pastoral wedding

Chapter 72
In the twinkling of an eye, it entered the twelfth lunar month, and a heavy snow fell during the New Year's Eve, which covered the exposed places profusely.Su Jin was wearing a half-worn lotus-colored beanie with a hundred flowers and auspicious patterns. She combed her buns and took Brother Shuo with her and a few maids to make a snowman in the yard. The two siblings were rolling snowballs while discussing what to use to make a snowman. eyes and nose.

Just two days ago, Han Zhenniang married Yang Cheng, the second young master of the Yang family, as she wished. Su Tang told her the news when he came.Su Jin thought, Han Zhenniang finally married the person she likes as she wished, but Liu Siyan was not as lucky as her. He had heard that she had married to the capital, and she didn't know if her life was good. The so-called general Chen's concubine Have you treated her well?Hope she is all right.

Two days later, Su Jin suddenly remembered that she had promised brother Shuo to ask her father to hire him a master of martial arts, so she ran to Su Ji and told her father that Su Wenshan did not object to boys learning. As for boxing and kicking skills, I only say that I will wait until the new year is over, and I will look for the good ones first.Brother Shuo was overjoyed when he heard that, hugged Third Sister's cheek and kissed again and again, finally there was hope, right?

Coming to the end of the year, I used to go to Liushu Village every year to celebrate the New Year. This year because of Xiaoqiao'er, the Liu family didn't want to go back at all, because they were afraid that they would make trouble again when they found out that the child was at home.But the New Year gifts still have to be given, Su Wenshan took Brother Shuo and his son to give the New Year gifts when they were driving the carriage on 28, Mrs. Lu nagged a lot, thinking that Mrs. Liu was ignorant and didn't bring the children Going back to celebrate the new year, I even thought about coming to the town to celebrate the new year, but was persuaded by Su Wenshan.

The annual ceremony at Baili Village was brought back by Liu Yi and Chun Yi when they returned. Liu Shi took the children with him, and it was cold, so he didn't bother to go there.

The first year I celebrated the New Year at home, Su Wenshan and Liu Shi were also very happy. The guys in the restaurant were all on vacation at the end of the year and went home to celebrate the New Year. Before leaving, they all brought the monthly money and the end of the year Reward money, and some New Year's goods that Su Wenshan specially handed out.The few maids in the family have no home, so they celebrate the New Year with their family.

On the thirty day, according to the old rules, the Spring Festival couplets were to be pasted. Su Wenshan made the two maids in the kitchen boil the paste, and personally took Su Jin and Brother Shuo to paste the Spring Festival couplets. The Spring Festival couplets were bought from outside. Who told them to There is no scholar at home, Liu Shi stood in the house with Xiao Qiao'er in her arms and looked out through the window, while Su Shuang brought a few maidservants to prepare meals in the kitchen. The lunch is easy to talk about, but the most important thing is the New Year's Eve dinner at night. , it must be rich.

The father and daughter came back after posting the Spring Festival couplets, and Su Shuang brought out steaming rice cakes for Mrs. Liu to taste. The two little maids in the kitchen, one named Xiaoyu and the other Ximei, were both about the same age as Su Shuang. At my age, although the home-cooked meals are not bad, the pastries prepared for the Chinese New Year are not good enough.

Liu took a sip and felt bad, so she called Hongxing and Wisteria to hold the baby, and she rolled up her sleeves to cook.Brother Shuo stretched out his hand to pinch a piece of rice cake and tasted it, but he also felt that it was not tasty, so he wanted to throw it away, but Su Shuang stopped him, "There is no one who throws things during the Chinese New Year, why don't you help those outside?" Beggars." Then he took the plate out, and put the plate at the door of the house, and if a beggar passing by saw it, he would take it away and eat it.

At noon, I had a makeshift meal. In the middle of the afternoon, the steaming rice cakes, sticky bean buns, mochi balls, croquettes, lotus root, and fried fish were all out of the pan. Brother Shuo stretched out his hands and put them in his mouth regardless of the heat. Li Fang, naturally scalded his mouth, Su Jin just teased him and scalded his mouth without noticing, everyone laughed in a friendly manner.

Missing her eldest daughter, Liu made some extra food and asked Su Jin to bring it to her.Su Jin repeatedly said that there is no shortage of anything at the elder sister's place, but she was still worried, insisting that Tang'er ate this every year, and she would think about it if she couldn't eat it this year.Su Jin had no choice but to change her clothes, but Sun Zhu, who was driving the carriage, had also gone home for the New Year, so how could he go out if no one was driving the carriage.Su Jin led the horse, turned over and jumped on it, and rode out, but was stopped by brother Shuo, who insisted on marrying the eldest sister, Su Jin was worried that he couldn't get the food box, Just take him on.

She learned her riding skills from Han Yu, this guy doesn't know how to be serious, he doesn't dare to be interested in those messy things, he even said that he has learned playing the piano, but he has never heard him play it. up.

The two siblings rode out slowly on horseback. There was still snowflakes in the sky. Su Jin was wearing an off-white padded jacket with a stand-up collar. The collar was decorated with snow-white fox fur. The cotton skirt, from a distance, looks like a lilac flower blooming in the white snow, beautiful and fragrant.

Because it is Chinese New Year, there are very few people walking on the street, but Spring Festival couplets and red blessing characters are pasted on the door of every household, as well as the sound of firecrackers one after another, and the laughter from the yard, this is the taste of the New Year.

Su Jin held the rein with both hands, hugged her younger brother tightly in her arms, and blocked the wind and snow for him.As he was walking, he saw three people approaching in front of him. The one in the middle couldn't see his face clearly, he only saw a long dark blue cotton robe and soap locust boots on his feet.Seeing that it didn't look like the townspeople's attire, Su Jin wondered why there were still people from other places who didn't go home during the New Year's Eve.Gradually approaching, I felt that these people looked familiar, and after a closer look, I couldn't help taking a breath, and hurriedly rode up to meet them.

"How dare you just show up on the street like this? Go, go." When she came here just now, she saw government servants patrolling the street. Shouldn't these people be hiding from the government?

Two of the three knew her, one was the bearded uncle named Hu Er, and the other was the cold-faced and cold-hearted Qi Yao. The expressions of these two people changed, and Hu Er couldn't help laughing. Qi Yao frowned; the scholar-like Feng Mo looked surprised at this moment.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Jin looked at them puzzled, did she make a mistake?
"Little girl, don't be afraid, we are no longer bandits, we have become soldiers, so naturally we are not afraid of those government servants." Hu Er explained with a laugh.

Serve as a soldier?Su Jin looked at Qi Yao carefully, did he join the army too?With his temper, can he listen to other people's orders?
Qi Yao clenched his fists to the edge of his mouth and coughed, Hu Er quickly covered his mouth and smirked, and took Feng Mo to take two quick steps to the front to wait.Only then did he narrow his eyes to look at Su Jin, seeing that she was still so thin and small, he frowned, looked up and saw Brother Shuo, and asked, "Is this your brother?"

"Well," Su Jin nodded with a smile, and followed his gaze to look back at Brother Shuo, "Brother Shuo, call him Big Brother Qi." A little bit embarrassed, but he just pursed his lower lip and didn't say much.

Qi Yao nodded, then looked at Su Jin again, "Where are you going?"

"Go to my eldest sister's place. Isn't it New Year's Eve today? My mother made some pastries and asked me to send them to my eldest sister." Su Jin laughed, "Actually, the cooks of the Han family can't do anything, but my mother Don’t worry, I’m afraid that my eldest sister will read what she made, and it’s snowing and I’ll send it to you.”

After hearing this, Qi Yao raised his eyes and looked into the distance, with a confused expression, "You have a good mother."

"There are no bad mothers in the world." Su Jin replied to him, and heard him mention his past, although the details are not very clear, but she also knows that he is now alone, homeless.Seeing him so sad, I also felt a little distressed, but those comforters were so weak when they said it, it's better not to say it.After thinking for a while, I stretched out my hand to Brother Shuo, "Bring a food box."

Brother Shuo glanced at Qi Yao again, and slowly handed over one of the two food boxes, which was originally brought by the third sister to Brother Zicheng.Su Jin took it and handed it to Qi Yao, "I'll give this to you. The dim sum in it is not expensive, but it's all for the New Year's Eve, and it's all made by my mother herself. Try it and see if it's delicious?"

Looking at her smiling eyes, Qi Yao's heart moved, his face softened slightly, he took the food box after thinking about it, raised his hand and said, "Just take it as your reward for me." After saying that, he raised his leg just go.

When passing by, Su Jin seemed to see the smile on the corner of his mouth, but after a while she could only see his back. Thinking of what he said just now, she couldn't help muttering, "It's really stingy, several Remember to repay what happened a month ago." She knew that he was talking about meeting Master Yun a few months ago, and he came forward to help her get rid of that little master.

The two siblings sent the food box to Han's house and handed it to Su Tang. Su Tang asked Xia Mo and Dong Zhi to pack many other pastries for them to take back to try.Seeing that the eldest sister was very happy, and the eldest brother-in-law was also cautiously by her side, Su Jin asked curiously: "Why didn't the eldest brother-in-law go out to meet friends? It's snowing heavily today, how interesting is it to write poems and drink wine? Staying at home with you Don't my eldest sister find it boring?"

"Of course it won't be boring." Han Chen put his arms around his wife's waist with a smile, "I have good news for you, your eldest sister is pregnant."

Su Jin was overjoyed immediately, "Really?"

Han Chen nodded with a smile, Su Tang was also shy and timid, but still told her: "Go back and tell your parents, just say that now the family treats me very well, and my mother-in-law doesn't treat me slowly. They don't have to worry, I'll go home to see them when the weather is warmer in the new year."

This is a happy event, even Brother Shuo happily hugged the elder sister's arm, "Elder sister, are you going to give me a little nephew?"

"Stupid, it's my little nephew." Su Jin knocked her younger brother on the head, praying in her heart that her eldest sister would give birth to a boy so that she could gain a firm foothold in the Han family.

Originally, Chinese New Year was a happy event, but when they suddenly heard that their eldest daughter was pregnant, Su Wenshan and Liu Shi couldn't be happier.

(End of this chapter)