On New Year's Eve, heavy snow falls, firecrackers are heard in every house, and people's faces are filled with joyful smiles of celebration. It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good year. The heavy snowfall on New Year's Eve also indicates that next year will be a good harvest year.
The Cao family is decorated with lights and decorations everywhere, and the servants who come and go are all wearing new clothes, with smiles on their faces, and they are more joyful than usual. The Cao family has a new mistress this year, and there will be a little master born in the future. The master is happy
, the rewards are more generous than before, so naturally I am happy.
Cao Mingzhu was married, so Su Liu and Su Xiao naturally stayed in the house to celebrate the New Year and fulfill their filial piety. Although Chen Ye was missing, the family gathered together to have a New Year's dinner, chatting and laughing, which was quite happy.
As night fell, countless palace lanterns were hung up in the Cao Mansion, illuminating the huge Cao Mansion. After the New Year's Eve dinner, Su Liu and Su Xiao accompanied the Chen family and Cao Kui and chatted with each other, making various jokes and jokes.
Everyone laughed and said Yan Yan.
"It would be great if Brother Ye was here." Mrs. Chen sighed.
Su Xiao's smile faded slightly, she snorted and turned her head away. The light fell on her beautiful face, reflecting a little loss.
Su Liu saw it and smiled: "Mom, brother Ye will be here tomorrow, I guess he will be here on the third and fourth day of the lunar month."
Because Chen Ye wanted to add his name to the family tree on New Year's Eve, he couldn't come back to celebrate the New Year. He couldn't come back until the first day of the new year. He wrote a letter early.
Chen laughed and said: "Look at me, I forgot again. After this year, I have become another year older."
"Nonsense." Cao Kui disagreed and said, "Then I won't be an old man?"
Su Liu and Su Xiao both burst into laughter after hearing this, and said, "Mom and father are both young. They can give us two more brothers and sisters in the future."
Chen's face turned slightly red, and she clicked her tongue and said, "How do you talk with this mouth? You're not ashamed either."
"That's a good thing to say, and I agree with Liu'er's noble words." Cao Kui laughed, stroking his beard and said: "But even if you don't have it, don't worry. Your mother is getting old, and it is dangerous to have children."
Ms. Chen looked at him tenderly. Her husband loved her and cared about her body. How could she not be moved?
Su Liu and Su Xiao both saw the interaction between the two, pursed their lips and smiled, changing the topic.
At midnight, the Cao Mansion set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year, and everyone said Happy New Year to each other before resting.
Early the next morning, the servants of the Cao Mansion greeted their master, said a lot of auspicious words, and gave out red envelopes to reward their master. Cao Kui began to go to various houses for banquets. Even Mrs. Chen also took her two daughters away for several days.
Familiar family members.
It has been snowing heavily for several days, and thick snow has accumulated on the roofs of Changping County. In a blink of an eye, it is the day of the Cao family's banquet, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
"Madam, my wife and my aunt's carriage have arrived at the second gate." A servant came to report to Ms. Chen.
"It's my sister who's back." Su Liu stood up first and said to Chen: "Mom, it just snowed outside and the ground is slippery. Please don't go out. I'll greet you."
"Hey." Mrs. Chen knew who she was, so she responded, but she was also waited on by the girls and waited at the courtyard gate.
After a while, I saw Cao Mingzhu and Mrs. Song walking slowly from a distance, surrounded by maids and women. Seeing Mrs. Chen waiting, Mrs. Song stepped forward quickly and said angrily: "Why did you come out? Look carefully.
The ground is slippery." As she spoke, she took another look at the yard. She saw that all the fallen snow had been swept away cleanly and paved with non-slip bricks. She felt relieved, but she still held Chen's hand.
Go inside.
After entering the room, everyone greeted each other according to their seniority and gave out red envelopes. Some of the girls served tea, and then they sat down to chat.
The banquet in the Cao Mansion was divided into two days, the fourth and fifth days of the lunar month. On the fourth day of the lunar month, because Cao Mingzhu returned to her parents' home, he only invited people from his family and Mrs. Song's side. It was regarded as a family banquet. Everyone here was from his own family, talking.
Just be more relaxed.
From talking about childbirth, to children, to children and their marriage, the topics are endless.
"Looking at the heavy snowfall this year, it's a good sign. I think the general should be back this year. Mei Niang, the child's dowry and other things have to be prepared." Mrs. Song looked at Su Liu and smiled at Mrs. Chen.
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"It's all ready." Mrs. Chen was very happy after hearing this and said: "It just depends on how many betrothal gifts there will be, and then we can add or subtract them."
When Su Liu heard the mention of his marriage, no matter how generous Su Liu was, he could not help but blush slightly and said in a charming voice: "Mom, why are we talking about this again?"
"It's a good thing, that's fair to say." Mrs. Song chuckled and said, "I've also prepared a dowry here."
Su Liu's face turned redder and said, "You just love to make fun of me, so I'm going to ignore you. I'm going to the kitchen to take a look."
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw her shy look. Cao Mingzhu said: "I told you to laugh at me before."
At this time, the servant quickly ran in and reported: "Madam, Master Ye, Master Ye is back."
Mrs. Chen was startled, then she was overjoyed and said: "Quick, please come in."
Everyone was very happy, and Su Xiao stood up. Feeling that he had made it too obvious, he sat down and muttered: "He knew he was back. I thought he was happy in that house and didn't miss Shu."
Having said that, his eyes were directed towards the door.
"This kid has a big temper." Mrs. Chen clicked her tongue, sat up straight and looked at the door.
Soon, the girl opened the curtain and sang: "The young master is back."
Chen Ye strode in, and saw that he was wearing a brand new green robe, a mouse fur cloak, a purple belt around his waist, and a jade pendant hanging on it. His hair was tied into a corner bun with a green jade hairpin.
He wears a hairpin, has a tall figure, is gentle and elegant, and at a young age, he has the air of a young man.
When Mrs. Chen saw him, her eyes turned red, and she choked with sobs and shouted: "Ye'er."
Chen Ye took off his cloak and handed it to the girl standing beside him. He walked up to Mrs. Chen in a few steps, lifted up his clothes, knelt on the futon prepared by the servant, and kowtowed three times.
"Mom, the baby is back. The baby is not filial, so I wish you a happy New Year and good health." Chen Ye looked at Mrs. Chen with bright black eyes.
"Get up, get up." Mrs. Chen was about to reach out to help her, but Chen Ye was already one step ahead of her, holding her hand and standing up.
"Good boy, how long have you been here, why have you become so thin? But you are not doing well at that house? If you are not doing well, just come back." Mrs. Chen took his hand and looked up and down, with a distressed look on her face.
Chen Ye pursed his lips after hearing this, his eye circles turned red, and tears welled up in his eyes. In a home like that, there would always be intrigues, insults, neglect, and frame-ups. How could one live a good life? Even when eating, he didn't dare to eat at home.
Cui Fu always buys food from outside.
But he still showed a smile and said, "It's good. My family treats me well. I just miss my mother so much, and I also miss you, eldest sister." His eyes looked around, and finally fell on Xiao Su.
Su Xiao snorted and looked away.
"You don't miss me, and you didn't send me New Year greetings," Cao Mingzhu said, pretending to be sour.
"Quickly, give New Year greetings to your mother-in-law and New Year greetings to your eldest sister." Mrs. Chen wiped the tears from her eyes and said with a smile.
Chen Ye nodded, knelt on the futon and gave New Year greetings to Mrs. Song and the others, and received a red envelope.
Ms. Chen pulled him and asked him questions. Finally, Su Liu said, "Mom, you have to let Brother Ye take a breath. He hasn't gone to see his father yet."
Mrs. Chen was startled and asked quickly. Knowing that Chen Ye had come here to salute first when he came back, she said: "Then let's go and pay New Year's greetings to your adoptive father first. Your brother-in-law and the others are also in the study."
Chen Ye also knew that all the women here were women. He was also thirteen years old. Men and women had different seats at the age of seven. It was hard to stay here all the time. So he bowed to everyone and then went to the study. Before leaving, he said:
Su Xiaodao: "Xiaoxiao, I brought back a lot of fans from Yunzhou this time. I'll send them to you in the yard later."
Su Xinxin felt a little sweet, but she looked at him and said: "Who cares about your things? Humph!" After the words came out of his mouth, he felt that his tone was too cold. After all, he hadn't seen him for a long time, and it was his younger brother.
I couldn't help but look at him anxiously.
Chen Ye was not annoyed, a hint of endearment flashed in his eyes, and said: "I will go over in a moment and give you some advice on how to write your handwriting."
Su Xiao had been practicing calligraphy under Chen Ye's guidance in the past, but his writing was very bad. After hearing this, he blushed and glared at him angrily: "Who wants you to deal with it?"
When Chen Ye saw her angry look, the smile in his eyes grew stronger. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub her head, said something to Mrs. Chen and the others, and left without mentioning it.
Mrs. Song saw this and looked thoughtfully at Su Xiao, who looked angry, and Chen Ye's behavior before leaving, and raised her eyebrows.
"Brother Ye, I haven't seen you for a long time. Now it looks like he's getting a divorce. He must be thirteen."
"No, I look very thin." Mrs. Chen felt a little distressed, and said to Su Liu: "Liu'er, go to the kitchen and tell me to make some ginseng soup for Brother Ye."
"Why."
"Mom is just partial." After Su Xiao heard this, she pouted and said, "You didn't even cook it for me. He left as soon as he said he wanted to. Mom still misses him."
"You are so jealous. If Brother Ye hears this, it will chill people's hearts. In the past, didn't he just protect you? He wouldn't even give someone some soup?" Chen said angrily.
Su Xiao curled her lips, remembering what Chen Ye said about Yunzhou fans, and pulled Song Ying into her room.
Cao Mingzhu was feeling heavy and tired, so she went back to her former boudoir to rest, with her maid waiting on her. Only Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Song were left talking in the main room.
"What do you think of this small marriage?" Mrs. Song asked: "I have some clues about it, but I see that the child may not have this intention. And brother Ye, you still have to watch more
It’s good to be careful, don’t make things unclear, and you’ll end up making a joke in the future.”
Mrs. Chen was stunned: "Brother Ye?"
Mrs. Song shook her head and said: "You are still a mother, so you haven't seen Brother Ye's thoughts on Xiao Xiao?"
"What?" Mrs. Chen was so frightened that she almost knocked over the teacup in her hand and said in shock: "You mean Brother Ye has that kind of affection for Xiaoxiao?"
No way, this is still a child, the two of them are fighting and fighting, it's obviously a brother-sister relationship, what's the matter?
Mrs. Chen suddenly felt sad. She had her adopted son on one side and her daughter on the other. What should she do if this was really the case?
Climbing is very tiring, good night everyone, I will update tomorrow~
