Time always keeps moving forward, the years are always in a hurry, and the new year is always coming as scheduled.

At the beginning of New Year's Day, Vientiane is renewed. At this time, the Great Song Dynasty did not have a lunar calendar or a solar calendar, and the beginning of the year was both New Year's Day and Spring Festival.

This is Liu Xu's first Spring Festival in the Great Song Dynasty!

The Spring Festival is a time of reunion, Liu Xu is alone, and the courtyard is alone, which is inevitably desolate. Seeing the reunion of thousands of families and the joy of the family, Liu Xu couldn't help but think of his parents and sister who he would never see again, and burst into tears.

Liu Xu felt so lonely for the first time!

Fortunately, Liu Xu also has a fiancée, Xu Jin'er, Xu Jin'er can't let Liu Xu be alone in this happy family!

When Liu Xu was ready to drink alone at night and get drunk to take a break to eliminate all kinds of longing for his relatives in the future, Xu Jin'er came to Liu Xu's courtyard and pulled Liu Xu away.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Liu Xu spent time with Xu Jiner's family. Spending Chinese New Year's Eve with them were Wang Erzhu and Plug. Wang Erzhu and Plug are both orphans, taken in by Xu Yanxin, like sons and nephews, and spend Chinese New Year's Eve with the Xu family every year. Wang Erzhu and the plug are now Liu Xu's right-hand men, both of them are in charge of Liu Xu's Cloud Gate Wine Workshop, the three of them have long been familiar with each other, and they spend Chinese New Year's Eve with each other, but they are also lively, sweeping away Liu Xu's previous loneliness.

Xu Jin'er and her mother prepared a large table of dishes and a few pots of soju. Now in Qingzhou, in addition to the authentic stir-fried food that can rarely be eaten in the world, probably only the Xu family can eat stir-fried food. Liu Xu has already taught Xu Jin'er a lot of stir-frying, and Xu's mother knows a lot now. Since the new dishes of Tianxia Xian were launched, many restaurants have imitated their dishes, but except for the Xu family, no one else knows how to stir-fry authentically. Cui Ye's secrecy work is still in place, even in the Cui family, Cui Ye does not let those Cui family chefs cook, so as not to be inadvertently learned by other people in the family, so as not to leak secrets. Those fresh chefs in the world, each of them are the descendants of Cui Ye, the Cui family's big house, and they are absolutely loyal to the Cui family's big house. As for the Xu family, they will not easily leak their son-in-law's secret skills.

Good food is served, good wine is full, and everyone is seated!

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, a rare joyful day, everyone was happy, and the cup came and went, and drank happily.

Xu Yanxin was very happy today, looking at the dishes on the table, the wine in the cup, and then at Liu Xu, at Xu Jin'er, and smiling from ear to ear.

Speaking of his son-in-law, he seemed to be a stupid nerd half a year ago, although he never had the idea of regretting his marriage at that time, but he was really afraid that his daughter who was used to following him would be aggrieved after marrying Liu Xu. But now, in just half a year, his son-in-law is already the first talent in Qingzhou, and he is also very good at making money, invented stir-fry and soju, and has become the big shopkeeper of Yunmen Wine Factory and Tianxia Xian Restaurant, and the relationship between his daughter and son-in-law is very good, how can Xu Yanxin not be happy!

Xu Yanxin's way of expressing happiness is to drink glass after glass, of course, Liu Xu, Erzhu, and Embolis are also indispensable to accompany the wine.

The soju was very strong, and the stomach was hot, and Liu Xu was full of heat after a few glasses of wine, and he didn't feel that he was a little upset. Xu Yanxin, Erzhu, and Plug were also a little drunk, but everyone was still drunk.

Now that it is winter, Liu Xu's soju is selling even more hotly, and the income of only ten days a year has caught up with the previous months. The original rice wine and rice wine of the Great Song Dynasty needed to be scalded before they could be drunk when it was cold in winter. Otherwise, not only is it cold in the stomach, but it also has no taste, but this soju does not need to be hot, it is like a knife in the mouth, and it is hot in the stomach, and it feels more comfortable. Nowadays, drinking a glass of soju in the cold winter has become a pleasure for the rich.

A few people chatted while drinking! After a few glasses of wine, everyone couldn't help but talk a lot!

Xu Yanxin talked about the marriage of Liu Xu and Xu Jin'er, Liu Xu's three-year filial piety period will expire next year, and he is ready to let Liu Xu and Xu Jin'er get married as soon as possible, so that they can start a family as soon as possible.

Liu Xu happily agreed, and said with the strength of the wine that he would definitely buy a mansion next year, and let Kou Zhizhou, the most powerful in Qingzhou, and Cui Lao, the most powerful in Qingzhou, be his witnesses, and let the eldest son of the Cui family and his eldest brother Cui Ye be the master of ceremonies, and let the future champion Wang Zeng be the best man, and marry Xu Jin'er home in a beautiful way.

Hearing Liu Xu's bold words, Erzhu and the plug really lit up with their eyes, full of admiration. The two have seen Liu Xu's ability and feel that what Liu Xu said will definitely be able to do. At that moment, the two of them admired Liu Xu, and they were really like a surging river, and they toasted Liu Xu vigorously.

When Xu Yanxin saw Erzhu and the bolt, he couldn't help but think of the matter of accepting them as righteous sons. originally wanted Xu Jin'er to accept them as righteous sons after she got married, so as to inherit the incense. Now Xu Jin'er is going to get married next year, but Xu Yanxin thought that he has no children under his knees and is thin, and when Xu Jin'er gets married next year, he doesn't even have a brother to send off, I'm afraid it's ugly, I can't go to see my husband in person, right?

Xu Yan believes that after thinking about this, he feels that his daughter's marriage has been decided today, so it is better to be happy today, and the surname Suo will also set the matter of recognizing Yizi, and it will be more beautiful if good things come in pairs! At that moment, Xu Yanxin said to Erzhu and Zhuzi: "Erzhu and Zhuzi, you two are honest and good children, you have been lonely since you were a child, and you have been following the master for almost ten years, how do you think the master treats you?" ”

Erzhu and the plug both got up respectfully and replied: "The master treats us like a nephew, like a close relative, the two of us can have today, it all depends on the master's cultivation and cultivation, otherwise the two of us may have frozen to death and starved to death on the street, the master's nurturing and cultivation grace, we are unforgettable!" ”

Xu Yanxin was happy to see that the two of them were respectful to him, and immediately smiled mildly at the two: "You can be casual, you don't have to be too restrained in front of the master, sit down and talk!" ”

Xu Yanxin continued: "I have no children under my knees, and now your senior sister is about to get married." As a teacher, I want to accept you two as righteous sons, and pass on my mantle in the future, I don't know if you two are willing? ”

When the two pillars and embolus heard it, how did they not want to? They were orphans when they were young, thanks to Xu Yanxin's adoption and upbringing, they are today, and the relationship between their master and apprentice is like that of father and son. Now that Xu Yanxin wants to accept them as their righteous sons, they are very happy, and immediately kneel down and salute to meet their father-in-law.

Xu Yanxin laughed and hurriedly helped them up.

Liu Xu was also happy, and immediately raised a glass to congratulate, and the four of them drank a glass of spirits, and they were all happy.

Erzhu said respectfully to Xu Yanxin: "The righteous father is on top, I and the bolt, I have been orphans since I was a child, my Wang Erzhu is my own random name, and the bolt does not even have a surname, and now the two of us are fortunate to be accepted by the righteous father as a righteous son, although the master's surname is Xu, please also ask the master to give a name!" ”

When the bolt heard Erzhu say this, he immediately echoed: "Exactly, please also ask your father-in-law to give you a name!" ”

When Xu Yanxin heard that they wanted to name himself, he couldn't help but blush, asking him to dance with guns and sticks, and to name him, how could he? Xu Jin'er's name was obtained by her grandfather! Seeing Liu Xu in a blink of an eye, he couldn't help but smile and said: "You two stupid, your brother-in-law is the first genius in Qingzhou, if you don't look for him to name him, what good name can I come up with!" ”

The two of them thought about it, their brother-in-law was the first talent in Qingzhou, so it must be good for him to choose a name.

Immediately, the two saluted Liu Xu and said, "Please also ask your brother-in-law to give me a name!" When Liu Xu heard this title, he felt really weird, how could he become a brother-in-law?!

You want to name them yourself?! Liu Xu touched his nose and said: I, the first talent, is a fake, what good name can I come up with. But think about it, they are just rough men, and they can't tell the difference between good and bad, how can they be college graduates in their later lives, and they can name them casually, which is better than the names Erzhu and Embolus.

Liu Xu thought for a while and said: "The pillars and bolts are all wood used in the construction of houses, but they are not atmospheric enough, so it is better to use beams." The wood used in the house, only the beams are the big material, and the name is named after the big material, which also means that I wish you great success. Erzhu is a little older, so he is called Xu Guodong, and after the bolt, he will be called Xu Guoliang, how about it? When the name was taken out, even Liu Xu felt good, and he was very narcissistic and admired his naming skills.

The pillar and the bolt were very happy to hear that Liu Xu was so particular about getting the name, and named them with the meaning of the talent of the pillars, and besides, the name sounded very atmospheric, I think it was good. The two immediately thanked and said, "Thank you, brother-in-law, for the name!" ”

Liu Xu is really a little uncomfortable being called a brother-in-law, and he has a toothache, and now he is not married to Xu Jin'er, and he is called a brother-in-law, and he really feels a little weird.

Xu Yanxin heard that Liu Xu was the second pillar and the embolus, and named Xu Guodong and Xu Guoliang, he also felt good, and he was also happy at the moment, so he couldn't help but drink a few more glasses, and couldn't help but be a little drunk when he spoke.

Xu Yanxin talked to Liu Xu and the three of them with a big tongue to tell the origin of his family.

According to Xu Yanxin, don't look at the current Xu family, they are now practicing martial arts, but their ancestors of the Xu family are also literati families. Xu Yanxin himself told that the ancestor of the Xu family in Qingzhou turned out to be Xu Gan, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, who took Beihai as the county, which is now Shouguang County under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou in the Great Song Dynasty. Now that they moved to Qingzhou City, although they have fallen a little, the Shouguang Xu clan is still very prosperous.

Although Liu Xu didn't feel much about these clan inheritances, he could feel that Xu Yanxin felt a sense of pride when he mentioned his ancestors. Think about it, in my own era, some people were proud when they said that their ancestors were a certain celebrity, not to mention the ancients who were more important than later generations!

Xu Yanxin finished talking about his own origins, and said that he still has the stunt of pressing the bottom of the box, and no one has taught it. When Liu Xu became a relative, he taught the three of them this stunt together.

Liu Xu couldn't help but look forward to it, he didn't know if Xu Yanxin had internal skills, if he didn't have internal skills at his age, he wouldn't be able to learn much martial arts. Although Xu Jin'er said that there is no internal skill as Liu Xu thought in this era, Liu Xu has always vaguely felt that maybe there are really these powerful internal skills, but even Xu Jin'er doesn't know it.

The Xu family on Chinese New Year's Eve had a wine banquet this time, because Xu Yanxin was happy, and drank late. Liu Xu didn't accompany him to the end, he took an opportunity to sneak away, and ran to accompany Xu Jin'er to keep the New Year, leaving Xu Yanxin's father and son to drink there.

Liu Xu and Xu Jin'er have been chatting for a long time, in order to fight against the sleepiness that keeps coming, until the bell tower in Qingzhou City, there is a melodious bell, and in the quiet night sky, I suddenly remembered the sound of thousands of firecrackers!

The new year has finally arrived!

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On the morning of the first day of the new year, there was a festive atmosphere in Qingzhou City.

The streets and alleys of the city are full of people visiting relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings, and when they meet each other, they can't help but say a few auspicious words and greet each other.

After Liu Xu came to Qingzhou, he didn't know many people, so the task of paying New Year's greetings was relatively simple. Liu Xu first went to Kou Zhun to pay his respects, and then went to Cui Lao's for a turn. Kou Zhun is the governor of Qingzhou, there are many officials who go to visit on the first day of the new year, the Cui family is a thousand-year-old family, and there is an endless stream of New Year's greetings, Liu Xu is inconvenient to stay longer, just stay there for a while, and then leave and leave. Liu Xu went to Wang Zongyuan's house to pay homage to the New Year, and his New Year's greeting task was completed.

In the next few days, Liu Xu's life was quite leisurely and comfortable, basically spending time in eating, drinking and having fun. The people of the Great Song Dynasty pay attention to the enjoyment of life, and during the Spring Festival until after the Shangyuan Festival, they basically spend time in rest and fun. People who have been busy for a year have stopped their busy pace at this time and enjoyed their lives.

During the Spring Festival, various activities, celebrations, and entertainment in Qingzhou City made Liu Xu feel the prosperity and prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, and the wealth and happiness of the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Liu Xu had to sigh: the Great Song Dynasty was indeed the most developed dynasty in China's feudal society, the dynasty with the highest urbanization rate in China, and the dynasty with the most developed overseas trade in China; The Song Dynasty was the dynasty with the highest standard of living of the people (3-4 times that of the Ming and Qing dynasties) and the highest number of officials, and it was the strongest, richest and happiest period for the burghers. The Song Dynasty was the most culturally developed dynasty in China, and it was the most open-boiled, scientific, and liberal dynasty of China's feudal dynasty......

ps: Xu Gan, a native of Beihai County, Qingzhou, in the late Han Dynasty, a famous family and philosopher, and one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an".