Chapter 283 New Year's Day

After Liang Ruoxu learned about this, he came over specially to see the growth of the vegetables with his own eyes.

Seeing his smiling face, the second brother has deeply understood the "significance" of this matter. This is a question of political sensitivity. Anyway, he really didn't realize the importance of this matter at first, so he still has a lot to learn.

Then Liang Ruoxu and his apprentice discussed it and decided that the elder should come forward and write a letter to Emperor Mingpei first, while Liang Ruoxu also submitted a memorial.

Emperor Mingpei was very diligent in his work. He would usually seal the emperor's documents around the 19th to 21st of the lunar year, and open the documents around the 9th. Therefore, this memorial could be submitted just in time for the opening of the documents.

Because this is a happy event, even people in the court are happy to promote it. After all, it is New Year's Day, and if the emperor is happy, everyone will be happy.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon and everyone is very busy.

Yan Shenjue is also very busy.

This was mainly because Mrs. Lin took the thick and ugly hairpin that her sons bought for her to the city to sell it, and exchanged it for a hairpin that she swayed beautifully. Then Xinbao saw it and was extremely envious.

It was this envious look that caused the trouble. When Yan Xiaolang saw it, he insisted that the embroiderer make two beautiful little buns for her, and there should be something shaking on top.

Xinbao's hair now is a bit like a bob, just past her ears, so this is a daunting task.

Fortunately, after more than two days of hard work, the embroiderer finally finished it.

It was still like the Xiaoyao scarf before, a small cover with a small string tied to her pigtails. After it was tied, it looked a bit like a double spiral bun, but on top of the bun, a flower bud was made with a slightly harder fabric, and there were a few small spikes hanging down from the bud, swaying around the bun, so beautiful, lively, and cute! !

Even though Xinbao was thinking that it was okay to be almost the same, she was not a picky person...but after seeing the finished product, she wanted to say, No! I am a picky beauty!

Xinbao was so happy that his teeth were visible and his eyes were not. He kept looking at himself in the mirror for half an hour.

Yan Shenjue was also very happy. Every time he dressed up Tuanzi and saw that she liked it, he would be very happy.

Listening to the laughter below, Xinbao reluctantly took off her hair bun, planning to wear it again on New Year's Day.

At this moment, Madam Lin and a few other members of the Lin family were pasting window paper-cuts.

My second elder brother’s calligraphy is pretty good now, so he took out pen and ink, cut some paper and wrote couplets and the word “Fu”. The word “Fu” has to be pasted on every door and on the greenhouse, so he has to write a lot.

Moreover, the country people have always had a custom that if there is a scholar in a family, the villagers will come to him on New Year's Eve to ask for couplets, lucky characters, etc., and there will definitely be people who come to their house to ask for them.

So the second brother just moved the table outside and wrote outside, giving anyone who came to visit him a pair of couplets and two "Fu" characters.

Seeing so many people, Yan Shenjue went out to take his place for a while. Fortunately, according to the traditional custom, people did not go out after noon on New Year's Eve, so by noon, everyone had been sent away.

Xinbao suddenly remembered something, so he went out and called Bai Gusheng to take everyone's pulse.

Tang Qingshan has been drinking the ginseng wine for nearly three months, and his body has been completely recovered. His second brother has also been drinking the medicine for more than five months, and his body has almost recovered. Both of them can stop taking the medicine directly and just rely on food supplements in the future.

Fourth brother's legs are no longer limping when he walks slowly, but he still needs to take medicine for more than a month. Although Old Escort Lin has only taken the medicine for a few days, with the help of acupuncture, his complexion has obviously improved and his chest no longer feels stuffy.

Everything was going in a good direction. Xinbao was grinning happily and everyone was very happy too.

Yuan Yaochu is now the leader of the children, running around with the twins and the new member Lin Xingqiao, while the older children are helping in the kitchen.

The Chinese New Year is a very grand celebration among the people. They have braised meat, smoked fish, and stewed chicken; fried meatballs, dough leaves, lotus root dumplings, and sugar cakes; steamed buns, steamed date cakes, and dumplings with meat or vegetarian fillings.

Although Tang Qingshan and Brother Tang look stern, they are both very good at making dumplings. Yan Shenjue is very close to Tang Qingshan now. As soon as he came in, he moved a stool, sat next to them and learned how to make dumplings.

The second elder brother did not study today. He and Lin Xingsong and Lin Xingbai were putting meat filling into lotus root dumplings. The fourth elder brother squatted on the ground, pulling out the remaining hairs on the chicken bit by bit. The third elder brother was strong, and now he was even stronger, so under the command of Mrs. Lin, he kneaded a huge lump of dough with a helpless look on his face...

Xinbao walked around and picked a job that was within his ability... Yuru was rolling out the dough, which would then be cut into oblique squares, with a slit in the middle to be scooped out to make dough leaves. Xinbao was doing the job of scooping out the dough leaves.

This is all the chubby little hand can do. Yan Shenjue told her to practice the flexibility of her hands by picking up beans with chopsticks every day... But now, she is still too old to pick up peanuts!! Alas, there is still a long way to go!!

Everybody was chatting and laughing, while two cooks were tending two large pots, frying sweet food and savory food on one side.

The twins ran a long circle and came back, washed their hands in the spring water, grabbed a lotus root and started eating. The salty fragrance wafted over, and Xinbao also became greedy. He clapped his hands and went to grab a noodle leaf.

Yu Ru was also good at martial arts. She rolled the dough very thinly and added goat's milk. After frying it, a layer of bubbles appeared. It was sweet, crispy and fragrant. Xinbao's eyes narrowed as he ate it. Then she went to the kitchen to get a small winnowing basket, picked a few dumplings from the basket, and turned it around to feed the family. Each person took a bite, and two or three people would eat one.

After Brother Tang took a bite, Yan Shenjue also took a bite. This kind of thing of sharing the same food with others... was really a novel experience for him. He should have imagined that he would be disgusted with it, but for some reason, it was like a cup of honey water in his heart, sweet and warm, and he was bubbling with joy.

This is usually how it is during the Chinese New Year. The children will have their fill while the food is being prepared, and only the adults will have a proper meal in the evening.

The Tang family bought some wine in advance and also bought some fruit wine for the women. Everyone poured themselves some wine and drank happily.

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Early in the morning on New Year's Day, Xinbao put on new clothes. Since she couldn't wear red, she wore a blue-purple skirt with a peacock tail pattern. She had a small bun in the same color and small embroidered shoes in the same color. She was so beautiful.

Madam Lin was also dressed very beautifully today. She seldom wore her hair in a high bun usually, but today she did so, with a hairpin and earrings. Her eyes were bright and her teeth were white, and she looked radiant and stunning.

There was a funeral in the family this year, so they couldn't visit other people's homes to wish them a happy new year, and others couldn't come to their home to wish them a happy new year. But there were many people at home, and the mother and daughter walked around holding hands, and they received a lot of compliments.

The family spent a comfortable New Year until the fifteenth day, when Mr. Zhou and his wife Ms. Zhao came over.

The couple were about forty years old and had very kind faces. After some discussion, the two sides decided to temporarily set the monthly salary at twenty taels of silver. In addition, except for the Tang family, if children from other clans wanted to come, the tuition for each person would be two hundred coins, and this part of the money would be given directly to the teacher. If there were children from other clans who wanted to come to study, the teacher could decide how much to accept.

This is a normal price.

Although the tuition fees for ordinary private school students are high, it is not calculated that way, because if they are charged at that price, 99% of these children will not come to study. If an ordinary scholar goes to a family to be a teacher, the monthly salary is generally around ten taels, and the cheaper one is four or five taels.

The key is that he doesn't have to worry about food, accommodation, firewood, water, etc., so Zhou Xiucai is quite satisfied.

After sending Zhou Xiucai to the old house, when Tang Qingshan came out, Tang Zhaodi was standing at the door of the Hu family, twisting the corner of her clothes with tears in her eyes: "Uncle..."

Her face was full of "I'm so pitiful", but Tang Qingshan didn't look at her, just nodded: "Yeah."

Seeing him leave like this, Tang Zhaodi's expression quickly turned into resentment, and she gnashed her teeth and cursed: "You shall not die a good death!!"

Tang Qingshan turned around and looked at her.

Tang Zhaodi's face froze. When she tried to smile again, Tang Qingshan had already left.

Tang Qingshan went to find Tang Duanwu and told him about the arranged gift, then said, "Let's go to the old patriarch later to discuss business matters."

Tang Duanwu was delighted and said anxiously, "OK, OK!"

(End of this chapter)