Chapter 251 Pearls
The next day is Lu Yan's birthday. Early in the morning, Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu sent people long-lived noodles, new clothes, brocade, four treasures of the study, gold and silver and other things.
The people in the room congratulated Lu Yan, and Lin Jinrong accompanied him to eat longevity noodles. Lu Yan got up and kowtowed to Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu. Lin Jinrong ordered Litchi to count the rest of the things and put them in the private treasury.
Lychee listened to Lin Jinrong with a smile: "All kinds of huā birds carry huā three sutra hanging ten, double cloud geese pattern woven brocade four, suitable men's hundred huā pattern brocade four, two gold brocade, gold twenty taels, silver forty taels..............."
Lin Jinrong finally saw that the two old people of the Lu family mainly gave money, but they were afraid that Lu Yan had no money to use, so he ordered lychee: "Just put it away. If the second master wants it, just give it to him. Litchi saw that it was getting late, and he didn't see any movement on Lin Yuzhen's side, so he whispered, "I don't know if the eldest lady will let someone reward you?" And Tu, I don't know if he will send something out of the right time to cause conflicts?
"I don't know. Let's wait and see." According to Lin Jinrong's memory, Lin Yuzhen will not give anything to Lu Yan. On the contrary, on the day when Lu Yan passed on to her, she would find some reasons to give Lu Yan. On this day, Lu Yun usually sent things over, and the excuse was Lin Yuzhen's order. When the Tu family was quiet at night, she ordered Mother Hui to send the longevity noodles and the new clothes she made by herself. Mother Hui would watch Lu Yu eat the longevity noodles before she leave.
Not long after, Lu Yan came in with a gust of cold wind and said, "It's gloomy and cold. I'm afraid it's going to snow. Wear more when you go out. As he spoke, he handed a box to Lin Jinrong.
Lin Jinrong took it and didn't look at it. He just smiled and said, "Who gave you the birthday gift?" Lu Yan smiled and said, "Open it and have a look."
Lin Jinrong opened the box and saw that there was a well-made bead hairpin in it, which was made of gold. The twelve beads hanging from the hairpin head were the size of a little fingertip. The general color shape was round and crystal, so he smiled and said, "Who gave you the bead hairpin? At least it's worth tens of thousands of yuan?"
Lu Yanhan laughed and took the hairpin with her on the bun: "I made the beads for you earlier, and it happened to be delivered today."
Litchi was also happy for Lin Jingrong, and quickly took a mirror to show Lin Jinrong: "This hairpin is the most suitable for grandma, but the second master really has a vision."
Lu Yan just smiled and said, "You can wear it during the winter solstice." While talking, Douer said outside the curtain, "The eldest girl is coming." Immediately after Lu Yun came in with Jian'er and Pearl in his arms. His eyes turned on Lu Yan and Lin Jin's faces, and the smile on his face stagnated. Lin Jinrong just didn't know and took her hand and said, "A Yun, come and help me see the hairpin your brother just gave me. Do you think it looks good?" With Lin Jinrong's behavior, the bead hairpin on her head also shook, and the beads on the hairpin's head emitting a bright luster, which made Lu Yun blink and reluctantly smiled and said, "It's beautiful." Before Lin Jinrong could speak again, he hurriedly ordered the girls to present the boxes and saluted Lu Yan: "This is my mother and my heart. I wish my brother every year today and every year."
Lu Yan hurriedly held her and asked her to sit aside: "My brother and sister, why are you so polite?" Lu Yun didn't sit down and shook out a brocade robe: "Brother, try it and see if my craft has regressed." He smiled and said with Lin Jinrong, "I know how to make clothes. Every year, I always make a dress for my brother's birthday."
Lin Jinrong smiled and said, "Your brother and sister are deeply in love and envious of me." Lu Yan tried it, and it was a special fit. He thought that she was upset about the marriage, but he still worked hard to make clothes for himself, so he was a little indulgent: "Thank you for your hard work. You don't have to bother so much in the future. Your sister-in-law has also done it for me."
A trace of haze flashed in Lu Yun's eyes, and then he smiled and said, "Brother, if you have a sister-in-law, you don't want a girl. What my sister-in-law did was what she did, but what I did was what I did. How can it be the same?
Lu Yan was a little embarrassed: "I'm..."
Lin Jinrong grabbed it and said, "He loves you. He just can't speak."
Lu Yan smiled quickly and agreed. Lu Yun lowered his eyes and smiled faintly. Next, he was a little embarrassed. He only sat down for a moment and then left.
On the winter solstice, it snows heavily, the wind is cold, and the dripping water turns into ice.
In the custom of Pingzhou, there is one thing that is indispensable on the winter solstice, which is dull.
It is not only for sacrificing ancestors, but also for the whole family. In order to please the two elders of the Lu family, Lin Yuzhen discussed with Lin Jinrong early to get some flour fillings to Rongjingju, and the whole family members made their own bags. In this way, sacrifices also show sincerity, can entertain themselves, and can also distract Lu Yun.
Lin Jinrong will not have any opinion, and Mrs. Lu also expressed her joy. So Rongjing was warm and full of joy and laughter. In order to express comfort, Mrs. Lu specially arranged for Lu Yun to sit next to her and teach Lu Yun Bao Kun with her own hands: "At the beginning, I was the most beautiful sisters of the same age. Now I teach you both hands and envy your two sisters-in-law." Lin Jinrong put on the newly made silver-red gray rat skin with small sleeves to the spin jacket, wore the bead hairpin newly sent by Lu, and sat on the bottom of the Lv family. Because he saw Lu Yun's worried look, he deliberately said... I want to steal the teacher.,
Mrs. Lu shouted, "Don't look, don't look. If you look at it, you will be fined. But he stretched out more hands so that everyone else could see it.
When he is old, he just wants to be lively. Lin Jinrong knows Mrs. Lu's thoughts and wants to be worried about Lu Yun, so he said, "You have to see the fine. I don't know how grandma set the price, how much does it cost to have a look? Mrs. Lu was amused by her and laughed: "I said take a look at a taels of gold. Do you dare to look at it?"
Lin Jinrong climbed up the pole: "Then ask Mother Sha to help me look at it, count me a few times, and go back to weigh the gold to please my grandmother."
Mother Sha said with a smile, "The second grandmother is playing tricks. How can she be regarded as a glance? You have been staring at it and have never moved your eyes, and you have to take a look. Old lady, you are at a loss.
Mrs. Lu said, "She is the best at accounting. She asked you to count, and you really counted?" Lin Jinrong turned his face away and looked over again: "Mother Sha, take good care of you. This is the second look. Let me take a look again."
Mrs. Lu couldn't help laughing and pointed to Lin Jinrong and couldn't speak.
Lu Yun's marriage was settled, and the Song family could not return home. Lin Yuzhen was in a good mood, so she smiled and said, "Arong, a skin monkey, I usually don't see you so funny."
Tu Shi looked at Mrs. Lu's rare joy and spirit, and then pulled the corners of her lips in response to the scene.
Lu Yun looked at Lin Jinrong with a faint smile on his lips: "The second sister-in-law will make her grandmother happy." Lin Jinrong also smiled faintly: "Your second brother said the day before yesterday that I was stupid, didn't know how to look at people, and didn't know how to think about people. After hearing what A Yun said today, I was finally half-hearted.
" The pearl light emanating from the bead hairpin in her hair made Lu Yun's eyebrows gently frown and frown, and the dull skin in her hand was also broken.
Lv Shi saw clearly, lazily wrapped a dull man, and said with a smile, "Thanks to A Rong's ability, our family has enjoyed happiness."
Lin Jinrong immediately said, "My sister-in-law is really bad to me. It's the elders who work hard, and we are the ones who enjoy happiness. I'm just doing some small things as I can. How dare I be able to do it?" Mrs. Lu also wanted to say, and Mrs. Lu said, "Aren't you very happy? If you don't feel well, just lie down. I'll give you a vacation. I'll call you when I eat.
Lin Yuzhen laughed and said with a smile, "My eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, why don't you quickly thank your grandmother for her consideration?" Lv's face changed slightly, and finally changed to a smiling face: "I still have the spirit today. I just sit with the elders and do my filial piety." Seeing that the dullness in Lu Yun's hand broke another one, he couldn't help laughing secretly. I have to admire the Song family secretly. Even if it is so far away, these things are still so carefully calculated.
Seeing that she was honest, Mrs. Lu asked Lin Yuzhen, "What did you eat at night?"
Lin Yuzhen said, "When we were in the south, the cook had a novel way to eat. Cut the rabbit meat and mutton into thin slices, soak them in wine, sauce and pepper, then put the stove on the table, put water in the pot, boil the water, put the rabbit meat in the boiling water and cook it, and then dip it in half of the sauce according to your personal taste. It tastes very delicious. My daughter-in-law thought that if it is cold today, hot dishes are easy to be cold. You might as well try this method, which is lively and warm. This is the first important festival after she regains control of the kitchen. Of course, she has to get some Huā to come out and suppress Lv's.
Mrs. Lu was really happy: "That's a good idea. That's it."
Lin Yuzhen's face showed a little pride, and her words were more well-behaved. She only made Mrs. Lu happy. Lv and Tu couldn't help curling their lips secretly and buried their heads.
After the ancestor worship, the family gossiped around the stove in Rongjing. Because Lu Lun and the other three brothers were still in Taiming Mansion and did not return home, and the Song family lived in the countryside, the atmosphere was not as lively as in previous years, and it was a little deserted. Mr. Lu didn't care. He just talked to Mrs. Lu about some interesting things outside, and took out the winter solstice gifts sent by outsiders and picked them out and distributed them to everyone.
Yuanlang and Haolang cried because of a fine-made dove cart. Of course, Lv wanted to ask Yuanlang, his brother, to let Haolang. Haolang was naturally happy when he got something, but Yuanlang felt a great grievance and cried when he opened his mouth: "It's obviously what my grandfather gave me. Why do you want me to give it to him?" I want my grandmother, I want my grandmother, and my grandmother is in charge of me!" As soon as this statement came out, the happy atmosphere in Rongjingju suddenly disappeared. Lu Jianzhong secretly glanced at Master Lu. Seeing that Master Lu sat still and his face did not change at all, he sighed secretly and scolded Lu Shao: "How do you teach the child? At such an age, he doesn't know how to be humble to his younger brother, let alone salute in front of his elders. Two tears fell from Lu Shao's eyes, but he didn't say anything. He just got up and pulled Yuan Lang aside. He admonished in a low voice, but Yuan Lang refused. He just said, "It's obviously mine. As long as I humble him, why don't you want him to respect me?" My grandmother loves me the most, and she won't care about my brother.