The atmosphere of the New Year is strong day by day, and the people on the street are very lively, even in the small alleys, there are often children running out of the door, holding food in their hands and calling their playmates.

The elegant man in the official uniform walked slowly in the alley, his feet crunched on the frozen snow, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked as he looked at the carefree smiling faces of the children.

When he was a child, what he looked forward to the most was the time when the Chinese New Year was approaching, and every time at this time, his mother would be too busy to take care of him, so he could steal a little bit of free time, secretly turn out of the window, and wander around the village with his companions. If you meet a stingy person who is reluctant to give, a group of them will be naughty and mess with destruction, and often angry adults jump to their feet, but they are very proud, and they always feel that adults can't control themselves is a very proud thing.

It's been so many years in a blink of an eye.

The old Chen Tou who was guarding the door was leaning on the pillar at the door basking in the sun and squinting and dozing, when he heard the cough, he opened his eyes and was startled, and he was busy kneeling down and saluting, only to hear the old man say: "Get up, watch the door well." ”

"Don't worry, master, the old slave won't doze off anymore." Old Chen said busily.

Jiang Xun paused, turned around and said lightly: "Although the sun is said today, it is cold, and sleeping on such a day is easy to catch a cold." You're getting older, be careful. ”

Lao Chen's heart just calmed down, and when he heard this, he suddenly rushed to the point with excitement, the old man is really sympathetic, he can show the old man the door, and his old Chen Tou is also an ancestor who has accumulated virtue.

Jiang Xun walked all the way, and the subordinates he met were busy stopping to salute, and he nodded and walked towards the flower hall. At this time, the lady is generally in the flower hall to handle housework or receive gifts from various families.

"I know about this, I won't ...... it when the master comes back" Jiang Liu's voice paused, got up with a smile, swept his hand from the table, and the letter that was still unfolded on the table just now was pinched in her hand.

Jiang Liu took two steps forward to take Jiang Xun's official hat and asked, "The master came back early today, and the yamen was sealed?" Jiang Xun took a sip of the tea handed over by his subordinates, and said, "This year, the matter was dealt with early, and it was sealed early." In the evening, Lord Yang, Lord Xu, and Lord Meng made an appointment for me to have a drink in Zuixian Building, and I came back to change my clothes and was about to go out. As he spoke, he looked left and right and asked, "Are you busy at home this year?" How is it in the countryside? Did you send a letter? ”

Jiang Liu smiled, her hands clenched, and the sharp pain of her nails embedded in the flesh made her sober up, and she smiled again, and said: "The family is fine, the New Year's gifts of Lord Yang's family have been sent over today, and they have all returned the gifts, this is a gift list, you can take a look." ”

Jiang Xun waved his hand and did not accept the gift list, and said: "You can just make up your mind about these things, but this year, Master Meng's family just held a happy event, and the number of gifts should be done when giving gifts." "Lord Meng's eldest son just got married last month, and the bride's uncle just got promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites last month, so this relationship must be good.

When Jiang Liu heard this, he secretly remembered it in his heart, thinking that he would prepare a thick meeting gift for the newlyweds during the New Year.

"What about Zhi'er and Weiran?" Jiang Xun looked left and right, but didn't see a pair of children, so he asked.

Speaking of a pair of children, the smile on Jiang Liu's face suddenly deepened a lot, and the fine lines at the corners of his eyes became obvious, "These two naughty ghosts said that they were going to my uncle's house to see Xiaolu, no, after finishing my husband's homework at noon today, the two of them ran away." I said that we would go over together when the family was idle for two days, and they had to agree, so they didn't let Shizhu drive them over. Saying that, he complained, "These two leather monkeys, as soon as Mr. relaxes, they will go crazy, I can't persuade them, and I can't persuade them, and I can't help them." ”

said that it was a complaint, but looking at the deep smile in Jiang Liu's eyes, it was as she said, she was reluctant to beat and scold these two children, holding them in her hands for fear of falling, and holding them in her mouth for fear of melting.

Jiang Xun remembered what Mr. said about the naughty words of the child, and he also had a faint headache, he was usually busy with government affairs, and he didn't have much time to discipline the children. Although Mrs. Jiang Liu is shrewd and capable, she doesn't read much, and she can't supervise her younger son in schoolwork, coupled with her motherly heart, her spoiled son is lawless, and even her husband can't do anything about him. The daughter is okay, on weekdays, she learns to be a female celebrity with the girl from Lord Yang's family, and she learns etiquette well, and she has heard Lord Yang praise Zhi'er for being smart and well-behaved, and knowing books and etiquette.

Thinking of his daughter, Jiang Xun unconsciously shrank in his mind, pursed his lips and quietly looked up at his figure. The little man always hid behind Aunt Rong, and when he called him daddy, his voice seemed to come out of his throat, and you had to get close to her to hear what she was saying. He always thought that she was such a character, until one day he came back early from visiting friends, and when he walked to the backyard, he heard her standing at the door full of anger, crossing her waist and shouting loudly: "Jiang Shizhu, you don't go to chop wood, be careful I tell Brother Tiezhu and let him beat you." Brother Iron Pillar can knock your teeth out with a single fist. ”

It turned out that she wasn't really cowardly, she was just pretending to be well-behaved and weak in front of him. From then on, he didn't want to be close to her, as long as he didn't want to get along until she was doing well. In fact, he didn't know how to get close to her.

"The countryside has a thicker New Year's gift this year, and I will give a gift to Mr. Liao and Wang Li, which can be regarded as thanking them for teaching Quinoa." Jiang Xun said.

Jiang Liu felt a bitterness in his mouth, and the corners of his cheerful mouth, which had just been laughing, suddenly froze, and he pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Got it, master." The gifts are very thick, and a lot of good things have been prepared to send them this year, all of which are fresh things that my brother brought back from the north and south, and I don't often see them in the capital, not to mention the ...... in the countryside."

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Jiang Chun entered the house with the medicine bowl, lightly put the things on the table, walked to the side of the bed and gently pulled the book in Jiang Quinoa's hand and put it on the small square table at the head of the bed, and stuffed Jiang Quinoa's hand outside into the quilt, and then took the medicine bowl out again.

Aunt Rong sent away the people who came to give gifts, and when she saw Jiang Chun coming out with a full bowl of medicine, she frowned and asked, "Miss doesn't take medicine?" ”

Jiang Chun shook his head, "Miss is asleep, I want to wait for her to wake up before eating." Aunt Rong stretched out her hand and pretended to beat her, "It's just that you are so used to Miss, so you spoiled her." The doctor said that this medicine should be taken on time, how can the disease be cured if you don't take it. ”

Jiang Chun shrank to the side, the tray in her hand was snatched away by Aunt Rong, she muttered and followed her back into the house again, "Miss didn't wake up with the doctor, she woke up when I talked to Miss." Those doctors, who are not skilled in medicine and love to prescribe these unpleasant medicines, if I don't want to drink them. ”

Aunt Rong glared back at her, and said in a rough voice: "Yes, you have a lot of credit, you woke up the young lady." It's a shame that Miss woke up, otherwise you won't see that I don't skin you. ”

Jiang Chun shrunk his neck and didn't dare to speak.