Chapter 42: Chinese New Year's Eve
Time is like an arrow, Bai Jin ushered in the first New Year in Jingnan City.
The New Year's customs in Jingnan City are much more complicated than those in Hailing, and everyone in the house gets up early in the morning to dust - except for Bai Jin.
As the temperature plummeted, Bai Jin also became more and more sleepy, and he would not be able to get up without three poles in the sun, and when Luo pushed open the door, Bai Jin was nesting on the bed like a zongzi.
Luo smiled and woke her up, and then decisively pulled the quilt on her body and the sheets under her and took them to dry, before she had time to ask Bai Qi to wait for her to get up, she saw that she had nested on the soft collapse of the hall, rolled up the blanket and closed her eyes very comfortably.
Luo's had no choice, so he could only let Bai Shan call her, the sister and brother tossed in the soft collapse for a long time, and Bai Jin opened her eyes in a daze and asked Bai Qian to wash and change clothes for her.
After looking around the room, he didn't see Ning Tonghua, and asked Bai Shan, who said honestly: "Shopkeeper Ning went out with Fang Yuan early in the morning, so he left a sentence for something." β
"That's right."
Bai Jin snorted, and reached out to buckle the button that had just been loosened for Bai Shan: "Why don't you wear the clothes sent by the tailor two days ago?" β
Bai Shan's face was slightly red: "I have to clean the house today, and I am afraid that the new clothes will get dirty." β
He said the same, Bai Jin took a steamed bun from the table, and after eating a few bites, he also picked up a broom to help with the work.
Not only did I have to clean the house, but I also had to clean the warehouses with salt in the back, which I guess had fallen a layer of dust after not being there for a few days.
It took a whole morning to clean the whole yard, and when Ning Tonghua came back, he saw Bai Jin's gray face, and a layer of ash fell on his face, and he couldn't help laughing.
Bai Jin still didn't know, so Ning Tonghua could only let Fang Yuan lead the horse behind while asking Bai Qi to take out the bronze mirror to take a picture of her current appearance.
She has never done this before, how can she do it herself to remove dust during the New Year in Hailing City, just ask for a house full of maids and maids.
Bai Jin glared at him, and she was sweating after a busy morning, so she asked Bai Qi to prepare a hot shower first.
"Don't be busy yet," Ning Tonghua pulled her and said, "I just went to Jingnan City, and I happened to meet someone who wanted to open a shop, the price is not high, only a thousand taels of silver." β
"I remember the last time you told me that it would cost a thousand taels of silver to set up a shop in Jingnan City?" Bai Jin asked with a frown.
Ning Tonghua smiled slightly: "That's true, but at that time, the cheapest store in Jingnan City I said had to be at this price, and the location of the store to be released this time was excellent." β
"Excellent?" Bai Jin heard him deliberately bite these two words.
Ning Tonghua responded: "Yes, the position of this shop is not lost to the Liu family's salt shop." β
Bai Jin suspected that this person was joking with her: "The salt shop in Liu's Mansion is quite close to the center of Jingnan City, and three important city roads pass through it, and behind the salt shop there is also a commercial street with a huge flow of people. β
"Yes, it's across the street from Liu's Salt Shop."
Bai Jin: "......" She really forgot about this place.
But a new salt shop is spread out opposite the salt shop in Liu's house, is it clear that it is looking for the Liu family's stubble? Bai Jin originally planned to try to encroach on the Liu family's territory after he had a faΓ§ade in Jingnan City, but Ning Tonghua directly asked her to spread the salt on people's faces.
That's not how she wants to die.
Ning Tonghua just mentioned to her that it was up to her how to decide.
"Is that person in a hurry to get out?" Bai Jin put the rag in his hand into the bucket and rubbed it and asked.
"There's no hurry, if you want to buy it in the future, it's not in a hurry."
That's really not a hurry, Bai Jin can still think about it for a while, after all, this involves a thousand taels of silver and the Liu family.
After that, Ning Tonghua didn't say anything about it, he asked Fang Yuan to take out many boxes from the carriage, all of which were some semi-finished products bought from the restaurant, and they only needed to be put in a pot to heat up before eating.
Bai Jin had just finished taking a shower, his hair was still wet, and he was about to pick it up, but Fang Yuan directly bypassed her hand and handed it to Bai Qi's hand.
"White girl, it's not the slave who said you, once this dish is in your hands, it won't taste much better." Therefore, in order for Fang Yuan to have a good dinner, he would not let Bai Jin touch him if he died.
She just added a small spoonful of salt to the dish that Ning Tonghua brought back last time when it was hot, who knew that it had already been added to that dish.
This can't be blamed on her, she has been staying in the boudoir before she got married in her previous life, and she stayed in the Yun family after she got married, except for the first period of time and Yun Heliang went to the field, the Yun family has never gone out since it was developed, and she is an idiot for many conveniences in the countryside.
Seeing Ning Tonghua wanting to laugh sideways, Bai Jin glanced at her and said, "It's better than some people who think about big fish and big meat after eating coarse tea and light rice for three days." β
At night, the lights in the house were lit, and Bai Qi heated up the dishes that Ning Tonghua brought back, filling the entire table in the house.
Luo and Bai Shan sighed a little, in previous years, they had to borrow a few dimes of silver from Bai Si's family to barely celebrate the New Year, but this year is indeed able to eat a table full of hot dishes, compared to the embarrassment of the past few years, this year's New Year is the most luxurious in so many years, the two of them thought of Bering, their eyes were slightly red, and Luo Shi quietly touched the tears in the corners of his eyes.
These were all seen by Bai Jin, and she also knew that most of the two of them remembered Bai Ling, she gently patted Luo's back to show comfort, and said softly with some sadness on her face: "Mother, these things have passed, and my father will be happy to see us like this." β
"That's what my sister said." The White Mountain has eased up a little.
"Auntie, it's time to move your chopsticks." Ning Tonghua still smiled and played the round field, breaking the sad atmosphere in the room.
Only then did Luoshi beckon them to move their chopsticks: "Don't be hungry, you have to mention something sad in the Chinese New Year's Eve, eat it." β
The room was lively at this time, Bai Jin glanced at Ning Tonghua gratefully, but Ning Tonghua didn't pay attention to take out his wine, and persuaded Luo Shi and Bai Shan to drink a little.
Bai Jin didn't touch it, she watched Bai Shan and Luo's drink a drink, and it didn't take long for her to start sleepy.
According to the rules, Chinese New Year's Eve is to keep the New Year, and seeing these two people trapped like this, Bai Jin can only help these two people to sleep first.
When she came back, she saw Ning Tonghua shaking the wine jug and said, "You don't drink?" β
"Your mother won't let me drink with you." Bai Jin calmly sat down in front of him again, "You can't drink me." β
Ning Tonghua also drank a lot with them, and his amount of wine was not bad, but it was far worse than Bai Jin.
"You've changed your body, is the amount of alcohol okay?" Ning Tonghua narrowed his eyes, and gradually revealed his tail just like the fox.
"Want to try?" Bai Jin asked with a cheek raiser.
After another half an hour, Ning Tonghua was drunk, the whole person was lying motionless in front of the table, Bai Jin's face was not red, and he shook his feet and pinched the wine glass.
Even if she changes her body, her alcohol consumption is still there, but Ning Tonghua is becoming more and more inadequate, which may be due to her age.
Once upon a time, the two secretly sat behind the Bai Mansion to drink, and at that time, Bai Jin was still a little big, and was persuaded by Ning Tonghua to drink, but he drank this kid again and again.
"Bai Qi, help me get him back to his room." Bai Jin sighed, she didn't pay much attention to these customs, and she was going to wash up and go to bed for a while.
When he walked past Ning Tonghua, he grabbed Bai Jin's wrist and only heard him say in a drunken tone: "Why didn't you come to Jingnan with me back then." β
"Miss......"
Bai Jin smiled, as if he didn't hear it, he gently broke his hand, and pulled out Fang Yuan, who was already sleeping, and asked him to help his master go back to the house to sleep.
This is a question that both of them know.
Ning Tonghua was just deceiving himself by getting drunk.
Shaoguang is a little wrong to pay spring.
Suddenly without the idea of sleeping, Bai Jin brought the remaining jar of wine back to the house.