Along the way out of the palace alley, a carriage just happened to be driving away. Li Mi lifted up his robe and got on his carriage. Li Yang and the coachman who had been waiting jumped on the seat, drove the carriage to turn around, and slowly headed towards
The palace gate opens.
"Is there any news from Master Wu?"
Li Yang, who was sitting in the car seat, was excited and quickly answered: "No, it's still the news from before."
It is said that there are some clues down in Qingshan County, and the fifth master has already set off to rush there, but at the moment there is no news.
After being with the Crown Prince for so long, he finally understood clearly how urgent the Crown Prince was to find the bronze bird.
Li Yang pursed his lips, perfectly hiding his emotions deep in his eyes.
"Well, we will set off back after dawn. If there is any good news on the way, then we will go to Qingshan County in person." Li Mi said.
Changle Kingdom's 300,000-strong army is coming with force, and they will not stop until they achieve their goal.
The financial resources of Changle State have always been higher than theirs.
To fight this battle well, food and grass are indispensable.
And where does food and grass come from?
The money in the treasury may not last long.
The copper bird treasure must be found as soon as possible!
Li Mi thought about the secret conversation he had with the emperor in the study during the day, and his eyes couldn't help but darken a little.
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After setting off the firecrackers and returning to the house, Song Qiu and Aling received a red New Year's envelope from Lao Yuan. The seal was thick and they were told to put it under their pillows and sleep, hoping that the new year would be safe and smooth.
There are still things to do if I get up early tomorrow, so I don't really have to stay up until dawn. Song Qiu is also afraid that he won't be able to bear it.
So I planned to cook glutinous rice balls and eat them, and then go to bed.
It is also an indispensable custom to eat rice dumplings while staying up late on New Year's Eve.
Song Qiu washed his hands and helped Old Yuan make glutinous rice balls and noodles. Then he set up an iron shelf on the brazier, sat down in a small pot and boiled water, put brown sugar in, and added three eggs to boil them into poached eggs.
When the sugar water is boiling, roll the kneaded glutinous rice balls into long strips in your hands, take out small balls one by one, round them in the palm of your hand, and throw them in.
The boiling sugar water is stirring and the round glutinous rice balls rolled in are constantly turning over, one by one, white and round, which is pleasing to look at.
After the glutinous rice balls were rolled in, Song Qiu put a few spoonfuls of fermented glutinous rice into them and added some sugar.
When it was almost done, I took three bowls and filled up the dumplings.
Red sugar water is wrapped in white glutinous rice balls and pieces of fermented glutinous rice wine. Use a spoon to mix it and put it into your mouth. Not to mention how warm it is.
The three of them ate glutinous rice balls, and then added a lot of charcoal to the charcoal basin and covered it with ashes so that it would not burn so quickly. The fire on New Year's Eve cannot be extinguished. It must burn until dawn.
The charcoal basin was placed in old Yuan's house, and the house was still warm due to the smoke of the fire.
Song Qiu and Aling returned to their own rooms, pressed Hongfeng under the pillow, took off their clothes and lay down, and within a moment, they both fell asleep.
Although I go to bed late, sleeping in late is absolutely not allowed on the first day of the first lunar month.
Almost as soon as the light came out, Song Qiu stood up.
Aling also got up, and the two of them put on brand new cotton-padded jackets and shoes, combed their hair, and left the house together.
In the kitchen house, Mr. Yuan, who had started first, had already boiled hot water for washing, heated up some of the dishes from yesterday's reunion dinner, and had breakfast with oily fruits and these.
Then they laid out melon seeds, candies and snacks in Old Yuan's house. After a while, Lihua and Zhang Zaohua ran towards the yard holding Shidan'er.
"Grandma Yuan! I wish you a happy new year! Congratulations on getting rich!"
The three of them were all wearing new clothes, simple and flushed, which made them happy to look at.
Because Mr. Deng lives in the Li family, they had their New Year's Eve dinner at Li's house yesterday. There were no extra people, so Zhang Hugua and his family of four spent time with Mr. Deng, Li Donggua and the others. It was really lively.
Warm and cozy, it looks better than every year.
Old Yuan saw three juniors running in to bow to her and pay New Year's greetings. She smiled cheerfully and immediately stuffed the red envelopes she had prepared into her hands.
He also asked them to grab melon seeds, candies and other things to eat.
This is also the custom. In the first grade of junior high school, the little kids run around every house in the village, carrying your family’s melon seeds and fruits, and my family’s melon seeds and fruits. The more they carry, the better.
And in almost every household, when the little kids from the village come to pay their respects to the New Year, they will give them red envelopes with a couple of pennies inside. The picture has a meaning.
In previous years, the Song family was not well-off, and even the melon seeds and fruits had to be prepared with great effort. Now, the little boy who came to pay New Year greetings could barely make a penny of red envelopes, and it was difficult to read them.
But this year is different. Old Yuan had money in hand, and thought that he had missed red envelopes for many children in previous years, so he specially prepared enough red envelopes this year, and there were four full copper coins in them.
The three Lihuas took the red envelope, said a lot of sweet words, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and candies and put them in their pockets, and then shouted to Song Qiu and Aling to go with them to other houses in the village.
This is a rare happiness for little kids during the Chinese New Year. As long as you are not married yet, no one will tell you where you will go.
Song Qiu also liked this custom and pulled Aling to follow him excitedly.
An elder like Old Yuan would naturally sit at home and wait for other children to come to the door.
Several people rushed to the village, gathering many children along the way and visiting from house to house.
Sometimes one or two families come down, their pockets are full, and there is no room to put melon seeds and other things in. The children will run home first, empty their pockets, and then come back again.
The sounds of children running around and laughing, not to mention how lively it was.
The adults did not join in the fun, they just sat at home and watched the children running with a smile.
All the twenty-five households in the village were visited, but the children discussed it and no one went to Cao's house in the middle of the village.
They passed by the door without even stepping in.
Mrs. Cao was sitting in the main room of her house, watching the waves of children running outside and refusing to come in. She vomited the melon seed shells and couldn't wait to do it!
To save her the expense of red envelopes, I put melon seed candies on them.
But seeing that others are running so well, I am a little unhappy this year as I don’t have any children who have gone out to fish for red envelopes, fish for melon seeds and candies.
After thinking for a while, he pulled some grass out and told her to run with the children in the village.
Xiaocao also wants to go, but she is not familiar with these children in the village. Besides, she is considered a daughter-in-law, so why can she go like the children? Isn't this shameless?
When Mrs. Cao saw Xiaocao standing still, she couldn't help but poked her forehead, "Oh, it's true! Why did I buy such a pimple like you back?"
Mrs. Cao struck hard and the grass staggered sideways, almost falling to the ground.
Cao Daqiao on the side pursed his lips and said, "Mother."
Mrs. Cao immediately stopped her hand. Seeing her son protecting the little prodigy again, she glared at her angrily before going back and sitting down with a curse.
Cao Daqiao just pretended not to hear, waved to Xiaocao, turned around and walked out of the house.
Xiaocao was very happy and grateful at first when her "father-in-law" protected her in front of her mother-in-law.
Now, Xiaocao was shrinking, thinking that she would rather be beaten by Mrs. Cao than follow Cao Daqiao back to the house.
She couldn't bear how powerful her "husband-in-law" was.
But she didn't dare not follow him, bit her lip, and finally followed her obediently.
Mrs. Cao, who grabbed a handful of melon seeds and continued to crack them, watched her son return to the house with Xiao Lang Hoozi, and her eyes flashed.