The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 241

No matter what plans Shi Chuying has in mind, but seeing that the Chinese New Year is approaching, she has too many things to do, so she has to let go of everything else first.

The New Year's Eve ceremony has always been the most complicated of all New Year's rituals.

Relatives and friends who are far away are usually sent early, but those in the capital are relatively late.After all, manpower and horses are limited, and it is impossible to arrange it in three to five days.

The most troublesome thing for Chu Xu and Shi Chuying's family is that many relatives used to come out to visit the old house, especially those aunts who married out of town, and they usually had no correspondence, and many of them could not be contacted.

This Chinese New Year is different from others, not to mention the ordinary generation and the junior generation, but the elders have to show respect.They also sent people to send the winter solstice gifts, but they couldn't find two or three houses. As for whether they moved or changed places, they couldn't go to the old house to question them.

These days, in addition to giving the New Year's gifts nearby, they also have to receive the New Year's gifts, and after receiving the gifts, they have to talk briefly to the giver. Shi Chuying has no time to go out for a stroll, so she can only stay in the mansion and meet people non-stop. , Talking, reading the gift list, using seals... I am really busy.

However, after being busy, the harvest is not small. Not to mention the wife of the general Fuguo, who is the idol of women in the capital, even Er Fei Xiaohu has received gifts for many years alone. A foot-tall tiger cub!
The next day is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the dust removal day.

Everywhere in the mansion is sweeping dust and dust, trying to get rid of Chen Buxin.

No matter whether there is really dust or not, the house that is dusted cannot allow the master to stay in it.Therefore, Aunt Yue instructed the servants and maids to sort out the "Huaranju" for Shi Chuying and Chu Xu to settle down temporarily, and arranged for Yulu and Yudang to wait on them, and the remaining second-class maids stayed in the Take care of it in the main room.

After arranging these things, Aunt Yue saw that the two masters were young, so she had to ask again: "To get rid of the filth today, no matter what happens, no one at home can get angry, and don't get angry with people outside."

The day of dust removal is not just about sweeping. The damaged window paper, roof dust and other things have to be repaired everywhere, and the master’s house is completely replaced with new ones, even the curtains, curtains, curtains and cushions in the house. These trivial things were also replaced.

Thinking about this winter when the dripping water turns into ice and the wind is cold, it is also a technical job to paste the windows.However, the ancestors are obviously experienced in choosing this day for dust removal. Generally, this day is a good day when the snow stops and the wind stops.

The earth dragon in the house was burning hot, and charcoal basins were placed in front of the windows. The little girls divided the work, some had to wipe clean the inside and outside of the window lattice with hot water first, and some followed by covering the old window with hot water. The window paper and screens were peeled off while it was hot, and then wiped clean. At this time, another group of people pasted the window screens that had been prepared earlier, not only quickly but also carefully. A layer of clean, light-transmitting, high-quality window paper is on the outside, so that it will look good if there is some color showing through, otherwise it will be completely white, not to mention ugly.

Whether it is window screen or window paper, it must be pasted outside the window lattice, otherwise, it will not be able to stand when the wind blows.

Shi Chuying chose apricot yellow for the window screen of the main room. The color of the window screen itself is much lighter than the fabric, and then covered with window paper, the light apricot yellow halo is bright in the sun, which makes people feel warm for no reason. Even the mood in the eyes is much better.

"Madam really knows how to choose colors. I didn't think it would be so good when I didn't paste it. I didn't expect it to look so good after the paste is done. Tsk tsk!" I was busy with New Year's rituals, and as soon as I entered the main courtyard, my eyes lit up.

"Auntie, is something wrong?"

"It's just something." Aunt Chen took out a post from her sleeve and handed it to Shi Chuying, "Rongshoutang sent a gift in return!"

Shi Chuying had asked Li San to take people to Jianzhou and Wangyun Mountain to send New Year's gifts. In addition to Li's residence, there were also several families in the county and the village who frequented, and by the way, Li San himself There is also a little bit of courtesy here, and there are people brought over from Jianzhou, but anyone who wants to bring things is handed over to Li San.Needless to say, Li San's trip back was incomparably beautiful.

Shi Chuying divided the annual ceremony for Li's residence into two parts, one was from the old lady of Rongshou Hall, and the other was from Li Dalang's side.

She always remembers the kindness of the old lady, and the New Year gifts are generous, except for two bottles of improved Bai Ling Dan, five catties of Yunlu camellia, two bottles of nourishing medicinal wine, two jars of pear gin, a bolt of red and silver velvet satin, lotus One piece of purple velvet satin, one piece of big red velvet satin, one piece of sapphire blue velvet satin, two pieces of fine cloth, various Beijing snacks and candies, a box of Beijing style silk flowers...

As for Li Dalang, there is only one bottle of Bai Ling Dan, only 2 catties of Yunlu tea, the medicinal wine is replaced with nourishing liver and kidney, the satin is replaced with dark blue, malachite green, bright red, rose pink and other colors, and Yunsong smoke ink is added, etc. .

Li Dalang also sent Shopkeeper He to bring the New Year's gift over early, and by the way, settled the accounts for Shi Chuying, and made an appointment for the quantity of goods in April next year, but Rongshoutang, it seems that the Chinese New Year is almost here, I don't know what's going on .

"Who came? Why is it here at this time?" Shi Chuying looked at the list of gifts, and they were all local products in Jianzhou. Also, if the capital doesn't have any good things, it's better to give them a local product.

Speaking of Rongshoutang, Aunt Chen smiled from the bottom of her heart, she said with a smile, "It's Shunzi's daughter-in-law next to the old matriarch, and the two of them have been helping in the shop here since they entered Beijing."

"Please come and talk quickly." Shi Chuying handed the list back to Aunt Chen for storage.

The person who came was a daughter-in-law in her forties. Shi Chuying met her in the Rongshou Hall and asked the old matriarch. Shunzi's daughter-in-law knelt down and kowtowed and said, "Since I drank the medicinal wine you gave me, the old matriarch took it." Well, I slept well, and now I have a few black hairs, it's not like rejuvenating. It really makes people don't know how to be happy!
Our old man instructed that we must kowtow to my wife in person to thank her! "

"Get up! Why be so polite, the old lady has given me such a good man, but it has helped me a lot." He said, motioning for Aunt Chen to help him up, and said a few more words, asking her to do the same. Go see Aunt Yue and talk.

Looking at the back of Shunzi's daughter-in-law, Shi Chuying wondered, is this the old matriarch's arrangement for manpower in Beijing?However, this is a family matter after all, and she can't take it that far.

(End of this chapter)