Chapter 1814 Mid-Autumn Festival
Le Zhengxiao sent someone to deliver holiday gifts, including fresh rare fruits, delicious moon cakes and other candies, which were filled to the brim for people to take at will. The children were especially happy.
Shao Yunduan said that everyone in the yamen had worked hard, and regardless of their position, each person was given two taels of silver as a holiday allowance, and they also ordered two boxes of mooncakes from a pastry shop in the city. The yamen runners also got some.
Everybody was in high spirits, expressing their loyalty and gratitude. "Lord Shao is wise!", "Lord Shao is so kind!", "We must do our job well and not let Lord Shao down!" and so on, and they said hundreds or even thousands of words.
You know, this is a treatment I have never received before!
The two boxes of mooncakes were not cheap items. They were produced by Guanchunyuan, the best dim sum shop in the city. There were six mooncakes in each box, and the market price for a box was one hundred wen.
There are also two taels of silver! Everyone has this, even the most common yamen runners and handymen. You should know that the monthly salary of an ordinary yamen runner is only two taels, and handymen only have one tael.
In the east courtyard of the provincial government office, five large round tables were set up that evening to accommodate enough seats for everyone.
Except for one dish of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and one dish of roasted whole lamb, all the other dishes were made by Song Shi, Lixia and other people in the big kitchen of the East Courtyard under the guidance of Qiao Xuan.
Steamed mandarin fish, Dongpo pork, potato chicken, braised spareribs, shrimp and tofu, stir-fried bean sprouts... There were sixteen dishes on each table, and Qiao Xuan also specially ordered someone to prepare fine wine.
They were all acquaintances. Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan regarded them as the backbone of their team. They were also familiar with each other and soon became lively and chattering.
The moon was at its zenith, and everyone knew that the lady was still in confinement and it was not good to disturb her, so they said goodbye one after another and went to other places to continue drinking.
An An had a lot of people playing with him during the day, so he must have been tired and slept very soundly tonight. Shao Yunduan sat by the window with Qiao Xuan, looking at the full moon that looked like a jade plate in the sky.
Although Qiao Xuan looked the same as usual, with her pale face after giving birth gradually becoming rosy, her eyes clear and bright, and she was full of energy, Shao Yunduan still did not allow her to go out.
During the confinement period, you can only stay in the room obediently.
Although Qiao Xuan knew it herself, relying on her supernatural powers to protect herself, she knew that her body had recovered and there was no need to sit for a full month of confinement. But obviously, no one allowed her to break this traditional rule.
From Shao Yunduan to Song Shi, Lixia, Liqiu and others, no one allowed it.
Qiao Xuan had no choice but to stay in the house obediently.
It was Mid-Autumn Festival tonight, and more than half of the month had passed. It was good enough that Shao Yunduan could accompany her to admire the moon through the window.
The moonlight was like floating light, shining brightly, and the dark sky at night suddenly became a little brighter. Looking out the window, the branches and leaves of the flowers in the yard were swaying. The shadows of branches, flowers and leaves were projected on the ground, giving a sense of black and white. The projections of the intertwined branches were as lovely as corals, and the air seemed to be set off to be clear and transparent, just like the bottom of the water that was projected with sunlight and was extremely clear.
"Today's Mid-Autumn Festival is so lively! We haven't had such a lively Mid-Autumn Festival in a long time! I'm sure it will be lively during the Chinese New Year!"
Qiao Xuan snuggled in Shao Yunduan's arms, her cherry lips curled slightly, her brows relaxed, and her smile gentle.
"Yes," Shao Yunduan looked down at his beloved wife and smiled, "It will become more and more lively in the future. Our An'an will be grown up next year! Maybe, next year we can ask our parents to come over and celebrate the festival together."
(End of this chapter)
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