Chapter 179 New Year Greetings

Chen Ahfu looked back and saw Dabao standing on the bed, wearing a red jacket and red pants, and a small red melon-shaped hat, like a red bell pepper, so beautiful. She went over and held Dabao's face and kissed him twice, and smiled, "My son is better than everyone else."

Chen Dabao was so delicate that he couldn't even pull his tongue straight, and hugged her neck and said, "I can't compare to my mother, I can't compare to my mother..."

Chen Ahfu bent down and put on the little red boots for Chen Dabao with her own hands, and then washed his face. The mother and son walked out of the west wing hand in hand.

There was still heavy snow in the sky, and even though the servants had just swept a path in the yard, it was now covered with snow again. Not only was the yard covered with a white layer, but even the roof, the branches outside the yard, and the lanterns were covered with a thick layer. At a glance, it was covered in silver.

Fortunately, they live in a big tiled house now. If it was an old thatched house in the old courtyard, they would have to worry about the heavy snow falling and crushing the house.

The two came to the upper room, where Chen Ming, Wang, and A Lu were already sitting in new clothes.

Chen Afu led A Lu and Da Bao to kowtow to Chen Ming and Wang who were sitting in the upper seats and wish them a happy new year. The two smiled and gave each of them a red envelope with six silver ingots in it. Then, A Lu bowed to Chen Afu, and Da Bao kowtowed to Chen Afu. Chen Afu smiled and gave each of them a red envelope with six silver ingots in it.

Then, the servants came in and kowtowed to the master and wished the master a happy new year. The master gave the servants red envelopes with two silver ingots in them.

These red envelopes were all prepared by Chen Afu in advance. He also prepared a few red envelopes with two silver ingots in them for Chen Ming to give to the younger generations of the Chen family who came to wish them a happy new year.

After a lot of joy and excitement, they sat down to eat.

After dinner, accompanied by Xue Dagui, A Lu led Dabao to pay New Year's greetings. They went to Tangyuan first, then to Luo's house, and then to the village.

Chen Afu accompanied Chen Ming and Wang to talk for a while. Discussing Chen Ming's visit to Xianhu Village on the fourth day of the first lunar month, they decided to go to Wang's eldest uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings and inquire about the whereabouts of Wang's younger brother Wang Cheng.

The eldest uncle was quite powerful. It was he who led people to beat up Wang's biological father and stepmother.

Wang's heart also became active. She also wanted to go back. She wanted to know the whereabouts of her brother too much. She had been thinking about it for more than 20 years but never dared to go back to inquire. Now she could finally do it, of course she wanted to know quickly.

Chen Afu said, "If mother really wants to go back, take Brother Xue and Aunt Zeng with you. Brother Xue is powerful, and Aunt Zeng is eloquent. With them, we are not afraid of being bullied."

As he was talking, people who paid New Year's greetings came.

The first wave came from the brothers Chen Agui and Chen Ayu. This was a legitimate junior, so they had to kowtow. Chen Ming also gave them red envelopes and asked them to take the red envelopes for other juniors back. Then came Luo Yuan, then Hu Wei, one wave after another, the servants in Tangyuan, the villagers of Xiangluo Village, and the people of Shangshui Village...

Chen Afu hid in the west wing because she was a female family member. She washed the tea bowls she took out of the space, and then poured the water used to wash the tea bowls into the backyard, where a piece of land had been fenced off, which would be the vegetable field in the future.

She looked at the tea bowls, and even if they were washed clean, they could not be used. But today was the first day of the new year, and it seemed that garbage could not be thrown away. So she put the tea bowls under the bed and threw them out after the new year. They could not be thrown away at home yet, because the frugal Chen Ming and Wang would definitely pick them up and use them.

Suddenly, she heard the surprised voice of Zeng Laotou in the yard, "Oh, my sister is here."

Chen Afu left the bedroom and saw Chu Hanyan, wearing a pomegranate red hooded cloak, had entered the house. When she saw Chen Ahfu, she hurried over, clasped her chubby hands together and bowed, saying, "I wish my aunt... a happy New Year, and everything... goes well."

Then, he looked up at her, looking like he was asking for praise.

Mother Song on the side corrected her, "Sister, you have to wait until aunt is seated before you wish her a happy New Year." She had taught her sister many times when she was in Tangyuan, but she was anxious to show off when she saw Master Chen.

Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter." He then said to Chu Hanyan, "Sister is really capable. Come and wish your aunt a happy New Year. Your aunt's big red envelope is ready."

He handed her the red envelope with six silver ingots that had been prepared long ago, took off her cloak, and treated her to snacks and candies. Hearing that the guests who had come to wish her a happy New Year in the upper room had left, he took the little girl to the upper room and wished Chen Ming and Wang a happy New Year.

Chen Ming and Wang were very happy that the noble lady could wish them a happy New Year, and they quickly gave her another red envelope each.

The little girl smiled and counted on her fingers, saying, "Sister has... one, two, three, four, oh, five, five red envelopes."

Miss Chu didn't have many relatives here, and servants couldn't give red envelopes to their masters. She was very happy to get so many at once this time.

Chen Afu took her to the west wing to play for a while, and the little girl left reluctantly.

At noon, A Lu and Da Bao came back. The two boys received several red envelopes each, from the old Marquis Chu, Chu Lingxuan, the old lady Chen, Chen Ye and Chen Shi. The grandfather and grandson of the Chu family gave six and four gold ingots for the first place in the imperial examination respectively, Chen Shi gave a hundred coins, and the others gave fifty coins.

The old Marquis Chu actually gave Chen Afu a red envelope, and asked Da Bao to bring her eight golden peanuts.

Dabao said, "I kowtowed to Grandpa Chu on behalf of my mother, wishing him good health and longevity."

Chen Afu praised, "Well, son, you did a good job."

It was the first time that Dabao had so much money, and he smiled with his eyebrows curved. He generously handed it to Chen Afu and said, "Give all this money to mother, mother, use it to buy flowers to wear."

Everyone was very happy. Chen Afu smiled and said, "Mother has money to buy flowers. This money is Dabao's private money, mother will keep it for you. If you have something you like, come to mother for money." He still took out twenty coins and put them in his purse, saying, "This money Dabao, use it to buy candy."

A Lu was much more shy, and he also gave all the red envelopes to Wang, but he was embarrassed to say those sweet words. Wang also said that this was his private money and she helped him keep it. In the end, he still gave him twenty coins for pocket money.

On the morning of the second day of the New Year, we cooked fermented glutinous rice eggs and steamed buns. Chen Afu suddenly remembered to make fermented glutinous rice on the 27th day, and today was just the time, so he asked Aunt Mu to make it.

Chen Afu made a large jar and two small jars, and sent a small jar to Tangyuan and Luo Guanshi's house respectively. This thing is loved by southerners, and I don’t know if the northern masters like it, so I didn’t send more.

It was the first time for Chen Ming and his friends to eat it. They all said that it tasted mellow and delicious. Chen Afu also thought it tasted better than in his previous life, perhaps because of the water quality in his home.

Today is the day to go back to the mother's home. There is no daughter in their family who goes back to her mother's home, and Wang Shi has no mother's home to go back to. The whole family is crowded on the kang in the west room of the upper house and laughing. A Lu and Da Bao would run outside from time to time to set off firecrackers or run a few laps.

At about the time of Si, Wei Shi came.

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