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Looking at the sweet-scented osmanthus rice dumplings brought over by grandpa, Dong Su said sternly: "Grandpa, I really can't eat any more! If I eat any more, I'll become a fat girl!"

Grandpa smiled and said: "Okay, I won't eat it after finishing this bowl. Let's have a taste of your Granny Hu's candied osmanthus."

Shen Dongsu looked at the bowl of small glutinous rice balls, okay! Just eat the last bowl...

Then after a while, the fried steamed buns arrived again: "If you eat too much sweet stuff, eat something salty. My granddaughter is not fat at all. She is fat and white, so it is not a waste of time to go back to her parents' home."

Shen Dongsu... I really can't live in this house! If I stay here any longer, my chin will become double-layered.

The time was spent with the family cooking, Grandpa Shen giving and going, and she and Xiaoman eating, and it was the end of the year.

There is one last big job before the year, which is steaming steamed buns.

The same three aunts are working together and are expected to steam out tens of thousands of steamed buns within two days.

Because of the customs in my hometown, I can't open the stove to cook new rice before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. I have to eat the steamed buns and dumplings prepared before.

Strangely enough, Gwangju obviously grows more rice than wheat, and rice is the main meal in daily meals. But when it comes to festivals and festivals, they only eat noodles and rarely eat white rice.

The reason why the Shen family wants to steam so many steamed buns is that in addition to eating them at home and giving them to relatives, Mr. Jiang wants to give New Year gifts to the workers and customers in the workshop, and Father Shen wants to give them to his apprentices.

Grandpa Shen wants to send things to the workers in Lotus Pond, and most importantly, people from Prince Ling's Mansion. Grandpa Shen said that Butler Liu delivers things to the Shen family all year round.

Of course, I have to give some things from the Shen family in return for the New Year. I can't afford to give them anything expensive. Steamed steamed buns are a way of expressing my feelings. Gifts are light but affection is more important.

Zhongyang and Xiaohu wanted to send off their master and classmates, and Lin Zhong wanted to send off the guards of Prince Ling's Mansion.

Then he asked Shen Dongsu to take the steamed buns to Youzhou. Since it was cold, there was no fear that the steamed buns would go bad.

Anyway, the family discussed it and started steaming steamed buns. Shen Dongsu and a group of maids also came to help, making jujube steamed buns, black-faced steamed buns, large white steamed buns, red bean flower rolls...

There are more than a dozen different styles, and dozens of women from the village come to help, steaming them at home, and then delivering them to others.

During those two days, people were coming in and out of the Shen family, and the flour seemed to be free of charge. Jiang felt distressed at first, and kept saying that she would never be able to finish the steamed buns she had made in the past two days.

The second aunt smiled and said: "If I give you a lifetime, your whole village will not be able to eat these steamed buns in ten years! Thanks to Dongsu, we can even eat white flour steamed buns and white noodles now."

In addition to steamed buns, Sister Damai also used her pancake-making skills to bake hundreds of dough pancakes, which lasted longer than steamed buns and would not go bad for a month in winter.

The steamed buns were steamed until the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. In the evening, the three aunts each brought several large baskets of steamed buns home.

During the day on New Year's Eve, the Shen family's custom is to eat bean porridge in the morning.

Then post couplets, clean inside and outside the house, and eat noodles and boil glutinous rice cakes for lunch. Don’t think this is a weird way to eat.

This is called "Qian Chuanzi". The glutinous rice cakes are cut into small round pieces, which represent "copper coins". Stringing them together with noodles, eating a bowl means wealth in the coming year.

There are also people who eat Babaofu porridge, but they must not eat noodle soup, because if you eat noodle soup during the New Year, you will be confused for the next year.

Lunch was eaten early, and in the afternoon the whole family began to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner, which was the big meal.

Mr. Jiang and Father Shen are in charge of the New Year's Eve dinner. Grandpa Shen and Lin Zhong are going to open the ancestral hall and prepare sacrifices.

The ancestral hall in Shenjia Village was built this year. The county magistrate said that there was a princess in the village, and the genealogy, ancestry, and ancestral hall had to be arranged, otherwise it would be shameful to spread the news.

Grandpa Shen has always been a little confused about his granddaughter becoming a princess. He doesn't understand it himself, but he is willing to listen to other people's opinions, especially the opinions of the county magistrate and Butler Liu.

Soon, all the young people in the village were summoned to build an ancestral hall, and scholars in the town were invited to compile a genealogy.

Today is not only about offering sacrifices, but also giving out welfare to the village. Well, the buns steamed yesterday were distributed ten to each person, and each family sent someone to collect them.

Don't think this is a light gift. When Shen Dongsu first replaced the original owner, he was still eating mud cakes. We can’t even eat white-flour steamed buns during the Chinese New Year. Now the village chief gives out ten to each person, and the whole village, old and young, is extremely grateful.

Shen Dongsu took Yue Jian back to Prince Ling's Mansion. She was not having the New Year's Eve dinner at the Prince's Mansion, so she came in advance to give out red envelopes to everyone in the mansion.

Butler Liu showed great importance to her return to the palace this time. The fat chef came with the employees of the hot pot restaurant to take a seat, and the eldest brother Shen Linzhong came with the escort.

There are also the thousand forbidden troops, which turn a simple New Year's ceremony into a military parade.

In fact, Shen Dongsu didn't have to do anything. Butler Liu had already prepared the big red envelopes for several big boxes. All he had to do was have the princess say a few words, hand out the red envelopes, and everyone would kneel down and wish the princess a happy life.

When the prince was in the palace before, he never showed up and only sent a personal guard over for a visit. The servants also performed their duties loyally.

Shen Dongsu knew how important it was to have a good housekeeper. With Butler Liu in Guangzhou, she didn't have to worry about anything. Aunt Youji from Chang'an also saves trouble.

Chef Jia was going back to Guangzhou to celebrate the New Year with his family. Naturally, his red envelope was given by Shen Dongsu himself. He also paid homage to his early years and took the opportunity to say quietly:

"Princess, Ding Qi said he would pay attention, so you can rest assured that he will protect Miss Shen."

Shen Dongsu nodded lightly. She didn't care about Xiao. Feng Wensheng was far away in the place of exile. She was alone and couldn't find him.

Shen Dongsu gave Chef Jia another gift for her daughter. When she heard that Ding Yun was pregnant, she sincerely blessed Chef Jia and asked Yue Jian to make up for it with another gift.

After giving out red envelopes to the servants, it's almost dinner time. She invited Butler Liu and the leader of the Forbidden Army to celebrate the New Year at Shen's house, and the two naturally did not refuse.

The princess invites them to celebrate the New Year together. This is a supreme honor and is more satisfying than receiving many red envelopes.

There is no end to the excitement of New Year’s Eve, from offering sacrifices, burning incense and setting off firecrackers, to having New Year’s Eve dinner, to setting off fireworks and firecrackers, to eating dumplings to keep the New Year’s Eve together.

Haha, there is another funny thing. Before offering sacrifices and burning paper, Jiang suddenly took out a baby diaper found in the village at lightning speed.

Quickly wipe the mouths of Zhongyang, Xiaohu and Xiaoman.

Shen Dongsu knew that Mr. Jiang would not wipe her, so she instinctively covered her mouth.

The three children were screaming there. Yue Jian looked amused and asked what they meant.

Shen Dongsu explained with a smile:

"This is our custom. Before burning paper for sacrifice, in order to prevent the child from disturbing the ancestors by talking nonsense, we will wipe the baby's mouth with the baby's diaper to show that the child's words are unbridled and will not count."

Zhu was even more exaggerated. Instead of taking a soft baby diaper, he directly used a bamboo toilet chip to scrape Qingniu's mouth. The pain was so painful that he had to grin while eating New Year's Eve dinner.

Yue Jian has never celebrated the New Year at a farmhouse. It should be said that she has never celebrated the New Year happily with a whole family like this. She used to perform tasks during the New Year, so she didn't know these New Year customs.

He also thought it was funny. Seeing that Shen Dongsu was still covering her mouth with her hands, she couldn't help but said with a smile: "Princess, are you still afraid that Aunt Jiang will wipe your mouth?"

Shen Dongsu laughed dryly. The original owner still wiped it with toilet paper in her memory, which caused her to have a conditioned reflex.

Zhongyang said angrily: "Mom, I already agreed, I am an adult, you don't need to wipe my mouth!"

Jiang smiled and said, "I won't wipe it out when you pass the Tongsheng test."

Xiaohu was still wiping his mouth. Hearing this, he secretly made up his mind that he would also pass the Tongsheng examination! I will never suffer the shame of wiping my mouth with this diaper again!

Only Xiaoman is pitiful. She never dares to speak during sacrifices. It should be said that she is usually taciturn. She can't take the child test, and how many more years will her mouth be wiped with diapers?

During the sacrifice, Shen Dazhi and Qing Niu also came. Neither of them dared to look at Dong Su. They only followed Grandpa Shen to kneel down and offer incense, took away a piece of cold pork for sacrifice, and ran home.

It should be said that Shen Dazhi regretted before that he separated from Dafang and failed to get the favor of Princess Dongsu.

Now, he has become numb with regret, because the gap between the two families is getting wider and wider. As long as Grandpa Shen is the anchor, he can't make waves at all.

Now he is bowing to Father Shen, and the eldest brother's shout is sweeter than anyone else's.

It's a pity that Father Shen doesn't agree with him. He lets him come when the most important thing is to offer sacrifices, and ignores him at other times.

Shen Dongsu heard that Shen Dazhi encouraged Qingniu to come and pay New Year's greetings to the princess's cousin. Qingniu hid behind him, afraid to come.

He thought about the previous fight with Zhong Yang and being beaten up by Dong Su. He was terrified of this cousin. How could he dare to come and talk to her alone?

But what surprised Shen Dongsu was that only Qingniu in the second room's family asked Dongyue.

He quietly asked Zhongyang if he knew where his sister was celebrating the New Year? He worked for the Jiang family and saved some money, and wanted to give it to his sister secretly.

He also told Zhongyang that he must not let his parents know that his mother was still thinking about it. Find Dongyue and break her legs!

When Zhong Yang told Dong Su, she felt sad. Both her parents and grandmother ignored Shen Dong Yue and even hated her.

Even now, her brother has always cared about her. If Shen Dongyue knew about it, she would be a little comforted!

After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone warmed up by the fire in the main room. Shen Dongsu played Sudoku and Huarong Tao with Zhong Yang, Xiao Hu, Xiao Man and Yue Jian.

Sudoku was popularized by Shen Dongsu when he was selling pear candy. After several years of spread, children throughout the summer are now playing it.

Shen Linzhong went to pick up Mo Xiujin and his third aunt. It had been agreed long ago that they would have New Year's Eve dinner at the Mo family's home, and then pick up the Shen family.

Because in the first month of the year, Mo Xiujin had to run around to pay New Year greetings, and her third aunt was bored at home, so why not come to Shen's house to have fun.

Grandpa Shen and father Shen were chatting with Butler Liu and the leader of the Forbidden Army. Shen Dongsu listened a lot and felt a warm current in his heart when he heard his father and grandpa asking about the way to Youzhou.

Once she leaves, I'm afraid that Grandpa Shen and the others will talk about where she went at the dinner table every night, right?

Soon Mo Xiujin and his third aunt came, and Mrs. Jiang cooked another round of dumplings. Shen Dongsu couldn't eat any of them, but Zhongyang and Xiaohu actually ate another bowl.

This young boy gets hungry very quickly. Whenever I ask them if they want to eat, they always agree to eat.

The New Year's Eve sounds and the New Year's firecrackers are set off. The family should stay up until dawn and burn several furnaces of incense for the ancestors. Others can go to bed.

Xiaoman had been dozing off for a long time, but children liked the atmosphere of the New Year too much. Staying up late was also very tempting for children, so they insisted on not wanting to sleep.

The same goes for the little black dog at her feet. He ate too many bones today and Grandpa Shen stole a few pieces of beef from his mouth. He lay down next to the stove and dozed off.

The last thing before going to bed is also the happiest thing for children, and that is giving out lucky money.

The New Year's money should be placed under the pillow overnight, and you can take it out tomorrow morning and spend it.

Well, but generally children's lucky money is collected by their elders in the morning and 'kept' on their behalf.

Grandpa Shen made the first move. One child strung ten coins with a red string, and the same thing was given to Dong Su. The new year's money was not much, so it was a happy gift.

Shen Dongsu decided to use the ten cents as a talisman and put it in his purse and carry it with him.

Then Mr. Shen’s hair was handed out, and then it was the housekeeper Liu’s hair. The money given out by the housekeeper Liu was not copper coins, but silver crowns, beaten into plum blossoms, which looked very nice.

A child has two hair, wrapped in a red purse. This can be exchanged for tens of thousands of copper coins.

Grandpa Shen felt very embarrassed to invite others to a New Year's Eve dinner and let them spend so much money.

Butler Liu said with a smile that it didn't matter, the prince's family always gave out such gifts to relatives and children. Grandpa Shen asked Dong Su for confirmation, and Shen Dongsu nodded with a smile.

More than that! The nobles of Chang'an City gave various gold ingots, saying they were just for children to play with. Who has seen rural people?

Finally, there is Dong Sufa. She not only gives red envelopes to the children, but also Grandpa Shen, Father Shen, Mrs. Jiang, and Third Aunt, everyone who stays at the Shen family tonight will receive a red envelope.

Grandpa Shen and Father Shen each have a large gold ring, and Mrs. Jiang and Third Aunt each have a pair of gold bracelets. When it comes to giving gifts in rural areas, jade and precious stones are not the best, neither are as good as gold.

The boys are all jade ring fingers, and they are all learning horseback riding and archery, which is just right.

Xiao Man wears a necklace, and Yue Jian wears a unisex hair crown. Yue Jian often wears a man's high ponytail, and she can't use ordinary jewelry.

Mrs. Jiang was so happy that she told her third aunt at the side that she could keep this bracelet for her daughter-in-law.

The third aunt agreed with a smile, and Mo Xiujin's face darkened. My daughter-in-law will disappoint her mother. He will never marry and have children in this life.

The Mo family's madness must be eradicated in his generation!

The lively session of giving out new year's money was over and everyone went to wash up and go to bed. Xiaoman took the opportunity to pull Dongsu to her room to see the clothes she would wear tomorrow morning.

Seeing her carefully putting the Yingluo into the box, she obviously didn't intend to wear it.

Dong Su curiously asked: "Don't you want to wear it to celebrate the New Year tomorrow?"

The little girl shook her head shyly: "It will be dirty by the children in the village, so I have to wait until I have hairpins before wearing them."

Shen Dongsu's heart softened instantly. For some reason, when she looked at Xiao Man, she always felt the same as when she looked at herself when she was young.

If she met her childhood self, she would be kind to herself in a compensatory manner just like she was to Xiao Man.

She took out the necklace and put it on top of her new clothes. She smiled and touched Xiaoman's head and said, "When you get haircut, my sister will give you a more beautiful one."

"Jewelry has to be worn, and Xiaoman has to dress up beautifully to celebrate the New Year."

Xiaoman suddenly put his arms around her neck, rubbed her cheek, and whispered: "Sister Dongsu, thank you."

Shen Dongsu rubbed her little head and covered her with the quilt. When he saw the big bamboo basket placed at the corner of her bed, he could no longer tell that it was actually bamboo.

Wrap it again with various colored fabrics. It doesn't look like a basket for carrying things, but like a work of art.

This is the basket that grandpa carried back to Xiaoman and Xiaohu from Macheng. Xiaoman still keeps it like a treasure to this day.