On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the shopkeepers and guys of the Xie family business in Beiping City all came to the lord's house to greet the New Year and sent rich gifts. Xie Mulin's brothers and sisters and others, everyone has a share, and everyone is happy.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, it is the opening of shops in Beiping. Although Xie Pu did not go in person, he still ordered Zhao Fengnian, the housekeeper, as a representative, to attend the opening ceremony of the Xie family branch in Beiping. Xie Huizhi also went to join in the fun, bought a lot of small gifts and came back by the way, honoring the two grandmothers and his father, aunt and aunt, and did not forget all the siblings. Even his third sister Xie Yingrong, who has always been unpleasant, got a piece of paper. Although it is the lowest value, he still remembers that if he counts her, it is already very face-saving. As for whether Xie Yingrong appreciates it, that's another matter.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, it is the "Human Day". According to the custom of the Xie family, the two main meals on this day were box dishes, Qibao soup and fresh noodles. The girls also used various colored paper, gold, silver, soft foil, silk and other materials to make various "Rensheng" or "Hanasheng" in the shape of flowers, and wore them on their heads as decorations.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Wen took the four girls in the family, dressed decently, to a large temple in the city, accompanied by Princess Yan and a group of officials and relatives, and participated in a grand release ceremony. All kinds of small animals such as turtles, birds, and fish are prepared in advance by the temple party. It is said that this is the custom of Beiping City for a long time, since the Taizong Dynasty has existed, every year on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. This year, Princess Yan led all the officials and their families, and also added a link to pray for the soldiers who died in last year's war and the people who suffered in the snowstorm last year. The temple received a large sum of money for sesame oil, and on the same day began a large-scale ritual that was said to last for 7749 days.

There were a lot of people on this day, and Xie Mulin stood with her sisters, almost all of them were strangers, and she didn't recognize the topography of the temple—she had never heard much of the name of the temple in modern times, and it must have been an ancient temple that had long since disappeared. Their sisters have been following Wen's actions and do not dare to be left alone. Although Xie Mulin had seen Zhu Pei, the county lord of Yanwang, smile and nod at him several times, at most he stepped forward to say hello, and he broke up without chatting for two sentences.

Zhu Pei's marriage has almost been decided, everyone knows that her future husband will take over the northern military power in the hands of King Yan in the future, and the ladies of the Jiangmen are eager to seize every opportunity to get close to her, where will others be allowed to distract her attention? Xie Mulin could only smile wryly and sneak back to his mother and sisters, planning to find another opportunity to talk to his future sister-in-law in the future.

After being so busy for most of the day, Xie Mulin couldn't even eat the vegetarian food at noon, and when he got home, he was not only tired, but also frozen. On the way back, I hid in the carriage and hurriedly put a few snacks on the way, and drank two sips of ginger tea, so that I could keep a few mouthfuls of hot air.

Wen waved his hand tiredly: "It's all gone, just use dinner in the house, you don't have to go to the upper room." Everyone is tired from the day, so let's take a break. ”

With her words, the Xie Mulin sisters immediately scattered. It wasn't until Xie Mulin finished taking a hot bath and sat on the kang and happily ate a bowl of hot noodle soup that he felt alive again.

Xiangtao sent fragrant tea, Cuijiao presented a snack, and then reported to Xie Mulin: "Girl, Aunt Qin met her parents in the guest house today. Only Ye Laogao and his wife came, and they left after lunch at home. ”

Xie Mulin paused: "Who was with Aunt Qin at that time?" ”

Cuijiao replied: "Ginkgo followed into the main house of the guest house, and came out twice, one to urge lunch, and the other to call the concierge to help hire a car to send Ye Laogao and his wife away. As for how much she heard in the house, we don't know. ”

Xie Mulin thought for a while: "If there is anything wrong, Ginkgo will definitely mention it to the fourth sister." We don't have to ask too much. The fourth sister knows this in her heart. ”

Cuijiao responded, blushed slightly, and whispered: "The Gu family has passed the word in, and ...... I asked Brother Dongshan to help find someone to keep an eye on the Ye family, saying that they had never come out since they moved into the house my father was looking for. During this period, except for the doctor who came to diagnose Ye Laogao's pulse, no other outsiders came to the door, and those who should be sent to eat food and medicine are all from our family. That Ye Jinsheng wanted to go out twice, but he was stopped back, although he complained a lot in private, but he was generally honest and didn't dare to make a real fuss. The people of our family were stunned, and he had to compensate our people in turn. ”

This is not surprising, no matter how the Ye family is, they are also born in a family, and they are not the kind of decent servants who are highly valued by the master, so they naturally know how to look at people's faces and act. Cao Jiaming couldn't do it, Cao Shuqing also lost his backer, but the Xie family was powerful in Beiping. If the Ye family wants to gain a foothold in Beiping, they will definitely not dare to follow the Xie family. It's not what it used to be, their reliance on the Xie family Xie Xianzhi, Xie Yinghui, Xie Yingfen and Xie Han's brothers and sisters are all cold, and Wanqin is not favored, what else is there to be arrogant? In front of uninformed outsiders, they can still scare people with the signboard of the Xie family, but in front of the Xie family, they can only coax it.

Cuijiao talked about it, but she was a little excited. She still remembers the arrogant appearance of the Ye family in the past. The young masters and girls are also masters no matter what they say, and if they can't see these subordinates, they won't be angry with them. But a little girl like her, just because her parents are henchmen who have to be used in front of the lord and wife, she was not less bullied by the Ye family who occasionally came to the Xie family to ask Cao Shuqing to settle down. Thinking of the appearance of groveling in front of her parents when she saw Ye Laogao and his wife being led in at the second gate in the morning, she couldn't say how happy she was.

It's just that Cuijiao was secretly happy for a while, and was hit back by Xiangtao: "The place where the Ye family lives now is found by Steward Zhao." The people who were responsible for taking care of and monitoring the Ye family in that house were also sent by Steward Zhao. If you want to inquire about the Ye family, just ask your own father directly, why do you have to make a big detour and run to the Gu family for help? Although I know that you are taking the opportunity to meet your fiancé, in front of the girl, you are better restrained, and you are not married yet, is it okay to be reserved? ”

"You ......" Emerald blushed. This is also in order not to alarm the rest of the family, so she helped the girl finish the errand, why did she call Xiang Tao like this? She reached out and was about to pinch Peach's mouth, but Peach stopped her with a smile. Xie Mulin snickered, hurriedly called Xiao Tao to come in and pull the peach away, and played a round for them: "For the New Year, everyone will laugh a few words, make trouble, just have a festive picture, don't hurt the harmony." Then he squeezed his eyes at Cuijiao, "When I was preparing for the New Year's gift for Master Jing Ming before, I thought about whether to give Gu Niangzi a copy too, but then I forgot about it because of a lot of things. Now that I think about it, I should make it up, but everyone in the family has something to do, but you are idle, can you run an errand for the girl? ”

Cuijiao blushed shyly, stomped her feet and said angrily: "Why did the girl help Xiang Tao to make fun of people?!" I'm not going to mess with you! "Turn around and run.

Xie Mulin called behind her, "Then do you want to go or not?" If I don't go, I'll find someone else? ”

Cuijiao paused, hesitantly turned his head to look at Xie Mulin, and saw that she seemed to be very serious, she really planned to send someone to run errands, not just joking with herself, her little face turned red again, and she stomped her foot again: "Go and go!" After saying that, he ran away again.

Xie Mulin and Xiang Tao smiled behind them and bent over, only Xiao Tao looked at them in confusion: "Girl, sister, what are you laughing at?" Why did Sister Cuijiao run away all of a sudden? ”