Aunt Zhao's happy life

Ruier uncovered the cloth on the flower basket and exclaimed: "So there are so many kinds of plum blossoms! Can you tell me about the characteristics of these different plum blossoms?"

Jasmine said, "Let my sister talk about this!"

Mo Ling leaned down, pointed at two plum blossoms that looked very similar at first glance, and said, "Many people think these two are the same. You see, the one that is not too dark is Gongfen plum, and the petals are multi-layered. The fragrance is very strong. The dark-colored cinnabar plum next to it is cinnabar plum, some are multi-layered, and some are single-layered. It looks very gorgeous at first glance, especially when it snows, it is very conspicuous."

Ruier pointed to the green plums at the other end of the basket and asked, "What about this one? It's so pretty!"

Jasmine hurriedly said, "This is Lue plum, a variety that my father brought from Suzhou many years ago!"

Rui'er nodded, pointing to the flowers in another basket: "This yellow one is wintersweet, I know it."

Jasmine nodded and said, "Winter plums are very drought-tolerant and easy to feed!" She then pointed to the white plum next to her and asked her sister, "What kind of plum is this?"

Mo Ling said: "This is Longyou plum, which is the favorite of scholars and women in the boudoir. Its branches are curved like a dragon. The flowers are multi-layered and snow-white. The flowers are beautiful, and the branches are also beautiful. It’s pretty, the fragrance is light and elegant, and it’s most suitable to be placed in the room. And each flower of Longyou Mei only blooms for eight days!”

Rui'er laughed and said, "You two girls come out to sell flowers to support your family in this weather. You are beautiful and articulate. I really like it! Come in and enjoy the fire, I'll buy some of your flowers!"

Mo Ling said: "No, no, we're ashamed and won't go in and cause trouble!"

But Jasmine said: "My feet are so cold, I want to warm up!"

Rui'er said: "It's okay, I'll buy more, so you don't have to run for a long time, come in!"

Mo Ling was still hesitating, but Jasmine had already stepped through the door.

They followed Rui'er all the way and wondered all the way, Rui'er said: "Come warm up and see your hands are as cold as carrots!"

After sitting down, Jasmine took off her shoes and raised her feet to warm herself by the fire. Mo Ling said, "Put it on quickly, it's shameful!"

Ruier smiled and said, "It's okay!"

Jasmine looked around and said: "This place is so elegant, there are calligraphy and paintings on the walls, and birds are raised. I heard what daddy said about the rich people's house, but I have never seen it with my own eyes."

Ru Yan couldn't hide her words: "What is this? For our second master and aunt, it's like falling from the sky to the ground! In our Jia's mansion, that's a place like a painting!"

Mo Ling and Jasmine's eyes widened in shock: "You...you are from the Rongguo Mansion in the capital? This is Master Jia's house?" Jasmine put on her shoes quickly: "I..."

Mo Ling looked apologetic: "We already knew that Mr. Jia came from the Rongguo Mansion, but we didn't expect to disturb you at home today, it's too abrupt!"

Zhen Mo said: "It's okay, our aunt and the second master are very kind, even if the second master comes back at this time, we won't mind!"

Rui'er bought some plum blossoms of every kind, and Sister Mo Ling got up to leave, Rui'er said: "Pay the money, take these two small hand stoves with you, the road is cold!"

The two sisters nodded again and again: "Thank you!"

In the evening, when the sky became hazy and the wind was howling, Zhen Mo said, "Mo Ling and the others don't know if they're home yet, it's really not easy!"

Ruyan said: "Auntie bought so much today, they definitely don't have to run outside anymore, they have already gone back!"

Aunt Zhao looked at the sky in the yard: "It looks like it's going to snow, let's eat some meat and drink some wine tonight!"

In the evening, when Jia Zheng came home, as soon as he settled down, it began to snow heavily. Rui'er and Jia Zheng held hands and looked up.

Zhen Mo said: "The two of you are really not afraid of the cold. Wouldn't it be better to watch it in the corridor? It's fine to open the door and watch it in the room. Come and enjoy the fire!" Said: "Changsheng, Fugui, come quickly, let's eat up the rabbit meat and drink up the wine!"

It was only then that Rui'er came to her senses: "Save some for me!"

At night, everyone ate rabbit meat, played puzzles with their fists, drank hot rice wine, and their faces were flushed.Jia Zheng was overjoyed to see plum blossoms in different poses everywhere in the room, with a faint fragrance floating around.Rui'er also told about meeting the flower seller during the day, but Jia Zheng just took it as ordinary gossip and didn't take it to heart.

Before going to bed, there was already a thin layer of snow in the yard.

Every winter, Rui'er's hands and feet are always cold when she sleeps.Jia Zheng warmed Rui'er's hands and feet in the bed, and Rui'er said, "Actually, we should sleep at two ends, because there is always wind blowing from one end!"

Jia Zheng said, "Then stuff the middle with clothes!"

Ruier said: "I don't like it when it's stuffed with a sense of distance!"

Jia Zheng smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be more distant to sleep at two ends?"

Early the next morning, Ruyan yelled outside: "Get up quickly! It's so beautiful!"

Rui'er couldn't help making noise, and when she opened her eyes, she felt that the room was so bright that she couldn't keep her eyes open.

Jia Zheng said: "I'm going to the yamen. You have to put on your cloak today. Today they will drag you out to have fun." Rui'er said: "You can go out without worry! Every morning So many words!"

After hastily washing up, Rui'er put on a padded jacket and a cloak, walked to the door of the living room and looked outside, what a beautiful world!The world is white, the eaves are also white, and the tables, chairs and trees in the yard are covered with thick snow.

Ruyan said: "Come and have a snowball fight!"

In an instant, everyone came running to mingle, Rui'er rubbed a snowball the size of a fist, and poured it quietly into Zhenmo's neck.

Ru Yan smiled and said: "Second Master is not at home today, let's rebel!" Saying that, he didn't hurry to come over, and threw snowballs at Aunt Zhao one by one from a distance.Changsheng is naturally united with Ruyan, and he also stepped forward, rolled a snowball as big as Cuju and threw it towards Aunt Zhao. Aunt Zhao fell into the snow with an "ah" sound. Don't go there, come to help Aunt Zhao get revenge.

Seeing that something was wrong with Chang Sheng, he wanted to run back to the house, but Axi threw a rice bowl-sized snowball over, Chang Sheng slipped and fell.

Ale followed and pressed Changsheng, and Fugui also stepped forward to pour snow into Changsheng's mouth: "What a bastard! The second master is not at home, so you are blatantly helping your sweetheart bully my aunt!"

When Ruyan heard this, she was ashamed: "It has nothing to do with me! I am not with him!" To prove his innocence, Ruyan took a shovel and buried Changsheng in the snow, and beat him hard!

Seeing this, Ruier ran over: "Don't be too crazy! Pull him out!"

Fugui pulled Changsheng half of his body out of the snow, and Changsheng got up quickly, and threw a snowball at Ruyan, and the sleeping rabbit around Ruyan's forehead broke loose and fell down.

After watching the battle for a long time, he suggested: "Let's build a snowman!"

Ruier said: "Zhenmo, Ruyan, and Changsheng are on the same team, and Axi, Ale, and Fugui are on the same team. Is this okay? Although we have one more person, Ruyan can be ignored!"

Nobody had any objections, only Ruyan protested with a pout.

Ruyan shovels the snow with a shovel, Ruier and Zhenmo build a snowman, rubbing their hands with the cold.

Changsheng took out his felt hat and put it on the snowman, Zhenmo brought his old clothes to cover the snowman, Ruyan took black charcoal to make eyes, carrots to make noses, and cut red paper to make mouths.

Rui'er thought she was going to win, but who knew that Fugui's team was more united, and made a chubby little doll, carrying a red lantern, and two sky-high dolls, and even used rouge to make her face red, Not to mention how cute it is!

Ruier said: "We have to admit defeat! You snowman is so real! How happy!"

Fugui said: "Three people beat four people. Tonight's venison is ours. Let your team be vegetarian!"

When Jia Zheng came back in the evening, when he learned about the day's battle, he twirled his beard and said, "Changsheng, you have dealt with my aunt today, and you have no share of the venison tonight!" Changsheng was holding a piece of venison with his mouth Li begged for mercy again and again: "Second Master, let's punish others, this meat is on the verge of mouth, don't eat it, it's too embarrassing!"

Jia Zheng laughed and said, "Next time, only Auntie can hit you, you are not allowed to fight back!"

After dinner, Jia Zheng and Rui'er were in the study, Jia Zheng read a book, Rui'er peeled melon seeds, and when he had saved enough melon seeds, he fed them to Jia Zheng's mouth.In the candlelight, she saw how many white strands there were on his temples, and asked him, "When you came back, I was just a snowflake. Why have you got so many white hairs recently?"

Jia Zheng laughed and said, "Do you think it's easy for parents to be officials? Every day, big and small things are waiting for me. Those villains who are scheming are hard to guard against. Everything is exhausting!"

Rui'er hugged Jia Zheng from behind distressedly: "I really hate myself for being incompetent and not being able to share anything for you!"

Jia Zheng turned his face sideways and touched the back of Rui'er's tender hand: "When I come back every day, seeing your smiling face is the happiest thing. This is because you have shared the burden for me! You and I stay together in this small home, yes My lover, my relatives, give me all the tenderness, isn't that enough?"

Rui'er said: "But I think you were such a wealthy young man in the past, but now you are suffering every day in this remote place, so I feel sorry for you."

Jia Zheng said: "Rui'er, do you know that people have to learn to be grateful and contented in any situation. Some of my literary friends are poor, and in this weather, many people are crowded into dilapidated houses with walls that are ventilated and may collapse at any time. They don’t even have a thick piece of clothing. Not to mention wives and children and servants, they don’t even have a place to live, but they are also full of money!”

Ruier said: "We have nothing to do in winter. Starting tomorrow, we will rush to make cotton clothes. You can give them to those poor people!"

Jia Zheng said: "I also used a little money of my own to help them, but there are too many people like this, and I really can't help them. Maybe you can help a few people, but you can't change the plight of most poor people!"

Ruier smiled and said: "Some people are just temporarily down, maybe they will go to high school in the future? Many years ago, I was a child. When the Duke was in Jinling, he saved a scholar who was almost frozen to death. Later, that person took the imperial examination. In high school, I even went to the master to thank you, and gave the old lady a set of Diancui headdress!"