The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 217: Lace News

A few days later, it's the New Year's Day. This year, Yunyan doesn't have to go to the Great Court meeting or receive envoys. She slept a little late at home before being called by Xiaobao.

Shuangyi was missing from the family this year. She and Shen Kuo spent the first year in their new home, which made the family seem a little deserted.

Xiaobao helped Yun Yanhui carry the new clothes into the room and dragged him from the warm bed.

It's New Year's Eve, of course I have to wear new clothes. These new clothes are all made by Zheng Ping.

Yun Yanhui put on her new clothes, washed her clothes, and said New Year's greetings to her neighbors.

Back to the present, Yunyan belongs to the "children's family" in the mouths of the neighbors. The son of Sanniang next door is about the same age as Yun Yanhui, and he is still idle every day, so he is often taught by Sanniang to learn from Yun Yanhui.

So, Yun Yanhui is probably the most hated guest of his age... If he goes to pay New Year's compliments, it will cause them to be talked about by his family again.

However, he is the most popular object for children.

Sanniang's daughter Liu Ye married a neighbor on the same street a few years ago and gave birth to a son. The child is different from her uncle. She loves Yun Yanhui to death. Because the two families have been friends for a long time, they also call him Uncle, almost more kissable than my own uncle.

Because Yunyan will always bring some snacks when she goes back to pay New Year's greetings, this year she is still bringing candy from Taozhiyao.

When they saw Yunyan returning, they knew that there was candy to eat.

Yun Yanhui turned around outside and came back, and saw Shen Kuo's car parked outside, it seemed that the young couple came. Because the Shen family is far away in Qiantang, and there is only the Yue family in Bianjing, it is natural to come to the Yue family first to pay New Year's greetings no matter how many times they return to their parents' home.

Yunyan took off the scarf after returning to the door. Seeing Shen Kuo and Shuang Yi sitting on Hu bed side by side, she deliberately smiled and said, "It's Chinese New Year, Shuang Yi cooks and cooks fish in the evening, every year. More than enough, what a good meaning."

Shen Kuo: "..."

Shuangyi now knows, she said why Shen Kuo suddenly asked her for fish, it was Yan Ge'er's fault, seeing Yun Yanhui frightening Shen Kuo again, she said angrily: "Yan brother Son, don't bluff him."

The last time Shen Kuo ate the fish with tears in his eyes, it took a while before he dared to tell her the truth.

"Auntie, now you know what a married daughter is, the water that is poured out?" Yun Yan replied to Zheng Ping, "Look, just protect her husband, and tell me not to bluff. people."

Zheng Ping laughed, but didn't feel ashamed, "No one can tell you, they are newly married, so you know what to do."

Yun Yanhui opened her eyes wide, "I'm so wronged, I just asked Cunzhong to understand all aspects of Shuangyi."

Shen Kuo: "..."

……

Zheng Ping tidied up the room and asked Shuangyi and his wife to stay here for two days. Their mother and daughter also reunited. They haven't lived under the same roof for a while.

Yunyan recalled the previous two days, Zhao Yunchu also cried and shouted to live here, but he refused. No way, no matter how good the relationship is, it doesn't matter if the family is there, they will go to live in someone else's house.

Take a hundred steps back and say, even if it was made public, even if they were a man and a woman, they wouldn't be able to go to bed before they got married... How could Zhao Yunchu be so unreserved.

Now that it's the first day of the new year, Zhao Yunchu hasn't shown up yet, so he's not angry, he's going to attend the grand meeting. As a model courtier who never misses work despite the wind and rain, how could he not attend the Great Court.

After lunch, Yun Yanhui, Shuangyi, his wife and Xiaobao helped Zheng Ping make spring beef. In a few days, it will be the beginning of spring, and Kaifeng government will engage in superstition activities, whipping "spring cows" made of clay, praying that disasters will be avoided and the coming year will be good. And among the people, spring cattle are also presented to each other.

There are spring cattle in the market, but many families still make it themselves as a family activity.

Yunyan squeezed a calf out, then squeezed a base, used branches as a fence to insert it on the edge, and wrapped it around the spring flower vine.

Shuang Yi looked at his cow for a while, then looked at the spring cow with asymmetrical horns on his hand, very depressed. Fortunately, Shen Kuo was very powerful, and pinched a robust spring cow that was lifelike and mooed.

Yunyan looked back for a while and felt that it could be improved. She rubbed her hands together and said, "Oh, I'll sew more clothes for it..."

Shuangyi: "..."

Zheng Ping saw that he really took a sewing kit, and quickly said: "Sit down, there is no need for needlework in the first month of the month!"

Yunyan took the sewing bag and put it into her arms, "What's this..."

"Anyway, don't move," Zheng Ping added. "Besides, it's fine if you weave flowers. How can anyone even dress the spring cow? Brother Yan, who did this one give to? You don't usually like this..."

"If you don't sew, then don't sew." Yun Yan pretended to be dead.

To whom? It was not given to Zhao Yunchu.

Yun Yan Hui had never been in a relationship before, so he was a little unsure. When he gave something, he subconsciously replaced Zhao Yunchu with the woman. When Zheng Pingyi said it, he felt that this was a bit too motherly.

Shen Kuo looked a little surprised, "Brother Yan... can you still sew?"

Shuang Yi said embarrassingly: "Our family, Yan Ge'er got the true inheritance of A-Niang's embroidery work, but I inherited Uncle Fu's skill..."

Shen Kuo didn't expect it at all!

In his opinion, needlework, etc., and Yun Yanhui are inseparable. He only said that his mother-in-law was a master of kesi and embroidery, and the lady could not learn it, but he did not expect that what his lady did not learn, it was Brother Yan who did!

Judging from what Shen Kuo knew about their family, this was definitely not because Yun Yanhui was his biological son and Shuang Yi was adopted.

Shuang Yi added: "My mother was in bad health before, and my clothes were mended by Yan Ge'er..."

Shen Kuo: "So virtuous??"

He thought that Yun Yanhui had been a workaholic since he was a child. Could it be that he still scolded Fang Qiu during the day and came back to sew and mend at night?

Hearing Shen Kuo's adjective, Yun Yan was furious and warned: "...don't say it!"

Shen Kuo laughed dumbly, "I won't say it, it's just... disrespectful!"

Yunyan replied: "..."

……

At night, Zhao Yunchu came to the door. After having dinner at home, he quickly found an opportunity to come out.

When Yunyan came home, their whole family was joking, Zhao Yunchu lay on the courtyard gate and called Yunyan back. As soon as Yun Yanhui came out, he saw Zhao Yunchu lying on the door with a red nose and looking really frozen.

Yunyan turned around and looked around. At this time, everyone was either reuniting at home or going shopping. No one was around. He tiptoed and kissed Zhao Yunchu's nose, and whispered, "Why don't you wear a mask? ."

Zhao Yunchu's face became hot, "I forgot..."

Yun Yanhui put him in, "Come in and bake."

"Xiaochu is here." Yunyan pulled Zhao Yunchu in and pressed him on the seat beside his own stove, "Auntie, do you still have Hu spicy soup? I'll serve him a bowl."

Yunyan went back to the kitchen to make the spicy soup. Shen Kuo looked at it and was a little puzzled.

Because he and the two have known each other for the shortest time, although he knew they were good friends, he was a little surprised that Zhao Yunchu did not spend time with his family on the first day of the new year, but instead came to look for Yun Yanhui. , he keenly felt that something was wrong, but he didn't say it.

Zhao Yunchu paid New Year's greetings to everyone, drank Hu spicy soup again, and came over to warm up. When he saw a few small spring cows roasting by the stove, he said, "Who is this for?"

Zheng Ping finds it very funny. Her tone of anticipation has never changed since she was a child.

"Don't look, yours is here." Yun Yanhui took out the only spring cow with guardrails and lace that she made in the afternoon. It was wrapped with vines and did not put it by the fire, for fear of burning it. It doesn't look good.

Zhao Yunchu immediately smiled brightly. He held the spring cow and saw that it was very different from others. He was even happier.

"Auntie, then let's go out and play with things." After sitting for a long time, Yun Yan said back after seeing that Zhao Yunchu was no longer cold.

In the past three days, the Kaifeng Mansion opened its doors. I wanted to come to Zhao Yunchu to be in the palace in the daytime, and Yunyan would go around to pay New Year's greetings and make spring cows in the daytime, but Zheng Ping said, "You go, remember to give Brother Chu took a cloak and asked for your Uncle Fu."

"I know." Yun Yan took Fu Yunfeng's cape back, took out his own mask twice, put it on and went out with Zhao Yunchu.

Zhao Yunchu went out first, Yunyan took a step back, turned around and closed the door. As soon as he turned around, Zhao Yunchu stood closely behind him without any precautions, and immediately lowered his head, hugged Yun Yanhui's shoulder, and pressed it against his face.

Both of them wore masks, face to face, and rubbed their mouths through the cloth. Yun Yan turned her eyes back with a smile, took off the masks, and lifted Zhao Yunchu's mask a little from the bottom to the top. Kiss on the mouth.

Zhao Yunchu wanted to kiss deeply, but Yun Yanhui was afraid that it was at the door of the house. He pushed his face away, hung the mask back, and ran two steps forward, "Let's go!"

Yun Yanhui's figure is still between a teenager and a young man, and he is relatively thin, with white skin and big eyes, wrapped in a cape, wearing a hat and a mask and walking on the street hand in hand with Zhao Yunchu. I thought it was a young couple.

"I thought you would come in the afternoon." Yun Yan replied. At most, this great court will last for one morning, with an imperial banquet at noon, and most people can go home in the afternoon, unless they stay in the palace to deal with envoys, engage in other activities, and the like.

Zhao Yunchu was very resentful, "I told the official family very happily that I was going to see Brother Yan for New Year's greetings, and he let me stay in the palace, saying that you were lazy and didn't receive the envoy, so he knew that he would take me to hide with him. , can't take advantage of us when he's in pain..."

The emperor told you to stay in the palace, can you stay? Zhao Yunchu complained to his father, and the prince also said that none of your brothers could stay, so you can just tell me, and telling them it will be considered to be showing off.

Zhao Yunchu was speechless.

"...Such a good-looking emperor." Yun Yan replied, "I feel sorry for our Ah Chu!"

Achu: (w)

Yunyan thought back, the relationship between him and Renzong is now a bit mysterious.

It is said that it is a monarch and minister, and it is much more casual than ordinary monarchs and ministers. If it is another minister, even if Bao Zheng is so favored, Renzong will not kick his feet at will, or such words. But if you want to talk about friends, and you don't have the guts, how can anyone be friends with the emperor in a feudal society.

Your heart is unpredictable, and you can't ask Renzong, hey, do you think we are friends?

It may or may not be, it may be a Schrödinger friendship...

Yun Yanhui and Zhao Yunchu went down the street to see if there was anything interesting, and when they saw it, they jumped, and they were holding a lot of things along the way.

When walking to the street, a thin man approached, bulging in his arms, dodging his expression, and whispering to them: "Langjun, madam, do you want something interesting?"

Yun Yan's first reaction was: Selling yellow books.

Then I thought, no, selling pornographic books is not so sneaky.

What is it selling, so be careful, is it a prohibited item?

Yun Yan Hui was also an employee of Kaifeng House anyway, and pushed Zhao Yunchu, motioning him to speak.

Zhao Yunchu hurriedly asked, "What's interesting? Let's take a look."

The man opened one side of his clothes, revealing a stack of papers with dense writing on them, but he couldn't read them clearly. He pulled out one, rolled it up, and showed them part of it, "Newspaper!"

Newspapers? What are you doing so wretched selling newspapers?

Yun Yan squinted his eyes back, no, he glanced at Tokyo Daily every morning, and Kaifeng House Daily had to review every issue, he was sure it was definitely not one of the two.

At this time, the man added: "A private tabloid! We specialize in publishing secret news!"

Zhao Yunchu hurriedly turned to look, Yun Yan raised an eyebrow, "Secret news? Take a copy and see."

The man wondered why the lady's voice seemed a little... not crisp, but he handed out a copy and said, "Two copper plates - it is more expensive than the "Tokyo Daily", we have to take the risk!"

These newspapers are all produced by the imperial court. What kind of tabloids are they? They don't have permission to publish them at all. They are illegally printed, and it's really risky.

Yunyan turned a deaf ear, took the newspaper and unfolded it, almost vomiting blood.

It's really all "secret news", the layout imitates "Tokyo Daily" and "Kaifeng House News", but the content is less read. It's all about which folk artist was taken care of by which high-ranking official, and which rich businessman made his fortune.

There is even a piece of news on the corner, which is very sensational, saying that the four sons of the Eight Great Kings' family, all four have broken sleeves! Some have broken sleeves with the forbidden army, some have broken sleeves with monks, some have fostered a lot of folk entertainers (males), and one of the most picky eaters has broken sleeves with the cooks of Kaifeng Mansion!

Looking up and looking again, the tabloid seller no longer knew where he went, and Yun Yanhui took the newspaper and scolded him for talking nonsense.

Not only did he print newspapers privately, but he also didn't have the spirit of truth-seeking in news at all, which really **** him off. Yun Yanhui quickly flipped through it, and felt that the whole person was not well, "This thing... how many issues have it been out?"