There are many treasures in this country

Seeing that the New Year's Eve is approaching, all government offices are also closed, the streets are cleared of people, every family has New Year pictures posted on the door, everyone is full of joy, and there is overflowing celebration everywhere, which is unusually lively.

The Chinese New Year is a seven-day holiday for the imperial court, followed by the first emperor’s birthday, so there will be an additional three-day holiday, followed by the founding day of Gaozu, and an additional three-day holiday, followed by the Lantern Festival, and another three-day holiday, so this holiday will last for a total of [-] days. many.

28 Early in the morning, Xiao Suo went to the Shen residence in a green leather carriage.

At that time, Shen Yan was wearing a cloak and was delivering goods to the people who came up from the farm in the front yard, Xiao Suo looked from a distance, and saw all kinds of New Year's goods piled up in the yard, it was so dark that he couldn't see what was there.

Just as he was about to hide, Shen Yan had caught a glimpse of him, and waved at him with his neck stretched: "Come on, I'm just asking for your help."

Xiao Suo had no choice but to pass the hand stove and the burden to Babao, let him take it into the house first, and walked to the front yard by himself, and saw Zong Xi, the chief butler of Shen's residence, brought two other butlers in charge, and another one beside him was dressed in a suit. People in animal skins and felt hats stood there with big smiles on their faces.

Look at the person who described him as about 50 years old, with thin, tall and protruding cheeks, covered with dark red bloodshots, the sun is slightly sunken, scattered with a few brown spots, very long eyebrows, half gray and half black, and a pair of triangular eyes On the contrary, he is piercing and energetic, with two drooping lines on the side of the hooked nose, falling straight to the corner of the mouth, and the short, unkempt grass-like beard under the chin is also off-white.

"This is Jin Guirong, who is in charge of the farm in the east." Shen Yan introduced, "This is Mr. Xiao, the general accountant of my house. Give him the list and report everything to me."

Hearing the words, Jin Guirong knew that the tall, thin, fair and clean scholar in front of him was an unusual person, so he hurriedly greeted with a smile: "Master, this is the account for this year, please have a look at it." He said and handed over a few pages. Paper.

Xiao Suo took it and looked at it, there were as many as three articles, he counted all of them, calculated the number and returned it to the account.When Shen Yan finished listening, he ordered Zong Xi and the two housekeepers to put the things into the warehouse, and ordered people to take out some of the things, and sent them to Yanfu.

Zong Xi saw four sika deer enclosed in a log cage, so he asked: "These two pairs of animals are interesting, do you want to send them together for Miss Yan to enjoy?"

Shen Yan looked at Xiao Suo, nodded and said: "Just give one pair away, and put the rest in the backyard. You should watch carefully, don't ask Baoyu to tease it."

Zong Xi replied "Yes", and led his people back with the things carried.

Xiao Suo put away the account and gave it to him: "Are you and Zhuang Zi of the Yan Mansion together?"

The majestic Zuodu Censor, does he still use him to give things away?

Shen Yan laughed and said: "That's not true. His family's farm is managed by Jin Guirong's brother Jinguifa. Although it is adjacent to my farm, it is much smaller. Originally, his family was very prosperous, and many of them were officials and butchers. Yes, so the family business is also big. But later it declined, and even the land was lost. Thanks to his fortune, he slowly rose again. It's just that Yushitai is a Qingshui yamen, and he has always been Lianjie is really a poor official. The emperor fined him a year's salary earlier, so he seemed to be worried about something. There are so many people in his family who can't afford it. I am alone here, and I can't finish it all. , and send him some every year.”

Xiao Suo nodded and remained silent.

All of a sudden, someone came in with a large tea tray, on which were placed several large bags, which contained all kinds of gold and silver ladles for the new year.Shen Yan nodded, then put it into the mother-of-pearl cabinet in the inner room.

Xiao Suo went out with him and saw that everyone was busy, some were cleaning the courtyard, some were decorating lanterns and festoons, some were passing messages to and from various places, and some were cleaning gold and silver utensils, it really was the atmosphere of a busy year.

Shen Yan had no one to take care of him, so he had to go to work by himself, taking Xiao Suo to take care of various matters, while receiving the presents, he ordered people to prepare the return gifts for the various officials' houses, and deliver them to others in the afternoon.

For a while, someone spread the word that someone from Lingnan came to give gifts.Shen Yan knew that his younger brother, who was out in the south, sent someone to come, and he rushed to meet him, and asked the person: "Your master is always in good health, when will you enter the capital, will you leave now?"

The person who came kowtowed and said: "If you go back to the uncle, our second master is in good health. He will not come back this year. He said that the country of Jiaozhi in the south is not peaceful, and the country of Nan'an next to him also has complaints. In order to stabilize the situation, the emperor seems to want to get married. Things are getting worse. There are too many, so I really can’t leave. The emperor specially allowed our master not to return to Beijing to report on his duties this year. The defense of the frontier is more important, and he rewarded a lot of things. The small one has just been handed over to Manager Xi, and the master said that it will be kept here for the time being. "

"Understood." Shen Yan ordered people to reward him with many things, and said: "You can go back after the New Year, don't leave in a hurry."

But the man said: "Thank you for your compassion, uncle. It's just that the second master ordered, don't delay, go back and report the news of Beijing to him. The little one still has the emperor's will on him, so he really dare not stay for a long time. "

Shen Yan sighed, and said: "If that's the case, you can go back. I have prepared some things for you to take with you. Go back and ask your second master to take good care of your body, and don't be contaminated by the bad habits of those southerners, and don't be too tired .”

The boy kept answering and went out with his things.

"What bad habits do southerners have?" Xiao Suo asked when he saw him walking away.

"There is a kind of poppy flower in Jiaozhi, which can be regarded as a medicinal material, but if you eat too much, you can become addicted. In severe cases, you can even die in it. Those thieves saw that it was profitable, so they bought it for sale. It is very popular in the south now. I always This is strictly prohibited."

Shen Yan opened the big crate that the boy had brought in earlier, and saw that besides all kinds of gifts and earthenware, there were about a dozen packages of unknown things, so he opened it to have a look, and it turned out to be a pack of snow-white poria cocos.

"Hey, this is a good thing!" He turned back and said with a smile, "Usually, there are very few tributes from Lingnan. In the past two years, the emperor has not been in good health, so he used all the things in the palace and left nothing behind. Ginseng is also supplemented, it’s just for your weak body to eat!”

Xiao Suo repeatedly waved his hands and said, "I dare not eat such a precious thing."

"If you don't eat it, why should I eat it?" Shen Yan sneered, "What should I do if I make up the bleeding?"

"Take it to Yan Yushi to eat." Xiao Suonuonuo said.

"I won't give it to him!" Shen Yan put away the poria cocos like a miser, and immediately ordered someone to mix it with milk to make a cake, and said: "If you don't eat it, I will throw it away and feed it to Baoyu."

Xiao Suo had no choice but to compromise: "That's all right, I'll just eat it."

"That's right. I don't like to be coy." Shen Yan said while walking towards the inner room with his arms around him.

29 Even more busy, until the thirtieth day, everything will be ready.

Xiao Suo woke up early in the morning, with two bruises hanging under his eyelids, rubbing his eyes dizzily.Shen Yan didn't order him to get up, pressed his body and said vaguely: "Last night, after so much trouble, you still have the strength to get up. I won't forgive you tomorrow."

He drank too much last night, dragged Xiao Suo to make a fuss on the desk, stripped him naked, put a stack of rice paper on the desk, and opened and closed from behind.

How could Xiao Suo bear this, he cried and pleaded not long after, begging him to let him go.Shen Yan didn't listen to those, until he was exhausted.Afterwards, he joked with the dozens of water-stained rice papers and asked him what the marks on them looked like.

At that time Xiao Suo had already collapsed, he was paralyzed in his arms as soft as mud, he couldn't hear what he asked clearly, thought he was going to come again, so he begged him drowsily to forgive him this time.

Shen Yan laughed straight when he heard it, and felt distressed, and couldn't bear to make trouble with him anymore, so he helped him clean up and fell asleep with his arms around him.

Xiao Suo was delirious at the time and couldn't remember the specific situation at all. In his impression, he seemed to be begging for mercy in embarrassment. Hearing what he said now, he couldn't help but blush and cover his mouth.

Shen Yan avoided his hands, and said with a smile: "Tonight, I will watch the New Year's Eve, and I can't sleep all night. If you get up now, what should you do if you are sleepy at night? Get some more sleep, and I will call you again after the New Year's dinner in the afternoon."

Hearing what Xiao Suo said, Fang Anxin fell asleep in his arms.

He was sleep-deprived and didn't wake up until dusk.The charcoal fire in the house was burning extremely vigorously, but there was no one in sight.Xiao Suo didn't know why, and suddenly felt a little flustered, touched his clothes and ran out.

The farther you go, the clearer the sound in your ears is, only the sound of firecrackers, fireworks, human voices, music, and laughter are all so noisy and mixed together that it is overwhelming.

Shen Yan was holding a piece of incense stick, and was lighting firecrackers with the boys in the yard. When he saw him come out, he hurried over, put on his lynx sun fur coat for him, and rubbed his hands to plug his ears.

Everyone gathered around and were very happy.

Ruan Tong is also here today, wearing a scarlet feather satin cloak, a crimson jacket inside, and a maroon flowered robe underneath.He was inherently enchanting, so it made people unable to take their eyes off him.

On the other hand, Xiao Suo, half of his old clothes were covered by dark fur, only a handsome face was exposed, gentle and quiet, gentle and silent, completely opposite to Ruan Tong.

After setting off the firecrackers, Shen Yan took Xiao Suo's hand and led everyone to the big flower hall for the banquet.A dozen or so large tables had already been prepared there, with colorful ribbons and red lights in the hall, clusters of flowers, and two rows of lotus leaf lotus lanterns lit like fire dragons.

On the first one is a carved couch, and behind it is a screen of sheer gauze, reflecting the bright lights.There are many small lacquered tables next to it, and there are countless wine pots, wine glasses, tea cups and other various utensils.The outermost ones are full of fragrant flowers, including narcissus, plum blossoms, and many bleak and unnamed flowers.

Shen Yan pulled Xiao Suo to sit on the couch, ordered everyone to sit down at the table below, and then ordered the banquet to open.The maids and servants brought the dishes one by one, and the table was full of delicacies from mountains and seas, all of which had only been heard of but never seen.

Today is a family banquet, Shen Yan is usually casual, and he is not married, and has no relatives in Beijing, and he is alone during the Chinese New Year, so he is even more relaxed with these family members.After everyone sat down, they gradually relaxed.

Eleven and Shen San'er first poured two cups and came to toast, Shen Yan didn't shirk, drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile: "I'll just drink it, don't pour it on Mr. Xiao!"

One word made the whole room burst into laughter, everyone said that he was protecting his shortcomings, making Xiao Suo blush.

Ruan Tong held the flagon by himself, and drank a cup by himself, and after a while, his eyes became drunk and he became in a trance.For some reason, he started to cry after drinking, but he didn't cry out loud, just wept silently, clinking glasses with others while smiling.

Xiao Suo tugged at Shen Yan's sleeve and whispered: "Hurry up and hold him, don't tell him to drink anymore."

"Happy Chinese New Year," Shen Yan lazily said, "Let him go."

Xiao Suo was worried in the end, and went to grab his wine glass by himself, but he grabbed his wrist, looked at himself deeply and said: "Leave me alone, tell me to drink some. You are blessed, unlike me, it's all over!"

Shen Yan also came to pull him, but Ruan Tong got more and more excited, pulled the two of them and shouted proudly: "General, Mr. Xiao, I respect you, come!"

Xiao Suo called two people over, and said in a warm voice: "Mr. Ruan is drunk, you take him back to the room to sleep, cover him up tightly, put more charcoal in the room, don't catch cold."

When the two heard the words, they went with Ruan Tong, who was showing his teeth and claws.

Shen Yan ordered again: "Bring some hot soup and rice, and send it to him later, so as not to wake up hungry at night." After that, he went back to drink with Xiao Suo.

After eating for a while, they cleaned up properly, and everyone kowtowed their heads to thank the banquet, and wished Shen Yan a happy new year.Xiao Suo watched silently, and saw Shen Yan taking gold and silver locks from the table next to him, and handing out lucky money one by one.

Everyone has been rewarded, and they bowed together again, and then went home to reunite, leaving only those who stayed overnight, and they all went back to work in various places.There was a lot of wind and cloud in the hall, and even Shiba, Shen San'er, and Babao, who were homeless, all went to the courtyard to set off fireworks.

Shen Yan took out a purse from his bosom, and handed it to Xiao Suo with a smile: "Here, this is your lucky money. After the New Year, our Dubao is one year older!"

Xiao Suo pursed his lips and smiled, opened it and saw that inside was a red gold locket, which weighed seven to eighty ounces, and was bigger than the one he gave to everyone just now.

"But I don't have anything for you." He lowered his head, he had prepared gifts for everyone before, but he didn't prepare them for him, not for other reasons, but because he really didn't know what to give him.

"You don't have to give me anything." Shen Yan pinched his ears, "Even you are mine, so what else do you need for me?"

As he said, he slowly walked back to the bedroom with his arms in his arms.There has been a new layout there, with silver frost charcoal and lily incense burning in the ground, various snacks and fruits are placed on the table, and a silver pot sits on the stove, with boiling water in it gurgling, just right for making tea.

Shen Yan pushed open the window, only to see the ice wheel in the sky, and the moonlight sprinkled the snow like a wash, reflecting thousands of silver lights.It was originally extremely quiet, even though it is a crescent moon, it can be seen clearly.But suddenly there was a sound of "whoosh" piercing the air in the front yard, and the sky suddenly exploded into clusters of fireworks, which were colorful and splendid.

"This must be released on the [-]th, don't wait for me." Shen Yan said, "Let's go find him, I want to set off firecrackers too!"

Xiao Suo naturally agreed, so he put on a fox fur and set off fireworks with him.Sure enough, the three homeless people were there, arguing with dozens of young children and setting off firecrackers.

When Shen Yan came, everyone liked it very much.Babao shared a piece of incense with Xiao Suo, and said with a smile: "My lord, you also let go of one, let go of the bad luck and bad luck!"

Xiao Suo was quite embarrassed, he was not too daring, he had never touched this kind of thing in his life - his family was poor and couldn't afford it, so he could only hide from a distance and watch other children release it.

"Explode your hands carefully!" Shen Yan stopped him and hugged him from behind, "You light this firework. Don't be afraid, I will hold you, and we will run away when we light it."

Boldly, Xiao Suo stretched the incense in front of the lead wire, closed his eyes and clicked wildly, and he heard the sound of "chichi" coming from his ear for a long time.Almost at the same time, Shen Yan dragged him back a few steps.

Just hearing the sound of "嗖", a ray of light rushed into the night like a meteor, exploded with a loud noise, and turned into countless colorful raindrops and fell down.

Once bright, once extinguished, dissipated.

Xiao Suo curled the corner of his mouth, very happy - he had never had such a lively and interesting year.After Shen Yan finished his meal, seeing that it was late and the night wind was coming up chilly, he hurriedly dragged Xiao Suo back.

"Are you happy?" Seeing that he was still smiling, Shen Yan brought him tea to refresh his mind, "I won't be free tomorrow, I have to go to the palace early in the morning to congratulate, and when I come back from the banquet, I have to scold people everywhere to pay New Year's greetings. Others I have to greet you when I send people to pay New Year’s greetings. I’m in a hurry, I can’t live in peace for a day, and I can’t take care of you. You go back to Gouwei Lane tomorrow. They take care of you for a year, and you should spend the New Year with them and eat together. Have a meal. When I come back in the evening, I will send someone to pick you up. See you in the evening."

Xiao Suo gave a "hmm" and asked again: "Will I come back tomorrow? You have been treating guests to wine since the second day of junior high school. Is it inconvenient for me to be here?"

"That's not necessary." Shen Yan sat down, took a box and peeled the hazelnuts for him and said: "In the past, everyone invited each other. Today you eat mine, and tomorrow you eat yours when you return. But the old Nian Yanjun said that it was too cumbersome and wasted too much, which was not in line with the frugal style proposed by the emperor. Therefore, he first drew up a list and agreed with the people who entertained guests every year, and then changed the invitation to take turns, and everyone went on the same day , Eat your house this year, eat his house next year, and eat my house the year after. It's so trouble-free and frugal, and you can take a break. Everyone is tired, and the relatives at home can't wait, let alone these friends, so They all readily agreed. This year it was Yan Jun's turn to invite me, so I just said that my back injury has recurred, so I just don't go. I have no relatives, so naturally I don't need to wait for guests."

Xiao Suo took a sip of tea and said, "Then I'll come back after dinner."

The two chatted again and gradually stayed up late into the night.

Shen Yan is fine, and he doesn't feel too sleepy after drinking tea.Xiao Suo couldn't bear it any longer. Although he slept for a long time during the day, he had been extremely punctual in his work and rest these years. Although he wasn't sleepy at the moment, his eyelids still clenched when the hour came, and he nodded with his chin propped up.

When Shen Yan saw it, she took a big fur mattress and spread it on the imperial concubine chair, and took two pillows behind it.He closed the window and sat down, hugged Xiao Suo horizontally, let him lean on his heart: "Sleep if you are sleepy, I will keep watch for you when I am awake, it's the same."

"No." Xiao Suo rubbed his eyes and said, "Shou Sui is to prolong the life of parents. Even if parents are gone, they can't let them feel uneasy under the Nine Springs."

"Nonsense!" Shen Yan lowered her head and kissed him, "Where did the fallacy come from? Thanks to you, you are still studying. Your parents will not blame you when they see you sleepy like this. Obedient, you sleep peacefully, and I will help you Shou."

Although Xiao Suo didn't refute it, he didn't take it seriously in his heart, and still insisted on staying awake.

Shen Yan patted him lightly: "Dubao, good boy, go to sleep."

Xiao Suo rubbed in his arms reassuringly, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, his eyelashes flickered, and there seemed to be a gentle breeze caressing his ears, before he knew it, he fell asleep.