My delicate husband

Sure enough, the heavy snow stopped on New Year's Eve. Although there was no sun and the sky was a little gloomy, it didn't snow at all.

Early in the morning, Brother He and others went out. Lan An got up relatively early today. When he woke up, Zhang Xiaomo was still sleeping. Lan An knew without thinking that Zhang Xiaomo had slept late again yesterday.

Lan An originally wanted to help Zhang Xiaomo, but for some reason, looking at the dense numbers made him feel sleepy. He didn't remember how he went to bed yesterday. Anyway, the last memory he had was looking at the account book on the sofa.

Zhang Xiaomo didn't pay much attention at first. She was a little curious about why Lan An was so quiet. When she lowered her head to look at her arms, Lan An's little face was buried in the account book and she was snoring.

Zhang Xiaomo quickly took off the man's outer robe, put him on the bed, and covered him with a quilt. Lan An was sleeping soundly, and Zhang Xiaomo didn't even wake him up when he took off his clothes.

Lan An looked at Zhang Xiaomo's handsome sleeping face and felt a little bored. He poked Zhang Xiaomo's face, but felt unsatisfied, so he pinched it.

"Brother Xiaomo, get up."

"Be good, An An, let your husband sleep a little longer."

Zhang Xiaomo was so sleepy that he woke up as soon as Lan'an started poking his face. He just let Lan'an do whatever he wanted, but he didn't expect Lan'an to become more and more excessive. He had no choice but to hold Lan'an in his arms and coax him into a cozy state.

A familiar touch came from the collarbone, and slowly, the person in his arms calmed down, and Zhang Xiaomo could finally sleep peacefully.

Aunt Li also got up early in the morning. She started making fruits and frying dumplings. From time to time, the kitchen was filled with tempting aroma. Guo Ge'er helped Aunt Li to light the fire and ate some food at the same time.

"Aunt Li, your fruit tastes exactly like mother's."

"If you want to eat, Auntie will make it for you anytime."

"Aunt Li, you are so kind."

Guo Ge'er happily hugged Aunt Li and acted coquettishly. Aunt Li just caressed Guo Ge'er's hair. If her brother were still alive, he would probably be as big as Guo Ge'er.

It took Brother Xu and Brother Kong a long time to clear the snow in front and behind the yard. They were also playing around. They were originally sweeping the snow seriously, but I don’t know who started it first, and they started having a snowball fight.

Guo Ge'er felt a little envious when he saw this. He missed Song Hanzi a little. He must be very lonely celebrating the New Year alone. It would be great if Song Hanzi could celebrate the New Year with him.

Lan An didn't expect that he and Zhang Xiaomo would see Guo Ge'er's ugly appearance as soon as they went out. Because the steps were paved with bluestone bricks, the ground was a bit slippery. Guo Ge'er didn't pay attention and fell, sliding directly to his knees in front of Lan An, which scared Lan An.

"Brother Guo, it's not New Year yet, so I won't give out lucky money when we celebrate. But this kneeling slide is kind of cool."

Guo Ge'er only felt pain in his knees, and he didn't want to pay attention to An Ge'er. Brother Kong next to him was feeling a little painful trying to hold back his laughter.

"Brother Guo, why don't you also worship us and give us some New Year's money."

"Humph, you all bully me. Brother Xue, help me up quickly, it hurts."

Everyone in the Zhang family was very happy. Xue Ge'er also helped Guo Ge'er up quickly. Fortunately, their clothes were thick, otherwise it would have been very painful.

Zhang Xiaomo's face looked unhappy. He saw Lan Euan's exposed heel.

"An An, you didn't change your shoes, why aren't you even wearing socks?"

"Slippers are comfortable. I'll wear socks when I get back to the room."

"Aren't your heels cold, you little fool?"

Zhang Xiaomo pinched Lan An's cheek and carried him into the inner room. Lan An was put on the bed by Zhang Xiaomo. Zhang Xiaomo half-knelt to help Lan An put on shoes and socks, and put a scarf on him to protect his ears before leading him out. Lan An obediently let Zhang Xiaomo toss him around.

"Brother Xiaomo, let me cook the New Year's Eve dinner."

"No need, don't we have Aunt Li? Brother Xu can also help. If not, I can do it too."

"Little Master, just leave it to me."

"Xiao Mo, you accompany An Ge'er. Brother Kong and I will also be here to help."

"Brother, Guo Ge'er and I will also help, so you don't have to bother doing it."

"Brother Guo, you can actually take a rest on the side."

Guo Ge'er glared at Brother Kong in dissatisfaction, but what he said was the truth. His cooking skills were about the same as Zhang Xiaomo's.

"Brother Xiaomo, it's okay. I'll teach you myself in the future. You're so good, your cooking will definitely be delicious."

"Okay, I'll listen to An An."

Lan An is actually very happy to cook with Zhang Xiaomo. This makes him feel very happy. In fact, no matter how bad the food Zhang Xiaomo cooks, he can still eat it. This is what is poison to one person and honey to me.

However, seeing that everyone else was quite fearful, Lan An began to persuade them. Lan An didn't want Zhang Xiaomo to cook for others.

What Lan An didn't know was that everyone in the Zhang family breathed a sigh of relief. It was too dangerous, otherwise this might be the last year. It was so terrifying.

Lan An looked around the house. The couplets were posted very nicely and the window grilles were beautiful too. It was just a pity that there were no two big lanterns in front of the door. Otherwise, it would have looked much better and more auspicious, and the festive atmosphere would have been stronger. It was also his fault. He forgot to buy them. What a pity.

"Brother Xiaomo, what a pity, there are no lanterns."

"After dinner and the holiday gifts, we'll do it together."

"Can you, Brother Xiaomo? That's great."

"Yeah, don't worry, An An."

Zhang Xiaomo actually didn't know how to do it, but when he saw Lan An's lost face, he really couldn't bear it, so he just went along with him. However, there are so many people in the family, there must be someone who knows how to do it.

When Zhang Xiaomo came to the kitchen, Guo Ge'er's expression had obviously changed and he spoke haltingly.

"Brother, no, why are you in the kitchen if you're not accompanying An Ge'er?"

Everyone in the kitchen was facing a great enemy. Zhang Xiaomo looked at Guo Ge'er coldly and said to Brother Xu

"Brother Xu, can you make lanterns?"

"Less likely."

"Master, I will."

Zhang Xiaomo's complexion improved a little, and he looked at Xue Ge'er.

"Okay, you don't have to cook. Your task is to make two big lanterns."

"Okay, Master, but I need someone to help me cut the bamboo."

"I'll help you chop it."

"No, Brother Mo, I'll go and help you chop it."

"Then I'll trouble you, Brother Kong."

Before Brother Kong went to cut bamboo, he did not forget to ask Zhang Xiaomo to leave the kitchen. Aunt Li and Brother Xu also breathed a sigh of relief and quickly sped up the progress.

There was the sound of horse hooves outside the door, and Brother He and others also came back. Lan An was bored and started playing with Zhang Xiaomo's hair. Zhang Xiaomo was still looking at the account book, letting Lan An toss her around. Seeing that the person in his arms was getting more and more excessive, he couldn't help but speak

"An An, have you thought about the festival gifts for Brother He and the others?"

"I plan to give them all to Silver Leaf. I've custom-made a lot of them. They look great."

"Did An An prepare a gift for me?"

“I feel like we have the greatest gift ever.”

"Thank you for your hard work, An'an."

Lan An still took out the red paper and started making red envelopes. Seeing that the person in his arms had calmed down a bit, Zhang Xiaomo continued to look at the account book. It would probably take another two days to finish.

Soon, Brother Kong came back cutting bamboo. When he learned that Zhang Xiaomo wanted to make lanterns, Brother Man and Brother Han also helped to process the bamboo. Brother Guo found it interesting to watch Brother Xue do it, so he tried to learn from him. However, he did not have as much patience as Xue, so he gave up after a while.

Brother He hadn't been back to the yard for a long time. He went back to his room to tidy up briefly and began to look forward to this year's dividends. There should be a lot of silver. He finally had silver.

When did she become so obsessed with money? It should have started when she was abandoned by Jun Jie'er, their childhood sweetheart. For ten taels of silver, she married a wealthy man in his fifties as his fifteenth concubine. Everyone thought she had good taste and was good at choosing.

Brother He couldn't remember how long he had tried to hold on. He had worked so hard for so long, passed the imperial examination, and saved money by living frugally. He was just about to lose his wife, and his mother died of illness due to worry. Later, he became discouraged and sold himself into a slave. Now he has many tens of taels of silver.

With everyone's help, Guoge's lantern was quickly made, and Lanouyan's red envelope was also made.

Lan An felt a little bored staying in the room and planned to go to the kitchen. After all, he still wanted to participate in the reunion dinner. Zhang Xiaomo was worried about him being alone, so she accompanied him.

When they arrived at the hall, they saw four big red lanterns, which were made quite well.

"Let's make two more and hang them in the side yard as well."

"Okay, little master."

Everyone started to get busy again. Lan An brought Zhang Xiaomo to the kitchen again. Aunt Li and Brother Xu cooked quite quickly. There were only two vegetables left to be fried and the dumplings wrapped but not cooked. Lan An took a look and left with peace of mind.

Before the time of Shen, the sound of firecrackers could be heard from the village. The Zhang family’s New Year’s Eve dinner was ready and it was very sumptuous.

Spicy hand-shredded duck, red date and longan chicken soup, braised pork, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, hot and sour lotus root slices, shredded pork with green peppers, stir-fried yam slices, scrambled eggs with leeks, braised pork, stir-fried spinach, ten dishes and one soup, very rich.

"Little Master, are the dumplings cooked?"

"Let's cook it, and bring out the brown sugar rice cakes as well."

"Brother Guo, go get a can of fruit wine."

The other members of the Zhang family were still a little reserved. After all, they were servants and not qualified to have the reunion dinner with the host family.

"Everyone please take a seat, Brother Xu, I'll leave the firecrackers to you."

Everyone found a seat and sat down. Brother He poured some fruit wine for everyone. Firecrackers rang out and the reunion dinner began.

"Hurry up and eat. May everything go well in the new year."

"May you have abundance every year and be healthy and prosperous."

“Hopefully we’ll get better and better next year.”

"Getting better and better."

Everyone raised their glasses and said auspicious words.

Lan An was also very emotional. This was his second year in this family and also his second year in this world. There had been a lot of changes in this year and there were more family members, but his relationship with Zhang Xiaomo was getting better and better, and their lives were getting better and better. Lan An was still very satisfied.