On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone in Taoyaju put on new clothes. Qingyu also temporarily removed the blinding formations around Taoyaju.
On weekdays, it is to reduce trouble, but it is different during the New Year. After all, living here, you still have to have the necessary human interactions.
In the morning, after eating the leftover food from New Year's Eve for breakfast, everyone made their own arrangements. Qingyu Shi'an and Hongtao Shanci went shopping in the streets. Old man Xu went to visit his old friends, and Xu Lan went to find Jiang Chenglan.
Ye Qiu returned home...
In short, in the end, apart from a few outer disciples, there were only two masters left in Tao Ya Juli - Wen Ya and Zhu Feng. Because Qing Yu had told them in advance that there would be many guests coming to pay New Year's greetings today. So the two of them
I can only stay at home and entertain guests.
After sitting idle for a long time, the two heard the sound of a carriage in the alley. Wen Ya said: "There are eight people. Two people drove the carriage, and six people came in."
Zhufeng turned to an outer disciple and ordered: "Six cups of tea."
The disciple hurriedly went to serve tea and set out snacks. As soon as the tea was served, he heard two calls of "Master" one after the other.
Wen Ya and Zhufeng stood up and went out to greet them.
On the left are Si Wenzhi, his father Si Chaoren, and Si Yuan, the chief steward of the Si family. On the right are He Yunshen and He Zhi, the chief steward of the He family.
As for He Shengtao, since his eldest son He Mengyou was beheaded, he has completely ignored foreign affairs, so he has not shown up.
He Yunshen's third uncle and fourth uncle originally wanted to follow. After all, they finally had the opportunity to meet the immortal master, but He Yunshen and He Zhi jointly persuaded them to go back. But they couldn't let those two see the uncle of the He family there.
here.
Zhufeng and Wen Ya invited the six of them into the main room and sat down. After everyone was seated, He Yunshen took the lead in coming to Wen Ya and Zhufeng and knelt down, "Master, master, and apprentice, I wish you two happy new years.
Good health and long life.”
Si Wenzhi followed closely behind and came to He Yunshen's side. He saluted Wen Ya and Zhufeng and said, "Disciple, I wish the master a good health and good health, and I wish the master a good life all over the world."
He Yunshen bumped into Si Wenzhi with his elbow angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Si Wenzhi, you might as well just be a ghost from now on. Forget about Xunri, why don't you come to fight with me today?"
Si Wenzhi smiled and said, "Junior brother, I can't blame you for this. I am the eldest disciple of the master. Logically, I should come to pay New Year greetings first. You rushed ahead of me in such a hurry... Of course, senior brother will let you go.
But you are making me sad by attacking him."
He Yunshen stretched out a finger and pointed straight at Si Wenzhi, frowning and silently expressing his anger.
Si Wenzhi pursed his lips and chuckled, unmoved.
Wen Ya was used to it a long time ago, so she took out two red envelopes and handed them to Si Wenzhi and He Yunshen, and gave them some instructions on how to behave in the world. Zhufeng also handed two red envelopes to them.
The two accepted it happily, stood up and sat back. Only then did Si Chaoren formally meet Wen Ya Zhufeng.
"I have long wanted to come and visit the Master and Mr. Immortal, but I have never had the chance. Today I finally got to see him. I am really lucky to meet him. Mr. Immortal taught Quanzi. I am very grateful. I have nothing to repay. It is a small gift, but I hope that Master and Mr. Immortal will be sincere."
Don’t refuse.”
Si Yuan held up two boxes wrapped in red silk. Even without looking at them, they must be valuable treasures.
Wen Ya didn't refuse this time. Reciprocity was the norm, and refusing too cleanly would not be conducive to future development.
She and Zhufeng returned the gift and thanked them. An outer disciple stepped forward to accept the gift from the Si family and then quietly left.
At this time, He Zhi also stepped forward to salute, "He Zhi, the steward of the He family, has met the immortal master, sir.
My second master is not feeling well and could not come in person. He is very sorry for this. Before leaving, he repeatedly urged me to send the He family's gratitude to me." He said that he also extended his gratitude.
Two wooden boxes.
The disciple stepped forward to take the box again. Zhufeng and Wen Ya also thanked him in return and gave He Zhi two red envelopes.
Si Chaoren glanced at He Zhi. Judging from the latter's calm expression, it was obvious that He Zhi had already met Zhu Feng himself. From this point of view, He Zhi should have determined Zhu Feng's identity.
Did He Wanming know? What would happen if he knew? Si Chaoren couldn't help but think about this.
"Master, Madam, Boss Liu and his family are here to pay New Year greetings." A disciple from the outer sect handed over a greeting card.
Zhufeng, Wen Ya, Si Chaoren and others apologized for the time being and went out to greet the guests... After that, twenty disciples from the mountain pavilion successively brought their families to visit.
Those who came first were not in a hurry to leave, and those who came later also felt that it was just right. In the end, the hall, which was not small, was full of people. Everyone chatted with each other, and the time passed quickly.
When it was almost noon, everyone said goodbye and left together. Only then did Zhufeng and Wen Ya have some time to rest.
After lunch, I remembered the sound of wheels again at the entrance of Jiuquli Hutong.
It seemed that the second round of guests was coming. Both Zhufeng and Wen Ya were a little helpless, but they still had no choice but to go out to greet the guests. However, Wen Ya was a little surprised when she saw the guests, and Zhu Feng didn't even recognize anyone.
The person who came was none other than Yaowen, the head of the Tong family who was almost plotted against by the He family.
Tong Yaowen also apologized for his rash visit, "Don't blame me for asking the immortal master for my presumptuous visit. The Tong family has been grateful for the help from the immortal master last time. Today Yaowen is here to express his gratitude to the immortal master."
He said that he was also offering a generous gift. Then he bowed to Zhufeng, but after looking at Zhufeng Sui, he suddenly felt happy, "May I ask, sir, are you the boss of Zhufeng?"
Do you know him? Zhufeng bowed back, "That's right." Then he showed a bit of confusion.
He had heard about the Tong family before. After all, the thousand acres of land was also bought from the Tong family, but he had never met him in person.
But now that he saw the person, Zhufeng felt a little confused.
When Tong Yaowen saw this, he thought Zhufeng was surprised at how they met him, so he explained: "In May, I went to old Liu Tou to buy land, and I had met Boss Zhu once. Maybe Boss Zhu is busy with things.
I don’t remember, but Yaowen is quite impressed by Boss Zhu.”
Because this boss looked really familiar, but he didn't think much about it after that. But now that they were seeing each other again, the face of He Wanming, the head of the He family, appeared in Tong Yaowen's mind, and a strange feeling arose spontaneously.
But he didn't say much, he just smiled and said it was fate.
Zhufeng chuckled. He really did not remember meeting Tong Yaowen. It was not until after Tong Yaowen left that he wondered: "Why does this person look familiar?" This familiarity was definitely not the reason why Tong Yaowen said he had seen him in May.
Wen Ya nodded slightly. The last time she showed up at the Tong Family Bank to rescue the Tong Family, she had actually noticed it. Because of this, she understood the reason why the Head Junior Sister asked her to come forward.
"The Tong family has some fate with us." Wen Ya said with a smile.
Zhufeng recalled it carefully and was suddenly startled. After a while, he shook his head and sighed: "It is indeed fate."
...
After Tong Yaowen left, Taoyaju welcomed many guests one after another. Qian Laoer's family, Jiang Mutou's family, and the other 30 master craftsmen who built the mountain pavilion all came to pay New Year's greetings with their own wishes.
Wen Ya also sent red envelopes to everyone, especially the craftsmen. She even asked Jiang Mutou to bring back a box of copper coins to give New Year's money to all the craftsmen.
After that, the neighbors, Li Sheng's family and Feng Yuan's family, came to visit with their own bacon and other homely gifts after making sure that the other visitors had left.
In fact, they got to know Wen Ya and Zhufeng's family earlier than others. However, Tao Yaju's identity changed later, and the two families did not dare to bother them again. But today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and they should have gone on a wedding trip.
Visiting friends, it would be unreasonable not to come.
As for Zhufeng and Wen Ya, although they did not have a close relationship with their neighbors, they were all very harmonious, so they spent a long time doing housework before sending the two families away.
The New Year passed quietly among these trivial matters. In the following days, everyone in Taoyaju stayed at home. It was not until the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the day when Jiang Chenglan and Congtou got married, that everyone went out for a wedding banquet.
I don’t know if it was because of the Chinese New Year, but this wedding meal was extremely delicious and lively.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Are the last two chapters a bit dull? In fact, I am also debating whether to have such a transitional chapter. No, big events like the New Year, human relationships and worldly interactions are all part of the growth of the characters in the story, which is a bit useless, but if not,
I feel that something is missing. Go for it, emm... Maybe some friends will find it boring, or feel that it is watery. But personally, I still want the protagonists to have something life-like, very ordinary, maybe even in the
It seems very boring to you, haha, during the Chinese New Year, everyone is idle, and boredom is also a part of life.