On New Year's Eve, thousands of houses are lit with lights and a sea of joy.
The night in the capital is like day.
Gongsun Yue was sitting in the lobby of the Chamber of Commerce, looking at a table of New Year's dinner, feeling melancholy.
She used to celebrate the New Year with her family in Bashu, but this time she was alone and deserted.
Jian Canglang had recently left Beijing, so celebrating the holidays was insignificant to him.
Her little sister is still at Lanlinghou Mansion. She just went to pay New Year's greetings and bumped into Mu Qinxue who also came to pay New Year's greetings.
Considering that it was not appropriate to get angry during the Chinese New Year, she and Mu Qinxue had a tacit understanding that they did not have tit-for-tat or jealousy. They were all polite and formal.
Due to their status, neither of them stayed for dinner and went home separately, making a tacit understanding not to look at each other on the way.
Then, it was gone...
After Duan Yunyi dismissed all the officials who were celebrating the New Year together, he dragged his tired body to the West Palace Villa.
After Liang Xiao and Jiang Fuxue went to Dingguo Hou Mansion to pay New Year greetings, they both stayed with Duan Yunxiu here, and Mu Qinxue was also there.
Seeing the warm crowd, Duan Yunyi felt that his fatigue was swept away, replaced by joy and determination.
We must protect this rare warmth!
The two sisters depended on each other for life. During the past few years, they could only have New Year's Eve dinner with two people at one table. No matter how they greeted them, the Xuanwei refused to join them.
This time, there were three more Liang Xiao and the others at the dinner table.
A table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas was enjoyed by everyone.
The girls took turns to drink tea instead of wine, and only Liang Xiao let go and drank Yueming wine.
Before Duan Yunxiu was happy, he only drank freely at the two social events between Tuoba Lie and Guanlong nobles, and rarely drank at other times.
Mu Qinxue has made up her mind to quit drinking for Liang Xiao and try not to drink as much as possible.
After the meal, everyone followed Liang Xiao to the vast backyard.
"My brother said he prepared a New Year's gift for my second sister!"
Jiang Fuxue looked excited.
The sisters couldn't help but look forward to it, looking at a row of cardboard box-like things in the center of the yard.
"What is this?" The girls looked confused.
Liang Xiao asked them to stand where they were. He went over to open the seal, lit the fuse, and then returned to the crowd to observe the situation.
The fuse burned out and the carton shook violently!
"Bang~"
There was a muffled sound, and something flew out from above the carton and shot straight into the sky.
Under the shocked gaze of everyone, gorgeous fireworks continued to bloom in the sky.
"This is?"
The Xuanwei looked horrified.
Duan Yunyi has informed them in advance, so there is no need to make a fuss.
However, their Lord and Princess also looked confused at this moment?
The girls recovered from the surprise and exclaimed: "So beautiful~"
"These are the fireworks I prepared recently." Liang Xiao explained.
Recently, he spent a lot of time and quietly prepared these boxes of fireworks.
Fireworks and firecrackers have not yet been born here, and Liang Xiao was a little surprised at first, until he learned about the price of sulfur.
In this world, there is a saying that "one ounce of sulfur and one ounce of gold".
It seems that because the geographical distribution here is slightly different from his hometown, sulfur is quite rare and the yield is pitifully low.
Therefore, I am afraid that there will be no chance to promote fireworks and firecrackers. It is okay to set them off once during the New Year.
"Fireworks?"
Duan Yunxiu looked at the sky, the brilliant fireworks blooming in his eyes.
"Then do these fireworks have a name?" Duan Yunxiu asked.
Liang Xiao saw her eyes were blurred, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's call it Sansheng Fireworks!"
"Sansheng Fireworks? It's a pretty good name. What does it mean?" Duan Yunxiu nodded repeatedly.
Liang Xiao said: "That's it, I will use my three lives of fireworks to exchange your confusion for a lifetime."
Duan Yunxiu's pretty face turned red, she looked back shyly, glanced at Liang Xiao, and lowered her head.
"Hmm~"
The three girls next to me saw this and were about to lose their teeth.
Jiang Fuxue looked pleased that her pig-like brother turned out to be able to serve cabbage.
Mu Qinxue looked envious and wished she could come earlier.
Duan Yunyi looked complicated and hesitated to speak.
After the fireworks burned out, it took a long time before Duan Yunxiu calmed down and said softly: "This is the best New Year gift~"
"Actually, the real New Year's gift is more than this." Liang Xiao said with a smile.
"What else?" Everyone looked expectant.
Liang Xiao walked to the box next to the fireworks, took out a few wooden boxes, took them back and opened them on the table.
Everyone took a closer look and saw that they were several pottery balls.
The ball is actually a ball that can rotate!
Further inside, there is another one that can rotate...
A whole five floors!
"How did you do it?" Duan Yunxiu asked in surprise.
Even Feiyun and other Xuanwei, who were accustomed to seeing life and death, couldn't help but be curious when they saw Liang Xiao playing with the ball from a distance, and cast a surprised look at Liang Xiao.
Liang Xiao said: "This is a ghost ball, I made it myself."
With that said, Liang Xiao pushed the three ghost work balls in front of Duan Yunxiu and said, "They are also gifts prepared for you and our children."
Duan Yunxiu played with the magic ball and was very happy: "Brother Xiao can always come up with these amazing things~"
Liang Xiao smiled slightly and gave Jiang Fuxue and Mu Qinxue another one: "This is for you."
Jiang Fuxue and Mu Qinxue each took one to play with, their eyes full of amazement.
Liang Xiao took the last ghost ball and handed it to Duan Yunyi, saying: "Your Majesty, this..."
"I don't need it..." Duan Yunyi said.
"I returned it to the Prime Minister and Xiaoyun, and Qin Xue's family members have also prepared one each." Liang Xiao said.
"Sister, we are all a family!" Duan Yunxiu pretended to be unhappy.
Seeing that his sister was unhappy, Duan Yunyi quickly took the ghost ball and started playing with it. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
This was baked by him himself...
"Can Guigongqiu be promoted in the Great Zhou Dynasty?" Duan Yunyi asked.
Liang Xiao nodded and explained: "Actually, I just used a trick. I put several layers of paper between several layers of materials. After burning, let the paper inside turn to ashes. The process is simple. However, we will promote it next year. Bar?"
"Brother hopes that we can be one step ahead and enjoy playing ghost ball for a year!"
Jiang Fuxue put it bluntly.
Everyone smiled.
Duan Yunyi's eyes fell on the big box in the distance again.
besides?
Liang Xiao walked over, took out three revolving lanterns from the box, placed them on the table, and lit the candles in the lamps.
The wheel axis rotates accordingly, and the paper-cut silhouette is projected on the screen by candlelight, and the people and horses on it move around in a circle.
"This is a revolving lantern! It uses the heat generated by the lantern to drive the axle." Liang Xiao said with a smile.
Duan Yunxiu, Jiang Fuxue, and Mu Qinxue had stars in their eyes.
"Aiqing knows everything..." Duan Yunyi praised.
"Your Majesty, thank you." Liang Xiao said.
Duan Yunyi just looked at Liang Xiao who was playing revolving door with Duan Yunxiu in disgust.
He is versatile in both civil and military affairs.
Like Guigongqiu, Liang Xiao prepared a set of revolving lanterns for everyone.
Duan Yunxiu received three, symbolizing a family of three.
Liang Xiao spent a very happy New Year with his family.
"It's a pity that the bad old man is not here..." Liang Xiao still felt a little regretful in his heart.
These sisters are his biological granddaughters.
New Year's Eve, Gongsun Yue's sleepless night.
It wasn't until the next day that Jiang Fuxue brought her grandma to Gongsun's Chamber of Commerce to pay New Year's greetings.
