Chapter 22: The New Year's Eve
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The city is filled with people, and it is already New Year's Eve, and the streets are full of dragon and lion dances. The gorgeous fireworks are rising from the corners of Chang'an City, illuminating the majestic capital that has just been enveloped by night into the daytime.
Chang'an City has a population of one million, and most of them go back to reunite with their families at the end of the year, but there are always some wanderers who are far away from their hometowns, traveling around the world or preparing for the imperial examination. On New Year's Eve, they can only go around the streets to find the New Year atmosphere that they have been with since childhood.
The Sun Family Shop in Qingshi Lane never closed its business all year round, so it naturally became a good place for tourists to remember the past with a pot of warm wine. The only shame is that there are only three wine tables, which are gone after coming late. Many people came over and saw that there was no place, so they had to put a pot of broken jade and leave in disappointment.
At this time of year, Manager Sun would have a lot of food and drinks. He would talk and laugh with the guests in the shop, and drink two taels of wine. It would be a comfortable and comfortable year.
In the small wine shop, the yellow wine banner swayed and leaned into the wine table in the corner. Zhu Manzhi hugged the wine bowl that was bigger than his face, and took a sip, a little listless:
"In the past, my mother would make a lot of delicious food during the Chinese New Year, but it was so lively. Oh, I really want to go home..."
After two days of holidays at the end of the New Year, Zhu Manzhi changed into a small jacket and pleated skirt that was common to her daughter's house. Her hair was also combed very delicately, just like a girl next door who had just grown up, she was obedient and cute.
Ning Qingye sat opposite him, still wearing a hat in the Jianghu people's outfit and said calmly: "Jianghu people are like this. If you live today, you may not have tomorrow. Life will be per day, not by the Chinese New Year."
When you walk around the world, you often lick blood from a knife, which is a real thing, but it is inevitable that you will feel a little unlucky to say it on New Year’s Eve.
Zhu Manzhi put down the wine bowl, put his chin on his arm, and looked at the fox girl in front of him:
"Xiao Ning, you grew up in the gym since you were a child? Wouldn't you even not see men..."
Ning Qingye frowned slightly: "The Taoist nun is not a nun. There are men in Taoist priests who can get married. Besides, I, Changqing Temple, who was eight years old, used to stay in Shu."
Zhu Manzhi tilted his head and said nothing: "Is Shu fun? I heard that there are many delicious foods there, I haven't been there yet."
Ning Qingye thought about it and shook his head gently: "I have lived in seclusion in the mountains with my mother since I can remember, and celebrate the New Year every year. Later, Iron Eagle hunting deer, Zhang Xiang took the wolf guards to the door and chased me along the way. My mother sent me out of Shu, was rescued by the people from Wudang, and sent me to Changqing Temple. I can't remember what happened when I was a child..."
"Oh~poor..."
Zhu Manzhi sighed and picked up the wine bowl and wanted to meet Ning Qingye, but Ning Qingye ignored it and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You have caught more than a dozen thieves these days and earned a lot of money, right?"
Zhu Manzhi's listless little face froze, sat upright for a few minutes, his eyes flashed: "Well... I should do it for the people... silver or something, it's a monthly salary..."
Ning Qingye snorted faintly: "You changed into a new skirt and used powder that only the rich lady could use. Just the salary of the yamen is probably not enough..."
"Hehe..." Zhu Manzhi blinked, took out a small box of rouge from her arms and put it on the table: "If you don't say it, I almost forgot. The yamen rewarded some silver, and I also bought you a box of rouge..."
Ning Qingye used a scabbard to push the rouge box away, his eyes flat: "You should be clear about the rules of the world when helping you do your best."
"We are like sisters, and it hurts our feelings..."
"Who is your sister?"
"I am your sister...oh no, you are my sister..."
Zhu Manzhi began to pretend to be drunk in a vague way, and then he lay down on the table and stopped.
Ning Qingye took a breath. During the Chinese New Year, he finally gave up the idea of taking action and stuttered wine and food.
The night was getting darker, and the two people who were far away from their hometown seemed to have to spend New Year's Eve outside like this.
Ning Qingye grew up in the gym. In addition to revenge, she was actually very interested in the prosperous Chang'an city. She wanted to wake up Zhu Manzhi, who was drunk, to go on the street together. A conversation suddenly came from the alley:
"...It's this wine shop, which is very famous in Chang'an. Many seniors from the world have been here before..."
"...Hmph - I heard from my master talk about this place before. I went to find a liar to help draw. I traveled all the way here and bought a pot of good wine to deliver it. But the liar said with an excuse that "the beauty in the world is hard to be as picturesque as a painting" and went back on his word..."
Ning Qingye frowned slightly and looked back quietly. Outside the small wine shop, four people dressed in foreign lands walked together, leading a woman in red, holding a white camel, covering her face with a tulle tulle and wearing a veil, and her figure was very outstanding.
Manager Sun naturally heard the conversation, looked at the four people curiously for a few glances, and spoke and said:
"What the girl is talking about Xu Danqing's slutty? Alas~ That boy never speaks without trust. When he is entangled, he asks the girl to come and buy wine. When he goes back, he will disappear... Who is your master? I might still remember the old man..."
The four of them paused, showing a bit of caution.
Zhongli Chuchu and Hu Yanjie just had a casual conversation. When they saw Manager Sun talking, they just said casually to prevent the identity from being exposed: "The manager doesn't know him, come and make a pot of wine."
Seeing this, Manager Sun didn't ask much. There were always times inconvenient things in the world, and shook his head and chuckled and drank.
Zhongli Chuchu felt that it was not suitable to stay in this place for a long time, so she quickly left the Sun's shop after taking the wine pot.
After Ning Qingye looked at the outfits of several people, he recalled a little, then stood up with his sword and left the restaurant, followed him and followed him.
Zhu Manzhi, who was pretending to be asleep while lying down, raised her head and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Ning Qingye had walked away. When she got up to check out, she saw that Manager Sun had a strange expression and asked curiously:
"Uncle Sun, do you know the woman in red just now?"
Manager Sun laughed: "I don't know you, well... who is your friend's master? You should have heard of it?"
Zhu Manzhi has been talking a lot from Ning Qingye these days, so he naturally nodded: "Duqiu Zhenren, I heard that he was also a big fox before... a great beauty, who was originally going to be the queen, and she was chased before leaving the family."
Manager Sun sighed: "After becoming a monk, he can escape the pursuit of the imperial court and the Tang family, but he cannot escape the jealousy of the flowers and butterflies. He hid in Changqing Temple every day and didn't even dare to go out, and someone came to ask for trouble..."
Zhu Manzhi was curious about these gossips in the world, blinking her big eyes and said, "Oh~ It's so pitiful. Xiao Ning probably will be similar in the future. Now she doesn't dare to show her face when she goes out..."
"That's natural. The four words 'Tianxiang and Country Color' are just like 'the world' and are not that easy to be. But Miss Zhu definitely doesn't have this trouble and don't worry about this."
"Yes." Zhu Manzhi nodded, and felt something was wrong again, and stared at her big eyes and said:
"Shopkeeper, why are you scolding?"
"Haha..." Manager Sun curled his lips: "Old man means that the girl is still young and has not grown up."
“This is almost the same…”
Chapter completed!