One morning, in the festive and busy, Jin Ran looked at all the shopkeepers under him, Jin Ran was already noon.

The Zhang family had already sent people to urge him several times, asking Jinran to hurry over and eat with her.

When Jinran arrived at Zhang's place, it was = the dishes had been served, eight treasure rice, Longjing shrimp, spicy belly shreds, mushroom and spring bamboo shoot soup, and a lot of small dishes such as pickled cucumbers and sweet garlic, and the table was full.

Jin Ran hurriedly sat down next to Zhang, she raised the dishes and chopsticks and said with a smile: "Mother, don't wait for me next time, be careful that the rice is cold." ”

Zhang looked at Jinran so busy every day that she was very distressed, she looked at Jinran carefully: "Hey, my son, don't make yourself so tired next time, look at your day, when did you stop a little?" It's still the body that matters! ”

Jin Ran naturally understands these truths, but it is close to the end of the year, and each shop has to reconcile and take inventory, so it is inevitable that she needs to worry a little more.

Regarding her mother's reproach, Jin Ran naturally wanted to laugh: "Okay, mother, I know, just wait for this while." In a few days, you'll probably have to think I'm dangling in front of your eyes. ”

Zhang smiled and nodded Jinran, and she spoke: "Okay, okay, when did I dislike you?" You're talking nonsense. I don't care about you. But—" Zhang's voice changed.

She turned her head and became serious again: "The New Year's banquet will be held in a few days, and the relatives of officials of all sizes will go to the palace to participate, I don't care what you wore before, this New Year's banquet, you must dress me beautifully." ”

While speaking, Zhang's disgusted glance at the half-new smoked blue horse coat on Jin Ran's body: "I called the embroidery lady from the house to the courtyard in the afternoon, you don't want to go anywhere for me, pick a good pick of materials, and make a few dresses that you can handle!" ”

Jin Ran was caught off guard by Zhang's sudden threat, she would never dare to challenge the authority of her mother, so she could only agree with a bitter face.

Even if she was unwilling, Jin Ran still had to face the baptism of fabrics, she walked to the hall slowly, and was immediately frightened by the countless fabrics in the hall.

Xu is because of the Chinese New Year, most of the colors of the cloth are red, red, magenta, crimson, alizarin red, embroidered auspicious clouds, embroidered peonies, embroidered daylilies, sprinkled with cloth spread all over the ground, Jinran couldn't find a place to put his feet for a while.

She turned her head and wanted to run, but Zhang was still staring at it.

Seeing Jin Ran's painful face, Zhang's hatred of iron and steel said: "Look at your appearance!" Among the other little girls in the family, which one of them couldn't jump up happily when he saw so much clothing? It's just you, bitter haha. ”

When Jin Ran heard Zhang's words, he still stuck out his tongue with a bitter face, causing a dry makeup lady to laugh too.

This annual banquet is the only opportunity for the ladies and wives to enter the palace every year. And at the annual banquet, the saint will also be at the banquet today, and enjoy with all the ministers and their wives and children.

Therefore, Zhang's never dared to let there be problems with clothing and jewelry, and he had to choose carefully.

This pick is an afternoon, Zhang's skills in dressing up are really good, and finally she chose alizarin red for Jinran, this kind of red is not as red as red, but it also has the brightness and vitality that red should have. In addition, Jin Ran is not very old, and it is the time to wear this bright color.

Zhang's carefully explained the patterns and embroidery drawings of the waiting embroidery girl's clothes, and sent a job to Jinran: "Come on, don't look like this, I don't expect you anymore, you go back and draw a copy of your fresh jacket and skirt to me, pick a look yourself, and let them cut it out for you." ”

This is much easier than sitting here for an afternoon, and Zhang is still very distressed.

Although the painting is very boring, Jinran is already very satisfied.

But the New Year is approaching, Jinran is destined to not enjoy a few days of leisure, what decoration in the house, the monthly money for the maids and boys, and the New Year's gifts for relatives and friends, etc., all of which will turn Jinran busy.

Zhang's feet were busy not touching the ground when the previous year was over, she used to think that Jinran was still young, and before Jinran was not reborn, she was a fairy-like character who didn't know firewood, rice, oil and salt, and she always ignored these chores.

But this year, Jin Ran sees that he is much more sensible, and he is getting older day by day, and Zhang also plans to let Jin Ran learn to take care of some household chores.

Thinking of this, Zhang's then stopped Jinran, who was like a sneak after eating: "Ran'er, this year's New Year's gifts to the prefectures, it's up to you to handle it!" ”

"Me? Me? But mother, I haven't organized the New Year's gift yet, and I ...... "If this New Year's gift is not good, it will be a taboo in other people's families." But it's going to be a feud.

Take last year's Shangshu Mansion as a gift, and gave a pair of pure gold lion statues in the Mo Wangye's Mansion, which are more than half a person tall. And it is barefoot pure gold, it is worth a lot of money, and it is very good-looking to put it out, it can be said that it is a New Year's gift with a face, this golden lion is more than the system according to the etiquette, in previous years, there was actually no care about you. But last year, the first emperor was still in power, and his body and bones have always been bad, and he poked the first emperor's lungs after listening to this gift, and he was the most worried about the courtiers.

Then the old and young of Shangshufu, the officials who cut officials, the exiled people, and the former enemies of Shangshufu fell into the well, and offered slander, and when the New Year was over, the blood of the noon gate was not shed.

Therefore, if the gift is given correctly this year, it can also add some friendship between the two governments, but if this gift is not given correctly, it will violate the taboo of other people's families, and the two families will not interact, and the emperor will be offended, and they don't know how they died.

Although Jin Ran has been taking care of family affairs these days, and has also run a lot of business, but after all, he has not been in contact with the people of the Sheng family in Kyoto, the Sheng family's social circle in Kyoto is not small, and every family has its own rules and taboos.

Zhang didn't pay much attention to Jinran's worries, she said with a smile: "Didn't that person learn this reason?" You don't know now, take your time, learn more and see if it's not clear? ”

She looked at Jin Ran, who was obviously uneasy, smiled slightly, and comforted: "Besides, there are past examples, you can just add and subtract according to these, and besides, I will check for you." Zhang said slowly, and there were tears in his eyes: "Seeing that this year is about to pass, you will marry into your husband's family in the future, can't you even ...... this?"

Jin Ran didn't expect that saying a ritual would cause Zhang's stomach to speak, she knew in her heart that Zhang's was reluctant to give up on herself, otherwise she wouldn't have urged herself for so many years, and forced herself to learn some housekeeping methods, which was also started after Jin Ran and Fang Tianji were in love.

Fang Tianji is also a general, and the wife around him can't understand any communication methods, and this Zhang family is also painstaking for Jinran.

How did Jin Ran know that Zhang's motherly feelings for him? With her mother's guarantee, she is no longer scared, but seriously pondered the New Year's gift, which is not particularly complicated, but it is the distance between the relationship with each family this year, and the New Year's gifts for them are thick or thin.

In addition, the old relatives of the family have added a lot of rare treasures that have just begun to be sold on the Jinran shop this year, and the homes with many female dependents will be stuffed with a few sets of Poria cream, magnolia rose paste and the like, and the male relatives will add some Western curiosities to ensure that this gift is novel and not rude.

This day passed in the busyness and anticipation of Jinran, and it was Chinese New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

This Shengfu has also been completely renewed, with a new cluster of papyrus red palace lamps hanging in the corners of the eaves, and the front of the gate is also newly oiled with peach charms, and new ornaments are decorated, all of which are festive and auspicious.

This is the first year since Jinran's rebirth, her parents and brothers are gathered together, and the situation in Jinran's previous life is completely different, she sits under her mother's head, and the happiness in her heart even makes her heart hurt, this is the family reunion that she dreamed of at midnight in her previous life, in this life, no matter what price she pays, she can no longer lose.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, officials above the third rank and their families are going to enter the palace to spend the joy of the New Year. The Jinran family is naturally no exception.

The banquet in the evening will last very late, and there are many families at the banquet, and sometimes the vegetables will be cold early, and to be honest, it will really bring a very bad feeling to the people who eat it. Jin Ran hadn't attended the New Year's banquet in the past, but he didn't know much about it.

However, Zhang has a deep understanding that at the banquet, a bowl of soup can make people's teeth cold and painful, not only can they not fill their stomachs, but sometimes they will also cause stomach problems.

As an example, on the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve, the family members entered the palace, and everyone went again after lunch.

Zhang felt sorry for his daughter who had never been there, and was worried that she would be hungry at the banquet, so he secretly put a few sweet and soft chestnut cakes in her bag.

"Ah, mother." Jin Ran didn't expect her mother, who had always been graceful and well-behaved, to make such a move, and she couldn't help but feel funny, she whispered to her mother who was sitting in a sedan chair: "What about you?" ”

Zhang Shi smiled mysteriously at Jinran: "I naturally have it here." ”

So there is a saying that is also very accurate, what kind of mother can raise what kind of daughter.

"Ran'er, don't walk around when you enter the palace, don't bump into anything you shouldn't see, and don't encounter anything you shouldn't meet. If the emperor summons you, bow your head, don't look up at the emperor stupidly...... Ay. Look at what I said, you don't have much chance of being summoned by the emperor......" Zhang was worried about his daughter's first attack, so he couldn't help but break all kinds of attention and crumple them, and said and said, and instructed and instructed, for fear that his daughter would suffer some grievances.

Jin Ran didn't know Zhang's worries, she just laughed there: "Hey, mother, the emperor will have a chance to summon me, a little girl, he doesn't know how many things he has to do." ”

Jin Ran didn't know at this time that the emperor had really summoned her today.