Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

I don't know when the snow started falling, but it's higher than my shoes when I stepped on it.

Father Fang, Miao Da and Miao Er were clearing snow in the yard. When they saw Li Yu, they stopped what they were doing and greeted her.

Li Yu replied and walked into the kitchen to watch Madam Mu and Fang's mother making breakfast.

Fang Erya was also helping to light the fire in the kitchen.

They all arrived home after the move, and Li Yu also gave them rewards two days ago.

Fang Erya usually worked in the store, and her reward was the same as that of other helpers in the store. Madam Mu received the same reward as Fang's father and mother, which was two months' salary plus dim sum, braised meat, and a new set of clothes.

Although the two brothers Miao Da and Miao Er arrived the latest, they had to escort Han Zheng to court and to the Hanlin Academy, and also help in the store when they had nothing to do, so their reward was the highest among the few people, each of them received three months' salary, two sets of clothes, snacks and braised meat.

Li Yu felt that they should all be quite satisfied, because the smiles on their faces never faded after the rewards were given out.

*

Madam Mu made porridge with side dishes, which Li Yu found a bit bland, so he found some eggs and fried a few.

After dinner, Li Yu set up an altar in the yard and took Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei to burn paper for Han's father, Han's mother and Han Xiuwen.

Han Zheng won the top spot in the imperial examination this year, and I think their spirits in heaven will be happy too.

"When we return to Qingshui Village in the summer, I will tell my second great grandfather that he will arrange for people to worship the two elders and your second brother regularly. You can rest assured."

Han Xiaomei rubbed her eyes and hummed heavily.

Han Zheng thanked Li Yu.

*

The two took a while to calm down, and then Han Zheng led Si'er and Fang's father to post Spring Festival couplets, while Li Yu took Madam Mu and others to do other things.

The whole family is having a great time.

In the afternoon, Li Yu called Han Zheng and asked him to call Lu Sheng home.

"Both of his sisters are not in the capital, so he will inevitably feel lonely spending the New Year alone. Why don't you go and call him over and let him stay with us? It will just be a matter of having one more pair of chopsticks."

Han Zheng was just about to tell Li Yu about this, but unexpectedly Li Yu brought it up first, so he immediately went out and drove to find someone.

*

Lu Sheng didn't really want to celebrate the New Year with Han Zheng and Li Yu. It wasn't because he disliked them, but because he felt it was inappropriate.

It's the New Year, and the family is reuniting. How could it be wrong for him, an outsider, to go there?

But he couldn't refuse the warmth that was at his fingertips. After hesitating for a while, he still followed Han Zheng back home with his servants.

After Han Zheng left, Li Yu told everyone else about Lu Sheng's situation, so when Lu Sheng entered the yard, no one looked at him strangely.

Lu Sheng slowly relaxed.

Before entering the house, he sighed, "When I was in Baihe Academy, if someone had told me that I would work with you in the Hanlin Academy in the future and become your good friend, I would have sneered at these words given my temperament at the time."

Han Zheng thought about his previous personality of looking down on everyone and felt that what he said was right.

*

There are many people in the family this year, so Li Yu opened two tables.

Fang Erya's family, Miao Da and Miao Er, Madam Mu, and Lu Sheng's servants sat at one table.

Li Yu, Han Zheng and others were sitting at a table.

There were ten dishes and two soups on each table. Seeing that Madam Mu and the others were feeling cramped with him, Li Yu asked them to arrange their own dining place.

After setting off firecrackers, everyone moved into the house to eat.

The capital city is different from Qingshui Village. There are many people and the sound of firecrackers is heard one after another.

Everyone was talking while eating, and laughter could be heard from the house from time to time.

After an unknown amount of time, Fang Erya's voice rang out from outside, "It's snowing again."

Li Yu went out to take a look, and sure enough, snowflakes were falling again.

"I'm afraid it will be a bit troublesome to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow." Han Zheng frowned slightly.

Li Yu smiled and said, "Just take your time, there's no rush."

*

At the same time, everywhere in Beijing.

In the palace, a royal banquet was going on. The Queen and Emperor Tianyuan sat in the main seats, while other concubines, princes, princes and nobles sat below, chatting and laughing.

In the center of the hall, a woman in red was dancing gracefully, attracting everyone's attention.

The atmosphere in the entire hall was peaceful, but anyone who wasn't stupid could sense the undercurrent beneath the peaceful atmosphere.

Princess Jianing was in the middle of it all and felt like something was wrong.

In previous years, she would complain to the Crown Princess at this time, but this year it was obvious that her relationship with the Crown Princess was not good, so she could only complain quietly to Princess An.

In the small courtyard where the Yue brothers and sisters lived, the atmosphere was more tense than ever before. The servants saw that Yue Ji and Yue Xiang's faces were getting worse and worse, so they ran away in fear after the food was served on the table.

The two of them sat face to face for two quarters of an hour. When the food had lost its heat, they slowly picked up their chopsticks to eat.

It was the first year that Xie Youlan didn't spend the New Year at home. She felt more relaxed than ever before. After eating early, she looked at the snow outside and suddenly inspiration struck her. Without saying a word, she went back to her room, took out pen and ink and started writing.

*

Li Yu didn't know how other families celebrated the New Year. After dinner, everyone cleared the table, brought the stove over, and chatted around the stove.

In order to avoid boredom from just talking, Li Yu put a wire mesh on the stove, then roasted a few sweet potatoes and some unpeeled peanuts on the fire.

So at midnight, after firing the closing cannon, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Lu Sheng lived in the guest room, while his servants temporarily lived in the gatehouse.

*

Late at night, snowflakes were falling outside and the sound of firecrackers could be heard faintly not far away.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Li Yu suddenly woke up with a start.

She opened her eyes and looked at the bed curtains, then sat up, put on her clothes and got out of bed to look.

Li Yu pushed the window open a crack and looked outside.

The snow was even heavier than before I went to bed, and the snow on the ground was already ankle-deep.

There was the faint sound of horse hooves on the street outside.

It shouldn’t be an auditory hallucination, but who rides a horse in the snow?

The cold wind came into the room through the window. Li Yu shivered and looked outside again. She closed the door and lay back on the bed to rest.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already the morning of New Year's Day.

Li Yu gave red envelopes to Han Xiaomei, Si'er, Fang Erya and other children, and then everyone sat down together to eat the first meal of the New Year.

After dinner, Li Yu was thinking about taking Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Su. Just as he was taking out the things, Mr. Bai from next door suddenly came to the door.

Boss Bai came with his family. In order to avoid suspicion, he and another female guard pretended to be a couple. The other two guards in training were their sons.

The two families greeted each other at the door and then went into the house to chat.

Li Yu, Boss Bai, and Han Zheng were walking at the end.

Boss Bai whispered, "An urgent report was sent to the palace last night. I'm afraid the court will be held today. Sir Han should not go out."

Li Yu: "Urgent news? Do you know what it is about?"

Boss Bai shook his head: "I don't know the details, the news came from the East Palace."

Li Yu looked at Han Zheng and suddenly felt a little uneasy.

There is urgent news during the New Year, I am afraid something big has happened.