Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 331
As the Chinese New Year approaches, every household is busy, not only cleaning up the old year's affairs, but also preparing for the Chinese New Year. Duke Wen's Mansion is no exception. After the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Xia Yiqing always has endless questions every day.

The end-of-year reconciliation, the collection of gold and silver items into the warehouse, etc. have been completed smoothly and long ago, but what worries her is all trivial matters.

A lot of annual gifts were received from all parties, and those who should be sent out were also sent out one after another. The first one was for sacrificial items and silver for the Zheng clan, and the second was for Xihua County, which was relatively far away, from Mrs. Zheng’s natal family. Over there, there were many relatives in the Feng family, and they sent five large carts worth several thousand taels of silver. The list of items was clearly listed and presented to Mrs. Zheng, who was very satisfied.

Then there are relatives and friends nearby, such as Xu Mansion, Xia Mansion, Pang Mansion, Wu Mansion, Fang Mansion, Zhao Mansion Fang Zhai, Wang Zhai and so on.

It wasn't until the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month that it was easier to live. Thinking of coming and going in a hurry for the past few days, every time he left Bao'er, he would watch her with a wrinkled face. Yiqing felt extremely guilty, and planned to start spending more time with her from this day. Looking at her son, someone came from Xia's mansion, saying that Mrs. Xia was ill. Even if Yiqing hated Mrs. Xia to the extreme, she still had to take into account the etiquette on the surface. In addition, Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Zheng also knew about this, and urged Seeing her go back to her mother's house to have a look, she took out her own good supplements and asked her to take them back to Mrs. Xia, so Yiqing had to pack up some things and went back to Xia's mansion with Huayu Cuixiang.

After Le Qing was given the marriage, other matters concerning the acceptance and appointment of auspicious servants were handled by the Ministry of Rites. The Minister of Rites was the woman's grandfather, and there was a king of Xiang who followed him every day. The matter could not be finished in a hurry, the sooner the better. It's just that the wedding date can't be rushed no matter what. The prince's big wedding can only be completed after the first emperor's filial piety expires three years later. The king of Xiang can only settle the marriage first, so that he can feel more at ease.

When the betrothal gift was given, Yiqing and Zheng Jingyan went back to the Xia Mansion to have a look. In addition to what was brought out of the treasury according to the prince's rules, the King of Xiang added a lot of things himself, all of which were rare and rare treasures. Dazzling people, Yiqing lingers around and just looks carefully at it with the attitude of visiting, but Zheng Jingyan is afraid that she will think too much, because the betrothal gift that Zheng's mansion gave Yiqing back then was not worth ten percent of what Xiangwang's mansion gave to Leqing in terms of quantity and price. Second, he felt uneasy, and hurriedly gave Yiqing a long word, saying that there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, we can't compare with the prince or anything, which made Yiqing laugh.

The carriage entered from the side door of Xia's mansion and drove straight to the second door. Someone was sent to the mansion first to say that the aunt would be back later. Pang Ruxue was afraid that her daughter would be cold in the cold, so she sent a warm sedan chair to wait at the second door. Get out of the carriage, sit in the warm sedan chair, and be carried into the inner courtyard by four healthy women.

Xia Xiuping was not at home at the Yamen, Le Qing got the news and came to the upper room in the main courtyard early, playing happily with Xia Yiming in her mother's room, when she heard her sister arrived, she hurriedly led her brother out of the house, and stood on the porch to greet her.

Yiqing got off the warm sedan chair, put on a big red fox fur cloak, and wore a complicated and exquisite eight-treasure hairpin inlaid on the flying fairy bun, and two longan-sized pearls dangled by her ears, sparkling , Against the backdrop of her ruddy and delicate face, she is more and more attractive.

Pang Ruxue looked at her eldest daughter, who was as rich and gorgeous as a peony flower, walking through the snowflakes, and then looked back at her second daughter, who was like a lotus reflecting water, and her younger son, who was like a powder ball. The pride and love of being a mother filled her heart.

Yiqing saluted her mother with a smile, and then said hello to Mama Liu who was standing next to her. Huayu who followed her handed a brocade box to Mama Liu. Mama Liu thanked her with a smile and took it. For her, the souvenirs and gifts that Yiqing brings every time she goes back to her mother's house, never miss Liu's mother's share.

Leqing called her sister, Xia Yiming gave Yiqing a hand to hold her hand, and the mother and daughter walked back into the house.
The earth dragon was burned in the house, and it was as warm as spring. The maid helped Yiqing take off her cloak. The fragrant-colored brocade robe embroidered with peony flowers was paired with a light green eight-panel skirt, and a pair of full-body skirts were tied on the satin skirt decorated with lace. The emerald dragonfly, which is full of luster and water color, is exquisitely carved and lifelike. Le Qing gasped and couldn't help but pick it up and play with it in her hand. Yi Qing said:
"It's fun, isn't it? If you like it, I'll give it to you. Your brother-in-law gave it to me. There are several of them. I don't know where he got them from."

Le Qing said: "I don't want it, I'll just take a look! Brother-in-law gave it to you, don't give it away!"

Yiqing took a sip of hot water and smiled, "Hey, be polite to me this time!"

Le Qing blushed slightly: "Seventh brother said, what I want, he will find it for me!"

"Prince Xiang treats you well, don't be arrogant, you really want the stars in the sky!"

"Sister, I'm not a child, how could I do such a stupid thing?"

"Le'er, now that you have received the marriage gift, you will live as a husband and wife in the future. You two love each other and you must know how to cherish each other. In this world, there are too few things that remain the same. You can't just wait for him to spoil you. You also have to love him more, the relationship between two people needs to be maintained in order to last forever."

Le Qing nodded seriously: "Sister, I remember."

"Well, the wedding date is still quite far away. After the new year, I will come to draw clothes with you. The princess's clothes are made in the palace, so you don't have to worry about them, but there are always some new clothes made by your mother's family. Sewing started. Oh, by the way, I asked Du Zhong to send some spun cashmere yarn some time ago, and there is also a chart for you to follow, can you take Zixiang and they weave it?"

Yue Qing said: "Zixiang and I have been knitting all the time, and we finished the work yesterday, five or six sets of children's clothes, shoes and hats, five or six-year-old children, and three or four sets of woolen clothes with long and short sleeves for adults... …I originally thought about sending it to my sister tomorrow, but unexpectedly you ran back by yourself!"

"Isn't it because the old woman is sick that I came back at this time? What kind of illness? It's not serious, is it?"

Le Qing curled her lips and said: "The old woman lives better than anyone else. What kind of disease can she suffer from? It's just asking for trouble! I'm too lazy to talk about her! I'll just ask you why you didn't bring Bao'er back? Let's help my sister and brother-in-law, Bao'er each wove a set of woolen clothes, and Bao'er's suit has the same color and pattern as Yiming's, and I want to put them on myself to see if they look like twins, how cute!"

Yiqing stared at Leqing speechlessly, it's not that she can't see the difference when she grows up, one-year-old and two-year-old can be distinguished at a glance, okay?Besides, thinking of uncle and nephew as twins is really a big brain hole.

However, Yiqing was very happy to hear that Leqing knitted sweaters for her family. Since she took over the affairs of the Zheng family, Zheng Jingyan simply handed over all the financial power to her. In other places, last year he could barely weave a sweater for Zheng Jingyan, but this year he is powerless.

(End of this chapter)