In the side hall, the old man stroked his goat beard and stood in silent confrontation with Zheng Yan who was standing below him.

Zhengyan was so nervous that he swallowed his saliva, and the villain in his heart had already burst into tears.

Who understands? He is really afraid of the Master!

After a long while, the old man spoke quietly, "With the palace guards following, I don't have to worry about their safety. You, the guard, can go find the prince..."

If An An is not in school, Jiang Jichen must be informed, otherwise he will come to the school to pick up his daughter but he will be disappointed!

Zhengyan breathed a sigh of relief, saluted, and ran very quickly. In the blink of an eye, he was out of the side hall.

The old master shook his head and laughed when he saw this. This guard really looked like the young master An An!

He picked up the scroll, and walked into the hall with his hands behind his back.

It would be fine if the other few people followed An An in making trouble, but Huo Changming didn't even memorize the book and he ran out to play again. Let's see if he comes to school tomorrow!

The old man silently took note of this in his heart!

"Aqiu!"

The young master rubbed his nose and looked at the craftsmen who were harvesting ice on the lake with excitement.

Song Lake is very large. As far as the eye can see, the lake is covered with snow, connecting to the distant sky...

Songhu Villa is located on the edge of such a misty lake. It is a single house that is particularly artistic in such a landscape.

Zhenglu revealed his identity to the craftsmen and gave them money to accompany the young lady on the lake.

These craftsmen are very familiar with the lake and know where people can walk and where they cannot approach. With them around, the young lady's safety is guaranteed.

Tuanzi was the last one to get off the carriage. She wrapped herself in a thick moon-white cloak and held a hot water bottle in her fat paw.

"Wow~"

She stood on tiptoe to see the beautiful lake view, her mouth open, her breath covering her glowing round eyes.

Jiang An pulled Yuan Yuan over with one hand, and turned back to call out to Huo Changming and Li Xingsang, "Hurry up~"

"Nianniao, hurry up and follow An'an!"

As they got closer, Jiang An looked at the ice harvesting more carefully.

The two craftsmen accompanying him were also very brave. They introduced the process of ice harvesting to the young nobleman in a torrent of words.

The temperature on the lake surface was even lower than on the shore. The craftsmen stayed on the ice for a long time, wearing thick clothes and holding saws and ice picks in their hands.

The saw is large and is used by two craftsmen to cut ice; the ice pick is used to pry the ice off the lake.

The whole blocks of ice were transported to the shore by wood and sent to the south. The broken blocks of ice were placed on the other side and selected by skilled carvers to be used in ice lanterns.

Tuanzi reached out to touch the large block of ice as tall as herself. If she was lucky, there were fish and shrimps from the lake sealed in the ice…

"Uncle Zhang?"

Huo Changming raised his hands and shook them excitedly.

Jiang An looked in his direction and saw several familiar people tying ropes around the ice, turning around and dragging the ice across the lake with difficulty.

It’s Uncle Zhang and others from Changming Village!

The dimples on An An's face blossomed, and she waved her little chubby paws and ran towards them, calling out in a sticky voice, "Uncle Zhang~"

Zhang Bo stopped when he heard the sound and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Oh, Miss!"

In order to prevent frostbite on the lake, his face was covered with coarse cloth, and the exposed eyes had many wrinkles when he smiled.

Uncle Zhang brushed off the dust on his body, moved closer to the ball, and showed his kindness to her like an elder.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. Miss has grown a lot taller..."

"Why did you come to the lake? It's too cold here!"

Jiang An laughed and took out his handkerchief from his bosom and handed it to Zhang Bo.

"An An has never seen ice harvesting~"

Huo Changming: "Uncle Zhang, are you here to make ice lanterns?"

Uncle Zhang nodded, "Mrs. Huo invited us to make some ice lanterns for Yufulou..."

There are many talented people in Chongzhou Prefecture who are good at carving ice lanterns. The reason why Yufulou invited these veterans from Changming Village was simply to increase their income...

Tuanzi looked at the thick rope and the large block of ice and pretended to roll up his sleeves.

Her cheeks puffed up and she looked full of fighting spirit, "An An, come and help!"

"Oh, my little ancestor!"

Zhang Bo quickly stopped the man and carefully wiped the ice chips off An An's hands.

"Don't worry, Miss. We can still move these pieces of ice!"

"Just follow behind me, and when we get to the shore, I'll make you a rabbit lantern under the buoy, okay?"

"That's great~"

Tuanzi nodded obediently, but when Zhang Bo was pulling the rope forward, he was secretly pushing the ice cubes from behind.

Huo Changming looked at his sister's red hands and quickly carried her back to Niangniang.

He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Sister, you stay here. I'll go push the cart!"

In fact, for such a large block of ice, the effect of their pushing from behind was negligible.

Li Xingsang covered his face. He really didn’t want to admit that this was his classmate. How naive!

Finally, Tuanzi squatted on the shore and watched over the rabbit lantern he had made. From his back,

An ice-carved rabbit and a moon-white dumpling~

Huo Changming was still circling around Zhang Bo, and the young master gestured that he wanted a tiger this... this big!

Zhang Bo agreed with a smile and said jokingly, "Okay, okay, I'll do whatever the young master tells me to do!"

Huo Changming: Hey, big tiger!

Li Xingsang approached Qi Shanyuan who was holding the hot water bottle for Tuanzi and whispered in his ear,

"Do you feel that Huo Changming is becoming more and more like An An?"

The sunlight on the shore was very dazzling, and the ice on the lake looked like crystal.

Qi Shanyuan half-closed his eyes to look at the smile on Huo Changming's face, and said softly,

"pretty good."

"Yuanyuan~"

Hearing An An's call, Qi Shanyuan laughed out loud.

It seemed like every time he felt sad, he could always hear this voice, "Yuan Yuan," pulling him out of the abyss...

"What's wrong, An An."

Tuanzi held his face and said, "Can we take this rabbit lantern home?"

"Just put it at the gate of the yard, one for you and one for An An!"

"Good~"

Tuanzi stood up with a smile and ran towards Zhang Bo.

"Uncle Zhang, An An still wants a little rabbit!"

"Ah, An An wants two, Li Xingsang doesn't have any bunnies yet!"

Huo Changming glared. How come they all have it, but he doesn't?

He continued to circle around Zhang Bo, "Ah... I want a little rabbit too!!"

Zhang Bo held the tools in his hand, and although he looked helpless, his eyes were full of smiles.

Looking at the two little ones pulling at his clothes, he finally experienced what it meant to enjoy the company of his grandchildren.

"Okay, we have them all. Uncle Zhang will make them for you!"

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