Shun Yu followed Qin Zhong through the garden and alleys, and soon arrived at the Hanmo Academy.

All kinds of flower lanterns are dizzying, the trees, mountains and stones, windows and doors are all full of hanging, the front porch is a few steps to hang one, the lamp surface in addition to painting plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum, also attached to the inscription poem puzzle surface.

A few drooping children scratched their ears and cheeks and guessed, and the maids were also lazy to make fun, and the owners of the houses confessed, if they could guess correctly, they could go to get the gold bills.

This is the highlight of the Qin Mansion every year, the old lady Qin prefers the younger generations who are smart and talented, and he is the most stingy in this regard.

Shun Yu memorized a few riddles as he walked, but it was simple and easy to guess.

Walk more than ten steps to the front of the main hall, look at all kinds of splendid lanterns, high and low hanging hanging, the hall is divided into two areas on the left and right with the ice crack rhombic flower maul door, the left is the lady and daughter-in-law of the house, the right is the old man and young master of each room, and the elders or children of the clan invited to come, more than a dozen tables are already full.

The stage was set up at the front, and before the performance started, from time to time there were harlequins with tofu white, tossing up and down the hot scene, making everyone noisy and laughing.

Qin Zhong led Shun Yu around the seat and walked inward, and not far away, he saw the old lady Qin sitting on the chair with a ruyi cloud head pattern, wearing a square scarf and a green cloth robe, eating tea calmly.

At the same table were the eldest master Qin Liang, the third master Qin Lin, the fifth master Qin Hao, and two young masters, namely Qin Yanhong, the second son of the third master, and Qin Yanchun, the eldest son of the fifth master.

There are five or six maids pouring tea and handing out food by the door, all wearing white cotton jackets and skirts, covered with water and red armor, which is very simple. When one of them saw them coming, he hurriedly went to fetch a round cushion with a green entwined lotus pattern and placed it at the feet of the old lady Qin.

Shun Yu stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed three times, saying some auspicious words of Shoubi Nanshan, and it was considered a formal ceremony.

Seeing that he was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, wearing a green cloth and straightening his body, and his simple and obedient appearance, he already liked it a little, and ordered the maid to give him more money for the New Year, and ordered him not to go to the side, and to sit beside him with Qin Zhong.

When Shun Yu sat down, he asked him about the situation at home, but he went to school, and although his voice was immature, he answered like a fluent, and said that he was the head of the hospital examination case, and won the name of the student.

Everyone was secretly snorting and looked at him differently for a while. The ancestors of the Qin family also had the likes of the first-class champions, and they had been second-class or above, but now the descendants are not as good as the generation, and the eldest son Qin Liang and the eldest grandson Yanzhao were born as second-class scholars, and are now divided into fourth-grade and fifth-grade officials.

Old lady Qin glanced at the two grandchildren of Yan Hong and Yan Chun, who were about the same age as Shun Yu, and were scrambling for a piece of ghee abalone snails.

I only felt that the food was ugly, the demeanor was vulgar, and I really couldn't see the appearance of great talent, so I suddenly felt cold in my heart, and was silent for a long time, and frowned at Qin Zhong and asked: "I heard that Yan Zhao returned to the house last night, why didn't he come to the banquet at this time?" ”

Before the words fell, a clear voice was heard: "Who said that he didn't come, it was my grandfather who didn't look at me." Shun Yu raised his head, and at some point, there was a young man standing on his side, dressed in a brand-new stone blue tuanhua silk straight jacket, his hair tied up and wearing a scarf, his face was clear, or because he didn't sleep well last night, there was a faint tiredness between his eyebrows and eyes.

He knelt down neatly and kowtowed to the old lady Qin, and then greeted the uncles in each room, taking advantage of this moment, but when he saw a little girl holding a chair, hesitating and not knowing where to put it, Shun Yu moved out of the old lady Qin's side, helped put the chair away, the little girl smiled at her with thin eyebrows and fine eyes, and walked away.

After Qin Yanzhao sat down beside Old Lady Qin, Qin Zhong smiled at Shun Yu and said, "You haven't seen him yet!" This is Aunt Suzhou's brother Shunyu, your cousin, who is now temporarily living in the west wing of your yard. ”

"Cousin?" Qin Yanzhao's eyes fell on Shun Yu's face, and the corners of his mouth pursed to look: "Have you admitted your mistake?" It's obviously a girl's face. “

Everyone looked at Shun Yu and looked at it with a smile. Qin Zhong's forehead was sweating, and his voice was a little higher: "Yan Zhao can't be presumptuous, your cousin is just a little more delicate!" ”

Shun Yu's heart hanged, but he quickly calmed down, and bowed his hand to Yanzhao: "Because I was weak and sick since I was a child, my mother took me as a girl to support, and my words and deeds were too delicate. ”

Qin Yanzhao sneered, shook his head and said, "I'm joking, what are you panicking about?" Throwing Fang De's New Year's purse into her arms, she looked playful: "Take it, the right should crush you to be shocked." ”

Shun Yu clenched her fists and suppressed a trace of anger, this man's malice towards her was really inexplicable, she owed him in the previous life, but now, starting over, she didn't want to have anything to do with him at all.

The maid just came over to refill the tea, and put on all kinds of pastries one after another. Old lady Qin asked, "Do you still want to go to the local government after Zhao'er is a year?" ”

Qin Yanzhao put down the tea bowl and replied with a smile: "In the old years, my grandson was supervising water conservancy in the Xuhuai area all year long, and he never returned to his home. ”

The third old man Qin Lin was very approving: "The Weaving Bureau is a good place!" I thought that you would inherit your father's business and work in the Tai Hospital, but now you have another career, and you will have a bright future, excellent! ”

The fifth old man Qin Hao is in business, and the main business is brown silk, rattan and bamboo business, and when he heard that Qin Zhao actually entered the weaving bureau, his mind was suddenly lively, and the smile on his face became more and more cordial, and the words became more and more.

The eldest lord Qin Liang snorted coldly at his snort, so low that it was difficult to detect.

Shun Yu didn't want to listen to them talk, and looked at the stage, Taichung was performing "Eight Immortals Across the Sea", the gongs and golden drums were deafening, and seven or eight actors hooked their big flower faces, each holding a weapon to enter and play, jumping up and down, and couldn't hear the singing, so he could only make the scene absurd for fun. The palace loves fairy and ghost plays, and the opera troupe is well versed in the thoughts of these officials to welcome the emperor, so they mostly rehearse such plays, and then spread them to the people, which has become popular.

Shun Yu didn't like it but barely listened, and suddenly felt that someone was pulling on his sleeves, and he turned his head to see that it was Qin Yanhong sitting next to him.

Qin Yanhong saw her attention, smiled and introduced himself, and then pulled Yanchun to know her, salivating and complaining: "The old man is really partial, the third brother is a good man, and he also gives the most New Year's money every year, and our brothers get the least, and they are not as good as those sisters and sisters, you say you can be aggrieved!?" ”

Shun Yu instantly understood their thoughts, and she thought that the money Qin Yanzhao threw at her was hot, so it was better to cheapen them.

Then he took it out and handed it over, and said with a smile: "I don't spend much on weekdays, so if you take this, it will be given to you by your third cousin." ”

Qin Yanhong originally thought that this poor relative would take out the money if he got it, so he had the right to give it a try, and he didn't have hope, but he thought that she was happy to give it, and he was overjoyed at the moment, so he hurriedly took it, opened his purse and counted it, and began to divide it with Yanchun.