[Red Mansion] Today is also not a person in Jia's house

After a few days of busy work, I finally set sail before the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. When Lin Ruhai received the things, it would be Chinese New Year.

As time drew near, Wang Xifeng was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, and even Jia Lian didn't have the energy to go out and fool around, so the husband and wife seized the opportunity to rest in the house.

"A few days ago, I met a relative from another province, and I handed over the gift list to Ping'er."

"Tomorrow, I have to invite some classmates to a banquet. There are many people under the year. Give me a few silver envoys."

After dinner, there was finally no one else around, and Jia Lian was lying on the bed like a boneless one.

She was kicked up by Wang Xifeng's arm.

"My wife just gave 500 taels to the palace, you should make less."

"It's only a few days before Chinese New Year, those cronies and friends don't think I don't know."

After being married for so many years, Wang Xifeng didn't believe that he had serious business.

I gave a dozen or 20 taels casually, and then hugged the eldest sister to coax her.

Jia Lian was not upset when he got the money.

"I've been busy for a few days, and if I relax with a few friends, grandma will take pity on me."

"Where did this jade lock come from? It's of good quality, and I'll reward you with one tomorrow."

On the eldest sister's neck, there is a small jade lock, only the size of an adult's thumb, but it is exquisitely crafted and the jade is of high quality.

Wang Xifeng snatched it away.

"Do you also move the child's things?"

"I don't have such a good thing. It was given by sister Lin on my elder sister's birthday, and I was willing to wear it during the Chinese New Year."

"Their sisters are the only ones who have given serious gifts in Manfu. You should be more careful when you see what happened to the Lin family in the future."

Jia Lian didn't take it seriously, and turned his eyes away when he couldn't succeed.

"They are aunts, so it is appropriate to give gifts."

"Our family doesn't lack these things, so it's worth remembering?"

Wang Xifeng's smile gradually turned cold.

"Who said our family has no shortage?"

"Second Lord will never forget, I pawned my gold collar last year!"

These days, it is shameful to use a wife's dowry.

Jia Lian was choked and went back to bed in silence.

Wang Xifeng carried the eldest sister to the next door, and came back after putting her to sleep.

"People say that our family is rich, but I don't know the amount of money in the account?"

"Looking at the richness in the past, it's all supported by me!"

"There are more people during the Chinese New Year this year, and it is designated to spend more money."

Jia Lian closed his eyes and pretended not to hear.

An angry Wang Xifeng gave him two punches.

"You just have to eat meat and drink, I'm talking to you!"

"Every time I say this, I can never count on it!"

He didn't get any response after cursing a few words, so he simply crawled inside and turned his back on him.

Today's Jia's family has uneven income and expenditure, but it is far from being stretched later, relying on the wealth of the family, the New Year is still lively.

Starting from Laba, there are banquets almost every day.

Or eating wine, or watching a theater, or visiting relatives, there are always different tricks.

Lin Yun followed the process and was exhausted physically and mentally within a few days.

"I've never seen such a New Year's Eve. It's okay to be lively once on an important day, but how can it be lively every day?"

"It's more tiring than when I practiced martial arts when I was a child, and my face is stiff from smiling."

"Tomorrow you will report my illness for me, and you will say that you have a cold because of drinking too much, and you don't want to pass it on to you."

After finally ending the day, when we returned to the house, the eaves were already on the moon, Lin Yun wished he could spread out on the bed.

Lazily in a daze, she let a room full of maids help her change clothes and freshen up.

Lin Daiyu also took off her cloak and hat.

"My sister is tired before New Year's Eve, what can I do to watch the year?"

"Grandmother's reward came down today, and we haven't returned it yet."

Lin Yun took off the jewelry and earrings and wiped his face.

"Didn't you wipe your forehead or something? Just send it over."

"I have already drawn up the gift list for the family's annual ceremony, and the old lady will take a look at it and send it to Sister-in-law Lian."

"You don't need to worry about the rest, just the sisters giving gifts to each other."

After finally cleaning it up, when I turned around, I saw Lin Daiyu hesitated to speak.

"What else can we sisters not say?"

Lin Daiyu then said.

"Jia's mansion invites the nuns to drink during the Chinese New Year, which is different from ours."

"The last time Nanny Zhang gave me something, I gave back a few hundred dollars."

Lin Yun paused, vaguely remembering that this happened in the original book.

This is how the servants of Jia's mansion grow fat!

"We represent the Lin family, we only need to act according to our own."

"Everyone in the yard has been rewarded with money. During the year, they usually only give red envelopes for auspiciousness, and ignore everything else."

"Zijuan is someone close to you, as an exception, you can just reward her family."

After talking about trivial matters for several years, Lin Daiyu went back to her own courtyard.

On the second day, I greeted Lin Yun again and reported illness to Lin Yun.

She had no blood relationship with the Jia family, and Mother Jia didn't care, she continued to chat and entertain after a few polite words of concern.

And Lin Yun spent two days lazy in the Jiangyun Pavilion, and was still thinking about cooking.

Lin Daiyu, the only diner, left a comment after tasting it:

"Fortunately, our family can afford a cook."

The angry Lin Yun confiscated half a month's pocket money from her.

After pretending to be sick, Lin Yun didn't go out until New Year's Eve.

Follow the crowd to watch the year and get red envelopes, get up early on the second day of the Lunar New Year to greet the elders of each school and give back gifts, and walk a long circle before her task is considered complete.

It finally calmed down until Ping'er came to the door on the morning of the fourth day.

"Years ago, I heard that the eldest girl was ill, and our grandma was coming over, but it was delayed because of impatience."

"It doesn't look good now, it's better to cultivate well."

In order to make himself look like a sick person, Lin Yun put on powder on purpose, covered his mouth and coughed twice when he heard this.

"It's not really a serious illness, just rest for a few days, why is it worth Sister Ping's special visit?"

"For us juniors, this year is over, you and sister-in-law Lian still have something to do."

Speaking of this, Ping'er couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"That's right, grandma said she would come here in person, but she went to Nanny Lai's house for a drink in the morning, so she had to come back to deal with the matter."

"There is also an invitation from Zhou Rui's family in the evening, so I have to go there too, so I won't be idle."

Although Ping'er is a girl on the surface, she is actually half a housekeeper's grandmother. Wang Xifeng has no leisure, and she is not much better.

Lin Yun looked at the bruises she couldn't hide, and sneered.

"It is said that the master eating the slave's wine is flattery, but now it has become a drag."

"If you want me to say, this habit should be broken sooner!"

"To spoil them so much that they don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth."

Lin Daiyu stopped eating melon seeds.

Ping'er hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

"These are old people serving in the house, so they deserve some respect."

"If the old lady hears this, she will be annoyed, but she can't say it."

Said, but also in private to see.

Suddenly remembered that this was the Lin family's yard, and the servants of Jia's mansion couldn't get in, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing her movements, Lin Yun smiled even more ironically.

"You are also a half-housekeeper, but you are so afraid. Is it easy to handle the usual errands?"

"We have cooperated once before, and we don't talk about those nonsense. Jiangyun Hall has its own rules. If Sister Ping and Sister-in-law Lian get bored, it's not difficult to come and hide for a while."

When I came to visit the sick, Ping'er was out of his mind when he left.

Lin Daiyu sent her out, and when she came back, she also had a look of emotion on her face.

"Last year, I was alone, and I didn't dare to take a wrong step. I thought it would be like this every year."

"I didn't expect to have more sisters this year, and I can hide in the small courtyard quietly. It's a gift from God."

Lin Yun was wiping off the powder on his face, when he turned his head, he was astonished as if he had seen a ghost.

"This is the sun coming out from the west, why are you so numb?"

"Zicuckoo, go and ask the doctor, don't let your second girl be confused!"

After finally plucking up the courage to confess her thoughts, Lin Daiyu was ready to cry, but she was caught off guard and blocked.

He didn't vent his emotions, and his face flushed red.

"How can there be such a sister in the world?"

"I will bully people, so I won't be with you!"

With a flick of the handkerchief, he went out without the cloak.

Qingmei chased after her.

"It's still snowing outside, Zijuan is holding a hat for your girl!"

The girls held back their laughter and chased them out to deliver things.

We all know that Lin Daiyu is talented in writing and eloquent, and has never lost when meeting others, but Lin Yun doesn't play cards according to the routine, and beats her to death every time.

The Jiangyun Pavilion is full of joy and laughter without breaking the rules, which is in stark contrast to the complexity of the Jia Mansion.

Lin Yun also gave the servants and wives a vacation in rotation, and they would not start working normally until the fifteenth day.

For ordinary people, the New Year is over after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but in Jia's Mansion, it is the beginning of a new round of excitement.

The 21st of the first lunar month is Xue Baochai's birthday.

February has the birthdays of Yingchun and Lin Daiyu respectively.

March is Mrs. Wang and Tanchun again.

Just having the masters celebrate their birthdays is enough to be busy.

Lin Yun and Lin Daiyu ate one treat today, and brought another treat back tomorrow, so they were busy for half a year in a daze.

Waiting until the lotus blooms again to make summer clothes, Lin Yun has already taken care of the house very well.

"I hold a sword in this hand, but I have to settle accounts."

"It's just a ledger for a yard. It will take me a year to get started. Feiyun Villa is better."

Qingmei handed over a cup of mint tea.

"In the past, it was just that I was under the age, otherwise I couldn't escape in Feiyun Villa."

"You forgot the letter from the Cheng family last time, why did Mrs. Cheng ask you?"

Thinking of her aunt's care and urging in the letter, Lin Yun was not only not moved, but her face collapsed.

"If I know who is chewing his tongue in front of my aunt, saying that I don't learn how to knit women's reds, I will pull out his tongue!"

"Take all the shoes and socks I made before, and don't give them to the eldest brother and the second brother, so as not to be seen by my aunt."

"I dislike my poor performance, and there will be no more in the future!"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Lin Yun closed the ledger and practiced his sword.

Thousands of miles away, a man in a blue suit was also practicing his sword. When the sword stopped, his nose suddenly itched.

"Ah!"

Not far away, a servant came running with a towel.

"Did you catch a cold in the rain the day before yesterday?"

"Everyone says not to practice swords today, but you still don't listen."

While complaining, there was another sound.

"Ah!"

The boy collected the towels.

"Come on, the eldest lady must have scolded you."

This boy is none other than Cao An who had been to Jia's mansion before.

The young master he served was the young master of Cao Gang, Cao Tongxuan.

Cao Tongxuan rubbed his nose and grabbed the towel to wipe off his sweat.

"We haven't seen each other for more than a year, why is she scolding me?"

"Jia's rich and noble relatives, the courtyard is deep, and I don't know when we will see you again."

After wiping off the sweat, throw it back again.

Cao An caught it with one hand.

"When the matter is settled, maybe our family can get an official job, so maybe we won't have a chance to meet."

After putting away the sword and going back to the house to change into dry clothes, Cao Tongxuan sighed.

"You yourself said that the Jia Mansion worships the high and tramples the low, and you get squinted when you enter the door. What is it to be an official?"

"Unless you reach the sky in one step, don't even think about it."

Cao An poured tea and brought over a list.

"It's not easy for us to change families, but Master Lin is bound to be promoted. It's a pity that you fell in love with the young lady at first sight, but you have to deal with two future father-in-laws."

"This is the list of suspects compiled yesterday. The government is unreliable. We have to check it ourselves."

Cao Tongxuan took the list and looked at it carefully with a frown.

"On the surface, it's all serious business dealings, so it's hard to catch."

"Zhen, Jia, there is something about the Jia family here?"

Cao An probed to see, not surprised.

"The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, the servants of the Jia family are even higher than the prime minister."

"This kind of old nobleman is deeply rooted. When we came, Mr. Lin told us not to rush in."?