Cloud Mountain Residence.
Hearing Li Zexuan talk about the Pig Slaughtering Feast so seriously, Han Yuxi was also a little tempted, but …
"Husband, although the Pig Slaughtering Feast is good, don't forget that you are still grounded by His Majesty!"
Grounding, grounding …
The desire for the Pig Slaughtering Feast that had just appeared on Li Zexuan's face instantly disappeared without a trace. Once a person was pleased with himself, it was easy for him to forget himself. He was a typical example of this!
"Alright then! Let Uncle Wang distribute all the pork to the villagers! "
Li Zexuan waved his hand dispiritedly.
At first, he thought that being grounded for two months was no big deal. After all, he liked to stay at home. However, now that it was close to the New Year, he realized that he couldn't even leave Cloud Mountain. How frustrating!
Sigh! Now I have no choice but to be an otaku even if I don't want to!
Li Zexuan sighed in his heart.
He had heard what his father-in-law had said to him earlier. He knew that he had caused too much trouble this time. Taking advantage of being grounded, he had to lay low for a period of time and let everyone gradually forget about the Cui Family. That was the wisest move!
During this period, Li Zexuan was determined not to cause any trouble and let others have a hold on him!
"Pfft ~!"
Han Yuxi saw that Li Zexuan was as dejected as a child who didn't get a toy. She felt an inexplicable sense of pity in her heart. She couldn't help but giggle and say, "Husband, why are you so dejected? If we can't have the Pig Slaughtering Feast this year, we can have it next year! Anyway, there will be a New Year every year! "
Li Zexuan shook his head helplessly and forced a smile. "Haha! Wife, you don't have to comfort me. It's just a Pig Slaughtering Feast. Your husband is not a greedy person! "
Han Yuxi smiled when she heard that. She thought disapprovingly, Husband, if you are not a greedy person, then who in the world would have the nerve to call themselves greedy people?
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The 30th of December, New Year's Eve!
Finally, it was New Year's Eve.
Yan Lide and Yan Liben had already moved to Yunshan two days ago to live with Yan Shaoning. Because the imperial court would give the officials a "Lunar New Year's Eve holiday" every year, there were a total of seven days. It was the three days before Lunar New Year's Eve, the first day of the lunar New Year, the second day of the lunar New Year, and the third day of the lunar New Year. Therefore, Old Yan's family happened to be here for a holiday!
Although Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong both had houses in Yunshan (of course, it was given to them by Li Zexuan), they still had many connections in Chang 'an, so they had no time to come over during the day.
It was rare for Sun Simiao to give himself a day off today. He suspended the free clinic activity at the foot of the mountain. The Hu family had been helping him tidy up his house and buy new year goods these few days. It could be said that they had worked hard. Therefore, although the old Daoist priest had been running down the mountain recently, he was quite well-prepared for the new year!
In the afternoon, Li Zexuan, the "host", invited the big group of people to his house for a meal. It was considered a welcome for them to celebrate the new year in Yunshan.
To be honest, those who could be long-term residents of Cloud Mountain were not simple people. Every one of them was quite knowledgeable, and most of them knew each other. Therefore, during the banquet, there were toasts and conversations, and it was very lively!
The meal lasted until around one o 'clock in the afternoon. Li Zexuan lay at home for a while, then brought San Bao out and walked towards the academy.
He was indeed grounded at home now, but Yanhuang College was also his home. The current situation was that as long as he didn't leave Yunshan, no one would find trouble with him!
After entering the academy, Li Zexuan went straight to the canteen. He found the canteen manager, Wang Dahu, and said, "Dahu, have you prepared the flour and ingredients that I asked you to prepare? Eh? Erhu, you're here too? "
Li Zexuan saw Wang Erhu, who was busy not far away!
When Wang Erhu heard him, he quickly ran over and said, "Yes! Young Master! Today, the Drunken Immortal Restaurant is on holiday, so I came here to help my brother! At the same time, the whole family will celebrate the new year at the academy! "
In the modern era, during the new year, the business was the best in the restaurant industry. Usually, the employees of the restaurants and hotels would not be on holiday at this time, because many people were too lazy to prepare a reunion dinner, so they would celebrate the new year at the restaurant.
But it was different in the ancient era!
In this era, the concept of home was still very strong in people's hearts. During the new year, basically no one would eat a reunion dinner outside. Therefore, Li Zexuan simply let everyone in the Drunken Immortal Restaurant go on holiday!
Li Zexuan smiled and nodded, then asked, "Erhu, you brought your father and mother over too?"
Wang Erhu quickly waved his hand and said, "How can I! This is the academy. How can my father and mother come in casually? I let my father and mother wait at a farmer's house at the foot of the mountain. After my brother and I are done with our work, we will go down the mountain to find them and have a reunion dinner together! "
"Pa!" Li Zexuan slapped the back of Wang Erhu's head and said, "It's so cold now. How can you leave your parents at the foot of the mountain? Although Yanhuang College does not allow outsiders to come in casually, you and Dahu are not outsiders! Hurry up and bring your father and mother over here! Your whole family can celebrate the new year with so many students at the academy today! "
Speaking of which, if possible, who wouldn't want to have a family reunion? However, the academy was a sacred place for scholars. How could outsiders enter just because they wanted to? Therefore, Wang Erhu did not dare to bring his parents directly to the academy!
At this time, after listening to Li Zexuan, Wang Erhu and Wang Dahu were touched. They bowed and said, "Thank you, Young Master, for thinking highly of us!"
After that, Wang Erhu ran out of the cafeteria happily.
Wang Dahu finally had the time to answer Li Zexuan's question. "Young Master, the flour and ingredients that you asked for are all prepared here! The quantity is definitely enough! "
Li Zexuan laughed and said, "Haha! That's great! Bring everything to the table. Today, I will let the students have a dumpling making competition! "
It was the new year. How could it be called the new year if they did not make dumplings?
Wang Dahu was stunned and said doubtfully, "Dumplings? Yamachō, what are dumplings? At first, I thought you were going to make wontons! "
"Wontons? Ahem! Actually, the two are similar. It's just that the names are different! In the future, it will be dumplings, no wontons! We must eat dumplings for the new year! "
Li Zexuan quickly explained.
In fact, there was no such thing as dumplings in the Tang Dynasty, but there were dumplings in the Tang Dynasty!
"Today's wontons are shaped like a crescent moon. They are eaten everywhere." This was the first sentence that talked about dumplings in ancient Chinese literature. It was written by the Northern Qi writer and educator, Yan Zhitui.
Although Yan Zhitui said "wontons", he said "crescent moon" shaped wontons. Then, wouldn't "crescent moon" shaped wontons be dumplings?
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, there was a new name for dumplings: Jiaowan.
In the Song Dynasty, in order to distinguish it from wontons, people began to shape it into a crescent moon shape. It was actually a triangular shape with two pointed corners and was called "jiaozi". Zhou Mi of the Song Dynasty even wrote in his "Old Stories of Wulin" that there were records of "multi-colored buns, multi-colored dumplings". Since "jiaozi" and "dumplings" both appeared, the name "dumplings" appeared naturally.
Therefore, "dumplings" was officially named in the Song Dynasty.
Wang Dahu nodded his head in confusion. Li Zexuan said to San Bao, "San Bao, go tell Mo Zhong and the rest to inform all the students in the school to come to the cafeteria to participate in the dumpling making competition!"
"Yes! Young Master! "
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