The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 494 New Year's Eve (V)

Ning Shi and Su Yunduo took the maids and women to continue making dumplings and rolling glutinous rice balls, while Su Chengzhi took his three sons to gossiping with Mrs. Lu to pass the time.

There was no entertainment in this ancient time, and the night watch was especially difficult.

Making dumplings together as a family is actually a good way to pass the time.

Last year they were still in Geshan Village. On New Year's Eve, except for the youngest Su Zerui, the whole family made dumplings together, but this year is very different.

Although the domestic servants who have a family in the capital are given a holiday today, everyone still has a waiter around them.

Mrs. Lu's Nanny Wu, Ning's Nanny Chen, and Su Yunduo's Zisu all had families and relatives in the capital, so they were "driven" home by their respective masters at the time of Shenzheng. Family reunion year.

These people are the most useful people for the master to follow, and the master can't do without them on weekdays, so it's a rare opportunity to sit with his family and have a good meal, and today he wants to go back with them for a good year.

Ziyue next to Su Yunduo is an orphan. Apart from the brothers and sisters she met in the dark guard camp, she has no other close people. Most of these people have become dark guards. I don’t know where they went. A maidservant who guards the master has no home to return to except by the master's side.

Bai Zhi's parents passed away two years ago. Although there is an elder brother in the family, he is not close to her because his sister-in-law doesn't like Bai Zhi. To have a family is to have no family. It would be better to stay with Su Yunduo to be more lively and happy.

Sister Shui hasn't contacted her family since she entered the palace, so she can be considered a homeless person, so she follows Su Yunduo. Although she hasn't cooked for decades, she makes dumplings as if she used dumplings from her previous life. The machine bag is as beautiful as it comes out.

In addition to the few around Su Yunduo, the Ning family also has two maids serving here, plus the green bamboo and green orchids around Old Madam Lu, and Nanny Wu and Chen who rushed back to serve after the family reunion dinner. Mommy, there are seven or eight maids and women here, so there are still men who can make dumplings by themselves.

Su Chengzhi and Su Zexuan wanted to get together when they thought about making dumplings last year, but they were pushed aside by Ning from the very beginning.

Su Zechen took advantage of his small size to join in the fun, but everyone was completely different. He was quickly driven aside by Ning, and he still came here to make troubles from time to time.

At that time, Su Yunduo was busy in the kitchen with Ziyue and Baizhi, but he didn't see the bustle.

After eating the spring rolls, Su Yunduo took Ziyue and Bai Zhi to join the dumpling-making army. How could Su Zechen be allowed to make trouble, so he drove her directly to accompany Su Chengzhi and Su Zexuan to accompany the old lady Lu to pass the time.

The father and son had no choice but to sit aside and gossip with the old lady Lu, first saying that Gu Daojin was not attractive to Su Yunduo, and then talking about the ancients in the clan, Su Yunduo pricked up his ears.

The old lady Lu was very talkative today, and she simply told them all kinds of stories between the various houses of the Su clan, between the direct branch and the side branches, and then gradually expanded to various stories between the major families in the capital. He also vaguely told some stories about people in the royal family.

The people who can be brought by the masters are extremely useful people, and there is no need to worry about someone going out to gossip. The old lady Lu talked about it for almost two hours. Ziyue, who can't make dumplings, He was very interested in listening, and he still didn't forget to pour tea and snacks for several masters from time to time.

The old lady Lu spoke freely, and the audience was also very happy to hear it. Just like this, while listening to the old lady Lu talking about ancient times, they made dumplings and rolled glutinous rice balls lively and watched the night. It has also entered Zishi.

Ning Shi and Su Yunduo hurriedly took Pinellia and Bai Zhi to the kitchen to boil dumplings and glutinous rice balls. After eating the dumplings and glutinous rice balls, it was time to set off firecrackers. After the firecrackers were let go, the vigil was successfully concluded.

Everyone accompanied Mrs. Lu to eat a small bowl of glutinous rice balls according to the custom of the capital city, and then ate dumplings according to the custom of Yanshan Mansion. They took a look at the hourglass placed in the house, and it was less than a moment before the ion was on. Su Zechen was very proud now. Too lazy to jump up and shout "I've grown up"!
After finally watching for a full night, Su Zechen saw that it was almost time, so he urged Su Chengzhi to take him to set off firecrackers.

What everyone didn't expect was that Su Zerui, who was thought to be in a deep sleep, woke up at this time. When he found out that he had fallen asleep, he couldn't help curling his lips.

"Brother Rui, do you remember what my sister told you during the day?" Su Yunduo hurried forward to take Su Zerui from Nanny Lin, and asked in a low voice.

Su Zerui's mouth stopped immediately, and Ning Shi fed him a glutinous rice ball and two dumplings, and followed Su Zechen's yelling to set off firecrackers.

Ning was afraid that the heat and cold would make Su Zerui suffer from the wind and cold, so she didn't agree to carry him out at this time, and stepped forward to take Su Zerui from Su Yunduo's arms, but Su Zerui refused, holding Su Zerui's neck tightly with a pair of small hands, He hugged Su Yunduo almost to suffocation.

The old lady Lu hurriedly said: "Since Brother Rui is awake, let's take him there together. Just wear more wraps and make it warmer. Didn't Zijian send a letter, when Zizheng this year, the palace will still be as usual. Let off fireworks. It’s your first year in the capital to celebrate the New Year, just to watch the excitement.”

Even though he didn't know what fireworks were, Su Zerui knew that it must be a fun thing, so naturally he didn't want to stay in the house.

Ning had no choice but to ask Nanny Lin to fetch the cloak with a hood that Su Yunduo specially made for Su Zerui out of duck down and put it on for him.

This cloak has cost Su Yunduo a lot of thought. Of course, if there is Su Zerui, there will be Mrs. Lu's, and if there is Mrs. Lu, grandpa, grandma, and Ning Huazhen will naturally be included.

If it wasn't for the time constraints, Su Yunduo would only wish to let his relatives have one of this kind of light and warm good thing.

But there is no rush at this time, because of the needs of the preserved egg workshop, they have raised so many ducks in the village, and this batch of ducks has not yet reached the time to be eliminated. This year, I just tried duck down while killing ducks. collection method.

Now I have mastered the knack of collecting duck down. When the ducks are replaced, there will be no shortage of duck down. This is another profit growth point.

Putting on the cloak for Su Zerui, a group of people arrived in front of the mansion. Just as they placed the firecrackers properly, they felt that the sky suddenly lit up, and then they heard the sound of cannons coming from the direction of the imperial city, followed by firecrackers from far and near. .

Dongmingfang was naturally lively, with firecrackers and cheers ringing out.

Su Yunduo didn't need to raise his head to know that the light just now meant that the palace started to set off fireworks. Su Yunduo quickly pointed to the sky and made Su Zerui, who was stunned by the firecrackers, look up at the sky.

Even though the ancient fireworks are beautiful, they cannot be compared with the fireworks of Su Yunduo's previous life, but it still makes her feel a little excited. This is the first time she has seen beautiful fireworks blooming in the sky in this other world after two years .

The fireworks in the palace were not set off for a long time, and the density of the fireworks was far inferior to the fireworks set off in previous life celebrations, but they still attracted cheers from the people. Su Zerui, who was hugged by Su Yunduo, was even more excited in Su Yunduo's arms. Clapping and cheering, if Su Yunduo still had the strength, he really couldn't hold this excited little one.

When the fireworks in the palace were over, the deafening sound of firecrackers gradually subsided, and the New Year's Eve vigil officially ended.

Su Chengzhi was going to personally send the old lady Lu back to live in peace, but was stopped by Su Yunduo, who asked him to take the two younger brothers back to the house and supervise them to wash and go to bed quickly, and urged Ning to take Su Zerui back quickly, but don't let The little one had a cold.

Of course, Su Yunduo sent the old lady back to He Anju in person, and after Cuizhu brought someone to wait for the old lady Lu to sleep, Su Yunduo went back to the embroidery building to wash and rest.

(End of this chapter)