On Chinese New Year's Eve, a heavy snowfall came, adding a bit more flavor to the year.

On this day, there were almost no pedestrians on the streets of Chang'an City, and every family was busy at home.

Steward Wang, Aunt Lin They got up before dawn to handle the affairs of the house, Wang Xiang did not follow Sun Simiao to practice the five poultry operas today, and was pulled by Steward Wang to prepare for the ancestor worship as soon as he got up.

The ancients attached great importance to the ancestors on Chinese New Year's Eve far from being comparable to later generations, and the hundred virtues and filial piety came first, and the cautious pursuit of the future, on the occasion of leaving the old and welcoming the new, every household offered genealogy, ancestor statues, tablets, etc. in the upper hall of the home, placed offering tables, and set up incense burners and offerings.

Ordinary people generally use three animals to worship their ancestors at home, often with pork, chickens, and two fish as three animals, but the Hou Mansion is a large family, and the ancestors are to use five animals, all pigs, all sheep, all chickens, all ducks, and all fish, in order to show grandeur.

In previous years, because the Hou Mansion was strong and dry, Steward Wang wanted to make the ancestor worship grand is also powerless, this year is different, in addition to the five animals, there are cloud fungus, mushrooms, tomatoes and other vegetarian offerings and a variety of exquisite snacks.

After hastily eating at noon, all the people in the mansion changed into new clothes, and the ancestor worship on Chinese New Year's Eve officially began, and others were not eligible to enter the ancestral hall, and Wang Xiang, Wushun and Ju Yiya were held in the ancestral hall by Wang Butler, for which little loli was very unhappy, but she was not a member of the Wang family after all.

Although there was an experience of worshipping ancestors before, but it was just when he was the supervisor of the Boss Nong Temple when he was pulled by the Wang housekeeper to worship the ancestors and thanksgiving, one is far less grand than today, and the second is that he was under the guidance of the Wang housekeeper to complete the ancestor worship in a daze, I can't remember it for a long time, and then the Hou Mansion became more and more prosperous and did not care about the ancestors. Steward Wang felt deeply remorseful for this. Therefore, today's ancestor worship king steward attaches great importance to it.

Ju Yiya is even more ignorant of the customs of the Tang Dynasty. Only Wu Shun has a little understanding, but only a little understanding, after all, she is a woman, and she is not qualified to enter the martial arts ancestral hall when she was in the martial family.

Fortunately, Steward Wang knew very well about ancestor worship, and finally completed the ancestor worship under his guidance after tossing for most of the day.

When the ancestors came out, Wang Xiang saw Laifu carrying a bundle of bamboo into the house and asked curiously: "What are you doing with these bamboos?" ”

Laifu poked out half of his head from behind the bamboo and said, "Young master, this is a blasting rod." ”

"Burst rod?" Wang Xiang said suspiciously: "Isn't this bamboo?" ”

Laifu shook his head and nodded again, "It's bamboo, but it's bamboo used as a blasting rod." ”

muttered in his heart: In previous years, the young master liked to release the explosive rod the most. Why doesn't it seem that I don't even know the blasting rod, maybe the injury on the head hasn't healed yet?

Wang Xiang became more and more confused when he heard Laifu's words, and asked, "What is this for?" ”

Before Laifu could answer, little Lori jumped up and ran over, excitedly saying, "Wow, so many explosive rods!" ”

"Yes, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, the mansion prepares many explosive rods, and the young master used to like to release explosive rods the most."

"I like to shoot the blast rod too!"

"Then I'll go back and prepare more, and the house will be lively."

Listening to Laifu and Xiao Lori's enthusiastic discussion of the firecracker, Wang Xiang also figured it out, the firecracker they said was actually the firecracker of later generations.

Could it be that the people have already invented gunpowder? Wang Xiang was suddenly shocked by this thought.

"Show me one."

Seeing that Wang Xiang was very interested in the blasting rod. Laifu hurriedly pulled out a blasting rod, and Wang Xiang took the blasting rod and observed it curiously. It was found that the so-called blasting rod was actually ordinary bamboo, and there was no such thing as gunpowder filling at all.

"How do you use this thing?" Wang Xiang is really curious, can this thing explode?

Little Lori grinned: "Brother-in-law won't release the explosive rod?" ”

Wang Xiang coughed dryly and said, "I have something more fun than a blasting rod." ”

Little Lori's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she excitedly pulled Wang Xiang's arm and asked, "Really?" ”

"Of course it's fake, I can't even put a blasting rod, how can there be something more fun than a blasting rod." Wang Xiang deliberately glanced at Xiao Lori.

"Brother-in-law, am I wrong......"

Little Lori held Wang Xiang's arm with both hands and sprinkled coquettishly, although it was through the woolen sweater, Wang Xiang could still clearly feel the fullness of Little Lori's chest, and quickly stabilized her mind and said, "Okay, okay, I'll do it for you when I go back." ”

"Mmmm, it's better to be a brother-in-law!" Little Lori suddenly smiled.

Little Lori is playful and active, first let Laifu make a few blasting rods to play, Wang Xiang finally understood after reading it, the so-called blasting rod is actually to split the bamboo into a small section, and then throw it into the brazier, when the bamboo burns, it will make a crackling sound, so it is called a bursting rod.

But this thing is too basic...... Wang Xiang shook his head, he still thought there was something special about the blasting rod.

The popping sound made when the blasting rod burned was very small, but even so, Xiao Lori still had a lot of fun, and even Ju Yiya and Xiaoya were excitedly surrounding the brazier.

A few blasting rods made of bamboo were quickly used up, and the little Lori pouted unsatisfied, and suddenly remembered what Wang Xiang said was more fun than the blasting rod, and pulled Wang Xiang's arm and urged: "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about that is more fun than the blasting rod?" ”

Ju Yiya and Xiaoya also looked at Wang Xiang with curiosity.

Wang Xiang smiled and said, "That thing is called firecrackers." ”

"Firecrackers? Sounds a lot like a blast rod. ”

Wang Xiang smiled: "It's really similar, but the sound it makes is more than ten times stronger than that of a blasting rod." ”

"Really!" Little Lori looked very excited, "Then let's hurry up and make firecrackers to play!" ”

Seeing that little Lori was impatient, Wang Xiang rubbed her head dotingly and said: "There are still some things needed to make firecrackers, I'll prepare them, you let Laifu split those bamboos into small pieces, and I will be useful." ”

What he had to prepare was actually gunpowder, and as long as he filled the blasting rod with gunpowder, the blasting rod would become a firecracker.

However, you can't use gunpowder like Tianleizi, otherwise it will be too dangerous, and the gunpowder filled in the firecrackers is a modified formula, and the power is much smaller than the gunpowder in Tianleizi.

There are no materials in the house for gunpowder for firecrackers, so Wang Xiang has to go to Yuan Tiangang, and Yuan Tiangang is in charge of making Tianleizi, and he has collected a lot of saltpeter and other materials.

If someone else goes to Yuan Tiangang to ask for these things, I'm afraid people won't be able to come back, Wang Xiang opened his mouth and Yuan Tiangang didn't refuse, but this matter was still learned to Li Er, after all, Tianleizi is too important, a few days ago, he showed the power of Tianleizi in front of the envoys and families of Fanbang, and now many people are trying to find out about Tianleizi. (To be continued.) )