Chapter 87 Where is the Quilt?

After returning to the herbal medicine shop, it goes without saying that Yun was very grateful to Wang And.

It’s just that Yun’s gaze made Wang An feel weird, but he couldn’t tell what was weird.

She was smiling, just like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.

He asked Xiaowu and Xiaoliu to tidy up Yun's room. Actually, there was nothing much to tidy up. They just put an extra bed in Yun Zhao's room.

After doing all this, the little five and six who already knew they were going to the Spring Market were happy to urge them to come. Wang An asked Yun if she wanted to join them, but Yun waved her hand and said, "You young people go and have fun. I, an old woman, am an eyesore for no reason."

Wang An was confused by what he said, but Yun didn't want to go, so Wang An took Yun Zhao and Xiaowu and Xiaoliu out.

The four of them entered the city, and the hustle and bustle along the way dazzled Xiaowu and Xiaoliu.

Sometimes I drool over the various snacks, and sometimes my eyes are attracted by the colorful hairpin jewelry.

Wang An was not stingy either. He spent several hundred coins to buy some cakes and snacks for each of the girls. He also picked out a "moth" cut out of black gold paper for the three girls to pin on their heads, which made the fifth and sixth girls very happy.

I also bought some New Year pictures, spring couplets, incense, candles, paper money, some seasonal vegetables, cakes, fresh fish, etc. On the way, I saw someone selling firecrackers, and thinking that I would need them to stay up all night, I bought a bundle of them.

Chickens, pork, bacon, etc. were all sent by Chongzhen, and there were even a lot of cakes, candies, fruits, etc., so Wang An actually didn't need to buy much.

Originally they wanted to go back after buying something, but the spring market was quite lively, with people singing Beijing drums, performing puppet shows, monkey shows, and bird walks, and the three girls were so excited that they couldn't move their feet.

Wang An also found it interesting, so he watched for a while. When he got home, it was already noon.

The whole family started to get busy again, cooking paste to paste Spring Festival couplets, door gods, and window papers, worshiping the door gods and the land gods, boiling water and killing fish to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. It was so lively!
Wang An wanted to help, but was rejected by Yun Zhao.

Wang An always felt that this girl seemed a little afraid of him. She seemed shy, and always ran away with a red face when she saw him. If he had to chase her, she would mutter, "Master, just sit down. These things are not for men to do!"

Wang An had no choice but to carry a coal stove and sit in the yard. Xiao Wu brought a small coffee table and put hot tea, red dates, melon seeds and candied fruits on it. They leisurely imitated the rich people who sat around the stove and admired the snow.

However, the streets of Doujiafang are narrow, and the snow on the ground has been trampled into mud, so there is really not much scenery to see.

However, as he sat by the fire sipping hot tea, he leisurely listened to the four women in the shop laughing and playing, as well as Yun's words of instruction to the three women from time to time. He actually felt a sense of contentment.

Before they knew it, it was dark and Yun Zhao called for the New Year's Eve dinner.

There were all kinds of chicken, duck, fish, meat, fruits and candied fruits on the table. Xiaowu and Xiaoliu had already sat down, and they were drooling at the sight of the delicacies on the table.

Wang An was not one to mess around, so he said some New Year greetings and then waved his hand, "Let's eat!"

Although the Yun mother and daughter were born into a landlord family, they had been in poverty for a long time. Seeing the table full of delicious food, they were already salivating.

Everyone occasionally drank a little wine, but they ate until their stomachs were full.

The fish in the middle of the circle cannot be eaten and must be kept until the first day of the new year, symbolizing abundance every year.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Wang An took out several strings of copper coins strung together with red ropes. This was the earliest New Year's money, also called "suppressing evil spirits money".

Little Five and Little Six each got a string, and each string cost twenty cents. Although it wasn't much, it made the two girls very happy.

He gave Yun Zhao another string, and Yun Zhao pointed at himself in surprise, "I have one too?"

Generally speaking, New Year's money is given to children. Someone like Yun Zhao, who is already seventeen years old, can no longer be considered a child.

But in Wang An's eyes, Yun Zhao was still a child before he turned 18. As for Yun Shi, it was indeed not appropriate to give him New Year's money.

After distributing the New Year's money, Yun invited everyone to the door, swept out a piece of land, and started a bonfire, which symbolized prosperity in the new year. The brighter the bonfire, the more prosperous the owner of the house would be in the coming year.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers began to be heard everywhere.

This is after midnight, and “the sound of firecrackers is ringing out to get rid of the old year”!
Wang An then took out the firecrackers he had bought and asked Xiaowu and Xiaoliu to set them off. The two girls wanted to play but were afraid, so Wang An had to light them one by one.

Amid the "bang bang bang" sound of firecrackers, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu cheered loudly, and the Yun mother and daughter also had smiles on their faces.

“That’s great!”

Yun Zhao was staring at Wang An setting off firecrackers. Yun Shi walked up to Yun Zhao and sighed, "When your father was still alive, I sometimes felt that being a woman with one man for the rest of your life was boring, but after this disaster, I realized that safety is a blessing, right?"

"The luckiest thing for a woman in her life is to meet a good man."

After saying these meaningful words, Yun said, "Mom is old after all. She must be very sleepy after watching over me all night. She should sleep very deeply tonight, the kind that won't wake you up no matter how loud the noise is."

After saying that, he went back to his room and rested.

Yun Zhao blushed and tugged at the corner of his clothes.

After a lively party for half the night, everyone finally went to rest.

Wang An returned to the room and saw that only cotton was left on the quilt. He suddenly remembered that Yun Zhao had taken the quilt cover to be washed in the morning, saying that it should be washed on New Year's Eve.

There are spare quilt covers, but these things were packed by Yun Zhao, and now I have to ask Yun Zhao for them.

Fortunately, except for the Yun family, everyone else had just returned to their rooms, so it wouldn't be a bother to go over and ask now.

So Wang An walked out of the room and knocked on Yun Zhao's door.

Yun Zhao, who was sitting in a daze, suddenly tensed up. He glanced at Yun Shi, who seemed to be sleeping soundly opposite him, gritted his teeth, stood up and opened the door.

Without waiting for Wang An to speak, Yun Zhao left the room and closed the door behind him. He lowered his head, bit his lips, and said with a red face, "Master, where is my mother? Go... go to your room!"

"Ah? Oh!" Wang An was stunned and thought to himself that the quilt was in my room. I should have looked for it earlier.

So he said embarrassedly: "In my room, I'm so sorry to bother you with such a small matter."

The two entered Wang An's room one after the other. Wang An opened the closet and asked, "Where is the quilt?"

I looked around but didn't see it, and when I turned around I was immediately stunned.

I saw that Yun Zhao had taken off her clothes, revealing her white undergarment, and the tall and straight Da Lei's delicate and pretty shape could be vaguely seen.

Yun Zhao said shyly: "Master, can you turn off the lights?"

Wang An was in a state of confusion, but he thought about his mother who was in the opposite room...

It’s a bit exciting!
Bah! You beast!
Wang An murmured, "Well, I just want to ask where the quilt is..."

(End of this chapter)