"It's true that you've lost a little weight, but the clothes you're wearing today also make you look thinner." Qin Hexuan habitually picked up Qingtian and walked inside.
Today he was wearing the ink-dyed clothes made by Mrs. Ye Er, and he looked as tall and straight as a bamboo.
Qingtian then remembered that she should pay New Year's greetings first. Mrs. Ye had reminded her of this before she came. She had been reminding herself silently on the way here, but she forgot it as soon as she saw Qin Hexuan.
"Brother Qin, Happy New Year!" Qingtian quickly added to him.
Qin Hexuan smiled again and said, "Happy New Year even on sunny days. After the New Year, I will be one year older."
"Yes, I am five years old this year!" Qingtian said proudly.
"That's really grown up!"
Qin Hedong and Qin Heyue hid in the corner and watched this scene.
Qin Hedong curled his lips and whispered, "I didn't know this kid could laugh. He usually has a blank expression like a wooden man."
Qin Heyue usually studies at the Imperial Academy and rarely goes home. This is the first time he has seen a sunny day.
"Brother, whose family is this little girl from? Why did she just send her child to our door?"
"Don't mention it. She's just a country girl. I don't know what's wrong with that boy. He treats her like a treasure."
"Even if you really want to get close to our family, at least find someone older. What would someone this young know?"
While the two brothers were talking, Qin Hexuan was already carrying Qingtian towards his residence.
Qingtian noticed something was wrong, looked around and said, "Brother Qin, you're going the wrong way."
She raised her hand and pointed towards the main courtyard and said, "Shouldn't we go that way?"
Qin Hedong immediately said when he heard this: "Did you hear that? Even though he's young, he's very smart. He even remembered where my mother lives."
“This is really…”
Qin Heyue really didn't expect that such a young child would be so scheming?
Qin Hexuan had actually noticed the two people following him a long time ago, but he was too lazy to pay attention to them. He only answered Qingtian's question: "I moved out of my mother's courtyard a few years ago. Now I have my own yard. It will be more convenient for you to come over and play in the future. It's no problem if you want to play in the yard."
"Your own yard?" Qingtian was indeed very interested. "Do you live here alone?"
"Yes!" Qin Hexuan said, holding Qingtian and walked into the courtyard. After walking around the screen wall, the first thing that caught his eye was a large crabapple tree in the middle of the courtyard.
But at this time, all you can see are the lush branches, bare and stretching towards the sky.
"My mother said that when this crabapple tree blooms, it will cover most of the yard. I'll ask someone to pick you up to enjoy the flowers.
"You can still eat crabapples in the fall. I'll have someone send them to you later."
The two people who were following behind couldn't follow any further when they reached the door, so they had to leave in disappointment.
Qin Hexuan carried Qingtian into the house, helped her take off her cloak, and asked the maid to take her downstairs to take off her cotton jacket and trousers.
The Qin family's house is warm. Not only is it too hot to wear so many clothes inside, but you will also catch a cold when you go out.
"The fun on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month won't be until the evening. Let's have lunch first, digest the food, and then go to sleep. In the evening, I'll take you out to the Lantern Festival. I've also saved up a lot of fireworks for you!"
Qingtian naturally had no objection to Qin Hexuan's arrangement.
After the two of them had lunch together, Qin Hexuan played building blocks with Qingtian in the house, and said to her, "During the Chinese New Year this year, everyone praised the dress your second aunt made and asked who made it for her!
"Just wait and see. After the first month of the lunar year, there will be a lot of people coming to your second aunt to make clothes."
Generally speaking, wealthy families do not make clothes in the first month of the lunar year.
We haven't made many new clothes at home, and we still have to rush to make clothes for the New Year. It would be embarrassing enough if it got out that this happened.
Although Qingtian didn't understand these, he still kept Qin Hexuan's words in mind.
She knew that as long as someone asked her to make clothes, she would make money.
Making money is a good thing. When the family has money, life will get better and better, so it is something to be happy about.
"You don't know this because you're not in Beijing, but the most popular toy for this year's Spring Festival is the set of building blocks made by your third uncle.
"Any child who can pull out a box like this will be immediately surrounded by other children and will be so proud.
"It's a pity that some people have started to imitate it. Although it's crudely made, it's cheap, so many people buy it.
"Luckily, I had someone make a batch of building blocks before the New Year using ordinary materials and simple patterns. They are now selling like hotcakes, but the advantage is that the profit is small but the sales are high."
After playing with building blocks for a while, Qin Hexuan felt that it was almost time, so he asked the maid to take Qingtian to the inner room for a nap.
But Qingtian had just finally adapted to Qin Hexuan's room across the courtyard from the main house, and this time he moved to a new place, which made the child unable to sleep again.
Fortunately, she went to bed early last night and was still energetic today, so she lay on the bed and fiddled with her fingers to pass the time.
The maid soon discovered that she was not asleep, and quietly went out to tell Qin Hexuan.
Qin Hexuan walked into the room lightly and glanced at the bed. He saw Qingtian rolling around in the quilt, letting the quilt entangle him. He moved around like a big caterpillar.
Afraid of scaring Qingtian, Qin Hexuan first walked into the house with heavier steps, and then asked: "Why don't you sleep well?"
"I can't sleep in a different place!" Qingtian saw Qin Hexuan coming and struggled to get out of the quilt, but ended up being tangled even tighter.
Seeing her looking at him pitifully, Qin Hexuan had no choice but to go forward and dig her out from the quilt, let her lie down and cover herself with the quilt. He sat on the edge of the bed, took out a storybook from the bedside, and randomly picked a section to read to her.
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