Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers on the street, Xia Xun stepped on the red firecracker crumbs in the snow, smelled the smell of fire, and returned to his rented Xiǎo house.

The courtyard mén was not locked, Xia Xun reached out and touched the courtyard mén, and found that someone had come, and the mark he had made in advance was gone. Xia Xun immediately pressed the knife tightly, turned sideways slightly, stretched out his hand and pushed the courtyard, paused for a moment, and then suddenly flashed in.

"Ouch, Lord Yang, you're back."

Under the eaves, a pair of xiǎo fists were holding a pair of xiǎo fists to her mouth and breathing, and the xiǎo girl who was stomping on the snow with her two feet also turned around, cotton clippers, pleated skirts, light blue sè bijia, her hair was combed into three buns, and her black hair was divided into two bundles hanging down on her shaved shoulders, and her waist was slimmed, and her face was facing the sky.

Clean, elegant, fresh and tender, such as the tea before the Ming Dynasty, the buds and leaves are delicate, the sè green fragrance is quiet, the taste is mellow and beautiful, and it is still the best of one flag and one gun. Xia Xun seemed to see a tender bud stretching in the cup, up and down, gradually the soup was green, and the aroma was pleasant......

Less NV is like tea, this beautiful less NV is like a good cup of tea before tomorrow.

"You're stupid, don't you recognize me, brother!"

The girl smiled at him and deliberately accentuated the tone of the last word.

"Oh, ah! My sister ......, uh, this is ......" Xia Xun let go of the handle of the knife and looked at the family in surprise.

Jia Ding smiled: "Sister Ling has to come back to celebrate the New Year with you, but the lord can't resist her, so he asked Xiǎo to send Sister Ling over to the adult." Our lord said, adults, you are alone, you might as well come to our house to celebrate the New Year together, but Ling Mei did not agree, said that when the New Year, since the night vigil of his own family, but also, yes, there are a few things, new clothes and new hats, are customized according to the adult's figure, and there are a few boxes of food, which our lord gave to the adult. ”

"Ah, the staff is too polite, please thank the staff on my behalf, and wait for Ming'er, I will thank you in person when I go to pay New Year's greetings to the staff."

The family Ding smiled: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, it's a cold day, adults and brothers and sisters go back to the house to rest, don't be polite to xiǎo, xiǎo's will go back." ”

After sending the family out of the family, Xia Xun rushed to Ming'er's side, put down the few things he was holding in his hand, and touched her xiǎo hand, xiǎo's hand was cold, Xia Xun couldn't help but say: "Stay good at Xie Chuanzhong's house, what do you have to come over for, look at you frozen." ”

Ming'er Xiǎo blushed, and returned her hand from his hand very unnaturally, she thought she was a big girl, especially in the palace and was taught by the NV official for many days, and unconsciously began to have the awareness of male NV defense, but in Xia Xun's eyes, she was still the xiǎo girl who was wearing a snow-white fox fur and dressed like a rabbit baby, although she had a kind of surprise when she first saw her, but once she recognized her as Ming'er, she regarded her as a xiǎo girl.

Ming'er gave Xia Xun a pretty white eye, and said angrily: "What do you still say, just throw me away from other people's houses, you don't come to see me, and I can't go to you, I don't know what the situation is at the eldest sister's house, and it's inconvenient to go to find you, I'm busy, I don't take this opportunity to come out, when will I come out." ”

Xia Xun smiled dryly: "This ......, firstly, I am indeed busy, besides, I am also for your good, anyway, you don't have to worry about eating and living there, if I often go to the Xie family and attract the attention of people who are interested, won't it expose the identity of the county lord?" ”

"Cheng, Cheng, Cheng, you are always reasonable, you will know if I know you, this girl said that you can't do it, open mén, I'm going to freeze to death."

Xia Xun shook his head, hurriedly went over to open the mén lock, pushed mén to let her in, and turned around to take the few foods he bought and some New Year's goods sent by the Xie family into the house. Ming'er looked curiously around the room, "Hey, can you light the lamp, it's too dark." "Why is it so cold in this house, don't you have a brazier?" "There's a stove here, you're a big man, can you cook?"

Curious baby startled, see everything is rare, she asked the mouth, Xia Xun has skillfully used the iron hook to lift the lid of the stove, poked open the simmering coal, let the flames rush up, and hooked the bottom, with the embers of some cinders out and stuffed under the stove, pulled a few handfuls of crop straw to fill in, the flames also burned quickly under the stove, Xia Xun scooped a few scoops of water into the pot, covered the lid, all the actions are like flowing water, in one go.

"Wow, you're amazing! It's amazing! You can make a stove and cook on a fire, you are really ...... It's too powerful, I won't! ”

The red firelight reflected Ming'er's red face, and her wise eyes opened wide, full of admiration and amazement.

Xia Xun was speechless, since he knew her, he had bled blood, been injured, worked hard, had done so many big things, made her angry, and seen her moved, but he had never seen her so admired that she looked like an idol, didn't she just make a stove and boil water, I can't understand, I really can't understand, there is a generation gap...... "...... Basically, that's it. ”

"Sister and brother-in-law are so pitiful, you really won't help the emperor find their ballast?"

"Really."

"You're a good person, I didn't misread you!"

Ming'er was very grateful, she gratefully made a comment to Xia Xun, and then asked, "Is there anything to eat?" I am hungry. ”

This sentence jumped a little big, Xia Xun was stunned for a moment before reacting: "Oh, it's a little bit of food, but it's all pickles and pickles, you take a bite first, Yanwangfu gave me a flying dragon, it's already cleaned up, I'll stew it, let you drink hot soup." ”

Seeing Xia Xun open the paper bag, take out a big bird that had been cleaned up, uncover the lid of the pot and throw it into the steaming pot, Ming'er said in surprise: "That's it?" It turns out that cooking is also very easy. ”

Xia Xun said with a smile: "If you do something else, of course you can't, except for the flying dragon, this kind of bird, ròu taste is extremely delicious, when stewing soup, you don't have to put anything, stew it well, the taste of the soup is naturally delicious, if you really put some oil, salt, onion and garlic or something, it will spoil its taste." ”

"Oooh!"

Ming'er swallowed her saliva greedily, reluctantly watched Xia Xun cover the pot, sat down on the xiǎo mazha next to the stove, clasped her knees with her hands, looked at the red fire, and suddenly sighed.

Xia Xun put a few kinds of food into the dishes and put them on the table, listened to her sigh, glanced at her, and asked, "Xiǎoxiǎo age, what kind of sigh?" ”

Ming'er put her chin on her knees, supported her cheeks with both hands, curled up like a xiǎo cat, and said quietly: "I miss home, I think of the ...... at home during the New Year, so lively, worship ancestors, sweep the court, congratulate, paste chūn lian'er everywhere, relatives and friends come and go, when the New Year is keep, the firecrackers do not stop all night, the lights are bright all night, and the back house fights jī, chess, pitching pots, juju, playing wine cards, playing horse hanging, playing double land, kicking shuttlecocks......

From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the third day of the Lunar New Year, I can't sprinkle the courtyard, I play in the yard, always stepping on thick firecracker crumbs, just like stepping on the soft red carpet, many relatives, as well as three brothers-in-law's family, will send people back, my generation is big, the family has to prepare more red envelopes for me, three big boxes, and then people keep coming to me to pay New Year's greetings, I will send out red envelopes one by one......"

Xia Xun sat down, looked at her silently, and listened silently.

Ming'er continued: "On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, welcoming the god of the stove down to earth is another offering; On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, it is 'born in heaven, and it is necessary to burn incense and pray for blessings, for 'heavenly father'. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is necessary to make three days of lanterns, guess lantern riddles, eat soup yuan, procrastinate, until February 2, 'the dragon raises its head', this festival is officially over, so lively and ....... Alas......"

She raised her head lightly and asked Xia Xun faintly: "You say, will there be such happy days again?" ”

Xia Xun was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "Every year is the New Year, how can there be none?" ”

Ming'er said, "What I said...... It's my family, the second sister's family was detained in Shu as prisoners, the eldest sister's family is now uncertain, and the third sister's family doesn't know if they will follow in their footsteps in the future. If the emperor cleans up my three sisters' houses, will he be wary of our Xu family? The eldest brother's heart is to the court, the second brother is safe and self-serving, and the third brother is upset for his sister and brother-in-law, I don't know who is right and who is wrong, I don't know who is reasonable, I can't help them, and I can only hide here. This year's Chinese New Year at home should be very different from last year, but what about next year? ”

Xia Xun coughed, cleared his throat, and said: "Let's eat something first, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the future may not be as pessimistic as you think." ”

Ming'er sighed and said, "This year's flowers will be changed, who will be there next year?" I have seen the pine and cypress destroyed as a salary, and I have heard that the mulberry field has become the sea. The ancients did not recover the east of Luocheng, and today's people are still interested in falling flowers. The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year......"

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Year is of vital significance to the Chinese people. The poor who hide from debts will also do everything possible to go home during the New Year, the murderers who are on the run will also go home at the risk of being caught during the New Year, and the wanderers who are far away will start preparing months in advance, just so that they can celebrate the New Year with their families.

For the royal family, for Emperor Jianwen, it is particularly important.

On the first day of the first month, Jianwen was in the court, in order to pay tribute to the first emperor, and there was no music. Immediately, worship heaven and earth in the southern suburbs, and lead the emperor's relatives and civil and military officials to the temple to worship.

Subsequently, he returned to the court and promulgated the first holy decree of the first year of Jianwen under His Royal Highness Jin Luan: Emperor Zhu Biao, the first crown prince of the emperor, was the emperor of Xiaokang, the temple name was Xingzong, and the Chang family was the queen of Xiaokang. Respect the mother concubine Lu as the queen mother, and canonize the imperial grandson concubine Ma as the queen. He named his brother Yunxi as the king of Wu, Yunxi as the king of Heng, and Yunxi as the king of Xu. The emperor's eldest son, Wen Kui, was appointed as the crown prince. The edict to the world, to give the people the old rice ròu silk, widows, widows, lonely and sick officials as shepherds, revitalize the disaster poor, amnesty to the world.

On the Golden Palace, Zhu Yunwen was full of ambition and confidence. His imperial grandfather laid down a great country, sat as emperor for thirty-one years, he was still young, he believed that Jianwen's dynasty would be older than his grandfather, and he would create a great prosperous era, far surpassing his grandfather, and becoming one of the few holy monarchs in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The bell is long, from this day on, the era of Emperor Hongwu has completely become a thing of the past, and the era of his Zhu Yunwen has come!