The next day was Chinese New Year's Eve, and when I got up in the morning, the Qin Mansion was busy, and today I wanted to worship the ancestral hall.

Jin Yi freshened up early in the morning, Qian Mo chose a magenta Ruyi pattern dress for her, today's family is a descendant of the female family, and those who have a decree must wear formal clothes, such as Jin Yi, who has not yet been married, must wear a light color of red, and other concubines can not be red.

By the time they got to the old lady's room, most of the people had already arrived. The maid who is only three rooms away has not yet arrived. The old lady's face was a little bad, and she waited for a while before she saw the third lady An Shi hurrying over with Qin Lian.

The old lady went out and sat in a soft sedan chair, and the rest followed behind, all the way to the ancestral hall on the edge of the outer house.

The Wujin ancestral hall of the black oil fence, the plaque on the top reads "Qinfu Ancestral Hall". The white jade stone road in the courtyard, planted with pines and cypresses on both sides, and the old copper tripod is set up above, which looks solemn.

The ladies followed the old lady into the room and stood on the right side in turn, and the clan woman Xu was beside the old lady. On the left, Qin Zhili, Marquis of Qingrong, and Qin Jinxuan, Marquis of Changfeng, stood at the front.

The sacrifices that were passed up from the back one by one were sent to the hands of the Marquis of Qingrong, and the incense table was respectfully placed.

Jin Yi raised his head slightly, the red curtain hung on it, and the incense candle was burning. On the altar is the tablet of the ancestors of the Qin family.

In a corner on the right, a tablet reads "The Spirit Seat of the Sage Woman Jiang Shi Jirou", standing alone. Jin Yi was gloomy, and prayed silently in his heart.

The old lady had incense, and everyone behind her knelt down, kneeling all over the yard in the dark.

After the ceremony, the old lady turned her head and called Guo Jinyi to step forward, "You have been away from home for all these years, and today I will pay a good visit to your mother." ”

Xu's face on the side instantly tensed, but he quickly covered up the past.

Jinxiu stepped forward lightly and said to Jinyi: "Sister, I will accompany you to incense my mother." ”

"Okay, good, Xiu'er really understands etiquette." When the old lady saw that she was so obedient, she smiled kindly at her.

The two of them took the incense from their subordinates and bowed down.

Qin Zhili on the left looked at the two daughters kneeling in front of him, looked up at Jiang's tablet, and there were some warm tears in his eyes.

Xu glanced at him and turned his head slightly to the side.

Out of the ancestral hall, everyone gathered to Fuxi Hall. The old lady sat in the middle with a smile, watching the children and grandchildren of the family come to kowtow to her one by one, and Yingxue Ziyue and other big maids held lucky bags containing all kinds of gold and silver naked children on the side, and distributed them to everyone one by one for her.

When it came to Jinyi's salute, the old lady gave her an extra golden hairpin with a delicate green grass insect head, and gave the splendid a gilded magpie bead flower, and the brocade was like a butterfly hairpin inlaid with red gold.

Jinren Jinyi is a pen ingot Ruitalian-style gold nude, and Jinchen also got a Ruyi cloud pattern gold lock collar.

and rewarded each of the stewards of the palace with a hundred pieces of silver, and a second-class fifty pieces of silver...... Scatter the New Year's money to the big and small maids in various provinces.

The whole house is decorated with flowers, and everyone laughs and laughs noisily.

After the luncheon, the stage in the Hefeng Ju Courtyard was opened, and the card table on the side of the ladies was also set up, and several ladies accompanied the old lady to touch the dominoes.

Jinru shouted to play with the pitcher, and the sisters were also in high spirits. The maid took a purple gold hollow pot, and there was a red lacquer carved pot made of peach wood in it.

Jinzhang's daughter-in-law, Kong, nodded and threw it at the mouth of the pot. Although the body of the pot was large, the mouth was extremely small, and she missed the throw, and she smiled and admitted a cup.

Everyone took turns to take the pot to throw, some were lucky to win, clapped their hands, but most of them couldn't be thrown, and they had to be punished for drinking, noisy and shouting, very lively.

The eldest lady Lin, who was touching the cards, lost a few handfuls, and when she looked back and saw that they were playing happily, she came over with a smile and said, "I'll throw a handful too." ”

Reaching out and brushing the wide sleeves, the bracelet on her wrist jingled, she stood sideways, and the pot pick in her hand was thrown, right in the spout.

Everyone applauded, and Kong said with a smile: "Mother's skills have not diminished back then. ”

The Lin family was originally a military general, and he was proficient in equestrian riding and archery before he got married. Although he is now over thirty years old, he still has a straight waist and a sassy and heroic appearance.

Games like pitching pots are naturally difficult for Jinyi, but she didn't want to be too conspicuous, so she only pushed her shoulder injury and took Qiao Wei Qianmo to watch the play on the side. Hearing this, a group of little girls are also squatting under the stage, and they are all happy today, and no one controls them.

Cai Jing brought the tea cup and gently placed it in front of Jinyi. Jin Yi was watching the play intently, but he didn't notice it.

Recently, Jin Yi has often been followed by Qian Mo and Qiao Wei, and Cai Jing feels that she is not taken seriously, and she is inevitably a little aggrieved in her heart.

If she can't say that Qiao Wei is stronger, she doesn't feel wronged, after all, Qiao Wei has been by Miss since she was a child and has been with her in Shangxiu Hall for many years. But Qian Mo is just a maid borrowed from the Marquis of Changfeng's mansion, not only does the young lady rely on her for everything, but she also hands over all her private property to take care of.

The sky is getting late, and the big bright corner lamps are hung up all over the house, and the lanterns are colorful, lively and festive. In the lotus pond in the lotus chrysanthemum courtyard, countless lotus lanterns are lit, and the shadows are full of shadows, and the sky is full of colors.

The Chinese New Year's Eve reunion banquet was more sumptuous and luxurious than the family banquet of the previous two days, and dozens of dishes were handed over endlessly, and some only moved slightly, and then withdrew as they were.

When the dumplings were served, the old lady smiled and said, "But be careful, knock your teeth carefully." ”

Sure enough, almost everyone ate the dumplings wrapped with small gold ingots, got good intentions, and smiled happily.

Jin Chen spit out the ingots in his mouth, went to get the red bean cake on the table, took a bite, shouted that it was not delicious, and ran to Jin Yi's side, holding her hand with a smile, "Sister Yi, I still want to eat Qiuluo cake." ”

In the past few days, Jinyi has made cut autumn cakes every day, and asked Tingyan to send them to him. He ate this, but he didn't love red bean cake anymore.

This night is to keep the New Year's Eve in the house, and it is all going to be noisy until dawn. The old lady was also accompanied by everyone, and it was almost the second watch before returning to the room to rest.

Jin Ru and Jin Yi returned to Fu Jinxuan, ordered people to light many red candles in the room, and the two sat opposite each other to play chess.

Qian Mo and Cai Jing came in with supper, orange-flavored mandarin duck cake, tangram dim sum, flowers bloomed rich and ......, and the tender lotus Hanlu green glazed bowl was filled with lotus soup.

Eat a late-night snack. Jin Yi asked someone to bring the Buddha picture and sit on the side to embroider. Qiao Wei took the rouge peach pink apricot to play with Jinru.

Everyone chatted and relieved their boredom, and only when the day was about to dawn did they go back to the room and sleep randomly, but after an hour, they got up again and kowtowed to the old lady in Fuxi Hall.

Jin Yi went to Fengxian Hall to greet his father Qin. Jinxiu had already arrived, and was sitting on the chair on the side, Xu Shi was talking to her with a smile beside her, but her face was a little haggard, and the lines at the corners of her eyes were a little dazzling.

Since Qin Zhili was angry with Jin Yi that day, he looked a little embarrassed when he saw her in the past two days. Jin Yi still greeted him as usual, and saluted Xu's again: "Stepmother is well." ”

A smile appeared on Xu's face, and the fine lines at the corners of his eyes became more obvious, "Sister Yi'er, sit down." ”