"Xuzhou?" Qinghe looked at Lan Xin in surprise and asked puzzledly, "What's the trouble over there in Xuzhou?" ”

Lan Xin lowered his head and took a sip of red date tea, and said in a deep voice: "The splendid workshop in Xuzhou will also come over to pay the account at the end of the year." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Yang's mother must have made a trip herself. I heard a few days ago that Yang's mother fell ill in the winter and coughed for a long time, and now I don't know if her body has recovered. What's more, in this ice and snow right now, I really can't rest assured that she can run back and forth. But if I send someone over to check the accounts, I'm worried that Mother Yang will think too much. ”

"The girl is compassionate, Mother Yang is too late to be happy, how can she think about it?" Qinghe said with a smile, "The slave maid remembers that Dr. Zhu made a lot of bottles of loquat paste a few days ago, and we sent a few bottles to Mother Yang. Mother Yang is so shrewd, the girl sent someone over at this time, she would understand the girl's intentions. If she wanted to come over to see the girl, she would have said that she wanted to come and thank her in person. ”

Lan Xin nodded with a smile and said, "You're right, but I'm thinking too much." You go to Dr. Zhu to get a few bottles of loquat ointment, and when the snow stops and you can run cars on the official road, you and Xue Shan will work harder and go to Xuzhou for a run. ”

"Yes, girl, the slave knows." Qinghe said crisply. Put away the empty bowls and food boxes on the table.

Lan Xin chatted with Qinghe for a few more words, until Mother Liu came over, and Qinghe packed up her things and went out. After the salute, Lan Xin let Mother Liu sit on the brocade. Coincidentally, Zhen's mother also brought Dongxiu over to hand over the accounts in the kitchen.

Lan Xin took a brief look at it and put it aside. Smiled and beckoned everyone to sit down: "Let's sit down and talk." It just so happens that everyone is here today, so we will discuss the things needed for the New Year and the rituals in various places. As he spoke, he lifted the teapot at hand and poured a cup of tea for each person. Seeing Ziyi walking in with his clothes, he said, "Ziyi, let's put down the things in hand first, and keep accounts with Dongxiu." ”

"Yes, girl." Ziyi agreed, put the clothes in his hand aside, and sat on the edge of Dongxiu. After Dongxiu poured Ziyi a cup of tea, he asked in a low voice, "Ziyi, did you go to the Huanyi Courtyard to pick up the clothes just now?" ”

"Hmm." Ziyi nodded in response, listening quietly with Dongxiu.

Lan Xin said, "Let's talk about this year's Boxing Festival first. We are going to give gifts this year, including the Fang family in Xuzhou, Lord Lu here in Jiangzhou, and Mrs. Mu in Xiaoyuan. Or according to the practice of the previous Mid-Autumn Festival. The old lady of the Lu family added a velvet horse, and Lord Lu still had a few jars of wine brewed by himself on the Zhuangzi. The two mothers think, but what is wrong? ”

Mother Liu and Mother Zhen glanced at each other, and Mother Zhen said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with what the girl said. It's just that if we follow the practice of the Mid-Autumn Festival, we should also prepare the Lu family's share. ”

Lan Xin's hand holding the tea paused, she seemed to forget about this stubble, muttered for a while, nodded and said, "What Mother Zhen said is that the Lu family should also prepare one." ”

"Yes, the old slave wrote it down." Mother Liu replied with a smile.

"This is my first New Year's Festival back to Yu's house, so I plan to spend this year's New Year's Festival together and have a good time. It is to gather all the people in the Zhuangzi to the house. There is enough room in our house for these people. It's just that I'm afraid that all of us will have to work a little harder in advance, and there will be a lot of preparations. Lan Xin took a sip of tea and said.

The old slave supported the girl's approach. The previous New Year's Festival was too deserted, but this year is different, and there should be a different New Year's Festival. Hard work, the old slave is not afraid. Mother Liu was the first to agree, her eyes flashing with tears of excitement.

Mother Zhen was not as excited as Mother Liu, and said with a smile: "The old slave also agreed." It's just that there are some things that I need to prepare more in advance. Like charcoal, for example. What we have in our house right now is only for the people in the house, and it is enough. "If there are so many people all of a sudden, I'm afraid it will be stretched.

"That's what Mother Jen said." Lan Xin said with a smile, "I've also thought about this question, and I've already said hello to the impostor firm." How much is needed, and then send someone over to say it specifically. ”

"It's still the girl's thoughts." Mother Jane said with a smile. Smiling at Dongxiu. Dong Xiu understood and said with a smile: "If this is the case, we still need at least six hundred catties of white charcoal." The price given to us by the impostor firm was ten taels of silver and a thousand catties. ”

Ziyi fiddled with the abacus in his hand, quickly calculated the price, and wrote it down on a piece of paper.

Lan thought for a while and said, "Add another two hundred catties of white charcoal." The charcoal in each room must be prepared sufficiently, and it will not be good for everyone to freeze. What's more, if you can't use it up this year, you can still use it again next year. In addition, buy another 200 pounds of bamboo charcoal, on Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone will observe the New Year together, and they will gather in the warm hall of Meiyuan, and then burn bamboo charcoal, so as not to smoke too much. ”

"But・・・・・・ "That's too expensive." Dong Xiu was just about to speak, but when he saw everyone's high spirits, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

Lan Xin pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Everyone celebrates the festival together, the picture is happy, these can't be bought with silver." By the way, I also ordered some citrus from the comptoir, I don't know how many baskets we need? ”

How many baskets? Ziyi stared at Lan Xin in surprise. In the past, when I was at the Zhou family, I used to send a few citrus fruits from other people's families. In the end, it all went into the mouths of the old lady and several old ladies. When it's the girl's turn, you can divide two or three. The girl was kind-hearted and kept one for them. She and Qinghe each ate two orange petals. But listening to the girl's tone, she actually wants to buy it in a basket. Surprise is followed by anticipation.

Dongxiu's eyes were also shining, and his saliva almost flowed out. Mother Zhen and Mother Liu glanced at each other and smiled helplessly, Mother Zhen smiled and said, "What is the girl's plan?" ”

Lan Xin said with a smile: "I think, no one is a widow. The people in the Zhuangzi are divided according to the family. No matter how many people there are in the family, each family has two baskets. As for the people in the house, according to their rank, each person is divided into how many and the number varies. What do you guys think? ”

Mother Liu said with a smile: "The old slave thinks that the girl's method is very good, so if it is fair, everyone will not have an opinion." It's just that some things, once they become a routine, are bound to be maintained. ”

Zhen's mother nodded in agreement: "The girl's intentions are good, but there is no such precedent in the mansions of Jiangzhou City." ”