After the founding of the Song Dynasty, from Song Taizong to Song Zhenzong, everyone from the emperor to all officials had a seven-day holiday every Spring Festival.
Later, the annoying Bao Heitan came out and wrote to the emperor saying that seven days of vacation was too much. I, Bao Zheng, felt pain in my butt when I was idle at home, so I suggested shortening it to five days!
This old man's suggestion was very abominable, but it was made in the name of diligence. If the emperor did not agree, he would be a coward, and if the ministers did not agree, they would be lazy. Everyone felt unhappy, but no one stood up to oppose it.
These scholar-bureaucrats either asked for leave in advance or came back late with excuses. They always automatically extended their vacation by a few days. The average number of days was more than seven days, so the vacation was later restored from five days to seven days.
In the clean courtyard, the door gods are changed, Zhong Kui is hung, and peach charms are nailed. At this time, the door gods have been replaced by Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao. The reason is that the people of the Song Dynasty from the Appearance Association disliked the previous door gods for being too ugly. Inside Zhaode Square
I am full of joy, busy and very fulfilling.
Li Yunniang and several concubines put uncut fresh vegetables on the plate on the table in the backyard, and then inserted incense sticks with paper flowers on top. This is called spring platter.
Jin'er led Yang Tianai and built a small pyramid of tangerines on the altar. In the Song Dynasty, the sound of tangerine had the same auspicious meaning, wishing for good luck in the coming year. This was called fighting tangerines.
From early in the morning until night, the sound of firecrackers will continue all night long. There were no less than a hundred varieties of firecrackers in the Song Dynasty, including single-ring, double-ring, flying, and ground-breaking ones. The variety was no less than that of later generations.
When it comes to the taste of the New Year, the Song Dynasty is more than a hundred times stronger than that of later generations.
Early in the morning, Yang Lin was sitting in the hall. Several concubines, all dressed in colorful clothes, took turns coming to offer tea and greetings. Yang Lin smiled and received rewards.
Put down the curtains and add charcoal to the golden stove. No matter how cold and windy it is outside, the room is as warm as spring.
Li Yunniang is wearing a bright red coat with full sleeves, a delicate green skirt, and a mink fur coat. Li Ning'er, Yin Qianqian, and Su Ningxiang are all wearing white silk coats and blue skirts that Yang Lin made for them last time.
Only Su Zhuanglian was dressed in bright red and golden armor, with a head full of pearls and jade, and a half-undressed phoenix hairpin.
Everyone is well-behaved and well-behaved, but when it comes to Su Zhuanglian, she gets into trouble and her beautiful eyes are full of charm.
Then the maids and women in the courtyard came forward to give blessings, and Yang Lin also asked Yun Niang to give some clothes, net towels, oil noodles and other things to celebrate the new year.
Yang Lin called Jin'er out alone with a smile, rewarded her with a set of gold-woven heavy silk clothes, a fresh jade hairpin, and said: "This is the maid I have played with since childhood. The young master will never forget your kindness."
Jin'er had no doubts about it, and there was nothing wrong with her words at first, so she happily thanked him.
Then they stood behind, waiting for Yang Lin's adopted sons to come to pay their respects.
After a while, Yang Tianning came with a group of child soldiers from the Little Wolf Camp, pushing a cage.
Yang Lin smelled a strange sound from a distance and asked, laughing and scolding: "What kind of tricks have you bastards done?"
Yang Tianning smiled proudly, and went forward with several brothers, clasping fists and bowing: "Father, we brothers are not filial to our adoptive father. If we give ordinary things as gifts, they are all bought with his adoptive father's money. What's the point? This year we
I specially offer a generous gift to my adopted father!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers from the Little Wolf Battalion lifted up the black cloth on the cage at the back. Inside was a striking white-fronted tiger. When it saw the light again, it let out a tiger roar, and a fishy wind suddenly spread, which was heart-wrenching.
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The tigers of this era are somehow more frightening than those in the zoos of later generations. When the tiger's body shakes, the wildness spurting out, and the ferocious appearance of the tiger are revealed, it makes people's hearts tremble and their livers tremble.
Yang Lin shivered, and the tea cup he was holding fell to the ground with a clang. Behind him, Li Ning'er, Yin Qianqian, sisters Su Zhuanglian, Yun Niang and the maids were so frightened that they almost lost their souls.
This is a truly wild and untamed king of beasts. Its fangs exude a fishy smell, and its eyes are shining faintly. It straightens up and hits the cage. Looking at it, it looks like it has been hungry for a few days.
Yang Tianning and others were very proud, but when they looked at their adoptive father, they found that his face was ashen, and the concubines behind him were trembling, huddled in a ball behind Yang Lin——
In the courtyard of the Zhaodefang backyard, four thin figures were squatting on horseback, each holding an iron basin.
In the distance, Yang Tianai rushed over with a cold face, carrying a food box.
Yang Tianning sniffed hard and said with a smile: "Good sister, you gave me some delicious food for my brothers. I can smell the fragrance."
"I brought you a cane as thick as a broom so that you can eat it alive and see if you still dare to be a monster."
Yang Tianai was so angry that he pinched his waist and reprimanded: "You know, that little Aunt Su was so frightened that she was bedridden."
Yang Tian'an said with a grimace: "If I had known that I would keep it for fun, I would have said that the tiger was not a good idea. But the fourth child said that the adoptive father is a great hero and he must like this gift. Oh, this is great."
Yang Tianai turned around, pointed at Yang Tianren, who had been silent, and said in a gentle tone: "Tianren, you too, in the past, my father always said that you are steady, why don't you stop it this time?"
Yang Tianren glared at Yang Tianning angrily: "I don't know about this!"
"Hey, I was afraid that my eldest brother wouldn't allow it, so I didn't tell him."
When he came to his own brother, Yang Tianai couldn't hide the tenderness in his eyes and said: "This matter must have nothing to do with Tianci. I am suffering here because of you, so please stop eating."
Yang Tianci struggled to lift it, and his forehead was already sweating, but the other brothers were able to do it with ease. He held on and said with a smile: "We have finished lifting for two hours, and it's not too late to eat again."
The careless Yang Tianning also said: "My adoptive father said to raise two hours, just raise two hours. No one in the world can disobey, but we all have to listen to my adoptive father."
Yang Tianai poked him on the forehead and cursed: "Now you are pretending to be a filial son again. When you were scaring dad, were you hiding your filial piety under your shoes?"
"My adoptive father named us Little Wolf Camp. I thought about how we had to have a wolf to match the name, so I took everyone to catch wolves. Who knew that after lying in wait for a long time and setting up many traps, we could catch such a big insect and come back?
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The few words he said in an understatement were so shocking to other people's ears.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. The wild nature of this little wolf camp, led by these little things, is becoming more and more terrifying.
Yang Lin himself never imagined what kind of monsters he would release when he sent them to collect intelligence behind enemy lines when Fang La was annihilated.
Yang Tian was so angry that he smiled, bent down to open the food box, and started feeding one by one, starting with Yang Tianren.