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When the New Year's Eve dinner was almost finished, Li Mingjin looked at the food on the table that was no longer exquisite because they had eaten it, and couldn't help but worry about what to eat here at Zhang Yi Zhang Mansion tomorrow.

Or is it that the rules here in the capital are different from those in the original Han province, no leftovers are used for the New Year's Eve dinner, and freshly made food is eaten on the first day of the new year, but Li Mingjin didn't remember Qiu Nanny saying similar things to him.

A little embarrassed, Li Mingjin thought that he should be more careful when eating just now, not to mess up the dishes.

However, Mrs. Zhang saw that they were almost done eating, and there was no sound of moving chopsticks on the other side of the screen, so she raised her chin to the outside of the room, and immediately maids began to come in to clear the dishes on the table, and the empty plates were all taken away. After they went down, those who ate a lot were also taken away, and the rest of the dishes that had touched the chopsticks but looked fairly neat.

Li Mingjin glanced at Bai Ting, and Bai Ting looked back at him, both of them were a little confused.

Mrs. Zhang saw their confusion but did not explain, because Li Mingjin and the others would understand why these dishes were removed later, and it would be superfluous for her to explain more.

After the dining table was simply cleared, the maids filed in again and brought new dishes to fill up the empty space on the table.

The newly served dishes are not as delicate as the ones just now, and the dishes are served on slightly larger plates. Whether it is hot dishes or dim sum, they all have one thing in common-the taste will not deteriorate after heating.

Mrs. Zhang picked up a pair of clean chopsticks and put one or two of the newly served dishes into her own bowl. Mrs. Zhang Shao did the same, but she chose the ones Mrs. Zhang didn't touch. Learned to hold a few chopsticks.

At this time, they already understood the purpose of serving these dishes, and they will eat these new dishes in front of them on the first day of the new year tomorrow. In order to make them fit the name of leftovers, they will move two chopsticks to show.

This New Year's Eve dinner lasted for about two or three hours before finally finishing it, because the dishes in Zhangfu were small and exquisite. Although Li Mingjin ate a lot, it was uncomfortable not to eat.

A group of people returned to the main hall from the side hall, continued chatting and waited for Zi Shi to arrive.

Looking at the night sky outside the window, Li Mingjin thought of his parents and younger brother who were far away in Changping County. Grandma would definitely go back to the village for the Chinese New Year, and his parents would definitely go back with him. This year, the family will be missing her, her elder brother and sister-in-law during the Chinese New Year. .

Li Mingjin also thought of the Bai family. The Bai family is small. There were only three people in the New Year before. This year, Bai Zhiwen is in the capital like himself, so there are only Bai Yao and Bai Ziyi in the Bai family. I don’t know how they are doing. How about it.

Bai Ting, who was beside Li Mingjin, thought of her son Li Chengxiu, because she had to accompany her husband to Beijing for the exam and it was inconvenient to take the child with her, so she had to leave Li Chengxiu at home to be taken care of by her mother-in-law and grandma.

Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde also had some homesickness, but their emotions were more restrained, and they were not easy to express. In addition, the two of them had a good conversation with Zhang Honglin, and there was a feeling of hating each other, which was slightly diluted They miss their hometown and their loved ones, so it seems that they look okay.

Mrs. Zhang Shao looked at Li Mingjin and the others' expressions, and guessed that they were homesick, so she talked about interesting things in the capital, so that the two of them would not stop thinking about homesickness.

Accompanied by Mrs. Zhang Shao, everyone chatted lively, time passed quickly, Li Mingjin just started to feel sleepy, and the servants of Zhang's family came to inform the masters that it was almost midnight.

Mrs. Zhang Shao's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and she said excitedly to Li Mingjin and the others: "Mrs. Li and Mrs. Bai, since the Holy Majesty forbade officials and their family members to enter the palace to watch the new year, every year at Zishi the palace will put a quarter of an hour The fireworks can be seen in the whole capital, let's put on the capes and go outside to watch the fireworks."

Li Mingjin and the others only knew that firecrackers would be set off during the Chinese New Year. They had heard of fireworks before, and they had heard that they were a kind of firecrackers set off in the sky.

The enthusiastic Mrs. Zhang Shao was worried that she would miss it, so she hurriedly called Li Mingjin and the others to put on their cloaks, and gave them each a hand warmer. Mrs. Zhang walked out of the main hall after saying this, and stood in the yard looking towards the palace. orientation.

Bai Zhiwen and the others on the side looked puzzled as Bai Ting and Li Mingjin left the main hall.

Zhang Honglin looked over, with a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Two juniors, there will be fireworks at the palace at Zishi, and my wife must have invited my younger siblings and brother-in-law to watch it."

Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde are Zhang Anhao's disciples, and Zhang Honglin is Zhang Anhao's grandson. Based on this relationship, Zhang Honglin should also be Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde's uncle.

However, Zhang Honglin has followed Zhang Anhao to read and write and practice martial arts since he was a child. He can also be regarded as half of Zhang Anhao's disciple. An Hao's disciples, they are equal to each other.

Now that Zhang Honglin and Zhang Honglin are equal in the same generation, Zhang Xiuyuan and Zhang Xiuyuan naturally cannot be of the same generation, and it is not easy to change their seniority, so they decided to call Zhang Xiuyuan Master Zhang, and Zhang Xiuyuan called them by their names, so that no seniority was involved The problem.

Several young people were interested in fireworks, so they all put on their outer robes and went to the yard to watch the fireworks with their wives and husbands. Zhang Xiuyuan and Mrs. Zhang stayed in the main hall to accompany Zhang Anhao and did not go out.

Bai Zhiwen went out, and he stood beside Li Mingjin, and silently put his hand under Li Mingjin's cloak, wanting to warm his hands, but unexpectedly, when he touched Li Mingjin's hand, it was very warm.

Li Mingjin smiled mischievously, and held up the small hand warmer with one hand and shook it in front of Bai Zhiwen's eyes: "Mrs. Zhang Shao prepared this for us, it's warm, I don't need you."

Seeing that Li Mingjin was smiling happily, Bai Zhiwen took his hands out of the cloak to wrap him around him, protecting him from the wind: "Then when we go back, my senior brother and I will go and find out if there is a hand warmer like this sold outside. It will still be very cold when it is open for the new year, buy two more for you to exchange, don’t let your hands get cold.”

The winter in the original Han Province is not very cold, and the time is short, passing quickly, it seems that the cold is over as soon as everyone feels it.

Not here in the capital. The weather will gradually warm up in mid-February. It is not as bitterly cold as before. Most of the poor people here will have red frostbite on their fingers in winter, and some will even bleed from the cracks.

Bai Zhiwen couldn't bear to suffer those crimes at Li Mingjin's hands, so he decided to buy a lot more charcoal fire, and asked Li Mingjin and the others to open the room and put more braziers so that it wouldn't freeze.

The two were talking, when suddenly a loud "bang" came from a distance, accompanied by Mrs. Zhang's exclamation: "Here we come! Everyone, look above your heads."

Hearing this, Li Mingjin looked up and saw a colorful flower suddenly blooming in the dark sky.

Li Mingjin thought, so these are fireworks, they are really in the sky.

Staring at the fireworks, Li Mingjin was reluctant to close his eyes for a moment, but unfortunately the fireworks are fleeting, and this one disappeared soon after it exploded.

Before the feeling of loss came to my heart, a new firework exploded in the sky, and after a while, "boom", "boom" sounded again in my ears.

At the beginning, only one firework was set off at a time, and after a while, they began to merge and set off one after another. The sky above the capital city seemed to be illuminated by fireworks.

Li Mingjin glanced at Bai Zhiwen beside him when the fireworks exploded, looked at the gorgeous fireworks reflected in his eyes, rested his head on Bai Zhiwen's shoulder, then raised his head and continued to look at the fireworks.

This scene was staged in almost all the homes in the capital, especially young people and children. Everyone left the warm house and went outside to watch the annual fireworks with their families while laughing. Can feel the excitement.

When the emperor found out that it would cost a lot of money to invite all officials to the palace to watch the new year, it was a reminder from the pure noble concubine that he knew that a thing he took for granted cost so much.

The fireworks on the eve of the New Year's Eve was privately proposed by the sixth prince. At that time, the sixth prince was not yet an adult. He told the emperor that the palace would be deserted without all the officials on the eve of the New Year's Eve. He thought of the fireworks he had set off with his brothers when he was a child, and wanted to make the palace more lively.

After hearing this, the emperor felt that it made sense. After thinking about it, he ordered to change the New Year's Eve banquet for all officials to enter the palace to watch the New Year's Eve instead of setting off fireworks for a quarter of an hour, which cost much less.

When such an order was issued in the first year, the emperor was actually a little worried. He didn't know what those provocative officials would say when he broke the rules of his ancestors. Those court moths who didn't do business in Li, the officials who were really reliable and the officials who liked to make troubles didn't object much, and the emperor insisted even more.

After the new year, the emperor paid attention to the expenditure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for this year's New Year. Compared with the previous few years, it was completely reduced by seven or eight.

Later, the emperor heard the sixth prince and Princess Jing'an inadvertently discussing that the fireworks on the New Year's Eve made the people in the capital happy for a long time. When walking outside the capital, they heard the people saying hello to the emperor, and they had fun with the people by setting off fireworks during the New Year's Eve. , making the emperor even more happy.

Therefore, officials do not enter the palace on the night of the New Year's Eve, and the rule of setting off fireworks in the palace to celebrate the New Year has continued year after year.

Fireworks only last for a quarter of an hour. It sounds like a long time, but when you really start, you will find that it doesn't seem to be long. Happy time always passes very fast.

At the end, a specially arranged set of fireworks appeared in the sky, and when they exploded, they formed a gorgeous peony flower.

At this point, the New Year's Eve fireworks in the palace ended, and crackling firecrackers began to sound outside the palace.

The new year begins.

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