Year, the Tang Dynasty called it Yuanri, but Xiao Han felt that it would be weird to call it Yuanri instead of Chinese New Year, so let’s call it Nian for the time being!
Chinese New Year is an extremely special festival! No matter what era the Chinese people are in, there are always all kinds of inexplicable emotions involved in the period.
When I was a teenager, I was always looking forward to the New Year, maybe to wear new clothes, or to have a good meal during the New Year.
In middle age, most people no longer look forward to the Chinese New Year, because it means another year older! The burden of life presses the young heart to the depths little by little. The purpose of celebrating the New Year at this time is just to show filial piety to parents, buy some gifts for children, and create a scene in front of relatives and friends.
When I reach old age, I am afraid of celebrating the New Year, but I also look forward to it. One year has passed and I am one step closer to death, but it is really gratifying to have my family reunited during the Chinese New Year.
But no matter whether you look forward to it or resist it, it will always come. I have never heard of anyone being able to resist it. Didn’t even the gods say that they have been practicing for many years? It can be seen that the gods have nothing to do with time, which is above everything.
The Xiao Family Manor was cleaning up today. The pavilions, corridors, stone steps and floors were all kept spotless. If Butler Lu hadn't stopped them, there would have been two hundred and fifty people who would have climbed to the roof and wiped the tiles!
In fact, the houses in Xiaojiazhuangzi are all new, so there is no need to clean them at all. However, the New Year's cleaning is not only to keep the house clean, but also to look forward to the new year.
Everyone in the house was busy, and Ziyi and Xiaoxin were not idle either. They were cleaning the windows of Xiao Han's study on one side, each on a small stool.
Both of them are rare beauties, with beautiful hands and beautiful faces. Just stopping here adds a lot of color to this place. The young men passing by will take a sneak look at them if they don't. Be careful if Ziyi and the others find out, the young man's face will immediately be as red as the lantern that was just hung up!
From this point of view, Xiao Han knew that the decision to leave the two beauties at home was the right one! Not to mention anything else, since the two of them came to the Hou Mansion, everyone else in the house has been able to work with a lot more energy out of thin air!
While cleaning the window, I saw that silly boy who was so absorbed in peeking at me that he fell down on the steps! The basin of muddy water in his hand splashed all over the mopping man from head to toe, and he ended up being chased all over the yard by the mopping man! At this time, Ziyi and Xiaoxin were laughing so hard that they couldn't even stand up straight!
They both like it here, they really like it! The young man didn't lie to them back then. This place really seemed like a paradise.
Here, everyone is so kind, there will be no intrigues here, let alone any evil intentions!
In this big family, everyone is so real and full of life! The servants here are not like servants, but like sons of a good family, who are diligently maintaining this place as their own home.
And similarly, this big family treats everyone as one of its own, loves and tolerates them! Here, if you do something wrong, you will be kicked twice by the housekeeper at most. I have never heard of anyone being punished for a trivial matter.
When Ziyi first came here, she saw with her own eyes that a fool knocked the fine West Lake inkstone to the ground and broke it into pieces while cleaning the Marquis's study. She was scared to death at that time! I thought this idiot was going to be doomed, but unexpectedly, the Marquis who was reading just raised his eyelids and said: "Idiot, if you don't have eyesight to do some work, you won't be allowed to eat at night as a punishment!"
The servant was not scared to death as he imagined. After a serious apology, he cleaned up the broken pieces on the floor. There was also a frustrated look on his face, but if he listened carefully, he seemed to be saying: Improve the food today, and tonight’s meal will be better. I can’t eat the chicken legs anymore…
Is this matter settled? !
Ziyi can't believe it!
Shouldn't the person who caused such a big trouble deserve to be beaten half to death? Doesn't the Marquis know the value of that inkstone?
His mind went blank. He didn't even remember when the stupid servant left. He only remembered that the Marquis saw him and muttered: "We can't let those clumsy people do this kind of work. You two will do it in the future." Clean up this place, girls, they will always be more careful than those bastards!"
The Marquis gave the order, and Ziyi subconsciously nodded in agreement. It wasn't until she returned to her residence after finishing her work that she suddenly woke up!
Isn't it true that only the closest people can approach the master's study? Does he want to...
Thinking about it, I blushed with embarrassment. I grabbed Xiao Xin who had just returned and told her about this new arrangement. Poor Xiao Xin was so ignorant that she didn't understand the meaning of a study room in a wealthy family. She even cheered and finally didn't need it. Go to the backyard and pass the food around! It’s so painful to look at not being able to eat!
Early the next morning, the newly appointed Xiao Xin dragged Ziyi to the study. Xiao Han hadn't gotten up yet, so the study was deserted and he had to light the stove first.
Poor Ziyi was worried and didn't know what she was thinking. When Xiaoxin went out to get the coal, she started the fire as if there was a fire, making the whole room filled with smoke!
The people working outside accidentally saw smoke coming out of the study window from the cracks in the window. They were shocked and yelled, "There's a flood, put out the fire!"
Then he hurriedly rushed in with buckets and sandbags. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Zi Yi, who was choking and ran out, tried his best to stop him. Otherwise, Xiao Han's newly renovated study would have been completely destroyed during the Chinese New Year!
If there is anyone in this family who sees the big and small things most thoroughly, it is Butler Lu! There was an old Cao who could compare before, but since Lao Cao went to take charge of the industrial zone, all the big and small things at home fell on Butler Lu alone. Although the things were complicated, Butler Lu always enjoyed it and took care of it. Handling big and small things with ease!
After dinner in the morning, I was just chatting leisurely with the fat cook when I heard a commotion in the front yard! As the Chinese New Year was approaching, when something like this happened, Butler Lu was naturally in a hurry. He couldn't care less about the fat cook, so he lifted up his front skirt and rushed to the study!
"What are you doing! What are you doing! It's Chinese New Year! What are you doing!"
"Steward Lu, I'm sorry, the wood was a little wet when we lit the fire..."
"It's hard to dry the wood if it's a bit wet! At this time of year, I won't use my brain..."
Butler Lu was about to curse when he suddenly saw Ziyi acting uncharacteristically today, wearing several layers of bulging clothes and standing there timidly. A flash of inspiration suddenly dawned on him, and he suddenly understood how this usually cautious girl could make such a stupid mistake. The anger immediately dissipated.
"Ahem...forget it, it's Chinese New Year! Please be careful, the sky is dry and things are dry, water and fire are merciless, don't let anyone get too careless about me! Okay, don't be stunned, go ahead and do whatever you need to do, everyone. Here, wait until the Marquis comes back and I won’t kick you one by one!”
Instructing the servants around him to open the windows for fresh air, and then carry away the buckets and other sundries scattered on the floor, Butler Lu shook his head and continued to go about his business, leaving his purple clothes with a big painted face and two pieces in his hands free. Mei Xiaoxin looked at each other.
Little girl, you are just thinking nonsense, who do you think my Lord Marquis is? ! That's what Butler Lu wanted to do.
It's just that he seems to have forgotten that when these two beauties lived in the house, he felt like he was facing a formidable enemy! He wished that Xiao Han would follow him as soon as he returned home, for fear of something scandalous happening!
It was also after that period of time that Butler Lu was surprised to find that the Marquis had no interest in these two people at all. Although he had some admiration for them when he met them, they were all based on love rather than courtesy!
He didn't understand that Xiao Han was deeply influenced by monogamy in later generations! The so-called red flags at home are not down, and the colorful flags are fluttering outside. It's okay to just have fun. If you really have a chance, that's another matter.
