Chinese New Year's Eve begins with the sound of firecrackers.

Duan Qingyan turned over, frowned, shrunk himself into the quilt, and covered his ears hard. Last night, in order to prepare gifts for her family, she was busy until late yesterday. I just lay down for a while, and I was woken up again at this time, even if Duan Qingyan's temper was good, he was a little irritable at this time.

But Duan Qingyan can't be angry, this is Chinese New Year's Eve, setting off firecrackers is a natural thing, and this is a very joyful thing.

Duan Qingyan wrapped his whole body in the quilt, trying to isolate his voice and continue to sleep. But just a moment after An gave birth to her, there was a knock on her door.

"Auntie, aunt, grandma told you to get up and eat!"

Xiao Xi'er's voice is clattering, with a unique soft cuteness, accompanied by the sound of slapping the door, which is very rhythmic.

Yu Jiamin walked out of the room next to her, squatted down and hugged Xiao Xi'er, put her finger to her mouth and sighed: "Little Miss, be quiet, the county lord is still sleeping." ”

Xiao Xi'er looked at the closed door, then at Yu Jiamin, and pouted: "Oh, my aunt is a big lazy worm, Xi'er is awake, and my aunt is still sleeping." ”

As soon as Xiao Xi'er's words fell, the door was opened, and Duan Qing stood at the door with a straight face, staring at Xiao Xi'er with big eyes: "Xiao Xi'er, it's not good to disturb other people's sleep." ”

Xiao Xi'er was not afraid of Duan Qingyan's cold face at all, stepped forward with a smile and hugged Duan Qingyan's legs, and said with a raised face: "Auntie, aunt, it's time to go to dinner." Grandma said, let's go to the palace after eating. ”

Duan Qingyan picked up Xiao Xi'er, and the smile on her face had already regained her face. After listening to Xiao Xi'er's words, she was obviously stunned: "What are you doing in the palace?" ”

"Grandma said, Brother Yue invited us to eat delicious!"

Isn't Xiao Xi'er's brother Yue the emperor Yun Suiyue, Duan Qingyan suddenly remembered that today is Chinese New Year's Eve, in order to show the royal love for the ministers, the emperor held a state banquet in the palace, and also rewarded these pillars who did their best for the big qi.

Duan Yaozong, as a loyal and brave marquis, has made great contributions to Daqi in the past few years, so he is naturally the object of royal invitation, and the whole family must attend.

Duan Qingyan hugged Xiao Xi'er and tossed up, "Okay, my aunt knows, Xiao Xi'er, you go to the front hall first, and my aunt will be there in a while." ”

Duan Qingyan put Xiao Xi'er down, she waved her hand to Duan Qingyan and ran away.

After sending off Xiao Xi'er, Duan Qingyan went back to the room to wash, changed her clothes by the way, and asked Yu Jiamin to help her comb her hair, so she hurriedly dared to go to the front hall.

In the front hall, Duan Yaozong and the others were already there, and even Prince Rong rushed over two days ago, the family gathered around the table, looking at the delicacies on the table, and when Duan Qingyan appeared, everyone hurriedly beckoned her to sit down: "Come on." Come on, it's waiting for you. This meal is our own Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and when we are done, we should enter the palace. ”

"Yes, yes, it's late, I'm sorry everyone!" Duan Qingyan sat down on the vacant seat while saying goodbye, beckoning to Yu Jiamin.

Yu Jiamin was holding a stack of delicate boxes in her hand, and when she saw Duan Qingyan summoning, she was naturally standing next to her with something in her hand.

This is a gift prepared by Duan Qingyan for his family, some of which he made himself, and some of which he bought outside, of course, although he bought it, he was also carefully selected, without any perfunctory. Duan Qingyan picked up the top box, although these boxes all looked similar, she made marks on each box. She took the box and handed it to Prince Rong: "Grandpa, this is a New Year's gift from Qingyan to you, I wish Grandpa good health." ”

"Good, good! The girl has a heart! Prince Rong did not expect to receive a gift from his baby granddaughter, he was pleasantly surprised to take the box and open it to see, it was a jade Ruyi, Ruyi was snow-white, carved particularly exquisitely, and there were fine lines on it, written with the words Fushou and Ankang, whether it was from the jade quality or the carving, this gift was worth a lot.

In fact, no matter what it was, as long as Duan Qingyan gave something, Prince Rong was very happy, he didn't expect to receive such a valuable jade Ruyi, Prince Rong was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth at the same time, he felt distressed for Duan Qingyan's purse: "Grandpa likes this gift, it's just a girl, such a valuable gift makes the girl break the bank!" ”

As early as when Prince Rong opened the box, the others had already come over, and they all showed envious looks after seeing this jade Ruyi.

As soon as she heard that Prince Rong felt sorry for Duan Qingyan's silver, Duan Qingying couldn't help but say: "Grandpa, don't you feel sorry for her silver, don't you know that the silver that this girl has earned in the past year is several times that of our family combined, she, she is rich enough to rival the country!" Grandpa, the gift she gave you, no matter how expensive it is, you have to accept it! As he spoke, he snorted twice at Duan Qingyan, which was obviously quite dissatisfied with Duan Qingyan.

Because Duan Qingyan's body is not suitable for long-distance travel, so the matter of checking the accounts this year is to ask Duan Qingying to go, those dim sum shops in Linzhou Mansion, as well as Linyuan Winery, plus the silver earned by Guanlanju, add up to scare Duan Qingying. At the same time, Duan Qingying also had to admire her sister's earning ability.

Duan Qingyan also snorted twice, ignored Duan Qingying, took another box from Yu Jiamin's hand and handed it to Mei Yu, "Mother, this is yours." ”

It is a golden hairpin given to Mei Yu, the same as the gift to Yun Zixi, it is also designed by her own hands, nine hollow plum blossoms are arranged irregularly, but there is no mess, but there is a messy beauty, just like a natural growth, Mei Yu is not happy.

Duan Qingyan sent out the boxes one by one, and in the end, everyone got gifts, even the two old housekeepers did not miss it. And only Duan Qingying has not received it.

Seeing that Yu Jiamin's arms were empty and there was no gift of his own, Duan Qingying was a little anxious, but he didn't want Duan Qingyan to find out what he cared about, so he poured himself a wine glass with an indifferent face, but at that time, the small eyes that looked at Duan Qingyan and Yu Jiamin from time to time still exposed his emotions.

Duan Qingyan finished sending the gift, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, the gift is finished, let's eat!" ”

Hearing this, Duan Qingying's eyes widened violently: "Eh, what's the matter, girl, my gift!" ”

Duan Qingying really couldn't help it at the moment, he almost jumped up from the chair: "Why do everyone have gifts, but I don't have them!" Girl, I'm your brother! ”

Duan Qingyan snorted: "I don't think my brother needs my sister's gift anymore, besides, I'm a younger sister, shouldn't my brother prepare a gift for me!" ”

"You, you...... Dead girl! Duan Qingying was so angry that her teeth itched, but she couldn't refute it at all.

The others saw that the brothers and sisters were making trouble, but they didn't mean to come forward to persuade them, and they all looked like they were watching a good show, which made Duan Qingying grind her teeth in anger.

Looking at his brother who was so angry that he jumped to his feet, Duan Qingyan held the shelf for a while, and then laughed out loud, "Okay, okay, my brother is so stingy, I'm laughing!" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Yu Jiamin, who took out a gift box from behind him and handed it to Duan Qingyan.

Duan Qingyan took the gift box and shook it in front of Duan Qingying: "Of course I have prepared my brother's gift, but I have to exchange it for a gift!" ”

At this time, Duan Qingyan didn't know that he was being teased by the little girl in front of him, he glanced at Duan Qingyan angrily, and took out a box from behind him and threw it to Duan Qingyan. Fortunately, Yu Jiamin's hands and feet are nimble, otherwise the box would have fallen to the ground.

After getting the gift, Duan Qingyan didn't tease him anymore, and directly handed over the gift box. Duan Qingying took the gift box and couldn't wait to open it, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Duan Qingyan gave his brother a folding fan, although it was a little strange to use a folding fan in this winter, but this folding fan was something that Duan Qingyan liked very much. The fan bone is jade, and the fan surface of the white silk is painted with a majestic landscape painting, as well as an inscription. This painting was made by a literati of the previous dynasty that Duan Qingying liked very much. And this folding fan is also Duan Qingying's favorite.

This gift was simply delivered to Duan Qingying's heart!

But what Duan Qingying gave to her sister was the title deed, a total of two, both of which are Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Yongjing City, and one of them is still a hot spring Zhuangzi.

Although compared to the gift given by Duan Qingyan, this title deed is a bit cheesy, Duan Qingyan is still very happy, she has wanted a hot spring village for a long time.

This table of food was so close that the family couldn't close their mouths, not only Duan Qingyan prepared gifts, but others also prepared, but Duan Qingyan was the first to do so. While eating, while receiving and giving gifts, this meal has not yet been eaten, and a small stool has been placed next to everyone, which is full of gifts from the big guys. Even the two children were prepared, and they bought it with their own money!

After a lively meal, it was already past noon. They still needed to enter the palace, so Duan Qingyan and the others were rushed back to the room by Mei Yu to refreshe up.

When Yu Jiamin took out Duan Qingyan's county lord court clothes from the cabinet, Duan Qingyan was still in a trance, she almost forgot that she still had court clothes, and she rarely wore them on weekdays, and she rarely entered the palace, so there were not many opportunities to wear court clothes.

"Are you going to wear court clothes today?" Duan Qingyan looked at this complicated and luxurious court dress with some reluctance, she didn't want to wear it very much.

Yu Jiamin nodded, "What you want to wear, today is a state banquet, the identity of the county lord is different, even if you don't wear court clothes, it is very noble, but it is better to wear court clothes, which can be regarded as an expression of respect for the royal family." ”

Duan Qingyan was helpless, so she had to open her arms and let Yu Jiamin help her put on her clothes layer by layer, and then changed her hairstyle and wore a circle of jewelry. After dressing up in this suit, Duan Qingyan felt that his head was several times bigger, and even several times heavier.

However, Yu Jiamin was very happy: "The county lord is really good-looking, there is no better person in this world than the county lord!" ”

"You're going to say something nice." Duan Qingyan was a little embarrassed by the praise, and glared at Yu Jiamin with disgust.