In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, except for Cheng Yue who stayed in the return garden, the masters of the three rooms of the Qian family all went to the big house in the village. The monkey girl burst into tears, and Qian Yixiu didn't take it with her, but let it accompany the little lady at home.

The little lady now sees the monkey girl as her third child, and she likes it very much, and she will make clothes and embroidery for it when she has nothing to do. With its company, it is not so lonely.

This time, the three rooms were filial to the old couple, and the other rooms were shocked. The old couple each had twenty taels of silver, two sets of silk clothes, two pairs of shoes, and half a pig, a wild sheep, fifty catties of sausages, five smoked ducks, five silk rabbits, ten catties of apples, twenty catties of citrus, twenty catties of brown sugar, twenty catties of sugar, one hundred catties of polished rice, one hundred catties of fine noodles, one horse of fine cloth, one horse of silk, and two large carts.

Qian Sangui said, "It's not easy for my father and mother to raise me, my life is better now, and I have to let my father and mother eat well." ”

Tang's eyes were red with jealousy, and he shouted loudly, "The third uncle is not only honoring his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but you are also filial to Duoduo and Dewa." With so much food, even if the big house family has a swollen belly, it will take three months to eat. The two pieces of cloth honored the garments of their whole family. ”

The old man scolded, "Vulgar." There was also a smile on his face, he was still filial to San'er, and he wanted to get his father and mother if he was better.

Wang Shi was rarely angry with Tang this time, and smiled heartily and asked Sister-in-law Lu and his son and daughter-in-law to help carry the food into the kitchen and warehouse.

Qian Sangui raised his eyebrows when he saw his granddaughter raising his eyebrows with him, shaking his head and laughing.

After that, Mr. Qian took his family to the grave to go to the grave of the ancestors, mainly reporting that the Qian family's "dim sum restaurant" under his wise leadership finally did not let people with foreign surnames squeeze in.

Qian Yijin and Qian Yixiu kowtowed and burned paper in front of their little father's grave, and Qian Yijin reported on the major events in the family this year and the progress of his studies.

After having dinner in the big room, the second and third rooms went home separately.

The animal house is getting more and more savvy, and it also knows that it is the Chinese New Year today, so it rushes home before dark. The family was eating the New Year's dinner in the main courtyard, although there was less Aunt Manxia, but there was one more monkey girl who would be pleasing and coquettish, which also made everyone laugh constantly.

Brother Monkey saw that the owners spoiled the monkey girl to the sky, and even the mountain mother who protected the calf did not eat the vinegar of the monkey girl, and covered her mouth from time to time to steal fun, and she was proud.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Qian Yijin went to the village to pay New Year's greetings on behalf of the Qian family, and Qian Sangui asked him to invite Wan Er Niu to follow his son and daughter-in-law to the Qian family to play when he went to Wanjia.

Wan Erniu gladly accepted the invitation. He saw that the little master had grown tall and strong and had become a half-sized son, and he was becoming more and more of King Ning's abundant bearing, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

He asked Qian Manxia to take Qian Yijin to the east wing where the young couple lived to play more, and asked Wan Dazhong quietly, "Have you bought the medicine you bought?" ”

Wan Dazhong nodded, "Bought it." Then he said embarrassedly, "Dad, wouldn't we be guilty of doing this?" ”

Wan Erniu said helplessly, "Although the master's situation is much better than before, and he has returned to the capital from Saibei, he has not completely escaped from the predicament. If the two families knew that the master had such a single seedling, it would definitely be detrimental to the little master. Therefore, he must not be allowed to return to Beijing for an adventure. This account should be remembered first, and after returning to Beijing, we should ask our master for our guilt. ”

Wan Dazhong nodded, hesitated and asked quietly, "Dad, you said, will that rumor from many years ago be true?" ”

Wan Erniu stepped down his face and said, "How can it be true!" It must be the master's political enemies who are jealous of the master, and make it up to destroy the master. Alas, just because of this rumor, the emperor has not waited to see his master until now. ”

In the blink of an eye, after the fifteenth day of the New Year, Qian Yixiu's little brother and sister are going to Daci Temple. One is to look at the little monk, and the other is to ask Qian Jinzhao about the specific day of the capital, and they want to follow. Last time, the people of Linglong Zhai forced to buy embroidery, but they still scared the Qian family, and they felt that the little brother and sister were relieved to follow the Liang family.

Cheng Yue had nothing to do and made a jacket for the little monk, and also made a monk's hat for them to bring. They also brought some vegetarian snacks made by Xia Xia Xiang Cake House, and a small jar of honey golden lotus root.

This time, the monkey girl took the road, and Qian Yixiu took it with her.

The animal house, which was idle, went up the mountain again after the eighth day of the new year, and has not come back until now.

Qian Yixiu was afraid that the monkeys in Xiding Mountain were afraid of the red monkeys, so she put on a tightly covered coat and pants for the monkey girl, and also wore a scarf.

When I came to Daci Temple, I went straight to the little monk's residence.

The little monk seemed to know that they were coming, and was already waiting at the gate of the small courtyard.

Seeing the things that the little brother and sister brought him, he pursed his lips and said, "Go back and thank your aunt for the poor monk." ”

When he returned to the little monk's meditation room, he took out a purple Maitreya Buddha statue about ten centimeters high and said, "I asked for a piece of rosewood from my senior brother the year before last, and it took me more than a year to carve this Maitreya Buddha statue. You help your aunt to go back, and I hope that the Buddha can bless your aunt with happiness and happiness, and don't be too sad. ”

The little brother and sister were very moved, thanked the little monk, and worshiped the Buddha again, and then invited the Buddha statue into the bag.

Qian Yijin and the little monk began to discuss knowledge again. Since Qian Yijin followed Mr. Hao, he has made rapid progress, and the level of the two Xiao Zhengtai is now on par.

Qian Yixiu looked around the little monk's bookshelf and made a new discovery. It is that the original Four Books and Five Classics on the bookshelf only have the 'Book of Changes' left, and there are many more scriptures.

Qian Yixiu asked, "Why doesn't the little master learn those four books and five classics?" ”

The little monk nodded and said, "The master said that I have studied those knowledge for five years is enough, and it is only right that I should learn more about Buddhism in the future." ”

Qian Yixiu said secretly, that old monk is really good at fooling people, some people in the Four Books and Five Classics may not be able to appreciate its essence after exhausting their lives, and he is a five- to nine-year-old little boy who is no matter how smart he is, how much he can learn, and it is "enough". On second thought, he should not have learned those worldly things as a monk, and it is true that he should have more enlightenment of Buddhism.

When it was close to noon, the old monk "finished the lecture" to Uncle Liang. The nameless monk invited the little brother and sister into the old monk's meditation room, and the monkey sister also knew the old monk, and climbed on the old monk's body as soon as she went, which made the old monk laugh.

said, "You little monkey is more clever than that monkey." ”

Maybe Uncle Liang wants to learn more skills from the master before leaving the school, it is very hard, he has lost a lot of weight, and even his face is a little blue.

He wore a moon-white robe with a round neck and arrow-sleeved robes, an apricot yellow belt tied around his waist, and a wooden hairpin tied around his head. It seems that the person is more long, and the facial features are more three-dimensional and profound.

He had completely detached himself from his original youthfulness. Xu is good that he hasn't seen anyone other than the master and junior brother, and he is extremely happy to see Qian Yijin and Qian Yixiu's brother and sister. Although he was happy, he only had a little more smile in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, instead of grinning like the original big mouth.

Also, this year he should be a young man who turned seventeen.

Thinking about Zhang Yang who became a father, he is also a lot more mature and introverted. And Song Gongzi, who is a few months older than Uncle Liang, should also be more stable, right? It is said that he would have been married a long time ago, if it weren't for the filial piety of Old Man Song, he would have become a father.

Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, those young men with the throats of male ducks have grown up. After this Uncle Liang returns to Beijing, his family will rush to marry him, right? In ancient times, this age was not small.

Qian Yixiu, an adult core, was lamenting the passing of time, and Uncle Liang gestured at her height and smiled, "Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, that short and thin little girl has grown so tall." ”

Several people laughed for a while, and Qian Yijin asked him when he would return to Beijing, and their brother and sister would go to Beijing with them.

Liang Jinzhao said with a smile, "The master said that I will leave at the end of February and leave at the latest in early March." Before you go, I'll let you know. ”

The little brother and sister are about to go down the mountain after eating fast, and the monkey sister is interested in playing here, and she wants to play more. The old monk said, "This little monkey has some relationship with Buddhism, so let it stay longer, and I will have someone send it back in a few days." ”

After the two siblings returned home, they began to prepare for entering Beijing.

The first thing is to pack the embroidery screen well, and there can be no damage on the way.

Once again, Cai Ming, the second shopkeeper of Splendid Xing, led people to package Lotus Cosmetics, and this time I went to the capital mainly to start the brand of Lotus Cosmetics.

The third is to prepare gifts for the Liang Mansion in the capital, and this time Qian Hua helped a lot by opening a branch in the Beijing Liang Mansion. Besides, if you want to meet the president of the group company, Mrs. Guogong, you must prepare a decent gift.

Fourth, bring some more silver. Qian Hua didn't come back for the New Year, and he sent Qian Yixiu several letters through the Liang Mansion. Although he brought more than 5,000 taels of silver with him when he left, as well as many special products from Ji'an, the silver was still stretched.

The things in the capital are too expensive, and every inch of land is expensive. Although they did not buy a shop, they rented a three-story small building according to Qian Yixiu's request and renovated it according to her requirements. Coupled with daily expenses and bribes to those officials, there is not much money left.

Qian Sangui gave Qian Yixiu 2,000 taels of silver tickets, and Qian Yixiu brought 25 small pearls just in case. These small pearls can only be sold for a hundred taels of silver alone, but they are worth a string of pearl necklaces. The beads are white and full, the same size, it is still rare. The money is also embroidered, and it can be sold for at least 4,000 taels of silver.

She didn't want to move the rest of the beads, after all, it was rare to go to Dongtian Pond, and besides, such a small Bichi would not produce too many beads, and the beads there were rarer than the pearls in the South China Sea.

Time flies by in a hurry. On February 26, an anonymous monk sent a letter. Liang Jinzhao officially left the school yesterday and rushed to the provincial capital early this morning. He told them to get their siblings ready, and it was about March 6 to make the trip. When the time comes, he will have someone to inform them in advance.

The nameless monk also said that Master Grief and the little monk Hongji would also travel to the north together.

When the little brother and sister heard that the Coke was broken, with the cute little monk, the journey would be even happier.

On March 2, Liang Jinzhao's little servant Liang Gao came. The Liang family has chartered a big boat, which will officially set sail from the Wenxian wharf on March 6, and Liang Gao will accompany the little brothers and sisters of the Qian family.

Duoduo heard that Sister Xiu'er was going to the capital by boat, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. In the end, Qian Manchuan, who was going to the provincial capital to do business, had to agree to take her to the provincial city to play.

It's a pity that two days before departure, Qian Yijin suddenly had a fever and a rash. was so frightened that Wu and Cheng Yue cried, and hurriedly sent him to Baohetang, the county seat. After reading it, Master Zhang said that fortunately it was not smallpox, just ordinary urticaria, and it would be fine to take medicine for a few days, but not open the wind.

It seems that he can't go to the capital. Xiao Zhengtai couldn't cry, but there was nothing he could do. I had to tell my sister through the window to pay attention to safety on the road, don't talk to strangers, she is such a good-looking girl, don't let the bad guys abduct her.

Qian Yixiu reassured him that this time there was not only Liang Gongzi's family, but also Master Beikong and the little monk, and they would take Brother Monkey and Benben with them, and there would be nothing to do on the road.

On March 5th, dozens of boxes of Lotus Cosmetics arrived at the Garden. Last year's top Golden Lotus series of cosmetics never sold a box, but this time they all came here. The wooden box, which is two meters long, one meter wide and one meter high, contains more than 20 boxes. The slightly inferior Jinlian series of cosmetics have been pulled to the capital since the end of last year. But it was not sold, and it was sold together when the Splendid branch opened.

In the evening, Old Man Qian and Mrs. Qian came to see off Qian Yixiu.

The old couple really couldn't figure it out, since the embroidery and balsam they sold were so important, why not let Qian Manchuan and Qian Manhe help watch the sale, but let a little girl less than ten years old go to the capital.

Old man Qian had already said that Qian Sangui was expensive, but Qian Sangui just smiled and didn't let go at all.

Although he was extremely reluctant to let his granddaughter go, he had to let him go. One is that these things are too important for outsiders to interfere with, and my body can't travel long distances at all. Another reason is that the granddaughter must go by herself, and if she doesn't go, she can't go.

This time, not only did Huang Hua and Su Sanwu accompany him, but also let Brother Monkey and Benben follow. Later, I heard that it was the Liang family's big boat, and there were Master Beikong and Master Hongji together, so I was completely relieved.

At night, Cheng Yue, who knew that her daughter was going to travel far away, hugged her daughter and cried, no matter how relieved Qian Yixiu was.

The little lady is still afraid that her daughter will never return like Brother Jiang, but she hopes that the embroidery can be sold in the north, so she is entangled.

The little lady was made of water, and her tears wet half of the pillow, and she never let go of her hand holding her daughter all night, and she cried until it was almost dawn before she gradually fell asleep.

There was a white fish belly on the same day, so Qian Xiaoyu walked in lightly and woke up Qian Yixiu, who had just fallen asleep.

Qian Yixiu came outside after breakfast, and many rented ox carts and donkey carts had already pulled things east and west. Qian Bianxiu took Zizhu, Baizhu, Wei, as well as Brother Monkey and Benben into a carriage driven by Liang Gao, and Master Lu and Master Jin, Huang Hua and Su Sanwu followed in an ox cart.

Cheng Yue, who was wearing a middle coat, stood in front of the window, watching her daughter's carriage disappear into the morning glow at the entrance of the village across the wasteland, crying silently. (To be continued.) )