Definitely Not a Witch

A heartwarming daily life farming novel, occasionally also a passionate epic.

Spears spread across the wilderness like a thriving forest. Glorious knights march in formation, and countless bl...

Chapter 98: New Year Approaches

After leaving the Yellow Sea Mountain, Loran Hill returned to Luojing to continue handling state affairs. In fact, only a few weeks had passed and not much had accumulated, so it was completed in just one day.

After finishing these matters, Loran Hill had some free time and began to do some things that she had never had time to do before, such as practicing other sequences. Among the nine sequences, the only ones she had not touched were the Ocean Sequence, the Magic Sequence, and the Primal Sequence.

However, the original sequence does not mean much to her. In a sense, she is the purest original sequence and can transform and change her own sequence at will.

The Ocean Sequence could be tried, but there was no rush for it. Loran Hill planned to advance the Angel Sequence and Demon Sequence to the ninth level first. These two sequences could be said to be her two strongest forms, if there was no dragon vein support.

So, in the following time, Loran Hill lived a very regular life. Except for the weekly court meeting, he spent the rest of his time sleeping in the palace of Yuzhang Mountain and practicing the Angel Sequence.

In this way, the summer gradually passed, and the fruits in various places ushered in a small harvest after the disaster and war. The states of the world presented some fruits to Luojing. Luo Lanhill tasted them one by one, and he also had a clearer and more direct understanding of the products from various parts of the East.

Perhaps in the future, different varieties could be developed based on the different climates and soils in different regions? After tasting it, she came up with this idea, but it was a huge project. At present, the country's main focus was not on this. The most important thing was to ensure a high yield of grain crops.

At the end of summer, the cool autumn wind blows from Hedaizhou to the continuous central plains. Wherever the autumn wind blows, yellow leaves fly all over the mountains, and the hot summer heat dissipates. In the coolness, crops everywhere gradually mature. Full rice ears and grains hang on the yellow stalks, like golden waves rippling on the ground, which makes people feel a faint sense of satisfaction and happiness when they look at them.

Seeing the bumper harvest, the last trace of anxiety in the hearts of the people all over the world gradually dissipated. Even the children in the farmers' families could feel the joy of the adults at this time. They were more cheerful than before, running and playing freely in the fields, which made some adults shake their heads, but they had no intention of stopping them. After all, it was a rare year of good harvest, and they should be able to spend this winter safely. Let the children be happy too.

Because of the abundance of food, some snacks that were never dreamed of before have become popular again among the people, such as the extremely sweet and sticky malt sugar. These malt sugars that look like tofu blocks are actually very hard and sprinkled with a thin layer of flour. Use a small hammer and a shovel to gently knock off small pieces, hold them in your mouth, and they will slowly soften after a while and become chewable.

Gradually, the autumn wind turned colder, and the first winter after the founding of the country arrived. Snowflakes began to fall in the provinces north of Norland, and people in the south also began to wear thicker clothes.

Loran Hill sat by the window in the palace, occasionally looking up at the snowflakes outside, then continued to lower her head and cut the window grilles in her hands. The vermilion paper was very festive, and there were a few gold particles sprinkled on it. Loran Hill's white and slender fingers folded and changed lightly like a butterfly flying through flowers, and then the scissors also cut lightly and continuously, small pieces of paper fell, and the complicated and beautiful window grilles in her hands gradually took shape.

With the construction and expansion of glass factories, many families in Luojing have started to replace their windows with transparent glass. Although window grilles have a rudimentary shape, they have not yet been officially invented and popularized.

I guess this can be considered as passing on the cultural meme. After Loran Hill finished cutting the paper-cuts, he slowly unfolded them. A phoenix, slowly taking off in the flames and flowers, was exceptionally gorgeous and beautiful.

Calling the witches on one side of the room, Loranhill asked them to paste the paper-cuts on the windows of the palace.

"Let's put it up in the main hall used for court meetings, where more people can see it."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Then the two young priestesses raised their heads and looked at the special paper flower in their hands with a little curiosity.

Gradually, as the winter grew colder, wisps of smoke began to rise from all over Luojing. In the era before heating, most people still burned firewood to keep warm.

Another day of court meeting ended, and Officer Xia came to pay a visit to Luo Lanxier in his study.

"Is there something wrong?" Loran Hill sat behind a neat desk, looking at the energetic young official.

"Your Majesty, the new year is coming soon." Xia Guanchang Yu Caifeng seemed to have a lot of ideas.

"Yes."

Loran Hill leaned back in his chair, pressing his fingers lightly on the side of his face, wondering what amazing ideas this Officer Xia might have. Among the officials of the four seasons, this Officer Xia was the youngest and had the most ideas and thoughts.

The Spring Chief is cautious and prudent, the Autumn Chief is strict and rigid, and the Winter Chief is introverted and taciturn. It seems that there is a reason why he stands out so much.

"We will hold a grand New Year celebration in Luojing to dispel the decadent atmosphere of the past and bring a new vitality to the world."

"So, you want money again, right?" Loran Hill glanced at Officer Xia, who was thinking a lot, with a displeased look.

"Well, although it costs money, I and everyone in Xia Guansai have thought about it for a long time. This is indeed a good thing. Maybe we can even recoup the cost later."

"Don't you have the final say on the summer lawsuit? Besides, this kind of celebration should be under the spring lawsuit." Loran Hill shook his finger, indicating that he was not so easily fooled.

"Your Majesty, please listen to my detailed explanation." Knowing that Loran Hill was not the kind of person who would fool people around easily, Yu Caifeng also told him the plan he had prepared for a long time.

"First of all, we will invite representatives from all over the world to gather together for this celebration to increase cohesion."

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