Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Xuexing has always strived to be perfect in front of his younger brother, even if he can't at this time, he still has to bite the bullet.

Fortunately, posting the Spring Festival couplets was not difficult. Xiao Zirong did it by himself, and Xiao Xuexing was responsible for pasting the couplets under his command.

At first Xiao Xuexing thought it was silly to hold a piece of paper and find a place there, but after a while it was considered fun.

This is probably another way of cooperation between him and his brother.

In addition to posting Spring Festival couplets, there are also hanging lanterns. In the end, not only did he hang the lanterns, but he even lit the ones on both sides of the gate with his own hands.

After lighting up, Xiao Xuexing suddenly felt at home.

Ordinary people in Zhengdan do have the whole family to cooperate and make various things together, but since he suffered a sudden change when he was eight years old, he has never had such an ordinary and warm Zhengdan.

After he lit the lantern, he turned his head to look at Xiao Zirong, just in time to see Xiao Zirong's originally round eyes bent into crescent moons with a smile, and under the red light of the lantern, he looked even more beautiful like jade.

Xiao Zirong waited for him to light it and tilted his head to him and said, "Brother, come and see."

Xiao Xuexing walked to him in some confusion, Xiao Zirong turned around, lightly stroked his hand in mid-air and said, "Look, does it look good?"

Xiao Xuexing looked around and felt that Taoyuan City had turned into a sea of ​​red.

At this time, night has fallen, and the moon in the sky is rarely bright.

However, even the moon can't compete with the sprinkling of red light in Taoyuan City at this time.

It's not that Xiao Xuexing has never seen the night scene of a bustling city. On days like Zhengdan, Jiankang is also brightly lit and crowded at night.

But for some reason, Xiao Xuexing always felt that compared with Jiankang and Taoyuan City, there was something missing.

Jiankangmei is beautiful, but it cannot make him feel at peace.

Xiao Zirong stood beside him and said with a smile: "Although it can't reach Wanjia, it also means the lights of Wanjia, right?"

Xiao Xuexing turned his head to look at his complacent look, and understood quite well. If he turned a piece of wasteland into such a thriving scene like it is now, he must be very complacent.

After watching enough, Xiao Zirong said: "Let's go, let's go back when it's cold outside, everyone should be here too."

According to tradition, as the city lord, he still has to hold a banquet, but the banquet will not last very long, and he will drive people back before midnight to let them celebrate the New Year by themselves—if it is an ordinary city, they usually celebrate the New Year with their families, and they This place is quite special, mostly singles, so either celebrate the New Year by yourself or invite friends to celebrate the New Year together.

After arriving at the main hall, Xiao Zirong and Xiao Xuexing sat side by side at the head, and they laughed when they sat down. This scene is very interesting.

The little ladies were also a little nervous. Xiao Zirong would also hold a banquet when Zhengdan was in the past, but at that time they were all on their own, and they didn't feel any difference from usual. They talked and laughed happily.

Now that there are a lot of men, and men who don't like each other, they are naturally a little more cautious.

In the past, I was able to eat freely, but now I am afraid of being gossiped by others.

In fact, Luoxuewei was also a little nervous, for fear that he would accidentally offend these little ladies and then find a way to punish them. They were almost throwing up from school recently.

It would be a lie to say that they didn't envy scholars before, but now they really would rather be illiterate. Anyway, they have strength and can work hard for His Highness, so why should they study.

However, at the order of King Xuancheng, His Royal Highness asked them to study for no reason. Ling Fu even threatened them that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and ordinary gentlemen were unwilling to teach them.

These days, those who are capable of teaching also have to select students, and those who are soldiers are only a little bit higher than the merchant class. Even if Xiao Xuexing invites someone to teach in person, he will probably be scolded. This is an insult to scholars.

But their King Xuancheng is more powerful, and they have tidied up those scholars. They even taught young ladies before, but now it is nothing to teach some big soldiers.

And anyway, they are the regent's personal guards, and they are often accompanied by the regent, so it is not a loss to teach them.

Xiao Zirong looked at the people on the court who couldn't let go of each other, and Xiao Xuexing was probably the one who felt most at ease.

Xiao Xuexing is really in a good mood now, the New Year's recipes are generally greasy, after Xiao Zirong chose the recipe for the banquet, he specially drew up a lighter but tasty recipe for him.

Among them, he especially likes the minced chicken bean curd, and he doesn't know how to make it. The minced chicken has a smooth and tender texture, which is really similar to the bean curd, but it still has the umami taste of chicken, which is really good.

Not only minced chicken and bean curd, but also boiled cabbage. It looks clear and light, and the taste is sweet. After the unique sweetness of cabbage is combined with the taste of broth, although there is no big fish and meat, it seems to have tasted all the flavors one time.

Of course, Xiao Zirong didn't just do these things, anyway, it's Chinese New Year, even if Xiao Xuexing needs to eat something light, he can't be so light.

And after this period of recuperation, he now looks no different from ordinary people, and there is no adverse reaction to eating fish or something occasionally.

Xiao Zirong simply made him a small Gu Buddha Jumping Wall, using the best materials.

However, there are not enough ingredients here in South Yanzhou, so Xiao Xuexing sent people to Jiankang directly to buy them.

If the previous two dishes are mainly sweet and tender, then the taste of Buddha Jumping over the Wall is more mellow.

Xiao Xuexing didn't even know how Xiao Zirong made it. The soup turned out to be golden yellow, and his taste buds bloomed instantly after taking a sip. Even if he didn't drink the soup before to suppress the other tastes in his mouth, he was almost occupied by the taste of Buddha jumping over the wall.

Although Xiao Zirong paid more attention to Xiao Xuexing's meals on weekdays, it was obvious that he also put a lot of effort into rectifying this meal - Buddha Tiaoqiang even managed it a little bit by himself.

After all, whether it's minced chicken bean curd or boiled cabbage, if he gives a step by step, the kitchen can make almost the same.

Now his kitchen is full of chefs brought by Xiao Xuexing, who are much better than Ayin Aman and the others, so Xiao Zirong is much more at ease.

But Buddha Tiaoqiang is different. The cooking time and the placement of ingredients are all very particular. If it is not done well, it will easily fail.

Failure is not terrible, but even Jiankang doesn't have a lot of good abalones, let alone anything else.

Xiao Zirong made a small charcoal stove and stared at it a little bit, and waited until it was almost cooked before running out to post Spring Festival couplets with Xiao Xuexing.

Xiao Xuexing also knew that it was his brother's hard work, so he only tasted a few mouthfuls of other dishes, but he ate all of this Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, not even the soup left.

Xiao Zirong had a good time watching it, and deeply felt that eating is also a matter of people.

If an ordinary person eats Buddha's Jumping Wall and doesn't even have soup left, he may be despised by others, but when it comes to Xiao Xuexing, others will praise him and think he is frugal.

Xiao Zirong looked at Xiao Xuexing's counselors praising Xiao Xuexing, and he didn't even say a single sentence for an hour. He deeply felt that flattery is also a kind of knowledge. He seemed to have no such ability, and would only say to Xiao Xuexing, "You are so amazing." .” “Brother is awesome.”

It's embarrassing to think so.

However, Xiao Xuexing didn't care about the flattery of those counselors. He heard these words too much, but his brother's eyes were bright, and he felt a little more fulfilled when he looked at him full of admiration.

Because Xiao Zirong was not used to it, there were no songs and dances at the banquet, which actually suited the appetite of these soldiers, and they couldn't appreciate those silk and bamboo songs and dances, mainly because they had those things, so they had to learn to eat slowly. Where are they? I can stand this.

They prefer to eat meat and drink in large bowls, and such occasions make them feel uncomfortable.

So except that everyone was a little awkward at the beginning, after three rounds of drinking, everyone let go.

Xiao Zirong also directly replaced Xiao Xuexing in the matter of toasting. Although rice wine with low alcohol content is used these days, the alcohol is a bit irritating after all. He still dare not let Xiao Xuexing drink more, just a sip or two. Xiao Zirong didn't let Xiao Xuexing serve the wine cup again.

Xiao Xuexing also had a good temper and let Xiao Zirong make arrangements. The eyes of the counselors on the side almost popped out—is this still the regent who said that he was one-sided and arbitrary?Don't be bewitched, right?

Xiao Xuexing turned a blind eye to the eyes of these people. How could these people understand the feeling of a person who lost his family for nearly 20 years being taken into consideration again?

It feels good to be valued and cared about by others, and now he is a little reluctant to go back.

It was because Xiao Zirong didn't want to go back before, but now Xiao Xuexing thinks it's good to stay here.

After Qian Fan passed away, he still felt at ease in such a peaceful and lively day.

Xiao Xuexing was just in a daze, and then when he turned his head, he saw that Xiao Zirong's face was flushed from drinking, his eyes were watery, and he looked very cute.

Looking only at the appearance, no one would be able to see his brother's rebellious heart hidden under his well-behaved appearance.

Seeing Xiao Zirong picked up the wine bowl again, Xiao Xuexing couldn't bear to take it over and said, "Don't drink, eat more."

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes, and the people who had been coaxing him to drink with King Xuancheng just now became honest.

Xiao Xuexing didn't say anything, it's normal for everyone to be more enthusiastic during the New Year's Eve.

And he can also see that these people are trying to get close to Xiao Zirong, not because of not studying, but mainly because of the weapons in Taoyuanwei's hands.

The formula of that weapon can be regarded as Xiao Zirong's exclusive. Forget it, many things in the entire Taoyuan City are his exclusives. The soldiers are not so greedy for other things, but they are really greedy for very sharp weapons.

It's not that I want it, the main thing is that I want to feel how cool it is to use such a good weapon.

Don't think about those little ladies being offended by them for a short time, so they can only try to make King Xuancheng happy, as long as they can touch those weapons, they are almost hungry.

Xiao Zirong also didn't know why these Luo Xuewei were so enthusiastic all of a sudden, but he didn't care, just as Xiao Xuexing thought, it's Chinese New Year.

After being stopped by Xiao Xuexing, Xiao Zirong subconsciously glanced at the hourglass, then hurriedly dragged Xiao Xuexing up and said, "It's about to start, let's go and watch the fireworks."