This year's New Year's Eve in Shen Mansion was very depressing.
The family had a small population, Mrs. Xu couldn't cheer up, and Shen Yunyao was in a bad mood.
Shen Yunhui was so afraid of Shen Yunyao that she wished she could stay as far away as possible.
So many things happened a year ago, and Shen Zhonglei's mood was not much better.
Shen Tianshu's mind was filled with his family members in his previous life, and he missed the Jiang family's family and grandfather's disciples gathering together every year, with hundreds of people enjoying the Chinese New Year.
Among all the people, Shen Yuanlin was the only one who was still a child. He looked at the table full of delicious food, held the gold ingot given by the adults in his pocket, and was very happy to entertain himself alone.
Finally, there was a large table of delicacies from all over the world, and only Shen Yuanlin had a round belly after eating it. Everyone else just pretended to eat a few bites, and they couldn't even tell what the taste was.
So after Shen Yuanlin put down his chopsticks after finishing his meal, everyone else put down their chopsticks almost in unison.
Shen Zhonglei said: "Everyone, please go back to your room and watch the New Year's Eve. Remember to ask your servants to be careful about the candlelight and not to let the water go out."
Shen Tianshu returned to his room from the main room. As soon as he entered the room, he smelled the sweet smell, and now he felt hungry.
"Mommy, what delicious food did you make? I'm still hungry!"
Nanny Yang smiled and brought up a plate of fried noodles from behind and said, "I knew the girl wouldn't be able to eat anything over there, so I prepared a table of delicious food. The girl quickly went into the house to have a look."
Shen Tianshu took off his cloak and entered the room. Before he could see what delicious food was on the table, he first saw Mingyu standing by the table and arranging dishes.
"Mingyu, you're back?" Shen Tianshu was overjoyed, but he said, "Didn't I tell you to stay at home to celebrate the New Year? Why aren't you at home with your parents?"
"I have been at home for so many days. If I don't come back, my parents will dislike me." Mingyu smiled, picked up a sesame ball and stuffed it into Shen Tianshu's mouth, "Besides, I also miss the girl. I have never been away from the girl for such a long time since I entered the palace. I really can’t stand it if I don’t come back.”
"Does your mother feed you honey every day? Why does your mouth taste sweeter when you go home?" Shen Tianshu smiled and bit into the doughnut.
The sesame balls are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. They are stuffed with sweet-scented osmanthus bean paste and fried with lard. They are particularly fragrant. You can chew them together with the crispy shell and the sesame seeds on the shell. The crispy fragrance of sesame seeds and the sweetness of the fillings make you feel delicious. After a person eats one, he wants to eat the next one, and he can't stop eating.
It’s just that the sesame balls have just been fried, and the fillings inside are still very hot.
Shen Tianshu held the sesame balls in both hands, twirling them around and eating them in small bites. While eating, he asked, "Are your dad's legs feeling better?"
"It's almost done now. My parents are grateful to the girl at home every day."
The two talked for a while in the room. Not long after, Aunt Yang, Minghui, Mingxiu, Mi'er, and Rui'er also came in one after another with delicious food, and filled the Kang table in Shen Tianshu's room. , just plates piled on top of each other.
"We won't be so formal today. Come and sit down, let's watch the New Year's Eve together." Shen Tianshu invited everyone to get on the couch and sit in a circle around the kang table.
After everyone had eaten and drank, Shen Tianshu asked a few maids to touch the flower cards, while he leaned aside to watch the fun.
Only Grandma Yang was old and couldn't bear it any longer, so she went back to find a place to relax for a while and then got up again in the middle of the night.
Someone suddenly asked outside the door: "Is Sister Shen here?"
"Why does my voice sound like Jun Rong's?" Shen Tianshu asked uncertainly.
"Today is New Year's Eve, can Miss Zhao come over?"
The maids were all concentrating on playing cards, and no one paid attention to what was going on outside.
Mingyu went down to the ground, put on her coat, pulled on her shoes and went out to take a look. After a while, she brought Zhao Junrong in and said, "The girl has a really good ear, but she is not Miss Zhao."
"Why are you here? Take off your cloak and coat and come up to warm yourself up." Shen Tianshu saw that Zhao Junrong's little face was flushed by the wind outside, so he hurriedly called the person to him and covered her with his own blanket. Upper legs and feet.
"Sister, it's so warm here. I'm finally alive."
"Didn't your family keep the New Year's Eve? Why did you remember to come here?"
"My grandma was recovering from a serious illness and couldn't stay up late. There was no point in staring at my parents. The more I looked at them, the more sleepy I felt. I originally planned to wander around the garden to wake myself up and take a nap, but I didn't expect to see The lights here are on for my sister, so I came over to try my luck.
"It's a pity that I don't have much fun here. I'm so bored that I just sit here and watch the maids playing cards."
"When the two of us talk, time flies."
"Minghui, go and send a message to Master Zhao and Mrs. Zhao of Dongkuaoyuan, saying that Junrong is with me, so they don't have to worry. I'll ask someone to send her back later."
It has to be said that with Zhao Junrong chattering beside him, it really made people forget the passage of time. It was not until the clock in the outer room rang the Haizheng bell that Shen Tianshu realized that it was so late.
Someone had just been sent to send Zhao Junrong back to Dongkua Yuan, and Grandma Yang also came back, taking a few maids to the small kitchen to cook dumplings.
"A year has passed like this." Shen Tianshu put on his clothes, opened a window and looked out the window.
Suddenly, she looked out the window with wide eyes in surprise.
Is this snowing?
The white and crystal clear snowflakes slowly fall from the sky, as if sending blessings for the New Year's Eve.
By the time everyone finished eating the dumplings, there was already a thin layer of snow outside.
"There's really a lot of snow this year!" Nanny Yang sent others to clear away the dishes, and then she came over and stood beside Shen Tianshu.
"Maybe God also knows that there are too many sufferings and injustices in the world, so it will snow a few more times to cover up this evil world and make everything white again."
"It is good and evil is evil. No matter how much we cover it up, there will always be a day when the spring comes and the earth returns to spring. At that time, all the evil will have nowhere to hide." Aunt Yang just said something very reasonable. , and then started nagging, "Girl, please stop standing by the window. The wind outside is cold. If you are still standing on the wind vent, be careful of blowing something wrong. It's not a joke."
"Haha, I won again." Minghui's cheerful laughter came from behind.
Mingyu threw away the flower cards in his hand and said, "I won't play any more. It's really evil today. How can you win them all? I've lost all my money. You can find someone else to play with!"
"Sister Mingyu, don't leave. I'll give you money, and you can continue playing with me for a while?"
The noise and laughter in the room quickly brought Shen Tianshu out of his thoughts and back to the real world.
She put aside the chaotic thoughts in her mind, walked behind Mingyu and said, "It's okay, keep playing, I'll show you the cards, and win back what she won."