The New Year is a big event, and the whole family needs to be together.
After Su Zhan cleaned their rooms for the old man and his good brother, the two of them arrived as promised and opened the door of Shen's house a year ago.
We haven’t seen each other for a while. Cheng Daqian has obviously become more proficient in the use of metal powers. Perhaps because the escort profession often has to deal with masters, his powers have been successfully broken through in a short period of time. At the second level, the speed is as high as a rocket.
But the old man Cheng didn’t dare to use it openly outside, so he used the excuse of “learning a good concealed weapon” to ask the blacksmith to make a few delicate knives and take them with him, and take them out from time to time to show off his skills. The brothers had a clear path before him, which also caused his beloved knife, which had never left his hand for decades, to be downgraded to second place in importance, which surprised the people in the escort agency.
The door of Shen's courtyard was knocked open. As soon as the father and daughter met Cheng Xi, they noticed the difference in his waist.
"Dad, are you"
changing your style?
It’s just a little weird for a big man to wear a small cloth bag around his waist.
“My new knives are very easy to use, aren’t they?”
“Didn’t you say before you were old that a man should use a big knife?”
I haven't seen him for more than ten days, but the sword has already fallen out of favor and taken a back seat.
“You are such a stubborn girl.”
Cheng Daqian saw through the joking in her eyes, “Your father and I have different metal powers. Thanks to These little knives.”
Don’t you mind these little knives?
Cheng Xi nodded while accepting the few knives that Cheng Daqian took out out of curiosity. The knives were only a tiger's mouth long, with a small handle and an extremely sharp blade that shone in the sun. Cold light.
It just looks a bit familiar
"Dad, you won't name it Xiao Cheng Fei Dao, will you?"
"What Xiao Cheng Fei Dao - eh? It sounds really nice, But if you really want to think of a name, it has to be Old Cheng Feidao!"
Cheng Daqian's eyes lit up, "My dear, that's a good suggestion."
"No, I just said it casually, that's what you heard. ”
Cheng Xi didn't want to make the same model as Xiao Li's flying knife - if he wanted to do it, he would have to make something more unique.
"Dad, let us see how you use this knife?"
"Watch!"
Cheng Dagan waved his big hand and the knives on his waist flew instantly It flew out with an unstoppable momentum, and after several clearly audible cracking sounds came in the air, it was firmly nailed to a wooden stake a few meters away.
Three points into the wood.
"Ouch!"
Everyone exclaimed in unison, secretly thinking about how to use their own powers to resolve this thunderous blow.
"Dad, you are so powerful!"
This move is much more difficult to resist than it was more than half a month ago.
The attack just now not only fired the sword very fast, but also combined with the Cheng family's natural divine power to increase the force to the maximum. If it were placed in the end of the world, even a third-level gold-type superpower would probably be difficult to parry.
"That's right, no matter who I am, there are really not many people who can convince your father and me when it comes to martial arts."
There are few martial arts masters in Dayan Jianghu who can make Cheng Daqian admire. Very few.
Cheng Xi looked at the wooden pile with only the handle of the knife left and was convinced.
Cheng Daqian was extremely proud to see his daughter's adoring eyes. As usual, he showed off a knife-throwing stunt in front of others and then looked back to make his presence felt. He looked at the cold young man who came in behind and smiled nonstop.
"Fuguang boy, what are your powers like? Come and show it to Uncle Cheng!"
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Fu-Guang, who looked confused, slowly put a question mark on his forehead.
Superpower?
What is that?
Why can’t he understand?
And what happened to Mr. Cheng's flying knife just now? Why can't he feel the internal force fluctuation?
“Ah, you don’t know this yet, right?”
“.”What should he know?
Fu Guang looked confused, and from the corner of his eye he saw his girl's slightly smiling mouth, which made her even more confused.
He hasn't been back for more than a month. Why does it feel like several years have passed? Something must be wrong.
"Did I miss something?"
"That's not the case."
Cheng Daqian looked pityful, even with a sense of watching a good show, "You are so young. I’m busy~”
Although he likes to compete with others for his abilities, this person could also be his daughter or son-in-law, but compared to this, he prefers to see how people take drugs and become doubtful about life.
The rest of the people cast meaningful glances at him, including Wang Shu, who had always been a man of few words.
"Brother, you may be busy this year."
Fu Guang: "???"
Tell me clearly, what is going on?
No one in the Shen family answered his questions. After all, some things can only be more shocking if you experience them yourself, so this year Yu Fuguang said was not peaceful at all.
When the family happily gathered around the red-hot iron stove and prepared New Year's goods with a clear division of labor, Fuguang drank medicine bitterly with an ice cube on his face and felt the repetition of the world view and the three views. torture.
Shatter, reshape.
Broken and reshaped.
When he finally awakened his superpower and walked excitedly from the training room to the warm spring hall, he saw a large rack of dumplings for the New Year's Eve dinner. Even Mr. Xu and Cheng Daqian were covered in flour and were working hard to make them. The dumpling skin filled with fillings is shaped.
The two old men were arguing over who made the better-looking dumplings. Cheng Xi and Shen Xingqi were chatting and laughing. Their girl’s usually cold face had a little warmth. Although Shen Xingluo, the head of the family, Silent but full of momentum, he controlled the entire audience.
Fu Guang: "."
Is this family no longer able to accommodate him?
Somewhat redundant.
“Coming?”
Shen Xingluo didn’t stop rolling out the dough. He just raised his eyes and glanced, “What kind of power has been awakened?”
“ Back to my master, it’s the fire element.”
Fuguang quickly came back to his senses, turned his hand to condense his superpower, and a small golden-red flame burst out from the palm of his hand.
"What? Fire element!"
Cheng Daqian was so shocked that he almost threw away the half-packed dumplings in his hand, "You kid has been wearing a face of ice that can freeze people to death all day long. Is it a fire power? "
"Old man, it is indeed a fire power. It's true."
Fuguang twitched the corner of his mouth, his face red.
He didn't know why he awakened the fire power, it was quite unexpected. "Son-in-law, didn't you say that this superpower is related to my temperament?"
"Generally speaking, yes."
Shen Xingluo also has many eyes. A little surprised, he looked Fuguang up and down, as if he was meeting him for the first time.
“Superpowers are actually a manifestation of hidden factors in the body. Human beings often become more outstanding and talented in certain aspects because of what they are good at. This aspect will be easier to activate when stimulating superpowers.”
Therefore, Mr. Xu activated the wood element, Cheng Daqian activated the metal element, and Wang Shu activated the ice element, which was more or less related to his own personality.
Examples like Fuguang are few and far between.
"Ouch~"
Cheng Daqian believed it, "I didn't expect that this guy Fuguang is just a little cold on the surface, but actually he is very hot inside!"
If not Because of what happened today, he might never know about it.
When everyone heard this, their gazes on him suddenly changed, and there was a hint of meaning in the joke.
Fu Guang: "."
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The New Year is approaching, and the capital is becoming lively at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The alley where the Shen family is located connects to the most prosperous main street. The family experienced this liveliness firsthand. Standing at the entrance of the alley, you can see the red lanterns hanging at the entrance of each shop. They are lit in the evening Candles, connected in a line under the firelight, are lively and public.
Most of the people who can live in the alley have little savings, and the neighbors have hung up red lanterns one after another. The children put on brand-new cotton clothes and jumped from one end of the alley to the other, their little faces glowing with a healthy pink color from exercise.
People come and go in the shops along the street, and most of the customers are buying New Year's goods. From time to time, a sedan chair passes by, and soon someone's noble daughter steps down from it. Her slim figure quickly disappears into the rouge shop. The shouts of street vendors seemed to get louder.
"Sister-in-law, how do you like this yellow one?"
"It's pretty good. It should be suitable to make a skirt for you."
"Make one for sister-in-law too. .”
Shen Xingqi happily picked out the colors, planning the yellow one for herself, and selected a batch of dark gray cloth for Mr. Xu at home, while Wang Shu silently paid for it in the back.
On New Year's Eve, Cheng Xi took the two of them shopping all the way from the street to the end of the street. They spent about a hundred taels on cloth, firecrackers, cakes, and jewelry. It was already evening when they returned home.
The red lanterns hanging in front of the Shen family courtyard light up the way home, and the couplets just pasted on both sides of the wooden door are very festive.
The Shen family’s New Year’s Eve dinner is simple and sumptuous.
It is simple because apart from a dozen plates of chubby dumplings, there are only a few green and refreshing side dishes on the dining table. There are no fancy fish or meat, and it looks very simple.
The reason why it is said to be rich is because the dumpling fillings are very rich.
The vegetables in the small courtyard are growing gratifyingly after careful cultivation by Shen Xingqi and Wang Shu. The wooden troughs above are filled with lettuce, spinach, lettuce and other green vegetables. The bottom layer has access to enough vegetables. There are many leeks planted in the soil.
The leaves of leek are green, wider and thicker than ordinary leeks, the pseudostems are very long, white in color, and the texture is soft and delicate. Because it is cultivated using light-proof measures, leek has high fiber content. The content is small, and its taste is closer to that of leek. It is fragrant and tender after being minced and made into dumplings with diced meat.
Cheng Daqian has a strong taste and loves this one the most.
Cheng Xi prefers the modern three-fresh stuffing. Pork, shrimp, and eggs are mixed together, and an appropriate amount of seasoning is added to mix well. The taste is fresh and rich.
In addition, taking into account the other Dayan natives at home, they also made dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork, which received unanimous praise from Mr. Xu.
After a group of people took the genetically modified fluid and stimulated their powers, their appetite increased greatly. It was no longer comparable to ordinary people. The amount that usually satisfies a person with more than 20 dumplings has soared to 50, such as Cheng Dagan's belly can even fuck up to 70 in one go.
This also made Shen Xingqi, who was in charge of the kitchen, sigh. If Su Zhan hadn't repeatedly told her that she had enough money at home, she would have gone out to find a shop to sell the embroidery on consignment.
“It’s time to eat!”
After shouting, Mr. Xu took the lead and took the main seat, and the others found a seat to sit down.
The custom of celebrating the New Year in the Yan Dynasty is very close to modern times. On the New Year's Day, after offering incense and memorial to the elderly, you can eat dumplings.
Of course, it is unavoidable to set off a firecracker and listen to the noise before meals.
Cheng Daqian stood in the yard and hung a red firecracker on the tree. He took a few steps back and shouted angrily to the side:
"Brother Fuguang, it's up to you. !”
Fuguang waved his right hand with a stupefied face, and a small flame flew towards the firecracker and instantly ignited the long printed words.
"Bang - bang bang!"
"Haha, this fire power really works!"
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Brother Fuguang expressed that he did not want to talk.
Ever since they learned that he had awakened the power of fire, these people had teased him a lot. Almost every sentence he said would include the word fire. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find someone to hide in. Go in.
The Shen family was not alone in the sound of crackling firecrackers. As the sky became darker and darker, other houses in the alley announced that dinner was ready one after another. The sound of firecrackers continued for a long time before stopping.
Everyone looked towards the sky, and the fireworks in the imperial city exploded colorfully in the sky.
At this time, everyone in the Shen family had already eaten the dumplings that had just been cooked.
The appearance of the dumplings stuffed with chives and greens is greenish, which can be distinguished at a glance. The dumplings stuffed with three delicacies are small in size, much smaller than the other two types. The dumplings stuffed with chopped cabbage are the most normal, one in one bite. Just right.
The dumplings with three kinds of fillings are all considered meat dishes, and they go well with a few stir-fried seasonal vegetables.
Facts have proved that the Shen family's appetite is astonishing. Most of the last few hundred dumplings went into the stomachs of a few people. If it weren't for the custom of having more than one meal every year, I'm afraid the last few dumplings in the small bowl would have been eaten.
"Sister-in-law, let's play leaf cards?"
"Okay, bring two more, we have to stay overnight."
"Then I’ll make another pot of tea.”
After dinner, several people sat in the living room to watch the night together. The sound of firecrackers outside kept ringing from time to time. I’m afraid not many people wanted to sleep this night.
Mr. Xu was restless, studying medical skills with a book in his hand. Cheng Daqian couldn't sit still. He pulled Fuguang and taught him how to practice his powers, and finally moved from the living room to the training room.
Everyone has their own way of passing the time. 12 o'clock in the morning came quickly, and Cheng Xi just finished playing the cards in her hand. She stretched her waist and moved her limbs.
“Is it time to set off firecrackers?”
“Leave it to Fuguang.”
Shen Xingluo answered and poured her a cup of tea to soothe her throat, “ Sleepy? ”
"It's not bad. I feel a lot more energetic after playing a few rounds of cards."
"I'll go to bed after eating dumplings and wait."
"."She is serious. Not sleepy.
Isn’t it just staying up late? How can a modern soul lose in this regard?
Cheng Xi was quickly slapped in the face.
After midnight, firecrackers were hung on the big tree in Shen's courtyard again. As usual, they were handed over to Fuguang, and there was a loud crackling sound.
The yard was immediately filled with a strong smell of gunpowder smoke, and the same sound of firecrackers was heard from the neighbors, mixed with the cheers of children.
“It’s the New Year, and it’s a brand new year!”
Even though Shen Xingqi is still a child, she is happy to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, but she can’t help but sigh, “I still remember the heavy snowfall last year. There are few people in the village who set off firecrackers to celebrate, so it would be nice to have a full meal." (End of Chapter)