Chapter 61 Xiao Nian

On the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, another group of people came to the gate of Jingbei Bo Mansion. Seven or eight mules and horses, three or four carts, and horses were all carrying large and small packages. Some of them were seated in several cars, and some were also goods.

When the man got off the horse first, he came to the front of the mansion. When the servant saw it, he bent down and said, "Oh, the third master is back!"

In a short while, everyone in the mansion came out. Lin Wen and Lin Wu came out to greet each other with a few children, and the servants were busy tossing the things into the mansion. Lin Nan was also in the crowd, hurriedly leaning out and looking at the third uncle Lin He who had never met before.

Lin He was thirty years old, not tall, and slightly fat. His face was round and he had a pair of thin eyes. At this moment, his eyebrows were curved and his face was kind. When the brothers met, they naturally felt intimate. Lin Wen opened his eyes and looked at the carriages outside, and said in surprise: "Wow! Third brother, I've come back from all the distance, but I've brought a lot of things!"

Lin Wu looked at it and smiled: "Well, compared to my third brother, I, as a poor prefect, seem much shabby."

Lin He pursed his lips and bowed to the two of them: "Brother and second brother make fun of me again. I am away from my hometown and can't serve my mother in front of me. Only during festivals can I have the opportunity to fulfill my filial piety. How can I compare to you?" Lin He pointed to the side: "This little thing is nothing but food and clothing... Alas, if it weren't far away, what's this little thing!"

"Huh!" Lin Wen looked at Lin Wu as soon as he heard it, "Did you hear it? He was so angry, what is this thing... I said to me, third brother, I just heard that you have been making a lot of fun in the south in the past two years, but looking at this meaning, it seems like you have made a fortune!"

Lin He still closed his mouth and smiled, but a hint of blush appeared on his face: "Brother is here again. Every year, he says others are rich. I am a small businessman. No matter how frugal I can compare to a general? Oh, I said that I forgot to visit my uncle just now!" He said that he was about to bend down and was about to fall down. Lin Wen raised his leg and pretended to kick him, and laughed and scolded: "Go to you! I haven't seen you for a year, you have gained skills again!"

"Oh..." Lin Wu sighed beside him.

"Hey?" Lin Wen looked at Lin Wu with a slanted look: "Why are you sighing?"

"The two brothers were dating blindly, and the scholars and common people celebrated each other, holding hands and talking, and they were having fun. Looking down below, I suddenly felt lonely and told them to the wind, so I sighed."

Looking at Lin Wu's serious look, Lin Wen and Lin He looked at each other, their eyes flashed, and they suddenly held Lin Wu's arms left and right as if they had made an appointment: "Second brother is so interested, and he is still in a cold day and has the heart to speak..."

"That's right, it's so sour that it seems like I'm turning into a jealous jar!" Lin Wen said, and Lin and two of them walked into the yard with Lin Wu.

After passing the second door, before he could wait, a sudden shout came from the front: "Stop it! Look at how kind you look like!" It turned out that the old lady came out! Several people immediately stopped laughing and stood there. The old lady frowned, wanting to laugh in her heart, but she still had to be tense: "It's really... several people are big, huh? Brother doesn't look like brothers, brothers don't look like brothers, what do you think of? Especially you two!" The old lady pointed at Lin Wen and Lin Wu with her hand: "Look at how you looked like the officials of the court just now? If you were seen by a verbal person, maybe your notebook would be in the study tomorrow!"

"Hehe, mom, calm down..." Lin Wen saw the old lady getting angry, and hurriedly stepped forward and patted her back gently: "Isn't this a brother who saw me, I'm on a whim? I'm at my own door again. Even if the emperor knows, he won't blame him. How could that be so serious?"

“What’s not serious?”

The old lady wanted to say something again, but looked at Lin He and swallowed it back. "Are you back?"

"The unfilial child kowtows to his mother!" Lin Hedang knelt down in the yard. When the woman and the child behind him met, they also knelt down.

"Okay, it's good to come back, get up quickly!" The old lady hurriedly reached out to pull him. "This is the cold yard, and it's true that the etiquette is taken care of, but you have to take care of your own body. You are not young anymore."

"Yes, yes." Lin He felt warm after hearing this, and stood up and agreed.

The group turned back to the main hall. At this moment, Zhou took Chen, Xia and Zheng had already arranged seats and tea and snacks. Everyone was sitting in the queue. Lin He took his wife Ma and a few children to greet the old lady and his brothers and sisters-in-law again. At the same time, the younger generation like Lin Nan also came to greet the elders, and worked hard for a while before he calmed down again.

Although Lin He was ranked third and did not take a concubine, he had four children at this time, two men and two women, the most. The eldest son Lin Heng is nine years old, the eldest daughter Wan'er is eight years old, the second son Lin An is six years old, and the second daughter Lian'er is five years old... From this perspective, Lin He has really been busy with many years...

When adults are intimate and harmonious, the children will naturally be prone to sociable. The older generation chatted next to them, while the younger generation stayed for a while. You called me and I pulled you out of the main hall and started playing in the yard. Lin Fu and Lin Shou were also among them, but Lin Shou did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and did not have too close to Lin Nan and Lin Zhi. Instead, it seemed that they were more intimate with the two children of the third uncle's family. Instead, Lin Fu, during the snow-making and fighting together, his attitude towards Lin Nan became much more kind.

Twenty-three, sugar melon sticks.

According to traditional customs, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the Little New Year, which is the day to worship the Kitchen God. The Kitchen God is the "Nine Heavens East Kitchen God's Mansion Lord" conferred by the Jade Emperor. It is often called "Siming Bodhisattva" or "Siming Lord Siming" by the people. It lives in the mansion... Hehe, it is next to the stove of each household. Generally speaking, it is either east or north. Some people set up shrines to worship, while others directly put on a picture to do it.

From the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year has officially begun. From the emperor to the peddler, they all have to worship the Kitchen God on this day. Jingbei Bo Mansion is no exception. The night before, the mansion started to boil sugar, including corn candy and maltose, which was thickly stuck in the pot. The golden color gradually deepened and turned into light brown. As soon as the door opened, the yard was filled with wheat and rice fragrance mixed with a fascinating sweetness...

From the moment of boiling candy, the younger generation in the mansion began to wander around the kitchen. Although Lin Fu and Lin Shou were older, they were just teenagers. Their mood also rose on such festive days. With Lin Nan, Lin Zhi, Lin Heng, Lin An, Wan'er, Xue Yi and Lian'er, they kept walking in and out...
Chapter completed!