Since returning from Rongfu, Lin Jinrong has felt that life is passing by very fast, with new things happening every day and things to worry about every day.
There are many differences between Beijing and Pingzhou. Since the twelfth lunar month, the poor have their own fun, and the rich have their own fun. The poor gather in groups, dress up as women and ghosts, beat gongs and drums, and come to beg for money, commonly known as
It is said that "beating the night fox" can drive away ghosts and evil spirits. Such people will come to the door every now and then, and Lin Jinrong always gives him some rice every time.
Wealthy families would hold banquets, build snow lions, hang snow lanterns, invite friends, and have drinks and reunions every time it snowed. Lu Mian spent nearly one-half of his time being invited as guests, and he returned home every day
The smell of wine kept coming and she ate too much, so she had to return the table. Fortunately, her family was rich and Chunya and Aunt Sha were able to do the job, so she was not tired.
This is just daily life, not to mention various festivals.
On Laba Day, Lin Jinrong sent away countless monks and nuns who came to ask for alms, and led Aunt Sha and others to cook Laba porridge and some specialty pastries. While giving them away, he also received many gifts.
On the 15th, the emperor held a rehearsal of the Lantern Festival moon-viewing celebration at the Baoli Palace outside Jinglongmen. It was night. Lu Yan took the time to take Lin Jinrong by car to watch the excitement. Before he got home, he was already so sleepy that he almost fell asleep.
He fell asleep in Lu Yan's arms and was held up by his ears to prevent him from sleeping, so he barely made it home.
On the 24th, the New Year, people in Beijing will invite monks or Taoist priests to chant sutras on this night, prepare wine and fruits to send to the gods, burn family substitute paper money, affix a statue of the Stove God, and wipe the stove door with wine dregs.
It's called "drunk life". At night, he also lights a small lamp under the bed, which is called "illuminating waste", which makes Lin Jinrong anxious and always worried that he will catch himself.
In this way, I was busy every day, and finally it was New Year's Eve.
That night, a Nuo performance was held in the palace to ward off evil spirits, and firecrackers roared all over the city. Lin Jinrong and Lu Yan stayed vigil around the stove, but at the third watch, they fell asleep leaning against Lu Yan.
Lu Yan looked at her peaceful sleeping face and bulging belly, and listened to the sound of firecrackers outside the window. He was suddenly shocked to realize that the two had been married for nearly three years. When he recalled the past, he was filled with emotion and couldn't help but feel sad.
Lin Jinrong kissed her forehead gently, and gently removed the hairpin from her head. There was only one hairpin left, and she had just pulled it out halfway, but Lin Jinrong suddenly woke up, tilted her head sharply, and pulled out the hairpin.
It slipped from Lu Yan's hands and slipped from his robe, barely falling to the ground.
When he picked it up again, he found that the hairpin had cracks on it. It was one of the pair of gold and white jade plum blossom hairpins given to Lin Jinrong by Yang Mo.
Lu Yan knew that Lin Jinrong liked this pair of hairpins very much. What's more, since the first month of the year was taboo for the head and the twelfth month, the tail was taboo. He always felt that something was not right. He was afraid that she would see it and make her feel uncomfortable, so he quickly put the hairpins away behind his back.
In his sleeves, he concealed his words with a joking expression: "I was just about to help the lady wash herself off, but why did she wake up?"
Lin Jinrong slept in a hazy state and found nothing. He only opened a pair of slightly confused eyes and whispered: "I was dreaming."
Lu Yan saw a small amount of sweat on her forehead and her face was flushed. He couldn't help feeling love and pity for her. He took a silk handkerchief and carefully wiped away the fine sweat for her, and whispered: "What did you dream about?"
Lin Jinrong blinked and let out a breath: "It's nothing, just some random dreams. It will be seven months soon, it's time to find the wet nurse and midwife."
In the dream, the baby was about to be born. According to the custom of the Lin family, they asked Aunt Gong to travel thousands of miles to deliver a parting gift, and also sent a wet nurse. Aunt Gong told her that this wet nurse was carefully selected by Mrs. Tao
She could safely use the one who helped her take care of the child. She was extremely happy, secretly thinking that it was not convenient for the wet nurse she was looking for in Beijing to bring back to Pingzhou, so she asked the wet nurse to come over and take a look, but the wet nurse's face
But she always couldn't see clearly. When the baby was born and the wet nurse picked up the baby and handed it to her, she suddenly saw clearly that the wet nurse was actually Wen Niang, so she woke up suddenly with fright.
First she fell into a deep sleep, and then suddenly woke up and said she wanted to find a wet nurse and a midwife. Her temperament reminded me more and more of her. It is said that pregnant women can be moody and angry, and it is indeed true. Lu Yan couldn't help but laugh:
"You weren't in a hurry earlier, but now you're in a hurry when you wake up. Where can you look for someone who fell down in the middle of the night? You always have to ask people to make careful inquiries. This is a big deal, and you can't be careless at all."
Lin Jinrong smiled slightly: "I didn't say I'm looking for it now, I said it's time to start. You can ask a few fellow villagers some other time if they can recommend a suitable candidate. I won't ask for anything else, but the hands and feet must be
Be clean and do things carefully.”
Lu Yan nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, I won't have to take off your clothes and go back to sleep?"
Lin Jinrong, however, couldn't sleep: "You said we were going to keep vigil together. I fell asleep earlier, so I will keep vigil with you now. Isn't there a big court meeting on New Year's Day? You can take a nap later and then go.
."
Lu Yan then discussed with her: "The first month of the month in Beijing is the most lively. Starting tomorrow, the government will open the ban and let the people stay in prison for three days. Needless to say during the day, at night, not only ordinary people, but also the women of your family will
We will also go out to play around, go to the casinos to watch gambling, and there are many people eating and drinking in taverns and tea shops. There is no need to avoid suspicion at all, and no one will laugh at anyone. I have arranged for Lu Liang to vote for the New Year's Eve tomorrow, and other restaurants
If you have to come to the door in person, I will go after the dynasty. If you are energetic, you can receive the guests who come to pay New Year greetings. If you are not energetic, go to bed. After dinner in the evening, I will take you out for a walk to see the excitement, so you must
Keep your spirit up.”
Lin Jinrong agreed, but then said: "But I am so clumsy now."
Lu Yan laughed: "Isn't it just that more material was used to make the clothes? It looks good to me. Let's not crowd into crowded places and just watch the excitement from a distance."
"Okay." Lin Jinrong agreed, grabbing his fingers and playing with them. Lu Yan looked down at her and stroked her hair. Gradually, Lin Jinrong couldn't hold it anymore and closed her eyes again.
After she fell asleep, Lu Yan carefully laid her down, covered her with a quilt, gently moved her numb legs, stretched her body, turned around, and put the clothes in her sleeves
I took out the plum blossom hairpin and looked at it carefully under the lamp. I secretly thought that it was lucky that it had not broken. The crack could be covered up by just taking it and asking someone to inlay some gold wire on it, so I put both hairpins into my sleeves.
Be careful not to mention it.
The next day, when Lin Jinrong woke up, Lu Yan had already left the door. Dou'er waited for her to finish her breakfast, then brought a lacquered plate with New Year's door shapes in for her to see, and said with a smile: "These are all made by the servants, next door
Several people came to visit in person, but they all knew that grandma was not as healthy as usual, so Aunt Sha and Sister Chun Ya came to entertain her, and no one blamed her."
Lin Jinrong took the stack of Lunar New Year door banners to look at, but saw that they were all three-inch-wide good paper, rolled to the thickness of chopsticks, and tied with red silk thread. Then he took the list of Lunar New Year door banners that Lu Mian had prepared earlier.
After checking them one by one and confirming that there were no mistakes or omissions, he just put them aside and asked, "When did Lu Liang leave the house?"
Dou'er smiled and said, "I left at dawn, and I figured it was time to come back." Just as he was talking, he heard Yingtao come in and say, "Grandma, Manager Yao is here."
Lin Jinrong hurriedly called in.
Yao Zhuo, who was wearing new clothes, came in with his head lowered. He gave Lin Jinrong a New Year's greeting under the curtain and said: "We will not be closed for these two days. I am afraid that there will be more customers later. I am afraid that I will not be able to come in at that time, so I went early."
Come and pay New Year’s greetings to grandma and second grandpa.”
Lin Jinrong smiled and thanked her for her hard work, and ordered Dou'er to bring up the reward money that she had prepared long ago. She ordered Yao Zhuo to spread it out for her to all the shop assistants, and after saying a few words of encouragement, she sent him to have a meal.
Yao Zhuo said: "Grandma, I have something to report. In the past two days, there have been people wandering around the shop, asking questions, but not buying anything. I think it's not appropriate. They make people follow them, but then they lose them.
.I am afraid that someone will come to check the truth and say that I know grandma, and grandma knows a lot."
Since the winter solstice, the business of this shop has been going up, and it is inevitable that some people will covet it. Lin Jinrong thought for a moment and said: "I know, you go back first and watch people carefully. Don't be greedy for money, and you will be confused by inappropriate business."
Don't do it, I have my own opinion."
Yao Zhuo agreed and retreated without mentioning it.
Lin Jinrong picked up a New Year's greeting card from the lacquer tray, looked at the beautiful small regular script written on it, and instantly made up his mind.
When the time was approaching, Lu Yan came out from a house to pay New Year's greetings, got on his horse, and followed with Lifespan, heading towards the Tang family's gold and silver shop.
The capital is rich and luxurious. During the New Year's Day, no matter whether it is for ordinary people or wealthy families, there are no restrictions on the travel of women's families. When women go shopping, they have to buy things. Places like the Tang Family Gold and Silver Shop must be a top priority. Therefore.
, Tang's gold and silver shop has made full preparations long ago, placing all kinds of exquisite and eye-catching jewelry in eye-catching places, waiting for people to come and buy them.
Lu Yan had been here before when he was customizing fragrant balls for Lin Jinrong and others, and he was still familiar with it. When he went in, he called the waiter over, took out a pair of gold and white jade plum blossom hairpins, and showed the crack to the waiter: "Look.
Let’s see if there is any way to cover it up without affecting the appearance.”
"Sir, please wait a moment. I want to ask our third master about this." The waiter recognized who made this thing just by looking at it. He also saw that Lu Mian had an extraordinary appearance and did not dare to neglect him. He cordially invited Lu Mian to enter the elegant hall.
He sat and drank tea, then took the hairpin and went inside. After a while, a young man in his twenties was brought in and said: "Your Majesty, this is our third master, and this pair of hairpins came from him.
, the guest can tell him your request."
Lu Jin saw that although Mr. Tang was a craftsman, he was gentle and elegant, and his manners were very decent, so he went up to him and talked with him, and told him all his requests.
Mr. Tang Sanye looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "This is not difficult. Take a very fine gold wire and put it on the cloud pattern, then nothing can be seen." After chatting with Lu Yan for a while, he asked with a smile:
"I wonder how Mr. Wu is doing now?"
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