The last day of the twelfth lunar month is the La Festival here.

The La Festival has already taken a little bit of the prototype of New Year's Eve in later generations. As a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, everyone attaches great importance to it.

When they woke up early in the morning, the servants quickly changed the decorations in the house. Bai Jingyuan was washed clean by them and put on low-key and luxurious new clothes, probably part of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.

In the morning, the ministers who were still on the canal came to pay their respects and ate the mixed grains that meant the harvest of grains and harvests in the coming year, and they all dispersed.

In the afternoon, the attendants prepared sheep and pigs, as well as various snacks and fruits. After setting up an altar indoors to worship their ancestors, there was a rich family banquet. Although only Bai Jingyuan and Ren Yi, who was both an aunt and a concubine, were still rich.

This sacrifice is different from the previous winter hunting sacrifice. There is no need to slaughter cattle or human animals. Bai Jingyuan was relieved.

Before the winter hunting, the scholars and officials quarreled for more than ten days but didn't settle down. At that time, Bai Jingyuan was like a show watching and had no sense of participation at all. After the winter hunting, he had just recovered and learned relevant knowledge.

The cold reality made him understand that the sacrifices here can be said to be one of the most important things in a country. If he doesn't understand these, he will be cheated in the future, such as overpassing the sacrifices, or deliberately making him make a joke in order to reduce his prestige, he may not even be able to see them.

With the efforts of all parties, La's ancestor worship went smoothly. Ren Yi specially changed into women's clothing for the family banquet tonight.

This is also because the former king is dead. Otherwise, even if the whole world knows who she is, she can only continue to live under the name "Ren Yi" that insults IQ. How could she dress so beautifully?

It was the first time that Bai Jingyuan blushed when he saw each other for so long and lowered his head quickly.

Ren Yi chuckled, thinking that he was not used to it, and after he left his seat, the servants began to serve the food.

Today's food needs to be followed. Bai Jingyuan usually asked the cooks to make it impossible to serve. Originally, he was afraid that the food tonight would not be as good as the taste, but the minister first brought two bronze warm cauldrons and two bronze stews. Then he delivered them all kinds of fruits, vegetables, cured meat, fish and other logistics water. He realized that he underestimated the ancients.

Perhaps this exquisite Wen Ding and Yi has special significance, but Bai Jingyuan still sees it for the first time.

Although it is very likely that the two worlds are not the same, many daily necessities that were used to travel through time, and now, are actually not much different from those of today, except for the different materials.

For example, this warm cauldron is a cauldron with a charcoal plate, with soup on top and charcoal on the bottom. Various vegetables are put in and cooked. They can be eaten after being served by five or six beautiful maids. I am afraid that the experience of Haidilao in later generations may not be as good as this.

The stew is a combination of a tripod and a steamer. Water is placed in the tripod, fish are placed on the grid, and charcoal basins are placed below, so you can steam them on the spot.

The Chu people like to eat fresh fish, so they put it in a pot and steam it and eat it. It is also good.

It seems that the ancestors of Chu State are quite pity for their descendants and stipulated that La family rituals and family banquets to eat such warm things.

Even if the chef is trying hard to figure out various seasonings, it is not as diverse as later generations. The beauty of this meal lies in its natural ingredients.

Seeing Bai Jingyuan wearing plain clothes, he knelt on his head in a regular manner, staring at the Mi phoenix-patterned totem on Wen Ding, with red lips and white teeth, he looked very cute. Ren Yi's beautiful phoenix eyes bent slightly, revealing a trace of inconspicuous joy. He looked outside, and her follower came up with a tray and placed it in front of her, but there was a bronze short sword inlaid with jade, the size and length were exactly the kind that he was carrying.

"Young Master, I heard that you have started practicing martial arts recently. My aunt has specially prepared a new sword for you. I wonder if you like it or not?"

The previous sword was sent to Gongsun Quji, and the other inventory was inferior. Now the general Ren Yi gave him the quality, I think it would be very good.

There were few boys who didn't like these. Bai Jingyuan didn't care about eating meat. After thanking him happily, he asked Luer to bring him over.

The bronze swords in later generations were mostly oxidized green, while the brand new bronze swords were actually golden. Even if they had not been unsheathed, they looked like a kind of cold light that was unique to cold weapons.

In terms of jade aesthetics, the people here value color more than transparency. Therefore, the jade tortoise at the hilt of the sword is green. From Bai Jingyuan's perspective, it is quite appropriate. Knowing that this is a symbol of longevity, Bai Jingyuan sighed helplessly, ignored the jade tortoise and pulled out the sword.

The sword had been broken and looked very sharp. Just as the hunter was happy, he wanted to find something to cut it and see if it could really blow hair. Then Ren Yi advised: "It is not suitable to see blood in the La Festival today. If the young master wants to test the sword, why not tie up another slave tomorrow?"

When she heard her tie up a slave, her tone was like catching a chicken. Bai Jingyuan suddenly lost interest in trying a sword.

He inserted the sword back into the scabbard, and he did not argue with her about the human rights of the slave, so he arranged for his maid to steam fish for him.

The steamed Qishui fish, paired with the special soy sauce from Kuan, is very delicious and he likes it the most.

Seeing that he suddenly became unhappy, Ren Yi was a little confused. Fortunately, he talked and laughed to her again after a while.

During a meal, the two masters were very happy on the surface, but they were separated, but they were unknown.

The ritual stipulated that the son was mourning for his father for three years, and he was not allowed to wear bright clothes, drink, enjoy singing and dancing during this period, but he did not stipulate that he should not eat meat. This was good news for Bai Jingyuan, who replaced his son Bai.

He had spicy sauce in his hand. Although it was not a familiar taste and the ingredients were different from before traveling through time, he still had a hot pot meal with great pleasure.

His birthday is New Year's Day, so my grandfather named him "Yuan", which means that the new year starts from him.

He couldn't tell the details of the calendar here. Anyway, the La Festival is the last day of the year, and in the future he will regard the day after the La Festival as his real birthday.

When you are at home, it is popular to stay up and stay up at home. After twelve o'clock, when the firecrackers are lit, the family will stand up and hug him with a smile, stuff red envelopes to him, shout "Happy birthday!" and the entire Bai family mansion will fall into a sea of ​​joy.

On this day, even his father, who was the strictest to him, would smile and take the initiative to send him a check. Everyone would arrange New Year's Day vacation several months in advance, for fear of missing his birthday...

I missed my family and thought that I could never go back. Bai Jingyuan's eyes gradually wet. The servant asked worriedly. He only said that he was eating too much. Seeing Lu'er in a hurry, he wanted to find a doctor. He was afraid of disturbing others. He could only pretend to be embarrassed to admit it, saying that he was so sad that he burst into tears just because La Ji could not reunite with his mother.

Then, in the loving eyes of the servants and the depressed eyes of the dear eyes, he took the fruit soup specially made for him by the chef. He drank while crying, but he didn't know if he shed more tears or more soup.

I don’t know how he fell asleep that night, but the next afternoon he woke up while rubbing his swelling and painful head.

The servants became more gentle to him, but those who knew the inside story felt that he was more scheming and did not dare to be arrogant when he was treated.

On the evening of New Year's Day, the last convoy from Mangyi finally arrived. While delivering supplies, he picked up the white deer and the papermaker's plate.

About a week later, Ji Meng finally returned with the gifts prepared by the Ji family's envoy and the King of Zheng.

Everything is ready, and they are finally going to set off for Daji.
Chapter completed!