After rewarding the shopkeeper, the New Year's Day has officially arrived.
Xiao Han has many friends in Chang'an. Whenever this time comes, gifts always come to Chang'an one by one!
Moreover, because Xiao Han gave gifts, he mostly gave things that could not be bought outside, such as top-quality tea, the best spirits, and some weird but extremely practical things.
Therefore, countless officials in the court were proud to receive gifts from the Xiao family.
"Hey? How come this year's gift list belongs to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui?"
In the Xiao family's bedroom, Xue Pan, who was wearing light clothes, couldn't help asking some strange questions after looking at the list compiled by Xiao Han.
Xiao Han is spineless, and he despises Xue Pan's outfit the most! First, he stared at her for a long time, and then he swallowed hard, and then he said anxiously: "What about the gift of eggs, let's not mention that for now, let's do something interesting..."
"Bah! Be serious!" Xue Pan blushed at Xiao Han's look, spat lightly and said, "Let's get down to business now!"
"What's the matter?!" Seeing Xue Pan's unwillingness, Xiao Han rolled his eyes, sat down on the bed and said depressedly.
Xue Pan didn't care about Xiao Han. She took the gift list, shook it in front of Xiao Han, and asked: "Did you write this gift list? Why is it that this year even Wei Zheng has a New Year's gift, but why is it missing?" Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui?"
"If it's less, then it's less."
Xiao Han scratched his head and said disapprovingly: "Anyway, those two old foxes were stumbling behind my back a while ago. It would be better not to give them gifts, otherwise I would be called a fool by others."
"What two idiots? Who dares to say that?" Xue Pan looked at Xiao Han's appearance and knew that he had committed a petty problem again. He sat next to him with a smile and said: "Besides, they didn't say anything. What are you talking about? You just proposed that the important weapon of the country cannot be concentrated in one person's hands. Don't everyone in the court agree with this? Even my brother didn't say anything from time to time? "
"Anyway, I feel unhappy!" Xiao Hanhan snorted, simply lying on the bed with his arms as pillow.
When Xue Pan saw this, he was angry and funny!
She stretched out her hand and pulled him, but Xiao Han lay motionless like a little dead pig. Instead, she almost fell onto the bed.
Xue Pan punched Xiao Han in annoyance, and Xue Pan simply lay down next to Xiao Han, staring with big eyes and said: "And I think what they did is not necessarily a bad thing. At least they let you come back, right? What's more?" Don’t tell me, the reason for this is that the stuff you made is too powerful and scares them?! If His Majesty’s trust is ignored, who can be as good as you?”
"That...that's true."
After all, as a couple, the person who understands you best is always the other half!
These beautiful words from Xue Pan were sweet to Xiao Han's heart without even realizing it! Even his face, which had been depressed just now, had a proud smile.
Seeing Xiao Han's smile, Xue Pan breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "So, according to me, our family is not short of that little thing! I heard that these two old men didn't have much savings, so they pointed to the little salary. To survive, all the money this year has been looted by the Turks, and the salary has not been paid out until now. If you don't give them something, I'm afraid this year will be difficult for them."
By the time the words came to this, Xiao Han had already been coaxed to great joy by Xue Pan! Then imagine Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui drinking gruel from a broken bowl at home, and the resentment in their stomachs has long since dissipated.
Putting his arms around Xue Pan's slender waist, Xiao Han sniffed the unique fragrance on her body and said, "Okay, let's treat it as a favor to my precious wife. Wait until tomorrow and ask Butler Lu to prepare a gift to send over."
Xue Pan nodded, his eyebrows turning into crescent moons: "Well, that's pretty much it...ah, annoying!"
I don't know where Xiao Han's claws reached, but Xue Pan's scream followed in the bedroom.
But then, the voice immediately became dull again, as if someone had covered his mouth.
This incident made Xiao Qi, who had just wandered into the backyard, very puzzled.
I ran over and put my ear to the door panel and listened. I only heard a few strange sounds, like Xiao Han in the room was bullying the hostess who always fed him bones?
"Ouch..."
How can this be done? If it bullies its mistress, who will feed it bones? Then, the little Qi Lang, who was "eager to protect his master," howled and opened the door with his paws. After finally opening the door a crack, he just wanted to poke the dog's head in when a hard-soled boot hit him. .
"Ouch..."
After being hit hard on the head, Xiaoqi immediately screamed and ran away with his tail between his legs without looking back!
Behind him, Xiao Han yelled angrily: "Silly dog, I will stew you and eat your meat sooner or later!"
However, Xiao Han has shouted this sentence countless times! It is estimated that if it is true, even if Xiaoqi had ten dog lives, it would not be enough to cause such a disaster.
The days passed peacefully and interestingly like this. When the time came to the last few days of the year, the flavor of the Tang Dynasty became more and more prominent.
Xiao Han's school at Zhuangzi finally had a holiday, and the children who had been holding back for almost a year were like wild horses that had been let loose, running around in groups in the Zhuangzi.
For a moment, the whole Zhuangzi was in a state of uproar!
In the hands of these naughty children, the three tyrants of the countryside, the rooster, the goose, and the yellow dog, lost their former arrogance.
Even when I go out and walk on the street, I don't dare to call out at will, for fear that a bunch of little evil stars will rush out from somewhere, catch them, and pluck out the hair on their tails.
Except for the crazy children, the adults stopped working at this time.
In Xiao Han’s words: After a busy year, it’s time to take a good rest.
The industrial zone is on annual holiday, and various new workshops are also taking holidays one after another.
The women in Zhuangzi started busy preparing Chinese New Year dishes, steamed buns.
Men, on the other hand, clean their doors, put up Spring Festival couplets, and dress up their small homes with joy.
As the center of Zhuangzi, Xiao Mansion had already been cleaned up by Butler Lu's instructions. Even the stone lion set up at the door had been splashed three times with water, so clean that even the underside of its paws were spotless.
Under the eaves, the pair of bright red lanterns with the word "happiness" were removed and replaced with new lanterns with the word "fu", which means that in the new year, they will be full of blessings.
On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, when all the preparations for the New Year were in place, the last good news of the Wude Year came from Chang'an.
King Luo Yi of Yan was defeated and killed!
This rebellion, which was like a farce, did not cause too much trouble.
I heard from the messenger that Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji who went forward did little, and Luo Yi's generals had already surrendered one after another. In the end, the poor King Yan was left alone, and his head was beheaded by Yuchi Gong. Starry Night On a side trip, he was sent back to Chang'an.
