In the blink of an eye, on the last day of the eighteenth year of the Great Tuesday, the Chinese New Year's Eve arrived.

Because on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was the first day for the emperor and the empress, and Lan Mingdong, who had a rare rest, took his brothers, children and nephews to accompany his parents to have a New Year's dinner.

This meal is the highlight of the year, and Mrs. Lan has been preparing it carefully for several days, and even the menu has been changed seven or eight times.

This will be put on the table, thirty-six dishes, each of which is good in color and flavor, and just looking at it makes people can't help but move their index fingers.

Coupled with the 20-year-old Luofu Spring, the newly brewed sweet fruit wine this summer is really no more comfortable.

After the meal and gossiping, Mrs. Lan took her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, accompanied by her son and grandson, and drove to Shande Temple, just waiting for the son, so that the Buddha could offer the first pillar incense of the Lan family in the nineteenth year of the Great Tuesday.

Shande Temple stands in Wanyun Mountain in the west of the city, is the first royal temple of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the incense is prosperous, the temple is lofty, the world says that here is the closest to the Buddha, the wish is the most spiritual.

Every year, every day, and even every hour, the temple is overcrowded.

Because there are too many pilgrims, if you want to go to the temple to stay, you must report half a month in advance.

Of course, there are exceptions, and this exception is those who have a deep relationship with the Buddha and are able to build a small courtyard in the back mountain forest.

It's just that although Wanyun Mountain is big, in a hundred years, there are only about 30 families who have won this honor, and Chongbei Hou Mansion is one of them, and the foundation of Zuo Xiangfu is still shallow, but there is none.

After burning incense for a while, the people of the Hou Mansion can go to the Yulian Courtyard to rest, and return to Beijing to worship their ancestors tomorrow morning.

But the Lan family could only rush back in the middle of the night, it was dark and cold, and the taste could be imagined.

Lan Jiayu took a sip of hot tea in the rickety car and muttered: "Mrs. Mingming sent her mother over and invited our family to go to Yulian Courtyard together, but grandmother rejected the kindness of others and made people suffer in vain. ”

Lan Jiaqing saw that Lan Jiayin was playing with the purple jade pressure skirt in her hand, and she looked at it carefully and carefully, and she didn't mean to answer at all.

smiled and comforted his coquettish fourth sister, "Grandmother, don't you want to trouble Mrs. Hou, they are also a big family, and they may not be enough for such a big yard." ”

"If it's invited, it must be arranged, grandmother used to be very generous, why are you stingy in this matter?"

"The Hou Mansion invites her every year, but her old man has not agreed to come down once, she is really finding fault for herself." Lan Jiayu racked her brains and couldn't figure it out, who did she want to show Qinggao?

Lan Jiayin sneered in her heart when she heard this, raised her low-hanging eyes, and lifted a thin slit in the tightly covered car curtain with her hand, taking advantage of the moonlight, it is not difficult to see that there are lights in front and back, and there are not too many people who go to incense.

"My grandmother asked for grace in front of the queen this year, and our two families will stick incense on their heads, and after listening to the thirty-six bells of peace and auspiciousness, we will rush back, and we can sleep for a while." Lan Jiayin said lightly, "I'd rather be tired and sleep on my own bed, I think my grandmother thinks the same way, right?" ”

She originally didn't want to listen to Lan Jiayu's nagging anymore, but she didn't expect Lan Jiayu's attention to be completely attracted by the sentence of Touzhuxiang.

Immediately shouted in surprise: "Touzhu incense!" My God, isn't that even the emperor's relatives still have to be behind?! ”

"This is too dignified, when I saw my relatives and friends during the New Year, I said, maybe those people are envious!"

At that moment, he was extremely excited to pull Lan Jiaqing to discuss happily, Lan Jiayin secretly felt that he really looked down on the vanity of this fourth sister, and couldn't help but hang his head and gently press his forehead with his fingers.

At the foot of Wanyun Mountain, the whole mountain was shrouded in flashing lights, the commoners who had no money took the mountain road, the rich and wealthy people took the detour, and the dignitaries and dignitaries went around to the back mountain and took the road to heaven of the 1,881st order.

In order to show their sincerity to the Buddha, everyone had to walk, and as soon as the carriage of the Lan family was parked in the wide square, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him.

When I was young, the two families would be together, with the two old ladies first, and slowly but reverently stepped on the first green jade steps.

Liu Hongshan greeted several young ladies of the Lan family affectionately, and stood by Lan Jiayin's side very naturally.

The two shook each other's hands in the wide cuffs, and Lan Jiayin gestured to the front, "Sister Ling, how are you doing these days?" Is it still making a lot of noise? ”

Liu Hongshan couldn't help but sigh softly, "Do you think that if you leave, she will stop?" ”

"She seems to have fallen into an evil spirit, she is messing around, and what she says is simply ridiculous, but it is a pity that her mother loves her daughter, and she is so indulgent."

"A few days ago, Rib was instructed by her grandmother to send her something, and Sister Ling insisted that this girl burned her hands with hot tea, and she was a black-hearted seed, so she asked her to pull it out and sell it."

"I can't see it once, but I was reprimanded by my mother for not having sisterhood, for a maid and sister to be more serious, since then I have put my hand away, no longer care, and let them make trouble."

"Still, the wound on her face is better."

There are some words, Liu Hongshan really can't resort to words, it's really not a big deal to have half of the maids, but her sister's words are very aimed at cousin Yin, and even said that Lan Jiayin and her eight characters do not match, so she is so pitiful.

Is this nonsense?

If it is taken by someone with a heart, does it still have my cousin's reputation?

Liu Hongshan was ruthless, and her tone was much more severe, who expected Liu Hongling to be unbearable, so she hung the beam that night, but fortunately, the twilight rain of the vigil was light, so it didn't cause a big disaster.

Mrs. Liu San, who had listened to her eldest daughter's words for a few minutes, was scared half to death, and completely fell to the younger daughter's side, in her opinion, although her nephew's daughter is gentle and amiable, how can it be compared with her own daughter's life?

This ugly matter was concealed by Mrs. Hou with thunderous means, and she didn't have the face to tell Lan Jiayin, on the one hand, she was a sister with different aspirations and disagreement, and on the other hand, she was a like-minded cousin.

"What happened to the ribs?" Lan Jiayin couldn't help but ask with concern.

This girl is articulate and straightforward, and she likes it a lot.

Liu Hongshan sighed lightly, "Sister Ling doesn't change her words, even if her charge of deliberately hurting the lord is confirmed, although her grandmother spoils her, she can't protect her because of her dignity and humility, and she can't be degraded to Zhuangzi outside the city." ”

This girl has always been favored, and her food and clothing are not worse than those of the ladies, but she ended up innocently like this, which is really pitiful.

"Who have been by Sister Ling'er's side recently?" Lan Jiayin asked softly, "Is there anyone who was favored after this accident?" ”

Although she had the intention of helping Rib Wen, she had to wait for things to cool down before she could take action, and now Sister Ling's weird abnormality was the most worrying.

Liu Hongshan's figure couldn't help but stagnate, and then she came back to her senses and recalled seriously, "Well, there is really a girl named Yun'er, who was originally a third-class girl, but this time my sister's temper changed greatly after being injured, and even a few big girls in the twilight rain couldn't bear it, but it was her, who worked hard and complained, was scolded, beaten, and could still serve with a smile, and only a few days ago was promoted to a first-class maid and became a second-class maid." ”

After speaking, she slapped her head again, "Hey, Sister Wei has been coming more frequently than usual recently, and every time she sits, it doesn't take long, and it's only about a stick of incense." ”

"I don't think there's anything wrong with you not mentioning it, this will say, it's a little strange, she is very honest every time she comes to Sister Ling, and she has never been a fool."

"My mother was happy for this, and she also gave her a set of red gold and eight treasures and two brocade jackets that are fashionable this year."