Travel to ancient times and make a fortune

Chapter 172
And in the next few decades of her life, she will only have more and more.

So, she told herself again to cherish the present.

In the direction of the Imperial City, the explosions of fireworks were still coming from time to time.

Li Qingzhu told everyone that starting from midnight, the palaces in the imperial city would set off fireworks one after another, until three quarters after midnight, the fireworks in the palace would take over.

It is said that this is to allow the emperor to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year for the people.

Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new is the last thing those in power do for the people in the old year and the first thing they do in the new year.

After watching the fireworks in the palace, the Li family followed the custom here in the capital and each ate a few vegetarian dumplings, then rolled them into balls and went back to their houses.

In Li Xiao's opinion, Nian in the capital was really not very friendly to his family from the south.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, as the head of the family, I have to get up early in the morning to give out red envelopes to the servants.

Don't get me wrong, she's not feeling sorry for those red envelopes, she's just too cold to leave the room!

Early in the morning, Li Xiao walked out of his room, shivering against the wind, and finally reached the main hall.

Having slept late last night, Li Xiao couldn't stop yawning as she sat in her seat.

"Xiao Xiao, haven't you slept well yet?" Li Yuan looked at his daughter with some distress, but when he arrived in the capital, he couldn't ignore the customs of the capital.

"After everyone has finished their New Year greetings and handed out red envelopes, you can go back and take a nap. You can sleep as long as you want!"

"It's okay, mother, I'll just take it easy." Li Xiao said, yawning again, tears coming from the corners of her eyes.

Wiping it gently with a handkerchief, Li Xiao said with a smile: "On the first day of the new year, I can't be a lazy guy in bed~"

The Li family members on the side were all very happy when they heard this.

While they were joking, the servants were brought up by Li Gang and the steward mother.

On the first day of the new year, it was natural to give a big gift when paying New Year greetings to the host's family. The sound of kowtowing "dong dong dong" made Li Xiao's forehead hurt.

After kowtowing, everyone first said a bunch of auspicious words together, and then, when one by one came forward to receive red envelopes, they poured out auspicious words for free.

Li Xiao felt that her ability to say nice things in New Year's greetings had improved a lot as she watched her servants wish her new year's greetings.

After the servants paid their New Year's greetings, Li Cunliang and Gao Zhuang couple came forward.

Li Cunliang is not a servant of the Li family. Seriously, as a fellow villager, he can be considered half of the family.

And Gao Zhuang married Mo Qiudi. Since Mo Qiudi was from a good family, Li Xiao did not want her to be a slave because of her marriage, so she decided to let Gao Zhuang get out of slavery.

Therefore, the three of them now just live in the Li family and are not servants.

But that doesn't stop the three of them from wishing their boss a happy New Year!

After the three of them had finished their New Year greetings, received the red envelopes, and had just left, Li Xiao started to learn and sell them. He learned a lot of auspicious words that everyone had just said to greet his parents and brothers one by one.

The point is, as soon as she said the auspicious words, along with her usual phrase "bring the red envelope," she stretched out her hand to ask for the red envelope.

Of course, as southerners, their family members do not like to kowtow during New Year greetings. Li Xiao still uses the southern rituals of bowing and bowing.

Li Xiao returned to her seat happily with five bulging red purses in her hands.

"Oh my, the youngest one is indeed the most profitable!" The exaggerated look made the whole family laugh again.

"You can have fun now," Li Yuan said with a smile. "In two years, when you have a nephew or niece, don't even think about covering your little pocket anymore!" After saying this, Li Xiao narrowed his eyes. , his eyes wandered back and forth on the three brothers, and finally stopped suddenly on Li Qingzhu.

"Why...why are you staring at me!" Li Qingzhu's reaction was somewhat fierce, causing other people who didn't pay attention to him to look at him with burning eyes.

"What...what are you doing!" Li Qingzhu was timid.

"It's okay, I was just thinking about what gifts to prepare for my nephew and niece!" Li Xiao said with a smile.

"Then you should look at Big Brother first and ask Big Brother to work harder!" Li Qingzhu said without thinking.

Li Qingsong: I’ll just smile and say nothing. Let’s talk later.

Li Xiao: I also smiled and said nothing. I will go chat with Sister Min tomorrow.

Li Qingzhu suddenly felt a chill down his spine. Could it be that he was wearing less clothes?
Hurry up and say New Year greetings. After the New Year greetings, go back to your room and lie down on the kang!

After the family celebrated the New Year and had breakfast together, they went back to their rooms.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the New Year's gifts from Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion were delivered. It was the housekeeper who came, and he specially sent a message to Ouyang Yiyun, saying that since he had to go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he could not deliver the gifts in person. He would wait until the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year. , he came to apologize again.

apologize?No one in the Li family dared to accept this young man’s apology.

Besides, for Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion, sending a housekeeper to give gifts to the Li family has already given the Li family enough face, so why should they apologize?
Li Xiao's family, on the other hand, began to think about what they could use as a return gift.

After much deliberation, the final conclusion is: The palace lacks everything!

"Hey, it's so difficult!" Li Xiao sighed for the Nth time while eating the fragrant lettuce.

"The lettuce is still fragrant!" Li Xiao picked up another chopstick and ate it in one bite.

Hey, lettuce?
"Yes!" Li Xiao suddenly had an idea, "Since there is no shortage of good things, let's get something special!"

Li Xiao finished the meal quickly, then wrapped himself up and came to Li Qingsong's side, supported by Chun Xing.

"Brother, I thought of a return gift for the prince!"

Li Qingsong looked at his sister who came in from outside the house, quickly put down the book in his hand, and asked Shuyan to quickly change it to hot tea.

"Why did you come here by yourself in such a cold weather? Just ask Chun Xing to come over and send a message next time!"

Li Qingsong pulled Li Xiao to sit on the kang, and then pulled the blanket that he had just covered his legs to cover Li Xiao's legs.

"Don't I also want to have a word with my brother~" Li Xiao chuckled.

"Okay! As long as you don't mind the cold, you are welcome to come over anytime you want!" Li Qingsong also got on the kang and sat cross-legged.

"Okay, tell me what you think of as a return gift!"

The Li family and his wife have left all the important matters in the family to the eldest son and the youngest daughter.

"Aren't the vegetables in our greenhouse growing very well? I thought about picking a big basket of each so that Brother Ouyang and his family can eat freshly."

"Then there are all kinds of cured meats in our family. The taste is different from those in the capital. And seeing that brother Ouyang also likes it, I think other people in the palace will like it!"

"Then there are the gadgets that the third brother made in his spare time. He can take out some of the gadgets that are not for sale as gifts for the dolls in the palace. I heard from Brother Ouyang that his family now has children under the age of six. Little Carrot Head, there are four more!"

　The second update is here, good night!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)