They calculated carefully and found that the food at home was actually sufficient.
After all, I can buy a pound and a half every day. Although I eat some of it every day, it is definitely not as much as I save.
Therefore, the rice vats in homes in villages like Longmen Village have long been full.
This was something they had never dared to imagine before.
In the past, let alone the rice jar being full, even if the rice jar was only one-third full, it was definitely considered a wealthy family.
Now, Li Zhao's vision of a moderately prosperous society for all has been achieved.
If we only look at Qingyun County and Longyang Township, it is true that the entire population has been lifted out of the crisis of starvation.
But we are still far from being well-off.
If you look at the entire Qingyun County, except for the improvement in the overall economic strength of Longyang Township, the rest of the towns are still the same.
Fortunately, everyone's investment began to be transferred one after another, mainly driven by Li Zhao's hotel.
In the second year, the basic economic structure must be stabilized, and then talents can be recruited and infrastructure construction carried out.
When the entire Qingyun County is well, then the real good times will come.
Li Zhao didn't want to take too big a step because he was afraid of hurting his balls.
The arrival of the New Year brings a different bright color to Jiaozhou, which has not seen any happiness for a long time.
Those who go up the mountain to collect firewood, those who weed and remove weeds at home, those who clean the lawns around their yards, those who re-pave their thatched houses with new straw, those who mend and mend...
They are all extremely lively.
With the arrival of the New Year, the villages headed by Longmen Village have taken on a new look.
According to Li Zhao's standards, they made the home and exterior very bright and spacious.
Both adults and children in the family are wiping the furniture, tables and chairs at home with rags, which can also be tidied up.
The weeds around their home and on both sides of the road had long since withered and turned yellow, so they no longer kept them. They harvested them all and finally tied them into haystacks and placed them next to the stove. This was also a good material for burning fires.
Different places have different customs for celebrating the New Year.
Today's Prince You's Mansion is also extremely lively.
Li Zhao was dragged up by this girl Xiao Qing early in the morning. She was the only one in the entire palace who dared to be presumptuous in front of Li Zhao.
Not even Wu Diao Temple dared.
"Your Highness, today is the New Year, so you can't sleep in."
The little girl was always so excited, so she pulled Li Zhao up and started to prepare for work.
The customs of Wu Guo's Xiaonian are similar.
It is tradition to worship the Kitchen God.
The whole palace cherishes it very much.
This is their first New Year celebration since they came to a different place, so of course they can’t be careless.
As the master, Li Zhao naturally had to be present in person and set an example.
Candies, water, and beans belonging to this era were placed on the table of the Stove King Statue. Li Zhao did not understand this tradition very well, but he would not refuse it, but was very pious.
After paying homage to the statue of Kitchen God, it is time to remove the dust.
Although Prince You's Mansion has not yet been completed, it is still stained with a lot of ashes.
In addition to the Youwang guards who need to be on duty today, the other Youwang guards and all members of the palace must participate in the general cleaning.
Li Zhao's Prince You's Mansion is very large, so cleaning it is quite laborious.
It was obviously winter, but it made Li Zhao sweat profusely.
Dust removal is to get rid of the old and welcome the new, and to get rid of the bad luck!
Li Zhao worked very hard. After all, it was his new home and he couldn't be careless.
The kitchen is also spotless.
After Li Zhao finished cleaning, he was almost exhausted.
It is estimated that the palace will not be completed until spring, and then the palace will be opened and a banquet will be held.
According to the rules of the imperial court, a person of Li Zhao's level would only hold banquets for at least half a month.
When Li Zhao knew this, his face turned green with fright.
Uncle Zhong, who had always been stingy, was not stingy at all when he mentioned this matter. He directly suggested holding a banquet for two months, which frightened Li Zhao and almost drew his sword.
After two months of banquets, wouldn't he be destitute?
Besides, there are so many people eating and drinking together, how much food will be wasted in two months?
Li Zhao was unhappy, of course, he wouldn't say it.
But in Li Zhong's view, the more noble the person, the longer the banquet. No matter how far or near, everyone who comes is a guest.
The point is, the gifts are generous!
Li Zhao's eyes finally lit up when he heard the words "gifts are generous".
He liked the gift-giving so much that he decided to hold a banquet for twenty days.
This is his limit.
He still has to do business.
Li Zhong and the others couldn't defeat Li Zhao, so they decided on this number of days.
Everyone in the palace was busy, and the female relatives had already begun to cut the window flowers.
I don’t know since when, the domestic festive atmosphere has gradually faded, and some things with a New Year flavor have gradually disappeared or been replaced.
However, foreign festivals are becoming more and more popular in China, and many domestic activities are even centered around foreign festivals.
Li Zhao does not resist foreign things, but he cannot allow foreign things to squeeze domestic things.
In his previous life, he couldn't figure out why even his superiors didn't take him seriously?
Other countries have been coveting these, but... China finally occupied even New Year's Eve.
The inheritance of culture should not be just a slogan.
However, Li Zhao could not understand and accept this change.
Are foreign products really that good?
He felt very relieved when he saw the women in the palace starting to cut the window grilles and the smiles on everyone's faces.
This is how Chinese people should be, this is how Chinese New Year should be, instead of westernizing everything.
Li Zhao called on everyone to learn. This should not only be done by women, but men can do it as well.
The window flowers are rich in content, with allusions to various animals and plants.
For example, the magpie climbs the plum blossom, the lion rolls the hydrangea, the three suns bloom, the two dragons play with the pearl, the deer, the crane and the tongchun (sixth year of spring), the rhinoceros looks at the moon, the lotus has fish (remaining) every year, the mandarin ducks play in the water, etc... …
Not to mention anything else, just talking about the craftsmanship and process of paper-cutting, isn't it more romantic than those Western things?
Everything has a meaning, and has an understanding and romance that is unique to Chinese people.
In short, Li Zhao enjoys it and will promote it vigorously.
He has decided that from now on, rest and celebrations during holidays such as the New Year will not be missing.
Not only must we live it, but we must live it in a colorful and colorful way.
If the spirit of the New Year is not strong, there is no relaxation, and there is no reunion, what is the New Year called?
Whenever this happens, it's time for the great scholars to show off their skills.
Spring couplets have been passed down for a long time and have been around since ancient times.
Folks also pay attention to it, often if there is a god, every door must be posted, and every object must be posted.
Therefore, there are a large number of Spring Festival couplets and a large amount of content.
In particular, the couplets on the door are highly valued, but they can also be posted on the New Year's Eve.
This day is destined to be busy and happy.
Every household laughs loudly.
On New Year's Eve, Prince You's Mansion became even more lively.
Except for King You's guard who still wanted to stick to his post, the rest of the people were summoned together by Li Zhao.
Li Zhao didn't care about the debate between dumplings and glutinous rice balls. Only the children made the choice, and the adults wanted both.
There are many people making dumplings, and even more people making glutinous rice balls.
What matters is that the atmosphere is in place.
Even Li Zhao will do it himself and participate in it personally.
Otherwise, when you look at others doing it, you always feel like something is missing.
"Go quickly and ask all the brothers of Youwangwei to come over and eat dumplings and glutinous rice balls."
There are 5,000 Youwang guards in Youwang Mansion, and there are many places that need to be patrolled. Five thousand people are actually enough for Li Zhao.
It is very cold tonight, and when everyone gathers together to eat a bowl of warm dumplings and glutinous rice balls, the coldness is immediately dissipated.
Li Zhao did not open a small stove and lived and ate with the soldiers.
After eating, everyone should go and do whatever they should.
