When Liu Yongan came back, he brought a pair of new light gray socks, "Or my sister will do this, this is what my mother made for me in the spring, there are two pairs, and a pair of darker ones, which are already on the feet." ”

Wang Jing smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll do it, let my mother rest." ”

Zhang's needlework is thin and dense, Wang Jing looked very envious, "What I did was not as good as my mother's work, you must not dislike it." After speaking, he said, "Has my brother asked my mother?" When are we going to Stone Town? ”

Liu Yongan said: "I haven't asked yet, wait a little longer, in two days, it is estimated that the eldest aunt will send someone to send a festival gift, and then I will talk about it." ”

Liu Chengfang has six brothers and sisters, and the eldest sister is married to the Jinling Chen family, because her husband's family is still a little far from her mother's house, and she can't catch up on the second day of junior high school, so she sends a gift in advance every year.

The Chen family is a businessman, Aunt Chen is relatively rich, and the person is also very generous, and the gifts sent every year are full of ox carts, and the four brothers share them equally, and this year is estimated to be no exception. The conditions of the Liu family were not very good before, and Haozhou was not as good as an ancient capital city like Jinling, so the return gift was always much worse. Now that the four brothers of the Liu family are living well, the New Year's gift must be increased. But if you want to buy good things, it is better to buy things directly in Jinling, so as not to have trouble on the road.

Wang Jing estimated that Liu Yongan had this kind of idea, so she didn't say anything further.

Yipinxiang sold a total of 12,000 taels of silver, and asked people to send 2,000 taels of silver tickets to Hongyun, and the rest of her was going to Jinling to see if she could do something else, otherwise she wouldn't be so enthusiastic.

But if you go to Jinling in the name of sending gifts to relatives, you will have to wait until after the Chinese New Year. Because the day after tomorrow is the New Year, after the New Year, I will prepare for the New Year, Zhang's is pregnant again, and Wang Jing has to take care of most of the things, fortunately, she also started when Zhang's arranged these before, and she also knows part of it, when the time comes, she will draw up a list first, and then give Zhang's a look. It sounds difficult, but in fact, it is just a gift list of things sent by others, and then return the value is about the same, of course, the grandfather's family and Liu Chengfang's boss are exceptions.

In previous years, the Zhang family of the maternal grandfather's family would generally choose the affordable gifts, while the boss's family would choose those ingenious things. These are not difficult for Wang Jing, and the out-of-season fruits alone cannot be compared to others.

Wang Jing was silently thinking about things while flying the needle, and accidentally pricked the needle on the belly of her finger, and suddenly blood streaked out, Liu Yongan saw it and hurriedly pressed her finger.

"Forget it, don't do it, my mother has made enough to wear it, I'll make a joke for my sister."

Wang Jing shook her head, "It's just a needle prick, and you will give up halfway." ”

Liu Yong'an was in great pain, "Just let the maids do it." They are your people, what they do is naturally what you do, there are maids to call, don't do it yourself, or let's go to the plum garden to collect snowflakes together? ”

Wang Jing said: "Brother, let's go back to study, I'll collect snowflakes tomorrow, be careful that my father comes back and trains people." ”

Liu Yongan is actually not afraid of being trained, but he is afraid that he will always come to Daohuaxiang's side, and when the time comes, his parents will be angry with Wang Jing, and say: "Then I will let Liubai and Double Happiness collect snowflakes for you." ”

Isn't that too big a big deal to overkill?

"Just let the little maidens go, lest they be naughty all day long."

By the time the little girls collected the snowflakes, it was already the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and the new year had arrived.

On this day, in addition to respecting the old stove, it is also necessary to sweep the dust.

Not only do you have to clean the ...... on the floor, table, and cabinet, but also the newly knotted cobwebs on the roof, so be sure to be clean and welcome the New Year.

After sweeping the dust, they began to cut the window grilles, Zhang's window grilles are well-known, and many women brought the girls to Liu's house to ask Zhang's advice.

If it is a good family, the Zhang family will also call Wang Jing to accompany him, Liu Yongan inadvertently went in once, and was very impatient to be pulled by those women to ask questions.

When you enter the inner courtyard again, you must ask if there are any outsiders inside, and if you turn around, you will leave, and you will not even go to ask for peace to the Zhang family.

"I haven't finished the homework assigned by Mr. before, so I have to take advantage of the New Year break to make up for it, review the book, and go to make amends to her in a few days." He told his mother.

Zhang naturally focuses on his son's studies.

"Did the girl notice, the girls in our family are all dressed so beautifully these days." Purple Kite said indignantly.

Wang Jing smiled: "Of course the little girl with flowers is beautiful. ”

Du Juan Dao shook his head secretly, they girls didn't have a clue at all, how do you know what they were anxious about, "What she means is that those girls are so brightly dressed and have so fine makeup." ”

Wang Jing said: "Of course, a girl of this age must dress up well." ”

Purple Kite couldn't help it, "They all took this opportunity to think about our uncle." ”

Wang Jing said: "My brother will only get married after he wins the Jinshi, and there are still a few years, what are you anxious about." ”

The two maids naturally couldn't say that they were in a hurry for the master, so they had to shut up.

Wang Jing is in a very good mood today, her shiitake mushroom species is already covered with white mycelium, and she is busy moving the mycelium to the sterilized cottonseed husk bran mixture, and continues to put it in the room, and when the first month is over, it can be cultivated on the oak.

Although the two maids didn't know why Wang Jing was so happy, they could see that the master was happy, and they were also happy.

Waiting until the twenty-fifth, Wang Jing sent the year-end red envelope, and everyone was even happier.

She now has money in her hand, and she is willing to give it away, and she has asked people to redeem a lot of new money, regardless of the size of the maid and the housekeeper, they have all sent red envelopes that are twice the monthly money of the month, and everyone is smiling from ear to ear when they get the money.

Twenty-five, grinding tofu; Twenty-six, stewed white meat; Twenty-seven, kill the chicken; Twenty-eight, kill the duck......

In the children's nursery rhymes, twenty-nine has arrived, this year is not thirty, twenty-nine is Chinese New Year's Eve, firecrackers are heard one after another, and a cheerful and lively atmosphere is everywhere.

After worshipping the ancestors, the family sat around for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and laughter floated far away.

Compared with the elation and joy of everyone in the Liu family, the Qiao family's Chinese New Year's Eve was lifeless and listless.

It is said that the son passed the Tanhua exam and became Zhixian, and it is not far from home, and it is time for the family to get together on Chinese New Year's Eve and enjoy the joy of family. But when Liu Shi saw that Liu Chenghui came back on the twentieth day of the month, thinking that his daughter didn't know where she was dead or alive, she had a few more resentments about her son, who only came back on Chinese New Year's Eve, and ignored him with a cold face.

Qiao Chaoyang left them a hundred taels of silver, sat for a while and then returned to the county office.

"Everyone else is resting, there is no one in the yamen, and my son has to go back to guard." He explained.

In fact, it is not only him, but Liu Chengfang also has to guard in the prefect's yamen. Others are on holiday, and the local magistrate is not on vacation at this time, but Liu Chengfang is close to home, so he naturally came back for dinner. And Qiao Chaoyang is far away, so it is not so convenient. If it is a reasonable parent, he will definitely ask about the situation and go to his son for the New Year, but Liu himself will not go, and the man Qiao Guangli will not be allowed to go.

"He's an official, he looks down on his parents, what are we going to do?" She said hatefully.

The old lady Deng asked her eldest son Qiao Guangkuan to send a lot of New Year's goods to her nephew.

"Your grandmother said that it is not easy for you to be alone, you should have come here in person, but you are too old to walk, and you have time to go back to see her. Your aunt and I are also concerned about you. ”

Qiao Chaoyang hurriedly explained the reason why he couldn't go back, and Qiao Guangkuan said that he understood, "Your grandfather is also a prefect, and he has never spent the New Year at home, and everyone in the family knows about it." ”

When Liu learned that the old lady went to Dingyuan, she scolded her all night, and it was easy to stay up until the first day of the Lunar New Year, and when she went to pay New Year's greetings to the old lady, she couldn't help but speak.

"Mother, Yan'er is not dead at all, she was hidden by his brother." She gritted her teeth. (To be continued.) )