A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, several young ladies from the Lin Mansion returned to their mother's home with their husbands to pay New Year's greetings. The servants were busy unloading gifts of all sizes from the carriages, and the maids also helped their young ladies get off the carriages.

"Husband, I look so haggard today." Lin Qinghuan, who was the most reluctant, had just gotten on the carriage and was now feeling melancholy alone.

"I told you to play dice last night, but you stayed up so late." Xiao Yi was also very sleepy. Last night, he was pestered by his little wife and his younger sister Xiao Qiannan to compare sizes the whole time.

"Hehe...it's quite interesting. I won a lot of money." Lin Qinghuan said happily.

"You won all of Nan'er's lucky money."

"She left Qingbo Courtyard with a sad face last night. It's really funny to think about it." At this point, Lin Qinghuan laughed again.

"Look how happy you are, your saliva is flowing out." Xiao Yi reached out and wiped the corners of Lin Qinghuan's mouth, which were stained by excitement.

"It's so embarrassing." Lin Qinghuan smiled awkwardly with a slightly red face.

"You are always the cutest in my eyes." Xiao Yi pinched the silly woman's face affectionately and said.

Lin Qinghuan held Xiao Yi's arm with a happy look on her face, and leaned her head against him.

"Has Huan'er not arrived yet?" He Su looked at the children in the room and asked Zhuang'er, the head maid serving beside them.

"Well, the only ones missing are the fifth young lady and the fifth uncle." Zhuang'er replied.

"Okay, send someone to greet her at the door. Has the old ancestor drunk the morning medicine?" He Su asked Finland, another personal maid next to her.

"Drank it. The old ancestor has woken up early these days. Today he got up and strolled in the yard for quite a while, then went to bed again. He should be awake now." Finland said.

"I'm busy today and don't have time to say good morning. Please go and ask the sedan chair to go to the ancestor's yard to pick up the old man." He Su gave another order, and then went to the kitchen in a hurry.

"My mother hasn't rested her legs since early morning."

Lin Qingyi looked at the busy He Su, and then looked at Lin Mutang who was playing chess very comfortably with Lin Yu in the study on the other side. The two formed a sharp contrast.

"We're late." Lin Qinghuan shouted inside as soon as he arrived at the gate.

"You are heavy, so it's normal for you to move slowly." Lin Mo was watching several children playing in the yard.

"Sister Mo." Lin Qinghuan let go of Xiao Yi's hand and walked towards Lin Mo. The two sisters hugged each other affectionately again.

"You two sisters always hug each other." Jia Xu said as he stood aside holding a slingshot.

"What? Do you have any objections?" Lin Mo turned his head and asked.

"How dare I, how dare I." When Jia Xu saw Lin Mo's sullen face, he smiled and admitted defeat.

"Come on, let's go inside and sit down and talk." Lin Mo took the arm of Lin Qinghuan and her sister and walked towards the inner room.

"Brother-in-law, don't follow me. Let's go to father's study first, and then go to play tossing pots!" Lin Ancai stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Yi who was about to follow Lin Qinghuan and said.

"Let's go!" Upon hearing this, Jia Xu quickly threw away the small slingshot in his hand of his beloved son Jia Zhengran, and then called Wang Xin who was playing with insects with Lin Zhichuan.

The four grown men walked towards Lin Mutang's study. The servants had already prepared the equipment for pitching pots and placed them in the yard.

"They went to Daddy's study." Lin Mo said when he saw Lin Qinghuan stop and turn around to look for Xiao Yi.

"He's getting along well with his brothers-in-law now." Lin Qinghuan was worried about her aloof husband at first, but now it seems that she was worrying too much.

"After all, he has been the son-in-law of the Lin family for three years. With An Cai and A Xu, two lively guys, he will definitely be able to get along with others. Look, even my third brother-in-law went with him." Lin Mo said, pointing at Wang Xin at the back of the crowd.

"Speaking of my third brother-in-law, why is Sister Wan not here?" Lin Qinghuan asked after looking around.

"She went back to the yard to change clothes, and as soon as she came back, Zhichuan rubbed an oil stain on her skirt." Lin Mo said as he helped Lin Qinghuan sit down.

Lin Zhichuan saw Lin Qinghuan was about to come over and act coquettishly, but was stopped by his own sister Lin Qingru.

"Stay away from Sister Huan. You're being so careless every day. What if you bump into her?"

Lin Zhichuan rolled his eyes at Lin Qingru with a look of grievance, and then looked at Lin Qinghuan pitifully.

"Sister Huan, don't sympathize with him. He just soiled Third Sister's skirt. It was such a beautiful new dress, but he did it to her." Lin Qingru still looked at Lin Zhichuan seriously and complained to Lin Qinghuan.

"My Ru'er now acts like an older sister. When she looks at me, I feel like I have forgotten that crybaby girl." Lin Qinghuan couldn't help but sigh.

"Sister Huan, is the baby in your belly still impatient?" Lin Qingru looked at Lin Zhichuan going to the yard to watch the pitching pot again, and then she sat obediently next to Lin Qinghuan and asked while touching her belly with her hand.

"Don't be impatient, he is very well-behaved now!" Lin Qinghuan smiled slightly, her cheeks slightly red.

"Let me feel your pulse." Doctor Lin Mo's habit came back, and he held Lin Qinghuan's wrist and listened carefully again.

But Lin Mo frowned and then relaxed.

Lin Qinghuan looked at her nervously, with some uneasiness in his eyes.

"It's okay now. It's much calmer than that day. Maybe he's been obedient and had a good rest." Lin Mo put down Lin Qinghuan's sleeve and said softly.

"After listening to my sister, I stayed in the yard obediently and didn't go anywhere." Lin Qinghuan said.

"You don't have to be so hard on yourself. I just want you to stay in a good mood." Lin Mo said with a smile.

"Big sister will miss today's fun." Lin Qinghuan heard the shouting outside and wanted to stand up to take a look.

"They seem to be playing a game of pitching pots. Let's go and take a look." Lin Mo and Lin Qingru stood up and helped the delicate pregnant woman up.

When Lin Qinghuan walked to the courtyard, she saw her husband aiming at the mouth of the pot and throwing it.

"I don't know how good he is at pitching pots. I only know that An is the one who likes to play it." Lin Qinghuan said with a smile.

"My second brother is the best at throwing pots. No one is better than him." Lin Qingru said from the side.

"Isn't your second brother the most powerful person in the world?" Lin Mo asked with a smile.

"Second brother is the best at what he is good at." Lin Ancai's little follower Lin Qingru said.

"I can see that he is not good at this." Lin Qinghuan looked back resentfully and saw that her husband had missed an arrow.

"Hahahaha... you seem to be very disappointed." Lin Mo couldn't help laughing, and his laughter made the people who were playing the pot-tossing game turn around.

"An Cai is very powerful. He hasn't missed an arrow yet. My two brothers-in-law and I can't beat him." Jia Xu walked up to his wife and said.

"He has loved playing these since he was a child." Lin Qinghuan said, and Xiao Yi also walked towards him.

"I missed several arrows today." Xiao Yi said helplessly.

"It must be because I didn't sleep well last night." Lin Qinghuan said coquettishly.

"I haven't played for a long time, and I'm not very familiar with it." Xiao Yi said. After all, he was a civil servant and was very busy. He had no spare time to devote himself to these things.

"I want to play too." Lin Qinghuan watched them having so much fun and became interested too.

"Come on, come on. It's rare that Huan'er would be in such a refined mood." Jia Xu said in agreement after hearing this.

Xiao Yi smiled and nodded.

"Sister, are you sure you want to try it?" Lin Ancai handed Lin Qinghuan a feather arrow and asked.

"Well, how difficult is it for me to try?" Lin Qinghuan threw it with all his strength.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha..." As everyone burst into laughter, the weak arrow thrown by Lin Qinghuan fell on the ground less than halfway into Hukou.

"Why is it so difficult?" Lin Qinghuan asked in disbelief.

"Then I'll try it too." Lin Mo took the arrow handed to him by Lin Ancai with a smile, aimed at the mouth of the pot for a while, and threw it out with a whoosh.

All I heard was the sound of something being put into the pot accurately.

"Beautiful!" Jia Xu couldn't help but exclaim.

"Sister Mo, how come you are so good at everything?" Lin Qinghuan took a look at the arrow she had thrown halfway, then looked at Lin Mo's accurate arrow, and then looked at Lin Mo with approval and said.

"It's quite interesting, Huan'er. You have to aim at it for a while, then raise your arm and throw it out with skill." Lin Mo took another arrow, and while aiming, he explained it in detail to Lin Qinghuan, and then he saw the woman throw another arrow in steadily.

Jia Xu looked at his wife with admiration. What kind of woman was she? Why did she have so many abilities?

"I want to try it too." Lin Qingyi also walked over with an arrow.

"You have been playing tossing pots with me since you were a child. It would be embarrassing if you fail to win again." Lin Ancai said deliberately from the side.

Lin Qingyi just snorted and threw the arrow in her hand steadily.

"Fourth sister is so amazing. No, I have to ask someone to accompany me." After saying this, Lin Qinghuan looked towards the door again.

"Are you looking for Wan'er?" Lin Mo covered his mouth and laughed.

Wang Xin also looked towards the door. His wife had left him alone early in the morning. Fortunately, he had a good relationship with Jia Xu, otherwise it would have been very embarrassing.

"Sister Wan, why haven't you come back yet after changing clothes?" While Lin Qinghuan was speaking, he had already shot three more arrows, all of which were lying in the middle of the road.

"Coming, coming." Yun Xiang pointed at the door and shouted happily, and then he saw Chu Xia had already run over to meet Lin Qingwan.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingwan asked curiously. This large group of people were looking at her expectantly.

"Sister Wan, you try it too." Lin Qinghuan handed an arrow to Lin Qingwan.

The woman glanced at the pot in the distance, then looked at the arrow in her hand. "How can I throw it in from such a distance?"

"Third sister, please try it quickly, otherwise someone will not be able to eat today." Lin Ancai said.

Lin Qingwan looked at the group of people in confusion, then stretched out her hand and threw the arrow gracefully. The arrow lay obediently among the pile of arrow corpses of Lin Qinghuan.

"It's so far away, how can I throw it in?" Lin Qingwan said helplessly as she looked at these people laughing.

"Come on, sisters, let's go have some tea." Lin Qinghuan said with a smile as she walked forward and took the arms of her three sisters.

"Look at her." Lin Ancai muttered behind him, and then called on several brothers-in-law to continue the competition.

In Anxinzhai, Grandma Lin took a light nap, and Nanny Dong and several maids helped the old lady get up.

"Madam, the girls and boys are here." Finland, who came to pick them up, knelt down and said.

"These naughty kids are here early. Let's go, I'm going to go and see what the kids are having fun." Grandma Lin held out her hand, and the maid brought her golden tiger-head cane and handed it to her.

The sedan chair outside the yard has been prepared. Grandma Lin's legs and feet are not as nimble as before in winter, and she basically has to be supported by someone or sit in the sedan chair when she goes out of the yard.

"The ancestor is here!" As the servant at the door shouted, everyone stood up.

The lunch started after the old man took his seat.