Whether Yuxuan figured it out or not, Chinese New Year's Eve came as usual. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The second old lady in the south led the men of the Jiang family to worship their ancestors, and said some auspicious words, supported by his son Jiang Muzi, and walked away tremblingly.

Jiang Muzi's daughter-in-law, Jiang Qi, took her daughter-in-law to pay New Year's greetings to Mrs. Jiang and returned to the South Courtyard.

Yuxuan quietly asked An's: "Why doesn't the second old lady's family keep the New Year with us?" ”

An said: "The old lady has not been on good terms with them, and I heard that it was caused by the separation of the family. ”

Thinking of her grandmother's mean appearance, Yuxuan was a little clear.

Listening to what An said again, it turned out that Mrs. Jiang always felt that this piece of family business was all earned by her husband and son, why did she let the second old lady's family live here and divide the family property, she always thought that the other party bullied her young widow, and every year she always had to talk about the things when she split the family, and it was embarrassing for the two families to meet.

It is also in the past few years that Jiang Mutong's brothers have come out, but the second old lady's family only reads a person, and Mrs. Jiang is generous and no longer repeats that they take advantage of their own family.

But the position of the patriarch was firmly occupied by the second old lady's family, and it was said that the position of the patriarch should be done by the elder house, but unfortunately at that time, the old lady Jiang was an official outside and gave up the position of the patriarch to his younger brother, and after that, it was not so easy for the old lady Jiang to get it back, so the two families were very stiff.

Yuxuan felt that her grandmother was looking too closely, and the family looked up and didn't look down, so why bother turning over and over with the old Huang calendar, and was unconsciously full of curiosity about the second old lady's family.

Mrs. Jiang took her sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren back to Qingren Courtyard to sit at the table.

Jiang Shikun, Jiang Shisheng, Jiang Shitang and Jiang Shiwei lit firecrackers in the courtyard.

With the sound of "crackling" firecrackers, first the Jiang Mubin brothers, and then the Jiang Wu family took the concubines to kowtow to Mrs. Jiang: "Mother is blessed with a new day, and the birthday is boundless." ”

Mrs. Jiang said happily: "Okay, good, one big red envelope per person." ”

Jiang Wu smiled: "Thank you for the old lady's reward." ”

Yuqian led the sisters in the family and then kowtowed to the elders in the family: "Fuqing is new, and Shoulu is extended." ”

Each of the sisters had to bring a large stack of New Year's silver.

The juniors kowtowed, and everyone took their seats.

Yufei in the second room staggered towards Yuxuan: "Fourth sister, hug." ”

Yuxuan gently avoided the side, in her previous life, she held Xiao Yufei on Chinese New Year's Eve and fed her a dumpling, who expected that the dumpling was wrapped in copper money, but it was originally an auspicious thing but choked to death the fifth sister.

Xu is like this, the second aunt is killing herself, right?

Yuxuan didn't want to cause this trouble again in this life, so she avoided Yufei without a trace.

Yufei didn't hug Yuxuan, she actually cried loudly, and the old lady of Shangshou Jiang said: "What's the matter, what are you crying for the New Year?" ”

Jiang Qian was busy with the nurse stepping forward to hug Yufei back, and glared at Yuxuan again.

Yuxuan only bowed her head and remained silent, making up her mind that she would rather be glared at than cause trouble, so she sat steadily and did not move.

Jiang Qian rolled his eyes and smiled: "My Sister Fei and Sister Xuan are fated, why do you only ask for a hug from you?" Luo Lan, help me pour a glass of wine for Miss Four. ”

An said: "What kind of wine did one of your elders pour her, just excuse it!" ”

Before the words fell, I saw that Luo Lan had already rolled up her sleeves and poured wine for Yuxuan.

When An saw the thing on Luo Lan's hand and neck, he immediately understood Jiang Qian's intentions, and his face turned blue with anger.

Yuxuan also saw it, and only thought it was funny, could it be that the second aunt thought that she could be happy by humiliating herself with a maid, and she really took it for granted.

Yufang also saw it clearly, and secretly said to Yuqian: "See, the fourth sister has shown that she likes the pair of red gold and pearl nine-turn exquisite bracelets many times, and the second aunt ignored them." Now I've given a girl a reward, do you mean that the fourth sister is not even as good as a maid? ”

Yuqian glanced over there: "It's to say that she doesn't even have a room." ”

Yufang was stunned: "Luo Lan made a room?" When is the matter. ”

Yu Qian said: "I just went to the house yesterday, and I crossed the road this morning with the old lady." ”

Yufang asked, "Why?" ”

Yuqian was annoyed: "Why are you asking so much, how do I know about the things in the second uncle's room." ”

Jiang Qian's order stopped, looking at An's iron-blue face but couldn't come out, his mood suddenly became relaxed, and he hugged Yufei and coaxed softly.

Yuxuan also heard Yuqian's discussion, because their voices were so small that they could hear them.

Yuxuan sighed, the Jiang family's compound has had a really wonderful year this year, who are they.

At this time, people put all the Chinese New Year's Eve delicacies on the table, and sure enough, there were several plates of delicate five-color dumplings.

Yufang said to Yuxuan: "Have you ever eaten dumplings in the south?" ”

Yuxuan said: "I don't eat dumplings in the south for the New Year. ”

Yufang said: "Then what to eat?" ”

"Rice cakes and reunion fruits, soft and delicious, very sweet." Yuxuan replied, Yu Guangzheng saw Yuqian holding a small dumpling to coax Yufei, and endured it but couldn't hold back: "I heard that eating dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve has the custom of wrapping copper money, and I don't know if there are copper coins in our dumplings?" ”

Yu Qian was reminded by her, and the hand that was about to feed Yu Fei's dumplings was retracted, and she took a bite of it, and there was indeed a small copper coin in it.

Mrs. Jiang saw it at a glance and said with a smile: "Sister Qian is really blessed, the first copper coin of this year was eaten by her, and there is no shortage of money to spend all year round." ”

Yufang also said happily: "Big sister is really blessed, hurry up and touch me, give me some blessings, and I will also eat a copper coin." ”

Everyone laughed.

Yuxuan breathed a sigh of relief slightly, fortunately she stopped it, otherwise it would still be a trouble for the third room.

During the banquet, Jiang Mutong asked about Jiang Mulin's archway, and Jiang Mulin said: "I specially invited skilled craftsmen from Shu to come, and started work in the spring, and laid the foundation first." ”

Jiang Mubin asked, "Big brother has any drawings?" ”

Jiang Mulin said: "According to the specifications, it can be built about 13 meters high and 8 meters wide, and the drawings are already available, just wait for the craftsmen from Shu to come and start construction." ”

The three of them discussed the archway for most of the night, and Jiang Mutong asked: "The silver is enough." ”

Yuxuan immediately sat up straight, only to hear Jiang Mulin say: "In total, it will cost about ten thousand taels." ”

Jiang Mutong said: "I still have three thousand taels of silver in my hand, and I will send it to my eldest brother when I go back." ”

Jiang Mubin said: "I also sent three thousand taels to the eldest brother, this is a memorial arch built for my mother, it should be shared equally between our three brothers, and the eldest brother cannot be allowed to take the silver alone." ”

Yuxuan heard that it cost 10,000 taels to build a memorial arch, and couldn't help but carefully recall the Baishou archway in her previous life.

Now the second uncle and his father are also on the right side of the money, and the eldest uncle is doing something for something.

She secretly observed her uncle throughout the banquet, and she didn't see any clues.

After the night was dispersed, Jiang Qian took Yufei back to his Qinghe Temple.

Yuxuan didn't want to stay in Qingren Courtyard, so she only excused herself that she was sleepy, so An asked her to go back to her room to sleep, and she talked to Mrs. Jiang Wu guarding Mrs. Jiang.

Yuxuan passed by Qinghe Courtyard, heard the sound of silk and bamboo coming from inside, and faintly sandwiched the woman's coquettish smile, turned her head and asked Moqin and Yanshu: "The second courtyard is lively." ”

Mo Qin and Yan Shu pursed their lips and smiled, Yuxuan looked at what they knew and asked, "What are you hiding from me?" ”

Mo Qin glanced at Yanshu, and Yanshu said: "Miss Yu, the second master came back from Yuanzhou this time and brought back a concubine, and a three-year-old brother has been raised next to the concubine. Listening to the people in the compound, the second wife has been making trouble for a while, and she can't control the second master in the end. The old lady saw that the concubine had all the children, and in the end it was her own grandson who was the blood and bones, so she opened the ancestral hall and went to the family tree. The second wife was annoyed, and she imitated the appearance of the eldest grandmother and opened the faces of the three maids around her in a row, but she was unwilling to raise them as aunts. The maid next to the poor second wife still has no name, just a room. ”

Yuxuan remembered the words of Yufang and Yuqian during the banquet, and smiled slightly: "No wonder the second aunt wants to find gas for us during the New Year, it turns out that she is unhappy in her own yard." ”

Mo Qin said: "The second wife is also pitiful, she has been guarding the compound with a child for many years, and finally the second master came back and brought a concubine with a brother." Look at the courtyard of the eldest wife, how can there be a concubine who survives. ”

Yuxuan said: "Hearing you say this, I really want to see this concubine brought back by my second uncle, I heard that women in the northwest are all five big and three thick and rough-skinned. The second aunt was defeated by such a woman, no wonder she was angry. ”