It was almost midnight by the time Ye An came out of Fan Tower, but in this city that never sleeps, you can no longer feel the passage of time. You can even see children running and jumping happily on the streets on New Year's Eve.
Unlike later generations, people in the Song Dynasty had a popular saying, "Watching the winter master will help you live longer, and watching the new year's mother will help you live longer." Children can stay up as late as they like on New Year's Eve, but parents can go to bed early and go to bed early.
Children are looking forward to celebrating the New Year. After the New Year's Eve dinner, the excitement has just begun. If you force them to go to bed, you may not be successful. But the adults have been busy all day before and have worked hard for the New Year for many days, and they still have to go around on the first day of the first lunar month.
It is natural to have a good rest on New Year's Eve when paying New Year's greetings and seeing off guests. When parents get up early on the first day of the first lunar month to visit relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings, the children who have not slept all night will no longer have the experience and will finally become more honest.
Looking back, the two little devils at home should be around the same time. I wonder if those two energetic children have fallen asleep.
I quietly went home and saw that the children had already gone to bed. The "skilled work" of staying up late was not something they could master yet. Even the older Ye Ling was already sleeping soundly.
I planned to get on the bed quietly, but I was kicked down by Qin Mumu: "Don't let the scent of incense come up on your body. It's better to go to the study to sleep!"
Ye An lowered his head and smelled it. Maybe he didn't feel any smell on his body because he stayed in Fanlou for a long time...
Who would have thought that the dignified Lord Yunzhong spent his New Year's Eve in his study. Fortunately, Fang Linyue sent him a thick bedding and made his bed.
The bed in the study room was not big, but it could accommodate two people. Unexpectedly, Fang Linyue ran away quickly after packing up, without giving Ye An a chance to make a move.
Qin Mumu is the mistress of the family, and even Xuan'er, not to mention Fang Linyue, would not dare to disobey her words.
Ye An could only smile bitterly. He had done nothing outside, so he still had to be "treated" like this after returning home? Thinking about how Cao Yi hugged him in Fan Lou, it was really infuriating!
But he was able to think openly, get Qin Mumu's love, and accept Xuan'er and Fang Linyue. He had indeed made a huge concession, and he really shouldn't ask for anything more.
Like later generations, it was impossible to get a good night's sleep on the morning of the first grade of junior high school. Ye An finally understood why the parents of Da Song Dynasty had to go to bed early. Before Ye An could sleep comfortably, the sound of firecrackers rang out in the street.
Even though gunpowder became popular in the Song Dynasty, it was still a costly thing. The most affordable way for ordinary families was to cut the purchased bamboo poles into sections and burn them in the fire. The sound of the bamboo poles exploding would be heard.
The taste of the new year.
It's just that this kind of sound is like a fart in the ears of Ye An and Qin Mumu, and it really can't be compared with the firecrackers they have seen.
Rich families can hire medicine-haired puppets or firecrackers filled with gunpowder, but they are far away from Xinlingfang, so the sound is not very realistic.
The Hou Mansion also planned to set off firecrackers, but Qin Mumu strictly prohibited it. Gunpowder cannot appear in the house. In her words, when she was a child, she saw her neighbor's child's back being blown open by firecrackers. Although there was no
It hurt her bones, but the tragedy is still unforgettable to her.
"In the evening, just ask someone to come to the door and put a few drug-haired puppets. Are the fireworks not as beautiful as the two kicks?" Qin Mumu saw the disappointed expressions of the children and finally compromised a little.
Then he glared at Ye An fiercely, blaming him for telling his children interesting stories about setting off firecrackers when he was a child, which made Ye Ling keep shouting about setting off firecrackers.
Fang Linyue picked up Ye Ling knowingly and put it on her lap, telling her how she celebrated the New Year when she was a child, and gave tea bags sewn by herself to her, Ye Mei, and Ye Lin, with cute patterns added
The bright colors immediately captured the children's hearts.
Ye Ling stopped noisily setting off firecrackers. Ye Lin put the tea bag in his mouth and chewed it vigorously. Ye Mei tied the tea bag around her waist and picked it up to play with from time to time.
This felt like home. After eating dumplings in the morning, Qin Mumu handed the children to Xuan'er and Fang Linyue, and went back to her room to clean up. Today was not an ordinary day. She was visiting relatives and friends to meet her elders.
essential.
Qin Mumu, as the imperial wife of Tokyo City, has no time to spare, and the same goes for Ye An. However, the division of labor between the two is different. Qin Mumu mainly waits at home for others to come to visit, while Ye An visits other people's homes.
There was no doubt that the Cao family had to go. Ye An took the gift and got on the ox cart. At this time, Mrs. Gaoming came to Xinlingfang to visit.
In the words of the Wang Bang, the door of the Hou Mansion does not need to be closed on this day. There are so many people coming. The reason why Mrs. Gaoming comes to visit other people's homes, but Ye An goes out to visit others in his own home, is really not the case.
The solution is, who is the latest generation between him and Qin Mumu? The key is that there is no elder in the family to take charge, and the only qualified old Chen Lin, no one will come to pay him New Year's greetings.
Except for those eunuchs who have families in Tokyo, the most taboo thing for others is to have someone pay them New Year greetings during the Chinese New Year. The reason... Needless to say.
However, the few little guys in the Hou Mansion were an exception. They paid Chen Lin a New Year's greeting and the old guy was very happy to let the loess buy his neck. They not only gave red envelopes but also gave gifts.
It's just that these gifts made Qin Mumu's face full of black lines. Ye Ling got an extremely exquisite hand crossbow, and Ye Lin got a breast shield that old Chen Lin had treasured for many years.
The sight of the clay dagger made her beauty pale.
The ox cart soon arrived at Gaotou Street, where the Cao family was located. This was almost the most prosperous place outside Donghua Gate, and it was only a few lanes away from East Cross Street.
A salesman walking through the streets was selling goods on a pole in front of the Cao family. Instead of chasing him away, the Cao family even gave him a bowl of warm drink to ward off the cold.
Ye An saw the candied haws on the hawker's pole and smiled without saying a word. Looking at the inscriptions on the stick, he knew it was from Hou San's shop. The bright red fruit and the thick sugar coating were really mouth-watering.
The Wang gang came to the door with a greeting card. Although Ye An came in person, the rules still had to be followed. However, after the concierge saw Ye An standing at the door, he immediately opened the front door and invited him in.
For a family like the Cao family, the front door cannot be opened easily unless there is a big event or a very distinguished person comes to visit. However, the doorkeeper of the Cao family opens the front and left door. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, left was the highest priority for visitors.
Spec reception.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Cao Yi with bare arms and a fat body, playing with a big gun. Yes, he was really practicing with a gun. The old saying "A year's sword, a month's stick, a lifetime's gun" is true at all. If you want to practice well on this kind of battlefield,
The big killer requires daily practice.
It's just that Cao Yi was miserable. He was practicing there naked. In this winter, as long as he stopped, he would soon get cold all over. He could only keep waving the spear in his hand, picking, stabbing, sweeping, and sweeping over and over again.
This will make your body warmer.
It’s not that he studied hard and practiced hard, but Cao Wei looked up and kept reminding him: “Lung like a mantis, hands tremble like arrows, strength rises from the ground, waist weighs a thousand pounds!”
Seeing Ye An coming, Cao Yi felt as if he saw the savior's face filled with prayers. Ye An gave him a reassuring look and immediately stepped forward and said to Cao Wei: "Uncle Cao will be well tomorrow! My nephew is here to pay me a visit!"
Cao Wei chuckled: "Knowing that you will come today, Changsheng! Didn't uncle tell you, why didn't you take the killer out of Fanlou last night? It's just that you stayed out all night, and the stewards came to the door.
!Officials can have sex with prostitutes but they can’t...Eh!"
Ye An looked at Cao Yi in surprise. Seeing his embarrassed face, he immediately said: "It's not that my nephew didn't persuade me, but it was Brother Cao who insisted. He boasted that he was strong and strong, but he could quietly return home before dawn..."
"That's how it is, very good, very good!"
Cao Wei's face gradually turned from red to black, while Cao Yi's face turned from white to green after hearing Ye An's words...