When the thick snow melts, it's already the winter solstice. The sky was bright and the pen was bright, and I came in through www.biquge.info the window. On the bed in the bedroom, Ling Guan woke up her husband Jia Qiang and said, "Xianggong, Xianggong, it's time to get up." The two have been married for more than half a year.

Jia Qiang opened her eyes in a daze, looked at her wife's delicate face, slowly came back to her senses, reached out to reach the pocket watch, took a look, and said, "Oh, it's 7 o'clock." While getting up and getting dressed, he asked Ling Guan not to get up, and said: "Today's winter solstice, the old lady has already made a message there, and she will have wine today." I'm going to help out in Xifuli. ”

As he spoke, he looked at his wife in the bed, and felt some unspeakable guilt in his heart, "You go to the theater in the clan today to relax your heart." ”

The old lady bought wine and held a cold party. The women of the two provinces can go. Don't look at him as a talent now. But his wife Ling Guan was born in an opera, and the old lady didn't like it. Why did he want her to go to Xifu to suffer?

Ling Guan said: "You can go quickly." Leave me alone. I'll talk to them. ”

"Huh." Jia Qiang responded, washed her face in the hot water brought by the little maid outside, changed her clothes and went out. The cold wind blowing outside made the depression in his heart feel a little better.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. An outstanding character like Uncle Huan, doesn't he want to care about Uncle Xue?

Jia Qiang went all the way out of the alley to the rectification office of Rongguo Mansion. Jia Rong, Jia Yun and others are already here. The housekeepers of the two prefectures, Lin Zhixiao, Li Hua and others, were waiting outside.

Everyone knows in their hearts, today the old lady is drinking wine, and the family celebrates. In fact, it is to remove the old and welcome the new. swept away the bad luck of the first two months of Jiafu.

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The old customs, heavy winter solstice. On the winter solstice in November, hundreds of officials congratulate each other, retreat to worship each other, such as the New Year's Day ceremony.

There are also customs: painting a plum branch, for the petal eighty one, the day dyeing a petal, the petal is exhausted and the "nine" is exhausted, then the spring is deep.

Wealthy families, literati, and scholars in the cold winter invite each other to feast and drink, or chant poems and paint. Wang Renyu of the fifth dynasty wrote in "The Remains of Kaiyuan Tianbao - Snow Sweeping Welcome": Wang Yuanbao every winter moon when it snows heavily,... Snow plowing for the trail... Greet the guests, and feast on the furniture and wine, which is a warm and cold meeting.

The winter solstice of the fourteenth year of Yongzhi is November 28. Jia's mother wants to hold a big cold party. The whole Jia Mansion moved.

Jia Huan did not return to the court. Led by Jia Lian and Jia Rong, they took the housekeepers to handle all the affairs and prepare the banquet.

In the meeting hall near the main entrance of the Grand View Garden, Sister Feng took Ping'er, Feng'er, and the scholar Caiming, and Tanchun to meet here to handle the internal affairs of Jiafu.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, seeing that the housekeeper lady who still had something to do was about to come in, in the conference hall, Sister Feng smiled and said: "Oh, I said why don't you have any energy in your eyes today, didn't you see me and the third girl going to the old lady to wait." Let's talk about something tomorrow. ”

The housekeeper and daughters-in-law replied with a smile outside the door: "It's all grandma and girls who love us, let's hurry up and play Ming, so that we have a charter." ”

"Listen." Sister Feng took the tea bowl, smiled with a pretty face, and said to Tanchun: "This person has rubbed his nose on his face." ”

The crowd laughed. Wang Xifeng took Ping'er and the others to Jia Mu first. Tanchun dealt with a few things in the garden, and took the servant and Cui Mo out of the council hall to Jiafu West Road.

Tanchun wore a brocade embroidered cloak, with a slender figure, handsome eyes and eyebrows, and a radiant look. Because he was in charge of the internal affairs of Jiafu during this time, he had a shrewd and decisive temperament.

The waiter followed Tanchun, walked on the corridor in the house, and chuckled in a low voice: "Girl, the second grandmother is holding you to talk and do things today." ”

Tanchun said funny: "That's because the third brother told the Wang family to be spared." The wife pleaded for mercy before she stopped. Let's go. "There are some things that she sees very clearly. For example, after the third brother was promoted, her speech in the house was obviously much more effective.

The waiter responded with a smile. The three masters and servants crossed the road in front of Rongxi Hall and arrived at Jiafu West Road.

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Grand View Garden, in Daoxiang Village. Jia Baoyu's couplet: The new green is added to the Huange, and the good cloud fragrance protects the celery pickers. It is blowing slightly for the north wind.

Li Kun and Aunt Li sat and talked in the hall. Li Wen and Li Qi are still grooming in the next room.

Aunt Li said puzzledly: "The wife of the fifth master asked me to bring my two daughters to live in Jiafu. Sister, what's going on? ”

The Li family in Jinling has their own residence in the capital. The people of the He clan rely on the care of Li Shourong, the temple of Dali Temple. He is the fifth master in Aunt Li's mouth. On the same day, Wang Chengsi gathered the figures in the inner circle of the four major families for a meeting, and when he knocked on Jia Huan, Li Shourong was present.

Li Kun was wearing a light white cardigan, with an elegant face, and said with a smile: "Since it is the meaning of the fifth master, you will come to live more." Huan Sanye held the newspaper in his hand, and many people wanted to scold him. Although she was laughing, when she mentioned Jia Huan, there was some resentment between her eyebrows.

Jia Qiang and Qin Zhong both won the show. And her son Jia Lan tried to defeat the Shuntian Mansion in April. Is Xiu so easy to test? There are rumors in the house that Jia Huan helped the two of them say hello.

While talking, the two sisters Li Wen and Li Qi finished dressing up, and everyone went out together.

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Baochai stopped by to the Wuyuan Garden, and Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baoqin were ready. I made an appointment with Yingchun and Xing Xiuyan on the way, and went out of the corner gate to Jiafu West Road together.

Xue Baoqin greeted Yingchun, "Sister-in-law." "The marriage between Xue Zhen and Yingchun has been decided. But Yingchun has to keep filial piety for Jia Yu for three years before he can get married. Bao Qin has now changed his tune.

Yingchun Goose Egg showed a touch of crimson on his face and nodded shyly.

Shi Xiangyun was straightforward, talked loudly and expressed his opinions, and said: "Fool, it's good if you call the second sister." deliberately changed her words, and she was uncomfortable with the second sister. Isn't it boring? ”

Bao Qin thought about it, too.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Baochai smiled and said, "It's just a title." Whatever love is called, it is called. It doesn't have to be deliberate. The left and right are things that cannot be regretted after being decided. ”

Everyone laughed.

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In Yihong Courtyard, Jin Chu'er, Meiren, Qianxue and other big girls are in a hurry. And there is no news from the front: Baoyu went to the front early in the morning to meet the guests.

In Baoyu's study in the front yard of Jiafu, Jia Baoyu was talking to Liu Xianglian.

Liu Xianglian has always been uncertain and wandering around. Befriended Feng Ziying, Jia Baoyu and others. He went out to avoid trouble because he beat Xue Pan last year. This year, I happened to save Xue Pan again and beat away the thieves. Xue Pan and he became brothers in life and death. When he returned to Beijing, Xue Pan was well and helped him manage the wedding. Third Sister You wants to marry Liu Erlang. Jia Lian and Xue Panyi said. And the matter was settled.

Liu Xianglian came to visit Jia Baoyu because of the delay of the marriage a few days, so she asked about it and said: "I decided the family matter, and I doubted myself, and regretted that I should not have made a decision with the family heirloom sword." So when I think of you, ask the details. The third girl of the You family, but the sister of the second sister You who was secretly married by the second brother Lian? ”

Baoyu smiled: "How is it not? You said you wanted a stunning beauty to be your wife. She's really a beautiful person, worthy of you. Great joy, great joy. ”

Liu Xianglian said suspiciously: "How do you know?" ”

Baoyu said: "They are the two sisters-in-law brought by the stepmother of Zhen's sister-in-law. Brother Zhen passed away that year, and the grandfather of Dongfu passed away this year, and I spent a few days with them in Dongfu, how can I not know? What a pair of stunners. ”

When Liu Xianglian heard this, she was dumbfounded, and stomped her feet and said, "It's over." In your Dongfu, except for the two stone lions, I am afraid that even the cats and dogs are not clean. I don't do this. ”

Baoyu blushed all of a sudden. This is even scolded by him.

Liu Xianglian said again: "Brother Bao, let me say something you don't like to hear. In the two of you, the third master is decent. If it were in your western mansion, I would have believed it. That Uncle Rong in Dongfu, I can't believe it. Can such a good thing befall me? ”

Liu Xianglian hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Baoyu went back to Yihong Courtyard and then went to Jia's mother to go to the room. But I was very unhappy in my heart. It's not because Liu Xianglian scolded him together. Among friends, unintentional mistakes, this is nothing. Instead, when he looked left and right, he didn't feel that Huan Laosan looked like a decent person. Uncle Lin is orphaned, and the third prison guard is stealing!

Where did Liu Xianglian see that Huan Laosan was decent?