[Comprehensive Red House] Infinite Merit

The heavy rain for four or five days in a row trapped people in the house and did not like to go out.Youyi was lazily leaning on the specially built warm kang, holding a snow-white cat with blue eyes in her arms, walking along one by one, Heyu picked the charcoal fire in the stove, and smiled at Youyi Said: "The firewood in the stream is soft and the felt is warm. I don't go out with the raccoon slave. Master is so comfortable."

Youyi raised her eyelids to look at her, hooked the corners of her mouth, and smiled: "Let's make a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus tea. At this time, the Zhen family should be in trouble, right?"

The last sentence was spoken to Zhu Yan, Zhu Yan smiled and said, "That's right, Mrs. Zhen's idiot dared to expose the matter, and Mrs. Zhen was so angry that she almost closed her eyes and lay back! Now, that person can't afford to be the saint's wife, and milks the airs of a saint."

"With your mouth, you don't accumulate any sin." Sui Yun came in from the outside with a small black lacquered box in his hand. Hearing what he said, he smiled and gave Zhu Yan an annoyance.

Zhu Yan said: "I just see that his family is not happy, the old and the young, the whole family has no good intentions! When the old lady Fengsheng and Mrs. Zhen's family plotted against our master, they didn't eat fast and chant Buddha. , full of the compassionate heart of 'Amitabha Buddha'."

Heyu said to Suiyun: "Sister Suiyun, don't talk about Zhu Yan. We can talk about it in our room, but it can't be spread. It can be regarded as a sigh of relief for sister Zhuyan. When I went to Zhen's house, Zhu Yan and I followed, but you haven’t seen the faces of those from the Zhen family! No one in Jiangnan didn’t know what happened back then? Later, our master named the county head and stood up. We are still a family. Pass the post and come together."

Hearing this, Sui Yun knew that she also had resentment, so she shook her head and said nothing.She didn't mean to blame Zhu Yan, but just reminded that some words have ears after all, and it's okay to say them here at this time. If they go outside, they might not know how they will get out.

She opened the box in her hand to Youyi again, and said with a smile, "Is the new half catty old cypress incense, will my servant light it for you?"

Youyi casually pointed at the Duobao Pavilion and said, "I want that sapphire incense burner."

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The first snow in Jinling came very late, Youyi slowly gathered the thick and warm fox fur on her body, and reached out to catch the falling snow.

Manxi smiled and said, "Since when did master have this childlike fun?"

Youyi also chuckled, took a handkerchief and wiped her palms casually, and ordered: "Take some snow water from the bamboo leaves and come back, and make a pot of tea."

Bai Zhi saluted lightly, and agreed: "Your maidservant will go now."

Youyi glanced back at her, smiled lightly and said, "Your family didn't want to take you back to Laba?"

Bai Zhi pursed her lips and smiled, although she was reserved, she was also beaming, which made people feel the comfort and joy from the heart: "I said it, I said there is still an errand here, so I didn't answer."

"Go, otherwise your family will think that my place is a place where you can only go in and out." Youyi waved her hand casually and said.

Bai Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and then was gently pushed by Sui Yun: "Go back, this is because the master is sympathetic to you."

Bai Zhi thought for a moment, nodded, and bowed to Youyi: "Thank you, Master, for your compassion."

Youyi smiled at her and said, "Go back and live for two days. You have been with me as an adult, but now that you are getting older, your mother still doesn't plan this for you?"

She made a light joke, Bai Zhi was slightly startled when she heard that, then her face flushed with embarrassment, she lowered her head, and cowardly did not speak for a long while.

Youyi shook her head, and said helplessly: "Why are you still ashamed? You have served me all these years, and now that you are old, tell me if it makes sense, you know my habits, and you will still be willing to stay in the house when the time comes Here, I'll arrange an errand for you."

Bai Zhi pursed her lips, saluted You Yi, and backed away without a sound.

Youyi stopped by the corridor again to watch, and seeing Bai Shao took someone to fetch snow, she suddenly asked, "Bai Shao is also sixteen or seven this year."

Sui Yun said: "Master, your matchmaker is still addicted? Although Bai Shao is not young, her parents still want to keep her for two years, don't worry for now."

"So, don't worry." Youyi took a deep breath, feeling the bone-chilling cold air, and suddenly missed the knife-like cold wind in the northern winter.

Suddenly seeing that red face approaching slowly, he asked, "What happened to the last food distribution this year?"

Zhu Yan leaned back with a smile, and said: "Everything is in order, and now our residence is full of excitement!"

"It should be more lively. It's the Chinese New Year. If it's not lively, our mansion will last a whole year without any popularity."

Youyi took a sip of the hot tea brought by the maid, and said casually.

"My wife won't be happy after hearing what you said." Sui Yun said with a smile: "Anyway, we will add a little master next year, and it will be really lively at that time. I'm afraid you still miss the leisure you have now." .”

The Spring Festival in Xue Mansion is not lively, but it is not simple either.

The members of the Xue family came to pay New Year's greetings one after another, and the close ones brought their younger generations. After all, Youyi now bears the title of head of the family. Spread some lucky money out.

Another ancestral hall was opened to offer sacrifices to the ancestors. This year, Mrs. Chen got news that Mrs. Xue was finally able to show a smile in front of Father Xue's spiritual tablet. She was dressed neatly in the three-rank official royal uniform without a speck of dust.In addition to the imperial phoenix crown, a pair of Izumo golden phoenix steps pinched with gold thread and inlaid with red treasures were inserted on the towering bun. Two strings of clear red rubies were strung together with tassels hanging on both sides of the forehead. , dressed in a gorgeous and majestic dress, shining brilliantly under the shadow of the lights.

Mrs. Xue has taken good care of her, and this year she has been ordered again. Seeing that she is about to have a grandson, she is full of vigor and high spirits. During the dinner, many relatives and wives praised her for "not looking old, living younger and younger", But it is also true.

Chen's belly is already showing, and she is wearing a brand-new dress of dark red woven gold and sprinkled with flowers. On the round bun, there is a pair of emerald emerald gold steps, and a blood-red agate hangs on her forehead, between her eyebrows. Against the background of the flowers, it is even more gentle and gorgeous.

The sacrificial oration was written by Yi, with four parallels and six parallels, with gorgeous rhetoric.In the sacrificial oration, there is a long story to praise the ancestors of the Xue family, and finally express the prosperity of the family, the successors, the business territory is getting wider and wider, and it has won the favor of the nobles.

That's probably what it means. At the end, let's look forward to the future. Anyway, how big is the cake with the ancestors, and they can't get out to find living people.

After worshiping the ancestors, everyone had a new year's wine in the main hall. You Yi respected the wine of several clan elders, and then sat still in his seat.Everyone came over to toast her one after another, and she accepted them one by one, and occasionally chatted with people with a chuckle, which was considered to be enough face.

Those who can come today are honest people who were beaten by Youyi or those who voted for Youyi early, and they all know that Youyi is not a trouble-free person, so they simply don’t make trouble, and sit peacefully in their own small businesses or Helping out in the family business, I couldn't be more honest.It's really not a good end for the few who fought against each other back then. Everyone present has families. Who doesn't want to live in peace and stability?

Both Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin came over, and Youyi accepted the gift from the two with a smile, and ordered people to take Xue Baoqin to Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Chen in the back, and asked the elders of the clan to take Xue Biao, so that this person was not related to Baochai. The two close brothers and sisters were left out in the cold.

As soon as the new year opened, the banquets of various families came one after another. Today is this family's New Year's wine, and tomorrow is that family's plum appreciation banquet. Plum blossom feast.

There is also a banquet hosted by the scholarly families in the south of the Yangtze River - this is not suitable for the identity of the Xue family, but the bookstore run by Youyi a few years ago has a natural advantage in front of the scholars, and the two sides have cooperated a lot , The Xue family naturally has a lot of posts.

Chen was pregnant, so she raised her baby at home with peace of mind.Mrs. Xue just went to a banquet with the Zhen family and her usual close family.

However, plum blossoms from various families are often obtained, regardless of the famous ones, which is not uncommon.Only the Zhen family's first-grade plum blossoms are rare in the world. Counting all over the world, there are some people who can count them with a slap, but it is Liuli Jingtan plum.The name of this plum blossom sounds unusual, but there is actually an allusion in it: when the founding emperor ruled the world, he once rested in a ruined temple. It was a snowy day, but there were two plum blossoms blooming in front of the temple. excellent.The flower was also unusual, it was a white plum with red stripes, and it looked like high-quality colored glaze from a distance under the sun. The founding emperor liked it very much, and sighed with his confidantes.

Later, when the world was settled down, some people took the plum blossoms to please the emperor, so a garden full of plum blossoms was planted in the palace, and because of their special nature, they came from the Buddha's land, so the founding emperor named it Liuli. Jing Tanmei.

It seems vulgar enough now, but it is great to be considerate of the founding emperor, who has not read a few serious poems and books.

This flower has been hanging in the imperial garden in the palace. Occasionally, the emperor or concubine went to enjoy the flowers, or when the emperor was in a good mood, and then entertained officials here, some people actually chanted poems for it. Fame comes.

The two trees of the Zhen family were still favored by Concubine Zhen back then, and they tearfully expressed in front of the emperor, the Supreme Emperor, that their mother had worked so hard all her life, and she often talked about the plum blossoms in the palace at home, but now they can't see them anymore.

So the emperor rewarded two plum trees from thousands of miles away, and they were raised in Zhen's garden for two years. After spending a lot of money, they recovered, and slowly, twenty or so plum trees grew.

The Zhen family has always been proud of this, and they are the most diligent in organizing the plum appreciation banquet every year. This year, it is postponed until the end of the year, and there is a reason for it.

——During the southern tour last year, the new emperor came to Zhen's house to see the plum blossoms, and said vaguely: "The flowers in the palace are not as good as these."

Zhen Yingjia, as if facing the enemy, summoned his staff to discuss countermeasures and speculate on the new emperor's intentions. Flying pigeons sent letters to the palace in Beijing. In the end, the emperor still had thoughts and his close ministers lamented: Ying Jia's thoughts are too delicate, this is an act of a concubine .

So you can see what kind of person this person is from the above. Anyway, according to Youyi's calculations, the Zhen family can still have a good life for three to five years, and let them live it to their heart's content.