Wear ancient times with a house

Preparations before Chapter 35

The New Year's goods are almost ready, and it is time to give New Year's gifts to the elders.

Although the Song Nian family has been passed down for several generations, there are quite a few Song family members, and most of them are in Liyang County.

Song Nian has been successful and has a high status over the years. It doesn't mean that he doesn't need to go to relatives' houses to pay respects. On the contrary, he has to take his wife and eldest son to pay respectful visits to the elders and heads of the clan, and donate some rice, flour and miscellaneous grains to the family. Difficult families in the family.

Mrs. Song is also not idle, she has to prepare gifts for her relatives and register the gift lists sent by each family.It's nothing more than other people's families. This year, there is an extra Zhao family, so we need to be more cautious.

Zhao Yanlin acted very quickly, and after the Bai family's affairs were over, he took over a pair of children.

His son, Zhao Hua, is eight years old, and he is currently studying with him at home, waiting to be sent to the academy opened by Wang Pu's father after the Chinese New Year; his daughter, Zhao Tong, was born in the same year as Song Jun, but his body is weaker than Song Jun's. in the room.In short, the Song family has never seen the two children.

Although Zhao Yanlin didn't bring the children to the door, Zhao Yanlin thoughtfully prepared gifts for the three children of the Song family. Naturally, the Song family couldn't ignore each other's children, not to mention that they were Song Ru's future stepson and stepdaughter, so they couldn't bury hidden dangers from now on.

Mrs. Song said to her daughter worriedly:
"Brothers and sisters who grew up in Fucheng, what should I give as a gift? The three children in our family can happily use them when they receive a book or a toy. The children of the Zhao family are different. , if you give me an ordinary utensil, maybe it will be difficult for people to use it, but they will think that our family is perfunctory to them."

Song Yun deeply felt that her three siblings were looked down upon by her grandmother:

Although the Song family had no more promising people, the Wang family had Wang Pu who was an official in Fucheng, and Wang Zhen who was an official in the south with her husband.Although these two families didn't come back, they would send New Year's gifts to the Song family every year. Naturally, the three brothers and sisters of Song Ce were indispensable.

Therefore, they have seen a lot of novelties.The reason why they are very enthusiastic about the gift from the Zhao family is actually to make Song Ru happy. How could it be said by the old lady that they have never seen the world?
Song Ru didn't want her mother to be upset, so she only comforted her:
"It's just a gift. It's enough for boys to send pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and girls for jewelry and silk flowers. What's more, what's more, it's grown up in the prefecture. Now that I go back to the county, I have to drink the water and eat the county's food." Fan, what is there to dislike?"

"Always give them what they like."

Song Yun was held in the arms of Mrs. Song, and she was also a little worried when she heard the conversation between their mother and daughter.

Song Ru is a very careful woman. She has been with Song Yun for a long time, and she can be called meticulous. She spends half of her time on Song Yun on her stepson and daughter. It's hard to say whether I can accept having an extra stepmother, but I still have to make a good first impression.

If Song Yun was older, he could still provide some dessert recipes in a secretive manner.But she is only five years old now, and Mrs. Shen hasn't taught her how to cook yet, so when she came up with hot pot, she could barely push it to Song Nian's travel notes, but Western-style desserts are not so easy to make excuses for, so she can only worry about it with Mrs. Song .

She vaguely remembered what Shen said when she persuaded her to learn needlework, combined with the experience of the two children of the Zhao family who lost their mother when they were young, she suddenly came up with inspiration:
"Let's make clothes. I like the clothes my mother cuts for me. My mother said that I can only make clothes for my family."

When Mrs. Song heard this, she also found that this idea was good. For children's clothes, as long as the fabric is softer, it is not necessary to use expensive materials.What's more, Song Ru is going to marry in the new year, and she can make clothes for the two children to show their closeness, and the other party can't find anything wrong.

The matter was settled in this way. Mrs. Song worked hard to let her daughter make two clothes that showed her craftsmanship. She opened the warehouse and specially chose extremely soft fine cloth as the inner lining, and Wang Zhengang asked someone to deliver it. Came from southern silk for the outer covering.

Song Ru's needlework is very good. This is not a family tradition of Mrs. Song, but she learned it from a widowed aunt when she was in Feng's house.

The other party is a widow in her husband's family, and the Feng family is stingy with the married daughter-in-law. She is inevitably struggling and can only make ends meet by working in an embroidery workshop.

Song Ru often helped her sell embroidery work, buy needlework, and occasionally brought her some food. She was grateful for the help of her nephew and daughter-in-law, so she passed on the craftsmanship to Song Ru.

Clothes in winter can't fit well, especially for children, it's normal for them to be a little bigger.Zhao Rong's body shape can be compared to Song Ce's. Zhao Tong's age is similar to Song Yun's, and his body shape should not be too different.

Song Ru was used to making clothes for her nephews and nieces, and she was so familiar with the size that she didn’t need to measure them, so she hurried, and finally made two winter clothes a few days later. Family.

Song Ru didn't have time to find out what the Zhao family thought, because it was already Xiaonian.

Xiaonian, as you can tell from the name, is only a little less grand than New Year's Eve, and it can be regarded as a rehearsal for the New Year.

The New Year is celebrated by the living and by the dead: In addition to preparing food for the family, every family also has to prepare food for ancestor worship. Families with scholars like the Song family have to write a sacrificial article and burn it to the ancestors Look.

After the new year, Spring Festival couplets have to be prepared. At this time, there are no printed Spring Festival couplets, and they are all handwritten.Song Nian is now the most educated member of the Song family, and many members of the family bring some homemade New Year's goods and come to him to ask for Spring Festival couplets.

This is the most glorious time of the year for Mrs. Song. Those relatives who ridiculed her for insisting on supporting her son's education now have to admit her foresight.

So Mrs. Song has never had a smile on her face since the new year. When Tian Fu braved the winter wind to drive to the county to pick up his daughter, Mrs. Song distributed a pair of couplets to the Tian family in a serious manner. , Let Tian Fu go home and post it on the gate, so that he can be full of culture.

Fortunately, Mrs. Shen has prepared the New Year's gifts for my grandfather's family in a timely manner. Among them are a few New Year's pictures bought in the market, which are accompanied by couplets, but they are not too obtrusive.

The Shen family didn't go back to Liyang County, they only brought New Year's gift and the commonly used ointments and pills prepared by Shen's father and Shen's mother for the Song family.

In fact, the Shen family has not shown up for several years:
The Shen family opened a medical clinic from the county to the prefectural city. Of course, it relied on medical skills to get through the relationship with the upper class, but also relied on the low-cost medicine packs and free consultations provided to ordinary people every year to get support.

From spring to winter in a year, it is almost always a season for the poor to get sick. Naturally, free clinics are also held two or three days a month, with the old couple sitting in charge.

Uncle Shen is responsible for the daily business, and also guarantees the free clinic for his parents.Such a thing, just relying on the sitting doctor and a few apprentices in the medical hall is not enough to support it.

Shen Shi knew that her mother's family was busy, but she was still a little disappointed.This is the case with raising a daughter. Once you get married, you will lose sight of your parents every day.

Logically speaking, she should have taken her husband and children to Fucheng to visit her parents, but she was busy all winter, and she didn't dare to take her children to go out in winter, so she had to give up.

Song Nian guessed why his wife was sad. He felt a little guilty about this situation, so he could only try his best to prepare the annual gift for the Yue family.

　The following chapters have not been revised, and there are still missing chapters. Don't read it for now, and read it tomorrow.

　　2022.03.04
　　
　
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