New Year's Day.
At 5:30 in the morning, Zhou Yu was awakened by the faint sound of firecrackers coming from the foot of the mountain.
When I got up and turned on the light, I saw the little kid who had been up all night was still sleeping soundly in the children's bed.
After quickly getting dressed, Zhou Yu prepared to get up and set off firecrackers.
Unexpectedly, the little kid, who had just opened the door and heard the noise, sat up rubbing his eyes in a daze.
"Little Nang, is it daybreak yet?"
"Not yet, Mingda, why don't you get some sleep~"
Zhou Yu turned around and walked to the little girl's bed, ready to comfort her and let her fall asleep again before going downstairs.
Anyway, the villa is quite big, so we can just go to the gate when setting off firecrackers later, and it won’t disturb the little princesses’ sleep.
Just yesterday, the little girl already knew that she had to get up in the morning to set off firecrackers.
Now that I'm awake, I no longer have the heart to continue sleeping.
He got up quickly, put his little arms around Zhou Yu's neck, and crawled into Zhou Yu's arms like a sloth. "I don't want to sleep anymore. I want to set off fireworks with Xiao Nianjun."
"Okay, then I'll hold Mingda with me."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu did not refuse, but unzipped his down jacket and wrapped the little girl directly inside.
Feeling the warmth from Zhou Yu's chest, the little girl giggled and said, "Little Naijun, this is so comfortable~"
"Hold me tight, be careful not to fall~"
Zhou Yu patted the little girl's butt, turned around and walked out of the room.
When I came downstairs, I happened to meet the maid Qinglan coming out of the room yawning.
Because she slept late yesterday, she didn't get up until the alarm clock rang several times this morning.
Seeing Zhou Yu had already come downstairs, she hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Good morning, young master. I'll go prepare breakfast right away."
"Don't worry, after the fireworks are over, we might need to take a nap. We'll have dumplings this morning, and we can cook them after everyone wakes up."
Zhou Yu waved his hand and stopped Qinglan who was about to go to the kitchen.
She slept later than me yesterday. It must take a lot of willpower for her to get up so early in this cold winter.
Although they came from the Tang Dynasty and were maids, Zhou Yu was a modern man after all, and he really didn't want to be too harsh on them.
After hearing Zhou Yu's explanation, Qinglan nodded quickly.
Yawning again, she returned to the room.
Zhou Yu came to the yard holding the little baby. When the cold wind blew, he subconsciously shrank his neck.
I was about to zip up my down jacket a little tighter, but unexpectedly, the little kid poked his head out and asked, "Little Nag, why do we set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year?"
“It is said that the beast Nian existed in ancient times and fought against humans for many years.
After a long struggle, people discovered that the Nian beast was afraid of three things: the color red, fire, and loud noises.
In order to drive away the Nian beast, people hung red peach wood boards on their doors and built fires at the door.
On New Year's Eve, people stay up all night and keep banging and making loud noises.
In this way, even if the Nian beast broke into the village, it would be scared away by the red color and fire in every house and the deafening noise it heard, and would run back into the mountains and never dare to come out again.
After celebrating the New Year safely, people congratulated each other the next morning, hung up lanterns and decorated the house, drank and feasted to celebrate the victory.
Later, someone invented firecrackers, and driving away the Nian beast became a way to set off firecrackers.”
As Zhou Yu walked towards the gate of the villa, he explained the legend of the New Year to the little girl.
Upon hearing that setting off firecrackers had such an important role, the little guy immediately said that he wanted to scare away the hateful Nian beast himself.
Zhou Yu naturally would not refuse the little girl's request.
When he arrived at the door of the villa, Zhou Yu took out the "100,000 firecrackers" he had prepared in advance.
Following the method his father taught him when he was a child, he arranged the "100,000 firecrackers" into a big Chinese character "Fu", took a picture with his mobile phone, and then two people, one big and one small, lit the firecrackers with incense sticks.
Crackling~
As the fuse burned out, the deafening sound of firecrackers rang out in front of the villa door.
"Hahaha~ Little Mengjun, the firecrackers are so loud~"
Being held in Zhou Yu's arms, the little kid laughed excitedly.
If she wasn't wearing only pajamas, she would have jumped up and down.
Yeah, it's exactly the same as when I was a kid.
Especially after the firecrackers have burned out, the first thought is to rush into the debris to look for those that have not been lit.
For this, his father spanked him many times.
Because the firecrackers were arranged into the shape of the Chinese character "Fu", many of the fuses were intertwined.
After about a few minutes, the firecrackers were completely burned out.
Before being enveloped by the pungent smell of gunpowder, Zhou Yu ran back with the little kid in his arms.
That cheerful look immediately made the little kid laugh out loud.
According to the original plan, I was going to take another nap.
But looking at the excitement of the little baby in my arms, there is no intention of sleeping at all.
When I returned to the villa, I saw that Chengyang and Li Lizhi had already gotten up.
After asking, I learned that Li Er had specifically instructed that he should take Zhou Yu to Datang early today.
Although he didn't understand what had happened that made Li Er so mysterious, Zhou Yu didn't delve into it.
Seeing that Qinglan had gone to the kitchen to cook dumplings, he told the little princesses to go back to their rooms and change into new clothes.
The Spring Festival is here, it’s so lively, wear new clothes, wear new hats...
For children, wearing new clothes during the Spring Festival is a very ritualistic thing.
Long before the Spring Festival, Zhou Yu bought very festive new clothes for several little princesses.
Red clothes, red hats, red scarves, plus the looks of the little princesses, they look exactly like the dolls in the New Year pictures.
In other words, the big red carp didn't cooperate, otherwise the little princesses would have had to hold it and take a few photos.
As soon as the dumplings came out of the pot, Li Yuan brought Concubine Zhang to the villa.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but wonder, "Didn't I bring you dumplings when I went back yesterday? It's Chinese New Year, why don't you get some more sleep?"
"Don't you know, kid?"
Li Yuan was stunned when he heard this.
Seeing his expression, Zhou Yu couldn't help but feel even more confused. "Know what? It's Chinese New Year, are there any special arrangements?"
"It's actually nothing serious. According to custom, after the court meeting on New Year's Day, the emperor would host a banquet for all his ministers in the palace, symbolizing the celebration of the festival together."
Seeing Zhou Yu's confused expression, Li Yuan did not explain much.
He made a casual remark and started eating dumplings.
The dumplings this morning were made by Qinglan and several other maids.
In addition, they were all specially selected before being put into the pot. In terms of quality alone, they were definitely miles better than what I had last night.
Seeing that Li Yuan said no more, Zhou Yu became even more confused.
Li Er wants to celebrate the festival with his ministers. What does it have to do with me?
I am not an official of the Tang Dynasty and I am not familiar with those people. Do they want me to accompany them?
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