Chapter 9: Chinese New Year's Eve
Ten days of time passed like that, on the last day of the twenty-sixth year of Jingqing, the streets and alleys of the capital were hung with red lanterns, the red rumbling again and again in the flying snow is particularly beautiful, a festive warm atmosphere is coming, the pedestrians who come and go are with a joy, it can be seen that this year is a bumper harvest year, the emperor can give a satisfactory answer to the subjects of the world, and the regime is more stable; The ministers handed over a satisfactory performance to the emperor, and they may be able to increase their official rank and become a knight in the coming year; The people can eat enough and wear warm clothes, and they are more supportive of the Great Rui Dynasty; The soldiers at the border gates are even more proud of this, and this is something that everyone likes to see. Of course, this picture of the Great Rui Dynasty made the nomads in the border pass envious and jealous, and they tried every means to destroy it. These have nothing to do with our Gu Mingxin for the time being, she is struggling with her illness.
Red lanterns were also hung in the Chengguo Mansion, and everyone put on festive new clothes, but the joy on their faces was not clearly revealed, everyone knew that Mrs. Shizi's 100 days had just passed, and in the past, Mrs. Shizi was not thin on them when she was in charge of the house, so in order to show respect, everyone would not make loud noises and laugh at this time.
Early in the morning, the house was busy, the second lady first asked the old lady about the courtyard, the first time was to ask if everything in the east courtyard was ready, and after repeatedly confirming that there was no mistake, she was relieved, and then invited the nurse to ask about her son's situation, and after everything was fine, she walked to the north courtyard after docking with the outer courtyard.
When I arrived at the main courtyard, I greeted the old lady first, and then greeted each other between the concubines, and then reported the housekeeper's situation to the old lady, it was obvious that the third lady had finished her report, and the two of them assisted the housekeeper, the third lady was in charge of the needlework room and the purchase of a piece, the purchase had been prepared before the year, and the clothes to be distributed for the New Year had also been distributed, so the third lady was much more relaxed than the kitchen and the ceremonial room managed by the second lady. He also told them the precautions for entering the palace later, and told them to go down, and then go to the main courtyard to enter the palace together.
Gu Mingxin was wrapped in a fiery red fox skin, which looked very warm, but she didn't feel much, she didn't feel warm, and she felt a little cold, and she couldn't wrap too much quilt for her, for fear of pressing her, burning too much carbon, the air was not smooth, and it was not good for breathing, so the nurse held her, and the two young and fiery maids rubbed her hands and feet, so she could feel warm, and in the cold winter, they only wore two layers of clothes and sweated.
The body is still very weak, looking out of the window, although there is only a slit that she can't see, and her eyesight is not as far away as a normal baby for more than four months, but she still insists on looking far away, no one can understand her desire for the sky outside, she wants to laugh wantonly, she wants to look at the snow at will, but she can't be willful, so she can only imagine the beautiful scenery outside to relieve the pain and loneliness, sometimes she is tired of looking, she will carry it
The Book of Medicine, after memorizing the Book of Medicine, I will memorize the pharmacopoeia, sometimes I feel that it is not easy to be a baby, especially to be a baby with a mind and no good body.
In the evening, Gu Mingxin, who had slept and drank, lay comfortably in the nurse's arms and listened to the maids in the room chatting, it is said that they can chat happily in this atmosphere of the New Year, but everyone is trying to suppress and chat about gossip softly in a peaceful tone, looking forward to the future, wishing relatives, it is all so beautiful.
The children of the elder brother and the second uncle and the third uncle have already gone to the main courtyard, and when the adults come back after the palace banquet, they will keep the New Year together, Mama Chen will first serve her brother and come back to accompany her after dinner, the second uncle's son is only three years old, the third uncle's son is less than one year old, and the fourth uncle has not yet married, but I heard that the marriage has been made, and the marriage was made in March this year, I heard that the woman is the daughter of Mu Enbo's house, she is a beautiful woman, and more importantly, the woman's mother is a person who can give birth, gave birth to six, and four are boys, so the grandmother chose her among so many beauties in the capital, It can be seen that motherhood is also an important part of adding weight to her marriage in the future.
The three children are under the care of a group of maids and servants for the New Year, in fact, there is nothing to see, the five-year-old Gu Mingyu has already followed his grandfather's enlightenment, I saw him sitting upright and eating, and he didn't need a maid to serve, but the three-year-old Gu Mingsheng couldn't do it, he sat on the chair and twisted around, and the person who could manage him was not there, so he was even more unscrupulous, and he got off the chair at once, ran to Gu Mingyu's side to grab his chopsticks, and robbed him of his food, Gu Mingyu gave him all the chopsticks and rice very calmly, Let the maid serve another bowl of rice, and eat it slowly, Gu Mingsheng is about to grab it again, Gu Mingyu picked up the bowl and fed him, but how can a five-year-old child feed a three-year-old or a naughty three-year-old child? The nurses and maids were busy for a while, and the meal was finally finished, and the maids were relieved. And Gu Mingfeng, who is almost a year old, is sleeping comfortably in the arms of the nurse, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously having a good dream, compared with Gu Mingxin's sad urging, it is really the difference between heaven and earth.
The banquet in the palace is in full swing, each family sits in accordance with the door, after the emperor and queen's routine speech, the music and dance are together, everyone appreciates, talks a few words from time to time, a group of harmony, the bosses are also very satisfied, after the banquet is dispersed, everyone begins to go out of the palace in an orderly manner, talking to each other, the family of the Chengguo Mansion is also surrounded by a lot of marriageable daughters, the meaning is self-evident, making the people of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion depressed, although everyone has agreed, but after all, it has not been announced, It's just a private agreement, in case something happens, with the subtle situation of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion now, it's really hard to say, but it's also a big family that has experienced a hundred years, and this bit of cultivation is still there, for the people who take their daughters and Chengguo Mansion are all smiling and saying goodbye to everyone friendly, it doesn't matter what you think in your heart, at least you have to do it in place.
A large group of people returned to the house, each went back to the courtyard to wash and then came to the main courtyard, of course, Gu Mingxin was absent, at this time it was almost the time of the child, after a salute, the next person served dumplings, and after eating, they kept the New Year together, the female dependents took the children back to the courtyard first, and the grandfather took the men to the ancestral shrine to rest after the incense.
This year's Chinese New Year's Eve in Chengguo Mansion was very simple, Gu Mingxin woke up twice in the middle of the night, drank milk, it was almost dawn, the next people had already gotten up and been busy, the house was warm and bright, the cold wind was howling outside, everyone was busy with hope, saying hello and blessings to each other, and moving towards the new year with beauty.