New Year's Day (Medium)

"Regarding your identity as General Yutai, did you tell them not to tell them?"

"Wang Yong knows that it is powerful, so he won't say it, Lan Xin's father and brother agreed, Lan Xin didn't speak, but I think she won't be good for a while. Our own brothers have already confessed. ”

"Where's Lian'er?"

"She probably won't tell anyone."

"I mean she didn't ask? Her husband has an extra layer of identity, isn't she curious? ”

"Maybe, but her attention may not be on this for the past few days, so she may not have remembered to ask." Xinjie felt that it was not that Lian'er was not curious, but because she didn't care if he had one more identity, what she cared about was him, and these identities and the like were all things he had before they were together.

"Oh, so what has she been paying attention to these days?"

"When I asked Lan Xin that day, I may have been too close to her, and since then Lian'er's mood has not been very stable, and it was better for Xiao Jiu to chat with her yesterday."

"It's a little woman. But it also shows that she has you in her heart. Although Lan Xin is divorced, she has had a marriage contract since she was a child, and from common sense, she is stronger than she is following you so inexplicably now. Be more considerate of her. ”

"I see." Although Xinjie agreed, he didn't think so. If she really cared so much about these false names, she could have stopped giving it to him in the first place, and waited for him to marry her, who had been begging her to marry him. There must have been something else that he didn't realize. Maybe Xiao Jiu knew, but he couldn't ask.

"That friend of yours, the little fat man surnamed He, is he eyeing our family's new moon?"

"Hehe, you know this old man?"

"Hahaha, grandma isn't old yet. This kid has been running here twice in three days, and it's not to look for you, it's not for me, an old woman. Isn't the unmarried girl in this family the new moon and your daughter-in-law, he will definitely not dare to beat your daughter-in-law's idea, then it's not the new moon. ”

"That's right."

"Do you think they're suitable?"

Lian'er didn't think it was necessarily the most suitable, but the new moon was lonely. To be honest, our girl, there are not many people in Xianyang City who dare to ask for it. ”

"Is there still a deputy steward in Hangzhou's Baihuatang, you arrange for her to go to Hangzhou's Baihuatang for two years of training, and then come back with some experience from the master of the high hall. Let her go after the New Year. After the New Year, I will send letters to Baihuatang in various places, and promote your daughter-in-law to be the deputy head of Baihuatang, and take care of all chores for you. When the new moon passes, their sister-in-law also has a care. She's always at home like this, and she's not growing. In the future, even if you get married, you will suffer. If they really have fate, it's not too late to let the kid surnamed He wait two years. ”

"Actually, in addition to Hangzhou, Baihuatang in other places can also be, why let her be so far away from home. ”

"The farther away you are, the more you can grow." In fact, there is another reason that Hangzhou may need someone who can be trusted by the family to be stationed, but many things have not yet been revealed, and the old lady is inconvenient to say more.

"Has your grandfather been looking for you lately?"

"No, it's just that two years ago, he asked someone to send me medicine to Beijing once, and then there was no movement."

"Don't blame your grandfather too much, he also has his problems, your mother is his only daughter, I think he is sad to lose your mother. Xinjie didn't speak, he didn't care if his grandfather was upset, but he cared about him kicking his mother out of the house. My mother was stationed in Yumen and my father, and for more than 20 years, no one has given any explanation.

Grandma discussed with Xinjie some things about Baihuatang and entering Beijing, and when she saw Xinyue coming in, Grandma told her about going to Hangzhou, she was very excited at first, but when she remembered He Liangwei, she looked a little sad.

"After the third day of the Lunar New Year, you and your brothers will go into the city for a walk, and you will also meet friends, say goodbye, and you will come back in two years. Is it possible to go out and do things for two years and stop being friends? Xinyue nodded, then looked at Xinjie, who also smiled and nodded to her. Apparently promised her to take her to see He Liangwei.

It was the first time for Fang Yan to celebrate the festival in Tangzhuang, or in her lifetime, in addition to celebrating the New Year in places other than the Gannan Provincial Military Camp and Baihuatang. Although the army of Gannan Province is purged, the New Year is still very lively, and the imperial court also has a special reward, a large group of military men and family members of the army gather together, and it takes an hour to toast and walk around. It's very boring in Baihuatang, a group of orphans and widows get together, although it is also the New Year, but it is inevitable that it will be a little bland. It's just that I have the opportunity to go to Luoyang City for a walk, watch the lantern festival, and hang out the doors, so I feel a little happy.

Tangzhuang is completely different, there is not only the style of the festival of the scholars, but also the grand ancestor worship, and the decoration everywhere is jubilant. In addition to the liveliness of large households, many military orphans taken in by the Tang family in Wabao Village were taken into the front yard to celebrate together on this day. There are hundreds of opera stalls in the front yard, some have set up bookstores across the courtyard, and famous actors are invited to sing for a day on the stage of the children's theater in the main courtyard. Regardless of whether you are noble or low, or have a high or low position in the army, you can enjoy a day here with your family. At the same time, there is an endless stream of people in the guest house for a hundred years, the shopkeepers of the business everywhere, the Baicaotang, the Ping'an Inn, the Warehouse and the chief steward of the Zhuangzi everywhere. If it is said that in the morning, with Xinqiang following the people in the second room to give filial piety to the old lady, she experienced the importance of filial piety and rules in the big family for the first time, and experienced for the first time what a real aristocratic family is, then on this day, in the crowds of the outer courtyard and the guest house, she deeply experienced the huge power of the Tang family and the breadth of business.

Of course, this was also the first day, and she really saw the gap between herself and the young lady. Get up early to give things to the old man, and she can only follow Xinqiang's daughter-in-law to kowtow to the old lady from a distance, and Xinqiang will offer the dedication of the second room in a unified manner. And although the young lady did not pay tribute to anyone, she always followed the old lady and talked with the old lady. The old ladies who came to the door spared no effort to praise the woman. Later, I heard a lot of people who came to Baicaotang and Ping'an talking, and I knew that that woman was a big steward, and she had done several major things recently, which had won the hearts of many people. Even the people sent by Luoyang Baihuatang to give the old lady a New Year's gift, saw that she respectfully saluted and called her a white girl, but ignored her, a person who had lived in Luoyang Baihuatang for many years. She has been here for a few days and finally understands her aunt's suffering, the Tang family has the final say in everything, and if my aunt wants to control some affairs in this family, it is not easy to talk about without her own helpers. The big and small things in the family are not all rounded and flattened by the old lady. And that woman can often express some opinions, and the weight of her words is no less than that of any female owner of the Tang family. And if you want to win that woman, you must first win the favor of the old woman. And since she came, the old woman has only maintained a superficial politeness, and has not given her the slightest chance to be close. Even the new strong daughter-in-law and the old lady who are here all the year round are indifferent to her, and if she wants to win her favor, she can only find another way.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve was very grand and placed in the courtyard of Xinyitang. This year, Jing'an and Yiyan were guests, accompanied by Grandma and Tang Lan and his wife, who sat at the main table in the main hall, and Xintian also sat there. Xinjie took his brothers and daughters-in-law to sit at the table outside, and Fang Yan also sat near him with Xinqiang's daughter-in-law, Xinyue didn't like to see Jing An and Fang Yan, so she ran to sit with her brothers. Grandma left Lian'er on her side, which made Xinjie feel weird, and Fangyan's fiery eyes made him even more annoyed. Outside the side hall, wing rooms and corridors are placed on nearly a hundred tables, sitting here there are Baicaotang, Ping'an Inn, Baihuatang, Tangzhuang and other treasurers, as well as the Zhuang heads and their families from all the nearby Tang family's granges. On the stage opposite, after dinner begins, there will be juggling and big plays.

At the beginning of the banquet, grandma naturally wanted to represent the Tang family to be polite with the princess and the county lord. Then it is to thank the shopkeepers everywhere, and bring good business and good harvest to the Tang family in the past year. Next, let Xintian and Xinqiang go to drink wine with each shopkeeper and Zhuang Tou respectively. After a lot of trouble, Grandma suddenly quieted everyone down again.

"Everyone knows that we have a chief steward in Baicaotang, who is good at checking the accounts, and is doing everything, some of you have seen it here, and some of you have not, let you meet it today, our cousin, the white girl." Lian'er was very surprised, she didn't expect her grandmother to order herself, she could only stand up and salute her grandmother and Tang Lan and his wife, and then blessed her in all directions in the courtyard. "From now on, Miss Bai will not only continue to be the chief steward of Baicaotang, but also have the right to supervise all parties and audit accounts, but also the deputy head of Baihuatang, in charge of all daily chores. In the future, all the reports of the Baihuatang will be sent to the white girl first, and after she writes the abridgement, she will send them to Young Master Xinjie, so that they don't need to be sent to me again. That is to say, in the future, the affairs of Baihuatang will be decided by the white girl to help Young Master Xinjie. I'm getting old, and I'm going to take a break. Lian'er, go back and walk around the tables and get to know the hall masters and shopkeepers. ”

In the past few years, although Lian'er also attended this kind of festival with her grandmother, she always silently stayed by her grandmother's side, silently, and her grandmother would not introduce her to anyone, so few people would notice her. Lian'er didn't know why Grandma suddenly wanted to show her position so much this year, but Xinjie understood that it was to give her a comfort. He thought that his grandmother wanted to give her a fixed position in the Tang family first, so that she would not worry too much about their marriage. Xinye also felt a little surprised, if Lian'er is the young grandmother of the Tang family sooner or later, then what is the difference between being a young grandmother first and being the head of Baihuatang first? The only explanation he could think of was that his grandmother wanted to keep the third brother susteningly single. Could it be that apart from Lan Xin, what other marriage plans are waiting for the third brother?

The most unhappy people to hear these are Mrs. Tang and Fang Yan. Mrs. Tang easily excluded Xinjie from the family's most profitable business, Baicaotang, who knew that the Baihuatang, which he helped his grandmother manage, expanded very quickly, and grew strongly in the past two years. According to what grandma just said, this is not an obvious way to distribute Baihuatang to the third child in the future. That girl from the Bai family, she has always opposed Xintian's dealings with her, and now she not only has Baihuatang with the third child, but also has to intervene in the chief steward of Baicaotang, it seems that the old lady has given her a very high status. If you knew this, you don't have to object to Xintian marrying her in the first place. Although the princess has status, but the chief steward of Baicaotang not only has power but also money, she only recently heard that last year, this girl's dividend was on the upper seal, the same as Xinye and their brothers, but slightly worse than Xintian. Coupled with other businesses and Baihuatang, this girl is very rich, not bad compared to a princess's fixed annual income, it may be higher, and it can also help Xintian stabilize her position.

"In addition, the head of Ping'an Inn and Ping'an Hall Jiangnan Province has retired, and from now on, all the excerpts of Jiangnan Province will be given to Young Master Xinjie and will be handled by him." Pyongan Inn and Pyongan Hall, depending on the geographical environment, are divided into five provinces, Gyeonggi-do, Gangnam-do, Liangha-do, South-do and North-Western provinces. Gyeonggi Province was jointly commanded by Xincheon and Xinjie in the past two years, Lianghu and Northwest Province were both managed by Xintian, and the others were managed by Tang Lan. Now that Jiangnan Province is also in the hands of Xinjie, that is to say, in the Ping'an Hall, these brothers are very important. This made Mrs. Tang even more worried. What she is most afraid of is that Xinjie has the upper hand in Xintian, and now they are all on an equal footing, plus the girl of the Bai family will definitely help him, she has to worry about her son's future status in the Tang family.

"Xinjie, Lian'er, now go and toast to all the shopkeepers and stewards. In the future, these two children will be handed over to you, and I hope you will help them more. Everyone, Lian'er toasts everyone, everyone is a meaning, she is recovering from a serious injury, and I hope you will understand her. Xinjie took good care of her. "Xinjie and Lian'er investigated and dealt with Luoyang Baicaotang, everyone has heard of it, and this arrangement is not surprising to many shopkeepers. If the Tang Sect wants to maintain its strength, it must have a capable young master and young lady to come out and take charge, and it can't just rely on the old lady. What's more, now it is rumored outside that the third young master will marry this white girl, some time ago Lan Xin shot and injured her for this, and two days ago she started to fight again. Apparently not out of nowhere. As a result, many people were extremely respectful to the future young couple, and at the same time, many people who were not familiar with Lian'er looked at her curiously. In these shopkeepers' families, there are also daughters who love Xinjie, since the third young master is infatuated with Miss Cousin's rumors, many of them are jealous and curious, and today is just the opportunity to meet this Miss Cousin.

Xinjie took Lian'er to salute one table at a time, and he often habitually went to support her waist, which made him still think about the rumors of the third young master and this white girl just now