Traveling Through the Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Starting from Meeting You

Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, most of the things in the usually bustling market are red.

Red lanterns, red couplets, red lucky bags, red Chinese knots, red firecrackers...

The market was crowded with people, and those selling things were shouting loudly and enthusiastically.

People who were buying things walked and stopped, occasionally stopping to chat with people they knew.

Zhang Qiling pulled Zhang Hanyan and walked slowly forward. There were too many people in the market, so he didn't dare to let go of her hand easily.

"Brother, let's buy two big lanterns to hang at the gate, and some small lanterns, and couplets, and also firecrackers, fireworks, and light strings...

Well, there are also new clothes for the New Year, and they should be red. You have never worn red clothes before, so I will buy you a set.

There are also food, fruit plates and so on... Well, when I think about it, we still have a lot of things to buy..."

"Okay, you can buy whatever you want."

Zhang Qiling's gaze remained on her. Even though there were a large crowd of people around him, it did not affect his gaze towards her at all.

Zhang Hanyan pulled him to a stall, rummaged through the sea of ​​bright red merchandise, and picked out what he liked.

"Boss, I want all of these. Please pack them up."

"Okay, five hundred dollars in total, and I'll give you a string of colored lights."

The boss packed the things quickly and took the money Zhang Hanyan handed to him with a smile.

"Go slowly, come back if you need me."

Zhang Hanyan and Zhang Qiling smiled at each other, without turning back to respond to the enthusiastic boss behind them, and continued to walk slowly forward with the crowd.

During this time, they bought a lot of things together, and only stopped and walked back when Zhang Qiling's hands could no longer carry anything.

"Brother, please give me one. These things are not heavy."

"No, I'll hold it. Don't take your hands out. It's cold in the wind."

Zhang Qiling forcibly stuffed her outstretched hand into his pocket. Her hand was held down by him and she could not move.

"Okay, I won't take it out. Let it go first. It's hard to walk like this."

He looked at her anxiously, and only withdrew his hand after making sure that she would not take it out again.

As soon as she got home, Zhang Hanyan couldn't wait to take out the decorations from her pocket and put them in order one by one.

She looked at the garden outside the house and thought it would be a good idea to hang all these things there.

"Brother, we will hang these two big lanterns at the gate, and the small lanterns on the branches of the big trees in the garden.

And these red colored lanterns will be wrapped around the corridors, and a couplet will be posted on each door, okay?"

"Okay, I'll get the ladder and hang the big lantern at the door."

Zhang Qiling picked up the lantern and walked out, took out the ladder from the tool room and walked to the door, hanging the lantern on both sides of the door.

He stood in the distance, looking at the positions of the two lanterns. After making sure they were symmetrical, he smiled with satisfaction.

In the courtyard, Zhang Hanyan hung small red lanterns on the branches of the trees. As the lanterns were hung up one by one, the bleak winter garden was immersed in a striking red world.

She wanted to hang the last lantern higher, but no matter how she stood on tiptoe, she couldn't reach the upper branch.

Zhang Qiling quietly appeared behind her, took the lantern from her hand, and easily hung it where she wanted.

"Bro!"

They were too close to each other, and she turned around suddenly and bumped into his arms unexpectedly.

"Ugh, that hurts..." She rubbed her red nose and looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"Let me see..." Zhang Qiling took away her hand that was covering her nose, "It's all red... I shouldn't have stood so close, Yanyan, I..."

Zhang Hanyan looked at him with a smile on her face, looking nervous. She suddenly raised her foot and pecked his soft and beautiful lips lightly.

"I'm lying to you. It doesn't hurt at all."

Zhang Qiling looked at her steadily with his eyes dim. He raised his hand to hold the back of her head and kissed her red lips.

This kiss only contained love but no desire. It was just a simple kiss filled with his tenderness and affection.

The quiet garden was covered in white, and snowflakes were as crystal clear as jade, flying all over the sky.

The sunlight shines through the sparse branches onto the snow, shining brightly. Countless red lanterns dot the snow-covered sky and earth.

In the poetic and picturesque garden, their lips touched, their breaths intertwined, their eyes closed, and they responded to each other gracefully.

As the New Year approaches, every household is decorated with lights and the sound of firecrackers can occasionally be heard from the streets outside.

There is worldly life outside the courtyard wall, and there is also worldly life inside the courtyard wall.

"Brother, Hanyan, I've brought you some New Year's gifts!"

Wu Xie pushed open the door, both hands full of things. He strode through the garden and put everything on the table.

He walked out of the house, stood in the corridor and shook off the snowflakes on his body, looking at Zhang Qiling who was pasting couplets with glue.

"Brother, let me help you."

He reached out and picked up a couplet, smeared paste on it, climbed up the ladder and was about to stick it on the wall.

"Stick it straight."

Zhang Qiling held up another couplet and said to him, his tone full of unquestionable authority.

Wu Xie looked at the couplet in his hand, then looked at the other side that had already been pasted, and muttered to himself.

"Isn't it okay if it's almost done? Could it be that the guy has obsessive-compulsive disorder?"

He smiled and shook his head, comparing the position of the couplet on the other side, trying to get it to the exact same place as possible, and then slowly pasted it down.

Zhang Qiling came back after pasting the couplet on the door, looked carefully at the couplet pasted by Wu Xie, turned around and left under Wu Xie's expectant gaze.

"Hey! No, you've been looking at it for so long, why don't you give me some comments or something? Is what I posted good or not?"

Wu Xie called out loudly to Zhang Qiling, who had already walked away. Zhang Qiling stopped, turned around, looked at Wu Xie, and nodded very slightly.

If Wu Xie hadn't been staring at him, he might not have noticed his nod.

"That's it? It's gone?"

Wu Xie rolled his eyes speechlessly and happily admired the couplet he had put up over and over again.

Zhang Hanyan was busy in the kitchen, preparing ingredients for the New Year. Her hands kept moving and her ears were listening to the noise outside.

"Naive! Am I happy to see Fatty?"

Fatty and Yuncai were standing together and suddenly made a noise, which almost made Wu Xie fall off the ladder.

Wu Xie hurriedly held onto the wall to steady the shaky ladder, looked at the fat man below, and yelled.

"I'm not happy at all! You fat guy, you want to murder me? I almost fell down!"

The fat man waved his hand nonchalantly, "Oh, no, I'm standing right here, I promise I can catch you."

"I'd never trust you, you're the most unreliable fat guy."

Wu Xie rolled his eyes as he came down the ladder, picked up the other couplets that hadn't been posted in time, smeared paste on the back, and walked towards the door that didn't have any couplets posted.

"Hey, Master Huaer, why did you leave so quickly? I just didn't contact you in time after I came back. Why are you so angry?"

Hei Xia Zi kept chasing after Xie Yuchen who was furious in front of him.

Xie Yuchen had no intention of paying attention to him. He felt extremely uncomfortable whenever he thought of the scene of Hei Xia Zi and Heimao Zongzi jumping into the well and disappearing together.

He had been worried and frightened for so long, but in the end, the other person was not only alive and well, but also living a happy life outside and had long forgotten about it.

The more Xie Yuchen thought about it, the angrier he became. What's more, Hei Xia Zi kept nagging behind him, making him extremely annoyed.

"You blind bastard! If you come and hang around me again, I will really be rude to you!"

Seeing that he was really angry, Hei Xia Zi didn't dare to provoke him anymore. He could only follow him silently, keeping a distance of three steps from him.