Chapter 130 The Imperial City (seeking a monthly ticket)
After playing for a while, it became more and more lively outside. Xiao Qingyu put down the firecrackers and ran to the courtyard door with a mask in her hand to look around. She found that everyone had already started to revel. She suddenly became anxious and hurriedly ran back to the door and looked inside.
The two adults who were drinking were stamping their feet: "Mother! Mother! Have you finished eating? Can we go?"
"Where are you going?" After drinking a few small glasses of champagne, Lin Wanwan was a little tipsy and her face was red. After hearing this, she stood up and stroked her dizzy forehead, "It's so lively outside.
What is this for?"
"Dancing, mother!"
Yun Shang said with a smile: "My wife used to live in the mountains. I'm afraid she doesn't know the folk customs. On New Year's Eve, everyone would have a fire in the courtyard to drive away the evil spirits! I have already used the broken brooms at home and the small shoes that the young lady wears.
Ready."
Lin Wanwan was confused. Why do you need a broom and shoes?
However, compared to the deserted New Year's Eve in modern times, which is becoming less and less festive, the bustle of the Tang Dynasty is really exciting. Lin Wanwan is too lazy to ask more questions, just join the carnival crowd and play along!
"Okay, then let's go play together."
She grabbed the witch mask that had been prepared nearby, put it on and asked Xiao Chong angrily: "Cousin, did you bring a mask with you? There are many more here, you can choose from."
Xiao Chong drank more than Lin Wanwan, but he also had a better drinking capacity than her. At this time, his jade-like face was only slightly stained with pink. Hearing this, he smiled casually and said, "That's it, thank you cousin."
After saying that, he walked to the side and picked a tiger mask from a pile of masks and put it on.
All the family members, big and small, went out and joined the exorcism team outside. Only Kunlun and Sun Cheyao were left to look after the house.
The entire Linjiazhuang was brightly lit, and fires were burning in the yards of every household. The firelight and starlight complemented each other, making it extremely brilliant.
Sun Cheyao's eyes became moist when he saw his daughter, who was wearing a new silk dress and dancing with a mask behind her, and her old mother, who was being pulled by Huanong and singing while wearing a mask.
It became crystal clear.
He had never thought of having the joy of having his family well fed and clothed before having a party like this. Even if he couldn't follow the gods to heaven in the future, he felt that life was worth living just for the short moment he had in this world tonight.
To think that he, a refugee, could live such a good life is truly a blessing.
But Kunlun's idea is much simpler - just eat!
There is so much delicious food tonight, I can’t finish it! Oh, it’s so delicious, I’m sweating all over!
"Dang-dang-dang!"
Bells and drums are ringing from all directions, firecrackers are blasting, the time has come to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and the New Year's Eve carnival has also come to an end.
Little Qingyu had been driven off to sleep by Yun Shang by Lin Wanwan, and the other servants were also driven off to sleep. Lin Wanwan herself was sitting in the main hall watching the servants at home kowtow to her in the New Year.
There is no such thing as New Year's money in the Tang Dynasty, but Lin Wanwan prepared a lot of modern and expensive jewelry such as artificial crystals and gave them to the servants. The maids were naturally happy, and the male servants were not unhappy either.
You can’t take it with you, but you can give it to your family or sell it for money!
Lin Wanwan was busy here, but Xiao Chong had already mounted his horse and left. A master of arts is a bold master and servant, and is not afraid of walking at night.
Tonight in the Tang Dynasty, there are sleepless homes everywhere.
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Compared with the common people and small local officials who can sleep well the next day, the officials in the capital in Chang'an City have a much harder time. The bigger the official, the harder it is. On New Year's Eve, not only do they have to enter the palace to stay up and eat wine with the emperor,
Reciting poems and having a great carnival, at dawn, they have to go to court again!
The Great Court Meeting on Yuan Day (the first day of the Lunar New Year) is a very grand meeting. All the officials and ministers in the capital have to wear grand court clothes and dress up to pay New Year greetings to the emperor. Some subordinate countries and local bosses will also send people over.
Congratulations to the emperor.
There is a poem that records such a situation - thousands of officials pay homage to the beauty of the sky, and all things are known to usher in the spring on the first day of the year.
Today's imperial meeting can be summed up in one sentence - praising virtues and bragging.
The emperor expressed his emotion to the ministers that the Tang Empire was thriving and full of vitality under his leadership in the past year. The ministers echoed the emperor and sent them festive words of literary talent.
Yuan Day is the first day of the new year, so auspicious words are naturally indispensable. Even ministers like Wei Zheng who like to argue with the emperor will not find fault today.
After the routine boasting and compliments were over, the gift-giving began. All kinds of treasures from local officials and subordinate countries were presented. Among these congratulatory gifts, the gift from Xiao Kai, a doctor in the Yu tribe, was the most special.
What he presented was a small tomato tree with red and yellow fruits and a pot of salt as white as snow.
After listening to Xiao Kai's story, the smile on the face of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty grew. Although small tomatoes are rare, they are rare at best, but the meaning of snow-white salt is quite different.
The emperor looked at Xiao Kai and said slowly: "What Xiao Qing means is that this method of making salt was also the work of Master Lin Wanwan who brought the prolific rice seeds from the mountains and the prolific sweet potatoes from overseas?"
Xiao Kai said: "Back to the sage, that's exactly what happened. The method of making salt by drying on this beach, Lin Wanwan, has given it to my son's house. The snow salt I presented was made in the salt farm opened by my son in Luang County.
Finished product.”
His Majesty Li Er glanced at the chamberlain beside him, who stepped forward with understanding and brought a basin of snow salt in front of him.
Li Shimin picked up a pinch of salt and looked at it carefully. After a while, he laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay! It is our great fortune that these hermits are willing to go down the mountain to benefit the country. Xiao Qing and Ruzi both have the merit of enlightenment."
Before this woman, I presented fifteen or six acres of high-yielding rice seeds and high-yielding sweet potatoes, which is already a great achievement. Now that I have such salt recipe, I deserve a huge reward! What do you think?"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. It is Your Majesty's benevolence that has made talented people from all walks of life appear one after another. I think they deserve a heavy reward!"
"My emperor is wise, and I agree to give you a generous reward!"
"I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal."
The group of people in the court were wearing court clothes today. They looked very colorful and looked very happy, and the words they spoke also made people feel happy.
His Majesty Li Er looked at everything in front of him and felt quite satisfied in his heart. He also greatly appreciated the Xiao family's behavior in not showing off their shame. This is the kind of minister Li Shimin wanted!
"Has the identity of Lin Wanwan been found out?" After all the senior officials in the court who were qualified to speak had finished speaking, His Majesty Li Er asked again.
"Going back to the saint, I found out that this person is a descendant of the Hou Taolin family in Luan County, Jiangnan Province. He has lived in seclusion in the mountains with strangers since he was a child to study arts. He is very knowledgeable and talented. He also has a senior brother who likes to travel all over the world."
"If the origin is clear, you can be rewarded!"
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