He carefully put the magnifying glass that had special significance in mind, and Li Mingyue picked up the brass tube about a foot long.

"This is a kaleidoscope." Zhao Hao pointed at one end of the yellow cylinder and signaled Li Mingyue to put his eyes on it.

Then he gently turned the cylinder, and the colorful foil placed inside changed and overlapped with the angles of the three mirrors, forming various wonderful geometric patterns.

"Wow..." Li Mingyue naturally had never seen such a scene before, and was deeply attracted by it. "These patterns are so wonderful, and they are not the same."

"That's nature, once a pattern disappears. You have to turn it for hundreds of years before the same combination appears, so every moment is worth appreciating and cherishing..."

Zhao Hao remembered a passage he had read before and said in a deep voice.

Listening to his poetic words and looking at the ever-changing beautiful patterns in the kaleidoscope, Li Mingyue felt relieved.

"What are you doing?!" At this time, Li Chengen lifted the curtain and came in, and saw his sister and Zhao Hao leaning against each other in ambiguous manner. He immediately shouted loudly.

"Brother..." Li Mingyue turned her head with a smile and gave Li Chengen a look that was enough to make him depressed.

Lee Cheng-en couldn't help but change his words: "Good job."

Zhao Hao handed another brass tube to Li Chengen and said, "This is for you."

"Is that a kaleidoscope too?" Li Mingyue asked with her big eyes flashing.

"That's called a telescope." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "It can make people see things in the distance."

"Is that true?" Li Chengen heard this, and didn't bother to investigate what the two of them were doing just now. He quickly raised his telescope and looked around. "It's dark and can't see anything clearly."

"This has to be seen in an open place. Don't you like outdoor activities? There are opportunities to use it." Zhao Hao smiled.

"Is that right? Go out and take a look." Li Chengen was happy when he saw the hunt, and he was about to walk out with the telescope.

"Brother..." Li Mingyue called out and said, "Have you forgotten something?"

"What's the matter?" Lee Seung-en was stunned. "I've finished all my business?"

"Didn't you say that Brother Zhao is here in Beijing for the first time, and a person who is not familiar with the place is alone during the Chinese New Year?" Li Mingyue turned around and blinked at Li Chengen.

"Ah, did I say it?" Li Chengen, the monk, was confused, but saw that the threat in his sister's eyes were as real as possible. He couldn't help but feel numb and said, "I really said it, look at my memory."

"Yes." Li Mingyue turned to Zhao Hao with a smile, "So my brother plans to invite Brother Zhao to visit the temple fair during the New Year."

"Right, brother?" Li Mingyue turned her head and stared at Li Chengen without blinking.

"Yes, that's not it." Li Chengen could have any other way and said with a hurried smile: "The temple fair in Beijing is so fun. There are still lights on after the ninth day of the lunar month. I'll take you to have a walk during the New Year..."

"Uh, okay." Zhao Hao nodded and responded.

Twenty-six stewed big meat, twenty-seven slaughtered chicken, twenty-eight slaughtered noodles, twenty-nine slaughtered buns, steamed buns.

The closer we get, the more the New Year atmosphere in Beijing becomes.

Starting early in the morning of New Year's Eve, there were crackling sounds of firecrackers everywhere in Beijing. The boys could not wait to whip because their parents usually did not get angry on this day.

Zhao Hao also wanted to set off a whip, but his disciples were over the age of playing, so those who became masters had to respect their own status and not do such things as losing prices.

But if he didn't whip, his house was very lively.

Today, whether it is students or guards, all of them are on holiday for the New Year!

The students arranged their pens and ink, as well as the big red paper sprinkled with gold, and asked the master and his master to write the word "Fu".

Zhao Hao's calligraphy is better than Zhao Shizhen, so he naturally doesn't want to show his ugly words, so he said that his father is there, so it's not his turn to write it.

Zhao Shouzheng was willing to write ink and wrote eighteen different characters of Fu in different fonts, which attracted the praise of his disciples.

Putting down the brush, the father moved his wrist and smiled proudly at his son: "When I was in trouble, I planned to sell words to support you, but unfortunately it was useless."

Zhao Hao nodded with a smile. At that time, who would have thought that this year would be the end of such a happy family?

The experience of life is really bloody.

The disciples finished writing Spring Festival couplets one by one, and took Zhao Shizhen and Zhao Shixi out to post them with laughter and joy.

As soon as I pasted the word "Fu" and Spring Festival couplets from the gate, I saw Wang Xijue get off the carriage.

"Why are you here?" Wang Dingjue's smile suddenly frozen when he saw his brother.

"Isn't it just me? I'm just a mountain. During the Chinese New Year, you can't drive your brother away?" Wang Xijue smiled and said with apologies: "How pitiful is it to leave me alone at home?"

After a meal, he took out a pair of sleeves and apron embroidered with several green bamboos and said, "Is it okay for my Hanlin editor to cook tonight's New Year's Eve dinner?"

Everyone also advised Wang Dingjue not to be angry until next year. Then he said in a muffled voice: "I want to eat the two-phoenix old chicken."

"Yes, of course, there is, can my dear brother forget which bite you like to eat?" Wang Xijue was so happy that his bones all over his body were lighter, and he greeted the servant in a carriage behind him, "Hurry up and move everything in, be careful that the soup will spill."

As a chef with culture, taste and pursuit, he will bring his own full set of guys and ingredients he needs when cooking at other people's houses.

This way, every dish you cook can maintain a stable and high level.

In the afternoon, the whole family talked and laughed, and made strange-shaped dumplings.

Then in the evening, Zhao Hao and his son took Zhao Shizhen and Zhao Shixi to the main room of the East Courtyard.

On the wall there, there were portraits of the black-faced Taizu and Zhao Dezhao and his son.

The three generations of the Zhao family respectfully offered their ancestors, especially Zhao Shouzheng, who had never been so pious in this life.

But when I kowtow, I couldn't help but think in my heart, Grandpa Taizu loves me again, and the spring exam will show its power again...

Zhao Shizhen also made a wish with his ancestors silently, hoping that I would pass the imperial examination as soon as possible so that I could learn how to build guns and steam engines with my uncle...

Zhao Shixi may have made a small wish and hoped that his ancestors would bless him, and that he could spend the 1,000 taels of silver in the second year of Longqing.

Even Zhao Hao, who kept saying "I love science" all day long, could not help but make his wish.

My ancestors bless me to grow three to four inches next year... What I am talking about is height.

When the offering was finished, I returned to the west courtyard and it was getting dark.

The sound of firecrackers everywhere in the capital was already densely filled with dense firecrackers.

Colorful fireworks soared into the sky one by one, making the blue and black night sky look particularly enchanting.

Zhao Hao's family naturally bought a lot of fireworks. Seeing the four of them coming back, Hua Shuyang couldn't wait to greet Zhao Shizhen and Zhao Shixi to set them off.

The first thing they ignited was a thing like a conscience-free cannon. Looking at the muzzle raised towards the sky, Zhao Hao couldn't help but take several steps back.

"Where can I buy such a terrifying thing?" Zhao Hao felt that this thing could be used as a cannon.

"My uncle made fireworks. I made this one at his place. I gave it to my uncle." Zhao Shizhen was introverted on weekdays, and at this moment he finally burst into tears: "You have made me have a home again."

"Let's go." Zhao Shouzheng couldn't stand others crying, and his eyes turned red immediately.

"Oh, OK!"

When the leads burned out, there was a muffled sound from the ground. In the smoke of the yard, a huge firework pulled the long tail flames into the air, rising until the ordinary fireworks could not fly, and then it exploded with a loud blast.

Immediately, half of the capital was shocked by the golden fireworks that were more than ten times larger than ordinary fireworks.

The east wind blooms at night, thousands of flowers and trees blow down, and the stars are like rain!

Zhao Hao looked up at the gradually disappearing fireworks and said silently in his heart:

‘Goodbye in the first year of Longqing.’
Chapter completed!