In his previous life, Xia Shang was a fairly traditional person.
In this life, Xia and Shang are nothing.
Because compared with the ancients, the life of the Xia and Shang Dynasties was still too casual, with few constraints from tradition. There was no outing during the Qingming Festival, or admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The traditions that the ancients had always followed in the twenty-four solar terms were in the hearts of the Xia and Shang Dynasties.
Nothing.
Because of this, Xia Shang and everyone in the Xia family became indifferent to some traditions.
As time goes by, life loses some flavor and some memories.
Why does the family have to come to the capital to celebrate the Spring Festival? This is a kind of resistance to Xia Shang's casual life, and it is also a disguised explanation to Xia Shang that every family member hopes to enjoy the festival like ordinary people's families.
Come with satisfaction.
How smart was Xia Shang? From the first day his family arrived in the capital, they knew that this was a joint protest action by several ladies.
Therefore, Xia Shang attaches great importance to this year's New Year's Eve, but things are a little tricky as New Year's Eve approaches, and many things happen before New Year's Eve.
Fortunately, I returned home before New Year's Eve. Although I missed lunch, I was finally back, and I lived up to the expectations of my family.
Xia Shang really wanted to have a good Spring Festival with his family, but there were too many things on his mind, so it was inevitable that he would be a little absent-minded.
And there are guests at home today, a Japanese princess, a Japanese maid, and a Japanese warrior.
In the afternoon, Xia Shang spent all his energy on arranging the lives of Jizi and others.
Now, Xia Shang wants to keep Ji Zi by his side. After all, Ji Zi is now Xia Shang's bait. If the bait is hidden and the fish cannot see the bait, how can they take the bait?
With the auspicious arrangements made, Xia Shang finally had time to sit down with his family, have a New Year's Eve dinner, talk about home affairs, and live a normal life like a rich man should.
The New Year's Eve dinner was very sumptuous, with delicacies from all over the world, but Xia Shang, who had lived here for several years, had lost the pursuit of delicious food when he first came to this world.
In general, this New Year's Eve dinner just tastes like that, not much special.
Throughout the whole day, Xia Shang's mood was not very high. He could only be said to be in a normal mood. Although it was a rare festive day, Xia Shang felt that there was no need to do so in front of a group of people he loved most.
Pretending to be excited.
Seeing that the masters of the house were acting indifferently, the women at the table also followed the masters' indifferent expressions and lost a lot of interest.
At the middle of the night, the sky of the Prince's Mansion next door suddenly became filled with dots of fire, which immediately caused the women in the room to get excited.
It was a gloomy and snowy night. Although the snow was not as fierce as the first two days, the clouds covered it and always brought a sense of gloom to people's hearts.
And a flash of colorful light filled the sky at the third watch of the night, which properly swept away this layer of gloom, and seemed to make the entire capital find the joy of the New Year.
Not only in Xiafu, but also on the street, next door, in the back alley, in all directions, in every house, and in courtyards large and small, shouts of surprise came out at the same time.
Jizi's maid is protesting Xia Shang's arrangement, saying that the princess has a noble status and cannot pretend to be a maid in your home.
Xia Shang was just thinking about how to explain to the maid, but the maid was quickly attracted by the colorful light in the sky.
"Wow! What is that? It's beautiful!"
After saying that, the little maid didn't care about protesting, she rushed directly to the center of the yard, looked at the sky like a curious cat, and never moved again.
"Master, that is the direction of the Prince's Mansion..."
There is also a maid beside Xia Shang, who is Xia Shang's most considerate maid.
Xiaoyue was ordered by the madam that as long as the young master is at home, she does not have to do anything. She only needs to follow the young master and complete the young master's instructions.
So from the moment Xiaoyue saw Xia Shang, she never left. She said she had received the order from the madam, but in fact she cherished every minute and every second she spent following the young master.
Xiaoyue is no longer as noisy as before. She is as quiet as a water lily lying next to the young master. She only wakes up when the young master talks to her. Sometimes she is so quiet that she can't even feel her presence. Only the eldest girl can feel her presence.
The familiar smell constantly reminded Xia Shang that he had his own maid following him.
The sky in the Prince's Mansion was filled with colorful lights. Xiaoyue rarely took the initiative to speak. But unlike others, she did not make a fuss or yell. What she cared about was not the splendor of the sky, but the place where the splendor appeared.
Prince's Mansion...
Xiaoyue frowned in a mature manner, an expression that did not match her age.
That's because Satsuki
It is clear that the relationship between the young master and the Prince's Mansion is very delicate. Any movement from the Prince's Mansion will most likely affect the young master and the Xia family.
Xia Shang looked at the slim girl next to him, smiled, and pointed to the sky: "Does it look good?"
Xiaoyue's face was full of disdain: "It doesn't look good."
"It doesn't look good?" Xia Shang was slightly surprised, looking at the maids and servants gathered in the courtyard in front, "Everyone thinks it looks good, why do you think it doesn't look good?"
"No matter what happens in the Prince's Mansion, it doesn't look good."
"Haha..." Xia Shang was finally amused by this girl, and the haze in his heart was much lessened. He took Xiaoyue's hand and rushed with the servants to the place with the widest view in the courtyard, "
We must learn to seek truth from facts, and what looks good is what looks good. Look, all the ladies have come out to watch the fun."
As they talked, the ladies and the two young masters who came out of the corridor of the inner courtyard all looked energetic, and were obviously very interested in the brilliant colors in the sky of the Prince's Mansion.
Seeing that everyone seemed to like it, Xiaoyue couldn't help but ask: "Master, what on earth is that thing?"
"Those are fireworks."
"Fireworks? What are fireworks?"
"It's like firecrackers in the sky, using different proportions of gunpowder, thrown into the sky, and then exploded, they can explode all kinds of fireworks in the sky. Just like flowers blooming in the sky, but after the flowers bloom,
All that is left is smoke and dust, so they are called fireworks."
"Fireworks... so-so, are they that beautiful?"
Xia Shang looked at the maid beside him who was still holding her own. Her magnanimity was even greater than that of the ladies who were gradually coming over.
In this era, there were only firecrackers, and things like fireworks had never appeared, no matter how rare the people around them were.
Xia Shang did not expect that there would be fireworks in the prince's mansion.
Fireworks are just a clever thing for people's entertainment and will not have any impact on the current situation.
In the eyes of others, fireworks are strange, beautiful and exciting.
In Xia Shang's eyes, fireworks represent progress, change, and hope.
The emergence of a brand new thing means the progress of the times. He has witnessed it all with his own eyes. This seemingly sick world seems to be developing in a good direction.