Chapter 226: The Gift
In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, thousands of lights are lit up, and joy becomes a sea.
The night in the capital is like day.
Gongsun Yue sat in the lobby of the Chamber of Commerce, looking at a table of New Year's dinner, feeling melancholy.
In the past, she spent the New Year with her family in Bashu, but this time she was alone, lonely.
Jian Canglang has recently left Beijing, and the festival is insignificant to him.
Her little sister is still in the Lanling Marquis Mansion, she went to pay New Year's greetings just now, and she bumped into Mu Qinxue who also came to pay New Year's greetings.
Considering that it is not appropriate to be angry during the New Year, she and Mu Qinxue tacitly did not have-for-tat, nor did they fight for jealousy, they were all well-behaved and formal.
Due to their identities, neither of them stayed for dinner, they went home separately, and they tacitly did not roll eyes at each other on the way.
And then, gone......
After Duan Yunyi dismissed the hundred officials who collectively celebrated the New Year, he dragged his tired body to the West Palace Annex.
After Liang Xiao and Jiang Fuxue went to the Dingguo Marquis Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, they were here to accompany Duan Yunsleeve, and Mu Qinxue was also there.
Seeing the warm crowd, Duan Yunyi only felt that the exhaustion was swept away, replaced by joy and firmness.
We must protect this rare warmth!
The sisters depend on each other, and in recent years, they can only eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at one table for two people every New Year, and no matter how they greet them, the Xuanwei will not serve together.
This time, there were three more Liang Xiao and the three of them on the dinner table.
A table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, everyone is happy.
The girls took turns to replace the wine with tea, and only Liang Xiao let go of the moonlight wine.
Before Duan Yunsleeve was happy, he only let go of drinking during the two socials of Tuoba Lie and Guanlong nobles, and rarely drank the rest of the time.
Mu Qinxue has already made up her mind to quit drinking for Liang Xiao and try not to drink as much as possible.
After the meal, everyone followed Liang Xiao to the vast backyard.
"My brother said he prepared a New Year's gift for his second sister!"
Jiang Fuxue looked excited.
The sisters couldn't help but look forward to it, looking at the row of cardboard boxes in the center of the yard.
"What is this?" The girls looked puzzled.
Liang Xiao asked them to stand in place, went over to unpack the seal, lit the fuse, and returned to everyone to observe the situation.
The lead burns out, and the carton shook!
"Bang~"
With a muffled sound, an object flew out of the top of the cardboard box and soared into the sky.
Under the shocked gaze of everyone, brilliant fireworks kept blooming in the sky.
"What is this?"
The guards looked horrified.
Duan Yunyi had already informed them in advance, so there was no need to make a fuss.
However, their lord and Her Royal Highness the princess are also at a loss at this time?
The girls came back from their surprise and exclaimed: "It's so beautiful~"
"This is the fireworks I prepared recently." Liang Xiao explained.
Recently, he has spent a lot of time quietly preparing these boxes of fireworks.
Fireworks had not yet been born here, and Liang Xiao was a little surprised at first, until he learned about the price of sulfur.
In this world, there is a saying of "one or two sulfur and one or two gold".
It seems that because the geographical distribution here is slightly different from his hometown, sulfur is quite rare, and production is pitifully low.
Therefore, I am afraid that there is no chance to promote fireworks, and it is okay to put them once during the New Year.
"Fireworks?"
Duan Yunsleeve looked at the sky, and his eyes reflected the brilliant bloom of fireworks.
"And what is the name of this firework?" Duan Yun sleeved.
Liang Xiao saw that her eyes were confused, thought for a while, and said, "Let's call it Sansheng Fireworks!" ”
"Three fireworks? Quite a good name, what does it mean~" Duan Yunsleeve nodded again and again.
Liang Xiao said: "That is, use my three fireworks to exchange your life for a blur." ”
Duan Yun's pretty face flushed, looked back shyly, glanced at Liang Xiao, and lowered his head.
"Hmm~"
The three girls next to them saw it in their eyes, and they were about to lose their teeth.
Jiang Fuxue looked relieved, her pig-like brother turned out to be able to arch cabbage.
Mu Qinxue looked envious, and she couldn't wait to pass the door early.
Duan Yunyi's face was complicated, and he stopped talking.
The fireworks burned out, and after a long time, Duan Yunsleeve calmed down and said softly: "This is the best New Year's gift~"
"Actually, there is more to the real New Year's gift than this." Liang Xiao said with a smile.
"And?" Everyone looked expectant.
Liang Xiao walked to the box next to the fireworks, took out a few wooden boxes, brought them back and put them on the table to open.
When everyone took a closer look, it turned out to be several pottery balls.
There is a ball that can be rotated!
Further inside, there's a turnable ......
Five whole floors!
"How?" Duan Yunsleeve said in surprise.
Even Feiyun and other Xuanwei, who were accustomed to seeing life and death, couldn't help but be curious when they saw Liang Xiao fiddling with the ball from a distance, and threw a surprised look at Liang Xiao.
Liang Xiao said: "This is a ghost ball, I fired it with my own hands." ”
As he spoke, Liang Xiao pushed the three ghost balls in front of Duan Yunsleeve and said, "It's also a gift for you and our children." ”
Duan Yunsleeve played with the ghost ball and was overjoyed: "Brother Xiao can always come up with these ghostly things~"
Liang Xiao smiled slightly, and gave Jiang Fuxue and Mu Qinxue another one: "This is for you." ”
Jiang Fuxue and Mu Qinxue took over the trick by themselves, and their eyes were full of amazement.
Liang Xiao took the last ghost ball again, handed it to Duan Yunyi, and said, "Your Majesty, this ......"
"I don't need ......it," Duan Yunyi said.
"The minister returned it to the prime minister and Xiao Yun, and Qin Xue's family has also prepared one separately." Liang Xiao said.
"Sister, it's all a family!" Duan Yunsleeve pretended to be displeased.
Seeing that his sister was unhappy, Duan Yunyi hurriedly took the ghost ball and played with it, the more he watched it, the more he liked it.
This is what he fired with his own hands......
"Ghost Gongqiu, can it be promoted in Da Zhou?" Duan Yunyi said.
Liang Xiao nodded and explained: "Actually, the minister is just a trick, put a few layers of paper between several layers of materials, and after burning, let the paper inside turn into ashes, the process is simple." But next year, right? ”
"Brother is hoping that we can be one step ahead of others and enjoy playing ghost ball for a year!"
Jiang Fuxue said in one word.
Everyone was in for a smile.
Duan Yunyi's gaze fell on the big box in the distance again.
And also?
Liang Xiao walked over, took out three marquee lamps from the box, put them on the table, and lit the candles inside the lamps.
The axle then rotates, and the silhouette of the paper-cut is projected on the screen by candlelight, and the people and horses on it move in a loop.
"It's a marquee! The axle is driven by the heat generated by the lamp candle. Liang Xiao smiled.
Duan Yunsleeve, Jiang Fuxue, Mu Qinxue, the three of them were full of little stars.
"Aiqing can do anything......" Duan Yunyi praised.
"Your Majesty has won the prize." Liang Xiao said.
Duan Yunyi just looked at Liang Xiao who was playing with Duan Yunsleeve.
He is an all-rounder.
Like the ghost worker, Liang Xiao prepared a set of marquee for everyone.
Duan Yunsleeve received three, symbolizing a family of three.
Liang Xiao accompanied his family and had a particularly happy New Year.
"It's a pity, the bad old man is not here......" Liang Xiao still had some regrets in his heart.
These two sisters are his own granddaughters.
Chinese New Year's Eve, the sleepless night of Gongsun Yue.
It wasn't until the next day that Jiang Fuxue took her grandmother to the Gongsun Family Chamber of Commerce to pay New Year's greetings.