In a few days, it was the New Year's Day. This year, Yunyan didn't have to go to the great court meeting or receive envoys. She slept a little late at home before being called by Xiaobao.
This year, Shuangyi was missing from the family. She and Shen Kuo spent the first year in their new home, which made the family seem a little deserted.
Xiaobao helped Yun Yanhui to carry the new clothes into the room, and dragged him from the warm bed.
It was New Year's Day, so of course I had to wear new clothes. Every stitch and thread of these brand new clothes was made by Zheng Ping.
Yun Yanhui put on new clothes, washed up, and gave New Year's greetings to the neighbors.
When Yunyan returned to the present, in the mouths of the neighbors, she belonged to the "child of someone else's family". The son of Sanniang next door is about the same age as Yun Yanhui, and now he is still idle every day, so he is often taught by Sanniang to learn from Yun Yanhui.
Therefore, Yun Yanhui is probably the most hated guest of his age... If he goes to pay a New Year's greeting, it will cause them to be talked about by his family again.
However, for children, he is the most popular object.
Sanniang's daughter Liu Ye married a neighbor on the same street a few years ago and gave birth to a son. The child is different from her uncle. She loves Yun Yanhui to death. Because the two families have been friends for a long time, they also call him uncle. Even more kissable than my own uncle.
Because Yunyan always brings some snacks when she goes back to pay New Year's greetings, this year she still brought candy from Tao Zhiyao.
When they saw Yunyan returning, they knew that there was candy to eat.
Yun Yan went around outside and came back, and saw that Shen Kuo's car was parked outside, it seemed that the young couple came. Because the Shen family is far away in Qiantang, and there is only the Yue family in Bianjing, it is natural to come to the Yue family first to pay New Year's greetings no matter how many times they return to their parents' home.
Yun Yan took off the scarf after returning to the door. Seeing Shen Kuo and Shuang Yi sitting side by side on Hu's bed, she deliberately smiled and said, "It's New Year's Eve, Shuang Yi cooks and cooks fish in the evening. Every year has more than enough meaning. How nice."
Shen Kuo: "..."
Shuangyi knew it now, she said why Shen Kuo suddenly asked her to eat fish, it was Yan Ge'er's fault, seeing Yun Yanhui frightening Shen Kuo again, she said angrily: "Yan Ge'er, you Don't bully him."
The last time Shen Kuo ate fish with tears in his eyes, it took a while before he dared to tell her the truth.
"Auntie, now you know what a married daughter is, the water that was poured out?" Yun Yan said to Zheng Ping, "Look, just protect her husband, and tell me not to bluff."
Zheng Ping laughed, but she didn't feel ashamed, "No one can tell you, they are newly married, so you know what to do."
Yun Yanhui opened her eyes wide, "I'm so wronged, I just asked Cunzhong to understand all aspects of Shuangyi."
Shen Kuo: "..."
…
Zheng Ping tidied up the room and asked Shuangyi and his wife to stay here for two days. Their mother and daughter also reunited. They hadn't lived under the same roof for a while.
Yun Yan recalled the previous two days, Zhao Yunchu also cried and shouted to live here, but he refused. No way, no matter how good the relationship is, it doesn't matter if the family is there, they will go to live in someone else's house.
Taking a hundred steps back, even if it was made public, even if they were a man and a woman, it was impossible for them to go to bed before they got married... How could Zhao Yunchu be so unreserved.
Now that the first day of the new year, Zhao Yunchu has not yet appeared, but he is not angry, he is going to participate in the great meeting. As a model courtier who never misses work despite the wind and rain, how could he not attend the Great Court.
After lunch, Yun Yanhui, Shuangyi, his wife and Xiaobao helped Zheng Ping make spring cattle. In a few days, it will be the beginning of spring, and Kaifeng government will engage in superstition activities, whipping "spring cows" made of clay, praying that disasters will be avoided and the coming year will be good. And among the people, spring cattle are also presented to each other.
There are spring cattle in the market, but many families still make it themselves as a family activity.
Yunyan pinched a calf and came out, pinched another base, used a branch as a fence and inserted it on the edge, and wrapped it around the spring flower vine.
Shuang Yi looked at his cow for a while, and then looked at the spring cow with asymmetrical horns on his hand, very depressed. Fortunately, Shen Kuo was very powerful, and pinched a robust spring cow that was lifelike and mooed.
Yun Yan looked back for a while, and felt that it could still be improved. She rubbed her hands together and said, "Oh, I'll sew more clothes for it..."
Shuangyi: "… "
Zheng Ping saw that he really took a sewing kit, and said quickly, "Sit down, how can you do sewing in the first month of the month!"
Yun Yan dawdled and put the sewing kit into her arms, "What's this..."
"Anyway, don't move," Zheng Ping said again, "Besides, it's fine if you weave flowers. How can you put clothes on Chunniu? Brother Yan, who are you giving this to? Likes are not so…”
"If you don't sew, don't sew." Yun Yan pretended to be dead.
to whom? It was not given to Zhao Yunchu.
Yun Yanhui had never been in a relationship before, so he was a little unsure. When he was sending something, he subconsciously replaced Zhao Yunchu with the woman. When Zheng Ping said it, he felt that it was a bit too motherly.
Shen Kuo looked a little surprised, "Brother Yan... Can you still sew?"
Shuang Yi said embarrassingly: "Our family, Yan Ge'er got the true inheritance of A-Niang's embroidery work, but I inherited Uncle Fu's skill..."
Shen Kuo didn't expect it at all!
In his opinion, needlework and other things, and Yun Yanhui are not the same. He only said that his mother-in-law was a master of kesi and embroidery, and the lady could not learn it, but he did not expect that what his lady did not learn, it was Brother Yan who did!
Judging from what Shen Kuo knew about their family, this was definitely not because Yun Yanhui was his biological child and Shuang Yi was adopted.
Shuang Yi added another sentence: "In the past, A-Niang was in bad health, and my clothes were mended by Yan Ge'er..."
Shen Kuo: "So virtuous??"
He also thought that Yun Yanhui had been a workaholic since he was a child. Could it be that he still scolded Fang Qiu during the day and came back to sew and mend at night
Hearing Shen Kuo's adjective, Yun Yan was furious and warned, "...don't say it!"
Shen Kuo laughed dumbly, "I won't say it, it's just... disrespectful!"
Yunyan replied: "..."
…
It wasn't until the evening that Zhao Yunchu came to the door. After having dinner at home, he quickly found an opportunity to come out.
When Yunyan came home, their whole family was joking, and Zhao Yunchu lay on the courtyard gate and called Yunyan back. As soon as Yun Yanhui came out, he saw Zhao Yunchu lying on the door with a red nose and looking really frozen.
Yun Yan turned around and looked around. At this time, everyone was either reuniting at home or going shopping. No one was around. He tiptoed and kissed Zhao Yunchu's nose, and whispered, "Why don't you wear a mask."
Zhao Yunchu's face heated up, "I forgot..."
Yun Yanhui put him in, "Come in and bake."
"Xiaochu is here." Yun Yan pulled Zhao Yunchu in and pressed him on the seat beside his own stove, "Auntie, do you still have Hu spicy soup? I'll give him a bowl."
Yun Yan went back to the kitchen to make the Hu spicy soup. Shen Kuo looked at it and was a little puzzled.
Because he and the two have known each other for the shortest time, even though he knew that they were good friends, he was a little surprised that Zhao Yunchu did not spend time with his family on the first day of the new year, but instead came to look for Yun Yanhui. I felt something was wrong, but I didn't say it.
Zhao Yunchu paid New Year's greetings to everyone, drank Hu spicy soup again, and warmed his body. Seeing a few small spring cows roasting beside the stove, he said, "Who is this for?"
Zheng Ping thought it was very funny. The tone of anticipation had never changed since she was a child.
"Don't look at it, yours is here." Yun Yanhui took out the only spring cow with a guardrail and lace that she made in the afternoon. It was wrapped with vines and did not put it by the fire, for fear that it would not look good if it was burnt. .
Zhao Yunchu immediately smiled brightly. He held the spring cow and saw that it was very different from others, so he was even happier. He found a box to put it in, so as not to bump it.
"Auntie, then let's go out and play with things." After sitting for a long time, seeing that Zhao Yunchu was no longer cold, Yun Yan said back.
These three days, Kaifeng Mansion was opened, and when Zhao Yunchu was in the palace in the daytime, Yunyan went around to pay New Year's greetings and be a spring ox, and Zheng Ping said, "You can go, remember to give it to brother Chu. Get a cape and find your Uncle Fu."
"I know." Yun Yan took Fu Yunfeng's cloak back, took out his own mask twice, put it on and went out with Zhao Yunchu.
Zhao Yunchu went out first, Yunyan took a slow step back, turned around and closed the door. As soon as he turned around, Zhao Yunchu stood closely behind him without any precautions, and immediately lowered his head, hugged Yun Yanhui's shoulder, and pressed it against his face.
Both of them wore masks, their faces touched their faces, and they rubbed their mouths through the cloth. Yun Yan turned her eyes back with a smile, took off the masks, and lifted Zhao Yunchu's mask a little from the bottom up, and kissed her on the mouth. kiss.
Zhao Yunchu wanted to kiss deeply, but Yun Yanhui was afraid that it was at the door of the house. He pushed his face away, hung the mask back, and ran two steps forward, "Let's go!"
Yun Yanhui's figure is still between a teenager and a young man, and he is relatively thin, with white skin and big eyes, wrapped in a cape, wearing a hat and a mask and walking on the street hand in hand with Zhao Yunchu. young couple.
"I thought you would come in the afternoon." Yun Yan replied. This great court meeting lasts for one morning at most, with a royal banquet at noon, and most people can go home in the afternoon, unless they stay in the palace to deal with envoys, engage in other activities, and the like.
Zhao Yunchu was very resentful, "I told the official family very happily that I was going to see Brother Yan for New Year's greetings, and he let me stay in the palace, saying that you were lazy and didn't receive the envoy, so you knew that you would take me to hide with you, and you couldn't be there. He cheapened us when he was in pain..."
The emperor told you to stay in the palace, can you stay? Zhao Yunchu complained to his father, and the prince also said that none of your brothers could stay, so you can just tell me, and telling them it will be considered as showing off.
Zhao Yunchu was speechless.
"... He is a very arrogant emperor." Yun Yan replied, "I feel sorry for our Ah Chu!"
Ah Chu: (w)
Yun Yan thought back, the relationship between him and Renzong is a bit mysterious now.
It is said that it is a monarch and minister, and it is much more casual than ordinary monarchs and ministers. If it is another minister, even if Bao Zheng is so favored, Renzong will not kick or kick at will. But if you want to talk about friends, and you don't have the guts, how can anyone be friends with the emperor in the feudal society.
Your heart is unpredictable, and you can't ask Renzong, hey, do you think we are friends
It may be, or it may not be, this is probably a Schrödinger friendship...
Yun Yanhui and Zhao Yunchu went down the street to see if there was anything interesting. When they saw it, they fluttered, and they also held a lot of things in their hands all the way down.
When they walked to the street, a thin man came over, bulging in his arms and dodging, and whispered to them: "Langjun, madam, do you want something interesting?"
Yun Yanhui's first reaction was: Selling yellow books.
Then I thought, no, selling pornographic books is not so sneaky.
So what is it selling, so be careful, is it a prohibited item
Yun Yanhui was also an employee of Kaifeng House anyway, and pushed Zhao Yunchu, motioning him to speak.
Zhao Yunchu hurriedly asked, "What's interesting? Let's take a look."
The man opened one side of his clothes, revealing a stack of paper, with words densely written on it, but he couldn't read it clearly. He pulled out one, rolled it up, showed them part of it, "Newspaper!"
newspaper? What are you doing so wretched selling newspapers
Yun Yan squinted his eyes back, no, he glanced at Tokyo Daily every morning, and Kaifeng House News was reviewed every issue, he was sure that it was definitely not one of the two.
At this time, the man added: "A private tabloid! We specialize in publishing secret news!"
Zhao Yunchu turned his head to look, Yun Yan raised his eyebrows, "Secret news? Take a copy and see."
The man wondered why the lady's voice seemed a little... not crisp, but he handed out a copy and said, "Two coppers—it's more expensive than the Tokyo Daily News, we have to take the risk!"
These newspapers are all produced by the imperial court. What kind of tabloids do they have? They don't have permission to publish them at all. They are illegally printed, which is really risky.
Yun Yan turned a deaf ear, took the newspaper and unfolded it, almost vomiting blood.
As expected, the articles on it are all "secret news". The layout imitates the "Tokyo Daily" and "Kaifeng Prefecture News", but the content is relatively unread. It's all about which folk artist was taken care of by which high-ranking official, and which rich businessman made his fortune.
There is even a piece of news on the corner, which is very sensational, saying that the four sons of the Eight Great Kings' family, all four have broken sleeves! Some have broken sleeves with the forbidden army, some have broken sleeves with monks, some have fostered a lot of folk entertainers (males), and one of the most picky eaters has broken sleeves with the cooks of Kaifeng House!
Looking up again, the tabloid seller had no idea where he had gone, and Yun Yan took the newspaper and scolded him for talking nonsense.
Not only did he print newspapers privately, but he also didn't have the spirit of seeking truth in news at all, which really pissed him off. Yun Yanhui quickly flipped through it, and felt that the whole person was not well, "This thing... how many issues have it been out?"