Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

On New Year's Eve, the family had dinner and sat in the main room warming themselves by a fire, staring at each other.

There were not many entertainment activities in ancient times, so he ordered mahjong on the system. He first taught his fourth uncle, then his father and second uncle. When he taught his grandparents, he still couldn't play well after several attempts, so he let his grandmother and three sons open the cards first. Bi Yue sat on his grandmother's right to teach her how to play and win. His grandfather moved a chair to the left to watch the game, while learning skills and preparing for the challenge.

After playing five rounds, grandma basically learned it and was even convinced. She was as happy as a child who got candy. Grandpa couldn't help but let grandma play a few rounds for him.

My fourth uncle stood up, asked my father to sit down, and looked at the cards next to him. If he made a mistake, he would correct him in time. After two rounds of handicap, my grandfather became more interested.

Biyue suggested some rewards, one penny per round, two pennies per person for self-drawing, and explained the method. Grandma lost three rounds and stopped playing, and the fourth uncle took over. It was unclear what time the four of them finished playing, but Biyue and the other children were urged to go to bed by their grandmother and mother before ten o'clock.

At 6: in the morning on the first day of the new year, the alarm clock woke Biyue up to exercise. After waking up, Biyue asked the system, "Where is my New Year's gift? Why didn't you tell me last night? Are you trying to fool me and not give it to me?"

"That's not true! Host, New Year's gifts are given on the first day of the New Year. I wanted to remind you last night, but you talked a lot and made me forget it."

"Then I'll go exercise first and open the presents later."

I got dressed and went to the yard. I looked up and saw the blue sky. The dawn light was gradually coming from afar. It seemed that today would be a good day.

The three siblings started practicing, but the fourth uncle did not join in. He must have played mahjong with his father and brother too late last night and couldn't get up in the morning. Let him sleep a little longer and relax.

Grandma, Wang, and Second Aunt got up after the children finished exercising, and the children went to boil water and wash themselves.

Bi Yue returned to the room, closed the door, and sat on the chair next to the desk. "System, Happy New Year!"

The system opened the panel, and Bi Yue clicked on the red button, and a line of words appeared: 1. 5 spiritual stones, 2. 1 powerful pill, 3. 1 photographic memory pill. This gift is not bad, I am very satisfied, and my face is full of smiles.

"System, thank you for preparing such a great gift package for me. I am very happy to receive such a great gift on the first day of the new year."

The system thought: I wanted to explain that this was prepared by the headquarters for newcomers who have not been in the company for a year, so I'd better not tell her. As long as the host is happy and satisfied, it's fine.

Biyue knew that her fourth uncle was going to pay New Year's greetings to the headmaster, so she couldn't give him Wuliangye. Ordinary liquor would be a crushing alternative.

So I bought two white porcelain bottles weighing two kilograms from the system. There were red plum blossoms on the porcelain bottles, which were very beautiful. I also bought four ordinary jars. The white porcelain bottles were for my fourth uncle, and I put the Lao Baigan wine in them. The ordinary jars were for corn wine, and my fourth uncle prepared the rest himself.

Wang called a few children outside to eat.

After dinner, the three children went to the village to pay New Year's greetings. The two younger ones also wanted to go. There was no choice, so the eldest took the fifth child by the hand, and the second and third children took the fourth child by the hand. The brothers and sisters wore new clothes and new shoes and went out happily.

After a stroll around the village, the five children came back with a lot of gains. Children from the village also came to their house to pay New Year's greetings. Grandma gave each child a red envelope of two cents, as well as fruit candies, biscuits, peanuts, and melon seeds. The children were very happy. In the whole village, only the Chen family gave the children the most diverse and affordable things.

Seeing the five siblings coming back, Goudan, Daming and Xiaoming, who were familiar with each other, played in the yard for a while before leaving.

The four men in the family got up at almost ten o'clock. After washing up, they ate breakfast while talking about what happened in the card game last night. The loudest one was grandpa, who seemed very unconvinced.

After hearing this, Biyue couldn't stop laughing. Grandpa had lost and was unwilling to accept it. It was so funny.

My fourth uncle and I walked aside and quietly asked, "Did Grandpa lose yesterday?"

"We lost miserably. When we left the card table, I heard your grandfather mutter that he lost more than 100 taels of silver. Second brother had the best luck. Your father and I only won 20 or 30 wen."

"Hahaha! Grandpa is so miserable, eating one out of three."

Bi Yue brought Fourth Uncle to the room, pointed at two beautiful white porcelain bottles and said to him: "These two are for you to take to Zhu Shanchang. They are called Lao Bai Gan, but you can say they are Xuemei wine. The name corresponds to the porcelain bottle, and it is elegant. The wine is good, but not as good as the wine we drank yesterday."

"That's great. There's definitely no such thing in the county or town."

Don’t worry, he said, handing over a wine recipe.

The fourth uncle didn't understand and looked at his niece in confusion.

"We produced a small amount of this wine after the Chinese New Year. When Zhu Shanchang asked, we said we brewed it for our own drinking and we dared not sell it. If Zhu Shanchang wants to open a winery, we can cooperate with him. We can only give 20% of our wine."

"So we want to build a winery?"

"It doesn't need to be too big. Hire a few people and let Second Uncle manage it. It depends on where Zhu Shan opens it in the future. You can copy one and put it in the suitcase, and give the other to Second Uncle. We will go discuss it with Grandpa and Second Uncle later."

Several people came to the main room to warm themselves by the fire. The fourth uncle gave the recipe to the second uncle and asked him to find someone to build a small workshop after the fifth day of the New Year and hire a few people to make wine.

You can also try selling braised meat after the New Year to see how the sales go?

If we do both things, there won't be enough people at home to handle it.

My father is an official now, so it is no problem for him to buy two slaves.

After a rough discussion, several people decided that tomorrow, the second day of the Chinese New Year, the Qingyun and Qinghai families would go to pay New Year's greetings to their father-in-law's family.

Grandpa asked everyone to play cards. Since fourth uncle didn't want to play, grandma took over. She also asked her two daughters-in-law to sit next to her and watch, saying that she could only play when there was a shortage of people.

Fourth uncle went back to his room to study hard. The exam is in March. Every second counts!