The Red Mansions

Chapter 265 On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are a lot of guests

early morning.

The firecrackers crackled for a long time.

Jia Yun's family all got up early.

Today is the first day of the new year, there is no reason not to get up early.

The family members, whether they are masters or servants, all put on brand new clothes and were beaming.

As usual, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai just washed up and went to pay their respects to Mrs. Bu.

Then go hand in hand to the family temple that was specially built when the courtyard was first built to worship the ancestors.

In the family temple, there are ancestral god tablets, and the door has already been opened by Ni Er's people.

Bu and Xue Baochai led their concubines to kneel and kowtow in the open space in front of the family temple.

Jia Yun stepped into the family temple to offer incense and worship ancestors.

Only a few people from my own family did not engage in too complicated rituals.

After Jingxiang kowtowed, Jia Yun came out from inside.

After that, everyone returned to the lobby of the middle courtyard.

First, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai brought all the concubines to pay New Year's greetings to Mrs. Bu, and then the family servants paid New Year's greetings to their master.

During the period, red envelopes were handed out, which was much more than last night's New Year's Eve.

For wealthy families, spending new year, festivals, birthdays, and marrying daughters are all costly.

Just like Jia Yun, the admiral of Fengtai Daying, holds real power.

When you reach this level, you can't do without a little ostentation, and even if you have a lot of ostentation.

They ate glutinous rice balls in the morning, and Dai Quan came over just after eating.

Dozens of people came together, with large and small bags, pearls, jade, gems, cloth and curios, filling a wing room.

He didn't leave any further letters, exchanged a few words with Jia Yun, left the gift list, and left.

"The gifts are all good things, and they are all useful." Xue Baochai took a few glances at the gift list and said with a smile.

Rewards from the royal family are afraid of rewarding things that can only be offered and not used.

Although that stuff sounds good to the world, it is not useful, and if it is not done well, it will easily cause trouble.

Just like the imperial decree, it also needs to be confessed, and it cannot be lost or dirty, otherwise it is disrespectful!

Mrs. Bu beamed with joy, the things that the emperor personally bestowed during the Chinese New Year, no matter good or bad, can also show that Jia Yun's family is prosperous.

This is a good thing!
Jia Yun said with a smile: "After a few years, maybe mother can go to the palace for a walk!"

"Hehe, no matter whether you can go or not, you will enjoy my son's happiness." Mrs. Bu said happily.

"I never thought that there would be such a day in my life!"

Jia Yun smiled, turned her head to Xue Baochai and said:
"Don't look at Baochai, the things are piled up in the wing room, and I will sort them out after the new year."

"You and your mother go back to the inner house first, and there will definitely be many people coming to pay New Year's greetings and give gifts later."

"There must be a lot of female relatives who came with me, so I will take care of my mother and Baochai to receive them."

Xue Baochai helped Mrs. Bu up, smiled and said:

"This is the glory that my husband brought to my mother-in-law and my servant's family. Why do you have to work so hard?"

What she said was not wrong, the female relatives who came here today can be received by her and Mrs. Bu, and their bodies will not be low.

To what level, what to say.

In the past, Xue Baochai wanted someone to come to his house to pay New Year's greetings, but he couldn't expect it.

Sure enough, Jia Yun's guess was right. Not long after Mrs. Bu and Xue Baochai went to the inner house, someone came to the door.

Next, many people came in one after another.

In the beginning, there were military officers, hundreds of households, thousands of households, commanders and so on.

In the middle of the morning, civil servants began to arrive.

The classmates, teachers, etc. of the academy, and many gossip officials.

Even among the six parts, many people came over.

Among them, the Ministry of War and the Inspectorate came the most.

Because many of the military supervisors in Fengtai Daying were appointed by civilian officials sent by the Ministry of War and the Inspectorate.

Therefore, Jia Yun has the closest connection with these two departments.

In order to welcome these people, Ni Er was so busy that he kept his feet on the ground, but Jia Yun was extraordinarily relaxed.

Jia Yun didn't count how many people came, but there were at least several hundred people.

Ni Er whispered to him halfway.

It is said that in order to hold the presents, two rooms were specially set aside, which is not enough.

Just for gold ingots, today I received 600 taels and more than [-] taels of silver ingots.

Other things, such as cloth, jade factories, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and painting, copybooks, the four treasures of the study, and so on.

Countless!

When it was almost noon, the number of people coming gradually decreased.

Jia Yun went to the wing room to take a look, and sighed again and again:
"No wonder everyone wants to be an official. Let alone other things, getting rich is real!"

Although he is not short of silver envoys now, he still has a sense of accomplishment after seeing so many things.

He worked desperately and studied hard, wasn't it just for power, money and women?

"You can't float, so where are you going?" Jia Yun thought to herself secretly.

On the way to the back house, Xiren smiled and said:
"Master, our family has improved a bit this year!"

She has also helped to receive many concubines in the government today, and she has never had such an experience before.

Isn't she following Jia Yun just to live such a life?

Jia Yun smiled, shook her head and said, "What kind of improvement is this?"

He had a clear understanding that although many people came here today, they were all low-ranking officials.

The only ones who can get it are the teachers of the academy, and later Yushi Qingliu.

Needless to say, the military officer here, although many high-level ones came.

But no matter how high their grades are, they are all unworthy in front of Qingliu, the official censor.

Xiren heard the words, restrained his smile, thought for a while, nodded and said:
"That's right, at least there are no civil servants above rank five here today."

"Hehe, so, your master has to work harder!" Jia Yun said with a smile.

For him, the most important thing now is to be named on the gold list this year.

If you pass the Jinshi exam, you can say anything.

On the cusp of the storm, when the emperor needs manpower, he is not afraid that there will be no high-ranking officials to do it.

If you fail the Jinshi examination, you will not be able to enter the inner circle, and naturally everything will be suspended.

Came to the back house.

Both Bu Shi and Xue Baochai looked a little tired.

Mrs. Bu sighed: "This job is not easy, my face is frozen from smiling, I haven't smiled much today for several years."

She has orders, and many people with orders have come here today. Naturally, she has to receive her, otherwise she will be rude.

Xue Baochai smiled and said: "Today's New Year's Day, mother-in-law will smile more, hee hee..."

After joking, Xue Baochai turned around and asked Jia Yun, "Husband, I'm going to Jia's mansion tomorrow, shall we go with me?"

"You don't want to go, the past was just a sham and a sham, it's not interesting." Jia Yun shook her head and said.

The Jia family had invited him a long time ago, as well as Bu Shi and Xue Baochai.

If the female relatives don't go, no one will say anything. Everyone in the clan knows that Xue Baochai is pregnant, and I believe they will measure up.

As for Jia Yun, if he doesn't go, it will be a bit bad.

In any case, two Jia characters cannot be written in one stroke.

When it comes to the outside world, you still can't let people see jokes.

Another one, he had reported this matter to the emperor a long time ago.

At the beginning, the emperor also said that it was best for him to go. If Jia Yun didn't go, it would be easy to arouse people's imagination.

Now for the emperor, it takes time.

This is also the reason why even if the four princes and eight princes jumped like this, he still didn't die.

PS: The number of chapters in two chapters is wrong, sorry.

(End of this chapter)