Chapter 210 Lu Shu's Blessing
Jingzhen "put the blame" on the king with a calm expression, and led Baoya and Yun Chenglu down the mountain directly.
After returning, he cleverly took a detour to the back mountain and practiced his light skills at the wooden stake formation in the back mountain, waiting for Nan Xuan to discover the "crime" of the lonely king himself.
Baoya and Yun Chenglu returned home and saw Zhao Zhilan, her parents, uncle, aunt, Yunhua, Yunyue and others busy in the small hall on the first floor.
The two of them quickly ran in to help, and saw that the table was already piled high with things.
Baoya was dazzled by the sight of wax medicine, red paper, red silk cloth, new calendar, peach charms, spring invitations, heavenly invitations, gold decorations, New Year gift boxes, wine eaves, sheep singing, and fruits.
"Grandma, why did our family buy so many things?" Baoya came over curiously.
Zhao Zhilan smiled and cut a flower from red silk cloth, placed it on Baoya's head and gestured, "New Year's Eve is coming soon. Grandma, your mother, and your aunt bought some New Year's goods for you."
"Then what is this?" She picked up a long decorative object made of silk and colored paper and handed it to Zhao Zhilan with great curiosity.
"This is called Jincai. It is hung above the gate and in the center of the hall on New Year's Day."
"Oh," Baoya nodded. Seeing the red flower made of red silk cloth in Zhao Zhilan's hand, she asked, "Then what does grandma use this red flower for?"
"This is called a flower arrangement. It's made by cutting silk cloth and colored paper into flower shapes. I'll put them on your heads during the New Year. It's festive and also symbolizes prosperity." Zhao Zhilan said with a smile.
Seeing her looking here and there, she was very curious. Yunhua, who was helping Zhao Zhilan make lace, handed Baoya a piece of red paper and asked, "Baoya, have you never seen these things during the New Year before?"
Baoya shook her head.
Before, when I was at the Chen family, the Chen family was not rich and the New Year’s goods they prepared were simple.
Even if these things were prepared, Zhou Cuihua and her family of four would prepare them happily in the main hall. She could only stay in the woodshed and could not see them.
Seeing her look lost, Yunyue walked up to her, took her little hand, and pulled her to sit on the small stool next to her.
"Baoya, let's cut some flowers too!"
Baoya held the bright red paper in her hand, not knowing where to start: "But I don't know how."
"It's okay, just learn how to cut from your fourth sister. It doesn't matter if you make mistakes. Just have fun." Zhao Zhilan handed her a pair of small scissors.
She knew that Baoya had probably never had a good New Year's celebration in the Chen family before, so starting this year, she and the whole family would work together to make up for what Baoya had missed.
When it comes to Chinese New Year, no matter the preparations before the New Year or the various customary activities during the New Year, the most important thing is the sense of participation.
Baoya was soon pulled by Yunyue to start cutting the flowers. Yun Chenglu also put down the vegetable basket and started to work with the adults.
They were busy writing Spring Festival couplets, cutting window flowers, and preparing gift boxes and wine eaves.
Everyone was busy until dark before they called it a day.
He Chunxiu and Wang Cailian went to prepare dinner, and Li Rongyue followed Zhao Zhilan to clean up the table and the small hall.
The three men went outside to feed the animals, clean the yard, and then check on the progress of the east and west wings. The three of them talked about when the mill and granary would be completed.
Baoya, Yun Chenglu and the other three went upstairs with baskets, eager to feed the little rabbits.
Yunhua and Yunyue were particularly surprised that Baoya and Yun Chenglu brought back fresh vegetable leaves.
"At this time, there are still green leafy vegetables? And they are so juicy?" Yunyue picked up a leaf and fiddled with it in her hand, feeling reluctant to feed it to the little rabbits.
Once winter comes, even they can only eat the cabbages stored before the New Year. The cabbages are wilted and not tasty at all.
Baoya saw her reluctant look and patted her shoulder to comfort her: "Fourth sister, my second brother and I are trying to grow soybeans in a greenhouse now. When our soybeans are successfully grown, I will teach my second uncle and his wife."
"This way, not only can we eat fresh vegetables all year round, but your family can also make a lot of money!"
Yunhua knew how expensive this out-of-season vegetable was in town. It was usually only bought in restaurants or by wealthy families.
I felt happy when I thought that her family would be able to grow off-season vegetables in the future.
"Baoya, you and your second brother are amazing." Yunhua said, "That's right, can Yunyue and I learn from you?"
"Sure," Baoya agreed readily, "When the time comes, you two can help Second Uncle and Second Uncle's wife!"
"Yeah!" Yun Yue also nodded, but her mind was working quickly and she had already thought of Rong's pharmacy.
Rong He learned to grow medicinal herbs from Grandpa Sun. If she learned to grow off-season vegetables, would that mean she could grow medicinal herbs anytime? Off-season medicinal herbs?
When the time comes, when she has learned it, she can teach it to Rong He!
The fresh vegetable leaves were indeed very popular. The five little guys ate them very quickly and finished half a basket in a short while.
Yunhua was afraid that if she fed the rabbits too much at once, they would have diarrhea, so she put the basket away and planned to feed them early the next morning.
After dinner in the evening, the four children stood in the corridor on the second floor and looked out at the night view of the village.
Baoya recalled the time when she went up the mountain and Nanxuan mentioned Zhenzhu.
He said to Yun Chenglu, "Second brother, is it almost time to harvest our pearls?"
Because they are cultivated with spiritual spring water, the pearls reproduce very quickly and are basically grown.
Yun Chenglu nodded and said, "Let's wait a few days before picking pearls, until big brother comes back."
"When will Big Brother come back?" Yun Yue thought of the competition they had agreed on before, "We still have a house cleaning competition waiting for Big Brother."
"Probably..." Yunhua counted on her fingers, "There are still four or five days left."
"Then let's go together to pick up big brother." Baoya said.
"Yeah!" Yun Chenglu, Yun Hua and Yun Yue nodded together.
The four children were having a great time chatting, and when they heard Zhao Zhilan urging them to go to bed downstairs, they all went back to their own rooms to sleep.
Today it was Yunyue's turn to take care of the little rabbits. She happily returned to her room and petted the rabbits for a long time before climbing into bed to sleep.
Maybe it was because she talked too many happy things during the day, but Baoya had a dream that night.
I dreamed of a beast called Lushu that looked like a horse but had tiger stripes all over its body and a red tail.
In the darkness, a deer-billed owl came walking in the air, holding its head high and calling out loudly. The call sounded like someone singing. Unlike the unpleasant call of the owl, the deer-billed owl's voice was very pleasant.
Baoya looked up at it blankly.
The deer ran up to her, put down its front hooves, and lowered its head meekly. The white horse head rubbed against her small palm.
"The night is about to fade away, and the year is about to begin with the dawn. In the blink of an eye, you have already been in the mortal world for nearly five years."
Lu Shu spoke in a gentle and pleasant voice.
Baoya was confused by what it said: "Huh?"
How come she's been here for nearly five years? What does that mean?
Lu Shu ignored her questions. After rubbing, he raised his head and used his mouth to pull a bunch of long and smooth tail hair from his tail and placed it in Baoya's palm.
"Happy New Year, I send my blessings in advance." Lu Shu said.
After saying that, he kicked his hooves and leaped into the pitch-black sky.
After delivering the things, Baoya left again. Holding the tuft of red hair in her hand, she waved to Lu Shu.
"Thank you!"
The Lu Shu in mid-air seemed to pause for a moment, turned around and said to her, "We will meet again!"
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