Houfu Jiaojiao is so cool after her rebirth

Chapter 226 Lantern Festival

On the morning of the second day after Yan Ce and Xue Mi got married, Xue Mi got up early, and when she heard someone knocking on the door outside, she straightened her clothes and said, "Come in."

The door was opened, and Miaozhu, Xue Mi's personal servant, came in, and said with a smile, "Good morning, girl." Looking around, she asked curiously, "Where is Second Young Master Tan?"

Xue Mi held her hand, smiled and said, "He, he went to the store early in the morning."

Miaozhu asked with a smile: "Girl, were you happy last night?"

Xue Mi nodded shyly, and said: "However, I always feel that things seem to happen too fast, like a tornado. But, Miaozhu, how did I find that you seem to be happier than me?"

Miao Zhu lowered her eyes and said: "Young lady marries Second Young Master Tan, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and Second Young Master Tan loves you so much, of course the servant girl is happy for you."

Saying that, Miao Zhu pushed Xue Mi to the dressing table, ready to wait for her to dress up.

Xue Mi sat on the brocade pier and let her do her hair. She said with a smile, "It's useless to cover up your face. You've already told me about your face."

"Could it be that the servant girl's face can still speak?" Miao Zhu was taken aback when she heard the words.

Xue Mi picked up the earrings and put them on her ears, and said, "Your face can't speak, but it turns red, so you still can't escape my eyes."

Miaozhu smiled and said: "Girl, maidservant is not what you think, Jian Chong is a fool, maidservant will not like him!"

Xue Mi laughed loudly, and said: "You, you really are not playing tricks on yourself. I never mentioned the word Jian Chong from the beginning to the end."

Miao Zhu pursed her lips, and said with an embarrassed expression: "My servant, I can't beat the girl, so I won't tell her. Hmph!"

After speaking, she turned her face away and sat on a stool beside her.

Xue Mi teased her: "Duplicity. But, Miao Zhu, I think Jian Chong really likes you. What about you? What do you like about him? Stupid?"

Miao Zhu nodded again and again, and said, "Yeah, that's it."

"Ah? Why?" Xue Mi asked inexplicably when she heard the words.

Miaozhu smiled and said: "Because I like honest, serious men. What Jianchong does and thinks can't escape my discerning eyes. It's better that he likes me more. Then I can control him in the future." He can still command him."

Xue Mi said quietly: "Miaozhu, do you know? A man can let you dominate because he loves you, but one day, if he doesn't love you, he won't listen to you so easily. Just like now , Tan Zhenzhe loves me very much, but maybe one day, he will ignore me, hate me, and even abandon me."

But Miaozhu hurriedly said: "Girl, you think too much. Second Young Master Tan, he will not change his mind. He is just a money fanatic. You see, you just got married. He ran to the store early in the morning Going to do business."

Xue Mi sighed, and said: "Okay, it's almost time, and Eunuch is going to get up too, let's wash up quickly."

"Well, good." Miao Zhu nodded, and after waiting for her to wash up, she followed Xue Mi downstairs, and went straight to the lobby to greet Tan Jingyao.

"Morning father-in-law, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Xue Mi apologized and knelt down to Tan Jingyao who was sitting on the main seat, then took a cup of hot tea from Miaozhu's hand, and presented it to Tan Jingyao with both hands, saying: " Father-in-law, please drink tea."

"Okay, okay." Tan Jingyao took the teacup, drank it down, then handed it back to Xue Mi, and said lovingly, "Get up quickly."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Xue Mi stood up gracefully.

Tan Jingyao asked softly: "Where is Zhenzhe? Where has he gone?"

Xue Mi replied: "He went to the store early in the morning."

Hearing this, Tan Jingyao said angrily, "This guy, why did he neglect his wife just after getting married?"

Xue Mi smiled and spoke for him: "Zhenzhe works so hard in business, you should be happy."

"Happy?" Tan Jingyao sighed, and said, "I'm happy if he wants to help me take care of the Tanji lanterns. My son is born rebellious, and he has never been restless in taking care of the Tanji lanterns. He is busy with himself. What kind of pharmacy business."

Xue Mi said: "Elder-in-law, I heard people say that Tan Ji Lantern is the most beautiful and the most beautiful. You must have put in a lot of hard work, right?"

Tan Jingyao said cheerfully: "Yes, Tan Ji Lantern has been handed down to me, and it is already the fourth generation. For this Tan Ji Lantern, I don't know how much effort I spent. So, no matter what, I want to maintain this lantern shop forever. Go on. Otherwise, how can you be worthy of your ancestors?"

Xue Mi heard this, and said happily: "Eunuch, I would like to learn how to make lanterns from you. Can you teach me?"

"Okay, okay!" Tan Jingyao was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded again and again.

"Yes, girl, look at how beautiful this lantern is, full of poetic and picturesque flavors, it's better than selling medicine." Miao Zhu leaned over at this time and said.

"Okay, Miaozhu said it well. Selling lanterns is better than selling anything else. We can't do without lanterns for generations." Tan Jingyao was very satisfied when he heard what Miaozhu said.

Xue Mi nodded in agreement, and said: "What my father-in-law said is that during the Chinese New Year and festivals, these lanterns will be hung in pavilions, towers, pavilions, temples, and streets and alleys. So, lanterns are related to us. Their lives are really closely related.”

"Well said!" Hearing what she said, Tan Jingyao was already happy in his heart, and was even more satisfied with this daughter-in-law.

He led Xue Mi to the side enthusiastically, and introduced to her patiently: "Mi'er, come and take a look, this is a palace lantern, which represents auspiciousness and festivities, and is used for weddings and marriages, come, come, This one, with the surname lamp, is bought by every household, which represents the prosperity of the population.”

Hearing this, Xue Mi looked at the lantern he was pointing at, and asked curiously, "Why?"

Tan Jingyao explained solemnly: "Because the pronunciation of Deng and Ding are similar, people use the surname Deng to pray for children, and they hope to have a full house of children and grandchildren."

After Xue Mi listened, she suddenly realized: "No wonder, many people have this kind of lamp hanging under the eaves and in the living room."

As she spoke, she pointed to another lantern with a strange shape, and asked, "Then father-in-law, what is the name of this lantern?"

Tan Jingyao glanced at it and said: "Oh, this lamp is called turning on the lamp. Whenever the private school starts, every family will buy a lamp for their children. When they arrive at the school, the master will light it himself, which symbolizes the bright future of the students. Bright."

Xue Mi said with great emotion: "I really didn't expect it. It turns out that every kind of lantern has its own unique meaning."

At this moment, two officials came in suddenly.

"Hello, two officials." Yang Wen, the housekeeper, greeted him immediately.

"The business of your store is very good, isn't it?" an official asked.

"Okay, thanks to you, this is a little meaning, a little meaning." Yang Wen said, took out a few pieces of silver from his sleeve, and handed them to the two respectively.

(End of this chapter)