The Mu family decided to take a wait-and-see attitude towards the disputes between the DPRK and China in the near future, and everything had to wait until after the Chinese New Year. For the Mu family, there are only two important things at the moment, one of which is to ask the Holy Lord to recruit troops after the year, and the five thousand horses and ordnance have arrived in the north, just waiting for new soldiers.

Second, it is Mu Zhengyi's marriage, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve Mu family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner table is really lively, most of the topics revolve around Mu Zhengyi, who is going to marry a wife, everyone raised Tu Su wine, blessed Mu Zhengyi in advance, but made the majestic General Mu in the north embarrassed, blushing all night, and I don't know if I was ashamed or poured with Tu Su wine by my brothers and sisters.

Mu Hongshang had written another letter to Gu Yilan a few years ago, telling her that her family had agreed to the marriage between Mu Zhengyi and her, and was just waiting for the third uncle to go to the Gu family in person to propose marriage after returning to Beijing.

There has been no reply to this letter yet, but Mu Hongshang is not in a hurry, the girl judged according to her simple experience, as long as Sister Gu's mind remains unchanged, she will be very happy to receive this letter.

According to the customs of the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the first day of the new year is not a New Year's greeting as usual, because every year on the first day of the new year, the ministers order the women to enter the palace to greet the emperor and queen, so people with status do not have the habit of visiting relatives on this day.

For many years, it has become a custom in Beijing not to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, and even ordinary people rarely go out to visit relatives on this day. This year, King Yi and King Xin failed to rush back to Beijing for the New Year, and the queen mother was "sick" again, so the first day of the new year was exempted from entering the palace to ask for peace, and only announced that several wives of the Wei family and several princesses with status entered the palace to accompany the queen mother, including Mu Hongsheng's maternal grandmother, Prince Li.

There is no need to enter the palace on the first day of junior high school, it is a good thing for Mrs. Mu to come, she is old, every time she enters the palace, she has to wear a heavy phoenix skirt of the life woman, with a phoenix crown, and carry this dress in the palace for a whole day, tired and tired enough. This year, I was able to avoid entering the palace, Mu Laofu's skirt was so happy, and the children were recruited in the house early in the morning of the first day of the new year, and the New Year's money was paid, and it was lively and happy for a day.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, according to the usual practice, relatives began to visit the New Year, and the Anguo Mansion was naturally no exception. It's just that Anguo Gongfu rarely comes to the door for New Year's greetings, but he just sent people to hand over the New Year's greetings to various noble families, and Anguo Gongfu skirt took Mu Hongshang to go to Prince Li's mansion, but it didn't take much time to go back to his mother's house, and the mother and daughter only sat in Prince Li's mansion for a short tea in accordance with the practice of previous years.

However, because it was the Chinese New Year, Mu Hongsheng was dressed up beautifully when she went out, and she carefully put on plum blossom makeup according to the rules of the New Year. The plum blossoms on her forehead were painted with the help of lotus leaves and water chestnuts, but the oblique red face was painted by Mu Zhengyi himself.

In fact, it is not uncommon for Mu Zhengyi to help his sister to go up the oblique red during the New Year, when he didn't go to the north before, he gave his sister the oblique red every year. At first, it was just that when the boy was older for the New Year, he went to his sister's room to pick up his sister to ask his grandmother to say goodbye, and it was very interesting to see the maid painting his sister's face, and he wanted to try it himself. As the years go by, it has gradually become a practice, and every year Mu Hongsheng's maids only give plum blossoms to her sister's forehead and leave them alone, waiting for the eldest young master to come over and go to the red.

This is a very normal thing, but this year is a little more different, early in the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, because Mu Hongshang wants to go out to pay New Year's greetings, she has to dress up carefully, so Mu Zhengyi went to her sister's room early in the morning, but she didn't expect that the three Mu Qingyi brothers had already arrived early, and they were smiling and waiting to see the eldest brother give his sister a slanted red.

"Big brother is really scheming," Mu Jinyi smiled and commented on the skilled Mu Zhengyi: "This is to give my sister-in-law a slanted red in the future, and I have practiced with my sister for many years in advance!" ”

"Every dog can't spit out ivory!" Mu Zhengyi directly threw out the rouge in his hand, and just hit the tip of Mu Jinyi's nose.

Mu Jinyi ran away with a red nose, shouting as he ran: "I want to tell my grandmother to go, but the eldest brother mentioned that the sister-in-law was embarrassed, and he stretched out his hand to beat me." Grandmother was clearly not allowed to do anything during the New Year. ”

Mu Qingyi and Mu Lingyi, together with Mu Hongsheng, followed behind Mu Jinyi as if they were in the fun, and went to help him sue as circumstantial evidence, Mu Zhengyi copied the rouge he picked up in his hand, and chased Mu Hongsheng, who was half red, to Mrs. Mu's house, which made the elders in the family laugh.

"What can I do in the future?" Mrs. Mu pointed to her eldest grandson, and tears came out of her laughter: "With such a thin skin, after the daughter-in-law enters the door this year, won't she dare to go out of the yard?" ”

"I don't think I'm ashamed, but anxious," Mu Chengxin also unceremoniously laughed at his eldest nephew: "This is because I didn't rush to the door to propose to him, so I chased our family Jinyi for the New Year." ”

"Third uncle!" Mu Zhengyi even had red ears, he didn't know how to refute his uncle who was running the train with his mouth, so he could only turn around and directly pull up Mu Hongsheng, who was laughing on the side, as if venting his anger: "Come over to me, what are you running if you are half red, isn't it ugly to only half of your face is red?" Stand honestly or I'll beat you up. ”

"Grandmother, look," several members of the Mu family began to sue in unison as if they were seizing the current situation: "Big brother will beat people for the New Year." ”

"I don't care," Mrs. Mu replied with a smile: "Whoever told you to provoke him, he deserves to be beaten." ”

"Zhengyi is so angry," Mrs. Mu San also smiled and joked: "It seems that the matter of proposing marriage can't be delayed, Xianggong, we will hand over the worship post to Gu University Scholar's Mansion tomorrow, so that Zhengyi can rest assured." ”

Mu Zhengyi's day was extremely lively.

Mu Hongshang accompanied her mother to her grandfather's house in the morning, and she came back before lunchtime. When she came back, she happened to meet Xie Shurou's subordinate who had sent her to run errands, bringing Xie Shurou's letter and three or four food seas

Because it was the Chinese New Year, Xie Shurou had made sufficient preparations before the year, and the food boxes sent to the Mu family in the past few days were also full and full of portions.

Mu Hongshang was very happy to see Xie Shurou's letter and food box, she first went back to the house to change her clothes, and then asked the lotus leaf and water chestnut to hold the food box, planning to go to her grandmother's room to share snacks for everyone. Who knew that she had just changed her clothes, and before she had taken two steps out of the door, the mother-in-law on duty at the outer door hurriedly came in with a package.

"Fortunately, it's in time," the mother-in-law smiled and lifted the package and a letter: "I received a letter and a package for the eldest sister outside." ”

Lotus Ye hurriedly put the food box in his hand on the stone table beside him, then took the letter and package from his mother-in-law, and after taking a look, he directly handed the letter to Mu Hongsheng: "Sister, it's a reply from Sister Gu, I'm afraid it's still a New Year's gift in this package." ”