The reception feast is over and the New Year is coming soon.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, the Xiao family all got up early.
The men go up the mountain to chop bamboo, while the women prepare for the evening reunion dinner.
Because Feng Yu is here, Xu Zhengxiang always wants to come up with some exquisite dishes. But after thinking for a long time, I couldn't think of a suitable one.
Ye Luoxin saw it and comforted her: "Mom, why are you thinking so much? Why don't you just ask your mother what she wants to eat?"
"Didn't I want to give her a surprise? If I ask, the surprise will be gone!"
Xu Zhengxiang looked reluctant.
"I remember when I was in the capital, my mother's personal cook cooked fried mushrooms and fried tofu! I watched her pick up vegetables several times," Ye Luoxin gave an idea.
"Okay, there's nothing difficult about these two, I can do them all!"
Xu Zhengxiang got busy again.
The embroidery room has gone on holiday, and everyone is helping in the kitchen.
For a moment, there was no place for Ye Luoxin to set foot in the kitchen.
She had no choice but to walk to the yard, and happened to see Xiao Mu and Xiao Song coming back each dragging a bundle of bamboo.
"Husband, have you cut so many bamboos?"
Ye Luoxin greeted him.
"Um!"
Xiao Mu put down the bamboo and wiped the sweat from his head, "It's cold, why don't you go inside?"
"It's not cold!" Ye Luoxin smiled, and then asked curiously: "What are you doing after cutting so many bamboos?"
In my impression, the Ye family does not seem to have the habit of cutting bamboo during the Chinese New Year.
So I don’t know what kind of custom this is.
"Set off firecrackers!" Xiao Mu said, "Have you never done so before?"
Ye Luoxin shook her head, showing a curious expression.
Xiao Mu reached out and rubbed her head, suddenly feeling a little pitiful for his little wife.
Although she is smart, capable, and decisive, he seems to have forgotten that she grew up in such an unfavored environment.
In the process of growing up, I must have missed a lot of happiness.
"Then I'll let you have a good time today!"
Xiao Mu said dotingly.
Because I have to prepare dinner for the evening, breakfast on my thirtieth day is a little simpler.
Xu Zhengxiang made a big pot of noodles and braised pork minced mushrooms, so that one bowl of noodles per person was delicious and convenient.
Before breakfast was finished, snowflakes began to fall outside.
The snowflakes were not big, they slowly floated down one by one, and disappeared as soon as they landed on the ground.
"It's snowing!" Ye Luoxin said in surprise.
"It's snowing!" Xu Zhengxiang also looked pleased.
"I hope it snows more heavily and it will be a good year tomorrow!"
"Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest!" Ye Luoxin murmured.
"ah?"
Xu Zhengxiang didn't understand at first, so she smacked her tongue again, "Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest? Yes, it means auspicious snow heralds a good harvest!"
The two women looked at each other and smiled.
As if to respond to the two of them, the snow outside was getting heavier and heavier.
From sparse snow flakes to dense flakes of heavy snow.
The whole village was immediately covered in snow, and the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow.
Just when the sky and the earth were completely white, a black spot appeared at the entrance of the village.
The black dots move very fast. If you get closer, you can see that they are a person and a horse.
The rider seemed not to know the road, and after entering the village, his speed began to slow down.
He looked around, trying to find someone who could ask for directions.
But every door was closed, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
"It would be great if Butler Wang was here!" Xiao Changming thought.
When Butler Wang is here, he can knock on the door and ask for directions and where Xiao Mu's house is.
But Xiao Changming seemed a little reluctant to ask him to deign to knock on the door.
He walked along the village road from house to house, hoping that someone would see him.
Just then, something unexpected happened.
From the tall courtyard wall next to it, a tiger suddenly jumped out.
Along with it came out a fat owl.
The owl's eyes were round, showing a very alert look.
Xiao Changming was startled by this tiger and bird, but he quickly stabilized his body.
But the man can hold his own, but the horse beneath him cannot.
The horse sensed the danger and immediately became frightened.
It wanted to turn around and run away, but the prince's reins were tightened very tightly, so it instinctively raised its front hooves, leaned back, and lifted the unprepared prince off the horse.
The horse lost control and ran away without any care, dragging the reins and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Ye Luoxin and Fengyu, who were admiring the moon and snow in the courtyard, heard the sound.
Ye Luoxin said: "No!"
Thinking that Yuanbao and the others had caused some trouble.
Quickly ran to the door to check.
Fengyu followed closely behind.
The two opened the door and immediately saw Cheng Wang sitting at the door, looking embarrassed.
The mud and water on Cheng Wang's face had not been wiped off, and he was obviously blinded by the fall. He was staring at the tiger and bird in front of him, not daring to move easily.
"Your Majesty?"
Ye Luoxin shouted in surprise.
King Cheng turned around and saw Ye Luoxin and Feng Yu, with a look of surprise on his face.
"You live here?"
He didn't expect that he couldn't find anyone when he was looking for him, so he accidentally hit him and fell directly at the door of someone's house.
"Why are you here?" Feng Yu didn't expect to see Xiao Changming here.
"I, of course I can't worry about you, so I came over to see you."
King Cheng stood up as he spoke.
When Yuan Bao saw the stranger trying to walk toward the yard, he immediately let out a threatening growl.
King Cheng was so frightened that he immediately stopped and did not dare to move easily.
"Yuanbao, come back here!"
Ye Luoxin shouted at the tiger, and Yuan Bao immediately lowered his eyebrows and returned from the gate with his tail between his legs.
Only then did Xiao Changming understand that the tiger and the owl were both raised by the Xiao family.
"Xiaoyu!"
Without the threat of the tiger, Xiao Changming immediately stepped forward.
Unexpectedly, Fengyu pulled Ye Luoxin into the door and closed the door with a crash.
"Xiaoyu, why did you close the door? Listen to me..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Feng Yu.
"Don't you want to come and see how I'm doing? You've seen that I'm doing well. You can go back after you've seen it."
"Go back? I came all the way here. Today is New Year's Eve, Fengyu, can you let me spend the New Year here before leaving?"
No one responded to him.
In the yard, Fengyu had already pulled Ye Luoxin back to the main house.
After entering the house, Feng Yu said to Xu Zhengxiang: "Sister, none of you let the man outside in. Luo Xin, if he dares to come in, you will let the tiger bite her!"
"What's wrong? Who is he?" Xu Zhengxiang was still a little confused.
"Mom," Ye Luoxin pulled Xu Zhengxiang and said softly, "The person outside is King Cheng!"
