Don't be tempted, sir

The scholar took the money. Shen Yining was about to leave but seemed to remember something and turned back.

"Scholar, why don't you ask the lantern maker nearby if he needs help?"

The scholar was puzzled by the words “I don’t know how to make lanterns”.

Meng Qiu replied, "But you can draw lanterns."

Xingyue: "Yes, yes, your paintings are very beautiful, you can cooperate with him! Or are you a noble person who thinks it is vulgar?"

The scholar hurriedly explained, "Never, never, miss, what are you talking about?"

Shen Yining smiled and left. The scholar turned to look at the craftsman who was concentrating on making lanterns, and walked over with some embarrassment...

Now they were in the Shen Family Cemetery, the wind was cold and bleak. Even Xingyue, who had been chattering all the way, was silent.

There is a tall elm tree in front of Shen Changqing's tomb, which is easy to find.

"Miss....We are waiting for you under the tree nearby"

"Um"

Shen Yining came to the tomb and swept the snow off the tombstone. He said to himself

"We used to get wet in the snow together, and thought we would grow old together. It's been a long time since I last saw you, Shen Changqing. Another year has passed. I wonder if it snowed in Yongzhou this year. I just bought lanterns at the foot of the mountain. Do you remember the time when we made lanterns together and coaxed our angry mother with our father? It was so good back then, and our family was together every day. Mother taught us to write, and father taught you to practice martial arts. You were scolded by your father from time to time, but you never complained. At night when everyone was asleep, you practiced quietly in your room, and scared your eldest brother who got up in the middle of the night to pee his pants," Shen Yining smiled when he said this. "The next day, your eldest brother told your father not to scold you anymore, because it was too scary in the middle of the night. When mother learned about this, she scolded your father for being too harsh, and told you to practice diligently even if you had to sleep. Later, we made lanterns together to cheer our mother up, and then our father was able to go back to his room to sleep." Shen Yining frowned again, "If you didn't follow the martial arts at that time, and listened to the teacher's advice to follow the literature, wouldn't this be the result? Changqing, Yining misses you very much..."

Meng Qiu and Xing Yue, who were waiting under the tree, saw Shen Yining laughing and crying, and they were so worried that the pit in front of them was getting bigger and bigger.

Meng Qiu looked down at Xingyue, who was digging the ground with branches and throwing them harder and harder, and shouted to the soul, "Xingyue! Are you going to dig a hole and trap both of us in it?"

Xingyue came back to her senses and said, "I just coaxed the young lady, oh... I don't care, it will make me feel bad seeing the young lady feel bad! Sister Mengqiu..." Then she threw the stick in her hand and acted a little bit like a spoiled child.

Shen Yining took out the oranges from the basket and placed them in front of the tombstone, "Try it, it's so sour." Then he lit the candle in the lantern and placed it in front of the tomb, "Haitang, you will like it. Happy New Year! Shen Changqing."

The crabapple has no fragrance, which means secret love.

Shen Yining stood up and smiled, seemingly trying to reconcile with him, "Let's go, let's go back and celebrate the New Year."

“Okay!!!” Xingyue jumped up!

The three of them returned home. Mrs. Shen was a little worried that Shen Yining would come back sad, so she waited in the front garden.

"Ma'am, we're back," Yukizuki said excitedly.

"Mom, why are you waiting in the snow?" Shen Yining stepped forward worriedly.

Mrs. Shen was relieved to see that she was willing to speak, "Mother saw that you hadn't come back yet, and she was a little worried... Come, have dinner! Your sister-in-law is preparing it for you in the kitchen."

"Okay." Shen Yining was eating. Mrs. Shen was very happy looking at her daughter who was alive again.

Ask Shen Yining, "It's snowing outside, have you helped the captain clear the snow?"

After finishing his meal, Shen Yining replied, "Yes, I glanced at my mother."

"Okay, Yining~ Mother was very worried about you just now, afraid that you would collapse again after visiting Changqing's tomb."

"Mom, it's New Year's Day, let's go help grandma in the garden!"

Seeing that she didn't want to talk, Shen's mother didn't dare to say more, "Okay, let's go! Your father, sister-in-law, brother, and younger brother are all over there. The little girls are also over there. It's lively over there."

When Shen's mother and Shen Yining walked to the old lady's garden, they heard Changsi's childish voice, "Mine, big brother, give it back to me!"

Meng Qiu lifted the windproof door curtain, and a gust of hot air blew towards him.

"What do you want big brother to give you back?" Changsi, who was jumping to grab the flower branch from Changjun's hand, heard her third sister who had not appeared for a long time happily turned around and ran to her to act coquettishly, "Third sister, big brother said I was a little girl..."

"What do you mean?" Shen Yining said jokingly

Changjun took out the flower branch and said, "You still say you are not a little girl. Everyone is writing couplets and drawing blessing characters here. Changsi has been silent for a long time. As the saying goes, a quiet child is also playing tricks. Look! He made a small flower with red paper. What do you think a boy needs this small flower? Is it a little girl?"

Everyone was laughing with their hands covering their mouths. Mrs. Shen looked at the happy family and felt a little sad despite being happy... If Changqing was...

"I am not a little girl, brother, give me back..."

Then Shen Yining took the branch from Changjun. It was a dry branch. Changsi cut small red flowers out of red paper and stuck them on it.

"Here, I'll give it back to you."

Then everyone was happy all afternoon, preparing things for the New Year's Eve in the old lady's room.

As the topic turned to what happened when they went out today, the topic of straw flower lanterns was brought up again. There was never an end to the topic, one after another until we had the New Year's Eve dinner.