A life of ups and downs is pure joy

"This pigeon soup is very delicious, fresh and not greasy." Lin Qinghuan commented while tasting the restaurant's signature astragalus pigeon soup.

"Do you like to drink?" Xiao Yi picked up Lin Qinghuan's handkerchief and wiped the corner of the woman's mouth and asked.

"Yeah, I like it." Lin Qinghuan put down the silver spoon and said with a smile.

"I'll tell them later to deliver it to the mansion every morning." Xiao Yi and Yun Xiang beside him reminded her, and the maid agreed in a low voice.

"No need, I still like to go out and drink with you. If I drink alone, it will be boring no matter how delicious the food is." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Silly girl." Xiao Yi put some other fancy dishes on Lin Qinghuan's small plate. The couple smiled at each other and continued to enjoy their warm breakfast.

"When are we going to the place you mentioned? Are we still going?" Lin Qinghuan suddenly remembered this and asked.

"We're leaving at the end of this month. You should take good care of your baby and stay calm during these days so that we can ensure that you can go out." Xiao Yi said.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lin Qinghuan said happily. The thought of going out to play made her mood better.

"Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to go listen to music? Have you decided when to go?" Xiao Yi asked after putting down his bowl and chopsticks.

"That depends on when our Lord Abbot is free. After all, you are the busiest person in the entire Jinhan City." Lin Qinghuan said sarcastically.

"You plan the time, I'm available anytime." Xiao Yi said with a smile.

"Well, speaking of this, I remembered something. A few days ago, my third sister and I went to that Kuihua Lane. It was such a big house!" Lin Qinghuan exclaimed.

"Has the repair work been handed over to Dayuan? How is it going?" Xiao Yi asked.

"It's almost done. It's all in accordance with the requirements of the young lady and Madam Wang." Da Yuan said.

"Da Yuan did a good job. I will give you a big reward when we get back home." Lin Qing said happily, and then looked at Xiao Yi.

"Husband, Third Sister doesn't want to accept such a big favor in vain, so now I am the deputy head of the Kuihua Lane Music School. Originally, Third Sister insisted that I be the head, but I absolutely cannot do that. If all the heads were at my level, the music school would have to close down." Lin Qinghuan stood up and stretched his waist twice and said.

Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan and couldn't help but smile.

"Huh, are you laughing at me for getting such a great deal for nothing?" Lin Qinghuan stood by the window, holding his waist, took a look at the hustle and bustle outside, turned around and asked.

"Huan'er, you are so cute." Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan's slightly blushing little face, walked straight to her, lowered his head and kissed her forehead and said.

"Hmph, I thought you were making fun of me again!" Lin Qinghuan glanced at Yun Xiang Chuxia and Da Yuan in the room, lowered her head and said coquettishly.

"I'll take you to the East Palace in the afternoon. The Crown Princess and several sisters-in-law are talking about missing you again." Xiao Yi said while hugging his wife in his arms.

"Well, okay, but I have to go give Dad a prescription first. His old injury from being trampled by a horse hasn't healed completely, and he's been coughing non-stop these days. Xier wrote me a new prescription." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Then I'll go with you and buy some cakes and fruits for Xiaozhu and Chuan'er." Xiao Yi said.

"Daddy said that Xiaozhu is not allowed to eat carelessly now. She is fatter than other girls of the same age. It's better to buy less cakes and fruits. We can buy some novelties instead." Lin Qinghuan said, thinking of Lin Qingru's chubby little face.

"Then let's go for a walk around West Lane Street. When Yu'er was a child, he loved going there to look for new and interesting things..." Xiao Yi said.

Lin Qinghuan looked up at him, and Xiao Yi realized that he had inadvertently mentioned an old friend again.

"Huan'er, so many years have passed. Yu'er has been my closest brother since childhood, and I think of him often." Xiao Yi held Lin Qinghuan's shoulders and mentioned his old friend directly for the first time.

"It's okay. He is our shared memory, not a minefield. I also hope to face the past with you. There is no need to hide it by mentioning it. Only by being open and honest can we be honest." Lin Qinghuan smiled and looked up at Xiao Yi and said.

"Well, I'm glad you think so." Xiao Yi pinched Lin Qinghuan's little face, which was becoming more and more fleshy, and said softly.

Chuxia looked up at the couple whispering to each other by the window and looking at each other with smiles in their eyes, then smiled slightly. Yunxiang followed her gaze and gently pulled Chuxia's sleeve, and the two smiled at each other.

There were a lot of novelties on West Lane Street, and it was quite crowded. Yun Xiang and Chu Xia stayed close to Lin Qinghuan, fearing that someone would bump into their master. Xiao Yi pulled Lin Qinghuan into a spacious and bright shop.

"Such interesting things..." Lin Qinghuan asked in surprise as he looked at the dazzling array of goods.

"Madam, there is no other place in Jinhan that has these things except me." The boss came over with a grin. He was not dressed like an ordinary businessman, but was very decent.

"Why?" Yun Xiang asked curiously.

"We collected these from many countries. Look at this spinning top, it's the masterpiece of Liu Yishou, a craftsman from Dayi. This woodpecker was brought back from Dayan yesterday." The boss said proudly as he took out those little gadgets to demonstrate how to play them.

"Boss, you are really capable. No wonder these things look so rare and exotic." Lin Qinghuan took the woodpecker and started playing with it. The mortise and tenon structure inside allowed the bird to peck at the wooden stake.

"If Madam has something she likes, it would be a great honor to our shop." The boss was eloquent and his flattery was very appropriate.

"Husband, this woodpecker is very interesting. Bringing it back to Zhichuan will surely make him happy for a long time." Lin Qinghuan said with a smile while looking at Xiao Yi.

"Just buy what you like." Xiao Yi picked up a small frog and looked at it carefully. "I played with this when I was a kid."

"This was the latest trend ten years ago. There were only two in the whole of Jinhan at the time. I remember they were taken back by two young masters." The boss stroked his goatee and looked Xiao Yi up and down, then saw those almond-shaped eyes and suddenly clapped his hands and said.

"I was saying that the young master looked so familiar, so he must have been bought by you and another young master. I never thought we'd not seen each other for so many years. I remember that only one of the young masters came here regularly. I even asked about his whereabouts."

Xiao Yi looked up at the boss and smiled, "You have a very good memory."

"If it were someone else, I might not be able to remember it. You and that young master don't have ordinary looks, and all the rarest things in my store were taken back by you two." The boss said happily.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi strangely. She never thought that he would buy these things to play with when he was a child. It seemed that he had gradually grown from a playful little boy to the cold and handsome young man he is today.

Lin Qinghuan picked out a lot of strange things. The boss packed them all up and asked Dayuan to take them to the carriage.

"Young Master, Madam, please wait a moment." Lin Qinghuan just walked to the door when he heard the boss calling out and turned his head to look at him strangely.

"This folding fan was something the young master who used to come with you often told me he wanted. At that time, Nanbang and Dasheng were so hostile to each other that he couldn't bring it back. I haven't seen that young master since then. This is my gift to him. If it's convenient for you, please pass it on to him for me."

The boss handed over an exquisite little wooden box. Lin Qinghuan took it awkwardly and looked at Xiao Yi stupidly.

"Okay, I thank you on his behalf." Xiao Yi nodded, then pulled Lin Qinghuan, who was holding the wooden box, back to the carriage.

"Husband, I didn't expect that you were so childish when you were a kid and came here to collect little things." Lin Qinghuan said with a smile.

"Boss, you're wrong. That wasn't me, it was Ajue." Xiao Yi said.

"Ah, it turned out to be him. You two do look alike, especially your aunt's eyes." Lin Qinghuan thought about it and it was true. Ning Sijue and Xiao Yu were such good friends when they were young, so it must be him.

"Well, many people say that we are like brothers." Xiao Yi picked up a cup of tea and started drinking.

"Can I open it and take a look?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously, looking at the box in his hand.

"Open it. I'm also curious about what kind of fan Yu'er likes so much." Xiao Yi said.

Lin Qinghuan raised her eyes and smiled mischievously. She felt like she was secretly opening someone else's package, and this person was her childhood sweetheart, Brother Yu, who lived far away in Dayan.

The exquisite little wooden box was very elegantly designed. It had a small lock on both sides that popped open. Lin Qinghuan's slender white fingers gently opened the lid of the wooden box. Inside was a fan with a very strange shape. Lin Qinghuan took it out with some confusion and looked at Xiao Yi again.

"What is this? It doesn't look like a folding fan." Lin Qinghuan asked puzzledly.

"I haven't seen it either. Let's unfold it and take a look." Xiao Yi also said with interest.

"Well, let me see what this new thing is." Lin Qinghuan held the folding fan in both hands, gently opened the fan, and was stunned for a moment.

"Big brother, why are the velvet flowers so beautiful?" Xiao Lin Qinghuan sat under the tree, eating the cakes that Xiao Yu brought him, and happily looked at the intact flowers he picked for him from the tree.

"Because it's so special, its shape is different from other flowers. Look at this flower, it's so lonely, just like you, the most special girl in the world."

Seeing that Lin Qinghuan was so happy that she ate several more pieces of cakes, Xiao Yu was afraid that her small body would be hurt, so he put the food box away.

"Really?" Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yu with a smile as beautiful as a flower.

"Well, Huan'er is the cutest girl in the world. She is a fairy born by the Queen Mother in Heaven." Xiao Yu said as he gently tapped Lin Qinghuan's little head with the folding fan in his hand.

Lin Qinghuan took the folding fan from his hand and suddenly asked, "Big brother, do you think these velvet flowers can be made into paper fans?"

"That's a novel idea. I know a magical place. The little gadgets I brought you all came from there. Do you remember that little frog?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Yes, I remember. I liked that one and hid it in my mother's wooden box to prevent them from seeing it and asking questions. No one else dared to touch my deceased mother's belongings," said Lin Qinghuan.

"When the time comes, I will go to that store and ask the owner to find a solution. There must be a paper fan made of velvet flowers in this world. If not, I will make one for you." The young man Xiao Yu vowed.

"Big brother, you are just like my own big brother. You are the best person to Huan'er in this world." Lin Qinghuan happily took Xiao Yu's hand and shook it.

"Huan'er, call me Brother Yu from now on." Xiao Yu picked up another piece of Albizia Julibrissin and put it into Lin Qinghuan's little hand.

"Brother Yu." Lin Qinghuan smiled happily as she looked at the handsome young brother in front of her.

The memory of the original owner's death kept attacking Lin Qinghuan. She looked at the folding fan in her hand and the most handsome boy in the world and his smile in her mind. The throbbing in her heart kept eroding her soft heart.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yi asked, holding Lin Qinghuan's trembling little hand.

"Nothing, I'm just a little surprised that this folding fan is so beautiful. Can I keep it?" Lin Qinghuan suppressed her chaotic heartbeat, looked up at her and asked coquettishly with a sweet smile.

"If you like it, keep it. Giving it to Yu'er wouldn't be practical." Xiao Yi took the paper fan and examined it carefully. "It turns out to be a julibrissin tree. This is his favorite tree."

"Yeah, it's very special."