Chapter 319 Mrs. Snow
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of households always replace old talismans with new peaches.
There is no better way to describe Jinling City at this time than with Wang Anshi's song "Yuan Ri".
At this time, Jinling City was decorated with lanterns and brightly lit, and the market was crowded with people. The streets and alleys are filled with cheerful children, and the sound of firecrackers and the laughter of children can be heard from time to time on both sides of the street.
The teahouses and restaurants were full of guests, talented people and beauties showed off their coquettishness in pairs, literati and poets competed in poetry and competed for talent, heroes from the world of martial arts raised glasses and pushed cups to show their heroism, and dignitaries drank and praised their merits.
The music and music are boiling in the south lake. I won't go back to the boat tonight.
Naturally, such days are indispensable for fireworks such as the Hua Fang, Gou Lan, Jiaofang Si, etc., where there is a lot of music and singing, and the grand occasion is unprecedented. Even the three-foot-high threshold is obviously lowered by three points.
The entire Jinling City is in full swing, and every corner is filled with a festive atmosphere. And behind this joy is naturally inseparable from the good public security of Jinling City.
In the bustling scene of Jinling City, there is a desolate silence in a house, which is incompatible with the lively scene on the street.
Two red lanterns hanging in front of the door also prove that there are still people living in this mansion.
The huge Xue Mansion is now slightly empty, and the only remaining maids and servants are chatting away. The pool in front of the courtyard is now dry and abandoned, and the mud is overgrown with weeds. The entire Xue Mansion is completely empty. Showing depression.
"Hey!" A faint sigh came from the west wing room, "Ru Yue, how are you doing in the capital? It's been such a long time, why don't you know how to send a letter? Even if you send someone to deliver it, It’s good to come back later.”
The beautiful woman stood in front of the window, looking out the window with lonely eyes, looking at the lively scene outside in a daze.
"It's already the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there's no news about Ru Yue. It's really worrying."
"There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in the capital, especially those high-ranking officials. Everyone has unfathomable plans and scheming. There are endless conspiracies and various methods. It is best not to have anything happen to Ru Yue."
Thinking of Xue Ruyue going to the capital alone and facing those wolves, tigers and leopards alone, the beautiful woman was so worried that she had trouble sleeping and eating.
"Madam, madam, the lady is back."
A young girl ran excitedly towards the west wing.
Xiao He's excited voice spread throughout the Xue Mansion, and the lazy servants were all excited. They quickly ended their conversation and ran quickly to the door of the mansion to welcome Xue Ruyue's return.
The beautiful woman with a sad face in the room heard Xiao He's call, her face disappeared, her face was filled with joy, her beautiful and dazzling peach blossom eyes bent into a beautiful crescent moon, she quickly took a goose white dress from the hanger. He put his mink velvet cloak on his shoulders and walked out of the house quickly.
"Madam, please slow down." When Xiaohe saw the beautiful woman walking out of the house quickly, he quickly stepped forward to help the beautiful woman who was beaming with joy.
"Isn't this Ru Yue back? As long as Ru Yue can come back safely, that's enough."
The beautiful woman smiled sweetly, with joy on her brows and in her eyes. The smile hanging on the corner of her mouth seemed to be smeared with honey, so sweet that it made people sick, and it was so beautiful.
"It's true that this kid didn't even know to send someone to notify him in advance before he came back. Now everyone is in a hurry."
"Giggle, madam, seeing how happy you are, if someone who doesn't know about it sees it, they will think that madam, you and the lady are twin sisters!" Xiao He covered her mouth and chuckled.
"You talkative!" Mrs. Xue rolled her beautiful eyes at Xiao He, and extended her fingers to tap Xiao He's head lovingly, "No matter how big or small you are, if Ru Yue sees you, you will suffer the most. "
"Giggle, isn't it because Miss is not there!" Xiao He stuck out her tongue playfully, "Miss, if Miss is so happy to see you, Madam, Miss will also forgive me."
"You!" Mrs. Xue smiled sweetly, shook her head with laughter, and said earnestly, "How long will it take for you to correct this minor problem? If you continue to behave like this, when the Xue family falls, you can go If you have to work elsewhere, the masters and wives of other families are not as easy to talk to as our mother and daughter, so you will suffer."
Xiao He pouted and hugged Mrs. Xue's arm tightly, "I won't go work elsewhere. I want to stay with Madam and Miss all my life and serve Madam and Miss."
"You can follow me for a while, but not for a lifetime. Ru Yue will get married sooner or later. My health is not good, and I will die sooner or later. You are now in the prime of life, and I don't know how many people come to you to be a matchmaker. You and Being by my side will only mislead you."
"If you ask me, just listen to me. While the Xue family still has the ability to find a good family for you, hurry up and find a good family to marry!"
"I don't want it!" Xiao He pouted unhappily and acted coquettishly to Mrs. Xue, "Those matchmakers who come to your door to talk about matchmaking are all rags. They are all crooked and not pleasing to the eye at all."
"If I were asked to marry them, I might as well die."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Mrs. Xue quickly covered Xiaohe's mouth and kept spitting, "Don't talk nonsense about immortality! It's unlucky to say this during the Chinese New Year!"
"Madam, you are only allowing Madam to set fires, not Xiao He to light lamps!"
"Ms. Mingming also said such unlucky words just now, why don't you let Xiao He say it now?"
Madam Xue stretched out her slender jade fingers again and nodded lovingly on Xiao He's little head, "You! I don't know what's in this little head!"
Then he sighed again and said earnestly, "You are different from me. You are young and have a lot of time. Unlike me, who is old and in poor health, you may follow in my footsteps at some point."
"Madam, you don't know that!" Xiao He frowned unhappily, "Madam, you have a kind heart and a Bodhisattva heart. Good people will be rewarded, and you will definitely live a long life!"
"Funny words!" Mrs. Xue pinched Xiao He's nose dotingly.
"Hmm~" Xiao He said coquettishly, "I don't have any sweet words, I'm telling the truth."
"If my wife and young lady hadn't rescued me back then, I would have frozen to death on the roadside. Even if I hadn't frozen to death, I might have been sold to that brothel and lived a life worse than death."
"Look how good it is now. Not only do I have food and drink, but I can also stay by my wife and young lady's side to repay my kindness. Although the Xue family is in some decline now, I believe that good people will be rewarded, but the time has not come yet. That’s all.”
"Mom, why are you out here!" Mrs. Xue and Xiao He walked and stopped. As soon as they arrived at the front hall, they saw Xue Ruyue from a distance.
Madam Xue suddenly became happy and quickened her pace, "Didn't I hear that you are back?"
"Xiao He, hurry up and get someone to prepare food for Ru Yue, boil some hot water, and wash away the dust on Ru Yue's body."
