Cao De and his entourage took a boat all the way to Ba County. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis is also one of the important passages into Shu. It is also the main passage connecting Yizhou and Jingzhou. At this time, the time had already entered the wax moon, and most of the people Cao De and the others saw on the road were hurried foot merchants. The end of the year is approaching, and who doesn't want to go home and reunite with their families.

Although Bajun is also a very prosperous place, it is still not as good as Jingzhou after all. So the group of five people discussed. I was ready to rush to Jingzhou to spend the New Year. So the five of them got on a boat and went down the Yangtze River to Nanjun. And Jingzhou's state seat is Xiangyang, and Xiangyang is in Nanjun, so the group hurriedly rushed to Xiangyang.

Finally, on the twentieth day of the lunar month, the five of them came to the city gate of Xiangyang.

The group found a small inn by the river. This inn is small and has only a dozen rooms. Because many inns will also be closed during the Chinese New Year, so when a few people enter the city, they plan to charter a small inn. For this, Cao De only paid twenty taels of silver. The innkeeper's family has returned to their hometown, and there are only five Cao De left in the inn.

The inn is small, but the view is good. When you open the window from the inn's room, you can see the river flowing slowly. Although it is winter now, winter in Xiangyang is very different from that in Northland. At least the water doesn't freeze, and the ground doesn't turn bare yellow, so there are some hardy plants growing in it.

And Jingzhou is also worthy of being the richest state in the Han Dynasty. When people have a surplus at home, they will exchange some luxury goods. Cao De and his colleagues took advantage of the New Year's end to buy new clothes and a lot of food on the street within a few days. However, the streets of Xiangyang are more lively than usual. Lots and lots of people go out of their homes and the land they cultivate, exchanging their own food or other things for what their families need for the New Year.

A few days passed quickly in Cao De and a few people shopping on the street. On this afternoon, there was hardly a single figure on the bustling street. Cao De walked alone in a carriage on the silent street. Only the sound of horses' hooves tapping and tapping accompanied Cao De. Because tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve.

When the carriage came to the door of the small inn, Zhang Feile came out haha. "Anbang, hard work. If it weren't for you, how would we have survived this year? It turned out that Zhang Fei didn't find out in pain until he had lunch at noon today. There are not many drinks to prepare, and how can I live without wine? It's better in normal times, but tomorrow is the Spring Festival, and you can't lack wine.

So several people drew lots to decide who would buy the wine. Cao De, who has always been very lucky, was also lucky to win the lottery this time. So Cao De ran most of Xiangyang City and knocked on the door of an unknown number of restaurants before someone was finally willing to sell him enough wine.

In this time and space of the Spring Festival, there are no dumplings, no TV, no firecrackers, and no gala that people across the country watch together. Some are just reunion dinners. At this time, Cao De was busy stir-frying, steaming and stewing in the kitchen. Cao De in his previous life grew up at the foot of Mount Tai, at least Lu Cai can still take it. So, tonight Cao De is going to give everyone a different year.

After Cao De finished the dishes. Cao Ren and Zhang Fei had already hurried to make a round table for later generations according to Cao De's intentions. The round table was made of several small cabinets in the inn room as legs, and then covered with a round wooden board. Because the turntable of the round table in later generations was more difficult to get, it could only be used improvised.

Xiahou Yuan helped bring the dishes to the table one by one. After the dishes were complete, he invited Jia Xu, who was resting in the guest room, down. When Jia Xu came down, he was startled by the big table. And Cao Ren and the others also leaked knowing smiles after seeing Jia Xu's expression. Because they were also taken aback at one time.

"What is this?" Jia Xu turned his head and asked Cao De in confusion.

Cao De smiled and dragged Jia Xu to the left of the main seat, and then did it himself. He pointed at Cao Ren and motioned for him to sit on his right. Then let Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei take their seats.

Cao De grabbed the wine jug next to the chopsticks and poured himself a glass of wine. "Come, everyone has a flask next to him to pour it himself. One person and one pot first, who is not enough to go and pour it later. "After Cao Ren and the four of them also poured wine." I feel that one person at one table used to be so angry, how can there be such a friendly and lively everyone at one table. ”

After speaking, Cao De picked up his wine glass, "First of all, I wish us a happy new year." Cao De took the lead in drinking this glass, and the rest of the people followed suit.

Cao De filled another glass, "This is the first year we've spent outside. There is no brother Mengde here, no Zilian, no Yuan Rang. But we have more Wenhe and more Yide. Come on, let's do this first. There are no relatives, but with friends and brothers present, we are not alone. With that, the five of them raised their glasses and drank together.

Then Cao De filled the third glass of wine. "This wine. Respect our relatives far away from home, peace. After finishing speaking, Cao De's eyes turned red, and then he immediately returned to normal.

A Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for five people was lively and lively. During the banquet, Cao Ren and the four of them were full of praise for Cao De's craftsmanship. The table was full of dishes. In the end, the five of them could only add wine to their stomachs. It's strange to say, obviously I can't eat any food, but I only drink, and a few people still drink a lot.

Although there is no Spring Festival Gala on Chinese New Year's Eve at this time, there are still some entertainment programs. For example, Zhang Fei wrestled with Cao Ren, Cao De competed with Xiahou Yuan in archery, and the happy Jia Xu chanted poems as Fu, and finally the coquettish Cao De directly sang the good days of the later generations. made the other four wide-eyed.

After everyone had eaten and drunk enough, the hall of the inn was full of messes. All five of them went back to their rooms to rest drunk. No one cleaned up either. After Cao De and the others returned to the room, he ran to the back kitchen and brought out a jar of wine, returned to the room, and jumped onto the roof from the small platform on the second floor of the inn.

Cao De sat on the roof ridge, picked up the wine jar and poured a sip. I didn't even know that the wine was running down the corner of my mouth and into my neck. The cold wind blew, and Cao De felt that his head seemed to be a little clearer and seemed to be heavier. Looking up at the crescent moon that seemed to be transparent, two lines of tears flowed down involuntarily.

"Dad, Mom, are you alright?" Although Cao De's previous life often made his parents angry, this did not affect Cao De's miss of his parents. Who dares to say that they have not spoken to their parents, but who has affected filial piety to their parents because of such a trivial matter.

Lu dishes eaten in the evening, with a round table. All of them evoke Cao De's thoughts about his parents. In a trance, Cao De felt that his head seemed to be heavier, Cao De shook his head, and poured another sip of wine. Cao De buried his head between the strands. Gradually, there was a whimper.

I don't know how long the time has passed, Cao De sighed deeply. I drank a small half jar of wine in one go. A once familiar melody sounded in his mouth. "Find some time, find some free time, and lead the children to go home often to see ......" Slowly, Cao De couldn't sing anymore.

Cao De's body scurried down. Lying on his back on the roof. Opened his increasingly heavy eyelids and stared at the moon overhead. Gradually, the wine jar in Cao De's hand fell down, and the wine flowed down the roof. And Cao De fell asleep on the roof.