Chapter 58 The fifty-sixth grant back to Cambodia shows high affection and distributes money to relieve difficulties

Yanxi's visit this time came just in time. Liu Shouhua just took out his checkbook, signed a check for 1,200 yuan, put it on the table, and pressed it with a copper ruler.Yanxi looked at it and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, I am the only one who is poor. You see, you are throwing checks all over the house. I am really envious of you." Dao Zhidao: "Why are you poor? How can you take care of the account for a day?" Yanxi said: "You only know how to say that, you don't know that everyone has earned money, but I am the only one who has not. After the new year, if my father wants to If you don’t let me go to study abroad, I’ll have to get an errand in the agency, otherwise, I can’t resist this kind of trouble.” As he spoke, he leaned back on the sofa chair and let out a long sigh.Daozhi said to Liu Shouhua with a smile: "Old Seven doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, he comes to cry poor, do you know his intention?" Liu Shouhua laughed and said: "I'm not Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen, so I can't guess what his intention is here. Dao Zhidao: "Don't pretend to be stupid. If you want to pretend to be stupid, I don't have to call you Liu Shouhua. I will call you Liu Shoucai." Old Qi, is your sister guessing right?" When he asked, Yanxi felt embarrassed. After all, her brother-in-law has a different surname, so how could she have the nerve to ask for a loan.Therefore, he was very hesitant, not knowing whether to speak directly or not to speak.With just this hesitation, he missed the opportunity to answer.It's not easy for Yanxi to add that she came here, but she borrowed money, but she just laughed it off.Liu Shouhua said: "What's the point of embarrassment? How much money do you want? I'll just think of a way for you. Young people are like this, thinking that they have no money to use, so they lose face. Ask others to borrow money, and they agree , or that’s all, if people don’t agree, they will be doubly embarrassed. But if you want to do this, it’s not a timely technique.” Yanxi smiled and said: “You seem to see my heart, liver and five internal organs through an X-ray mirror. In fact, I Even though you are poor, if you can barely make up, you can celebrate the New Year if you deal with it, but you don't dare to lose money." After Liu Shouhua's good intentions, after Yanxi said this, he couldn't go forward.If he didn't say anything, Daozhi remained silent.Yanxi said some gossip again and left.But when I walked out of Daozhi's courtyard, I felt a little regretful. I just said it well. As long as I tell the amount, I can do it. But at that time, what kind of face did I have to say? Back, it had to find another way.He walked to his inner room without realizing it.

Although Qingqiu has been in Jin's house for a long time on this day, it is interesting to see that their family celebrates the New Year without a kind of frenzy.Only she was a newlywed, nothing happened, she took a book and was reading it with her back to the window.Yanxi came in and saw her reading a book, she smiled and said: "You are at ease!" Qingqiu said: "Why am I uncomfortable? There is nothing I want to do here. But I don't think you are someone who has nothing to do Why are you so busy?" Yanxi lay down on the bench next to her, sighed and said, "Oh! How do you know?" Qingqiu said, "What don't I know? Do you still have any pain? "Yanxi lost her mind for a moment, and revealed her tone. Now it is too late to try to hide it.Yin said: "There is no other pain. When it comes to the Chinese New Year, everyone spends money. I think the consumption is the same as others, but there is no income. This is very dangerous." Qingqiu pursed his lips first, and then said: "Worrying about money, I think this is the first time for you, right? What do you do with your monthly fee of 300 yuan?" Yanxi clapped her hands and said, "With that little money, of course it's a shortfall. But It doesn’t count if you run into a deficit, and you don’t let people know about it. The first is that your father can’t know about it. He thinks that a student who spends this money every month is already too much, how can he say it’s not enough?” Qingqiu blushed Said: "You spent a lot of money for me, didn't you?" Yanxi's troubles were even more unbearable, because he said: "I am a little short, but we have been together for a long time." Speaking of this, the house Outside, someone shouted: "Is Master Qi here?" Yanxi asked: "Who?" The man came in when he heard the promise.Seeing that she was holding a letter in her hand, Yanxi's heart was moved, because she asked, "Who is the letter for?" Li's mother said, "It's from our wife, just look at it." Yanxi opened it. When he saw it, there was a check first, which entered his eyes.The other is a piece of eight lines, which read: "You are probably in a hurry? You want to borrow money, but you are too embarrassed to ask, aren't you? Now send a blank check with a stamp. How much does it cost? You can decide according to the situation." Fill it in. It's getting late, so hurry up and cash it out. I don't tell people, don't worry. It's my sister's word." When Yanxi saw it, she couldn't help but smile, and said to Mama Li: "I see. , you go. Wait for a while, and I will come by myself." Li Ma went, Yanxi smiled, and raised the check to Qingqiu's face, saying: "Hey! We have all the money spent in the first month, now What time is it?" Qingqiu said with a smile: "What kind of unexpected fortune has come to make you happy like this? The clock is on the table in front of you, come and ask me?" Yanxi handed the check to Qingqiu and said : "Money lenders in the world, I don't think there is anything more enjoyable than this. After stamping the check, let us fill in the amount. The fourth sister treats us well." Qingqiu said: "In this way, what are you going to do? How much should you fill in?" Yanxi held the check in one hand, scratched her hair with the other, and said with a smile: "In my opinion, it's best to fill in three thousand. But they are so generous to us, if we really fill in that much, I also feel that I know a little bit and don’t know how to retreat.” Qingqiu said: “I said, what’s your pleasure? It turned out that you borrowed a sum of money. Borrowing money is a very unfortunate thing. I didn’t see you, but I took it as a happy thing. Do you think that if you borrow money, you don’t have to pay it back? Even if you don’t have to pay it back, it’s not a joy after all.” Yanxi said: “Of course you have to pay it back, but if you have money, you can save the current emergency. Let’s be happy first. .” So he took the check and went to the table to fill in the amount.Qingqiu rushed over, took his arm with one hand and said with a smile: "Don't mess around, fill in a lot of numbers. You have to know that if you have more money, you will spend more, why not just write a few hundred. In the first month I don’t have anything to spend, so don’t make plans for me, you can figure it out for yourself, just write down how much you want to spend.” Yanxi laughed and said, “In any case, I have to write two thousand. I owe debts, and I still need to keep some money for myself." When he said that, he had already filled in the amount.Looking at the clock on the table, it was only four o'clock, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay! Today, the bank's business hours are extended to seven or eight o'clock in the afternoon. Go there at this time, get the money, and you can still buy things. Come back." So he turned around, held Qingqiu's hand with both hands, asked all the way to Qingqiu's face, and said with a smile: "What do you want? I'll bring it to you." Qingqiu said: "I don't want anything, as long as One condition, you hand over the money to me and let me keep it for you, what do you mean?" Yanxi smiled and said, "That's not a problem, if you don't keep it for me, I will keep the money with you. Can I still carry a thousand dollars with me and play around?" After finishing speaking, he found a hat, put it on, and went out.

After going out for more than an hour, he came back happily, took out the two tickets on his body, handed them to Qingqiu and said, "Each ticket is five hundred, and the total is one thousand." Qingqiu said: "There is still one thousand. "Yanxi said: "It's someone else's surname, is there any more?" Qingqiu said: "You really know how to use money. You go out to get two thousand yuan, and you spend half of it before you get home. This can't be considered a big deal." Yanxi smiled and said: "Is this considered a big deal? You go and find out how much money the boss and the three spend every month?" Qingqiu said: "Why don't you learn from others' good points, but learn from others' disadvantages? Besides, big brother , Third brother, they can all earn money, you are still in the age of studying, and you can’t compete with him!” Yanxi said: “Do they earn money? That’s even more ridiculous, I’m afraid it’s not enough for a monthly salary. What about the gas fee for the car." Qingqiu said with a smile: "I didn't mean to say a harsh word, about dandy four words, you are expensive, but the real thing." Yanxi blushed when she heard this, and said no Speak up.Qingqiu also felt that these words were a bit harsh, so she walked to Yanxi's side, patted him on the shoulder lightly and said, "I'm sorry! I said something wrong. I'll give you New Year's greetings later and apologize to you." Yanxi Xi held her hand and turned around. The new lady was wearing a rose-purple camel's hair gown, with a faint blush on her cheeks, matched with her black satin-like hair, her hands were hooked up to cover her face. She has a white face, her beautiful eyes are looking forward, and the gourd rhinoceros is slightly exposed, she is really very charming.Her head was resting on Yanxi's left shoulder. Yanxi tilted her head to look from top to bottom, and said with a smile, "Why are you dressed so beautifully today?" Qingqiu said, "Isn't it Chinese New Year today? I have to dress lively Make trouble, lest people say that my surname is Leng, and people are also Leng." Yanxi said: "Who said that?" Qingqiu said: "No one said that, but I just guessed it this way. Anyway, I don't like to dress lively People are disgusting." Yanxi laughed and said: "This can't be generalized, there are people like Zhu Bajie, but the more lively and annoying they are." Qingqiu said with a smile: "I knew that I was similar to Zhu Bajie, you have to count Miss Gao from Gaojiazhuang."

At this moment, there was a shadow of a person outside the glass window, who seemed to be walking over and then retreating.With sharp eyes, Qingqiu asked: "Who is outside?" Suddenly someone outside laughed with dignity.Yanxi heard someone's voice, it seemed to be Daozhi, and asked: "Fourth sister? Why didn't you come in?" Daozhi smiled and said: "Speaking of the newlyweds, you really deserve it. , I rushed in, isn't it a bit inappropriate?" While talking, he was already walking in.Qingqiu felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Fourth sister is a mother, she should guide and guide us, but you are making fun of us?" Dao Zhidao: "Guide and guide you? Unless it means Lao Qi said. You are the top pick among the smart people, I am afraid you have to guide me. Come on! Don’t say those kind words. Lao Qi, let me ask you, how much did you fill in my check? The amount?" Yanxi made a bow and said, "Sister, thank you so much, you saved me from a difficult time. I paid two thousand, but half of it has been used, and I have to pay five hundred soon." Qingqiu handed him over He still stuffed the banknotes into his hand, and said: "Come on, you asked me to keep it, and you haven't taken it yet, and you have to spend half of it. Why keep it? You can take it back in front of the creditor." Yan Yan Xi smiled and said: "Of course I'm waiting for the flowers. Think about it, if I can keep the money, why should I borrow money?" Dao Zhidao: "I just came to tell Qingqiu sister to supervise you You know, I am a creditor group, so I have the right to send representatives to supervise your finances." Yanxi said: "I have to go out to develop creditors." After finishing speaking, she turned around and walked out.Qingqiu watched through the window, silent.Seeing her like this, Daozhi seemed to have some feelings, so he asked with a smile: "Sister Qingqiu, don't you like his appearance? They are all like this, spending money like running water, and they are used to it. In the past Except for the two old people, it is not easy for others to interfere with them. Now that you are here, you bear this level of responsibility." Qingqiu smiled and shook her head and said: "Fourth sister, I guessed wrong, I didn't do it for this." But although she denied it, she could not say any other reason.Daozhi always doesn't care about these trivial matters, if Qingqiu doesn't talk about it, she just forgets about it.He said: "Go and sit in the mother's room. Sitting alone in the room is going to read again. Sitting still day and night is very harmful to hygiene." Without waiting for Qingqiu's reply, he dragged Qingqiu away and ran away.

Qingqiu followed her outside, and saw the servants and old maids sweeping the yard and cleaning the glass in batches, cypress branches were weaved along the grille in the corridor, and among the cypress branches, large silk flowers and colorful Grapes big bulb.Under the eaves of the corridor, flower balls and national flags hang like a long dragon.Qingqiu said: "Hey! We are such a civilized new family, and we are still so extravagant in the old year." Dao Zhidao: "This is what my mother means. It happens once a year, and everyone has fun together. Her old man is happy and lively. , anyway, it doesn’t hurt civilization, and we are happy to have fun. Is this considered extravagant? You go to the hall to have a look, it’s lively!” Qingqiu is the first year of Jin’s first year, so I have to take a look first. , so as not to show timidity temporarily.So I turned the corridor to the outside, and when I reached the hall, I saw all the western-style furniture removed. The first thing that caught my eye was a lot of portraits hanging on the central wall. There are as many as seven or eight pictures in one column, so you don't need to guess, you can know that they are the portraits of the ancestors of the Jin family.Under the remnants of the ancestors, there is a long case that can be several feet long, and the table is surrounded by flat gold embroidered red satin. The things listed on the case are not the usual copper and tin offerings, but An ancient ritual vessel up to two or three feet high.Things as big as three or four feet, some are made of bamboo, long, straight at the bottom and round at the top, and have a cover.Some are made of wood, and the round places are flatter.Some are made of copper, which is a rectangular box with animal head handles on both ends and a support on the lower end.Because Qingqiu has read a few books, he remembers that bamboo is made of 笾, wooden ones are made of beans, copper ones are made of gui, and other round and square ones, the list is full, but he can't name them all.Along the table, black bronze bells and jugs are arranged in a row, not like the small cups and saucers on the table.I thought to myself, for a Europeanized person like him, he didn't expect to have such an antique offering.On the side wall, the original calligraphy and paintings were also removed at the same time, and another batch was replaced.Looking at the upper and lower paragraphs, there must be one of the names of Jin's ancestors, which probably means to preserve the ancestors' hands.In addition, there are seven or eight wooden boxes, some containing sabers, some containing slingshots, and some containing books.There is also a gold-lacquered wooden box, inside which is an album of regular script. When viewed through the glass cover, it is the imperial edict of the Qing Dynasty.Qingqiu knew that Yanxi's great-grandfather had once been a border governor, so this is for that old man.Daozhi was fascinated by the sight, and said with a smile: "Sister Qingqiu, look, our ancestors were also vigorous people. Needless to say, our great-grandfather, our grandfather, he is three brothers. It’s just that the population is not prosperous, and the eldest second wife left behind an aunt.” Qingqiu said: “Yanxi always said that his eldest aunt loves him so much, but it’s a pity that their family is in Shanghai and they can’t visit each other often. I went with him to visit this old man." Dao Zhidao: "No! Our aunt is too kind, she is very happy to see us, and this is also because our family is small." Qingqiu said with a smile "That's not too small. There are eight people in total. Could it be that there are still twenty or thirty people?" Daozhi said with a smile, "I was wrong. It should be said that there are not many relatives. This I have to say it again, think about it, seeing that there are only two juniors in the last two lives, it is naturally very important. Our grandfather is the third, his vision is very far-sighted, and he himself has been an official on the seashore, so he said There are too few people in the officialdom who understand foreign affairs, so our father was asked to go abroad. Naturally, the old man objected a lot, and the three-bedroom co-owner was allowed to go abroad, but grandpa insisted on doing so. As a result, my father lived in Europe for a few days. He came back in 2009. His old knowledge has his original foundation, and after going abroad, he has gained new knowledge, so he is the talent that the country needs, and he is finally able to rival his predecessors. But in our lifetime, it will be bad." Qingqiu said : "How can it be bad? But it's good, it's all on the woman's side. Our ancestors were such meritorious people, and they should have been passed down for four generations. Didn't the book say that there is a "gentleman's luster, five The world will be cut'?" Dao Zhi said: "Since you know this, you and Lao Qi will raise a few small citizens well, and..." Qingqiu didn't let her finish speaking, he thumped Dao with his hand, and turned around just run.It happened that the carpet was newly replaced here, and it hadn't been spread evenly yet. The blanket stumbled and fell, impartially, and fell in the middle of the red felt pad on the carpet.When Daozhi saw it, he hurried forward to help her up.He laughed and said, "It's not time for New Year's greetings yet, but you paid your respects first." Qingqiu said, "It's all you, who threw me like this. Don't tell anyone, it's so embarrassing." Zhi Zhi patted her on the shoulder and said: "Sister, do I not take care of you with all my heart? If you are embarrassed, it is almost as embarrassed as me. How can you tell anyone?" Qingqiu stood still, He stretched out his hand to straighten his mane and said with a smile, "Stop talking, the more you talk, the more embarrassing you become. Let's sit in mother's room for a while." So he took Daozhi's hand and came to Mrs. Jin's room with a smile.

Mrs. Jin just opened a box, took some gold and jade trinkets and put them on the table. She sat on a sofa next to her, with a thin ivory pipe and long cigarette holder in her mouth, and looked at it idly.Qingqiu stepped forward, stood on the side of the table, lowered his head to look carefully.Mrs. Jin smiled and said: "Look, which one is better?" Qingqiu said with a smile: "I'm a layman, do you know which one is better?" Mrs. Jin said with a smile: "I don't give lucky money, one person can give you The same. You are new here, I will give you extra face, and you can get double points. You can choose whichever you like, and you can choose the two first." Dao Zhidao: "Oh! This is a big face, you Just choose." Qingqiu said with a smile: "In this way, I am a countryman and entered the Dragon Palace. Everything is good, I don't know which one is good." If there are better ones, wouldn't you pick one or two of the better ones?" Qingqiu heard that, and she really became honest, so she picked out a white jade goose among twenty or thirty small toys, and a Emerald lotus pod, besides the lotus pod, there are two lotus leaves, but they are connected by three handles.Mrs. Jin smiled and said: "You still say that you are an outsider, you have picked these two things the most, and I mean the same thing." Qingqiu laughed and said: "Thank you, old man. Speaking of not giving New Year's money, this money is quite a lot " Mrs. Jin said: "I can't give it every year, just see if I'm happy." Daozhi said with a smile: "Actually, you old man wants to reward something. You shouldn't give it this year. You should keep it and save it for the children. Mrs. Jin smiled and said, "What do you know? I have other intentions. I mean, first give it to the mother of the child, and then they will give it to the child. Then, this can be regarded as an item passed on from generation to generation. If Save it to the children directly in the future, and there will be a generation in the middle." Daozhi smiled and said to Qingqiu: "Did you hear that? You are welcome, you picked it for the children." Qingqiu said with a smile: "I really I don't know how to make a big detour, so does Mom, you still make fun of me." Mrs. Jin laughed and said, "You kid talking, why am I still kidding you? You fell for the fourth sister's trick, and you said I was joking with you." Dao Zhidao: "Come on, mom, don't blame her, let her bow to you a few more times when she turns around to say goodbye. Let her bend down more while her waist is weak now, and in the future One day, she straightened her waist like a sister-in-law, and she refused to bend down." The more she talked, the more embarrassing Qingqiu became, and Mrs. Jin smoked a cigarette and laughed: "This is really strange. A girl has settled for her mother-in-law's house. It's justifiable to be ashamed, it's a natural reason for a young lady to have a child, so what's the need for embarrassment?" Qingqiu said: "According to this, a man must marry and a woman must marry. If the girl wants to go to her mother-in-law's house, don't you need to be ashamed?"

When Mrs. Jin was about to talk, she heard two coughs outside the door. It was Jin Quan who came, so everyone stopped joking.Qingqiu stood up first, and as soon as he came in, he saw many small playthings on the table, and asked: "What do you do with these things?" Mrs. Jin said: "It's Chinese New Year, give some things to the daughters-in-law as lucky money " Jin Quan said with a smile: "When people are old, that's the way. They will turn into childlike innocence, and my wife is happy to spend this irrelevant old year." Mrs. Jin said: "We have turned into childlike innocence. It’s just a movie. If it’s you guys, turn your childish innocence, and it’s not that the children are here, I’m going to say something good.” Jin Quan said, “Don’t be ridiculous, today is New Year’s Eve.” Mrs. Jin took the Pointing at Jin Quan with a thin ivory pipe, looking at Qingqiu and Daozhi, he said with a smile, "Listen to him. He said just now that it was just an irrelevant old year, but now he himself talks about the New Year's Eve." Don’t raise your bar. Doesn’t this mean that only state officials are allowed to set fires, and the common people are not allowed to light lamps?” Everyone laughed at this statement.Jin Quan sat on a big soft chair in his hands, and said with a smile: "Workers always want to take a break, but in fact, they are really free, and they feel inappropriate. Every year, there are two longer holidays in the lunar and solar calendars. I was so bored, I didn't know what to find to pass the time. I admired Pengzhen and Yanxi. Pengzhen's yamen didn't go three times a month, let alone Yanxi. They lived all year round. I don’t have the good fortune to be idle like them.” Qingqiu stood up from a sitting position and said with a smile: “He reads books these days, if father wants to find Him, I'll go find him." Jin Quan laughed and said, "Is he reading? That's strange. I don't have anything to ask him, but it's just a waste of time to ask. Since he is reading, it's a rare golden man in ten years. As for the fight, just let him go." Daozhi turned his face away, carried Jin Quan on his back, but smiled at Qingqiu.Qingqiu also turned her head to talk to Mrs. Jin, she just pretended not to see Daozhi's actions.Mrs. Jin thought she was sitting upright when she saw her father-in-law coming, so she didn't pay attention.

After sitting for a while, it was getting late.Inside and outside, the electric lights in each house have been turned on.Male and female servants, like a shuttle, only run around outside the corridor.After a while, Li Gui stood outside the middle door of the main room and asked softly if the Prime Minister was here?Jin Quan asked: "What's the matter?" Li Gui just stood by the door and replied: "Everything is ready in the hall, are we going to make offerings?" Jin Quan said: "It's still early." Li Gui said: "Master I've said it several times, saying that it's better to be earlier." Hearing this, Jin Quan knew in his heart that he must be urging him to finish the confession, so he could go to have reunion wine with his aunt and grandma.It's really nonsense for this kid to look down and do it like this.But before this matter was exposed, I always pretended to be ignorant, so as not to tolerate it, and to ban it would be impossible.Now that he has seen through this kind of action, he suddenly turned his face down, and shouted: "What are you doing listening to him? Knowing what he is up to!" Mrs. Jin smiled and said: "Is this worth getting angry? Feng Ju is the same Childish, he thought that tonight, at home and at his friends' homes, of course there are some things, and he urged him to make a confession, so he can go and play." Then he said to Li Gui, "It's better to be early, you should let everyone know." Li Gui agreed go away.Daozhi stood up first and said: "I'm going to change clothes, do you want to let Shouhua participate in this grand event?" Jin Quan said: "Of course let him see." After hearing this, Qingqiu knew that this scene of family sacrifice was completely old-fashioned Yes, you don't need to be greeted, you should go back to the house and change your clothes.She was about to stand up, when Mrs. Jin smiled and said, "Like this, you also need to change your clothes? The purple robe you are wearing is very good, so there is no need to change it. Ah Si is wearing a black robe because she is afraid that the child will be wordy. The robes are too plain and clean, so I have to change them." Qingqiu felt amused in his heart, in their house, they talked about new and new, and old and old.Now that we celebrate the old year and bid farewell to our ancestors, at the same time, we have become infected with the superstition of Europeanization, thinking that black is an unlucky color, and black clothes cannot be worn when encountering grand events.At that time, because my mother-in-law said that there was no need to change it, I just sat in Mrs. Jin's room and chatted.Although I don't know what etiquette there is, it is good that I am the last one, even if I salute, it will be apportioned to myself at the end.In Mrs. Jin's house, since several big girls left the cabinet, there is only one Xiaolan. She is in the trend and refuses to add another maid.There were some minor incidents in the first half of the year, which were caused by Ah Nan and Xiaolan respectively.Now it is a widowed sister of Jin Rong who does some fine work in the house, because her mother-in-law's family name is Chen, and she is only twenty years old. Mrs. Jin refuses to call her mother, so she calls her Second Sister Chen.Although Second Sister Chen came from a poor family, she gave birth to a beautiful fetus, very handsome and thin.The big family just can't get used to the yellow-faced old ladies who are ghosts and ghosts, because the maids of the Jin family always choose that kind of young, clean and bright women to work.On the one hand, Mrs. Jin felt sorry for Second Sister Chen as a young widow, and on the other hand, she loved her for her quick workmanship. As long as you feel like it, and you haven't said it, she has already done your work well.So Second Sister Chen has only been in Jin's house for a few months, and she is very familiar with her up and down.At this time, Mrs. Jin said that she wanted to change clothes.Second Sister Chen took a key in her hand, walked over, and asked which box number to open?Mrs. Jin said: "It's not cold at home, just bring that deerskin velvet jacket and tie a skirt on it, and that's it, there's no need to open the box." So Qingqiu waited in the outside room, waiting for Jin After the wife changed her clothes, they went to the hall together.

The hall is surrounded by colorful pine branches and flower balls, and there are many electric lights. At this time, all the fires are lit, and the colors complement each other, and the electric lights have another kind of brilliance.Before the confession, there were two large candlesticks with five lions holding pillars, four or five feet high, placed on the floor, and big red candles the size of rice bowls were lit on them, and the flames shot four or five inches long.Looking at the ritual utensils displayed on the table, there are also some things, all of which are soup meat cubes and the like.All men and women in the family gathered at this time.Fengju wore a long robe and mandarin jacket, and on the right corner of the long case, he took the hammer and knocked it three times against a copper pan two or three feet high.Jin Quan and Mrs. Jin stepped forward together, stood under the confession, and bowed three times to the remains of their ancestors.After the ceremony, there was another three strikes, only a bang, followed by a bang, bang, bang, and thousands of firecrackers outside the courtyard, making a commotion.Amidst the sound of firecrackers, men and women salute their ancestors in order.They still follow the old Jiangnan customs. Under the corridor, there are two copper braziers lined up to the east and west. The coals are burning red, covered with green cypress branches, and they are also burning with a crackling sound, and there is a kind of fragrance everywhere.Smelling the aroma and the sound of firecrackers naturally gives people a new feeling for the New Year.At this moment, Mei Li jumped out with a smile and said, "Dad, please come on, everyone is going to give you New Year's greetings." Jin Quan naturally felt relieved when he saw the house full of children. He put his hands behind his back and walked on the carpet He smiled and said: "You guys should be less mischievous in a year, just listen to a few more words, and don't care about the form." But when he said this, everyone had already surrounded him, and they all bowed to him.Xiangfengju brothers, after all, they are sons. Since the father said that there is no need to salute, he just vaguely passed it by.It is inconvenient for daughters-in-law and aunts to be vague here.Ladies are also women, so they have to do the same.Jin Quan just nodded happily.After everyone saluted, a gust of wind surrounded Mrs. Jin again.Mrs. Jin liked it, so she smiled and waited in front of the confession.Naturally, the second wife of the same generation saluted first.Just one stop down, and said Mrs., before saying the word New Year's greetings, Mrs. Jin pulled her forward and said with a smile: "I will also give you New Year's greetings, so you can get rid of it." The second wife and her, He is already an old monarch and minister, and he also has sons and daughters, so as long as he saves face, it will be fine.Next was Aunt Cui, who bowed to Mrs. Jin wholeheartedly. Mrs. Jin just nodded and smiled and said, "I wish you the best of fortune in the first month, and win a few more money." Aunt Cui smiled and said: "To please my wife." But when he said this in his mouth, he thought in his heart that the mention of gambling was a bit of congratulations and irony.Jin Quan also felt that what his wife said was a bit stimulating, but she seemed to have said it unintentionally, and she still had a smile on her face. Of course, she didn't necessarily want to get along with Aunt Cui during this period; At that time, in the hall, people were bustling and busy, and they passed by as soon as they got mixed up.Aunt Cui only saluted, the others had already rushed forward to salute Mrs. Jin, Aunt Cui stepped aside, and the matter was over.Everyone in the hall was busy for a while, and it was getting late, and everyone had to go to the dining room to have a New Year's dinner.Qingqiu acted on his own merits, and followed along.There are three seats on the table in the dining room, and everyone sits down separately.In the middle seat, Jin Quan and his wife naturally took the seat, and the rest sat down separately.Qingqiu was next to Runzhi, but sat down opposite Yanxi, Runzhi pushed her, lowered his head and smiled softly: "Sit on the opposite side, why sit here with me?" Qingqiu gently He smiled and said: "Father is here, don't talk about it, how embarrassing?" Runzhi still pushed her and said, "Go, go." Qingqiu pressed his hands on the table as hard as he could, refusing to move even if he died.All the people in the room looked at her with smiles.Peng Zhenzheng was sitting side by side with Yufen, then he turned his head and said with a soft smile, "Look, that's how it is, those who don't sit together don't pay attention, and those who can sit together think very much." It's a normal thing." Yufen turned her head, glanced sideways at Pengzhen, and said softly, "Sly trick!" After she finished speaking, she saw that there was still an empty seat below, so she sat down.Daozhi was next to Pengzhen again, but he took the end of the chopstick and stuck it in twice. Others laughed when they saw it.Everyone enjoyed this meal happily.After the meal, everyone did not avoid Jin Quan and openly talked about playing cards and poker.Mrs. Jin also invited the second wife, Peifang, and Yufen to play a table of mahjong cards.Jin Quan also had his hands behind his back, standing behind them, looking at the cards.It was because Qingqiu was away for the New Year for the first time, and she couldn't help but think of her mother, so she quietly went back to her room alone.