The second day was the New Year, and Lin Yuan rarely let go of his book to accompany Wen Wan to work under the kitchen. I thought that the messy things of the previous year were troublesome, but this year will not be able to pass. Unexpectedly, the Lin family has not only passed this year, but also had a very good life.

Sacrificing three animals, setting off firecrackers, pasting couplets, grinding tofu, and opening the oil pot are enough for several men of the Lin family to suck their red noses and jump up and down. Outside the courtyard is the sound of firecrackers, bursts of laughter, and the strong smell of the New Year lingers in the wind.

In the evening, after eating fragrant mutton pots in a room to warm up, and around the table to push pai gow to play poker, there are thousands of cheats, there are those who don't give money, and there are also those who win a full bowl and are happy to pound the table, and the Lin family's small courtyard is decorated with joy and joy.

When the night is as cold as water, everyone eats a bowl of steaming chicken soup wontons and runs to the courtyard to set off fireworks. Wen Wan was holding the bend in her arms, Lin Yuan put a cloak on her behind her, and surrounded by the ingots who were chattering and lighting the lamp, she lowered her head and smiled, indescribable satisfaction, indescribable joy.

The next day, the family got up early in the morning, dressed up neatly and went to the Wen family's eldest brother Wen Fusheng to pay New Year's greetings. The boundary of Beijing City is said to be big and big, and it is said to be small and small, no, Wen Wan's family went out for only half an hour and arrived at a boxy blue brick courtyard.

Wen Youcai, Wen Chuhe and Zao were waiting at the door in a new robe with red light on their faces, and when they saw Wen Wan's family coming from afar, they immediately smiled and trotted over to call someone, and pulled Yuan Bao Ah Xian and smiled at Wen Wan: "The second sister and second brother-in-law are also here, and they are drinking tea in the hall!" ”

When they entered the house, the three waves of people met and greeted each other, the male went to the south and the north to be promoted to make a fortune Hu Kan, the female was busy working under the kitchen, the most comfortable is the group of childish boys, the age is generally old, but a cup of tea kung fu hooked shoulders and backs, three or five groups to play in one place, stepping on the snow and running happily.

Pushing cups and changing lamps, staggering until it was dark, the boys began to fight with their heads and eyelids, and then everyone dispersed and drove home.

When washing up at night, Lin Yuan smiled and talked to Wen Wan about the personable brother-in-law Cao: "Very knowledgeable, and he doesn't have much arrogance, so he can talk to us very well." Even if you drink wine, you can eat it as if you were drinking water. I see that my eldest brother has been poured a lot today, and he has to vomit hard at night. ”

Wen Wan sat on the dresser and squinted at him: "Don't you know, there is a copper plate in the big New Year's red envelope for our son." ”

Lin Yuan closed the book and knocked on his head, and suddenly remembered that the old man of the Wen family looked at Cao's brother-in-law during the daytime banquet: "The eldest brother's family is about to be a copper plate, I see that my brother-in-law is very unhappy today." ”

Wen Youcai was really not very happy, not only because the second brother-in-law only gave him a copper plate to make New Year's money, but also because the second brother-in-law asked him to give a few nephews New Year's money. The second brother-in-law has three nephews, and Wen Youcai not only has to return a copper plate to him, but also gives him two pennies.

He is not stupid, he knows who is in charge of the second sister's family, so he asked the eldest brother for ten copper plates, gave nine to his second sister, and kept one by himself.

At this time, Cao Jingzhong, who was sitting in the car with a shelf, didn't see his wife's black face, and was thinking to himself about waiting for Lin Yuan and Boss Wen to come to the mansion tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings, and he could get a deputy horse to hang them for half a day to let the two of them lose all their pants.

Wen Lan left the air conditioner for a long time and didn't see Lord Cao's reaction, so she looked sideways and found that the person was pretending to be holding a book and having a fool's time! She was helpless, so she had to preemptively strike: "Did you ask my brother to ask for your son's New Year's money?" ”

Cao Jingzhong shrunk his neck: "Never!" ”

Wen Youcai didn't know whether to pretend to be stupid or forget, he didn't give him a single son, and he was embarrassed to urge his brother-in-law to wow!

Wen Lan sighed: "He is only eleven years old, where does he have any money?" There is only one copper plate in the red envelope you secretly prepared in the morning, I don't care about you, but you don't have to be too aggressive! ”

"Over the years, how much money has you spent raising your eldest nephew for him to study and start a family, have I calculated with you! Why, my mother's family is not human? Do you tell the truth that you feel distressed because I gave them a little money in private? ”

Cao Jingzhong saw that she was going through the old accounts again, and her temper also came up: "When did I feel distressed, the money in the family is all with you, how you like to spend it!" If you don't give me money, I'm not allowed to earn it on my own. ”

Wen Lan smiled angrily: "Give you silver?" I want to give it to you, but what are you going to do with it? Buy birds, buy crickets! ”

Cao Jingzhong couldn't win her quarrel, and felt more and more that the woman was unreasonable, which man didn't have a hobby? He didn't go to the Qinglou prostitutes, and he didn't go to the casino to touch the pai gow and roll the dice, and he didn't even have a concubine room to wash his feet at home, so he felt that he should be a good man who was rare to see in the Ming Dynasty!

"Talking all day long, endlessly! You take the children back first, and I'll go to pay New Year's greetings to Lord Chen's house! After saying that, he told the servant to stop the car, and jumped out of the carriage with his robe and left.

Wen Lan sneered, following his majesty.

When the evening was over, she looked into the courtyard and saw that the man who had killed a thousand knives had not returned. I couldn't help but get angry, dropped the tea bowl and snack plate, and let the mother-in-law lock the courtyard door and go to sleep.

When Cao Jingzhong rushed home, he found that the courtyard door had already been locked, so he had to hate a robe and grit his teeth and climb up to the wall of his house, like the spring-like cat who lowered his voice and called: "Lao Liu, Lao Liu open the door for me!" Steward Liu! ”

Steward Liu didn't dare to touch his wife's brows, the time was closed, could the master have no points in his heart? only turned over and hugged her mother-in-law and slept sweetly, but the woman who was tossing and turning in the main courtyard curled the corners of her lips when she heard the movement outside the courtyard.

Cao Jingzhong's voice was almost hoarse, and when he saw that there was no one to take care of him, he had to secretly sigh that the world was declining, and people's hearts were not ancient, so he jumped off the wall in one go.

"Ouch! Which damn put a rat trap in the corner! ”

When he limped into the house, his amorous woman was reclining on the bed and looking at him: "What? Willing to come back? ”

Cao Jingzhong threw the roast chicken wrapped in oil paper on the table, hated and left, in vain he ran two more streets to buy the roast chicken for her, this time he said nothing to compromise with this ruthless woman!

Wen Lan saw that it was her favorite Li Ji roast chicken, so she was angry for two points, and hurriedly asked the maid to clean her hands and nibble on the chicken legs. When he was happy, he poked his head out of the door and flattered him: "What? Doesn't it smell? Give me a taste too! ”

Wen Lan glanced at him, so he had to let people in, and the husband and wife sat cross-legged on the bed and wrapped in the quilt to eat supper without mentioning it.