In this life, the atmosphere of the New Year is very strong, unlike in the previous life, after the sixth and seventh days of the new year, most people have to rush to work.

The New Year here lasts until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It is not until the Lantern Festival is over that it is considered a New Year.

In the Great Calendar Dynasty, the Lantern Festival is also called the Lantern Festival.

As the name suggests, on the day of the Lantern Festival, there will be many lantern festivals in various places.

On this day, the curfew was lifted in various places of the Great Calendar Dynasty, and it could be lively until the hour.

Not only are there many lantern exhibitions on the street, all kinds of juggling, snacks, temple fairs, etc., but even many people will make their own lanterns at home and hang lanterns overnight.

When the time comes, in the streets and alleys, you will see people carrying all kinds of lanterns, and children lighting small fireworks in a wide area.

It's the most lively.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, no matter whether they have money or not, they will use various noodles to make twelve face lamps, representing the good wishes of the twelve months.

Masks can come in a variety of shapes, but be sure to pinch out the corners of the corresponding month numbers on the lamp.

A wick is placed in the lamp, cooking oil is added, and the finished lamp is taken to each room, circled around the room, illuminates the corners of the room, and then placed on the table.

It's best to add oil from time to time to burn all night. In this way, it means that the whole year is beautiful and complete.

The capital likes to make the face lamp look like the zodiac, rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig. Whether the shape is delicate or not, it must be seen that it is these animals.

Large families will naturally be meticulously crafted, and the face lamps made of white flour are vivid.

Ordinary people just do it and look like it. The noodles used are also varied. If you are from a wealthy family, you can use white noodles, and if you have an average family, you can also use soybean noodles, sorghum noodles, etc.

On the morning of the Lantern Festival, after breakfast, Jiang Zhixia watched Xiao Man snuggle up beside Aunt Zhang happily kneading the dough to make the noodle lamp, and remembered that in the previous life, Zhixia and his sister also liked to accompany their mother to make the noodle lamp.

Zhixia and her sister would always pinch the face lamp into various shapes, and her mother would make the face lamp into a delicate zodiac pattern.

My mother would put the lamps she had made herself in every room, even the room where the food was kept, hoping that there would be no disasters in the coming year and a good harvest throughout the year.

And the noodle lamp made by Zhixia and his sister, after his mother will steam it, let him eat it with Zhixia and his sister.

After watching it for a while, Jiang Zhixia went back to his room and sat still.

Sure enough, yes, I miss my relatives every festive season.

Whether it's a past life or a present life.

In the previous life, people who worked outside were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and they always had to have money or no money to go home for the New Year.

In this life, there are no blood relatives, but I miss the things of my previous life even more.

However, my mother passed away. Dad didn't know which new wife to be with. My sister also has her own family. And she has been dead for a long time in her previous life, and her family is probably able to come out, right?

The more Jiang Zhixia thought about it, the more lost he became, and he couldn't help but shed tears for a while. Even lunch and dinner were a little less.

After dinner, Xiao Man took the noodle lamp to Zhixia House and went around the house, and then put the noodle lamp on the couch table.

Zhixia waved Xiao Man away, holding a book alone and flipping through it carelessly, flipping through it for a while, but he couldn't hold back and cried.

Jiang Zhixia was really hypocritical while spitting on himself, but he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Girl, Uncle Chu and Second Master Chu have come to you to see the lanterns." Xiao Manxing rushed over and knocked on the door and shouted.

Jiang Zhixia quickly wiped away his tears, looked at his eyes from the blurry bronze mirror and thought that his eyes should be fine, and he was about to open the door, but the knock on the door sounded again.

"Girl? Girl? Xiao Man thought that his knock on the door was too quiet, and his own girl didn't hear it, so he knocked on the door vigorously and shouted.

"Yelling, no rules." Jiang Zhixia tidied up his appearance, walked to the door, and said with a disguised fierce appearance.

"It's the girl who said that we are small families, and there are not so many rules." Xiao Man didn't notice Jiang Zhixia's appearance, and replied with a smile.

"You." Jiang Zhixia smiled and nodded Xiao Man's forehead, "You go and get me a basin of water, I'll freshen up and change my clothes and go out." ”

Xiao Man smiled and poured the hot water from the stove into the basin and waited for Zhixia to freshen up.

After Jiang Zhixia freshened up, put on the cloak of the white fox fur, put on the cloak and hat, held the hand stove, and dressed up very warmly before going to the front yard.

In the courtyard of the front yard, Chu Tiankuo and Chu Mufeng were standing in the courtyard, and Chu Mufeng chattered and complained about his New Year's duty this time.

Chu Tiankuo just nodded in response, a little absent-minded.

"Brother Chu, Second Brother Chu." Jiang Zhixia came over and saluted.

Chu Tiankuo looked up and saw Jiang Zhixia wearing a white fox fur cloak, white fluffy fox fur surrounding Zhixia's small face.

"Oh, my sister looks so good in this. This white fox fur isn't cheap, is it? What's the matter, it's going to be thousands of taels, right? When did the girl buy it?,I haven't seen you wear it yet.。 Chu Mufeng saw Jiang Zhixia, who was dressed up so beautifully, and praised loudly.

Jiang Zhixia looked at Chu Tiankuo embarrassedly.

Didn't Chu Tiankuo tell Chu Mufeng about this dress?

Thousands of taels, it's really expensive.

"Let's go see the lanterns. If you go late, there are too many people, and it is estimated that you will not be able to squeeze in. Chu Tiankuo saw that Jiang Zhixia was embarrassed, and hurriedly changed the topic and said.

"Yes, yes, yes. There must be a lot of people tonight. Let's go to Yong'an Street in Dongfang, there must be a lot of people there. Chu Mufeng also hurriedly responded.

Yong'an Street is the street in Dongfang that faces the gate of the Imperial Palace. The street is divided into two parts by an inland river that connects to the moat, and there is a small bridge on the river called Yongan Bridge.

On weekdays, there are few ordinary people in Dongfang to hang out, let alone Yongan Street. There are shops on the west side of Yong'an Bridge, and there are no shops on the east side of the bridge because they are too close to the palace.

Therefore, only on major holidays, the royal family will say that they will have fun with the people and will arrange some activities on Yongan Street.

Although it is said that they are happy with the people, not to mention the limited capacity of the streets, some officials and their daughters are still reluctant to squeeze around the streets with the common people.

Therefore, every time there is a holiday event, the government will arrange for people to build a lot of sheds on the east side of the bridge on Yong'an Street and distribute them to those officials. The sheds erected on the road closer to the palace were given priority to be used by the nobles.

There must be more people on Wing On Street this year than in previous years.

After all, most of the Great Calendar Dynasty this year can be regarded as a smooth weather. In addition, the queen mother's birthday this year, the queen's grandson was born with double happiness, so the yamen has already issued an announcement---- this year not only according to the convention, each official will display their own lanterns in front of their sheds, and even the palace will release some lanterns on Yong'an Street, and will also set off fireworks newly developed by the Ministry of Industry.

Although fireworks can be seen at home, there will always be trees, and if the high wall obstructs the view, it must not be as clear as seeing it at the scene.

Therefore, as soon as the news came out, not only did ordinary officials look for people everywhere to see if they could rub the official shack on Yongan Street, but even ordinary people planned to go shopping on Yongan Street.