Pei Jing brought the cook and the little guy to help, He Fangzhi set up a table of wine on Chinese New Year's Eve to offer incense candles in the courtyard, and Zhao Hui happily accepted Yu Shu as a goddaughter, and since then changed his words, calling him godmother godfather, and even Pei Jing has fished a ready-made uncle to do, happily closing his mouth.

Zhao Hui was satisfied, drank Yu Shujing's confession tea, and gave Yu Shu a jade bracelet from their Zhao family heirloom on the spot, and she was not allowed to refuse, Yu Shu had to accept it, thinking that in the future, Zhao Hui had a biological daughter, and she would transfer it.

Pei Jing gave Yu Shu a gold abacus very generously, I don't know where to get it, each abacus beads are coated with a layer of real gold powder, and it looks golden and very good-looking.

He Fangzhi bought twelve jars of Huadiao wine and sealed them in the cellar.

The adults did not favor one over the other, Yu Xiaoxiu also got a few gifts, he did not feel unhappy because of Yu Shu's confession, because he knew in his heart that Aunt Cui didn't care about him anymore, and occasionally had a few motherly attitudes, and also secretly stuffed him with money to spend, on the other hand, his sister was beaten and scolded by her mother since she was a child, and she was never treated with a good voice, so Zhao Hui was loved by her mother, and he was happy for her sister.

At the dinner table, now a veritable family chats and laughs while eating, and there is no taboo of a large family.

Pei Jing's wife, Qin, was unable to enter Beijing with them because of illness, and stayed in Yiyang for the New Year like Granny He.

It is not until March that the family can reunite in the capital, so there are a few fewer relatives on the table, and the wine is up, and there will inevitably be more sighs.

After eating the second watch of this meal, I withdrew and replaced it with soup, rice cakes, crystal dumplings, plum cakes, candied fruits, lotus sugar, 100 fruit balls, longan melon seeds, and a bowl of bird's nest porridge in front of everyone.

Pei Jing is okay, all he eats all day long, Yu Shu sister and brother have a few good days, they haven't seen such delicate refreshments a few times, they opened their bellies to eat tonight, and after the second watch, they all had round stomachs, and Jinbao couldn't eat anymore and lay on the edge of the stove to eat.

Zhao Hui asked Shen's mother to clean up the guest room, spread out a clean futon, and left Pei Jing to spend the night tonight, lest he go back in the middle of the night without anyone talking.

The Chinese New Year's Eve vigil is a custom, and the people of the An Dynasty especially abide by it, and they have to stay up until five and three minutes to keep a year safe, but before three more, Yu Xiaoxiu yawned and Yu Shu saw that he was dozing, so he asked He Fangzhi for a few strings of firecrackers, grabbed two handfuls of candied melon seeds and stuffed them in Yu Xiaoxiu's pocket, and led him outside to set off the cannon.

Zhao Hui hurriedly asked Kidney Bean to carry the lantern and follow, so that they would not bump into each other at night.

There are also a few families on the street where children come out to play, the street is crackling and not lively, this spark has just been extinguished, that place is lit, Yu Shu is the first time to play this ancient firecracker, see clearly is the gunpowder powder wrapped in a paper roll, with thin hemp stalks knotted into a string, the long one has one hundred and ten strands, and the short one is only forty or fifty.

She saw He Fangzhi light it twice at noon in the morning, and saw that the power was not great, it was like a cannon, she was fat, she didn't even pick a bamboo pole, she took the incense and led the fire and turned it around twice in her hand.

"Lost it, lost it"

"Don't be afraid, I'll take it for you."

"Ah, I don't want it"

Yu Xiaoxiu is really a quiet child, how can she be naughty, she was chased by Yu Shu in a new skirt and ran around the street with her head in her head, and there were no sleepy insects in the blink of an eye.

Later, while playing, he made a pile with the children nearby, Yu Shu was the oldest, and deservedly became the king of children, leading a group of little farts to catch ghosts, higher than running and jumping, and also giving candy to eat, pulling Yu Xiaoxiu to run all over the street, until the second half of the night, when each family came out to find someone, they dispersed their stalls and returned to their respective homes.

"Xiu, Xiaoyu, come home"

Hearing the cries of Zhao Hui and He Fangzhi, Yu Shu lit the last firecracker and threw it away, answered them loudly, took Yu Xiaoxiu's hand, and quickly ran to the portal with lanterns hanging in the distance.

In the sound of firecrackers, Yu Shu ushered in her first New Year in the prosperous Da'an.

The six subjects of Dayan are unified in the papers, and during the Spring Festival, most of the officials in Si Tianjian are not allowed to go home, and they live in Xiyuan with more than 20 Da Yi teachers who have written questions this year to correct this year's exam papers.

The same test paper needs to be in the hands of three people, one of them marks the error, the second person corrects, and the third person examines, in order to ensure fairness, the examiner who marks the paper is divided into three batches, different rooms, and do not meet.

This year, there is something special, the answer sheet of the first thaumaturgical department will be sorted out in detail by the officials, presented to the big mention point for inspection, and then send someone to notify the Xiang Wangfu, and send servants to various places to find the Xiang Wang

In addition, the first subject of astrology is the exam questions personally produced by Da Tidian, and all the test papers of this subject are sent to the Taixi Palace, which will be reviewed by Da Tidian in person, and the top three of 100 yuan will be selected, and others do not need to interfere.

At the beginning of the first year of the new year, the palace banquet, the big mention returned from the palace at night, took eight people to escort back to the Taixi Hall by the palace guards, and sent a sealed scroll from the West Garden, and the two officers bowed down and waited outside the building, showing inward:

"Qi Qi Taishu, the volume of the first section of thaumaturgy has been sorted out overnight, and after screening, there are a total of twenty-seven places that need to send people to go and there are several other remarks, and you need to look at it before making a decision."

The lights in the Taixi Hall are instantaneous, above the empty and quiet hall, a thousand clusters of lotus candles next to the white jade case of Zhangliu silver, bamboo slips and books are lined from the east to the west, neat and tidy, one person behind the case, the moon shirt is beautiful, the purple shoulders are black, the hand spreads the long scroll, listens to the report outside the hall, and looks at its content.

After the tea, a voice outside the hall:

"Taishu, the young eunuch asks to see you."

"Let him in."

Before long, a man in a brocade robe bowed his head into the hall, and the person behind the case beckoned to him: "Qiming, come and see."

"Yes, Taishu."

Standing in front of the table, Da Tidian pointed to the scroll in his hand to the person who came, pointed to the upper line, and laughed softly: "Look, there are still a few Jingjue people in this year's exam."

After seeing it, the expression remained unchanged, and said: "How to arrange Taishu, do you need to go down to the Dingbo Pavilion to meet the King of Xiang?"

"No, since the king of Xiang intends to conceal it, it will be useless for you to explore it again, he said that the painting is gone, it is gone, the palace yesterday took advantage of the seven stars to pass over the time of the heavenly opportunity leaked, and watched the sky at night, and saw that the great peace of mind is now in Anling. I will enter the palace today to worship the saint, please be a little restless, the year is the time when the misfortune is the heaviest, the misfortune is the three relatives and six reasons, and let him hide, and after the Shangyuan, the moon is full of blessings, and the strength of the stars is weakened, and then the emperor list is posted in the city to find the whereabouts of the trouble. ”

"If you don't have a portrait and don't know what it looks like, how can you find it?"

Da Tidian shook his head, rolled up the scroll in his hand, and looked calm: "I expected that today, three months ago, I had invited the Ming Sheng, and I did not alarm others, and sent someone to Longhu Mountain to invite the Nine Emperors to return to the court, count the days, people should arrive, why worry about not knowing the sound of the trouble."

The person who came sighed lightly and said: "Taishu is clever and calculating, and he is like a god."

"Ha Luha, these flattering words are tired of listening, you can spare me to be quiet," Da Ti put down the scroll and asked instead, "How do you read the astrological scroll I asked you to correct on your behalf?"

The person who came looked straight, showed a little disgust between his eyebrows, went around to the table and bowed, and said in a deep voice: "Yu Taishu, in this year's Dayan exam, someone leaked the question."

The people in the seat were shocked: "Oh? Which subject? ”

"It's the astrological family."

The Chinese New Year is to visit relatives and friends, He Fangzhi also has a few old friends in the capital before the correspondence, because Zhao Hui is inconvenient, she was left at home, took Yu Xiaoxiu to visit, Yu Shu excused himself to visit his neighbors on Huixing Street, and under Zhao Hui's repeated advice, he went out alone.

In the first few days of the new year, there were almost no stalls on the street to do business, and Yu Shu walked without a sedan chair.

I got two packs of medicine from Xue Rui before, and I used it to soak my hands and feet every day, and then smeared snake oil ointment, the effect was strange, and after three or four days, the chilblains on her hands and feet were swollen, and she didn't feel pain in her feet when she walked for a while.

When he arrived at the small courtyard on Huixing Street, Yu Shu opened the door and went inside, but he didn't find any traces of anyone coming, so he exited and was locking the door, when he heard someone behind him ask:

"Girl, which one are you? Why do you have the key to this house?"

Yu Shu turned his head and saw Aunt Xu at the door wearing new clothes in her hands, carrying a basket and standing at the door to look at her, looking at her expression, but she didn't recognize her.

Also, she has changed her skirt in the past few days, and combed her hair and wiped some rouge in the morning, in the shape of a daughter, the neighbors in this alley have always regarded her as a descendant, no wonder she is dressed like this, Aunt Xu will not recognize it for a while.

Yu Shu thought of Zhou Fangfang, so he softened his voice and spoke, so as not to be recognized by Aunt Xu, thinking that they had not moved out of the capital:

"Kiln, this yard was sold to my father, I'm here to see it today."

Aunt Xu believed it, nodded, and asked again: "Then do you know where the Yu family brothers who originally lived here moved to?"

"I don't know." Yu Shu smiled at her, turned her head to leave, and heard Aunt Xu muttering:

"How good is this, I can't find a messenger."

Yu Shu was suspicious in his heart, turned around and asked, "Auntie, what did you just say?"

Aunt Xu is a straightforward person, and she didn't hide it: "That's the case, a few days ago, a lady came to the door, claiming to be the mother of the Yu brothers, I don't know if it's true or not, I saw the anxious look on the lady's face, and I wanted to bring a message to the Yu brothers, so I don't know where they moved to."

When Yu Shu heard this, he guessed that the Ji family was looking for someone, so he pounced, so he made a curious look and asked, "What did that lady say?"

Aunt Xu pursed her lips and whispered to him: "Look at the clothes are excellent, but the scolding in my mouth, I didn't hear what I said, so I left."

Yu Shu was sure that Aunt Cui must have come, and she said a few words to Aunt Xu, and when she saw that she didn't have anything to say, she got out and left.

She is too lazy to pay attention to the affairs of the Ji family now, and they can't find her, and they can't do anything with her. Clear