Rebirth of the only favorite fool

Yuncheng has always been prosperous, even though it had just experienced the shock|changes of Prince Rui leading troops out of the city and bandits looting and killing just a few years ago, the end of the year is approaching, Yuncheng has finally recovered its stability under the auspices of City Lord Xiao. Some lively taste.

The interior and exterior of Linhua Courtyard in Gu's Mansion have been filled with red New Year's festival lanterns, including two red lanterns depicting Nian beasts at the entrance of the main house. of light.

Xue Jia, who was sitting on the Datong Kang in the side room, was only wearing a layer of white brocade velvet jacket because of the heat in the room, with a fox blanket brought from Jianguo on his lap, and lay on the table on the Kang, Looking through the accounts of the Gu family's expenditures next year.

Because Yin Jingyi was pregnant and wanted to relax and recuperate, the chores of the Gu family were temporarily handed over to Xue Jia to take care of them, which also honed Xue Jia's ability to manage accounts.Although there are few masters in the Gu family, the Gu family is a big family after all, and there are not too many things in the Gu family. In addition, it is the end of the new year, and Xue Jia has been busy with the accounts of the Gu family these days. Organize and courteous matters.

Gu Huaiyu was sitting on the twig on the ground, unlike Xue Jia who was still busy until night. He surrounded the only stove in the house, leisurely fiddled with the roasted sweet potatoes on the stove, and smiled while roasting: "Winter is cold, It feels good to eat a warm sweet potato."

Xue Jia didn't raise her head, she lowered her head and flipped through the accounts, and said back to him, "Just as long as you like it."

Seeing that the sweet potatoes were not ripe for a while, Gu Huaiyu hurriedly stood up from the ground, climbed up to Xue Jia's side on the kang, and said with a smile: "Why are you so busy these days? It's all my fault. I put all the family affairs on you. I will help you now." You see?"

In fact, Gu Huaiyu was not so idle.Gu Huaiyu had been planning for a long time. He opened Qianjin Winery in the name of Gu's family, and then took part of the money he took out from Gu's family to operate the store and a sum of money he had accumulated over the years, and secretly went to Dongcheng to sell two wines. A tailor-made clothing shop that changed hands, hanging under his own account in Taocheng.Qianjin Winery is just Gu Huaiyu's superficial property, but actually transfers money secretly for him, commonly known as money laundering.For this reason, at the very beginning, Gu Huaiyu had to wash the accounts of Qianjin Distillery in private. In addition, he had to change his identity to turn over the two garment shops. In the evening, I managed to steal a spare time to bake a sweet potato.

Xue Jia looked up at him, with a slight smile in his eyes, a head of black ink-like long hair hanging down from his shoulders, wearing an indescribable charm on the white coat: "No, I can handle it alone." That's enough. It's rare for you to rest for a while, let me take care of these cumbersome accounts."

But he didn't want Gu Huaiyu to lean over his head to take a look, so he pushed a pile of ledgers aside, put his arms around Xue Jia, lay on Xue Jia's shoulder and mumbled, "I don't think there's anything wrong with these ledgers, there's no need to repeat them like this. Check it, you are not allowed to read it."

Xue Jia pushed him, but in the end he couldn't push, so he had to let him lie on his stomach, looked down at Gu Huaiyu and laughed: "Don't make trouble, I have to think about the gifts our family will give to the adults next year, I can't be careless."

When Gu Huaiyu heard it, he thought of something, frowned and said: "Yes, Xiao Yuwen is in the limelight recently, we should avoid his edge and choose a gift for him."

As soon as Prince Rui left, he took away many of the forces in Yuncheng that belonged to Prince Rui. Coupled with the incident of bandits that emerged later, the people in Yuncheng were panicked for a while. Xiao Yuwen, who had escaped from nowhere, immediately stood up to calm down. The overall situation calmed people's hearts, and took the opportunity to win over many people, and his prestige was very high for a while.

Xue Jia knew that Gu Huaiyu was extremely unhappy seeing Xiao Yuwen gaining power, and quickly stroked his back to comfort him: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. The situation in the world is unpredictable, as long as we wait patiently and lurk, we will always find a chance to take revenge." Down the other side."

Gu Huaiyu put his arms around Xue Jia's waist, rubbed Xue Jia's shoulders, lowered his voice and gritted his teeth: "Listening to the meaning of Mr. Shen's words, it seems that there are two factions in the court today, and Xiao Yuwen is undoubtedly the descendant of the Xiao family. The person over there, the one above may not be able to accommodate him to sit here all the time. If I can find evidence that he colluded with bandits..."

Xue Jia was silent for a moment, then smiled and changed the subject: "What do you think will happen between Mr. Shen and Mr. Ouyang?"

Ouyang Jian was injured before and couldn't move, so he was temporarily raised in Gu's residence.Shen Anhua also stayed in the Gu mansion, taking care of him for several days.Later, when the chaos in Yuncheng subsided, Shen Anhua went back to Shen's house first.Two days ago, Ouyang Jian's injury also improved, so he returned to his house.

"You like to worry about others." Gu Huaiyu slowed down his expression and teased, "They think they are in love with each other, but as for the result... It's hard to say. Ouyang Jian is fine, the old man of the Shen family I'm not a vegetarian, and I won't pamper me like my father, I'm afraid I won't tolerate Mr. Shen liking a man."

Xue Jia recalled the way Shen Anhua looked at Ouyang Jian when Ouyang Jian was injured, as if there was a pool of deep water in his eyes, which made him moved and sighed slightly.

Not wanting to bring up these powerless things in front of Xue Jia, Gu Huaiyu raised his head from Xue Jia's shoulder, looked at him with burning eyes, his eyes were full of joy: "Jia'er, tomorrow night is New Year's Eve, do you have anything to ask for?" one's gift?"

gift?

Xue Jia looked into Gu Huaiyu's eyes intently, and smiled gently: "I don't want anything." Looking at Gu Huaiyu's staring eyes, he couldn't help but smile, and then said slowly: "If there is any gift I want, That's probably you. I hope that every New Year's Eve in the future, I will have you by my side."

Every year, stay with you every year.

Gu Huaiyu hugged Xue Jia's body for a while, already a little emotional, the expression on his face softened three points when he heard this, he leaned over and kissed Xue Jia, his throat rolled, the corners of his lips rubbed repeatedly, the tip of his tongue He leaned in and sucked and licked the lips and teeth of the person in his arms, kissing until Xue Jia's body softened.

At this moment, a smell of burning in the room floated into the nose, Xue Jia hurriedly supported Gu Huaiyu's shoulders, gasped slightly and laughed: "Your roasted sweet potatoes..."

Gu Huaiyu had long forgotten what was on the stove, and only remembered it after Xue Jia said this. Looking back, the sweet potatoes on the stove were burnt, right?I said before that I would bake a whole sweet potato for Xue Jia. At this time, Gu Huaiyu, who was a little embarrassed, pretended to cough twice, called the little girl who was waiting outside to come in and deal with the things, and turned to Xue Jia and said: "Accident, pure It was an accident. Tomorrow night on New Year’s Eve, I’ll bake for you slowly, if you want ten, I’ll bake ten, if you want a hundred, I’ll bake a hundred.”

Xue Jia suppressed a smile, shrank her shoulders, and nodded with force.

I saw Gu Huaiyu looking at Xue Jia with bad intentions, and directly stretched out his hand to scratch the itchy place under Xue Jia's armpit: "Okay, how dare you laugh at your husband, let you see how good I am."

Xue Jia hurriedly dodged, but in the end she couldn't dodge, and scratched Gu Huaiyu with her backhand. The two of them laughed and hugged each other and fell on the kang. It's so beautiful that it doesn't come out, Gu Huaiyu was stunned when he saw it, he had already left the scorched sweet potato behind his head, leaned down and whispered in Xue Jia's ear: "Put everything aside for now, eat it first before you eat it." It's serious."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Gu family opened the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.

It snowed last night on New Year's Eve, and the flying snow in the sky was like the flying catkins in early spring, reflecting the red lanterns all over the streets in Yuncheng, fluttering to the ground, which is a good omen for the auspicious snow to usher in a good year.When I opened the door early in the morning, I saw that the whole city was covered in snow, and everyone had joy on their faces.

There is a custom in Yu State to put on new clothes on the first day of the new year. Xue Jia asked Dan Niang to take out the new clothes that she had ordered a long time ago, and gestured to Gu Huaiyu.

Generally, the elders choose darker colors for their New Year's clothing, such as deep purple, while the young people usually choose bright colors for their New Year's clothes, and red is the best choice.The two clothes that Xue Jia asked Gu Huaiyu and himself to make were festive red, with red as the base, gold thread embroidery, and a dark gold belt in the middle.Although it is a loose coat and long sleeves, the style is not lost and chic.

Gu Huaiyu changed into this suit, and stretched out his hand to put on another set of clothes for Xue Jia. Seeing himself and Xue Jia's two new clothes of the same style, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows and smiling: "It looks like a wedding dress, you can take it directly Come to worship heaven and earth."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Gu Huaiyu felt that he had lost his words.When he and Xue Jia paid homage at the beginning, he was not willing, and he didn't even enter the new house afterward. The marriage was undoubtedly humiliating to Xue Jia.Now that Gu Huaiyu and Xue Jia are getting along better, he said it directly in a relaxed mood, and only remembered it when he said it, so he quickly suppressed his smile and looked at Xue Jia, for fear that Xue Jia would get angry.

Xue Jia froze slightly, then tied the belt around her waist naturally, as if those things had never happened before, and smiled: "It really looks like a wedding dress."

Xue Jia had just put away her clothes when Gu Huaiyu took a step forward, stood in front of Xue Jia, wrapped her in his arms, and did not speak for a while.Any promises made are nothing but empty words. Gu Huaiyu has already said what should be said before, and it is meaningless to say anything at this time, but thinking of the past, Gu Huaiyu still can't help but feel uncomfortable for being young and frivolous.

Xue Jia let Gu Huaiyu hold him like this, and after a moment of silence, he patted him on the back and smiled: "Huaiyu, the past has been settled, and the past is the past. We still have a long time to come."

It's impossible to say that Xue Jia didn't mind what happened back then, but he cared about this person and didn't want to let him down. He would rather let go of the entanglement about the past and start a new life with Gu Huaiyu.

I only heard Gu Huaiyu's deep voice from his shoulder: "Well, we will have a long time to come."

At this time, a young man from the courtyard of the upper house came over to pass a message to the two of them to go to the ancestral hall of the Gu family.

The ancestor worship on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Yu State is different from that in Shuo State.Shuo Kingdom pays attention to etiquette and standards in worshiping ancestors. All members of the clan within a few generations who are alive will generally participate in the sacrifices in the ancestral hall. Only the expelled clansmen are not eligible to participate in the sacrifices.The country of Yu has loose customs, so there are not so many requirements.Generally speaking, ancestor worship on New Year's Day only requires the first line of the head of the family to sacrifice, while the children of separated families are not required to participate.If the descendants of the separated family have achieved success, they can even open an ancestral hall after death.

Gu Jiude is a branch of the Gu family in Fancheng. Although it is within five generations, the bloodline has long been weak.Although he is temporarily living in Gu's mansion with his two daughters, the priests in the Gu family are not in his turn.

After Gu Zhongming brought his wife and children into the Gu family's ancestral hall to offer sacrifices, he asked his servants to set out breakfast in the Nan'an courtyard.They eat in their respective courtyards when there is nothing to do on weekdays, and usually only eat together as a family during the New Year and holidays.Gu Zhongming watched the whole family get together happily, and felt deeply relieved.

Gu Huaiyu took Xue Jia back after eating at his parents' place.Watching the New Year's Eve last night was too late, and at this moment sleepiness welled up, so Gu Huaiyu took Xue Jia back to catch up on sleep.

The road back was covered with heavy snow, and it looked like a vast expanse of whiteness. The light from the sky scattered on the snow, making the whole house much brighter. In addition, you could feel the cold wind blowing on your face when you walked outside. Gu Huaiyu, who was a little drowsy in the hall and hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls of food, was somewhat awake.

Xue Jia was walking beside Gu Huaiyu, looked at him now, and said with some hesitation: "Huaiyu, after a few days, people from our family may visit the mansion."

After the New Year's Eve in Yu State, people often bring gifts to visit relatives and friends. Maintaining contact and climbing relationships is an important joint in managing family connections.Who has an old relationship with another family, who has a grudge with another family, who has this kind of preference, who has a suitable marriage partner, all these often require the head mother's clear memory and extraordinary fortitude. Diplomacy.

The Gu family and the Xue family are now in-laws, and it is normal to have contacts during the Chinese New Year.Last year, even though they heard that the Second Young Master Gu was not satisfied with this marriage, the Xue family still dared to visit with a cheeky face, and successfully won a big business by relying on Master Gu's guilt towards Xue Jia. After the festival, I made a lot of money, so why not come this year?

Gu Huaiyu frowned slightly, but soon eased his expression.After all, the Xue family brought up Xue Jia from a young age. Although Xue Jia had old grievances with Mr. Xue's wife and concubine, Xue Jia was kind-hearted and had no feelings for the Xue family.

"That's good. Since you came to our house, you seldom see them. It's good to meet them during the Chinese New Year."

Xue Jia nodded, but didn't say anything.In fact, he didn't really want to meet these people, but it was just a matter of meeting them and dismissing them.

Xue Jia, who was standing beside Gu Huaiyu, was half a head shorter than him, and he and Gu Huaiyu slowly walked side by side in the vast snow that covered the garden, leaving two lines of footprints.Looking from a distance, the backs of the two standing side by side have an indescribable taste.It seems that they can carry each other for a long time like this.