Wangfu little dumb wife

Chapter 140 New Year's Money (7 more)
Noticing that his wife was distracted, Lu Xingzhou spoke in a timely manner, "Ayin, pay attention to the road under your feet."

The eldest princess pulled back her thoughts and nodded.

The family of three soon arrived at the flower hall.

Sure enough, the old Hou Ye and the old lady were already sitting inside.

The eldest princess's eyes stayed on the spirited face of the old Hou Ye for a moment, then she lowered her eyes and bowed her knees with Lu Xingzhou.

"Son (daughter-in-law) pays respects to father and mother."

The old lady was surprised that the eldest princess would come over, she smiled kindly, "Xunyin, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, just as the master is coming back, why don't you stay and have a reunion dinner with everyone?"

It is the tone of inquiry.

Even if you don't like a princess as your daughter-in-law, you don't dare to throw face at others.

What's more, the old lady likes the second daughter-in-law from the bottom of her heart. Although she is a bit cold-tempered, she behaves reasonably and does not easily put on airs. Just because of this, she is not comparable to other princesses or even daughters of aristocratic families. .

However, the eldest princess rarely comes to the Hou's mansion on weekdays, so when the old lady asked this question, she was going through the motions without really holding out hope.

Unexpectedly, people directly opened their mouths to respond.

"Mother is right. The daughter-in-law has indeed not come to the Hou's mansion for dinner."

Such a straightforward answer was beyond everyone's expectations.

Even Su Yi who followed behind was taken aback for a moment, "Then what... brother and sister want to stay for dinner?"

The eldest princess raised her eyebrows, "Why, sister-in-law didn't arrange meals for our family of three?"

Su Yi glanced over Lu Xingzhou's face, and said with a smile: "What? I just remembered that my brothers and sisters went to the palace for the New Year's Eve banquet in previous years, and I thought it would be the same this year."

"This year is different." When the eldest princess spoke, she gave the old master a vague look, "Isn't this the father-in-law's return? Our whole family can be regarded as working together, and we should have a reunion dinner. "

Facing Princess Shang's eyes, Old Hou Ye Lu unnaturally turned his head slightly.

The old lady smiled and said: "Didn't the master still talk about his grandson before? Now that he is right in front of you, why are you silent again?"

The eldest princess smiled lightly and looked at Lu Yanqing who was behind her, "Yan Qing, why don't you come and pay grandpa New Year's greetings."

Lu Yanqing said "Oh", stepped forward, and knelt down with a plop, "Grandson is paying New Year's greetings to grandparents in advance!"

"It's cold on the ground, get up quickly!" Old Master Lu motioned for Nanny to help Lu Yanqing up.Then he smiled, "You can give me New Year's greetings in the early morning of the 31st. Grandpa's red envelope is not ready yet!"

Lu Yanqing chuckled twice, "Then just make up for it tonight, Grandpa, and make up for what was not given in the past few years."

Old Master Lu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily.

The atmosphere in the flower hall was officially active.

Having met her in-laws, the eldest princess didn't intend to stay and chat with them about the housework, but wanted to go to the garden to relax.

Su Yi followed and said softly, "Sister and brother, let me go with you!"

The eldest princess looked at her, "Didn't the sister-in-law take over the old lady's authority to manage the affairs of the house? Why, you don't need to arrange the New Year's Eve dinner?"

Su Yi shook her head, "Anyone in charge is keeping an eye on Shao, nothing can go wrong, I just thought, it's rare for my brothers and sisters to come over, as a sister-in-law, I should have a good talk with you, otherwise we won't get together for a long time Let’s talk, there is a division between our sisters-in-law.”

"Birth and birth can't be divided." The eldest princess curled up a slight smile, "My sister-in-law's generosity back then, I and my son-in-law have always kept in mind. Before coming here, my son-in-law was still thinking about how to repay my sister-in-law's kindness!"

Su Yi caught a glimpse of Lu Xingzhou looking at her and her eyes had turned cold, she took a step back with some guilt, but quickly calmed down again, "Don't say I didn't do anything back then, even if I did, it's been 18 years Brothers and sisters should also look forward, we are all people with children and daughters, we can't live with those memories forever, can't we? You are a princess, golden branches and jade leaves, it doesn't matter if you hate me, but if you get angry because of it, then It's really a sin."

The eldest princess corrected her, "You, Su Yi, are not qualified enough to be hated by me for 18 years. As for who is living with memories, no one knows better than you."

After speaking, without giving Su Yi any time to react, she turned around and strode away.

Su Yi glanced at Lu Xingzhou who was standing there, regained her composure, and showed concern, "Is my brother and sister not in a good mood today?"

Lu Xingzhou didn't deny it, "When you meet someone you don't want to see, no matter how good you are, you'll lose your mood."

Su Yi asked him, "You also think I did that thing back then?"

"It doesn't matter who did it, the important thing is that no one can separate me and A Yin, no matter 18 years ago or 18 years later."

Seeing that Lu Xingzhou was about to leave, Su Yi suddenly said, "Second brother, do you really believe that the three years she disappeared were just recuperating outside?"

"Sister-in-law, please pay attention to your wording!"

Su Yi red-eyed, "One day, I will find evidence to prove to you how much she lied to you! That woman is not worth what you paid for her at all!"

Lu Xingzhou didn't listen to the rest of the words, and only left Su Yi with a straight back that gradually drifted away.

The eldest princess sat down in the pavilion by the lake, with a charcoal basin inside, so she didn't feel cold.

Seeing the son-in-law approaching slowly, the corners of her lips twitched into a smile, "It was so hard to see you, I thought she would pester you for a few more words."

Lu Xingzhou was silent for a while, and said, "This is the first time that Ah Yin has taken the initiative to care about my affairs after the wedding."

The smile on the eldest princess's face faded, and her eyes fell on the fiery coals, "I suddenly want to drink."

Lu Xingzhou summoned a maid and told him to fetch the best wine in the house to warm it up.

As far as I can remember, this seems to be the first time for the couple to have a drink like this. Lu Xingzhou inevitably drank a few more glasses, and he couldn't hide some words. End it!"

The eldest princess looked at him with a half-smile, "Is the son-in-law drunk?"

Realizing what he said, Lu Xingzhou stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, "It's been a long time since I've had a drink, it's true that I'm a bit overwhelmed by alcohol, and lost my composure."

The eldest princess asked people to collect the rest of the wine, and then sent the maid to take the son-in-law back to the guest room to rest. She stood up, called the two maids, and said that she wanted to go out for a walk.

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Xu Shu's father heard that Song Wei and his young lady would not go home during the Chinese New Year, so he asked Xu Shu to come early to invite them to the General's Mansion for a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve.

Hutong courtyard
Song Wei was painting paste and pasting couplets and window grilles, while Wen Wan and sister-in-law were busy in the kitchen.

In response to the joy of the New Year, they bought a lot of delicious dishes today, all of which had to be cooked before the firecrackers were set off at dusk.

When Xu Shu came, he ran into Song Wei outside the gate of the courtyard, glanced at the couplets and banners on the door, and clicked, "You wrote it by yourself? Yes! This is so smart, buddy convinced."

Song Wei asked without answering, "It's Chinese New Year, you don't stay at home, why are you running here?"

Xu Shu remembered the business, and hurriedly said: "My father asked me to come, and said that the three of you should go to the General's Mansion for a reunion dinner."

Putting the paste brush back into the bowl, Song Wei wiped his hands and said, "I can't go, I'm afraid I will disappoint the General."

"Why can't you go?" Xu Shu said, "You are here for the New Year, and if you go to our house, isn't it the same for the New Year?"

"There is no reason to run to other people's houses on New Year's Eve."

Xu Shu heard it, "What do you mean, you and I are not from the same family, so we can't go anyway, right?"

"If you understand, go back quickly. I'm busy today, but I don't have time to entertain you."

"It's not... it's just a meal. Are you so particular about it?"

Song Wei didn't want to talk to him anymore, he brought a small bowl and wanted to enter the courtyard.

Xu Shu didn't chase after, and shouted at Song Wei's back, "Hey, are you really going?"

When he didn't hear the answer, Xu Shu spread his hands, "Well, it's a waste of time buddy."

-

They prepared a large table of dishes for joy, but in fact, Wen Wan and Song Fang had small appetites, and they didn't eat much together.

Tonight is to keep watch.

Hearing from Song Wei that there will be fireworks all over the city at midnight, Song Fang can't wait.

When I was in Ningzhou, I had never seen any fireworks. There were fireworks in the county town, but they were all set off at night. Who would go to the county town at night?
"Third brother, I heard it's very lively outside right now, why don't we go out for a walk? We've been here for so long, and I've been worrying about getting dressed and eating all day long, and I haven't taken time to go out with my sister-in-law. You can't stop me at night, or I'll be in a hurry with you!"

Song Wei said: "Most New Year's Eve is spent at home to watch the New Year's Eve, the streets will not be too lively."

"Then I don't care about it." Song Fang insisted, "You can tell me something, let me take my little sister-in-law out?"

Song Wei couldn't resist her, "Let me go with you!"

He was worried that the two weak women who had no strength to restrain the chicken would just go out like this.

"also."

After Song Fang finished speaking, she stretched out her hand towards Song Wei, "It's Chinese New Year, where's the lucky money?"

"How old are you and still need lucky money?"

"I'm not married yet, so why can't I ask for it? Besides, you are an elder brother, and your elder brother is like a father. It's not too much for you to give me New Year's money?"

Song Wei asked her, "How old are you this year?"

Song Fang said truthfully: "Seventeen, I will be eighteen when the child is over, and the price of the New Year's money will increase, you can weigh it yourself!"

Song Wei nodded, "One tael of silver for one year old, Wanwan, give her the red envelope, so as not to have to pay another tael when the time passes."

One year old and one tael, 17 years old and 17 taels.

The red envelope has been wrapped long ago, and it is a small bank note for universal deposit and withdrawal.

Song Fang opened it and took a look, then was stunned, "Is it really for me?"

She grew up so big that she didn't even have five taels of silver on her body. 17 taels was a huge sum of money for Song Fang. Even if the prices in the capital were high, she could still buy a lot of good things.

You know, excluding the subsidy and the high amount of maintenance money, the official annual salary of the third-rank minister in the court is only 210 taels. Once she takes it, she has covered his family's salary for a month, isn't it a huge sum of money?

Seeing Song Wei nodding, Song Fang was overjoyed, so she took it and hurriedly sent it back to her room to hide.

Wen Wan blinked and looked at Xianggong.

My sister-in-law has lucky money, what about me?

Song Wei asked her to reach out and stuffed a big red envelope into her hand.

Wen Wan opened it and saw that there were also bank notes inside, several hundred taels.

Song Wei said with a smile: "I will leave a small part for emergency, and leave the rest to you. You can spend it however you want."

(End of this chapter)