Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 22
In December, after Laba, the busy New Year is coming, and the new year will come again soon. On the [-]th day, I came to Luoyingyuan to see my younger brother in the evening. Dalang Erlang has already spoken, although he can only speak alone. Shouting words, but the way the two little guys scramble to talk together is not funny every time.

Lin Qingran taught them to call them elder sisters, holding a bunch of cards she made a few days ago. The patterns on them were drawn by herself, they were all small animals, and there were also big posters she made hanging on the wall, all of which were Used to identify animals and plants.

There was a sound of stomping at the door, and Xiao Qi walked in in a blink of an eye, her nose flushed, and she said to Lin Qingran excitedly, "Sister Fifth, it's snowing."

"Go and wash your hands, don't be cold, brother." Lin Qingran touched her hand, and asked the maid who was serving her to take her down to wash her hands. Da Lang seemed to be interested in what the young lady had just said, and looked up at Lin Qingran. , lisp, "Xu? (Snow)"

Putting hats on them, and asking if it was windy outside, Lin Qingran opened some windows, and the snowy scene outside was displayed in front of them.

Dalang Erlang was very curious. He supported Lin Qingran to stand up by himself, and walked unsteadily to the side of the bed. He was not tall enough, so he climbed on the window frame with both hands, trying to tiptoe to look out.

Xiaoqi warmed his hands and came over, took off his shoes and went to sit on the couch, held Dalang in his arms and held him up, and let him see the yard outside the window. The elder brother is a taller, and he couldn't hear what he said, so he smiled cheerfully.
Soon the sky darkened, and when we arrived in the yard, we could vaguely hear someone setting off firecrackers in the market, and occasionally there would be a few flashes in mid-air, indicating that someone couldn't wait to set off fireworks.

This year Lin Wenxi also bought some fireworks and came back. The family had a reunion dinner. It was getting dark and the sound of firecrackers and fireworks outside gradually increased. Erlang Dalang couldn't sit still at all. There was movement outside, and the little hand held the door frame and looked out curiously. When he saw the sky was lit up by the fireworks, he giggled. Looking back at the people in the hall, his little hand pointed out at the sky, "Acridine!"

As more and more people were released here, the two little guys were unwilling to stay in the room. The threshold of the hall was high, so they simply lay on top of it and wanted to climb over. Don't forget to turn around and wave to Lin Qingran and the others.

Soon at Zishi, Lin Wenxi sent someone to bring up all the fireworks he bought and put them away far away. The family stood under the eaves. At this time, the sky was already brightly illuminated by those fireworks.

Little Liu Lin Qinglan hid behind Lin Qingran, covering her ears with her hands, she was a little scared, Xiaoqi beside her was very courageous, "Sister Six, these are fireworks, not firecrackers, the sound is not loud!"

Lin Qingyan came over and patted her head, and laughed at her, "If you're not afraid, then go and order."

Xiao Qi turned around and hugged her, grinning, "I'll just see."

During the conversation, the steward over there had already taken the lit incense and was about to light the fire. Dalang Erlang hurried to Mother's side, hugged each other, and imitated Sixth Sister, covering his ears with his hands, but staring at the big box with his eyes motionless. .

The stewards quickly ignited the wires on the box, and after running away, only hearing the first bang, a light beam shot out from the box quickly, and when they raised their heads, the sky had already exploded with fireworks.

The sky that suddenly lit up was embellished with colorful fireworks, and then it went dark for a moment, and then there were fireworks. Far and near, there were sounds in my ears, as well as the laughter of children.

Lin Wenxi and Mrs. Lu looked at each other, and put their arms around her waist. Mrs. Lu leaned her head gently on his shoulder, and the faces of the children beside her were all happy smiles. Happiness
It's like this year after year, in a blink of an eye, four years go by

Lin Mansion, which has been renovated once, on the spring path, two small figures are chasing after each other, followed by the nanny and a few maids, but they can't catch up with them. After a while, they ran to Luoying Courtyard and arrived in front of the house. The two stopped running, looked at each other, and took a few deep breaths facing each other to stabilize the breath. Then they stepped into the room and greeted the mother who was sitting there talking to her sister, "Mother."

Lu put down the booklet in his hand and looked at them, frowning, "He came here again."

The two brothers exchanged glances quickly, shook their heads and shouted, "No, we came here."

"Erlang, come here." Mrs. Lu didn't believe their way, Lin Yunhao hesitated for a while, and the big man Lin Yunze stepped up to Mrs. Lu and obediently admitted his mistake, "Mother, I dragged my younger brother and ran over here. Not again."

Lu's reached out his hand to touch the back of his shirt, and it was already sweating and hot, "How many times have you said it's next time."

Lin Wenhao who was still standing there raised his head and quickly replied, "Many times." After all, the look in his eyes was very sincere, and he really said it many times.

Lu couldn't laugh or cry looking at the two brothers, "I have run away many times!"

Lin Yunze stepped back and pulled his younger brother for a while, then changed the words to admit his mistake, "Mother, there will be no next time."

"Mother Wang, take them to change clothes." This chorus, Lu's had nothing to do with the two of them, so he went back and continued to choose the jewelry on the booklet with Lin Qingran.

"Mother, I think this is pretty good." Lin Qingran pointed to the whole set of gold ornaments on the brochure, from gold locks to bracelets, "The eldest sister is the second child, and the third sister is the first child." Woolen cloth."

"Will it be too heavy?" Lu Shi gave her a sharp look, "You, I just want to give it well, and don't think about your third sister's house." After speaking, Lu Shi couldn't help but sighed again.

Lin Qingran knew what her mother was worried about. The conditions of the third sister's husband's family were just like that, and the gift was too expensive. She was afraid that the Wei family would think too much, so she pointed to the gold jewelry and said, "Mother, you can't have anything for the eldest sister and the third sister. Bad, the conditions of the Wei family are right there, if it’s good it’s good, if it’s bad it’s not good, so why don’t we wrong Third Sister to cater to them.”

"Why do you talk like that, girl?" Lu Shi poked her forehead, and Lin Qingran stuck out her tongue, "I'm not wrong, is it because the Wei family's family background is not as good as ours, so the things sent to the third sister have to be It's halved, it doesn't make sense, it's a happy thing for the third sister to be pregnant, we are well prepared, this is the blessing to the third sister."

Mrs. Lu also knew that her daughter's words were justified, she had always been jealous, but it was just the marriage of the third girl.

Of the few candidates at the beginning, Sanya chose the one with the worst qualifications, and told her that she chose it herself and she would not regret it.

Lu almost didn't let her get angry. A child with such a good temper usually won't come if his temper is twisted at a critical moment.

Then Wei Shu is a student of her husband, and her character is also good. The beginning of the Wei family is the same as that of the Lin family. It is also a child of a poor family who studied at the beginning. At the beginning, Lu was willing to marry her husband and accompany him to endure hardships all the way. It means that she is willing to let her daughter go through this hardship. What's more, whether she can make it through is still a problem. Not every student of her husband can make it in the officialdom.

Lin Qingran looked at her mother's expression, closed the booklet, and said softly, "Mother, the third sister didn't mean to anger you, she just wanted to find someone simply, and she didn't want to marry anyone, the third sister her It'll be fine."

Mrs. Lu raised her head, the five girls who looked somewhat similar to her husband between her brows, and her words of persuasion were also somewhat similar to her husband's way of speaking. In the end, she sighed, "Forget it, you are married, and you have children. , I will say something that won’t work, just prepare as you said.”

Lin Qingran winked at Mama Wang, and said clearly, "Mama Wang, prepare two copies according to this, one to the He family for the eldest lady, and one to the Wei family for the third young lady."

Mother Wang agreed, took the brochure, and went down with a smile on her face.

In the wing room, Da Lang and Er Lang saw that their mother and Fifth Sister had finished talking, and then they came out. The two coquettishly approached Lu's side, and shouted at each mother, begging her to take them to Lu's house to play.

Last year, General Lu was transferred back to Luodu City, and his two grandsons also returned to Luodu City to work together. Dalang Erlang followed the Lu family back to Lu's house twice, fell in love with it, and admired his grandfather and several cousins ​​even more. It's terrible, no, if there is nothing to do, he will pester Lu and take them there, while counting his age with his fingers, his grandfather said that when they are ten years old, he will teach them to ride horses.

"Have you finished writing all the copybooks your father ordered you to write?" Lu Shi patted Erlang's forehead. Check it out for you."

Lin Yunhao's expression drooped immediately, and Xiaoyuan's face was full of protest, "There are too many copybooks, I can't finish writing!"

"Then we'll talk about it when we finish writing." Lu Shi pursed her smile and pretended to be serious. Only her husband can treat the two boys.

Seeing that there was no way to ask Mrs. Lu, Lin Yunhao turned to Lin Qingran and said with a smile, "Fifth Sister, Dad said your handwriting is good, why don't you teach us."

"Teach or help you write." Lin Qingran pinched his face, and Lin Yunhao emphasized in a childish voice, "Teach, fifth sister will teach us." At the end, he tugged on his brother's clothes to show his determination .

They said a lot of copybooks. Lin Wenxi was much stricter with his two sons than with these daughters. The daughter could be pampered as much as she could, but the two sons were treated strictly without relaxing for a moment.

Lin Qingran and Lu Shi looked at each other, nodded, "Let's go."

Along the way, Lin Yunhao kept bouncing around, Lin Qingran called him, and then obediently returned to her sister.

When they arrived in the study room, Lin Qingran read over a dozen copybooks for them first, and picked out the poorly written ones for them to rewrite. Dad came back and checked out that it was not good, but he had to suffer from the palm of his hand.

Lin Qingran is more aware of her father's preferences, and also knows that he can't tolerate a little fooling and deception when teaching the two younger brothers, so she also carefully checked all the homework for them, and brought out any mistakes for them to correct. Well, father is away on business for half a month, and when he comes back tomorrow, the first thing he will do is to check the homework assigned to the two younger brothers.

When she finished checking these, it was already dark, and she had dinner with them, and returned to Tingnuange, where Mama Li handed her a letter from the second sister of Jinfu.

(End of this chapter)