Chinese New Year's Eve.

Other people's houses hung lanterns, beaming with joy, and the children walked through the doors and alleys, laughing and laughing, and the sound of firecrackers from time to time provoked a burst of cheers from the children.

But the Qian family is still keeping filial piety, and firecrackers, lanterns and other objects are all prohibited, which inevitably looks a little lifeless.

Qian Yuan smiled and touched his little sister's bun, "Brother is going to buy some firecrackers?" ”

Since Qian Yuan returned from Hangzhou, the little sister who has become lively again looked at the child running crazy outside the door, hesitated for a moment and shook her head.

"Spoil her less." Tan, who was still busy on the side, was dissatisfied: "Your uncle and mother were still training her yesterday, and she didn't look like a lady at all!" ”

The little sister wrinkled her nose, yesterday she was pulling two maids in the yard to skip rope, and she happened to be bumped into by Lu's, and she was okay to say that she was just trained, and the two maids were deducted from the monthly money and their eyes are still swollen.

"Okay, wait for my brother to pay for it, and you can do favors." Qian Yuan coaxed a few words, and the little sister laughed.

Looking at the harmony between the brother and sister, the corners of Tan's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, his son has been withdrawn since he was a child, let alone outsiders, even with his family, but his temperament has changed greatly in the past year or so.

Not to mention the others, I have made a lot of friends, and I can receive seven or eight letters almost every month, and the Tan family has no knowledge, but I have also heard the Lu family carefully say that there are the Sun family of the Yuyao family, the Taicang Wang family, and even the capital have letters sent.

Married to the Qian family for decades, since the separation, every Spring Festival Tan family is always uncomfortable, except for the Lu family, basically no one in the family comes to the door, uncle Qian Zheng is famous and travels widely, but those scholars will not come here to pay New Year's greetings, after all, her husband Qian Rui makes a living from business.

But this year is different.

Early on, the Taicang royal family sent someone to send a New Year's gift, knowing that the Qian family's inner house was missing a maid, and specially sent four trained ones.

There are not many New Year's gifts from Yuyao's Sun family, but the name of Jiquangong is there, and as soon as the news came out, most of the Huating was shaken.

The richest New Year's gift is the first Xiang family in Jiaxing, with five full cars, which makes the people of Huating County jaw-dropping.

plus the local Sun family, Lu family, Gu family, and He family in Songjiang......

Naturally, Tam understands why these changes are taking place.

"Madam, young master." Li Siyi, who was busy with sweat, came over with a cigarette, "The Lu family is here, and they gave two big car gifts." ”

"Who?" Tan blinked, Chinese New Year's Eve and there were still people giving New Year's gifts.

"Lu ......" Li Si squeezed his eyebrows at Qian Yuan, and the Tan family didn't know the inside story since the first battle in Jiading.

"Ahem, it's a friend my son made in Hangzhou." Qian Yuan explained a few words.

Several of the men escorting the convoy outside were all soldiers around Lu Bin, who were also in Jiading City half a year ago, and they all knew the weight of this Songjiang Xiucai in the minds of the Lu family's father and son.

Seeing Qian Yuan go out, everyone saluted solemnly, "The third young master can't be separated, let the little one send some New Year's gifts, there are still a small stream of pirates in Jiaxing these days, and they didn't rush to Huating until today." ”

"Brother Lu is really polite." Qian Yuan summoned Zhang San to arrange for storage, and asked Li Si to take people to rest and eat, and routinely sent some rewards.

After everything was arranged, Qian Yuan returned to the courtyard, and the eyes of the Tan family who was holding the gift list over there widened, "Yuan'er, this Lu family...... Such a generous gift! ”

After taking the gift list and looking at it a few times, Zhejiang native products, gold, silver and jade, and even celebrity calligraphy and paintings, it seems that the Lu family has spent a lot of thought on preparing such a heavy gift.

Qian Yuan smiled and stuffed it back, "Take it, I owe it to our family." ”

In the first battle of Jiading, the young son survived, Lu Bo may not have much gratitude, but the young son survived and experienced the tempering and can now be on his own, Lu Bo naturally knows how much he owes a lot of favor.

"That'...... That's fine. Tan sighed: "The New Year's gift from the Xiang family a few days ago was too heavy, and there was no way to return the gift, and the warehouse was empty." ”

What's the matter, Qian Yuan pouted quietly, his mother was fine, but she was a little stingy, and her little family was full of anger, of course, this was related to being swept away when she just got married decades ago, and the family had a very difficult time in the first few years.

"By the way, your fourth aunt came here a few days ago." Tan remembered something, "It's weird and ugly, let's turn our elbows out......"

Qian Yuan sneered, "Don't bother with them, the fourth aunt and the sister-in-law are cousins, both of them are from the Liu family in Shanghai, and their mother's family has opened a grocery store......

Li Si had already told him about this, and that day the Taichang Wang family sent a New Year's gift, and the news spread out, and the clansmen also knew that Qian Yuan and the Taicang Wang family cooperated to divide the silver, and they wanted to get a piece of the pie.

Now Qian Yuan is no more than a year ago, very clear about the funeral procedures of this era, this time last year, the Qian family held a funeral, there were very few clansmen who came to the door, a few cousins and cousins went out after a turn, and laughter came before they even went out.

Although it is those two families who inherited most of the property and collections of the great-grandfather Qian Fu, now in Huating, it is recognized that it is he Qian Yuan who inherits the mantle of Hetan Gong's legacy.

"Mother doesn't care about this, it's all on me." Qian Yuan mentioned casually, and looked at the kitchen with interest, "Tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner son will do it alone!" ”

The Tan family raised their eyebrows and was about to object, but the Lu family happened to come over, "Let my uncle also taste Brother Yuan'er's craftsmanship." ”

Glancing at his sister-in-law, Lu said with a smile: "Brother Yuan'er cooks in person, and his mother is filial, and it has long been spread all over Huating." ”

Qian Yuan rolled his eyes, "Uncle and aunt are afraid that I went back to my parents' house that time...... Let's eat it well! ”

"You cramped devil!" Lu Shi glared, and then smiled: "But Brother Yuan'er's cooking skills are ...... Tsk, my uncle also said that Brother Yuan can write a cookbook in the future, and he will definitely be famous for future generations. ”

Qian Yuan rolled his eyes again, Lu Shude's little half a year is not too moisturized, eat well every day, sleep well, the key is that every time he is beaten, there is always someone to accompany him, and sometimes he can watch jokes on the side......

After a busy afternoon, Qian Yuan managed a large table of sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

It has been more than a year since the death of my father and brother, and now the Qian family still has to keep filial piety, but it can't help but be fishy, and there are more than ten dishes on the table of the Eight Immortals, including fish and meat, flying in the sky, swimming in the sea, and running on the ground.

Lu's, Tan's, sister-in-law Huang's, Qian Yuan, and Xiaomei sat down, and the six serving maids around them, Li Si led a few servants to change new dishes from time to time and remove cold dishes.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers coming from afar, saying auspicious words, congratulating each other, the little sister smiled and begged for New Year's money, Lu reprimanded a few words from time to time, but Qian Yuan stopped in the middle, Tan had no choice but to take out a thick red envelope, and even the sister-in-law who had not shown up much this year couldn't help but show her face.

Pouring a glass of rice wine, Qian Yuan drank it all, turned his head to look out the window, and felt a lot in his heart.

How many things have I experienced in the past year, and what kind of psychological changes have I experienced......

Thirty-two years have passed in Jiajing, and the thirty-third year of Jiajing is coming.