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The day when the Huadu Tribulation was successful was the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and two days later, the Huafu group ushered in the winter solstice.

The Tianyuan Continent has attached great importance to this solar term since ancient times.

When the yang energy rises, the monarch will grow.

The winter solstice is the arrival of the cathode, the shortest days, and the beginning of the yang, so it has always been regarded as a day of great auspiciousness and a day of congratulations on reunion.

The father and son of the Hua family who were born and raised in the Tianyuan Continent naturally also had the idea of ​​celebrating the winter solstice, but due to the circumstances, they have not realized it properly since Hua Jiuqi entered the rivers and lakes as an adult.

Now that there is a rare opportunity, the father and son of the Hua family decided to spend a good holiday for ordinary people with all their relatives and friends.

——This can also be regarded as one of the manifestations of the peaceful days they have achieved through hardships.

As early as half a month ago, Lan Yu and his party set off for Huangzhi Mountain.Lan Yu and Qing Min have been in the mortal world for a long time, and they are very familiar with all the festivals and festivals in the mortal world, and they have also formed the habit of celebrating.

The two of them had already calculated the specific date of the winter solstice, told the accompanying disciples and sent a message to the disciples on Huangzhi Mountain, if they wanted to go home, they could go home and reunite on the same day, and the rest would celebrate together in the faction.

After they left, there were not many people Huarong they knew well in Beijing. In the end, only Huarong Shimu, Hua Jiuqi Sheyue, Wutong Shibu, and Jiang Hehua gathered together in Huafu.

This strange family has three generations of "grandparents and grandchildren" - Wutong has the highest seniority because of his age, but Shibu is regarded as the generation of Hehuarong Shimu because of his personality, barely higher than Jiang and Hua.

She herself is keen on being tender, but she is very satisfied.

There is also a customary sacrificial ceremony in the palace on this day, offering sacrifices to the heavens during the day and a palace banquet at night. After that, everyone from the emperor down to the hundred officials have to rest and bathe for three days, regardless of the government.The frontier garrison and merchants, large and small, are similar, and the common people will also suspend production and move around with each other.

As a result, the solar terms are strong within three days, and the entire Dazhao seems to be slowing down.

This also helped the people in the Dazhao region to eliminate their hidden worries and fears, and on the contrary accelerated the pace of Dazhao's stability, saving Emperor Laiyi a lot of trouble.

Every time at this time in the previous dynasty, Fan Kingdoms would come to court, but Emperor Laiyi remembered that there was a tribute at the beginning of the establishment of Dazhao - at that time Dazhao not only received a large amount of tribute, but also lost the face of the envoy, severely posing The majesty of Dazhao—then "mercifully" exempted this winter pilgrimage for a time, so that these envoys and lords can take care of their "injuries", accumulate tribute for more time, and carefully consider how to "make things difficult" for Dazhao next time Hao Erlang of the court.

But who is being made difficult by whom is another matter.

Judging from the previous experience, in the end it was Dazhao who gained both prestige and face, made things difficult for the envoys back, and had fun at the same time.

Not to mention everyone is happy.

Of course, although the whole court thought so, and looked forward to the envoys' comeback and fled, the main purpose of Emperor Laiyi's sending out was: considering the long distance, bumpy roads, and tight time, granting permission to all countries to start the new year See you again someday.

All the envoys from various countries accepted it with joy.

Although the preparations for receiving the envoys were omitted, the court was still very busy in order to take a three-day bath after the winter solstice, and had to deal with all the recent affairs of the court one by one.Otherwise, if there is something unfinished after the winter solstice, even if someone is willing to give up Xiu Mu to deal with it, it will be difficult to find other officials to help, and they can only be anxious and unable to get things done.

So both Emperor Laiyi and Crown Prince Luo Zhongmin are extremely busy.The busier Luo Zhongmin was, the more he could see that Tilapia, who was busy with his errands, was idle, so he instigated his equally busy father to issue an imperial decree to order Tilapia to assist with errands.

This trick is not without viciousness.

Even if Tilapia can act coquettishly with his father at home and refuse to take over the job, even if Luo Qihua is amused by him, it's okay to let him go once or twice.

But this time, under the joint calculation of his elder brother and father, if Luo Feiyu accepted the imperial decree, what he would receive would be "no jokes" and "the king's order is hard to break".

This time Luo Qihua is not his "father", but his "father emperor", the "son of heaven" above all officials.

Tilapia can't resist the decree and disrespect before all the officials, so he can only accept the decree unwillingly and respectfully "thank you, father", and then he can only enter the palace aggrieved and have a relationship with him. The father and the elder brother stared at each other, and the three of them critiqued the memorial together.

So Tilapia's plan to visit Huafu and his party before the winter solstice was shattered. Even hearing the news of Huarong's recovery, she couldn't join in the fun, so she could only sigh in front of piles of books.

Tilapia lived for more than [-] years, and for the first time hated that he was too high in the family ranking, and if anything happened, his father and elder brother would have to be on top of him, and it was also the first time that he hated his Luo family's "family cleanliness", and the emperor's memorial Even an ordinary prince like him can review without any scruples.

Until the day of the winter solstice, Tilapia was so tired from running errands for many days that he could fall asleep standing up, and he had to pretend to be in high spirits to carry the prince's shelf to worship the sky. He couldn't leave at night, and he still had to feast in the palace. .

The resentment in Tilapia's body almost broke through the sky, and the final result was only to make his father and elder brother's mentality more balanced.

Can it be considered... Congratulations?

But they said Huarong and others.

The Hua family has always had the habit of eating dumplings on the winter solstice.And because Huarong became smaller, the memory of Hua Jiuqi who accidentally found an opportunity to take him to eat dumplings became very clear when he was a child, so naturally there is no objection to this.

On the contrary, the customs in different parts of Tianyuan Continent are different, Huafu and his group come from all over the world, so there should be some disputes.

Just like the Qingming sect at this time, disciples from all over the mainland are caught in the annual debate about "what should be eaten on the winter solstice is orthodox".

Disciples from the same village quickly formed several teams, representing dumplings, wontons, mutton, etc. If there are serious guys, even the stuffing of dumplings must be stipulated-but this type of "seeking trouble for nothing" usually comes Saying that they won't add help to their team, it will only add chaos to the chaos. According to the "battle situation" in previous years, the final result is to be expelled from the team miserably.

As a result, the entire Qingming Sect was "torn apart", wishing to hear the arguments of the disciples of different factions after two or three steps - it was lively, and it was also the unique festive atmosphere of the Qingming Sect .

Of course, not every disciple adheres to the practice of his hometown.

Lan Yu and Qing Min did not participate in the debate among the disciples, saying that no matter what the final result was, they would agree.

The attitude can be said to be very fair, but also very out of it.

The faction headed by Si Qingqi insists that "food is the paramount necessity of the people", and they should eat whatever tastes good.This group of people is accustomed to seeing the wind and the wind, has no bottom line, and has strong combat effectiveness but will be wooed and defected at any time. It is the biggest uncertain factor on the "battlefield".

There is also the guy headed by Mo Ling who unconditionally obeys the position of his sweetheart. In addition to having the advantage of being extremely firm in the team, he also adds invisible psychological pressure to countless unmarried colleagues. He is good at "hurting the enemy a thousand times." , Self-defeating eight hundred" double-edged sword.

The rest is the team of the more serious guys who have been expelled combined to strengthen each other.This team is strange, there are all kinds of strange people, and internal strife breaks out from time to time.They were unanimously isolated by other teams, and they didn't know why they existed.

In order to prove their "orthodox status", the disciples quoted scriptures and references, and used history as a mirror. After that, give them more training on weekdays.

Let them spend less energy studying these things—otherwise, in two years, his Qing Ming Sect will become a place for cultivating Pao Ding.

As for the result, it depends on the situation of the battle, and it varies from year to year.Why this year, I will not mention it later.

Closer to home, let's go back to the exceptionally harmonious Huarong and the others.

Except for the father and son of the Hua family, the remaining demons, fairies, spirits, and spirits in the Huafu have never had the habit of celebrating the winter solstice.

After all, for them, the "Winter Solstice" is not so much an auspicious day as a god of solar terms.

And for this immortal whom they have heard more or less, instead of eating dumplings and wontons, it would be more practical for him to eat joss sticks.He himself has no obsession with this, let alone the rest of the fairies.

In the final analysis, the winter solstice is just an excuse, and family reunion is the highlight.

In addition, for the alcoholic Hua family father and son, they also drink a lot on weekdays, and drinking more alcohol during the reunion is the highlight.

So the Huafu people passed the decision to "eat dumplings" smoothly, and a group of people who didn't eat fireworks happily prepared the ingredients to make dumplings together.

The ingredients prepared by these extraordinary people are very ordinary, just pork, leeks and eggs bought in the market.Shi Mu also specially bought long beans, which are very crispy after being boiled and cut into cubes to make dumplings, definitely no less than delicious meat.

On the table outside the Huafu House, there are three pots of fillings: flour, water, and chopped pork and leek, leek egg, pork and beans.

It looked decent, but the circle of people around the table fell silent.

Jiang, the best cook in the group, put his elbows on the table and held his face, blinked and asked, "So... what are dumplings?"

Most of the phoenixes do not like to enter the mortal world, and there are many kinds of food in the world, even the inheritance of the divine bird will not mention any of them.

Although Jiang is an exception, he is a rare Phoenix Emperor who has been in the world for a long time, but his inheritance will not mention even a single word about it.

Wu Tong told him that dumpling is a kind of pasta that is wrapped in dough and eaten after being cooked.

Jiang nodded, half understanding.

What Wutong said seemed clear, but it was very vague—what should Mianpi do?And how to wrap the stuffing?How should it be wrapped?

Not mentioned at all.

Wutong Shibu was okay, except for Huarong and Hua Jiuqi who had actually eaten, the rest of the people didn't know much about it.

Shi Mu tried hard to think about it, but only remembered the wontons he had eaten earlier.Just listening to Wutong's description, it seems that it is not much different.

Although She Yue's subordinates specially added the dumpling dish in places like Pengcheng and Jingcheng today, but even if he is the landlord, he doesn't necessarily have to be proficient in all the dishes in Butong, otherwise it would be delicious. What's the use of those cooks in the middle?

Most of what She Yue can do is to recruit some people from Beijing Central.

But that wouldn't make sense, would it?

Finally Shi Mu had an idea.

Immortals should know everything about mortal affairs. Shi Mu cast a spell to find all the records related to dumplings in the mortal world, and released them to everyone through the water mirror. During the period, there were countless scenes of famous Pao Ding making dumplings by himself. It looked very clear in the mirror.

The people at this table suddenly realized.

Jiang Zai carefully looked at the content displayed in the water mirror, then smiled and said to Shi Mu: "Mother, Jiang has learned."

Everyone in the Huafu has tasted Jiang's craftsmanship, and they are extremely convinced of him.Now that Jiang Du said he had learned it, the rest of the people did not ask for trouble and studied it in front of the water mirror.An Shengsheng sat in their respective positions and waited for Jiang to start.

Shi Mu coughed lightly to signal Jiang to take back the phrase "Mother", Jiang pursed her lips and smiled lightly, but under the gaze of her father's Huarong, she did not intend to change her words.

The people at the table were standing and talking at this moment without pain in their backs, and they all laughed, and advised Shi Mu to accept the phrase "mother" with peace of mind.

Jiang really never called She Yue "Grandma". Recently, under Hua Jiuqi's explicit hints, he called him "Uncle" by Hua Jiuqi.Hua Jiuqi has successfully become the same generation as She Yue, and she is in a good mood, and everyone doesn't sound awkward anymore. It can be said that it is the best of both worlds.

Shi Mu has never been able to win Jiang under such circumstances, nor can he find an ally, so he can only let Jiang call him "mother" again.

Hua Rong patted Shi Mu's hand with a smile, and said, "Don't worry about it, you should get used to it, let's meet face to face."

Shi Mu accepted the "retire after success" Shui Jing as he said, and Huarong rolled up his sleeves for him, and then they began to meet each other.

——How else could it be?Just as Huarong said, get used to it.

People here eat a lot of dumplings, everyone is trying it for the first time, so they divide up a few more basins and knead the noodles separately, so as not to have to start all over again if they fail the first time.

Huarong and Shi Mu naturally dealt with a pot of flour together, but in the end, only Shi Mu really did it alone. Huarong sat by and wiped the flour that accidentally got on his face and arms from time to time. It was much more interesting, and the washbasin in Shi Mu's hand was not given any extra attention.

From this point of view, even if Shi Mu got arsenic in his hand, Hua Rong would probably eat it without changing his face.

Jiang took his little friend Erhua who knew nothing about it and had just transformed into a form together, and guided him to do it like a master, but he walked around with his hands behind his back, without touching any flour.

The two stood together clearly that Huacai looked like a master, and the scene was quite interesting when they were turned upside down.

But after Jiang watched it for a while, Hua let it go freely. He went to adjust the filling and waited for the noodles to be reconciled, so he could directly make dumplings.

Shibu managed to monopolize a washbasin under his own strong request, and Wutong happened to be in a team with her by name, drinking tea on the ground beside the old god.Ren Shibu didn't care about her until he got "ashamed" after reconciling face to face. Instead, he laughed while drinking tea.

The only ones left are Hua Jiuqi and She Yue.

Although She Yue is usually an unassuming landlord, when it comes to cooking, he is absolutely confident that he is a hundred times stronger than Hua Nine Qi.It was unavoidable that their bowl of noodles was too ugly, so She Yue strictly rejected Hua Jiuqi's intention to touch her hands.

Hua Jiuqi suddenly had nothing to do, but he rarely had an idea, and without a teacher, he also wiped She Yue's face like Hua Rong was facing Shi Mu.Although She Yue didn't say anything, she naturally didn't refuse.

After about half a quarter of an hour like this, a group of people almost stumbled and reconciled, when suddenly there was a sweet smell of wine.

That fragrance is overbearing, I don't know where it came from, but it immediately filled the entire Huafu, wishing to float to the street.

The Hua family father and son, who are extremely sensitive to alcohol, noticed it immediately, and then paused their movements slightly.

I don't know what happened.