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Chapter 143 Bring Your Parents Over
It's almost Chinese New Year, these two days Zhang Zhen'an didn't go anywhere, just stayed at home and guarded An Xiu'er, the two of them sat around the fire, sipping tea, reading, chatting, their days were warm and simple.

These two days, Zhang Zhenan really looked at her with admiration. He found that she had changed a lot after seeing her for more than a month. Before, she could only read a few words, but the two of them were reading together these two days. Occasionally, he said something She was able to answer any allusions.

But what she likes most is reading the scripts, and occasionally discussing the plot with him, but the scripts at home are limited, so Zhang Zhenan had to send someone to the bookstore to collect a large stack to pass her time.

Compared to Zhang Zhen'an and An Xiu'er's leisure, Ye Jingshu and Wu's both felt a little uneasy. They were waiting for Zhang Zhen'an to come to ask questions, but Zhang Zhen'an just couldn't pass.

This kind of waiting made them feel tormented, and Wu Shi felt that Zhang Zhenan's doing so might as well just give her a knife and have a good time.

She regretted it to death now, and felt that she shouldn't have listened to Ye Jingshu at that time, and she scolded Ye Jingshu twice, blaming her for giving herself another crooked idea.

Ye Jingshu could only accept Wu Shi's blame, and she also hated herself, why did she go there that day?If she couldn't bear to look, nothing would happen, but she just couldn't help it.

This incident also reminded her herself that if she wanted to do anything in the future, she would absolutely hide away and not give anyone a chance to catch her.

The two days of torment finally passed, and the new year will be celebrated in a flash. According to the Zhang family's practice, everyone will sit together and have a New Year's Eve dinner together. Although Ye Jingshu is not from the Zhang family, according to the practice of previous years, she also has Seats.

This year, Mrs. Wu blamed her for giving him such a bad idea, instead of letting the maid to invite her, she specifically asked the maid to notify An Xiu'er, which was considered to be a face to An Xiu'er.

An Xiu'er still has a lump in her heart about Wu Shi, she doesn't want to go too much, she had agreed with Zhang Zhen'an during the day, she said she would not go due to illness, but she didn't expect Wu Shi to send someone to invite her, this is really a miracle, In the past, every time she came to invite her, nothing good would happen, but this time she was going to invite her to a New Year's Eve dinner.

Zhang Zhen'an knew that Wu Shi wanted to reconcile, and although he was also dissatisfied with her in his heart, he couldn't bear her to celebrate the new year alone, so he said to An Xiu'er: "Give me some face, go, anyway, it's just a meal, and no one will be there at that time." If you dare to make things difficult for you, go and let me remind her a few words in front of her."

"What's the reminder? It's over. It's the New Year's Eve. It's not good to be unhappy." An Xiu'er shook her head and said.

"I just want to settle these accounts on the last day, so that she will not come to bully you next year." Zhang Zhenan said.

"Forget it, it's your mother after all." An Xiu'er didn't want to make everyone unhappy during the Chinese New Year, she said: "Anyway, you have endured it for two days, so you can endure it for a while longer until the festival comes , and it’s not too late to talk about these things.”

"Don't worry, leave these things to me. You can just eat and drink. This Chinese New Year, the housekeeper specially brought a few sweet-scented osmanthus fish from Jiangbei. The meat is very tender. When I talk to them, You can just secretly eat more." Zhang Zhenan said.

"I'm not such a delicious person." An Xiu'er rolled her eyes at him, feeling a lot more relaxed.

Zhang Zhenan managed to make her happy, and didn't want to talk about these unhappy things, so he changed the subject and said, "It's Chinese New Year, do you miss your parents?"

"Think." An Xiu'er nodded, and when Zhang Zhen'an mentioned it, her longing became more and more intense.

"When the time comes, I will bring them here. I bought a small house near here, and they can live there without being disturbed by anyone." Zhang Zhenan said with a smile.

"When did you buy the house?" An Xiu'er was pleasantly surprised.

"Some time ago, I planned to pick them up when I came back, but..." Zhang Zhenan didn't go any further, just said: "After the new year, the seventh and eighth day, we will pick them up, just in time, they can come to the city Let's take a look at the lanterns, the Lantern Festival, this county is very lively."

"But my parents are used to living in the country, I'm afraid they won't come." An Xiu'er said, she knew the character of old man An better.

"I will persuade them to come over. I said I need their help, and they will definitely come over." Zhang Zhenan said: "When they come over, someone will accompany you."

"But, when they come, you don't need them." An Xiu'er knew what kind of person her elder brother and second brother were, and they absolutely did not want to be preyed upon.

"Who says I don't need them? I just need a confidant right now. Your eldest brother is very strong. When the time comes, I will let your eldest brother come to my guard team as my deputy. The second brother will ask him to help me take care of some properties. I am very relieved of them." , As for the father-in-law and mother-in-law, they are getting old, so they can rest at home and just be with you."

"You are very thoughtful, I thank you for them." An Xiu'er was about to stand up and bow to Zhang Zhenan, but Zhang Zhenan quickly held her down and said, "You and I are a husband and wife, if you have to thank me for such things, then If I see you, I will be sad."

"But can my elder brother and second brother do well what you arranged? They are just ordinary farmers." An Xiu'er hesitated, and said: "If they can't do it, you can just arrange them in an unimportant place Don't let them get you wrong."

"How could it be? Can you learn if you don't know it? You are so smart and have learned so many things now. They must be able to learn too." Zhang Zhenan smiled at her.

"That's good." An Xiu'er nodded and said: "Then it's settled like this, you are not allowed to go back on your word, I want to see them before the Lantern Festival."

"Don't go back on your word." Zhang Zhenan shook his head, "As long as you are happy."

"Well, you have to pay attention to their safety, don't let them be cheated away like me." When An Xiu'er mentioned this matter, she still had some lingering fears, and she was afraid that others would take advantage of her father mother.

"This kind of thing won't happen again. I didn't make an agreement with you before. From now on, we will use people you know well. Don't trust strangers." Zhang Zhenan said.

"Well, that's a good idea." An Xiu'er nodded, feeling relieved.

There is still some time before going to the New Year's Eve dinner at night. As a man, Zhang Zhen'an is going to the Zhang family's grand ancestral hall to worship his ancestors. An Xiu'er is a woman and is not qualified to go there. However, as the old lady of the Zhang family and the former head of the Zhang family, Mrs. Wu However, the widow can go to the ancestral hall.

After Zhang Zhen'an left, An Xiu'er felt that there was nothing to do, so she asked the maid to bring scissors and window paper to cut out the window grilles.

As a big family, the Zhang family thought that the window grilles belonged to the lower Liba people, and they don’t put window grilles on New Year’s Eve. An Xiu’er didn’t think too much about it. She just felt that the empty windows seemed to be missing something, so she cut them up. Window grilles.

Her hands are very dexterous, a piece of paper is folded in half and then in half in her hands, and then cut here and there with scissors, and then spread out, it becomes a beautiful pattern.

An Xiu'er cut piglets, carp, and fat dolls holding peaches, which aroused the amazement of Ban Xia's group of little maids.

An Xiu'er saw that they were eager to read, so she also taught them a few simple tricks, and they also took the scissors to learn with great interest, but they could also learn some simple ones, but it's not as good-looking as An Xiu'er's cuts.

After cutting the window grilles for a while, An Xiu'er also felt tired, and ordered them to paste the window grilles, while she lay down on the bed and slept for a while. Zhang Zhen'an said that tonight, the mansion invited a few singers from the nearby cities to be the best. The team is here, let her not miss it.

An Xiu'er is still quite interested in watching operas. When I was at home, there were no performances during the Chinese New Year. Occasionally, the village would invite opera troupes over, but it was rare in a few years. The harvest was very good, so the head of the village asked the villagers to chip in some money, and invited the lantern and shadow performers to come and sing.

At that time, the whole village went to the opera, An Xiu'er usually went there early to put up a stool to occupy a seat, and rushed over immediately after the New Year's Eve dinner.

But in my memory, the village hasn't invited anyone to sing an opera for several years. The last time I listened to an opera on New Year's Eve seemed to be three years ago.

In the past, even if you don’t listen to operas, according to the rules of the village, you have to sit until the child’s age, and then set off firecrackers to welcome the God of Wealth. At that time, she was young, and it was said that she would have good luck if she could sit until the child’s day Every year, even if she is very sleepy, she still sits in the house and waits for the arrival of the new year.

When the midnight comes and firecrackers are set off, Mrs. Liang will move in the bundles of firewood that have been placed in the yard long ago, and this is called receiving money.

But in this county town, there will definitely not be such a custom.

An Xiu'er is relatively calm, Minyue City does not have this custom, there must be other interesting things, such as listening to operas, she can listen to operas at night.

……

When Zhang Zhenan came back from worshiping his ancestors, An Xiuer was already asleep. When he went to the door, he found that there seemed to be something different. After a closer look, he found that there were many window grilles outside the house.

"Where did these window grilles come from?" He asked casually, as if he didn't buy them himself.

"Madam cut it." The servant girl quickly answered with a bow.

"Oh." He responded, and walked into the room, only to find that An Xiu'er was lying on the bed and fast asleep.

He wasn't sleepy at all, but seeing her sleeping so soundly, he felt a little tired.

He took off his coat and lay down on the bed. During this period of time, he was really exhausted. He left early and returned late every day. It was the last day of the year. To be able to hold his beloved like this, without thinking about anything, was comfortable Sleeping is also considered a kind of happiness.

(End of this chapter)