With the twenty-four Haotian bells echoing in Chang'an City, the fourth year of Zaiqian ended quietly, and the fifth year of Zaiqian began.
New Year's Eve is here.
"Dalang's blessing extends to the new day, and his longevity is boundless."
"Aunt Song's blessings are new, and her longevity is extended."
In the residence of Song Shaoyuan's family in Judefang, Li Ang smiled and bowed his hands to Aunt Song to wish him happy New Year.
Traveling long distances these days is not an easy task. Ji Linglang came over some time ago and said that her father, Ji Zhi, the prefect of Jizhou, was going back to Chang'an to report on his work.
I may be promoted in the future and live in Chang'an for a long time. This time I brought the younger members of my family here.
Aunt Song took their carriage and arrived in Chang'an before the New Year.
It is often said that a Taoist is humble when he leaves his hometown, but seeing his son Song Shaoyuan admitted to the Academy, having a spacious mansion and a well-educated fiancée, Aunt Song is still relatively happy - even though everyone around her is speaking Chang'an Mandarin, she is a little at a loss, maybe It will take some time to get used to it.
Crackling.
There are bright fireworks outside the mansion and the sound of firecrackers is endless.
"The sun rises, I'm here to pay New Year's greetings!"
Yang Yu's familiar voice came from outside the house. Li Ang went out to greet him, but saw a group of servants and children wearing colorful cotton-padded jackets behind Yang Yu.
"Huh? This is..."
"The naughty kid in the family."
Yang Yu shrugged helplessly and said the strange oral habits he learned from Li Ang, "Come here to meet the Little Medicine King God to avoid getting sick in the New Year."
"The little medicine king has a new blessing and a new life, and his longevity is extended——"
A group of naughty children didn’t know who gave the order, so they each raised their voices and bowed to Li Ang.
In the past autumn and winter, the probability of children suffering from whooping cough was very high, but this year, with the expansion of allicin production in various states,
The prevalence rate and severity of the disease have dropped significantly, further confirming Li Ang's reputation as the King of Medicine.
"Okay."
Li Ang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was too lazy to refute the rumors any more. He stepped aside and walked out of the door, "Come in, everyone. The food is ready."
He told his friends in advance that he would spend New Year's Eve at Song Shaoyuan's house this year, and Aunt Song, You Xiao, and Chai Chai had already prepared super-standard meals in advance.
A group of naughty children either jumped or entered the courtyard cautiously.
Chai Chai, who was wearing a white fox fur jacket (with a hood), smiled and took out a large stack of red envelopes containing several guans of flying money, and distributed them one by one.
Last year, when Li Ang went to Yan Yundang's house to pay New Year's greetings, he gave red envelopes to several newborn children of the Yan family.
Before the Yu State, there was no custom of New Year's money. Occasionally, some wealthy or family elders who loved their children would give small gifts such as gold, silver, copper coins, ornaments and even silk and jewelry on New Year's Eve.
I don’t know whether it’s because Li Ang has too much influence, or because the citizens of Chang’an want to enjoy themselves, but now every household has begun to give out red envelopes to relatives, friends and juniors, and even spontaneously formed a “hand out red envelopes – politely refuse – forcefully stuff red envelopes”
Basic routine.
Words such as "Mom and Dad, please put away your red envelope first" can also appear in advance.
It looks more and more like the Spring Festival in my memory.
After giving out the red envelopes, Chai Chai happily took the children to play with the firecrackers made by Li Ang, looking like the king of children.
Li Angze, Song Shaoyuan, Yang Yu and others stood at the door to welcome the guests who came to pay New Year's greetings.
Ji Linglang was the first to come over, bringing ten Taizhou swordfish as gifts - this kind of fish is difficult to survive without running water, and will become very thin in autumn and winter. I don't know what method her family used to preserve it so well.
, shipped all the way to Chang'an.
Li Ang and Song Shaoyuan were tired of eating this kind of fish in Zhenzhou before, but after being away from their hometown for more than a year, they still missed seeing their hometown specialty again.
Li Ang took three pieces directly from the bucket, used his mind to control the knives, and the kitchen utensils floated up for remote cooking.
"As the sun rises, blessings extend to the new day, and longevity is boundless——"
A slightly weak voice came from outside the door, and Li Wei, wearing a cotton jacket and silk coat, appeared.
"What's wrong with you? You look so dazed."
Yang Yu raised his eyebrows, "You secretly fell in love without telling us? It's not authentic."
"Bah,"
Li Wei rolled his eyes, "With your eyes and ears all over Chang'an City, what can be hidden from you?"
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe you saw a gorgeous girl in the crowd when you came out of Xuanyangfang. You and she looked at each other and fell in love at first sight. You wanted to get closer to each other, but were blocked by the dense crowd.
Wrapped up, getting farther and farther away. Your shouts were drowned in the sound of fireworks. When you finally squeezed out of the crowd, her figure was gone, leaving only a fragrant handkerchief. You held the handkerchief, with a rough and willful face.
Under the bright light of fireworks, I feel lost. This may be the beginning and end of your story with her..."
Yang Yu's eyebrows were full of joy, and as soon as he opened his mouth, there was a long list of content,
Li Wei was stunned when he heard this, and it took him a while to react, "Wait a minute, why are you so good at making up stories? How many romance novels have you read in private?
And did you just say that I look rough? That’s something private.”
Yang Yu said without changing his expression: "Don't worry about these details, just say it or not."
"How is that possible?"
Li Wei rolled his eyes, with a pained expression on his face, "Although it is indeed a private matter..."
Li Wei explained that he had been staying at the home of General Yunhui Chen Changxiao during the holidays.
His father and brother had both served as soldiers under Chen Changxiao, and Chen Changxiao had recommended his own place to apply for the academy. The relationship between the two families was particularly close, and Li Wei and several of the other children in the general's residence usually treated him like brothers.
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Recently, members of the general's wife's family came to Chang'an from Hedong Road for business and stopped by to pay New Year's greetings. The topic somehow came up about being a matchmaker for Li Wei.
The general’s wife has a niece who is about the same age as Li Wei. She is currently studying at Luli Academy and is considered a practitioner...
"So?"
Yang Yu said doubtfully: "Isn't this nice? Kissing each other even more."
The trend of writing scrolls in the Yu State was prevalent, and the situation between the Chen family and Li Wei could be regarded as the relationship between the recommender and the recommended person. Chen Changxiao was Li Wei's "recommender".
This relationship is even closer and more reliable than that of master and apprentice. If Li Wei can marry into the Chen family, he can get rid of the burden of gratitude in a sense and be on the same footing as the Chen family, which will be beneficial to both parties.
"Looking at your constipated expression, doesn't this person look bad?"
Yang Yu said curiously.
Li Wei shook his head and hesitated: "No, the portrait looks quite soft."
Yang Yu rubbed his chin and asked doubtfully: "Then why are you still not happy? You don't have anything to hide, do you?"
"This, I, that..."
Li Wei was tangled up in every possible way. Looking at the curious looks from Li Ang and Ji Linglang, he could only lower his voice and said: "Actually, I prefer...girls who can give me a sense of security."
"Huh?"
Li Ang and the three of them said in unison, looking at Li Wei's appearance, height, and muscles, he will be more than enough to serve as a portrait of the goalkeeper in a few years.
Isn’t this safe?
"You don't understand!"
Li Wei's face turned red and he said, "When I was in Wubian, Bian Town, there were often horse bandits and thieves.
They would fire rockets at the village at night, ambush in the forest, and set traps on the mountain roads. They would also arrange corpses into various weird and terrifying shapes to intimidate.
I can only force myself to sleep by putting a simple knife under my pillow at night and listening to Paoze's snoring.
I originally thought I would feel better after coming to Chang'an and practicing martial arts formally, but I still wake up with panic attacks from time to time. I'm afraid I will always have these symptoms in the future..."
"So you want to find a girl who is stronger than you, snores at night, and can give you a sense of security."
Yang Yu summarized, paused, and said: "It's easy to be better than you, but it requires snoring at night...I'm afraid it's not easy to find."
‘Not only is it hard to find...is this a combination of battlefield ptsd and xp?
Brother, your XP system is too weird, isn’t it?!’
Li Ang complained endlessly in his heart. He studied surgery and did not treat mental illness.
This chapter has been completed!