New Year's Eve.

Other people hang lanterns, and they are full of joy. The children walk through the doors and alleys, laughing and laughing. The sound of firecrackers from time to time made the children cheer.

But the Qian family is still filial and prohibiting firecrackers, lanterns and other things, which inevitably makes them look a little dead.

Qian Yuan smiled and touched his little sister's bun, "Brother, go buy some firecrackers?"

Since Qian Yuan returned from Hangzhou, the young girl who became lively looked at the child running wild outside the door, and hesitated for a moment but shook her head.

"Stop pampering her." Tan, who was still busy on the side, said dissatisfied: "Yesterday your uncle was still scolding her, and he didn't look like a lady from a family!"

The little girl wrinkled her nose. Yesterday, she was pulling two maids in the yard and jumping rope. When she happened to be caught by Lu, she was caught. Fortunately, she was just scolded. The two maids were deducted for monthly payments and their eyes were still swollen.

"Okay, wait until my brother pays for it, you can do favors." Qian Yuan coaxed a few words, and then the younger sister started to laugh.

Seeing the harmony of brothers and sisters, Tan couldn't help but smile. His son has been withdrawn since childhood. Not to mention outsiders, he is not close to his family, but his temperament has changed drastically over the past year.

Not to mention the others, I have made many friends and I can receive seven or eight letters almost every month. Tan has no knowledge, but I have heard from my sister-in-law Lu that there are letters sent to the Sun family of Yuyao, Taicang Wang family, and even the capital.

After decades of marriage to the Qian family, after the separation, Tan felt uncomfortable every Spring Festival. Except for Lu, there was basically no one in the family to travel. My uncle Qian Zheng is famous and has a wide range of friends, but those scholars will not come here to pay New Year's greetings. After all, her husband Qian Rui makes a living by doing business.

But this year is different.

Early on, the Taicang Wang family sent someone to send New Year gifts. Knowing that the Qian family's inner mansion had fewer maids, they also specially sent four trained men.

The Sun family in Yuyao didn’t send many New Year gifts, but the name of Ji Quangong was there. As soon as the news came out, most of Huating was shocked.

The most generous gift of the New Year was the Xiang family in Jiaxing. The five big cars were shocked by the people of Huating County.

In addition to the local Sun family, Lu family, Gu family, He family in Songjiang...

Tan naturally understood why these changes were.

"Madam, young master." Li Si, who was so busy that he was sweating, ran over, "The Lu family has come and sent two big carts of gifts."

"Who?" Tan blinked. It was already New Year's Eve and someone still gave New Year's gifts.

"Lu..." Li Si winked at Qian Yuan, and Tan's family has not known the inside story since the battle in Jiading.

"Ahem, it's my son's friend in Hangzhou." Qian Yuan explained a few words.

Several men escorting the convoy outside were all personal soldiers around Lu Bin. They were also in Jiading City half a year ago. They all knew the weight of the Songjiang scholar in the minds of the Lu family father and son.

When everyone saw Qian Yuan going out, they saluted, "The third young master cannot be separated, so I asked the young man to send some gifts to him. In the past few days, there are still a small group of Japanese pirates in Jiaxing, and they have not arrived in Huating until today."

"Brother Lu is really polite." Qian Yuan called Zhang San to arrange for the warehousing, and asked Li Si to take his people to rest and have dinner, and gave him some rewards on a routine basis.

After everything was arranged, Qian Yuan returned to the yard. Tan, who was holding the gift list, widened his eyes, "Yuan'er, this Lu family... has such a generous gift!"

After taking the gift list, he took a few glances. Zhejiang's local products, gold, silver and jade, and even famous calligraphy and paintings. It seems that the Lu family has spent a lot of effort to prepare such a gift.

Qian Yuan smiled and stuffed it back, "Please take it away, I owe our family favors."

In the battle of Jiading, Lu Tong may not feel much gratitude when his youngest son survived, but after the youngest son survived and was able to stand alone now, Lu Tong naturally knew how much favor he owed.

"Then... that's OK." Tan sighed: "The New Year gift from Xiang's family a few days ago is too heavy. I can't get back the gift and I have to add more. The warehouse is empty."

Why did Qian Yuan whisper quietly? His mother was a little stingy and full of petty spirit. Of course, this was related to being kicked out when she just got married decades ago. The family was quite difficult in those years.

"By the way, your fourth aunt came a few days ago." Tan remembered something, "It's so ugly. Why do we turn our elbows out?"

Qian Yuan sneered, "Don't pay attention to them. Aunt Fourth and her cousin sister are cousins. They both belong to the Liu family in Shanghai. They run a grocery store in their parents' home..."

Li Si had reported this early on. The Wang family sent a New Year gift that day too long. When the news spread, the clan members also knew that Qian Yuan and the Taicang Wang family cooperated to share the money, and they were just jealous of getting a share of the pie.

Qian Yuan is no longer than a year ago. He is very clear about the funeral rules in this era. At this time last year, the Qian family held a funeral, and there were very few tribe members coming to the house. Several of his relatives' cousins ​​and cousins ​​turned around and went out. Before they even went out, laughter came.

Although the two families inherited most of the property of great-grandfather Qian Fu, who collected them, now in Huating, it is Qian Yuan who inherited the legacy of Hetan Gong.

"Don't worry about this, my mother will just push it to me." Qian Yuan said casually and looked at the kitchen with great enthusiasm, "My son took action on the New Year's Eve dinner tonight!"

Tan was about to object, but Lu happened to come over, "Let my uncle taste Yuan Ge'er's craftsmanship."

Looking at his sister-in-law, Lu smiled and said, "Brother Yuan cooked in person, and served his mother very filial, and it has been spread all over Huating."

Qian Yuan rolled his eyes, "I'm afraid my aunt went back to her parents' home that time... she could eat well!"

"You are so arrogant!" Lu glared at him and smiled, "But Brother Yuan's cooking skills... Tsk tsk, my uncle also said that Brother Yuan can write a recipe in the future and will surely become famous in future generations."

Qian Yuan rolled his eyes again. Lu Shude, this guy, shouldn't be too moist after half a year. He ate well every day and slept well. The key is that there is always someone to accompany him every time he is beaten, and sometimes he can watch jokes on the side...

After a whole afternoon of busyness, Qian Yuan held a large table of sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner.

It has been more than a year since my father and brother passed away. Now the Qian family still has to keep mourning, but they can no longer help but have meat. There are more than ten dishes on the Eight Immortals table, including fish and meat, flying in the sky, swimming in the sea, and running on the ground, everything is available.

Lu, Tan, sister-in-law Huang, Qian Yuan and younger sister sat down together. There were six maids serving around. Li Si led a few servants to change into new dishes from time to time and remove the cold dishes.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers coming from afar, saying auspicious words, congratulating each other, the younger sister smirked and asked for New Year's money. Lu scolded him from time to time, but Qian Yuan stopped him in the middle. Tan took out a thick red envelope helplessly. Even the sister-in-law, who had not shown much this year, couldn't help but show her face.

After pouring a glass of rice wine, Qian Yuan drank it all, turned to look out the window, and felt a lot in his heart.

How many things have you experienced in the past year and what psychological changes have you experienced...
Chapter completed!