Chapter 103: Chinese New Year's Eve
The 30th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.
This day is the traditional Chinese New Year's Eve.
After today, the new year will come.
In the past ten years, people have paid more and more attention to this kind of festival. On this day, all major markets and shops in Anning City will be closed.
Adventurers also stop hunting dryads and stay in the city to reunite with their families.
Maybe it's because of Chinese New Year's Eve, the sky is beautiful.
The daytime wind and snow dissipated, and the sky was clear.
Inside the Red Boy Blacksmith's shop.
Jiangbei is busy in the kitchen.
He went out today to buy a lot of good ingredients and came back to cook, preparing to cook a table of delicious dishes to share and eat as a family.
Why do you want to talk about family?
Because there are three more children in Jiangbei this year, and there is a tree heart girl who doesn't know if it's a wife or a pet.
Now that there are five people in the small family, it is natural to have a good New Year.
"Red boy, did you get the peach blossom brew you went to get back?"
"Yaoji, have you picked up the Yao Grass Fruit and Nourishing Fruit?"
"Wukong! I asked you to add firewood, but I didn't let you put yourself in it and burn it!"
In the small blacksmith shop, Jiangbei's helpless and joyful words echoed.
"Whoosh~"
The stump of the Divine Tree flashed blue.
Yao Ji was dressed in a bright red festive robe and held a fruit basket, which was filled with Yao grass fruits and nourishing fruits.
"Whoosh~"
The stump of the Divine Pregnancy Tree flashed red.
The red boy wore a red belly pocket and rolled out with a jar of peach blossom brew.
The two little ones appeared almost at the same time, glancing at each other.
[Humph!]
[Humph!]
Two disdainful snorts.
The two little ones ignored no one else, staggered out of the hut with their things, placed them on the stone table in the courtyard, and then distanced themselves, taking the tree girl as the boundary, and one stood aside.
Yes.
The two little ones have a conflict.
The reason is that Yao Ji went to the fox maid as a guest, which made Red Boy disgruntled and had a lot of opinions about her, even if she succeeded in capturing the fox maid in the end, Red Boy still did not forgive Yao Ji.
Yao Ji naturally felt aggrieved, so she didn't want to pay attention to the red boy.
The two little ones were at a stalemate.
The Tree Heart Girl sat quietly on the table, looking at Yao Ji and Red Boy on her left and right, her eyes showing a little curiosity, obviously she couldn't understand why the two little ones were doing this.
"It's coming, it's time to eat!"
In the kitchen, Jiangbei walked out with the last fish every year, and Sun Wukong, who was still lying on his shoulder, smelled of burnt.
Eight dishes.
Chinese people like even numbers, and Jiangbei is no exception.
These eight dishes were all carefully prepared by him, plus buying ingredients, washing vegetables, and cooking in the morning and half an afternoon.
"Come, try my handiwork. ”
People who cook are most looking forward to and enjoying not eating themselves, but watching others eat and comment.
Hearing this, the Tree Heart Girl looked at the dishes on the table, shook her head and said, "I don't eat these." ”
"It's not poisonous, it's just a taste. Jiang Bei happily handed over a pair of chopsticks.
Perhaps feeling Jiangbei's expectation, the tree girl took the chopsticks and got used to it, and then picked up a piece of auspicious ruyi roll and put it in her mouth and chewed it.
"How's it taste?" asked Jiangbei expectantly.
The Tree Heart Girl pondered for a while, then nodded her forehead and said, "Not bad." ”
"I can eat!" Jiang Bei smiled, picked up Sun Wukong from his shoulder and put it on the table, and beckoned the three little ones to say, "Don't be stunned, eat all, eat more." ”
But where will they eat these things.
They were all motionless, only occasionally glancing at the peach blossom brew.
Obviously, the only thing that will interest them is this jar of wine.
Jiangbei is a little sad.
Looking at the eight dishes I worked so hard to make, I was a little disappointed.
"Knock knock~"
Suddenly.
The brass ring knocked on the door.
Jiang Bei frowned.
Who will come to find themselves during this big New Year?
"You go into the house. Tell the tree girl to take the three little ones into the house, then get up and walk to the door, unbolt the door and open it.
"Little Brother Jiang, Happy New Year!" Qin Bailian hugged the two jars of Moutai that had been treasured for many years and said with a smile.
"Master Qin...... Why are you here?" Jiang Bei was a little stunned, and he didn't react yet.
Qin Bailian smiled, patted the Moutai wine in his hand, and said, "Isn't it the New Year today!
When Jiang Bei heard this, he immediately understood the meaning, and hurriedly invited sideways: "Of course I don't mind, Master Qin, please." ”
Qin Bailian was not polite, raised his legs and walked in, looked at the contemplation in the blacksmith shop, and couldn't help but sigh: "I said why didn't Little Brother Jiang go to my Bailian blacksmith shop, it turned out that he opened one by himself......"
Jiang Bei touched his nose and was about to explain, but Qin Bailian took the first step and said with a smile: "Little Brother Jiang, don't misunderstand, the old man knows that you like to be quiet, my blacksmith shop is overcrowded these days, and it is indeed not suitable for you to continue to stay there and forge equipment." ”
Qin Bailian has been promoted to a forging master because of forging a first-class equipment, and he is well-known in Anning City, and many guests and students who want to learn from the master squat in the Bailian blacksmith shop every day, not to mention forging equipment, it is difficult to enter.
So for Jiangbei's departure, Qin Bailian is very understandable.
Although this was not really an idea, Jiangbei felt that there was no need to explain too much, so he invited Qin Bailian to come to the backyard and take a seat, retreat the little guys' dishes and chopsticks, and add new ones to Qin Bailian.
The two had just sat down.
"Knock knock~~"
The brass ring knocked on the door again.
Jiang Bei was a little confused, looked at Qin Bailian and said, "I'll go and see who knocked on the door." ”
"I'm with my little brother. Qin Bailian hurriedly got up.
Jiangbei didn't refuse, and took Qin Bailian to the front yard to open it again.
As soon as the door opened, Jiang Bei said in surprise when he saw the person coming: "Madam, shallow!"
Of course, there were three of them.
There is another one who is also a woman, but Jiangbei doesn't know him.
"Today's Chinese New Year, in order to reward the employees for their hard work in the past year, Mrs. decided to personally thank them to show her sincerity. Asa said sideways, holding two bottles of red wine with English names in her arms.
"Happy Chinese New Year's Eve. Madame had a rare smile on her face, and with that red festive robe, her temperament and figure were perfect.
Although Jiangbei has resigned, after all, he used to be an employee in the tavern, so there is nothing wrong with Mrs. counting him.
"Happy Chinese New Year's Eve, come and come, you come in and talk. Hurriedly invited the three of them into the backyard, and after a brief introduction by the two sides on the way, Jiangbei learned that the only one of the three who didn't know each other actually knew each other.
She is Madame's sister, Dragon Boat Festival.
Damn it!
It was this woman who cheated his child out of money.
I didn't expect to dare to take the initiative to send it to the door today, and I must educate the other party well for a while.
Take your seat again.
Dishes and chopsticks have been added.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The brass ring knocked on the door again.
But this time, Jiangbei didn't have to guess to know who it was, because the other party had already spoken first:
"Cousin, cousin, are you there, cousin is here to accompany you for the New Year......"