Chapter 89: Chinese New Year's Eve
Because of the teenager's chickenpox, Yan Shunhua never went out again until Chinese New Year's Eve.
The cleaning of the house is almost all done by Yan Daya and Yan Erya, she is responsible for three meals a day and accompanying Yan Liu's to talk, and continues to write big characters under the guidance of Yan Shengguo.
So much so that in the evening, a grand ancestor worship ceremony was held in the ancestral hall, and when everyone gathered in the courtyard of the big house for a reunion dinner, she was glared at by Yan Zhaorui sadly several times, as if she didn't go over to see him every day, which caused a lot of damage to his little heart.
She didn't see the move, she ignored the fourth brother very calmly, and ate a bowl and a half of rice slowly.
In view of the boy's situation, although she drank a bowl full of broth, she ate all vegetarian dishes, and she didn't even touch the scrambled eggs.
After the meal, Wu Shuyuan took the concubines to the kitchen to clean, and Yan Zhaolang played with the brothers for a while.
All the younger generations received gifts from the elders, and the New Year's money was a must, as well as some additional gadgets, such as a delicate purse, an inkstone, a painting, a whistle called "mud barking", a pair of nine rings, and so on.
Even the two fetuses in the fourth room who still don't know the male and female in the womb also received a lot of New Year's money by Yan Liu's and Fang Rouniang.
To Yan Shunhua's surprise, the things she received were similar to Yan Erya's, but she had more money than all her brothers and sisters.
Yan Zhongming alone gave her ten taels of silver during her residence in the Fengtong Yan family in Fengyang Mansion. When she followed Yan Ziguang to play on the street, she already had a rough idea of the current prices, and knew that this grandfather gave her two taels of gold.
When she opened the bulging purse and saw the number. was frightened in her heart, and when she hesitated to send it back, Yan Shengguo called her over, touched the top of her head and told her that she could take it by herself.
"You suffered a lot when you were abducted, but when you escaped, you were able to insist on moving the rescuers to save the others. This incident not only taught our family a lesson, but also benefited the people in Fengyang Mansion. Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, not to mention that you have saved so many people. This is a glorious event, and you deserve this reward. ”
Until now, she only thought that the people who had been rescued were those who were on the same boat, and it was no more than that. Dozens of people. Far from expecting that because of the portrait of the kidnappers drawn by himself from memory, a notorious group of abductors would be almost uprooted, affecting almost all the country, and now thousands of good families have been rescued.
Let's just talk about rewards. That's just ten taels of silver, it's not enough to see at all. It's just that Yan Zhongming remembered that she was still young. It's not good to give too many rewards and make people criticize.
Of course, private subsidies are still needed. It's just that this is the matter between him and Yan Shengguo's father and son.
Anyway, Fengtong Yan received such a big benefit this time, not only did they become more and more closely connected with the Fengyang government, but the children of the officials in the court also received the rewards of today, so they took advantage of the arrival of the New Year, and the gifts they sent to Yanjia Village were very rich, whether it was money or things. The benefits of the clan are remarkable.
Of course, more importantly, Feng Tong Yan has gained supreme reputation. There is a lot more sincerity to their Xilong Yan clan. At least in terms of child training, their recognition has reached an unprecedented height. This is very beneficial to the interaction between two families of the same ancestry.
No, in the past, a second housekeeper was sent to give gifts during the New Year, but this time, Yan Chonglin directly asked Yan Feng, the chief manager of the house, to personally escort the New Year's gift.
Although Yan Shunhua knew that Fengyang came to give gifts, and handed over the Buddhist scriptures she copied every day to Yan Mo, a scholar of Yan Ziguang who came with her, to hand them over to Yan Zhu's family, she really didn't think about asking for any inside information.
In her opinion, the abduction incident ended as early as when the four fat girls returned.
So although Yan Shengguo said that it would be good to accept it calmly, she still couldn't help but feel worried in her heart, holding that unusual big purse in her arms, and she almost wanted to run away immediately.
In front of many brothers and sisters, he didn't dare to show Yan Erya what fun things were inside.
It wasn't until Yan Zhongming had seen enough of the drama and said funny that she was tired and asked everyone to go home on their own to celebrate the New Year, that she was quietly relieved. After returning to the fourth room, he immediately threw the purse to Yan Shengguo, and ran to find Yan Zhaoming in a hurry, urging him to quickly post the couplet and the door god.
The brother and sister helped each other, and pasted all the small gates of the two courtyards with couplets written by Yan Shengguo himself, and then washed their hands and then moved separately.
It's just that when she returned to the courtyard, except for a pair of parents with limited mobility, the rest were gone.
It's rare that Yan Daya didn't accompany Yan Liu's family at home for a rare time, so she took the fat girl to Song Qingyan's house to chat with his sister Song Zhaodi.
Although Niu Dali was a little depressed because Niu Dingshan did not come back for the New Year, he completely put his unhappiness behind him after the bow, and not long after returning to the fourth room, he took Yan Erya to Zhou's house to find the dog baby and set off fireworks.
She didn't want to go out to blow the wind and join in the fun, and she didn't want to stay in the master bedroom as a powerful light bulb, so she said a word and went back to the room.
The little greyhound has already sunk into a sweet sleep in the den because of too much running during the day.
The little black dog was alert, and although it was restless by the sound of firecrackers outside, when her master came in, it immediately quieted down, and obediently jumped into its nest, curling up to say goodnight.
The other New Year's money she received was actually quite a lot, and the scattered sum actually had five taels of silver, of which the eldest uncle Wu Shuyuan gave three taels, and the third uncle Yan Shengding also gave one or two.
In the case of gadgets, the women basically give her purses and handkerchiefs.
Yan Liu's gave her the most intimate, a red belly pocket that was larger than her current size, and a thickened bijia, obviously in private, the pregnant mother still quietly put a lot of effort into it.
As for the male elders, Yan Shengan heard that she brought two puppies back to raise, and gave her two holsters for dog training with ingenuity, and I don't know what material it is, it is very flexible to the touch, and I don't think it will make them accept it.
And Yan Shengguo, the father, gave her the book "Old News Record" that she had been thinking about secretly reading. It's just that it's not the one in his study, it's a handwritten copy that he copied one stroke at a time.
The thick bundle of bindings made her fall in love with it as soon as she found it under the pillow.
She watched with relish for most of the hour, even when the young man drank the thick Chinese medicine, she did not stop, until the door was knocked by Yan Zhaoming, and the little black dog barked, and she woke up like a dream and pulled her embroidered shoes to open the door.
What she didn't expect was that Yan Zhaoming came to her, and it was actually an unexpected person who came to join her. (To be continued......)