Tonight is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and every household is lit up; In the streets and alleys, the sound of firecrackers.

This is related to the legend of the distant ancient "Nian", which is said to have a hideous, ferocious and vicious appearance, specializing in eating birds and animals.

In order to deal with the terrible "year", people close the door early on this night every year, and the livestock in the courtyard are firmly bolted, and a large number of fireworks are placed at the entrance of the village.

Because I don't know whether I can pass the "New Year's Pass" safely, so this dinner must be purchased particularly sumptuous, after eating, everyone dare not leave, sit together and chat to strengthen the courage, so there is a "New Year", whether it is a dignitary or a common person attaches great importance to the "year", forming the most important traditional festival in our country in the past thousands of years.

Today, the New Year has become the most traditional and solemn festival of the Chinese people, and with the increasing international status of the country's strength, many foreign friends have also begun to celebrate on this day of the New Year.

Wang Anshi also summarized the grand and festive scene in the famous seven unique poems as "In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu; Tens of millions of portal pupils day, always replace the new peach with the old charm. ”

And Gu Mansion is a big family with a head and face in the local area, so naturally it is not bad. Now the entire Gu Mansion is pasting Spring Festival couplets, hanging lanterns, and lighting braziers, and there is a lot of laughter and laughter everywhere, and a festive and peaceful atmosphere envelops everyone. Ai Ziye happily put on the new clothes given to her by the old lady and went to serve Gu Gongzi.

"Young master, isn't it early today?"

"Oh, it's midnight! It's not early today, Young Master Ben is going to hunt, you pack up and go with me, and come back in the evening to fight the "New Year" together! ”

"Yes, I'll go get ready at midnight." Midnight secretly rejoiced in her heart, although she was born poor, she had never been a maid in front of the young master, and today she took the initiative to invite her to hunt, so she was naturally very happy.

Speaking of hunting, in ancient times, the end of autumn and the beginning of winter is a good time for hunting, at this time birds and animals are a good time to be fat and strong, men hunt in exchange for food and clothing, but after entering the farming society of the Han Dynasty, hunting is no longer the main means for people to obtain a way of life, frequent wars give hunting a new meaning, and finally hunting has laid a deep foundation for military activities, with the development of agricultural civilization, hunting has gradually evolved into a form of entertainment for royal relatives and nobles.

Although Gu Chen is a civil official, he is a master in archery and hunting.

Gu Chen's ancestors are all military attachés, they are the people who follow the emperors to fight the next generation of rivers and mountains, this hunting ground is repaired by the ancestors before, when to stock, when to hunt there is time, now is a good time to hunt, as soon as Gu Chen arrived at the venue and said that it was too late and that was fast, he shot the sika deer that was chasing with an arrow, Ruo Xi quickly picked it up and put it in his pocket, and secretly praised this good start on the side. It wasn't until the evening that they were reluctant to leave, taking the full prey back to the mansion, everyone praised Young Master Gu, and Gu Chen specially instructed his entourage to reward Ai Ziye with the sika deer that shot first.

When night falls, the old lady enjoys the banquet, and people of all sizes in the house can enter the banquet to eat, and the maids are all a little "Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden" like a big eye-opener, plus the prey that the young master retrieves during the day is the icing on the cake.

Ai Ziye and other maids sit together and laugh, everyone is waiting for the fireworks to fall asleep, in Chinese folk also have the saying of "open the door and firecrackers", on the occasion of the arrival of the new year, every household has to set off firecrackers to remove the old and welcome the new to congratulate, please be auspicious, of course, this is inseparable from one of the greatest four inventions of our country.

"Chen'er, it's up to you to make this year's fireworks order, and let Midnight accompany you."

"Yes, Mother." In previous years, the fireworks orders were issued by the old lady, and the person who issued the order had to go to the back garden to supervise it to avoid accidents.

In the early hours of the morning, Gu Chen gave an order, and tens of millions of fireworks exploded in unison, and in an instant the entire dark starry sky was lit up by a sea of fireworks, and one by one large fireballs scattered into red peonies and white camellias, some opened umbrellas, some showed smiling faces, and some were like a group of ever-changing butterflies soaring in the starry sky, the golden light was dazzling, gorgeous, as if the sunset was covering the sky at sunset, which made people intoxicated.

"Midnight, after so many years, I think you should understand my heart! The first thing I think of after going down every day is to get back to the house with you as soon as possible, every time I see you guarding the door of my room, how solid my heart is, you know? Every day my mind is filled with your smile, and over the years I have found that I have fallen madly deep in love with you. ”

Midnight stupidly looked at the suave boy in front of him, Danfeng eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, thick and moderate red lips under the tall nose can't help but make people think about it, exquisite facial features and a rich black hair, a white dress reveals his outstanding heroic posture, cold and arrogant but grandiose, fireworks from the top of his head, it is simply beyond the beauty of the world, this moment can not be described in words, but at this moment he is confessing to me... But if there is a feeling of déjà vu in my heart at this time...

"Young master, we women are like this fireworks, although beautiful but very short-lived, I am a subordinate, I have never seen any big scenes in my life, thanks to the love of the old lady and you, I can survive, I dare not ask for anything more."

"No, midnight, you are perfect in my heart, you know, I have never regarded you as a human being, I have always regarded you as my own sister, you are so gentle and sensible, I can't love and pity you, how can I let others bully you!"

"Young master, but... I... I'm afraid..."

"Midnight, you believe me, I love you, I am really good to you, no one can bully you with me, and no one can stop us from falling in love!"

"Young master, I want to be with you forever, no matter what my identity, I don't care, I just want to take care of you like this now, and accompany you for the rest of my life."

"Midnight, then you promised me, didn't you?

Gu Chen cheered like a child, causing him to giggle in the middle of the night.

"In the middle of the night, there are times when we get together and leave, nothing will be immortal, but you have to believe me, I will definitely give you happiness, I will take you to see all the prosperity in this world, and cover all the sorrows you don't want to look at directly."

"I only hope that your heart will be like my heart, and I will live up to my love."

"Midnight, I will be responsible for you if I hold your hand, waiting for me to marry you, I will make you the happiest person in the world!"

That's it, Gu Chen and the maid Ai fell in love with each other in the middle of the night, in our words today, it is also an "underground love", this kind of quiet love makes Gu Chen feel very uncomfortable, since ancient times, children's marriages are the orders of their parents, the words of the matchmaker, but there is no way to change it, but after a long time, it is inevitable that people will see it, and the paper will not be able to contain the fire after all.

The so-called My Fair Lady, a good gentleman, plus a well-behaved girl like Ai Ziye who is proficient in literature and history, not to mention how fascinated Gu Chen is!

Between the heads, there are their footsteps of love by the river, under the moon before the flowers, the sea vows and the mountains, accompanied by you, and never give up. In fact, love is like a glass of boiled water, drinking it is to quench your thirst, once you drink it, it will seep into your blood, into your bones, unconsciously indispensable. Soon, Gu Chen forgot about the forbidden area in the back garden... One day, he and Ruoxi were about to go out, and they happened to catch up with the maid who was rushing towards them: "Young master, the old lady has something to do with you, you can go with me." As he spoke, he smiled at Ai Ziye.

This little maid is called Xiaohuan, and she is also the old lady's personal maid, and she used to serve the old lady with Ai Ziye personally, and the relationship between the two is also very good, and they often talk to each other about the girl's boudoir, but in the end, the old lady took Ai Ziye away in order to better understand the young master's every move. Ai Ziye didn't say anything, smiled and said to the young master, let him go first.

In fact, they went out today to see Ai Ziye, since he and the young master fell in love, he woke up in a panic every day at the third watch, his mental state has deteriorated, and his body is not as good as day by day, he used to be able to take care of the entire Gu Mansion, but now he is out of breath even after the young master's house is cleaned.

As a result, those subordinates have to guess randomly, and the sparrows who hold the golden branches want to become phoenixes, how can the young master take a fancy to you, there are any ugly words. Of course, Ai Ziye doesn't care about this, in her heart, as long as she and the young master are truly in love, it is enough, and those rumors may be fine in a few days. But Gu Chen didn't think so, Midnight was his woman sooner or later, and he would never allow anyone to hurt her, even her closest people!

Gu Chen actually secretly invited some famous doctors to check Midnight's pulse in the house, but he has been searching for it to no avail, and today's plan has now been ruined by this "small ring".