After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

After the first snow of winter, the days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the Lunar New Year in Chu Country. This was not only the first New Year after peace, but also the first New Year that Wan Ning had experienced here, so she was particularly excited.

Along with the growing excitement came busyness. During this period of time, they had already planned the process of the audition and renovated the Yudie Palace and Lanzhi Garden to make them large enough to accommodate all the young masters and young ladies participating in the audition. As for the joint venture plan, there were some obstacles and the market was slow to open up. Fortunately, Mu Xiu came up with the idea of ​​finding the most distinguished lady in Nanye City to try on the clothes in time, which attracted everyone to imitate him. It can be regarded as a prototype of "Internet celebrity selling goods".

Fortunately, everything went smoothly in the end. The textile equipment was moved into the house, and the old neighbors that Shen Congyu missed also started working before the New Year as they wished, improving their living conditions. Speaking of Shen Congyu, he has been very busy recently. He has to manage the production in the house and also take time to carry his shoulder pole and walk through the streets to sell oil.

Yan Ke couldn't stand it and complained: Are you worried that Nanye City will have no food to eat without you, Shen Congyu?

He just scratched his head and smiled without saying anything, and continued to walk through the streets carrying his load.

This New Year was also unique and unforgettable for Liu Qingquan. Since he rented Tang Xiaoyou's house, his home was very lively every day. He relied on the salary given by Wan Ning to actively develop an intelligence network in Nanye City. It was normal for him to hide during the day and go out at night. Just after he went to bed that day, he heard Tang Xiaoyou shouting in the yard: "Open the door, open the door quickly!"

Liu Qingquan rolled his eyes, turned over, covered his head with the quilt and continued to sleep, but Tang Xiaoyou had no intention of stopping, instead he knocked even louder: "Get up, get up quickly, it's New Year's Day today, get up quickly!"

After waiting for a while and seeing that she had no intention of stopping, Liu Qingquan felt like his head was about to explode. He threw off the quilt, jumped up, strode to the door, opened the door and said irritably: "Tang Xiaoyou, I beg..."

Before he could finish his words, Tang Xiaoyou suddenly stuffed something into his mouth. Liu Qingquan was so scared that he immediately opened his eyes and asked fearfully: "Ah - what is this?"

"Sugar - chicken shit," Tang Xiaoyou answered, quickly covering his mouth to stop him from spitting it out. Seeing his embarrassment, she chuckled and explained, "I was kidding, it's New Year's buns, eat it quickly. Grandma just made it, saying that the first pot of New Year's buns can bring good luck, so she asked me to bring it to you."

New Year's buns are a kind of food for the people of Nanye City during the Spring Festival. They usually represent blessings to people, but they must be given by others and cannot be eaten by oneself. Liu Qingquan has seen them, but he has not eaten them in all these years. His attitude softened, and he chewed the sweet taste of the New Year's buns carefully, reluctant to swallow: "Thank you, thank you grandma." He tilted his head and thanked grandma loudly in the kitchen. Grandma was cooking paste, and heard this and waved kindly.

Liu Qingquan retracted his gaze and looked down at Tang Xiaoyou, holding the door frame with one hand, ready to close the door at any time. He said: "I have finished eating, and I am going to sleep for a while now. Don't call me if you have nothing else. Thank you!"

He was about to close the door, but Tang Xiaoyou stopped him in time with one hand against the door, and raised a stack of red paper with the other hand, saying firmly: "No, I've finished eating the New Year's gifts, you have to help! Hurry up, there are many couplets to post here, how can I post them all by myself, let's post them together, okay?"

Liu Qingquan looked at the paper in her hand curiously. There was not a single word on it. He said disdainfully, "Is this your couplet?"

"Uh-huh."

"Your family has blank couplets. Why don't they have any words on them?"

Tang Xiaoyou blushed and immediately stuffed the red paper into his hand, turned around and went back to get the pen and ink, waved it in front of him, and said: "Here are the words, please!"

"You want me to write it?" Liu Qingquan suddenly realized and felt that he was being tricked.

"It costs money to buy couplets outside, it's much better to write them yourself! I've seen your handwriting, there is absolutely no problem in writing couplets, they are definitely better looking than those bought outside!" Tang Xiaoyou looked a little aggrieved, and said regretfully: "In the past, there were only my grandmother and I at home during the New Year. The old and the young were looked down upon, so we could only buy the cheapest couplets and secretly post them while other people were having dinner. Now there is one more person in the family...", and the sound of sobs accompanied her words.

Seeing this, Liu Qingquan couldn't bear it anymore and thought that it wouldn't take long to post the couplet. At worst, he could just wait and go to sleep. So he grabbed the pen and ink and said, "I'll write it. I'll write it, okay?"

Tang Xiaoyou immediately changed her aggrieved expression and said excitedly: "Okay, there's not much to write about, just the main door, the kitchen, the two rooms on the east side, your room, and the chicken coop... maybe just a dozen or twenty."

"You! I've been fooled by you again!" Although he complained, his body still followed him honestly. After all, they had taken good care of him during the time they lived here, especially grandma who always thought of them. As for Tang Xiaoyou, although the two of them were still bickering and playing tricks, they no longer had the initial tension.

However, even though Liu Qingquan was good at talking and was good at getting information, he often fell into Tang Xiaoyou's trap. For example, this time he said he would only write couplets, but after writing the couplets, she asked him to help post them. After posting his own couplets, he was praised by his neighbors for writing good couplets, and he agreed to help write for his neighbors. He was busy until the evening, but the neighbors were also grateful and sent their own delicious food to him.

For Grandma and Tang Xiaoyou, this is also the most lively and happy year they have had in recent years.

Back to the palace, the busyness seemed to have started before dawn, and no one seemed to have time to spare today. Because it was the first year after the armistice, in the face of the consumption in previous years, the palace decided to continue the frugal plan of previous years this year, focusing more activities on the people, so that the people can relax their nerves after being tense for several years.

But Wan Ning didn't want to let down those who left their hometowns and followed her to Xiang Wan Xuan, so she called the people from Wuming Palace and Yuxi Palace to hold a New Year's party at Xiang Wan Xuan tonight and celebrate the New Year together. In order to make the festive atmosphere stronger, everyone tried their best, some made lanterns, some cut window paper-cuts, some wove beautiful flower ropes, and of course some wrote couplets.

Wan Ning was not good at these things, so she could only help out and act as a mobile position, in other words, a brick that could be moved wherever needed. She also enjoyed it, and simply used her strengths to prepare the program and the connecting words for the evening party.

I was busy until the afternoon. Xiang Wanxuan had completely changed its appearance. The snow had not yet dissipated, which contrasted with the red decorations. Wan Ning had long since removed all the unnecessary things from the restaurant, leaving enough space for two rows of large tables, which were decorated with flowers, plants, cakes and food.

"Princess Le Yan, Happy New Year!"

Hearing someone greeting her outside the door, Wan Ning hurried out to greet them. They were Concubine Yi and Concubine Xia from Wuming Palace. Because the patterns and dresses designed by Concubine Yi were very popular, her complexion had improved a lot recently and she looked more energetic. Concubine Xia was wearing a red dress also designed by Concubine Yi, which made her look more lively and playful, with a lunch box in her hand.

"Happy New Year, welcome, come in and take a seat."

As soon as she entered the house, Concubine Xia handed the lunch box to Wan Ning. This was a game for tonight. All those invited to the party had to bring a delicacy. After tasting the food, anonymous voting would begin. The winner would receive the title of gourmet and a prize.

Concubine Xia patted the lunch box mysteriously and praised: "This is Concubine Yi's specialty. We are confident that we can win first place!" Wantao took the opportunity to take the lunch box and sent it to the kitchen.

"Who wants to take first place? Have you asked us?"

Hearing the "challenge", everyone realized that there would be "hard work" tonight and suddenly became interested, so they all looked outside the door at the same time.