The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

The next day.

Everyone in the county government office got up early and began busying themselves with pasting couplets and decorating the office.

It was also difficult to seal Xie Tingwen. Except for the people outside the household office, all other officials took a day off until the eve of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the 15th month when they went to the office.

This really made the people in the household office very envious, but Xie Tingwen also gave corresponding compensation, giving each person a subsidy of five strings of silver.

With money to be made, people naturally lost their negative attitude, and the yamen runners continued to go to the yamen as usual.

Even during the New Year's Day, merchants prepare red envelopes in order to have good luck.

Considering Xie Tingwen's decree, which was just a symbolic gift of one penny, Xie Tingwen acquiesced.

But in the end, there were too many people and the yamen runners patrolling the streets also reaped a lot of rewards.

The streets of the county town were now busy with cars and pedestrians. The voices of vendors hawking their wares were heard everywhere, accompanied by heated arguments over prices.

The county government office was now also being intensively decorated, presenting a grand scene of a new year.

"Miss! Are you ready?" Lian Xi stood on the ladder, looking at the couplet in his hand.

"Wait for me to see."

Xie Shuting stood in the courtyard, looked at the couplet, and then took a few steps back, her brows still furrowed as she said, "Xi'er! Move a little to the left."

"This way and that, miss!"

"Yes, yes, yes! It will be done soon!"

While speaking, Xie Shuting looked up and down a few more times, nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's OK, stick it on here."

Lian Xi received the order and quickly pasted the couplet on the top. Xie Shuting also came over and gently patted the couplet on the bottom, rubbing her hands with satisfaction.

Lian Xi got down the ladder, looked around with big eyes and said with a happy face: "It's just as the young lady said, only by participating in it can you feel the atmosphere of the festival."

"Of course! We also make dumplings together, roll Yuanxiao together, and..."

"Wait!~"

Lian Xi interrupted Xie Shuting and asked with a strange look, "Miss! What did you make these dumplings and Yuanxiao? If the master and the old master knew about it, I would definitely not be able to escape."

"Oh! It's just a dream. Why are you so nervous? There's no one in the back hall." Xie Shuting comforted him.

Fortunately, Lian Xi did not investigate further, otherwise she would not know how to cover up the lie. After all, for an official's daughter like him, if the kitchen affairs were spread out, it would also damage her reputation.

Xie Shuting looked at the couplets and the Chinese character "福" on the door, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go and call in a few maids and servants from the outer courtyard of the back yamen."

"Yes!~

"Lian Xi responded with some confusion, and without thinking too much, he hurried to the Moon Gate and said a few words to the maid outside the door.

Soon, four maids and four servants came in quickly, hunched over, not daring to look up.

They usually come to clean this courtyard, but since Xie Shuting moved in, they have never set foot in this courtyard.

Most of them stopped at the Moon Gate, and a maid would pass the message to Lian Xi, and that was all.

"Hello, Miss!" Several people bowed hurriedly.

"Yeah!~"

Xie Shuting nodded, took out the purse she had prepared from her sleeve, and handed it to each of them one by one.

These people were also the ones who came and went, and after weighing their wallets, they already had a rough idea in their minds.

There was at least one or two taels of silver in this purse, which was equivalent to one string of copper coins, enough for their monthly salary.

Thinking of this, several people happily bowed and said, "Thank you for the reward, Miss."

"Thank you for your hard work this year. Let's celebrate the new year as the county gets better and better, you get better and better, and your family is healthy and harmonious."

A few simple words of blessing touched their hearts. Apart from expressing gratitude to Xie Shuting, they could not say anything else.

Xie Shuting gave a few more simple instructions, then took out a purse embroidered with gold thread from her sleeve and handed it to Lian Xi, saying, "This is yours."

"Miss! I have too, you are so kind."

Upon hearing this, Xie Shuting took back her purse and looked at Lian Xi with a playful smile, "Why? From the sound of your voice, you don't want it?"

“Yes, yes, yes!~” Lian Xi begged for mercy hurriedly.

Seeing his cute eyes, Xie Shuting couldn't help but smile and said, "This is from me. I wish you happiness in the coming year. Lian Yue asked me to prepare this."

As Xie Shuting spoke, she took out a purple purse from her sleeve and handed it to Lian Xi.

She originally had a happy face, but when she saw the two purses, tears suddenly welled up in the corners of her eyes.

"Hey!~"

Xie Shuting sighed helplessly and hurriedly told the others, "It's all right now, go back to your own business!"

"Yes!~" Several people bowed and left the back court happily.

Lian Xi calmed himself down a little, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and carefully put the two purses into his arms.

"Thank you, Miss." Lian Xi said with a little gratitude.

Xie Shuting smiled and nodded, patted her arm gently and said, "Thank you for your hard work this year. It's really hard for you to separate you sisters at such a young age."

"I'm not tired. I've accumulated so much luck for eight lifetimes to meet the young lady, so I don't feel tired at all." Lian Xi shook her head repeatedly.

Seeing Lian Xi's tears about to fall, Xie Shuting felt a little melancholy in her heart and gently wiped the tears from her eyes.

Suddenly, Xie Shuting seemed to have thought of something, and smiled and said, "Your makeup is all smudged, go fix it quickly so I can go out and have fun today."

"But young lady! Today is New Year's Day, there must be a lot of people on the street. If the master..."

"Shh!~"

Xie Shuting quickly made a shushing gesture, then turned her eyes and said, "Don't worry, I have a way."

"Then I will help the young lady change her clothes." Lian Xi quickly went forward while speaking.

In the front yard of the county government office, Uncle Qin sat at the table, looking at the account in his hand. From time to time, he glanced at the visitor and said, "Next."

"Emperor Qin!" The servant bowed and nodded with a smile.

"What's your name?"

"My junior, Zhang Fu, is in charge of cleaning the kitchen."

Uncle Qin flipped the account book to the kitchen and found Zhang Fu's name. He picked up the pen and ticked it, saying, "Take one tael."

"Thank you, Mr. Qin."

Zhang Fu took the money with a smile. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard Uncle Qin suddenly say, "Wait!"

The slightly majestic tone frightened Zhang Fu so much that he paused, and the other servants also lowered their heads in fear.

Uncle Qin looked at everyone's expressions, and then he came back to his senses, touched his nose and said, "Um... Um, Happy New Year."

"Happy New... New Year."

Zhang Fu responded subconsciously, not understanding the meaning of the sentence at all.

Such a magical scene inexplicably began to spread in the front yard of the county government office. The servants who came to collect the money received Uncle Qin's stiff "blessing" without any surprise.

Until the end, Uncle Qin still didn't understand what the young lady meant by "Happy New Year".