Chapter 40 New Year's Eve(1/2)
As Li Qingning said, Li Ran had no time to spare on New Year's Day.
The sky just turned white... In fact, since the beginning of the Tianjiao period, things have been strung one after another, forming chains.
I won’t mention eating dumplings anymore. No matter how serious the matter is, I feel a lot of ritual. At least I can still eat.
The following ceremony of eliminating diseases and curing disasters made Li Ran feel like she was participating in the witch Zhu.
The ceremony was even more solemn. The mansion was large and small, arranged neatly. He stood in the yard and watched the servants dig holes and buried a lot of things. The two servants who dug the holes were tied with silk and flowers, dressed like two sacrifices. Li Ran almost wanted to dig the holes and buried him.
Li Ran stood among a group of people, listening to the resounding throughout the mansion, and was extremely serious about what snakes were going on, how to get sick, how to get sick, how to get black beans were going on, how to get sick, how to get chickens were going on...
It was dark and she was far away. She really didn't understand what this is meant by doing and what it means. She just thought that if this snake was really that snake, that snake, it would definitely do it, and it would be very fast.
Then lilacs burned around, and in the strong smell of lilac, everyone dispersed. Li Ran went back to Cuiweiju and took a shower for the first New Year.
The bath water was delivered from the large kitchen. It was delivered solemnly. The water was blue and emitted an indescribable fragrance. It was not good to smell, but it was not too bad.
After taking a shower, Li Ran picked a red cherry skirt, a short golden-edged jacket with bright red gold-faced silver fox cloak. It was very festive when worn.
After changing his clothes and rushing to Rongxi Hall, Tu Su Tang was ready. Li Ran had heard of Tu Su Tang's etiquette, and he also knew that it started with the youngest drink.
The third lady Li Qingrou pouted, looked at Li Ran who was holding a wine glass at the beginning, and watched her being taught by Madam Qian as she was taught one by one: One person drinks it, the whole family is ineffective, and the whole family drinks it, and the whole family is ineffective. There are waves of indescribable grievances in her heart.
She didn't want to have a sister at all!
She is the youngest one in this family!
After drinking Tusu wine, another person distributed a boiled egg and ate it. Chang'an Hou Li Mingshui, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Zhang, and Li Qingning hurried back to their yard, put on the most formal dress, and took a bus to the palace.
They all want to attend today's New Year's Day ceremony.
As for the second master Li Qingping, second grandmother Cao, third wife Li Qingrou, and Li Ran, who were not of great rank, they were no more leisurely than Chang'an Hou who attended the great rank.
The second grandmother Cao stayed in the mansion to keep a look, packing up what he had last night, and watching the children of various families who came to pay New Year's greetings.
The second master Li Qingping took Li Qingrou and Li Ran out to pay New Year's greetings to each family.
This New Year greeting is simple, just when you go to the doors of each house, a servant with a loud voice shouted: "Xiao-X and X-X wish X-X to X-X and X-X. The housekeeper welcomes you with a festive manager, accepts the greetings, and be kind enough, and then go to the second house.
No matter how simple it is, you have to walk one by one. The streets are full of carriages and horses. I don’t often meet familiar New Year’s greeting teams. When I meet them, I always have to stop and greet each other for a few greetings. More than a dozen families walk down and return to Chang'an Marquis’ Mansion. It’s already dark.
It seems that the New Year's Day celebration is also a very tiring thing, so Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang rested when they came back.
After the court meeting, Li Mingshui, the Marquis of Chang'an, went to inspect all parts of the capital, while Li Qingning was left by the prince after the court meeting.
Li Qingping took Li Qingrou and Li Ran back to the mansion, and was so tired that he hurried back to rest.
Li Ran was so tired that she struggled to take a shower on this day, and fell asleep on the bed.
The scent of the bath I took in the morning was so long that she never dissipated. She smelled it all day long. Although it was not bad, she always hated the smell on her body, whether it was fragrant or smelly.
The next day, Li Ran woke up naturally after slept. Just after breakfast, Li Qingning arrived. Two women followed behind and carried a small box in.
"It's all in this box." Li Qingning signaled the woman to put the box on the ground, pointed at the box and smiled at Li Ran, "I wrote down the note and pasted it on those things, please read it slowly.
I have to leave quickly. The prince is going to greet the teachers today. Huo San and I have to accompany you. If there is time in the evening, I will take you and my third sister to the Xiangpan to watch the music show in the Jiaofang, I will leave first."
Li Qingning came and went in a hurry.
Li Ran sent him out of the room and watched him leave the drooping flower door before turning around and entering the room. He stood in front of the half-person-high box, looked left and right for a while, waved over the two little girls standing in the room, and asked them to carry the box into the bedroom and put it on the couch under the south window.
Yesterday, my second grandma told me that the New Year's wine from the Prince's Mansion of Hejian arrived just before the middle of the day. Li Ran glanced at the drip in the corner of the house. Not long after, she should leave and didn't have time to look at the things in this box.
Li Ran came out of the bedroom and walked straight to the long desk in the east. She sat down and signaled the little girl to grind the ink, cut out a long piece of paper by herself, and drew a string of words like a ghostly talisman on the paper. She picked up and looked at it, picked up a cup of tea, and walked into the bedroom.
Qiuyue stretched her head and stared at two big eyes. She watched Li Ran use tea to wet the top cooked pride onto the box. She was stunned for a moment before she realized that she was putting a seal?
Li Ran put it out, changed the cup and poured the cup of tea, sipped half a cup, and guessed that the rice paper should be done, then went into the house, touched it, looked carefully, and clapped his hands with satisfaction, and the effect was very good.
Li Ran took the inkstone and a pen from the desk, drew talismans from the pasted seal paper and onto the box. After looking at it, she was satisfied and handed the inkstone and pen to the little girl.
"There is no one in this room." Qiuyue understood and confirmed this time. The girl was indeed a seal. She couldn't help but muttered, it was the first time she saw her seal in her room.
"Aren't you humans?" Li Ran looked at Qiuyue and asked.
Qiuyue opened her mouth, and her face changed in a moment.
What does the girl mean? Is this suspicious of her? Or are they suspicious of them?
Is the girl hitting her?
What can she do?
Should she explain to the girl? How to explain it?
well……
She is really hard.
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Almost all the Li family in Chang'an Hou Mansion was dispatched for the New Year wine of the Prince's Mansion of Hejian County.
In addition to Chang'an Hou who was responsible, Li Qingning.
Throughout the first month, especially before the 16th, Li Mingshui, the Marquis of Chang'an, as the head of the capital and capital security, had to inspect various places every day and go to the yamen to observe affairs.
As for Li Qingning, he was with the prince, and the prince was busy, so of course he had to stay busy.
Li Qingping got off at the door of the Prince's Mansion of Hejian County and went into the left door. Mrs. Chen and her team of five cars entered the right door.
Mrs. Cao, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Prince of Hejian County, stepped forward and personally put a curtain on Mrs. Chen, and helped Mrs. Chen get out of the car.
While greeting Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Cao greeted her second grandmother Cao, Li Qingrou, Li Ran and others.
"...The third lady looks so good today, and the fourth lady is so good too. Sister Lin said yesterday, and this year is the same as in previous years. The third lady knows..."
Mrs. Cao was very polite and vague. This time, Mrs. Chen held the fourth lady by her side or let her play with the young ladies. Before Mrs. Chen spoke, she couldn't guess, and of course she didn't dare to say anything.
"You go with them and watch, don't cause trouble." Mrs. Chen looked at her second grandma Cao and instructed her.
"Yes." The second grandma Cao agreed without any turmoil.
Anyway, she would definitely not be able to see it. Not only could she not be able to see it, but the old lady could not see it himself. This is something that everyone knows. If something really happens, it will not be blamed on her.
Mrs. Cao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Mrs. Chen could do whatever she could with the fourth lady and other young lady. She could breathe a sigh of relief. If she had to hold her by her side like last time, this New Year's Eve would be very embarrassing.
As for whether something might happen, since the Cao Mansion incident, she and the princess have repeatedly discussed it many times. She even went back to Cao Mansion and asked her grandmother for advice.
First, this girl... is now the fourth lady, she is very reasonable and can think about others. This is obvious from the first time she returned to their house as a guest and said to the sixth lady of the Wang family.
With this, the princess and she were not worried that the fourth lady would take the initiative to cause trouble.
Besides, looking at the appearance of this fourth lady today, it is obviously a gesture of being kind to others with the light!
Second, this fourth lady is not a bully, but who dares to bully her easily since the incident in the Cao family?
The young ladies and princesses who came today have been with her one by one. There are two or three people with courage, but they are all very wise and intelligent people, and they will never be able to get along with this fourth lady. As for those who are not very smart, they have the courage but are not.
If something happens to this New Year’s wine today, it will be that destiny cannot be violated.
Mrs. Cao smiled brightly and asked the people who entered the Li Mansion with respect and politeness. Several more cars came in outside.
Li Qingrou must avoid Li Ran, walking in front, with her second grandmother Cao in the middle, and Li Ran following behind.
There were three people in the group, Li Qingrou could walk as fast as she could. She wished she could get rid of Li Ran in just a few steps. From then on, there was no sister who insisted on her. She hated this sister so much, she was obviously the youngest one!
The second grandmother Cao, who was walking in the middle, was very calm. She was making absent-mindedly while walking. She had to rest for a day no matter what. She had been tired for half a month. The day after tomorrow, she would invite New Year's wine from the Wang family. Tomorrow, she could not go there. She had to stay in the mansion to prepare. Today, she would have to rest for a day. No matter what, she would have to rest for a day!
As for Li Ran, she was busy looking at the scenery around her.
The road today is different from what she came to the previous few times. This Hejian County Prince's Mansion is really huge.
Today's Hejian County Prince's Mansion is also very different from the previous times when I came here. It is probably because there are colorful lanterns everywhere, and there are cuckoos and daffodils everywhere, which makes it look particularly festive.
It seems that the flower industry in Beijing is really extremely developed. The next day she smashed the green-headed green, and the teahouse also placed a pot of excellent peonies in her elegant room. She was amazed at that time and could not imagine what the greenhouse was built at this time.
Huo Wenlin stood in front of Yiyun Pavilion and saw Li Qingrou and her group of three. She hurriedly went down the steps and walked up to her.
"Three Lady, Second Sister, Fourth Lady."
Huo Wenlin was wearing a pine-colored cloak, which was as tender and fresh as early spring. She smiled and greeted the three of them.
The second grandma Cao is the cousin of her eldest sister-in-law Mrs. Cao. Before she married into the Chang'an Marquis Mansion, she often went to the Hejian County Prince's Mansion. This second sister has been calling her since she was a long time ago. The second grandma Cao is also very willing to call her second sister.
At this moment, the second grandma Cao had found a good place to rest, pointed to a small warm room next to her and smiled, "Sister Lin just keeps busy with your business, don't worry about me, I'll go there to see the scenery. There are good scenery everywhere in your house, and I like to sit there to see the scenery the most."
"Yes, then I won't be polite to my second sister." Huo Wenlin responded with a smile, signaling the girl who followed her to serve her second grandmother Cao's way to the small warm-up pavilion.
"Who has arrived?" Li Qingrou asked with a smile while walking over Huo Wenlin.
"There are so many people here. The Fourth Lady is so beautiful today." Huo Wenlin responded, bowed and asked Li Ran to go into the warmer pavilion together.
There are indeed many people in the warm chalet, with pearls and jade flashing and laughter all over the room.
"Second Sister!" Li Qingrou walked into the house and saw Li Qingli, the second sister who married into the Wang family. She couldn't help but scream and ran towards her second sister Li Qingli.
When the third grandmother of the Wang family, Li Qingli, heard the scream, turned around quickly. When she saw Li Qingrou, she smiled from her heart and took two steps to face her. "Is she still having nightmares?"
Wang Shi, who stood with his third grandmother Li Qingli, hurriedly followed him to meet him.
"I won't do it these two days. Have you seen the things that my third brother brought back? Those...Sixth Lady."
Li Qingrou was about to complain a few times, but her sister Li Qingli pinched her and quickly turned around to say hello to Wang Shi.
To be continued...