Chapter 147 New Year's Eve

On the 24th Jiaonian, Li Xiaoyao got out of the car in the second door and saw the second door crowded with people. On the one hand, there was a monk, and on the other hand, Li Xiaoyao was stunned for a moment. He turned his head and saw the rough Mrs. Yang. He quickly waved over and asked, "What is this? Who found all this?" Mrs. Yang was so busy that her forehead sweated. She explained with a smile, "It's Mother Zhang. It's been ten days early. Alas, the fifth master doesn't know. Thanks to us going early, we can't find anyone who goes late. If no one reads the scriptures in the New Year, how can we spend this year? Fifth Master, you are busy. I have to take them there quickly. It's amazing to miss the hour. Now it's not as strict as before. Mother Zhang's rules are strict, and it can't be wrong at all!" Mrs. Yang answered and answered, busy leading the monks and Taoists to the front yard.

Li Xiaoyao stood in the second gate, looking at the left team of monks and the right team of Tao. She smiled for a long time before slowly swaying back to her half-acre garden. For a moment, she was shocked by the harmonious scene of the monks and Taoism. Unexpectedly, she forgot that this is the custom here. Twenty-fourth Jiaonian is a big event. She wants to invite the monk to go home to read the night, and also I don't know whether it's to seek peace and good luck in the coming year, or to send the Kitchen Gods to say good things. Anyway, no matter what, it's to live a good life. Li Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at the big red lanterns hanging everywhere. The red and warm lights shook happily in the breeze, with waves of warmth and joy. Li Xiaoyao stopped walking. This was her home. The Spring Festival was about to happen. Everyone was happily busy preparing for the New Year. Li Xiaoyao took a deep breath of the cold air with the smell of fragrant candles. Wrapped in a cloak, she stood for a moment, turned around and went to the front yard. It was about to celebrate the Spring Festival, and she also looked at the excitement.

After watching the bustle, Li Xiaoyao returned to the Banmu Garden. Wisteria was standing at the door of the Banmu Garden and looking non-stop. Seeing Li Xiaoyao coming far away, he hurriedly greeted him, handed the hand stove in his hand to Li Xiaoyao, and said with a smile, "The Fifth Master came back late today."

"It's not too late to come back. I went to the front yard to read those monks and Taoism." Li Xiaoyao took the stove and replied with a smile. Wisteria laughed and said, "I said that if the fifth master used to have something to do, he sent someone back to say it. Why didn't come back so late today, and no one said it."

"Well, after reading the scriptures for a while, I went to the kitchen and went around. Many people in the kitchen were busy, and M Mother Lu was also here. Why are you so busy this year?"

"Look at what the fifth master said, if you are not busy during the Spring Festival, when will you be busy? After the New Year, we began to fry oil, steam steamed buns, and make fine fruit snacks. Tonight, we have to cook red bean porridge. Tomorrow morning, we have to sacrifice to the god of food, but we can't be careless. By the way, we are about to ask the fifth master to give us to give us five taels of cotton-padded quilts every month, do we also silver?

"Shi Yin?"

"Well, it was the first time that the fifth master spent the New Year in our Kaiping Mansion. He didn't know the rules of our Kaiping Mansion. After the end of the year, the rich families of Kaiping Mansion chiseled the big silver bank into half or two pieces of silver, chose those poor families, and stuffed them through the cracks of the door and windows in the middle of the night to save money and accumulate blessings." Wisteria explained carefully, and Li Xiaoyao was stunned. It was the first time she heard about this rule. It was really interesting. The poor family opened the door early in the morning and saw half a taels of silver. I don't know how to be surprised. This year can also pass happily.

"How much money does King Liang's Mansion give every year? What about the others?"

"I heard from Mother Zhang that the year before last and last, Liang's mansion was a thousand taels of silver, both of which were one or two yuan. Other families don't know. This scattered silver is silent. Each family sent their confidants to go there. San must have dispersed families, but no one knows how many dispersed they have dispersed."

Li Xiaoyao listened with some emotion and turned her head to look at the wisteria and ordered, "We don't save it. Let's take 500 taels of silver to Mother Zhang. Since she knows the number of silver scattered in Liang Wang's mansion, she must have passed through it in previous years. Tell her and be careful not to send it to Liang Wang's mansion." Wisteria squeezed his lips and smiled: "Master Wu, don't worry, there are a lot of particularities here, and it will definitely not be heavy." Li Xiaoyao tilted his head and thought about it, bent his eyes and smiled. What Wisteria said was that he could not underestimate these people.

The two entered the room. Danyue hurried forward to wait for Li Xiaoyao's cloak, took off her shoes and sat on the kang. The red orange was served a cup of hot red date tea. Li Xiaoyao took it and drank it. She sighed comfortably. She turned her head and looked at the wisteria and ordered, "Try to Mother Zhang that everyone has worked hard in the past six months. At the end of the year, she was rewarded twice as accurate. Prepare to make everyone happy. Wisteria hurriedly agreed with a smile. After agreeing, he bent his knees and thanked, "I'll thank the fifth master first." Begonia, who was cooking with two little girl, also smiled and thanked, "And me!" Danyue and several little girl in the room also thanked him. Li Xiaoyao smiled and waved his hand and said, "That's it when you hear that there is money? This half mu of garden is a good man. Let Wisteria add another embroidered gold purse!"

The girl in the room became lively again. Wisteria went out and served Li Xiaoyao for dinner with Begonia. Then she took a portion of thick red paper and handed it to Li Xiaoyao. She said with a smile, "This was sent from Zhuangzi early this morning. It was said that it was a New Year's gift for several masters. Mrs. Mrs. Zhang took it and asked me Transferred to the fifth master, she and Mrs. Sun followed the car to Zhuangzi, saying that they would prepare to sacrifice their ancestors and come back tomorrow afternoon.

Li Xiaoyao took over the red paper and turned it over. They were all salt chicken, dried fish and dried beans and so on. Listening to the wisteria talking about the sacrifice of ancestors, he quickly looked up and ordered, "Tomorrow, tell Mother Zhang that there are two places for our family to worship our ancestors, one in the Li family and one in the Wei family. The two places should be exactly the same. Also, send one to the Fan family." Wisteria agreed, and Li Xiaoyao finished telling him. He yawned, took a shower and went to bed sleepy.

The next day, Mr. Fan and Erhuai and others returned to Liushu Hutong first. Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng stayed in the camp to watch. They came back in 29 years old. Zhang Gouzi hurriedly pulled Jiang Shun to see his new house like a treasure. Cheng Wang also followed happily to join in the fun. Mingwan and Wu's sister-in-law were watching each other in the new house. The curtains and curtains, the male and female owners of the new family finally came together and took a closer look.

When Mr. Fan and the others came back, Li Xiaoyao only went to Liang Wangfu for half a day, and she gave herself a holiday.

In the rare bustle and busyness, life passed the fastest. In a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve. Early in the morning, before dawn, Mama Zhang got up to check the results of the cleaning of the court. It was not a trivial matter to go to the dust and clean the court. The sun was all over the willow alleys. M Mother Zhang asked Li Zongliang to change the gods everywhere and hang up Zhong Kui Xiang. , nail the peach charm, and then put a good spring card. Li Xiaoyao looked at the lively behind him. There was no play here, and the rules were extremely heavy. Li Zongliang looked serious, and he had to clean his hands everywhere. Yes, these are actually sacrifices.

Busy until noon, the inside and outside are refreshed. The atmosphere of the new year is full. Mother Lu commanded everyone to start to put incense candles everywhere. At night, they get up and put them up in advance. At that time, they will not be busy, but the kitchen is busy preparing for reunion. Banquet, prepare for all kinds of snacks to keep the year. This snack is also regular. There is no mistake about which one you want, and you have to make dumplings. When the emperor is in heaven, everyone has to bite dumplings. Li Xiaoyao shook around, swaying back to half an acre garden to change his clothes, and went out and turned to the front yard. Li Erhuai couldn't see anyone, and Sister Zhang didn't know it. Where did it go? Li Xiaoyao raised his eyebrows and smiled for a moment. Hearing that the Baicaotang was very lively, he strolled all the way in. He saw that Guizi gathered a few dogs and others and was throwing dice for fun. Li Xiaoyao stood behind him, stretched out his neck for a long time, and then came out. He stood at the door and thought about it. He went to the east courtyard to find his eldest brother, but the east courtyard was There was no one. Li Xiaoyao tilted his head and thought about it, guessing that he was about to prepare for the sacrifice of his ancestors. When he went to the lotus garden, Wei Shuisheng was not there. Li Xiaoyao stood alone at the gate of the lotus garden for a long time. Mr. Fan must also be preparing for the sacrifice of his ancestors, as if she was the only idle person this afternoon.

Li Xiaoyao swayed around the garden, simply returned to the half-acre garden, watched the little girls fold their bags, looked at them for a moment, yawned boredly, and simply slept on the kang.

In the evening, before it was completely dark, lanterns everywhere hung brightly, shining that there was no dark place in the yard. Even in the room, under the table and under the bed, there were also very small candles. The so-called void can't be dark anywhere on the night of New Year's Eve. Even if it is a little dark, it will damage next year's wealth. Luck, Wisteria is a little more nervous than others. With the light moon and green orange, she looked up and down the front and back of the half mu garden two or three times to make sure that every place has been illuminated, and then she is relieved. Her fifth master is about to open a weaving workshop to make a lot of money. She must not darken it by a star. In case the void ruins the fifth master's business, it is impossible. It's a big deal.

There were two tables in the front hall. Li Zongliang and others had one table, and Jiang Shuncai, Cheng Wang and others. The only two women in the family said that there were eldest sister Zhang and Aunt Sun, and they did not pay attention to those who opened another table. They simply sat at the same table with Li Zongliang. There was a dull or crisp sound of firecrackers from the street outside, and the firecrackers of the Li family were also Following the warm sound, Li Xiaoyao covered his ears and jumped to the door of the main hall to see the crackling and shining firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers stopped. The New Year's Eve reunion banquet officially began. Li Zongliang made a toast first, and the rest of the people followed the toast. After a round of toast, everyone became interested and punched and guessed. The more they drank, the more lively it became, Li Xiaoyao and Zhang The eldest sister and Aunt Sun retreated to the back kang, ate snacks, drank tea, and slowly gossiped. Although they are all fatherless and motherless people, they still have to stay well at this age.

Li Xiaoyao drank tea and flashed his eyes. When he saw Wei Shuisheng coming out of the front hall, standing in the yard with his hands behind his back and looking up at the stars in the sky, Li Xiaoyao frowned, turned his head to look at Sister Zhang and whispered, "I'll go out and have a look." Sister Zhang glanced at Wei Shuisheng in the yard, nodded clearly, and handed over Li Xiaoyao's cloak. Li Xiaoyao took over the cloak and turned out of the room.