Happiness System

"I will send the red envelopes and New Year gifts today. Come over tomorrow when you are free. There is no need to get up so early to greet you."

The old lady gave ten taels each to Fu Ronglang and his wife, and Fu Rongjia and his wife, two taels to each of her grandchildren, regardless of whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, and one tael to her great-grandchildren.

After one round, the old lady took away more than one hundred taels of silver.

In addition to the red envelope, the old lady also gave gifts to everyone. The adult men and sons and daughters-in-law all received cloth, the grandson's wife and granddaughter each received a silver hairpin, the little girl received a pearl flower, the boys who were of school age received a set of pens and ink, and the young ones received some small toys. No one got anything left empty-handed.

Qin Yunxi also prepared some gifts for everyone, but they were definitely not better than the old lady's.

She prepared two sets of new winter clothes for the old lady and her parents-in-law, one set for her sister-in-law, some cotton cloth and fur for her second uncle and second aunt, pearl flowers for the female relatives of the same generation, cloth for the male relatives as well, and a small purse for each of the younger generations, which contained some silver peanuts and silver melon seeds.

There are jade mines in the south of the desert that are not of very good quality, so they cannot be used to make any large items. They can only be used to make some ordinary bead flowers and bead strings and inlay them into jewelry.

Pearl flowers of good quality can be bought for a few cents of silver, while those of average quality can be bought for a large handful for one tael of silver.

So Qin Yunxi was not stingy in giving, and everyone got three or five items.

But it would have been fine if she didn't give gifts to everyone. Once she gave gifts, Li Mutong and Second Aunt would be embarrassed because they hadn't prepared anything at all!

It is said that it is not customary to celebrate the New Year here, so they just want to have a meal together and then visit relatives and pay their respects to the elders.

In addition, we have already agreed with several other companies that none of us have much money, so we don't need to pay for the red envelopes...

I didn’t expect this problem to happen at home?!

Although the old lady didn't live in the village, she knew everything about the clan.

Seeing that Qin Yunxi had distributed the gifts, he came to the rescue of his daughter-in-law and said, "Well, this is the first year we've been here, and everyone is together. Brother Wen and his wife are so happy that we prepared some small gifts for everyone.

From now on, it is more important than anything else for everyone to live their own lives well!

Have you prepared the New Year's Eve dinner? If you have, let's have the feast. Don't let the children get hungry!"

"It's been prepared long ago. When the two uncles went back just now, they also gave them two meat dishes to take back. We are just waiting for the old lady to call for the feast to begin!"

Five large banquet tables were prepared. At the old lady's command, the five tables were filled with people.

Only the old lady, Fu Rongjia and their brothers, Qin Yunxi and Fu Xiuwen sat at the main table.

Fortunately, the main hall is big enough, otherwise there would not be enough space for these five large tables.

Although the Fu family suffered a lot during their exile, they lived an extremely simple life by tightening their belts after settling down in Mo Nan. Table manners were ingrained in their bones, and they did not rush to grab food just because today's meal was particularly sumptuous.

Everyone ate their food in small bites and talked quietly to the people around them. It was lively and warm.

Some people also think of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion in the past. Every year on the 30th, everyone gathered together, listened to operas and watched singing and dancing performances while eating exquisite food, surrounded by maids and old women to serve...

In a blink of an eye, he thought of the hungry dirt on the roadside during his exile, and he wanted to eat it. In an instant, he felt satisfied with the rich hot meal in front of him.

The meal did not take long. After all, the old lady was old and lacked energy, plus she had been sitting in the carriage for quite a while.

The current courtyard is not even as big as the main courtyard of Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and there is no place for so many children to play. Besides, the brothers live so close to each other now, so there is plenty of time to reminisce about the past.

Not long after the old lady returned to her room, the families took their gifts and children back to their own homes.

After Qin Yunxi and Fu Xiuwen brought the children back, the two children did not feel tired at all and excitedly surrounded their father, chattering.

Qin Yunxi leaned to one side, watching them play with a smile, and fell asleep unknowingly.

There is no custom of setting off firecrackers during the New Year in the south of the desert. One reason is that they are often invaded by the Hu people in winter, and the loud sound of firecrackers will guide the Hu people and bad guys who are lost in the snow. Another reason is that they are poor, and people here don't like to compare with others, so no one is willing to spend money on these "pleasures".

In previous years, Fu Xiuwen would take some time to play with his son with firecrackers during the Chinese New Year. Now the family didn't prepare these things. Seeing that Qin Yunxi fell asleep, he took the child to play quietly with the Nine Rings and Lu Ban Lock.

The two younger ones were also used to going to bed early on the farm, so they didn’t wait until midnight to eat dumplings, and the whole family went to bed early.

The next day, except for the two children, Qin Yunxi and Fu Xiuwen both got up late.

Fortunately, the elders said yesterday that I didn’t need to get up early today to pay my respects.

After breakfast, the family first went to pay their respects to the hospital, then went to the second uncle’s house next door, and then went to the clan leader’s house and the homes of several closer elders.

After visiting each family, Fu Mingxuan took his sister and cousins ​​out to play and visit relatives.

Qin Yunxi and Fu Xiuwen sat at home waiting for the younger generations of the clan to come.

After receiving wave after wave of children, the village chief’s grandson also came with the children from the village.

Qin Yunxi still gave them some peanuts and melon seeds, and gave each of them a red envelope with two cents, just like the other children in the tribe.

There are actually not many people in Baiyuan Village, not even half of the Fu family, and even fewer children.

Because of the houses built for the Fu family and the academy, most families in the village have become much more well-off. This year, several families in the village have welcomed new brides.

Hearing that the academy accepted children of commoners and allowed parents and family members to use their work to deduct tuition fees, families in the village with children of school age sent their children there and encouraged their relatives and friends to send their children to the academy as well.

The main courtyard next door was even more lively today. In addition to the old lady who was of a high generation and all the clansmen coming to pay their respects, the villagers also brought their children to wish Fu Ronglang, the dean and gentleman, a happy new year.

The snacks that Nanny Zhao and her people prepared as return gifts at the farm were not used to return gifts to the clansmen, but were all used up to return gifts to Fu Ronglang's students.

Most of the villagers felt embarrassed when they saw that they received exquisite snacks in return for only some mountain products and autumn vegetables.

But there were also some people who loved to take advantage and were dissatisfied with the snacks that the Fu family sent back were not enough to satisfy their hunger. They said a lot of bad things but were always scolded back by the aunties from the same village.

As per custom, Qin Yunxi went to the Qin family behind to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Qin Yuesong and Qin Yiyu had been waiting for her at home.

When the two of them went to pay their respects to the old lady of the Fu family yesterday, they thought they would see Qin Yunxi, but they never expected that this person would sleep until noon!

Qin Yuesong was even more anxious. He said without saying a few words, "Sister Xi, your father-in-law said a few days ago that it was not safe here and asked me to stay at home to adapt to the weather here. Is it safe now? I heard that the academy will have a four-day break, and they will go to school the next day. There is nothing to do right now, so hurry up and arrange for me to go to the academy!"

Aunt Qin secretly pinched her husband and said with a smile: "Sister Xi, you see your uncle just can't sit still. He won't even take a break. I don't know who didn't want to go to the academy every day when they were in the imperial capital!"

Qin Yunxi pretended not to notice her little action, and then smiled and said: "I have already told my father to leave the position of Mr. Wenshou to my uncle.

All my uncle needs to do is to follow him to the academy. Now that my father is the acting president of the academy, he will make all the arrangements for my uncle.

It was indeed not very peaceful here a few days ago, but it is probably better now. However, it is too cold here, and uncle has never practiced martial arts, so it is inconvenient to travel back and forth, so I am afraid he will have to live in the academy."

After saying a few words, she shook her head and said, "For now, we can still make the decisions for the academy. After the spring, when the General's Mansion has time, we will definitely transfer some people over to supervise it together. By then, it's really hard to say who will be the leader and who will be the follower!"

Qin Yuesong knew that the academy was built with money paid for by his niece, but they were weak in Mo Nan, and the government had the final say on who the academy belonged to.

But after he arrived in the south of the desert, he also made some observations and found that the mighty general had an excellent reputation!

So he wasn't too worried.

Anyway, the Qin family doesn’t want that old man’s power.

But even if he thought this way, his niece had spent so much money and manpower, he certainly didn't want her efforts to go to waste.

Qin Yuesong was not good at dealing with officials either, so he could only sigh: "If only your father were here! If your father and your father-in-law were linked together, no one would be able to get a good result!"

They were talking about Qin Yuebai here, but they didn't know that the person they were thinking about was already on his way to Mo Nan.

After the fifth day of the New Year, Qin Yunxi and the others went back to the farm to visit. Before leaving, Fu Ronglang packed Fu Qingyue and stuffed her into the carriage.

He said: "I know everything about Sister Yue. Your mother didn't handle it properly. Now the situation of the families exiled to Mo Nan is not good. I'm afraid there are many people with bad intentions.

I want to keep Sister Yue for two more years. I have to trouble you during this period. I will bring her back when I find the right person to protect Sister Yue.

I won't disturb you two for long. If there is no suitable person, the residence for the gentlemen will be built in the academy after the spring. When the house is built, I will take your mother and Yuejieer over!"

"Father, you are too kind. The children really like Aunt Yue Jie'er. With Yue Jie'er helping to take care of the children, my daughter-in-law can have a lot more free time. That is Yue Jie'er's brother's house, she can stay as long as she wants!"

Qin Yunxi really likes this sister-in-law. She is simple, kind, easily satisfied, and knows when to advance and retreat. She feels it is okay to live with her all the time.

Fu Ronglang smiled comfortably when he saw that she really accepted his daughter. When he saw that the carriage was about to start, he and his son rode their horses and stood guard beside it.

Today he postponed his duty at the academy specifically for his daughter. After all, the family has already separated, and he should have asked his son and daughter-in-law for their opinions yesterday instead of forcing it like he did today. Unfortunately, he was delayed by other things, and it was already late at night when he finished his work.