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Lunar New Year's eve.

Luo Qingqiu knew that finishing a New Year's Eve dinner by himself was no small project, so he started preparations early and finally caught up with dinner time.It's not particularly rich, eight people, four cold dishes, six hot dishes and one soup, it's still quite lively.

Luo Qingqiu was alone, and worked very hard to cook this New Year's Eve dinner for everyone, so there were not so many rules, and he ate at the same table with the Seven Sons of Kaifeng, sitting next to Gongsun Ce.

This table is actually just two scholars, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce, and they are not so polite. Zhang Wang Ma Zhao.

"Miss Luo doesn't come home this year, it really does us a favor. Miss Luo, our brother respects you!" Zhao Hu said boldly, toasting to have a drink with Luo Qingqiu.

Wang Chao felt that Luo Qingqiu was a girl, how could he invite someone to toast with you, so he rushed to stop Zhao Hu, and was about to speak, but heard Luo Qingqiu say: "Xiaowei Zhao is serious, I don't dare to be respectful, just have a drink to cheer you up." He said. Let's move the cup to a position slightly lower than Zhao Hu's cup, touch it briefly, and drink it all in one gulp.

Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce, and Luo Qingqiu drank fruit wine, while Zhan Zhao and the four captains drank rice wine.The brewing technology in the Song Dynasty was not as good as that of modern times, and the alcohol content was not high.It's just that Luo Qingqiu doesn't like the taste of wine, and only drinks fruit wine as a drink.With modern people's tolerance to alcohol, it's okay to drink this kind of fruit wine.It's just that in the eyes of others, this girl is really bold and unassuming.Seeing Luo Qingqiu lowering the cup, Gongsun Ce praised him even more.

After eating, Luo Qingqiu cleaned up the dishes, and Zhan Zhao and the four captains all came to help.The sound of firecrackers rang out one after another, noisy and very festive.While tidying up, Luo Qingqiu asked casually: "Master Zhan, were you afraid of shooting guns when you were young?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and said: "It should be because of fear. Whenever I was afraid, I would slip into my mother's arms. It's just that after learning art from a teacher, my mother is no longer by my side. It's useless to be afraid, so I don't have to be afraid anymore."

"Master Zhan, were you afraid of setting off cannons when you were young?" Zhang Long continued, "I was not afraid when I was young. Back then, I was not afraid of anything. Even the sky would dare to poke a wooden stick."

Everyone laughed, and Luo Qingqiu said again: "However, we don't set off cannons now, so it's good, it's clean. You can't hear anything clearly."

"Why?" Zhao Hu asked.

"The weather in our place is bad, the sky is always gray, full of smoke and dust. If we fire cannons again during the Chinese New Year, it will be even worse. People can't breathe when they go out, so we have to stop. It's not bad, a family on New Year's Eve People chat in peace and quiet, but in the past I liked to watch fireworks, the ones set off by my own house and those set off by other people’s houses are colorful, and I don’t have to watch them now.”

"It's okay, the weather here is pretty good, and we bought flowers, and we'll put them in a while," Wang Chao said.

Luo Qingqiu smiled, wondering if the fireworks of the Song Dynasty were as gorgeous as those of 1000 years ago?

After clearing away the bowls and chopsticks, the four captains really invited Luo Qingqiu to put flowers and cannons in the yard.Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce naturally had no interest in this matter, but Zhan Zhao followed.Let off the cannons first, unfold a roll of red firecrackers and ignite them. Although Luo Qingqiu is not young, but she is a girl's house after all, she is afraid of the loud noise if she is too close, so she stands far away and watches the firecrackers crackling and sparking. .

After the cannons are set off, the flowers will be released.Fireworks have developed greatly in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although there are not as many styles as modern ones, Luo Qingqiu's eyesight can't see the specific appearance anyway. It's just that there are so many fireworks blooming in the dark night, which is also very beautiful.Luo Qingqiu watched and smiled, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a child running outside the Kaifeng mansion, waving something in his hand, shining a beautiful light, and couldn't help but stare at him.

"Miss Luo?" Zhan Zhao saw Luo Qingqiu looking straight at the child, and called her.

"Huh?" Luo Qingqiu responded, but was still watching the child walk away.

Zhan Zhao followed her gaze and said with a smile, "Miss, do you want to play with fireworks sticks?"

Luo Qingqiu bowed his head in embarrassment, and nodded again after a while.

"I've played it before, but only once. I thought it was very fun that time, but unfortunately my family never bought it for me again."

"That's easy." Zhan Zhao smiled and walked away.

Luo Qingqiu didn't know why, and asked: "At this moment, there shouldn't be any for sale, right?"

Zhan Zhao only shook his head, but didn't stop.Although Luo Qingqiu didn't know what he wanted to do, but Zhan Zhao walked in a hurry and she couldn't catch up, so he had to wait in the mansion.

After a while, Zhan Zhao came back with three or five firework sticks in his hands.

"Where did you buy it?" Luo Qingqiu wondered.

"I asked for it from that doll. I allow him to come to me tomorrow, and I'll buy him candy." Zhan Zhao said, and handed the firework stick to Luo Qingqiu.

"Thank you, Master Zhan." Luo Qingqiu happily took it, and gave two more to Zhan Zhao, "Master Zhan, let's play together."

Zhan Zhao felt childish at first, and wanted to refuse, but Luo Qingqiu had already lit the one in his hand and the one in his hand, and if he tried to evade again, he might have burnt it up, so he simply lifted it up generously, looking at the small but bright flames .

Luo Qingqiu was really still a child, spinning and running with a firework stick in each hand.

What's wrong with being childish? Happiness is the most important thing.

Zhan Zhao watched Luo Qingqiu running and jumping, and also became happy.

A small firework stick burned out quickly, although Luo Qingqiu was still satisfied, and said to Zhan Zhao: "Master Zhan, let's go into the house."

Zhan Zhao nodded, Zhang Wangma and Zhao Fangcai went back, it was time for them to enter the house.

After entering the room, I saw that Tusu wine was ready.

With the sound of firecrackers, the new year is gone, and then the spring breeze brings warmth into Tusu.

Tusu wine is the opposite of drinking other wines to respect the elders first, it is precisely the younger ones who drink first.It is said that because the child has increased by one year during the Chinese New Year, everyone should congratulate him, and the life of the elderly will be reduced by one year during the New Year. Drinking it after a little time means wishing them a long life.

Luo Qingqiu was naturally the youngest, he drank Tusu wine first, then Zhao Hu, Zhang Long, Ma Han, Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, Bao Zheng, and Gongsun Ce.

Everyone in Kaifeng Mansion celebrated the New Year together and drank Tusu wine together. Seriously, it felt like a family.Luo Qingqiu felt that although he didn't have his family to accompany him this year, it was good to be able to participate in the family-like relationship of the Seven Sons of Kaifeng.

After drinking Tusu wine, it is time to prepare Baojiaoer.Luo Qingqiu can help with stuffing and noodles, but Bao can't.Teaching Luo Qingqiu was what Zhan Zhao had agreed to before, and the time was running out, so Zhang Wangma and Zhao Xian took care of it while Zhan Zhao taught her.

Zhan Zhao showed Luo Qingqiu how to take the skin, stuff it, and seal it. Luo Qingqiu couldn't see clearly, so he moved closer to Zhan Zhao's hand.

Seeing her like this, Zhan Zhao asked, "Miss... don't your eyes look good?"

Luo Qingqiu nodded: "I have an eye disease, and I can't see clearly when things are far away."

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, he had occasionally noticed that Luo Qingqiu would squint his eyes sometimes, or would look closer at something, but he hadn't paid attention to it, but he didn't want such a young girl to have eye problems.

"Is it serious? Have you seen a doctor?"

Seeing that Zhan Zhao cared about him, Luo Qingqiu's heart warmed up: "Fortunately, apart from being unable to see clearly, it's not painful or itchy. At my age, eight out of ten suffer from this disease, and it doesn't matter."

Luo Qingqiu spoke calmly, but Zhan Zhao felt even more regretful.What a sad thing it is for a girl of seventeen or eighteen to lose her eyesight.Seeing that Luo Qingqiu didn't care about it, Zhan Zhao sighed softly in his heart, and said: "After the new year, the girl will go to see the husband when she has time. The husband is proficient in Qi Huang, so maybe there will be a way."

"Okay." Luo Qingqiu replied.

After watching Zhan Zhao wrapping corners, Luo Qingqiu drew gourds in the same way, but the wrapped ones were ugly and tight, they couldn't be called corners at all, it was just stuffing inside.

Zhan Zhao also couldn't see what Luo Qingqiu's problem was, so he could only demonstrate and Luo Qingqiu would do it again.

Just doing it again is just as ugly.

She was a little frustrated: "Why is it so difficult?"

Zhan Zhao said: "If you practice more, you will always do well. Even if you don't know what to do now, if you do more, you will find the feeling."

"Then, I'll just eat what I practiced in a while." Luo Qingqiu said in a low voice.

"For Chinese New Year's Eve, don't be unhappy. Aren't they all stuffed with leather bags? What's the difference in taste? Naturally, we eat them mixed up, and we don't mind."

Luo Qingqiu was still not very happy. Anyone who failed to learn anything would be a little unhappy.I think she learned to ride a bicycle when she was a child, would she still cry?

"Master Zhan." Luo Qingqiu thought for a while, but swallowed the words back.

"Ok?"

Luo Qingqiu shook her head, she originally wanted Zhan Zhao to teach her, but she thought it was inappropriate, so she gave up.

Zhan Zhao didn't want Luo Qingqiu to be unhappy on New Year's Eve because of learning about wrapping corners, so he comforted him and said, "Actually, you've done a good job of learning, and I can only wrap hundreds of corners if I can wrap them like this. .”

"Really?" Sure enough, even if he didn't succeed, if he was better than others, he would still be happier.

"really."

Luo Qingqiu became overjoyed, and continued to pack with great vigor.

After so many corners are wrapped up, it can be seen that they are corners.After all, Luo Qingqiu has also been a cook for more than half a year, and he has also cooked pasta, so he has some basic skills.As Zhan Zhao said, she is not too bad.

The lower corner was fished out before midnight, and everyone started eating lively again.

After a corner meal, the new year will arrive.

As the night deepens, everyone is inevitably tired, but on New Year's Eve, we have to keep watch and can't go to sleep.So we sat around the fire and chatted about the daily life.

"This year in Kaifeng, there are many fewer cases than last year."

"That's exactly what the adults want."

"That's natural. We all hope that there will be no more cases and the people will be safe and happy."

"Miss Luo, do you think our Kaifeng mansion is surprisingly peaceful?"

"Naturally. With officials who serve the people wholeheartedly, the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

"By the way," Gongsun Ce said, "Did you all see the man in the snow in the mansion?"

"I see." Wang Chao answered, "I don't know who made it, it's really interesting."

"But among the officials and servants in the Kaifeng mansion, who has such thoughts? Miss Luo, is this made by your girl's family? Is it Miss Wang or you?"

Luo Qingqiu bowed his head embarrassedly and said, "It's me."

Luo Qingqiu didn't mention Zhan Zhao, because she was thinking about two people building a snowman together. Although she was with Zhan Zhao with the mentality of a friend, it was still a bit ambiguous in this era, so it was better not to give Zhan Zhao a chance. Please add trouble.

Hearing that it was her masterpiece, everyone praised her for her ingenuity.After saying a few words, they chatted about other things.

The sky was getting darker, and Luo Qingqiu couldn't tell the time, but he felt that he was starting to feel sleepy, and it must have been one or two o'clock.In the dim sleepiness, the surrounding sounds and scenes seem to be far away, as if I am the only one in the world.

So he was in a trance.

This is the first New Year without parents and relatives around.

lonely?It doesn't seem to be the case. There are no relatives and friends, and it is also lively and joyful.

It's just a bit sad when I want to find someone to hug and act like a baby.Occasionally, when I wanted to make trouble for no reason, I suddenly remembered that if my parents were not around, I was no longer a child.