Chapter Twenty-Three: The Ancient Chinese New Year

Mrs. Sun is not Lin Baiyu's grandmother, but the third wife of Mrs. Sun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Old Man Sun married three ladies in total, Lin Baiyu's grandmother is Old Man Sun's second wife, and she is a Russian, which makes Lin Baiyu's facial features much more three-dimensional. It is precisely because Mrs. Sun is not Lin Baiyu's biological grandmother that her attitude towards Lin Baiyu is much more kind and polite, and she is the one in the entire Sun family who has a relatively good relationship with Lin Baiyu except for Zhang Tong, at least occasionally talking on the phone to care about Lin Baiyu.

"Bai Yu, come to the house tomorrow and have a New Year's dinner."

Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and on this day, except for the children and grandchildren who work abroad, the rest of the Sun family will return to the Sun family's old house to play chess for the New Year and have a reunion dinner. Lin Baiyu went once, and then never went again. In the Sun family, she is completely an outsider, with all kinds of contempt and contempt, politeness and alienation, which makes Lin Baiyu not want to go a second time.

"Grandma, I'm not going." Lin Baiyu once again rejected Mrs. Sun.

Old Madam Sun sighed, in fact, she had long known that Lin Baiyu would refuse, and calling Lin Baiyu was just a formality.

"Okay, you should pay attention to your safety at home alone, and I'll ask Sister-in-law Li to bring some food over tomorrow."

"Thank you, grandma." Lin Baiyu knew that if she refused, Mrs. Sun would also let someone send it over, so she thanked her directly, anyway, it was not a valuable thing, but some rice oil mountain treasures and the like - what she didn't know was that these rice oil mountain treasures were all special tributes, not to mention that the price was not cheap, and it was difficult for ordinary people to eat at all, just like the tribute of the David Dynasty.

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Early in the morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Lin Baiyu got up and went to Mrs. Lin's yard. She didn't come early, Lin Baichan followed her mother, Aunt Zhao, and arrived first. Seeing Lin Baiyu, Lin Baichan snorted and twisted her head to the side, while Aunt Zhao greeted Lin Baiyu with a smile and reached out to pinch Lin Baichan. Under the coercion of Aunt Zhao's eyes, Lin Baichan reluctantly opened her mouth to say hello to Lin Baiyu: "Second sister, morning." ”

"Early." Lin Baiyu responded lightly, walked to the stool closest to the door and sat down.

"Auntie, why do you want me to say hello to her?" Lin Baichan's whispered complaint came into Lin Baiyu's ears.

"Because Madame now attaches great importance to her, although I don't know why, it is always right to have a better attitude. Don't be like Lin Baijuan's idiot. Aunt Zhao replied quietly. They thought that their voices were small, but they didn't know that Lin Baiyu was naturally insensitive and sharper than others, although they were a little vague, they still heard their conversation.

After sitting for a while, Lin Baishu also arrived, and the whole person was full of spirits, which made Lin Baichan jealous. Not long after, Lin Baijuan also arrived. Without the previous arrogance and publicity, the whole person was much haggard and cowered, staring at Aunt Zhao and Lin Baishu and the others with hatred in their eyes.

The four of them all found Lin Baijuan's gaze, and they all frowned. Lin Baichan couldn't stand it and wanted to settle accounts with Lin Baijuan, you must know that Lin Baijuan's mother and daughter caused her to be poisoned and seriously ill, and she has not yet sought revenge on their mother and daughter. Aunt Zhao grabbed her daughter, she was the most scheming, she couldn't see what she was thinking, but it was certain that Aunt Zhao would definitely not let Lin Baijuan feel better. Lin Baishu looked at Lin Baijuan's gaze as if she was looking at a vicious female partner, her eyes were rolling, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Lin Baiyu was indifferent throughout the whole process, she didn't think that Lin Baijuan could be dangerous to herself, and she had experienced a more complicated and bloody court, but the back house of a Hou Mansion couldn't be seen at all in her eyes.

After waiting for a few minutes, Mrs. Lin came out, today is the day to worship the ancestors, Mrs. Lin naturally will not hang Lin Baiyu and others for a long time as usual, delaying the time to go to the ancestors to worship. Mrs. Lin was surrounded by these two boys, one was twelve or thirteen years old, and the other was ninety years old, who were her own sons, Lin Bailang and Lin Baihu, the two young masters of the Hou Mansion. The two were wearing red brocade robes and dressed like two red envelopes, but because of their good looks, they looked festive and handsome, and they were not spoiled by the color of the clothes.

The family had breakfast and walked towards the ancestral hall at this time. Along the way, the vermilion lanterns were hung, and the gates, the instrument gates, the halls, the warm pavilions, the inner halls, the inner three doors, the inner instrument doors and the inner plug doors, and the main hall were all pasted with new couplets and blessing characters. The blessing character of the main hall was written by the emperor himself, which shows that the Marquis of Baoling still has some face in front of the emperor. The door god and peach charm were changed on the gate, but the people in the inner house couldn't see it.

walked all the way to the entrance of the ancestral hall, and happened to meet Lin Junhao, who came back from the palace. Lin Junhao was wearing a big dress, which set off his whole person with great majesty. He was followed by many members of the Lin family in the capital, some of whom were officials in the court, but their positions were not as high as those of the Marquis of Baoling.

Mrs. Lin is a clan woman, responsible for receiving and organizing the female dependents, she has rich experience, effectively and quickly arranged the female dependents, and stood in line outside the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall is a small courtyard, five gates in the black oil fence, a plaque is hung on it, it is written that it is the four words "Lin Ancestral Hall", and a couplet on both sides: "Respect the Ming sleeve is the celebration, and the light of the ancestors of Zhaomu is carried by tin." ”

Entering the courtyard, Baishiyong Road, both sides are pine and cypress. Female dependents are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, they can only stand in the courtyard to worship, but Mrs. Lin, as a clan woman, can enter, and she needs to place the dishes to be worshiped in front of the tablet of the god. Lin Junhao officiated, his younger brother Lin Junze accompanied the sacrifice, and Lin Bailang held incense......

Lin Baiyu stood in the courtyard, others moved, she moved, her heart was as calm as water, she didn't know if there were ghosts and gods in this world, the bizarre encounters and the existence of high-tech products such as the system made her half-convinced of the existence of ghosts and gods. Suddenly, she felt a few peeps and looked up, but saw no one but houses and trees. Lin Baiyu couldn't help but wonder!

After the sacrifice, everyone returned to the main hall and sat down according to the distinction between men and women, with a screen placed in the middle. The people in the house entered the house and kowtowed according to their ranks, and Bai gave the New Year's money and retired happily. The reunion banquet of the Lin Mansion officially opened, Tusu wine, Hehuan soup, auspicious fruit, Ruyi cake, which must be eaten before eating other meals.

Eating and chatting, the main hall was soon filled with the sound of laughter. Lin Baiyu seemed very lonely in the bustle, Lin Baichan also had a few good concubines chatting and laughing together, Lin Baiyu had no one around her - Lin Baijuan was sent back to her yard after sacrificing to play with her ancestors, her punishment was not over, and it was only temporary to come out to worship her ancestors.