Lu Tang walked in a hurry while calming down his agitated mood.

Third brother, he is not such a person.

If what Furong Yu said is true, then there must be some reason for the third brother.

Lu Tang only felt that his mind was like a mess, and he had no clue. Before I knew it, I walked to the door of Lan Fangxuan.

"Miss, where has this gone? Look at this little face's red from the cold. ”

The mother-in-law waiting at the door smiled earnestly, and opened the cotton curtain to let her in.

Lu Tang nodded at her absentmindedly, and walked inside.

On the stage, he was singing "Closing the Victory", a short face with a spirited face, neatly on the four tables, walking "turning in the clouds", wearing thick-soled boots, black full of hair, going out on the four tables first, facing back and turning over about a half, and the audience immediately applauded.

Lu Yushi's eyes showed appreciation, and he was a martial artist. Mrs. Lu was even more happy and said "reward".

The four or five daughters-in-law who had prepared early on the side responded with a smile, carried the prepared loose copper coins, and one of them picked up a basket, and then threw it on the stage. That martial arts skill is very superb, and he seems to be used to such a scene, but he is not affected at all, and he moves and walks like flowing water.

And the children in the troupe couldn't bear it for a long time, giggling and grabbing money all over the stage, which can be regarded as one of the great pleasures of watching the play.

Lu Tang found his seat and sat down, settled down, and laughed with everyone.

When the sun was about to set, the mother-in-law in the backyard came to report the "sealing of the well". It is said that the well has been covered with a wooden cover, and after offering sweets, incense has been burned. Mrs. Lu sent the eldest maid Mingyue to take a look, and carefully told her that she could only open the lid and reuse it after three days.

On the other side, the big kitchen sent someone to ask where the banquet was held, and Mrs. Lu thought about it for a while and said, it was still in the main hall as in previous years.

Seeing that it was getting late, Mrs. Lu signaled Mingzhu to stop the play, and got up with Lu Yushi, and everyone behind them followed, and the group walked towards the main hall.

Dexiban stopped playing, and a few little girls took them to the backyard for dinner. Lu Fu is known for his generosity, and he also gave some rewards.

Taking advantage of the fact that the evening feast had not yet begun, Lu Mu and Lu Heng brothers took a few steps ahead of everyone and went to the open space in the front yard to burn incense and paper. He also ordered four or five small servants to hold long bamboo poles and set off firecrackers, and respectfully invited the souls of their ancestors and ancestors to go home for the New Year.

When he returned to the courtyard after the ceremony, he instructed the servants to place a wooden pole on the ground at the door, called a tethered horse, which meant that the ancestors who rode horses to the lower realm were used to tie their horses.

And over there, Lu Tang followed Lu Yushi, Mrs. Lu and others all the way to the main hall, only to see that there were street lights everywhere along the way, and the main road was all the way to the main gate, and the two golden dragons were shining on the stairs on both sides. There are people coming and going, all dressed up and full of flowers.

The evening feast is the top priority, Lu Tangwei followed his parents to the main hall, and saw the brocade embroidered screen in the hall, which was completely new. The braziers at the four corners are burning with pine and cedar incense and lily grass.

After a while, the brothers of the Lu family also "invited God" to come back, and Lu Tang got up and stood aside and waited. After the brothers saluted Lu Yushi and Mrs. Lu who were sitting on the main seat in turn, Lu Tang stepped forward alone and saluted with a smile.

The men, women, and maids in the house also saluted according to the errands, and began to scatter the New Year's money, purse, gold and silver bills, etc.

Lu Tang and a few other young people received gold bills wrapped in lotus, only to see that there were plum blossom style, begonia type, as well as pen ingot Ruyi, eight treasures Lianchun and other different styles, extremely delicate and cute.

The maids and maids received the rewards according to the errands, the first-class maids were all received all kinds of small silver bills, and the slightly inferior maids received a few silver melon seeds and various styles of copper coin strings, and some wore hundreds of copper coins, taking the meaning of "longevity and 100 years old"; Some are dressed in auspicious shapes such as carp, ruyi, and dragon, taking the meaning of "money dragon" and "money surplus". The maids and mothers-in-law at the end all got a penny.

Then a beautiful maid came to the hall to put the dishes on the table, because this feast was the most important thing on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the people of the Lu Mansion were extremely cautious. Especially the maids who come and go to pass the food, they are careful to relax their hands and feet when serving the food, for fear that something will go wrong and affect the luck of the new year in the house.

Lu Yushi was the head of the family, and he sat down first, and then Mrs. Lu sat next to each other, and the Lu brothers and Lu Tang also sat in turn according to their age. And because it was the Chinese New Year, the two aunts Zhang and Liu also received the grace of the old lady, and they were grateful to Dade for a while, so they pursed their lips and smiled and sat down in the first seat.

There are a variety of dishes on the table, in addition to anchovy shark fin, red plum pearls, kung pao hare and other big dishes, there are Tusu wine, acacia soup, auspicious fruit, ruyi cake and other delicious New Year food.

While using the dishes, Lu Tang secretly raised his eyes to look at his third brother. Seeing him drinking with vegetables as usual, he couldn't help but sneer at himself in his heart - in the end, he was still attracted by the words of the hibiscus jade.

While thinking about it, she made up her mind to find an opportunity to ask her third brother what the story of Furong Yu and herself was going on.

After everyone finished the feast, Mrs. Lu smiled and asked her subordinates to put a "cornucopia" in the courtyard - glued sesame stalks in the shape of ingots rolled with yellow paper, and put them in a bundle. Ordered Lu Qi, Lu Zhen, Lu Tang and several other young people to crush it with their feet, to "broken" harmonize with "year", and borrow the auspicious meaning of sesame blossoming festivals, wishing the family prosperity.

After using the mat and stepping on the "cornucopia", it was already time. Lu Tang and the others shouted that the vigil was boring, so Mrs. Lu ordered someone to invite the troupe to come and continue to sing in Lan Fangxuan.

In the evening play, Furong Yu took the stage and sang a play "Cai Lou Pei", singing and looking beautiful, but Lu Tang bit his lip and couldn't hear it, and his eyes flew straight to Lu San who was sitting next to him.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

The protagonist Lu San didn't react much, but the second young master Lu Heng, who was sitting on Lu Tang's right hand, felt his sister's strangeness, and couldn't help but look at her with some worry.

"It's nothing, I just think this hibiscus jade sings really well, and her appearance is beautiful."

Lu Tang hurriedly sat up straight and replied with a smile, not daring to move any more.

Lu Er's eyes were slightly puzzled, but he didn't say anything, only smiled and touched Lu Tang's head, signaling her to continue watching the play.

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This night, Lu Tang didn't find a chance to ask Lu Jiu clearly, but he felt that the house was full of people, laughter, and firecrackers, and there was an endless stream. Before you know it, the New Year has passed.