On New Year's Eve, the ancestors were worshipped. On the first day of the new year, Yu Wen and Yu Bo took Yu Yuan to pay New Year's greetings to Pei's family.
More than half of the people in Lin'an City will go to pay New Year's greetings to the Pei family. If everyone in the Pei family sees each other, they will probably be so tired that they will foam at the mouth. Therefore, the so-called New Year's greetings to Pei's family is nothing more than writing a famous post and throwing it in the big red book basket in front of Pei's house. Afterwards, there will be a manager to register and make a book, and report it to the suzerain of the Pei family.
Yu Wen, Yu Bo, and Yu Yuan quickly squeezed out from the gate of Pei's house, which was crowded with people, and then went to pay New Year's greetings to other gentry's houses.
A book basket was also set up at the gate of the Yu family. Those who had friendship with the Yu family and those scholars who came to pay New Year’s greetings would not be able to enter the door. They only posted a name card in the book basket. It is enough for the boy or the steward to come over.
Yu Tang was at home with Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang, preparing gifts for Yu Yuan to go to Xiang's house for New Year's greetings tomorrow.
Because it was Chinese New Year, most of the passenger ships stopped, and Xiang's house was in Fuyang, so Yu Yuan couldn't go back and forth on the same day, so he had to stay at Xiang's house for a day.
Yu Tang packed the head flower that he had carefully prepared in his own small red-picked box, put it in Yu Yuan's bag, and told Wang: "Auntie, don't forget to tell brother, lest he Treat this flower as something for Xiangjia."
Wang Shi liked Yu Tang in the first place, not to mention that now Yu Tang is planning everything for Yu Yuan, so she likes it even more when she sees it.
"I see." She couldn't help pinching Yu Tang's tender face, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, when your sister-in-law comes in, I'll ask her to make shoes for you."
Yu Tang giggled, joking with Wang: "Don't worry, when my sister-in-law gives me a big fat nephew, I will make clothes for my nephew."
"This little girl!" Wang slapped Yu Tang's hand with a smile, then turned to Chen who was busy filling Yu Yuan with maltose, "I don't know when I learned to be so eloquent. Our family will not be afraid to fight with you in future. Others have theorized."
Chen smiled indulgently, glanced at Yu Tang, and said, "Sister-in-law, just let her get used to it, she's getting more and more unconvinced."
"It's better to be stronger!" Mrs. Wang released Yu Tang, put the prepared things into the basket with Mrs. Chen, and ordered Miki to call Xia Pinggui.
Miki is the servant that Yu Bo bought for Yu Yuan years ago. Because the boy had just arrived at Yu's house, and it was too late to teach him the rules, this time when Yu Yuan went to Xiang's house, Yu Bo asked Xia Pinggui to go with him, so that there was someone who could help him with anything.
Miki is a boy who is more honest than witty, he is only twelve years old after the end of the year, when he heard the words, he immediately responded foolishly, and ran away in a hurry.
Looking at it, Chen couldn't help feeling a little worried, and said: "It doesn't matter if this child follows? A Yuan is going to Yue's house for the first time, so don't delay anything because of this child's incompetence."
Mrs. Wang sighed: "There are many choices, but this is the best one. I have to let A Shao take care of him more when the time comes."
The old An of Xiang's family and Master Xiang didn't say anything about the marriage, but the three aunts and six wives of Xiang's family felt that Miss Xiang was low-married, and they didn't think highly of Yu's family.
The Yu family may not care about these in-laws, but they are afraid that Miss Xiang will be wronged, and that when Yu Yuan leaves, there will be no one close to him to serve her.
The sister-in-law and sister-in-law said a few more words, and asked Yu Tang, who was literate, to help check whether there were any mistakes or omissions in the gift list. Miki suddenly turned back and stammered: "Eldest wife, second wife, Pei Mansion, the third manager of Pei Mansion has come to deliver name cards to our family."
Wang Shi and Chen Shi looked at each other in dismay, and hurriedly led Yu Tang out to welcome them.
One is that Hu Xing often brings the imperial doctor Yang to check Chen's pulse these days, and the number of times he has seen her has increased, and his friendship with Hu Xing is not normal anymore. The second is that Hu Xing is the third head of the Pei family, representing the face of the Pei family, he came to pay New Year's greetings to the Yu family, and the Yu family should invite him in for a cup of tea no matter what, just be polite.
I just don't know if Hu Xing is here on behalf of the Pei family or just on behalf of himself
Yu Tang pondered in his heart, and followed his mother and aunt to the gate.
Hu Xing wore a dark red Lu silk robe with a squirrel fur collar. He was beaming when he saw Mrs. Wang and the others hurried forward to salute, and said, "The third master asked me to come here. Eldest wife, second wife Happy New Year!" After finishing speaking, he looked up and saw Yu Tang standing behind Wang and Chen, and wished Yu Tang another new year.
It is a very honorable thing to actually send the third head of the family to pay New Year's greetings to the Yu family.
Wang led Chen and Yu Tang to return the gift to Hu Xing.
Hu Xing said: "I still have a few families going to pay New Year's greetings, so I won't greet you. I will visit Master Yu again when I am free."
Mrs. Chen repeatedly said "Don't dare", and wanted to send Hu Xing out of Qingzhu Lane.
Hu Xing said with a smile: "Fellows in my hometown, don't be polite to me. It's so cold, you'd better go back to the house and rest early! If there is something wrong with the cold, how dare I see Master Yu."
He insisted not to let Mrs. Chen send him off, but Mrs. Chen saw that he was sincere, so she didn't treat him politely, packed some homemade maltose, and sent him to the gate. When Hu Xing left, he couldn't help but said to Wang: "When the store opened last time, I saw Mr. Hu looking like he was mourning for his concubine. Why is he so happy now?"
"I'm afraid something good has happened to you?" Wang guessed with a smile, "Boss Hu is a pretty good person, it must have been a momentary unhappiness at that time!"
Although they were familiar with Hu Xing, those matters were Hu Xing's own affairs after all, and the two of them had a few discussions before forgetting about Yu Yuan's going to Xiang's house.
As soon as Hu Xing came out of Qingzhu Lane, his face collapsed.
After he made his own claim last time, Pei Yan left him alone, as if he didn't have the third manager. The stewards at home were all human beings, and they quickly isolated him. If it wasn't for Doctor Yang not knowing about the Pei family's affairs, thinking that after he came to ask for the peace pulse for the eldest wife and Mrs. Yu, and then came to An'an, after the dragon raised his head on the second day of February, he would send the young man next to him to contact him directly. He, please tell the eldest wife and Mrs. Yu. If he hadn't had the courage to report to Pei Yan, and seeing what Pei Man was up to these days, racking his brains to find a loophole to take the job, I'm afraid he would have been thrown into the cold palace by Pei Yan , just waiting for one day to be kicked out of Pei's mansion, and to retire to a farm in some corner.
However, what is the relationship between the third master and the Yu family
If it's just an ordinary neighbor, Miss Yu's family can ask to see the third master at any time. If there is something unusual, the third master doesn't seem to take the Yu family's affairs very seriously. If someone mentions it, he will remember it. When people mention it, they forget it.
Just like this New Year's greeting, if Doctor Yang hadn't needed to inform Mrs. Yu in advance of something, and Pei Man was so busy, he wouldn't have been able to send a post to the Yu family.
Is he going to hang out with Yu's family
Hu Xing, who claims to be all-round and exquisite, is hesitant for the first time.
On Yu Tang's side, of course, he didn't know that a greeting card could give Hu Xing a lot of thoughts. Yu Yuan went to Fuyang in the second year of junior high school and came back in the fourth year of junior high school. The two of them sat nervously around the table and asked Yu Yuan about his visit to Xiang's house this time, but Yu Yuan blinked at Yu Tang before saying, "Although Mrs. Xiang doesn't like Miss Xiang, she can't tolerate others. Watch her jokes behind her back. When I came to Xiang's house this time, Mrs. Xiang was too protective, and didn't make any excessive demands, and no one neglected me."
Yu Wen and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
But Yu Tang knew that Yu Yuan had something to say to her, and found a chance to meet Yu Yuan alone in the tea room.
Yu Yuan asked Miki to guard the door of the tea room, and whispered to Yu Tang: "It turns out that Mrs. Xiang and Miss Gu's aunt are close friends in the boudoir. I overheard someone close to Mrs. Xiang saying that Miss Gu made a big fuss during the Chinese New Year. In one incident, Mr. Gu was so angry that he closed the door to thank guests on the first day of the new year. All the entertainments at home were entertained by the elder of the long room. Do you think this marriage of the Li family will fail because of this? "
Yu Tang chuckled, and said: "Whether he fails or not, the Gu family is not living well, and the Li family can't live a good life." Speaking of this, she gloated and asked Yu Yuan, "Brother, do you think we should Send someone to keep an eye on the Li family? It would be more interesting if something happens during the Chinese New Year!"
Yu Yuan nodded again and again, and said, "I'll let Miki watch it, just in time for him to practice."
"Let Ah Liu go!" Yu Tang said, "We can't make it so obvious!"
The siblings looked at each other and laughed, Yu Yuan went to make arrangements not to mention this matter.
On the sixth day of the lunar new year, the whole family went to pay New Year's greetings to Wei's family. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Yu Tang made a special trip to see Ma Xiuniang, and made an appointment to watch the lanterns together the next day. Unexpectedly, when I returned home, I found that the door was closed, and there was no excitement for the New Year.
She was startled and hurriedly asked Shuangtao to knock on the door.
Miki's timid voice came from inside the door: "Who, who?"
"Miss is back." Shuangtao said loudly.
The door opened with a "squeak", and Miki called out "Miss" with a dejected expression, and turned sideways to let them in.
Shuangtao asked, "What happened?"
Miki looked around and saw that there was no outsider, so he pulled Shuangtao in, and said to Yu Tang in fear: "Miss, the master has gone to Tong Da's shopkeeper, and he is not at home. Just now Mrs. Li came to the house to make trouble, and was caught by the second wife." The door was locked outside. She said a lot of bad things through the door, and seeing that the second wife was angry, she wanted to go to the clan house of the Li family for a review, so she left."
Yu Tang's face sank, and as he walked quickly to the inner room of the Chen family, he asked Miki, "Have you ever reported to my father?"
"Go!" Miki quickly chased after Yu Tang, "Ah Shao has already gone to find the master."
"Then my mother?" Yu Tang asked.
"Mrs. Chen went to find the eldest wife." Miki said, "The eldest wife is talking with the second wife!"
Feeling at ease, Yu Tang raised the cotton curtain of Chen's inner room and walked in.
"Mommy!" She shouted, seeing Chen and Wang sitting opposite each other with smiles on their faces, she couldn't help but froze there.
"A Tang is back!" Wang smiled and waved to Yu Tang, "Come and sit down!" He asked her concerned, "Are you hungry? Do you want Shuangtao to make you a bowl of sesame paste?"
Yu Tang looked at Mrs. Chen, then at Mrs. Wang, and said in confusion, "Didn't you say Mrs. Li came to make trouble?"
Why are her mother and her great aunt all smiling
What happened that she didn't know about