"Cracking~" Zhang Zong threw a piece of bamboo into the fire, making a series of bursts, which sounded a bit like firecrackers, but it was far from comparable to real firecrackers. This made Zhang Zong feel itchy, thinking whether he wanted to get the gunpowder out?

The New Year is here, and tonight is New Year's Eve, but there is no New Year atmosphere, because in the Tang Dynasty, New Year's Eve is not an important festival. The only function is to remind everyone to clean their homes and prepare for the Shangyuan Festival half a month later. Shangyuan Festival is the most important festival in the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Zong couldn't care about others, but his family must be on New Year's Eve dinner, so he started preparing the New Year's Eve dinner a few days ago. Even the coal ball raised at home improved the food. Now he is really fatter than a ball. If it could catch and kill carrier pigeons before, Zhang Zong now suspected that it might be difficult for it to even climb a tree.

The Spring Festival couplet was written by Zhang Zong himself, and then asked Wan'er to copy it in big words. After all, he is a bachelor's degree and he really has no face to paste his words on the door for people to appreciate it. Wan'er is also busy cleaning the house.

Zhang Zong did not let Wan'er do it alone in the New Year's Eve dinner, but cooked a few dishes by himself. Although Wan'er's cooking skills were already beyond her reach, cooking was also one of Zhang Zong's interests, especially dumplings, which he made the stuffing and dough with him, and finally chatted with Wan'er.

"It's a pity that there is no TV, and there is no Spring Festival Gala!" While eating the New Year's Eve dinner, Zhang Zong suddenly missed home. Although there were many unsatisfactory places in his later lives, it was the place where he grew up. Unfortunately, everything there had nothing to do with him anymore.

Some time ago, I received a letter from my uncle Zhang Jianzhi, saying that I would come to the capital after the New Year, but Xiangzhou is not close to the capital, and it is estimated that it will take several months on the way. Zhang Jing and his wife are busy creating people and intend to get pregnant before their uncle comes, so Zhang Zong did not bother them during the New Year.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Zhang Zong wanted to stay up to the New Year, and Wan'er accompanied her. The main reason was that she wanted to listen to Zhang Zong tell stories, but this time Zhang Zong did not ask her to record it, just simply told her stories. After all, writing was very tiring. Wan'er listened to Zhang Zong's story one by one, and finally fell asleep before the third update.

Zhang Zong carried Wan'er to the bed and came to the yard alone. The sky was covered with stars above his head, which made the night not dark. Zhang Zong walked into the middle of the yard with snow, thinking about the past year and experiencing many things in his mind, but at least he had gained a firm foothold in this era and even developed a sense of belonging to this place.

"The past is like a dream. Maybe I was in my previous life, but I was just a big dream in my present life. This is the era that truly belongs to me!" Zhang Zong whispered to himself, and at this moment, the bell tower and the drum tower in the city sounded together. The old year passed and the new year finally came.

After New Year's Eve, every household began to prepare for the upcoming Chinese Lantern Festival. For example, lanterns, there were a few hanging in front of almost every household. Some wealthy families simply asked the craftsmen at home to start building large lanterns a month ago, and the entire Chang'an City almost turned into a sea of ​​lanterns.

However, the ones who are most excited are probably those unmarried boys and girls, because the Spring Festival is actually Valentine's Day in ancient times. On this day, all the women who are not married will walk out of the boudoir and men will travel together on this day. If they see a woman who is very good, they can also come forward to chat with her. If the woman agrees, they will send it to her handkerchief and report it to her home so that the men will come to propose marriage in the future.

Zhang Zong has no woman who is very good, and he has no intention of getting married. This is also a sequelae of being single for too long in his previous life. Once an older single dog like him gets used to it and even starts to enjoy being single, although he may be very loud in his mouth, it is actually difficult to have the motivation to break the inertia of being single, and this inertia has also continued into this life.

In contrast, Xue Shao had already started planning his Spring Festival. Without asking, he knew that he would definitely ask Changsun Yuanyi to come out for a trip. Even during the Spring Festival last year, he used to be a flower protector and accompanied Changsun Yuanyi on a trip. Now after this year's time together, Changsun Yuanyi is not opposed to him, so Xue Shao is naturally more proactive.

Wan'er is also very excited about the Shangyuan Festival, because she grew up in the palace. Although she celebrated the Shangyuan Festival in the palace, she did not allow the palace maids to leave the palace at will. So strictly speaking, it was her first time celebrating the Shangyuan Festival.

With everyone's expectations, the Lantern Festival finally came. During the day, Xue Shao ran to play for a while, but before dark, he took the carriage to Changsun's house. Zhang Zong changed into new clothes under Wan'er's supervision and took her out. The two of them did not go far, but went to Qujiangchi next to them. This was originally the largest tourist attraction in Chang'an City, and of course it was particularly lively today.

However, Qujiang Pond had long been frozen, and the ice surface was thick enough to make people skate on it. The cruise ships of the past were frozen to death at the dock, but there was no one on the ice surface. Everyone was only playing under the lanterns on the shore. If someone ran to the ice surface, Wu Hou would immediately drive them away.

It is said that the lantern festival in Qujiangchi was actually on the ice. It was only one year that there were too many people or the ice was not too thick, which led to the collapse of the ice and nearly a hundred people died in one go. It can be said that it was one of the tragedies in the history of Chang'an City. Therefore, since then, the lantern festival has been held on the shore, and people are strictly prohibited from stepping onto the ice.

"Young master, look, that lotus lantern is so beautiful, no, the lantern next to it is more beautiful..." Wan'er was like a bird out of the cage, pointing at the various strange lamps at the lantern festival and chatting non-stop.

Zhang Zong was not very interested in the lantern festival. After all, he had been annoyed with watching various neon lights in later generations. However, when he came to the lantern festival, he still underestimated the wisdom of ancient people. He only saw that there were all kinds of strange-shaped lamps at the lantern festival, and it was not limited to the material, especially those lanterns that were driven by lights and could turn after ignition. The pictures on the lamps were connected, which was a small story, which was actually the prototype of later cartoons.

In addition to various lanterns, there are many people performing programs at lantern festivals, such as shadow puppetry, acrobatics, magic, etc. Among these people, there are Han people, and many Hu people. For example, Zhang Zong saw a Indian man performing levitation, that is, holding an iron stick in his hand, but his whole person floated in the air, looking very magical.

"Young Master, why can this Indian man float in the air? Could it be that he really can fly?" Wan'er was very interested in the levitation technique of the Indian man. After looking for it for a long time, she couldn't find the reason, so she asked Zhang Zong curiously.

"There is no one who can fly? Look at the iron rod in his hand. In fact, this is a very clever mechanism..." Zhang Zong laughed when he heard this, and immediately explained the principle of this levitation technique to her with a smile.

The so-called suspension is nothing more than an iron rack. The suspender is wearing a wide robe and there is a large base support below, making him look like he is floating, but in fact he is sitting on the seat on the shelf. If someone pushes the performer at this time, he may immediately fall to the ground.

With Wan'er's intelligence, she immediately understood the principle after listening to it. At this time, she also carefully observed the soil under the Tianzhu people. Sure enough, there was a piece of soil different from the surrounding soil, and there was obviously a base buried under the soil.

"You really know everything!" At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly laughed.

Zhang Zong turned his head to look when he heard the sound, but Princess Chengyang was standing beside him. The tourists around him were also separated by the guards. However, Zhang Zong was too involved when he explained the levitation technique to Wan'er just now, and Princess Chengyang was not present at all. She actually came.

"Greetings to the princess!" Zhang Zong also hurried forward and bowed.

"Brother Shi!" At this time, Xue Ning'er also poked her head out from behind Princess Chengyang, with a naughty smile on her face, obviously she was deliberately hiding behind her mother to surprise Zhang Zong.

When Zhang Zong saw Xue Ning'er, he immediately stepped forward and said hello. However, Princess Chengyang looked behind Zhang Zong, then asked, "Where is Shao'er, didn't he say he wanted to go to the lantern festival with you?"

When Zhang Zong heard this, he secretly called it terrible. Xue Shao actually went to find Changsun Yuanyi under the guise of coming to find him. Now that he met Princess Chengyang, he suddenly exposed his lies.

"We were together just now, but there were too many people, and they were dispersed by the crowd. Now I don't know where he went?" Fortunately, Zhang Zong was a little anxious and immediately lied.

"Hmph, don't help him make a lie. Has he gone to find the girl from the Changsun family again?" Princess Chengyang asked with a deep face. Zhang Zong's lies could deceive others, but she was still too young to lie to her.

The lie was exposed, and Zhang Zong had no choice but to nod his head honestly. This made Princess Chengyang glar at him, then looked at Ning'er and whispered: "Didn't I ask you to persuade Shao'er to stay away from the girl from Changsun's family? Why are you still helping him now?"

"Princess, you are a person who has experienced it. How can anyone persuade others to do this?" Zhang Zong spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "And I see that Sanlang has really had a true relationship with Changsun's little lady. If he insists on breaking them up, Sanlang will probably be very sad."

Zhang Zong's words suddenly encountered Princess Chengyang's weakness. Although she was so strict with Xue Shao's discipline, she actually loved her so deeply and blamed her. Among the three sons, the youngest son she loved the most. It was precisely because of this that she couldn't be determined to break up Xue Shao and Changsun Yuanyi, otherwise Zhang Zong would not have let Zhang Zong help persuade him.
Chapter completed!