Chapter 90
Liu Luogu left, leaving behind the box of pearls, while also leaving behind many doubts.
An Lushan, Hu'er, is definitely a smart person. His actions must have their own meaning, but Ye Chang couldn't guess what he thought for a moment.
He didn't know that An Lushan's journey to Chang'an was originally coming for him. If he hadn't seen the Immortal here, he would have to suffer and might even lose his life.
But after An Lushan found that he had a close relationship with the palace, he changed his mind.
Arrogant in front of the insect girl was pretending, and the purpose was to pretend to be for Li Longji to show it. However, since Ye Chang could not be killed silently, the best way was to win over and bribe him.
If you can't guess, you can't guess it. Ye Chang will let go of this for the time being, and you have to deal with the tricky and weird little girl Chong Niang. Chong Niang lived in Wolong Valley for two days and brought a lot of things when she left: the method of making a fire kang and the method of making honeycomb coal.
Fang had a great objection to this. She felt that these things could make a lot of money. If they were in her hands, they would send a manager to Chang'an City and Luoyang City to open shops. Each item would be enough to make people rich as a country. Ye Chang laughed at this and was annoyed by her, so she said, "Money is endless. If others don't make money, we are rich, and we will be the target of public criticism."
After seeing off the cuckold girl, less than ten days passed, the Spring Festival of the Tang Dynasty. On the 30th of New Year, Ye Chang and Xianger, Chunming and others began to post Spring Festival couplets, door gods and New Year pictures - in this era, there were only peach talismans, and door gods were just beginning to become popular.
"Langjun, why did you let the portraits of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei be posted in front of our door?"
"Well, that's because the legendary Shu's first lord Liu Bei asked for his life for many evil ghosts after the Battle of Chibi, and could not sleep at night. When his two brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei heard about this, they held weapons to guard the door, and the evil ghosts did not dare to approach. Later, Liu Bei asked the painter to pass the door, and Zhang and the other two were painting the figures on the door, which could even scare the evil ghosts..."
When Xiang'er asked this question, Ye Chang was lying nonsense. The authentic story should have been guarding the gate with Yuchi Gong and Qin Shubao after the Xuanwu Gate Incident. However, now it is the Tang Dynasty. Ye Chang is still afraid that the descendants of these protagonists will come to cause trouble, so he associates with Liu Bei and others.
"So that's it. With the two generals Guan and Zhang, we are not afraid of Wolong Valley... But I think Zhao Yun is the most powerful. You told us about the Battle of Changbanpo last time. Nunu felt that Zhao Yun is the most powerful. The husband is like Zhao Yun. Chunming just can't help A Dou. After being smashed, he will be stupid in the future."
Ye Chang laughed loudly. Chunming was really shot while lying down. He was a little dull and slow-witted, especially in his studies. Among the children who are studying in the valley, he is the worst-student. Not to mention Xiang'er, the six children Ye Chang brought from Chang'an are now surpassing him.
However, Chunming is not really stupid. He is very clever in helping with errands, especially when he is in charge of housework. Sometimes Ye Chang sighs secretly that this kid is born to be a manager.
"What program have you prepared tonight?" Ye Chang asked.
"If you don't tell me now, I'll know then." Xiang'er still wants to keep it secret with him.
The New Year's Eve in Wolong Valley was extremely lively, and Ye Chang played a lot of tricks. He prepared six riddles for the Spring Festival himself, and everyone who could guess was awarded the prize. The rest, old and young, each prepared a performance, including a cappella singing and Hu Xuanwu. Everyone who performed received a souvenir.
Of course, it is impossible to ignite a fire called "Tingliao" in the courtyard like the Tang Dynasty at this time. The broken brooms used at home were thrown into the fire before midnight. It is said that it can "make the warehouse worthy of the warehouse". The broken shoes worn by the home were also buried in the courtyard long ago, which is said to help produce the "son of the seal".
Because of the large place here, many tribesmen, including Fang's mother and son, came here to stay together. When they had their son, the bell rang in the Shifang Temple in the distance, and the people who stayed up one after another and said auspicious words to each other were nothing more than "the blessings extend the new day, and the longevity is boundless", "the blessings celebrate the new beginning, and the longevity is extended", etc., and they bowed and bowed in a wide range, and then everyone dispersed and returned to their own families.
Such joy and excitement allowed Ye Chang to experience the New Year's Eve of the Tang Dynasty.
The only thing that made Ye Chang feel a little uncomfortable was that there was no sound of firecrackers. However, there were no substitutes. When the rooster crowed on the first day of the first lunar month, the family and servants at home got up and put a large pile of green bamboos into the burning garden fire, and suddenly crackled.
In addition to setting off pure natural "firecrackers" in the courtyard, the family also erected long poles in the yards in the valley, and long cloth flags were tied to the ends of the pole. This is called "flags".
Ye Chang also got up early and urged Xiang'er to read a book for a while, symbolizing the plan of the year in spring. Then he heard someone calling him. When he opened the door, he saw the slave who gave him a rush in and then stood firm. The little adult bowed to him like a bow: "My nephew gave him slave, I wish my uncle a New Year."
After saying that, he really bowed down. He looked very concise and looked like a man in charge.
Ye Chang was very happy with this little nephew.
"I'm a slave, today my uncle has prepared a big red envelope of New Year's money for you, but it's not easy to get this New Year's money. I'll test you when you solve it and when you can take it." Ye Chang said.
As far as he knows, the Tang Dynasty had not yet given New Year's money on the first day of the Tang Dynasty, so he set a precedent.
"Please say it, uncle."
"From one plus to one hundred, the sum is a few." Ye Chang said.
He finished his questions, and there was a noise from the front door there. Then, juniors from the same clan and children from all households rushed in. As soon as there were too many people, it became lively. Ye Chang happily asked Chunming and others to come out with candy and snacks and let everyone grab them.
There were several large plates of fruit plates, and these younger children were not polite. They went from house to house to bow and kowtow, just for these delicious foods. What's more, Ye Chang was always fed with essence. The snacks he made at home were the most particular, and he didn't save money on sugar or salt. Therefore, everyone filled his pockets.
When the children dispersed, Xianger smiled and said, "They all knew that the snacks in our house were delicious, so they went to our house after paying New Year's greetings to the patriarch."
"It's just a little cunning. I said why did you come so early?" Ye Chang laughed.
This is how the New Year is, and it is festive only when the bustle is fun. However, without the scattered sound of firecrackers, it is a bit unbeautiful. Ye Chang thought that no one would come for the time being, so he called out: "No, they took a lot of food from us, so we have to come back to avoid losing. Let's go and greet the New Year too!"
"I have to kowtow to New Year's greetings. Except for a few of us who are of high age, how many families in Wuzepi deserve to kowtow?" Xiang'er disagreed.
"As long as you can receive food and kowtow, it will naturally be you and Chunming's me."
"I knew it would be like this!"
Xianger muttered, but she was also very happy about being able to go to other houses to pay New Year's greetings and exchange food. The children may not really want to eat, but the atmosphere and lively are what they really want. In this almost playful excitement, they learned Chinese etiquette and Chinese social interaction.
However, as soon as Ye Chang and the others arrived at the door, they were stunned.
But Ye Zhi, the adult Ye Chang wanted to call him Uncle, led a group of craftsmen to block the door.
"I'm just here to ask for wages, right?" Chunming muttered.
"Nothing nonsense. When will our husband owe to wages? He always says that migrant workers are not easy and should not owe to wages." Xiang'er glared at him: "Stop talking nonsense!"
Of course, Ye Zhi and others did not come to ask for wages, they came to pay New Year's greetings. In the past year, they have taken a lot of business from Ye Chang, and these more than ten craftsmen have learned new skills from Ye Chang's side. Wu Zepi is still simple in the folk customs. After everyone got the benefits of Ye Chang, they also forgot their age and came to pay New Year's greetings to Ye Chang early in the morning.
Of course, they didn't have to kowtow and bowed and said auspicious words one by one. Ye Chang was quite flattered. Soon their attention was focused on Ye Chang's door god and New Year's paintings. Among these craftsmen, some of them were literate and recognized the names of the characters in the paintings, especially the New Year's paintings. Ye Chang referred to comic strips from later generations and printed a complete story. Although the paintings were rough, the carvings were not good, but everyone could read or listen to them, and they all enjoyed them.
In this era, let alone the people at the bottom, even scholars had too little cultural entertainment. Therefore, Ye Chang played a football show and became popular in Chang'an City. Comics are even better, suitable for all ages, so it is so attractive.
Shortly after they dispersed, Ye Chang was about to go to greet the clan leader, sister-in-law and uncles of the same clan, but they were still at the door. Dozens of people came together, but they benefited from the water diversion of the Hongqu. These people were all favored by Ye Chang, and everyone did not forget their roots, so they came to greet Ye Chang first.
After waves of New Year greetings, he saw Ye Chang's influence in the local area. He had no way to go out in the morning. In the afternoon, the people in the neighboring village who had offended Liu Fengyin came to pay New Year greetings again - this was a silent thank you for knocking down Liu. In this way, until the night before Ye Chang had time to take the elders of each family.
By the next day, more people came to Wolong Valley. Many people came back yesterday and talked about the new year paintings. Many people, as long as they could be linked to Ye Chang, they would come to see the new year. After figuring out the purpose of everyone, Ye Chang was a little amused: these New Year paintings are actually comic strips. He was about to launch them on the market in the New Year, but he didn't expect to have an advertisement at home.
"No wonder Shiyilang said that this comic strip is appreciated by both the elegant and the common people. Even those who are illiterate can read it with relish. At that time, I thought Shiyilang was talking big, but now I know that it is true."
When the fourth day of the lunar month was still there were people visiting Ye Chang's Wolong Valley. Ye Chang had to paste the New Year pictures on the wooden board and place them in the pavilion at the entrance of the valley for people to watch. He only sent Cui Xiujing to watch it. Fang, who came to greet him, saw this scene and deliberately joked about Ye Chang.
"Sister-in-law, don't mention it. Many people have asked me for this New Year painting these days, and there are also bold and thick-skinned ones. They just want to tear away the New Year paintings. For this reason, Cui Xiujing quarreled with the people several times, and I had to send all the black bones." Ye Chang complained.
"It turns out that Ye Shiyilang, who is full of wisdom, is also in a dilemma." Fang looked at him with a smile, his eyes a little ambiguous: "Shiyilang, in a few days I will bring some women to see the New Year pictures. Don't drive us to the pavilion."
"How dare I treat the people brought by my sister-in-law? I will definitely treat them with great gifts." Ye Chang felt a little nervous and vaguely felt something was wrong: "But who are my sister-in-law going to bring?"
"I'll know then. At that time, take care of yourself more brilliantly and don't lose your name."
"Wait a minute!" Ye Chang felt something was wrong with his sister-in-law's expression, and seemed to be very familiar. He thought for a while and suddenly remembered: In another life, he was unmarried, and those enthusiastic people who were eager to set up a matchmaker would look like this whenever they arranged for their blind dates!
"Sister-in-law is not going to bring that...the girl from the Zhang family in the county, right?"
"Don't worry, I'm not bringing that girl from the Zhang family here specifically." Fang said with a smile: "Now I have found me, and I want to marry her. There are no ten or eight families, so I naturally have to choose the best one. I have told them a long time ago that I will invite all the girls to meet together tomorrow. Then you just choose, whoever you pick is who you pick!"
Ye Chang was stunned: "Sister-in-law, don't!"
"No, you could use three more to make excuses in the past. Now that you have returned our second branch, I will naturally be the one who will take care of your marriage!" Fang said bluntly: "You are not young, and there must be a wife in the house. Xianger is too young. If you have three or five years, you will be fine for her, but now you are not allowed to touch her!"
The customs were open in the Tang Dynasty, so there was a romantic story such as "The West Chamber" and "Huo Xiaoyu". Fang thought that Ye Chang could already have a spring dream, so he was eager to find a marriage for him, but Ye Chang was really not interested in it.
As for Xiang'er, he is less than fifteen years old in three or five years. Ye Chang feels that he can't be here.
"Sister-in-law, let's not mention this matter for now. I have a higher vision now. I am afraid it is in Xiuwu County..."
"Why don't you have a higher vision? Get a wife and be virtuous, marry a concubine and be spoiled. Don't just use the idea of the twenty-nine noble master!" Fang's eyes glared slightly: "I warn you, none of the Li family's daughters are easy to mess with, and they are mostly a disaster. Don't mislead yourself!"
Ye Chang had no choice but to scratch his head, but when he turned around, he had another idea: "Sister-in-law, it was really my dream in the old year. The immortal told me that you should not get married too early, otherwise there will be disaster..."
"Don't use this to coax me. If there is such a thing, why didn't you see you soon?" Fang saw through his trick at a glance: "Shiyilang, since your brother is not here, we only have two men, You and Ci Zi. The population is small and Ci Zi is small. If you don't spread your branches early, how can I meet your aunt and your brother?"
Ye Chang is really powerless. Well, as a master with one hundred and eight blind dates in another life, she always has the ability to make girls hate them.
Chapter completed!