The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

Chapter 224
Fast-forward to the New Year's Eve, things in Lijia Village are very busy these days. One is that Li Mingli bought some land again and hired villagers to help dig the land, and the other is that every household is busy preparing new year's goods. Despite the cold weather, It can't stop everyone from celebrating the New Year, so people with big and small bags can be seen everywhere in the village.

Lijiacun is now well-known in Qingshui Town, not only because of Li Mingren, the master of the family, but also one important point, Lijiacun has become rich.

Li Mingli was looking at the ledgers in the front yard. These days, he was either paying his wages, or looking at the various ledgers brought by Li Zhongyou.

Now we are settling the wages for the soap shop and wine shop.The soap shop is okay, just give as in previous years.But at the winery, Li Bao recruited a few people to help brew wine together, and now there are more people working in the winery, so it is necessary to calculate carefully.

In the past, it was Zhao Yunlan who handled the accounting work, but this year it was Li Mingli's turn to handle it by himself, and the daily calculations were too big, but fortunately, Li Zhongyou was there to help, and Li Mingmei would also help take a look.

On the side of the main courtyard, several members of the Wang family are sitting and chatting.

"Why hasn't my husband arrived yet?" Wu Yi looked at the door several times, logically it should have arrived by this time.

Wang: "It should be soon, don't worry!"

Just as he was talking, a carriage arrived in front of the Li family's mansion, and Li Zhongyou came up to greet him, "Second master!"

"Well, come two people and move the things out of the car." Li Mingyi bought a lot of new year's goods and came back. Although the Li family is now rich and has everything in the house, everyone is still keen to buy various gifts for the family.

Zhao Yunlan: "Hahaha, if you get the copper coins, you must have good luck in the coming year, and you will pass the test."

Old man Li didn't hear the voice calling him, and shouted in Li Mingyi's direction: "Why are you shouting so loudly?"

"It's really interesting!" Li Mingren blinked.

Seeing the whole family gathered together, Mrs. Wang suddenly sighed, "Hey, I don't know how your eldest brother and sister-in-law are doing in the capital?"

The people downstairs thought that the emperor was greeting the people below, and everyone became excited.

"Okay, everything is packed, let's go!" Zhao Yunlan patted her skirt, looking excited.

"There are lantern riddles over there!" Zhao Yunlan pointed to the front and said, "Let's try it."

Zhao Yunlan looked up from time to time, Li Mingren pointed to that position, and the emperor stood there after a while, praying for the people and congratulating the New Year.That is to say, the emperor wants to watch the new year with the people.

"My lady, what are you doing?" Li Mingren asked curiously as he watched Zhao Yunlan put a copper coin into the dumpling.

Li Mingren: "Don't worry, it will take a while! The emperor should still be at the palace banquet at this moment."

Li Mingren smiled, and suddenly felt something stuck in his mouth, and when he spit it out, it turned out to be a copper coin.

After the meal, the three men, Li Hua, Ye Sheng and He Wen, cleaned up and washed the dishes. This seems to be an unwritten rule of the Li family, and the men are generally responsible for the after-dinner work.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Mother, mother, I'm back!"

Li Mingyi: "Yes, yes, yes!" After finishing speaking, he walked towards Wu Yi.

"There are also juggling tricks!" Zhao Yunlan wondered if this was the original magic that transformed people into living beings. Zhao Yunlan had already seen a little girl hidden in the box.The trick is to turn a boy into a girl.It is still necessary to become a child, otherwise an adult should not be able to get in.

This is the first time Zhao Yunlan worships a living person here, before kneeling down to worship the Lord Buddha in temples.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, Li Hua walked in the front holding a lantern to illuminate, He Wen and Ye Sheng followed behind.

"Wow, there is a big stone on the chest!" Zhao Yunlan saw the performer in front of him again, and it really was a traditional project. Zhao Yunlan took a closer look and found that the big stone slab was indeed real.

I don't know who shouted: "Long live my emperor!" Everyone knelt down and saluted together.

"Madam, do you want to wear this fur collar?" Chunxiang walked aside holding Zhao Yunlan's fur collar.

At this moment, the ministers who were invited to the meritorious banquet were coming out of the palace one after another.Of course, the common people can't see the nobles, they can only see the officials' luxurious carriages driving away one by one.

Zhao Yunlan: "I'm not cold now, no need."

One night, except for Li Hua who had to hold a lantern and protect his family Zhouquan, Zhao Yunlan stuffed things into the hands of everyone else.What Li Mingren is holding in his hand now is the rice cake that Zhao Yunlan hasn't finished eating.

"Then let's go for a stroll. It's very lively tonight. You can hear the noise on the street from far away."

Li Mingren nodded, and after a while, there were two more lamps in his hand. The lantern riddles in the capital are very simple and the purpose is to make everyone have fun.

This is the first time for Li Hua to feel the joy of Chinese New Year. He experienced the death of his parents in the early years, then he fled famine, and then his grandfather passed away. It has been a long time since he had a decent New Year.

The emperor shouted to get up, and Zhao Yunlan got up and saw the emperor's appearance, but it was still a little far away, only torches and lanterns illuminated at night, so he couldn't see clearly.

"Hurry up, hurry up, let's wait under the imperial city after eating the dumplings, and see our emperor." Zhao Yunlan was very excited.

"This is called good luck dumpling. Whoever eats it will be very lucky in the coming year. I also learned from the aunt next door." Zhao Yunlan thought, anyway, the aunt next door returned to her hometown a few days ago, and it is said that she will not come to the capital again.

Only Eunuch An beside the emperor was worried about the emperor's body: "Your Majesty, put on this fur!"

The emperor waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need it.

People in the capital had already gathered one after another, Zhao Yunlan was a little cold waiting, took the fur collar from Chunxiang's hand and wrapped it around, and stood there for an unknown how long, when the noise of the crowd suddenly increased.

At night, He Wen lit all the red lanterns hanging on the house, and the capital was already ablaze with red.

Li Mingyi came in: "Hey, Dad, I bought you a piece of clothing, and when you wear it, others will look like the real father of Master Juren."

"This imperial city looks so majestic!" Zhao Yunlan couldn't help sighing, she had only seen it from a distance before, and had never seen it from a quiet distance.

The corners of old man Li's mouth were a little happy: "Humph~ I'm also the father of Master Juren if I don't wear it."

He Hua looked left and right, she rarely came out at night these days when she came to the capital, not to mention it was a busy day in the thirties of this year.

After a while, everyone in the family got copper coins, and Zhao Yunlan had a lot of copper coins, so everyone could eat them without accident.

Li Mingren: "Then I will borrow my wife's good words."

Although I went to the Hou's Mansion later, in a place like Hou's Mansion, who cares if people can have a happy New Year?Not to mention eating dumplings, as long as one person can eat one dumpling, there is not even dumpling soup left when we go late.

Zhao Yunlan: "Hey, I don't know if I'm lucky or not, we just want to have fun!"

On the capital side, Li Mingren was accompanying Zhao Yunlan to make dumplings, which were to be eaten on the night of the New Year's Eve.In Lijia Village or Jinzhou City, there was no custom of eating dumplings during Chinese New Year.

"Row."

"I want to try that steamed rice cake!" Zhao Yunlan looked at the steaming steamer in front of her and couldn't help but suck her saliva.

The emperor is old, but he is still burly, and the common people still think that the emperor is still as wise and powerful as before.

"Hey, let dad have a look, has our Niu Niu gained weight?" Li Mingyi took Niu Niu in Wu Yi's arms and kept teasing him. In fact, he was worried that Wu Yi would be tired from holding him for a long time, but Wu Yi only hugged it. for a while.

Wu Yi was a little embarrassed to hear the shouts coming from the front yard. Who told Li Mingyi to call himself first?

The clock has passed, and the emperor said: "May my people have a healthy and long life in the new year."

After all, after a while of jubilation below, the emperor was helped away by someone.It's just that the common people couldn't see clearly that the emperor was being supported, and everyone left after exhausting themselves.

Zhao Yunlan and Li Mingren left the imperial city after the emperor finished his congratulatory speech, and they also arrived home now.

"Happy new year to you and me!" After Zhao Yunlan finished speaking, she fell asleep on the bed.

(End of this chapter)