On the second day, Jia Yun made a purchase list and went to Wang Xifeng to get the ticket and the right cards. Then he went to the account office and received a batch of silver pairs. He turned over and walked to the silver vault and received a silver ticket from Lin Zhixiao, which was two thousand taels.

Then Jia Yun and Lu Zheng discussed the purchase, and the two spent 1,000 taels to buy all the flowers and plants, and Jia Yun got 300 taels of the remaining 1,000 taels.

He originally wanted to buy a house, but the house he liked cost eight hundred taels, so he had to give up.

After Lu Jing learned about this, he directly asked Lu Zheng to buy the house and give it to Jia Yun.

After Jia Yun received the house, he was grateful in his heart, and at the same time admired Lu Jing more and more, if there was no Lu Jing's guidance this time, it would not have gone so smoothly, he secretly vowed in his heart to repay the Lu family and do his best for Lu Jing.

Since the construction of the annex in Jiafu, craftsmen and servants from all walks of life have gathered in Jiafu, gold, silver, copper, tin, civil engineering, bricks and tiles, and they have been transported and transferred every day.

Originally, there was an alley between the two houses of Ning Rong, and the Jia family ordered craftsmen to demolish the walls and pavilions of the Huifang Garden of Ning Mansion, directly connect the Ning Mansion to the east compound of Rong Mansion, and demolish all the group houses where the people lived in the east of Rong Mansion, so that the interior of Ning Rong and the two mansions were completely connected.

Jia Zheng is not good at secular affairs, so he let Jia Yu, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Lai Da, Lai Sheng, Lin Zhixiao, Wu Xindeng, Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing and several others be fully responsible. All things such as digging mountains and ponds, erecting pavilions, planting bamboos and flowers, and lighting up the scenery are all handed over to Shanziye for planning.

Jia Yu said that although the prime minister said this matter, but he was just lying high at home, and there was a mustard bean matter, so he handed it over to Jia Zhen and others to deal with, among which Jia Rong was responsible for making gold and silver utensils, and Jia Qiang set off on a certain day to go to Gusu to hire teachers, buy girls, and buy musical instruments.

Jia Zhen and Lai Da and others ordered people every day, opened books, supervised work and other things, and at the end of the year, Ning Rong's second mansion was very lively.

Headed by the Hundred Festival Year, the Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, the old year bell is far away, and the new year is new.

From the 23rd day of the lunar month at the end of the year to the 15th day of the first month, it is called the New Year.

Although the Lu family settled in the capital not long ago, they were still very busy, Lu Jing wrote a letter to arrange for Lu Dong, the housekeeper who was guarding Gusu, to prepare New Year's gifts and send them to the old friends in the south of the Yangtze River, and on the other hand, he bought expensive gifts in Beijing and sent them to Lin Ruhai and the world friends in Beijing.

In order to exercise his sister's housekeeping ability, Lu Jing handed over to Lu Zhiyu to take care of things such as buying New Year goods in the mansion, preparing Chinese New Year's Eve dinners, rewarding servants, buying new clothes, and decorating the house.

Lin Ruhai intended to exercise Daiyu, so he handed over the Lin family's gift list to Daiyu, and asked her to refer to the practice of previous years, draw up it first, and if the gift list is suitable, prepare the New Year's gift according to her gift list.

Lin Daiyu practiced it for the first time, and handled it extremely carefully, and after comprehensive consideration, she added 30% to the old New Year's gifts for the Lin clan and her father's colleagues in Beijing.

Although the Lu family lived next to the Lin family and had close contacts, Daiyu also spent a lot of effort to give gifts that were very suitable for Lu Jing and Lu Zhiyu.

But when she showed the proposed Jia family gift list to Lin Ruhai, she was rejected by Lin Ruhai.

After Lin Ruhai deleted Daiyu's gift list, he left: an ancient jade birthday star, a string of jade Buddha beads, eight silk, eight brocades, a number of gold and silver nudes, a number of embroidered purses, and four copies of the four treasures of the study.

After Lin Daiyu saw the final gift list, she was a little puzzled, this year's gift was much thinner than in previous years, so she asked: "My father is far away from my grandfather's house, but because of my mother and second aunt?" ”

Lin Ruhai knew that Daiyu was smart, if she didn't tell her the truth, she was afraid that she would be cranky, so she explained: "The matter of your mother and second aunt needs to be said separately, because your father is far away from your grandfather's house, in fact, there is another reason!" ”

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she was even more puzzled.

Lin Ruhai immediately picked out what he could say to Daiyu about Qin Keqing in Ningfu, the matter of the concubine in Rongfu, and the involvement behind these things, and told Daiyu simply.

Lin Daiyu is already extremely smart, but she has never paid attention to the affairs of the court, and now she hears her father talk about these things, although the details are unknown, but she is keenly aware of her grandfather's family, involved in these things, I am afraid it will not end well.

She asked with some concern, "Why didn't my father remind my grandmother?" ”

"It's useless to remind, the Jia family is too deep, this is also their own choice!" Lin Ruhai shook his head and sighed.

Then he solemnly told Daiyu: "I told you about this matter, I don't want you to think nonsense, this matter is very important, if it leaks out, I'm afraid it will be a big disaster!" ”

Lin Daiyu nodded solemnly and said, "My daughter knows, and she won't say it to anyone." ”

Lin Ruhai saw Daiyu's worried face, and then comforted: "You don't have to pay attention to the affairs of the Jia family, your father will handle it properly!" ”

Lin Daiyu nodded with concern, although the Jia family treated her badly, she had deep feelings for Shi Taijun.

Later, Lin Ruhai handed over the preparations for the New Year to Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu let go of her worries about Shi Taijun and started her career as a host of the New Year's Festival for the first time.

She asked Zijuan to count the list of people in the house, and now the Lin family is not very populous, plus housekeepers, account rooms, stewards, personal entourage, guards, big and small maids, grandmothers, cooks, maids, handymen, etc., there are a total of forty-eight people in the house, and there are more than a dozen people in charge of the Lin family's shopkeepers, shopkeepers, etc.

Lin Daiyu first arranged for the housekeeper to buy New Year's goods, and then added two winter clothes to each of the servants in the house, and rewarded an extra month's monthly money, and at the same time prepared to reward the silver nude for the New Year, and so on.

Mama Li has been following Daiyu's side, pointing out what Daiyu needs to prepare for the New Year, what are the particulars of buying New Year's goods, what rules are for receiving guests, what kind of clothes should be worn when meeting guests, how to salute the high-grade Mrs. Fate, the grade of banquet dishes, and what objects need to be prepared for ancestor worship.

Lin Daiyu worked hard for many days, and after finally straightening it out, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it is not easy to manage a family well, everything is trivial, and there are many rules.

Because of the concubine, the Jia family has been quite busy and comfortable this year, and outsiders don't understand what the situation in the palace is, so they only hear the Jia family say how the virtuous concubine is outstanding and how she is favored in the palace.

The Jia family thought that the Jia family was in the limelight now, so this year's New Year's gift was a little thicker than in previous years.

At the same time, the people who took generous gifts to support the relationship and sought the way were also unknown, and even the decent servants of the Jia family also got a lot of light and gained a lot.

The Jia family received the New Year's gift alone, which was several times more than in previous years, and from Shi Taijun downwards, everyone in the house was happy and energetic, and they were all focused on the provincial hospital.

But when the Jia family received the Lin family's New Year's gift, they were all angry, and they were full of righteous indignation, in the past, the Lin family sent the New Year's gift to the Jia family, not to mention that there were five thousand taels of silver, even one item was worth about three thousand taels, and this year's New Year's gift added up to less than five hundred taels.

Jia Yu, Mrs. Wang and others scolded Lin Ruhai for being mean and ungrateful, and even Jia Zheng was unhappy.

Shi Taijun was so angry that he almost rushed to Lin's house in person, scolded Lin Ruhai, and was angry, but he was thinking in his heart that when he saw Lin Ruhai after the year, he must ask Lin Ruhai if there was still her mother-in-law in his eyes.

Eyes on Chinese New Year's Eve, a thousand doors drum hammer. The New Year's Eve is followed by a long feast, and the sound of firecrackers is like thunder.

This year is over tonight, and next year will be tomorrow. Ancient and modern are on the same night, and the virtuous and foolish are one year old.

The noble and the low are the same, and the mountains and seas are indestructible. With the strength of the east wind, the New Year will return from here.

After Chinese New Year's Eve, the seventh year of Yuan Yong quietly left, and the eighth year of Yuan Yong followed.

The Lu family's first New Year in Beijing was quite simple and plain, except for walking around with the Lin family, the Shen family, etc., most of the time they were at home.

Showing the eyes of the Shangyuan Festival, Shangyuan Festival is the first full moon night of the new year.

As soon as the new is entered, the lights are flourishing, because this year is the year of Dabi, Emperor Yuan Yong specially ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to allocate a large amount of money to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival, so today's capital is more prosperous than in the past.

On several main roads, 10,000 lanterns are like hills, and the lanterns and fireworks compete to show, and the gold and blue shine like day.

The streets and alleys, thaumaturgical abilities, singing and dancing, scales tangential, and more than ten miles of noisy music.

In the tea shop and wine shop, the lights and candles are burning, the gongs and drums are sounding, the firecrackers are ringing, and the lights are shining for hundreds of miles.

There are also countless people who play and watch the lanterns, all night long, happy and very lively.

After Lu Jing took his sister to the street to play, he brought back a few lanterns and went back happy.

After returning home, he attached a few lantern riddles to the lantern and sent them to Daiyu, so that Daiyu could relieve her boredom.

Lin Daiyu was depressed because she couldn't go to the lantern festival, and after receiving Lu Jing's lanterns, she was busy hanging the lanterns in a row and looking at them one by one.

The first: the falling flowers are not alarming. (Typing one person's name)

The second: Heaven and earth are up to me. (Typing one person's name)

The third rule: two forms in one, four branches and eight heads, four eight one eight, flying springs upstream. (typed)

Fourth: Dressed in pleated clothes, he is in touch with Jun. Dancing hand in hand, the breeze blows the jade face. (Hit a purpose)

The fifth: Occasionally, he was lifted up because of a word, but he was parted by sentimental injuries. Originally, they stayed together and returned together, and the people who stayed alone were in tears. (Hit a purpose)

Sixth: Whoever carries a lonely shadow is born with the determination to be colder. Time flies and must be cherished, and the tears of anxiety have dried. (Hit a purpose)

Lin Daiyu raised her eyes and guessed the answer to the riddle, one is Xie An, the second is Li Bai, the third is a well, the fourth is a fan, the fifth is an umbrella, and the sixth is a candle.

She felt that these riddles were too simple to have fun at all, so after thinking about it, she wrote a riddle by herself and asked Zijuan to send it to Lu Jing, wanting to test Lu Jing.

Du Mu's words are half heroic, and Wang Bo's words are full of gold. Han Yuyue's family became a big weapon, and Wang Weiwu was half in hiding. ”

Lu Jing looked at the riddle, thought for a long time and couldn't solve it, looked at the purple juan who was waiting, and was a little embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly sent the purple juan to leave first.

After pondering and meditating for a long time, Lu Jing first solved the second word, and then pushed backwards, only to solve the four words represented in the four poems: "The husband of the woman." ”

The four poems involve four allusions, Du Mu's poems are half heroic, half sad, Li Shangyin wrote a poem "Du Sixun" to evaluate Du Mu, "sad spring and sad farewell", words for words.

The last sentence of Wang Bo's "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng": "Where is the emperor in the pavilion now?" The Yangtze River flows outside the threshold. "The hollow word was not written, which caused people to speculate and supplement in every way, and finally supervised the daughter to ask for a word, only to learn from Wang Bo that the word 'empty' was missing. Every word is a daughter, naturally a woman.

Han Yu, the original meaning of the word Yue in his name is surpassed, and he also thinks very highly of himself, but the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, and Han Yu is extremely depressed at first. Later, after being introduced by a friend, he was engaged to Miss Lu, the daughter of the Henan Mansion Fa Cao, who was both talented and beautiful.

When Han Yu lived in Lu's house, Miss Lu gave advice to persuade Han Yu: "People seek truth, fire seeks weakness, and if you want to become a great weapon, you must retreat first." ”

After Han Yu saw it, he reflected on himself, and then used the 'retreat' in Miss Lu's gift as his own word. Han Yu retreated first, only the word remained.

When Wang Wei was hidden in Zhongnan Mountain, he wrote "Xinyiwu": "The hibiscus flowers in the wood are red calyx in the mountains. The stream is lonely, and they open and fall. ”

From the blossoming of the flowers, it is written that the flowers fall, and the hibiscus flowers fall, which is the word husband.

After Lu Jing guessed Daiyu's anagram, although he was extremely happy to express such a heart to Daiyu.

But suddenly, there was still a pressure on his face, and the husband of the word girl is really not easy to be.

If Daiyu tests him like this when he gets married, he can't answer, it will be embarrassing.