Chapter Eighty-Eight: The End of the Year
"Okay, I've escorted you to Luoshan County, you can go back quickly. I'm still in a hurry to go to the capital. Ximen Tian urged.
"Don't want to see Miao Zun?" Yun Yin was obviously in a good mood.
"When I return to Beijing to resume my life and go to conquer the Nanban, I will come here to ask you for a token. Simon made a gesture and took the horse tied to the pole.
"Drive, drive. Under the gaze of passers-by, this mink boy with many holes in his body disappeared.
The wind blows the sound of clouds in the sea, and the slender figure is like a dandelion floating in the sky, light and elegant.
"Drive, drive!" Ximen Tian rode his horse and whipped, raising a cloud of dust on the official road.
"Chinese New Year!" lanterns lit up in every house, people tidied up their belongings, and walked out into the streets, which were bustling with people at this time.
"Sell New Year's paintings!" the familiar shouts resounded at the street stalls.
"Two New Year's pictures. A round, heavy voice rang out.
"Okay, twenty cents. The seller of New Year's pictures smiled.
"So expensive?"
"I'll give you another pair of Spring Festival couplets. ”
"Okay. "A stack of money slapped on the stall.
"Blessed. ”
"Come to Zhang God of Wealth!"
"Okay!"
Families use it to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and to drive away evil spirits. The custom that has been handed down since ancient times, and people still maintain the habit of sticking New Year's pictures at the end of the year.
"Baby, how do you stick it?" an old man picked up the child and coaxed.
"Stick to the door!" shouted the chubby boy of three or four.
"You come to post it, grandpa is old. The old man's wrinkled face was full of smiles.
"It's reversed, hey!"
"That's what I'm like!" said the little chubby boy.
"Okay, after this year, he turned it back. The old man's face was full of kindness.
People who buy New Year's paintings are pasted on every house, and some people also kill pigs and sheep to prepare to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.
"Phew. Simon Tian let out a long sigh, and the horse collapsed directly to the ground, his long tongue sticking out.
"Here you go again. Ximen Tian laughed and dragged the horse aside.
"You, take care of the horse. Ximen Tian showed the lieutenant token, and the people at the official post immediately led it back to the stable.
"Oh, by the way, feed it good feed. Ximen Tian threw out a tael of silver.
"Yes, sir. The horse officer who raised the horse was overjoyed.
"Every family has pasted Spring Festival couplets and New Year's paintings. Ximen Tian sighed.
"yes. The villain has nothing to worry about, just looks at them like this, and regards this place as his home after a long time. Ma Guan sighed.
"I, too, want to. Ximen Tian sighed and walked out slowly. He didn't know how many years he hadn't returned to the Daomeng for the New Year.
Ten years ago, when I was a child.
"Father-in-law, let me post the New Year's picture. ”
"Okay, okay, don't pull my beard. ”
I don't know how my father-in-law is doing now. Simon strode through the streets.
"Sell sugar gourds! delicious sugar gourds!" the sharp-mouthed man's voice was really loud.
"Mother, I want to eat sugar gourds. The child's eyes immediately locked on the string of sugar gourds.
"What kind of sugar gourd to eat, the family is poor, and there are white flour steamed buns to eat when you go home." The child's mother smiled bitterly.
"Selling sugar gourds. Ximen Tian walked over.
"Master Jun, you want sugar gourd. "The man was wearing a cloth hat, and he looked a little funny.
"How do you know I'm in the army?" asked Ximen Tian with some curiosity.
"The military master is extraordinary, and his aura naturally exudes. The sharp-mouthed man sneered.
"How much. Ximen Tian smiled, he understood that it was the evil qi in his body that brought discomfort to ordinary civilians.
"I don't want your money. ”
"Yes, when I was a child, my father-in-law always took me to buy sugar gourds, and the sugar gourds that don't need money are not fragrant. Ximen Tian patted the sharp-mouthed man on the shoulder.
"A string of pennies. The sharp-mouthed man asked tentatively.
"There are 231 strings on this stick you are carrying. "Simon Tian threw out a tael of silver.
"Give me the stick, go home and have a good New Year." Ximen Tian smiled and took the stick.
"Send a sugar gourd!" Ximen Tian had a sugar gourd in his mouth, and almost burst into tears of happiness.
One stick of incense, two sticks of incense.
"Didn't anyone want to send sugar gourds?" Ximen Tian looked depressed.
"Hey, bring me a sugar gourd. A gorgeously dressed girl was followed by a few maids.
"Miss, the sugar gourd outside is not clean. The yellow-clothed maid reminded.
"Girl, come here, the right to give it to you. "Ximen Tian has never gone through the way of doing business, and he has a bad spirit, of course no one dares to come.
"Delivered, business is still so bad?" the girl smiled.
"I don't know. Ximen Tian looked helpless, and subconsciously touched the seam of the mink coat.
"Come on, come on, Miss Ben will give you a face, come and taste this... Sugar gourd?" the woman's satin dress became more and more sour and sour in Ximentian.
"What's your name?" the woman looked very friendly.
"I'm called... Bear big. Ximen Tian thought about it, and as soon as he came out, it was the name of this thunder man.
"Xiong Da, my name is Cheng Xue, Cheng Xue of Cheng Men Lixue. ”
"Miss. The maid next to her shouted weakly.
"It's the New Year, what's wrong with playing?" Cheng Xue turned around and scolded.
Well, the appearance is average, so don't expose your name. Ximen Tian immediately made an assessment.
"Let me tell you, you can't sell sugar gourds like this, you are vicious. Cheng Xue turned around and whispered.
"What then?"
"Give you makeup. "Cheng Xueshen is mysterious and secret, and he doesn't look like a big lady at all.
"Oh. Ximen Tian stood still obediently.
After the tea time, Ximen Tian shouted again.
"Send sugar gourd!"
"Mother, look at that! a fool!" said a child in a bulging winter coat, chuckling.
"Let's go, let's see. ”
"Hahaha!" Several maids behind Cheng Xue couldn't stop laughing.
"Hahaha. Ximentian touched his nose, but touched his hand of ink, and had to laugh a few times awkwardly.
"He's got a crooked nose. Cheng Xue couldn't laugh anymore.
"Big fool, I want sugar gourd. ”
"Silly brother, give me roots. ”
"Mother, let me play with him. ”
In the time of a stick of incense, there was only one stick left in Ximentian's stick full of sugar gourds.
"Here you go. Ximen Tian bypassed the children's circle and gave the last one to the child who could only eat white flour steamed buns during the New Year.
"Let's play together. Ximentian looked at the patches on his body and said with a smile.
The boy looked up, his face covered in dust still not covering his bright eyes, and he hesitated.
Ximen Tian pointed to the patch on the mink coat around his waist, and a kind smile appeared on his funny face painted in ink.
"Good. ”
"Play!"
Ximen Tian laughed and made a fuss with the children. He hadn't felt this way for years.
It's really, long time gone.
However, the situation of the Tang Empire did not allow him to spend time in this joy, and what awaited him was still the southern and northern wars and endless killings.