pet marriage

As the new year is approaching, Shen Mingshu becomes more and more busy, occasionally taking Shen Qingjia along to learn how to do business, and Shen Qingyue stays at Rong's house for longer and longer, after Luo Xin was invited by Rong Min several times , I stopped bothering, and spent more time studying various delicacies and snacks with Father Shen.

A few days ago, Shen Mingshu finally arranged all the things in the shops properly, so he didn't have to go out every day, and his family finally felt like the Chinese New Year.

Before Shen Mingshu opened his eyes, he smelled the faint fragrance of flowers. It must be that Qiu Nong and the others changed the flowers in the vase. There was something wrong with Zhongli County a few days ago. She rushed over overnight and worked hard for a few days before dealing with it. good.

Hurrying back last night, it was already late, she thought that Luo Xin should have gone to bed, so she washed up casually and slept in the outer room with her clothes closed for the night, she never expected to sleep for such a long time.

She slowly opened her eyes, the window in the room was still closed, a faint light came in through the window, it was not dazzling, no one was seen in the room, it was empty and very quiet.

Shen Mingshu felt a little puzzled, got up and walked to the window, raised her hand to push the window open, the oncoming sunlight made her squint her eyes, and she heard Luo Xin's voice calling her happily.

"Sister, you're awake!"

Shen Mingshu looked over at him, Luo Xin was sitting under the flower stand in the courtyard, in front of him was a semi-finished lantern wooden frame, Lan Yin and Qiu Nong were standing at the side, also working on it.

Seeing Shen Mingshu wake up, Luo Xin put down the wooden skeleton in her hand, went into the house, helped wash and change clothes, Qiu Nonglan Yin stood by and helped.

"Why didn't sister come in to sleep last night?" Luo Xin stood behind Shen Mingshu, tiptoed slightly, straightened her collar, and asked softly.

"I came back too late, you must be fast asleep, I'm afraid I'll wake you up." Shen Mingshu smiled slightly, and handed the light green hairband to Luo Xin.

Luo Xin put the hairband through her hair with both hands, pulled it up skillfully, pursed her lips, and said, "It's okay, I want to know as soon as my sister comes back, I've been counting on when my sister will come back these days... ..."

Shen Mingshu listened to Luo Xin talking softly about what she had done these days, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and asked, "Just now you made a Chinese New Year lantern?"

Luo Xin nodded, led Shen Mingshu to sit down in the courtyard, and handed the half-finished lantern to Shen Mingshu, "In the past Chinese New Year, my mother and I would make lanterns by ourselves, so I asked Housekeeper Shen for some materials."

Luo Xin looked at Shen Mingshu with bright eyes, and said, "When it's done, can sister write some words on the lantern?"

"Writing?" Shen Mingshu asked softly.

Luo Xin smiled and nodded, with anticipation in her eyes, "Just write a blessing."

Shen Mingshu nodded in response, Luo Xin smiled instantly, dimples appeared on her cheeks.

Qiu Nong took the prepared breakfast, and the two of them simply ate the breakfast under the flower stand, and went to Shen's father to greet him, and then went back to their courtyard.

Shen Mingshu sat at the side, resting his chin and watching Luo Xin concentrate on covering the lantern frame in his hand with gauze, watching from the side, Luo Xin's lips were slightly pursed, it was a little different than usual, a little more alienated.

Shen Mingshu was in a daze for a while, and saw Luo Xin carefully pasting the last part of the red gauze on the lantern, and it was glued together with the first red gauze, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly. , and then holding the lantern in his hand, he looked up at her, his smile gradually widened, and his eyebrows and eyes were slightly curved, as warm as the sun shining on his body.

Shen Mingshu also raised a faint smile, "It's amazing."

Luo Xin blushed slightly, and said, "You can write after it dries."

The little maids put the finished lanterns aside to dry in the shade, while Lan Yin fetched a basin of warm water to clean Luo Xin's hands.

When just pasting the lantern, Luo Xin got some white glue on her hands, but she couldn't wash it off for a while.

Shen Mingshu took the towel from her hand, wet it again, unfolded the towel, wrapped it around Luo Xin's palm, and said, "Wrap it for a while."

Luo Xin nodded obediently, and couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Sister, don't you need to go out tomorrow?"

Shen Mingshu nodded, "You shouldn't have to go out a year ago, I'm sorry for not being able to accompany you much these days."

Luo Xin shook her head, and looked at Shen Mingshu with big black and white eyes, "Sister, you don't have to say that, you've worked so hard."

Shen Mingshu smiled slightly, lowered her head and opened the handkerchief. The palms of both of them were covered warmly. She held Luo Xin's hand, gently wiped the white glue on her palm with her lowered eyes, and then opened her palm to cover Luo Xin's hand. Xin gently rubbed the palm of her hand to confirm that it was clean, then let go of her hand and put the towel back into the tub.

Luo Xin sat at the side, raised her eyes to look at her side face, but her cheeks turned slightly red.

In less than an hour, the lantern was almost done. Luo Xin polished the ink and stood beside Shen Mingshu, thinking that she would watch carefully later.

However, Shen Mingshu pulled her to him, put the brush in Luo Xin's palm, and held her with his arms around her from behind, "Since it's the word "Fu", let's write it together."

When Luo Xin came back to her senses, Shen Mingshu held her hand, dipped her pen in the ink, raised her hand, and slowly wrote a word "Fu" on the red gauze.

After finishing writing, Shen Mingshu just put down the pen, took a step back, and let Luo Xin go, with a hint of cunning in his eyes, he asked with a light smile, "Is it okay to write like this?"

Luo Xin glanced at the lantern, then at Shen Mingshu, her face was still a little confused, and after a while, her earlobes turned red step by step, and she nodded vigorously.

Lan Yin and Qiu Nong, who were waiting on the side, looked at each other with smiles in their eyes. It was the best thing for them to have a good relationship between the two masters.

And the other servants standing beside them, seeing the two masters being so close, will only serve Luo Xin more respectfully in the future.

By the time the writing on the lantern was completely dry, it was getting late. After dinner, Luo Xin lit the lantern and asked the servants to hang it under the eaves. The red, round lantern slowly turned around, revealing By candlelight, you can clearly see the word "Fu" on it.

The corners of Luo Xin's lips raised slightly, revealing the pear dimples on her cheeks, thinking that in the coming year, her sister will be happy and the family will be reunited.

Shen Mingshu stood aside, gathered the cloak for her, and said softly: "It's cold in the night, let's go in."

Luo Xin nodded, held her hand, and entered the room. The red lanterns hung quietly under the eaves, against the darkening night, glowing faintly.

As the end of the new year was getting closer, Shen Qingyue and Shen Qingjia also reduced the number of times they went out, and stayed at home more, making various preparations together.

The butler called his servants to put up Spring Festival couplets at each gate and hang up red lanterns, and everyone had beaming smiles on their faces.

The New Year's clothes have also been made, and they just have to wait for the new year's day to change.

Shen Mingshu looked at the list sent by the butler, and checked it roughly, and confirmed that it was correct, "Just prepare it like this."

Shen Li bowed in response, took the gift list, and was about to leave when Shen Mingshu stopped him.

With a faint smile on Shen Mingshu's face, he said: "Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, so there won't be so many people waiting on us at night."

Shen Li was taken aback, and responded with a smile, "Miss Xie."

He exited the study, just in time to meet Shen Qingjia walking towards him, and hurriedly bowed to salute, "Master."

Shen Qingjia smiled and nodded at him, "The elder sister is in the study."

Shen Li replied: "Yes."

Shen Qingjia nodded, and walked towards the study, Shen Li turned around and looked at his back, wondering why the young master was looking for the young lady.

A day passed by in a blink of an eye, and the Shen family's New Year's Eve dinner was naturally prepared early. As the night slowly fell, lanterns were lit everywhere, forming a connected piece, which was really beautiful.

Luo Xin and Shen Mingshu put on new clothes and headed towards the main courtyard. Shen Mingshu held a rabbit lantern in his hand, and took Luo Xin's hand, walking slowly through the path between the gardens.

When they came to the main courtyard, Shen Qingyue and Shen Qingjia had already arrived, and were chatting and laughing with Shen's father, when they heard their voices coming in, they turned their heads to look over, with a faint smile on their faces.

Father Shen smiled and told them to sit down quickly, and he also changed into the newly made clothes with a smile on his face, looking in good spirits, which made Shen Mingshu feel relieved.

The whole family sat around the table with a sumptuous and delicate New Year's Eve dinner. Father Shen looked at the children sitting below, and his smile deepened a little. He took out the red envelopes he had prepared and handed them out one by one Shen Mingshu and others.

"This is Mingshu's, this is Luo Xin's, this is Qingyue's, and this is Qingjia's." Father Shen said with a smile: "Although you have married Mingshu, you still have to keep the lucky money." Bar."

Shen Mingshu nodded with a smile, and put the red envelope into his sleeve.

Father Shen smiled in satisfaction, and said: "In the coming year, I will be one year older, and I have no other expectations, as long as everyone is safe and happy, let's eat."

After Shen's father moved his chopsticks, several people moved their chopsticks. They chatted and laughed in the dining room, and the whole family enjoyed themselves happily. Shen's father was in a great mood and drank a few more glasses.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Father Shen lit the candles on the censer and ordered the housekeeper to close the door before they could leave.

The housekeeper responded, and Shen Mingshu said softly, "Father should rest earlier, we are here for the night watch."

Father Shen just drank some wine during the dinner, gradually became tired, nodded, gave some more instructions, and then went back to his room to rest first.

Shen Mingshu sent Father Shen back to the room, and when they came back, they sat around together, the table had been replaced with new pastries, Shen Qingjia was telling jokes, and Shen Qingyue couldn't help but smile.

Shen Mingshu sat down beside Luo Xin.Feeling the warmth on the back of her hand, she lowered her eyes and looked over, Luo Xin handed her the small hand stove in her hand, with a slight smile on her face.

She reached out to take it, wrapped Luo Xin's hand in her hand, and waited for the arrival of the New Year together.