The New Year's Day has finally arrived.

The strong smell of the New Year is accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, which decorates Shaonan City like a city of celebration, and everyone has a smile on their faces - whether they have been happy or unhappy in the past year.

In a trance, Cheng Jinzhou seemed to see a city that was more like his hometown than his hometown.

The festive red, the smell of gunsmoke, and the exchange of blessings involuntarily reminded him of his childhood, such an experience, when he reached adulthood, almost no longer existed.

Without the hustle and bustle of traffic, people's blessings are more likely to circulate inside and outside the walls. After a day and a night of foreshadowing, the snowy world was only a little red, and the voices of the people were much louder than usual, even in the mansion, the servants did not have to bow their heads and step on small steps, and the stewards usually let go lightly when they saw small violations.

For the inhabitants of the Great Xia Dynasty, this was another festival of tolerance.

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The Cheng family will always have endless rituals, paying tribute to the ancestors, worshipping the elders, visiting relatives and friends, and Cheng Jinzhou mechanically follows the ....... In previous years, the sick seedling Cheng could still prevaricate with a sallow face, and there was no need to kneel in the ice and snow to thank him, but this year, his status has risen inadvertently, and almost every family will specially meet with Cheng Jinzhou, and if he says a few words, the less time he has to be free.

As for characters like Liu Bin's transfer envoys, they will write a good letter before the year and send people to gallop thousands of miles to bring greetings, which is very similar to the posture of sending New Year's greetings in later generations, but the cost is even higher. For the weaker subjects, they will also ask the children and nephews who copy their own penmanship to write letters, and mail them directly through the magical star array of the Guò Star Warlock, which becomes a text message to greet the New Year......

The magical world made Cheng Jinzhou dizzy.

On the fourth day of the New Year's Festival, people's impulsive hearts gradually calmed down.

The first to enter the working state turned out to be Comrade Cheng Yunan's prefect. This made Cheng Jinzhou, who continued to care about Shaonan officialdom, a little surprised. Among the troika of Shaonan, the prefect Cheng Yun'an was originally the most lazy, the main church master was the most leisurely, and the long history Cheng Yunquan was the most serious, but at the tenth of the New Year's Festival, a qiē seemed to turn around.

Mr. Changshi was busy going to Nanling and other places to pay New Year's greetings to Shangfeng, the army let go of two-thirds of the people, and the bishop of the Holy Church was busy, not only to visit dignitaries from all over the country and be visited, but also to organize various activities, trying to expand the influence of the Holy Religion.

Most of the residents of Shaonan City are not well-off, and after spending the days leading up to the festival, they have to go back to work, which is made even more difficult by the unsuitable weather.

Cheng's mother was accustomed to her husband's work, so she commanded the maid and mother-in-law early, made all kinds of food, and sent it to the yamen, not only for Cheng Yunan, but also for all the public servants, some of them were like the proprietress of a small company.

On the fifth day, people finally began to pay New Year's greetings to Cheng Jinzhou.

It's also a lot of fun for him to live in the city for a long time. Seeing many middle-aged men, with a family, calling themselves "uncle", Cheng Jinzhou almost had a feeling of being overwhelmed. And you don't have to pay for the red envelopes that go down, so this sense of fun is even greater. People over the age of 5o usually don't go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings, but they will also send their own children and nephews to worship on their behalf, of course, those who are qualified to meet the grandchildren of Cheng Jiaqing's character are probably some status in the house, and many of them even do officials in other places.

Throughout the day, Cheng Jinzhou did similar conversations or actions according to the standard understanding - what many modern people think of as cumbersome etiquette actually has its own special meaning in this era, especially for ordinary people. The steward of a foreign village may be able to see the head of the house once in a year, but he does not know how many of the same or similar actions the head of the house has done before, but he will care about the head of the house's opinion of himself, and this view often has to be inferred from the subtle movements of the head of the house.

If the superior looks impatient because he does the same etiquette and speaks the same language too often, he may be worried for a year for the steward of the outer village. Therefore, standard etiquette and all-encompassing dialogue are often the most reassuring and energy-saving.

Cheng Jinzhou has not yet reached such a troublesome realm, but Cheng's mother also told him thousands of times, for fear that he would give others a bad impression. As Cheng Jinzhou, who is destined to become the manager of the Cheng family, his prestige is built in countless bits and pieces.

It wasn't until the afternoon, seeing that it was late, Cheng Jinzhou stretched his waist lazily, and as soon as he stretched out halfway, he heard Shi Yan shouting in a dumb voice outside: "Third brother, Your Excellency Xiang Xinxing Warlock has come to visit." ”

Cheng Jinzhou was stunned for a moment before saying, "Please let her in." ”

It stands to reason that there is no need for a first-level star warlock to come to see him as a young man, not to mention that he is a son-in-law, even Cheng's father may not have this qualification.

The two little scholars obviously understood this truth, and their movements were quite restrained, no matter how many times they met, the Star Warlock still had an insurmountable height for them.

"Come in and sit. I was supposed to go to see you. Cheng Jinzhou said skillfully and clichéd, of course he didn't go back to see Xiang Xin. The latter came out the day before yesterday, and this was the first time they had met.

Xiang Xin smiled slightly, couldn't see any mustard, bowed down and sat on the chair and said, "I want to thank Mr. Cheng for his careful guidance for many days, and apologize for the previous rudeness." ”

"You're polite, it's okay." Cheng Jinzhou shrugged, he also collected more than a thousand taels of silver, although he didn't spend it, but the tutor at this price was still quite sufficient. As for the other party not saying goodbye, it can be regarded as his intention.

After saying this, Xiang Xin seemed to let go of his worries and smiled. Compared to the first time they met, her smile at the moment was simply bright.

Xiang Xin continued to say sorry and thanks, while opening the cloth bag he was carrying, took out a neatly bound stack of papers, carefully placed it on the table, and said, "This is the report on the results of my application to the association on your behalf." There are 4 copies in total, and there are three kinds of testimonials in other media. ”

"Achievement Report ......" Cheng Jinzhou's voice became smaller and smaller, and he also remembered that when the situation was not good a few days ago, he really acquiesced in Xiang Xin's declaration of results to the association.

It's just that the latter declared it his work, which is somewhat unexpected.

Before he could finish digesting these things, Xiang Xin continued: "Your knowledge of geometry has amazed many people, Master Master and several astral warlocks have come to Shaonan in person to see you......

Fourth-level star warlock Liu Kuang, this is a national nuclear weapon-level figure, Cheng Jinzhou patted his head, and he really didn't know how to answer.

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