Chapter 223 Ran Ran
The next morning, Wang Cailian and Li Rongyue were the ones who got up to cook, and He Chunxiu was persuaded by them to go back into the house and sit down.
"It's only been a month, why are you so pampered?" He Chunxiu felt a little embarrassed.
Zhao Zhilan pushed a bowl of red date and pigeon soup in front of her and said, "It's your first child, so you should take a good rest. If you don't enjoy it now, you'll be tired after the baby is born."
Zhao Zhilan had said so, and He Chunxiu did not refuse any more: "Then I will listen to my mother."
"Well, when your eldest and second sisters-in-law were pregnant, you were the one who ran around doing the work. Now it's time for you to take a break."
Zhao Zhilan smiled. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat in the small living room on the first floor, drinking soup and weaving small baskets and other things.
After the New Year, when the third wife's breakfast shop and the first wife's tofu shop open, these little gadgets can be used to store dishes, tofu, etc., which are clean and unique.
Baoya and the other five children woke up one after another and came down from upstairs. The director had already prepared breakfast on the table, waiting for them to come down and eat together.
After breakfast, Baoya and Yun Chenglu told Zhao Zhilan and the others about going to Taohuayuan to pay New Year's greetings to Nanxuan and Jingzhen.
Zhao Zhilan took out the New Year gifts that she had prepared long ago and asked the two to take them over. She also told the two children to come back early.
"It's New Year's Day, don't bother me too long. Come back early. We'll have big dumplings stuffed with mutton and radish tonight."
"Okay!" Baoya immediately became excited when she heard about food. "Brother, let's go. We'll pay New Year's greetings to Master and Brother Xiaojing, and then come back to eat dumplings!"
Yun Chenglu was helpless: "Okay."
The two of them went up the mountain carrying large and small bags of New Year gifts. Baoya had not forgotten the purple pearls she had taken out of the big river clam before.
She wrapped the twenty purple pearls in a soft handkerchief and put them in her pocket.
Standing at the foot of Tiger Tooth Mountain, he blew a bamboo whistle, and soon Jing Zhen came with the king.
But it wasn't just Jingzhen alone. Behind him, there was also the handsome young man named Ling An, whom Nan Xuan and Tian Baoya had met that day.
The three of them were all wearing brocade robes embroidered with dark patterns. Ling An was carrying a small bag on his back, looking like he was going down the mountain.
"Brother Xiaojing, Master!" Baoya ran over excitedly, "Are you going down the mountain to pay New Year's greetings?"
Jing Zhen was startled. Nan Xuan behind him had already spoken: "Yeah, I was just going out. Why are you here?"
Baoya shook the two gift boxes in her hands and said, "Happy New Year to you."
A hint of hesitation flashed across Jing Zhen's eyes, but he quickly said, "Since you're here to pay New Year's greetings, let's go back to Taohua Garden first."
After he finished speaking, he took the plate box from Baoya's hand, took her hand, and walked up the mountain first.
The lonely king followed the two of them happily.
Seeing this, Nan Xuan called out to Yun Chenglu and turned around to walk back.
Ling An stood there, staring at Nan Xuan and Jing Zhen, but did not move.
Nan Xuan frowned, stepped forward and tapped him on the head, not too hard or too lightly: "Go first, and tell your master that we will be there later."
The three words "your master" made Ling An a little unhappy. He glared at Nan Xuan with a cold face.
Nan Xuan touched the tip of his nose, confused.
Then, she slammed him hard again without any hesitation: "What's that look in your eyes? Did I say something wrong? The little girl and the silly boy came to pay New Year's greetings, you can't just send them away!"
"You go and tell them first, Jingzhen and I will be there soon."
"Yes." Ling An still had a stern face, but didn't dare to talk back to him. He bowed and turned away.
Nan Xuan rolled his eyes at his background and muttered, "One by one, they've grown wings and no longer obey the rules, right?"
Yun Chenglu, who was standing next to him, heard him mumbling to himself and said, "Hmm?"
Nan Xuan tapped him on the head with his finger: "I'm not talking about you!"
Yun Chenglu touched the place where he was hit on the head with a confused look on his face.
The group returned to the Peach Garden courtyard.
Baoya was somewhat surprised to find that the courtyard was no different from usual. There were no Spring Festival couplets or blessing characters posted, nor were there big red lanterns or red silks hanging. There was no flavor of the Chinese New Year at all.
She was a little surprised: "Master, Brother Xiaojing, are you...celebrating the New Year?"
Jingzhen nodded: "We ate dumplings on the 30th."
"Eating dumplings is considered Chinese New Year?"
Baoya felt that these two people had been living in seclusion in the mountains for many years and had been living too perfunctorily this year.
She had just experienced what it was like to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and she immediately became enthusiastic and planned to teach Jingzhen and Nanxuan how to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
"Master, Brother Xiaojing, you can't celebrate the New Year like this," Baoya said, "I'll go make you a New Year's Eve dinner, and let my second brother and Brother Xiaojing write couplets and paste the word 'Fu'."
Yun Chenglu put down the bags of bacon, snacks and a pile of New Year's goods in his hands, and the three children started to get busy.
Baoya went to the kitchen to cook. Jingzhen found a stack of red paper and wrote Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters with Yun Chenglu.
Nan Xuan felt helpless watching the three children tossing and turning, but he couldn't just sit there and do nothing, so he went to make a spoonful of paste, intending to use it to paste the couplets and blessing characters later.
In fact, he and Jingzhen didn't spend the New Year in Taohuayuan. They left on the 29th.
They first returned to the capital.
The main store of Hongdouxuan is in the capital. He has to go and take a look at the inventory and report the accounts at the end of the year, and at the same time find out about the news about Prince Heshun returning to the capital for the reunion banquet.
Then they went to Xuantian Pavilion, and the two of them actually spent the New Year in Xuantian Pavilion.
I just came back from Xuantian Pavilion early this morning and checked in at Taohuayuan. I was planning to go see Jingzhen's eldest brother with Ling An who came to deliver a message, when Baoya and the others arrived.
Soon, Baoya's dishes were ready, and Jingzhen and Yun Chenglu had also posted the red couplets and blessing characters.
Nan Xuan cleaned the table in the small hall of the bamboo building and took the dishes and chopsticks.
It was almost noon, and he planned to have lunch, see Baoya and the others off in the afternoon, and then go to Ye Jingtian with Jingzhen.
Baoya cooked several dishes, two of which she had eaten when she went to Ronghe's house for dinner.
It just so happened that Nan Xuan had the ingredients ready, so she cooked it.
Nan Xuan ate the delicious stewed pork elbow with ham, and his peach blossom eyes narrowed with satisfaction: "Not bad, your cooking skills have improved."
Baoya was very happy to be praised: "That's right! Master, now as long as I taste a dish, I can make it exactly the same!"
She even thought her own cooking tasted better.
Nan Xuan nodded with a smile, and then said, "Hey, I just wonder if your skills have deteriorated after playing for so long."
"No, no! Master, I practice every day! I haven't missed any basic skills!" Yun Chenglu quickly raised his hand.
Baoya swallowed a large piece of pork elbow in her mouth, her face flushed, and she smiled at Nanxuan: "Hehe."
He knew that this little girl was lazy, but it was New Year's Day, so Nan Xuan didn't bother with Baoya.
Baoya wanted to change the subject, but then she remembered the thing that made her want to show off wherever she went.
Said: "Brother Xiaojing, I have a real name now, Yunran, which was given to me by my elder brother."
"Ranran." Jingzhen said suddenly.
"...Hmm?" Baoya responded after she came to her senses.
Jingzhen put down his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and then looked at Baoya with gentle eyes.
He whispered, "It sounds nice."
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