Blissful Days After Widowhood

    Before the Lantern Festival, Mrs. Xu went home to see Xu Qingchuan.

    The Lantern Festival this time was agreed before that he and Gu Yin would go together. Now of course it can't be done.

    "Son, otherwise you are still reading at home, and my mother will come back to accompany you after finishing the work."

    Xu Qingchuan smiled lightly and said, "I'm not a three-year-old child, mother doesn't have to be like this."

      ."

    Xu Shi then went back to eating and was busy working for the day, and Xu Qingchuan picked up the unfinished book again.

    Maybe the atmosphere of today's festival is too strong, the outside is too lively, Xu Qingchuan can't read the content of the book for the first time.

    He simply put the book down and left the room.

    The lanterns were hung outside, and there were parents with children and young couples traveling together.

    Xu Qingchuan was alone, not crowded with them, and walked slowly to the big tree that came to the Lantern Festival last year.

      Here again, it looks like you can't win."

    The boy refused to admit defeat and said, "I didn't play last year, how do you know I can't win this year?"

    After he finished speaking, he raised his chin to Xu Qingchuan, as if he wanted to compete with him.

    Xu Qingchuan couldn't help bending his lips and explained, "I'm not participating this year, I'm just here to visit the lantern festival."

    The boy was about to express himself in front of his sweetheart. He didn't feel happy when he heard this, but he quickly pretended not to care and said, "That's a pity."

    After he finished speaking, he turned his head and urged: "Let's go, don't you want to see me win the lamp king?"

    Several people chatted and laughed, and left under the tree in a blink of an eye.

    Xu Qingchuan stood for a while under the lantern tree, bored, and just walked slowly along the long street like last year.

    Not too far away, Xu Qingchuan saw a familiar slender figure.

    At the same time, she saw another extremely tall young man beside her.

    The head of the woman only reached the shoulder of the man, the environment was noisy, and it was difficult for them to communicate with each other.

    But the man's eyes kept falling on her, and every time he saw her lips move, he naturally lowered his body and listened to her.

    Xu Qingchuan followed him unconsciously.

    Gu Yin is reading lantern riddles: "What is this?"

    After a while, the two stared at each other, waiting for each other to answer.

    Unfortunately, although one of them studied in a private school for a few years, he returned the books he had read to his husband after many years of marching and fighting, and he had no talent for reading, let alone lantern riddles. Such elegant stuff.

    The other Gu Yin, not to mention the other Gu Yin, she was dizzy when she read too many traditional Chinese characters, making her guess riddles, it would kill her.

    Therefore, both of them looked smart and clever, but you looked at me, I looked at you, and looked at it for a long time, and in the end, no one said a word.

    After a while, Gu Yin couldn't help laughing: "Forget it, let's go. I knew I had brought Wu An."

    Wu Qingyi also laughed along with her and asked her, "Do you sell that lamp king?"

    "Hey! Why are you asking this?" Gu Yin stretched out her index finger to her lips, made a silent gesture, and beckoned again, making Wu Qingyi bow her head, and she explained in a low voice: "On the first day of the Lantern Festival last year, I heard people say that the King of Lanterns is very powerful, and I thought about buying it and hanging the banner of our food for the sky on the King of Lanterns. Inquiry, this lamp king is not sold to the public, and buying it with money is breaking people's traditions... I almost got scolded."

    Sure enough, she just finished explaining what she said, and the other people next to them who heard them say they wanted to buy the lamp king looked at them with dissatisfaction.

    Xu Qingchuan bent his lips silently, turned and walked towards home.

    …

    Guessing lantern riddles is not what the two of them are good at and like. Gu Yin and Wu Qingyi did not go back to the Lantern Street, but went to other stalls selling juggling and snacks.

    The two met Gu Ye and his friends before they played for a long time.

    Gu Yin greeted them with a smile. The children used to like her very much. Although they called her warmly this time, they turned their heads to Wu Qingyi's side.

    "Uncle, are you watching the juggling?"

    "Uncle, my name is Lu Xiaopang, you must remember me."

    Wu Qingyi has been fighting all year round, and his body is stained with anger, and his face is always solemn. Usually, let alone a child, even an ordinary adult would not dare to approach him.

    Several little radishes swirled around him all of a sudden, and some more daring ones took his hand and jumped on him, Wu Qingyi was afraid that he would accidentally hurt the child , can only stand there helplessly.

    Seeing his stiff body, staying where he was and not daring to move, Gu Yin asked Gu Ye amusingly, "What did you tell them again?"

    Gu Ye spread his hands and said, "I didn't say anything, I just said that my uncle was watching the gate in the capital. They said they would go to the capital to find me in the future, for fear that my uncle would not let them in at that time."

    Gu Yin:…

    In the end, it was Gu Yin who spoke out and greeted everyone to play together, which finally solved Wu Qingyi's dilemma.

    Although the projects of this year's lantern festival are similar to last year, everyone still had a good time, especially some stalls have darts throwing and bamboo looping activities. For Wu Qingyi, who is good at riding and shooting, All of which he is very good at.

    The darts hit the bull's-eye every time, and the set of rings was accurate, and the spectators applauded enthusiastically.

    The children standing beside him were even more excited, and their voices were almost hoarse as they cheered.

    In the end, he won a lot of gadgets, and Gu Ye gave them to the children.

    The faces of the stall owners who set up the stalls are all white, and they are all small businesses. They also make a fortune on the festivals, and they have never encountered a loss!

     Of course Wu Qingyi didn't take advantage of them, and he also made up for them with money.

    He got a lot of auspicious words from them, saying: "The strong man is extraordinary in martial arts, and his wife is made in heaven!"

    After a lively play for half the night, Gu Yin was about to greet Gu Ye to go home, but she heard him say: "I don't want to go home yet, mother, go back first."

    Seeing as his uncle is doing so well today, he will be more generous and let them be alone for a while!

    Gu Yin didn't know his careful thoughts, thinking that the lantern festival would last all night, and the public security would be in charge of Guan Huotou and others, so no one needed to worry about it. When the family goes to Beijing tomorrow, he should be reluctant to let these little friends go, so let him go.

    Gu Yin and Wu Qingyi left side by side, walked to the vicinity of Shiweitian, she asked aloud, "Do you want to eat something?"

    Not long before it was dark, the two were pushed out of the store by Wang. Now that it is mid-morning, and although he ate a lot of snacks in one night, Gu Yin knew his appetite and guessed that he was not full.

    Wu Qingyi nodded, "I'm a little hungry, but you don't have to work hard, just eat some."

    The shop has been closed and the lights are dark.

    The doors are closed from the inside, and they must be alerted to enter again. Especially the shopkeeper Zhou, who is going to leave early tomorrow morning, he has already rested.

    But don't worry about those for now. For Gu Yin, Wu Qingyi lifted his breath and flipped over the wall that was unattainable.

    The two entered the kitchen lightly like thieves, Wu Qingyi lit an oil lamp, and Gu Yin found the dough in the kitchen, so she simply gave him the next vegetarian ramen. .

    The oil lamp was dim, making her beautiful face softer than usual.

    In a quarter of an hour, Gu Yin made a big bowl of noodles.

    "With Chef Xu and Pomegranate here, if there is nothing left in the store, you can eat some."

    Vegetarian ramen noodles in clear soup, with two pieces of blanched green rapeseed on top, and a poached egg with yellow and orange.

    "That's good." Wu Qingyi took the noodle bowl and ate it.

    The rapeseed is refreshing, the poached egg is half-charred, and the crispy skin is bitten, and the inside is soft and tender. The orange egg liquid flows into the noodle soup, and with the noodles, it is especially delicious to eat in this quiet night.

    It is still a very fragrant food.

    Gu Yin sat beside her with her chin propped up, smilingly watching him finish a large bowl of noodles one bite at a time, and finally drank all the noodle soup with great care.

    After he finished eating, he got up and took the tableware and chopsticks he used to the sink to wash.

    In the back, seeing that he had to wash the pot, Gu Yin stopped: "Let's put it away, it's getting late, we'll leave early tomorrow morning, if we don't go back to sleep, I'm afraid we won't be able to get up."

    "It's just a matter of convenience." As he spoke, he finished the finishing touches.

    The two blew out the oil lamp again and crept to the backyard, preparing to leave through the back door.

    As soon as they got out of the back door, the door to the backyard wing creaked open.

     Chef Xu rubbed his eyes at night and muttered, "Why do I seem to smell the fragrance of noodles?"

    The little apprentice who was in the same room with him said with a sleepy voice: "Master, don't dream of eating noodles, where does the fragrance of noodles come from in the middle of the night?"

     Chef Xu took another strong sniff, "No, it really smells! It must be a thief!"

    After he finished speaking, he immediately ran to the kitchen, and then shouted: "God **** thief, eat the dough I was going to keep for supper! No reason, the thief still ate it. Vegetables and eggs, I even brushed the dishes and pots! The stove is still hot, I will see where you are going!"

    "Let's go." Gu Yin lowered her voice and winked slyly at Wu Qingyi, "Let him not remember to close the door, frighten him, and give him a long memory."

    She laughed like a little oil-stealing mouse.

    Wu Qingyi looked at her crescent eyes and nodded.

    While talking, Chef Xu lit an oil lamp and touched the back door, and the two ran away.

     After running for half a quarter of an hour, Gu Yin really couldn't run anymore, so she supported her waist and smiled: "This time he will never forget to close the back door."

    Wu Qingyi also laughed, seeing her panting, he asked aloud, "Do you want me to carry you?"

    Gu Yingang was so happy, she stopped laughing when she heard this, shook her head and said softly, "No need, it's all at the door."

    Wu Qingyi looked up, and sure enough, a few steps away was the gate of Gu's house.

    He said a pity in his heart.

    At the gate, Mrs. Wang was waiting for them with a lantern. When she saw two figures, she approached with a lantern and said strangely: "What are you two running for in the middle of the night? Run home, what are you doing standing there?"

    Gu Yin shook her head and said nothing, then walked into the house with her eyes down.

    Wu Qingyi followed her in, and as soon as she reached the door, Wang shi reached out and held her.

    "How is it?" Wang asked him in a low voice.

    Wu Qing puzzled: "What?"

    Wang stomped her feet in disgust, "What, what? I asked how you and your daughter-in-law are doing!"

    Gu Ye got home earlier than them, and when he got home, he asked strangely, saying that the couple had already said they were back, and they didn't know what to do.

    Wang shi had a show when he heard it, and he couldn't stop laughing at that time, and pretended to not understand anything, and said to Gu Ye: "It is estimated that they are discussing about Shangjing, you Go to bed and wait for them at the door."

    After waiting for almost three quarters of an hour, the young couple came back.

    Knowing that Gu Yin was thin-skinned, Wang shi didn't ask her, so she naturally had to ask her eldest son who was rough and fleshy.

    Wu Qingyi added: "It's good."

    "What did I tell you before I went? Last year, Qingchuan from your aunt Xu's house took our aunt to guess a whole street of lantern riddles! How many did you guess today? "

    The mother and son entered the house while talking, Wu Qingyi helped Wang, lifted the door bolt as thick as an adult arm with one hand, and inserted it into the card slot lightly.

    "None."

    Wang shi said anxiously, "Then what are you doing after that?"

    "Meet Ono and the others and played with the children."

    "And then?"

     "Later she gave me a bowl of noodles, which was delicious."

    This kicked a fart-like question and answer, Wang's back molars clenched, playing and eating, eating a fart!

    Xu Qingchuan also knew that he gave Gu Yin a rabbit lantern last year. Although he heard from the two children later, Gu Yin didn’t seem to like that lantern very much, so he passed it on to other children...but This silly boy went out with his daughter-in-law and didn't give anything. The more he thought about it, the more irritating he became!

    The mother and son were about to leave the door when they heard a soft knock on the door outside.

    Three long and two short, it is a common code used by the rebels.

    Wu Qingyi opened the door again, and a young man dressed in black came in. After presenting a box, he immediately walked away.

    "For her." Wu Qingyi said softly.

    "Hey!" Only then did Wang shi laugh, and he tapped him on the shoulder, "As expected of me, it's not too stupid!"

     Mr. Wang reached out and weighed the wooden box, and found that it was very heavy, and he was more and more satisfied.

    My daughter-in-law is as pragmatic as herself and likes real things. If this is a box of jewelry or gold ingots, it will definitely make her smile.

    She pushed Wu Qingyi into the main courtyard, and Gu Yin had already changed into her homely clothes.

    Wang knocked on the door and went in, and said with a smile, "This kid just doesn't know how to speak, and he has prepared a big gift for you. Come and see if you like it."

    Speaking, Wang put the wooden box on the table and opened it.

    Inside the wooden box lies a black lacquer thing, which is not what Wang thinks of gold and silver jewelry at all, and the style looks familiar.

    "What is this?" Wang asked Wu Qingyi.

    Before he could speak, Gu Yin had already reached out and took it out, and answered with bright eyes, "It's a kitchen knife!"

    Wu Qingyi nodded, and then explained: "I did it before I set off from the capital. At that time, I didn't know that we were going to Beijing together, so I sent someone to the town."

    Speaking of which, he took out a rounded short wooden stick from his body, lowered his eyes and said, "I polished the handle of the knife myself, and it can be used directly after it is installed."

    Gu Yin held the heavy blade and handed it to him, Wu Qingyi fixed the blade without much effort.

    Wang shi couldn't laugh next to her. She gave people kitchen knives in the middle of the Mid-Autumn Festival. How could she give birth to such a fool?

    If it wasn't for Gu Yin's presence, Wang would have reached out and knocked him out!

    "I don't know if you like it or not." Wu Qingyi said a little nervously.

    Gu Yin has already tried the kitchen knife, and the handle of the knife is completely polished to the size of her palm, not only does not have a wooden thorn, but also fits well. Not to mention the blade, although it is not very beautiful, and it is a bit heavy, but the size and weight are within her acceptable range, and the most rare thing is of course sharpness!

    She put a piece of hair on it and blew it lightly, and the hair immediately broke in two.

    "I like it very much, thank you!" Gu Yin held the kitchen knife in her arms with special care.

    Wu Qingyi exhaled lightly and said, "Anyway, if you want to go to Beijing, you should use it first. If it doesn't work well, you can change it later."

    Gu Yin nodded hurriedly, and carefully felt the knife from beginning to end. The material of the knife was something she had never seen before. I wonder if it was an illusion.

    If it weren't for the fact that it was too late, and the family never prepared any ingredients, she couldn't help going straight to the kitchen to try the knife!

    "Can you engrave my name if I change it again?"

    "Naturally it is possible, and the back of the blade, I specially let the craftsman leave room for modification."

    In the middle of the night, the two really started chatting with the kitchen knife.

    Wang looked at them with a blank face, forget it, if she knew that these two fools could play together, what kind of heart did she have?

    …

    In the early morning of the next day, the group dressed up and saluted, went to the Wen family mansion to meet with Mrs. Wen and others, and set off in a mighty manner.

     Chef Xu and his two young apprentices were going to stay at the base camp to guard the base camp. Before parting, they burst into tears, and instructed thousands of times, "Two masters, don't forget me and the kitchen knife chopping board."

    In half a month, everything was already arranged.

    But seeing Chef Xu's sadness, Gu Yin said to him again: "Manager Zhou and I will go to see the situation first, then open the store, and then find someone to pick you up. Ban, let's see you in the capital. And don't forget the Ge family, Uncle Ge and Aunt Ge helped me when I was a little late, and the steamed buns that are put on consignment at her house must be delivered on time and on time every day."

     Chef Xu nodded hurriedly, "I know, I know, Master, be careful on the road!"

    Gu Yin waved her hand and sat back in the carriage.

    The carriage moved and left Hanshan Town in less than half an hour.

    soon.

    But it's not boring for everyone. Wu Qingyi takes Gu Ye to ride horses every day, and Master Wen takes Wu An to study. Every time Master Wen goes, he inquires about local specialties. The capital went to make a fortune to be a messenger.

    Gu Yin and Chef Zhou, the two chefs must taste the local delicacies when they go out.

      Write it down first, and then wait for the specific operation when you go to Beijing.

    Wang also made a new friend, Mrs. Wen Er.

    The marriage of Mr. Wen Er was decided when the second elder of the Wen family was alive. Mrs. Wen Er was different from Mrs. Wen, who came from a scholarly family. She was an ordinary daughter of a wealthy businessman. She has never been like this in her life. far door.

    And she was also a little fat. When she was in Hanshan Town, she didn't feel anything. I heard that the ladies and wives in the capital are all beautiful. people laugh at.

    She was sullen all the way, and because of the diet, she almost fainted when she got off the bus.

    Wang passed by her carriage and reached out to support her.

    At that time, Mrs. Wen Er was ashamed. She knew that she was fat, and the two little girls could not support her.

    For fear that she would crush the Wang family, she quickly apologized and moved away.

    Wang sees her pale complexion, insists on not letting go, and helps her into the inn all the way.

    The two have similar backgrounds, and their personalities are also carefree, and they have become familiar with each other very quickly.

    Wang took her to join Gu Yin and shopkeeper Zhou to try the food, and persuaded her: "Eat, the people take food as their heaven, what else can they do beyond eating? And I look at you very well, blessed! You don't look good if you really starve yourself and become sick."

    Gu Yin heard that the second wife wanted to lose weight, so she simply made a salad for her.

    Vegetable fruit dish with boiled chicken breast, and the vinaigrette cooked by Gu Yin, the taste is not bad.

      It looks delicious.

    Mrs. Wen Er eats and drinks normally every morning and noon, and eats a salad she made in the evening. In early September, she really lost a lot of weight than when she left.

    Because she ate a light meal at night, she no longer had acne on her face, and her skin became much smoother.

    As thin as she is, she has become more confident, with a smile on her face every day, no longer unhappy, and affectionately said to Gu Yin: "I only knew your craftsmanship before. Well, I didn't expect you to know how to maintain health. Now you go to the capital, and you open a shop, but you still have to sell this salad, I want to eat it every day!"

    This reminded Gu Yin, she didn't know the taste of the people in the capital, and she hadn't figured out what business the new store was going to do before. Right now, you can think about light food like salad. After all, there is no difference in taste between north and south, and there is no girl who doesn't like it, so it can be used as an alternative.

    But Mrs. Wen Er is happy, Mrs Wang is worried.

    Following Gu Yin and Shopkeeper Zhou to eat and drink all the way, she didn't eat any salad at night, and her chin was round.

    On the day she entered Beijing, she took Gu Yin's hand and whispered regretfully: "I knew I wouldn't eat it, and my petticoat felt tight. You said that if your father sees me, , what do you think I'm ugly?"

    In the past, Wang never cared about beauty or ugliness. Even if Gu Yin bought her brighter dresses, she would feel impatient to get dirty and prefer to wear those gray clothes. Now seeing her long-lost husband, she couldn't help but get nervous.

    Gu Yin patted the back of her hand and said warmly: "Where is the mother ugly? Worry about it."

    Wang is really not ugly, otherwise, Wu Qingyi and Wu An would not be able to give birth to brothers who look like Zhou Zheng. It's just that she used to have a straight face in the past, with two deep nasolabial lines on her face, and the face was a bit fierce, making it difficult to get along with.

      faded away.

    At this time, she was wearing a grass-green wishful moiré shirt, with a simple woman's bun on her hair. Wu Fa was so sipped that it was not messy at all, not showing any vicissitudes.

    Wang did not wait for Gu Yin to speak, and said to herself: "He has a stroke. If you dare to think that I am ugly, I will punch him to death!"

    Although she said it fiercely, Gu Yin felt her hands trembling slightly, obviously nervous.

    Wang took a deep breath and said: "I've already become a prince, and I don't know if there will be more Yingyingyanyan around your father. The emperor in the play likes to reward ministers the most. woman."

    She didn't ask Wu Qingyi about this along the way. First, it was really embarrassing for the mother and son to say these things, and secondly, she was afraid to inquire clearly and get answers that she didn't want to know.

    This Gu Yin is really hard to say, after all, both sides thought that the other party was no longer alive, Wu Qingyi used to fight on the battlefield every day, and it was normal to have no women around, but Wu Dad was in poor health, if there was no one Serve carefully, it's really not realistic.

    "Forget it, I don't want that." Wang waved his hand, "Even if there is, we can't blame him."

    Although he said that, Mr. Wang still squeezed his fist and clucked.

    Gu Yin thought that it was best not to have it. With her mother-in-law's strength, it's really not a problem to maim people!