When Nan Qing walked out, Xing Yun looked at his ears in surprise and said, “Second brother, why are your ears so red?”
Nan Qing didn’t answer. Although his vision was blurry, he left the room with a spring in his step.
Two days later.
Every household hung red lanterns outside their doors. Families who had schooling also put up couplets on their doors. Families without anyone who could write calligraphy pasted red paper cutouts on their windows.
The entire Qinghe Village looked festive.
For a moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten the gloom of the past.
The Nian family, all dressed up, had changed into new clothes.
Nian Jiaojiao had hair as black as lacquer and an oval, fair face. The rouge and powder on her face made her skin look fair and delicate. She wore a spring green cotton jacket and skirt, embroidered with intricate patterns.
When she walked out of the room, bathed in the warm winter sun, her beautiful eyes sparkled. Her unintentional smile seemed to make the surrounding scenery dim in comparison.
Seeing Nian Jiaojiao like this for the first time, her three husbands’ breathing paused for a few seconds, their eyes following Nian Jiaojiao as she moved.
Nian Jiaojiao walked up to them and circled around.
“How is it?”
The hem of her skirt swayed in the wind, adding a touch of liveliness to the young woman.
Xing Yun stammered, “Wife, Wife Master, you’re so, so beautiful!”
Nian Jiaojiao showed a satisfied expression and did two more proud turns.
Nan Qing, whose vision was not clear, could also sense the beauty of the person in front of him. He felt a sense of loss in his heart, but he said, “A woman should not be judged by her appearance.”
Hearing this, Nian Jiaojiao did not get angry. Firstly, she was happy because it was the New Year, and secondly, the great master was reminding her to continue to work hard.
So, she cheerfully walked up to Nan Qing, put her hands behind her back, bent over, and smiled, “Yes, yes, compared to appearance, inner character and talent are naturally more important. But…”
Nian Jiaojiao’s eyes darted around, she tugged at his clothes, paused for two seconds, and then continued, “But, your wife master, I am both beautiful and talented, so I can be in the living room and in the boudoir, hehe~ Isn’t that even better?”
Nan Qing took two steps back, without even lifting his eyelids, “Wife Master, you are really accurate in your self-assessment.”
Xing Yun, standing beside him, also said with a red face, “Wife Master, you are so shameless!”
Nian Jiaojiao stopped teasing and then said to them, “Alright, I’ve written the couplets. Hurry up and help me post them.”
Upon hearing this, her husbands ran back into the house to get the couplets written by Nian Jiaojiao.
Nian Jiaojiao looked at Nan Qing, who was the only one not moving, and thought to herself, The great master’s eye treatment should be put on the agenda.
She remembered that this situation should be due to a lack of vitamin A. She would buy him pig liver every meal from now on, and she didn’t know if it would help?
If it was really useless, she would have to find a famous doctor for treatment.
Because in the book, after the great master blacked out, his eyes were indeed cured.
However, there was not much description of this in the book, so she could not find any clues.
The three husbands came to the door and began to paste the couplets.
Xuan Yi was tall and strong, so he took on the task of posting the spring couplets, while Xing Yun handed him the paste from below. After posting, Xing Yun looked at the spring couplets and couldn’t help but say, “Wife Master is worthy of being the Tong Shou, your calligraphy is truly beautiful!”
At this moment, Nian Jiaojiao also came over, “Oh? How is it beautiful?”
Xing Yun, who was illiterate, looked at the characters that were like heavenly scriptures and mumbled, “Uh… this… hmm…”
Yu Chuan shook his head helplessly, “Wife Master, don’t tease Xing Yun anymore.”
Saying that, he read out the spring couplets, “The upper couplet is ‘Brilliant starlight is auspicious,’ the lower couplet is ‘Lake and mountain scenery is most suitable for spring,’ and the horizontal inscription is ‘Prosperous New Year.’”
After reading them, Yu Chuan couldn’t help but ask Nian Jiaojiao, “Are these new couplets that came out this year? I’ve never heard of them before.”
Nian Jiaojiao paused and could only claim ownership, “Uh… I thought of them.”
She couldn’t possibly say that she had seen couplets in her previous life and casually wrote down one of them.
She thought she could get away with it, but when no one else was paying attention, Nan Qing walked up to Nian Jiaojiao, as if to test her, “Wife Master, this couplet really fits the scene.”
Nian Jiaojiao didn’t realize it for a moment and casually replied, “It’s okay.”
Nan Qing asked abruptly, “Who are you?”
Nian Jiaojiao subconsciously replied, “Nian Jiaojiao.”
After speaking, she came back to her senses. Did the great master suspect her?
Her heart suddenly jumped to her throat.
Fortunately, she had changed her name back to “Nian Jiaojiao.”
Nian Jiaojiao carefully observed Nan Qing today.
His long black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, the skin on his neck was as delicate as white porcelain, and his eyes, deep as abysses, stared straight at her, seemingly able to pierce through people’s hearts.
Nian Jiaojiao suppressed her guilt and pretended to be natural, “Nan Qing, it’s the New Year, what mischief are you up to again? Don’t tell me that as soon as the New Year arrives, your memory is gone too, hahaha.”
Nan Qing’s expression was blank, and his tone was certain, “You are not her!”
“Her? Who is she?”
To Nian Jiaojiao’s question, Nan Qing said lightly, “You are not Nian Dabao, you are Nian Jiaojiao.”
“Sigh… you’ve confused me. Forget it, I won’t talk to you anymore. I’ll go see what they are playing.”
Saying that, Nian Jiaojiao was about to escape from the scene, but Nan Qing’s self-talk came from behind her.
Nan Qing’s voice was not loud, but she could hear it clearly.
“No matter who you are, as long as you continue to be Nian Jiaojiao, it will be fine. Nian Dabao doesn’t need to come back. You, are very good.”
For some reason, hearing Nan Qing’s last words, Nian Jiaojiao suddenly calmed down.
Did the great master approve of her?
Nian Jiaojiao forcefully pressed down the corners of her lips that were about to curl up to the sky, and walked with suddenly lighter steps to find Xuan Yi and the others.
As soon as she reached the street outside the door, Nian Jiaojiao noticed that Xuan Yi and the other two seemed to be arguing with someone.
She quickly went forward to check.
“The road is so wide, why did you have to come this way?”
“I, we didn’t do it on purpose…”
“Heh, not on purpose? My new clothes that I just put on today are stained with mud by you. Tell me, how do you take responsibility?!”
The high-pitched female voice became increasingly arrogant.
Nian Jiaojiao got closer and saw.
Yo! Isn’t this Fang Fang?
When she saw her three husbands, who dared not speak out of anger, blocking in front of them like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
“Fang Fang? I think you’re itching for a fight, aren’t you? How dare you cause trouble for my family?”
Fang Fang saw a beautiful stranger walking over and asked in confusion, “Who are you?”
Nian Jiaojiao found that the other party actually didn’t recognize her, so she couldn’t help but touch her cheek, secretly delighted:
It seems that the recent beauty treatments have been very effective!
Then, Nian Jiaojiao restrained her expression and said, “I, Nian Dabao.”
This year’s Tong Shou is Nian Jiaojiao. In order not to leak the news and alert the heroine, Nian Jiaojiao had no choice but to bite the bullet and admit this title.
Although somewhat surprised, Fang Fang would not think that anyone would impersonate someone like Nian Dabao, so she subconsciously chose to believe that the beautiful woman opposite her was Nian Dabao.