【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Chapter 174 If you go to play for no other reason than to bully the two little ones

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, all kinds of things were ready. The two mansions and gardens of the Jia family were replaced with door gods, couplets, blessing characters, and lanterns. Everything was brand new. From the main gate, ceremonial gate, hall, warm room, inner hall, inner three gates, inner ceremonial gate, and inner gate, all the way to the main hall, the main gate was wide open, and the sons and daughters lined up in front of the gate to serve, and when the time came, they were led into the ancestral hall. It was the first time for Lin Pin'er to pay homage to her ancestors in this world. While carefully looking at the ancestral hall, it turned out to be in another courtyard to the west of where Mrs. Wang lived. There were five gates inside the black oil fence, and a plaque was hung on it, which read "Jia's Ancestral Hall". Four seasons of auspicious fruits and wishful cakes were neatly placed on the altar.

After the ceremony, Jia's mother got up and went back to her room to change clothes, and then everyone dispersed. That night, incense was burned in front of the Kitchen God in every Buddhist temple, and paper horses were set up in the courtyard of Lady Wang's main room. There were also big red lanterns hanging on the main gate of Guanyuan, shining high in two rows, and street lights were on everywhere.

Everyone, from top to bottom, dressed up in their best clothes and gathered in the largest banquet hall in the main building of Guanyuan Garden to have a reunion dinner.

The hall was noisy with voices, laughter, toasts and blessings.

After dinner, Grandmother Jia brought the children to watch the Spring Festival Gala on the sofa in the banquet hall as usual. It was the first time for Lin Pin'er to watch this gala. She couldn't take her eyes off the TV screen for a moment. Every program was wonderful.

Jia Baoyu came over and said, "Sister, are you going to take the exams for Subject 3 and Subject 4 on the same day?"

Lin Pin'er was eating cherries and nodded without saying anything.

"Can we arrange for the same day?"

Lin Pin'er swallowed the cherry in her mouth: "My teacher said I have no problem, Shui Rong also said I can do it, saying that it is faster to get the book this way, otherwise it will delay it again."

Jia Baoyu wanted to say something, but seeing that Lin Pin'er was concentrating on watching TV and was absent-minded, he simply got up and called Su Miaoyu:

"Did the teacher make an appointment for us for the exam?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? Wait until the New Year. Don't mess around during this time. When you have time, take a ride and go practice."

"I just asked Lin Meimei, and she said her teacher arranged for her to take the exams for Subject 3 and Subject 4 on the same day."

Su Miaoyu smiled over there: "It depends on the person. I can get through it in one day, can you?"

Jia Baoyu was scolded again and said that he liked being teased by Su Miaoyu recently. He felt like something was missing if he didn't hear her say a few words a day.

It was rare for Grandmother Jia to stay up all night. In her words, staying up all night only once a year on New Year's Eve was not a big deal. Everyone waited until the clock struck twelve and ate dumplings before going back to sleep.

The children are always happy during the Chinese New Year. Except for visiting relatives and friends on the first day of the new year, they gather at Grandmother Jia's house to eat and play.

Because there were so many of them, there were many games they could play. Jia's mother set up a mahjong table, and four people played poker next to her. Shi Xiangyun, with her sisters and two younger people, played Werewolf on the sofa.

Grandmother Jia was playing mahjong, but her ears worked fine. She told Wang Xifeng, "Why not let Yun'er play something else? I heard them fighting and killing each other over there, and they always asked the children to close their eyes and kill people. It's unlucky to play this in the first month of the year. Let's play something else."

Wang Xifeng had just finished greeting people everywhere. After hearing what Lady Jia said, she laughed and said, "The games they have there are more sophisticated. If you go there, people will look down on you for not knowing how to play. Even I feel like it's a waste of time just to listen for a while."

Grandmother Jia drew a card, and Yuanyang helped her put it into the nearby deck. The two of them whispered and discussed before playing a card.

"Can you pass the imperial examination by playing a game? Let her tell you about it later, and then you can go play with them for a while. Can't you outsmart them with your brain?"

"You know what? Who knows? Maybe I really can't beat you." After saying that, he laughed again.

In this time, Xiangyun and Pin'er, the two wolves, won another round. Qiaojie and Jialan were obviously dissatisfied, and Tanchun was so angry that she explained to them: "I told you to believe that I voted for Aunt Pin, but you didn't believe me. You insisted that I was a wolf."

Jia Lan retorted: "It's all Aunt Xichun's fault for insisting on investigating you."

Qiao Jie also raised her hand and said, "I'm sorry, I think I made a mistake with the second one."

Baoyu stood up immediately: "You are right, it's Sister Xichun who got the rhythm wrong..."

Here, Grandmother Jia spoke again: "Go and play with them for a few rounds. I think they are quite serious. Don't let them fight again. You are not going to play for any other reason, just to make sure they don't bully the two little ones."

Wang Xifeng agreed while smiling. Even Mrs. Wang turned her head to look over there. She was looking at Jia Baoyu. Jia Huan was also there today. If she didn't keep an eye on him, anything might happen.

The good thing was that Jia Huan was not on the sofa. He was playing poker at the table behind them. Seeing that they were not together, Mrs. Wang felt relieved.

Sitting at the small poker table were Jia Huan, Li Wan, Qin Zhong, and Yingchun. These four were a perfect match, and when they got together to play cards, they played slowly and calmly.

Li Wan came here because there was no place for her elsewhere, and she is not very good at playing mahjong, let alone Werewolf.

Yingchun is not without a place elsewhere. She can also play Werewolf. It's just that they want to play double buckle here, so she was dragged here by her sister-in-law. Even if she plays in this family, she can't help herself. Her hands are not big, and she feels tired and sore when she grabs the cards. The key is that Jia Huan can't cooperate with her. She is really angry but dare not show it.

Qin Zhong came here to play with Jia Rong today. After Jia Rong left him to Jia's mother, he went to the garden at the back to drink.

At that time, he followed Jia Baoyu because he was thinking about meeting him. But Jia Baoyu went out to pay New Year's greetings, and he was dragged to play double knock. When Jia Baoyu came back, he only helped him to look at two hands of cards, and then went to play Werewolf with his sisters.

Qin Zhong was absent-mindedly playing cards while glancing at the sofa over there. He wished someone could replace him so that he could go over and play with Jia Baoyu for a while.

Li Wan knocked on the table to remind Qin Zhong: "I'm changing the cards, you play your cards." Then she pointed to the top card in the pile in front of her.

Qin Zhong didn't understand what she meant, and casually took out a main card and placed it in front of himself.

The next player was Jia Huan. He saw that the biggest card in the board was the J in front of Li Wan, and he rubbed his eyes to see it more clearly. After making sure that he was not mistaken, he took out a K from his hand.

I thought to myself that these ten points were given for free, and I happened to get this good deal, and it was also a good thing that I had a king, otherwise I would not have gotten any points. I was secretly happy, and when it was his turn to play, he sent out all the pairs and big cards in his hand, and Yingchun on the opposite side just cooperated and put in points.

Li Wan was so angry that she almost died. Although she couldn't win against the heaven or the earth, why did she get such a stupid opponent?

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The Li family's family dinner was scheduled for the third day of the Chinese New Year. They had to arrange to entertain people who came to visit them at home two days before the New Year. They estimated that there would be fewer people visiting on the third day of the Chinese New Year, so they sent a car to pick up Lin Pin'er for dinner.

There were no big red lanterns in their yard, and the New Year atmosphere could only be seen from the huge Spring Festival couplets at the main entrance and the bright colored lights on the wall. The words on the Spring Festival couplets should have been written by my eldest brother Li Hanlan.

Since the performance costume incident, Li Hanlan added Lin Pin'er on WeChat. Lin Pin'er learned about some of his work through the public account news he posted. When the Chinese New Year was approaching, she saw him writing Spring Festival couplets for various companies and got to know his calligraphy.

The calligraphy of the Spring Festival couplets is like a rock falling from a cliff, penetrating through the paper, and the momentum is like a thousand troops galloping. Under the brushstrokes, the words and lines show the domineering spirit of expanding territory and the demeanor of holding the world in one's hands.

When I entered the house, I felt the atmosphere of the Lunar New Year. Everywhere was decorated with golden lights and was magnificent. There was only a vase in the corner, which contained red roses. Because Madam Li didn't like red, it was the first time that Lin Pin'er saw red flowers in their house.

Hearing that Lin Pin'er had arrived, Old Madam Li came out from the tea room to greet her, took her hand and led her to the tea room.

Lin Pin'er hurried to wish Madam Li a happy new year. Although she had already done so on the first day of the new year, Lin Pin'er was not used to wishing a happy new year over the phone and always felt that she had to make up for it when they met.

Madam Li secretly gave her a red envelope, and then whispered in her ear: "Pack it up quickly, this one for you is the biggest, especially don't let his second brother see it, otherwise he will make trouble for me again."

Lin Pin'er had no choice but to thank him again and again, then put the money into the small bag she was carrying.