This time of the year was relatively busy, the eighth day of the lunar month is the eighth day of the Laba Festival, and the twenty-third day of the month is the small year, worshipping the god of the stove, sacrificing ancestors, preparing New Year's goods, and the day will soon come to Chinese New Year's Eve.

Before, these things were prepared by Xu Guo's and Xu Liu's, but now that the four rooms are separated, Xu Si doesn't want to go back and watch Xu Jinxing and the others wander around, so he has to handle everything by himself.

Not to mention that Master Xu Si has never paid attention to these things, Xu Qijin and Xu Qirong, two little ladies, don't know what to do. Although Shen An's family is old and knowledgeable, they are just a subordinate in the end, and they can only generally tell the two sisters Xu Qijin and Xu Qirong what to prepare.

The two sisters were worried, and the little maid of the Qi family next door came over to visit the door and sent something similar to the New Year's list.

Xu Qijin and Xu Qirong glanced at each other, and then listened to the little maid say: "The two young ladies are young, and the girls in our family think that the two young ladies have probably not started these complicated things. Our girl said that although the two young ladies are smart and know what to prepare after a little thought, but this time it looks like Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, many shops are closed, and some things, I am afraid that I will not have a place to buy them if I am late.

Our two families are neighbors again, as the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, so our young lady wrote such a list, let the two young ladies look at the additions and deletions, and then let the next person prepare. ”

Xu Qirong was stunned for a moment, and then heard Xu Qijin ask the little maid: "Is your girl very busy?" ”

If it was in the past, Miss Qi would have taken such an opportunity to come to the door to talk about this matter in person.

The little maid smiled: "Our girl is afraid that the two young ladies are too busy." So he asked the maidservant to send this list over, so that the two young ladies would not bother to entertain her. ”

Xu Qijin immediately understood, Miss Qi could see that their sisters were unhappy with her behavior of always coming to visit the door. But now people have done themselves a great favor. Reciprocating the peach, Xu Qijin still pursed his lips and said: "It's almost the end of the year, everyone is busy, and when we have time to be free after a while, our sisters still want to invite your young lady to go out to play together!" When the time comes, don't think our sisters are annoying. ”

The little maid thought that she had been taught by Miss Qi a long time ago, and she said this to Xu Qijin. Hurriedly smiled and answered for his own young lady, and then said goodbye and went back.

Xu Qijin looked at the list and was a little stunned.

The list is densely packed with hairpins that are now more popular among the little ladies. The first half is written about which New Year goods need to be prepared, and the second half is written about how to sacrifice ancestors, heaven and earth, etc. on Chinese New Year's Eve and the next year's New Year's Day. No matter how big or small, they are all listed on it.

Xu Qirong looked at the list in Xu Qijin's hand, and then looked at Xu Qijin's increasingly solemn face. There was a pause. said: "She has a heart." ”

Xu Qijin sighed, pointed out the second half of the list to Xu Qirong, and then explained: "Let's move out alone, with Xu Tingjin here, it is impossible for grandmother to move out of Lanzhi Courtyard to live with us." You see this list, she listed how the juniors worship their elders on Chinese New Year's Eve and the morning of New Year's Day, and how their daughters-in-law and children worship their in-laws. ”

When Xu Qirong heard this, his first reaction was that Miss Qi herself had not yet left the cabinet. I know so much, and the second reaction is. No matter what the purpose is, this Miss Qi is really benevolent and righteous to their sisters.

A few days ago, there were rumors about Xu Qijin and the eldest son of the Du family in Xijing City, the wedding date was set for November next year, Miss Qi knew that the two sisters had no mother, and now they were separated again, and I am afraid that no one will teach Xu Qijin these things. Xu Qijin married into the Du family as the eldest daughter-in-law, and if she didn't understand anything at that time, she was afraid that she would make a joke and make her in-law's family unhappy.

Miss Qi is taking the opportunity to secretly mention Xu Qijin!

Xu Qijin glanced at his sister and sighed: "She really has a heart for our father...... I don't know what I like about our father. ”

Xu Qirong hesitated for a moment and said, "If my father falls in love with her, I am also willing." ”

No matter what the two sisters think, the matter of this steproom is still up to Master Xu himself, the two sisters glanced at each other, and it was useless to say more, so they put aside this topic and did not mention it again.

But I am really grateful to Miss Qi in my heart, and the two sisters thought in their hearts that when the right opportunity was right, they should mention Miss Qi to their father, and they would be grateful to her.

With this list, it is much easier for Xu Qijin to prepare these things. Because he was worried that Xu Qirong would encounter such a situation in the future, Xu Qijin simply asked Xu Qirong to prepare these things with him, and while preparing, he told Xu Qirong in detail about some of the rules he had written down in previous years.

Although Xu Qirong lived one more life, Princess Pingtai was born in the palace, and she didn't know so much about the rules and etiquette of ordinary people, in her previous life in the Xu family, no one taught Xu Qirong about this, and later married to the Dongyang Hou Mansion, Yun Lan's mother couldn't get used to Xu Qirong in every way, and it was even more impossible to teach Xu Qirong how to manage Zhongyu.

Therefore, at this time, Xu Qijin taught seriously, and Xu Qirong also learned with his heart. There are many things that Xu Qijin can't figure out by himself, but fortunately, Shen An's family used to follow the Shen family, and many things should be done in his eyes, and he can mention the two sisters.

This is the first Chinese New Year's Eve after the four-room separation. Xu Ting was promoted, and the atmosphere on Ruyi Lane was naturally very cheerful, and I heard that the red envelopes in the hands of the maids and women were more than in previous years. There are fewer people on this side of Zhuangyuan Lane than there there, so naturally it is impossible to be as lively as Ruyi Lane.

But Master Xu Si is a generous master, and he didn't care about giving out red envelopes in the past, so he didn't know. Now that he is in charge, he has the intention to make everyone happy, and directly wrapped ten taels of silver in red envelopes for those who took the first-class example, eight taels of silver for the people who took the second-class example, and five taels of silver for the people who took the third-class example, and even the most inconspicuous people received at least two taels of silver.

Compared with previous years, this is not only two coins more than two coins of silver, but also several times more.

Moreover, this is the first Chinese New Year's Eve after Xu Qirong's throat is better, Xu Fourth Old Man feels sorry for his daughter, does not restrain her much, and even takes her to the artillery battle, Xu Qirong is scared enough at the same time, but also has a good time.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the stewards of Xu Qijin's dowry shop, the stewards who managed the shops and fields in the Shen dowry, came to pay New Year's greetings one after another. These stewards are all human spirits, and the four rooms are separated, although they did not explain to everyone why, but they all broke off the relationship with the Xu family in Ruyi Lane one by one, and they did not mention a word in front of the four masters Xu and Xu Qijin and Xu Qirong, which made the three of them feel very good.

Just when everyone was immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year, a major event happened in Xijing City. To be precise, a major event happened in the Dongyang Hou Mansion.

When Xu Qirong knew, the whole person became a little nervous.

Before marrying Yun Lan, the prince of Dongyang Houfu, in his last life, the comments he heard about Dongyang Houfu and Dongyang Hou Shizi were all righteous and bright, and almost half of the unmarried little ladies in the entire Xijing City wanted to marry Yun Lan, even if they were concubines.

Xu Qirong also learned after marrying into the Dongyang Hou Mansion that the Dongyang Hou Mansion with the righteous lintel turned out to be the place where the filth and dirt were hidden, and the talented Yunlan turned out to be a beast with a human face and a beast heart. finally saw their true faces, but it was when Xu Qirong was given to Chen De, the great eunuch of Dongchang.

Reliving a lifetime, compared to the rumored terrifying Hua Weijing, Xu Qirong wanted to hide from Dongyang Houfu and Yunlan more. The word revenge and hatred, she didn't think about it. However, Xu Qirong clearly knows that with her ability, it is already very difficult for her relatives to get rid of bad luck and live well, where does she have the confidence to go against such a human-faced and beast-hearted thing?

Xu Qirong didn't want to lose his life again if he messed up his previous life.

Fortunately, the Dongyang Hou Mansion in this life is as low-key as the Dongyang Hou Mansion in the previous life, as long as she doesn't deliberately inquire, there will be no news she doesn't want to hear. Moreover, like in the previous life, Yun Lan at this time was not a famous genius in the capital, and even among the little ladies in Xu Qirong's circle, almost none of them had heard of Yun Lan.

There has been no news from the Dongyang Hou Mansion and news from Yun Lan for several years, and Xu Qirong has almost begun to relax his vigilance. Who knew that at this time, there was suddenly news that Mrs. Dongyang Hou had died of illness, and Dongyang Hou had taken his illegitimate son outside home and entered the family tree.

For a while, everyone's conversation after tea and dinner was about the Dongyang Hou Mansion, and they all speculated that when the Lantern Festival began to go to court, the Dongyang Hou would go up to the fold to ask the Holy Lord to crown the illegitimate son with the son.

Xu Qirong also knew at this time that Mrs. Dongyang Hou was jealous, and gave birth to a bunch of daughters but did not allow Dongyang Hou to take concubines, and this illegitimate son can be said to be the only son of Dongyang Hou.

Xu Qirong's heart jumped, if this is really the case, could it be that Yun Lan is the illegitimate child? But in the previous life, Mrs. Dongyang Hou was clearly Yun Lan's mother-in-law, how could there be anything wrong with that identical face? In this life, Mrs. Dongyang Hou died of illness at this time, where did the Mrs. Dongyang Hou who worked hard to practice her in her previous life come from? (To be continued......)