The festive atmosphere of the New Year spreads in the Lin Mansion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info A few juniors from Uncle Tang's family, some of them are going to be called Uncle Lin Lan, playing with firecrackers. In the atmosphere of the New Year, children's laughter accounts for most of it.

In front of the ancestral hall of the Lin Mansion, the most central offering is the ancestor who founded the country, with branches and leaves, and there are many tablets. The men of the Lin family took incense and kowtowed reverently. While chanting the New Year's ancestral prayer is an elder of the Lin family, the young and the old are orderly, even Lin Ruhai has to call his uncle.

After kneeling, the incense is offered in turn. A series of tedious ancestor worship ceremonies, each with no slack on his face, are pious and respectful, praying for good health in the coming year.

Lin Lan was wearing a newly-made mink fur, and the sun shone on the black fur, shining with oil.

"Lan'er, what are you thinking?"

"Oh, Dad, I'm wondering if Sister Daiyu is doing well in Beijing." Lin Lan said.

Lin Ruhai's expression was pale, and he said slowly: "The food and accommodation in Jiafu are naturally much better than ours, and your sister's grandmother has written many times to urge, thinking that she misses Daiyu tightly, and it will not be bad for Daiyu, you can rest assured." ”

"It's not that I'm worried about food and shelter. Jiafu has a lot of sophistication, so I am afraid that my sister will suffer a loss. What Lin Lan was most afraid of was that Daiyu secretly promised the second master of the treasure her heart.

The distant uncle began to burn the New Year's money to the ancestors and ancestors, and the entire ancestral hall was filled with fireworks.

Lin Ruhai sighed: "Lan'er, to Daiyu, I still owe something to my father. If you become a family member in the future, you must treat her as a sister. ”

Lan'er thought, after all, this family of relatives is not as comfortable as her own family, and when the New Year is over, it is better to take her back, I don't know what my father thinks?"

"Well, if you think so, it's up to you to write this letter. Her ancestor sent a letter, and now she is angry with your father. I wrote to the past, and I guess it will be difficult to do it. Lin Ruhai shook his head and smiled.

Lin Lan shook his head and sighed, the Lin family is now weak, and they still have to cling to this big tree of the Jia family that has not yet collapsed. Such a legitimate and reasonable request from his father to connect with his own daughter depends on the old woman's face.

The firecracker was lit by the uncle's Lincoln, and the ancestors were sacrificed in the crackling. After everyone let go of their ears, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and this solemn ceremony was finally over. Some of those younger than Lin Lan, that is, Lin Lan's nephews, took the previous New Year's money and began to go wild.

Lin Lan saw Shunyo being a thief, and grabbed Shunyo's collar, "What are you doing?" ”

"Shhhh Young master, be quiet. ”

"Look at your weak heart."

Seeing that there was no one around, Shun Yu handed over the silver and a letter to Lin Lan and said, "Sister-in-law Mei brought it, I am afraid that the master will be unhappy when she sees it, so Shun Yu must be careful." ”

"Yo, quite a bit." Lin Lan saw a silver ingot of twenty taels and said with a smile. It seems that this hunger marketing model is really working, this person is cheap.

He opened the letter, it was written by Sister-in-law Mei, saying that someone wanted to buy a secret recipe, and she was waiting in Qiyun Building, she didn't dare to provoke, so she handed it over to Lin Lan to solve.

"Someone is targeting you so soon?" Lin Lan was a little puzzled.

"Young master, Shunyo also wants to play with firecrackers."

Lin Lan wrapped her fur tightly, squinted her eyes, and said, "Let's go, the young master will take you to enlarge the firecrackers." ”

"Really?"

"Really." A smile crossed the corner of Lin Lan's mouth.

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Queyun Building is five stories high, which is a rare high-rise building in Yangzhou. According to Sister-in-law Mei's letter, the person who wanted to buy the secret recipe was waiting on the fifth floor.

When the building reaches the highest point, it gradually shrinks, taking the shape of a pagoda. Such a tapered shape is more conducive to the stability of the frame. Therefore, the only private room on the top of the building is particularly noble.

"Young master, are firecrackers allowed here?"

"It's stupid, it costs money to set off firecrackers by yourself, and you can see the fireworks in Yangzhou here, and it doesn't cost money, so it's not cost-effective?"

Shunyo's eyes lit up, "Young Master, what you said is so reasonable, I can't even refute you." Although he still thinks that it is more interesting to set off firecrackers.

Lin Lan climbed to the fifth floor with Shunyo, and suddenly paused, "Shunyo, this silver and letter were handed over to you by Sister-in-law Mei?" ”

"Yes. However, the letter was later sent to me by a small servant, saying that Sister-in-law Mei couldn't leave. ”

A smile crossed the corner of Lin Lan's mouth, and the raised foot was retracted.

"Shunyo, let's go home."

"Huh? Master, don't you watch the fireworks? Shun Yu wiped his frozen nose with his sleeve and sucked again.

Lin Lan said: "Buy you two hangings, is it enough?" ”

"That's enough!" Shunyo was so happy that he couldn't wait to fly down and run to the grocery store.

The sliding door of the private room was pushed open. A middle-aged man's voice came from inside the room. "Now that we're all here, sit down and have a drink. It's as if someone Nguyen made amends to you. ”

"Reparations?" Lin Lan walked into the private room. I was amazed by the interior decoration. This full set of huanghuali costs a thousand taels of silver, which is really extravagant.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "How can Lin Gongzi see through the lies below?" ”

"Sister-in-law Mei is illiterate, if she wants to pass on the news, she must let Shunyo pass the message, and blame me for being too anxious, otherwise I won't run in vain."

"Don't run in vain, the fireworks here don't sleep at night, it's beautiful."

Lin Lan smiled slightly, there was no free lunch in the world, and the wine on the table had not moved. The middle-aged man hung his wine glass, "Don't give Song someone face?" ”

"You can drink alcohol at any time. But it's better for the dude to make it clear first. ”

The middle-aged man was refused to toast and drank alone, "Contemptible Ruan Ciwen." ”

Nguyen Thi Van ? Lin Lan felt very unfamiliar with this name, but she seemed to have seen it somewhere.

Seeing Lin Lan's puzzled look, the middle-aged man said slowly: "The former general of the Western Expedition, the defeated general of Yumen Pass." You get the idea. ”

Lin Lan nodded, and finally recalled that it had been mentioned in the Dajing Chronicle of the Academy.

"I have no grievances with the general, why do you want to use such means to deceive the general?"

Ruan Ciwen's eyebrows are clear, and his two black beards look particularly old: "Liangzhou words are made by you, without him, today I just want to see the talents who can write such majestic works, and by the way, I will tell you a story." ”

Lin Lan's expression was indifferent, and the poems he chanted out of his mouth had really become the target of everyone. "See and see, if General Ruan wants to tell a story, hurry up, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and I have to go back to keep the New Year."

Ruan Ciwen looked at the sky and said, "Don't worry. ”

The building is high, and the sound of firecrackers is sparse. Ruan Ciwen took a sip of wine and said, "Why should Qiang Di complain about Yang Liu. Ruan someone will start from here, okay? ”

"Volunteer." Lin Lan handed a stack of candied fruits to Shunyo, this outsider is here, so it is naturally not good for the scholar to serve on the table, but give some food, Ruan Ciwen will not mind if he wants to come.