Chapter 248: New Year, Picking Up Fireworks

Chapter 248: New Year, Picking Up Fireworks

Chapter 248: New Year, Picking Up Fireworks

"That's right." Li Aimin nodded and said, "Xiao Kai! During the holiday, the meals will be left to you."

"What's wrong? Is the food I cooked not delicious?" Ye Xin asked Li Aimin.

"It's delicious. Who says it's not?" Li Aimin said quickly, fearing that he would be punished if he spoke too late.

Ye Xin’s cooking is still okay, but she is far inferior to Liao Kai because they are not on the same level at all.

"Humph!"

Ye Xin's "humph" scared Li Aimin.

He is not afraid of being settled in person, but he is afraid of being settled later. He is afraid because he doesn't know how he will be dealt with.

"Uncle Liao, it's almost time, let's go to the sauna first!"

"Yes, yes, sauna."

To be honest, this is my first time taking a sauna during the day, and I actually felt a little sleepy afterward.

In fact, it is very normal. It is similar to what happens after eating a full meal. It is caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain.

After taking a sauna and a bath, Li Jiayi and the others returned to the main room, and then Ye Xin and the others went to have a steam bath.

"Dad, Uncle Liao, you guys continue chatting. I'm going to go upstairs and rest for a while."

"Well! Go ahead! I'll call you when it's time for dinner." Li Aimin said.

"Ok."

After going upstairs, Li Jiayi entered the room, locked the door, and then entered the space.

I originally wanted to take a nap in the space, but after entering the space, I didn’t feel sleepy anymore.

In that case, let’s do something in the space. I don’t usually eat much outside, so I might as well take this time to cook some.

He took out a large piece of pork belly, which weighed at least thirty pounds. With just a thought, the pork belly turned into pieces of one-inch cubes.

Wash the diced meat and set it aside to cool, then take out forty or fifty pig's trotters.

With one thought, the pig's trotters were clean, but Li Jiayi still washed them.

Next, I prepared beef brisket, tomatoes, etc.

Yes, he wanted to make three dishes, one was braised pork, one was pig's trotters stewed with soybeans, and the other was beef brisket stewed with tomatoes.

He didn't cook them one by one, but three dishes at the same time, since there were many pots in the deep processing room.

It took more than an hour to prepare all three dishes and they were all stored in the space while they were still hot.

Seeing that there were still a lot of steaming buns and rice in the static space, I didn’t make any more.

Then Li Jiayi went to the back mountain again, collected some mature Ganoderma lucidum, and sprinkled Ganoderma lucidum spore powder on it.

Looking at the harvested Ganoderma lucidum, Li Jiayi was very satisfied. This stuff is worth money!

Not to mention the future, it is worth a lot of money even now.

However, he has no plans to sell it, because there is no shortage of this wild Ganoderma lucidum.

Let’s talk about it later! You should know that in later generations, it is difficult to find wild Ganoderma lucidum, and most of them are cultivated.

By then, these Ganoderma lucidum will be able to play a big role, and by then, the ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum will have reached a certain age, so they can be sold together.

Anyway, if it is placed in a static space, the medicinal effect will not be lost.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Jiayi came out of the space.

When we came downstairs, there were only Ye Xin, Xu Wenwen and two sisters Li Jiaqi in the main room.

Li Jiayi knew without even thinking that Li Aimin and Liao Kai were cooking in the kitchen.

"Mom, aunt."

"Is your son awake?"

"Add them together?"

Ye Xin and Xu Wenwen asked Li Jiayi in unison.

"Ok!"

"You just got up, come over and have some tea." Ye Xin poured an enamel pot of tea for Li Jiayi and handed it to him.

"Thank you mom!"

"Brother, do you have any persimmon cakes in your room?" Li Jialin asked in a low voice.

"Persimmon cake? No, second sister, there are no persimmon cakes left at home?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Yup!"

Li Jiayi scratched his head helplessly and asked, "This is not right! I remember there were quite a few yesterday!"

"Little brother, you don't have to pay attention to her. She has eaten all the persimmon cakes." said the eldest sister Li Jiaqi.

"No way, second sister, you ate all those dried persimmons in one day? You know, eating too many dried persimmons is not good for you. You might as well eat more fruits."

The Li family may not have much other things, but they have a lot of fruits, such as apples, peaches, dates, pears and tangerines.

There are also chestnuts, walnuts, etc.

"I still think dried persimmons are more delicious."

"The dried persimmons are gone. They are all gone before the Chinese New Year. If you want to eat them, wait until after the Chinese New Year!"

"Humph! I know you still have some, but you just don't want to give them to me."

Li Jiayi spread his hands and said, "Think whatever you want! It's gone anyway."

It's okay to eat more fruits, but you really can't eat too much dried persimmon cakes, including persimmons.

"What are you three whispering about?" Ye Xin turned around and asked.

"Mom, Jialin ate all those dried persimmons and asked me for more."

Hearing what her elder sister Li Jiaqi said, Ye Xin glared at Li Jialin and said, "You are a girl who never gets enough to eat. How can you eat so many persimmon cakes?"

After that, he looked at Li Jiayi and said, "Son, don't give her dried persimmons to eat in the future."

"Oh! I get it, Mom." Li Jiayi grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the plate on the eight-immortals table and ate them, no longer paying attention to his second sister.

From the Little New Year until the Chinese New Year, Li Jiayi did not go out to sell things again.

The reason I didn’t go out was, of course, to stay at home with my family!
Of course, even though he didn't go out to sell things, he did not lose his business, for example, he provided food and meat to the black market boss Long Ye and Wu Ye.

Because this doesn't require him to show up, but it still needs to be done.

I also went to my master's house and gave him some New Year's goods.

After giving gifts to the master, we cannot forget Lao Li, and also sent him New Year’s goods.

On the night of the 30th, Liao Kai prepared a particularly sumptuous dinner with the meat dishes provided by Li Jiayi.

It can be said that it was much more abundant than last year's New Year's Eve. Maybe it was because there was one more person this year! Anyway, Liao Kai showed all his skills.

Looking at this huge table of dishes, second sister Li Jialin began to drool. She is really a typical foodie!
Xu Wenwen even said: "Isn't this too extravagant?"

Only Li Jiayi didn't take it seriously. This table of food was definitely a luxury in that era, but compared with later generations, it was just so-so.

"Okay, let's eat." Li Aimin took out two bottles of Moutai, opened one and poured the wine into the pot.

"Brother Li, sister-in-law, let us both toast you a glass." Liao Kai pulled Xu Wenwen up and said.

"Oh! What's the point of respecting each other? Let's clink glasses together!" Ye Xin said.

"Yes, let's have a clink." Li Jiayi said as he picked up the juice.

"Here, cheers."

"Get out of the way, you little brat. You can toast, but there's nothing I can do." Li Aimin said while holding the wine.

"Uh!"

"It's all right, it's all right." Liao Kai said quickly.

Just kidding, this cup of Moutai is 30-40 grams and the alcohol content is over 50%. If you really drink it in one gulp, you can imagine the consequences.

The three siblings didn't drink, so they left halfway through the meal and sat aside to drink tea and eat melon seeds.

There is a saying in the imperial capital that people keep watch all night, which means they don't sleep all night. However, there are still some people who keep watch until after midnight.

The meal was not officially over until after nine o'clock. Ye Xin, Xu Wenwen and eldest sister Li Jiaqi cleaned up the table and the kitchen.

Then I went back to the living room to drink tea and eat melon seeds. I didn’t keep watch last year, but I plan to do so this year!
In fact, the reason why there was no vigil last year was because it was a cold winter.

At this time, Liao Kai pulled Xu Wenwen's sleeve.

Xu Wenwen reacted immediately, took out three red envelopes from her pocket and said, "Here, these are the red envelopes your Uncle Liao prepared for you."

After saying that, he handed it to the eldest sister Li Jiaqi, the second sister Li Jialin and Li Jiayi.

"Thank you, Uncle Liao! Thank you, Auntie!"

"You're welcome."

There is no need to be polite when giving a red envelope. It doesn't matter how much money is given, as it is just for good luck.

However, based on Li Jiayi's understanding of Liao Kai, this red envelope is definitely not small.

"Here, these are from me and your dad." Ye Xin also took out three red envelopes and gave them out.

"Thank you, Dad! Thank you, Mom!"

At this time, Li Aimin suddenly said, "We seem to have forgotten one thing."

"What's the matter?" Ye Xin asked.

"It seems we forgot to set off firecrackers while we were having dinner."

"Ah! It seems to be true!" Liao Kai scratched his head and said.

There was no way. Everyone’s attention was on the big table of food. Who would remember to set off firecrackers?
You know, because it was Chinese New Year, Li Aimin spent a lot of money! He bought three strings of firecrackers with 10,000 bangs.

There is one hanging on the night of the 30th, one hanging on the morning of the 1st, and one hanging on the night of the 15th.

But now the reunion dinner on the night of the 30th has been finished, and no firecrackers have been set off.

The reason why it is said to be a huge investment is, of course, because ten thousand firecrackers are not cheap.

Although this thing does not require a ticket, it is really expensive. A string of small firecrackers with 100 bangs costs 21 cents.

As you can imagine, a string of firecrackers that fire 10,000 times and come with thunder costs twenty-five yuan.

Ten cannons plus one thunder refers to the big firecrackers of this era, which consist of ten small cannons followed by a big cannon.

Three strings of firecrackers cost seventy-five yuan, so it can be said that few people are willing to buy them.

"It's okay, Dad. It's not past midnight yet, and it's still the 30th night now."

"That's right, then just take it out and put it away!"

"it is good."

Li Jiayi came out of the house and came to the east wing where he lived before, where the firecrackers were placed.

There were three large ones. Li Jiayi took one, came to the yard, put it directly on the ground, and lit it with a match.

Crackling sounds rang out in the yard. Although the sound of firecrackers never stopped throughout the imperial capital, they were sporadic.

There is basically no such thing as keeping it for such a long time at once.

As soon as he set off the firecrackers, all the children in the yard were immediately attracted.

I guess some of the children were asleep, and they got up from their beds at this time.

Pick up the cannon!
In this day and age, especially during the Chinese New Year, as soon as they heard the sound of ten cannons and a thunder, a group of children would immediately run over.

Li Jiayi seemed to know what was going on and went over to open the Moon Gate.

Sure enough, there was already a group of children standing outside the gate.

When they saw Li Jiayi open the door, none of the children ran inside.

Li Jiayi smiled and said, "It's not finished yet. You can come in and pick it up after it's finished."

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