After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 167 New Year’s Eve

The Spring Festival is approaching, and the Helan Mansion has started to decorate and renovate since the beginning of the month. Xiaozhu came up with the idea of installing a row of small lanterns on the long nine-curve corridor. They are exquisite and small, as big as the palm of a hand, and are hung in a festive manner.

Two big red lanterns were also hung at the gates of other courtyards.

Xiaozhu loves to celebrate these lively festivals the most. She is busy all day long and leaves the South Courtyard early every morning. Now she has become the person in charge in the mansion.

Maids and servants, big and small, would respectfully call her Sister Xiaozhu.

Just as New Year's Eve arrived, many guests came and went in the Bai Ri Mansion. Helan received a bag of red envelopes. The Helan Mansion was filled with New Year gifts of all sizes, and some even gave away a whole roasted suckling pig, which was sent from Wenxiang Tower.

Xiao Zhu had become so familiar with Wen Jing a long time ago. She even had a jewelry hairpin in her pocket that Wen Jing had given her. It was placed in a blue and white porcelain box with a ruby inlaid in the buttonhole. She wiped it with her breath as if it were a treasure and put it in her pocket.

Helan wanted to laugh at her, saying that she was too old to be kept.

Xiao Zhu blushed and teased her, saying that she had been locked up in the mansion for so many days, and she and Yuan Xu had become the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and could only meet in their dreams on the Magpie Bridge.

At noon, Huang Jiuyuan came with Huang Yuantu. He presented a box of God of Wealth, which were made of ceramics. They were all dressed in red and looked very festive. Each God of Wealth held something different in his hand. Some held a Ruyi, some held a gold ingot, and one held a cabbage, the so-called Hundred Wealths.

Huang Jiuyuan said that he was tired of the gifts everyone gave him, so he sent some God of Wealth gifts to Helan Xuenuo.

Helan Xuenuo accepted the gift but did not prepare any return gift in advance, and she did not expect Huang Jiuyuan to come, so she stuffed a lot of big red envelopes into Huang Yuantu's pockets and waist.

Yuantu was holding a rattle in his hand and shaking it seriously.

Helan leaned over and touched Huang Yuantu. "Yuantu, what do you think the weather is like these days? Will it snow heavily during the Spring Festival?"

Huang Yuantu looked up at her and muttered, "There will be a little snow on the second day of the New Year. Remember to bring an umbrella when you go out."

"Thank you for your journey."

Huang Jiuyuan smiled and said, "You really know how to make the best use of people."

When Huang Jiuyuan left, he said to her, "Qiao's brother said a while ago that he had gone back to his hometown to worship his ancestors and celebrate the festival. I have already sent people to keep an eye on him. Once he is caught, I believe everything will be revealed."

"Then I wish you a happy new year!"

"Happy New Year!"

On New Year's Eve, unexpected guests came to the mansion. General Yuan and Madam Yuan came to give gifts. Also coming were little Yuan Zhao, Grandfather Yuan, and... Yuan Xu.

Helan was playing with fireworks, and between the sparks, she thought she had become obsessed with Yuanxu and had hallucinations.

When the fireworks went out and Yuan Xu touched her head and wished her a happy New Year's Eve, she realized that the person in front of her was the real Yuan Xu.

She touched Yuan Xu's face and said, "It's true!"

Yuan Xu smiled dotingly. He hadn't seen Helan for many days, and he felt itchy in his heart. Helan's hands were cold after playing with fireworks. He grabbed her hands and put them in his arms with his cloak covering her. Helan snuggled into his arms.

Xiao Zhu got goose bumps all over her body and felt a little envious. She sneaked aside and told everyone not to enter the yard.

The incense Yuan Xu used always had a medicinal aroma, and Helan was used to it. She lazily lay on his chest, feeling her whole body warmer. She raised her eyes and stared at Yuan Xu, "How could you come here?"

"If you don't let me come again, I'll go crazy!" Yuan Xu rubbed Helan's face, wishing he could let her hang on him and carry her with him.

It has been almost a month since we last met. Helan has grown taller. Standing at his shoulder level, even her face has become more delicate. She used to be just pretty, but now she is beautiful. She has applied red lipstick, and she looks as festive as she did on New Year's Eve.

"Why are you crazy?"

"I miss you so much..." Yuan Xu hugged her tightly, fearing that Aunt Yuan and the others would ask them not to see each other again before the wedding. Yuan Xu missed her so much that he felt uncomfortable, and he missed her even more at night. He persuaded himself to endure for two more months. If he could endure for two more months, he could really be with Helan, and then he would hug her every day.

Yuan Xu scratched her nose and asked, "Do you miss me?"

"I don't want to!" Helan smiled and put her head in his arms.

Yuan Xu became a little anxious, "Really?"

"I don't want to..." Helan turned her head in his arms, feeling that it was so warm to be in Yuan Xu's arms.

"Don't move..." Yuan Xu's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and somewhere in his body there was a faint blood. He needed to relieve his anger, so he bent down and kissed Helan Xuenuo, "Do you miss me?"

Helan was so embarrassed that she buried her head so that her face could not be seen. She hummed and said, "I want to..."

—————————Fireworks began to be set off in Helan Mansion.

Helan leaned in Yuanxu's arms, Yuanxu hugged her, and they both looked up at the sky and watched the fireworks.

Under the fireworks, a perfect couple.

Several people were standing in the pavilion in the distance, all in the dark, each more excited than the last. Madam Yuan blindfolded Xiao Yuan and said, "Don't look at anything indecent, don't look at anything indecent!"

Madam Helan smiled knowingly and said, "I told you not to follow that adult custom. Look how frustrated these two children are."

General Helan and General Yuan blushed and took their two wives away.

Along with him was the great-grandfather, who was stroking his beard and laughing, muttering all the way, "Looks like... I'm going to have a great-grandchild soon! I love granddaughters, I want Nuonuo to give me a great-granddaughter!"

General Yuan's face turned even redder, "Dad, you are so unruly!"

"Then what I said was not the truth! Don't you like daughters too? But why did you give birth to two bad boys!" Yuanzhao's grandfather twisted little Yuanzhao's ears, and little Yuanzhao's ears immediately turned red.

Little Yuanzhao touched his ear innocently and looked at the adults with resentment.

Madam Yuan chimed in, "I like girls too. I've always dreamed of having a daughter, but unfortunately... my belly isn't holding up!"

Madam Helan covered her mouth and laughed, "I think we should have more children, both boys and girls."

Grandfather waved his hand and said, "Okay, the girl will take our surname, and the boy will take the Helan family's surname!"

"Nonsense! I think the two houses should be divided equally between them! I like my granddaughter too!" After saying this, General Helan laughed out loud with embarrassment.

They were chatting animatedly.

The two of them were sitting under the fireworks. Yuan Xu held Helan tightly in his arms and said, "Ren Dong, we will spend every New Year's Eve together from now on."

"If you don't want to live with me, who do you want to live with?" Helan pretended to be angry and pouted.

"Wrong idea!" Yuan Xu scratched her nose. Helan laughed, and Yuan Xu laughed too. Helan laughed so happily that Yuan Xu's heart beat faster unconsciously. He hugged Helan tightly, trembling. "Rosewood, do you know how to cast a spell?"

"A Xu, it's really God's will that I can be with you." Helan thought of everything in her previous life, and her eyes became moist. She didn't want to be separated from Yuan Xu anymore.

Yuan Xu felt a fire inexplicably burning in his heart. He looked at Helan and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. His heart was beating even more fiercely. Helan's lips were like flowers, and he couldn't help but stare at them.

He slowly moved his lips towards hers... and kissed her.

No longer satisfied, Yuan Xu held her waist and hugged her tightly in his arms.

Helan couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. Yuan Xu's anger was ignited again. Helan couldn't breathe and almost collapsed.

Yuan Xu hugged her tightly and demanded more...

"Hmm~" Helan felt dizzy and confused, and his breathing became disordered.

By the time the fireworks were over, both of them were exhausted and out of breath.

When Yuan Xu was about to leave, Helan was reluctant to let him go. They held hands and took several steps at a time. When they helped him mount his horse, their hands seemed inseparable and stuck together.

Helan reluctantly let go and ran back to the mansion. She was really afraid that if she didn't let Yuan Xu go, she would feel even worse.

"Honeysuckle..." There was no one outside the Helan Mansion.

Yuan Xu finally felt reluctant to leave. He suppressed the heat in his body and went back home to take a cold shower.