1745 Folk Customs(5)

Lan Tian listened to the thorn in the Empress Dowager's words, which was ridiculing her for being just an ordinary business girl, and the corners of her mouth hooked slightly: "The Queen Mother is right, my experience of the difference between this is naturally much deeper than that of ordinary people, and the lively and festive atmosphere of the New Year of ordinary people is difficult to have in the palace no matter what, to put it bluntly, it is also the feeling of freedom in the middle!" ”

The Empress Dowager's face changed slightly when she heard Lan Qingqing's words, but Lan Qingqing didn't seem to feel the thorn in her words, and continued: "This folk, this melon seed is also a little said, because melon seeds are something that ordinary people can afford, so those rich families laugh at the people for being poor and disgusted, after the people know this statement, they will prepare more melon seeds when it comes to the New Year, and then the whole family will knock together on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

"Why?" Jing Junying interjected with some curiosity.

Lan Tiantian replied with a smile: "Because it is poor, knocking the melon seeds at this time, that is, knocking the poor, the people want to knock out all the unpleasant things in the year." ”

Jing Junying heard this for the first time, and couldn't help but be a little curious: "Really? In this case, I can knock more melon seeds today, and I hope that next year Taifu Ren will not have such a difficult question for me to do, and in the end, I don't need to practice martial arts and study anymore! ”

His childish words made everyone laugh.

Jing Ye also laughed, but said lightly: "I'm afraid that this wish of the emperor will be difficult to come true, when the king saw Ren Taifu today, he has been praising the emperor in front of the king as the smartest person in the world, and next year you can pick some more difficult but rational books from the subset of scriptures and history to read to the emperor, and the emperor can read them seriously at that time." ”

When Jing Junying heard this, he slammed his head on the table and said, "Uncle Wang, you are an out-and-out bad person!" ”

The crowd laughed again.

Jing Ye picked up a handful of peanuts again and said: "I just said that melon seeds have such an interesting saying, so what about these peanuts?" ”

"The meaning of this peanut is better than melon seeds." The corners of Lan Tian's mouth said with a faint smile: "Peanuts have another name in the mouths of the people, that is, long music fruit, when ordinary people get married, they will sprinkle some peanuts and longan red dates under the tent, which means that the early birth of a noble son." But during the Chinese New Year, peanuts imply happiness and health, and embody the ordinary people's yearning for a better life. Therefore, peanuts and melon seeds are essential things for the year of the earth in the eyes of the people, one is to sweep away the mildew of last year, and the other is to hope for a better future. ”

As soon as her words fell, Jing Junying reached out and grabbed a large handful of peanuts, and said while eating: "I also want to be happy and healthy." ”

Lan Tian smiled and said: "The emperor is already the happiest person in the world, the emperor may not know that in the eyes of ordinary people, the emperor is also a god-like existence, and they sometimes ask the emperor to bless them." ”

Jing Junying's mouth pursed, and there was a faint disdain in his eyes: "If I really have that ability, I will be the first to take Taifu Ren home to rest." ”

Jing Ye glared at him and said, "Your Majesty, is it so difficult to study hard?" ”