Chinese New Year's Eve, New Year, in this land of China, I don't know when there is such a festival.

The reason why the Chinese artificially set the end and beginning of the year at this time is not only because they think spring is coming, but also because this is the only time of real idleness among the farming people.

It's warm and cold, the snow hasn't completely melted, there is still a little time for everything to recover, the land doesn't care, the climate is still cold, so when there is nothing to do, wouldn't it be a waste not to use it for festivals?

In Ganjia Village, it is very lively, and the nouveau riche represented by Ganba in the village use baskets to carry money into the city, and then use baskets to carry delicious, fun and useful things back.

Children gather at the entrance of the village, and when they see someone coming back, they will rush up to see it.

Gan Ba put down his burden and took out a paper bag from the basket, after the paper bag was opened, there was candied fruit inside, and the candied fruit was a sweet pickled fruit, peach, apricot, plum, jujube and persimmon, which was a small snack for the rich and noble.

Gan Ba smiled and stuffed a few into his mouth first, then spread out the paper bag, chewing the contents of his mouth, and shouted: "One for each person, one for each person, whoever takes too much, beg for beating." ”

The children stretched out their hands and squeezed together, and Ganba made their hair one by one: "Yours, get out...... You're big, hurry up and go to the back...... You're so skinny, give you two, and stay ......"

After distributing the candied fruit, listening to the children's thanks, Gan Ba also smiled and scolded: "You little rabbits, you eat Lao Tzu for hundreds of dollars, Lao Tzu only eats four of them, all of them are ...... fuck off."

While speaking, Gan Ba picked up his burden and smiled and prepared to go home.

A child shouted: "Uncle Ba, Young Master Gan is looking for you to work." ”

When Gan Ba heard this, he scolded: "Damn, don't say it earlier, wait for Lao Tzu to send you something here, it's a mistake......"

The child put the candied fruit in his mouth and gently bit down a little, tasted the sweetness, chewed and chewed repeatedly, and was reluctant to swallow it for a long time, and replied in his mouth: "Go quickly, you're late, and you have to be beaten by Master Gan." ”

Gan Ba carried the burden and lifted his leg to kick, but he didn't kick it, and walked away in a huff.

When Gan Ba arrived at Deganqi's house, he saw Gan Qi squatting on the ground, and asked strangely, "Big brother, what are you doing on the ground?" ”

But he saw Gan Qi holding a small wooden stick with a fire and slamming it on the ground.

Immediately the fire splashed, accompanied by the sound of "bang".

Gan Ba understood and asked, "Big brother, why did you dismantle the firecrackers?" It's all going to be loud. ”

Firecrackers, there are already at this time, but the power of gunpowder is really not large, and there are many conditions that affect the power of gunpowder, such as the formula, the formula is a very important point. But the formula is not the most important point, because the formula is a kind of data, and if the data is right, it will be simple.

There are also the production process and purity problems of sulfur saltpeter, and even the purity of charcoal, which few people have noticed. Speaking of charcoal, the process is not difficult, and even people are selling it all over the street, but most of these charcoal are not of high purity.

Even the charcoal of the later nineties was not of high purity, and the charcoal was lit in the brazier, and from time to time there would be thick smoke. It wasn't until the machine came to produce charcoal that charcoal really became smokeless.

Therefore, the black powder produced in this way is not very powerful, and even if you only ask for a firecracker, the pass rate is not high.

It can be seen that if these black powder of the Song Dynasty want to be turned into weapons for large-scale use, it is really not a problem that can be solved by formulas.

Gan Qi just wanted to see the effect of this black powder at this time, and when he saw Gan Ba coming in, he didn't answer Gan Ba's question, but turned his head and raised his hand and said: "I wrote more than 200 Spring Festival couplets in the study, you take someone to deliver them door to door, if it's not enough, come and tell me again, I'm writing some in the afternoon." ”

"Big brother, you wrote couplets in one morning?" Gan Ba asked.

Gan Qi nodded, but picked up the burning gunpowder in his hand, crushed it in his hand a few times, shook his head, threw the burning wooden stick, patted his black hand, and stood up.

"Pen, ink and paper are precious, big brother, you are too kind-hearted." Gan Ba said another old line.

Gan Qi shook his head and said: "There are not many literate people in the village, and many families in previous years were reluctant to spend money to buy Spring Festival couplets. ”

"Gotcha!" Gan Ba went into the study.

Gan Ba took people to send couplets.

The inventor of movable type printing, Bi Sheng, had just died for about six or seven years, and movable type printing had not really become popular, and it was only used in a few small printing workshops, and it was the generation of Lianghuai.

It will take decades for movable type printing to really rise, according to the normal speed of popularization.

Gan Qi was holding a small square of wood and slowly carving out a few words, arranging them, and applying ink to try them. Because Gan Qi will soon use these things, this is also the magic weapon he will take out when he enters Taixue.

I tried it a few times, and the effect was not bad, but Ganqi's carving level was really not good, but Ganqi was also very satisfied.

Gan Ba was sending couplets over there, and he also sent one to Gan Zheng's house.

Gan Ba stuffed the couplet into Gan Sanye's hand, and before Gan Sanye could react, Gan Ba rushed to the next one.

Gan Sanye stood at the door, watching Gan Ba knock on the door next door, and said, "Uncle Jiu, the couplet written by my eldest brother was specially ordered to be sent by me, and you hurry up and stick it on the door." ”

The ninth uncle took the couplet and replied with a smile: "Thank you, thank you, if you want to say that you are a bully, now you are lucky, and having such a big brother can be regarded as getting ahead." ”

Gan Ba smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, my eldest brother is very kind, and your family has made a lot of money this year, right?" Aunt Nine is at the tea stall outside the sumo ring, and my eldest brother won't let me collect money, and the place will be used for nothing. ”

Uncle Nine nodded with a smile and said, "Duba, don't leave yet, you wait." ”

After speaking, Uncle Nine turned around and went to the house, and came out again after a while, holding a string of bacon in his hand, and said: "Bring it to your eldest brother, just say that it is a little bit of Uncle Nine's heart, and Uncle Jiu's family is not a good thing, just this bacon can be handled, and thank your eldest brother for paving the road and digging the ditch for the village." ”

Gan Ba was not polite, took the bacon, as if grabbing, and said with a smile: "The sun has come out in the west, Uncle Jiu, a door-picker like you, and you have given meat to others." Don't regret it, I'm leaving, don't say I'm robbing you then. ”

After saying that, Gan Ba started and left, for fear that Uncle Nine would regret it.

Uncle Nine looked puzzled and scolded: "Dull bully, you little rabbit cub, Uncle Nine, am I the one who picks the door like that?" ”

"It's not easy to eat your old piece of meat. I haven't eaten anything from your family since I was so old, so don't chase it out, and you can't ask for it back if you send it out. The words were still speaking, and Gan Ba had already run more than a dozen steps away.

Gan Sanye next door, seeing this scene, was inexplicably unhappy in his heart, spread out the couplet in his hand, looked at it, threw it on the ground, and said to himself: "This kind of handwriting, dare to write it out and be embarrassed, or my family's handwriting is good." ”