Since December, the Hu merchants from the west have continued to engage in international trade, but most of these domestic merchants have left Chang'an and returned to their hometowns.

With the return of Yin Qingfeng, Yin Yuan and Pei's restraints on Yin Qingyu, Yin Yuniang, and Yin Youniang gradually decreased, so there were more and more laughter in the Yunguo Mansion.

After seeing Yin Qingfeng's extraordinary, Pei Shi no longer held up the shelf of his elders in front of him.

"Feng'er, since you said that you would open a ready-to-wear shop that day, the housekeeper has bought a lot of silk and leather these days, and although some manpower has been recruited, I always feel that it is still not enough. More than 200 people have only made less than 2,000 pieces so far, and I am afraid that this ready-to-wear shop will not be able to open a year ago. ”

Yin Qingfeng frowned, he forgot to lead the assembly line operation over there to the production of ready-to-wear clothes.

"Mother-in-law, where are these knights' costumes made?"

"These recruited people will each receive five pieces of clothing and wait for them to go home to do, and when they are ready, they will return and receive the next batch of clothing. But don't worry, they have signed contracts with these women, and some of them are the guarantors of the middle, and they are not afraid that they will leak the style of this knight's outfit. ”

"There are still some vacant houses in Shengpingfang, and those recruited women can go there every day to make them. In addition to taking care of their lunch every day, if anyone wants to, they can stay there without charging them rent.

It's not enough to sign a confidentiality contract with them, but also to gather them together, and then break down these processes so that they don't have to worry about leaking them.

The decomposition of this process is as follows: only the sleeves are made for the sleeves, the collar is only made for the collar, the fabric is only responsible for the cutting, etc., that is, each person only does one thing, and the person who reaches the last process is responsible for sewing the collars, sleeves, clothing pieces, etc. together...."

After Pei Shi listened to Yin Qingfeng explain the assembly line in the modern garment factory in detail, her eyes became brighter and brighter, and she said: "Since then, isn't it possible for a woman or a little lady who has never been a female celebrity to make this ready-to-wear?" ”

"If there is still industry in the government in the future, it can also be done in this way."

Pei Shi said with some flattery: "I know how wise Feng'er is to ask about this matter, and now I'm really glad that I asked, Feng'er can give such a good suggestion in the blink of an eye." Then she said to the other children, "You all have to learn from Feng'er and think about things when you encounter problems." ”

On December 29, all the old brooms in the house will be burned in the fire, which means that the coming year will be "full of warehouses". The worn old shoes should not be thrown away, but should be buried in a place in the yard, which means that the family will have children and grandchildren who will be promoted and wealthy.

The most primitive "firecrackers" did not appear until twenty years later, and now there are only "firecrackers" or "firecrackers". It is to set the bamboo pole on fire, and the sound of the popping can dispel the ghosts.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family should eat, drink, and have fun together without sleeping, which is the custom of "keeping the year" that has been passed down to this day. The people of the Tang Dynasty liked to live in large families, and if there were old people with high seniority, then not only the direct children and grandchildren of the old people, but also the younger brothers, nephews, married sisters, and nephews who had already married would get together to celebrate the New Year.

On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the seventh year of Wude, in addition to Yin Yuan, Pei's family, Wen's family, Yin Qingyu, Yuniang, Young Niang, and Yin Qingfeng, and Little Girl, Yin Qingfeng's aunt Yin Wenjiao also came with her two sons.

The poker and checkers made by Yin Qingfeng before were extra popular tonight.

According to the custom at this time, when the time comes, it is time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. The younger generations should bow to the elders, the slaves should kowtow to their masters, and everyone should say auspicious words for the New Year. Men mainly kneel down and prostrate, and the time, frequency, and body posture of prostrations depend on the status of both parties. The formal etiquette of women is called "bowing", and in the early Tang Dynasty, "worshipping" was to kneel on the ground first, and then clench your fists or join your hands in front of your chest, and your body and head also bowed slightly forward, and the range of movements was not large.

Due to Yin Qingfeng, this year's festival in the house was very lively. Not only did they purchase a large number of New Year's supplies, but the cooks who came back from training in the Taste Building finally let the slaves and maids in the outer house eat stir-fried vegetables. And these slaves and maids got a lot of red envelopes when they paid New Year's greetings.

Yin Yuan seemed to be very excited when he saw this lively scene. But he was always introverted, and he didn't say anything.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people of the Tang Dynasty liked to erect a very long bamboo pole in the courtyard, the bottom was buried in the soil, and the top of the pole was hung with a long flag made of paper or cloth, shaking in the cold wind, which was called a flag. Later, this custom spread to Japan and evolved into "carp floating". This custom could still be seen in the countryside of northern China at least in the early 2000 AD.

On the first day, you have to drink a special drink for the New Year: one is called "Tusu wine", and the other is called "pepper and cypress wine". "Tusu" is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is made by mixing seven kinds of medicinal herbs, including rhubarb, atractylodes, bellflower, Shu pepper, cinnamon, aconitum and sarsaparilla. It is said that drinking these two kinds of wine can drive away evil spirits, detoxify and prolong life. The people of the Tang Dynasty had a very interesting habit of drinking these two kinds of wine, that is, they had to start with the youngest child in the family. The reason is said to be that "the younger one gets the old age, and the old one loses the old age, so he drinks later".

When drinking, there is a "Wuxin plate" on the table: the plate is green and spicy, and there are five kinds of vegetables, namely garlic, small garlic, leeks, garlic sprouts, and coriander. Eating "Wuxin Pan" is to diffuse the depression of the five internal organs and prevent the epidemic from making trouble.

For this spicy vegetable, Yin Qingfeng does not change the color. But this Tusu wine and pepper cypress wine Yin Qingfeng is really afraid. Not to mention other people, they all frown and squeeze their eyes to "enjoy" these delicious foods.

The people of the Tang Dynasty also loved to eat sweets during the New Year: the more famous ones were "glue tooth dumplings". "Ao" is roughly what is called "maltose" today, the ancients used barley, wheat or glutinous rice to make desserts, more viscous and soft, the sweetness is not as good as honey, and not as good as the commonly used sucrose. However, in the Tang Dynasty, the sugarcane sugar method was just introduced from India, and the cane sugar (also called "stone honey" at this time) was still very unpopular, only some people in the Bashu area planted and refined, and the ordinary people could not see it. Therefore, maltose is already considered a valuable and delicious food.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, Yin Yuan went out in neat court clothes.

On the first day of the Spring Festival, Tang Dynasty officials wore official court clothes to greet the emperor. First, the prime minister took him into the main hall of the palace, congratulated the emperor, read the obscure New Year's greeting text, and then the ministers answered for the emperor, and the prime ministers withdrew again, accepted the congratulatory table of foreign officials and vassals, and selected a high-ranking official's congratulatory table to continue to read.

Although Yin Qingfeng has the title of the founding county man, he is not considered an adult before he has done the crown ceremony, so he is fortunate to avoid this encounter.

Tang Dynasty people are particularly sociable, love to be lively, on the first day of the first month, every household in Chang'an City has set up a banquet, neighbors greet each other for the New Year, go to whose house to eat whom, this also has a special name, called "Chuanza", so don't eat too much at every meal on this day.

On the first day of the first lunar month, no matter whose mansion is basically open in all directions, in order to welcome those familiar or unfamiliar visitors, so this day is not considered a formal New Year's greeting.

The real New Year's greeting is counted from the second day of the first month, and as for the custom of returning to the mother's house on the third day of the first month in later generations, the early Tang Dynasty has not yet appeared.

Therefore, on this day, under the leadership of Yin Yuan and Pei's family, the second generation of the house plus the little girl went to visit Yin Qiao's father-in-law: Tang Jian; On the third day of the first month, I went to the house of Pei Shiju, the patriarch of Wen Xi Pei, who was born in the Pei family, to pay New Year's greetings.

After leaving these two relatives, on the fourth day of the new year, the Yunguo Mansion entertained the Du Fuwei family who came to visit.

In terms of status, Wu Guogong is much higher than Yun Guogong.

This ancient title is exquisite: at the level of the national duke, its status is determined by the size of the 'country' of the title. The entire fiefdom of the ancient Yun Kingdom in history can only be regarded as a projectile land, but what about the Wu Kingdom? I don't know how many times bigger than Yun Guo.

Although Yin Qiao was one of the earliest ministers of the dragon, perhaps because he had been following Li Shimin's account, Li Yuan gave him such a low title of feudal state, or perhaps because Yin Qiao's descendants were not angry, and it was not worth Li Yuan's more effort to win over.

It stands to reason that Shan Yunying, who is seven months pregnant, should not go out, but who told them to always think about Yin Qingfeng's kindness.