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Chapter 48 Achievement Report (1)

New Year's Eve finally arrived.

The strong flavor of the New Year accompanied by the sound of firecrackers decorated Shaonan City like a city of celebration, and everyone had a smile on their faces—whether the past year was happy or not.

In a daze, Cheng Jinzhou seemed to see a city that was more like his hometown than his hometown.

The festive red color, the pleasant smell of gunpowder smoke, and the mutual blessings reminded him involuntarily of childhood experiences. Such experiences almost ceased to exist after adulthood.

Without the hustle and bustle of traffic, it is easier for people's blessings to circulate inside and outside the walls.After a day and night of preparation, only a little bit of bright red remained in the snowy world, and people's voices were much louder than usual. Even in the mansion, the servants did not have to lower their heads and step on small steps. The stewards saw small violations. , usually let it go gently.

For the residents of the Great Xia Dynasty, this is another festival of tolerance.

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The Cheng family will always have endless etiquette, such as paying homage to ancestors, paying respects to elders, visiting relatives and friends... Cheng Jinzhou follows the crowd mechanically.Cheng Jinzhou, who was sick in previous years, could still prevaricate with a sallow face, without having to kneel down in the snow and ice to thank him, but this year, his status has risen inadvertently, and almost every household will specially meet with Cheng Jinzhou and say a few words In other words, the free time is getting less and less.

As for people like Liu Bin's forwarding envoy, they would write letters years ago and send people traveling thousands of miles to send greetings, which looks like a New Year's greeting by mail from later generations, but the cost is even higher.For those who are weaker, they will also ask their nephews who copy their own writing skills to write letters, and mail them directly through the magical star array of the astromancer, which becomes a text message to greet the New Year...

Cheng Jinzhou was dazzled by the magical world.

On the fourth day of the New Year's Eve, people's restless hearts gradually subsided.

The first to enter the working state was Comrade Cheng Yun'an, the magistrate.This surprised Cheng Jinzhou, who continued to care about Shaonan's officialdom.Among the troika in Shaonan, the magistrate Cheng Yun'an was the most lazy at first, the priest of the church Huafu was the most leisurely, and the chief minister Cheng Yunquan was the most serious in his work, but when it came to the tenth day of the new year, everything seemed to be reversed.

Mr. Chang Shi was busy going to Nanling and other places to pay New Year's greetings to Shangfeng. The army released two-thirds of the people. All kinds of activities, trying to expand the influence of the holy religion, but the magistrate sat in the yamen seriously, issuing orders and directing people.

Most of the residents in Shaonan City are not well-off. After the first few days of the New Year's Eve, they have to go back to work. The unsuitable weather will make this period even more difficult.

Cheng's mother is used to her husband's work, and she directed the maids to make all kinds of food and sent them to the yamen, not only for Cheng Yun'an, but also for all the public servants, some of them are like small companies. The proprietress makes pies.

On the fifth day, people finally began to pay New Year greetings to Cheng Jinzhou.

For him who has lived in the city for a long time, this is also a very interesting thing.Seeing many middle-aged men with their families calling themselves "uncle", Cheng Jinzhou almost felt overjoyed.And you don’t have to pay for the red envelopes you send out, which makes the fun even more exciting. People over 50 years old usually don’t go to other people’s homes to pay New Year greetings, but they will send their own children and nephews to pay their respects. Of course, those who are qualified to visit the direct descendants of Cheng Jiaqing’s family will probably have some status in the house. Among them are some A few people even serve as officials in other places.

Throughout the day, Cheng Jinzhou followed the standard understanding, doing similar conversations or actions—many modern people think of cumbersome etiquette, but it actually has its own unique meaning in this era, especially for ordinary people.A steward of a foreign village may see the owner once a year. He doesn't know how many times the owner has done the same or similar actions before, but he will care about the owner's opinion of him, and this opinion often comes from the owner inferred from the performance of subtle movements.

If the higher-ups show an impatient look because they practice the same etiquette and speak the same language too frequently, then for the manager of the foreign village, he may be worried for a year.Therefore, standard etiquette and comprehensive panacea dialogues are often the most reassuring and energy-saving.

Cheng Jinzhou has not yet reached such a troublesome state, but Cheng's mother has given her many warnings, fearing that he would give other people a bad impression.As Cheng Jinzhou, who is destined to become the manager of the Cheng family, his prestige is built on countless little things.

Until the afternoon, when it was getting late, Cheng Jinzhou stretched out lazily, and just halfway, he heard Shi Yan yelling hoarsely from outside: "Third brother, Your Excellency, Warlock Xiang Xinxing has come to pay his respects. "

Cheng Jinzhou was stunned for a moment before saying, "Please come in."

It stands to reason that there is no need for a first-level star warlock to visit him as a young boy, not to mention his status as a legitimate son, even Cheng's father may not have the qualifications.

The two little book boys obviously understood this truth, and were quite cautious in their movements. No matter how many times they had seen him, the Star Warlock still had an insurmountable height for them.

"Come in and sit down. I was supposed to go to see you." Cheng Jinzhou said skillfully, and of course he would not go back to see Xiang Xin.The latter rushed out of the door the day before yesterday. This was the first time they met.

Xiang Xin smiled slightly, no longer showing any grudge, bowed and saluted, then sat on the chair and said: "I would like to thank Mr. Cheng for his careful guidance over the past few days, and also apologize for the rudeness before."

"You're welcome, it's all right." Cheng Jinzhou shrugged. He also received more than 1000 taels of silver. Although he didn't spend it, a tutor at this price is quite enough.As for the other party leaving without saying goodbye, it can be regarded as his intention.

After talking about this matter, Xiang Xin seemed to let go of his worries and smiled all over his face.Compared with the first time we met, her smile at this moment can be called brilliant.

While continuing to say sorry and thank you, Xiang Xin opened his cloth bag, took out a neatly bound stack of papers, carefully placed them on the table, and said, "This is the report on the results of my application to the association on your behalf. There are 4 copies in total, and there are three other supporting documents in other media.”

"Result report..." Cheng Jinzhou's voice became smaller and smaller. He also remembered that when he was in a bad mood a few days ago, he actually acquiesced to Xiang Xin's reporting of results to the association.

It's just that the latter declared it as his achievement, which is somewhat unexpected.

Before he could finish digesting these things, Xiang Xin continued: "Your knowledge in geometry has amazed many people. Master and several star warlocks came to Shaonan in person to see you..."

Liu Kuang, a fourth-level star warlock, is a figure of the national nuclear weapons level. Cheng Jinzhou patted his forehead, and really didn't know how to answer.

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(End of this chapter)