On December 30th, the fourth year of Xingchang in the Song Dynasty came to an end.

Jiang Cang got up early in the morning and rubbed his eyes. Half asleep and half awake, he saw Li Xia hanging on the eaves of the yard, so he ran over to talk.

"I have been dreaming these days. I always dream that I lead the Flying Tiger Army to defeat the Mongols. Is there any intention..."

"I've heard too many stories." Li Xia said casually.

"Yes, what are you doing?"

"Pull-ups."

Jiang Cang asked: "Today is New Year's Eve, why don't you take a break?"

"Hold my legs."

"oh."

Jiang Cang hugged Li Xia's legs and was led up by him, with his feet off the ground.

"Wow...if father sees it, he will scold me for being too unstable."

Li Xia said: "You are not heavy, I can hold you firmly."

Jiang Cang was being led up and down by Li Xia. He found it quite interesting. After thinking about it, he asked: "Li County Lieutenant, have you suffered a lot?"

"Huh? Why do you ask that?"

"You are only eight years older than me. Tomorrow you will be seventeen. How playful people are when they are that old, but you refuse to rest even a day."

"What can I do if I take a break?"

"Battle crickets, guess business riddles, beat pills, and play Cuju, it's so much fun..."

Li Xia said "Oh", as if he didn't find it funny.

Jiang Cang added: "I have prepared a lot of business riddles. Let's guess them together tonight when we stay awake."

"I am going to the barracks tonight. Some soldiers have no families and stay in the camp to watch the New Year."

"Oh, can you give me some firecrackers? My dad said that you sent people to buy all the firecrackers in the county, and each household can only buy a little."

"cannot."

Jiang Cang was very disappointed and said: "Mother said that in the future you will take your second sister as your concubine, and she will also be regarded as my brother-in-law."

"Are we that familiar?"

"What do you think?" Jiang Cang held Li Xia's thigh and was led up again, and said: "Give me some firecrackers, brother-in-law."

"Don't scream, I have nothing to do with you."

"You don't seem to take your father's adoption of your second sister as your adopted daughter seriously, but let me tell you, this is a real relative..."

At noon, Qinxiang Teahouse.

"Sir, the things have been delivered."

"Leave it alone."

Yan Yunyun was looking at the salt shop across the street from the window, then turned around and picked up the things on the table.

They were two masks she had ordered made by someone. One was a beautiful colored feather mask that could cover the scar on the left side of her face; the other was a black demon mask that could cover the intact right side of her face.

She stood in front of the bronze mirror, put on the colorful feather mask on her left face, and saw a mysterious and beautiful woman; put on the evil ghost mask on her right face, and saw a terrifying-looking woman.

Yan Yunyun just wears this one and that one at a time, seemingly never getting tired of it.

There was another knock on the door.

"come in."

Yan Yunyun turned around and saw Han Chengxu coming, and quickly put down his mask.

"My foster father is here. If anything happens, just send someone to call my daughter over." Hurriedly, she helped Han Chengxu sit down. She pushed the brazier over and said, "I brought a pair of shoes to my foster father, and I wanted to send them over in the evening.

"

While talking, she took the shoes from the table and handed them to Han Chengxu's hand.

After all this busy work, Yan Yunyun sat down to talk.

"Du Zhixin's salt shop shipped another five hundred pieces of rock salt into the warehouse this morning. It only opened for an hour in the morning, but business is good. I plan to take action in three days to stir up trouble..."

Han Chengxu smiled and waved his hand, saying: "I didn't mean to ask you this. I came here to tell you that we will have New Year's Eve dinner together in the evening."

Yan Yunyun was stunned.

"I'll finish my work early and close this teahouse. How many people can come to drink tea during the Chinese New Year?"

"My foster father is celebrating the New Year in Houya? How can I go there easily?"

Gu/span> "I wanted to bring Qiao'er to your place to share a table, but Magistrate Jiang refused, so you and I will still stay at his place."

Yan Yunyun has accompanied many high-ranking officials in the past, but has never spent the New Year with them. He said: "It's not good, right? How can I be an official with my status..."

Han Chengxu said: "You are working for Alang, so you should be confident. You are my daughter, and you are down-to-earth."

"Yes, my daughter knows." Yan Yunyun lowered his head.

"Let's go, come here earlier."

"The daughter helps her father down."

Han Chengxu stood up with his knees up and said a little naggingly: "I accept you as my adopted daughter because I really treat you as my daughter, not just for fun. I hope you can find a good family and give birth to a grandson in the future." It’s so lively.”

"How can we have any grandchildren? My daughter won't get married either." Yan Yunyun shook his head and said with a bitter smile...

"I really want to marry him, and I can be his concubine, but I definitely can't be his concubine like Qiaoer, so I have no choice but to give up."

Jiang Di sat in the small courtyard, looked up at the sky, and murmured: "But in fact, it's okay not to marry him, even if we never see him again, it's okay if he forgets me. Because I long for him, it's just longing for him. , has nothing to do with him.

He preached how to make others want to marry me. But I gradually felt that what I had learned was that a woman does not necessarily only have to care for her husband and teach her children, and obey the three virtues. I also don’t want to have only love between men and women in this life. It would be good to be able to do something, but I don’t know how. What to do."

When she said this, she turned to look at the tall woman next to her and asked: "I shouldn't tell you these things that are on my mind. Mute girl, do you have something on your mind? How can you tell me?"

The tall woman was silent and shook her head.

"You have nothing to worry about." Jiang Di said: "Then what stories should I tell you? How did Lieutenant Li defend Qingfu County?"

…

Yu Dechen put his knees and feet together, hid his hands in the sleeves of his red coat, propped up his face, and buried his chin in the flower cloth, showing the posture of a soft woman.

He listened to Jiang Di beside him telling stories, thinking how dangerous it would be for the county magistrate's daughter to run away like this. If he wanted to hurt her... he probably wouldn't. If he was a bad person, Granny Ruan would not bring him in. In the house.

He didn't understand why Jiang Di longed for Li Xia. Li Xia was obviously not very good either. He bullied men and women and did all kinds of evil.

But Yu Dechen agreed with what she said about the state of longing for someone who has nothing to do with him.

Yu Dechen thought that he was easily attracted to a certain woman, and he was worried that it would affect his spiritual practice, so he was often troubled by this.

After a while, Jiang Di stood up and said: "I'm going back. You have a good New Year. See you next year."

Yu Dechen stood up and nodded.

"Don't shrink your head, I brought a lot of vegetables. You can help Grandma Ruan cook in a while."

Jiang Di walked a few steps, turned around and said again: "By the way, don't tell others what I said to you."

Yu Dechen thought to himself that I was mute, how could I tell others.

He watched her leave, looked down at the Spring Festival couplets, calendars, peach charms, flowers and other items in the basket on the floor, and felt a little lonely.

The Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect spend the New Year in Taoist temples, and sometimes they have to exorcise evil spirits. But I heard that the Taoist priests of the Zhengyi Sect in the south can go home to celebrate the New Year...

While I was thinking about these things, I was preparing to put up Spring Festival couplets. Because my injury was not yet healed, it was a bit difficult to move.

A dog barked outside the door, and then someone pushed open the courtyard door.

When Yu Dechen saw Jiang Fan push open the door and come in, he was stunned for a moment and hurriedly lowered his head and made a cowardly gesture.

I was nervous when I heard Jiang Fan shouting: "Po Ruan, why are you steaming rice cakes so early? It's so delicious. My dog ​​sniffs the aroma of your rice and barks non-stop, hahaha."

"Is Jiang Fan here? I haven't seen you for a while. Where have you been? Without you drunkards getting drunk and causing trouble, the county would be much more peaceful."

"Haha, what Ruan Po said... I bought a few kilograms of cheap salt, can you pickle some fish for me?"

"Now?"

"Let's go, and I'll bring you a piece of fresh fish to make New Year's Eve dinner for you. By the way, this little lady is so beautiful, who is she?"

"You evil man, don't scare people by asking such dirty words in front of others..."

Yu Dechen leaned on his back and let out a sigh of relief as he listened to the sound going further and further away.

He touched the wounds on his body and cursed inwardly that idiot Liu's two shots were too hard, otherwise there was no need to be afraid. He dragged his feet to the kitchen and saw Mrs. Ruan steaming rice cakes, so he added another ladle of water to the pot.

He looked very natural when doing this, and the steam hit his face, and he suddenly thought that he was as Han as these people.

Someone pushed open the courtyard door and came in.

Yu Dechen turned around and took a look, and saw Jiang Fan walking in with a knife in his hand.

He pretended to be shy again and turned his back.

"My dear, stop pretending. I'm not like Liu, the idiot. I can't recognize you in person." Jiang Fan sighed and said, "You are surrounded and you can't escape. Come with me, I will beg you."
Chapter completed!