Time flies very fast, and the wax moon has arrived in a blink of an eye. The Lu Mansion was busy up and down, preparing for the New Year.

"Thirty deer, fifty roe deer, fifty roe deer, twenty Siamese pigs, twenty soup pigs, twenty dragon pigs, twenty wild boars, twenty domestic pigs, twenty wild sheep, twenty green sheep, twenty soup sheep, twenty family style sheep, twenty sturgeon fish, 200 catties of miscellaneous fish, 200 live chickens, ducks, and geese, 200 wind chickens, ducks, and geese, 200 pairs of pheasants, rabbits, 200 pairs of bear paws, 20 catties of deer tendons, 50 catties of sea cucumbers, 50 deer tongues, 50 cow tongues, 20 catties of dried razor clams, hazel, pine, peach, Two pockets of apricots, 50 pairs of large prawns, 200 catties of dried shrimp, 1,000 catties of silver frost charcoal, 2,000 catties of medium 2,000 catties, 30,000 catties of charcoal, two stones of Yutian rouge rice, 50 pieces of blue glutinous rice, 50 pieces of white glutinous rice, 50 pieces of flour japonica, 50 pieces of variegated grains, 1,000 stones of rice, a cart of dried vegetables of various colors, and a total of 2,500 taels of silver for take-out grains and livestock. ”

At the gate, the voice of the king's steward reading the list was particularly loud, and three or four housekeepers wearing new big leather jackets were beaming, standing at the bottom of the steps with their hands in their hands.

"There are also some little stubborn children who are filial to their brothers and sisters under the outer door - two pairs of live deer, four pairs of live white rabbits, four pairs of black rabbits, two pairs of live golden chickens, and two pairs of Western ducks."

The tall dealer steward headed by the king waited for the steward to finish reading the New Year's goods list, and a simple smile bloomed on his dark face, and then said innocently.

"You have a heart."

When the steward heard this, he couldn't help but praise them, and ordered the little servants behind him to take those filial little stubborn children from the carriage and send them to the backyard.

Lu Zhen, Lu Qi, and Lu Tang, the three younger ones, were stubborn in one place, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard that this year's Zhuangtou steward had sent them a lot of small animals to play. They shouted to see the live deer, rabbits and other little stubbornness.

After playing for a few days, it was no longer unusual, so I ordered someone to find a place in the garden to live and raise.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, Lu Fu sent the king of the stove. Because of the custom of "men don't worship the moon, women don't sacrifice to the stove", Lu Tang avoided it and didn't see it, but he only heard the sound of firecrackers and the sky trembled.

I heard Lu Zhen come back and tell him that the sacrificial stove was to offer candy, water, beans and straw in front of the statue of the king of the stove, as well as a stewed rotten pig's head, which was very scary. Later, the old statue was burned, and it was regarded as sending the king of the stove to heaven.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and all kinds of colors were in the Lu Mansion. From the gate to the second gate, all have changed the door god, the couplet, the listing, the new oil peach charm, a new look. And from the gate, the instrument door, the hall, the warm pavilion, the inner hall, the inner three doors, the inner instrument door and the inner plug door, until the main hall, all the way to the main gate, all the way to the main gate wide open, on both sides of the stairs under the color of vermilion big high, the point of the two golden dragons general.

In the evening, another little servant came to report happily, saying that the eldest young master had returned home. Mrs. Lu cried like a tearful child, hugging the eldest young master Lu Mu's heart and soul.

The brothers next to him were also very happy - the second young master Lu Heng, the third young master Lu Jiu, and the fourth young master Lu Fang were a few years different from Lu Mu, so although they were happy in their hearts, they were very reserved in their actions, and they all stood and looked at their eldest brother with a smile.

The fifth young master Lu Qi and the sixth young master Lu Zhen are different, one smiled and grabbed his eldest brother's sleeve to ask for a gift, and the other shouted for the eldest brother to check his homework - Lu Liu was not good at checking his homework when Lu Mu came back last year, so he remembered it and had to be ashamed.

Lu Tang looked at his eldest brother a little timid, because he hadn't seen him for a long time, he didn't know how to get close. She twisted the corners of her clothes, and called out with a red face: "Big brother." ”

Although Lu Mu went out early to release the official, he also grew up holding Lu Tang in one hand since he was a child, so he loves this only sister the most in his heart.

"Tang Tang has grown so big now."

He turned around and kicked Lu Wu and Lu Liu's two stinky boys away one by one, stretched out his hand and touched Lu Tang's little head, and said with a smile.

Lu Tang was touched by Lu Mu's big hand, and couldn't help shrinking his neck like a kitten, only feeling that this action was familiar and warm. She grinned, "I'm thirteen years old now, and I'm a big girl." ”

After chatting a few words lively, because Lu Mu was tired of traveling all the way, Mrs. Lu arranged for him to go to the courtyard to rest for a while, and then call him over at the dinner.

The family banquet in the evening was even more lively because of the addition of the eldest young master Lu Mu.

Lu Yushi looked at his eldest son's more and more calm temperament because of his experience in going out to release officials, and couldn't help but stroke his beard with satisfaction, and said, "Does Mu'er have any plans to return to Beijing to be an official?" ”

"My son once thought about it, but in the past few years when he went out to release his officials, he has seen and heard a lot, and he only feels that the people are like a mirror, and they can reflect their own shortcomings. So I want to sharpen it for a few more years. ”

Lu Mu replied solemnly, every word was upright, and it was Dayan Zheng Zheng's good son.

Mrs. Lu was worried: "My son will be twenty-one this year, but he hasn't married yet." Which son in the capital is as late as you? If you go out to be an official for a few more years, you don't know how many years it will drag on. ”

Before Lu Mu could reply, she continued: "After the New Year, my mother will give you a few family affairs, and it is really not a matter to delay it again and again." And your brothers are also not young, so they look at each other together. ”

There was a low wail at the dinner table, but the second young master Lu Heng was fine, looking at his nose and nose, and his heart was not moving. The third young master, Lu Jiu, covered his heart, and his eyes went straight to the eldest brother Lu Mufei. The fourth young master, Lu Fang, was handsome, his face was flushed, his eyes were sparkling, and the people who looked directly at it were heartbroken. Lu Wu and Lu Liu were not worried at all, and gloated about the excitement.

Mrs. Lu made up her mind in her heart, and before she could say a few words, Lu Tang hurriedly interjected: "Mother, I see that the dishes in the kitchen today are very different!" ”

As she spoke, she glanced at a few brothers, and for a while the table became lively, and everyone praised the excellent dishes today.

On the table, there are anchovy shark fins, red plum beads, kung pao hares, milk horns, auspicious dragon double flying, stir-fried field chicken, coriander fried pigeon, eight treasure wild duck, bergamot gold rolls, fried cuttlefish shreds and other dishes, and there is a beautiful maid fish running in to put a plate of new dishes.

The two aunts Zhang and Liu were both dressed up very brightly, symbolically distributed a few dishes to Lu Yushi and Mrs. Lu, and then got the gift to sit at the head of the banquet and eat together.

After the banquet was over, he went to the courtyard outside the main hall to light the heavenly incense, and the maidservants waited beside them with various flower buns. Most of the flower buns held are jujube flowers, ingots, ingots baskets and other ordinary flower types, only a few big girls in the middle are holding dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, nine peach longevity and other big flower buns, among which the dragon and phoenix Chengxiang flower buns do several layers high, very spectacular.