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After eating a meal of dumplings on New Year's Eve, the servants exchanged glasses and toasted one by one. Even though Jiang Yuzhu was sipping, she was still a little drunk.

Her cheeks were stained with rouge, and she leaned into Xie Zhao's arms and said, "Even if I'm not in the capital, my parents will be relieved to know that I'm fine in the border town."

"Yes."

Xie Zhao helped his wife clean her face and said, holding back the heat, "Madam, it's almost time to give birth."

It is a custom to stay up late during the New Year.

After midnight, the new year begins again.

Jiang Yuzhu was so sleepy that she shed tears. She nuzzled into Xie Zhao's arms and said, "Yuanhe, then talk to me."

"it is good."

The maids all retreated knowingly, leaving only the husband and wife in the room.

Xie Zhao carried Jiang Yuzhu to the small couch and helped her knead her calves: "The rules in Jiangnan are strict, especially when it comes to staying up late. Even little kids are not immune."

After one year of age, you must be awake when the time comes to stay awake.

"For this reason, the elders in the clan thought of various ways to wake him up. One year, the fifth brother was frightened by beating gongs and drums."

Xie Zhao talked about interesting things from his childhood. After Jiang Yuzhu drank the hangover soup, her expression became clearer and she said with a smile: "I thought the fifth brother had been very sensible since he was a child and listened to the words of his elders."

Xie Xuan has a gentle temperament, but he is also a bit stubborn in his gentleness.

Jiang Yuzhu went too far for Xie Xuan, and the relationship between uncle and sister-in-law was good.

"Speaking of which, my fifth brother is not young anymore. Shouldn't he get married after high school?"

It is not good for the woman to delay the marriage that has been decided until she is 20 years old and become an old girl.

Jiang Yuzhu has some impressions of Xie Xuan's fiancée Song Li'er, and is said to be a well-educated and sensible lady.

"Before coming to the capital, I received the rouge gouache made by sister Li'er herself."

Logically speaking, Jiang Yuzhu should return the gift in person, but after the imperial edict came down, he was busy collecting donations and setting off in a hurry, so he had to leave it to his servants to deal with it.

The couple chatted and the atmosphere was relaxed and comfortable.

At midnight, the sound of bells rang on the wall of the border city.

The dull bell heralds the arrival of the new year.

After the bell sounded, the people who had already been holding on forcibly got into bed and fell asleep.

Jiang Yuzhu was over the wine, her eyes were clear and she was not sleepy. She took a sip of strong tea and said in a modern posture of staying up late: "Yuanhe, how about playing chess with me?"

"it is good."

Xie Zhao took out the chessboard and played chess with Jiang Yuzhu.

Xie Zhao was obviously more patient with his wife than with Mo Qianyu.

When the tossing lasted until midnight, Jiang Yuzhu got hungry and pulled Xie Zhao into the kitchen.

There was no one in the kitchen, so Xie Zhao took charge and cooked a few side dishes for Jiang Yuzhu.

"Yuanhe, do you still have some food that you haven't put out? What does it taste like?"

Jiang Yuzhu sniffed. She was so sensitive to the atmosphere that she choked and quickly covered her mouth and nose.

"It's not in our house."

Xie Zhao stood up alertly and pushed open the door, followed closely by Jiang Yuzhu.

When the two of them saw the direction in which the thick smoke was drifting, they immediately said in shock: "No, it's the direction of the General's Mansion!"

On New Year's Eve, almost all the people stay up late on New Year's Eve, and before dawn is the time when people are least prepared.

At this time, it is difficult to detect the water leak at the first time.

If you are in the room, you won't be able to smell the smoky smell for a short time.

Jiang Yuzhu followed the ladder to a high place, her heart hanging in the air, and she couldn't help but said anxiously: "Yuanhe, hurry up, there is a leak in the general's mansion!"

Most of the houses of this era were made of wood.

Especially in the winter in the North, the water storage is limited, so many people use snow melt water.

If the leakage spreads at this time, it will not only bring disaster to the general's mansion!

"Hongjin, Hongxiu, Gong Huai, wake up!"

Jiang Yuzhu was the first to wake up a few maids, and they all took basins and other items and ran out quickly.

Within a quarter of an hour, all the servants set off and trotted towards the General's Mansion.