Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 172 New Year's Eve is coming again

Zhou Banxia suddenly came back to his senses. After drinking the remaining wine in the cup, he calmed down and resumed his previous playful attitude. He said, "I didn't expect that you, at such a young age, could write such magnificent poems! But, boy! Aren't you a little too arrogant! You don't even take the Emperor of Wu and the Emperor of Chu seriously! How about you also have the ambition to swallow up mountains and rivers and conquer the world?"

Liu Feiyun shook his head again and said, "Zhou Banxia, ​​you think too highly of me! What Emperor of Wu and Chu! What ambition to conquer the world! I am just the son of a small earl, and I dare to dream of such big things! I am just a young man who does not know the taste of sorrow, so I pretend to be sad to write new poems; a sparrow does not think of the ambition of a swan, so I pretend to be sad to make a surprising statement. Haha! Hahaha! Zhou Banxia, ​​you can stay here by yourself in the wind and watch the snow. I have a lot of things to do, so I can't accompany you!" After that, Liu Feiyun hurried away.

Zhou Banxia looked at the snow-covered mountains, but thought to himself: A sparrow has no ambition to fly high, and it brags without saying anything surprising! Haha! Do you really have no ambition, or are you just bragging? A mere son of an earl, don't you have any ambition? Boy, even if you don't have any ambition now, there are some things you can't avoid even if you want to! Otherwise, I wouldn't be here!

This heavy snow lasted for three days before it stopped. Although it was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, and sometimes intermittent, it was still called a rare heavy snow that many elderly people had never seen in their lives.

The next few days were filled with rare sunny weather.

After the snow stopped and the sky cleared, the whole territory began to get busy, clearing the snow from the roads until they were passable for carriages. In addition, many houses and buildings that were collapsed by the snow also had to be repaired as soon as possible. For a while, most people in the territory put down what they were doing and devoted themselves to the snow relief work.

Looking around, in a world of white, countless people were busy and nervous, until the 28th, when the work finally came to an end. At least everyone in the territory had a place to stay to avoid the cold, and the roads to the county town and several important places were opened.

As soon as the road to the county town was opened, Gao Jinda rushed back to the county town in a hurry, which made Liu Feiyun happy for him and jealous of him.

"Tsk! It's just that I haven't touched a woman for nearly a month! Is it necessary to be so anxious? What's so good about women? They will only slow down the speed at which I draw my sword." Liu Feiyun felt like the grapes were sour because he couldn't eat them.

Finally, New Year’s Eve has arrived again.

It's New Year's Eve again.

Although this year we encountered a rare heavy snowstorm, but tonight all the residences in the territory are still decorated with lights and colors, creating a festive scene.

Because Prince Liu Feiyun returned home this year, Madam Chu was particularly happy and the rewards she gave to the servants were more generous than in previous years.

The Liu family's servants, depending on their status, would naturally be rewarded with more or less money during the New Year. Even the lowest-ranking miners would receive wine, meat and clothes. The New Year celebrations were even more generous than ordinary festivals.

In addition, any civilian who worked for the Liu family would receive an extra month's wages as a reward to show the Liu family's grace in sharing happiness with the people.

And this year, based on previous years, Mrs. Chu directly doubled the amount. How could this not make everyone in the territory happy?

In fact, it is not just in the territory, at least half of the households in the entire Anping County have received rewards from the Liu family. After all, there are many people in Anping County who work in the Liu family's industry to support their families!

Although this year's heavy snowstorm collapsed many houses, under the organization and control of the county government and the support of the Liu family's large amount of manpower and material resources, almost no one in Anping County was frozen to death by the extreme cold after the snow! As for the large number of livestock and poultry that were frozen to death or crushed to death, as well as other property losses, there was nothing that could be done about it. For those poor people, as long as they are still alive, there is always hope.

Of course, the poor life of the so-called poor people in Anping County is not poverty at all for people in many other places. It is just a tight life without extra money, but they can still have enough food to eat.

Liu Feiyun returned to the Earl's Mansion early tonight and came to his parents' yard to celebrate the New Year's Eve.

At this time, the whole family has gathered together except for the eldest sister who lives far away in Changluo.

In her mother's study, her mother Chu Bihe was leading her second sister Liu Mengmeng, who had already married, and her third sister Liu Xinxin, who was about to get married next year, to make dumplings, just like the women of ordinary families.

Father Liu Shihao was hiding in his study reading history books.

Liu Feiyun really couldn't understand why his father, who had always disliked scholars, suddenly became interested in history books.

As for him, he was outside the house making a snowman with his little sister Liu Xiyao and his niece who had just learned to walk.

Even though I was outside, I could still hear my mother's complaints and my sisters' comforting voices from inside the house from time to time:

"Take your eldest sister for example. I really don't know what she is thinking! I have written to her several times, asking her to come back quickly for blind dates and get married, but she just refuses to come back! It really makes me mad!" Mom was the first to start complaining, starting with nagging about the eldest sister who was far away in the imperial capital Changluo.

"Mom! Don't blame my eldest sister. In such a small place like Anping County, can we find someone worthy of my eldest sister? Not to mention my eldest sister, even I look down on those so-called young talents in the county. Only my second sister is so easy to fool that I let you marry her off to anyone!" The third sister said as if to persuade, but also as if to complain.

"Third sister! How can you say that to mother! Mother, don't listen to her nonsense! However, third sister might be right about one thing. My eldest sister may really have too high standards and look down on these country bumpkins from our border county!" The second sister was trying to persuade her sincerely.

"Third sister! Don't be so arrogant! You look down on this and that. Apart from your parents' family background, what else can you show off? It's good enough that someone wants you! Besides, is the person your second sister married a bad one? He has reached the great perfection realm of a cultivator at such a young age, and he will be able to break through to the master realm before he turns thirty. But you, I introduced so many young talents to you, but you didn't like any of them. You just fell for a sailor! If it weren't for the fact that the guy has some abilities, your father has some friendship with his father, and he is willing to settle down in Anping County, I would not agree!" The mother was very picky and immediately shifted the target of her nagging to the third sister.

"Mom! Don't be angry! Third sister! Admit your mistake! It's New Year's Day! Don't make mom angry anymore!" The second sister tried to persuade her again in vain.