[75] Zhao Yan falls into a dream

When you wake up, it's a new year.On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Mu Yan packed up the house and went to the kitchen to help Mrs. Liu make breakfast. Because it was the first day of the new year, to make a good omen, she even put an extra spoonful of fodder in the food bowls for chickens, ducks, and sheep. .The breakfast was also extremely sumptuous, besides some meat dishes, Mu Yan also fried twenty golden eggs, asked Xingchen to send ten to the Zhou family, and kept ten for herself.When Xingchen came back from delivering the eggs and set off the cannons, the family began to have the first breakfast of the new year.

Mu Yan pushed Zhan Zhao's door, and saw Zhan Zhao meditating on the bed with his legs crossed and his eyes closed.Seeing him like this, Mu Yan didn't dare to disturb him, and was about to leave, when Zhan Zhao slowly opened his eyes, saw Mu Yan outside the door, nodded to signal her to come in, and then stopped and stood up.

"Are you meditating?" Mu Yan came in and asked. "Well, the body will recover faster this way. Although the news has been sent to the adults, the adults will inevitably be worried, and it is best to go back and return to life as soon as possible." Zhan Zhao said while putting on a jacket.

"When did you send the news back, you couldn't even get out of bed two days ago?" Mu Yan asked him strangely.

"The day I woke up, Xingchen sent it to the county station. He came back and asked the elder brother next door to deliver it." I don't know who the elder brother is.Hearing what Zhan Zhao said, Mu Yan knew that Xing Chen might have asked Brother Zhou to take the letter to the post station.

"Let's go eat after tidying up." While Zhan Zhao was dressing and washing, Mu Yan tidied up Zhan Zhao's bed.The two went out to have breakfast together.As soon as I arrived in the courtyard, I saw Aunt Zhou came back with Xingchen, holding the bowl of eggs just now in her hand, but this bowl was also full.

"Yo, big sister, what is this?" Aunt Zhou looked Zhan Zhao up and down, and then looked at the door from which Zhan Zhao came out. It was clearly Mu Yan's house, and she couldn't help becoming more and more puzzled.

"Sister-in-law Zhou is here. This is a distant relative of my family. One of my nephews came to see me from afar. He fell ill as soon as he arrived at home. He just got out of bed in the past few days. It's not the Chinese New Year, so let him live. If I go back next year, it won't be in vain for him to visit me from afar." Mrs. Liu heard Aunt Zhou's question in the kitchen, and hurriedly came out with Mu Yu in her arms to explain to Aunt Zhou.

"Oh, I didn't hear you mention it before. This sudden shock startled me." Although Aunt Zhou was suspicious, she didn't investigate further. "I got up early to stew the rabbit meat, and Er Yazi just came to give you some golden eggs. I just put a bowl in your bowl for you, and I will send it over." Aunt Zhou kept scanning the exhibition hall as she spoke. Zhao.

"Aunt Liu, I didn't see that you made up your nonsense well." After sending Aunt Zhou away, the family began to have breakfast, and Mu Yan said in surprise at the dinner table.

"Who do you say I am for? If you don't say that, you will..." Looking at Zhan Zhao, Liu stopped talking.

"It's Zhan Zhao's fault, and I have to trouble Madam to excuse him." Zhan Zhao looked at Mrs. Liu and said apologetically.

"Master Zhan, don't be like this. It's okay for me to tell a few lies. It's just a pain for our elder sister. If my husband's family finds out after this, it will be a terrible disaster, and I will never be able to hold my head up for the rest of my life." Liu did not dare to answer Zhan Zhao's words. He apologized, but he couldn't help complaining, and his attitude towards Zhan Zhao was also lukewarm.

"Don't worry, ma'am, Zhan will be responsible for dirtying the girl's innocence. Earlier, Zhan told the girl to ask the Iceman to propose marriage, but because the girl mentioned that she had to take the test of filial piety and refused to make an appointment first, Zhan had to give up for the time being. But Zhan I made an agreement with the girl that after three years, the girl will be removed from her filial piety, and Zhan will definitely come to marry her with three matchmakers and six hires, and ask his wife to be a witness." Zhan Zhao got up and saluted Liu.

In doing so, Zhan Zhao defeated Mu Yan's army.What I said yesterday is still in my ears, who would have thought that Zhan Zhao would tell Mrs. Liu today and ask her to be a witness. "Okay, I knew that Mr. Zhan, who is famous all over the world, will not be an irresponsible person. Now I can rest assured that I will have an explanation when I meet his parents in the future." Liu Shi did not expect Zhan Zhao to tell her in person. Propose marriage and ask her to be a witness.Busily getting up to support Zhan Zhao, he took Mu Yan's hand and held it together.

The days of Chinese New Year are extremely fast, and every day passes in a hurry to visit relatives and relatives.Because Mu Yan's family values ​​filial piety, it is customary not to go out before the fifth day of the lunar new year.In the past few days, Mu Yan has been cooking up delicious food for everyone at home, and the family is enjoying themselves happily.Zhan Zhao's health is also getting better day by day, and he can practice boxing and sword every morning.

In the early morning of the sixth day, Mrs. Liu took Mu Yu and Xing Chen back to her natal home in Houshan Village.Keeping Mu Yan and Zhan Zhao at home, the two had a simple breakfast, Zhan Zhao went back to his room to meditate and adjust his breath, Mu Yan cleaned up the kitchen and sat in the backyard staring at the chickens and ducks in a daze.

"This is Zhan Zhao's first real New Year's Eve in these years. Ever since his parents passed away, the New Year's Eve is just a name. After following the adults, New Year's Eve is either on duty in the palace or patrolling the towers. It's been a long time since I spent such a leisurely time. It's been a year." Zhan Zhao's voice came from behind.

Mu Yan didn't turn her head and patted the chair beside her to signal Zhan Zhao to sit down; "Zhan Zhao, you've been busy all these years, and you haven't lived steadily for years, do you feel tired?" Mu Yan still didn't turn her head to look at Zhan Zhao, Just ask quietly.

"Sometimes it's tiring, but it's worth it. Especially when it's time to wash away the grievances of the sufferer." Sitting beside Mu Yan, Zhan Zhao also looked at the idyllic scenery in the courtyard, and answered Mu Yan's question.

"Do you know why I rejected your marriage proposal?" Mu Yan asked Zhan Zhao again, and seeing Zhan Zhao shook his head from the corner of his eye, he remained silent. "Because you are the Zhan Zhao of the world, but you will not be the Zhan Zhao of anyone. Do you understand?" Mu Yan suddenly turned her head to look at Zhan Zhao. "My heart is very small, and I only pretend to be the next family. My husband may not be rich or overbearing, or tall and handsome, but he must put me first and family first in his heart. You are too lofty, and I can't afford it." Mu Yan's voice became lower and lower, because she saw the deep loss in Zhan Zhao's eyes.

"That's why I said three years. Within three years, Mu Yan strives to stand side by side with the adults. But if she really can't achieve it, I hope the adults won't blame her." After Mu Yan finished speaking, the villain in her heart had already slapped herself several times She really didn't want to have anything to do with Zhan Zhao, but she also didn't want to see Zhan Zhao so disappointed. She only hoped that three years of busy work would make Zhan Zhao forget everything that happened these days.

"Zhan Zhao also said that as long as the girl doesn't fall for him, Zhan Zhao can wait." After speaking, Zhan Zhao got up and went to the courtyard to start practicing boxing. His movements were as light as flying, as heavy as a thunderbolt, and shaped like a falcon catching a rabbit. , God is like a cat catching a mouse.Seeing Zhan Zhao's kung fu, he understood why the emperor named him a royal cat.

Watching Zhan Zhao finish his boxing practice, Mu Yan stepped forward and handed Zhan Zhao a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. "Are you angry?" Mu Yan looked at Zhan Zhao and asked him.

"No." Seeing Mu Yan standing in front of him pretty, Zhan Zhao suddenly felt at a loss. "To be angry is to be angry and to do something in secret. It's boring. I made you angry, how about making something delicious to make amends for you? What do you want for lunch and I'll make a small stove for you?" Mu Yan saw Zhan Zhao's appearance like this , took Zhan Zhao's hand and went to the kitchen together.

"What do you want to eat?" Seeing Zhan Zhao shaking her head, Mu Yan thought for a while and said, "I think you really like fish, how about I make squirrel fish for you, and how about some ground delicacies?" Hearing her happy, Zhan Zhao also had a smile on his face. "Forget it, she is so happy and carefree, so why force her to be with her. Besides, she also said that the three-year period will last, and there are countless possibilities in the three-year period. Zhan Zhao sincerely delivers it, so why worry about her not changing her mind."

"Speaking? Looking at a smart face, who knows that he is actually a goose." Saying this, Mu Yan stretched out her hand again and flicked Zhan Zhao's head.Seeing Zhan Zhao's blushing innocent expression again, Mu Yan felt that there was nothing wrong with this stupid goose.

Take out the grass carp raised in the water tank, scrape the scales and open the mouth neatly with hands and feet, clean up the fish and change it to marinate with a flowering sauce.Taking advantage of the time of salting fish, Mu Yan went to fetch dried eggplant, dried beans, and carrots, and was busy washing vegetables, choosing vegetables, and chopping vegetables.Not long after, the refreshing and delicious ground delicacies, and the sweet and sour squirrel fish were served on the table. Zhan Zhao looked at the dishes on the table, and at Mu Yan who was busy cooking, feeling like he was back in his childhood. Warm like home.

When the two were eating, Zhan Zhao mentioned that he was going back to Kaifeng Mansion. Mu Yan was worried about his health and advised him to stay for a few more days. After thinking about it, Zhan Zhao shook his head and refused, and decided to leave tomorrow.He didn't give up, Kaifeng Mansion was busy with business, and he didn't know when we would meet again tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Zhan Zhao took the dry food and clothes that Mu Yan had prepared for him and set off on the road.Originally, Mu Yan wanted to make money for Zhan Zhao, but Zhan Zhao refused and took out two bank notes from the belt interlayer of his clothes as if by magic, and left the one with a denomination of one hundred taels to Mu Yan, but Mu Yan said no. However, Zhan Zhao said that it was an investment in her business. Since he said so, Mu Yan accepted it, and it would be great to give him a share.

After explaining the trivial matters, Zhan Zhao bid farewell to Mrs. Liu, took a deep look at Mu Yan and turned his head to leave.