The dazzling peonies bloomed gorgeously in the dark night sky, and the blooming petals turned into slender streams of light falling from the sky, and soon disappeared in mid-air without a trace.
Before anyone else lamented that fireworks are easy to get cold, there were also fireworks of golden tigers celebrating the new year, peace and prosperity for the country, and immortals riding cranes. They used the vast night sky as the canvas and sparks as the paint to spread the noise and splendor between the heaven and the earth, even if
It is as fleeting as an epiphyllum, but it was also brilliant for a while.
Next to them were the laughter and cheers of children. Even people forgot the rules and discussed happily. Ye Zhenzhen couldn't help but smile. She had seen more lively prosperity, but she was still moved by this simple fireworks.
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She didn't know when her left hand was held by a pair of warm and dry big hands. She looked up and met Cui Weizhen's smiling eyes. She couldn't help but hold his hand and whispered: "We have passed another year."
"Yeah, it's another year."
Cui Weizhen was rarely sentimental and whispered: "We still have many, many years."
Ye Zhenzhen smiled and narrowed her eyes.
Aunt Cui was old and lacked energy. After watching the fireworks, she went back to her room to rest. The two children, Cui Zhiduan and Cui Zhiming, were still interested and shouted and set off another basket of firecrackers.
The fireworks were all set off, including this basket of firecrackers. Cui Zhiduan watched another firecracker show as he wished. He was finally satisfied and said coquettishly to his mother: "Mom, it's great to celebrate the New Year. It would be great if we could celebrate the New Year every day."
Ye Zhenzhen tapped his forehead and teased: "You just have to play. Although the New Year is great, you can't forget your homework."
Cui Zhiduan stuck out his tongue, and before his father could look over, he pulled his brother Zhiming away and ran away - it was terrible to be forced to study during the Chinese New Year!
Ye Zhenzhen looked at the child's father jokingly: "Look, you scared the child."
Cui Weizhen:???
"When did I scare him? It was obviously you who started it."
Ye Zhenzhen had her reasons: "Wangzi ran away because he was afraid that you would speak, not because he was afraid of me."
Cui Weizhen couldn't refute, Ye Zhenzhen pursed her lips and smiled, then called the maid who was waiting beside her son, and told them: "Go back and watch the two young gentlemen, tell them to go to bed early, and stop talking secretly, so as not to worry tomorrow
Can’t get up.”
Ever since Cui Weizhen moved back to Mingxiyuan, the two boys in the front yard have moved into the same house. Ye Zhenzhen didn't stop them, but they would occasionally hide under the covers to talk and play with toys, and they would doze off the next day.
, and then ordered his servants to keep an eye on them.
The servants followed the order and Ye Zhenzhen shook Cui Weizhen's hand: "Let's go back too."
The sound of firecrackers outside gradually stopped, and the bright night sky gradually regained its unique depth. The lanterns swaying in the evening breeze were unique. Ye Zhenzhen and Cui Weizhen held hands and walked on the quiet corridor.
No one spoke, but they were extremely close to each other in their hearts.
After returning to Mingxi Garden, Ye Zhenzhen pointed to the two round lanterns hanging in front of the Moon Gate and said happily: "Look, these are the lanterns I put up, and I also painted the bamboo bears on them.
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Only then did Cui Weizhen notice the two lanterns hanging at the door. Against the background of red lanterns all over the house, these two lanterns with black and white bamboo bears were really inconspicuous. However, the bamboo bears were wearing red bellybands, which made them look cute and unique.
He looked at them carefully and made a positive evaluation: "Well, these two bamboo bears are quite lifelike, no different from the ones I saw when I was a child."
That is, after all, she is the one who raises pandas in Yun. Isn’t it a small problem to draw two pandas?
When summer comes, she will raise a lovely national treasure herself. Just thinking about it makes her happy.
Cui Weizhen knew exactly what she was thinking. After all, Zhen'er had mentioned raising bamboo bears to him countless times. She even laughed out loud in her dreams at night, which showed how dedicated she was to raising bamboo bears.
He has already sent people to Bashu, and there should be news in a while.
The time was just right. Ye Zhenzhen and Cui Weizhen drank some wine before falling asleep. They had only slept for a few hours and had to get up early again. Of course, there was a reason for this. They wanted to return to Jingning County to worship their ancestors.
After the Cui clan was divided into clans, the tablets of the ancestors were also moved here, and they were all enshrined in the Cui clan ancestral hall in Jingning County. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the ancestral hall was opened to worship the ancestors. Cui Weizhen and Ye Zhenzhen would be present as the clan heads and wives, and Cui Zhiduan as the direct descendant of the uncle's house.
The eldest son cannot be absent either.
So before dawn, the uncle's carriage was ready. Aunt Cui and the two children got in. Ye Zhenzhen didn't want to ride in the carriage today, so she rode her horse Bai Xue and walked side by side with Cui Weizhen.
In fact, they should have gone back to the clan one day earlier, but because of what happened in the past years, Aunt Cui was jealous of the people in the clan and was not very willing to have a reunion dinner with them. Therefore, in order to let her mother have a comfortable New Year, they decided to go back to the clan for the first time.
Go back early the next day.
It only takes an hour or so and you'll be there soon.
It was a nice day today. Ye Zhenzhen was wrapped in a thick fox fur felt and didn't notice it at all. While talking to Cui Weizhen, she admired the rare sight of the capital city.
"When you get up early every morning to go to court, do you see this dark capital?"
Cui Weizhen shook his head: "That's not the case. The court officials will bring their servants with them. The servants will carry lamps to illuminate them. It's like fluorescent lights at night, but it's not dark at all."
Ye Zhenzhen nodded in understanding and said with emotion: "There is a lack of street lights."
But after thinking about it, street lights don’t mean much. There is a curfew at night and people are not allowed to walk. Where is the need for street lights? Besides, I don’t know how many candles and lamp oil are consumed to hang up street lights. There may be fire hazards. These are not worth the gain.
Yes, there is no need for street lights.
Ancient times with backward technology had many inconveniences compared to later generations.
Cui Weizhen didn't know his wife's emotion. The carriage quickly arrived at the city gate. After showing the sign of Jingning Bo's Mansion, the guard quickly opened the city gate to let them out. The carriage drove into the official road and left slowly.
stand up.
Ye Zhenzhen returned to see Aunt Cui and the two children, and saw that they were all sleeping inside. She did not disturb them and continued to the front to keep pace with Cui Weizhen.
Slowly, the dim light of the morning light broke through the chaos of the night, and the clouds were inlaid with a layer of golden edge, overflowing with light. The clouds in the sky were very thick, like brightly dyed blue cotton, spread one after another in the sky.
, the sun was hidden in the clouds, and the golden light gradually turned into platinum and silver, like the scales of a sleeping dragon, layer upon layer, floating and golden.
Soon after, the sun finally burst out from the clouds. The awakened dragon turned over and flew into the clouds. The sea of clouds surged. Then, as the gradually blending clouds and mists faded away, only a milky white curtain remained in the vast sky. Sometimes the eyes were extremely far away.
Only when you look up can you see the overlapping mountain fog, and the sky and the world are blurred into one place.
Ye Zhenzhen exhaled a long breath of turbid air, with a broad mind and a clear and bright spiritual platform. The beauty of nature is beyond words and can always inadvertently give people a deafening shock.
Although it is tiring to get up early, it is already worth it to see such a wonderful sunrise.
"Today is such a beautiful day, isn't it?" Ye Zhenzhen asked with a smile.
Cui Weizhen smiled and nodded: "On Yuan Day, the dragon welcomes the new year, which is a good sign. The thirty-seventh year of Xuanwu is bound to be a smooth year."
Ye Zhenzhen deeply agreed. The New Year's Day is a good omen, and it will be a good day all year round.
[The author has something to say]
Please forgive me. I wrote the emperor's year wrong before. Now it should be the thirty-seventh year of Xuanwu. My stupid head...