Xiao Qi has been gone for a few days, and it is approaching August 15 in a blink of an eye. Obviously, in this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Wulang and Xiaoqi are too late to come back for a reunion. Even Shouxin and Zhang couldn't help but be a little worried, but both of them also understood that there was no way to do it. Moreover, this is still a good thing, and it is a good thing that other people's families can't ask for incense and worship the Buddha.

Good boys are ambitious in all directions, always tethering the children to their side, although they can enjoy the joy of family, but they also bind the children's wings. Lianjia is still in the stage of starting a business, and it is not a success, so it can't stop and enjoy wealth and prosperity.

Lian Shouxin still supervised the affairs of the Zhuangzi everywhere, while Lian Man'er and Zhang's carefully arranged the rituals everywhere as in previous years.

First of all, there are a few relatives' homes, even the old house, Zhang's maiden family, and then the Wu family, the Zheng family, etc., and then there are several households in the same county and township who have contacts with the eunuchs and squires, such as Wang Ju's family and Wang Taiyi's family, as well as some scholars who come and go from Wulang, and there are also dots everywhere in the county government, and then there are several mansions in the city, including the Shen family.

Over the years, these feasts have been established, and only a few have made minor additions, so the preparation is only trivial, but it is not difficult.

Here send people everywhere to send Boxing gifts, and there are constantly Boxing gifts delivered every day, to arrange entertainment, send replies to posts, Lian Man'er manages these things every day, and there is hardly a moment of leisure time.

"This is the busier the New Year's Day......" That evening, after dinner, a family of three sat on the porch, talking about the recent arrangements, Lian Man'er smiled with emotion. And the bigger the days go, the busier they become.

"This August Festival, it is estimated that the three of us will spend it." Lian Shouxin said, "Man'er, what are we going to do?" ”

"Then let's just go through it normally, don't invite the drama or something." Lian Man'er thought for a moment. He said, "When my brother and Xiaoqi come back, let's be lively then." ”

Now during the New Year's holidays, even Man'er's family will invite the opera troupe, juggling troupe, etc. to sing on stage, still under the Yuci archway, invite the villagers of Thirty Miles Yingzi and neighboring villages to come together to have a lively time.

However, this year, because it is estimated that Wulang and Xiaoqi will come back soon, Lian Man'er thought that it would be better to invite the troupe to be lively and lively at that time.

Lianjia loves this lively. The person who loves to listen to opera the most is Zhang.

"Okay, let's wait a few more days and spend this festival quietly." Zhang said.

In any case, in the minds of the family, the matter of celebrating the festival is by no means as important as the matter of Gorou and Xiaoqi taking the exam.

August 13. The Shen family in Fucheng sent someone.

Today's Niangniang Temple has invited the abbot of the monk, although it is generally regarded as the family temple of the Shen family, but because of the will, there are a few days a month open to the outside world to receive pilgrims. According to the festival, Niangniang Temple will also do some French styles, soup kitchens, and medicine.

Because of the magnificence of the building. Beautifully decorated, coupled with the royal name, the incense of Niangniang Temple is extremely prosperous. And there is a legend that the Bodhisattva of Niangniang Temple is very effective. Such. and its incense is even more abundant. Every day when the Niangniang Temple is open, the pilgrims are almost shoulder to shoulder, forming an uninterrupted long queue from the foot of the mountain to the front of the temple.

Every year, the Shen family will send people to maintain and repair the Niangniang Temple and Nian Garden. Four o'clock season. There will also be people from the Shen family who bring people to offer incense.

At this time, a number of officials in Jinyang County were also eunuchs and squires. will be waiting for you.

Lian Shouxin now has a reputation from the seventh grade, so he naturally wears it, and follows to burn incense in order, and Zhang took Lian Man'er and all the female relatives to go to the Niangniang Temple to worship incense.

After some etiquette, the Shen family arranged a vegetarian meal in the temple, and everyone received the meal together, and it was not dispersed until the end of the day.

When they returned home, Lian Man'er and the three of them had just sat down in the hall and were about to discuss the matter, when they saw the person in charge outside come in to report.

“…… Zhang Qianhu, who followed the sixth master, came and asked to see him outside. …… said that the sixth master was sent back from the border city. The steward's report was given, and he handed over the prayer post.

The sixth master in the steward's mouth undoubtedly refers to Shen Liu. In the Lian family, everyone calls it that, and only Shen Liu.

The little girl took the post and handed it to Jixiang, and Jixiang presented the post to Lian Man'er.

Lian Man'er hurriedly opened it and saw that it was Zhang Qianhu's prayer post. Zhang Qianhu is Shen Liu's confidant, and he has been to Lianjia several times, so he is more familiar with Lianjia. In the past two years, he has come a few times on Shen Liu's orders, so Lian Shouxin and the Zhang family were not surprised when they heard that he was coming.

"I saw it from a distance just now, and it was inconvenient to speak. Otherwise, I'm just about to send someone to see if he's available, so please come and talk. "Even keep your word.

"Come in." Lian Man'er said.

The steward went down, and after a while, he personally led Zhang Qianhu in. Even Shouxin hurriedly greeted him, Zhang and Lian Man'er did not evade, everyone greeted each other, and then the guests and hosts sat down.

In the past two years, Zhang Qianhu has been extremely used under Shen Liu, and he is more capable and old than before.

“…… The sixth master stumbled on something in the border city, and he couldn't come back on the August Festival, so he sent me home to deliver things and burn incense in the temple with him. …… There are also some native products from the border city, and the sixth master specially ordered me to send them here. Zhang Qianhu said, and handed over a gift list.

“…… Sixth Master, this is too polite,...... It's troublesome for thousands of households to run this trip......" Lian Shouxin hurriedly said.

The gift list was still sent to Lian Man'er's hand, Lian Man'er opened it and saw that it was really a special product of the border city, what hazelnuts a few catties, a few catties of pine nuts, a few catties of chestnuts, and a kind of apple, slightly smaller than the general apple, sweet and sour taste, which is unique to the border city, and the rest of the dried roe deer, deer breast, dried fish, etc., are also the specialties of the border city, other places or not, or even if there is, it is not as delicious as the border city.

Now the Lianjia and the Shen family have gifts in the fourth year, and the Lianjia festival has been sent to Fucheng, and the Shen family's return gift was sent to the house in the pine alley over there because Wulang and Xiaoqi were in Fucheng.

And this one was specially given by Shen Liu. I didn't say it was a festival, but I just sent someone back to have something, and by the way, I brought some local products.

It was not the first time that Shen Liu had done this. In the past few years, even the Shen family has become closer and closer, and Shen Liu sometimes sends people to come, and everyone has become accustomed to it.

Lian Man'er looked at the gift list, and was already thinking about what to prepare, and bothered Zhang Qianhu to bring it back to Shen Liu.

"The sixth master won't come back for the holidays, can he come back a year ago?" Lian Man'er asked Zhang Qianhu.

"It is estimated that I will only have time to come back in early September, and I will go to Beijing before the next ......year," Zhang Qianhu replied busily.

"Oh......" Lian Man'er sighed. Shen Liu's position is not easy to sit in, and this year is full of everything, and it is rare to have leisure.

"The sixth master also sent a post to the fifth master here." As Zhang Qianhu spoke, he carefully took out an envelope from his sleeve.

The post enveloped in this envelope was naturally handed to Lian Man'er.

Lian Man'er took the post and didn't start reading it immediately. Wulang is now in Fucheng, and I heard Zhang Qianhu say just now that it is clear that when he came back from the border city, he first settled in Fucheng, and then came to the camp for thirty miles with the people of the Shen family. So the post to Goro, how did it get here again. Forgot when you were in Fucheng?

Lian Man'er didn't look at the post, but put it away.

"Wait for my fifth brother to come back and show him." Lian Man'er said.

Zhang and Lian Man'er asked a few more words about Shen Liu's well-being, and then came out of the front hall, leaving Lian Shouxin to talk to Zhang Qianhu.

When the mother and daughter arrived in the backyard, they were busy arranging dinner, and they would definitely leave Zhang Qianhu for dinner.

Then, the two of them discussed what they wanted to bring back to Shen Liu, as well as the thank you silver and thank you gifts for Zhang Qianhu, and everyone who came with Zhang Qianhu also had red seals and rewards.

After all these arrangements were made, Lian Man'er returned to her house. She sat down and thought about it, but still took out Shen Liu's post, cut the seal with scissors, and took out a long note from it.

The letterhead used by Shen Liu is also specially made, but unlike Shen Jin's coonflower notes, Shen Liu's letterhead is naturally fat-free and powder-free, and the craftsmanship is obviously more elaborate and superb. Light gold and light blue intertwined with a faint dark pattern, and the letterhead also exudes a faint sandalwood.

This kind of paper is only available to Shen Liu, and it is said that there are special craftsmen who make this kind of paper specifically for him.

Such a letterhead, so to speak, is an anti-counterfeiting mark on behalf of Shen Liu.

The handwriting on the letterhead is not unfamiliar to even Man'er, it is written by Shen Liu.

There is no writing on the letterhead, only two ink dots, and the first sentence below is like seeing the words.

The letter was written as Shen Liu's usual behavior, very neat and crisp, with a few words, talking about his current situation, and saying that he would return to Fucheng in early September, saying that he would be able to meet at that time. At the end, he also mentioned that he liked the clothes that Zhang sent last time.

Lian Man'er finished reading the letter, sat for a while, and then put the letter in the dresser and put it away.

This year, the family has prepared some winter clothes and cold things to send to the border city, it seems that some of them can be brought back by Zhang Qianhu in advance, Lian Man'er thought.

In the evening, accompanied by Mr. Qu, Zhang Qianhu had dinner at Lian's house, and the next day, Zhang Qianhu left with the people of the Shen family. The Shen family is returning to the city, and Zhang Qianhu will separate from them halfway and return directly to the border city to return to Shen Liu.

On August 15, Lian Man'er's family of three invited Mr. Qu to have lunch together. Because of the holiday, there has been a holiday in the school in the past two days, and the other gentleman and the bookkeeper have gone home for the holiday, Xiaolong and Xiaohu were also taken home by Zhang Qingnian for the holiday, and only Mr. Qu stayed.

Although there was no big operation, but in the evening, the Lian family still invited someone to go to the lotus pond to admire the moon.

…

Ask for pink.