Girlfriend's Fortune

Chapter 427 Chapter 420 Six: New Year's Eve

All the way out of the palace alley, there was a carriage driving far away. Li Mi lifted his robe and stepped into his own carriage. Li Yang and the coachman who had been waiting all the time jumped into the carriage, drove the carriage to turn around, and slowly moved towards The palace gate drove away.

"Is there any news from Fifth Master?"

Li Yang on the car seat was shocked, and hurriedly answered: "No, it's still the news ahead of you."

It is said that there are some clues in Qingshan County, and the fifth master has already set off there, but there is no news of this yet.

After staying by Shizi's side for so long, he understood clearly that Shizi was eager to find the bronze bird.

Li Yang pursed his lips tightly, hiding his emotions perfectly in the depths of his eyes.

"Well, we will set off to go back after dawn. If there is good news on the way, then we will go to Qingshan County in person." Li Mi said.

Changle Kingdom's 300,000 troops are coming in menacingly, and this time they will definitely not stop until they achieve their goals.

And Changle Kingdom's financial resources have always been above their calendar.

For this battle to be fought well, food and grass are indispensable.

And where does the food come from?

The money in the treasury might not last long.

The copper bird treasure must be found as soon as possible!

Li Mi thought of the secret conversation with the emperor in the study during the day, his eyes couldn't help but darken a little.

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After setting off the firecrackers and returning to the house, Song Qiu and A Ling received the New Year's red envelopes from the old Yuan. They were sealed thickly and asked them to sleep under the pillows. The new year will be safe and smooth.

There is something to do when I get up early tomorrow, so there is no need to really watch the year until dawn, Song Qiu is also afraid that grandma will not be able to bear it.

So I planned to cook glutinous rice balls and eat them, and then I went to sleep.

It is also an indispensable custom to eat glutinous rice balls on New Year's Eve.

Song Qiu washed his hands, helped the old Yuan to make glutinous rice balls and noodles, then set up an iron shelf on the brazier, sat in a small pot to boil water, put brown sugar in it, and added three eggs to cook poached eggs.

After the sugar water boiled, I rolled the kneaded glutinous rice balls into long strips in my hand, picked out small balls one by one, rolled them into balls and threw them in.

The boiling sugar water stirs the rolled glutinous rice ball noodles, turning them over and over again, one by one, white and round, which is pleasing to look at.

After the glutinous rice balls were rubbed in, Song Qiu put a few spoonfuls of fermented glutinous rice into it, and added some white sugar.

When it was almost done, I took three bowls and filled the glutinous rice balls.

The red sugar water is wrapped in white glutinous rice balls and fermented glutinous rice wine one by one, and fed into the mouth with a spoon, not to mention how warm it is.

After the grandparents and grandchildren ate the glutinous rice balls, they added a lot of charcoal to the charcoal basin and poured some ashes to prevent it from burning so fast. The fire on New Year's Eve cannot be extinguished, it will burn until dawn.

The charcoal basin was placed in the old Yuan's house, and the fire was smoky, and the house was still warm.

Song Qiu and Ah Ling went back to their own room, pressed the red seal under the pillow, took off their clothes and lay down, and fell asleep after a while.

Although I went to bed late, it was absolutely not allowed to sleep in on the first day of the first lunar month.

It was almost dawn, and Song Qiu turned over.

Ah Ling also got up, and the two put on brand new cotton jackets and shoes, combed their hair, and left the house together.

In the kitchen, the old Yuan who started first has already boiled hot water for washing, and heated up some dishes for the reunion dinner yesterday, and ate breakfast with oily fruits.

Then they put melon seeds, sweets and snacks out in the old Yuan's room. After a while, Lihua and Zhang Zaohua ran into the yard holding the stone eggs.

"Grandma Yuan! I wish you an early year! Gong Xi Fa Cai!"

The three of them were all wearing new clothes, they were simply red, and they were pleasing to the eye.

Because old Deng lived in Li's house, they ate their reunion dinner yesterday at Li's house. There were no extra people, and only four members of Zhang Hugua's family lived with old Deng's Li Donggua and the others. It was really lively Warm, more presentable than in previous years.

Seeing the three juniors running in to greet him for the New Year, the old Yuan smiled cheerfully, and immediately stuffed the red envelopes he had prepared into his hands one by one.

He also told them to grab melon seeds and candies and eat them casually.

This is also the custom. In the first grade of junior high school, children run around every house in the village, carrying your melon seeds and fruits, and my family's melon seeds and fruits. The more they carry, the better.

And almost the same family, if there are children from the village who come to pay New Year's greetings, they will send them a red envelope, with a bilingual letter inside, and the picture has a meaning.

In previous years, the Song family was not well-off, and even the melon seeds and fruits were prepared with great effort. The little boy who came to pay New Year's greetings could barely send a red envelope, and he had to look at it to get it.

But this year is different, Mr. Yuan has money in hand, thinking that he has leaked red seals to many children in previous years, so this year he specially prepared enough red seals, including four copper coins inside.

The three of Lihua received the red envelopes, sweetly said a lot of good things, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and candies, put them in their pockets, and yelled at Song Qiu and Ah Ling to go with them to another house in the village.

This is a rare joy for the little ones during the Chinese New Year. As long as you are not married, no one will say where you go.

Song Qiu was also happy about this custom, and pulled Ah Ling to follow excitedly.

Elders like old Yuan Shi naturally sit at home and wait for other children to come to the door.

A few people rushed to the village, and gathered a lot of children along the way, visiting from house to house.

Sometimes when one or two people come down, the pockets are full, and there is no place to put melon seeds, etc., the children will run home first, empty their pockets, and then come again.

The sound of children laughing and running around, not to mention how lively it is.

The adults didn't join in the fun, they just sat at home and watched the children run with a smile.

The 25 families in the village went all over, but the children seemed to discuss it, and no one went to Cao's house in the middle of the village.

Those who passed by the door did not step in.

Mrs. Cao was sitting in the main room of her house, while watching the children who ran past wave after wave just refused to come in and spit out the melon seed shells.
To save her from paying for the red seal, I posted melon seeds and candies.

But seeing other people running like crazy, I feel a little unhappy that my family has no children to go out and come back with Laohongfeng, melon seeds and candies this year.

After thinking about it, he pulled Xiaocao out and yelled at her to run with the children in the village.

Xiaocao also wants to go, but she doesn't know the children in the village well. Besides, she is considered a daughter-in-law, so how can she go like the children? Isn't that cheeky?

Seeing Xiaocao standing still, Mrs. Cao couldn't help poking her forehead, "Oh, that's true! Why would I buy such an elm bump like you!"

Mrs. Cao slammed down hard, and the grass that was poked straight staggered to the side again and again, almost falling to the ground.

Cao Daqiao on the side pursed his lips, "Mother."

Granny Cao stopped her hands immediately, and seeing her son protecting the little rascal again, she glared at her angrily, then went back to sit down cursing.

Cao Daqiao pretended not to hear, waved at Xiaocao, and turned to go outside.

At the beginning, Xiaocao was very happy and grateful for "Xianggong" protecting her in front of her mother-in-law.

Now, Xiaocao shrinks back, thinking that she would rather be beaten up by Mrs. Cao than go back to the house with Cao Daqiao.

"Xianggong" is so powerful that she really can't stand it anymore.

But she didn't dare not follow, bit her lip, and finally followed obediently.

Grabbing a handful of melon seeds and continuing to kowtow, Mrs. Cao's eyes flickered as she watched her son bring Xiao Lang's hooves back to the house.

Early in the morning, really...

(End of this chapter)