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Chapter Five and One New Year's Eve

After the Hehuan banquet, the leftovers were removed and the cold roast was added. The fruit plates were filled with hazel torurian kernels, walnut seeds, soft persimmon cakes with sugar-perfumed dates, rock sugar orange bergamot, winter melon sugar brow cakes, wind and rain plums and osmanthus candy, etc., and the children were so happy that they smiled and gathered around. Chen Li grabbed a piece of winter melon candy and gave Chen Mian. He waved his hand and didn't want it, and he had eaten it so sweet that his teeth were about to fall off.

Chen Li asked patiently: "What do you want to eat, I'll get it for you!"

Shen Yan picked up the colorful cocktail shuttlecock and pulled her to go to the corridor to kick it. Then he leaned closer to his ear and muttered: "Xiaochuan's baby doesn't understand the rules, so his mother doesn't let him pay much attention to him."

Chen Li frowned, but still took the hawthorn cake sticks dipped in white sugar to Chen Mian. Chen Mian took them and stuffed them into his mouth.

She said to Shen Yan again: "Show me your peach-shaped golden robe."

When Shen Yan was about to pull it out of her sleeve, Madam Deng hurried away and said, "Why is Li Jie'er still here? Second grandma wants to offer heaven and earth to the gods in the yard, looking for you everywhere."

Chen Li left hurriedly. Shen Yan was a little bored. She stared at Shen Mian with big eyes, and suddenly came up with a plan and asked with a smile: "Chuan Wazi, how about we play shuttlecock? But if you lose, you have to give me a gold medal. If I lose, I will give you my own way, but I will come?"

A light flashed in Chen Mian's eyes. He wanted to use his sleeve to wipe the snot flowing to his mouth. Looking at Tuxin's silk, he would just forget it. He sucked it hard, nodded and followed Shen Yan obediently.

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Chen Li followed Madam Deng through the garden, and the colorful lights were shining brightly along the way. The gates of each courtyard were wide open. There were silhouettes inside, and there were crackling firecrackers. Green smoke spread out from the wall. He felt as if he was in a dream. After using the Hehuan Banquet in previous New Year's Eve, she didn't come out. She just stayed in her grandmother's room to stay up to the year. She fell asleep while guarding. She occasionally opened her eyes when she opened her eyes. She was lying on Madam Deng's back, letting her walk back to Leizangyuan with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

My father is always in the study, Meng Sheng's mother is deserted and she rests early... So she is not happy about New Year's Eve, and she is the only one at this time and she is very sober.

"Li Jie'er!Li Jie'er..."

"Second grandma called you." Madam Deng pushed her, and Chen Li came to her senses. There were many people in front of Qitong Courtyard, and everyone had a smile on their faces. Tian Jiang's mother was waving hard, and her father stood behind her with a strong look, and her eyes looked at her softly.

Inexplicably, she was happy and sour in her heart, and she felt indescribable. When she was about to speak, Tian Jiang had already held her hand tightly and walked into the threshold. She asked curiously: "Where has Li Jie'er gone? You can't do it if you don't have any offerings."

"I was playing with Shen Yan at my grandmother's place." She stuttered and couldn't help but laugh.

The moon is bright and shining like a layer of silver frost in the courtyard. Chen Xue locks the plum calyx, the smoke and wind lightly enter the eaves, and a long table is arranged in the center of the ground to offer to the eighteen Buddhas and gods of the three realms of heaven and earth. The decorative layers of plain offerings are laid out in front of the gods, which are six floors high. A pair of red candles, an incense tube, and a cauldron of incense burners are placed, and a large bucket of rice is placed inside, and the rice is pasted with red paper to insert incense.

There were three snow-green lotus-wrapped mats on the hem of the table table. Chen Li looked at his father and Shen Huan’s guards, piled up pine, cypress and firewood branches to ignite them. The blazing flames were rising into the sky, burning and the sound of firecrackers became more and more intense.

She took the Gaoxiang handed over by her mother, and worked with her to burn incense and pray for blessings, kowtowed and worshipped, and then burned the portrait, meaning that it would be considered a sacrifice to the Buddha.

Tian Jiang pulled her into the room again. The new copper fire charcoal was strong. She didn't feel cold in the yard. When she came in, she was surprised to see how cold it was outside. The table and kang table were filled with plates filled with dried fruits and pastries and hot tea. The maids and nannies in Qitongyuan changed into new clothes and combed their hair with their hair. They even applied makeup, waiting for kowtow to receive the reward. They spoke and laughed endlessly.

Half a moment later, Chen Erye's clothes came with rosin. He took off his cloak and sat on both sides of the kang table. Cui Xiang placed a round cushion in front of the kang. Shen Li kowtowed and bowed first. Tian Jiang praised the red rope and made a rosy string of money knots. There was also a brocade box. When he returned to Leizangyuan, he allowed to open it. It was mysterious and everyone smiled. Chen Erye grabbed a handful of peach blossom-style golden roe for her. Chen Li was stunned, and tears suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Tian Jiang quickly asked her to get up and sat down on the kang.

Then everyone kowtowed and kowtowed in order of internal and external importance. Chen Erye and Tian Jiang both gave red ropes, gold, silver, hairpins, hairpins, silk, sweat scarves and other items.

When they parted happily, Mrs. Shen sent Xia Chan to inform her that she would not have to go to her room to stay up to the New Year, just play in the room.

Mr. Chen also had to go to the study to the audience of guards and walk first.

Tian Jiang asked Cuimei to clean up the kang table, and then called Cairong and a few more. They gathered together under the lamp to play double or do Yeer, and agreed to win or lose money.

Chen Li's eyes saw the corners of her mother's mouth flying, and the copper coins rolled in front of her were rolling halfway up, while Cui Mei Cairong and others were so sad that they sighed, and the money that had untied the red rope became increasingly sparse... Cairong was going to the kitchen to take the wonton chicken and pulled out of the kang. Madam Tao immediately took it back after watching it for half a day.

Cairong put on a cloak and lifted the curtain. Several night watchers in the corridor asked her if she had won money with her sleeves. She just shook her head and walked towards the kitchen with her exit door. The sound of firecrackers made her ears numb, and the fire burned like half of the sky was illuminated.

Passing by Fushan Hall, the eldest wife He led Xichun into the yard. Seeing that she stopped, Cairong saw that she couldn't avoid it, she hurriedly stepped forward to ask her. He smiled and said, "Where are you going? What are your grandma doing? If you want to see her, you may have to rest again."

Cairong smiled and replied: "My grandma is playing with Li Jie'er with us. I went to the kitchen to bring two bowls of wonton chicken, preparing whoever is hungry to eat."

After hearing this, He laughed and said, "What a careful girl. You should also tell me in the kitchen, don't have soup, but the noodles are only yellow. Ten pieces are packed in a plate, and put them tightly in a food box." He took out the golden beans from her sleeve.

Cairong took the golden beans and secretly glanced at Xichun, without saying anything, passing each other by.

She continued walking, and just happened to meet Liu'er and the wet nurse accompanying Shen Yan back to the yard to rest. Shen Yan's eyes were swollen and she was sobbing constantly. The wet nurse was comforting her with warm words.

Cairong pulled Liu'er aside and asked what was wrong. Liu'er whispered: "Isn't it because of Brother Mian who the third master brought back from Shu? Yan Jie'er pulled him to play shuttlecock and bet on gold robes? Who would have thought that Brother Mian was young but pretended to be a pig and eat tiger. The shuttlecock was able to kick all kinds of patterns, and he won all the gold robes of Sister Yan. When the third grandma knew about it, she was angry and scolded her again. She didn't cry until now."

Cairong suppressed her smile and went to comfort Sister Yan. She said a few words and went forward to the flower of the plum tree. She saw the open door of the three rooms. The third master leaned over and looked at Meiyun, touched her head, and took out a brocade box from her sleeve. Meiyun hesitated to answer, then raised her face and the moonlight shone into her eyes.

This is exactly: the only thing that can be resentful is that only affectionate people can be moved.
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