Feast of Rebirth

On New Year's Eve, Yun Congfeng cooked a pot of stewed chicken with gallinaceous mushrooms and a pot of braised mutton in soy sauce, which can be regarded as the pinnacle of his culinary skills.

Simmer over medium heat for at least an hour.It was almost night at this time, taking advantage of this time, Yun Congfeng took Hu Yan to the street to watch the lantern show, the lights on the ground were like dragons, and the stars in the sky were shining brightly.Noisy, but not annoying.

"Is it cold?" Yun Congfeng planned the beginning for a long time, and was finally about to practice it, his voice even felt trembling.

Giving someone something for the first time is kind of weird.

"It's not cold." Hu Yan's attention was all on the light cars walking on the street, one after another, with various tricks.When he was watching it with interest, there was something soft and warm on his back. He was startled and turned his head to look.At this moment, a firework exploded in the sky, illuminating Yun Congfeng's slightly nervous face, and he stuttered a little: "Happy New Year, Hu Yan."

"You..." Hu Yan opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know where to start. He looked down at the clothes. It was the cloak, which fit very well. It was a little different from the ones he saw in the store before. There were two white pompoms hanging down from the cloak hat. , decorated with silk golden feathers, like fireworks.

"Why... why did you still buy it?" Hu Yan also suffered from the problem of stuttering, stuttering.Yun Congfeng's face flushed slightly: "Well... thank you for being with me all the time, you have done a lot for me, I have nothing to repay, just a piece of clothing... um... let's be happy after the Chinese New Year." After finishing speaking These, as if he had finished some tasks, he slowed down and let out a sigh of relief.

Hu Yan twirled the ball, lowered his head and said, "Well... I'm very happy. Thank you."

Standing on tiptoe, he stroked the center of Yun Congfeng's eyebrows with his index finger. Yun Congfeng felt a slight tingling pain. He knew that Hu Yan would not harm him, but he still didn't understand his meaning: "Hu Yan, you?"

"A small spell." Hu Yan withdrew his hand and blew on his fingertips, "With this, no matter where you are in the future, I will be able to perceive your existence, and so will you."

Yun Congfeng got stuck again, his face flushed, he didn't know what to say, he was at a loss for a long time, and finally got stuck: "The stilt team is here, let's watch the stilts."

Hu Yan pursed his lips and smiled, and turned to look at the stilt team. The naughty children quickly slid under the stilt roots, causing a lot of shock.

Fire trees and silver flowers never go night.

Hu Yan suddenly wanted to grab Yun Congfeng's hand, as before, he was by his side.

In the end, he just touched it lightly, as if by accident.

After watching it on the street, Yun Congfeng reckoned that the stewed mutton at home was almost finished, and urged Hu Yan to go back. The two had a not-so-rich New Year's Eve dinner and watched the fireworks outside the house. Yun Congfeng asked : "Do you want to watch the year?"

Hu Yan knew that he didn't have the habit of watching the year on Baopu Mountain, and he never stayed up late.Said: "Go to sleep if you want, it's just a custom for auspiciousness, it's not important."

"What about you?"

Hu Yan laughed: "What's the point of watching the year alone, of course I'm going to sleep."

"Oh." Yun Congfeng nodded, "Then I'll go to sleep first."

Hu Yan waited for him to return to the house, and the lights went out.The pom-pom of the cloak is really soft and fun.

He left the Qingping Division and walked towards the largest Longteng Temple in Quhui. There were many people along the way, all waiting to grab the New Year's incense from the Longteng Temple.He also brought a melon seed bench, two or three together, chatting and laughing happily.

The temple is naturally closed in the middle of the night, but the red stick tree at the entrance of the temple has already been covered in red. Countless boys and girls hold their secrets, stand on tiptoe, and try their best to throw them on the tree.It is said that the higher the red ticket is thrown, the sooner the wish will come true. This is a game for young people, and the older people who are waiting for the first prize are watching and laughing in a low voice.

Hu Yan took out the red stick made by himself, twirled the red tassels, kissed the top of the wooden stick, and threw it up, the red stick fluttered up, and hung firmly on a tall branch of the tree. .He stared at the red ticket that belonged to him for a long time, until he was overwhelmed by more red tickets thrown up.

I don't know how long it will take for the wish to come true... He thought aimlessly, and walked back slowly. There were very few people on the road at this point. When he returned to Qingping Division, he was greeted by a meow.

Back in the house, he lit a candle, took off his cloak, lifted it up to look at it, smirked for a while, hung it carefully, then lay down, and fell asleep sweetly.

Officials who celebrate Chinese New Year are all on vacation, and Yun Congfeng also found it boring to stay in Qingping Division, so he proposed to go back to Wangjing and play casually, Wangjing must be much more lively than a small place like Quhui.

Hu Yan didn't care, Yun Congfeng agreed when he wanted to.

Yun Congfeng said that he has been in Wangjing for two or three years, but he is usually obsessed with reading, and he has never seen any of Wangjing's famous mountains and rivers.This time I had time to watch it. I was very interested and full of energy. I ran three or four places a day.He also paid a visit to the students in the lower academy, but at this time the academy was doing the year-end assessment and they were all busy, so Yun Congfeng didn't bother them too much.

Dinner is at a restaurant near the lake.Open the window and you can see the Liuxian Lake near the restaurant. The sunset glows the lake light, reflecting into the restaurant, smearing layers of orange waves on the ceiling, which is amazingly beautiful.

It's a pity that the food in this restaurant is not delicious, and the heat can only be regarded as mediocre. After eating a few chopsticks, Hu Yan felt that the stewed mutton with sauce made by Yun Congfeng was not as delicious, so he simply put it down and looked out the window with his chin propped Lake water color.

Yun Congfeng looked up at him: "Why don't you eat?"

"Unappetizing."

Yun Congfeng also felt that the taste was not good, but he would still eat it if it was not too much to swallow—after all, it cost so much money.

Hu Yan didn't want to, Yun Congfeng didn't force it, and wiped out most of the rest by himself. During this time, Hu Yan kept looking out of the window until the sun went down and the sparkling waves disappeared inch by inch.Yun Congfeng was exhausted, leaning back on the chair, a little uncomfortable: "Hu Yan."

"Well, have you eaten too much?"

"Ah."

Hu Yan wanted to give him a few words, but his words softened: "Then sit here for a while."

Yun Congfeng leaned against him, rubbed his stomach, and rubbed it. He didn't feel comfortable, but it became even more uncomfortable: "Hu Yan, I feel a little uncomfortable."

"Who told you to eat so much." Hu Yan looked up at him lazily, with a half-smile: "What? Do you want me to treat it for you?"

Yun Congfeng's thinking is straightforward: "I can cure it myself, but I am afraid that you will be annoyed by sitting, so I want to sit longer."

Hu Yan's expression changed slightly, and he turned his head to look out the window.

Yun Congfeng calmed himself down, pressed the table and stood up: "Hu Yan, let's go."

The scenery of Liuxian Lake is even more beautiful at night, with lanterns and boats, and singing and dancing.Yun Congfeng walked slowly along the embankment of the lake, tore off two willows as he walked, wrapped them around his wrists for a while, then turned around and put a headband on Hu Yan.

Hu Yan shook his head: "There are no leaves." The dry wicker looks weird on the head.

"When there are leaves in spring, we will make another one."

"Then you have to remember." Hu Yan smiled.

The two played in the capital for four or five days, and came back empty-handed and empty-wallet.The furniture in the room was all dusty, Yun Congfeng spent a lot of effort cleaning it, and was busy with his work, when he suddenly felt that someone was looking here from outside, when he turned his head, a face flashed by, and then appeared again in a short while At the door: "Deputy Director? Are you back?"

Yun Congfeng straightened up, confirmed that it was the little housekeeper, and couldn't help laughing: "What wind brought you here?"

The little butler rolled his eyes, his expression was very disturbed: "Young master asked me to come, he has not found you recently, he is going crazy."

Yun Congfeng was slightly surprised: "Oh? Why? Something happened again?"

"He didn't say anything, he just let me see that you're back, and go to Ji's house as soon as possible."

Again.Yun Congfeng's interest that was aroused a little bit was dispelled without a trace, he really didn't want to get involved with Ji Hong anymore... The little housekeeper seemed to read his expression, and said sincerely: "My lord, my little one." I beg you, go there. There are not many people my young master can trust right now, if you don’t go, he might cause trouble.”

Yun Congfeng smiled wryly: "I have only been in Quhui for a year and a half, how can He De gain his trust so much! In fact, I am not very capable, I just come here to mess around..." The little butler interrupted him: "My lord, don't belittle yourself like that , the young master is very good at seeing people, there must be a reason for him to believe you, my lord, stop being humble."

He believed me.Yun Congfeng sneered in his heart, if he believed me, he would have made it like this.

In the end, he softened his heart: "Okay, I'll go with you."

The little butler was overjoyed: "Okay! Then follow me."

The Ji family after the Chinese New Year is no different from usual.

Except Ji Hong.

Not seeing him for half a month, Ji Hong seemed to have lost weight, his face became paler, his eye sockets were sunken, and he looked like a walking dead.

When Yun Congfeng came in, he was startled by his sickly appearance, then he recovered and said politely, "How is your son doing?"

Ji Hong glanced at the little butler behind him: "Go out and watch out."

The butler went out without a word and closed the door.Ji Hong jumped up as if struck by lightning in an instant, and excitedly grabbed Yun Congfeng's hand, his bloodshot eyes were full of frightening panic and despair: "I killed someone! I killed her!"

Yun Congfeng was stunned by his words for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and made a good guess: "Did you kill her?"

Ji Hong seemed to have been petrified, his eyes were open and he didn't move. To be honest, his appearance was terrifying—he muttered: "I killed someone..." He fell powerlessly to the ground and covered his face and whimpered. cry.

Yun Congfeng took a deep breath.

This young master Ji is really good at coming, and he gave him such a big "surprise" when he came back, the murder case, or husband and wife...

"Where is she now?"

Ji Hong shivered: "I..."

Yun Congfeng knew that there was no need to rush this matter, so he didn't make a sound. He waited for him to speak out, and after waiting patiently for a while, he said tremblingly, "In the backyard...the backyard..."

"Does anyone else know?"

Ji Hong didn't answer. He held his head, took a few steps back, and screamed almost crazily: "But she came back to life! She came back to life! She didn't die! She really is a monster!"