There was a large table of dishes for dinner, but there were only three people eating, and it was a bit deserted.
Lu Zhong laughed and said, "When Qi'er comes to Beijing next year, quickly find him a house and wife. In two years' time, we will be full of children and grandchildren. Then it will be lively!"
This made Miao Cuilan feel better. She glanced at Xiaoxue and couldn't help laughing again: "When her brother gets married and has nephews and nieces, she should get married again! Speaking of which, the years go by so fast!"
Xiaoxue couldn't hear words like "married" the most, she frowned slightly, and said: "Mother, you are too, why are you talking about me again!"
"Hey, I'm not ashamed anymore! Why be ashamed in front of your parents!" Miao Cuilan laughed angrily at her.
Lu Zhong laughed and said: "You know Xiaoxue is thin-skinned and you still tease her! I'll go and see the butler and the others, you two are bored, why don't you ask Mrs. Lu to play cards with a few wives!"
Miao Cuilan didn't like this, and when Lu Zhong left, she called Mrs. Lu, Nanny Ping, Ying'er, etc., and sat down in the warm pavilion to eat melon seeds and eat snacks and talk.
Nanny Ping and the others knew that she was not airy. If she hadn't been a little afraid of Lu Zhong and Xiaoxue, the family might have been in chaos long ago. In addition, those who were celebrating the new year all smiled and said a few words of thanks and compliments, and each found a small stool and a small stool to sit down, talking while eating, and the anecdotes in the capital that Ping and the others had heard. Tell Miao Cuilan about the rich family's family affairs. Miao Cuilan loves to listen to the gossip of these parents, which makes it even more lively.
When Lu Xiaoshu came, there was a lot of chatter here.
Seeing her, Miao Cuilan was even more delighted, took her hand and said with a smile: "Mother just thought that it would be great if you could come over to accompany her bridesmaid today, but who knew you really came! Filial piety!"
Lu Xiaoshu smiled and said: "I was afraid that my mother and sister would be bored, so I wanted to come and have a look, who knew it would be so lively!"
"It will be even more lively when you come!" Xiaoxue said with a smile: "With you talking like one to three, how can it be so lively!" Everyone laughed.
Miao Cuilan smiled and pulled her to sit down, and a clever maid poured hot tea.
Lu Xiaoshu hurriedly asked where his father was? Miao Cuilan smiled and said, "He said he was going to see the housekeeper and the others. You don't need to see him anymore. What are you going to do in such a cold day? I don't know where he is! Anyway, you're going to come over tomorrow morning to pay New Year's greetings of!"
As she spoke, she brought her favorite pine nuts and sweet-scented osmanthus candies, and then smiled and asked if it was freezing on the road, what Mu Qing was doing at home, etc.
Lu Xiaoshu answered one by one, then asked with a smile: "What were you talking about so lively just now? I vaguely heard that it was Nanny Ping telling a story? Hurry up, hurry up, I'll listen too!"
"It's just some old stories in the capital, as long as the second girl doesn't think she's an antique!" Nanny Ping smiled and spoke more vigorously.
The network of relationships in the capital is not only intricate, but also hierarchical. There is a network of masters among the masters, and so do the slaves.
Nanny Ping didn't know where she heard so many private stories about the rich and powerful, but Lu Xiaoshu was very surprised to hear it.
Miao Cuilan didn't dare to let her stay too long, for fear that Mu Qing was looking for her over there, so after about half an hour, she urged her to go back, and said with a smile: "It's almost time, go back soon It will be bad if your parents can't find someone!" Then he gave her a big red envelope and said with a smile: "Come on, take it quickly, good luck!"
Lu Xiaoshu saw that it was indeed getting late, so he nodded with a smile, took Miao Cuilan's hand and said coquettishly, "Then I'll go back to mother first, and come back tomorrow morning to say New Year greetings to you and dad!"
"Okay, okay!" Miao Cuilan patted her hand with a smile, and personally tied her a red brocade golden phoenix wearing a peony bell cape, and a satin warmer of the same color trimmed with a circle of rabbit fur. He took off his hat, trimmed the corners of his collar, and personally sent her out with Xiaoxue.
Lu Xiaoshu originally didn't want her to send it, but Miao Cuilan insisted on refusing. Seeing her getting into the carriage, she reminded her again, "Be careful on the road!" Seeing the carriage go, she and Xiaoxue went back together.
Today's New Year's Eve, red lanterns are hung under the porches of every house and house in the streets, and all the streets are brightly lit, which looks extraordinarily warm in the cold night.
There are almost no pedestrians, carriages and horses on the street, and even if there are occasionally, they pass by in a hurry. This time is the time for the whole family to have fun.
On such a quiet night, Lu Xiaoshu suddenly felt a little emotional in his heart, and his thoughts were a little chaotic for a while. Countless image fragments of past life and present life are intertwined in my mind.
Thinking about it, the corner of my heart that was buried deep in the bottom of my heart and never touched suddenly cracked, as if the feeling of another world was so real and so hazy.
What exactly is real? She doesn't seem to be able to explain herself!
And what will happen to him in this other world? What is the situation like now that there is no self in the previous life
She felt a little crazy, and her eye sockets became slightly hot.
The sound of Dede's hooves broke the tranquility of the night, and also shattered her sudden thoughts.
She frowned slightly, as if she hated the untimely noise, but she heard Zhou Shizhi's call accompanied by the sound of horse's hooves: "Xiaoshu! Xiaoshu! Are you in the carriage ahead!"
Lu Xiaoshu was overjoyed, as if his wandering mind suddenly found a place, he hurriedly stopped the car.
When she opened the curtain, Zhou Shizhi had already rushed up on his horse, and smiled through the car window: "It really is you!"
"Where are you going?" Lu Xiaoshu asked with a smile.
Zhou Shizhi smiled softly, and said softly: "My place is really deserted, I want to find you."
It was only then that Lu Xiaoshu remembered that other people have a family to accompany them during the New Year, no matter how many people there are, but he is the only one who is alone.
His person is like this, her heart is like this, they really are a natural couple.
Because of this unspeakable loneliness and sympathy, Lu Xiaoshu couldn't help but look a little gentler than usual, and smiled: "I wish I had known you would come to our house for the New Year! I just came from my adoptive parents! It's a coincidence that you came out, otherwise you would have missed it!"
Zhou Shizhi couldn't help laughing and said: "It seems that the two of us are really destined! We can't miss it!"
"You can talk about everything, it's far-fetched!" Lu Xiaoshu couldn't help laughing, and gave him a bad look.
She opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, looked up and said with a smile: "It's really clean outside today, why don't you walk with me?"
Where did Zhou Shizhi not agree? Then he got off his horse and said with a smile: "I was thinking the same thing, and I thought that you may not be willing because you are usually lively, so you didn't open your mouth, who would have thought you said that!"
The two looked at each other, Lu Xiaoshu smiled slightly, and said, "Occasionally, I also like to be clean."
Zhou Shiyi was stunned, and laughed out loud, holding her hand, and said softly, "Let's go."
Lu Xiaoshu ordered the carriage to go back first, and waited outside the side gate of Lu Mansion, and walked slowly along the street with Zhou Shizhi. Zhou Shizhi's mount obediently followed aside, and the sound of trampling hooves was low and gentle.
The two walked silently like this, neither of them spoke, and the low sound of horseshoes seemed to be counting the beat. The warmth conveyed by the palm of the hand flows through the heart like a trickle, and the tenderness lingers in the heart.
At this moment, the world is silent and the years are quiet.
As if thinking of something, Lu Xiaoshu raised his eyes to look at Zhou Shizhi, showing his face and opening his lips, but Zhou Shizhi also tilted his head and smiled at her, his thin lips parted slightly.
The two were startled, then shut their mouths with a chuckle, and said at the same time: "You speak first."
Startled again when he said this, Zhou Shizhi raised his eyebrows at her with a smile.
Lu Xiaoshu laughed and said: "Do you still remember that year in Qilin Villa, it was also New Year's Eve, the two of us were so miserable, we stayed in that cliff cave all night, and almost didn't freeze to death. Now that we want to come, but I thought it was quite amusing.”
Zhou Shizhi smiled and said: "I was going to say this too! But I never felt how miserable we were at that time! Because I believe that I will definitely take you out of there, and you will be fine! Look, I I finally fulfilled my father's last wish, and finally stood here! From now on, all my wishes are only for you. Xiaoshu, "
Zhou Shizhi's voice was slightly low, his eyes darkened, and he said softly: "Without you, I really don't know what else I can do after I have revenged myself. I have only lived for this one thing for so many years, Du This is the only thing Uncle and Uncle Xue whisper in my ears every day! I practice literature and martial arts for this purpose! After meeting you, I know what else to do besides cleanse my family of grievances! So, you must It's mine! No matter who or what, we can't separate us!"
"Hmm..." Lu Xiaoshu felt warm in her heart, warmer than the light from the hanging red lantern. She looked up at him and said with a smile, "As long as you live up to me, I will keep my word." .What I want to say has already been said in that cave on New Year's Eve that year."
"I—" Lu Xiaoshu's face was slightly hot, and he said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, I never thought that I would meet you in this world. This is me—what a blessing!"
"Xiaoshu..." Zhou Shizhi's heart felt hot, he grabbed her violently, put his hands on her shoulders, and stared at her with burning eyes.
Under his fiery gaze, Lu Xiaoshu's face gradually turned hot, she didn't dare to look at him at all, turned her head away slightly, and said in a low voice: "You, what are you doing looking at me like this... "
"I want to kiss you!" Zhou Shizhi said bluntly, the slight heat sprayed on her face and forehead, making her feel even hotter.
Lu Xiaoshu's heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head subconsciously. When meeting his eyes, it was like falling into a deep pool, and I couldn't move away.
His eyes were deep and affectionate, with a deadly allure, which made her reluctant to move away and wanted to escape in a panic.
Her body seemed to lose all strength in an instant, and she just stood there in a daze, staring at him in a daze.
Zhou Shizhi gently held her face, carefully, as if holding a rare treasure. The slightly cool fingertips gently brushed her face, itching and numb, her heart softened and her heartbeat accelerated.