This is a unique way of prayer in the Eastern Wilderness, before enjoying the rare food, the family sits silently, thanking the sand god for the gift, thanking for the gift of life, thanking the world for having such a wonderful thing, and the happiness of family company.

In this barren Eastern Wilderness, any bit of warmth will become the source of happiness for the people of the Eastern Wilderness, making them full of love and gratitude for this world, and it is also the reason why the people of the Eastern Wilderness will not flinch from any setbacks and tribulations.

After the silent prayer, An Xiaoyu's family glanced at each other, An Youfu picked up the chopsticks first, and then An Xiaoan couldn't wait to copy the chopsticks as well.

So the Donghuang, which had been silent for a few minutes, sounded the sound of clanging dishes and chopsticks again, and this feast, which everyone had been waiting for for a year, began.

It is true that An Xiaoyu has eaten a lot of delicious food when he was in the imperial capital, and even enjoyed dishes that ordinary people can't taste, the taste of these things is very good, they are all commendable, and they have all been inherited and studied for many years, whether it is taste or craftsmanship, they are perfect.

But in An Xiaoyu's heart, the meal cooked by her mother at home will always be the most delicious meal in her heart, even if the meat is not cut neatly, the taste may be a little biased, and even a little heavy in saltiness and greasy.

Ke'an Xiaoyu still felt that anything she had ever eaten was not as enjoyable and satisfying as this meal.

On the day of the New Year, there is naturally no need to control.

An Youfu took out his treasured wine jar, plus the bottled wine they brought back from the Central Plains, the father and son clinked glasses with each other, An Xiaoyu tasted it lightly, and the family chatted while eating and drinking, although they were together every day, some words had been said thousands of times, but at this time, who would care?

An Xiao'an's stomach was bulging after a meal, An Youfu and his father were also a little dazed, An Xiaoyu and her mother sent them to bed to rest, and then began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, clean the tableware, and chat with intimate words.

An Xiao'an didn't know where to go for a long time, and carried a bottle of fruit-brewed drink bought from the sea in his hand, probably to share it with his good friends in the tribe.

In the tribe, An Xiaoan naturally still has a lot of friends, as for whether he has a girlfriend, An Xiaoyu didn't ask. When she was in high school, An Xiaoyu also knew that there had been several couples in her class who had early love, and they had just discussed it in the morning.

In fact, in the eyes of the people of Donghuang, there is no such thing as early love, and the people of Donghuang have a firm personality and will never affect their inner pursuit because of anything, so in terms of the relationship between men and women, they are more open than the outside.

However, An Xiaoyu didn't really want An Xiao'an to find a girlfriend in the Eastern Wilderness too early, because there was a bigger world outside and better girls, waiting for An Xiao'an's arrival, and this day, it wouldn't be too far away.

Thinking of An Xiao'an's matter, An Xiaoyu thought of the administrator again.

The administrator already knew that he was asking him for reassurance, but he never took the initiative to send a message to himself.

No matter what kind of attitude An Xiaoyu has towards him, the administrator will always be the same, the same attitude, the same speech, the same expression, but this attitude, no matter what the situation, can always make An Xiaoyu feel a different attitude.

That's why An Xiaoyu firmly believes that the administrator really likes her.

After thinking about it, An Xiaoyu still didn't call the administrator after all, didn't send a message, looked at the clouds in the sky, followed the path of the tribe, and slowly walked out towards the outside of the tribe.

In the afternoon of the New Year, it was quiet and peaceful, the men who had drunk the wine began to lie down in bed to rest, the children were full, the tired ones slept at home, and the not tired ones did not know where to go to play.

An Xiaoyu walked down the deserted street, and gradually came to the top of a sand dune not far from the tribe.

The location of the sand dunes is just right, you can overlook the train railway line below, looking into the distance, the railway line is long and winding, passing through the sand dunes, and then extending to infinity, with An Xiaoyu's eyes, it is no longer clear which side the horizon is turning.

Sitting on the top of the sand dune, An Xiaoyu quietly looked into the distance.

If there is any place in the Eastern Wilderness that is particularly convenient, it is probably this.

People living in the East Wilderness can sit down anytime and anywhere, the coarse gravel covers the whole world, the wind blows away the floating dust, don't worry about anything unclean sticking to your body, just need to reach out and shake it gently, and the grit on your clothes will dry off one by one.

In addition, the temperature through the clothes is extraordinarily warm, and the softness of the sand gives people an extremely comfortable enjoyment.

But An Xiaoyu didn't have any intention of enjoying it now, what she was thinking about was Chi Mo and Bai Amaranth.

Chi Mo doesn't need to say that if Bai Amaranth is still alive, he is probably already celebrating the New Year with Bai Tsuto. Although the relationship between the two sisters is not particularly good, maybe there is some silence at the dinner table, and there are not too many topics to talk about in the evening, but they all know in their hearts that there is a family member by their side.

Now, however, there is none.

Thinking of this, An Xiaoyu sighed and gave Bai Yu, Bai Sui, Pei Hu, Guan Jue, Wei Qingxuan, Wang Yun, Lu Yuqi, Jin Changfeng, Leng Yan, An Ling, An Ming, Jiang Yitong, Guan Shantong, Guan Xinlan, Che Zichang, Si Mingyu ...... These friends of the imperial capital, as well as Mu Si, Yu Beibei, Hei Niu and Fu Tianxuan, who went to the Three Thousand Academy with Donghuang and him, sent happy New Year messages one by one.

Think about it carefully, I have gained so much friendship in the imperial capital in the past six months, and this is still a person with contact information, like Wei Fangyuan and Yi Suiren, there are many people who have not left contact information.

They all know that An Xiaoyu is not the kind of person who likes to talk about face, and being able to send them a happy New Year at this time already shows that An Xiaoyu is very concerned about them.

Soon, An Xiaoyu also received a reply from them, and there were a few more people, such as Xu Heru, who had always been her rival in love, and also sent a message, and of course her younger brother Xu Hewei.

An Xiaoyu didn't know that Xu Hewei had already helped herself punish Xu Jianying, and An Xiaoyu never asked about the previous things, whether Xu Jianying and Xu Kuang were alive or dead, it didn't mean anything to her.

Then the people of the An family and the Lei family began to send New Year's telegrams to An Xiaoyu, and even the blessings of Zuoqiu Zhizuo, Jiang Quan, Jin Dongliu, and Wang Zhenyan, who were big guys, and it seems that the blessings are all written in a good way, and they should not be ghostwritten by the secretary.

The most strange thing is the news of Wen Liang and Huang Wuyi, the big secretary of the Ministry of Supervision actually sent a blessing to himself, of course An Xiaoyu knew that this was the meaning of the mysterious head of the Ministry of Supervision. And when did Huang Wuyi, a foreigner, start to be so skilled in following the customs?

After replying to the message to these people, it has probably been more than half an hour, and the discussion group in Lunjian Mountain has begun to fry the pot, and red envelopes are flying all over the sky, making people overwhelmed, but the network quality of Donghuang is not too good, and there is some delay, so An Xiaoyu is destined to not be able to grab any of them.

So she could only send a big red envelope in each group to show her sense of existence.

Immediately afterwards, everyone was shocked by the amount of An Xiaoyu's red envelopes, and began to swipe the dynamic expression of kneeling down to worship the New Year, which made An Xiaoyu laugh on the sand dune.

After sitting on the sand dunes for a long time, the sky began to darken, the red envelope rain in the group continued, An Xiaoyu did not continue to talk to them, looking at the terminal that did not sound, An Xiaoyu stood up, slapped the sand off twice, and returned to the tribe in a comfortable mood.

In the evening, the highlight of the new year is the event.

Dinner, of course, is dumplings, a habit that has been adhered to by all people since humans began to learn to make pasta.

Especially in the Eastern Wilderness, because if the white flour is stored for a long time, it is easy to mix a lot of sand unconsciously, so only when necessary, the Eastern Wilderness people will eat pasta, otherwise when the next time the white flour is taken out, it will be found mixed with all kinds of sand, and it will not be sifted out at all.

Unpacking a new bag of flour, An Xiaoyu and her mother poured the flour into the basin together, one added water, the other mixed the dough, and after mixing the white flour into a ball, the huge dough was taken out of the basin, and the two people took turns kneading the dough to be firm and elastic.

Stretching the dough into long strips, An Xiaoyu kneaded the long strips of dough into small balls one by one, where did her mother skillfully roll out one after another neat round dumpling wrappers with a rolling pin, and a large pot of dumpling fillings that had already been mixed next to her was also placed.

The mother and daughter took over all the work of making dumplings, just like An Xiao'an's reason during the day, making dumplings is a woman's job in an Donghuang family, and men don't need to interfere.

Of course, An Xiao'an has long passed the time of being naughty and mischievous, which does not mean that there are no children of the right age in other people's homes.

In such a big family, each family will not hesitate to leave a few pieces of dough and give it to the children in the family to play with, kneading into various shapes, which is the most anticipated form of entertainment, and in this place in the East Wilderness, it is full of luxury.

An Xiaoyu and An Xiao'an also played with dough when they were young, and at that time, they were able to knead the dough into various shapes, which gave them great satisfaction in their hearts, and they could play until the dough dried up and began to become hard, and they would not let go.

Eventually, the dough is thrown into the stove and burned to a blackened roasted dough with a fragrant smell on the outside, which is a little unhygienic after a long day, but the aroma is enough to cover up all the shortcomings, so that they can peel off the burnt shell and enjoy the wonderful taste inside.

An Xiao'an and her mother sat in the hall, breading dumplings under the light, and from time to time, children ran to the door with lanterns made of branches, and timidly poked their heads out, holding a huge iron plate in their arms, in which were placed several dumplings of different shapes.

At this time, An Xiaoyu would wrap the dumplings in her hand, and then put them in the children's iron plates, watching them run away happily and come back to continue working.

This is also one of the customs of the Eastern Wilderness, every child who has not yet reached the age of ten must walk the streets and alleys on the New Year's Day, collect dumplings made by all the wealthy families in the tribe, and then steam them into a plate separately, as their blessings for the new year, and eat them all into their stomachs.

An Xiaoyu's home is obviously the most promising family in the tribe, in order to get the "Wenqu Star Dumplings" hand-wrapped by An Xiaoyu, children of all sizes ran to An Xiaoyu's door, waiting to take back a good blessing.

Although people continue to come over to share the fruits of their labor, but soon, dozens of neat dumplings have been placed in front of An Xiaoyu, and the people of Donghuang have a great appetite, even if they have eaten half a slice of pork at noon, they are still not afraid of so many dumplings.

After wrapping, the dumplings are put into the pot, steamed or boiled, depending on the taste of each family. The sky over the Eastern Wilderness refilled with a rich sound, bringing all the hope and blessings to the entire desert at the end of the old and the beginning of the new.

Eating dumplings, sitting in front of the TV and watching the official New Year's Eve program of the empire, just like every year, An Xiaoyu's family waited for the arrival of the new year, waited for the arrival of midnight, and waited for the moment of their New Year's Eve.

And at this time, An Xiaoyu's friends also started their New Year's Eve.

Mu Si, Yu Beibei and Leng Yan were at home, like An Xiaoyu, talking and laughing to accompany their relatives, watching the programs on TV, laughing from time to time, and when they were not interested in the program, they secretly looked down at their terminals, and replied to two messages, with a happy smile on their faces.

Fu Tianxuan was more miserable, because he was addicted to mobile games, he didn't answer his grandfather's culture, and was beaten all over the yard by his own Lao Tzu with a rolling pin. The screams and begs for mercy of the little fat man wafted around in the aroma of the dumplings, and the whole middle tribe was filled with a cheerful air.

Wei Qingxuan returned to the family, and attended the family's large dinner with his parents in a proper manner, all the brothers and sisters and uncles of the Zong family gathered together, and after the old man said a few words of congratulations, the family's cold New Year began.

Compared with Wei Qingxuan, a family that has been on the right track and will not deviate, the second Wang family, which has been promoted, is now lively, Wang Zhenyan and Wang Zhen have obviously become the protagonists of the dinner.

Wang Zhenyan was next to him while demolishing the blow, while scolding him to drink less horse urine, but he still had a relieved smile on his face, and then deployed and looked forward to the family's plan for the new year, and the bright future made everyone in the family happy.

The old house of the An family seems to be much calmer, these guys who practice sitting and watching the Tao, their enthusiasm for the New Year, are all limited to the depths of their hearts, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is like an ordinary family gathering, everyone talks about the usual topics, chatting about the development of the family together, and time passes like this.

Only An Ling was at the dinner table, her eyes kept rolling around, and she quickly finished eating, looking at this and that, and her restlessness made the atmosphere on the whole table ruined. In the end, An Ming waved his hand, and An Ling jumped off the chair and ran out of the restaurant as if he had been pardoned.

Back in his room, An Ling quickly connected Liu Yun's video call, smiled sweetly, chatted with Liu Yun, watched the program on TV, as if the two of them were by each other's side, looking forward to the day when they could really be together as soon as possible.

The first Lei family is still cultivation-oriented, and the sect family has a full twelve branches, there is no point in having a dinner at all, and Guan Shantong is the most relaxed one among the major families, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, he and Guan Xinlan ran directly to the supervision department after finishing the dumplings.

With tears in her eyes, Guan Xinlan watched her adoptive mother eat the dumplings she had made one bite at a time, leaning on Guan Shantong's chest, crying uncontrollably.

Yi Suiren carried a rolling pin stained with white flour in his hand, straightened up from the front of the table, looked at the fireworks that had begun to warm up in the sky above the imperial capital, reached out and knocked on his old waist, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Sure enough, I'm still old, and I have back pain when I make dumplings." ”

Put the dumplings in the pot, and the old man filled a full bowl and put it next to Yi Zhe's sleeping cabin, looking at Yi Zhe's peaceful and young face in the sleeping cabin, although the old man sighed and said softly: "Young master, I'm afraid that when you wake up, I won't be able to make dumplings for you anymore......"

Jiudaoguan Xu family, for many years, looked at Xu Heru with a constipated face and was crazy to Xu Hewei, that look like a newlywed daughter-in-law, anyone who saw it felt that Xu Heru was simply the happiest woman in the world.

But you're brother and sister! It's brother and sister! After eating with a black face for many years, he trembled and opened his liver pain medicine and poured three tablets hard.

Of course, in the imperial capital, there are still many people who are still alone at this moment of celebration and reunion.

For example, Lu Yuqi, such as Guan Jue, such as Bai Mao, such as 100 years old, such as those who are still working to ensure the normal operation of society.

Si Mingyu and Liu Xinyi took Lu Yuqi, who had been entangled for a whole month and still didn't choose to go home for the New Year, to their home, eating hot dumplings and watching TV shows, Lu Yuqi received a video call from Wei Qingxuan.

Her mood finally improved a lot, and she suddenly felt that even if she didn't return to that ruthless home, she was actually not bad?

And Guan Jue and Bai Zhu unconsciously met in front of Bai Amaranth's tomb, the two of them were silent for a long time, Guan Jue sighed, said goodbye to Bai Mao, stood up and turned around and left.

"Wait!" Bai Yu called Guan Jue behind him.

"What's the matter?" Guan Jue's face still had that smiling face like a poisonous snake.

"You're ...... tomorrow Available? Bai Yu hesitated, but still asked.

Guan Jue was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

And at this time, the bell struck midnight, and the entire imperial capital, the entire empire, began to rise with bright fireworks, and the territory of the human race in the world was connected, highlighting the prosperity of the entire era.

An Xiaoyu stood at the door of his house, looking at the sky above the Eastern Wilderness, the Jiuxi tribe was on fire, the other tribes were on fire, and all the tribes were on fire.

For the people of Donghuang, the fireworks of the New Year do not know that they are marked with joy and beauty, nor do they know that they are marked with giving and celebrating, but the moment when they can see each other and connect the entire Donghuang people together.

An Xiaoyu smiled and called the phone.

"Happy New Year!" She said.

The administrator paused for a moment and smiled.

"Happy New Year!"