Hearing the movement of cavalry passing outside, Li Xiu immediately jumped up from the bed, and just opened the door to take a look at what was going on outside, but he didn't expect a cavalryman outside the wall to hold a torch and shout to him through the wall: "Qianniuwei acts, all people who have nothing to do with it stay at home, and it is strictly forbidden to go out!" ”

"In Xia Zhiguo Lieutenant Li Xiu, I don't know what is the important matter of Qianniuwei here?" Li Xiu bowed his hand to the cavalry outside the wall, and reported his position, after all, everyone is a member of the imperial court, and this face should always be given, right?

"Didn't you understand what I said, no one is allowed to go out, otherwise there will be no mercy!" Unexpectedly, this Qianniuwei didn't give face at all, and yelled at him again with a blank face, and then beat the horse and left, which made Li Xiu also laugh a little self-deprecatingly, it seems that his reputation as a captain of Zhiguo is not very good.

"Qianniuwei? Interesting, could it be the one from the palace who came? Li Xiu touched his chin and said to himself, Qianniuwei, also known as Qianniu Beishen, belongs to the emperor's personal guards, and has always been around the emperor, and now he suddenly appeared here, and then thought of Princess Pingyang recuperating in another courtyard, so Li Xiu guessed that it was likely that Li Yuan came, and these Qianniuwei should clear the road, so that no one would collide with the holy car.

Thinking about this, Li Xiu was no longer worried, at this time Yuechan and Liu Er also opened the door with their clothes on, Li Xiu motioned for them to continue to go back to sleep, anyway, there was still a period of time before dawn, but Li Yuan came to visit Princess Pingyang before dawn, it seems that the relationship between their father and daughter is indeed very deep.

I slept with peace of mind, and when I woke up, Liu Er and Yuechan had already prepared breakfast and helped him wash and dress, this kind of corrupt life was simply too draining of people's will, Li Xiu felt that he had completely fallen, and he was no longer the pure socialist successor he used to be.

After breakfast, Li Xiu went out with his hands behind his back, the Qianniuwei in the morning had disappeared, after all, they only needed to close the road when Li Yuan passed by, it would be estimated that Li Yuan had already had breakfast with Princess Pingyang, and those Qianniuwei should all be guarding the princess's courtyard.

Walking across the bridge to the Li family Zhuangzi in front, what surprised him was that every household in the Zhuangzi was carrying lanterns in front of the door, which also suddenly reminded Li Xiu that today is the Lantern Festival, and he has been chattering on the road, and even thought about how to spend the Lantern Festival last night, but he woke up and forgot about it.

Looking at the lanterns in front of every house, although the number is not much, the style is also very simple, at first glance, it is the Zhuang family themselves tie it, but this also shows that the life of the Li family Zhuangzi is good, in previous years at this time, every household can not even eat enough, where is there still the heart to go to the festival, let alone make lanterns This time-consuming, laborious and expensive thing?

The aunt of the Liu family welcomed Li Xiu into the house very enthusiastically, and then told him that Boss Liu went to the city to sell bean sprouts and had not come back, which made Li Xiu also a little helpless: "Uncle Liu, he is too desperate, why don't you even rest during the Lantern Festival?" ”

"You don't know, it's because of the Lantern Festival, the price of our bean sprouts has risen again, and the child's father is worried that the weather will be warm after a while, and this business will not be able to be done, so I want to make more money in the past few days!" Aunt Liu said with a smile, I haven't seen her for more than a month, she has obviously gained a lot of fortune, her waist is almost catching up with the big water tank in the yard, her face is also full of oil, and several children in the yard are also wearing new clothes, it seems that they are living very comfortably this year.

Boss Liu was not at home, Li Xiu chatted with the aunt of the Liu family for a few words and left, just entered the house, but saw Yuechan and Liu Er busy in and out of the kitchen, and then he stepped forward with a smile and asked: "Yuechan, what are you doing, won't you be doing Lantern Festival?" ”

"The master is wrong, the Lantern Festival is used to live, how can it be said that it is a Lantern Festival?" Yuechan heard Li Xiu's words but corrected with a smile, don't say it, although Yuechan is a little fatter, she really feels a little charming when she smiles like this.

"I know about the Lantern Festival, but isn't it necessary to eat the Lantern Festival?" Li Xiu continued to ask in a bit of confusion.

"Can you eat Lantern Festival?" At this time, Liu Er came out with a basin, which contained a kind of green flour, which looked very peculiar.

"You don't know about the Lantern Festival, what about the rice balls?" Li Xiu still asked with some reluctance at this time, but the two girls shook their heads together, and now he finally understood, it is estimated that the Lantern Festival has not yet appeared in this era.

"So what are you going to do now, is it something to eat during the Lantern Festival?" Li Xiu looked at the basin in Liu Er's hand and asked.

"Yes, the Lantern Festival is naturally going to eat silkworms, Yuechan and I are busy making it!" Liu Er was simple-minded, and did not dwell on the matter of the Lantern Festival, but introduced it to Li Xiu very happily.

"Silkworms?" Li Xiu felt very unfamiliar with this name, and then asked very curiously about the practice of silkworms, Liu Er chattered and introduced non-stop, and soon Li Xiu figured out that the so-called silkworm is a silkworm-like pasta made of mung bean flour, glutinous rice flour and flour, and boiled in broth, which looks a little different from the Lantern Festival, but also has some similarities, it is estimated that this is the predecessor of the Lantern Festival.

"Liu'er, is this noodle silkworm eaten at noon or at night?" Li Xiu asked again.

"It's night, but you have to make some preparations now, and you can just do it in the afternoon." Liu Er replied cheerfully again.

"Very good, then you put the silkworms aside for a while, then let's make dumplings, and I will teach you to make a Lantern Festival food in the afternoon." Li Xiu immediately rolled up his sleeves and said, every festival is more than his family, and now he thinks of his family in his previous life, according to the habits of his hometown, no matter what festival is always inevitable, the Lantern Festival is no exception, it is generally dumplings at noon and Lantern Festival at night, so he decided to wrap the dumplings out first.

"Dumplings?" Liu Er and Yuechan glanced at each other helplessly again, although they were used to the new terms that their master popped up from time to time, and they had learned a lot, sometimes they still couldn't understand Li Xiu's words, such as what this dumpling was, they had never heard of it.

But when Li Xiu began to make dumpling filling, and asked Liu Er and them to make noodles, Liu Er and Yuechan finally understood that the so-called dumplings were actually chaos, and Li Xiu also knew at this time that the Tang Dynasty people wrapped the dough with the filling, and the food cooked in the pot was all called chaos, and there was no habit of eating dumplings during the New Year.

There are mutton and pork at home, Li Xiu wants to eat dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage, but unfortunately there is no cabbage, there is a kind of green cabbage in the greenhouse that is very similar to cabbage, that is, it is much smaller, it can be called a small cabbage, originally he wanted Liu Er to run to get some back, but he was worried that he would meet those Qianniuwei around Li Yuan, and she couldn't explain it when she was a slave, so he simply ran it himself, and found that there was no Qianniuwei in the greenhouse, but it was all guarded inside and outside the courtyard, which also saved him a lot of trouble.

After eating pig food in the barracks for more than a month, Li Xiu had already been greedy, coupled with the habits he had developed since childhood, there was no food for him that was more satisfying than dumplings, so at noon, he ate three bowls of dumplings in a row, and finally he didn't dare to sit still, and he slipped out with Xiao San for a long time before he felt better.

When they came back, Liu Er and Yuechan had already started to make silkworms, and Li Xiu also rolled up his sleeves and said: "Make less silkworms, I'll teach you how to make Lantern Festival, this name is eaten on the Lantern Festival as soon as you hear it!" ”

At the moment, Li Xiu washed the pot, first fried and mashed the black sesame seeds, and then added pork and sugar to knead into a small ball.

"Master, this Lantern Festival is very good-looking, but I don't know how it tastes?" Liu Er looked at the Lantern Festival in front of her, and couldn't help but swallow her saliva, just now she saw Li Xiu add so much sugar, she is usually reluctant to eat these sugars, so she really wants to taste whether it is sweet or not?

"Let's try it first, if it's delicious, make more, and send some to Uncle Liu and them in the evening!" Li Xiu saw through Liu Er's mind at a glance, and said with a smile at the moment.

But as soon as Li Xiu's words fell, he suddenly saw the door being pushed open, and then Ma Ye broke in with a dusty face: "Boy, come and bring me something to eat, but I'm hungry!" ”

"Uncle Ma, why did you come back so early, didn't you say that it would take two days to finish the work?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Ma Ye coming in.

"Didn't I want to rush home for the holidays, and His Majesty has come to visit the princess, and my affairs are less than half, I'll talk about these later, get me something to eat, I went to the military department this morning, and I haven't taken care of eating yet!" Ma Ye didn't say anything polite to Li Xiu, and went directly into the kitchen to find a place to sit down.

It just so happened that the dumplings at noon today were not finished, and they were served on a plate by him to dry, Li Xiu also knew that Ma Ye was not particular, so he directly brought it over and mixed him with some garlic vinegar sauce, Ma Ye grabbed the chopsticks and ate it in a big gulp, and then Li Xiu asked Liu Er to go down the Lantern Festival, and when Ma Ye finished eating the dumplings, the Lantern Festival was also ready, and Li Xiu personally served him a bowl and served it.

"Well, this is good, soft, glutinous and sweet, very suitable for the princess's taste, give me more later, I'll take it back to the princess to taste!" Ma Ye swallowed a Lantern Festival in one bite, and immediately praised that he had watched the princess grow up since he was a child, and naturally knew the princess's taste best.

"Okay, you can get more later!" Li Xiu nodded immediately, but he quickly thought of one more thing, and immediately asked, "Uncle Ma, it's afternoon now, Your Majesty should go back, right?" ”

"What, I asked the people in the palace today, Your Majesty knows that the princess has inconvenient legs and feet, and he must not be able to enter the palace to accompany him to enjoy the lanterns, so he simply ordered someone to hold a small lantern festival in the princess's courtyard, and he will not return to the palace tonight, but accompany the princess to enjoy the lanterns in the courtyard." Ma Ye finished eating the Lantern Festival one by one, and then wiped his mouth and said, "By the way, you go at night, don't let me invite you again!" ”