Old lady Mu retired and sat alone in the study to read the letter, as expected, since the promotion of the eldest master, some of the original shallow friendships have re-examined the Mu family, and more and more people have become more and more friends with these times, that is, several princes have begun to make friends intentionally or unintentionally, wanting to cultivate new help for themselves.

Old lady Mu sneered, when they retreated bravely, they clearly admired their free and easy intentions, and there were a few people behind their backs who didn't laugh at their stupidity, and they didn't want to put a high position at their fingertips.

But now, seeing that the eldest son is more powerful than he was at that time, and they all come to curry favor, is it really that his Mu family is a soft persimmon that everyone can handle.

Thinking of this, he simply took the banknote and wrote a reply letter to Master Mu, and by the way, he told him about the Jin family, and explained his concerns again, after all, that is Yan Yatou's father, and he is also leaving, so this matter must be discussed with him.

As soon as Laba passed, the New Year's Pass arrived, and the people in the house began to get busy, preparing New Year's goods and preparing New Year's gifts, but Mu Zhiyue found something new to do these days, that is, to teach Mu Chenqi to learn words.

She had not forgotten that her brother had spoken before her spirit that he was literate and that she had written to him, and that since her brother could read in her previous life, he can also read in this life.

Since her brother likes metaphysics, she chose those metaphysical books to teach him to read, and sure enough, her brother's interest rose, and he could recognize more than ten words in a few days, and the progress was getting faster and faster.

For this reason, Mu Zhiyue was even more gratified, and the professor's enthusiasm was getting higher and higher, and he was overwhelmed with joy every time he made a little progress for Mu Chenqi.

Xia Yi is very deserted there, and the school has stopped for the New Year, Fang Ziyu has returned to the capital, he can actually go back, but the New Year in the Xia Mansion every year is not very interesting, it is nothing more than watching the battle between his father's concubines and the inner house where you sing and I appear, it is really boring.

And someone still has to watch this side of the matter, so he wrote a letter for Fang Ziyu to take back, telling his father that he will not go back this year.

Old Lady Mu was not surprised to hear that he wanted to stay in Fengyang, so he asked him to take this place as his own home, and not to be polite or anything like that.

The Han family tried all kinds of methods and didn't catch the thief, there was no way, Xia Yi didn't get the things in his hands at all, and he didn't think about transferring, it was too difficult for them to find it.

In desperation, the Han family began to slowly rein in manpower and prepared to seek a way back.

This is what he is happy to see, although it is not the same passerby, but he has lived in the Han family for a while, as long as they don't go too far, he will not rush to kill them all, but it depends on whether the old lady Han is really willing to admit defeat and choose Mingzhe to protect himself, or to take the risk of gambling on the future.

At the New Year's Day, the whole family of the Mu family got together, and Xia Yi, as a guest living in the Mu family, was also invited to the table, and sat at the same table with Mrs. Mu.

Because it is the New Year, Master Mu San has also returned from his post, and the third wife's face is full of joy all day long, the young couple is an old companion, and the two have been together for more than ten years, and they are very affectionate.

Mu Zhiyue hadn't felt the taste of Fengyang's New Year for many years, and at this time, seeing that the house full of people was full of her own relatives, her eyes couldn't help but be a little wet red, and everyone only said that she remembered her deceased mother and didn't ask more.

And Mu Zhiyan thought of his parents and brothers who were still in Beijing, and his heart was also depressed.

Everyone had different thoughts about this meal, but they were all dissipated by the joy of this New Year, and gradually became happy.

Because there is still a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening, the dinner is an hour earlier, and when it is still bright when it is finished, the second wife Chen rarely has a moment of leisure in the year, so she gathers a few concubines to play cards with Mrs. Mu, and the juniors gather together to taste melons and fruits and chat and knock their teeth.

Mu Chenxuan and a few younger brothers couldn't talk together, so they also came to the side of the female dependents, and deliberately sat down next to Mu Zhiyue, seeing that everyone didn't notice him, he whispered: "Owner, do you have to send me some red envelopes to reward me this New Year."

Mu Zhiyue looked at him with smiling eyes, and also smiled, "Of course, my big boss will have a red envelope, and I will ask the maid to go back to Qingxi Garden to get it for you in a while."

Before the arrival of the year, Mu Chenxuan sent New Year's red envelopes to the guys in several shops on behalf of her, and all the shops were closed for half a month.

In less than half a year, the income of several shops actually caught up with the year before she took over, and she was praised by Mu Wuye for a while, all of which relied on Mu Chenxuan's hard work, of course she would not forget.

The smile on Mu Chenxuan's face was even bigger, "Okay, then I'll wait to see how big the big boss will be", his happy voice was a little loud, and he was heard by Mu Xinwei, the eighth sister next to him, and clamored for the sixth sister to give a red envelope.

Mu Zhiyue responded with a smile, Mu Jingyun sat there a little bit of a bad feeling, why could she Mu Zhiyue take her mother's dowry to earn money in her own pocket.

Since she owed Qin Chi a big favor and was pinched by him that time, she would be harassed by him from time to time, and she was very annoyed by this, but there was never a better way.

At that time, it was not because she had no money that she relied on Qin Chi, but now Mu Zhiyue is showing off here with a lot of money, how can she not hate.

However, thinking that there is still a glimmer of hope in her heart when her aunt is about to give birth, she has been eager to stay by her aunt's side all the time in the past few months, for fear that she will have a little mistake, and the mother is expensive by her son, and now they are pointing to the piece of meat in her aunt's belly.

I have found several experienced grandmothers to see, and they all say that my aunt's fetus is like a boy in ninety percent, and my father has been running to my aunt a lot more frequently in the past two months.

It's just that she is still a little strange, it has been several months since she dragged Qin Chi to buy the murder, why didn't she receive any news at home, didn't she really do it so cleanly, or there was no one who rushed to report the news at home?

At present, it can only be understood in this way, as long as Mu Chenqi never gets better, she and her aunt will eventually have a bright future.

This is the first time Xia Yi has left the capital for the New Year, and he has spent the New Year at home since he was a child, even the Chengguo Mansion has never been there.

In addition, the customs of Fengyang and the capital are a little different, and the Mu family has a large population, and it is unprecedented to feel unprecedentedly happy to have fun with a kind of child of the Mu family.

He couldn't help but be curious when he saw Mu Chenxuan coming back from the female side with a smile, but he was not the only one who was curious, the seventh young master Mu Chenhe's eyes were almost out of laughter when he saw his brother coming back from his sisters.

I couldn't help but ask curiously: "What's wrong with my brother, didn't you pick up any treasures", Mu Chenhe and Mu Xinwei are twins, both of them are only four years old this year, and they are both chubby, tender, tender little babies, looking up and asking, it is cute.

Mu Chenxuan looked at his younger brother, stretched out his hand to pinch his fleshy face, and said, "It's not that I found a treasure, your sixth sister said that she would wrap me a big red envelope, and when my brother got it, he would buy you a sugar gourd to eat."

In fact, Mu Chenxuan is not the person who has never seen silver, the reason why he is so happy is that his efforts have not been in vain, and he has been praised by the fifth uncle and affirmed by Mu Zhiyue, which proves that he does have the ability in this regard.

Sometimes what he thinks is good is not necessarily really good, he can't compare with others academically, at least one thing is better than them, and that's enough.

The sky was getting dark, and the old lady Mu personally took the men in the house to burn incense to worship the ancestors, and the crackling firecrackers were lit, reflecting the faces of the little girls, Mu Zhiyue looked at the red firelight and was very happy in her heart, and only hoped that this kind of good life could last for a long time.

Because the third old man and the eldest old man have been promoted one after another this year, plus Mu Qinglin and Huaiyuan Bofu have made a marriage, and Aunt Yan is about to give birth, it is especially rich in this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Mrs. Mu also wrapped a big red envelope for each of them, and several elders were not far behind and distributed the New Year's money to them, especially Rong's red envelope was the heaviest.

Mrs. Mu also made an exception to drink some water and wine, which showed that she was very happy, and Chen also happily accompanied a glass, and the rest of the juniors only watched.

After dinner, they had to accompany their grandmother to keep the New Year, but they stayed up so late, and Mrs. Mu was also a little tired, so she ordered them to go back to their respective courtyards and take the girls in the courtyard to keep the New Year.

The girls also played for a day, and at this time they were also very sleepy when they heard this, such as Feng Lunyin, and went back to their yard to rest or keep the New Year, no one knew, so they all gladly agreed.

Mu Zhiyue actually wanted to keep the New Year with her grandmother, but seeing that Mu Chenqi was yawning, she still retracted her refusal to be about to exit, and pulled Mu Chenqi back to Fangxi Hospital.

Mu Jingyun was even more anxious than them, of course she was happy to be able to accompany her aunt for the New Year, so she didn't wait for them to take the first step.

Mu Chenqi hung his head and walked behind his sister, and when Mu Zhiyue hid his steps, he knocked her back a little, looking at her brother's naïve appearance, the little girl covered her lips unkindly and laughed.

The giggling laughter couldn't be covered up even by the sound of firecrackers in the sky, Mu Chenqi squinted his eyes and looked at his sister in confusion, "Have you arrived?"

After looking around in a circle, he found that his shoulder collapsed before he reached his house, Mu Zhiyue couldn't bear it after all, and called Shi Ping to hurriedly help him go back to rest.

Then he walked along the empty paths of the West Garden, looking up at the fireworks blooming in the night sky.

The fireworks are beautiful but they are gone, and it is difficult to find them in an instant, which makes people feel very unsteady, so after looking at it for only a moment, Mu Zhiyue withdrew his gaze.

Thinking that there was still a group of little girls in the courtyard waiting for them to go back and give out silver red envelopes, he no longer paid attention to the gorgeous colors behind him, and returned to Qingxi Garden with Lingyan.

In the next few days, Mu Zhiyue only felt that she was busy, since the beginning of the new year, every family began to visit relatives to pay New Year's greetings, she was also unavoidable, she received this family today, and went to that family tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings, busy and dizzy.

The Han family still sent a Boxing gift as usual, but it was only sent by the housekeeper, saying that the old lady of his family was in poor health, and several old men were around to serve the sick, so he would not come to pay New Year's greetings this year.

Having said that, how could Old Lady Mu not know what was going on with the Han family, his subordinates also inquired that the Han family was ready to split up after the New Year, and it seemed that what the Han family lost this time was most likely life-saving.

Old Lady Mu didn't know who did this, how much hatred he had with the Han family, or which one in the capital wanted to use the Han family to pull the third prince off the horse.

In fact, he also has doubts in his heart, it may be that one did it, after all, he has not completely surrendered, and there are some things that he can hide from himself.

However, there has been no news from him since Feng Yang left, so the Mu family can only stand still.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival was very deserted because of the Han family's wanton search of the city in the previous period.

The Mu family couldn't touch the Han family's brows at this time, so the maids and maids in the house worked together to make some lamps and hang them up to suit the occasion.

The maids of Qingxi Garden also made some lanterns, especially the most beautiful ones made exquisitely, it is said that they will be made to sell when they are at home in time for the Lantern Festival, and practice makes perfect.

Lotus lanterns, rabbit lanterns, and a pair of connected big white geese, each of which is not only fast but also vivid, attracting a group of maids to follow behind her and beg her to teach her skills.

Linglong's face turned crimson, and her delicate and charming face attracted people's imagination, but fortunately, the courtyard is now full of little girls, so she didn't let the people with ulterior motives look at it.

Mu Zhiyue only smiled and watched them frolicking there, and after everyone hung up all the lights and lit them one by one, the entire Qingxi Garden was immersed in this hazy warm light.

She specially asked Bai Lu to pass on the message, and today Qingxiyuan can laugh regardless of the difference between master and servant.

Although Bai Lu felt that something was wrong, she had no choice but now that she had the name of the big girl in Qingxi Garden, she was only the one forgotten by Mu Zhiyue, and even the little girl below was not as respectful to her as she used to be in the main courtyard, and she could only be careful with her.

Mu Zhiyue saw that those maids were playing lively, so she didn't bother, and she left the house alone for the gray squirrel skin made by her father in the winter, and stood under the porch looking at the full moon in the sky.

The white halo scattered outside the moon, and the sparse stars seemed to be sprinkled on a black curtain, like the most ancient light, far and deep.

Lingyan disappeared, and when the girl chased her out, she saw Mu Zhiyue standing there, not knowing what to ponder, so she turned around and went to the house and took the hand stove out for her.

"You go back and play with them, there is no loose day all year round, take advantage of this day to give you all a holiday", Mu Zhiyue said after taking the hand stove.

Ling Yan thought that Mrs. Jin was still guarding the door, and if the girl went out, she would definitely call herself, and there would be nothing to do in this courtyard alone, so she sued and went into the house.

Mu Zhiyue felt that her body was even warmer when she took the hand stove, so she couldn't just be satisfied with standing under the corridor, and her feet turned around in the yard, which was also regarded as food.