Chapter 344 Washing
Life was lived in an orderly manner, and it entered May in a blink of an eye. After the lively Dragon Boat Festival, Yilang was full of the month. Lin Jinrong thought that next year's Yilang's first birthday could not be done, and he didn't want to wrong the child, so he planned to do this washing party two months later. After moving back to the main room that day, Lin Jinrong took a beautiful shower and had to discuss with Lu Yan: "I want to make it more lively. What do you think?" Lu Yan thought about it over and over again and said, "This is our first child. I also want to be more lively, but this is Beijing. It's better to be safer than at home. Let's follow the crowd and don't attract people's eyes." His official position is too small and has no foundation. Mrs. Lin Shiquan can pick goods, and Mrs. Yao Zhuo can do business. Lin Jinrong's shop has become better and better in the past few months. It is already very eye-catching, and it is completely necessary to keep a low profile.
Although he understood that Lu Yan's arrangement was correct and safe, Lin Jinrong was very sorry, so he didn't say anything. He just looked down at Yilang beside him and gently touched his face. Yilang had faded his fetal hair, gained a lot of white weight, and his eyes were bright. His chubby little fists waved randomly. Seeing Lin Jinrong teasing him, he smiled foolishly at Lin Jinrong, revealing his pink gums.
In those years, Ning'er looked more like Lu Yan, but Yilang was a little more like her. Although her eyebrows were still sparse, it could be faintly seen that it was her long eyebrows. Although her eyes looked like Lu Yan, she had a little more peach huā. She was really a very beautiful child. Looking at his heartless smile, Lin Jinrong's heart suddenly turned into a pool of spring water. He leaned over and picked up Yilang, kissed him loudly on the face, and said reluctantly, "It's a pity. My Yilang is such a good boy that he has never disturbed me since he was born.
Lu Yan also felt guilty at noon: "If my official position is bigger..." Lin Jinrong hurriedly stopped his words: "It's not easy. In this case, Erlang went to inquire about it and see what other people's families do. We don't have to be luxurious and eye-catching, but we can do it more lively." There is no contradiction between hustle and bustle and luxury. It is always okay to invite more guests, and it is always okay to pay attention to details.
Seeing that she didn't say much and listened to him, Lu Yan was very happy. He took her hand and whispered, "A Rong, let's wait for the future. When he is one year old, there will be another lively event.
Lin Jinrong understood what he meant. Since the birth of Yilang, he has been more diligent in his errands, and he interacts with his colleagues more frequently than before. What he does, she understands that the promise made is just to earn a rich future for her mother and son, but what she really needs now is not that. She just wants peace. And this year can't be done, but he can't say this to Lu Yan, so he just laughs: "Okay, I'll wait, but Erlang, don't be too tired, let alone force yourself too much. Life and death are rich in heaven, as long as it's safe and rich, it's enough."
Lu Yan held Yi Lang's little hand, was silent for a long time, and squeezed out a sentence: "A Rong, don't worry." Lin Jinrong smiled and said, "Of course I can rest assured. When you are stubborn, you can't even pull back nine cows. Speaking of this, I sighed again.
Lu Yan didn't know what she was thinking, but just raised the corners of her lips, rubbed her mother in her arms, and whispered a few words close to her ear.
Lin Jinrong blushed and said in a low voice, "It's shameless. You can only think about it. Mothers have said that they don't think about it for less than two months. She now has a little more charm than before she gave birth, and her body is also much plump and softer. She smells the familiar fragrance on her body for a moment, and there are changes somewhere on her body that she can hardly hold. Just as she was about to ask for some benefits, she heard the cherry say crisply under the curtain, "Grandma, Manager Lin It is said that you have made it clear that you have inquired about it. Please make a final order.
Lu Yan hurriedly withdrew his hand and sat aside. He took Yilang and held him in his arms to cover up the injustice. Lin Jinrong squeezed his lips and smiled: "Let him come and talk back." After a while, Lin Gui came over and stood under the curtain to greet him and his wife. Fang told him about the situation one by one: "Grandma, I visited a total of three small ones. One is slightly more expensive, but it can be done in Qinghe Garden. The other two are slightly cheaper. The location is not as big as Qinghe Garden, but it is How many guests do you want to invite? It turned out that this large-scale banquet was held by themselves, except for the very rich and noble people. Someone in the market has organized it, and his subordinates have subdivided it into four divisions and six bureaus. The four divisions are the accounting department, the kitchen department, the tea and wine department, and the Taipan department. The six bureaus are the fruit bureau, the vegetable bureau, the honey frying bureau, the oil candle bureau, the incense medicine bureau, and the row office bureau.
The account department specializes in table curtains, mats, curtains, screens and so on: it goes without saying that the kitchen department is responsible for making ingredients, cutting, cooking ingredients: the tea and wine department is responsible for the tea soup required by guests,
Warm soup, sifting wine, please sit at the banquet, open the banquet to welcome and deliver: Taipan is in charge of the tray to deliver vegetables, persuade wine, and pick up the cup. The Fruit Bureau is also in charge of fresh fruits and persuading wine: the honey frying bureau is in charge of molasses huā fruit: the vegetable and vegetable bureau is in charge of vegetables and vegetables: the oil candle bureau is in charge of lighting, standing candle cutting, wall lamp candle cages, incense clusters of charcoal: the incense medicine bureau is in charge Ā sweep.
In a word, as long as you have money, you have money. It doesn't take much effort. These people can help make the banquet elegant and tidy. The most picky people can't laugh at your village or don't understand the rules. Bao Jun is satisfied.
"This is the benefit of being in Beijing. I can't think of it, and I can't do it." After listening to Lin Gui's words, Lin Jinrong couldn't help sighing with Lu Yan, "If you are somewhere else, don't let me be exhausted?"
Lu Yan said, "If you are in another place and want you to worry so much, it's better to do it casually. Although this matter can't be done, it can't be sloppy. Well, I'm not in a hurry to make a list of guests on this day and two days. I'll finish my errands tomorrow, and then I'll go there in person to set the location.
Lin Jinrong responded and asked Chunya and Lu Liang's family to come over and tell him, "Although I don't have a banquet at home, those who are closer in the morning still have to come to my home to watch the washing, so there are all kinds of drinks, tea and fruits. It's time to prepare. If you don't have enough manpower, hire a few to do chores. Seeing a few cherries standing aside, he assigned tasks one by one. Lu Yan looked aside and felt that this day was really getting more and more energetic, but he felt sorry that Lin Jinrong was just one month old and was about to work on these trivial things.
The day of hospitality is May 16, and the banquet venue is in Qinghe Garden. On this day, all officials are not taking a bath, which is a good time to treat guests.
It was not as bright as it was, and the whole family got up to bed, cleaned up, made fragrant soup on the stove, sprinkled everywhere, put fresh fruits on it, and waited for the guests to come to the door.
Sizheng, the first guest came to the door. At noon, the main hall was already full of guests of all kinds of colors. There were dates, copper coins, green onions, garlic and other things in the large copper basin full of fragrant soup. Spring buds came out with a piece of colored silk. 1 Carefully surrounded the copper basin. Mother Sha smiled After a few symbolic stirrings, the guests watching around threw gold, silver, copper coins and dates into the copper basin.
A few dates just floated to the surface of the water. I don't know who shouted, "The one on the left is vertical."
Before she finished speaking, Xu Xingniang took a step forward and scooped it into the water neatly. She picked up the date and ate it with a smile. The little daughter-in-law next to her slowed down and watched her eat. With a sour face, she just thought she didn't see it.
Zhao Qiongniang couldn't help laughing and said, "You are quick-sighted."
Xu Xingniang smiled and said with dates, "Don't you know? I don't have a son yet. It is said that I can have a son if I eat it. Of course, I have to be quick-sighted. Seeing another jujube erected, she immediately wanted to fish for it again. She stretched out a hand in the oblique thorn and took the date from the cracks of her fingers. She couldn't help staring at a pair of round eyes and fixedly at the woman who stole her dates. But she was a woman in her thirties, who also wore gold and silver, with her skin and eyes hanging down. She slowly chewed dates, but her face turned red to the root of her ears.
Xu Xingniang looked at the woman strangely, but didn't say anything. She took a step back, chewed the red dates in her mouth, and looked at the woman with her eyes. Zhao Qiongniang knocked on her head with a folding fan and whispered, "I'm so greedy. It's enough to eat one. Do you still want to grab it all? I'm not afraid that people will laugh at your Wei Sanlang for not being able to afford dates for you? As he spoke, he couldn't help looking at the woman again. The woman's face turned redder, turned her face aside, and still firmly swallowed the dates in her mouth.
Zhang Shanniang covered the fan. She asked Lin Jinrong in a low voice, "Who is this man?"
The women in this room are not familiar and unfamiliar. Lin Jinrong knows more or less, but the woman who robbed dates is full of face, so she waved to Chunya: "Who is that lady?"
Before Chunya opened her mouth, the daughter of Lu Yan's colleague whispered, "That's the Liu Zi's family in Jiying Hall. Because her husband and wife have been married for more than ten years, she only gave birth to one daughter. She bought a few concubines and didn't give birth to them. She didn't want Awesome. After all, he is just a poor man.
Lin Jinrong sighed and no longer cares about Mrs. Liu. He focused on the shaving of Yilang, who had just been fished out of the basin and was crying. Ma Wenbo said festive words, holding Yilang's head in one hand, holding a polished razor in the other hand, and neatly shaved Yilang's fetus hair and eyebrows neatly.
Yilang has been tossed around all the time. He was very angry and cried so hard that his little face was red, and his voice was loud and bright. Everyone was used to it, and they all laughed and said that Yilang was healthy and his voice was really loud.
Lin Jinrong looked at his bare eyebrows. Although he felt funny, he was also distressed by his crying. He hurriedly picked her up and coaxed him, but Yilang thought that she hugged her too slowly, and the crying became louder and louder.