On the eighth day of December, the long-dormant village of Montenegro became lively.

Laba Festival is the most important festival in Daxia except for the New Year, every day of Laba Festival, every family has to boil a big pot of fragrant Laba porridge to eat all day, but also to give their own boiled Laba porridge to the neighbors next door or relatives and friends, indicating harmony and wealth.

On this day, the village of Montenegro is going to open the ancestral hall, and face the three animals in the face of Montenegro to sacrifice three animals in order to seek a peaceful harvest in the coming year.

So at the time of the alternation of day and night, Qin Ketian and Chen Jinyu were mercilessly blasted up from the bed by Yang Cixin. They each put on neat new clothes, and came to the Huo family ancestral hall with the first rays of sunlight appearing in the sky.

Outside the ancestral hall, the adults were busy preparing sacrificial supplies and slaughtering three animals. Qin Ketian tightened her clothes, and kept stomping her feet to absorb some warmth.

Due to the special exercises, the first layer of Zhenyuan could not gather in the body, and there was no internal force to support it, even if he was wearing thick cotton clothes, Qin Ketian was still shivering with cold, and couldn't help but curse in his heart, this damn weather, the cold is going against the sky!

Chen Jinyu had already played with a group of children at this time, leaving Qin Ketian, a twenty-four-year-old girl with the inner core, sadly unable to integrate into the world of children, she didn't understand their world!

At this time, the chickens and sheep in the three animals have been slaughtered, and other melons, fruits and refreshments are also ready. The villagers consciously gathered around Huolaoshan, the only pig killer in the village, to help, pick up pig blood, shave pig hair, and cut pork. After all the processing is completed, the whole huge braised pig's head as a tribute is also out of the hands of Huo Rou, the daughter-in-law of the village chief with the best cooking skills in the village.

A strong fragrance floated on the tip of everyone's nose, and the children had already gathered around the tribute table to look at the pig's head and drool. I secretly hope that the sacrifice will end soon, so that I can divide the pork quickly. Qin Ketian smelled the fragrance, and secretly swallowed his saliva in anger, the color of this pig's head braised is bright and even, and the fragrance is salivating, sure enough, the master is in the folk!

At the moment, the villagers of Montenegro Village automatically and consciously stood in front of the black curtain of Montenegro, and the village chief stood in front of the altar and sang loudly: "Open the ancestral hall and sacrifice three animals!" ”

The three animal sacrifice ceremony began, and the young people selected from the villagers played gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and carried the prepared whole chickens, sheep heads, and pig heads to the altar, and the village chief took the lead in kneeling down to pray for good weather in the coming year, and the Huo family was safe and happy.

The Laba Festival is over, and Qin Ketian plans to make a mandarin duck hot pot tomorrow, so at Qin Ketian's request, Yang Cixin didn't take a piece of pork, and replaced it with mutton that no one loves.

More than 20 families were very lively after the festival, each family was cooking smoke, and at the same time cooking Laba porridge, and the children also visited each other to release the grievances of several months of college. Even God was very popular, and the heavy snow that had been falling for half a month also stopped on this day, and the weather suddenly cleared.

Sweet red bean longan, soft glutinous rice and sweet peanut lotus seeds are boiled into a pot of ordinary but warm Laba porridge.

Yang Cixin's warm smiling face, Chen Jinyu's cute gags, and hot porridge made Qin Ketian, who had once crossed and lost his family again, warm his stomach and heart.

On the same day, the people celebrated the Laba Festival, and the Chengwang Mansion in Shengjing City celebrated the birthday of Princess Cheng.

At this time, the middle door of King Cheng's mansion was wide open, and the traffic in front of the door was full of traffic. Two mighty stone lions stood on both sides, and in the middle stood a middle-aged man in green clothes and brocade, with two mustaches on his mouth and the occasional light in his eyes showing the depth of his city.

In the palace of King Cheng, Princess Cheng has towering temples, a pair of royal pearls inlaid with gold on her bun, and she is wearing a red cross-collared full-breasted skirt. The collar, belt, and bend are all embroidered with auspicious clouds with silver wire. A Vermilion Bird spreads its wings from the placket of its chest to the hem of its skirt behind it. The whole Vermilion Bird is embroidered with gold thread, with ruby in its eyes, and the pleats are shining, holding the Yunjin ribbon of Jiangnan tribute, and coming to the banquet hall with the support of the old lady on the side.

As soon as I arrived at the banquet hall, a young woman wearing a pink narrow-sleeved high-waisted skirt with a smile in her eyes walked up, and said with a slight smile: "Brother and sister came just in time, come with me." ”

This young woman is the step-concubine Pu Ruoyun of King Xian, the daughter of the prime minister of the dynasty. I saw that her face was like a peach blossom, she smiled lightly without showing her teeth, and her ladylike demeanor was fully displayed, which can be described as the highest level of pretending to b!

Pu Ruoyun twisted her waist slowly, and a soft voice spit out from her red lips: "How dare Ruoyun disobey my sister-in-law's invitation." ”

Princess Cheng smiled and nodded, but there was a flash of contempt in her eyes, how different is a bewitching woman from a prostitute and a son!

After Princess Cheng sat down, King Cheng was late, and there was a sense of exhaustion between his eyebrows. King Cheng and his wife have been in love with each other since they got married, and they are deeply in love. Knowing the husband and wife, King Cheng's exhaustion was seen through by Princess Cheng at a glance, but this was not a good time to ask, so she had to smile gently at her husband, with concern in her eyes.

King Cheng smiled knowingly, shook his head slightly to show that he was fine, and then sat down next to Princess Cheng and said aloud to the guests: "All my colleagues have come to celebrate the princess's birthday in their busy schedules, and this king is very grateful. It's just that since the summer, it has snowed heavily, causing disasters. This time, I specially used the princess's birthday banquet to raise funds, I believe that all colleagues must have the heart to help the world, and the king took the lead in donating 50,000 taels of silver. "Speaking of sharply glancing at the various ministers sitting in a circle, the meaning is very obvious, donate money!

The intestines of the ministers were ruined, and King Cheng, who had thought that he had always been clean and had never interacted with the ministers, suddenly put on a birthday banquet because he had opened his mind, and he was full of joy with congratulatory gifts to stammer, only to find out that it was a Hongmen banquet!

The scene was deserted for a while, and no one answered. King Cheng frowned, and just when he was about to say something, a clear voice sounded from outside the banquet hall: "How can such a good thing as the third brother be missing me!" There are gods three feet above the head, and there are frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat, and they are not afraid of thunder and thunder! I also donate 50,000 taels. ”

I saw that the person who came was wearing a royal blue silk scarf, with a resolute and angular face but smiling lips, this person was Xian Wang Chen Yu Xian.

A hint of laughter flashed in King Cheng's eyes, the good brother came just in time!

The ministers were reluctant but couldn't help it, and each of them donated more or less silver, and their hearts trembled!

All the ministers were in no mood to eat, and when they wanted to take a few bites and leave, a fiery figure ran in from the gate in a hurry, and the voice came first: "Mother, look at what Xiao Jiu brought you!" ”

Princess Cheng stroked her forehead and sighed, why didn't this only daughter inherit her dignity at all! Could it be that I was born the wrong way? complained about her daughter's unladylike behavior in her heart, but her eyes were full of love and smiles, and she said, "Then quickly present it to your mother." ”

With consent, Chen Jiuling's face was full of pride, and he came to Princess Cheng with a small and exquisite embroidered screen and said, "Mother, this is a delicate double-sided screen that I specially customized for you. One side is a hundred longevity maps, and one side is a crane birthday picture, wishing my mother a happy birthday, every year has today's year! ”

"Okay, Jiu'er is so good, my mother likes it very much. I haven't seen this double-sided embroidery for a long time, but I only remember that Princess Xian had this good craftsmanship a few years ago! After Princess Cheng finished speaking, she inadvertently glanced at Pu Ruoyun, who had a stiff face, and felt sad in her heart, Sister Yang, you have let such a demon girl succeed!

Xianwang's face was gloomy, and his body seemed to be shrouded in invisible sadness, isolated from the world.

Pu Ruoyun looked at the Xianwang beside her, but her silver teeth were about to be crushed, she tried her best to get him, but he never touched her, and he didn't even bother to look at her! But as long as he thinks of Yang Cixin's cheap woman, he sinks into his own world and misses them, which is really too deceitful!

Restraining her resentment, Pu Ruoyun smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is really blessed, having such a well-behaved child as Xiaojiu." I haven't seen such a good embroidery for a long time, can you show it to my younger siblings? ”

Princess Cheng nodded generously, and ordered the big maid beside her to send the screen to Pu Ruoyun.

When he got the screen, Pu Ruoyun's face darkened, this double-sided embroidery method is very exquisite, and there is something special in the needle collection, which is almost the same as that cheap woman's technique!

At the beginning, she studied Yang Cixin's double-sided embroidery, even if she closed her eyes, she could recognize that this screen was definitely from Yang Cixin's hand!

How is this possible! She should have died six years ago!

(Forgive me for being so late to update, there's a reason!) Xiaobao was full of food and wanted to take her daughter to the supermarket to update it when she came back, but it poured rain as soon as she arrived at the supermarket! The little bag was trapped in the supermarket and has just come back! This is a sad story, and my heart is so tired...... Promise everyone to click on a thousand to double change, then tomorrow! ）