Xie Mulin and the others dealt with a lunch casually, and in the afternoon, the Song family came back with Xie Meijun's mother and son and Xie Huizhi, with a large bag in their hands and a satisfied smile on their faces.

Song was in a good mood and said: "I haven't visited the New Year's temple fair in Peking for decades, and now I can be regarded as having an addiction." This year's temple fair is similar to what I used to visit when I was a child, it was just as lively, except that many of the snacks I had tasted were gone, but a dozen new things were added that I had never seen before. ”

Yang Yuan pulled Xie Yingfen and said affectionately: "I bought a lot of them and came back!" There are at least twenty or thirty kinds, all of which are bought after looking at the cleanliness, and you can taste them in a while, which is quite interesting, and there are a few kinds of dim sum that we learned to make in our hometown in the past, and they may be the same thing, but the taste is a little different from what we made. ”

Xie Yingfen also heard the interest: "Really? The recipe we learned was recorded in the book that the second sister bought from the Suzhou bookstore to teach how to make dim sum, maybe it is really the same thing! ”

Yang Yuan nodded, but she was a little puzzled: "The owner of the dim sum stall also said that this is their family's newly conceived dim sum, and it is an exclusive secret recipe." I told him that we had seen the same recipe in our hometown in the south, and he still didn't believe it. I don't understand, what's the big deal about this kind of thing? It is common for different people to make different flavors of the same kind of dim sum. Why did he have to argue with me? I'm not lying! ”

Xie Mulin coughed lightly, and wanted to change the topic with a dry smile: "Besides dim sum, what other interesting things have you seen?" There are a lot of people at the temple fair, right? ”

Yang Yuan's attention immediately turned away: "It's quite a lot." It's a sunny day, and the sun is shining, so many people have come to the temple fair. I mostly look at food stalls, and my brother goes to see those who sell calligraphy and paintings. My grandmother and mother were more fond of all kinds of knick-knacks and bought a few beautiful lanterns! She looked back at Xie Huizhi: "The third cousin is more interested in all kinds of groceries, and he went to inquire about the local products on other people's stalls, but he only asked the price, didn't buy much, and almost asked someone to drive him away." ”

Xie Huizhi put the list of local product prices in his hand into his arms, and snorted: "I saw that the things they sold were average, not as good as those sold in our shop, so I didn't make a move." By the way, ask the price, and you can also tell the shopkeepers to let them know the market outside. ”

This kind of thing will naturally be done by the guys in the Xie family's business, besides, how does the quality and price of the things in the physical store compare with the stalls in the temple fair? Xie Mulin glanced at Xie Hui and didn't say much about him. This younger brother is now more and more interested in doing business, as long as he does not delay his studies, he can do whatever he likes.

The Xie brothers and sisters accompanied the Song family in the second room to taste all kinds of dim sum that Yang Yuan bought from the temple fair, admired the calligraphy and paintings bought by the Song family and Yang Chun, and played with several lanterns bought by Xie Meijun, and hung these lanterns in the garden of the home during the Lantern Festival. Xie Mulin became interested in the temple club in Beiping City, and he also wanted to encourage his brothers and sisters to go out for a visit when the family was free in a few days.

After she arrived in Beiping, due to various reasons, she hadn't actually gone shopping on the street seriously, and her heart was still a little itchy.

When it was almost dark, Xie Pu and Wen were back. Today, they had a day of entertainment outside, first in the Yamen of the Political Envoy, then in the Yanwang Mansion, and then went elsewhere, they were so tired that they couldn't do it, but they still had to wear a full set of official uniforms and edict clothes to maintain the false frame of high-ranking officials and noblewomen in front of people, not to mention how guilty they were.

Fortunately, after returning home, the daughters prepared everything in a filial and considerate manner, and the couple drank hot broth, ate two baked cakes, felt warmer, and had strength, so they were immediately served by someone to change their clothes, shoes and socks, and put on homely clothes. The girls sent hot water with medicinal powder to soak their feet, and Ma Lu Yao's family brought a column of mothers-in-law to the hot fish and sheep pot, and fresh noodles and various side dishes were placed on the side. Xie Pu and Wen's husband and wife were warm, and in the company of the children, they had a simple but delicious dinner, and their hearts were extremely useful, and they felt that most of the fatigue of the day had disappeared.

After the meal, Xie Pu went to visit his biological mother, Mrs. Xie, who was slightly ill, and talked with his heir mother Song for a while, before returning to the upper room of the main courtyard, chatting with Wen while relaxing his body, and unconsciously fell asleep on the kang.

Since the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Xie family has had neighbors come to visit the New Year one after another.

said that they were neighbors, but in fact, they were all Xie Pu's subordinates in the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division. This year, due to the obstruction of the funeral of the Zhou family at the corner of the street, everyone is not able to arrange some festive decorations in front of their homes, and they can't walk in front of other people's houses happily, so they feel quite disappointed. Everyone had to visit more doors and have more New Year's greetings. Xie Pu and Wen had also gone to the governor's house and the envoy's house to pay New Year's greetings, but because of their status, this year it was mainly others who came to their house.

The male guests all talked to Xie Pu in the flower hall of the outer courtyard, and the latter also called several sons to accompany him, and the female relatives all went to the upper room of the main courtyard to see Wen's coming. Everyone comes and goes, in fact, they are all familiar with each other, and there is no need to say anything polite. After the auspicious words were over, the New Year's rituals were over, and everyone sat down to drink tea and eat snacks, and naturally began to discuss the gossip news in the city.

At this time, the girls usually don't join in. Wen asked Xie Yinghui and Xie Mulin to bring the unmarried girls or girls among the guests to the south study to sit and talk, so that they would not hear the wives and grandmothers talk about some topics that were not suitable for them to hear.

Wanqin and Aunt Dajin stood on the edge of the door and was responsible for lifting the curtain, and the other was standing beside Wen's, responsible for serving tea, pouring water and delivering snacks.

Aunt Dajin has become more and more skilled in doing this kind of thing, and several wives and grandmothers have actually remembered her face and name for a long time. But after Wanqin arrived in Beiping, it was the first time to do this kind of work in front of the Wen family in the main room, and everyone else thought that she was raw, but looking at her body description, words and deeds, she had a common bearing, and it was obviously not a concubine that ordinary people could raise. As the main room, Wen's can be very calm in the face of such a concubine, and naturally tells her to do things, and the concubine can also be obedient, and does not have any disrespectful behavior in front of the guests, and all the wives and grandmothers can't help but admire Wen.

Someone inquired about Wanqin's origin in private, and learned that it was the dowry girl brought by the Cao family in front of her, who gave birth to a son and a daughter to Xie Pu, and they were all speechless.

A wife of a petty official praised Wen's family: "It is worthy of being from the prince's mansion, unlike the aunts in our family, all of them are full of small family spirit, and they really can't do it." As soon as these words came out, they were immediately looked at by several bosses' wives.

What is there to boast about the dowry girl brought over by her divorced wife? If you don't give birth to children and have heirs, it's hard to send them, who will keep their eyes in the way?!

Mrs. Wan didn't mean to shy away at all, so she directly persuaded the Wen family in front of Wanqin: "The in-laws have to be careful, such an aunt from someone is by no means easy to deal with." God knows if she's hiding a traitor?! ”

Wen could only laugh dryly. She caught a glimpse of Wanqin's calm appearance, as if she didn't care about the discussion of others at all, coughed lightly, and quickly diverted the topic.