nucmednet Chapter 160 Returning to her parents’ home on the second day of the new year
Chapter 160 Returning to her parents’ home on the second day of the new year
Zhou Dajiang and Chen Xiuying were sitting below, their eyes curved with laughter. This kid had brought out all the elements from other people's songs.
But no one else had ever heard such an arrangement, and the song could be sung like this. Even the Cui and Qi families who had heard it the day before couldn't help but admire it. They performed the song, music and dance so well, especially the children's voice and opera sound at the end, which was a stroke of genius!
Even at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, some still relished the golden hairpin ceremony presented by Minister Qi's granddaughter, especially the final performance, which was undoubtedly the best among all the girls' performances in recent years. The talents of the participating children became more widely known, especially Zhou Sisi's genius, which spread throughout several small circles.
And the New Year came quietly amid people's discussions and heavy snow.
In the morning, Zhou Sisi got up, washed, and greeted her parents first, then her eldest brother, as she did every year. She also gave her two younger brothers a big red envelope before sitting down to eat dumplings.
Quan Dali was a new recruit. Normally, new recruits in the Shenjun Camp were not allowed to go home before three months. However, because of Song Zhao's relationship, his superiors granted him two days of leave. He arrived home at noon on the 30th and spent the New Year's Eve with everyone. He had to return to the camp in the afternoon of the 1st.
Chen Xiuying was reluctant to leave, as she wasn't going anywhere today and the Duke's Mansion was also due to be visited tomorrow. So she quickly ate a few dumplings and started packing some delicious food for Quan Dali.
Quan Dali was also reluctant to leave. Ever since he adopted his godmother, he had never been separated from everyone all these years. The Zhou family treated him very well, especially his godmother, who treated him like her own son and took care of everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation. Even when he was twenty years old, she was still giving him instructions.
"The military camp is different from home. Share some of the things your mother brought you with the other people in your tent. Although there's no war right now, if something happens, your comrades are your biggest support. Get along well with them in normal times, and they'll be there to take care of you in critical moments."
"I understand, Mom." After breakfast, Zhou Dajiang went to pay New Year's greetings to Yuan Hanlin. Quan Dali did not go with him and stayed with Chen Xiuying.
After packing the food, Chen Xiuying started thinking about covering the child. It was cold, and the barracks would be even colder after the snow. No, she had to find something light and warm for the child. So she thought of a down jacket. However, it was obviously too late to do it today. It was her fault. She should have thought of it sooner. As she thought about it, she asked Qing'er to find Nanny Sun to see where she could buy down jackets.
Compared to Chen Xiuying who was extremely busy, Zhou Sisi was much more heartless. She couldn't help much when her elder brother went to the military camp, so she took the two little people to make a snowman.
It snowed all night and didn't stop until dawn, so there was a thick layer of snow outside.
Among the three of them, Zhou Sisi directly took a shovel, and the two children took a small bucket. This small bucket was made by their uncle Zhou Dahe for the children when they were in Qingshangou. The two children usually treasured it and rarely took it out. But today, when they saw there was snow to play in, they took it out.
To appease the children, Zhou Sisi put snow into a small bucket for them, and then the two little people found a place to push together, and the snowman's body came out. Then they used their hands to make a bigger snowball, which became the snowman's head.
When Xu Wu brought Song Tingye and Ang'er over, the three of them had already built a row of small snowmen.
Zhou Sisi was quite puzzled when she saw the two of them coming. "Happy New Year, Brother Tingye! We're going to the mansion tomorrow, why are you here today?"
An Ge'er also greeted Sisi and took the shovel from her. He wanted to lead Zhi Ge'er and Heng Ge'er to make a big snowman. Xu Wu happened to have nothing to do, so he joined the three children in the work.
Song Tingye looked at Zhou Sisi, whose nose had turned red from the cold, and took out a small golden pig from his arms and handed it to her. Then he said, "Happy New Year! I have to be on duty tomorrow and won't be at home, so I came here early today."
Zhou Sisi took the little golden pig and smiled, "Thank you, Brother Tingye, I have saved eight now." Then she put the little golden pig into her purse.
Song Tingye: "If you like it, I'll return it to you next year."
At this time, several children and Xu Wu had already built a big snowball together and were cheering. Seeing this, Zhou Sisi and Song Tingye went over to help.
Finally, with the combined efforts of several people, they built a huge snowman. The big snowman had a round body and head, and Angger also found two branches to serve as arms.
"That's really good." Zhou Sisi circled around the snowman and praised happily. Seeing her happy little face, Song Tingye felt happy too.
At this moment, Chen Xiuying's voice called Zhou Sisi from a distance. Zhou Sisi responded, turned to Song Tingye and said, "My mother is calling me. I think she has something to ask. I'll go over first."
Song Tingye nodded and looked at her back as she ran away, with a little emotion in his eyes that only he knew.
Ang'er continued to lead the two children to play around the snowman, and the children's happy laughter echoed in the snow.
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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the daughter returned to her parents' home. Although Chen Xiuying was her goddaughter, she and Zhou Dajiang took their three children to the Duke's Mansion on that day.
When Chen Xiuying arrived, Song Tingye's sister, Song Tingwan, also returned to the Duke's Mansion. Speaking of which, the reason why Song Tingye and Song Ting'an were named "Ting" was because they followed the pronunciation of their sister Tingwan's "Ting", which shows how much Song Tingwan was favored when she was a daughter at home.
Song Tingwan was also good-looking, very similar to Song Tingye, with fair complexion, oval face, cherry lips, crescent-shaped eyebrows, and a pair of watery eyes that were particularly moving. Even after giving birth to two children, she still looked like a young girl, as if time had left no trace on her.
After some pleasantries, Song Tingwan apologized to Chen Xiuying, "I've always wanted to go back to the Duke's Mansion to see my aunt, but my youngest daughter is too young, and my mother-in-law won't let me carry her back and forth. That's why it wasn't until today that I was able to meet my aunt."
Chen Xiuying smiled and patted Song Tingwan, "You're too polite, niece. We're all family, so why should we be so particular about this?"
The group chatted and laughed as they entered Songhe Hall. There was a brazier burning in the hall, and the room was warm.
Old Madam Song had the maids bring hot tea and snacks while she scolded, "I heard from the maids that you were coming a long time ago. Why did you just come in? Tingye had someone send over a set of dominoes last night, saying that Sisi had them made. Come and take a look. Is this the mahjong that Sisi mentioned earlier?"
After saying that, he asked the maid to bring the things up. Zhou Sisi hurried forward to take a look, and it was indeed mahjong.
He hurriedly said, "This is the mahjong I was talking about. I didn't expect Brother Tingye to make it so quickly!
Grandma, please ask someone to set up a table and I'll teach you how to play mahjong!"