427 Chinese New Year
At the end of the year, every family is preparing for the New Year. Yueyao also began to get busy for the New Year, because she was inexperienced, so she didn't want Hao's mother to help her.
An Zhichen was very busy during this time, either he came back in two or three days, or he came back very late, which was very hard.
Yueyao was busy when she heard the maid say that Tingzheng had returned. Yue Yao was very happy and went out to greet Tingzheng.
Yueyao was originally going to let Tingzheng move out this year and move to Yuhua Hutong, but Tingzheng was too busy to ask for leave, and Yuhua Hutong was not cleaned up, so Yueyao didn't insist on letting Tingzheng move in this year.
Fifteen-year-old Ting Zheng, just taller than Yue Yao, is also very strong, the only fly in the ointment is that his face is too good. Fortunately, Ting Zheng has been in the army for two years, which makes him look very masculine and does not make people feel very feminine.
After Ting Zheng got married to Yueyao, he came to live for two days during his vacation, and he was not a stranger to this mansion, at this time, as Yueyao entered the main courtyard, he didn't see An Zhichen, Tingzheng asked: "Sister, is my brother-in-law still busy?" β
Yue Yao smiled: "They have more things to do during the Chinese New Year, and they don't know what they can come back, are you on vacation, or are you going to the capital to do business?" "In the past, Tingzheng only took a holiday on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, so Yueyao asked this question.
Ting Zheng said with a smile: "It's a holiday, and I'll go back to the barracks on the seventh day of the first month." Sister, there are a lot of things to do at the end of the year, and I can just help you. β
Yue Yao was not polite to him, "In the past two days, the people in Zhuangzi should also send things over, and then the matter will be handed over to you." "Yue Yao herself has suffered a loss of not taking the money to heart, and she will definitely not let Ting Zheng suffer such a loss again, every summer harvest and autumn harvest in the past two years, Yue Yao has asked Ting Zheng to collect the rent, so as to prevent the following village head from stealing and cheating, and let Ting Zheng know that he has to deal with the housework.
As she was talking, Ruocui walked in and said, "Girl, Xi Zhuangtou from Yuntun Village has sent something over." "Yueyao has converted things into silver in previous years, but this year she opened a mansion by herself, so she naturally asked for things.
Ting Zheng smiled when he heard this: "This person is really careless, he really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." β
Yue Yao looked at the list, there are a lot of things, and the varieties are complete, and there are only three masters in their family, and these things are more than enough.
After Yue Yao read the list, she handed the list to Ting Zheng and said, "You go and check things with Zhuang Tou." "Anyway, Tingzheng is not stunned, and he will not be coaxed.
Ting Zheng took the order and went to the front yard, and came back after half a ring, "Sister, everything is right, the things sent are all good, and they are not replenished." Sister, if you have anything else, just tell me. β
Yue Yao smiled and said, "Really, my sister will be polite to you!" You've been on the road for a day, so I'll rest for a while, and I'll tell you when there's something to do. β
One of the most headaches in the New Year is gift-giving, gift-giving is a university question, and Yueyao has no old precedents to follow, everything has to come by herself, this is really a test time, fortunately, there are not too many relatives, otherwise Yueyao would really have a headache.
Yue Yao distributed things one by one and sent them to each house, and then selected several skins from them, and instructed the people: "Send these skins to the cloth cloth workshop and ask them to make two big hairs." "Before, Yueyao had already made one for An Zhichen and Tingzheng each, and each of them would have another piece of skin.
This is busy, time always flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and Xiang Wei is back on this day.
Yue Yao was overjoyed when she saw Xiang Wei, "Xiang Wei, you're back." After saying that, he carefully looked from his head to his feet.
Xiang Wei chuckled: "Don't look any further, not a single hair is missing." "She's been suffering a lot this month, but it's much easier now than before.
Yueyao said in a loud voice, okay, I can't see Xiang Wei during this time, Yueyao is hanging in her heart, it's not that Yueyao doesn't look at Xiang Wei with her identity, but Xiang Wei doesn't let her go to see it, and Dr. Li doesn't allow her to go to see it, saying that she always bothers patients in Baicaotang, "Did Dr. Li say when will it be cured?" β
Xiang Wei nodded, "Well, if it's okay, it may be about March, but you have to take care of it in the future." Although this month has been tossed to the point that life is worse than death, Xiang Wei also has to admit that this fat man does have two brushes, and after this month, she herself feels much more relaxed than before.
The worst thing about living in Baicaotang is that the food is like pig food, and later Mama Hua went to improve the food, but Mama Hua strictly adhered to the words of the stinky fat man, and Xiang Wei didn't do anything that couldn't eat.
Xiang Wei is back now, and she has to eat a good meal when Yueyao doesn't know what she should avoid.
Yueyao looked at Xiang Wei and said, "The patient should avoid eating, if you can't eat anything, you should tell the cook." β
Xiang Wei hurriedly said: "Just once, I haven't eaten a good meal or a good dish for a long time." "According to the stinky fat man's demands, she will starve to death sooner or later.
Yue Yao was very familiar with Xiang Wei, so she called Mama Hua and asked, "Did Doctor Li say anything about Xiang Wei's appetite?" β
Yueyao heard Mama Hua say a lot of taboo things, and the dishes Xiang Wei ordered just now were all taboo. Yue Yao glared at Xiang Wei fiercely, "You'd rather die than eat, right?" Ah, is there anyone like you? "Yueyao has never seen such a delicious person, and if she doesn't know, she thinks it's a starving ghost reincarnated!
Xiang Wei knew that she wanted to eat a good meal, and her wish was in vain.
After dinner, Yueyao asked Xiang Wei how Dr. Li treated her during this time, and Xiang Wei said a few words very casually, saying too much was useless except to make Yueyao worried.
Xiang Wei is not in good health, so she goes to bed early every day, and Xiang Wei didn't see An Zhichen come back before going to bed, so she frowned and asked, "Won't it be like this every day?" β
Yueyao explained good-naturedly: "No, it's just that I've been very busy lately, and I used to come back on time." β
Xiang Wei snorted coldly, "It's the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month tomorrow, and you won't come back for the New Year, right?" "It's the worst thing to marry a military attachΓ©, I always can't go home on time, or a civil official, I basically go home every day, especially like Niu Yanghui, who is so idle in those days.
Yue Yao didn't care, "This year is the first year, and Shangfeng will definitely let him go home for the New Year." "These have long been within the scope of Yueyao's consideration, and since she is married, she can't complain.
Xiang Wei fell asleep with dissatisfaction.
Yueyao practiced her calligraphy and was about to fall asleep, when she heard the maid outside shouting, "Madam, the master is back." β
When Yueyao came out of the study, she saw An Zhichen covered in snow. Yue Yao untied An Zhichen from the outside, handed it to the drizzle and said with a smile: "I didn't even know it was snowing outside." "I didn't see any snow when I entered the house!"
Drizzle said, "Madam, this snow began to fall an hour ago, and you are in the house, so you don't know." β
Yue Yao smiled and nodded, and then ordered someone to bring the food up, Yue Yao began to be inexperienced, An Zhichen came back in the middle of the night for the first time and didn't have anything to eat, with the first experience, Yue Yao would let people put the food in the pot every night to heat, and the fire could not be broken, and then An Zhichen could eat hot meals when he came back.
Akai and Datong ate a hot and fragrant meal, very satisfied. Akai said while eating: "The food in my mansion is still delicious, and the food in the yamen is like pig food." β
Datong nodded again and again.
Akai was moved, it seems that he has to find an opportunity to talk to his master, the so-called building near the water has the moon first, and it has to be decided first.
This year happened to meet the big moon, there were thirty days, An Zhichen had a holiday, and Yueyao naturally let An Zhichen deal with all the things outside.
After An Zhichen finished taking care of the outside affairs, he took Tingzheng back to the inner courtyard, and saw Yueyao writing in the main hall, and the ground was also covered with red paper where the words were written.
Ting Zheng tilted his head sideways, looked up and smiled: "Sister, let's write the Spring Festival couplets ourselves?" "Usually couplets are bought outside.
Yueyao was writing with a bad hand, "Well, who of you will write it?" "It is naturally impossible for Yueyao to write couplets in plum blossom font, but in ordinary fonts.
An Zhichen is very self-aware, and his words are barely enough to read, which cannot be compared with Yueyao's words, Ting Zheng volunteered: "Sister, I'll write it." "Anyway, he has also practiced calligraphy for ten years, although he can't do it with his sister, but it's no problem to write sub-couplets.
It has been six days since Ting Zheng came back, he was very happy for these six days, all these years he has been spending the New Year with his sister in the Ma family, although the uncle is very good, but there is always a regret, no matter how good the uncle is, he can't change the fact that their sister and brother sent people under the fence, but now it's different, now they also have their own home, a home that can make people feel at ease.
Ting Zheng finished writing the couplet, and Yue Yao said with a smile: "Put it away, let them send someone to paste it." β
An Zhichen looked at the drizzle and asked, "Do they know how to read?" This appearance is obviously literate, and it is no wonder that An Zhichen asked so, generally Yahuan is illiterate.
Yue Yao nodded and said, "I taught them before, and I don't know many words, so I can probably only understand the account book." "It's not that Yueyao doesn't want to teach, it's that these girls are not interested, and the most recognizable words are drizzle, and they won't learn if they know a thousand words. Poetry or something, let alone learning.
An Zhichen was thoughtful.
Yueyao asked Gu Lan to bring the clothes that were made for the two of them, both of them were two sets of clothes from the inside out, An Zhichen's clothes were bright colors, and Tingzheng's clothes were dark colors.
An Zhichen looked at Ting Zheng who was wearing a dark blue robe, and the corners of his mouth twitched, what is a boy doing with such good looks.
Yue Yao thought that An Zhichen thought that the color of Tingzheng's clothes was too dark, and explained: "Tingzheng has good skin, and the color of Yue is just a press." This color is a bit old-fashioned for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, but Yue Yao is very worried that if Ting Zheng wears this bright color again, his eyes will be blind.
After dinner, An Zhichen asked, "Tingzheng, it's going to be a martial arts exam soon, do you plan to take the exam?" "The martial arts exam is in April, which is only a few months.
Ting was ready to take the test.
An Zhichen didn't let Ting Zheng take the test, "Your foundation is too thin, if you take the test this time, you won't be able to get a good ranking." What I mean is that you don't take the test first, and then take the test in three years. "Tingzheng's martial arts are good, but it's a pity that he is too young, which is a disadvantage that there is no way to change. An Zhichen is also very clear about Ting Zheng's ability, and according to his guess, Ting Zheng should be able to pass the exam if he goes to the exam, but the ranking will definitely not be very good.
Although the martial arts test is not as popular as the literary test, one thing is the same, if the test is not good, it will also have an impact on the career.
Yue Yao listened to An Zhichen's reasoning, and hesitated: "Let Tingzheng give it a try, first understand the subjects to be examined, and then take the test next time." β
An Zhichen disagreed with Yueyao's suggestion, "Since you have to take the exam, you naturally have to go all out." If you don't play your level, you will return to the Xiaoqi camp after you fall off the list, and you will be looked down upon. Zichang, the literary test is different from the martial arts test. "It doesn't matter if you don't take the literary exam halfway, but you can't take the martial arts exam, unless you are brushed down or there is a special reason, under normal circumstances, if you abandon the exam halfway, you can be regarded as a deserter, and you will be looked down upon.
Yue Yao was silent for a while and then said, "Tingzheng, then you should take the exam in three years, you will only be eighteen years old in three years, and you are not in a hurry." "Sure enough, there are rules for each line.
Ting Zheng listened to Yueyao's words and responded, "Okay." β
An Zhichen heard from a friend that Ting Zheng was fighting with people in the military camp, but he didn't expect Ting Zheng to be as docile as a cat in front of Yueyao, and couldn't help laughing.
Yue Yao was a little puzzled, "What's wrong?" What's wrong with that? "Yueyao has always been worried about Tingzheng before, even if Tingzheng becomes an official in the future, he will have to rely on his own exploration, now it's okay, with An Zhichen, Tingzheng can also take fewer detours.
An Zhichen smiled and said, "No." He felt that the two sisters and brothers were very close, he looked at it with some envy, he had so many brothers and sisters, but unfortunately none of them were close. Well, the only brother who is close has to pretend to be incompatible for many reasons.
When he went to bed at night, An Zhichen hugged Yueyao and said, "Zichang, give me a son!" "He really wants to have a child of his own.
Yueyao was stunned when she heard this, "Doesn't my daughter like it?" "He also wants a daughter, who is soft and fragrant.
An Zhichen said with a smile; "My son and daughter like it." After speaking, he pressed Yue Yao under him.
Yue Yao hurriedly pushed him away, "I'm going to enter the palace tomorrow to congratulate, let's go another day!" "The court clothes worn in the palace weigh more than ten pounds up and down, and you have to walk a long way, and it is very tossing back and forth, which is also her good physical strength, and ordinary people will toss and get sick once they enter the palace.
An Zhichen stopped making trouble after hearing this, in fact, An Zhichen felt a little regretful in his heart, Mingzhu was pregnant a month after getting married, they had been married for almost three months, Yueyao was not pregnant yet, and she didn't know when she could hold the child.
By the thirtieth day of the lunar month, everything was ready, the door god was replaced, the couplets were pasted, and the inside and outside were completely new.
Yue Yao got up the next day and played a set of punches, dressed neatly after breakfast, and sat in a sedan chair into the palace to congratulate.
Entering the palace to congratulate and lead the banquet back to Anfu, Yueyao changed her clothes as soon as she got home, fortunately, her physical strength was good, and many people wanted to walk out of the palace with her in her arms.
Seeing this, An Zhichen said: "You take a break, there is nothing wrong with the mansion." β
Yueyao has the habit of taking a nap, which will be tired again, but she can't hold it anymore, so she went to sleep honestly, and woke up after sleeping for about half an hour.
At night, from the gate to the inner courtyard, all the big red lanterns were lit, and the mansion was as bright as day.
Ting Zheng got three thick red envelopes, Yueyao gave one, An Zhichen gave one, and Xiang Wei also gave one.
When Chaohe came back from the banquet the next day, Yueyao couldn't bear it, but fortunately, Chaohe only needed two days to rest for a while, otherwise, she couldn't stand it.
Then I started to go to my relatives, and I also had to invite New Year's wine, and I was busy until the Lantern Festival Yueyao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the work of being a housewife is really not something that ordinary people can do well.
Yue Yao was wearing the new clothes sent by the cloth clothes workshop, and after wearing them, Yue Yao muttered, "Why are the clothes a little wide." β
Drizzle smiled and said, "Madam, it's not that the clothes made by the cloth shop are wider, it's that you are thin." "In the past few months, the girl has not been so busy before.
Yue Shao looked in the mirror and didn't feel that he had lost weight!