Step by step lotus flower

Chapter 119 The first month (3)
Hearing the maid came to report: "Master Xian and Mrs. Xian have paid New Year's greetings to the old lady, and Miss Fu and Miss Xuan have also come back together." Mrs. Lu became more and more happy, so that Zhang Momo sat down to play for herself, Holding Shuangxi's hand, he went to the small living room next door.

Xu was because it was the New Year's Eve, Mrs. Lu was wearing a dark red tunic with a collar, a red gold dotted emerald inlaid jade forehead, and two green emerald beads on her ears, she looked very graceful and luxurious. , yet festive.

After Mrs. Lu sat down, Lu Zhongxian led Mrs. Qi and Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu to kowtow to her old man to pay New Year's greetings, saying: "I wish you good luck, old man." and other auspicious words.

Mrs. Lu's face was full of smiles, and she hurriedly ordered the servant girl: "Hurry up and help your wife, Mrs. Xian, she is inconvenient now, if there is any mistake, is it my fault?" Then ordered Lu Zhongxian, father and daughter, "You all get up too, and if you kneel down again, I won't give you any more lucky money."

When everyone laughed, Mrs. Lu asked Lu Zhongxian how lively the family was during the Chinese New Year and what he had been doing in the past few days. She then asked Mrs. Qi, "It's been almost six months, isn't it? When the child is born In March and April, when it is neither hot nor cold, this kid will pick his day."

Qi's response was still a bit cramped, but with Lu Zhongxian on the side to make up for it, and Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu's gags from time to time, it was quite interesting to chat with each other.

After talking and joking about the time for a cup of tea, Lu Zhongxian said to Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu, "You should also kowtow to the Eldest Princess, First Mistress and Second Mistress to say hello to the girls as well."

When Lu Mingxuan heard the words, she knew that Lu Zhongxian had something to say to Mrs. Lu alone. Remembering that Lu Mingfu would be thirteen in a few months, it is very likely that what Lu Zhongxian said to Mrs. Lu was exactly Lu About Mingfu's marriage, when Lu Zhongxian was talking to Qi Shi before, she overheard it by accident, so she stood up and answered with a smile.

What my sister could guess, Lu Mingfu would naturally be able to guess to some extent, she couldn't help but blushed slightly, she also got up and saluted the elders together with Lu Mingxuan, and then went to the next door to give New Year greetings to Princess Fuhui and others say hello.

Sure enough, after Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu left, Lu Zhongxian smiled and said to Mrs. Lu: "The two girls have been with you for the past two years, and they have become more and more outstanding. My nephew doesn't know what to do to thank you, old man. Okay, now that the two girls are grown up, it's time to start talking about kissing. As long as you, the old man, knows that your nephew usually comes into contact with rough people, and your nephew and daughter-in-law have never been on a high platform. The girl's marriage, maybe you have to rely on your old man to take care of you... My nephew and my nephew's wife are here to kowtow to you!"

After speaking, pulling Qi's back, he knelt down on the spot and kowtowed to Mrs. Lu again.

Mrs. Lu is about to become a mature person. How can she not guess what Lu Zhongxian is going to say? This is also a tacit understanding that she and Lu Zhongxian reached early in the morning. Because of ordering the two to get up, she said with a smile: "Two The girls who have been by my side for the past two years are really filial to me, and I really like them. I don’t need you to ask, I will take care of their marriage. Just don’t worry, otherwise, why do you think I want you today? So we sent them back, isn't it because we are afraid of missing the New Year's wine in tomorrow's mansion?"

Lu Zhong felt that Mrs. Lu's words were right, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and laughed with Mrs. Lu again with a poignant smile. After Mrs. Lu's face showed fatigue, he took Qi to leave.

Besides, Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu went to the next room, first kowtowed to Princess Fuhui and Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Lu after the New Year, and then went to the warm pavilion to say hello to sisters Lu Mingfeng.

During the new year, the sisters also dressed up very festively and were playing Go, but although they were dressed festively, they seemed to be a little bit uninterested, and they were listless when playing Go. Everyone seems to have something on their minds.

Lu Mingfeng was sitting directly facing the door of the Nuan Pavilion, she was the first to see Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu coming in, immediately dropped the go in her hand, got up and said with a smile: "Finally, I hope that sister Fu and sister Xuan are back, without the two of you Well, our play is not as lively as before."

What she said was not polite or exaggerated at all. During the whole Chinese New Year, Lu Mingli and Lu Mingxin had forced smiles on their faces. For some reason, Lu Mingzhu kept a cold face most of the time. The only one left Lu Mingya smiled like a flower when she met her, but she didn't want to see Lu Mingya, could she just hope that Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu would come back soon?

Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu greeted everyone first, then smiled and said: "We also feel deserted at home, and miss our sisters very much. By the way, we brought some gadgets from outside to give to everyone. It's not worth a few bucks, what's rare is that kind of simple and unclumsy wild taste, I'll ask the girls to give it to everyone after I go down later, and please don't despise the simple and crude."

As soon as Lu Mingya heard this, she wanted to stab the two of them with a smile that was not a smile. Since she knew the things were simple and crude, how could she give them to them?Sure enough, she was a wild girl who came out of a shabby house, with a petty air... But seeing Lu Mingzhu present, she remembered that she didn't seem to be in a good mood these days, and if she gave herself a big embarrassment at that time, she couldn't fight back. Had to hold back.

At that moment, Mrs. Lu saw Bi Lu Zhongxian and Mrs. Qi coming over, and Madam Zhang quickly gave up her seat to her, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law wiped the cards a few more times. It was noon, and Madam Zhang led the maids and women to adjust the table and put the chopsticks on. , Mrs. Lu sat with her three daughters-in-law, and Lu Mingfeng and others sat together. Everyone had a lively meal and drank tea. When Mrs. Lu took a nap, they all parted ways.

Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu returned to Kongcui Pavilion. Although they only left for more than ten days, they still had a lot of things to do after a year passed. People, after all, after serving them for a year, there is still hard work without credit, and the master should show it to some extent. This is also the customary rule of the big family. Lu Zhongxian prepared for the two sisters early in the morning, like Sister Sang and Duan. The nanny, who is in charge, has four silver coins of one tael, the big maids like Banxiang Luoxia have two, the second-class maids like Danqing have one, and the remaining little maids, who are rough and rough, pay each of them a penny. , the silver is not too much, but it is still a lottery, so everyone in the Kongcui Pavilion is very happy.

After the rewards were over and everyone kowtowed, Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu were busy packing up the boxes, arranging for the little things for the sisters and arranging for people to deliver them to various places. .

The next day was the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the day when Duke Dingguo’s mansion invited them to have New Year’s wine. Mrs. Lu sent Shuangxi over to Kongcui Pavilion early in the morning to look at the sisters. The main reason was to look at Lu Mingfu’s clothes, and Lu Mingfu knew about it in her heart. Mrs. Lu will take this time to treat her to the New Year's wine to visit her husband's family. Although she is full of shyness, she still deliberately dresses up more delicately than usual. Wearing apricot-yellow twelve moonlight skirts, her jet-black hair is combed into a wishful bun, and three red gold combs inlaid with various gemstones are inserted, and a crystal clear magpie climbing plum and jade hairpin is also applied. Rouge, she looked brighter than usual.

(End of this chapter)