The sky in Shuobei gets dark early, which means the nights are longer.
Tonight, everyone has to keep vigil.
You have to wait until after midnight.
Qin Qihu, his wife and two other children played for a while and then went back with their children. Wei Shuang and the others did not organize any more mahjong games. They all stayed up all night and sat by the fire chatting aimlessly.
Yun Zheng lay there like a big boss, with his legs resting on Miaoyin's legs. Miaoyin pushed this shameless bastard away several times but he didn't show any sign of restraint, so she just let him do what he wanted.
Anyway, the people in this mansion are not unaware of Yun Zheng’s character.
Even though she thought so, Miaoyin still pinched Yun Zheng's leg from time to time.
If for no other reason, it was just to see the resentful look Yun Zheng cast at him from time to time.
"It's alright anyway, let's play a game of chess?"
Jia Yao was bored and took the initiative to ask Yun Zheng to play chess.
...
...
“Not interested!”
Yun Zheng refused without a second thought, "Haven't you used your brain enough? It's New Year's Day, isn't it better to just relax and have fun?"
"Poor...?"
Jia Yao didn't understand.
Yun Zheng explained: "It means just eating and waiting to die, living from day to day, not thinking about anything, and not doing anything serious."
“…”
Upon hearing this, Jia Yao was speechless for a moment.
He has even attacked all the tribes in western Mo!
How dare you say that you're just eating and waiting to die?
"How about I play chess with you?"
Ye Zi smiled and said, "As long as you don't mind my poor chess skills."
"It's just for fun." Jia Yao smiled, "Besides, my chess skills are not that good."
Ye Zi smiled and immediately asked Xin Sheng to bring the chessboard and chess pieces.
Soon, Ye Zi and Jia Yao set up their stall and started playing chess.
Jia Yao originally thought that Yun Zheng would continue to watch the game from the side, but unexpectedly, Yun Zheng didn't even look at the chessboard.
I really have no interest in playing chess at all.
Jia Yao glanced at Yun Zheng who was laughing and joking with Miaoyin and Shen Luoyan beside him, and sighed inwardly.
Perhaps, people like Yun Zheng use the world as a chess piece?
I'm afraid he no longer cares about the chess pieces on the board?
In fact, Jia Yao was indeed overthinking.
Yun Zheng really just wanted to give up.
However, Yun Zheng's mind was not idle.
To be honest, it's a bit boring.
Shuobei's nightlife is so fucking monotonous.
He was thinking about whether to set up a night market.
But on second thought, it seems unreliable.
Ordinary people have no money, why would they go to the night market?
Normally, the brothel business is not very good, let alone a night market?
Forget it, let’s think about how to trick the third brother!
My father sent the third son to me and tricked him. If I don't trick him severely this time, I will be unworthy of my father's good intentions.
Just as Yun Zheng was daydreaming, a crackling sound suddenly rang in his ears.
That sound... was like a firecracker.
But the sound was not as loud as firecrackers, or perhaps it was a bit far from the palace.
Damn it!
Did something happen in the firearms workshop?
Yun Zheng suddenly sat up and shouted, "Come on, prepare the horses!"
Yun Zheng's sudden shout startled everyone.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Shen Luoyan stood up hurriedly and looked at Yun Zheng with confusion.
"Didn't you hear the crackling noise outside?" Yun Zheng frowned, "Something must have happened. I'll go check it out!"
With Jia Yao around, Yun Zheng didn't directly say that something had happened in the firearms workshop.
Yun Zheng was even wondering whether the guards brought by Jia Yao had gone to the firearms workshop to cause trouble.
"Your Highness, you may be mistaken."
Xin Sheng quickly called Yun Zheng, "That noise outside should be the sound of a horn exploding."
"Exploding... horny?" Yun Zheng was confused. "What the hell is that?"
“It’s just a kind of leaf.”
Xin Sheng explained: "When you put these fried hornets on the fire, they make crackling sounds. The people in the city should be burning them for fun. The palace also prepared some and planned to burn them after midnight..."
"Yes, I know that too."
Ye Zi, who was playing chess, also nodded, "It should be the sound of a horn exploding..."
It seems that the Zha Lazi is found on the mountain in Shuobei.
A few years ago, the people of Shuobei started to burn fried ramen during the New Year.
It is said that it is to drive away lice, and some people in Dingbei also call it "ge zhao".
There are even folk songs like "On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, fleas are killed. There are many houses of the Li family, but few of the Wang family..."
Most families will burn it after midnight.
But some people will burn them in advance just for the sake of hearing the noise and having fun.
However, this fried hornet cannot be cooked at any time.
The government only allows burning during the New Year and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
During the Chinese New Year and the fifteenth day of the lunar month last year, the war in Shuobei was intense, and the government temporarily banned the burning of frying pancakes to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
Maybe it’s because of this reason that Yun Zheng didn’t know about this.
While Ye Zi was explaining to Yun Zheng, Xin Sheng quickly asked someone to bring some fried dough sticks.
Soon, a maid ran in with a branch.
Xin Sheng took the branch and threw it into the fire.
A crackling sound immediately rang out, exactly the same as the sound Yun Zheng had just heard.
Damn it!
Is this really the thing?
Yun Zheng secretly complained in his heart, but he was still worried, so he immediately ordered Shen Kuan and a few others who came in to take a look.
"Aren't you going to give up?"
Jia Yao raised his eyes and looked at Yun Zheng with a playful look on his face.
"It's okay to be bad, but there's still work to be done!"
Yun Zheng said confidently.
Jia Yao curled her lips and asked again: "Were you suspecting that the people I brought were secretly sabotaging?"
“This… is indeed the case!”
Yun Zheng did not hide it, "When such a voice suddenly appeared, I thought something went wrong!"
"So, you keep saying that I have paranoia, how can you be any better?" Jia Yao put down a chess piece, shook his head and smiled, "We are the same kind of people, from now on, no one should say anything bad about each other."
"Okay, you are right to be fierce. Ugh, you are right and you deserve to be fierce!"
Yun Zheng smiled awkwardly and sat down again.
The same kind of person?
They are indeed the same kind of people.
It is said that people who are not of the same kind will not enter the same door.
He and Jiayao entered the same house.
What a pity!
Not to mention that they entered the same house, even if they took off their clothes and lay together, they would probably be wary of each other.
Yun Zheng sat in the room for a while, and then Chen Kuan came in to report that someone was indeed burning a flaming hornet.
Not far from the palace.
Only after he was sure that there was no accident at the firearms workshop did Yun Zheng feel completely relieved.
Damn, this is a natural firecracker, right?
It's New Year's Day, why are you playing tricks on yourself?
Yun Zheng secretly complained, and then fell on Miaoyin's legs, "I was just scared, hurry up and rub my head, my head hurts!"
"I wouldn't believe you!"
Miaoyin complained, but still raised her hand to rub Yun Zheng's head.
After the false alarm, time seemed to pass faster.
Finally, the servants in the mansion reminded that it was midnight.
Before they went to the yard to fry the chilies, there was a crackling sound outside, like thousands of firecrackers.
At this moment, Yun Zheng seemed to have returned to the New Year in his previous life.
Under the leadership of Yun Zheng, people from the palace also came to the yard one after another. The servants had already prepared the charcoal basin. As the fried dough sticks were put on the charcoal basin, the palace suddenly heard a "crackling" sound.
Listening to the voices around him and looking at the group of beautiful girls around him, Yun Zheng showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Another year has passed.
I hope that in the coming year, everyone here will be there and everyone will be well!
Including Jiayao...
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