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Chapter 56: Congratulations on the New Year's Eve to enjoy the Lantern Festival

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Speaking of the Meng family, they were having Laba banquets, and everyone was savoring Laba porridge together. However, Meng's mother saw a face full of eyes sitting on the next table, so she turned to ask Baogui. Baogui whispered and replied: It is Fusheng, the servant of the Li family's young master, who was just able to serve the table.

Meng's mother knew in her heart that after the meal was gone, she called the person to come and looked at him carefully: Since you have the blessing to serve the bed, you will know that the person who served the bed was different from those servants. At least half a master, she could no longer be as frivolous as before when she was on the table, and her words and demeanor should be decent. After all, you are also from Mr. Li's house. If you can't do it well, your man's face will be lost.

Fusheng hurriedly kowtowed a few times and sang in a hurry. Meng's mother asked him to get up and admire him for tea and said: I heard that you know some spices. Although these sachets and sachets are indispensable in the boudoir, the master is delicate and will have to have a daughter and raise a child in the future. You can do less of these things, especially those things in bed. You should be careful. If you have any evil intentions to teach me, I will never forgive you.

Fusheng was so scared that his whole body trembled, and he nodded and said yes. Meng's mother asked someone to cut a piece of cloth and reward Fusheng and gave him some silver. Fusheng was grateful and swearing to be loyal, so Meng's mother asked him to go.

When Fusheng walked out, he saw Genger coming again. The two met in the corridor. Fusheng hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Fuer." Genger saw his face full of tears, and saw the servant behind him holding the box of appreciation, and smiled and said: If you are rich and noble, don't forget each other.

Fortunately, the young master cultivated it!Fusheng held his hands and waited until Genger entered the hall before turning back.

Now that the year is approaching, the Meng Mansion is busy preparing for the New Year. Meng Yun and his family presided over the opening of the ancestral temple, placing offerings, and receiving the silver for the spring sacrifice given by the holy grace. Meng Mei and his family were busy changing the doors of each mansion, lighting high candles, and hanging red lights.

On New Year's Eve, Meng's mother wore court clothes to enter the Meng clan's ancestral hall. According to the ancestral teachings, only female relatives were allowed to worship in the temple, and the husbands and descendants of each courtyard only stayed outside the hall to burn incense.

The sacrifice to the eldest daughter is in the east and the daughter is in the west. The following are women of the Meng family from all ethnic groups, offering lords, sip wine, and bringing vegetables to the table, reciting the teachings of Meng's ancestors. Everyone kneels down and celebrates the music. Everyone leaves the lobby. Meng's mother enters the bed and Meng Yun holds tea. The young girl holds tea for Meng Yun and Meng Mei. Meng's mother has long been preparing to wrap the New Year's purse in red purse. At this time, she takes out all the girls and Meng Mei also gives the girls under gold and silver purse. The girl in new clothes is as if she has treasures. She goes around to her mother's legs and looks at the plum blossom purse in her hand. The boy outside the hall also needs a string of copper coins worn by a big red rope, but it is not as beautiful as the gold and silver, so she stares at the inner hall with one eye.

After the tea, everyone entered the warm pavilion, with the brocade screen open, lanterns, golden stoves burned pine and cypress, warm kangs were covered with marten fox fur, red flowing clouds led pillows and mattresses. Meng Yun and Meng Mei helped their mother into the seats. They sat on the kang one left and one right. The remaining female relatives sat in the chairs one after another, all of them had soft cotton mattresses, and the soles of their feet were warmed. The tables in front were all for the three friends of the cold. Meng's brother-in-law took the side husband of the House to kowtow and bowed. Each of them had to give him a purse for New Year, so they went into the warm pavilion of the side hall. The maids and servants in the mansion also bowed in their new clothes, and each of them left with some broken silver.

Shaoqing, the warm room was held, and there were also a banquet of Tusu wine, auspicious fruits, ingot dumplings, ruyi cakes, glutinous reunion, ginger and spring plates, and chicken, duck, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc., and Meng Yun raised her glasses to pray. Meng Mei was not willing to be outdone. The two sisters were drinking and playing with wine and punching. The rest were even loud and laughing, firecrackers were everywhere, and fireworks were everywhere. Even the servants and maids could drink a lot of wine this day. They were all touching cards in the shed outside, and they didn't disperse until the third day.

The next day, on the New Year's Day, Meng Yun and Meng Mei got up early and wore red, cooked paper and drank tea, and ate snacks. She took her husband to her neighbors and relatives to greet New Year's gifts.

The husbands in Meng Mei Garden were all competing for seniority. Geng Xiuyuan entered the mansion early and was old. All the husbands changed their clothes to come to his room to celebrate New Year. Geng Xiuyuan also understood the rules and did not dare to take them big. He hurriedly took everyone to Meng Mu's house to pay New Year's greetings. Soon, relatives and friends came to the hall to pay New Year's greetings. Meng Mu only asked Geng Xiuyuan, Lu Zilan and a few brother-in-law to socialize. When Meng Yun and Meng Mei came back, they held a banquet and had a drink, ordered a few plays, taught the workshop to sing songs, and sang music. In this way, it took a few days to reach the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

On this day, the lantern market was lively. There was a festival custom of men going out to enjoy the lanterns during the Lantern Festival in Luofu Country. Meng Yun bought a house on the street and used a sedan to carry the men upstairs to enjoy the lanterns. Meng Mei rarely went out to shop on the street today. Seeing the street lamp stands high, the lanterns and fish lanterns were fighting for the hydrangeas, and there were many business trips, with restaurants gathering, men and women playing with the lanterns, flowers and willows, and people gathered, and there were also people selling Lantern Festival, those who were sticking to plum blossoms, those who cut Chun'e kicked Cuju, and they were very lively in their stories.

Meng Yun asked a few restaurant students to play and sing and drink. Meng Mei leaned in front of the eaves of the building to eat fruits and touch dominoes with Zhou Bingqing, Geng Xiuyuan, Lu Zilan, and Li Lingheng. Lu Yuanhan was young and his brother-in-law of the same age were greedy for watching the lanterns. Meng Yun saw it and said: Look, you are still like some children. Go out and go out for a walk, but be careful and don’t get separated. Be the fireworks young man caught you.

The boys were blushing and shy, but they couldn't help but say excitedly: Sister, don't joke with us, we just join in the fun and watch the lanterns, and we will be back in a moment!

Meng Mei smiled: Don’t listen to my sister’s messy words. She only dares to tease you outside. When she goes back, she pretends to be an elder sister in front of the old lady!Go quickly and return quickly. If you meet the candied haws, bring some to you.

The teenagers smiled and ran downstairs.

Meng Yun held the wine glass and smiled at Meng Mei: You, you can't change the child's greed, carefully, your mother scolds you for eating randomly.

It’s rare for us to come out for a while. If my sister and brother-in-law don’t say it, my husband is just as tight-lipped as a bottle and only pampers me.After saying that, Meng Mei saw Zhou Bingqing frowning, her face turned red and she covered her mouth and smiled secretly.

Meng Yun sneered and wanted to say a word but he was relieved, thinking: You don’t know how your husbands’ cunning are behind their backs, and they are secretly “selling their owners for honor”.Fortunately, when he saw his husband winks on his face, he stopped talking and asked the servant to come: Go and invite the two ladies of Sun's office and Du Ying's official official to talk, and then Meng Yun asked them to enjoy the lanterns and drink.

The servant agreed and left. Meng Mei said: My sister has a family banquet in the Yuan Dynasty, why do you invite a few more ladies?

I didn't have the chance to talk to you that day, and I have been busy with guests these days. It's rare to be quiet at this time. Isn't it a joy to ask them to drink and talk together?

Meng Mei smiled but didn't say anything. Although she was not very old with her sister, her personality and behavior were often different from her. Meng Yun was good at dealing with her since she was a child. She liked to make friends and learn from others. She was born to be an official. Meng Mei was different. She was always weak and attracted much attention from her mother. She has always been at home in the room since she was a child, and she often hangs out with her cousin. She has not many friends. Now she has met Du Ying and Mrs. Sun An, and she likes to be sisters, but she never forces her to get together.

After a while, Sun's office and Sun An's sisters, Du Ying all came upstairs. When Meng Mei saw people coming, she had a lot of greetings. Zhou Bingqing and his husband didn't like these sisters because of the last time they were shopping in the fireworks, but they didn't like to show off. After a few drinks, Zhou Bingqing said: Brother Lu and his brother-in-law are still outside, but they still don't return at this time. I'm afraid they're lost. The ladies might as well drink slowly. I'll go back after I go and find them. Please forgive me.

Du Ying also knew that her husbands were not in a good mood, so she smiled and said, "The lanterns outside are very beautiful, and my younger brothers are afraid they are confused. It's better to come here quickly, but don't look at other girls and forget all our Mei'er."

Meng Mei waved her hand and smiled: It’s best to find them, so you can go and have a look, don’t care about us.

Since Meng Mei's husband all expressed his opinion, Meng Yun's husband had to take the children outside to stroll around the lanterns. The children were also quarreling. When the people went to the building, several sisters sat around the building and drank and talked happily. They could be said to have laughed, scolded and vomited quickly. When they met a close friend, they had few glasses of wine.

After drinking for three rounds, Du Ying suddenly asked Meng Mei: Do you still remember the little husband Dan Tai Yan in Baihuan Tower?

Meng Mei was stunned after hearing this, and a hot sip of wine rolled over her heart.