After eating Laba porridge, Xiao Nian is close at hand.

In the past few days, Jinniang has been busy again.

busy giving New Year's gifts to relatives and friends who have made friends with Xu's house; is also busy buying things for the New Year at home; It is also necessary to check the year-end account books; At the same time, the stewards and heads of the various Zhuangzi and shops also came, and she also took the time to meet them.

is really busy, and Jin Niang can't take care of her stomach.

Maybe it's because of psychological reasons, but she feels a lot more energetic these days, and the whole person is not as lazy and slack as before.

On this day, she finally got free time, so she asked the maid, "Did you send the lotus root, red beans and white pigeon soup prepared for the son?" ”

Lotus root quenches thirst, clears away heat and troubles, replenishes the heart and replenishes deficiency, white pigeons nourish the qi and nourish the kidneys, red beans nourish the blood and water to dehumidify, red dates nourish the qi and blood and strengthen the spleen and stomach, add a few dried squid to this soup, and can achieve the effect of nourishing the liver and strengthening the kidneys, which is really a good thing to tonify in winter.

This soup was still prescribed to her by Gui Niangzi, similar to this tonic soup, Jin Niang can make the cook not do it the same for a month. That's it, Xu Erlang doesn't like to drink, and he is also picky.

But no matter how picky he is, in the face of Jinniang's "Huairou policy", he can only give in, and he can only drink two glasses a day helplessly.

Qing Miao said, "Not yet, it's still boiling on the stove." But it's almost good to think about it, and the slave will urge again? ”

"Go ahead, and if it's all right, you'll send it over. By the way, I'll tell Erlang, I'm busy today, I'm afraid I won't have time to accompany him for lunch at noon, so let him stop tossing back and forth, and I'll let people send the food directly to the front yard when lunch. ”

Qingmiao answered and left, and Jinniang asked Qinghe again, "The New Year's gift to Pingxi Houfu is coming soon, right?" ”

Qinghe snapped his fingers and calculated, "We sent it out at the beginning of the month, it was cold at that time, and it was not easy to hurry, and I don't know if there was heavy snow on the way to the capital. ”

Jin Niang nodded when she heard this, "I'm not afraid of delays, as long as it can be delivered before the year." "Pingxi Hou Mansion is the descendant of the Xu family, and it is the most promising among the people surnamed Xu, and the families of those branches below have to provide for them no matter what.

And Jin Niang was so worried about the New Year's gift to the Pingxi Hou Mansion, and even added three more gifts than in previous years, in addition to the respect for the master's family, Xu Erlang had already determined that he would set off after the Lantern Festival and go to the capital to participate in the Spring Festival.

When the time comes, he will definitely go to Pingxi Hou Mansion to visit, Jin Niang is worried that he will suffer, and she also wants the people of Pingxi Hou Mansion to take care of him, so this time he also made a lot of money, and now he only hopes that those things are not given in vain, and when Xu Erlang arrives in Kyoto, the people over there will take more care of Xu Erlang in the light of their New Year's gifts.

Xu Erlang, who had no idea about this: ...... Unknowingly, he thought he was a three-year-old baby, completely incapable of taking care of himself, or a stupid and incompetent person, so he needed to be taken care of by others.

Xu Erlang didn't know about Jin Niang's actions now, but if he wanted to know about it, he would only smile helplessly.

He admired the character of Pingxi Hou, respected the ambition of Pingxi Hou to fight for the country and bravely kill the enemy, and admired their determination not to be afraid of death. But he admires and respects, but he doesn't have to please.

People get along with each other depending on fate, and they can't ask for it. Especially now that he is weak, Pingxi Hou is strong, others will look at him in their eyes, and it is best to respect him, without these, he will not complain. In short, with his own ability, he will get what he wants sooner or later.

After asking about the New Year's gift to Pingxi Houfu, Jinniang talked about the New Year's gift for the rest of her relatives and friends. Pingxi Hou Mansion is far away in Kyoto, so it has to be sent over early, and the rest of the people, most of them are in the boundary of Pingyang Town, and it is not too late to send them on the day of the New Year. As for Xu Erlang's two friends in the state capital, such as Xin Wei and Suqian, and Wang Ke in Linxian, this is not too far, and now send someone to send it over, and they can receive it within four or five days.

After arranging the New Year's ceremony, I talked about the account books.

At the end of the year, there were many account books to be checked, which filled a whole large box, and Jin Niang handed over the excess account books to Mama Qin to check, and she looked at the remaining part for herself. However, for the account books that Mama Qin has calculated, she will also check them to ensure that they are correct.

Two people are calculating a box of account books, and the workload is very large. At this time, Jin Niang sincerely felt that it was time to cultivate two more maids who were good at abacus, and usually let them help manage the accounts, otherwise she would have to deal with dozens or hundreds of things in a big house, and she might have time to deal with the account books in person, which would be too delayed.

After Jin Niang and Qing He said this, Qing Miao also came back from outside. She said, "The white pigeon soup has been sent to the child, and the slave and maid have also relayed the words of the lady, but the child said that no matter how busy these things are, they cannot take up the time of the lady's meal and lunch break." The matter cannot be dealt with, but the body of the lady is more important, let the lady pay attention to rest. ”

The smile on Jin Niang's face became stronger and stronger, and the starlight in her eyes was dotted, and she nodded as if she was kind.

Seeing this, several girls laughed at her jokingly, "Mrs. and Son's relationship is really good." ”

"Childe is just not in the backyard, and his heart is here."

"Madame listens to Childe, so that Childe will feel at ease."

Jin Niang smiled and waved her hand, and the girls didn't speak.

After that, it was a busy time, Jin Niang first met a village leader, and then met a local shopkeeper.

These two people were replaced after the "great turmoil", and they can be regarded as the old men of the Xu family. Maybe they were frightened by Xu Erlang's earlier methods of disposing of those things outside the inside, or Xu Erlang successively won the show and lifted people, and their strength suppressed their bad intentions, or they were already stable and reliable, and they didn't dare to make small moves at all, anyway, whether it was Zhuangzi or Shop, they managed it very well, and even the account books were sorted out clearly, and they didn't hide a little bit of greasy.

Jin Niang was very satisfied with this, so she said a few words of praise, plus gave some Ayaluo Zhu Qi to their wives and daughters, and asked the maid to prepare some decent New Year's gifts for them, and rewarded them with some silver taels, so that the two of them left with dignity.

After dealing with these, it was time for lunch, and Jin Niang also felt hungry and uncomfortable to sit on, so she got up and walked around twice, and by the way told the girls to bring the food to the flower hall.

Then she was carefully helped by the girls to eat, and as soon as she sat down, she heard the voices of the girls asking Xu Erlang for peace. She looked up, but it wasn't Xu Erlang back.

He was wearing homely clothes, wearing a black brocade jacquard cloak outside, striding in, the jade tree was in the wind, the god was handsome, and Jin Niang's heart was "banging".

Jin Niang herself didn't know that at this moment her eyes were bright, her eyes were filled with starlight, she pursed her lips and looked at him with a smile, this appearance rarely made Xu Erlang a little embarrassed.

"Why did you come here again? Didn't I ask the girls to bring you lunch? It's cold, what are you doing running back and forth, delaying your study, but also freezing cold. ”

"It's not cold." Xu Erlang replied to her and sat down beside her later.

Xu Erlang is not afraid of the cold, he looks at the thick clothes he wears, but in fact, he only wears a thin shirt under the cloak. This person's blood is so hot that Jin Niang sleeps next to him at night, and I feel that Xu Erlang is better than any Dilong or Tang Pozi.

Xu Erlang said that he was not cold, and Jin Niang believed it, but she still held his hand and shook it, and found that it was indeed hot, so she was relieved.

Because Xu Erlang's food was sent to the front yard, now there is only Jin Niang's food on the table, and the simple three dishes and one soup are enough for her to eat. But when Xu Erlang came, it wasn't enough.

The maids all had eyes, and they didn't need Jinniang's instructions, so they went to the kitchen to quickly fry two dishes and send them up.

The husband and wife gossiped and quickly finished eating.

After the meal, Jinniang was sleepy and wanted to sleep, but there were still a few village heads and shopkeepers waiting in the front yard to summon her.

These bankers and shopkeepers are not all from Pingyang Town, some are in the state capital, and some are in other counties.

Jin Niang was worried that the sky would change in a few days, and then it would snow heavily, which would delay them going home for the New Year, so she wanted to see everyone in these two days and send them home for reunion as soon as possible.

Xu Erlang knew what she was thinking, but Xu Erlang was also busy with schoolwork now, and he had no time to take care of him.

His affairs are obviously more important, and the time is more urgent, so Jin Niang will not push all the things to him as he did before when he was just lifted.

Without Xu Erlang's help, Jin Niang had to work harder by herself.

Clinker Xu Erlang said, "Don't be in a hurry, you go to sleep first, I've been sitting in the study for a long time, go out for a walk, and help you meet a few people by the way." ”

Jin Niang was worried, "I still don't want it, it will delay your study." Are you tired too? Then why don't you go with me and rest for a while? ”

"I'm not tired, it's just that I've been reading for a long time, and it's a little boring. You go to sleep, I'll go around. ”

“…… All right. ”

Jin Niang couldn't bear Xu Erlang's persuasion, and finally went to take a lunch break, and Xu Erlang really went to the front yard as he said, "wandered" around, met the two Zhuangtou in person, and then sent the two Zhuangtou away when the two Zhuangtou were sweating and trembling.

And the two people Xu Erlang saw in person, the Zhuangzi under their jurisdiction was far away from the state capital, because it was a little far away from Pingyang Town, and the main family was not very good, so they were bolder.

Although these two Zhuang heads are also afraid of Xu Erlang's bloody violence half a year ago, but people are forgetful animals, after a long time, seeing those grains and silver money entering the warehouse, they can't be ignored, and their hearts are naturally uncomfortable, so it is obvious that they will make some small moves in private.

After what happened earlier, Xu Erlang paid a little more attention to these village heads and shopkeepers, and he would also privately order Mohe and a few people to send someone over to check on them. It's okay not to check, but when I checked, I found that it was greasy.

Fortunately, they are first-time offenders, and there are not many people who are greedy for ink, so when Xu Erlang went to the state capital to participate in the Autumn Festival, he let people beat him.

Maybe it worked, or maybe it was because of Xu Erlang's omniscience, and his increasingly frank career and future, the two of them settled down in the second half of the season.

Now that Xu Erlang saw them again, the two of them trembled like chaff, and that little bit of caution was completely suppressed, and they no longer dared to bully the master's family, a woman's family, in vain to greed for ink and money, and become a rat.

It was only when Jin Niang was about to summon one of the two people in the afternoon that she was told by Qing Sui that the two had left, and that they had been summoned by Xu Erlang after lunch.

Jin Niang instantly thought that the two of them were afraid that they were thinking carefully, otherwise they would have already taken action.

But she didn't find any problems with the Zhuangzi and the shops they managed, and there were any discrepancies in the account books.

Jin Niang asked Qingsui, and Qingsui said, "The slave and maid don't know, why don't you wait for the son to come back and ask the son?" ”

"That's all it can be."

In the afternoon, Jinniang still has a mess to be busy, but fortunately, now that the children are older, they are more self-disciplined, and they all have something to do, but she doesn't have to stare at it every day.

Pian Pian is especially capable now.

This girl saw that Jin Niang was about to give birth, and under Xu Erlang's encouragement, she really regarded herself as an adult.

She either watched the slaves clean up everywhere instead of Jin Niang, or handled the new clothes worn by the slaves and several masters for the New Year, or a variety of chickens, ducks, fish, beef and mutton, which were also purchased in a fluttering manner.

Although these things are not big, they are trivial, and they really need a master to come forward. Now Pian Pian took the initiative to take this matter over, but Jin Niang breathed a sigh of relief.

Changle still followed Gui Niangzi to recognize medicinal herbs, and now she can memorize the names of traditional Chinese medicines, and even some ordinary prescriptions can recite a few.

This little girl is also hardworking, and the first thing she does when she gets up early every day is to endorse it. Jinniang got up early for several days and was "woken up" by the voice of the little girl, and she couldn't cry or laugh.

And Chang'an Changping has now been taken off by Master Qian, preparing to start classes after the New Year. But the holiday doesn't mean that they can play easily, they were picked up by Xu Erlang and slipped to the wing next to the study, and they had to complete the homework he assigned on time and in accordance with the amount every day, which was also very hard.

As for Xu Chong, the invisible man, he can't be found at ordinary times, and he will only come out when it is critical.

These few people in the family are not troublemakers, so they are easy to manage, so Jinniang's mind is more on external matters.

Busy and busy, soon it will be the end of the year.

It's already twenty-eight, and Xu's father hasn't come home yet, so Jinniang said to Xu Erlang before going to bed at night, "You can send someone to find your father tomorrow, it's a big New Year, and you don't have a father to talk to." ”

When it comes to Xu's father, Xu Erlang's mood is not very good, he said, "Don't worry about him, it's the same if he doesn't come back." ”

Jin Niang tugged at his sleeve, "How can you talk?" ”

Xu Erlang said, "Am I wrong?" I'm telling the truth. ”

Glared at by Jinniang, Xu Erlang rubbed his nose before he said to Father Xu in a good voice, "He is like this every year, and he will not return home until Chinese New Year's Eve." At home, is there a chic outside? Things are complicated at home, he doesn't like it, it's good outside, there are so many people holding him and respecting him, how beautiful and beautiful he is, how wanton and wanton he is, and the fool will go home and feel uncomfortable. ”

Jin Niang: "......"

"Leave him alone. In previous years, he was not at home, and I ...... Saburo has also done a good job of worshipping, and he is also old, so let him rest well. ”

Jin Niang: "......"