On the first day of the new year, Xu Qingmo got up early, yawned and asked Hua Ying to dress himself up: "Where is Qu Lian? Why haven't you seen her?"
"She went to prepare breakfast!" Hua Ying looked at Xu Qingmo in the mirror, "Every year on New Year's Day, our family goes to the temple for a walk. The kitchen starts preparing early in the morning, and Qu Lian Go wait!"
Xu Qingmo nodded: "Many of the girls in the house have gone home, and you two are too busy!"
"What's the point!" Hua Ying said with a smile, "The purse the girl gives us every year is the largest in our house. I heard from other maids that it is the most in the capital. The girl is generous. We will stay by her side until the first day of the new year. Fifteen, and I still have my wallet!”
Xu Qingmo couldn't help laughing, and then said pretending to be angry: "I thought you stayed here because you couldn't bear to leave me alone. I didn't expect that you did it for the purse I gave you. It's really sad!"
"Girl is sad, but don't forget to give us a wallet!" Qu Lian came in with breakfast and said with a smile.
"You two money geeks!" Xu Qingmo couldn't help laughing, and then the three people in the room laughed.
Qu Lian put the breakfast on the table: "If Prince Meng were here, he would definitely say that we are a house full of small money fans!"
Xu Qingmo was stunned for a moment, and then said: "That's true!"
After Xu Qingmo ate a few mouthfuls of porridge, Mrs. Xu asked someone to call, and she walked out anxiously: "Let's hurry up, don't let father and others wait for us!"
When Xu Qingmo walked to the door of the mansion, several carriages were parked at the door. From a distance, Xu Qingmo saw Meng Hetong standing there talking to Xu Yanquan.
When Mrs. Xu saw Xu Qingmo, she stepped forward and said, "Mrs. Yongchang Hou also wants to go to the temple to pray for blessings. We happened to meet her, so we will go together."
Xu Qingmo nodded: "Okay!"
Naturally, she wouldn't have any objections. After all, she knew the night before that they were going out to pray together today, but Xu Qingmo didn't expect that Meng Hetong would come so early.
Xu Qingmo wanted to ride a horse, but unfortunately she had injuries on her body. The bumps on the horse could easily injure the wound. She had no choice but to ride in a carriage.
Xu Qingmo and Hua Ying were sitting in the car, bored. On the first day of the first lunar month, there were no more cries on the road. Xu Qingmo opened the curtain and happened to see Meng Hetong walking beside the carriage.
The two looked at each other, and Meng Hetong smiled: "Did you sleep well last night?"
Xu Qingmo looked back and yawned coincidentally: "Not bad!"
On New Year's Eve, the fireworks went off almost all night, and it was amazing that I could sleep well.
"Even if you are perfunctory with me, you have to be more perfunctory!" Meng Hetong said with a smile, and then took out a piece of cake from his arms, "Well, I went to Dongjie to buy it early in the morning, and I was with him earlier As promised, they made five servings today!"
Xu Qingmo smelled the rich fragrance and his eyes lit up: "The scallion pancakes on East Street?"
Meng Hetong smiled: "Yeah, scallion pancakes!"
Xu Qingmo put down the curtain, opened the paper bag and took a bite, then his eyes lit up: "It's really the scallion pancake from East Street!"
Qu Lian on the side suddenly said leisurely: "My wholehearted intention is that I paid by mistake after all. The breakfast I got from the kitchen early in the morning is still not as good as a piece of scallion pancake that someone else bought casually!"
Xu Qingmo glanced at Qu Lian, then broke off a piece of cake and handed it to her: "If you want to eat, just say so. Why are you doing this?"
Qu Lian accepted it with a smile, and Hua Ying sighed again. Xu Qingmo had no choice but to break off another piece and hand it to Hua Ying: "What two ancestors! Next time I have something good, I will hide and eat it so that you don't know about it." Two of them are so greedy."
"That girl has to feed us!" Qu Lian raised her eyebrows, not panicking at all.
Xu Qingmo ignored them and ate the scallion pancake one bite at a time. After eating, he raised his head again and said, "Didn't they close their stalls and stop doing business during the Chinese New Year? How did you buy it?"
"The mountain man has his own clever plan, little girl, don't ask too much." Meng Hetong smiled, then picked up a handkerchief and threw it to Xu Qingmo, "Wipe your mouth, everyone can tell that you are eating secretly in the car!"
Xu Qingmo was stunned for a moment, and then he shrank his head and went back to wipe his mouth!
During the Chinese New Year, whether they are sincere believers or just a formality, so many people come to the temple to pray for blessings.
Xu Qingmo looked at the long steps and the scattered people walking on the steps, and couldn't help but said: "This is very popular!"
Mrs. Xu patted Xu Qingmo's hand and said, "Don't go up there. Wait for us here. It's too tiring and it's not good for your injury!"
It was rare that Xu Qingmo agreed with Mrs. Xu's words. After all, he was indeed injured now, and the injury was to his ribs. He would inevitably feel tightness and pain in his chest when he was breathing heavily when climbing mountains.
Meng and Tong were also absent from the mountain, also because of injuries.
Then the two people were at the foot of the mountain, looking at each other with big eyes and small eyes.
"I thought you were completely healed!" Xu Qingmo took the lead in breaking the silence.
"Have you ever heard that it takes a hundred days to break your muscles and bones?" Meng Hetong raised his eyebrows.
Xu Qingmo naturally understood what he meant, and then suddenly remembered: "I remember there is a wild jujube forest halfway up the mountain. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"At this time, there won't be any fruit left, right?" Meng Hetong frowned.
Xu Qingmo's eyes lit up: "Let's go and take a look. What if something slips through the net?"
Meng Hetong, who couldn't defeat Xu Qingmo, had to accompany Xu Qingmo to pick fruits.
Xu Qingmo has been like this since she was a child. She climbed trees and walls and did all the things that her daughter's family couldn't do.
When the group of people reached the back mountain, they never expected that there was a whole forest of winter jujubes that had not been picked, and many fruits fell to the ground and rotted in the soil.
"Why are there so many? Didn't people nearby come to pick them?" Meng Hetong was a little surprised.
Xu Qingmo looked around and found several overturned jujube trees: "It's probably because there were several heavy snowfalls this year that buried them here. The villagers didn't see the jujubes when they came, so they left them here until now!"
Meng Hetong thought about it, picked one casually, took a bite, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "It's really sweet!"
Xu Qingmo smiled and went to pick it, but Meng Hetong picked the date earlier, wiped it on his body, and then handed it to Xu Qingmo: "Try it!"
Xu Qingmo looked at the date and took it naturally: "Thank you!"
Then, Yusheng was driven by Hua Ying and the others to climb a tree and pick dates. They also picked the dates that were still intact on the ground. After a while, they had a rich harvest!
