After the ancestor worship was completed, everyone retreated back to the house, Jia Jing, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and others also withdrew to Rongguo Mansion, waiting to salute Jia's mother.

And Jia Mu's side got off the sedan chair in the main hall of the Rong Mansion. Everyone gathered around to the middle of Jiamu's main hall, which was also the Jinzu embroidered screen, which was completely new. The local brazier burns pine and cedar incense and lily grass.

As soon as Mother Jia sat in the center, she listened to the old lady back and forth: "The old ladies in each room are here." Mother Jia had to get up to greet her, and after a while, several old women entered the main hall together. Mother Jia chatted with the old ladies for a while, each worshiped the early years, and after eating tea, the old ladies were about to go by themselves, and Mother Jia sent them to the Neiyi Gate before coming back.

Jia's mother sat down in the center again, and at this time, Jia Jing, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng and others brought their close children in and kowtowed to Jia's mother to pay New Year's greetings.

Then there are men and women, small servants, and maids in the two provinces, and they also salute according to the upper, middle, and lower lines of the errand servants.

After that, Jia's mother asked her to distribute the New Year's money to the men in the house. He also gave some scattered silver to the people in the house who came to pay New Year's greetings.

At this time, everyone dispersed, and Jia's mother had to rest for a while. On the fifth watch of the next day, Jia's mother got up again, took all the grade decorations, and entered the palace again to congratulate. After eating the banquet of the royal gift in the palace, he can return to the house. No matter how late the talk is, the ancestral shrine in Ningguo Mansion worships and comforts the ancestors. After that, he returned to Rongguo Mansion again, and the etiquette was not completed until then.

Every year, Jia Mu has to rest for a long time. Then there was nothing else to do, that is, relatives greeted each other for the New Year, invited each other to eat, drink and watch plays.

Every year when the real excitement and relaxation is the Lantern Festival. On that day, Ningrong Erfu was lit up, and the lanterns were hung everywhere, and the entire Ningrong Street.

On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, fifteen or sixteen tables of banquets were set up in the big flower hall, and all the children of Ning Rong's second mansion, extremely close to the branches, all came to the banquet, and invited a small opera troupe to play music and sing.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the ancestor worship was completed again. Only then did the door of the ancestral hall be closed, and the New Year's affair was completed.

For the first time, Jia Ke participated in the New Year scene of the ancient wealthy family. He only felt one word, and that was tired. I'm so tired, I don't have any time to rest, and I don't have the fun of the New Year.

The steps of the New Year in Jiafu are cumbersome, and the sense of ritual is strong, which is really shocking, but it is too boring. However, such a solemn and solemn scene and such a cumbersome and standardized procedure are unprecedented for any other nation in the world.

It is said that it is a New Year's rest, but in fact, it is even more tiring than usual. The real rest and fun is after the Chinese New Year, when the ancestor worship is completed. At this time, the whole house relaxed.

They each eat wine and play cards, and the masters are not very restrained by their subordinates.

At this time, Jia Mu can really start to enjoy himself.

He set up more than a dozen tables of wine banquets in the hall, invited the old people who came back to the house, and invited the famous opera troupe in Beijing to come to sing.

And Jia Yu and Jia Zhen secretly prepared a big basket of copper coins, as long as they heard Jia's mother say reward, they ordered the little servants to throw money on the stage, only to hear the sound of the full stage of money, every time Jia's mother saw such a scene, she was very happy.

Jia Ke saw the long-rumored new aunt during the banquet, and sure enough, she was just beautiful, and her color was similar to that of Aunt Zhou. But sitting next to Jia Yu throughout the banquet, Mrs. Xing fell behind. Throughout the banquet, he glanced at Jia Ke's side from time to time.

When Jaco looked at her expression, he knew that something was wrong, but in public, it was difficult to talk. However, he became more and more suspicious in his heart, and this woman was similar to him. I'm really thinking to myself, I'm afraid I'm going to have more than one enemy. Which of those heroines in the female frequency text didn't cross over to the big room to scare the second room? But what if he came? In ancient times, what could a woman do, not to mention that he didn't come to play some house fight with them on the broken boat of the Jia family. He's got a big eye. I don't bother with it anymore when I think of it. Continue watching the play below.

Jia Ke shook his head again and again at the scene of Jia's mother rewarding money below, saying that such wealth was too much. If Rong Guogong is fashionable and can, but now it's just an empty shelf, or so extravagant to enjoy, I'm afraid it won't last long.

But now that the Jia family is not a shelf, if this shelf is also knocked down, I am afraid that no one in Beijing will know who the Jia family is.

Others only say that the Jia family is extravagant, but they don't know how to restrain themselves and are wanton and extravagant. But I don't know the hardships of Jiafu. The Jia family just used this extravagant pomp in exchange for power, and the power would not fall too quickly.

In a blink of an eye, the New Year was almost over, and Jia Ke decided to spend the New Year in the mansion, so he went to Jia Zheng to say goodbye. On this day, Jia Ke chatted and talked with Jia Zheng in Jia Zheng's small study. It's strange to say that in Jiafu, sons and fathers are rarely so close. Even Jia Zhu, a son like Jia Zheng, is only respectful, but there is nothing else to talk about.

Jia Ke was not, he found that in addition to poetry books. In other court and political affairs, he and Jia Zheng can still talk about life experience. may be because he was in his thirties before the crossing, and he is probably the same age as Jia Zheng now.

The father and son were chatting just right, and they overheard a report from the little guy below, saying that Mr. Li asked to see him. Jia Ke immediately knew what was going on, I was afraid that Mr. Li was here to quit the museum.

Jia Zheng ordered Mr. Li to come in, and as soon as Mr. Li came in, Jia Ke stood up and saluted Mr. Li, and then stood aside.

Mr. Li gave Jia Zheng a salute, and Jia Zheng got up to return the salute. Then the two of them sat down separately.

Taking the two of them to sit down, Jia Zheng asked, "Mr. is here to know what to do." ”

Mr. Li replied: "It's not that you want to have a spring festival, I'm afraid I can't continue to sit in your mansion, he came to say goodbye to Dong Weng." ”

Jia Zheng said regretfully: "I know Mr.'s talent, I will definitely get the middle school in this subject, and it is a great pity that the children in the house cannot get Mr.'s teachings." ”

Mr. Li hurriedly said politely: "Dong Weng has a good reputation. ”

Jia Zheng waved his hand and continued: "We can't delay Mr.'s future, Mr. wants to resign, I don't have to let him go." After speaking, he ordered the servant to take two hundred taels of silver from Mrs. Wang.

After a while, the silver taels were taken, and Jia Zheng personally delivered them to Mr. Li. said: "Parting to Mr. some plate fees, Mr. don't refuse." ”

Mr. Li postponed it, so he accepted the cashier, but after a slight thanks, he didn't say it again. After saying goodbye, Jia Zheng sent him out of the door in person, and he came back reluctantly just now.

Jia Zheng had just sat down in the room, but Mr. Li had returned.

Mr. Li saw Jia Zheng and said rudely: "I forgot a major event in a hurry just now, the second son of your mansion is very intelligent, and he will definitely be named on the gold list in the future. ”

Jia Zheng stood up and said, Mr. Li said rudely: "Thank you Mr. for your concern, Xiao'er is only a little talented, thanks to Mr. for teaching." After my husband goes, I will urge him more, and I will not let him waste his studies. ”

Jia Ke listened to them on the side, thinking in his heart that with Jia Zheng's seriousness, even if there was no reminder from Mr. Li, he would be strict with Jia Zhu, and this reminder was probably even stricter, and this Jia Zhu's fate was doomed. I'm afraid that it will be the same as in the original book, and he will die just after reaching the crown (the ancient man was twenty and crowned).

A few more days passed, and it seemed that the first lunar month was about to pass. Jia Ke resigned to Jia Zheng, saying that he wanted to return to Xia Cao Village and continue to practice martial arts. At that time, he got Jia Zheng's permission.

On the second day, Jia Ke bid farewell to Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang.

On the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, under the tears of Aunt Zhou, she led people out of Jiafu and went back to Caozhuang.