Mrs. Bai unconsciously smiled like a mother, picked her up, sent the maid in to help wash and change into a new dress, and then led her to the main hall, Master Bai was already sitting on the chair on the left side of the main seat, and Bai Shaozheng was taking Lin Xiangjun from his yard through.

The family has strict rules, Bai Shaojie also got up early, and has come back from a crazy circle outside the yard, everyone is here at this time, the first day of the new year is to kowtow to the elders, and to receive the pressure money, the pressure money is the copper money of the red rope string, and there are also treasure money sealed in red paper, which is light and convenient.

Bai Rong's parents are here, but in Beijing, their family is far away in Bashu, so only the younger generation of the Bai family needs to kowtow to Bai Rong and his wife.

Mrs. Bai handed the girl to Bai Shaojie, sat on the right seat, she has always been a loving mother at home on weekdays, nearly forty years old, gentle and with some playfulness that should have been erased at this age, and occasionally a little naughty that made Master Bai have a slight headache, but this is sitting upright, with gestures, the style of the official lady, there is still no choice.

Bai Shaozheng took Lin Xiangjun to kneel down in front of the second elder, and the people on the ground had already prepared soft cushions; After saying auspicious words, Bai Rong and his wife took the red envelopes prepared on the table together, one of them gave one, and the two got up and stood aside after taking it; It was Bai Shaojie's turn, he put the girl aside and stood aside, stretched his clothes, and then knelt down and kowtowed, he had not yet started a family, his father and mother had one, he accounted for two shares, and his heart was happy, and he was thinking about going to the town to buy something delicious and fun, and he could take advantage of the New Year to ask a few companions to steal to the city opera garden to listen to the play.

Bai Shaojie took the pressure money and stood up, if it was a previous year, the New Year's kowtow should be over, but this year, a small one was added to the family, last night after the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the female baby's "mother" has already made Mrs. Bai determined to accept her as a daughter, no, Mrs. Bai said that it was the daughter given to her by God.

Mrs. Bai turned her head to look at Bai Rong: "The name I mentioned to the master last night..."

Bai Rong smiled and nodded at his wife, and just wanted to speak, but he looked at the white porcelain-like doll in front of him, with round eyes, very smart, small mouth, wearing a pink jacket, and slipping away with white rabbit fur.

Originally, the words "Ting" and "Ya" that I thought of last night were, but blurted out: "It's called Mei Xue!" ”

Mrs. Bai also liked this name very much, with a smile on her face, Bai Shaojie picked up the girl and put it in front of the mat:

"Your name is Bai Meixue now, I will be your second brother in the future, kowtow to my father and mother!"

The girl was stunned, she didn't understand anything, probably because she saw Bai Shaojie and they were all like this, she also knelt on the mat, kowtowing decently, Bai Rong laughed, and the couple were very happy.

Bai Shaojie held the girl's small body and said, "Call Daddy and Mother, you see that the second brother is called." With round eyes with young and ignorant innocence, he looked up at the couple in front of him, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he didn't make trouble or cry, and shouted with Bai Shaojie's teaching: "Daddy, mother."

This made the old couple of the Bai family happy, and before Bai Shaojie stepped forward, Bai Rong got up first and picked up the little man kneeling on the ground, sat back on the chair and coaxed her happily

"Xue Xue called Daddy and Mom again..."

"Daddy... Mother, "The two of them were so busy that they responded together.

Bai Shaozheng pouted on the side: I have called you the second elder for 20 years, and I have never seen you like this? Looking up at Bai Shaojie on the other side, the second young master was taking out his red paper bag and counting treasure bills at this time, looking at the drooling appearance, he couldn't tell what the beauty was like, and he thought he was thinking about what fun to buy!

Sighing and retracting his gaze: What am I so sour? Now that I have a new person in the family and a younger sister, I can't say anything about it, and when I have a child, I may not be much younger than her, and I have to call her little aunt!

He has been in a fugue for a long time, and the people have already set up breakfast on the dining table, and today is the first day of the new year, after breakfast, he is going to visit his relatives, and the relatives of the Bai family are not here, so there is no need to move, but although Bai Rong is in an idle position, the eldest brother Bai Cong is in Beijing, and by the way, he is somewhat thin, so the official businessman or something, and there are friends who need to go around.

Chongning is located in Chengdu Mansion, Sichuan Province, which is rich in central Shu, with guests coming and going, and businessmen coming and going; And this Chunxi Town is the largest town in the two hundred miles of the territory, and the merchants dare not talk about it, but there are still so many rich merchants and gentry gathered.

The reason why Bai Rong chose to put the house on the edge of this Chunxi town is to take a fancy to this is a rare feng shui treasure land, the folk customs are simple but prosperous, the pink and white plum blossoms all over the mountains in this winter, the Chunxi River that crosses the town in summer, the river is not big, but it is long, it flows through the town to the lotus lake in the west of the town, and in summer, the lotus flowers in the lake are in full bloom, and it is called a brilliant and charming.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, after breakfast, I was going to set off to visit, and the first to get closer, there were few in the town, most of them were in Chongning City, Bai Shaozheng also wanted to take Lin Xiangjun to visit his mother's house in Chongning City, and the Lin family opened a medicinal herb shop in the city; Bai Rong's three fathers and sons took the carriage that had been prepared, took Bai Shaozheng and Bai Shaojie to the town to sit at the Yamen master, and then hurried to Lu Yuanwai's house.

Lu Yuanwai Lu Quan, a wealthy family in the town, made a fortune in middle age and donated a foreigner; The two met in Chongning City in their early years, and at that time, Lu Quan and Bai Rong were both unwilling, so they felt a little sympathetic to each other, and now that everyone has reached this age, those friendships are still there, and the relationship is good in this unrelated Chunxi Town.

The Lu family has only one son, named Ye Zhen, four years old this year, is a naughty mischievous, the three fathers and sons of the Bai family use tea in the living room, this kid is tired of playing in the yard, so he runs to the living room, he is still young, he doesn't know much about etiquette, Lu Quan asked him to call someone, but he called obediently, and then he laughed and laughed in the house all the time.

Bai Rong doesn't care about these either, a child, and an only son, it is understandable that he is pampered. It's just that Bai Shaojie is young, and he can't stand this little boy being too noisy, so he frowned slightly, but he didn't dare to speak, if he was looking for something on the first day of the New Year, the old man might have to serve with a stick.

Coming out of the Lu family, it was already noon, and I had to go back to the house to clean up, and I had to hurry to the city later.

Back in the house, lunch has been prepared, Mrs. Bai helped to set the dishes and chopsticks to start the meal, Bai Meixue also sat obediently aside, I didn't see her in the morning, Bai Shaojie leaned over and sat next to her, holding Bai Meixue's little face with both hands, and secretly pinched the little fleshy face that felt very good and said: "Xue'er, call the second brother"

Bai Meixue's innocent big eyes stared at him without speaking.

Bai Shaojie opened his mouth and slowly taught her: "Two... Brother..."

Bai Meixue opened her mouth as if she wanted to drum up her strength, but in the end she couldn't speak, still looking at him innocently, Bai Ershao changed her strategy: "That's called brother, little... Elder brother... Brother..."

Bai Meixue stared at him and opened his mouth together: "Little... Wok... Fruit..."

This vague little brother amused Bai Ershao: "Haha, really good." After saying that, she rubbed her little brain dotingly, and Bai Meixue was also happy to squint her eyes.

The family didn't bother to pay attention to him and opened the table to eat. After lunch, Bai Shaozheng prepared all the things to go back to his parents' house for New Year's greetings. Originally, Bai Rong only planned to take his eldest son and daughter-in-law to his in-laws' house to pay New Year's greetings, and he needed to live there tonight, and then visit a friend's house in the city tomorrow, but Bai Shaojie wanted to follow, he thought that there was good food and fun, and Bai Rong thought that it would not be bad to take him for a walk, so he responded to him.

Bai Shaojie blossomed, holding Bai Meixue and running in the yard: "Xue'er is good, stay at home with your mother, my brother will bring you delicious and fun back, okay?" ”

Bai Meixue hugged his head, put her little head on his side, and said glutinously, "Okay."

The fifteenth day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Yongle

The Lantern Festival is a great event, and the weather is very good

Countless young men and women gathered in Chongning City, and many families in the surrounding towns also brought their families to participate in the rare event in the city.

Dr. Li also brought his wife and children to Chongning City today, and found an inn to live in.

After washing up in the room, Dr. Li took his wife down to the hall on the first floor and sat down, and the shopkeeper greeted him with a smile: "The two of you want to eat something, although our inn mainly provides accommodation, but the general dishes are still available, if you want to eat some good food, you can also go to the Hongfu Building in the city, or the Emerald Garden in the north of the city, these are the largest restaurants in Chongning City." ”

Dr. Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, let's eat some casually and go to see it tomorrow." ”

Xiao Er hurriedly responded: "If you want to get it, the two of you ordered, I immediately went to the kitchen to urge." Dr. Li and his wife ordered some ordinary dishes, and then drank tea and waited for a pair of children to go downstairs.

After half a cup of tea, a young man in his early teens strode in the corridor on the second floor, dressed in a white collared gown, with a tooth-white belt tied on his slender waist, and a green silk bun tied with a scarf of the same color as the belt, two scarves reached the back waist, his body was thin and thin, his face was white and slightly immature, but the step was not slow, and his toes kicked the hem of his clothes from time to time.

The young man walked down the escalator on the second floor with his hands, came to the table of Dr. Li and his wife and sat down, supported his cheek with one hand, and opened his mouth a little coquettishly: "Dad, mother, isn't the meal okay?" They are all starving to death. ”

Doctor Li calmly blinked his eyes to her face and said lightly: "How many times have I told you, the girl's family, there is a sitting appearance, look at what you look like, what kind of system you have become!" ”

Li Tang didn't hear it, and turned his head to ask Mrs. Li: "Mother, where is my eldest brother?" ”

Mrs. Li put down the teacup, and her face showed Li Tang's disapproval of Dr. Li's attitude, but her eyes were full of love: "I haven't come down in the room, probably tired, wait a while, if you don't come down again, you go up and call him again." ”

"Oh, got it."

When the meal was almost ready, a young man in a light blue robe, sleepy-eyed, walked out listlessly from the second floor, slowly swallowed down to the hall on the first floor, and sat on the bench next to Li Tang.