck tremblingly: "Yun Zheng..."

"Having a nightmare?" He gently wiped the cold sweat off my forehead, and said gently, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

I closed my eyes, and the frightening scene in the dream appeared vividly in front of me, making me terrified.Yun Zheng coaxed me softly, soothing my restless emotions.I gradually calmed down in his arms, feeling my emotions ease, Yun Zheng let go of me, and helped me sit up: "What did you dream about?"

I couldn't help shivering, Yun Zheng felt it keenly, took a brocade fur from the hanger beside the bed, put it on me, and changed the subject without a trace: "You woke up just in time, and it will be midnight soon It's time, Ning'er and the others just brought dumplings, how about getting up and eating some?"

I remembered the custom of eating dumplings at twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, so I nodded and asked Yun Zheng to help me up.Yun Zheng smiled and said: "What are you doing when you get up, let Ning'er move the short table and eat on the bed."

While talking, Ning'er and Xin'er had already brought in the low tables and trays.While filling the dumplings, Xin'er smiled and said, "The ingots are in the warehouse, young master and young mistress, let's share the blessing!"

I laughed, I just had such a nightmare, and I was very happy to hear these auspicious words at this time.Seeing that my mood improved, Yun Zheng put a smile on his face, sat down with me, and ate dumplings together.I just took two bites, and I bit into something hard. I looked inside the dumpling, and it turned out to be a copper coin. Seeing me pulling the copper coin out of the dumpling, Ning'er said pleasantly, "Congratulations, young lady, this year It will definitely attract wealth and treasure, and you will win the lottery if you eat the first dumpling."

I smiled, put the copper coins on the low table, took the warm towel from Xin'er and wiped my hands, took out two red envelopes and a kit from under the pillow, and handed them to them.The two little girls accepted it happily, and I sent them out to eat dumplings too. After seeing them leave, I said to Yun Zheng with a smile: "Honey, I have a gift for you too."

"Oh?" Yun Zheng raised his eyebrows and smiled.I said mysteriously: "Close your eyes, and I will tell you to open them again!"

Yun Zheng closed his eyes obediently, I rolled out of bed, took out two cartoon dolls each one foot long from the cabinet, hid the dolls behind me, and sat beside him.These two dolls, I recently drew a Q-version cartoon portrait of Yunzheng and me, and then hid and carried Yunzheng on the back to sew them secretly. The two dolls can be seen at a glance as Yunzheng and me, but the facial features are funny and cute To exaggerate, I dressed the two dolls in 21st century wedding dresses, and they look sweet and cozy together.

"Okay, open your eyes!" I couldn't help laughing.Yun Zheng opened his eyes, saw that there was nothing in front of him, and didn't ask any questions. He looked at me with a smile, and I held up the two dolls from behind one by one in front of him: "Dangdangdangdang, hey, this is Xiaozheng and Xiaohua."

Yun Zheng stared at the two dolls with wide eyes, a trace of astonishment appeared on his usually calm face, and then, the corners of his lips gradually parted, and he couldn't help smiling.He took the two dolls and stroked their clothes curiously. I hurriedly presented the treasure and said, "This is the wedding dress from my hometown. Xiao Hua is wearing a wedding dress, and Xiao Zheng is wearing a suit."

"Very cute." Yun Zheng caressed the funny smiling faces of the two dolls, and said with admiration, "Did Ye Er make it by himself?"

"Yeah." I nodded and said mysteriously, "Look around, they still have secrets!"

Hearing this, Yun Zheng picked up the doll, and then on the inside of Xiao Zheng's suit, he saw two rows of thin words I embroidered with white thread, "Death and life are in harmony with each other, talk to Zicheng".His hands trembled, and he raised his eyes to look at me, and I pointed to Xiaohua: "She has it too."

With experience this time, he straightened up the lining of Xiaohua's wedding dress, and saw that I had also embroidered two rows of "Hold your hand and grow old together" with red thread.Yun Zheng stared at the two rows of words obsessively, and was speechless for a while, I couldn't help but panic, raised my hand and waved in front of his eyes: "Yun Zheng, are you okay..."

Holding his hand in his palm, Yun Zheng looked at me deeply and sighed: "Ye'er..."

I leaned into his arms and said with a smile, "I only have one wish in my life. Yun Zheng, being able to meet you and fall in love with you is the luckiest and happiest thing in my life..."

He lifted my chin and pressed his lips down. I felt a slight tremor on his cool lips, and responded to his kiss more tenderly. After a while, he reluctantly let me go, and I smiled. Looking into his foggy eyes, they saw their shadows in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)