The first day of the Lunar New Year, the new year.

Before dawn, the firecrackers from the Duke's mansion were set off, one after another, shocking the earth. Song Jianing was woken up by the sound, and did not get up, lying lazily in the quilt, listening to the movements everywhere in the mansion. As he listened, Song Jianing became in a daze and remembered the first day of the previous life when she was eleven years old.

At that time, my mother was already sleeping in sick bed and was thin. Although it was the Chinese New Year, there was no trace of Chinese New Year at home. My mother's room was as smelled of bitter medicine as ever. She was ignorant, only knowing how to comfort her sadness, and then she watched her mother lose weight day by day, and in autumn, she died.

The grief of losing her mother suddenly came to my heart, Song Jianing's vision was blurred, and the dark tent seemed to have turned into an unreal net, making everything in the past year become illusory. Was she really reborn? Did she really change her life with her mother? Could it be that she choked to death and entered the underworld, and it was just a dream to go to Beijing with her mother?

Song Jianing suddenly panicked. She was afraid that these were all fake. She couldn't wait to see her mother and make sure that her mother was really good!

"Jiu'er!" Song Jianing opened the tent and called, his voice anxious.

The one who was vigilant last night was Shuang'er. Because it was the first day of the first lunar month, the servants who served all got up half an hour earlier than usual. Hearing the master's summons, Shuang'er, who had just wiped the table, immediately lifted the lantern and pushed the door in his arms. The soft light dispelled the darkness in the room and also dispelled the panic in Song Jianing's heart. She stared at Shuang'er blankly, and finally suppressed the anxiety of reason and ordered Shuang'er, "Go and see if your wife has gotten up."

"What's wrong with the girl?" Shuang'er asked nervously when she saw that her expression was wrong.

Song Jianing forced a smile: "It's okay, I'm having a nightmare, and I suddenly miss my mother."

Shuang'er was skeptical and advised Song Jianing to lie down again. She took the lantern to Huanyueju. The gatekeeper had already opened the gate of the courtyard and greeted her in with a smile. Shuang'er came all the way to the upper room and saw Qiuyue from afar. Caiwei stood under the eaves of the corridor, unlike she wanted to go in and serve her, and there were no other little maids serving her in the courtyard.

Shuang'er was a little strange. Just as she was about to step forward and Caiwei was about to come up to ask questions, just as the sound of firecrackers from all over the Duke's Mansion fell at the same time, a whimper suddenly came from the landlord's window, like a young man flying and suddenly fell from the air, begging helplessly, and the three maids all had their legs weak.

"Is there anything wrong?" Caiwei asked embarrassedly, secretly hoping that Shuang'er didn't hear it.

Shuang'er pretended that she didn't hear it and smiled and said, "The fourth girl woke up early today. I'll ask me to see if the wife has gotten up."

Caiwei looked at the window, thought for a while and said, "Let's wait for another two quarters of an hour." It has been half an hour. Although it's a longer time, I believe the Duke of the State knows it in his mind on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Shuang'er left with a blushing face and his heartbeat. After a while, the cold wind blew back to Song Jianing. Shuang'er had returned to her usual steady state and said softly: "Girl, the lady hasn't gotten up yet. Please wait for another two quarters of an hour."

Song Jianing nodded, lying back into the bed with fear of gains and losses. As he thought it was almost done, he immediately got up to wash up, and when he was dressed up, he quickly went to find his mother. Huanyueju, Lin, remembered that his legs were out of control and trembled as soon as he moved. Guo Boyan smiled and told her to lie down for a while. He got out of bed and cleaned up, walked out of the main hall, and ran into his little daughter. A big red lantern was hanging high on the eaves of the corridor, and the little girl walked over with a plum red cloak, her face as big as a palm was very similar to Lin.

Guo Boyan smiled, stood at the door with his hands behind his back, waiting.

"Father is up, my daughter wishes my father good health and all the best in the New Year." Song Jianing took a few steps quickly and greeted New Year obediently.

Guo Boyan looked at his daughter in front of him, and his eyes were no longer dodging, and he no longer had the timidity he had when he first entered the mansion. He was in a good mood. He touched his daughter's head and said happily: "Okay, let's go to greet your mother first. Your brother and sister will come later. I'll send you a red seal for your father."

Song Jianing smiled and nodded.

Watching his stepfather leave, Song Jianing turned around and ran inside, opened the curtains in the inner room and walked around the screen. He saw his mother sitting beside the bed wearing a red middle robe, about to wear an outer robe. His mother's long black and shiny hair was scattered on her shoulders, and her pale face in her memory was now rosy and as bright as peonies, her almond eyes were shimmering and charming.

"An An?" The daughter who loves to sleep in came over early in the morning and stared at her blankly. Lin was extremely confused and called out while dressing.

Song Jianing came back to his senses and looked at his mother who was more comfortable than she expected. Song Jianing threw herself into her mother's arms with satisfaction and hugged her mother tightly: "Mom, I dreamed of you last night, I miss you very much."

Lin was stunned, then lowered his head and kissed his beloved baby daughter heavily: "What a coincidence, I dreamed of An An." I dreamed that my daughter ate oranges first, and she asked the maid to take away the oranges. My daughter didn't know where she turned out a red pomegranate, held it in her arms and ate it. Her little fat hands were covered with juice.

Song Jianing looked up and said, "The mother and I look at you, each thinking about their own dreams, but they both laughed."

Looking at her mother washing her face and combing her hair, Song Jianing's heart completely calmed down. Her past and present life were really different.

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The Duke's Mansion was held at the seventh day of the lunar month. On the morning of the sixth day of the lunar month, Liu brought a pair of children to visit relatives. Lin was entertaining his sister-in-law at his Huanyue House.

"Happy New Year, Auntie!" Song Jianing received the news and rushed back from the Grandmaster, and greeted New Year sweetly when he entered the door.

"Okay, okay, the longer we An'an grow, the better we look." Liu took her niece's hand and looked at it carefully. The Lin family held a banquet in the New Year. Song Jianing had not left because the corners of his mouth were soaked, so only Guo Boyan and his wife went there. Therefore, today is the first time that Lin married into the Duke's Mansion. After not seeing each other for a month, Liu looked at her niece carefully and couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's worthy of being the Duke's Mansion. Look at An'an, how long has it been. She is like a legitimate official lady, and she is really promising."

Song Jianing laughed shyly, broke away from his aunt, and went to talk to his cousin.

When the children were talking about the children, Lin asked Liu curiously: "Why is sister-in-law here today?"

Liu looked at Huanyueju again, and then said softly: "My sister is married well. The Duke of China treats you sincerely and does not dislike us. To be honest, the Duke of China is willing to go to our house for a meal. I have already earned a lot of face. I will not come tomorrow. Just let your elder brother come over and increase your knowledge."

She is self-aware and the Duke of the State can respect them, but the relatives and friends of the Guo family are either rich or noble. Those noble ladies will definitely disdain to be at the same table with her, a businessman's wife. At that time, she is uneasy and the distinguished guests are not happy, and the sister-in-law will be difficult for her. She stays at home, and her sister-in-law will not have to be implicated by her when she is hospitalized. It is so good that the land is so glorious. Anyway, as long as the sister-in-law lives well, the Lin family will benefit from it, and someone will open a convenient door for the Lin family's business.

Compared with face, Liu values ​​benefits more.

Lin looked at the sister-in-law opposite and sighed for a while: "It is his blessing for brother to marry his sister-in-law." The sister-in-law may not be generous enough in small matters, but in the main matter, her sister-in-law is considerate everywhere. Lin sincerely invites her sister-in-law to come to the table, but she must admit that her sister-in-law did not come, which saved her some trouble.

"What a blessing? Your sister is his greatest nobleman." Liu said with a smile.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law had a great time. In the evening, Guo Boyan came back and Lin mentioned this matter. Guo Boyan was quite surprised and silently compared Liu and Aunt Tan. He sneered: "So what about the wife of a businessman? Some officials and wives are not as good as merchants." If Aunt Tan was half as virtuous as Liu, he would not neglect the Tan family and only let his son maintain a relationship.

He looked down on Aunt Tan, but Aunt Tan was proud of getting married to the Guo family. He came to the door early with his children at the 6th day of the lunar month. Lin was busy entertaining distinguished guests from various governments, and did not want to be polite to her. Tingfang took the initiative to accompany her aunt. After seeing her aunt sitting down, she looked around frequently. Tingfang said in a low voice: "Who are you looking for?"

Aunt Tan glanced around again, then came to her niece's ear and asked, "Didn't you send a post to the Lin family?"

Tingfang was really unaware of the inside story, so he looked around and said uncertainly: "It's probably not here yet." His father had been visiting the Lin family, so he probably wouldn't object.

But until the end of the banquet, Liu did not show up.

Aunt Tan was so angry that Guo Boyan went to visit Lin's house. Today, he vented everything and consciously regained his face. After all, Guo Boyan invited her. When saying goodbye to Lin, Aunt Tan deliberately asked: "Why didn't you see Aunt Jianing? I also wanted to ask her if there are any fresh ingredients in the shop recently. Spring is coming soon. I want to make some new clothes for Xiangyu."

The Lin family’s Jinxiufang is one of the best silk shops in the capital.

Lin said politely: "Madam likes it. I will send a message to my sister-in-law and ask her to send two horses to the mansion."

Seeing that she avoided the question of her mother's family's uninvited family, Aunt Tan guessed that Lin was not feeling well, so she did not continue to take the blame and left proudly. When she returned to her own family, Aunt Tan couldn't help but say to her children: "The Duke did not invite the Lin family to the banquet. It seems that she did not treat the Lin family as a serious relative."

Tan Xiangyu nodded.

Tan Wenli sneered and said sarcastically: "Who told my mother? I could see clearly in the front yard. My uncle arranged Lin Zhengdao at General Han's table, and even gave him a drink on the table. Those who didn't know thought Lin Zhengdao was the new official who came to Beijing."

This was like a slap in Aunt Tan’s face, and she couldn’t laugh immediately.

She was deliberately compared with the Lin family, but Lin did not take Aunt Tan's heart. Recently, she was worried about her menstrual events. Since her ex-husband passed away, she was worried too much, and her menstrual events gradually became chaotic. It was early or late. Now she has been married into the Guo family for a whole month. Her menstrual events have not yet come. Is it a simple physical problem or...

Lin's mood is complicated.

At a daze, Concubine Shu sent someone to pass on the message and invited the family of female relatives to enter the palace to enjoy the lanterns on the night of the Lantern Festival.

Song Jianing resisted and pouted, "Mom, can I not go?" Princess Duanhui disliked her so much, why should she come to her?

Lin's daughter's forehead was dozing: "If you don't go, what should I do if the empress misunderstood you are still angry with the princess?"

Song Jianing lamented, it was so tiring to deal with noble people.
Chapter completed!