This year was the Yan Family's first New Year celebration in Ningmen Prefecture, and as the head of the household, together with the conferment of Old Madam Yan and Madam Li's royal titles, as soon as mid-December passed, the Yan Family's doorstep was besieged by people delivering New Year gifts.
As in previous years, Daohua was brought out by Madam Li to tally the New Year gifts from various households, while also arranging the return gifts.
In the first few days, Daohua still had Xiao Yeyang on her mind, but as things got increasingly busy, and both Yan Wenkai and Wentao assured her there was nothing unusual with Xiao Yeyang, she let go of her worries. By the time she finally had a moment to herself, it was already the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month.