Chapter Thirty-Eight: Keeping the New Year
After giving the weapons to the three of them, he walked to the side and opened a box, looked at Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Xu Chu and the three of them, and said with a smile, "The weapon has been given to you, as for the armor, I have also prepared it for you, but it is estimated that with your current size and height, you will not be able to equip it better for the time being, so I bought some good products for you from the weapon shop for your temporary use, and I will personally design a set for you in the future!" ”
The three of them had already experienced the weapons in their hands, and their horizons were much higher than before, and they lost much interest when they saw that the armor was just ordinary high-grade armor. But they all knew in their hearts that Long Jun's heart was already their best gift, and if Long Jun's design was definitely much better than these things in front of them!
Seeing their expressions, Long Jun didn't force them, knowing that these three goods are now high-minded, and they don't care about ordinary good armor anymore!
"Wait a minute! You first put the weapons back in your yard, the horses are led to Ma Peng, and then go to the backyard kitchen to gather today you and me to prepare a family meal for Chinese New Year's Eve! After instructing them, Long Jun turned around and left the warehouse with the flying feather spear and walked towards his yard!
And the rest of Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Xu Chu listened to Long Jun's words, the three of them stood in the treasury and faced each other, in desperation, Ma Chao's eyelids were stunned, and he sighed and said, "He is the master, he is the uncle, he is the lord!" ”
Zhao Yun followed Ma Chao's words on the side and continued: "Then do it!" ”
Xu Chu regarded death as home, "Do it!" ”
After speaking, the three of them left the warehouse in turn and returned to their respective courtyards with depressed expressions on their faces, storing their weapons!
In fact, it's not that the three of them are not willing to help him, but the men of this era all believe in gentlemen and cooks, they don't know what Long Jun is crazy about, when he fired the handyman, even the kitchen lady was dismissed, and every meal had to be done by himself, except for Zhao Yun, the rest of Ma Chao and Xu Chu were all dressed to reach out and eat when they were at home! The New Year's family dinner is the most important reunion dinner of the year, there are so many dishes, how can the four of them be busy! And there are also cooked melons and fruits to be prepared for the ancestor worship in the evening!
Finally, in the case of the reluctance of the three people, they came to the kitchen, and at this moment, Long Jun in the kitchen, I don't know where to prepare a white top hat to wear on his head, and a white cloth like a Luo skirt is wrapped around his body (Note: What is the apron of that era called, I really can't find it below, and I will write it according to the apron in the future!). The three of them looked at Long Jun, who was dressed in this dress, covering his mouth and shrugging his shoulders on the side, not daring to laugh out loud!
Long Jun glanced at the three of them and said lightly, "If you want to laugh, you can laugh, I don't care, but you have to wear it later!" I hope you'll laugh too! The clothes are over there, go get them yourself! ”
When the three of them heard this, they pursed their lips, and their depression was beyond words! There is no way, for the sake of the family dinner in the evening, they can only accept Long Jun's oppression and wear those clothes that they think are shameful!
About ten minutes later, Long Jun saw the three of them squirming in from outside the door, and the chef's hat band on their heads was crooked! He shook his head and walked up to them, helped them straighten their hats, and said, "You don't have to do much, just prepare the ingredients for me, and I'll do the cooking myself!" ”
This life is good, you don't have to choke on the oil smoke, Xu Chu hurriedly replied, "No, the lord is wise!" Then Long Jun saw these three goods carrying all the ingredients outside the house, Long Jun stayed alone in the kitchen and muttered to himself: "Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black, and the ancients are honest and do not deceive me!" Zhao Yun, an honest boy, also let these two goods break for me! ”
In the midst of the busy laughter of several people, Long Jun and the others finally prepared the meals and fruits for the evening New Year's Eve before the end of the year! The four of them brought the prepared meals to the front hall in turn, and after the Long family and Tong Yuan Longyang saw the food brought in, they led everyone to their respective tables with a smile, and the Long family took Long Jun and Long Yang to the ancestral hall to pay tribute to the ancestors of the Long family!
After coming to the ancestral hall, the Long family took the lead in kneeling on the futon in the middle, and then Long Jun and Long Yang also knelt on the left and right of the Long family! Glancing at the two sons beside him, the Long family began to read aloud the ritual text before the ancestor worship (note: the following ritual text is purely fabricated, if there is anything wrong, please forgive me)!
"In the fifth year of the Han Guanghe, at the end of the lunar calendar, the widow of the Long family, Long Cheng (Note: In order to separate the clan from the surname in the future, the Long family was changed to Long Cheng!) Take the descendants of the Long family, Long Jun and Longyang to worship the ancestors, hoping that the ancestors will protect the prosperity of the Long family and protect the blood of the Long family! In the past year, the decline of the Long family, awarded the general trend, the heirs are thin, I am afraid that there is no power to return to the sky, the revival of the Long family is expected, the eldest son under the knees, the Dragon Junjie, talent and intelligence, cultural and martial arts are all outstanding talents, has been the master of the Long family, so today we are willing to take the Long family as the world, hope that the ancestors bless! After reciting the ancestral sacrifice text, Long Cheng took Long Jun and Long Yang to bow three times and bow five times!
At this time, Long Jun knew that his mother's surname was Cheng. After Long Cheng and the two brothers finished the process of worshipping their ancestors, the three of them slowly withdrew from the ancestral hall and walked to the front hall! On the way, Long Cheng said softly to Long Jun, "Jun'er, after this year, you will take Long Yang to sacrifice to your ancestors!" ”
"Yes, Mother!" Long Jun knew that ancestor worship was one of the most important things in contemporary times, so he responded respectfully!
"Okay, let's celebrate the New Year together this year! Let my mother accompany you well! He touched Long Yang's head, took Long Jun and Long Yang's hands, and said softly!
"Hmm!"
After a while, the three of them returned to the front hall, and at this moment, everyone in the front hall was still waiting, Tong Yuan and the others saw Long Jun and the others returning, and they all hurriedly got up to greet them! Before the three of them returned to their tables, Long Cheng raised his wine cup and said loudly, "It's a blessing that we gather here today to celebrate the New Year together, let us drink this cup together!" ”
Everyone in the hall raised their glasses and said, "Drink this glass together!" After speaking, everyone drank it all, and Long Jun saw Xiao Tao, the maid standing behind Long Cheng's family, and Xiang Bo who was serving on the side, Long Jun turned to Xu Chu and the three of them and said, "You three, go and move over two tables and couches, prepare two dishes and chopsticks, and bring all the food that should be served!" ”
"No!"
After ordering the three of them, Long Jun turned to Xiangbo Xiaotao and continued, "Xiangbo, Xiaotao, you have been in my Long family for many years, and today you have a family dinner, how can you not participate?" Hurry up and sit down, I'll let Zhongkang, Zilong, and Meng Qi prepare food for you!" ”
When Xiang Bo heard that Long Jun let him and Xiao Tao also serve on the table, he hurriedly waved his hand and said in a panic, "No, no, Gongzi, the old slave and others are people in the house, how can they be at the same table with the master!" ”
Xiao Tao, who was behind Long Cheng's family, heard the conversation between Long Jun and Xiangbo at this moment, and quickly waved his hand and said, "Yes, yes!" Childe, I am waiting for this to be a subordinate, and eating at the same table with the master is really not in line with the etiquette! ”
Knowing what they were worried about, Long Jun raised his eyebrows and said, "It is not polite for you to eat at the same table as me, so isn't it also etiquette to refuse my orders?" ”
"It's... This...."Long Jun's words made the two of them not know how to answer, squeaky and whining, and they could only be in a hurry on the side!
At this time, Long Cheng said again, "Jun'er is right, although Xiangbo and Xiaotao are not surnamed Long, they have worked hard for the Long family for so many years, and they have long been regarded as members of my Long family, sit down and keep the New Year with us!" ”
As soon as the two of them saw that Long Cheng's family had spoken, they didn't dare to continue to shirk, and after Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others brought up the table, couches, chopsticks, food, etc., they also sat down on the side of the lower head on the left and right!
Long Jun looked at everyone in the hall and sat down with peace of mind, raised his wine glass with a smile and said loudly, "All of you here today are from my Long family, don't be polite, we should drink and eat, don't talk about those false courtesies, let's drink another glass of wine for family happiness!" ”
"Drink together!"
"It's still delicious from our master's wine! The ones before were so light and tasteless! ”
Xu Chu watched Ma Chao pat Long Jun's ass again, and hurriedly answered on the side, "That's, who is our lord?" To be literary and literate, to have martial arts, to make a good meal, to brew a good wine! What a genius! ”
Listening to the two of them boasting for themselves on the side, except for Long Jun, the rest of the people present had a feeling of crying and laughing on their faces, even Long Jun himself couldn't listen to it anymore, and asked lightly with a smile, "You two say that I am good at martial arts, I admit it, you say that I am good at cooking and brewing, and I also admit it, but where did this Wencai come from?" Have you two seen each other? ”
Ma Chao and Xu Chu heard Long Jun ask, and the two touched their heads and smiled! And Zhao Yun on the side also said with a smile: "Uncle Shi, you are wrong to blame Meng Qi and Zhongkang!" I think what Meng Qi and Zhong Kang said is right, when you were in Jizhou, you said the sentence "The lonely wind covers the bright moon at night, and the stars lean on the sky" The nephew still remembers it! If Uncle Shi didn't have literary talent, how could he make such a poem? ”
"Occasional, even!" Long Jun then remembered that when he was practicing martial arts, one night he looked at the moon covered by clouds, and remembered the old man in his previous life, so he read out the poems made by the old man himself, but he didn't expect Zhao Yun to remember it all the time!
"Then you see, Master, you can make such a good sentence even by chance, and it's not wrong to say that you are good at writing, right?"
When everyone heard Ma Chao's words, they all laughed heartily on the side, and the Long family also looked at her son with a smile on her face, she thought that her eldest son was excellent in martial arts and intelligent, but she didn't expect Wencai to be so good, how could she not be happy!
In this way, the people of the Long family staggered their cups in the front hall, laughing again and again, and the sense of celebration filled the entire hall! About two hours later, the time has come, the rest of the people have left, Tong Yuan and Xiangbo are already old, after the time of the child, they will go back to the house to rest, and Long Yang is sleepy because of his youth, Long Cheng does not want him to continue to stay up late, so he took Long Yang and the maid Xiao Tao back to his yard first! At this moment, in the front hall, there were only four people left, Long Jun, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Xu Chu, and the four of them felt that they were not happy to drink in the hall, and each of them carried two small wine jugs and ran to the martial arts arena again, but this time Long Jun did not continue to play handsome and practice what drunken boxing, last time he fought three in one fight, and his nose and face were swollen, which made him remember it vividly!
At this moment, the four of them were carrying wine jugs, Long Jun and Zhao Yun were sitting on the steps of the martial arts arena, Ma Chao was leaning against the pillar of the corridor, and Xu Chu was sitting on the edge of the railing! Between the four of them, there is only the sound of drinking and the sound of the wind!
Long Jun knew that these three people had their own things in their hearts, exuding a sad atmosphere, but he didn't want to ask too many about these things, so he said with a smile, "It's the New Year, just drink well, pretend to be a melancholy beautiful man, we are all handsome guys, don't pretend to hesitate!" ”
These three people knew that Long Jun was trying to relieve the sorrow in their hearts, and everyone had a smile on their faces, but they didn't say it, which made Long Jun not know what to do. Silk, drink in a stuffy bar on a cold day!